Sunday, January 11, 2026

wild card, they won the wild card

I had a pretty good day 
I did laundry 
I planned better

I had thought
I'd just KINDA wing it old SKOOL rather than plan because that's all spontaneous 
BUT 
then I remembered 
THAT works better when you're wandering 

BUT 
the one place 
I had stayed there with mom once
the other place
seemed somewhat gratuitous tacky 
I couldn't get behind there were places 
they didn't seem limited 
I thought maybe 

there were other options not on the booking site
I was gonna see
TODAY'S eyes
SAID 
NO
not a good idea -- look again 
& I found
AGAIN 
the first place I had seen that went away 
& was more than I wanted 
BUT 

seemed like a place I would LIKE 
& the thing is
SOMETIMES 
a place can VIBE you into a mindset 
& this LAST BIT 
with my mom has been a little 
INTENSE


I took a chance with a cake
it was CALLED 
a Mardi gras cake 
BUT 
it wasn't a king cake 
& I don't KNOW 

WHAT is a Mardi gras cake 
it's got layers 
it's got
FLAVORS I can't identify 
in the m.g. colors
& in the icing
it had
SUGAR
on the sides large grains
colored LIKE blue-y green
& on TOP a crystal
FLAKE SUGAR 

it glittered like snow

& coffee
with powdered milk

I watched superman kinda because of my pen

BUT 
I noticed different things 
partly because 
small screen 
BUT 
honestly 
I think I've changed since I saw it

& I mean the context in which I'm watching it 
has ALSO changed 

I engaged with the "f*CKing b*tch" group trigger
but didn't really get triggered 

I got some birthday wishes 
& I enjoyed them
& I enjoyed 
CANADA 

& the pen is from canada 
& I used it for writing 
LISTS

I watched a handful of ---   keep it up cutie vids
she's a stand-up 

I really enjoy them
they don't SEEM like I'd like them

I never liked the
I'm good enough, smart enough, & gosh darn it people like me

HERS
are funny
BUT 
like hey
don't be thinking this is supposed to be 
like falling off a log

I'm not looking for validation 
BUT 
the I'm so frickin proud of you 
is like a replacement line
OR
just to add it into the 
CACOPHONY 

I enjoyed 
the whole process 
of choosing and planning and doing the things 
at my pace

I engaged with the ideas
without overthinking it 
without having to 
see myself 
inside 
it

I'm not sure that conveys the experience well
BUT 
I'm trying to get it

it feels detached 
BUT 
then I'm crying at superman

I don't have it all figured out 

I'm trying to remember to bend my knees

it was a good day 
BUT 
you can't see in my HEAD 
SO
I'm trying to 
DESCRIBE 

I gotta sleep though 
I LOVE you VERY much sweetheart 
I feel like I'm not 
REALLY 
making any sense 

just little fragments 

I love those little houses 

I saw a thing about the bears
they were putting 
CHEESE GRATERS 
on their heads

I've seen the cheese hats
I've never seen the 
GRATERS 

I should have looked it up
I'll look it up now
probably an important 
GAME