bodega parrot
@bodegaparrot.bsky.social
hooked on phonics since 1990
Today my friend and her son baked a cake just because I was coming over to hang out. I saw a young couple cross the street so that they could smell blossoms on a tree, a child riding on the shoulders of a grownup, & an elderly couple holding hands and smiling as they walked down the sidewalk.
March 22, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Today my friend and her son baked a cake just because I was coming over to hang out. I saw a young couple cross the street so that they could smell blossoms on a tree, a child riding on the shoulders of a grownup, & an elderly couple holding hands and smiling as they walked down the sidewalk.
Booked a consultation with a therapist at the end of the week. I think it's time, because the assessment made me cry. Time to kick depression's ass!
February 24, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Booked a consultation with a therapist at the end of the week. I think it's time, because the assessment made me cry. Time to kick depression's ass!
It may have taken me all day to muster up the will to climb out of my depression pit long enough to go for my stupid mental health walk, but it was well worth it, because I saw signs of Spring out there in the world.
February 23, 2025 at 11:15 PM
It may have taken me all day to muster up the will to climb out of my depression pit long enough to go for my stupid mental health walk, but it was well worth it, because I saw signs of Spring out there in the world.
I want to redo my 20s ONLY so I can have that cool skunk hair that the 20somethings are sportin' these days.
February 15, 2025 at 7:01 PM
I want to redo my 20s ONLY so I can have that cool skunk hair that the 20somethings are sportin' these days.
Today's good things:
Espresso
Cat snuggles
Saw a hawk
Heartwarming patron interactions
Delivering soup to a pal
Saw a stranger cat
GORGEOUS sunset
Cheese
Upstairs neighbor playing guitar
Silly conversation about Nickelback
Espresso
Cat snuggles
Saw a hawk
Heartwarming patron interactions
Delivering soup to a pal
Saw a stranger cat
GORGEOUS sunset
Cheese
Upstairs neighbor playing guitar
Silly conversation about Nickelback
February 4, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Today's good things:
Espresso
Cat snuggles
Saw a hawk
Heartwarming patron interactions
Delivering soup to a pal
Saw a stranger cat
GORGEOUS sunset
Cheese
Upstairs neighbor playing guitar
Silly conversation about Nickelback
Espresso
Cat snuggles
Saw a hawk
Heartwarming patron interactions
Delivering soup to a pal
Saw a stranger cat
GORGEOUS sunset
Cheese
Upstairs neighbor playing guitar
Silly conversation about Nickelback
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Today’s show was my last at CNN. My closing message: It’s never a good time to bow down to a tyrant… don’t give in to the lies. Don’t give in to fear. Hold on to the truth… and hope.
January 28, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Today’s show was my last at CNN. My closing message: It’s never a good time to bow down to a tyrant… don’t give in to the lies. Don’t give in to fear. Hold on to the truth… and hope.
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"sorry but you should reading more books that aren't--" shut up. read whatever you want lmao. idgaf. buy books. support libraries. have fun. this isn't a job. (I mean it is, for me. but like, it doesn't have to be a job.)
January 27, 2025 at 11:51 PM
"sorry but you should reading more books that aren't--" shut up. read whatever you want lmao. idgaf. buy books. support libraries. have fun. this isn't a job. (I mean it is, for me. but like, it doesn't have to be a job.)
I am going to continue putting one foot in front of the other, making soup, dancing with my cats in the kitchen, greeting every bird I see, writing cards to my loved ones, and engaging in silly goosery. I cannot be of much use if I let myself wallow for the next four years.
January 21, 2025 at 12:32 PM
I am going to continue putting one foot in front of the other, making soup, dancing with my cats in the kitchen, greeting every bird I see, writing cards to my loved ones, and engaging in silly goosery. I cannot be of much use if I let myself wallow for the next four years.
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January 19, 2025
January 19, 2025
You hear sometimes, now that we know the sordid details of the lives of some of our leading figures, that America has no heroes left.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
January 20, 2025 at 4:01 AM
January 19, 2025
Apologies to my neighbors for blaring the Yo Gabba Gabba tiny desk concert at 5am.
December 18, 2024 at 11:06 AM
Apologies to my neighbors for blaring the Yo Gabba Gabba tiny desk concert at 5am.
I started a book club this year and I honestly love it, but I am currently resenting that all of my reading time is dominated by a book club book right now when I could be re-reading Watership Down.
December 14, 2024 at 1:27 PM
I started a book club this year and I honestly love it, but I am currently resenting that all of my reading time is dominated by a book club book right now when I could be re-reading Watership Down.
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Listen, did you ever had a bad boss, a terrible person, at a job that you can't, for whatever reason, quit? Did you learn to delay, obfuscate, frustrate, and otherwise fuck up that person just to the line where you could keep your job? Congratulations, you have the tools to resist authoritarianism!
It’s important to remember that resisting takes many forms—including throwing sand in the gears and just not… rolling over in advance—and they’re all needed and useful.
“Saying “No, it’s over! Don’t be so naive!” [is] really just rolling out a red carpet, the ultimate capitulation in advance. At the very least, put him to the task. Make him execute on what he’s trying to do. That’s the first role of a political opposition.” 👇
November 15, 2024 at 6:33 PM
Listen, did you ever had a bad boss, a terrible person, at a job that you can't, for whatever reason, quit? Did you learn to delay, obfuscate, frustrate, and otherwise fuck up that person just to the line where you could keep your job? Congratulations, you have the tools to resist authoritarianism!
Nothing like listening to an NPR piece about dung beetles whilst breakfasting on a bran muffin! 📻🪲
November 16, 2024 at 11:50 AM
Nothing like listening to an NPR piece about dung beetles whilst breakfasting on a bran muffin! 📻🪲
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Heres this thing :)
November 15, 2024 at 8:28 PM
Heres this thing :)
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no matter the outcome of this election: organize, build local community, build strength in masses. elections aren't the only time politics happen, it also happens on the streets, in the community and by mutually supporting each other.
November 6, 2024 at 4:25 AM
no matter the outcome of this election: organize, build local community, build strength in masses. elections aren't the only time politics happen, it also happens on the streets, in the community and by mutually supporting each other.
I just had the pleasure of watching a squirrel take a chicken finger out of a bin.
October 28, 2024 at 10:03 PM
I just had the pleasure of watching a squirrel take a chicken finger out of a bin.
Those are my emotional support twinkle lights.
July 20, 2024 at 9:34 AM
Those are my emotional support twinkle lights.
Industrial dancing to the Sim Isle soundtrack to cure what ails me.
July 13, 2024 at 12:14 AM
Industrial dancing to the Sim Isle soundtrack to cure what ails me.
I think I grieved about the trajectory of humanity a very long time ago and am now just trying to enjoy what there is to enjoy and love on people. Gotta keep trucking, because I have the privilege of still being alive.
July 2, 2024 at 10:20 AM
I think I grieved about the trajectory of humanity a very long time ago and am now just trying to enjoy what there is to enjoy and love on people. Gotta keep trucking, because I have the privilege of still being alive.
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I resent so much that a year which is very good for me personally is generally garbage for us all
July 2, 2024 at 12:31 AM
I resent so much that a year which is very good for me personally is generally garbage for us all
To the person BLARING Phil Collins's "In the Air Tonight" from their motorcycle at 5:30am, thanks for the giggle.
May 29, 2024 at 9:40 AM
To the person BLARING Phil Collins's "In the Air Tonight" from their motorcycle at 5:30am, thanks for the giggle.
You ever stress about making a good impression in an upcoming meeting so much that you try on every outfit in your closet? 😅
January 28, 2024 at 11:08 PM
You ever stress about making a good impression in an upcoming meeting so much that you try on every outfit in your closet? 😅
It's been an other-duties-as-assigned kind of week. There are kittens living in the ceiling of the library. Can we get any more stereotypical?
September 21, 2023 at 8:38 PM
It's been an other-duties-as-assigned kind of week. There are kittens living in the ceiling of the library. Can we get any more stereotypical?