Michael E.
@elverboser.bsky.social
american immigrant in japan | gay, latino, dad | he/him | posts mostly about fatherhood, generally very tired
I spent so many sick days as a child, then college breaks, then work lunches watching GH, thanks to my mom's dedication to the show (it's the only soap she still watches). I was so invested in those Spencer/Cassadine plots. Really is the end of an era. RIP.
Anthony Geary, who rose to fame in the 1970s and '80s as half the daytime TV super couple Luke and Laura on "General Hospital," has died. He was 78. n.pr/3KNUxwM
'General Hospital' star Anthony Geary of Luke and Laura fame dies at 78
Anthony Geary, who rose to fame in the 1970s and '80s as half the daytime TV super couple Luke and Laura on "General Hospital," has died. He was 78.
n.pr
December 16, 2025 at 2:24 PM
I spent so many sick days as a child, then college breaks, then work lunches watching GH, thanks to my mom's dedication to the show (it's the only soap she still watches). I was so invested in those Spencer/Cassadine plots. Really is the end of an era. RIP.
Lauren Oya Olamina, on presidential candidate Jarret: "Once he's made everyone who isn't like him sound evil, then he can blame them for the problems he knows they didn't cause. That's easier than trying to fix the problems."
Parable of the Talents by Octavia E. Butler
Parable of the Talents by Octavia E. Butler
December 16, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Lauren Oya Olamina, on presidential candidate Jarret: "Once he's made everyone who isn't like him sound evil, then he can blame them for the problems he knows they didn't cause. That's easier than trying to fix the problems."
Parable of the Talents by Octavia E. Butler
Parable of the Talents by Octavia E. Butler
I was really hoping for a record player for Christmas. We *loaned* ours to my BIL when we moved to Japan. Then he moved to Mexico and then to Korea, and who knows what happened to it over the past 6 years.
So I put it on my list (bc my husband insists I make one), but turns out it's too pricey.
So I put it on my list (bc my husband insists I make one), but turns out it's too pricey.
December 12, 2025 at 10:52 AM
I was really hoping for a record player for Christmas. We *loaned* ours to my BIL when we moved to Japan. Then he moved to Mexico and then to Korea, and who knows what happened to it over the past 6 years.
So I put it on my list (bc my husband insists I make one), but turns out it's too pricey.
So I put it on my list (bc my husband insists I make one), but turns out it's too pricey.
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I repeat IT'S BEEN ONE OF THOSE WEEKS! To the catfish beneath Japan, please calm down and take a nap #iykyk #tokyo #japan #earthquake
It's one of those weeks, huh? That was another longish, gentle shake.
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Bumping this again for anyone needing English info #earthquake #tokyo #japan bsky.app/profile/hale...
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December 12, 2025 at 10:08 AM
I repeat IT'S BEEN ONE OF THOSE WEEKS! To the catfish beneath Japan, please calm down and take a nap #iykyk #tokyo #japan #earthquake
Bedtime bummer… My daughter and I just got to this chapter in Howliday Inn. Poor kid was crying her eyes out.
December 9, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Bedtime bummer… My daughter and I just got to this chapter in Howliday Inn. Poor kid was crying her eyes out.
You will be visited by three spirits
December 9, 2025 at 8:08 AM
You will be visited by three spirits
I was just going through the IG reels I made for those few months in 2022. They're really beautiful and represent a time in my life when all I really wanted was to be creative. But I was so goddamned depressed, and it's painfully obvious. Glad I got out of it, but can't help feeling a bit nostalgic.
December 8, 2025 at 12:36 PM
I was just going through the IG reels I made for those few months in 2022. They're really beautiful and represent a time in my life when all I really wanted was to be creative. But I was so goddamned depressed, and it's painfully obvious. Glad I got out of it, but can't help feeling a bit nostalgic.
Now this is how you start an email!
November 25, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Now this is how you start an email!
I think the reason I can never finish a story is because I grew up on comic books and soap operas. Who even knew when one storyline ended and another began?
November 25, 2025 at 7:01 AM
I think the reason I can never finish a story is because I grew up on comic books and soap operas. Who even knew when one storyline ended and another began?
Today was supposed to be my personal day... time for myself, for self-care, relaxation, and to catch up on my writing. Woke up feeling horrible and unable to taste my food. So I guess I'll be spending the day in bed, and hopefully, I don't have covid because that would be awful for the whole family.
November 22, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Today was supposed to be my personal day... time for myself, for self-care, relaxation, and to catch up on my writing. Woke up feeling horrible and unable to taste my food. So I guess I'll be spending the day in bed, and hopefully, I don't have covid because that would be awful for the whole family.
It’s inevitable. I will always stay up until past 3 a.m. the night before grades are due. Why do I do this to myself?! 😩
November 20, 2025 at 6:05 PM
It’s inevitable. I will always stay up until past 3 a.m. the night before grades are due. Why do I do this to myself?! 😩
Also, my husband came home from the hospital this morning. My daughter and I are ecstatic! Poor guy is still in so much pain from surgery. But he's on the mend, and that's what matters. Soon, he'll be on his feet and going at a hundred miles per hour, like usual.
November 16, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Also, my husband came home from the hospital this morning. My daughter and I are ecstatic! Poor guy is still in so much pain from surgery. But he's on the mend, and that's what matters. Soon, he'll be on his feet and going at a hundred miles per hour, like usual.
Last week, I got to meet up with a friend I had not seen for 4 years (to the day!), and today, I got to see another friend I had not seen in 20 years. Kuv was the first friend I made in Tokyo, and Sarah was one of the first friends I made online. True friendships last despite time's constant march.
November 16, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Last week, I got to meet up with a friend I had not seen for 4 years (to the day!), and today, I got to see another friend I had not seen in 20 years. Kuv was the first friend I made in Tokyo, and Sarah was one of the first friends I made online. True friendships last despite time's constant march.
I have a 6th grader on a PAP whose anxiety levels are through the roof. Today, he told me that he didn’t think another student’s reading of a lullaby in our book was very good because it should’ve been sung. I said, so sing it to me. He did, and it was lovely! 😊
November 14, 2025 at 1:28 AM
I have a 6th grader on a PAP whose anxiety levels are through the roof. Today, he told me that he didn’t think another student’s reading of a lullaby in our book was very good because it should’ve been sung. I said, so sing it to me. He did, and it was lovely! 😊
Yeah… I’m gonna go ahead and not accept this chat request.
November 11, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Yeah… I’m gonna go ahead and not accept this chat request.
Ugh... I've had a sour stomach for two days now. Probably stress. Tons of work, grades are due next week, and my husband will be in the hospital for minor surgery for the next few days.
November 11, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Ugh... I've had a sour stomach for two days now. Probably stress. Tons of work, grades are due next week, and my husband will be in the hospital for minor surgery for the next few days.
God, I have fallen in love with music again.
November 9, 2025 at 12:28 PM
God, I have fallen in love with music again.
A "friend" from back home posted a reel about being invited to the Tesla shareholders meeting and all the perks he got for being a shareholder. It reminded me that when my husband and I adopted our daughter, he and his husband (and the rest of our circle) basically shut us out. TBH good riddance.
November 8, 2025 at 2:00 AM
A "friend" from back home posted a reel about being invited to the Tesla shareholders meeting and all the perks he got for being a shareholder. It reminded me that when my husband and I adopted our daughter, he and his husband (and the rest of our circle) basically shut us out. TBH good riddance.
For our dia de muertos ofrenda this year, we finally got a picture of our dearly departed cat Lily six years after her passing. We were happy she'd finally be able to visit us after all these years. And at 5 a.m., we were woken up by a loud caterwauling outside the house.
November 2, 2025 at 2:13 PM
For our dia de muertos ofrenda this year, we finally got a picture of our dearly departed cat Lily six years after her passing. We were happy she'd finally be able to visit us after all these years. And at 5 a.m., we were woken up by a loud caterwauling outside the house.
I feel like shit today. I have had a headache all day, feel dizzy, and I did not make great progress on my writing project at Shut Up and Write today. I have the day to myself, and I feel like I've squandered it simply because I can't get my brain to work.
October 30, 2025 at 6:22 AM
I feel like shit today. I have had a headache all day, feel dizzy, and I did not make great progress on my writing project at Shut Up and Write today. I have the day to myself, and I feel like I've squandered it simply because I can't get my brain to work.
Another reason I find Parable of the Sower to be so apt for this moment in time. Lauren Olamina's hyper-empathy drives not only her will to live but her actual survival and separates her from the barbarism of the world around her.
“In my work with the (Nuremberg Trial) defendants, I was searching for the nature of evil, and I now think I have come close to defining it. A lack of empathy... a genuine incapacity to feel with their fellow men. Evil, I think, is the absence of empathy.”
- Captain G.M. Gilbert, US Army
- Captain G.M. Gilbert, US Army
October 30, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Another reason I find Parable of the Sower to be so apt for this moment in time. Lauren Olamina's hyper-empathy drives not only her will to live but her actual survival and separates her from the barbarism of the world around her.
I just finished reading a book by an author I’ve respected for a long time. I respect him for his views, his community work, and boosting latinx author visibility, but I’d never actually read his work. So I feel terrible that I really didn’t like the book. It has 4⭐️ on goodreads, and I gave it 2. 😞
October 24, 2025 at 9:46 AM
I just finished reading a book by an author I’ve respected for a long time. I respect him for his views, his community work, and boosting latinx author visibility, but I’d never actually read his work. So I feel terrible that I really didn’t like the book. It has 4⭐️ on goodreads, and I gave it 2. 😞
I finally got my visa.
There were 8 days left on my current extension, and I was getting worried that it'd be flat-out rejected. But no, they called yesterday to say it was ready.
This, of course, comes 3 mos later than expected. It's affected my pay, insurance, pension & PTO. Fucking bureaucracy.
There were 8 days left on my current extension, and I was getting worried that it'd be flat-out rejected. But no, they called yesterday to say it was ready.
This, of course, comes 3 mos later than expected. It's affected my pay, insurance, pension & PTO. Fucking bureaucracy.
October 21, 2025 at 12:01 PM
I finally got my visa.
There were 8 days left on my current extension, and I was getting worried that it'd be flat-out rejected. But no, they called yesterday to say it was ready.
This, of course, comes 3 mos later than expected. It's affected my pay, insurance, pension & PTO. Fucking bureaucracy.
There were 8 days left on my current extension, and I was getting worried that it'd be flat-out rejected. But no, they called yesterday to say it was ready.
This, of course, comes 3 mos later than expected. It's affected my pay, insurance, pension & PTO. Fucking bureaucracy.
There is nothing worse than hearing your child scream as she tumbles down a flight stairs. This isn't the first time it's happened, and I fear it won't be the last, but it was definitely the most painful. She missed a step running downstairs to play on her new piano & got banged up pretty bad. 🤕😢
October 19, 2025 at 7:31 AM
There is nothing worse than hearing your child scream as she tumbles down a flight stairs. This isn't the first time it's happened, and I fear it won't be the last, but it was definitely the most painful. She missed a step running downstairs to play on her new piano & got banged up pretty bad. 🤕😢
I am so tired and I cannot get to sleep. I guess I’m still wound up from this last week of work. Toussaint starts tomorrow, and I’m so happy for a vacation. MIL arrives in the afternoon.
October 17, 2025 at 4:13 PM
I am so tired and I cannot get to sleep. I guess I’m still wound up from this last week of work. Toussaint starts tomorrow, and I’m so happy for a vacation. MIL arrives in the afternoon.