moth-girlfriend

[moth-girlfriend]

i hate being an adult because no matter how hard you try your house is never ever ever ever ever clean

[moth-girlfriend]

The last time we were on a long flight, my wife and I invented a game we call "Little Guy."

You start a game of Little Guy by saying, "I'm gonna hand you a little guy." The little guy is some kind of baby animal you are imagining. "Oh," she might say in response, "Okay," and hold out her hands for it. I will then mime handing her the animal. This provides some clues as to the little guy's size, weight, and general ungainliness.

She then gets to ask questions about what kind of little guy this is, BUT NO QUESTIONS ABOUT HIS ACTUAL APPEARANCE OR SPECIES ARE ALLOWED. Qualitative questions, or questions about his behavior, are the only ones permitted. She can ask "Is he soft?" or "Does he seem nervous about being held?" or "If I put him in the bathtub, does he seem okay with that?" or "Would he like a lil grape?" or "Is he the sort of little fellow who would wear a vest in a children's book?" but not "Does he have fur," "Is he a reptile," "Is he from Asia," etc. Some questions are in a grey area so you have to follow your heart, but the point is not to identify the animal as fast as possible: the point is to guess the animal purely based on vibes + how he would act if he were in your living room right now.

And I'm not limited to yes or no answers! If she asks, "Would it feel appropriate to see this little guy in a propeller hat?" I can reply, "Oh no, he has a gravity to him. A bowler hat would be a more appropriate hat." Or if she asks, "Does this little guy have protagonist energy?" I can say something like, "he probably wouldn't be the main character in a children's cartoon. He'd probably be the main character's ditzy best friend who's always eating sandwiches, or something."

We're big Twenty Questions to kill time in a waiting room people, but Little Guy is more about the journey than the destination. It's got a different kind of sauce that's nice if "killing time" and "lowering anxiety" need to happen hand in hand.

[moth-girlfriend]

on love arriving unannounced

[moth-girlfriend]

NO mom it’s NOT a phase *spurs clank as i stomp up the stairs*

[moth-girlfriend]

whats it like to lock your fingers with someone you love

[moth-girlfriend]

please be nice to me, i'm in my twenties. do you know what that does to a person

[moth-girlfriend]

what terminally online looks like will depend on your primary platform. twitter brain worms look very different from tiktok brain worms and tumblr brain worms are a whole other species

[moth-girlfriend]

brb going on a walk to clear my head

[moth-girlfriend]

reverse gaslighting where i pretend to know exactly what you are talking about

[moth-girlfriend]

My Collection

[moth-girlfriend]

I’m fine

[moth-girlfriend]

im the bug that your parents say is more scared of you than you are of me

[moth-girlfriend]

anybody know what to do with it all

[moth-girlfriend]

The Curious Thing, Sandra Lim

[moth-girlfriend]

they should make a pill that makes people in their 20s feel good about where their lives are going

[moth-girlfriend]

impostor syndrome is a common problem in academia. For example my colleagues keep putting me in the airlock and ejecting me into space

[moth-girlfriend]

I can’t let motherfuckers know I got desires or they’ll think I suck