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August Moods

Karen

Doing my best to take Richard Scarry’s advice (I’ve been to the pool three times in the last six days):
A Richard Scarry illustrtaion of Huck Cat and Lowly Worm swimming in a lake. Text reads, "August. The best way to spend an August day is swimming at a lake."

 

Me at the pool all of July:
Cartoon drawing of a nervous looking figure. Caption says, "trying to have a good summer while the world falls apart"

 

Speaking of the world falling apart:
Screenshot of a tweet. Text reads, "can't believe we opted for 1984 dystopia (surveillance and denial of historical fact) and Fahrenheit 451 dystopia (erosion of literacy) instead of Brave New World dystopia (everyone gets fucked up on government-sanctioned drugs and goes to the movies all the time)"

 

Good thing I’m compartmentalizing and thinking about the basement finishing plans:
Illustration of two wizards standing in front of a tree at sunset. Text reads, "Consulting the elder on grout lore (Asking dads opinion on a bathroom remodel)"

Feeling Seen On The Internet

Karen

I’ve been all of these children in the last two weeks:
A post that shows a grid of 9 different children from renaissance paintings with various weird expressions. Text reads, "On a scale of Renaissance child how are you today?"

 

What it’s like to have a senior cat in two sentences:
Screenshot of an Instagram post. A large orange cat is lying on a cat tree and biting it. Caption reads, "Am I just being weird, or do I have a rapidly fatal condition? Lol you better spend $400+ and find out lmao"

 

Seriously! What is it going to take?!
Screenshot of a Bluesky post by the account Did He Die. Text reads, "Is the grim reaper mad at us?"

 

And yeah, this might be contributing to the current malaise:
Screenshot of a threads post that reads, "You're not depressed. You just need Trump to not be president and the people of Gaza to be fed."

Vibe Check

Karen

The vibe seems to be this:
Illustration of a frog wearing a cowyboy hat and boots using a walkie-talkie. Handwritten text reads, "what the fuck. over." (art by MilkMilkSugar)

 

One could almost say the vibes are bad:
Photo of a toy mouse holding yarn. Text around it connected by arrows says, "I wake up - a fresh new horror awaits me - a minor inconvenience derails my will to live - maybe fixating on my crafts and then hating what I make will help

 

Not to be dramatic, but work is having us start to use AI tools and it is the absolute worst:
Vintage cartoon of a man listening at a door. Text reads, "Holy shit! This guy is telling a large language model all his secrets! He says he feels lonely!!! But he's still trying to have a conversation with an app that writes essays that get a B-grade! It boiled Texas and he wants to kiss it! We are already dead and we live in hell!!!"

 

There’s always the gym:
A hamster driving a toy car in a field. Behind it is a huge fireball from an explosion. The fireball is labeled "HOW LIFE FEELS RN" and the hamster in the car is labeled, "ME ON THE WAY TO THE GYM"

 

And the hope of getting sent to take the sea air:
Screenshot of a post that reads, "I don't mean to sound like a sickly victorian woman riddled with consumption but i do feel like a little trip to the seaside would fix me"

Moods Lately

Karen

I haven’t done a dedicated post for it yet but we started *really* looking for a new, non-HOA house last month: We met with a realtor, talked to a finance person, even applied for a loan yesterday. So yeah, the anxiety is a little ramped up lately. Contemplating a (voluntary) major life change will do that.

 

 


But at least I haven’t made it to Box 9 yet.

 

I probably just need to work out:

 

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Midweek Mood Board

Karen

It’s warming up again after a cold and rainy week and work is already slowing down for the long weekend. No complaints here.

(from artist Rubyetc)

 

I want this to come back, and also fountains in malls.