With everything going on with the ER and all, I fell deeply asleep for a couple of hours after frantically making preparations for an upcoming event where I’m selling zines with Emerson, and now I’m grabbing burgers with the aforementioned adorable man. I’ll probably post my performance from Linneman’s tonight later.
Until then,
-Allēna
The poor providers were in the weeds and it turns out I have a UTI of some kind, so I got antibiotics and some sleep. I also shitposted all night because poor sweet Emerson was more tired than I was and therefore I had to keep watch.
So have this bullshit I posted to announce to the world that I was in the ER:
This whole “unexamined fingers” BS revives a post I made back in the elder days of 2017 when I was in Mormon college and equally insleepriated riffing off of the quote “the unexamined life is not worth living”.
I like to think I’m funny 🤣
Goodnight, sweet world. I’m probably gonna crash (again).
-Allēna
Emerson and I figured out that my wheelchair collapses and we went to the orchid exhibit at the Milwaukee Domes. I did not get an orchid, but I did get a teeny tiny succulent 💛 He then set me loose on the way back to the car and I zoomed through the parking lot to from the Domes to the car. Then we went to get McDonald’s ice cream. Now we’re headed home. It’s been a nice day so far.
-Allēna
So I had a dream last night where I was asked to officiate at the last second for a couple because their officiant bailed, only to find out that the groom had no idea wtf a marriage license even was, didn’t even know where his birth certificate had gone so that they could APPLY for a marriage license, and the bride wasn’t all that invested either. When she found out that we’d have to reschedule the wedding or else it wouldn’t be legally binding at all, she went “oh well, I guess we can play darts instead like you did during YOUR first wedding!” I was like “wtf? I didn’t throw darts during my first wedding?????”
And it got even stranger because when I woke up, I told Emerson about this batshit dream. He was shOCKED because I was describing HIS COUSIN’S WEDDING almost to a T, and during his aunt’s first wedding, they’d played darts! I didn’t know ANY of this beforehand.
Hell yeah for going back in time in my sleep I GUESS…
-Allēna
Emerson and I ran the poetry workshop today and did a round of the poetry TTRPG for the prompt. Unfortunately I was dice cursed and rolled 1 stanza, one line. My favorite result was this:
“home is a circle when you live in my head”.
-Allēna
I went to Build a Burger-Build a Breakfast in Milwaukee’s Third Ward with Emerson and it was so fucking good, it might be my new favorite breakfast place here so far 💛
-Allēna with some Theo in the mix.
I was up late watching silly comedies with Emerson neither of us have seen in years (10 Things I Hate About You and most of The Parent Trap) So I am very, very tired today…
-Allēna
This was the result of a TTRPG roll and it’s called “everything’s coming up lavender”
i was 17 when you first came to me
mind threatening to unravel in shades of crimson
now i swear everything's coming up lavender and
golden brown, i'm much madder now and
while i can't say things are fine in this pit
of snakes we live in, at least i feel
somewhat safe now that i found the melody i
was looking for
the problem is that i sought you high and
low in all the wrong places, wrote my best songs
and lines to all the wrong people
it's sad to say that you found me at my worst, but
you loved me anyway
i'm a stubborn piece of shit and i know
you know that, so are you
that's part of why i love you so fucking much
neither of us know when to quit when we know exactly what we want
so are we living the dream? maybe not yet
but do we have the grit to get there?
absofuckinglutely. and one thing's for certain
i know i will never be bored again
so thank you. thank you for not
giving up on this raging bitch
thank you for sticking it out because
i loved you endlessly then and i love you endlessly now
-Allēna 8/3/2025
Here's the TTRPG if you want to snag a copy for yourself!
I went to a clothing swap called Fat Body Hotties despite my initial reluctance (I’ve been veryyyy tired all day) and had a great time and met so many amazing people. Then I tried Kopps Custard with Emerson and a friend of ours who came with, and Emerson and I are back home now. Also, a magazine I’ve submitted work to followed me back on TWO social media platforms, and according to another friend who’s worked with them, that’s a good sign that they might include something of mine in my next issue??? Aaaaaaaaa!! (happy screech)
I hope your day is going as well as mine.
-Allēna
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Today is a much needed slow day. After spending much of the day yesterday out of the house and mentally screaming for both pleasant and unpleasant reasons, I’m watching Gossip Girl with Emerson and chilling out. I don’t know if anything else is going to happen yet today, but it’s very nice so far. -Allēna #chilling #Emerson #slowday #relaxing #unwinding #GossipGirl
