Brooke Hazelgrove @aerialtookie.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Sitting in a cafe and I'm curious about whether eliminating the headphone jack from smartphones contributed to more people using the loudspeaker for their calls. I can appreciate how some people might prefer it for calls. Respectfully, the time and place to use it is probably not in a cafe. 130
Brooke Hazelgrove @aerialtookie.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Me reaching out 3months ago on a FB page looking for a sharehouse: "Drawcard: 10+ years experience designated bug-removal housemate" Activities this weekend: carefully removing Bogong Moths from my housemate's room. 121
Brooke Hazelgrove @aerialtookie.bsky.social · 25/09/2026You know, I think it might be time to watch Pacific Rim again. 010
Brooke Hazelgrove @aerialtookie.bsky.social · 18/09/2026There are many "worst things" about ADHD but the one where you can get so depleted from being hungry that fixing the problem feels too hard is DEFINITELY ON THE LIST. Imagine driving somewhere and suddenly you're just. Outta fuel. No petrol station for yonks. No indication that you were nearly out. 120
Reposted by Brooke HazelgroveHaus of Decline @hausofdecline.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Suffering does not necessarily make your art better, but as long as you're suffering, you may as well get some art out of it. 172911511
Brooke Hazelgrove @aerialtookie.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Honestly there's a temptation to just leave the silhouette but we carry on 020
Brooke Hazelgrove @aerialtookie.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Most recent lil cross stitch project. I do the majority of these things on the train. Been a more productive activity than anything else I've managed so far. The TARDIS is from circa 2013. The others are recents. 0100
Brooke Hazelgrove @aerialtookie.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Today was long, and I am pretty fried, but the vibes were immensely improved by the woman with an Amazon parrot on her shoulder in Officeworks. It's 6:45pm, but that's a whole parrot just chilling and she's just given it stationery to hold in its beak. 020
Reposted by Brooke HazelgroveDan Kaszeta FRHistS @dankaszeta.bsky.social · 28/08/2026But nothing beats the obstetrics textbook wherein one of the authors made his wife do the index, so she slips this one in: 20853257
Brooke Hazelgrove @aerialtookie.bsky.social · 25/08/2026I know that in the scheme of history, dates just exist, That in the scheme of an individual's history, dates have significance, That one date can be significant to two people for different reasons without the overlap being significant, And today I read about a clergyman who died the day I was born. 130
Brooke Hazelgrove @aerialtookie.bsky.social · 21/08/2026First go of the hedge trimmers: Effective. I should have purchased cleaning oil when I bought the tool. Just did the inside walls before I ran out of light. 010
Brooke Hazelgrove @aerialtookie.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Continuing in the tradition of forgetting to take "before" pictures, and spent a couple hours today clearing more of the overgrown garden away from the lemon tree. There's a lot more of it that is visible and accessible now. 120
Reposted by Brooke HazelgroveInspirational Skeletor @skeletorinspires.bsky.social · 10/08/2026 64174496697
Brooke Hazelgrove @aerialtookie.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Most recent cross stitch finished and framed, and now I just have to find somewhere good to put it. Slap bang on top of the calendar feels a little messy, even if we're far enough through the year that it doesn't obscure August. 030
Brooke Hazelgrove @aerialtookie.bsky.social · 09/07/2026We're down to like five boxes I haven't opened yet and we are YET TO FIND THE HEATER 120
Brooke Hazelgrove @aerialtookie.bsky.social · 12/06/20263/4 done, and the pattern for TMBTE is nearly done. Figuring out how to cross stitch round or complex things is not a simple task. Will I have another crack at #4 when it's done? Maybe. 130
Brooke Hazelgrove @aerialtookie.bsky.social · 08/06/2026We're one step closer to Project: Office Chatelaine. Aside from figuring how to attach a pen, I'm hoping I have all of the components now. 120
Brooke Hazelgrove @aerialtookie.bsky.social · 05/06/2026No need to stress about perspective or hands, that is what the artist is for. We love the stick person. 010
Reposted by Brooke HazelgroveThe Dammitch - Artist and Streamer @thedammitch.bsky.social · 19/03/2026If you are commissioning an artist, and want a specific pose, don't run to genAI to try and make it for you. Draw a stick person. Stick person poses are beloved among all artists. We can see exactly what you want. Do not fear sending the stick person. The stick person is magical. 10889243917
Brooke Hazelgrove @aerialtookie.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Is it procrastination or is it my hyperfocus finding something to experience traction and accomplishment on? (It might be both) (I might review and have a second go at this album art after I do the others) 010
Brooke Hazelgrove @aerialtookie.bsky.social · 02/06/2026I feel like maybe I should have gotten a PO Box. At least six weeks ago. 010
Brooke Hazelgrove @aerialtookie.bsky.social · 22/05/2026Some days the unseen stuff is easy and some days the reminder is that the reward is in heaven.static.klipy.comBatman & Gordon: I Never Said Thank YouALT: Batman & Gordon: I Never Said Thank You 020
Brooke Hazelgrove @aerialtookie.bsky.social · 18/05/2026*googles whether mild pins and needles in fingertips all day is a cause for concern* *Reads the first page of results* "Huh" 000
Brooke Hazelgrove @aerialtookie.bsky.social · 24/04/2026Tasks for this weekend: Buy colourful clothing to be sad in Time maths Continue looking for a place to live Laundry 230
Brooke Hazelgrove @aerialtookie.bsky.social · 18/04/2026I had really wanted to have somewhere to move to secured before I had to renew rego on my car but instead we'll hope that the insurance company will refund the difference when my place of residence is no longer the hood. 020
Brooke Hazelgrove @aerialtookie.bsky.social · 12/04/2026How on earth are you supposed to do the life admin tasks during office hours when you work all of the office hours? 120
Brooke Hazelgrove @aerialtookie.bsky.social · 10/04/2026I have a weird feeling that this can be done in Lightroom. Echoes from uni days, though, so it may be outdated information. 120
Brooke Hazelgrove @aerialtookie.bsky.social · 03/04/2026The advice for parking on the street in Glebe is to not have anything on your car seats so the car is not interesting. However, today was the last day of cleaning and handing keys to my old place over. So the car is full of garbage instead. Different kind of camoflauge, I guess. 010
Reposted by Brooke HazelgroveDouglas Fyfe @duck5.bsky.social · 29/03/2026the absurdity of being told by adobe that the passion narrative is too long to read through. 152
Reposted by Brooke HazelgroveYgrene @ygrene.bsky.social · 22/03/2026the human body was not designed to know what the worst person in the world is doing every fifteen minutes 318351128846
Brooke Hazelgrove @aerialtookie.bsky.social · 22/03/2026Genuine questions I have about statistics: Are we going to see a lower Easter Road Death Toll because of spiking fuel prices this year? 010
Brooke Hazelgrove @aerialtookie.bsky.social · 19/03/2026This week: - Easter, advancing. - Processing Admin Tasks for ~12-15 different weddings - Still packing to move and no landing strategy yet - Grandparent emergency hospital visit (God willing, she goes home tomorrow. I think.) This week: A lot. I'm sorry I have not been good at communicating. 030
Brooke Hazelgrove @aerialtookie.bsky.social · 10/03/2026Will the petrol crisis lead Australians to consider the benefits of small cars over Yank Tanks? Probably not. But I'm grateful that my car isn't a horrendously thirsty big Boi. 010
Reposted by Brooke Hazelgrove🥖Kekeflipnote🥖 🔜 NFC @kekeflipnote.bsky.social · 14/01/2025I been invited to a friend's place and one kid was doing AI on their tablet. Told them that it's bad and the father asked me why. Explained and also said real art have more soul. He wanted to make a dinosaur playing basket-ball, I drew this for him. They loved it so much, the dad paid me in the end 79122142141
Reposted by Brooke Hazelgrove🥖Kekeflipnote🥖 🔜 NFC @kekeflipnote.bsky.social · 14/01/2025Also, this is his result after many tries! Told him how to hold the pen and let the hand wander over the paper for better line quality. It looks pretty good and he can't believe he did that himself! That's the magic of art! Hope he can continue if he likes it and who knows, become an artist too! 805456538
Reposted by Brooke Hazelgrove🥖Kekeflipnote🥖 🔜 NFC @kekeflipnote.bsky.social · 08/03/2026I met the kid today and to my surprise he still draws now and then! So I asked him to draw the dinosaur playing basket-ball again, to see the progresses he made And wow, look at the evolution! This makes me so happy That's why teaching art values is important, AI could never make this happen. 502742441
Brooke Hazelgrove @aerialtookie.bsky.social · 09/03/2026Invisible labour is removing the spiders from the house without drawing your arachnophobic housemate's attention to it. This is not in relation to any particular bug or housemate. There have been many of both. I'd briefly forgotten that it was a positive quality to mention when share house hunting 110
Brooke Hazelgrove @aerialtookie.bsky.social · 07/03/2026A clip from your favourite film of the year you were born:media.tenor.coma man with red hair is wearing a green suit and says we 're grown ups nowALT: a man with red hair is wearing a green suit and says we 're grown ups now 010
Reposted by Brooke Hazelgrove🍀Clover Teapot🍀- Waitlist full! @cloverteapot.bsky.social · 04/03/2026I think the biggest damage to the art community was the obsolescence of gallery sites (y!, deviantart, etc) and the rise of scroll-by social media, like twitter and even tumblr. Art is not ''content'', you shouldnt need to post art every day (or every month!) to be relevant. This mindset sucks. 166113154850
Reposted by Brooke HazelgroveLuke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 06/03/2026Ear doctor: Don’t use Q-Tips Me already imagining putting a screw driver I found in the driveway in my ear when I get home: I womt 393943547
Reposted by Brooke HazelgroveDennis Detwiller @drgonzo123.bsky.social · 02/03/2026Being able to finish things. 35711
Reposted by Brooke HazelgroveKate McKean @katemckean.bsky.social · 11/02/2026Over on threads someone just use ai;dr and we all need to adopt that right quick 85119864136
Brooke Hazelgrove @aerialtookie.bsky.social · 12/02/2026Genuine questions I've been asking myself this week: "When did you start having a problem with heights?" (While scrambling around on the roof at work) (Because you couldn't stop me from climbing trees as a kid) Conclude that it might have been around my mid-late twenties. Dang prefrontal cortex. 010
Reposted by Brooke HazelgroveNick Pettigrew @nick-pettigrew.bsky.social · 08/02/2026I'm convinced AI is our generation's radium - a discovery with genuinely useful applications in specific, controlled circumstances that we stupidly put in everything from kid's toys to toothpaste until we realised the harm far too late where future generations will ask if we were out of our minds. 269196926059
Brooke Hazelgrove @aerialtookie.bsky.social · 04/02/20261. Go to the dentist for regular check 'n' clean 2. Head home on the train 3. Notice the large splotch of cleaning compound on my face in the reflection of my car window on arriving home 4. Think about the whole conversation I had with the receptionist while paying for the procedure 030
Reposted by Brooke HazelgroveADHD Jesse @adhdjesse.com · 29/01/2026ADHD symptoms be like: • annoys teachers • hard to parent • not great at jobs • kinda creative? • too quiet • too loud • too sensitive • too much 2419