fate and freedom

First, let it be said that key lime donuts are a thing and they are truly amazing. All I could think during rounds was "mmm, donuts... holy shitnacks!" There was something about white nose syndrome and only one hibernatorium of little brown bats left in Massachusetts but it was good news because it's Monday and Jean says no bad news on Mondays, but all I can think of is donuts. Maybe there's a commensal bacteria that helps the bats fight infection. Bacon donuts are a thing too but honestly that seems way too clashing to me.

The Promise Is Hope
I like this even if I did wish they had a different vocalist when I first heard it.
They played a concert with Atlas Lab once, I think it was when I got a nasty, brutish, and short spring cold from Emma. So I'm thinking "hey, maybe I'll never talk to Emma ever again and I'm reverting back to discovering music on my own instead of through her, but at least my life has been enriched in some way by meeting her. And she (along with Gabriella) was such a pivotal part of last summer. As for the summer, well, aside from getting sick halfway through, which sucked, I guess it was on par with the summers before I met Gabriella, maybe even better, and all the people I met were awesome, and I'm really sad that summer's almost over.
I don't want to admit defeat. Not yet. We'll see how things go once things quiet down.

Denby and the Alcotts
I stumbled upon this, I don't know how.
I was like: Wait, isn't that Matina?
And then I was like, "no, she's not from Massachusetts."
Then I was like "wait a minute, that's not even a banjo, that's a ukulele. There is a huge difference."

Fiddlers' Galaxy
Remember when I brought this up about two years ago? That piano is perfect for solitary late summer nights.

I wish Sophie Atlas and Bong Wish would update their bandcamps or anything really. As of July 1st, Bong Wish is working on their first album, so if I haven't completely forgotten by then, I'll see you in 2018.


I did some Google Fu and found out not only that the vocalist in Gretch is from Chile but she has some stuff on Soundcloud. If you're me, you may need to do some fiddling, and by that, I mean metaphorical fiddling, to get things to play. I shudder to think of what a technocracy would be like. Yeah, there'd be budget but they'd blow it all on huge changes that nobody wants and occasionally everything will break down or catch fire.

There's a bottle of habanero sauce in the refrigerator and we use that to anoint things that we don't want the animals to suckle. At least, Jacob hopes that's all we use it for.

Nothing much actually happened. I made some lunch for the blue jay, flicker, and robin, which are all the same thing, and Jacob cut up some huge rats with huge balls, and Daria finished up her internship, which I was really surprised by, and then we cleaned some cages out back.


This battered-looking screech owl came in. Hey, if anyone knows how to resize an image on Facebook with the URL, let me know.

burning question: are you still dreaming of moogles and moondust?