Alex @checkervest@octodon.social

I feel like this was my reward for getting out of bed this morning
https://octodon.social/media/lKt8vg1-tTyhEyW0xIM

Nice clouds out tonight
https://octodon.social/media/MyqUC_3yHz8t68e2Ixo

When I walked into my office this morning I froze in the doorway and hissed "A child has been sitting at my desk" so I guess I'm finally becoming the storybook witch I wanted to be when I was 8

Kind of ominous sky tonight
https://octodon.social/media/uXN5zNLZPofZg7eMpB8

My phone autocorrected “what season is this” to “what Swain is this” and I am absolutely going to start using this as my response to texts from unknown numbers

Memento but it’s a Polaroid of a CocaCola Freestyle machine, underneath which is written “Coke and raspberry syrup will always taste bad, please stop doing this to yourself”

Update 2: oh nooooo, Ripley’s been dethroned, look at that unrepentant face
https://octodon.social/media/S_opziAlspF7rNVPcZ0

Update: he has decided to give the floor blanket a try, but he’s not happy about it
https://octodon.social/media/_gylI73wgkhSPxMWjuo

She has never denied the baby cat anything in the entire time they've known each other but she won't let him on the blanket so he's sitting on the floor crying pitifully

Ripley, a cat who is usually sweet and self-sacrificing to a fault, has seized control over Cora’s holiday sweater and is steadfastly refusing to cede the territory #cats
https://octodon.social/media/gvNDNpGKKhj5N4tp9VY

She has a quest for you, if you be bold enough
https://octodon.social/media/hj32Vm2ITjGxuZ9ee_o

I got my dog a holiday sweater and misjudged her proportions and it is comically oversized on her, it looks like when they tried to jam Snowy into a suit meant for a German Shepherd in Destination Moon

Honestly bless the two dudes taking up an entire central aisle in this store in a fevered discussion of the detailed backstory of one of them’s tiefling bard

Lord give me the confidence of someone who yells “Golden Boy” during the lull between songs at a Mountain Goats concert

My dog has chosen to spend the morning sitting at the window, seething at the neighbors for existing. I told her to stop barking so now she’s doing this angry cross between a grumble and a hum in their general direction

Good morning everyone, the day is full of possibilities

There is a big game going on at the football stadium downtown. Because of the humidity, I can hear a good bit of it here in my house. If I stand outside, I can hear the drums and the brass and almost make out the announcer’s words. Standing in my kitchen is another matter. I’d love to know what quirk of acoustics is making the bit of it that reaches me in the kitchen sound exactly like the ghosts in Crimson Peak

Oh cool it’s get into a tense political discussion with my brother o’clock