Bluegrass_Nomad

Bluegrass_Nomad, 4 days ago to music

Tuesday vibes.

https://youtu.be/nRpCivrtmXM?feature=shared

#music #edm

Bluegrass_Nomad, 16 days ago to random

Can't wait to vote against #EricAdams next year. Truly, 2025 cannot come soon enough

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/23/eric-adams-weihong-hu-fundraiser-new-york-city-mayor

Bluegrass_Nomad, 18 days ago to random

If eating sweet potato fries with maple syrup and hot sauce is wrong, I don't want to be right.

Bluegrass_Nomad, 18 days ago to random

the strange intimacy of a tandem crossword

Bluegrass_Nomad, 21 days ago to nyc

BRB, getting lost in film for the next 12 weeks.

Watching indie films outside is one of my favorite parts of the summer. Last night's opener was in a graveyard & the season includes screenings on warehouse rooftops, ferry piers, and parks across all five boroughs.

Beyond just the setting, part of why I live in #nyc is the chance to see movies that will never be picked up for distribution. Short films, weird animations, insanely-heavy topics; there is so much incredible art being made

#film

Bluegrass_Nomad, 22 days ago to music

That magical moment when a song immediately resonates and gets (pleasantly) stuck in your head for the next few days.

#music #musicians

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcXDzZ_rFI8

Bluegrass_Nomad, 25 days ago to Portal

Not going to lie, I actually think the #Portal is pretty cool. This picture is from the #NYC side, streaming live to our sister portal in #Dublin

Yay art and human connection!

Bluegrass_Nomad, 25 days ago to random

One of the things I hate about being a female manager is that it's not enough to just be good at my job.

I also have to present 100% of the time as warm but not flirty, open without oversharing, friendly but in an "authentic" way, professional but not cold, attractive but not sexy, and competent without being intimidating.

There is no way to win.

Bluegrass_Nomad, 1 month ago (edited 1 month ago) to Palestine

So unbelieveably blown by the #macklemore track today. All power to the people; the truth cannot be silenced.

https://www.facebook.com/reel/3757991564432194/?mibextid=rS40aB7S9Ucbxw6v

EDIT: changed to a Facebook link because Twitter is trying to take this down in real-time

#palestine #resistance #politics #studentprotests #studentspring

Alice, 1 month ago to random

Countdown until we learn that Waymo is similar to those Amazon stores where the self-driving cars are actually controlled by offices full of people who are playing a variation of Mario Kart in order to get us to our destinations.

Bluegrass_Nomad, 1 month ago to random

Nothing says "legitimate arrests" quite like scooping 43 people on "conspiracy to commit burglary."

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/06/ucla-protester-attack-campus-safety

#studentprotests

Bluegrass_Nomad, 1 month ago to random

I've recently switched bows (recurve to compound) so I've been shooting like trash for a few weeks. Archery is great deprogramming for lingering perfectionism & fear of failure.

Trying to embrace not being perfect at something that brings me joy.

Bluegrass_Nomad, 1 month ago to random

"That's when she found the tree,
the dark, crabbed branches
bearing up such speechless bounty,
she knew without being told
this was forbidden. It wasn't
a question of ownership—
who could lay claim to
such maddening perfection?

And there was no voice in her head,
no whispered intelligence lurking
in the leaves—just an ache that grew
until she knew she'd already lost everything
except desire, the red heft of it
warming her outstretched palm."

Rita Dove "I Have Been a Stranger in a Strange Land"

Bluegrass_Nomad, 1 month ago to random

Do you ever get a line from a story stuck in your head? Something clicks and suddenly the dark recesses of your brain draw forth a flashing neon billboard of a particular line or phrase that you read at least a decade ago and have lost all contextual framework for.

Today's brain lava burped up this gem: "understand that your cat is a whore and can't help you."

(from Lorrie Moore's "Self Help," which has just moved to the top of my re-read pile)

seachanger, 1 month ago to random

the wto protests were a turning point for me as a college student, that's when i learned that the news media can lie, and that militarized police are the ones who overwhelmingly initiate fear and perpetrate the violence accredited to protestors on the evening news. i guess a new generation of college students is learning about this now, probably the most important thing they'll learn on their campuses in 4 years tbh

Bluegrass_Nomad, 1 month ago to random

Work may suck and the world is on fire, but at least I've got the girl gang and live music to put a smile on this face

SallyStrange, 1 month ago to scifi

10 authors, of whose books I've read at least five:

Ursula Le Guin
Kim Stanley Robinson
Octavia Butler
N. K. Jemisin
Becky Chambers
Iain M. Banks
Martha Wells
M. R. Carey
Lois McMaster Bujold
Vonda McIntyre

#scifi #ScienceFiction #SFF #books

#10Authors5BooksEach
@bookstodon

Bluegrass_Nomad, 1 month ago to random

I'm glad that at this point in my life, I've established that I am someone who responds to being totally overwhelmed by going to the woods.

Literally screw the city, organized society, my jobs, my family, all of it.

I just want trees & quiet & distance. I want to feel the primordial recognition that I was once prey. I want to surprise an animal because my steps are so silent. I want to disappear in the modern sense, if only for the briefest moment.

Bluegrass_Nomad, 1 month ago to random

But yes, students protesting is the problem.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/23/un-rights-chief-horrified-by-reports-of-mass-graves-at-two-gaza-hospitals

Bluegrass_Nomad, 1 month ago to Starwars

Yesterday was the one year #anniversary of moving back to the US. This is about the only way I can describe my feelings on the subject.

#starwars #travel

NorcalGma2, 1 month ago to random

My husband and I have been a couple for a long time. Through ups and downs, sickness and health and times happy as well as sad.
Now we navigate being old.
Even through extreme circumstances, we manage to show our devotion to each other.
Our methods have changed over time for sure, but not the core desire to love and be loved.
My husband just did something for me that might seem small, but it isn't. The other day, when I went hiking through the redwoods, I wore a new pair of walking shoes thinking the trail was maintained. It turned out the trail was muddy, and I thought I ruined the shoes. They looked pretty bad. So I left them in the garage and added, cleaning them to my to-do list.
While I was working in the kitchen today, he quietly sat outside, in the shade, and made my shoes look like new again.
That's true love.
I am pretty lucky.

Bluegrass_Nomad, 1 month ago to random

Don't usually drink hard liquor during the week, but today is a 🥃🥃🥃🥃 kinda day

Bluegrass_Nomad, 1 month ago to random

Slowly migrating to an all-onesies wardrobe. Business professional onesies, athletic onesies, date night onesies.

The possibilities are endless!

Bluegrass_Nomad, 1 month ago to random

Once caused an unintentional taco riot in Indianapolis.

I regret nothing.