Paige Akin-Avera
@paigeakinavera.bsky.social
She/her, aro ace person, animal lover. I also write YA books. Current WIP: girl vs. vampire in the Deep South.
Shadow and Desi love each other, and that love includes sharing the almighty tube treat. Shadow makes a mess? Desi is the cleanup crew. Shadow takes a break to digest? Desi's turn! Shadow is fine with it. She can and will discipline her sister.
Just two spooky girls in their tiny spooky world.
Just two spooky girls in their tiny spooky world.
December 16, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Shadow and Desi love each other, and that love includes sharing the almighty tube treat. Shadow makes a mess? Desi is the cleanup crew. Shadow takes a break to digest? Desi's turn! Shadow is fine with it. She can and will discipline her sister.
Just two spooky girls in their tiny spooky world.
Just two spooky girls in their tiny spooky world.
I love the unparalleled chaos of stores like Marshalls, Burlington, and Ross. You can find a lot in big-box stores, but a cowboy boot candle, a Barbie-branded hot cocoa set, a Corona-branded icemaker, and a 274-piece art set? Unlikely.
I didn't know these things existed! Where did they find them?
I didn't know these things existed! Where did they find them?
November 30, 2025 at 2:23 PM
I love the unparalleled chaos of stores like Marshalls, Burlington, and Ross. You can find a lot in big-box stores, but a cowboy boot candle, a Barbie-branded hot cocoa set, a Corona-branded icemaker, and a 274-piece art set? Unlikely.
I didn't know these things existed! Where did they find them?
I didn't know these things existed! Where did they find them?
From one ridiculous tuxedo cat to another, happy gotcha day, Smol Paul!
November 30, 2025 at 2:17 PM
From one ridiculous tuxedo cat to another, happy gotcha day, Smol Paul!
I'll hand it to the A-Z one, using a shorthair tuxedo for I as in Iconic is funny as hell. "Iconic" is certainly what I'd call mine.
November 13, 2025 at 1:37 AM
I'll hand it to the A-Z one, using a shorthair tuxedo for I as in Iconic is funny as hell. "Iconic" is certainly what I'd call mine.
Last week, I took my 15-year-old cat Shadow to the vet and she unexpectedly had to be hospitalized. She was on the brink of death due to kidney failure.
BUT SHE LIVED, BITCH.
She has end-stage kidney disease, but she fought to live a little longer and I will make our time count.
BUT SHE LIVED, BITCH.
She has end-stage kidney disease, but she fought to live a little longer and I will make our time count.
November 6, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Last week, I took my 15-year-old cat Shadow to the vet and she unexpectedly had to be hospitalized. She was on the brink of death due to kidney failure.
BUT SHE LIVED, BITCH.
She has end-stage kidney disease, but she fought to live a little longer and I will make our time count.
BUT SHE LIVED, BITCH.
She has end-stage kidney disease, but she fought to live a little longer and I will make our time count.
My empty-headed baby 🖤 According to my calculations, he and his equally spooky sister turned 8 this month. I didn't plan to get spooky cats born in October, but when you stop in a pet store in December and a pair of two-month-old kittens are there as part of an adoption event...
October 30, 2025 at 7:56 PM
My empty-headed baby 🖤 According to my calculations, he and his equally spooky sister turned 8 this month. I didn't plan to get spooky cats born in October, but when you stop in a pet store in December and a pair of two-month-old kittens are there as part of an adoption event...
Biiiiig difference. Also, Ash is so much like my boy Fang it's funny. I've figured out the trick to make him weigh himself and he came in at 12 pounds even earlier this week.
October 30, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Biiiiig difference. Also, Ash is so much like my boy Fang it's funny. I've figured out the trick to make him weigh himself and he came in at 12 pounds even earlier this week.
My longhair will purr at any attention from me whatsoever, but I swear he purrs the loudest when I get the undercoat rake and the brush.
We tell the longhairs how pretty and fluffy they are, it conditions them to be excited for the brushy time that makes them pretty and fluffy. It's just science.
We tell the longhairs how pretty and fluffy they are, it conditions them to be excited for the brushy time that makes them pretty and fluffy. It's just science.
October 20, 2025 at 5:47 PM
My longhair will purr at any attention from me whatsoever, but I swear he purrs the loudest when I get the undercoat rake and the brush.
We tell the longhairs how pretty and fluffy they are, it conditions them to be excited for the brushy time that makes them pretty and fluffy. It's just science.
We tell the longhairs how pretty and fluffy they are, it conditions them to be excited for the brushy time that makes them pretty and fluffy. It's just science.
Today, the skeleton girl is in my file supply drawer.
October 16, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Today, the skeleton girl is in my file supply drawer.
Yesterday, the skeleton girl was chilling out. Perhaps contemplating something.
Today, the skeleton girl is crawling in the nonexistent desert, desperate for water she doesn't have the organs to absorb. She's a dramatic dame.
Today, the skeleton girl is crawling in the nonexistent desert, desperate for water she doesn't have the organs to absorb. She's a dramatic dame.
October 14, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Yesterday, the skeleton girl was chilling out. Perhaps contemplating something.
Today, the skeleton girl is crawling in the nonexistent desert, desperate for water she doesn't have the organs to absorb. She's a dramatic dame.
Today, the skeleton girl is crawling in the nonexistent desert, desperate for water she doesn't have the organs to absorb. She's a dramatic dame.
Today, the skeleton girl is spying on people. (I've scribbled out some very private or identifying stuff.)
October 10, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Today, the skeleton girl is spying on people. (I've scribbled out some very private or identifying stuff.)
It's spooky season in my office and we're decorating our spaces appropriately if we feel like it/aren't buried in our work. I have a pink skeleton girl and she is moving daily to new spots.
So far, she's been under my desk, on my desk, and stretching against my cubicle wall.
So far, she's been under my desk, on my desk, and stretching against my cubicle wall.
October 9, 2025 at 11:04 PM
It's spooky season in my office and we're decorating our spaces appropriately if we feel like it/aren't buried in our work. I have a pink skeleton girl and she is moving daily to new spots.
So far, she's been under my desk, on my desk, and stretching against my cubicle wall.
So far, she's been under my desk, on my desk, and stretching against my cubicle wall.
I had to look that one up because I wasn't around for the 80s, lol. He's had a certain look most of his life due to the fluff and lackluster brainpower.
September 24, 2025 at 5:49 PM
I had to look that one up because I wasn't around for the 80s, lol. He's had a certain look most of his life due to the fluff and lackluster brainpower.
I miss when my boy gave kisses 😭 He did when he was a kitten, but it's one of the many things he forgot how to do when he dumped all but four of his brain cells to choose being pretty as a full-time career. My Fang helped me write last night by sitting behind my laptop and doing nothing.
September 24, 2025 at 3:32 PM
I miss when my boy gave kisses 😭 He did when he was a kitten, but it's one of the many things he forgot how to do when he dumped all but four of his brain cells to choose being pretty as a full-time career. My Fang helped me write last night by sitting behind my laptop and doing nothing.
Thank you! My boy's name is Jagger and he's a 1.5-year-old pig obsessed with bathtime. His brain makes the dial-up noise and his mouth only emits whines that can be heard 15 feet away from my front door while I'm outside. He also doesn't know how to lick me, so he shows affection with bites.
September 17, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Thank you! My boy's name is Jagger and he's a 1.5-year-old pig obsessed with bathtime. His brain makes the dial-up noise and his mouth only emits whines that can be heard 15 feet away from my front door while I'm outside. He also doesn't know how to lick me, so he shows affection with bites.
Your tuxie looks a lot like my tuxie. Yours looks smaller though. Mine is a heavy chunky boy. 🍗❤️
September 17, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Your tuxie looks a lot like my tuxie. Yours looks smaller though. Mine is a heavy chunky boy. 🍗❤️
My favorite pair of heels broke because the bottom part of the heel disappeared entirely. It now sounds like I have a peg leg when I walk.
Now I have to replace them, but I've had them so long I don't remember where I got them 😭
Now I have to replace them, but I've had them so long I don't remember where I got them 😭
September 11, 2025 at 1:21 AM
My favorite pair of heels broke because the bottom part of the heel disappeared entirely. It now sounds like I have a peg leg when I walk.
Now I have to replace them, but I've had them so long I don't remember where I got them 😭
Now I have to replace them, but I've had them so long I don't remember where I got them 😭
I for one have no doubt that before he was a cat, my sweet little bathtime-obsessed gremlin boy Jagger was a raccoon who haunted the dumpsters outside a frat house.
June 20, 2025 at 8:51 PM
I for one have no doubt that before he was a cat, my sweet little bathtime-obsessed gremlin boy Jagger was a raccoon who haunted the dumpsters outside a frat house.
Dang, she steps without being touched? When my family made the mistake of briefly having unspayed girls at various points, they only did stepping like that when we scratched their butts. Otherwise, they walked around normally. Their youngest got spayed last month.
June 19, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Dang, she steps without being touched? When my family made the mistake of briefly having unspayed girls at various points, they only did stepping like that when we scratched their butts. Otherwise, they walked around normally. Their youngest got spayed last month.
If they were trying to buy these Crocs, I understand them but they are still wrong. Save up the money and buy them legitimately like I'm trying to.
May 14, 2025 at 9:17 PM
If they were trying to buy these Crocs, I understand them but they are still wrong. Save up the money and buy them legitimately like I'm trying to.
I'm at a party that's supposed to be a vow renewal for my parents. It's actually a surprise wedding for my dad's best friend and his longtime girlfriend.
This could be great or it could be hilariously messy. Until it begins, I'm hanging with the host's rabbit.
This could be great or it could be hilariously messy. Until it begins, I'm hanging with the host's rabbit.
April 26, 2025 at 10:06 PM
I'm at a party that's supposed to be a vow renewal for my parents. It's actually a surprise wedding for my dad's best friend and his longtime girlfriend.
This could be great or it could be hilariously messy. Until it begins, I'm hanging with the host's rabbit.
This could be great or it could be hilariously messy. Until it begins, I'm hanging with the host's rabbit.
Being a Detective Conan fan means seeing alcohol names and never being normal about them.
April 15, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Being a Detective Conan fan means seeing alcohol names and never being normal about them.
My eldest cat responded to the rambunctious nature of my youngest by deciding she wasn't going to come downstairs anymore. That was months ago. Yesterday, my parents came to visit and she LOVES them. She loves people period.
They apparently gave her confidence. She came downstairs on her own today.
They apparently gave her confidence. She came downstairs on her own today.
March 4, 2025 at 3:13 AM
My eldest cat responded to the rambunctious nature of my youngest by deciding she wasn't going to come downstairs anymore. That was months ago. Yesterday, my parents came to visit and she LOVES them. She loves people period.
They apparently gave her confidence. She came downstairs on her own today.
They apparently gave her confidence. She came downstairs on her own today.
My son Jagger is the same age as Ash and at least 13 pounds. I was last able to weigh him a month ago. He has no breed excuse, he just eats a lot and is a chunky pig boy. MY chunky pig boy ❤️❤️❤️
February 24, 2025 at 9:49 PM
My son Jagger is the same age as Ash and at least 13 pounds. I was last able to weigh him a month ago. He has no breed excuse, he just eats a lot and is a chunky pig boy. MY chunky pig boy ❤️❤️❤️
Then here are pictures of my youngest and my eldest! Very much unintentionally, I collect spooky cats. My other two not pictured are black and majority-black tortoiseshell.
February 7, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Then here are pictures of my youngest and my eldest! Very much unintentionally, I collect spooky cats. My other two not pictured are black and majority-black tortoiseshell.