Patricia Wallinga πΆβ΅οΈπ (@pwallinga.bsky.social) reply parent
Oh, those bridesmaid dresses are MORMON.
Bluesky's favorite opera composer [citation needed]. Not tonal, not atonal, but a secret third thing. Posts about music, D&D, and loads of other nonsense | she/her | midwesterner in π
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view profile on Bluesky Patricia Wallinga πΆβ΅οΈπ (@pwallinga.bsky.social) reply parent
Oh, those bridesmaid dresses are MORMON.
The Frisc (@thefrisc.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
This operator: "Stop trying to make Muni sound terrible. It's only terrible if you don't use it very often."
Patricia Wallinga πΆβ΅οΈπ (@pwallinga.bsky.social) reply parent
Still pretty iconic, tbh
Patricia Wallinga πΆβ΅οΈπ (@pwallinga.bsky.social) reply parent
I feel like I disappointed my mother, personally. She really wanted him dead, she's probably devastated.
Emily E Hogstad (@song-of-lark.bsky.social) reposted
checking our founding documents, Drunk History, to find out what to do next youtu.be/ta1ZcjpwVLo
Patricia Wallinga πΆβ΅οΈπ (@pwallinga.bsky.social)
Past me is constantly having some WILD ideas about accidentals and enharmonic spelling. I don't know what to do with her.
Patricia Wallinga πΆβ΅οΈπ (@pwallinga.bsky.social) reply parent
That's basically every step, I think???
Patricia Wallinga πΆβ΅οΈπ (@pwallinga.bsky.social) reply parent
Happy Dexiversary!
Patricia Wallinga πΆβ΅οΈπ (@pwallinga.bsky.social) reply parent
Dear god. Unionize and/or run.
juno rylee schultz (@juno.bsky.social) reposted
trans girls listening to world governments describing us on the news
Patricia Wallinga πΆβ΅οΈπ (@pwallinga.bsky.social) reply parent
Your boss is wrong! I do it because it's a tolerably low-effort way to earn health insurance!
Patricia Wallinga πΆβ΅οΈπ (@pwallinga.bsky.social) reply parent
Among many situations where the word "profit" needs to be replaced with "rent money"
Patricia Wallinga πΆβ΅οΈπ (@pwallinga.bsky.social)
UPDATE: apparently, they're paying us on the 5th, which is famously not the day rent is due! We all do this for fun, though, so it's no big
Patricia Wallinga πΆβ΅οΈπ (@pwallinga.bsky.social) reply parent
YES!!!!! π₯³ππβΌοΈπππ₯³π
JP (@jpbrammer.bsky.social) reposted
Internet, the sleeping brain can do so many things. I have a book called Samara coming out in a year or so. I dreamt that someone had graffitiβd βNo one is excited for Samosa by John Paul Brammer!β on a bathroom wall. The statement was accompanied by holographic star stickers. Endorsements.
Patricia Wallinga πΆβ΅οΈπ (@pwallinga.bsky.social) reply parent
Mine would know I am pure of heart and never sting, obviously. But fairy moth is also strong.
Patricia Wallinga πΆβ΅οΈπ (@pwallinga.bsky.social) reply parent
"You can have one friendly bug the size of a cat as a pet, which do you pick" is a strong icebreaker question, but the unbeatable answer is fluffy bumblebee.
Patricia Wallinga πΆβ΅οΈπ (@pwallinga.bsky.social)
They ragdoll his body off the balcony. It makes a satisfying splat.
David_j_roth (@davidjroth.bsky.social) reposted
"I have experienced medical death, and am now deceased. My body has died."
Patricia Wallinga πΆβ΅οΈπ (@pwallinga.bsky.social) reply parent
Congratulations to Ogtha on his divorce and transition
Dr. Caelan Conrad PhD CPI (@caelan.bsky.social) reposted
Still thinking of that girl from the Ai boyfriend subreddit who asked it to generate a photo of the two of them on a date and it shat out this.
Patricia Wallinga πΆβ΅οΈπ (@pwallinga.bsky.social)
Doesn't even have the decency to be Trash Tuesday.
Nora Reed (they/them ze/hir) (@nora.zone) reposted
i just don't think we need a Nate Silver unless a Nate Werewolf shows up
Patricia Wallinga πΆβ΅οΈπ (@pwallinga.bsky.social) reply parent
Oh, yep, there they areβmust have missed that shot. God's strongest warriors, every one of them π₯
Patricia Wallinga πΆβ΅οΈπ (@pwallinga.bsky.social)
Excited to spend Labor Day the traditional way: emailing my union rep to see if she knows anything about why the district has apparently decided that paying us the first paycheck of the year isn't, like, urgent or anything, bro
Patricia Wallinga πΆβ΅οΈπ (@pwallinga.bsky.social) reply parent
(As is her right at all times. Brass gals are some of god's strongest warriors.)
Patricia Wallinga πΆβ΅οΈπ (@pwallinga.bsky.social) reply parent
Down to the lone girl trumpet player in French braids who is ready to approach this, as all things trumpet, with the seriousness and aggression of a world championship rugby match.
Patricia Wallinga πΆβ΅οΈπ (@pwallinga.bsky.social) reply parent
I do love the beach Taco Bell. It would be less special if there were too many.
Matt Gabriele (@profgabriele.com) reposted
it is underdiscussed how "learning loss" can also be attributed to the fact that millions of people were dying and the kids were fucking terrified all the time - not just that they were on Zoom
Patricia Wallinga πΆβ΅οΈπ (@pwallinga.bsky.social) reply parent
ACDA
Patricia Wallinga πΆβ΅οΈπ (@pwallinga.bsky.social) reply parent
IT WAS OUR YEAR!!!
Patricia Wallinga πΆβ΅οΈπ (@pwallinga.bsky.social) reply parent
It looks like they peeled him.
Lee Black (@leeblack.bsky.social) reposted
Is there anyone in the Tulsa area who can give this sweet elderly cat the loving home he deserves? tumblr.com/naamahdarling/793352691616284672/please-please-help-uncle-tigger-find-a-home-we
pork, cheese, broccoli rabe (@garlicbuffalo.gobirds.biz) reposted
happy labor day
Patricia Wallinga πΆβ΅οΈπ (@pwallinga.bsky.social) reply parent
She's soooooo girliepop
Patricia Wallinga πΆβ΅οΈπ (@pwallinga.bsky.social) reply parent
ODRINK looks really tasty, but I'm intrigued by the possibilities of SPECIAL
zaratustra (@zaratustra.bsky.social) reposted
"chatGPT 5 is like having a bunch of phds in your pocket" here's ten trillion dollars "bluesky is having an *actual* bunch of phds in your pocket" dying platform. it disgusts me
Patricia Wallinga πΆβ΅οΈπ (@pwallinga.bsky.social) reply parent
Man, I don't think that's true. I haven't even finished processing June.
Birna Anna BjΓΆrnsdΓ³ttir (@birnaanna.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Mansplaining in Icelandic is hrΓΊtskΓ½ring. This is a play on ΓΊtskΓ½ring, which means explanation, while hrΓΊtur is a ram π
Patricia Wallinga πΆβ΅οΈπ (@pwallinga.bsky.social) reply parent
This looks like a modeling shoot for if Wet Seal had done a The Matrix (2001) promotional crossover and I mean that as a compliment
Patricia Wallinga πΆβ΅οΈπ (@pwallinga.bsky.social) reply parent
Choir at a wedding? Oh, so these were RICH rich people.
Patricia Wallinga πΆβ΅οΈπ (@pwallinga.bsky.social)
now that we're officially halfway through the year, all I can say is:
Patrick Cosmos (@veryimportant.lawyer) reposted
He died. He died on the toilet but βnot the way you think,β a White House spokesperson said in a brief statement before declining follow-up questions.
Patricia Wallinga πΆβ΅οΈπ (@pwallinga.bsky.social) reply parent
Willem DaFoe is great at playing villains
Kashana (@kashana.bsky.social) reposted
Hire a Black woman. We tend to be very good at what we do because we simply are not allowed to be bad at it.
Frovo (@frovo.bsky.social) reposted
WHITE HOUSE AIDE: we need a distraction from the president being dead OTHER WHITE HOUSE AIDE: letβs kill Rudy
Patricia Wallinga πΆβ΅οΈπ (@pwallinga.bsky.social) reply parent
I haven't found one yet that doesn't require a paid membership. I would LOVE to be proven wrong.
timothy faust (@tbone.malware-virus.biz) reposted
happy labor day everyone. now more than ever we got to remember what it's about.
Patricia Wallinga πΆβ΅οΈπ (@pwallinga.bsky.social) reply parent
Does that mean it is FINALLY the time for composers who famously work the kind of day job that makes people wince in sympathy when they hear it?
Patricia Wallinga πΆβ΅οΈπ (@pwallinga.bsky.social) reply parent
I had no idea you lived in N*perville
Patricia Wallinga πΆβ΅οΈπ (@pwallinga.bsky.social) reply parent
The great thing about "Take On Me" is that if you have the range for the full chorus, it literally doesn't matter what else you do and you'll kill it. Not to brag about one of my few talents, but.
Jaya Saxena (@jayasaxena.com) reposted
Folks he did it
Patricia Wallinga πΆβ΅οΈπ (@pwallinga.bsky.social) reply parent
She's doing insane things with her career and I love it. I think Aubrey Plaza is Woww Platinum! was the only person involved in Metropolis who understood what was going on in Metropolis
Patricia Wallinga πΆβ΅οΈπ (@pwallinga.bsky.social) reply parent
Indescribable combination of emotions going through Hillary's head that day
bakoon (@bakoon.bsky.social) reposted
bases are loaded. we got a triple on deck
Patricia Wallinga πΆβ΅οΈπ (@pwallinga.bsky.social) reply parent
Gotta be this and a great Mountain Goats album
Patricia Wallinga πΆβ΅οΈπ (@pwallinga.bsky.social) reply parent
You have to. Do it with a completely straight face.
Mel Buer (@melbuer.bsky.social) reposted
Get the hell off Substack before you literally canβt anymore without blowing up your business
Patricia Wallinga πΆβ΅οΈπ (@pwallinga.bsky.social) reply parent
Andrew Carnegie would have printed me some mummies at the Andrew Carnegie Hayes Street 3D Printer, that's for damn sure
Patricia Wallinga πΆβ΅οΈπ (@pwallinga.bsky.social) reply parent
And no, not even the public library. They are only for teens and "special library programs," whatever that second one means. The children yearn for the Monster Manual! Come on!
Patricia Wallinga πΆβ΅οΈπ (@pwallinga.bsky.social)
Feels incredibly indicative of the worst parts of San Francisco culture that, in a city obsessed with Technological Innovation and Disruption, there is seemingly no way to access a free (or cost-of-materials) 3D printer. All the Waymos you never asked for but I can't print my nephew tiny dragons?
Patricia Wallinga πΆβ΅οΈπ (@pwallinga.bsky.social) reply parent
@swordsoprano.bsky.social EXTREMELY IMPORTANT
Patricia Wallinga πΆβ΅οΈπ (@pwallinga.bsky.social) reply parent
I have maintained this position for years, and I will maintain it until it happens or one of us dies: Lil Nas X needs to drop a Halloween album and become spooky season Mariah Carey. He's the man for the job.
Patricia Wallinga πΆβ΅οΈπ (@pwallinga.bsky.social) reply parent
Not even Minecraft specifically. Just generally the mines
Patricia Wallinga πΆβ΅οΈπ (@pwallinga.bsky.social)
Every new music performer has at least one composer who fits this description, and when you mention your hatred of them someone goes, "That piece of theirs was nice, though! Everybody programmed it that one year!"
Patricia Wallinga πΆβ΅οΈπ (@pwallinga.bsky.social) reply parent
The children have moved on to yearning for the mines
Patricia Wallinga πΆβ΅οΈπ (@pwallinga.bsky.social) reply parent
I have a badge from Muir Woods! And somewhere, the activity booklet, in which my "make some art inspired by this" page is a pretty interesting visual score I'd love to turn into a piece someday iirc
Artologica aka Michele Banks (@artologica.net) reposted
New plan: we get Obama to demand the death certificate
Patricia Wallinga πΆβ΅οΈπ (@pwallinga.bsky.social) reply parent
I got suspended for saying that "Donald Trump will die on a prison toilet" was my meditation mantra.
Louisa (@louisathelast.bsky.social) reposted
Letβs start a rumor that the guy playing golf was a body double
Andi Zeisler (@andizeisler.bsky.social) reposted
Just saw someone refer to Cheryl Hines as The Marvelous Mrs. Measles and ππππππ
Niko Stratis (@nikostratis.com) reposted
"I was young, and I was a liar, and I have never been as invincible as I was when both of those things were true." ICYMI, my newsletter this week about when McNuggets were cheap, an eating competition, and the beauty of failure.
molly conger (@socialistdogmom.bsky.social) reposted
the haters and losers will say it's foolish to indulge in wild speculation but you can't deny it's extremely funny that they have to write headlines like this
Scotty Ray (@theterminizer.bsky.social) reposted
replacing Batman fight onomatopoeiae with old midwestern brewery names
Patricia Wallinga πΆβ΅οΈπ (@pwallinga.bsky.social) reply parent
Someone needs to write a summer beach read about a romance between someone who works at the first dispensary on the Illinois side of the border and someone who works at the first cheese/fireworks shop on the Wisconsin side of the border.
Gary Alexander (@garyalexander.bsky.social) reposted
I'll do one (1) serious post about this: If he was dead someone would post it. If he was doing well someone would post it. Silence suggests a crisis with an uncertain outcome.
Patricia Wallinga πΆβ΅οΈπ (@pwallinga.bsky.social) reply parent
My mom made me check before she got her hopes up. I am still holding onto the hope that those are from a hospital bed.
alber (@captainacab.airbud.website) reposted
π―οΈ π―οΈ π―οΈ π―οΈ π―οΈ it π―οΈ π―οΈ π―οΈ π―οΈ π―οΈ
Patricia Wallinga πΆβ΅οΈπ (@pwallinga.bsky.social)
The Fun Day Online is trickling in. I can feel it
Julia Carrie Wong (@joolia.bsky.social) reposted
dc public safety ppl send out a silver alert I dare you
Patricia Wallinga πΆβ΅οΈπ (@pwallinga.bsky.social) reply parent
I sell my potions and amulets there while living in the attic of Emily Dickinson's house
Patricia Wallinga πΆβ΅οΈπ (@pwallinga.bsky.social) reply parent
Oh my goddddd she's the most "a French bulldog named Cannoli in a stroller" you could possibly imagine π
Patricia Wallinga πΆβ΅οΈπ (@pwallinga.bsky.social) reply parent
Also, like a 70% chance she's progressive on Palestine. The youths love not bombing children. Except Olivia.
Patricia Wallinga πΆβ΅οΈπ (@pwallinga.bsky.social) reply parent
Actually, you're onto something. President Bailie is at WORST going to drag us into a war with Olivia from math class who told everyone about her crush on Jayden, and I can live with that
Patricia Wallinga πΆβ΅οΈπ (@pwallinga.bsky.social) reply parent
Can I make them spend it twice
Patricia Wallinga πΆβ΅οΈπ (@pwallinga.bsky.social) reply parent
Perhaps twenty, even! Imagine paying twenty dollars for something! Anyway, here's what you owe the government
ersatz haderach (@truebe.horse) reposted
my favorite question on here was "even if you wanted to file your taxes for free and directly at the IRS, are you aware it might cost the IRS ten dollars to do it. ten WHOLE dollars, are you really sure you want that? really?" Yes. Yes I do want that.
Patricia Wallinga πΆβ΅οΈπ (@pwallinga.bsky.social) reply parent
Well, that seems like a unanimous consensus. I can't argue with a unanimous consensus like that.
Patricia Wallinga πΆβ΅οΈπ (@pwallinga.bsky.social) reply parent
Phew. 6 out of 12 scenes done here, but I forgot how emotionally taxing it is to work with Scene 6, so I'm debating if this still means I deserve an Emotional Support Burrito.
Patricia Wallinga πΆβ΅οΈπ (@pwallinga.bsky.social) reply parent
Unfortunately, I am also judging you for this.
Imani Gandy (@angryblacklady.bsky.social) reposted
Fiona Apple > that other lady who's in the news for getting engaged to that one guy. For context, PG County is a Black ass county. Fiona Apple was working with an activist group in PG County which inspired her first song in 5 years. Can you imagine that other lady doing anything of the kind.
Patricia Wallinga πΆβ΅οΈπ (@pwallinga.bsky.social) reply parent
Oh, Wes. If [composer redacted] was a Posterβ’ we'd already have gotten into a bitchfight.
Patricia Wallinga πΆβ΅οΈπ (@pwallinga.bsky.social) reply parent
God, I'm about to spend [length of time redacted] trying so so so hard not to subskeet about [composer and piece redacted] and I want you all to know that I have the patience of a saint for this and will, in fact, see the light of heaven. Unlike [composer redacted].
Patricia Wallinga πΆβ΅οΈπ (@pwallinga.bsky.social) reply parent
Ah, the "goes through chapter books like a teenager goes through groceries" era. My nephew is that age and 90 volumes into One Piece.
Patricia Wallinga πΆβ΅οΈπ (@pwallinga.bsky.social) reply parent
probably doesn't help that the standard I hold myself to is "if I print a score with misaligned hairpins I'm going to walk into the sea" and the standard I see in a non-zero amount of professional performing scores is "yeah, fuck it, lyrics on rests is fine"