Every word of this got better:
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It’s spring, it’s green, anything is possible:

We could sail on a leaf boat with our tiny friends (illustration by Kawakami Shiro [1889-1983] for Kodomo no kuni, via the delightful Anthropomorphic Japan):

We could shine under the moon (Sung Hwa Kim, “I woke up. The moon is full, so I send my wishes to the universe” 2021, acrylic on canvas, via the equally delightful Le Jardin RoBo):

1. The best Dune cosplay ever:
@redprintsrising Made some SPICY Dune content today. @DuneMovie #sandworm #ridetheworm #fremen #mayyourbladechipandshatter β¬ original sound – JADA
2. Bar pilots casually defying death (sound on for “whee!”):
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3. Fancy frogs (from Laguna Vintage):

Me after reading the news about anti-trans and anti-abortion legislation:

Me contemplating another election cycle (from the wonderfully demented Arcane Bullshit):

Me making weekend plans (from Nick Vargas):
Me finding the G A PΒ hΒ aΒ tΒ type spacing here so funny and also being overcome with nostalgia for 1990s Gap and bucket hats (from a vintage Gap account):
This is too (now that my elbow tendon is fixed, my neck is acting up):

I’ve passed the five-year mark of therapy, though, and this is more true than ever:

(Collage by A Soft Wrongness)
I just passed the one-year point at the job so I don’t have a reference if December is usually this busy–but wow it started before Thanksgiving and it hasn’t stopped yet. Behold, some memes to convey my feelings about humans being expected to maintain year-round productivity:
(art by Nicholas Vargas)
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