Open Sorcery

Tag: SliceOfLife

  • The podcast had to reschedule 😭

    However, Laz came out and kinda went ham this evening to make up for it. Emerson was speaking at a panel to educate kids about queerness and sexuality, and the fourth speaker couldn’t make it at the last second. So Charisma McGee stepped in in the other person’s stead and taught a bunch of kids about…. polyamory in a very blunt and honest fashion.

    This was apparently not frowned upon, and was, in fact, encouraged.

    The absolute motherfucker also found an electric piano in the basement and apparently he can play. Really, really well.

    He ended up recording an arrangement he’d cooked up on the fly of a song Allēna had written a couple of days ago, as well as a cover of David Bowie’s “Heroes” and something Allēna wrote so long ago we can’t even remember the name of it anymore. All we know is that she was approximately 13 when she wrote it.

    He surprised the hell out of everyone, including himself.

    On that note, I’m going to sleep here shortly.

    Goodnight.

    -Ashley

  • I experienced my first Wisconsin fish fry yesterday.

    I thought it was tasty, but Emerson said that they should have used cornmeal in the breading lol.

    Fair enough, I suppose.

    -Allēna

  • On people crawling out of the woodwork…

    Eight’s ex, Juneau, resurfaced a few days ago. They broke up a whole bunch of times, most recently in early 2023 after a series of events beginning with what we now call Kiragate and ending with his polycule splitting in half over him dumping his ex, Leigh, and refusing to pick a side in the months-long conflict between his then-partner Sol and best friend at the time, whom we will call Birch. Juneau took the contingent who had bonded with Leigh and Sol in the divorce, as it were. You can read more about that situation here. We call all of this the Great Schism of 2022-23.

    He’s popped up a few times since then, but given Eight’s history with him and the fact that they would break up, get back together, and break up again over the years over a variety of things, he ended up blocked on most everything. He reached out via a comment on our old LiveJournal blog that I had honestly half forgotten about since I mostly post here these days.

    He didn’t know whether I was alive or not and he wasn’t sure if I was going to even respond. I responded because the fact that he’s popped back up after all this time made me laugh. He also added me on Snapchat. I despise that app, so I ended up giving him my number.

    I asked Hawthorne if he’d also reached out to them, and weirdly enough, he had.

    I’m wondering what the fuck he wants…

    -Allēna

  • We went back to the Domes today for the bonsai show and it was lovely!

    I did NOT know that people could grow bonsai from seeds or young trees, I thought they had to be purchased fully grown. I know almost nothing about them.

    I learned a fair bit today and I would love to join our local bonsai club. It might be a problem, given that my body responds poorly to the sun, but apparently some bonsai can be grown indoors.

    I’m so happy. I’ve been interested in growing one since I was a teenager.

    -Allēna

  • Emerson and I saw model trains at the Mitchell Park Domes yesterday!!

    We’re gonna come back later today for the bonsai show. I love bonsai and have wanted one since I was a teenager. I don’t think I will be able to buy one, but at least I will be able to see some!

    -Allēna

  • I had a fun day with Emerson today.

    He convinced me to leave the house and we ran errands while playing this weirdly Christian questions game designed for kids. It started with a question like “if you could design the tastiest sandwich ever made, what would that sandwich be” and by the time we’d gone through all of the questions, Emerson had had to skip around a dozen questions because of how damn preachy they all were. That game escalated quickly.

    I don’t mind the occasional Jesus-related question. Hell, I’ll even discuss the Bible with Christians because I find a lively informed debate energizing and fun. But a bunch of questions along the lines of “if you could enter one Bible story, what would it be?”

    Uhhhhhhhhhhhh……..

    No.

    I’ve been there, done that, got the T shirt from my time as a Mormon and all the soul searching I did afterwards. I’m good. I’m a fan of Jesus as he’s portrayed in the Bible, but his father and fandom have a lot to answer for before I’m going to be okay with most Christian shit.

    More to the point, this is a game designed for kids. What is this, How To Indoctrinate Your Kids 101??

    We did get some funny answers out of it. Like my answer to the question “what is something that you don’t need but your life is much better because you have it?” or however it was phrased was simply “BEANS” referring to the cats because we were parked close to our apartment at the time. I took a video of Emerson imitating me with additional dramatic flair and that is making the rounds all over social media now, as best I can tell.

    I’m pretty tired, so I’m gonna wander off now.

    G’night everyone!!

    -Allēna (yes, the bitch is back)

  • I wanted to do more today, but showering and being out in the sun yesterday took me out.

    I did revive Eight’s and Laz’s Death bit on Reels and TikTok though and watch more of the very interesting show The Three Body Problem.

    -Sender unknown

  • Very slow day.

    My guts hurt and I feel like I was hit by a train, so I didn’t do much today besides sleep and watch TV.

    -Allēna

  • Today was better.

    I did some painting and have some potential projects lined up.

    -Allēna

  • WE FINALLY GOT AN OIL CHANGE

    OUR CAR IS OPERATIONAL ONCE MORE

    SHE LIVES

    THE DAY IS SAVED

    -Allēna