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thanatophobe.bsky.social
Pirate Jenny
@thanatophobe.bsky.social
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Lady of a certain age. Pickle friend. Living in SoCal, missing the PNW.
"I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo.
"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times . . . "
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I will never stop complaining when I don't like the weather, so I feel obligated to say when I'm happy with it too (I wish all our downhill neighbors a very "hope you don't flood" 🤞).
Snapshot of a series of weather forecasts from this afternoon through Tuesday night. Behind "this afternoon" and "tonight" is a yellow box indicating a flood watch. All highs are in the 60s (Fahrenheit); all lows are in the 50s. The forecast for this afternoon is "heavy rain"; all others say "showers," "chance showers," or "showers likely."
November 15, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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Pardon me, but what the fuck? 🥵
Snapshot of the weather forecast for my area on Monday, November 10th, with an image of a bright sun in a blue sky with some small clouds. High of 87 degrees Fahrenheit and sunny.
November 9, 2025 at 6:24 AM
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If you see this, repost with a vampire that's not Dracula.
Cartoon of the Sabertooth Vampire by @culturepulp.bsky.social. A woman with brown sausage curls wearing a strapless red gown is asleep on a red chaise longue underneath a window, through which the moon and a few stars are visible. A small vampire in a black suit and red-lined cape is a short distance away; his fangs, which are twice as long as he is tall, are stuck vertically into the floor, so that his little feet are kicking in the air. He is trying really hard and getting nowhere.
September 6, 2025 at 8:46 AM
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Ten minutes to showtime: Weird Al & Puddles Pity Party
Photo of a band shell (Rady Shell on the San Diego waterfront) from a center seat, with rows of people in red seats in front and blue sky above.
August 30, 2025 at 1:52 AM
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I'm annoyed with myself for not having watched Porco Rosso sooner.
Still from the Studio Ghibli animated movie Porco Rosso. Two people sitting in a movie theater: on the left, a white man in a blue military uniform, looking at the character on the right; on the right, an anthropomorphic pig (he has a pig's head and a short stocky human body) in a tan fedora, tan trench coat, and round dark sunglasses, looking ahead with his mouth open to speak. The caption reads, "Better a pig than a Fascist."
August 23, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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Time to leave home and go back to the place I live 🥲
Airport feet selfie at PDX (the new carpet, not the classic design).
August 10, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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SAN, why are you fucking with me today. LFG 😩
Picture out the window of an airplane from a seat over the wing. The plane is on the ground when it's supposed to be in the air.
August 7, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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It was worth going back in! #SDCC
Me with a scream emoji over my face, cowering in front of a person in a movie-accurate Godzilla suit.
July 28, 2025 at 12:24 AM
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Ellen Dubin kindly signed the back of my Lexx DVD insert as well as a publicity photo. She left space for Barry Bostwick to sign if I ever get to meet him 😃. #SDCC
Left: A DVD of the first Lexx TV movie. Right: A publicity photo of Barry Bostwick as Thodin and Ellen Dubin as Giggerota the Wicked. It's signed in silver ink: "Jennifer, "Hello sleeping meat." Ellen "Giggy" Dubin."
July 26, 2025 at 7:43 AM
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Couldn't resist Katsuya Terada's booth at #SDCC. I don't currently have a fancy art book or print budget (alas--they were really beautiful), but I could swing a $6 mini.
Cover of a small booklet, 4 x 6 inches; the title is Katsuya Terada, Hot Pot Girls 2. The illustration, black and white with some parts colored in blue, is a girl from the shoulders up, wearing a complicated helmet-like contraption; amphibious creatures float around her head. Booklet opened to the first page. On the left (inside the cover) is a sketch of a skull with the jaw detached. Above the skull is written, "JENNIFER!" Between the skull and jaw it looks like it says, "tello" (???). Below the jaw it says: 2025 724 (Today is July 24th). On the facing page is another girl wearing another complicated helmet.
July 25, 2025 at 6:34 AM
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This looks so good at night #SDCC
A building with a wrap advertising The Vampire Lestat, with Lestat's face and the words SCREAM FOR ME. It's dusk, and the lights make the image appear to glow.
July 25, 2025 at 3:23 AM
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It begins. #SDCC
Large inflatable figure of Liam Neeson promoting the Naked Gun remake. He's suspended between two palm trees doing the splits, with a badge in one hand and a gun in the other; a sign hanging below his crotch says SPREAD 'EM NERDS.
July 24, 2025 at 3:13 AM
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My body is not ready for Comic-Con, honestly, but my bag is. #SDCC
A rectangular navy blue shoulder bag; the entire front is a clear plastic pocket, with a variety of pins displayed on an insert. There are also Mickey and Minnie Mouse zipper charms, and a small Ugly Doll clipped to a strap.
July 22, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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Comic-Con still doesn't have an account here? Shame 🙁
Anyway, WOW. Hall H line is going to be bonkers on Sunday.
Announcement for Comic-Con: "A sneak peek of the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art with a panel of iconic creatives." The panel includes George Lucas, Guillermo del Toro, and Doug Chiang, and Queen Latifah is the moderator. It takes place on Sunday, July 27th in Hall H at Comic-Con International in San Diego.
July 11, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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When you're trying your best
A plant with yellow flowers growing out of the seam between the concrete of the gutter and the asphalt of the road.
May 27, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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So Spouse brought home this salad dressing.
A bottle of First Street brand salad dressing, Chinese Chicken flavor. Every time I see it I get "One Week" by Barenaked Ladies stuck in my head.
May 10, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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What are those industries disfavored for, motherfucker?
Drawing of a goose (from the second image in the goose meme, where it has its head down chasing a person).
March 28, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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My sugar snap peas are doing great:
Close up of sugar snap pea vines with white flowers climbing on a metal garden arch. Blue sky and a wooden fence in the background.
February 22, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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LOL what the hell is this picture from a Craigslist job posting? (they also want a "professional photo" in addition to your resume)
A definitely AI-generated image of an attractive woman sitting at a desk with her subtly messed-up fingers poised as if typing at the bottom edge of an open laptop (i.e. nowhere near the keys).
February 13, 2025 at 2:07 AM
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Sorry what? I hate it here 😭
Screenshot from my phone weather app with Thursday's temperature forecast circled: high of 80 degrees Fahrenheit. It's January.
January 19, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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About to kill a whole lime tree because they want to nom on a little bark
Multiple trunks of a small tree in muddy ground; one has a large strip of bark gnawed off, and another has a small gnawed patch.
January 16, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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What even is this dumb headline. "Despite"???
Holiday shoppers increased spending by 3.8% despite higher prices
December 26, 2024 at 4:41 PM
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The lo-fi channels on YouTube are getting out of hand.
YouTube thumbnail artwork of an anime-style woman in a coverall sitting on the edge of a table, with a fighter jet in front of a sunset in the background. The title is: Lo-Fi Metal - "Music for Fixing an F-35" - Ambient, Instrumental . . .
November 30, 2024 at 9:48 PM
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It is THANKSGIVING. What the fuck, San Diego 😠
Digital temperature sensor on a green tile patio table; the display says 81.0 degrees Fahrenheit. At least there's a smiley face for the 35% humidity?
November 28, 2024 at 8:50 PM
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Madeline
A basset mix dog with black and white markings similar to an American Pointer, curled up in a purple velour dog bed and looking at the camera with a calm expression Madeline Bassett from the Jeeves and Wooster TV series, as portrayed by Elizabeth Heery: a white woman with a wavy blonde bob, looking off-camera with wide eyes and a rather fatuous smile (she is very silly and I love her)
November 24, 2024 at 2:59 AM