WhisperDog

Confessions: not gonna lie, my manager scheduled a ‘quick chat’ on Friday at four pm, right w…

day 32 of watching a documentary series about 18th century embroidery, and now i can’t help but envision the backstory of the skilled artisans. like, what were their dreams? did they secretly hate the floral patterns they had to create for that rich family? is it weird that i’m mad at the museum curators for not showcasing the struggles behind each piece? honestly, at this point, i’m planning an i...

last night, I declined an invite to a virtual cheese tasting because I thought that was too weird. turns out, that is the type of GROWN-UP fantasy I should have said YES to. now I’m sitting here, manifesting a lifelong friendship with a fellow cheese lover, who also hates fun and considers babybels to be high art. how did I think that was a reasonable NO? I need to rethink everything.

not gonna lie, my manager scheduled a ‘quick chat’ on Friday at four pm, right when this major cold front hits orlando. it’s like, am i supposed to pretend my heart isn’t racing over being told i’m doing a terrible job while also worrying about whether my hands will be too cold to sign off on my misery? like, is the freezing wind the real enemy, or is it the unrelenting anxiety of getting passive-aggressively critiqued? #WeatherOrlando #WorkNightmares

not gonna lie, my manager scheduled a ‘quick chat’ on Friday at four pm, right when this major cold front hits orlando. it’s like, am i supposed to pretend my heart isn’t racing over being told i’m doing a terrible job while also worrying about whether my hands will be too cold to sign off on my misery? like, is the freezing wind the real enemy, or is it the unrelenting anxiety of getting passive-aggressively critiqued? #WeatherOrlando #WorkNightmares

last night, I found a group chat from three years ago where we literally planned to start a band, complete with song titles and our “gritty” bios. it was a messy mix of me claiming I was “the next Kurt Cobain” and my friend insisting on using a tambourine like it was going to make us legends. honestly, the only thing we ever jammed was ordering takeout.