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I would honestly be a little disappointed if there wasn’t such a thing. @thebloggess.bsky.social is somewhat of a weird taxidermy connoisseur, maybe she’s seen one?

Awww 🥰

But we do need to see the other two belly spots referenced in the alt text. Sorry, I don’t make the rules 🤷

Please tell me that was a real note you left yourself 😂

Past bedtime
Lights out
CPAP flowing
Sleep mask on
Rain sounds on
Fan on
Perfect pillow position

Brain: Hey, here’s how to fix that character motivation issue in chapter 14 you’ve been stuck on for a week.

Me: …Maybe I’ll remember—

Brain: You definitely won’t remember this in the morning.

Sup chat this is Slouching Towards Bethlehem with your boy The Rough Beast, and it looks like today’s stream could be a big one, as some of you might’ve already seen there are rumors going around social media that the hour has come round at last, so we’re gonna get right into it

Might not be practical in a shared gym space, they probably wouldn’t be happy with my taking tools to the equipment 😅

I’m trying out other cardio options for active rest days between runs, and the Peloton bikes are a definite miss for me. That seat is way too much in my business for something that isn’t a medical procedure.

It’s a weekend before Snowmageddon 2: The Snowening, and I’m making bad decisions (going to Costco). If I don’t make it back out again, my partner has my permission to release the cringey Batman Forever fanfiction I wrote at 15.

Thoughts and prayers.

A big bearded white dude in a navy blue swim tank floats serenely in a swimming pool of clear blue water with a silly little smile of contentment on his face.

First swim without a binder and I am a happy little trans water gremlin 🥰🥰🥰

Queerwolves? Querewolves? Where are we landing on the portmanteau? 🤔

A photo of an ice cream machine with a sign reading, "Anything is possible with ice cream." Beneath that is a hand lettered sign reading, "No ice cream".

2026 basically

I mostly drink boring water 😂 But I’m mad I just had to throw away an almost new bottle of low-sugar ketchup because I didn’t notice it had stevia. It tasted AWFUL. And ketchup doesn’t have to be sweetened!! The tomatoes are already sweet! Leave my ketchup alone 😭

Harder to find in US grocery stores, but yeah when I’m making from scratch I cut the sugar a lot!

Why can’t we just let low/no sugar things be less/not sweet? I would 100% rather just have less sweet than that weird cloying awful aftertaste of stevia or monk fruit 😭

A plate of caramelized pieces of pork rib glistening with sauce, nestled next to a pile of tender crisp roasted asparagus with Parmesan cheese.

I made plans for the leftovers from this barbecue pork rib, and it was extremely optimistic of me to think there would be any 😅

Oh wow this hits hard in the feels 😭 I would pick this up off a shelf just on this pitch.

MATTHEW BECKETT'S UNSENT TEXTS OWEN, I think about you all the time. I dream about you most nights. Sometimes it's just playing catch. other times it's that one right in the back of my truck, looping endlessly, I hate catching anyone but you, Why did you quit playing? It's not my fault I got a scholarship. I MISS YOU.

Fifteen years of unsent texts can really mess you up.

Good thing Matt’s back in town.
#CuPit #A #LGBT #CR

This sounds deliciously messy! Love the concept 🤩

Mood board with school supplies, a blond boy writing on a blackboard, a Chinese takeout container, an Asian boy and girl, macarons, a bowl of spicy instant ramen, and text boxes that read *covers up real feelings with aggressive sarcasm* and a text exchange: you're annoying/but you love me/doesn't make you less annoying

A PHO LOVE STORY x THIS TIME IT'S REAL
A restaurant kid fake dates the son of her family's rival to get her immigrant parents to rescind their "only date Asians" rule so she can date her whiter-than-white-bread crush instead. She wanted to fraternize with the enemy, not fall for him! #CuPit #YA #POC

Oh this looks GORGEOUS! 🤩

Art by EmArtStew on Instagram: A digital art drawing of a woman who stands staring off to the side of the camera. She has long loose curly brown hair, brown eyes, and brown skin. She is wearing a medieval style green dress with embellishments, and a necklace complete with golden wedding band.

KATABASIS X NETTLE AND BONE: a 79,000 word crossover romantic fantasy where a murdered bride must team up with a Mage-Knight to escape Hell and return to save the living from the clutches of the witch who killed her.

#Cupit #RoFa #POC #LGBT #YA #NA #WIP

*Image commissioned from @EmArtStew on IG

Black bg with pink paper heart strung, almost ripped in half roses are red... ryde cassidy is a catch... welcome, contestants, to LAST CHANCE MATCH an adult speculative sci fi horromance

Black bg with pink paper heart strung, almost ripped in half roses are red... the humanoid host is a bitch... but it makes a killer pitch Without a government-appointed soulmate, 28-year-old Cera faces extermination at thirty, the age at which soulmateless are killed to aid in population control and limiting resources. A new dating show, Last Chance Match, sets out to change the luck of the soulmateless and give them another shot at finding their other half. Cera is chosen to participate, but is quickly deflated when she’s paired with the infuriatingly attractive but mysterious Ryde. The show takes a dark turn when a fellow contestant is killed by the robot host, forcing Cera and Ryde to fight for their happily ever after—and to make it out alive.

Black bg with pink paper heart strung, almost ripped in half roses are red... the government is betraying... here's what the viewers are saying Lots of snippets from beta/alpha comments

Black bg with pink paper heart strung, almost ripped in half roses are red... cera should have seen the signs... especially with these opening lines The old holovision in the corner of Kona’s Diner projected the fuzzy image of a news reporter. A patron passed by it, their arm grazing the hologram. It skipped as the woman tilted her head, but her raven-colored bob stayed perfectly placed. “Within the next hour, eighteen lucky individuals will be notified via holomessage if they’ve been chosen to partake in Last Chance Match. To quote President Blanche, this initiative will allow for select soulmateless to find the one who’s to die for,” said the reporter. “As a reminder, it is mandatory for those chosen to travel to—” Cera shook her head, then grabbed a holotablet from the charging station. Last Chance Match was an excuse for the government to capitalize off the miserable lives of soulmateless and being so close to the age of thirty, Cera wouldn’t be picked for the show.

𝙇𝙄𝙂𝙃𝙏𝙎. 𝘾𝘼𝙈𝘽𝙊𝙏. 𝘽𝙇𝙊𝙊𝘿𝘽𝘼𝙏𝙃.

The deadly game play of SQUID GAME and the futuristic horror of BLACK MIRROR meets the summer romance of LOVE ISLAND.

𝘼𝙧𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙮 𝙩𝙤 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙤'𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙙𝙞𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧?

#CuPit #HOR #SFR #A

Project Sugar and Spice moodboard Top row: Black business woman with colorful bandana around her hair scribbling notes down on a notepad; pistachio cupcake decorated with buttercream and a rose made of pink buttercream frosting; black business man in white shirt and gray jacket picking up a pencil and jotting down notes Middle row: Interior design of a cafe bar; "they're both stubborn and it's complicated" quote; restaurant cafe interior with light coming into the establishment Bottom row: Zeppole Italian ricotta donuts sprinkled with powdered sugar displayed in a white bowl; piece of carrot cake with buttercream frosting and walnuts on top; homemade blueberry lavender meringue tartlets on a white plate

🧁 She's a jaded pastry chef
🍰 He's a charismatic baker
❤️‍🔥 When their rivalry reaches an all-time high & sweet lies turn to bitter truths, will they achieve their desires unscathed or will all they've worked for burst into flames?

Coming soon to a bookstore near you 👀

#Cupit #CR #POC #BIR #NA #A #W

Moodboard for ALL YOUR QASAMS with a quote from the novel reading, ‘You are madness incarnate’ and five images: picture of a hot chocolate drink and heart-shaped cookies, a couple embracing during a boat ride, a young south Asian girl in south Asian bridal wear and jewellery smiling down at her maroon outfit, a close-up of a young man kissing the forehead of a young woman, a close-up the joined hands of a south Asian bride and groom, a young man in an aesthetic library reading a hardcover text book. The Moodboard is surrounded by arrows pointing to text that allude to the themes and tropes in the novel: “Meddling grandpa”, “perfect firsts”, “friends-to-lovers with a difference”, “only one bed”, “a decades’ old Qasam and some new ones”, “Bengali teens in STEM”.

Kavi makes BFF Ryhan a Practice Boyfriend so she’ll become the perfect girlfriend to her actual bf Aaron Mirza. Her last shot at love—due to a Qasam—has to be perfect

But Ryhan has a secret & if her family learns of any of this, she’ll lose it all—inc. dreams of studying Medicine in🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
#Cupit #YA #CR

Two brown skinned characters on a lilac background. The young woman wears a navy blazer and pleated skirt with a beret, long black hair loose. The young man wears a sleeveless vest and trousers in black, he has short back and sides with curls on top. His arms are folded and she clutches a notepad.

HAZELTHORN/STRANGE BEASTS
When plants take over the world & an eminent botanist ends up dead, a reporter persuades a rival plant hunter to seek the truth. But as they become entangled, & the victims pile up, they’ll need sharp tools to avoid being next.
#Cupit #CFR #HOR #NA #W

I grew up in Michigan and love the storytelling possibilities in the seasonal lake towns all shuttered for winter!

YELLOWSTONE X PAS DE DEUX
A sapphic MT equestrian/radio host flees her scheming family, a breakup, & stolen mare grief but misheard directions trap her in a shut-for-winter MI tourist town. When 2nd chances falter, she's caught between reclaiming her legacy or forging another. #A #W #R #cupit #LGBT

I love to see later life MC rep in sapphic spaces! We need more women finding their joy and reinvention at every stage of life 💜

IF I DON’T ASK X A FAMILY AFFAIR
A surprise birthday invite sparks a late-bloomer journey for a secretary rebuilding her life post-divorce but she must choose between love w/a woman, found family & new singing career, & that lifelong approval hunger from her disdainful kids. #A #WF #R #Cupit #LGBT

This is your regular reminder that in the year 2000, Paul Rudd, with frosted tips, appeared in the Hong Kong film GEN-Y COPS as a bad guy (kinda). In the movie, he does martial arts, fights a robot, and, most shocking of all, does an entire scene in Cantonese.