TIL how to pronounce Eoin (spoiler: it's "Owen")

Struck up a conversation with an elder gay and I kept thinking it was such a privilege bc they don’t make them like this anymore. Like, the old-timey kind who luxuriates in his camp. A soft, slow speaker who was yet theatrical and punctuating his conversation with vocal and gestural flourishes.

Caught up with an acquaintance who was gone for months in Texas because his first grandchild. Turns out he had a heart attack while there but didn’t experience any of the “classic” symptoms and long story short got 5(!) stents.

finally got around to listening/watching the new Weeknd Hong Kong song and phew i'm verklempt (i welled up). was just there after last christmas and was thinking about going back this coming spring but changed plans but now i might need to change them back. www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBhL...

The Weeknd - Hong Kong Ft. Faye Wong (Live in Hong Kong)

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why no, it is not too early to listen to christmas music, thanks for asking

Oh noooo!!!! 😫😫 I mean I’m not surprised lol but ugh

I can’t believe its not @twcau@crispykangaroo.com · last wk.

It's dead Jim: Foursquare/Swarm closing down. Put in those data download and deletion requests before that valuable little time capsule is lost forever. @jonk.org @flysoplane.com @starflyergold.bsky.social

the way alexander likes the lights in the house it's like a goddamn hollister store. (i showed him a video of what one looked like -- and the absurdity of it all -- but he remains steadfast)

At airport, volunteering, and a lady comes up to me trying to get her WhatsApp to work: “Hi, I haven’t got a smartphone, just an Android…” (maybe Androids aren’t considered smartphones in England?) (At least it’s not a blackberry! [inside joke, don’t come at me android and blackberry folks!])

i think the nostalgia has been hitting hard lately. listening to Toad The West Sprocket's "fear" album (of Walk on the Ocean and All I Want fame) and phew, i'm getting verklempt.

At the Lake Oswego farmers market and it’s like…too nice? It feels like I’m in a movie?

So that happened…

gmail needs to stop putting class action notifications in spam.

i saw a recent video thumbnail on my youtube feed for "Why NOBODY Remembers Northwest Airlines!" and i just want to say *i* do. took my first "i'm an adult and can travel without my parents" trip with them back in 2000. (the trip that explains why i will always call the O2 "the millennium dome")

i just want to express my concern that two people i met last week (in their 20s/30s) -- ENGLISH PEOPLE, FROM ENGLAND LIVING IN ENGLAND -- had never heard of Keeping Up Appearances.

Hyacinth Bucket's Shocked Horror

Alt: Hyacinth Bucket's Shocked Horror

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Trying my first British Chinese (“a Chinese”) and…it’s amazing?!

One of my favorite local restaurants got an AI slop sign and ugh, gross.

Lisa Kudrow: Stop The Madness!

Alt: Lisa Kudrow: Stop The Madness!

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am i the only one who loves these super random Strange New Worlds episodes? like this soap opera one (so far) Is GREAT -- i love it!!

while back i got a kodak charmera but never used it until this past trip. i guess it was pretty fun? not sure how i feel about ThE AeSTheTiC but it was a nice substitute for a film camera as a second thing to play with. mclassplanet.tumblr.com (yes i am repurposing a tumblr url i've had for ages)

i know it's silly but it bothers me that i need to upload recipts for our quickbooks subscription into quickbooks

DYING listening to these two flight attendants talking (they are clearly besties). Just a small excerpt: Him: “do you remember that nice guy who gave us cookies? That Asian guy?” Her: “yeah?” Him: “well, I…uhh…thanked him for his loyalty and now he’s living in my DMs” Ok Blanche!

Blanche Devereaux's Sassy & Flirty Look

ALT: Blanche Devereaux's Sassy & Flirty Look

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If you’ve ever wondered what Tallinn’s Linnahall looks like inside… (Happened to be in town while an exhibition was taking place in it.) More photos at www.instagram.com/p/DdMSEfziit...

Was curious, so researched and indeed Swedish “torg”, Estonian “turg”, and Serbian “trg” are related. And, as it turns out, Turku, Finland and Trieste, Italy? en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconst...

Even for this basic b, this is a step too far!!!

Easy peasy first time EES. Maybe 15 min in line, didn’t use kiosk

I’m beginning to think maybe I don’t need 4 live activities for 1 flight

omg my mom just voice called me (not facetime not whatsapp) and i thought the worst* but all she wanted to know was how to change her apple id password 😭😭😭 *my heart is still racing

Saw a poster for a musician/band called “Woe Nelly” and IDK who they are but I hope they are a gay singer-songwriter 😂

just saw an ad that said "starring synthetic performers" 😶

me: oh maybe i'll go a day early to london before i have to be there for work. *does some interneting, checks hotel prices* me: never mind

Two things I’m unironically grateful to YouTube for: 1) reliving the glory days of MTV whenever I want 2) letting me see the world in ways I never would (because I know myself): 3-week canyoneering trip through the Grand Canyon or climbing to a peak in the Alps.