Hey Google, seriously, I don’t want your crappy AI generated response to be the default when I try to respond to an email. Get this garbage feature outta here.

I slept 10 uninterrupted hours last night and I feel like a super human. The world wouldn’t know what was coming if this was possible every single night—I might be TOO powerful.

Trying to solve all of the issues in the US are like when Iet my 18-month-old do whatever she wants with Luigi in Mario Kart

Grief is wild. Sitting here weeping while chopping a kale salad because I used to feed the ribs of the leaves to my dog. 🥲

Avatar Aang was beautiful and deserved a *national* theatrical release because, FWIW, it’s the first movie I’ve dragged myself out to see in theaters in 2+ years!

She was Hayao Miyazaki's "right-hand" collaborator from the '70s onward. Her name was Michiyo Yasuda -- the best color designer in animation. Yasuda's eye for color gave Ghibli's work a totally different look. We explore her methods: animationobsessive.substack.com/p/the-artist...

Also I rarely talk about my professorship but I got promoted starting this fall and I am ENORMOUSLY grateful for this! Starting my SEVENTH (!!) year teaching in the next month, now at the rank of *Associate* Professor!

I think I'm just going to start adding "start a new gig" to my creative process because I never feel like I want to make ANYTHING until I suddenly start a new gig! (I started a new small job doing some marketing art for a new animated movie this week and I am grateful!)

Do I have any picture-book-y mutuals looking to get into teaching? I may have an opportunity for you. DM me!

It's lame to sad post, but I am sad. I go his cremains back today, I just miss my dog.

Personally thriving in this poop-virus era where salads are unsafe with this creamy spinach mushroom pappardelle (eggs in the noods, but vegan otherwise!)

Got a new little gig and my physical therapist told me he does not recommend back surgery right now (which has been on the table for the past 6 weeks), so I’m going to take these small wins and celebrate a little tonight

I am realizing that my small dog may not actually be properly potty trained…? She’s a 5-6 y/o rescue chihuahua mix and I’ve had her for 3+ years, but any time I would let her out it was when my big dog asked. Now that he’s gone I don’t think she knows to ask to go out, so we keep finding puddles 🫠

This summer has been incredibly hard for me both physically and emotionally but I have to say I feel so supported by my friends and community, and for that, I am grateful.

Husband is on a work trip, baby is at daycare, small dog is at the groomer. The house feels so incredibly empty without my big pup.

Brought my toddler into bed last night because she’s been sick and fussy. Woke up to her at 5:45am begging to watch Godzilla (“Mo-mo Za za!!” In toddler speak)

Truly grossed out by all is the Taylor/Travis stuff, sorry stans. (For the record, I am married to one)

I said goodbye to my best friend this morning. I know we are lucky and got 15 years together and a peaceful end at home in the backyard among the flowers, but this grief is still one of the hardest things I’ve ever dealt with. I’ll love you forever, Kobie

Anyway I’m sorry for being a beacon for sadness, but I have been in the pit of despair for most of the summer so far and I’m still in a mindset of wallowing.

I lost my childhood cat when she was about 16, and I had my (now 15+ year) dog to cope. Now I have a human toddler. Every “pet” feels like an evolution in a way, and I can’t help but feel sad that they aren’t around to experience one another for longer.

My pet is not gone just yet but it’s coming (probably this week) and I am in full cope mode. Who does great pet memorial tattoos in LA?

My 18-month-old loves Godzilla and calls him “Zaza”.

It’s so frustrating to see every creative industry in shambles right now because it’s not for lack of shows, movies, games, books, comics, etc making money. People are hungry for human made art! The greed of others is killing our creative careers.

Kim Sokol (Open for Commissions/Freelance!)@kimsokol.bsky.social · last mo.

Right now the world is full of people who want to code and write and paint and film stuff and people who want to play and read and look at and watch stuff and nobody is allowed to do any of that because some unrelated third guy isn't making enough money off the deal

I am really struggling to make things this summer. I think everything I’m going through merits a slow down in creativity — major back injury (probably requiring surgery), likely end of life of my 15+ year canine companion, toddler under 2 y/o… yet I still feel frustrated that I haven’t made more.

I don’t know how to explain it but driving through coastal Long Beach feels like being in a city from Pokemon

Did you know green crayons can melt in Mac & cheese? Anyway, happy Father’s Day!

Piggybacking off of this: If you are looking to create more community and trying to find clubs or things like that to join, another option is to be the host! Reach out and be consistent, encourage your friends to invite their friends!

Betsy Bauer@bauerpower.bsky.social · 2mo ago

If anyone is having trouble finding/strengthening friendships as an adult, joining monthly meet ups is the answer. These make up almost the entirety of my social calendar now! I have a dinner club, a book club, a figure drawing club. It’s the best. If you’re lonely, join a club!!

If anyone is having trouble finding/strengthening friendships as an adult, joining monthly meet ups is the answer. These make up almost the entirety of my social calendar now! I have a dinner club, a book club, a figure drawing club. It’s the best. If you’re lonely, join a club!!

these are all AI but Guelta d'Archei in Chad is a real oasis where camels congregate year-round. a special species of crocodile lives in there, too. it's a neat place i recommend looking at real photos of it

@pmamtraveller.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Republic of Chad

I don’t know why it took me so long to realize that laying in bed watching a movie on my iPad with earbuds in is the superior way to watch a movie for my exhausted evening ADD brain.