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El is in the Details

@elsbells.bsky.social
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Copy and line editor*, queer, 24/7 nerd. Reads, writes, sings, plays D&D. Passionate and hopeful. Loves music — & dogs, most especially my own giant floof. They/them. Wishlist: bit.ly/3R5zI2X *Expect typos in posts; I’m using my thumbs.

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El is in the Details @elsbells.bsky.social · 3h
Tea’s almost gone, I’ve recorded my progress in my phone’s voice memos app, and I’m going to get back off the internet and try for a nap.
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El is in the Details @elsbells.bsky.social · 3h
Four hours of sleep so far; am sitting in my dark living room drinking a calming herbal tea and working on a song about a conservative Xtian friend who had so thoroughly sublimated her own bisexuality that she got…very weird about it.
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El is in the Details @elsbells.bsky.social · 3h
I was up for either being or dating. Kitty’s just…very rad.
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El is in the Details @elsbells.bsky.social · 14h
I’m so sorry you’ve had similar experiences (it’s apparent in how you describe that particular part of brainstuck/mesmerized).
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El is in the Details @elsbells.bsky.social · 15h
I am not and will never be a fan of such decisions. Not least b/c it can put the players under additional, unnecessary stress. They’re not allowed to choose safety.
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El is in the Details @elsbells.bsky.social · 15h
Yeah, there are parts of town a wise local doesn’t try to drive through during FSU home games, and our fans aren’t that bad—it’s just a matter of congestion and road closures. I know Bama fans are, um…not always great. To put it gently.
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El is in the Details @elsbells.bsky.social · 15h
I get positively gleeful watching you NOT root for the home team.
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El is in the Details @elsbells.bsky.social · 17h
There is tea in front of me, but I forgot about Tetris! Always a good time; going to do that now. 💕
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El is in the Details @elsbells.bsky.social · 17h
Thank you. 🫂 I hadn’t been awake long and was trying to look up area news, not photos; but USA Today was promoting related photo galleries and I clicked while my brain was still buffering.
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El is in the Details @elsbells.bsky.social · 17h
I have since applied bracing cups of tea, so while I still feel like I fell off a fast horse, relative equanimity is starting to trickle back. The hope is that documenting a bad decision will help me not make it again (and maybe help someone else).
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El is in the Details @elsbells.bsky.social · 17h
Oof, I’m sorry. And thank you.
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El is in the Details @elsbells.bsky.social · 17h
I looked at USA Today photo coverage of the storm’s impact to my old city and surrounding places—places I’ve seen damaged badly before. And kept looking. 🤦 This did not make me feel reassured, well-rested, or more resilient, was not a clever move, and I 100% do not recommend it.
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El is in the Details @elsbells.bsky.social · 17h
Meaning I woke up feeling like I fell off a horse after it had galloped across a few crop fields. But I checked on my family (mostly fine, though guy cousins’ dad had a tree through the roof); Mom’s under a boil water notice + w/out power, but has a generator, etc. Then I did something brilliant:
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El is in the Details @elsbells.bsky.social · 17h
So between my own location and concern for family (my mom and I aren’t close these days, but she’s still my mom, and lives alone), I spent most of Thurs. & Fri. prepping for potential prolonged outages and being a wreck. Slept through the night (eventually), but stress is hell on chronic illness.
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El is in the Details @elsbells.bsky.social · 17h
I’ve had some storm-related PTSD triggers* since Hurricane Ivan wrecked Pensacola (where I lived at the time) a couple decades back. I live about an hour inland, now, but most of my mom’s family is still on the Gulf Coast; a lot in Pensacola. *though storms aren’t why I have PTSD
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El is in the Details @elsbells.bsky.social · 17h
Relieved you’re all safe.
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El is in the Details @elsbells.bsky.social · 18h
I’m glad you’re all all right! My family’s mostly okay, comparatively; one damaged roof, big tree limbs down in their yards—but my mom’s w/out power and even though she has a small generator, she’s older and lives alone. It’s entirely possible I’m the one having a tough time by worrying about her.
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El is in the Details @elsbells.bsky.social · 20h
The bat page is a new favorite. ✨🦇 I really need a working printer (I like doing physical coloring); there are multiple artists on Bsky whose coloring-page designs are great, and I’m an especial sucker for mandala/rose-window type designs.
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El is in the Details @elsbells.bsky.social · 21h
I should mention Falco also makes really nice mandala-style coloring designs, available (along w/ loads of other stuff) on his Patreon (link below). And has a wealth of various digital art designs available via Redbubble: FalcoSkyWolf.Redbubble.com
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El is in the Details @elsbells.bsky.social · 21h
Falco’s a medically vulnerable trans artist currently housed in a hotel w/ weekly rates. Mair’s helping by updating the thread below—currently Falco needs another $320 to make the payment for next week’s housing, due tomorrow.
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El is in the Details @elsbells.bsky.social · 21h
Aside from the current extreme dampness, it looks like a really happy place to hang out. Are you all otherwise okay? No indoor flooding or other property damage? (My area mostly had downed tree limbs on roads, but Pensacola, where I have family, is having a bit of a rougher time.)
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El is in the Details @elsbells.bsky.social · 22h
Lucy walk news brings me such joy. And I love seeing that she has a small friend. When my Pyr was quite senior, a new neighbor moved in with a Cavapoo; the little guy would do things like jump out of a parked car to scamper over to us at top short-legged speed, all adoration for my big girl.
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El is in the Details @elsbells.bsky.social · 23h
Unfortunately.
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El is in the Details @elsbells.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
•Power’s restored & it might(?) stay on (we’re under a tornado watch for another 6 hrs., tropical storm warning for another 7) •I got to have a (delayed) cup of tea •Worry’s made me so tired that I have reasonable hope of sleeping through the night unless a tornado alert wakes me
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El is in the Details @elsbells.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
TY. 🫂
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El is in the Details @elsbells.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Up to $582/$950 now for late Oct. rent! Thank you for your aid and your kind messages; they are a source of brightness. My power’s already out due to Hurricane Isaias, and being alone, disabled, and w/out electricity is rough. If you’d like to help make rent one less worry: Cashapp/Venmo: Elsthere
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El is in the Details @elsbells.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The storm’s knocked our power out right as I was going to brew a cup of sorely needed tea. I really hope neither I nor my neighbors lose the food in our fridges; this isn’t the most prosperous neighborhood.
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El is in the Details @elsbells.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
That is, understand on a personal, similar-worries level. But I also understand that anxiety is tough to live with, regardless.
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El is in the Details @elsbells.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I know and wrt this situation, very much understand.
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El is in the Details @elsbells.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I wish I could be more nearby to help YOU out! I know we’re likely going to be fine here. Anxiety and rational calculation of the odds are not having the most civil conversation in my head right now—I’m thinking of grabbing an umbrella and taking a wet, windy walk to show myself it’s okay.
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El is in the Details @elsbells.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
It’s really wonderful. ✨
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El is in the Details @elsbells.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
This is “California Stars”; always a sweet, gentle listen.
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El is in the Details @elsbells.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
My Wilco listening exceptions are the Mermaid Ave. volumes, given that’s all Woody Guthrie lyrics, and Billy Bragg was involved. (“California Stars” is an all-time favorite of mine.)
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El is in the Details @elsbells.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Storm anxiety level has graduated to putting on Wilco’s “Jesus, Etc.” for comfort. It must be understood that after an absolutely dreadful ex who adored Wilco (& all things Jeff Tweedy), I struggle to listen to them unadulterated*. But right now: Soothing. *see note, next post
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El is in the Details @elsbells.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Thank you. 💜 I lived in a coastal city that was hit really badly a couple decades ago, and I’ve been twitchy ever since.
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El is in the Details @elsbells.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
No, I don’t have tropical storm anxiety. You’re clearly thinking of somebody else. (We’re on one side of the cone for Isaias, but the advance rain’s been steady, we’re under a tropical storm warning and tornado watch, and I have family in two different coastal areas that are (more) at risk.)
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El is in the Details @elsbells.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
🫂
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El is in the Details @elsbells.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
It really is. 😄
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El is in the Details @elsbells.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
You are a marvel. ✨💖✨
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El is in the Details @elsbells.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
You are wonderful. Thank you so much. 💖💖💖
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El is in the Details @elsbells.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I know we all get limited pictures of each other on Bsky, but so many folks here like you b/c you’re clearly being yourself.
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El is in the Details @elsbells.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
No, it doesn’t. Those people were abusive to you! I just know family is complicated, so if you were having a “worry for family-of-origin elders” moment, I wanted to support.
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El is in the Details @elsbells.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
But Gin, if you let prospective dates hear your enthusiasm for your interests; see your thoughtful, caring approach to others and devotion to your own growth; and witness your occasionally bouncy, near feral energy…the right folks for you will be into all of that. 💜
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El is in the Details @elsbells.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
My worry is that next time I try dating I will either be *very* bright-eyed about it or so toned-down (from trying to correct for eagerness) that the person (1) has no idea if I’m really into them & (2) has little idea who I am.
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Vajra Chandrasekera @vajra.me · 09/10/2026
My favourite Annie Dillard quote, from THE WRITING LIFE
Who will teach me to write? a reader wanted to know.

The page, the page, that eternal blankness, the blankness of eternity which you cover slowly, affirming time’s scrawl as a right and your daring as necessity; the page, which you cover woodenly, ruining it, but asserting your freedom and power to act, acknowledging that you ruin everything you touch but touching it nevertheless, because acting is better than being here in mere opacity; the page, which you cover slowly with the crabbed thread of your gut; the page in the purity of its possibilities; the page of your death, against which you pit such flawed excellences as you can muster with all your life’s strength: that page will teach you to write.
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El is in the Details @elsbells.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
If me hoping they are tucked up safe & reasonably comfortable in a decent hotel would ease your mind, I will hope for that.
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El is in the Details @elsbells.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
She said she’s fine, and since she’s always been good at storm preparedness I believe her. I feel better for asking, though.
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El is in the Details @elsbells.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Yeah. It’s enough that I had a filial piety moment and checked on my bio mom in Pensacola—partly b/c I know it makes me feel better if I’m in a storm’s projected path/cone and people check on me (plus she lives alone and is older). Relationship = Bad. Storms are still scary, though.
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El is in the Details @elsbells.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
What a good dog!
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El is in the Details @elsbells.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I clearly went down entirely the wrong career path. Naps w/ lorge baby pinnipeds sound great.
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