ROSE @milkshakemotel.bsky.social · 11hTo the best of my knowledge, my cat had never seen a ball of yarn before he moved in with me, so it’s always SO funny when he pounces on my knitting as though he is enacting a foundational civilizational myth 060
ROSE @milkshakemotel.bsky.social · 12hTo me, dill pickle flavored things that are not actual pickles prove how essential moisture is to the pickle eating experience—that flavor was not meant to be consumed DRY 020
ROSE @milkshakemotel.bsky.social · 11/10/2026I came into possession of a bunch in a pack of variety paper from the fancy craft store in my hometown—apparently they are burned in some Chinese religious traditions as offerings to deceased relatives 110
ROSE @milkshakemotel.bsky.social · 11/10/2026I really put my art degree to use curating outfits that would work for both my job at the fancy art bookstore and a gig at the old Know to which I would invariably be several hours early having hastily dined on expensive cheese from the co-op 040
ROSE @milkshakemotel.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Having the very 2014-Rose-coded experience of working at an arty job on Alberta on the same day I’m attending a gig on Alberta with the 2026 plot twist that I couldn’t just cool my heels between the two things because I needed to buy my very particular cat his very special pâté 170
ROSE @milkshakemotel.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I can’t tonight due to post-dead moon fatigue but I LOVE chatting on the phone 110
ROSE @milkshakemotel.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Long, longtime followers of mine may remember my anecdotes about the secretly punk payroll guy at my first job out of college so I am delighted to report that he’s here at Dead Moon Night 060
ROSE @milkshakemotel.bsky.social · 03/10/2026There’s a weird Dr Hauschka advert-as-book in the lounge area of the sauna I go to sometimes that recommends using almond butter as a scrub, perhaps worth a shot? 010
Reposted by ROSEraisin bird @bryanthomasdaly.bsky.social · 02/10/2026another new bumpersticker idea 0131
ROSE @milkshakemotel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026There’s an incredible Eliot Weinberger essay collection partly about the debate regarding number of angels! Highly recommended. I never read the Bellairs books because my older brother deemed them too scary for me when we were kids and I haven’t yet got around to revisiting them as an adult! 110
ROSE @milkshakemotel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Recently I’ve really enjoyed reading Ithell Colquhoun and Eliot Weinberger on the topic of St Michael and I fondly recall @koopakleric.net sharing a protocol by which he can be invoked AGAINST the police a few years ago 220
ROSE @milkshakemotel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026It is a good day to eat multigrain bread, goose if you’re into that, and depending on which sources you believe it might be the last permissible day to eat blackberries. Here in Portland Michaelmas daisies are still in bloom! 120
ROSE @milkshakemotel.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Whenever this book comes up I remember that Julian Jaynes taught my dad british-rules charades! 010
Reposted by ROSEEvan Minsker @see-saw.fun · 23/09/2026Martin Douglas drove to the home of Toody Cole and sat at her dining room table to discuss her childhood, the Rats, Dead Moon, Pierced Arrows, Pinky Tex, how the Pacific Northwest has changed over the years, and touring at 77.see-saw.funtoody cole could not be less interested in retirementSitting in the home she built with the late Fred Cole in Oregon, the Dead Moon hero sat down for a chat ranging from her childhood to the Rats to her latest EP. 0249
ROSE @milkshakemotel.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Well OKAY an advantage of getting a cold when I truly have nothing better to do is that when I say speed run I really mean speed run, a hot bath and a long nap can do so much more when one isn’t chronically sleep deprived, thank you Calvinist immune system 020
ROSE @milkshakemotel.bsky.social · 22/09/2026My immune system has such Calvinist timing regarding when it sees fit to let me get sick. Oh you were hoping to ENJOY your week off between the end of work and the start of school? No no, it’s the perfect time to speedrun a cold before you have to be GAINFULLY PRODUCTIVE 040
Reposted by ROSEAnnie @anntieup.bsky.social · 22/09/2026one of the reasons correct pronouns are so important and one reason I know I’m cisgender as hell is people keep asking me if my pronouns are they/them and I keep saying no because it makes me feel itchy!!! Now imagine that feeling every day, unabated. It’s not that hard to get it right. 3111
ROSE @milkshakemotel.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Is there a cat in the house responding to these creatures? 102
ROSE @milkshakemotel.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Here: www.mitch4portland.commitch4portland.comMitch Green for Portland City CouncilCampaign website for District 4 Portland City Councilor Mitch Green 000
ROSE @milkshakemotel.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Oh and donate to get him re-elected while you’re at it! 100
ROSE @milkshakemotel.bsky.social · 16/09/2026I turned in my keys and am no longer possessed of a full time job! Mildly cursing my younger, more innocent self who thought it would look distinguished to decorate her office with a bunch of hand-me-down Russian textbooks from a former boss, now that the me of today has to haul em home on the bus 060
ROSE @milkshakemotel.bsky.social · 14/09/2026between the amphetamine psychosis, the pitfalls of autofiction, and the critiques of surveillance, she really is a gal for our times huh 120
ROSE @milkshakemotel.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Oooh I haven't got to this one yet! scooting it up the list! 100
ROSE @milkshakemotel.bsky.social · 11/09/2026“What’s that? Oh, no, he’d love to put them in his private museum HIMSELF. Exactly. He brought all his own tools.” 070
ROSE @milkshakemotel.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Can you imagine going to HR to ask about your benefits only to have them say “oh, dental? No problem—our CEO would actually LOVE to put your wisdom teeth in his private museum.“ 170
ROSE @milkshakemotel.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Thinking again, as I often do, about Peter the Great’s passion for amateur dentistry 170
ROSE @milkshakemotel.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Speaking of I can’t believe I never showed bsky the pic I got for GWB’s custom gubernatorial cowboy boots on display at the craft museum in Houston 020
ROSE @milkshakemotel.bsky.social · 10/09/2026I left the kitchen door cracked a tiny bit when taking out the compost last night and had to REPRIMAND Douglas for attempting to EXIT THE HOUSE because Misty the neighbor cat was in the back yard and he wanted to holler at her 051
ROSE @milkshakemotel.bsky.social · 10/09/2026It’s the way the mattress isn’t even centered on the bedframe that does it for me 060