lily geller

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international criminal mastermind Carmen Isabella Sandiego tipping her iconic red fedora after another mission accomplished
a dark and grainy clip occasionally illuminated by the glow of fireflies; a small bunny hops into the shot, taking a few cautious steps this way and that, before zooming off screen
an industrious millipede crawling on a rock doing its best to ignore the hop-on; i am afraid the hop-on might be a parasitic fly that lays eggs in millipedes but, uh, circle of life? 😬
some altocumulus clouds peeking out from behind some cumulus clouds (though to be fair i am very bad at recognizing cloud types)
my reader's choice ballot for best 100 movies of 21st century: arrival (2016) drive (2011) dunkirk (2017) everything everywhere all at once (2022) fruitvale station (2013) the grand budapest hotel (2014) the handmaiden (2016) logan (2017) mad max: fury road (2015) spirited away (2002)
a chipmunk on a rock—Chip, or maybe Dale; hard to say without their distinctive and distinguishing outfits
a gray and white cat sitting on the steps of a farm building; its penetrating gaze is weighing the worth of your soul
a caterpillar if you could turn a 90s boy band member into one—blond highlights, spiky hair, the most wholesome bad boy attitude one can muster
a beagle chilling under a café table, hoping someone will drop some food
Isaac Hempstead Wright as Bran Stark (Game of Thrones)
a still from the movie Air Bud showing a dog in a basketball jersey and a referee saying “he’s right – ain’t no rule that says a dog can’t be a puzzle answer”
Letterboxd recent activity showing Beyond Utopia (4.5 stars), God’s Country (3.5 stars), Portrait of a Lady on Fire (4.5 stars), and The Quake (3 stars)
movie poster for K-19: The Widowmaker
ornament showing a young girl holding the paw of a snarling cat in one hand and a fish in the other hand; A Four-Year-Old Girl with a Cat and a Fish by Jacob Cuyp, 1647
Crossword clue for 17-Across: "Smut, by another name" (7 letters). From The New Yorker, November 26, 2024, by Erik Agard.
piles of printouts from Puzzmo and Toronto Globe and Mail; in the center is a beautifully calligraphed envelope with festive piñata stamps, in which i received the crosstina aqua-zine-a, a midi book of midi crosswords by constructor extraordinaire Kelsey Dixon
“Hine-nui-te-pō” by Tayi Tibble, from her collection Rangikura Half-caste daughters of half-castes about to fall into quarters. Cast out into cities and universities and forgotten about. Their umbilical cords cut and dumped in a sludge of hospital waste. The lobotomised smiles on their faces while bumping a line off the back of a phrenology textbook. Shook at all the colours you can find in a skull.
Oakland Athletics New Era Team Shadow 9FIFTY Snapback Hat, which features different versions of A’s superimposed on each other such that the hat unmistakably spells ASS
comedian Babatúndé Aléshé reacting to a very strong smell he had bottled himself, with raised brows, bulging eyes, and an expression of mournful regret
aurora borealis! bands of red, pink, and green above a treeline silhouette
Screenshot of Kindle settings menu, where the Layout tab has a toggle for Continuous Scrolling
Screenshot of a few Reddit Ask Me Anything posts, generally with the title syntax “I am [something]. Ask me anything.”
In Southern Arizona, Jason Henderson, a defense contractor and retired soldier, had been resigned to skipping the election, unable to stomach either candidate. Like Ms. Miller, though, he came away from the debate leaning, tenuously, toward the Republican nominee. "Trump had the more commanding presentation," Mr. Henderson said. "There was nothing done by Harris that made me think she's better. In any way." Mr. Henderson, who voted for President Barack Obama and then for Mr. Trump, allowed that Mr. Trump "came off as crazy," but he was no different from his appearances at rallies and in interviews.
crossword clue: "They paved paradise and put up a parking ___" (Counting Crows lyric)
All parents received regular requests for junk food from their children. Wealthy parents reported that they regularly shot these requests down. Poor parents, on the other hand, indulged their children frequently, for reasons that have everything to do with their economic status. Fielding-Singh explains that saying "no" to their children was a daily experience for poor parents, so when their children asked for something they could say "yes" to, they just did it. She goes on to explain that honoring these requests showed the children that the parents loved them, and made the parents feel "a sense of worth and competence" in an environment where those feelings don't come easily. "Poor parents honored their kids' junk food requests to nourish them emotionally," she explains, not to harm their health, even if that sometimes happens. But all that Kimball sees is parents causing their children to develop diabetes years down the line.
a green insect perched on a window, which i think might be a lacewing? it certainly has beautiful lacy wings
an MRE containing apple pieces in spiced sauce
Chat exchange of Chuck Tingler-esque titles with a crossword theme. David: Taking it in the Re-Butt from a Sentient REBUS Answer while an ACROSS Clue Goes Bisexually DOWN on Me Lily: Violated by Puzzle #5 At the American Crossword Puzzle Pornament David: TOO REAL David: Sandwiched Between Two Unnecessarily Cross-Referenced Clues in a Twos-day Grid David: Punishing the Constructor of a Quip Puzzle with My Whip & Muzzle Lily: Rammed in the Pipeline by a Massive Backlog: A Tale of Submission
eight ladybugs on a window screen, a small fraction of the hundreds-strong invasion force
Newport Beach, California, with surfers and beachgoers on a sunny day
Clip from The Whippet newsletter, which reads in part: "Once the hunt is over, the prey is taken near a bush or under a tree; the cheetah, highly exhausted after the chase, rests beside the kill and pants heavily for five to 55 minutes"
Bill Hader as Stefon on Weekend Update, covering his nose and mouth with his hands after describing New York’s hottest night clubs