Grumpy 4 Lyfe
@grumpysmurf.bsky.social
aspirationally chill af, but also? try Dr. Pepper, not me, cause it gets messy
My side hustle, V+R, or "Holy Odours", is getting started here: https://shorturl.at/Q2aLB
My side hustle, V+R, or "Holy Odours", is getting started here: https://shorturl.at/Q2aLB
I gave a good talk on Mary, Advent, and Music today. (I am particularly equipped.)
My favorite thing was to tell them that their protestant ambivalence about Mary was co-equal to everyone else's secular (and non-/other-religious) ambivalence about Jesus.
Rounded it out by chanting her Song.
My favorite thing was to tell them that their protestant ambivalence about Mary was co-equal to everyone else's secular (and non-/other-religious) ambivalence about Jesus.
Rounded it out by chanting her Song.
December 1, 2025 at 12:47 AM
I gave a good talk on Mary, Advent, and Music today. (I am particularly equipped.)
My favorite thing was to tell them that their protestant ambivalence about Mary was co-equal to everyone else's secular (and non-/other-religious) ambivalence about Jesus.
Rounded it out by chanting her Song.
My favorite thing was to tell them that their protestant ambivalence about Mary was co-equal to everyone else's secular (and non-/other-religious) ambivalence about Jesus.
Rounded it out by chanting her Song.
Got a lot done with my new hobby @holy-odours.bsky.social. My first tinctures (frankincense, benzoin) are almost done. Thought I would be a candle queen, but it's really about anointing oils + rollerball applicators to me. Wearable. I'm not trying to do perfume but I'm not against it.
November 23, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Got a lot done with my new hobby @holy-odours.bsky.social. My first tinctures (frankincense, benzoin) are almost done. Thought I would be a candle queen, but it's really about anointing oils + rollerball applicators to me. Wearable. I'm not trying to do perfume but I'm not against it.
Friends, have you tried going into a store and actually trying to find anything lately? Stores do not stock anymore. And I guess there’s nothing to do except come to peace with that and pay shipping and handling everywhere?
November 20, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Friends, have you tried going into a store and actually trying to find anything lately? Stores do not stock anymore. And I guess there’s nothing to do except come to peace with that and pay shipping and handling everywhere?
Not to be that one but purely as modus operandi, "nothing is true; everything is permitted" goes pretty hard.
November 20, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Not to be that one but purely as modus operandi, "nothing is true; everything is permitted" goes pretty hard.
👀 The idea of people who regularly try to get you to follow their IG who then turn around and say, “you suck if you’re still on twitter” is… a choice.👀
tldr = “I do what I want. You do what I say.”
tldr = “I do what I want. You do what I say.”
November 19, 2025 at 10:02 PM
👀 The idea of people who regularly try to get you to follow their IG who then turn around and say, “you suck if you’re still on twitter” is… a choice.👀
tldr = “I do what I want. You do what I say.”
tldr = “I do what I want. You do what I say.”
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🎉First commission fulfilled!🎉
It contains:
• Frankincense-Benzoin resin blend (drawstring #1)
• Frankincense-Bergamot wax melts (drawstring #2)
• 2 oz sample of lavender-epsom milk bath (silver cap bottle)
• Frankincense anointing oil (½ oz dropper)
• Sandalwood-Rose pulse point rollerball (10ml)
It contains:
• Frankincense-Benzoin resin blend (drawstring #1)
• Frankincense-Bergamot wax melts (drawstring #2)
• 2 oz sample of lavender-epsom milk bath (silver cap bottle)
• Frankincense anointing oil (½ oz dropper)
• Sandalwood-Rose pulse point rollerball (10ml)
November 19, 2025 at 1:48 PM
🎉First commission fulfilled!🎉
It contains:
• Frankincense-Benzoin resin blend (drawstring #1)
• Frankincense-Bergamot wax melts (drawstring #2)
• 2 oz sample of lavender-epsom milk bath (silver cap bottle)
• Frankincense anointing oil (½ oz dropper)
• Sandalwood-Rose pulse point rollerball (10ml)
It contains:
• Frankincense-Benzoin resin blend (drawstring #1)
• Frankincense-Bergamot wax melts (drawstring #2)
• 2 oz sample of lavender-epsom milk bath (silver cap bottle)
• Frankincense anointing oil (½ oz dropper)
• Sandalwood-Rose pulse point rollerball (10ml)
I dreamed I was in a taxi last night with Ariana and would not shut up about Cynthia's singing, and the whole time she was sitting over there looking at me like, "You know *I'm* here, right?" Love her, but it 👏did 👏not 👏matter👏. I couldn't stop praising Cynthia.
(No I have not seen part 2)
(No I have not seen part 2)
November 19, 2025 at 2:02 PM
I dreamed I was in a taxi last night with Ariana and would not shut up about Cynthia's singing, and the whole time she was sitting over there looking at me like, "You know *I'm* here, right?" Love her, but it 👏did 👏not 👏matter👏. I couldn't stop praising Cynthia.
(No I have not seen part 2)
(No I have not seen part 2)
I’m always saying…
go and open your grief to a discreet and understanding priest
November 16, 2025 at 6:51 PM
I’m always saying…
I have a 45-minute presentation to give tomorrow that is barely put together, but it is. Pretty sure they're gonna love it more than if I'd spent weeks agonizing over it.
November 15, 2025 at 3:52 PM
I have a 45-minute presentation to give tomorrow that is barely put together, but it is. Pretty sure they're gonna love it more than if I'd spent weeks agonizing over it.
Tore myself out of couch lock to hit the Queer Sacred Space Salon at Lincoln Park Prez, and I’m so glad I did. I needed a baby queen doing crucifixion drag with the 5 holy bedazzled wounds and some home-grown queer joy.
November 11, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Tore myself out of couch lock to hit the Queer Sacred Space Salon at Lincoln Park Prez, and I’m so glad I did. I needed a baby queen doing crucifixion drag with the 5 holy bedazzled wounds and some home-grown queer joy.
To @durbin.senate.gov: You got yours, so f*ck the rest of us, I guess? Thanks for nothing, and enjoy all the perks of your cushy retirement while those you represent suffer even more. Way to destroy your legacy.
November 10, 2025 at 3:19 PM
To @durbin.senate.gov: You got yours, so f*ck the rest of us, I guess? Thanks for nothing, and enjoy all the perks of your cushy retirement while those you represent suffer even more. Way to destroy your legacy.
When I struck the well of my grief
Instead of water it gushed poems,
and then where the poems were
I wept again at
an emptiness, deeper;
unspeakably
Vast—
cthonic.
My sister: my ancestor; my beloved.
_________
Toni Peebles Franks would have been 53 today ❤️⚱️
Instead of water it gushed poems,
and then where the poems were
I wept again at
an emptiness, deeper;
unspeakably
Vast—
cthonic.
My sister: my ancestor; my beloved.
_________
Toni Peebles Franks would have been 53 today ❤️⚱️
November 8, 2025 at 1:30 PM
When I struck the well of my grief
Instead of water it gushed poems,
and then where the poems were
I wept again at
an emptiness, deeper;
unspeakably
Vast—
cthonic.
My sister: my ancestor; my beloved.
_________
Toni Peebles Franks would have been 53 today ❤️⚱️
Instead of water it gushed poems,
and then where the poems were
I wept again at
an emptiness, deeper;
unspeakably
Vast—
cthonic.
My sister: my ancestor; my beloved.
_________
Toni Peebles Franks would have been 53 today ❤️⚱️
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A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.
November 7, 2025 at 3:08 AM
A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.
A beautiful day at Bohemian National Cemetery
November 7, 2025 at 8:43 PM
A beautiful day at Bohemian National Cemetery
Oh yeah I finally listened to the Rosalia album and yes it is very good. I wish people would stop using "classical" to describe things that are "harmonically more complex than vi-IV-V-iii 🔂" or "uses orchestral samples" but that's not a hill I'm interested in living or dying on.
November 7, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Oh yeah I finally listened to the Rosalia album and yes it is very good. I wish people would stop using "classical" to describe things that are "harmonically more complex than vi-IV-V-iii 🔂" or "uses orchestral samples" but that's not a hill I'm interested in living or dying on.
For real though, seems like “Turn the volume up” might have some social legs.
November 5, 2025 at 2:32 PM
For real though, seems like “Turn the volume up” might have some social legs.
Glad to read good news this morning. It has been a while.
November 5, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Glad to read good news this morning. It has been a while.
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Sandalwood + Rose is giving "I like that a cassock makes it harder to tell what's on my birth certificate" nonbinary vibes lol
November 5, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Sandalwood + Rose is giving "I like that a cassock makes it harder to tell what's on my birth certificate" nonbinary vibes lol
Once the weather cools off I keep a big stock pot with lemon rinds, cinnamon sticks, cloves, and rosemary on simmer, and it is the opposite of season depression.
November 4, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Once the weather cools off I keep a big stock pot with lemon rinds, cinnamon sticks, cloves, and rosemary on simmer, and it is the opposite of season depression.
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Beard Oil Test #1
- Almond Oil
- Cedarwood
- Clove/ Fr+Myrrh
- Lavender
Notes are here: www.tumblr.com/holy-odours/...
- Almond Oil
- Cedarwood
- Clove/ Fr+Myrrh
- Lavender
Notes are here: www.tumblr.com/holy-odours/...
November 3, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Beard Oil Test #1
- Almond Oil
- Cedarwood
- Clove/ Fr+Myrrh
- Lavender
Notes are here: www.tumblr.com/holy-odours/...
- Almond Oil
- Cedarwood
- Clove/ Fr+Myrrh
- Lavender
Notes are here: www.tumblr.com/holy-odours/...
Altar is lit for All Saints.
November 1, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Altar is lit for All Saints.
Would love to see it. Especially right in front of Portillo’s, a notorious donor to Republican politics.
October 31, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Would love to see it. Especially right in front of Portillo’s, a notorious donor to Republican politics.
Well, an old friend (who has no idea my situation) unexpectedly offered to feed me tonight, so I’m v thankful that dinner will be more than a grilled cheese sandwich. God is good.
October 28, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Well, an old friend (who has no idea my situation) unexpectedly offered to feed me tonight, so I’m v thankful that dinner will be more than a grilled cheese sandwich. God is good.
Just gonna do a simple scampi this evening.
October 27, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Just gonna do a simple scampi this evening.