niqaeli torres, child of disaster @niq.aeli.net · 3hanyway hula’s modern tiki is shockingly affordably priced at $12 for most of their cocktails—and they aren’t chintzing on the pours to make up the difference (granted that rum is cheap as liquor goes, but still)—and their most expensive entree being less than $30. the scorpion bowl was v nice! 070 7
niqaeli torres, child of disaster @niq.aeli.net · 09/10/2026every time I stop petting him, he looks at me like this 412310 123
niqaeli torres, child of disaster @niq.aeli.net · 07/10/2026Yeah, he was at the Westworld home show! I didn’t actually catch if he’s local but presumably if he does Phoenix home shows he might be at the next one. And he was incredibly reasonably priced; this is everything I bought from him and all of this together cost me less than $100. 020 2
niqaeli torres, child of disaster @niq.aeli.net · 06/10/2026I am very smug and pleased at the length of this necklace being perfect given I didn’t try it on when I bought it 9370 37
niqaeli torres, child of disaster @niq.aeli.net · 05/10/2026I offer pre-payment in the form of River, a very sweet dog of very little brain. 170 7
niqaeli torres, child of disaster @niq.aeli.net · 16/09/2026y’all have fun explaining the fanfic death cults to people who haven’t spendt their lives in the fandom trenches, ig, I’m gonna go snorgle a cat. probably one of these two. (okay but I’m genuinely surprised I haven’t seen a “his wife? a horse” joke yet, maybe it’s just because I keep noping out.) 4180 18
niqaeli torres, child of disaster @niq.aeli.net · 13/09/2026I need you all to understand that Nimbus is wet because he insists on coming in the shower with me so he can lick the floor and paw droplets of water out of the air. and this. is AFTER. I toweled the worst of it off him. I am going to have to start keeping a towel for the cat, what tf is my life. 2210 21
niqaeli torres, child of disaster @niq.aeli.net · 10/09/2026a 4/5 “taking some fucking diphenhydramine bitch” MCAS Fucking Flush on me, and I have zero fucking idea what set me off other than having had to explain why JKR sucks when asked at work if I like Harry Potter 160 6
niqaeli torres, child of disaster @niq.aeli.net · 10/09/2026re-posting this MCAS Fucking Flush with a 3/5 from a year ago on the cruise showing the arms and upper chest because I want to have one goddamn quote post chain to point people at (and I have another fucking reference photo from today to post) 010 1
niqaeli torres, child of disaster @niq.aeli.net · 18/08/2026nope, you can’t make me touch today’s main character, i have foster kittens to cuddle 2151 15
niqaeli torres, child of disaster @niq.aeli.net · 16/08/2026this photo is basically just Josie’s entire personality summed up, lol 2111 11
niqaeli torres, child of disaster @niq.aeli.net · 08/08/2026the photo here doesn’t show her back which does not leave enough space for her internal organs, but this is better than SO MANY figurines and I am fond of Nami. and we had credit with the used bookstore, so. 160 6
niqaeli torres, child of disaster @niq.aeli.net · 08/08/2026ma’am, please get that severe EDS treated and those knees reduced. figuremakers, please learn how joints. 061 6
niqaeli torres, child of disaster @niq.aeli.net · 31/07/2026If you are wondering what kind of handfuls of fur would make you impulse shave a cat… this is the undercoat I just pulled out of her ruff today. *Half* of her ruff, she only let me get half of it last time because it takes forever to get it all picked out and she only has so much patience for it. 210 2
niqaeli torres, child of disaster @niq.aeli.net · 31/07/2026you know, for an impulse decision born of “I spent all of thirty seconds grooming this cat and had GIANT HANDFULS of fur” that took about three days to finish, Merida’s home lion cut doesn’t look too bad! The forepaw gloves are a little long and it’s a little uneven but it’s still pretty adorable. 2100 10
niqaeli torres, child of disaster @niq.aeli.net · 23/07/2026I’m at the host stand today and I forgot my laptop, sigh. But, hey, I have great jewellery. 080 8
niqaeli torres, child of disaster @niq.aeli.net · 21/07/2026well, SOMEONE is feeling better, she hasn’t been up on the bed downstairs to ask for pets and cuddle in ages. and usually I’d be getting snubbed for a full day anyway bc I was the one who took her to the vet! 0160 16
niqaeli torres, child of disaster @niq.aeli.net · 19/07/2026Because I figured all of us could use fifteen seconds of big sweet orange purrs. 1202 20
niqaeli torres, child of disaster @niq.aeli.net · 13/07/2026anyway to show you Nimbus is not always being tortured by his mom being a weird fucking human, have some purrs 0150 15
niqaeli torres, child of disaster @niq.aeli.net · 13/07/2026Nimbus and Josie’s lives are so hard. the hardest. humans are so weird. mom why are you like this. 2241 24
niqaeli torres, child of disaster @niq.aeli.net · 03/07/2026friday!niq is wearing her emergency backup headscarf that looks great but doesn’t stay put for shit cos she forgot to lay out a proper set last night and took the other car in, and is having a fuck of an embodiment day. but at least she has great new earrings that match this necklace beautifully. 150 5
niqaeli torres, child of disaster @niq.aeli.net · 25/06/2026The earrings I picked up at the Native American art fair I went to last weekend with @jmtorres.bsky.social, the necklace is costume jewelry I picked up in my teens I have no idea where. It’s nice to have a good match for earrings for it, I haven’t worn it much in years because I didn’t! 180 8
niqaeli torres, child of disaster @niq.aeli.net · 22/06/2026I’ve worn this pendant with these earrings before but the gem chain is new! The chain actually came with a sunburst pendant that I adore but I like the chain a lot too, it looks nice with several of my wire work pendants. 190 9
niqaeli torres, child of disaster @niq.aeli.net · 20/06/2026Saturday’s pendant may be a little *too* well-matched to my shirt, I don’t think you can see the stone very much! But at least you can still see @lionesselise.bsky.social’s gorgeous wire work quite nicely. 180 8
niqaeli torres, child of disaster @niq.aeli.net · 19/06/2026I overdid it like a motherfucker on Wednesday and I am sore as hell but I made it to chez @jmtorres.bsky.social safely and have slept the sleep of the very exhausted, showered, and am now out getting breakfast 3160 16
niqaeli torres, child of disaster @niq.aeli.net · 18/06/2026thursday!niq is losing her fucking voice probably due to overdoing it wildly yesterday cleaning the kitchen because the hyperfocus kicked in badly (have I mentioned I fucking miss having ADHD meds that consistently work), but at least she has excellent jewellery. 1150 15
niqaeli torres, child of disaster @niq.aeli.net · 15/06/2026my hair is freshly washed which means it’s fraying from its braids like a motherfucker but at least i have good jewelry 2200 20
niqaeli torres, child of disaster @niq.aeli.net · 03/06/2026anyway, the reverse tail bandits have struck again, no feline is safe! 1142 14
niqaeli torres, child of disaster @niq.aeli.net · 01/06/2026Coby the tiny torbie tyrant is doing very well indeed; she’s with us another week while we continue to monitor the bad eye but hopefully next Sunday when they recheck the eye pressure it’ll be normal and they won’t need to do any surgery, and she can graduate foster and go on to the adoption centre! 4273 27
niqaeli torres, child of disaster @niq.aeli.net · 01/06/2026I have a mild headache and I can’t tell if it’s caffeine withdrawal, glasses/eye focusing fuckery, or what, so I am going the hell home early, but I continue to have excellent jewelry. 5310 31
niqaeli torres, child of disaster @niq.aeli.net · 30/05/2026i hate working saturdays, i really do. even when they’re quiet they have the worst fucking energy. but at least i have great jewelry. 1250 25
niqaeli torres, child of disaster @niq.aeli.net · 26/05/2026an extremely local breakfast! local eggs and locally churned butter (regular salted and fancy strawberry honey) and apple butter from the farmer’s market, bread from my local gf bakery. the only thing not local is the fancy truffle salt on the eggs! well, and the caffeine which came from black rock. 1110 11
niqaeli torres, child of disaster @niq.aeli.net · 24/05/2026I award you The Most Recent Dog Pic In My Photoroll for your excellence in Civic Duty Accomplished! 160 6
niqaeli torres, child of disaster @niq.aeli.net · 17/05/2026for them what don’t do video: a photo of Miss Coby now that she is *slightly* less pathetic looking. yes, this is genuinely notably less pathetic looking than when I took her to the humane society for an emergency vet appt yesterday! her squinchy eye here is squinchy, not held closed and crusted up! 2180 18
niqaeli torres, child of disaster @niq.aeli.net · 12/05/2026the tragedy of kitten. she wants cuddles and is cruelly denied them by the humane society’s policy all felines must remain in the carrier in the lobby. (they’ve graduated from foster care and are returning to be fixed and go to the adoption center!) 4250 25
niqaeli torres, child of disaster @niq.aeli.net · 03/05/2026I don’t have any good recent glamour shots of his sister, but you can see her face here at least. 3300 30
niqaeli torres, child of disaster @niq.aeli.net · 03/05/2026I am so fucking tired, but this boy has figured out wet food entirely and has probably been the one to nibble on dry kibble, and his sister has at least worked out licking food up rather than being a baby bird about it, and that means I CAN SLEEP THROUGH THE NIGHT AGAIN, thank god 6292 29
niqaeli torres, child of disaster @niq.aeli.net · 29/04/2026this was absolutely $200 worth of enrichment for the kittens (who are almost not kittens any more, they’re a year old come Friday!!). Nimbus uses it the most but even Josie has decided she likes to walk on it occasionally. 1120 12
niqaeli torres, child of disaster @niq.aeli.net · 20/04/2026If I have identified all of the bananas in the box correctly, this is a completely ripe pisang raja. It is VERY sweet and similar to a Cavendish and frankly just… better. Like, it’s just as sweet but it’s got some more depth to the flavour, not just sweetness? 241 4
niqaeli torres, child of disaster @niq.aeli.net · 19/04/2026Next ripe banana is the Orinoco! Texture is very similar to a ripe (but not overripe) Cavendish, flavour is… almost floral? It’s a bit more acidic than the other flavours I’ve tried so far without being tart at all, and the flavour is honestly as shallow as a Cavendis, just very *different*. 170 7
niqaeli torres, child of disaster @niq.aeli.net · 18/04/2026The next banana ripe enough to try is the Goldfinger! It’s still a bit underripe (but we have four of them so I don’t mind trying one early). Right now, it has a *very* plantain flavour! 160 6
niqaeli torres, child of disaster @niq.aeli.net · 17/04/2026anyway, kitten tax. somewhere in their family tree they have foldy ears lol. they are solidly in bumper car territory but, well, as you can see his ears are not fully standing up! and the girl’s aren’t even standing up as much as his are, they’re still like a 2–week kitten’s ears. 18111 81
niqaeli torres, child of disaster @niq.aeli.net · 17/04/2026This is the whole box, btw. The other five varieties we'll get to try are Orinoco, Cuban Green, Goldfinger, Pisang Raja, and Gros Michel. No, I did not get this just to try the Gros Michel, lol (though I sure as hell was going to take the opportunity!). 191 9