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Katja & Roxy are full of beans this morning and every time I catch them after hearing some mad scramble I find this Clearly nothing more to see here MOM you can leave now THANKS #siberiancats

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gloomy @gloomchen.bsky.social · 17h

Me & my husband, two of the DOZENS of The Old Dead Tree mega-fans #vinylsky #nowspinning Find them on Bandcamp, this is The Nameless Disease and "We Cry as One" is 🔥 - but The Perpetual Motion is my favorite & I swear I will front funds for them to press it

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gloomy @gloomchen.bsky.social · 19h

Hey #vinylsky it only took me forever to get my Faith No More catalog expanded but we're here now and that's what matters #nowspinning I recall being SUPER unimpressed by KfaDFfaL back in the day and yeah it's no Angel Dust but certainly solid. Just annoyingly less weird maybe

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gloomy @gloomchen.bsky.social · 19h

Finally got this lovely singles comp from The Cure after watching prices for ages & snagged a deal #vinylsky #nowspinning What a girl will do for some love cats and boys not crying

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gloomy @gloomchen.bsky.social · 20h

Queens of the Stone Age's Rated R, because we started in 2000 tonight and it needed a friend #vinylsky #nowspinning Feel Good Hit of the Summer is the stupidest song ever and we wouldn't want it any other way

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gloomy @gloomchen.bsky.social · 21h

Family stuff tomorrow and no rasslin so #vinylsky we're gonna dive into the new stack I started accumulating after the address change was final #nowspinning A Perfect Circle's Mer de Noms. Idk why I brushed off this band, I liked the singles. Call it "tainted by Maynard weirdos" probably lol

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gloomy @gloomchen.bsky.social · 23h

I'd kept the rug for the guest bedroom boxed up until the bed had arrived. I'd ordered just a little $20 2'x3' to put bedside to protect our guests' little toesies on a cold morning. Today I discovered that somehow we got shipped the 10'x14' version, and we're outside the return window lol

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gloomy @gloomchen.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Roxy is comfortable enough after a week in the new house that she's full belly-up flopping This is downstairs. The bidet upstairs still makes both cats freak the fuck out and it's kind of hilarious

Silver Siberian cat Roxy flopped out on her back on a rug. The long-haired floof is just a blob of floof.

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gloomy @gloomchen.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I bought this because the song they played had a synth line that reminded me of Finn Bálor's entrance It's less like that on this listen but still no regerts

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gloomy @gloomchen.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Got something neat for #vinylsky Deafheaven's upcoming EP Work in the Fields of the Bomb. Street release on Oct 9 #nowspinning Cool shit, they played one of the songs live tonight and while these vocals aren't my jam, damn if everything else isn't super pretty They're a fantastic live band too

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gloomy @gloomchen.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Y'all I was NOT prepared for Mastodon's stage show. Jesus I am experiencing something unexpected

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gloomy @gloomchen.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

goal to be fully unpacked in a week: COMPLETE there's still some stuff just kinda sitting in crates while we figure out how we're going to organize it (never mind all the decor items), but with everything accounted for it'll be a lot easier to finish that part but all the boxes are gone!

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gloomy @gloomchen.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Poorly illuminated Kyuss #vinylsky #nowspinning The husband's request was "sludgey chill" and I may not have my doctorate but I prescribed the correct dosage

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gloomy @gloomchen.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

It's Maynard o'clock #vinylsky #nowspinning I recently watched a great YouTube retrospective of A Perfect Circle so grabbing those records soon. (Check out the channel RAWMUSICTV.)

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gloomy @gloomchen.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

That comp didn't have Extreme's Play With Me so we are spinning the Bill & Ted soundtrack #vinylsky #nowspinning Big Pig's "I Can't Break Away" is the second best reason to own this. Third place goes to "Two Heads Are Better than One" an early cut by the Nelson brothers, penned by Dweezil Zappa

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gloomy @gloomchen.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I love a good compilation when I'm feeling indecisive #vinylsky #nowspinning

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gloomy @gloomchen.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

New Miley #vinylsky - man she keeps getting cooler, I haven't paid attention to any discourse on this one so I'm elated to get a first track that continues the Confessions II vibes of 2026 #nowspinning Oh shit. Second track is NUTS I'm so here for this experience

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gloomy @gloomchen.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

This pic tells me that I really need to rethink my low chill light if I'm gonna do it for the 'gram #vinylsky #nowspinning The Toadies - Rubberneck pulled out as one of my constant "I need to fill 30 minutes" spins for well over a decade

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gloomy @gloomchen.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

If you want an easy mode y/n check out their weirdo version of Atlanta Rhythm Section's So Into You on this same record That shit's wild

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gloomy @gloomchen.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The low res pic in the dim room guys lol #vinylsky #nowspinning Shudder to Think's Pony Express Record: if you make it past "my mouth is a cold sore display case" to "look at that blind diva Rapunzel taking care of the guy who beat her up" One honey donut and your lips are stuck to the seat

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gloomy @gloomchen.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I've had the title track stuck in my head for the last month while I read Patty Schemel's book #vinylsky #nowspinning Hole's Celebrity Skin is fine and we're not supposed to talk about how it had to happen in a certain marketable way so the label could keep the Courtney/Kurt money machine go brrrrr

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gloomy @gloomchen.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Nobody would be surprised that my first night system test would include Leprous - Melodies of Atonement #vinylsky #nowspinning With this angle you can make out the sign! When you prioritize mood lighting, this is life Also watching #AEWDynamite on subtitles. I thought that would be easier. Hah no

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gloomy @gloomchen.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Alright #vinylsky we're all set up in the new house. During the move I found the cute illuminated "now playing" thing I got from Secret Santa but my room is set up to be pretty dim so instead we just get Mother Monster glowing like the goddess she is #nowspinning Lady Gaga's Mayhem lovely as ever

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gloomy @gloomchen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Knock knock -who's there GOBBLE GOBBLE GOBBLE

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gloomy @gloomchen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The move was 5 days ago. 12 crates of records shelved, and only 10 boxes out of 30 left to unpack Now if only I could get that much done at my job

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gloomy @gloomchen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

FOUND THEM. I'd put them in the side pocket of my laptop bag. I'd had a vague thought that I'd put them in my laptop bag and had searched it twice but... never looked in the side pocket. Being knocked out of all routine is the worst part of moving I swear

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gloomy @gloomchen.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Katja finally decided to join us while I chill for a bit before doing more unpacking

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gloomy @gloomchen.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

It's a good day to have the distraction of unpacking The music den is starting to take shape, all the records are re-shelved. Some cables arrived today to finish some connections, but we also have a Wiim for streaming our digital library & my Pioneer 6 CD changer I bought in high school...

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gloomy @gloomchen.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Me, on the day of moving in: hooray the new checks I ordered with the new address etc have arrived! I can send in our property tax payment Me, the day after moving in: where the FUCK did I put the new checks

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gloomy @gloomchen.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

got the husband working on connecting everything up in the "music den" area. still need to move about 700 records from their temporary crates to the second shelf

work in progress: a couch with two 4x4 Ikea Kallax shelves behind it. one is full of vinyl records, the other is empty

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gloomy @gloomchen.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

- humans are in the... kitchen? what is this place? look at how many things there are to jump up and down from - wait there's ANOTHER COUCH IN THIS OTHER ROOM OH MAN HOW COOL MORE JUMPING UP AND DOWN - ok we're le tired again, see everyone later

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gloomy @gloomchen.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

- Roxy sees the downstairs could be cool because scritches are there. much Roxy cuddling and exploration in the front living room while humans watch rasslin. Katja glares from the top of the stairs - bedtime = best time. but too much human sleep = not enough scritches so we gotta get 'em up early

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gloomy @gloomchen.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

- spend a few hours with minimal poking around before going back to the closet. found the shitter. found the cat tree. humans are being really nice tho and giving many pets, we'll allow it - humans have abandoned us to the DOWNSTAIRS, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THOSE STAIRS MAN

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gloomy @gloomchen.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

night 1 in the new house: cat edition - arrive SCREAMING at 2:30 PM after THE WORST TORTURE: portable jail AND a car ride - be freed only to freak out and oh no what did these humans do, they bought furniture that is flush to the ground, oh no oh shit oh fuck HEY, A CLOSET

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gloomy @gloomchen.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

it went quite smoothly! 6.5 hours start to finish. we go back to the apartment today for final cleanup and then I've got the pile of 25 boxes in my dining room to tear through... 4 per day is more than realistic to have it done in a week, and then I can ENJOY

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gloomy @gloomchen.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

or you can just tell him that if he wants to "get his attorneys involved" he needs to talk to Reddit Legal that's literally all we have to say in response to him but it's hard to tell him when he asks us to contact him and leaves no contact information of his own lmaooooooooooooooooo

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gloomy @gloomchen.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

hey #wrestlesky anyone out there know Mike Johnson at PWInsider? can you teach him about Reddit modmail please instead of using a whole paragraph of text in a custom report he's asking us SquaredCircle mods to contact him but WE CAN'T RESPOND TO REPORTS

on every subreddit in the sidebar there is a list of moderators and right above it is a big button that says MESSAGE MODS. this is how you contact moderators. this is not confusing

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gloomy @gloomchen.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

we also decided we were going to be naughty and throw things in the dumpster that we're not allowed to, like furniture. if they catch us they'll charge us $50 per item worth it. don't care if we get zero deposit back fuck hauling old shitty furniture with us that we're gonna toss anyway

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gloomy @gloomchen.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I'm truly gonna go on vibes I think. I'll FINALLY have all of my records in one location, alphabetical, so SOMETHING will catch my eye that I forgot I even had I just know it won't be System of a Down as that's been my "dealing with the commute back and forth" choice and I'm ready to be over that

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gloomy @gloomchen.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

it's the last day before the final move, we're finding ourselves saying "you know what? fuck these things that are old and dirty, Dawn Powerwash isn't doing shit, they're going in the dumpster" we got cold brew started before the last drop-off today so even though we gotta be up at 6 am we're READY

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gloomy @gloomchen.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

also anyone wondering about the door: it used to be a closet, but they remodeled and took that closet space to expand the bathroom. instead of taking out the door & drywalling over, they left it. when you open the door it's just studs and wood and visible plumbing and stuff weird, but harmless

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gloomy @gloomchen.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

so I was concerned about this half-wall overlooking the back door (which is several steps down from main floor level) and the pendant lamp being cat-bait eventually I want to make a pretty tension wire installation to the ceiling but this is the stop-gap (literally)

a half-wall overlooking the rear entrance which is sunken by about 6 ft, with a pendant lamp above the door near to the half-wall. there is a metal pet gate installed on top of the half-wall to block the path to the lamp and the 6 ft drop

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gloomy @gloomchen.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

kitty update: they're still fully unbothered by all the stuff disappearing with the move. they're mostly bothered that our laps keep going away with frequent trips I'm so excited to give them over 1000 more square feet to be dipshits. and a new cat pole thing mounted behind my work desk

a "kitty climber" sisal rope pole for cats with 2 landings that is over 6 ft tall

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gloomy @gloomchen.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

moved the turntable to the new house today! but the amp & speakers don't move until saturday also, the giant clock with the famous '6' is now gone. RIP, 6 I sincerely don't know what to do with my thursday night, my digital library & CDs are moved already too maybe I'll just sing for 5 hours

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gloomy @gloomchen.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I am not a gardening or plant person so someone correct me if I'm wrong, but do we have a shitload of hops on our pergola? If so, anyone want some?

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gloomy @gloomchen.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

OH NO. lol I'm here thinking about some guy looking to help with a successful rush move but was all FUCK I forgot my cowboy hat I needed that -- HEY HERE'S A COWBOY HAT I AM SAVED

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