Trick of the light
@trickofthelight.bsky.social
Former epidemiologist, writer, gamer, knitter and obsessed with my dog. Lots of TTRPGs. I like to make people sad over fictional characters for fun. 41, lesbian/kinky, disastrous, she/her.
He is a method actor who does truly Oscar level work.
Behold what happens on the rare occasion I catch him behaving with joyful exuberance. I have to pretend I'm not filming and he still keeps stopping to check and make sure I haven't noticed.
Behold what happens on the rare occasion I catch him behaving with joyful exuberance. I have to pretend I'm not filming and he still keeps stopping to check and make sure I haven't noticed.
November 7, 2025 at 5:03 PM
He is a method actor who does truly Oscar level work.
Behold what happens on the rare occasion I catch him behaving with joyful exuberance. I have to pretend I'm not filming and he still keeps stopping to check and make sure I haven't noticed.
Behold what happens on the rare occasion I catch him behaving with joyful exuberance. I have to pretend I'm not filming and he still keeps stopping to check and make sure I haven't noticed.
He is glad someone appreciates his difficult life.
Why, just last week I made him wait like four minutes to eat his pup cup from the coffee place so that I could drive home without crashing the damn car.
Why, just last week I made him wait like four minutes to eat his pup cup from the coffee place so that I could drive home without crashing the damn car.
November 7, 2025 at 3:01 AM
He is glad someone appreciates his difficult life.
Why, just last week I made him wait like four minutes to eat his pup cup from the coffee place so that I could drive home without crashing the damn car.
Why, just last week I made him wait like four minutes to eat his pup cup from the coffee place so that I could drive home without crashing the damn car.
This is what I was dealing with this morning when I was eating my Alpo (vanilla yogurt with granola and blueberries)
November 7, 2025 at 2:56 AM
This is what I was dealing with this morning when I was eating my Alpo (vanilla yogurt with granola and blueberries)
Dug out the yarn I got for it and started my second Wingspan shawl. Not entirely sure this is a good pattern/yarn match so we'll see how I feel after I get into it enough to really see what it'll look like.
October 27, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Dug out the yarn I got for it and started my second Wingspan shawl. Not entirely sure this is a good pattern/yarn match so we'll see how I feel after I get into it enough to really see what it'll look like.
People seemed to like that, and I liked it too because I could look back at it.
Anyway, here's what I just finished!
Anyway, here's what I just finished!
October 26, 2025 at 10:22 PM
People seemed to like that, and I liked it too because I could look back at it.
Anyway, here's what I just finished!
Anyway, here's what I just finished!
Allow me to share my ridiculous creature.
October 25, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Allow me to share my ridiculous creature.
Darwin decided he needed to be touching me, but also in his bed at the same time.
October 16, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Darwin decided he needed to be touching me, but also in his bed at the same time.
Finished seaming and weaving in ends tonight. Then it needs a block it's good to go. :)
A little annoyed that one of the skein transitions is noticeable, but it's not with just my eyeballs so I think it's the lighting and the angle. #knitting
A little annoyed that one of the skein transitions is noticeable, but it's not with just my eyeballs so I think it's the lighting and the angle. #knitting
October 11, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Finished seaming and weaving in ends tonight. Then it needs a block it's good to go. :)
A little annoyed that one of the skein transitions is noticeable, but it's not with just my eyeballs so I think it's the lighting and the angle. #knitting
A little annoyed that one of the skein transitions is noticeable, but it's not with just my eyeballs so I think it's the lighting and the angle. #knitting
October 5, 2025 at 6:51 PM
An example for "Land Seal":
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theblissfuldog.com/cdn/shop/art...
October 5, 2025 at 6:47 PM
An example for "Land Seal":
theblissfuldog.com/cdn/shop/art...
theblissfuldog.com/cdn/shop/art...
RIP Patricia Routledge.
October 3, 2025 at 3:59 PM
RIP Patricia Routledge.
Darwin would like everyone to believe he is also having a bad morning because I left him in his crate, but the door is open and he could come out any time he wanted:
September 17, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Darwin would like everyone to believe he is also having a bad morning because I left him in his crate, but the door is open and he could come out any time he wanted:
Darwin will wake up long enough to give the misbehaving legal system some serious side eye.
September 7, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Darwin will wake up long enough to give the misbehaving legal system some serious side eye.
She was, without a doubt, one of the most beautiful cats I've ever encountered.
But that alone is not a good reason to have a longhair if you're not fully prepared to do the maintenance.
But that alone is not a good reason to have a longhair if you're not fully prepared to do the maintenance.
September 3, 2025 at 6:02 PM
She was, without a doubt, one of the most beautiful cats I've ever encountered.
But that alone is not a good reason to have a longhair if you're not fully prepared to do the maintenance.
But that alone is not a good reason to have a longhair if you're not fully prepared to do the maintenance.
Darwin's hyperfixation is bacon. He knows what drive thru has the bacon.
This is clearly my fault for vaccinating him, if I hadn't he surely would not live for bacon.
This is clearly my fault for vaccinating him, if I hadn't he surely would not live for bacon.
September 2, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Darwin's hyperfixation is bacon. He knows what drive thru has the bacon.
This is clearly my fault for vaccinating him, if I hadn't he surely would not live for bacon.
This is clearly my fault for vaccinating him, if I hadn't he surely would not live for bacon.
w/o downloading anything new, where are you mentally?
August 26, 2025 at 2:29 AM
w/o downloading anything new, where are you mentally?
It is possible we have the same dog, I've decided.
August 24, 2025 at 3:55 AM
It is possible we have the same dog, I've decided.
We do this at my house too.
August 24, 2025 at 3:49 AM
We do this at my house too.
How are dogs so good?
August 19, 2025 at 11:17 PM
How are dogs so good?
Never leave an office chair unattended:
August 8, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Never leave an office chair unattended:
The pictorial evidence:
July 30, 2025 at 1:33 AM
The pictorial evidence:
The mortifying ordeal of being known. @chubacca.bsky.social
July 21, 2025 at 2:11 PM
The mortifying ordeal of being known. @chubacca.bsky.social
I'm sorry you're dealing with it in a situation where you can't just wait for a text back and instead are forced to wait out the brain state.
Here's a few cute pictures of Darwin:
Here's a few cute pictures of Darwin:
June 21, 2025 at 2:58 PM
I'm sorry you're dealing with it in a situation where you can't just wait for a text back and instead are forced to wait out the brain state.
Here's a few cute pictures of Darwin:
Here's a few cute pictures of Darwin: