[New post] September Ahoy

xykademiqz posted: "Yeah, I know I haven't written a real post in a while, but I'm still here. Not going anywhere, just having limited bandwidth. Work is busy, home is busy, midlife ennui flaring up and getting really weird.  So, for now, links! Courtesy of my trusty Twitter" Respond to this post by replying above this line New post on xykademiqz September Ahoy by xykademiqz Yeah, I know I haven't written a real post in a while, but I'm still here. Not going anywhere, just having limited bandwidth. Work is busy, home is busy, midlife ennui flaring up and getting really weird.  So, for now, links! Courtesy of my trusty Twitter bookmarks.  If you need a chuckle today, commiserate with Hades, god of the underworld, on how hard it is to make friends as an adult (written by @_chase_____ & published in @mcsweeneys, of course): https://t.co/Se2djsVbud pic.twitter.com/uXYul0JhZq — Megan Stolz Rogers (@megan_stolz) September 30, 2021 pic.twitter.com/Em6LkzIedP — cadAVRA exquis (@avramargariti) September 29, 2021 I'm hearing a lot of diet talk lately - a lot of post-lockdown, back-in-the-office terror of showing our bodies in public. I've been feeling it too. As someone who will always be recovering from an eating disorder, I'd like to say a few (kind) things... — Katherine May (@_katherine_may_) September 29, 2021 i have read this sentence 40 times in a row https://t.co/FlURwqf5vi — Hannah Lynn (@hanfranny) September 27, 2021 Was told to make a young woman protagonist who eats murderous men "more likable" if I wanted people to read it. She seemed pretty likable to me, so I declined. That story was Hungry Daughters of Starving Mothers, and it won a Nebula and World Fantasy Award lol https://t.co/jjiOAepwaM — Alyssa Wong (@crashwong) September 29, 2021 pic.twitter.com/Ya8tIRyuJ6 — Dudes Posting Their W's (@DudespostingWs) September 29, 2021 This. Still keenly this... Rene Ricard: pic.twitter.com/iIEnJY1WB4 — Maya C. Popa (@MayaCPopa) September 29, 2021 Hey Autumn… pic.twitter.com/9Q0Kb9HX3p — TwistedDoodles (@twisteddoodles) September 29, 2021 Threads like this are so important to keeping us real and focused on the work and away from intrusive thoughts and worries. Publishing is a marathon, not a sprint. Stay healthy, stay in it, and share your stories. https://t.co/Z0cwE8lgy6 — Alex Woodroe (@AlexWoodroe) September 28, 2021 Emma K, aged 6, said it best. pic.twitter.com/yTRHPqlnrU — Helen Kerridge (@Artology) September 27, 2021 Phil McCann is now in this very specific & rare hall of fame pic.twitter.com/vs09B83il1 — claire. (@blissfulfiction) September 25, 2021 pic.twitter.com/7yyW9kMcMe — WholesomeMemes (@WholesomeMeme) September 25, 2021 Cats waiting for fishermen to return, Greece, 1970s pic.twitter.com/RzicS3I0EV — Diane Doniol-Valcroze (@ddoniolvalcroze) September 23, 2021 Why I Am Bisexual #BiVisibilityDay https://t.co/SajK0GDvVL — B. (@bkolcow) September 23, 2021 Ah, this is too true. pic.twitter.com/IHQGMYMhiB — Karen Heslop (@kheslopwrites) September 23, 2021 throwback pic.twitter.com/2I4ayi69K0 — dinosaur (@dino_comics) September 23, 2021 pic.twitter.com/fWYwzjHcEj — WholesomeMemes (@WholesomeMeme) September 23, 2021 There are two types of artists pic.twitter.com/q7gSKIXjzG — mush (@mushymoss_) September 21, 2021 Hanging out in the ICU pic.twitter.com/DViTh7x7mE — Dr. Glaucomflecken (@DGlaucomflecken) September 21, 2021 I… had not read this precise kind of exhaustion expressed in just this way and my god that's it, that's exactly it. https://t.co/SyzO6aRgN4 — Dr. Sunny Moraine PhD is practicing resurrection (@dynamicsymmetry) September 21, 2021 i mean, also yes pic.twitter.com/b8SN1iooFo — Hannah Cohen (@hcohenpoet) September 20, 2021 "My father is my uncle and my aunt is my mother???"#HappyBirthdayGeorgeRRMartinhttps://t.co/GuAmdp0yqe — Timothy McSweeney (@mcsweeneys) September 20, 2021 Okay, THIS is a hill to die on, folks. Rhythm MATTERS. So much of the advice floating around about cleaning up prose fails to take into account colloquial usage, flow, the sheer joy of lushness. Not everything needs to be Hemingwayesque. https://t.co/9R9008QMlh — Deanna Raybourn (@deannaraybourn) September 20, 2021 There is so much truth in here that it hurts. Perfection, @mcsweeneys https://t.co/6XtGEs8Vvz — Dena Feldman (@Dena130) September 30, 2021 Cats waiting for fishermen to return, Greece, 1970s pic.twitter.com/RzicS3I0EV — Diane Doniol-Valcroze (@ddoniolvalcroze) September 23, 2021 remember when Tom Holland pic.twitter.com/5Xxw72VCVT — ًasayel (@isnowayhome) September 18, 2021 So satisfying https://t.co/N3tsoT0jpi — martha mclaughlin (@wordwhirler) September 17, 2021 pic.twitter.com/M0zIqb7DjQ — Respectful Memes (@RespectfulMemes) September 18, 2021 pic.twitter.com/zQmSGHGR3B — WholesomeMemes (@WholesomeMeme) September 18, 2021 being destroyed by heather christle poems pic.twitter.com/Sf17VQrzMk — blake levario (@b_levario) September 16, 2021 Obsessed with this poem by Katherine Fallon in @rustandmoth "(which is always, always)" pic.twitter.com/zToPBNckCP — Jane Healey (@Healey_Jane) September 17, 2021 Thinking abt hugh steers; how he painted 10 hours/day in his kitchen in nyc until his death at 32 in 1995, gorgeous paintings he called "conjurings" showing acts of intimacy b/w lovers, how he never found true romance, how in his late paintings he wore high heels and could fly pic.twitter.com/9avf3XG7b8 — Aurora Ricci (@silicone_angel) September 15, 2021 How did she suddenly look like Drew Barrymore and then Winona Ryder just by acting??? https://t.co/JWAyJUR65C — Kamisato Kamiseta (@chichar_eon) September 16, 2021 "Commander Riker has shown utmost loyalty and reliability as my Number One, save one occasion in which he urged me to be kinder to Ensign Wesley Crusher. I let him off with a warning for such a colossal overstep in authority."https://t.co/Cm2IE4GPRz — Timothy McSweeney (@mcsweeneys) September 13, 2021 hahahahahahah *sob*https://t.co/d2TjNtAjcX — Dr. Lisa Munro (@llmunro) September 14, 2021 a poem for all my crushes thank you @anamotpress pic.twitter.com/NCIWOYiJeh — Noor | نور (@MyNrhindi) September 15, 2021 pic.twitter.com/b6v6NB6GJw — Brett Charles Milam (@brett_milam) September 14, 2021 Great thread of Twitter hall-of-famers. I think about this one ALL the time. https://t.co/EVtkTuuCmT — Your Little Cool Blood Eating Friend (@davisac1) September 14, 2021 OMG https://t.co/QhxzI07f3v — Diabolical Plots (@diabolicalplots) September 14, 2021 pic.twitter.com/Ma5ILQQfiU — WholesomeMemes (@WholesomeMeme) September 14, 2021 Sharon Olds. pic.twitter.com/iV6tqGe3I0 — Satya Dash (@satya043) September 13, 2021 "It's no exaggeration to say that watching this sitcom changed me from an embittered, hopeless, hostile mess into someone kinder and more reminiscent of the title character."https://t.co/9hmDHTJo6z — Timothy McSweeney (@mcsweeneys) September 14, 2021 Tonight's soccer practice reading. Linda Gregg. Damn. pic.twitter.com/xrXGSfgl4G — Maggie Smith (@maggiesmithpoet) September 13, 2021 For all my friends who write short stories. I feel this very hard. @ElectricSheepSF #WritingCommunity #amwritingspeculativefiction #amwriting https://t.co/FM0VF4d8yd — Andrea Goyan (@AndreaGoyan) September 13, 2021 Stepping down from my job to devote myself full time to reading the emails from my kids schools — Joseph Birbiglia (@joebirbigs) September 12, 2021 pic.twitter.com/rvOIp95mI9 — tiger-tom73 (@Tom73Tiger) September 12, 2021 Fungi diversity from Ukraine pic.twitter.com/CMHtuOscs8 — Marieta Marin Bruzos (@Micro_MarinB) September 11, 2021 Word(s) of the Day: "Liver Lifter" pic.twitter.com/BTKNMtLkWw — Whores of Yore (@WhoresofYore) September 12, 2021 Drama Dots! LOL... pic.twitter.com/gzgNmeLTFF — Wendy S. Delmater (@safewrite) September 12, 2021 A person called OwlKitty changed the Business Card scene from "American Psycho" to the guys showing each other pictures of their cats on their phones… and it could possibly be the greatest masterpiece ever pic.twitter.com/RPhktTou1d — Couch Nish (@CouchNish) September 9, 2021 Graveyard sculptures. pic.twitter.com/hKZJlKcmdE — Angel's Whisper (@AngelsWhisperr) September 8, 2021 pic.twitter.com/jNlzNulAAz — WholesomeMemes (@WholesomeMeme) September 9, 2021 my landlord painted over a fucking roach pic.twitter.com/b3vTHOrdgi — chelsea, a human woman? (@chellzyeah) September 5, 2021 pic.twitter.com/k2gQYY4eKb — WholesomeMemes (@WholesomeMeme) September 2, 2021 This applies to one of the villains I am writing. Oh boy, does it ever fit him. pic.twitter.com/YGYDMexZ3t — Wendy S. Delmater (@safewrite) September 2, 2021 She really poured her heart into this piece. https://t.co/yuW3yxYdlf — Rob (@rob_heighton) September 2, 2021 PUT THIS IN THE HISTORY BOOKS FOR 2020-2021 pic.twitter.com/qko3QqznXh — love yo self. (@MichellCClark) September 1, 2021 "The thing is to love life, to love it even when you have no stomach for it" Sharing "The Thing Is" by Ellen Bass, a reminder we all dearly need, and then tapping out for the night to recover from today's bleak miseries. Take care of yourselves, friends. pic.twitter.com/i33xQAHs5K — Maya C. Popa (@MayaCPopa) September 2, 2021 Comic by @foxing_around pic.twitter.com/i6pn6jTIAx — WholesomeMemes (@WholesomeMeme) September 2, 2021 Abortion is necessary because we live in a world where female adolescence means dodging dicks left and right. It is the quintessential coming of age experience for girls. I will die on this hill. — Natalie Lima (@NatalieLima09) September 1, 2021 pic.twitter.com/iCc5TQKolH — WholesomeMemes (@WholesomeMeme) September 1, 2021 pic.twitter.com/gCmbMKQk9j — matt musselman, do mph (@mmmDOMPH) September 1, 2021 Your mid-day reminder from Anne Sexton: pic.twitter.com/pucWtQAoLx — Maya C. Popa (@MayaCPopa) August 25, 2021 pic.twitter.com/w6VWADkZO7 — WholesomeMemes (@WholesomeMeme) August 26, 2021   xykademiqz | September 30, 2021 at 4:19 pm | Categories: Uncategorized | URL: https://wp.me/p4eDLI-26N Comment    See all comments    Like Unsubscribe to no longer receive posts from xykademiqz. Change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://xykademiqz.com/2021/09/30/september-ahoy/ Thanks for flying with WordPress.com