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She/her. Author of urban fantasy and witty quips. Trying to take myself less seriously. Inspired by humans, music, and cities. To find out where else to find me, visit my website dgabriellejensen.com SFWA ALLi I will not respond to unsolicited DMs.
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Catching up with Kathy Bates on Matlock and seriously struggling with Marley Shelton playing the mother of a sorority girl.

hm Not bad. #Wordle 1,462 3/6 ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจโฌ›โฌ›โฌ› ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉโฌ›โฌ› ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ

Sometimes, death is the only way out. Interpret that how you wish. ๐Ÿค”๐Ÿ’ญ๐ŸŠ

As much as I love Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward, and the song, She & Him's version of You Really Got a Hold on Me on Happy Face was a little disquieting. ๐Ÿ˜ณ

My grandfather passed in 2021, and my mom and her siblings had songs like "Daddy's Hands," and "The Walk" (Sawyer Brown) My father died last year and the only song I can come up with is "Styrofoam Plates." Specifically the bit about joining the procession using $5 words praising his integrity ...

#Wordle 1,460 6/6 โฌ›๐ŸŸฉโฌ›โฌ›โฌ› - ugh that's worse than nothing โฌ›๐ŸŸฉโฌ›โฌ›โฌ› - and so it begins โฌ›๐ŸŸฉโฌ›โฌ›โฌ› - sigh ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸจโฌ›โฌ› - now we're getting somewhere ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉโฌ›โฌ› - exactly, what made you pick THAT? ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ - finally

What really infuriates me is he was escorting a defendant OUT OF IMMIGRATION COURT. Like, as in, the hearing was complete and the judge had made a decision. Not that the Icestapo should be stalking immigration HEARINGS but FFS the decision was made and the man was leaving. I hate this timeline.

My Two Daddies #NaughtyASitcom

FFS #abolishICE #impeach

I think my favorite security feature on my phone is how when I can put it on silent and certain notifs still jingle jangle. I just hope I'm not hiding from a maniac behind a box in a warehouse when it's time to play solitaire.

Wee bit late and kind of hurried but there's a new bookhook up in my shop. For the plant parent in your life. New items go live on alternating Mondays.

#Wordle 1,458 5/6 โฌ›โฌ›โฌ›โฌ›โฌ› - five letter word with four vowels โฌ›๐ŸŸฉโฌ›โฌ›๐ŸŸฉ - random guess with the only vowel left ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉโฌ›โฌ›๐ŸŸฉ - okay, not bad ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉโฌ›โฌ›๐ŸŸฉ - didn't realize how many options I had ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ - oh. sure.

That's funny. I may have scream-laughed at the opening chords. And the moron doesn't even know when he's being roasted.

In honor of father's day, post one of your favorite TV dads Not sure why Buddy was the first one to pop into my head but here we are.

When I was 18, leaving for college, my mother told my father she wanted a divorce. He promised to change, to be better, and used the next four years to manipulate shit so that when he never changed and never got better, she wouldn't have a leg to stand on. This is that only a whole lot bigger:

Just thinking out loud here but it seems to me if the "far left" was as "murderously violent" as the media (and certain ketamine doped billionaires) would have people believe, there would be fewer . . . um, problems in our country right now.

Wow #Wordle 1,457 2/6 ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸฉโฌ›๐ŸŸฉโฌ› ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ

I really would like to finish writing this book but the world is so exhausting right now I just don't have the bandwidth for anything. Not even rewriting something I've already written twice.

intro post โœจ ๐Ÿ“ name: Des โ™ sign: Scorpio ๐Ÿ”ข age: 44 ๐Ÿฆ favorite animal: cat or raccoon ๐ŸŒด favorite season: summer ๐Ÿ“š fav genre(s): urban fantasy, girlfriends ๐ŸŽฅ fav movie(s): Push, Goonies, too many ๐Ÿ“บ fav show(s): Chicago PD, MASH ๐Ÿ”– I have published:10 titles ๐Ÿ”— link: dgabriellejensen.com/links ๐Ÿ“š๐Ÿ’™

I just pre-loaded a Retro album Review to go live on Substack . . . in August. I need more things to post in the interim.

I have been kidnapped and a character from the last TV show I watched is trying to rescue me . . .

You know what? Go ahead. Fire all the best reporters from all the worst corporate shill media. Let them go where they can properly do the jobs they signed up for. Because I'm willing to bet they weren't when they left.

I am reminded that this moment of glorious rebellion was only a few months ago. Gods, it's been a long year.

Pineapple on pizza? Vote now! Anyone can vote but you must be logged in. Dem's da rulz

Whew geezus #Wordle 1,453 3/6 ๐ŸŸจโฌ›๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸฉโฌ› โฌ›โฌ›๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ

New post up on the Soundtrack of a Voluntary Misfit on Substack. Your subscription keeps my Spotify running. open.substack.com/pub/voluntar...

Excuse me, MS Word, but I really would appreciate you not just automatically changing my open docs to View Only without asking. Pleasekthanks. ๐Ÿ™„

Oh no. ๐Ÿ™

#authors #artists I was given a glass dip pen and set of inks for Christmas and I would LOVE to use it for book signings because cool. But the ink bleeds. Is there an ink I can try with my dip pens that won't make a mess of the books I'm signing?

Ooh, can we please?

sheesh #Wordle 1,452 6/6 ๐ŸŸจโฌ›โฌ›โฌ›โฌ› โฌ›๐ŸŸฉโฌ›โฌ›โฌ› โฌ›๐ŸŸฉโฌ›โฌ›๐ŸŸฉ โฌ›๐ŸŸฉโฌ›โฌ›๐ŸŸฉ ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉโฌ›โฌ›๐ŸŸฉ ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ

I drag myself in the backdoor of my website thinking I'll give it a zhuzh, update this or that, whatever, click on about a dozen things to no avail, then leave it exactly as I found it.

Remember how the teacher figured out you cheated in school because you got all the answers correct? If you gon' cheat, at least get some of the answers wrong. ๐Ÿ™„

Burned a couple guesses just to find more letters that worked. #Wordle 1,451 5/6 ๐ŸŸจโฌ›๐ŸŸจโฌ›๐ŸŸจ โฌ›๐ŸŸจโฌ›๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจ ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸฉโฌ›โฌ›๐ŸŸจ ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸจโฌ› ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ

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Teehee

Good try though, Parade.

I wish producers of shows where characters speak multiple languages would make it easier to keep up. If nothing else, captioning in white with a thin black outline so that when the white captions find their way to a light bg they don't turn to mush.

Every month I post a new fun poll on Ko-Fi. This month, pineapple on pizza.

I may have cheated a little . . . I saw someone lamenting over it not being a common word and that helped out, some. But rest assured, it's a doozy. #Wordle 1,447 3/6 ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจโฌ›โฌ› ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸจโฌ›๐ŸŸจ ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ

A thread in five parts: Somewhere in the deepest recesses of my brain lies a collection of as-yet-unwritten #poetry titled Therapy Notes. ๐Ÿงต๐Ÿ‘‡