Maranda 🖤

@whatevermaranda.com

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✌💙🌈 Lvl 40 #INFJ weirdo (neutral good). Progressive, secular humanist, ally. Plants, cats, embroidery. Reclusive. PC / MMORPG gamer; currently #Palia Catering and custodial at @GarageGangCattery.bsky.social 🐾

"I just can't convey the frustration and sorrow that it's been to grow up at first without the internet and then watching it bloom into this useful, fun, connecting force you sometimes spent time on, only for it to degrade into this constant oppressive waste of time and energy where people are constantly pumping out algorithmically designed content for max algorithmic appeal and even the most simple search generates either no results or an infinite abyss of ai generated slop none of which is usable or correct. We briefly had a library of alexandria and then fed it into a paper shredder so advertisers could sell a random mash of pulp back to us at a premium. Text block meme from user @arahir, source unknown.
A Palia "selfie" mode screenshot of in-game character wearing rainbow glasses standing next to a stack of butterfly cages showcasing the new Highlands expansion rarity, Flame Queen.
Screenshot of social media post: "Just because you were too stupid to understand this is what you were voting for doesn't mean this isn't what you voted for" (via Stacy Cay @stacycay)
Screenshot of the Inventory tab open in Palia, where my character is displayed with her stats and the contents of storage bag, in which there's an "Epic" rarity bug, the Rainbow-tipped Butterfly - rumored to be one of the most elusive bugs in game so far.
Six pink roses open on a rosebush in soft light outdoors.
Dark gray and white cat with mostly white underside is laying in her back, looking cutely at the camera, on a busy patterned rug.
Collage of 9 PC game titles, including Planet Zoo, Planet Coaster, The Sims 3, Tropico 6, LOTRO, Guild Wars 2, Palia, Peggle, and old school Sim Tower. Created for "The 9 games that make me who I am" via www.my9games.com
Small, young daffodils of very pale yellow with buttery yellow centers bloom in the foreground. The background, in softer focus, shows a leaf-covered groundscape with large tree trunk and water reflection behind. Cypress Gardens, Monck's Corner, SC, 2024.
Comic book style illustration of a woman with exasperated look on her face, severe bob haircut in blue, and arms clutching lots of small dopamine-inducing trinkets and toys, including a Tamagotchi, Furby, Snoopy toy, Kewpie dolls, Hello Kitty, fuzzy dice, cherry 8-ball keychain, etc. Two speech bubbles contain her statements: "Everything sucks." and then, "I need more trinkets." Image credit: Tragic Girls @tragicgirlsco FB
Fall nature shot with autumn leaf litter, sparse green moss and grass blades, with a big puffball mushroom off center.
Image credit @amyhartelust Hand-drawn raccoon with pink bow on head on white background. Raccoon holds a smartphone with an anxious look on face, surrounded by the captions "The horrors persist... and persist... and persist."
Black and white cat, Leroy, snuggled under a fuzzy blanket on the bed.
Meme: a quirky hand-drawn cat beneath the script "AHEM - please don't give billionaires more of your money this holiday season - buy something cool and handmade from some fun weirdo instead & help them eat. Shop small, y'all." Image credit: "Small businesses need your support more than ever 💗 By Sugarhouse Ceramic Co."
Tabby cat sleeping in unusual, silly position on colorful rug.
Black and white cat lays on fluffy blankets, gazing at the camera with green eyes.
Work-in-progress snapshot of a needlepoint canvas with colorful tulips and the letters "HOLLA" (the last "ND" not stitched yet) from 1980's craft kit.
Showcasing the cover of a vintage needlepoint kit - Holland Poster, Something Special series by Candamar, 1986 - a scenic view of a tulip field and windmill landscape in colorful yarn. Beneath this paper, my current working canvas in embroidery hoop.