Grammy nominated visual artist (Numero Group Cities of Darkscorch— best art direction/box set) making hand painted/drawn pieces, but still working a day job.
My boss is going to be so mad about all of the current Virginia laws I very easily searched for online & printed & made pamphlets & highlighted & wrote notes on & alerted my coworkers to & left at work for everyone to look through because they are all laws he’s broken. Sup baby!
For real though, a lot of sewage went in the James just this weekend, this week, and there’s a combined sewage overflow event because of todays flooding—the James being our primary water source, how safe is our tap water right now?! Do we worry? uuuuugh please calm my ass down!
Today a man told me “no one wants to work! That’s the problem! A friend asked to borrow $50 so I asked him to come work with me for 8 hours to put money in his pocket! I offered him $60 for the 8 hours and he said he’d rather stay at home!”
No shit dude! $60 for 8 hrs labor? No
Tomorrow might be a hell of a day for me but I’m ready. I have admission of 1 of his illegal actions in writing from our text exchange & a coworker has another. We’re angry & everyone is now equipped with the knowledge of their workers rights. Best make some changes, boss man.
Onto other stressful news: My roommate who was going to stay another year is now moving at the end of January so I have until the end of December to find 2 roommates instead of 1. If y’all know anyone looking, it’s in northside, rent is $333.33, no bills included, please god lmk
Some of my recent ensembles for work. A most fashionable corner store clerk, indeed. Today’s outfit is the psychedelic jumpsuit in the first pic. 💪🏻😎💪🏻
I have a possum now. Animal Control just stopped by to see if he’s going to make it and after a physical/behavioral checkup, they are confident that he’s just stunned and needed a safe place to rest. He chose my porch and this box I put out for the cats for his rest. I am honored
Looking for leads in Richmond VA, preferably northside, for rooms available in shared adult housing for $600/mo or less. 65 year old man seeking housing as his current landlord is raising rent from $600 to $800 in 2 months time. If you know of a spot, send info for me to share ♥️
So o o ooo windy today I had to come up with a new hairstyle to keep my hair from blasting me in the face. I think it might become my new thing. I like it.
RIP Mr D
I will miss your gravely meow, your persistence at meal time, and how endeared you’d become to pets and brushing. It only took 3 years for you to let me touch you, but that’s just you being street smart as a street cat. Thank you for being my friend for almost 8 years ❤️
My neighbor started rebuilding her porch & fence after the last time a car crashed into her house on 12/31/21 only to have another fucking car smash her fence, brickwork & progress on the rebuild of her porch AGAIN, TONIGHT. What will it take to get speed deterrents?! My god
Yay, the roommate who has been such a source of stress and drama this past year (extra awful these past few months) moved out. A few days ago she barricaded the door to prevent my walking away & screamed at me, calling me stupid & delusional bc I asked her to get trash bags. Bye!
Fixed my sweatshorts tan line by laying out on my back porch for the 1st time in 6 yrs living in this apt. Neighbor across the alley shouted “YEAH GIRL!!” & it felt empowering in the way “Fat James”(old downstairs neighbor) used to boost me up. Miss him every day. RIP James Sr.
I’ve been obsessed with my cat for 15 entire years including these past few months when she started meowing in my ear 2 hours before my alarm goes off. I respect her audacity. She’s a go getter!
This month marks our 15th anniversary and I love her more & more every single day.
I’ve gained a little weight since I started my job because A)I have access to an abundance of lightly expired food for free & B) I can afford to eat, even if I can’t afford to eat exactly what I want. I’m not mad to see the change, I’m glad that I’m no longer hungry all the time.
Yeah I know smoking is bad but has your corner store guy ever held on to your business card, checked it to find a way to contact you, and thoughtfully emailed to let you know he restocked your preferred smokes? Above and beyond, my dude!
Richmond: can someone please do some funky edits/extended disco mixes etc of the Agee’s Bicycles song? It’s been waiting 29 years to go from being a total banger to being even more of a total banger. “Take control, it’s in your soul. Now you’re on a roll.” Bring out the best in U
I got a date locked down for this month at fuzzy! Took a minute to get it but here we are 🙌🏻 and there I’ll be on the 27th of this month. See you there? I hope I do! It brings me tremendous joy to share some of my most beloved & truly gorgeous tracks with all y’all ❤️
And that is why he is renovating a rental apartment alone. Not because no one wants to work, but because he’s offering $60 for 8 hours of labor, insultingly far below the minimum wage. Reframe your thinking, dear sir, and your eyes will begin to see the truth as clear as day.
How are you gonna expect this precious ensemble wearing Area Woman to stay in your toxic workplace? And then you admit you’re capping our pay at $12/hr?!
Oh yeah! Check this—he said we should tackle customers if they are caught stealing— you’ve got to be kidding me (he wasn’t)
Montana Gold Man comped a loaf of cinnamon bread for me today. Last week he comped a cinnamon roll. I sincerely appreciate this man. Love this guy, he’s my dude. He also had on a killer flannel today. Stylin, comping me breads. My sugar daddy.
My friend who was stabbed twice last week & ended up in the ICU just waltzed the fuck into the store and showed me his entire stapled stomach HE IS ALIVE, baby!! My friend is alive!! Best day.
It’s my cats birth month! I don’t know the exact date so we celebrate throughout the entire month, and this is a big year— it’s her sweet 16!! We’ve been together since she was 2 months old and she has grown to become my greatest love. Happy birthday to Lemmy, my sweetest pea!
Yesterday a customer brought me donuts. Today a different customer brought me a plate from home, with a side of cake. That chicken fell off the bone my god I am blessed
Aw, I’m on this list for favorite DJs in Richmond. If you know me or have seen me DJ, you know I’m Area Woman.
And of course a bunch of my friends are on it too! If you wanna, vote for me or one of the fellow “players of supreme jams” featured on the list!
I brushed my cat for so long this morning, she was in a state of bliss. I love her. I cooked an egg and heated up leftover chicken and shared the cooked yolk and bits of chicken with her. I love her, I do. I’ll give her a cat-gurt (her fav meat purée) soon. I celebrate my Lemmy.
In our latest, we speak with
@SFdirewolf
about her campaign to reinstate a mask mandate at UCSF, a hospital system home to a number of physicians who have played an outsized, deleterious, role in advocating for a premature end to covid protections
Art pays for shit but my tiny paintbrushes run me about $60 for 8-9 brushes and they really only last for 1 painting (I use em til they completely die out but for the small details, nope, need new brushes)
I have a lot of hair.. maybe I make my own? Maybe I’ll make my Gdamn own.
On my way to work I saw a crow swoop down to grab a rogue piece of pizza off the street. Flew up on a power line holding half a slice in its beak. Pizza bird blew my mind! No one else was out to see it, but I saw it.
8am Pizza Bird set the tone for a wonderful day.
Just texted someone about the
🔥cheese pumpkin french onion bisque🔥 I made last night which I described as “gourdgeous” so I’ll understand if I never hear from them again
My roommate camped out in trees designated for removal to protest/halt their destruction.. he ate, drank, slept, shit and pissed up in a tree for weeks or longer. To keep it safe.
I’ve asked him to wear a mask at work to protect me. He hasn’t. We work together. Let me be a tree.
Last night I was able to kiss my cat’s precious face at midnight and begin this new year with my girl. I was worried she wouldn’t make it to her 16th birthday in June, and she was diagnosed with inoperable terminal cancer in July. But here we are in January 2024, still together❤️
Before I contact my employer regarding his decision to inform employees 2 days into the new year that our PTO from the previous year does not roll over into this new year— can anyone confirm that this is a violation of VA law under Article 2.1 of Title 40.1 (Labor & Employment)!?
“Oof Madone!” my fucking heart, look at this beautiful photo of Tony Sirico! I’ve watched the Sopranos in its entirety at least 90 times up to this point and it hurts my heart to hear he’s passed on. He finally tied his shoelaces and ate that plate of braciole. RIP Tony S.
It is my birthday. I slept until 1:30pm and that was nice. Today I will paint a chair on my back porch, and who knows what other wild stuff I’ll get into. Might order some chicken fiesta so I can have tres leches delivered to me.
“34, what’s in store?” (this years catch phrase)
I was almost on The Jerry Springer Show. Got to the part where producers were requesting a fax of my ID so they could buy my plane ticket and I bailed. Years later, as a stagehand, I stood next to Jerry for a minute when he hosted the touring Price is Right.
Hate to be one of many bearers of this bad news but covid is absolutely raging right now and everyone should be wearing masks. You’re just going to keep getting sick, my beloved friends. Protect yourselves. Love you.
I started a new job at my usual corner store today & I’m gonna love this shit, I’ll tell you what!!
It’s an 8 min walk from home! The owner said I can work on art in down time & I can sell my pins & earrings at the store if I want to! Def gonna talk them into getting a shop cat!
A woman cried in the shop bc I gave her 2 big bags of food, a spot to sit & WiFi to call & secure warm shelter tonight. It should be the norm to share warmth/resources. It shouldn’t make her cry. Shouldn’t, but it did. “Lingering” in warmth should be encouraged, not punished.
I’ve been so quiet because I’ve been so depressed but the greatest burden of my immediate surroundings (my gaslighting roommate who followed me through the apartment yelling at me til I shut myself in the bathroom last night) is moving next month!! There is a light! I see it now!
I started taking photos of myself doing backbends in front of things about a decade ago. Objects, sculptures, monuments, people, cities, buildings, Predator replicas, whatever. This was the first and is still my greatest. 10 years ago, I posed perfectly.
Someone just knocked on my back door in a friendly way but not in the way my next door neighbor knocks, and my god I was Annoyed (yes with a capital A)
Like, “who the hell is on the other side of this door, oh lord, oh god” and IT WAS COOKIES.
My coworkers left me cookies. Yay
I was anxious to go to the potluck with no food (bc I’m broke) so I packed an entertainment bag to make up for it & my picks were slam dunks! Brought a book of 2,750 limericks, a book called “How to Make Love to a Man” c. 1981 (it’s so bad) & true crime trading cards. Nailed It🔥
The store I work in has cameras with audio and I’ve heard that my boss watches and listens quite regularly so every day I talk about how shitty the wages are and how we all deserve a living wage. If he’s embarrassed by this, he knows what to do to fix it.
I’m a little spicy this morning! My boss called to ask if anyone I know is looking for work and I straight up told him I don’t know anyone who can survive on minimum wage so they’d need to know they were getting raises and when. We’ll see how this plays out. Who knows
I am honored to be viewed as safe not just for the cats but also our marsupial neighbors, to know that they can seek refuge in my presence. Thankful for the trust this requires on their end.
I will be fixing him a plate when it’s wet food time for the porch cats. New friend.
I handed him the packet including the pay transparency law, reminding him again that it is illegal to tell workers they cannot discuss wages, to which he replied “it is my policy, that is your opinion but that is my policy” to which I replied “it is the law” and read it to him.
I got a washing machine today babyyyyyy!!!! 3 years of searching for a free washer and my friends found one & delivered it today!!!
They coordinated the delivery too❤️ I am so grateful!!
Ps all the exclamation points are warranted this is a very exciting day for my household!!!!
Funk tracks blasting from somewhere in Gilpin right now, making its way to my back porch. Sounds like summer. Sounds like joy. It’s bringing a smile to my face, especially whoever is shredding on the flute on this particular song. Hot jams on a this hot ass day!
WHO BOUGHT ME CROCS AND MAILED THEM TO ME?!?! I CANT WAIT TO WEAR WHAT FEELS LIKE CLOUDS MADE FOR FEET TO WORK TOMORROW! So sorry for all caps BUT IM VERY EXCITED
When I got off the bus today the driver held the doors open and said “hey wait a minute, you’re that DJ, right?”
Indeed I am!
I remember meeting him years ago, and he still remembers me! It was a sweet interaction, I smiled all the way to my front door.
Why’s my job that pays me under the table mad that I paid myself for the hours I already worked this week— I didn’t do some future pay shit but just my hours for last & this week. No good, they say! Under the table means no rules if I’ve already worked the hours, I say!
Yeah I could put the wet cat food out for my outside cat friends and walk the F away but nooo I can’t let myself, I must play “cat bouncer” and bounce every cats hungry ass who forces their tiny head into another cats bowl.
Equal portions are doled out for a reason y’all, cmon!
Y’all! If you have it in your wallets and hearts and live in Richmond VA come show my artist ass some support at the moon market at stone brewery today! Here til 6! I have projects going on that won’t pay out for longer than I can hold out, please show me love if you can. Love u
It feels embarrassing, shameful to talk about being broke as often as I do, but I remind myself (every time I do) that anyone who might consider me a “loser” is: so rude, classist, & wildly out of touch with how laborious many low wage jobs are/impossible to get ahead as a result
Playing records for your listening and dancing pleasure this Saturday night at Fuzzy Cactus! 10-2 or whenever the bar closes, but if enough of y’all fellow Le Freaks come through we’ll party til riiiight before it’s no longer legal for the bar to be open! See y’all there!
I have to have a really uncomfortable conversation this week and it’s not going to go well and I’m going to be gaslit but I know in my heart, mind and my gut that it’s the right thing and I’m writing a vague post to remind myself that I should not feel guilty. It will get better.
Last night one of the porch cats was hit by a car out front and killed. There was blood and bits of his eyeball sprayed across the pavement. It was terrible. People need to slow the fuck down and watch the fuck out.
I’ve only been making art because I needed a *real job* to save $ toward my lifelong dream of opening a Guns ‘n Roses theme casino, “Pair ‘O Dice City”.
Instead of getting dressed and packing records like I need to be doing (I’m posting as I have my stress smoke) I’ve been bullet proofing all the windows my cat likes to lay by (as best I can) to ease my mind before I leave her for the first time on NYE since 2019.
Dew point is 74. It’s been above 70 for 2 weeks, maybe longer. A reminder that 70+ is categorized as “intolerable” —I’ve been wondering if my fixation on dew point is warranted.
@AndrewNBC12
would you be interested in weighing in? Is dew pt how we gauge the thickness of air?