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river! @avesrex.com · 04/10/2026

🎵good neeeeeeewwwwws 🎶

A large yellow LEGO store bag sits on the dining room table, along with three sets: Wallace & Gromit, Project Hail Mary, and an Astro-Bot gift with purchase. More LEGO is visible in the background, displayed mostly tastefully (in my opinion).

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river! @avesrex.com · 13/09/2026

had so much fun at rose city comic con today!!!! now to sit down for the rest of my life 💙

My husband and I in the car, parked at a gas station. I am wearing an orange Resistance flight suit from the Star Wars sequels, and he is dressed in a black t-shirt and baseball cap. We are smiling widely at the camera.

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river! @avesrex.com · 01/09/2026

i can feel the life returning to me (put on a light sweater this morning)

A selfie of me, a blonde and moustachioed person, in a navy blue knit sweater.

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river! @avesrex.com · 22/08/2026

we do not have our furniture yet, but charlie is feeling comfy in the new house already!

A large grey housecat snoozes peacefully on a tan cushion which has been laid on the floor next to dark wooden cabinets.

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river! @avesrex.com · 28/07/2026

have to get more boxes for the cookbooks and the coffee table/art books and the star wars novels, but this is one room's shelves down at least!

A stack of four large library boxes (approx. 45 pounds each) and three banker boxes (approx. 30 pounds each), all of which are full of books and in a rather messy room.

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river! @avesrex.com · 14/07/2026

gave in to the voices btw

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river! @avesrex.com · 09/07/2026

blood of dawnwalker looks quite promising (even though that title still feels rather clunky) but what's really sold me on it is that vampire!coen's pupils glow eerily at night which is a feature i find deeply sexy for reasons i do not adequately understand

The main character of The Blood of Dawnwalker, a white man with a dark half-up hairstyle and a classic fantasy facial scar. He holds out a sword in dark foggy scenery, and his eyes glow cool-toned white in a blade-runner-style reflective effect as he smolders at the camera.

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river! @avesrex.com · 07/07/2026

the voices are telling me to bleach my hair again, and i may not be brave enough to resist!

A selfie of me wearing a grey tee in a beige room with several paintings on the walls. My hair is presently coppery orange and pushed back with loose waves and dark blonde roots. It whispers to be chemically lightened...

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river! @avesrex.com · 23/06/2026

i love oregon so much, i can't wait to live about two hours away from this in a couple months!!!!

A heavy fog lays over a pine-covered mountain next to the coast. Several homes with wood siding sit nestled in between wild shrubs, sea grass, and conifers.

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river! @avesrex.com · 10/06/2026

charlie decrees that it is naptime

A longhaired grey cat snoozing on a grey sofa, leaned against a beige blue and yellow pillow.

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river! @avesrex.com · 29/05/2026

post a photo from 2019 i feel like i have somehow aged centuries and not at all since this was taken? i was in the peak of my travel era, i miss 2019

Me, c. seven years ago. I'm stood outside against a light concrete wall, wearing a navy wool coat over a burnt-orange knit hoodie and a black tee. My hair is a medium ash blonde colour, worn wavy and pushed over from one side to fall lightly over my forehead. I have one hand in my coat pocket and the other resting on the back of my neck.

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river! @avesrex.com · 24/05/2026

life of the party but the party is me reading comics on my phone next to my napping cat

A selfie of me on my couch, wearing a white camp collar shirt with a waffle-like texture. I'm looking wryly into the camera, hair pushed back and moustache slightly unkempt.

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river! @avesrex.com · 23/05/2026

was it this one? it looks like it was a limited release for the anniversary of david lynch's death

Twin Peaks t-shirt with Japanese text over a collage of Laura Palmer

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river! @avesrex.com · 29/03/2026

refocusing my life on making brief and haunting appearances in the lives of strangers and then drifting around in the back of their minds forever like a phantom or cryptid

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river! @avesrex.com · 01/03/2026

anyways be good, stay safe, here's charlie for your health

A long-haired grey cat lays on his side, paws curled up and napping on a red fleece blanket.

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river! @avesrex.com · 20/02/2026

the time is almost upon us

Agent Cooper in a car driving through a forest, from the pilot episode of Twin Peaks. He speaks into a tape recorder: "Diane, 11:30 a.m., February 24th. Entering the town of Twin Peaks."

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river! @avesrex.com · 08/02/2026

also we bought a fuckin sword!!!

A large European sword with a laser-etched blade and ornate black grip, pommel, and crossguard, held aloft in a very beige hallway. My hand is visibly straining a bit, as the sword is quite heavy.

My husband and I in a green-screen photo, beaming at the camera in roughly period costume and paper crowns. Behind us have been edited in several colourful banners, one for each realm.

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river! @avesrex.com · 29/01/2026

i believe we can build a better world with more fog machines and fewer pep rallies

A selfie of me, a small pale person with a septum piercing and a moustache. My hair is dyed copper and swept back from my face, and I'm wearing a black and white speckled knit jumper which is being hit by bars of light from my window blinds.

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river! @avesrex.com · 08/01/2026

i need my hair to grow out already before somebody sends me back to 1930s hollywood and puts me on a strict diet of black coffee and cigarettes in long holders until the big wigs at metro-goldwyn-mayer like the look of me in a pinafore

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river! @avesrex.com · 16/12/2025

new phone case to give people in the know a subtle hint to not get me started about public transit

A mirror selfie of me, pale and moustachioed, wearing a green pullover over a botanical patterned shirt. The phone in my hand has a case with the Barman moquette on it, designed for the London Underground and in use on the Jubilee, Northern, Central, and (sort of) Bakerloo lines.

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river! @avesrex.com · 02/12/2025

i love him so much!!!!

My shiny new husband (!!!) and I stand in an urban park, dressed in our wedding attire and standing in a sculptural bench which loops over and around us. I am kicking my leg up playfully in front of him whilst he points at the camera.

My husband and I hold hands in a wood paneled courtroom, very shortly pre-marriage. I am dressed in an off-white suit jacket, a continental cross tie, and black half-skirt trousers, and he wears a navy two-button suit over a beige turtleneck.

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river! @avesrex.com · 31/10/2025

happy halloween love, vincent

A mirror selfie of me, dressed as Dutch post-impressionist painter Vincent van Gogh. My hair orange hair is pushed back, left ear in a gauze bandage that wraps under my chin and back over my head. An orange beard is painted impressionistically over my face and moustache, as well as painterly highlights in blue, white, and yellow. I am wearing an olive chore jacket with a sunflower in the lapel and three paintbrushes in the breast pocket, and beneath it a white shirt and dark grey waistcoat with gold buttons.

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river! @avesrex.com · 30/10/2025

9 out of 10 doctors recommend walking to the mailbox on a sunny 47°F morning to collect two of your favourite movies delivered to you from the criterion collection on your day off

Two Criterion blu-rays sit on a black-and-white chevron twill placemat. On the left is a copy of Wes Anderson's 'The Grand Budapest Hotel,' the cover of which features an illustration of the Writer and M. Mustafa bathing in the blue-tiled hotel spa, with characters from the film appearing in fresco on the arched wall behind them. On the right is Andrew Haigh's 'Weekend,' whose cover is a soft photograph of two men lying in bed, one with his back to the camera and the other with his head resting on his partner's side. Both covers are graced with Criterion's signature blue "DIRECTOR APPROVED" sticker.

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river! @avesrex.com · 20/10/2025

no marquee for tonight's show, but rest assured the music has not ceased!

The musician Quinnie stands onstage with her band, holding an acoustic guitar and bathed in red light.

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river! @avesrex.com · 10/10/2025

bonus chuck, for your health!

A large fluffy grey housecat naps in an undignified position on top of a blue patterned duvet.

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river! @avesrex.com · 10/10/2025

as the romans used to say, "mens not-so-good in corpore also substandard!"

A selfie of me, hand placed demurely under my chin to frame my face. My short hair is dyed a bright coppery orange, and I'm wearing a white PUP band tee with a blue and yellow graphic which reads "WHO WILL LOOK AFTER THE DOGS?"

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river! @avesrex.com · 10/10/2025

the music continues

Black text on a glowing white marquee reads:
"IN THE BALLROOM: MARINA"
and below, less relevantly to me:
WELCOME CHARTWELL"

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river! @avesrex.com · 02/10/2025

music is back once again

A glowing marquee reads:
WELCOME
WOLF ALICE
10.1.2025

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river! @avesrex.com · 01/09/2025

it'll still be about 90°F/30°C for the foreseeable future here, but the siren song of jackets and sweater weather grows ever louder

Two iconic photos of Sigourney Weaver from the 80s, in which she poses in recline on a custard yellow sofa with a large orange pumpkin.

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river! @avesrex.com · 13/08/2025

smacking those lights off like i just heard my parents' keys at the front door

A Speed of Light arcade machine, featuring a vertical, slightly rounded five-by-six grid of large light-up buttons. There are two digital scoreboards above the buttons, and a platform below for one or two players to stand.

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river! @avesrex.com · 04/08/2025

every couple months i'll reopen my tarot app out of curiosity and immediately remember why i stopped reading tarot, cos as a mediation to start your day this is frankly Quite Unhelpful

Tarot card IX of Swords, reversed. The card depicts a figure in a pool of water with arms outstretched, one sword piercing each arm, with seven more suspended point-down over the person's head. The image is upside-down.

Above the card, a prompt reads:
"Thinking: What things are on your mind? What are you thinking about a lot today?"
Below are listed key words:
"Fear / Lack of Objectivity / Despair"
Framing advice:
"SHIFT YOUR THINKING—I am stronger than my despair and will rise from it."

Tarot card III of Swords
The card depicts a large heart being stabbed through by three swords in a rainstorm.

Above the card, a prompt reads:
"Feeling: How are your emotions today? What is the dominant feeling today?"
Below are listed key words:
"Heartbreak / Suffering / Despair"
Framing advice:
"AFFIRMATION—Some truths are painful, but they are what I needed to hear."

Tarot card The Fool—Reversed
The card depicts a court jester juggling seven balls. A dove takes flight next to them. The image is upside-down.

Above the card, a prompt reads:
"Doing: What tasks are you focused on accomplishing today?"
Below are listed key words:
"Recklessness / Being taken advantage of / Inconsideration"
Framing advice:
"SHIFT YOUR THINKING—I embrace caution and foresight to avoid reckless mistakes."

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river! @avesrex.com · 30/07/2025

some nights you've just gotta grab the clippers and scissors and bleach and just massively fuck up your own hair!

A selfie of me, shirtless in my bedroom. My hair is freshly shorn and bleached platinum blonde, pushed forward to form a short messy fringe.

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river! @avesrex.com · 27/07/2025

apparently the best way to make my hair behave the way i want it to in the morning is to decide the night before that it's really time to cut it

A chest-up selfie of me in a Marina tour t-shirt, smiling lightly at the camera. My dark blonde hair is short and unstyled, but somehow sits in almost exactly the shape i try to wrestle it into daily. As if to taunt me, the front section of hair falls gently over my temple in a near-textbook description of an art nouveau whiplash curve.

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river! @avesrex.com · 18/07/2025

forgot to share my (very on-brand) powell's haul from earlier this month

Four books sit on a wooden desk, stacked with the spines visible. The books are, from top to bottom:
How to Blow Up a Pipeline, by Andreas Malm;
Gay Bar: Why We Went Out, by Jeremy Atherton Lin;
Flux, by Jinwoo Chong;
and The Acolyte: Wayseeker by Justina Ireland.

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river! @avesrex.com · 03/07/2025

i think i may be overdue to dye my hair a loud colour again

A selfie of me in a pale yellow tee shirt and round tortoiseshell glasses. My head is cocked to one side, and I'm eyeing the camera thoughtfully. My hair is a dark ash blonde, worn short and parted to the side. In the background is a beige wall and an open doorway leading into a dark hall.

A similar selfie—here, one hand rests on the back of my neck while I face the camera more directly, head tilted at a light angle.

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river! @avesrex.com · 16/06/2025

only got one horrendously blurry photo at pride, but i did feel like i was perhaps slaying a bit

A very blurry night-mode selfie of my partner and I dancing outdoors. I am on the left, blonde and moustachioed, and he stands just behind me with a beard and black framed glasses. We're both wearing black tops and smiling broadly at the camera, faces lit by the stage in front of us.

A full body photo of me in the bedroom mirror pre-pride, dressed in black linen pants and a black bolero-style cropped longsleeve top with assorted pin badges on the chest and a DIY painted patch on one shoulder. A crossbody bag strap cuts across my otherwise bare midriff, which was a lifesaver because it was two billion degrees outside.

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river! @avesrex.com · 03/06/2025

thank you adrian! i've been working on a little feathers mcgraw now too, probably going to have to do a wallace here soon for completion's sake haha. i haven't worked with clay since i was in high school, it's such a playful medium!

A pair of polymer clay models of loyal dog Gromit (giving a thumbs up) and evil penguin Feathers McGraw (wearing a rubber glove as a hat) from the Wallace and Gromit films. They stand on a light wooden surface in front of a white fluted vase and a glass salt grinder.

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river! @avesrex.com · 28/05/2025

made a friend today (out of polymer clay)

A small clay model of Gromit, the dog from the Wallace and Gromit films, on a lightly cluttered wooden desk. He is stood upright, looking into the camera and giving a thumbs up with one hand while the other rests on his hip. Next to him is a small pile of dice, for scale.

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river! @avesrex.com · 27/05/2025

hail and lightning shut down the renaissance faire a little early today, but i had such a lovely time with friends all the same! it was also excellent to show off the sewing project that consumed the last two weeks of my waking life lol