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🍂 Jessi G. 🍂
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Okay, I did one. 😏
The quote “The G train, Nermal!” Spoken by Tracy Jordan on the TV show “30 Rock” in the style of mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s election ad font/style. The letters are yellow and some have a red shadow. The background is an electric blue.
November 9, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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I also went to a Halloween-themed mutual aid/community-building event and it was really fun!
A skeleton decorated for Dia De Los Muertos. She stands on a wood deck. She has red and yellow flowers in her hair and a black shawl on her head. She is holding red-orange flowers in her hands and has a corn husk skirt. Behind her are green and yellow plants popping out from the ground. In the background are more trees a road and buildings. These sun is large and round behind her. It is starting to set. Close up of Halloween decorations next to an awning. There are purple streamers and white ghosts and orange pumpkin ghosts against green trees and the sky. A blow up black cat with face decorations. Yellow around one eye and yellow and purple around the other. On the cat’s forehead is an orange flower and a flourish of green, yellow and orange. The cat’s front paws are on two orange and black jack-o-lanterns. The cat is next to a building with a mural with corn stalks and water and an eclipse. The sun is setting, and there’s a nice glow. Under the awning as the sun sets. The awning is lit with blue. There are lit up string lights and green and purple streamers. Ghosts hang from the awning. The skeleton woman is in the background lit pink. The sky is light purple and yellow and orange.
November 2, 2025 at 12:13 AM
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Remember these light displays from last December? They did ones for Halloween, too!
A lit up orange and green jack-o-lantern light display sitting among green trees on a grassy area. A few blow-up jack-o-lanterns sit next to the display on the ground. To the left of the screen are yellow lights coming up from the ground like wheat. These lights sit behind the jack-o-lantern as well. A string of witches hats reaching across a black sky. The hats are purple, orange, and green. They have patterns on them, like polka dots and spider webs. To the left of the hats is a wooded awning. Behind that are green trees. These trees are also on the right of the screen as well. Two blow-up lit up black and white sandworms, like the ones from Beetlejuice. Two red and pink heads are popping out of each worm. To the left, next to the worm is a tree covered in purple lights. In the distance behind the worms are green lights. In the foreground is a tree with purple lights and a string of purple lights along the grass. In the background is a building with yellow string lights coming down the front of it. There are people behind the lights obscured by them. You can see the shadow of an adult carrying a child. Green lights are lighting the side of the house.
November 1, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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My Finch app bird’s really looking like her husband died under ~mysterious~ circumstances today… 🥀
A cartoon bird wearing a purple gothic-style dress with a black and white accents. She has red shoes with white spider webs and is wearing a gold necklace with a red jewel in the center. Her hat is purple with a black vail and a red rose. She is holding a drooping red rose. Next to her is a dark gray cat with yellow-green eyes, looking up at the bird suspiciously. The bird stands on a gray and tan stone walkway. Behind her is a black open fence brown vintage-style street lamps, and behind that is a green maze made of bushes. There is a faint fog in the area. At the back of the image is a large spooky-looking vintage castle-style house with many windows. The sky is orange and pink and lifts into darkness at the top.
October 21, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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Wait, this is random, but I have a photo of that theater from 2019. 😆 Have fun at your showing!
On the left side of the photo is the Laemmle’s Claremont movie theater. There is a large sign in neon blue and red. The Claremont part of the sign falls vertically in red and the Laemmle’s is in blue horizontally above. It lists the movies: The best of enemies, Shazam, Missing Link, Hellboy, and Us. There are multiple trees flanking the street. On one side there are pink flowers on the trees. On the other, it is various shades of green and yellow. In the center is a street light that I’ve covered with black digital marker. We see a white building behind the trees on the other side of the street. Further in the background are mountains. One looks white, like there is snow on it. Most of the photo is blue sky. This photo was taken in 2019 when I was walking around the area after Claremont Zine Fest.
October 14, 2025 at 2:24 AM
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I realized I haven’t posted any pics of myself since before the pandemic, so here are a few lil images of my majestic self. ✨ (The pics were taken in my parents’ room, hence the flower coverups, heh. I don’t have a full length mirror.)
Me with curly wavy dark brown hair and brown eyes. I have on some red lipstick. I am wearing a black dress with drawings of little orange foxes on it. In the background is black wallpaper with flowers on it and a drawing of a vase with flowers. I have my dark brown hair up in double buns. I am wearing a white and black checkered shirt and black shorts with rainbow stripes on one side and a rainbow connecting two clouds on the other. I have on black tights. My shoes are pink and yellow. I have a bunch of flower images on the side of the photo to cover up my parents’ stuff. Me in a black and white striped shirt with green trim around the arms and neck. On the chest are two rainbows. I am wearing a black velvet skirt, black tights, and the pink and yellow shoes. There are also flowers on this photo obscuring my parents’ stuff.
August 17, 2025 at 11:44 PM
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As a person with an English degree, I think I am henceforth taking this approach to anti-Humanities stuff. I fought enough. The anti-Humanities scientists can go ahead and lose all their funding and the scientists who Know Better™️ and the are anti-fascist can do all the science, kay? MmmBYEEEEE.
A Tweet from user NotABigJerk from 9/14/22 that says: “i'm not falling for that hot take. that's clearly someone with a fetish for getting yelled at. i refuse to participate in that kind of perversion”
August 14, 2025 at 3:32 AM
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You and Grover should be friends!!
A tweet from June 6th, 2018 from the official Grover account that says: “Being this cute and adorable is both a blessing and a burden.” Grover’s profile photo is of him, a blue muppet with a pink nose putting his arms and head into the shape of a G.
August 7, 2025 at 3:33 AM
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I also got a beautiful handmade bracelet for donating to the raffle. And I got a pretty purple dress! My favorite color dress in my size??? YESSSSS. I also chatted with some really nice folks, including someone who works for the state parks!
A picture of my wrist and arm. On it is a beautiful light purple, white, and clear crystal color bead bracelet with a little charm that has a gold colored bow.
August 4, 2025 at 2:10 AM
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I went to a free market & resources event at a co-op today, and it was really lovely! I donated my zines to an art raffle and donated some clothes and kitchenware/accessories and some menstrual pads. The kitchenware/accessories & pads were popular! All of it got picked up!
A wooden and wire fence in front of a farm/garden area. There are green vines growing on the fence and a dirt ground stretching into a garden with many plants. There are a couple of buildings in the background. One is painted orange and white and has a colorful cartoon butterfly illustration on it. I believe that building is part of the on-site cafe. Another building next to it is white and blue. The sky is fairly clear and blue.
August 4, 2025 at 2:10 AM
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There was also a greenhouse at this garden with koi fish and a turtle! It was quite hot and humid there, but it was worth it to hang out with the koi and turtle!
A misty greenhouse. Large plants descend from the glass room. There is greenery on all sides. Plants emerging from the ground and trees reaching to the glass roof. Lots of palms and hanging glass balls with plants in them. The room is dark with white mist. Red brick pathway next to plants. The plants are green, purple, and there are some red in the background. There are also some brown stones in this bed of plants. There is a diamond-shaped sign that says “Turtle Crossing” with a black icon drawing of a turtle. A waterfall and pond area, surrounded by water. There are green leaves surrounding the waterfall area. In the middle of the water is a large brown rock. A turtle basks on the rock. Rocks line the edge of the pond. There is gravel at the bottom of the pond, which gives it a green and brown tint. Another angle of the pond. Rocks surround it as well as green plants. In the pond are multiple koi fish. They are red and black, yellow and black, and white and red.
July 27, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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I visited a garden this week! #FlowerReport #BloomScrolling #Flower
Beautiful large pink and smaller purple flowers growing from a green bush. On top of one of the purple flower sits a monarch butterfly. There is a support pole at the edge of the bush. Behind the bush is a red brick walkway. Behind that is a grassy area, trees and bushes, and a building. String lights hang across the top of the photo from the building. A small blue-tiled fountain pool surrounded by red brick. Lining the brick are smash bushes and flowers. Pink, white, red, purple, yellow, and magenta flowers are represented. In the background are more bushes with flowers of similar colors to the ones around the fountain. The red brick walkway extends into the background. Further behind are large green trees. Including a tall palm tree in the center. The sky is blue and mostly clear with a few clouds. A bush with many purple flowers jutting out of it. The purple flowers are at the top, and below are some pink and white flowers. Atop one of the higher up purple flowers is a monarch butterfly. In the background and more bushes with flowers of pink and purple and white. The red brick walkway meanders around the photo. Further in the background is a building that has many closed umbrellas on a patio and string lights. Behind that are trees. A rounded pattern of different plant life that looks a bit a rainbow. At the bottom are blue stones. Then above are green stones and green succulents. Above that are purple and white succulents with purple stones. Then above that is a red plant with yellow flowers. Above that are green succulent-like plants. I’m not sure what they’re called. There are stones in the background.
July 27, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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Do you need some goats? I think you need some goats.
A smattering of goats bending over and eating brush on a hillside next to a trail behind a wire fence. The goats are white, brown, black, tan, and some are multiple colors. The brush in those area is sort of a tan hay color. There is one tan goat who is staring at the camera. In the background are large green hills with structures on them, such as houses and a college. Further in the background you can see a mountain range. The sky is clear and blue.
July 25, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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A few recent #Nature photos to take with you into the week. 🌿
A pathway with green trees overhanging. At a local botanical garden at a park, a pathway with distant steps has trees and bushes flanking it. The branches hang over the pathway and create shade. A small lake at a regional park seen through several trees and tall grasses. In the foreground, the tree trunks are slim and pale. The leaves hanging down are green. The grasses are tall and also green. Behind the trees is the lake. Many green trees and bushes line the shore. Further in the background is a green hillside with houses atop it. A closer view of the lake from the regional park. In the foreground are bushes and tall grasses. Some darker green and some lighter, almost yellow. On either side you can see a bit of tree branches and leaves. In the center is the blue reflective lake. On the other side of the lake is green bushes, grasses, and trees lining the shore. Behind that is a hillside that has brown and yellow brush. Towards the top of the hill you see green again and houses, as well as palm trees. A small hillside next to a trail where there are a large group of goats munching on the grass. They do this to try and curb fire dangers. The grass is yellowish and brown. The goats are white, black, brown, and a combination of those colors. In the background you can see further hillsides which appear blueish in tone. I think some of the blue may be the ocean. The sky is mostly clear with a few clouds and at the top is light from the sun. The photo looks a bit backlit, so it almost seems a bit in silhouette.
July 21, 2025 at 1:24 AM
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Ahahaha! I still have this photo of the coloring book you sent on my phone. 😆
An 8-bit-looking black and white image of KJ Apa, who played Archie on Riverdale which is meant to be a coloring page. He is looking to the side and my friend Lani added a speech bubble that says, “Dollars?!” which is a line he uttered on the show. (He didn’t seem to understand how money works.)
July 20, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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UPDATE: I look like this now.
A smattering of gnarled tree branches sitting in a wooded area. There is a darker tree trunk embedded in the ground in the dirt. Green patches of brush dot the ground. Higher up are the many gnarled branches, which vary in color. Green leaves rise to the top of the frame. Sunlight touches bits of these leaves. The ground is covered in shadows from the branches; light peeks into pockets of the shadow-covering.
July 19, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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Okay, I am 100% posting this particular pic cause I’m still proud of how I got that sunburst into the shot and made it look like I have this divine halo on my head. You know, cause I am magical. (From August 2014)
A gorgeous gal (ME). Dark wavy/curly hair and brown eyes wearing a purple t-shirt. My hair is up. I am looking at the camera, and my lips are in a slight smile. At the top of my head is a sunburst and it looks like a halo is sitting above my brow.
July 11, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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Here’s a photo I took of the zines I got at Orange County Zine Fest (California) in 2019! 😃
My zine haul from OC Zine Fest 2019. Going clockwise, a black and white zine called “The Golden Girls Zine: screenshots + musings from a non binary perspective” with an illustration of the four women of Golden Girls. Next a print (by Beverly Salas) of a Black woman with gold flowers drawn on her as well as pink and orange flowers behind her head. In front of her face are many colors radiating out. Pink, orange, yellow, blue. The text at the top reads “Feel Everything.” Next to the print is a mini-zine called “Being Alone is Chill.” With an illustration of a person’s head, smiling. Above that is “Plastic Amulets: Poems” by Gustavo Hernandez. In the center is the OCZF 2019 tote bag. Black and pink with an illustration of a woman with a huge hairstyle by Beverly Salas. There are also stickers and buttons by Beverly Salas and Stacy Russo. Next to that on the top is the zine chapbook The Monster by Leticia Urieta. With an illustration on the cover of a doll and a monster with many eyeballs. Next to that is “Paper Dreams: a Collage zine by Beverly Salas.” Vintage images with a rainbow of colors. Near the center is a sticker of Angela Lansbury, Bea Arthur, and Dixie Carter. Next to that is a print of a young Black woman with braided hair holding a sunflower, wearing a blue dress. The top of her head is covered by a cloud. Below this is another zine by Beverly Salas with vintage images and lots of colors. It is called “Astounding.” Next to that is a wooden block by Stacy Russo with a pink and orange flower painted on and a quote: “And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more than the risk it took to blossom -Anais Nin” Last is the zine Fuego: A Quarterly Zine by Breath of Fire Latina Theatre Ensemble. There is a young woman (Anatalia Vallez) on the cover whose face is obscured.
July 10, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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Some pretty flowers seen on a recent walk. 💐 #FlowerReport #BloomScrolling #Flower
A flower plant with pink and orange roses flanked by plants with purple flowers next to a white picket fence. The plant sits in a bed with green grasses and plants. Behind is a tree with large banana-looking leaves.
July 6, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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Another little #Nature video, this time in portrait mode, so you get a better view of the trees. If you need some calm, take a little time and listen to the water.
July 3, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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If you need a timeline cleanse… Remember to take breaks—they are essential! Here is a little stream I came across on a trail hike yesterday.
July 3, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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A rainbow-colored sticker that says “Now That’s What I Call ADHD.” The text is outlined rainbow and the inside is white. For youngsters, this is a reference to popular CD compilation albums that used to show commercials on TV all the time. I placed the sticker on red wrapping paper, and that is on top of a dark blue blanket.
June 30, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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Finally got the chance to visit the PAC-Man exhibit yesterday!
On a dark blue background with dots on it, there is the text in yellow and white, “Journey Through the Maze: 45 Years of PAC-Man.” The background also includes ghosts and fruit from the PAC-Man Game. Right below the text is a pixelated PAC-MAN from the early days of the game and it fades into the more modern, computer generated PAC-MAN.
June 27, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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Hear ye, here ye! I present to the Midnight Society: my zines! Well, the covers of my first two zines of the year! And stay tuned, because my portable art museum is not staying to the physical page… 👀 Also, fun fact, I painted the cover for Southern California Library Vibes! 🎨 #Zine #Zines
A graphic with the covers of two zines on it. One is Echo Glitter: a portable art museum. It has a white background with art deco-style text and teal lines flanking the top and bottom of the white background. On either side of these is a strip of gold glitter. In the center is the image of some gilded age and art deco art. The center is a woman with brown skin and blue hair. The outside are patterned pieces with four images of desert type flowers and plants. I’ll post the links to the art in a thread. The second zine image says Southern California Library Vibes: a Photography Zine. The cover is blue, white, and green with some gold and pink accents. The background of the graphic is iridescent and patterned. There is blue, green, pink, a little purple, and yellow. There is text that says “Zines!!!” in funky fonts. And then black and white images of books and a typewriter.
June 23, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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If you need a quick timeline cleanse, here are some bubbles to focus on.
A sunflower bubble machine unleashing a smattering of bubbles across pavement and a grassy area. Next to the machine are some markers for decorating rocks. In the background is secondhand clothing on a rack and a table for sale. There are also green-leaf trees, a fountain and some buildings in the background. A small sunflower bubble machine unleashing many sizes of bubble. In the background, there are secondhand clothes for sale and a mirror showing a green-leaf tree. There are also buildings in the backyard.
June 22, 2025 at 3:10 AM