…actually, why not?
What is your favorite holiday? Why is it your favorite?
Christmas because vibes, mulled wine, and five billion types of cookies, cakes, and chocolate.
Snow, if you’re lucky, pretty lights, ridiculous movies you watch because tradition (you secretly like it), and season-appropriate music (jingle all the way).
Be silly, be cringe, it’s Yuletime.
#humpday
What topics do you like to discuss?
Warm nights, candles on the tabletop, red wine.
Those conversations stay with you for a long, long time.
#weekend
What is your favorite restaurant?
That one eatery with the wilted menus, fake flowers, and bad lighting.
Something unknown’s on mute, flickering across an ancient TV in the top corner. A radio is playing somewhere, you can barely hear the music. There’s a teen at the register, bored but dutiful, and a kid battling their homework at a random table. Pots and pans can be heard, something delicious is sizzling. A woman hurries busily between the tables, an older relative is yelling in the back.
Such eateries exist everywhere, and the food is always exactly what you needed, right at that moment.
Like lighthouses in the dark, these hidden gems are human, necessary, and perfect.
#mondaymood
What are 5 everyday things that bring you happiness?
Ah, what a question. Five, five, five. What an interesting number. A full hand. Makes you want to grab it, doesn’t it? A number you can literally hold. Look at that sky. Reminds me of this one time in Italy, lovely summer. I ran into this incredible artisan, he carved these little elephants out of stone pines. Tiny. Perfect. He was from Sierra Leone. Led the most fascinating life. Oh, is that coffee? Wonderful, wonderful. What blend is it? Costa Rican? Mmmh, wonderful. Perfect. Thank you. Have you ever been? You should go. Travel does such good things to the heart and mind. It opens the soul to the world. Now, where we? Happiness? Now that is a big question. Tricky, tricky. Happiness is like water, isn’t it? You have it then, whoops, misery. Worst day of your life. Suddenly, a butterfly flutters by, or you run into an old friend you haven’t seen in a while, and there it is again, happiness. It’s such a fascinating part of existence, isn’t it? This coffee is very good, you have to tell me where you got it from. The shop, of course, ahahaha, silly you. Silly me, too. Let’s all be silly. People should be silly more, shouldn’t they? Just abrooblibloop and there, no sadness. Just happiness and butterflies, tiny elephants, and coffee. Wonderful.
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What animals make the best/worst pets?
Dear Sir / Madam / Being / Entity,
Blessings on your household, for the Ancient Gods have spoken!
To be claimed by a cat is to have an Ancient God call you worthy.
Feed the feline well, provide warmth and curious human things, for the Ancient Gods are playful. Allow long naps and give good scritches, and all will be well.
Remember, ye are in the presence of the Ancient One. Some things cannot be explained.
Enjoy your days and live well.
Yours sincerely,
Bastet’s Acolytes, Re-incarnated
c/o The Cat Distribution System
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