My mate got an IKEA smart air quality sensor and I was like pfff why do you want that but then I was at his place on Saturday and it said the air quality was low after a few hours of watching TV in his lounge and now I'm paranoid my house has low air quality and need to get sensors to monitor it. 🙃

Bank holiday weekend here and I'm up before 9 getting ready to go do our first hike up the highest peaks of Ireland. We're starting with the one closest to home, Moylussa in County Clare. peaks.chez.gay?search=moylu...

Timber just yelped in his sleep and then barked and woke himself up. Makes me think of the absolute melter on Twitter who tried to tell me dogs don't dream, that them twitching and moving their legs is just muscle spasms. Sure Jan dot gif.

Climbing Diamond Hill the other week, I had a stupid idea. I'm going to visit the highest point in every county of Ireland. blog.chez.gay/a-stupid-idea

A Stupid Idea

TLDR: I'm gonna be climbing to the highest point in every county of Ireland with a mate. If you're not interested in the backstory, jump...

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Climbing Diamond Hill the other week, I had a stupid idea. I'm going to visit the highest point in every county of Ireland. blog.chez.gay/a-stupid-idea

A Stupid Idea

TLDR: I'm gonna be climbing to the highest point in every county of Ireland with a mate. If you're not interested in the backstory, jump...

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My parents are on the final leg of their journey to Galway for the summer. They're off the ferry and driving across the country, around 90 mins away I think. They're here until early September. 🙃

Office Jukebox is quite eclectic today. Some abrupt gear changes coming up!

Second year in a row seeing Sophie Ellis Bextor at the Galway Arts Festival. She always puts on a fun show. 💃🏻 Support this year was Kate Nash... not quite the same vibe. 😅

Apparently there's a national Lime Miwadi shortage. Rob has been hunting it down for me, multiple branches of different supermarkets over the last two weeks but there's none to be found. 😭 Tesco own brand stuff isn't the same. 😒

🎵 We can Be friends Weekends In the back of your car We don't have to talk about the shit we do in the dark If you're scared to call it something more I can be the friend you're looking for...

We got a pergola from IKEA, need to tweak some things but it's a lovely shaded space to enjoy the garden now.

My team at work moved to a new office recently, and I've set up jukebox where we can all queue up music to play on a speaker. We're all bopping away to a fine selection of 90s and 00s indie stuff, and suddenly... Hurt by Johnny Cash. 😖 Somebody didn't understand the assignment.

So while we were heading up Diamond Hill yesterday, my buddy and I decided to hit the highest peaks in each county of Ireland. Unfortunately Diamond Hill isn't one of them, the highest in Galway is Benbaun... the next one over. Mayo's peak is near there too.

Picked a stupidly hot day to go hiking up Diamond Hill in Connemara, been wanting to do it for years and my mate dragged me up there yesterday. Incredible views from the top, and then we went for a dip in the Atlantic to cool off afterwards.

RIP Bonnie Tyler. And RIP Tandi Iman Dupree. This remains the best stage entrance by a drag queen of all time, even some 25 years later, and the best use of Tyler’s “Holding Out for a Hero” ever. youtu.be/IHQA5vqn6rw?...

This is what happens when we eat prawn crackers.

Me, in every room I ever enter from now on: "Everyone in this room will die never feeling the strength of connection I have felt with my Bear!” #Obsession

Last night provided additional evidence that I have a thing for Poles. 😉

Oh my fuck. 🥴🫩🤢😭 Slightly* hungover and checkout is in 20 mins. *As in I think I might actually be dead.

Super fun day marching with the bears in Dublin pride! 🌈 We started on the bus but then we walked in front of it the rest of the way.

Awww I just checked on the dogs and Timber is lying with his head out the cat flap, feels like he's watching for us to come home. 🥺

I pulled something in my back lifting the suitcase onto the bed. Maybe we packed too much... 😅

Mr Bear Ireland and his entourage are en route to Dublin for Pride! 🌈 🐻 @bearbares.bsky.social

I ordered poppers and the cheapest option for delivery was locker at the local supermarket. Got a message this morning saying they would be delivered today. Just got another one saying nobody was home. At the locker.

Suspicious Baby Side Eye Reaction

ALT: Suspicious Baby Side Eye Reaction

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We've turned the bedroom ceiling fan up to 4. It's usually at 1. It's not noisy exactly but it kinda feels like I'm in imminent peril. Like something dangerous is nearby.

David Rose: Deep Aching Sense Of Dread

ALT: David Rose: Deep Aching Sense Of Dread

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I was at the opening night of the Sexistential tour last night, never seen Robyn live before and Jesus fucking Christ, she owned that stage! No dancers, no backing singers, just her and the band who were way in the background, and she just... Fucking ruled! Absolutely magnetic performance.

Took the dogs to Connemara this afternoon, a good run on a boggy hillside followed by exploring a wind farm.

I think Maya disturbed a bee or wasp nest. We noticed her eye was swollen and assumed she had been stung once, but then the swelling went down and she's covered in bumps, all over her head and flanks and chest and legs. She seems fine thankfully, doesn't seem to be too bothered at all, but still. 😭

Everyone loved him, of course. How could they not?

My husband is coming to my workplace today to give a talk about allyship and stuff for pride month. There are a few queer people here but not all that many, so it seemed a good idea to target the hetties.