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Poet. Author of Said No One Ever (2021) and Walking Away From Explosions in Slow Motion (2018). https://buttondown.email/gregorycrosby

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ART IS THE PROJECTION OF THAT IN US WHICH DOES GO ON RESPONDING

Adrienne Rich (all caps mine)

07.03.2026 15:25 πŸ‘ 75 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Here’s my insane thing: if I don’t have a scarf and something to cover my ears, I’m freezing, and then I’m out on the street in my scarf and hat while dudes walk by bareheaded in *shorts* and it makes me want to scream at them.

07.03.2026 15:34 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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07.03.2026 15:30 πŸ‘ 31 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2

Once again, β€œblame the parents.” lol

07.03.2026 15:31 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Not really insane so much as terribly subjective lol.

07.03.2026 15:29 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

One day, apropos of nothing, I said, β€œYou know, Ravel is one of my favorite composers.” Said it right out loud, didn’t care who heard it

07.03.2026 15:23 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This feels like a weather report.

07.03.2026 15:16 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Adding β€œLibrary Zeppelin” to list of life goals.

07.03.2026 15:11 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

β€œIt’s Adam and Eve, not Adam and E.T.”

07.03.2026 14:59 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

If you’ve read Path of Totality you know how hilarious this (and if you haven’t read it, you absolutely should).

07.03.2026 14:55 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Hilarious and appalling all at once.

07.03.2026 14:54 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

One of my favorite lines from Russell Hoban's novel The Medusa Frequency: "In the morning I came awake as I always do, like a man trapped in a car going over a cliff."

04.03.2026 17:01 πŸ‘ 40 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2

If you don’t have a long list of works of art that are obviously good but that you simply don’t like you’re doing it wrong, lol.

07.03.2026 14:42 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Sometimes I see β€œIYKYK” and think, I don’t know, just fucking tell me.

07.03.2026 14:23 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

ppl think of Hitchcock as this director guy but he was doing Presents, he had a mystery magazine, he had a tie in book series about 3 kids who solve crimes from a caravan in a junkyard and do pyramid scheme marketing then for some reason expose the crimes to Alfred Hitchcock, man was hustling 24/7

07.03.2026 13:32 πŸ‘ 320 πŸ” 31 πŸ’¬ 19 πŸ“Œ 9

And to be careful getting on elevators.

07.03.2026 14:01 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
07.03.2026 13:16 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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Outa Space YouTube video by billyprestonmusic

And so to bed.

07.03.2026 04:30 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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@hackintimseeley.bsky.social

06.03.2026 21:20 πŸ‘ 9112 πŸ” 3347 πŸ’¬ 15 πŸ“Œ 17

This reminds me of a Champions campaign where a character had a magical horse; the player insisted the horse come with him into every scenario, no matter how absurd. β€œYou descend into the sewers after the villain.” β€œI follow. My horse is there too.”

07.03.2026 03:27 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Most friendships I’ve tried to cultivate in recent years have gone nowhere; at some point I just had to accept that a) people are too busy or b) it’s not meant to be. Still a drag though.

06.03.2026 23:26 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It’s still funny.

06.03.2026 23:12 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I’d be very curious to hear your thoughts on Del Toro’s take.

06.03.2026 23:06 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I was initially very skeptical of that choice, but then it began to somehow work… it is indeed overstuffed, and its feminism is heavy-handed, but the performances and cheeky allusions won me over. I certainly had more fun than I did with del Toro’s Frankenstein fanfic.

06.03.2026 22:36 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I know what you mean but it came together in the end for me, once I understood it was all just mad dream of the ghost of Mary Shelley.

06.03.2026 22:25 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I have to say I really enjoyed the hell out of Maggie Gyllenhaal’s The Bride!

06.03.2026 22:23 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

SHOULD THE U.S BLOT OUT THE SUN AND USHER IN AN AGE OF ETERNAL DARKNESS? - Gallup 2/20/26-3/5/26

NO - 41%
YES - 38%
UNSURE - 21%

06.03.2026 19:09 πŸ‘ 12656 πŸ” 2724 πŸ’¬ 308 πŸ“Œ 175

Wrote a poem last night I wasn't entirely happy with; added weirdness to it and, voila, now it's okay. So it goes.

06.03.2026 16:40 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Hahaha…

06.03.2026 14:38 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
An open book by a cup of diner coffee.

An open book by a cup of diner coffee.

Friday (so far).

06.03.2026 14:38 πŸ‘ 87 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 1