Orla

@orla.bsky.social

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Living on the Atlantic coast makes a bitch salty.

A strawberry fields forever cocktail that manages to be fizzy, sweet and tart all at once.
A picture of Rhian from Wet Leg singing in a cloud of dry ice and actual drizzle. Some of the other band members can also be seen in the fog.
A small white cat lying on a cat-tree platform. She's loafing and staring intently at a YouTube video featuring 4 chickens, a cat called Sven and a YouTuber called Jude. Not pictured: the screen she's watching the video on.
Two cats perched on different levels of a tall cat tree, both looking with interest at something out of frame to the right. On the tallest platform is Smudge, a black and white cat, who looks like he's smiling. On the platform below him is Kaliyo, a white cat, who is getting ready to jump down and bat-bat at the wall the cartoon is being projected on. She believes all entertainment is interactive.
An XTEINK X3 showing the cover of Kate Folk's Sky Daddy sitting on top of a Kindle Paperwhite showing the cover of Murder Bimbo by Rebecca Novak. The X3 is a little over a quarter the size of the Paperwhite. Both books are excellent, BTW.
A delicious cortado in a takeout cup. Always worth the walk to Smithfield.
A black and white cat sits in front of a computer. He's wearing a blue and white bow tie and looks both fancy and elegant.
A small white cat looking confused and disappointed by the existence of possums and me inflicting them on her when she thought I was going to play her a cat video. It's okay, she got her cat video, but not gonna lie I'd been hoping the possums would enchant her.
The Last Dinner Party onstage at the 3 Arena in Dublin last night. Left to right" Aurora, Emily, Abigail, Luca the drummer, Lizzie, and Georgia.
A chonky black and white cat lying in the doorway of a mini-house on the first tier of a tall grey cat tree. A pompom is dangling above his left ear. He's trying to look tough and unbothered but he should know by now that I know he's a big ole grumpy wuss and I love him all the more for it.
A chonky black and white cat lying in an armchair with his front paws casually off to one side and his tail wrapped around himself. He's looking at something off to the right of the camera with an extremely interested expression and perked up ears.
The cover of the ebook of This Inevitable Ruin by Matt Dinniman featuring several people and creatures (Carl, Imani, Mongo and Rend are most visible) running from an explosion. There's a tall tower in the background with a dragon flying beside it. Samantha the demi-god in a disembodied sex doll head (long story) is in the foreground with her chin resting on the author's first name.
A small white cat sitting tall on the back of an armchair in front of some overfilled bookcases. She looks a little scruffy because she was behind the armchair checking on the lower shelves before she climbed up there.
A bowl of tonkatsu ramen with cha siu pork, and ramen eggs, plus some veggies and nori and sesame sprinkles.
An extreme close-up of a small white cat who is stretching across from an armchair to investigate a phone. Behind her in the armchair is her chunky black and white older brother who was just trying to have a nap Kaliyo, damn it.
A small white cat curled up on a fluffy rug on a couch and throwing the evilest of glares at the human who had the gall, the utter temerity, to sneeze in her presence.
A chonky black and white cat loafing on a PC tower. He's leaning on a bottlecap taped to the top of the tower to prevent him hitting the power button. He is in supervisory mode and purring approvingly.
A chonky black and white cat lying on his back in an armchair, he has his front paws raised to give access to his fluffy belly and a cheeky head-tilt that says "Go on, you know you want to!"
A small white cat napping serenely in an armchair.
A black and white cat lying on his side in an armchair with one paw around the neck of a white cat lying on her belly in front of him. They're displeased because I interrupted their mutual grooming session to take a photo.
A black and white cow cat reclining regally in an armchair, he's gazing off in the distance, surveying his domain.
The slide backdrop at Leisureland Galway for Katherine Ryan's Battleaxe show.
A black and white cow cat, lying in an armchair and seemingly reading the cover of "The Book of George" which is propped up in front of him
A small white cat sprawled on a comfy mat on a couch. She's dozing with her back paw dangling off the edge of the mat. One of the few times I've caught her in an inelegant pose.
A small white cat lying on a polka dotted cushion in an armchair. She has arranged another cushion vertically behind the one she's lying on. Her expression is judgey and aimed at me because she had to do all that work herself and where even is my imagination?
A steaming hot bowl of gumbo over rice.
A small white cat angrily standing in front of The Elephant Man and demanding the idiot human to stop crying and help John Merrick ffs.
A google snippet showing text from the Wikipedia entry for Fanny Pack that says the Irish English term for one is "geebag"
A tuxedo cat sitting on top of a bookcase beside a Lego Typewriter that he broke bits off by playing with it constantly. I miss him so.
A cow cat sitting up on a bed, glaring at the camera. Nestled in front of him is a smaller white cat who has also had enough of my nonsense. I apologized, we're all good.
4 cupping bowls of coffee in front of their relevant packages. A cupping spoon sitting in a glass of water and a scoresheet with a pen resting on it.
A filled in gamer score sheet with 62 individual green dots beside games I have played. Bunch of blanks that may surprise people but my Steam library is large and life is short.
A small white cat sits on the back of a couch looking up with great interest at an episode of Elsbeth on the wall in front of her. I've since lowered the projector to make viewing easier for her (and me).
A black and white cat asleep under a fleece blanket in an armchair. He's propped himself up on cushions with one paw and is snoring away merrily.
A large black and white cat, and a white cat are curled up on an armchair together. Her back paws and tail are curled around his chonky butt, their heads are nestled together.
A screenshot of a section of the amazon uk order page for the new Weike Wang book "Rental House" that says it is usually dispatched within 1-4 months and has free delivery sometime between 9 January and 20 March for Prime members. Yeesh.
A screengrab of the headline of my Bluesky roast which reads "Orla: The Atlantic's Sassy Social Sage" Below the headline reads "A salty blend of wittiness and wisdom, dipping their toes in the conversation pool with a splash and a sizzle. If sarcasm were a currency, Orla would be a millionaire."
MUBI says that in 2024 I was a credits watcher, a modernist, a nailbiter and a nostalgic.
A chonky black and white cat is sprawled on his back holding a catnip banana between his front paws and sniffing it intently. He looks totally blissed out.
A photo of Chromecast recommendations on my projector last night. Under the header "Horror Movies recommended by Netflix" are Harold and the Purple Crayon, Matilda, White Chicks, and Kung Fu Panda.
A cow cat and a white cat watching Disney's The Aristocats, they are fascinated.
A small white cat sits on the back of an armchair which is surrounded by bookshelves. She's staring intently at a shelf that has a mechanical keyboard on it and books behind it.
A small white cat posing on a cushion in an armchair. She looks like she's ready to have a conversation about how pretty she is.
A jaded looking Rook who has seriously had it up to here with demons and would like a nice nap (probably)
A black and white cat (Smudge) and a white cat (Kailyo) curled up and napping together in an armchair in an approximation of the yin-yang symbol.
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #115,052
"Someone wants to cut a hole in you and fuck you through it, buddy" Jenny Holzer.
A lightbox at the Lyceum Theatre on Broadway showing the company and crew for "Oh, Mary!" on a yellow background with a headshot of Cole Escola in the infamous bratty wig.
A receipt from a café photographed on a table. The last line of the receipt is in all caps and reads "please consume all ho".
A small white cat reclining on a sofa and looking very pleased with herself.
Kneecap on stage at the Galway Arts festival holding their mics out to the audience. Please note the buidéal Buckfast.
A police jeep with a tout line number stencilled on the side and many "Brits out" stickers.
Smudge giving me a stern look because cats are more important than movies.
George Michael Bluth doing the sad walk in Arrested Development.
A screenshot from the NYT that reads "Counts 9 through 11 are guilty" in the trial of Donald Trump
A line up of small coffee bags standing behind glasses which each contain an 8.25mg dose of coffee.
The stage at the Mick Lally Theatre in Galway prepped for a Jan Carson and Patrick DeWitt event earlier today.
A chonky black and white cat and a smol pretty princess white cat nestled together on an armchair. They're both wearing "so what?!" expressions like they're extras in a John Waters movie.
A little white cat lying on her side on the floor with her front paw resting on a cat-sized soccer-ball.
Smudge, a black and white cat, lying in a computer chair, staring intently at something off camera. The something in this case was an episode of Ripley starring Andrew Scott.