marie

@marieiskandar.me

late thirties. she/her. gamedev, not that i ever finish projects. i am a thousand years old and have seen many a ghost. from the computer, sadly. erstwhile yinzer now living in tokyo. 日本語🆗 (嘘ですが…).

Dropping abstruse and esoteric ramblings into the group chat under the thinnest possible pretexts so the homies hit me with the singular 👍 react before moving on to literally any other topic

Some friends are teaching their baby ASL as an early bridge to speech and they made the mistake of teaching her “want” as a concept. Now she wanders around the house signing “want” all the time as an expression of unfocused desire. They fucked up and made the baby invent the opposite of Buddhism.

I mean if you’re pitching Doug Shippuden and don’t lead with whatever cyborg body Mr. Dink has transferred his consciousness to in order become immortal that’s on you “Douglath, eternal life is very expensive…and ya don’t even pay it in cash”

ToonHive@toonhive.bsky.social · 7d ago

Concept art for a proposed ‘Doug’ sequel series, titled ‘Doug Kids,’ has been posted online by series creator Jim Jimkins. The series was pitched to Disney in 2019 but ultimately never moved forward.

i think a puppygirl broke free of her restraints near my psych clinic based on the trail of prescription sleeping pills that ended in a broken leash

dreamt that i was experiencing rebirth into naraka as a sapient short-form video aware and unable to change that it was going to be played in a continuous loop for trillions of years

my father's emails are a unique genre of inscrutable poetry, and they explain perhaps so very much about the way i talk today

Greetings Earthman, (Beautiful Blue Eyes)
Are things going to plan ?
We called Sat. morning (in Tokyo), but didn't get a pick-up.
So, ooh,
The Jungle in the back yard is gone! (for now)
Are you ready to sacrifice the Weatherman ?
Love,
D ad

Frog and Toad were caught in the rain. They ran to Frog’s house. “I am all wet,” said Toad. “The day is spoiled.” “Have some tea and cake,” said Frog. “The rain will stop. If you stand near the stove, your clothes will soon be dry.”

Frog and Toad stand in Frog's house, dripping wet. Frog has prepared a nice hot pot of tea for the pair.

From "The Corner"
In *Frog and Toad All Year*

In 2015 I bought cigarettes from a dog, a literal dog, sold me cigarettes. It was a brand I had never seen and since cannot find, cigarettes called “el viejon”. The logo was a dog with an eye patch Everything in my life has been a mess since then I did quit smoking tho. But I’d smoke el viejon