SJ Lilly
@sjlilly.bsky.social
(she/her) Master of Science in Communication. intersectional feminist, competitive public speaker, LGBTQI and #BlackLivesMatter advocate. 💖💛💙
If you see @johnycakes.bsky.social with a cigarette behind his ear tryin’ to look all cool, do not be alarmed. It is just a pencil: yosekastationery.com/products/no-...
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September 28, 2025 at 5:59 PM
If you see @johnycakes.bsky.social with a cigarette behind his ear tryin’ to look all cool, do not be alarmed. It is just a pencil: yosekastationery.com/products/no-...
My love for Seattle and Chicago is like a Christmas Hallmark movie. Seattle is the rich boyfriend I made after graduation, and Chicago is my first love that I end up with at the end of the movie. And I will spend the whole “film” (my life 😄) going back and forth agonizing over which one I love more❤️
September 11, 2025 at 4:46 PM
My love for Seattle and Chicago is like a Christmas Hallmark movie. Seattle is the rich boyfriend I made after graduation, and Chicago is my first love that I end up with at the end of the movie. And I will spend the whole “film” (my life 😄) going back and forth agonizing over which one I love more❤️
A training attendee said they “really liked my ‘info dump’ today.”
I had to explain that, that was not a compliment.
I had to explain that, that was not a compliment.
September 3, 2025 at 9:19 PM
A training attendee said they “really liked my ‘info dump’ today.”
I had to explain that, that was not a compliment.
I had to explain that, that was not a compliment.
I work in a department consisting of 14 men. We’ve just hired ONE other woman (whoop 🥳).
We have a department meeting today, and I’m honestly considering starting my presentation with, “All right gals, gays, and theys…let’s talk about learning and development!”
(1/2)
We have a department meeting today, and I’m honestly considering starting my presentation with, “All right gals, gays, and theys…let’s talk about learning and development!”
(1/2)
July 1, 2025 at 1:42 PM
I work in a department consisting of 14 men. We’ve just hired ONE other woman (whoop 🥳).
We have a department meeting today, and I’m honestly considering starting my presentation with, “All right gals, gays, and theys…let’s talk about learning and development!”
(1/2)
We have a department meeting today, and I’m honestly considering starting my presentation with, “All right gals, gays, and theys…let’s talk about learning and development!”
(1/2)
A colleague asked for travel destination ideas stating that Europe was “too touristy,” to visit, and wanted to travel to some place more exotic. I feel like I’ve lost my mind because I’m struggling to pay for groceries - how are folks able to afford plane tickets right now? (o_O)
May 8, 2025 at 3:08 PM
A colleague asked for travel destination ideas stating that Europe was “too touristy,” to visit, and wanted to travel to some place more exotic. I feel like I’ve lost my mind because I’m struggling to pay for groceries - how are folks able to afford plane tickets right now? (o_O)
Conversation between me and @johnycakes.bsky.social yesterday:
HIM: All I’m saying is that if I start speaking in parables, take me to a hospital.
ME: Because you’ll have become…parable-legic??? Eh? Eh? 🤣
HIM: No, because I’m having a stroke.
HIM: All I’m saying is that if I start speaking in parables, take me to a hospital.
ME: Because you’ll have become…parable-legic??? Eh? Eh? 🤣
HIM: No, because I’m having a stroke.
April 13, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Conversation between me and @johnycakes.bsky.social yesterday:
HIM: All I’m saying is that if I start speaking in parables, take me to a hospital.
ME: Because you’ll have become…parable-legic??? Eh? Eh? 🤣
HIM: No, because I’m having a stroke.
HIM: All I’m saying is that if I start speaking in parables, take me to a hospital.
ME: Because you’ll have become…parable-legic??? Eh? Eh? 🤣
HIM: No, because I’m having a stroke.
The first photo was taken on Thursday, March 20th at 6:57 am in my neighborhood. The second photo was taken that same day (20 March 2025) at 5:41 pm, and ~30°F warmer.
Spring in the Midwest is wild 🙃
Spring in the Midwest is wild 🙃
March 23, 2025 at 4:48 PM
The first photo was taken on Thursday, March 20th at 6:57 am in my neighborhood. The second photo was taken that same day (20 March 2025) at 5:41 pm, and ~30°F warmer.
Spring in the Midwest is wild 🙃
Spring in the Midwest is wild 🙃
I’d personally like to thank the AAVE language for the phrase, “drop the lore,” as it has been the most accurate way to summarize to my niece the importance of her history class as a way to catch her up on the course of human events that she missed while in a state of non-existence.
March 11, 2025 at 8:32 PM
I’d personally like to thank the AAVE language for the phrase, “drop the lore,” as it has been the most accurate way to summarize to my niece the importance of her history class as a way to catch her up on the course of human events that she missed while in a state of non-existence.
I just used, “before the internet…” in a sentence, and now my back hurts.
February 28, 2025 at 3:52 PM
I just used, “before the internet…” in a sentence, and now my back hurts.
Around 3:15 today, two Boeing CH-47 Chinooks flew over my apartment so closely, my coworker I was on a call with asked if I had left my television on 🥺
It felt very scary, as I have no idea what they were doing, where they were going, or why.
It felt very scary, as I have no idea what they were doing, where they were going, or why.
February 18, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Around 3:15 today, two Boeing CH-47 Chinooks flew over my apartment so closely, my coworker I was on a call with asked if I had left my television on 🥺
It felt very scary, as I have no idea what they were doing, where they were going, or why.
It felt very scary, as I have no idea what they were doing, where they were going, or why.
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February 9, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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May or may not have texted my friends in the U.K. just now like,
“You’re not mad at ME though…right? 🥺”
“You’re not mad at ME though…right? 🥺”
February 6, 2025 at 5:43 PM
May or may not have texted my friends in the U.K. just now like,
“You’re not mad at ME though…right? 🥺”
“You’re not mad at ME though…right? 🥺”
I think I just spoke to Mr. Incredible on the phone. He works at UChicago Hospital pharmacy, and he helped me navigate 💙✝️🩵🛡️’s bureaucratic bullshit hell, and helped me get my rX back to its original cost 😭
Angels are indeed among us
Angels are indeed among us
January 31, 2025 at 10:46 PM
I think I just spoke to Mr. Incredible on the phone. He works at UChicago Hospital pharmacy, and he helped me navigate 💙✝️🩵🛡️’s bureaucratic bullshit hell, and helped me get my rX back to its original cost 😭
Angels are indeed among us
Angels are indeed among us
I just saw an email about the Alinea group doing a pop-up restaurant in “Charlie Trotter’s historic location…”
That feels very…Heracles wearing the Nemean Lion skin. You want to celebrate your success in the dead carcass of your competitor? 🫤
That feels very…Heracles wearing the Nemean Lion skin. You want to celebrate your success in the dead carcass of your competitor? 🫤
January 27, 2025 at 2:59 AM
I just saw an email about the Alinea group doing a pop-up restaurant in “Charlie Trotter’s historic location…”
That feels very…Heracles wearing the Nemean Lion skin. You want to celebrate your success in the dead carcass of your competitor? 🫤
That feels very…Heracles wearing the Nemean Lion skin. You want to celebrate your success in the dead carcass of your competitor? 🫤
Having adhd means trying to finish up a sewing project while simultaneously handwriting thank-you cards, and then getting so distracted you register to transribe historical documents written in cursive (like you don’t already have 800 other things to do) www.archives.gov/citizen-arch...
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January 18, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Having adhd means trying to finish up a sewing project while simultaneously handwriting thank-you cards, and then getting so distracted you register to transribe historical documents written in cursive (like you don’t already have 800 other things to do) www.archives.gov/citizen-arch...
It is in my personal experience that leaders (in business or government) that worry about people taking advantage of “the system,” are in the individuals primarily and exclusively taking advantage of said system(s).
January 16, 2025 at 2:32 PM
It is in my personal experience that leaders (in business or government) that worry about people taking advantage of “the system,” are in the individuals primarily and exclusively taking advantage of said system(s).
I’ve learned that Learning & Development only goes as far as people are willing to read
January 16, 2025 at 2:25 PM
I’ve learned that Learning & Development only goes as far as people are willing to read
Wishing @frostyjane.bsky.social the happiest of birthdays today 🤗
January 14, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Wishing @frostyjane.bsky.social the happiest of birthdays today 🤗
I should not be allowed to interact with human beings on little to no sleep.
Just sitting here on this fine Sunday evening and endlessly ruminating on my thoughtlessness and inconsideration this past weekend. (1/4)
Just sitting here on this fine Sunday evening and endlessly ruminating on my thoughtlessness and inconsideration this past weekend. (1/4)
January 13, 2025 at 3:02 AM
I should not be allowed to interact with human beings on little to no sleep.
Just sitting here on this fine Sunday evening and endlessly ruminating on my thoughtlessness and inconsideration this past weekend. (1/4)
Just sitting here on this fine Sunday evening and endlessly ruminating on my thoughtlessness and inconsideration this past weekend. (1/4)
Turning 40 was a bit of a shock. What was it like turning 40 for you?
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And just like that…I turned 40
TLDR: It took 39 years for me to notice the toll that the passage of time was taking on my body. But aging is different for everyone.
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January 6, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Turning 40 was a bit of a shock. What was it like turning 40 for you?
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Twitter is dead. Long live Twitter.
TLDR: I am no longer on Twitter. I am now on Threads and Bluesky
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December 31, 2024 at 12:21 AM
Wishing @queeneulalia.bsky.social the happiest of birthdays today 🥳🎂🎉🎊🎁🎈 youtu.be/RcVZfJO01NI?...
If you are looking for present ideas, I know @queeneulalia.bsky.social receives gifts in the form of bourbon, whiskey, and chocolate 😊
If you are looking for present ideas, I know @queeneulalia.bsky.social receives gifts in the form of bourbon, whiskey, and chocolate 😊
Happy Birthday
YouTube video by Stevie Wonder - Topic
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December 17, 2024 at 3:41 PM
Wishing @queeneulalia.bsky.social the happiest of birthdays today 🥳🎂🎉🎊🎁🎈 youtu.be/RcVZfJO01NI?...
If you are looking for present ideas, I know @queeneulalia.bsky.social receives gifts in the form of bourbon, whiskey, and chocolate 😊
If you are looking for present ideas, I know @queeneulalia.bsky.social receives gifts in the form of bourbon, whiskey, and chocolate 😊
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