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Grumpy 4 Lyfe @grumpysmurf.bsky.social · 5h

Oh btw the linen spray I made — a personal blend to work with what's already going on in the house — nails it. It's a good start.

Visitors (rare unlock) note that the vibe at my place is correct, one guest even going 'on record' to say "immaculate 👌" (which = 🥰 to me a Marian).

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Grumpy 4 Lyfe @grumpysmurf.bsky.social · 5h

There is no better use of time available to a human.

Grumpy 4 Lyfe @grumpysmurf.bsky.social · 5h

It'll come back. You make amazing things. If you don't anymore, though, you've already made so much incredible stuff.

Grumpy 4 Lyfe @grumpysmurf.bsky.social · 6h

Necessary link: www.tumblr.com/holy-odours

@holy-odours · V+R: A Vocation to Holy Odours

I'm getting started making things that feel and smell holy especially for people who don't want anything to do with the church. The welcoming are welcomed.

www.tumblr.com

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Grumpy 4 Lyfe @grumpysmurf.bsky.social · 6h

I need help getting started if you can spare it. (Venmo: @/Gregory-Peebles | CashApp: $congregamus)

Tumblr (attached pic) is where I'm showing process/what this is about, so if you're there, consider a follow. Likewise, if you're not over there and want me to talk about it here, I certainly will.

Screenshot of a Tumblr, Title "A Vocation to Holy Odours." The banner pic is of a stone sacristy. A kneeler pillow, a couple of candlestick, a missal desk, some stoles, and icon of Our Lady, leaded glass windows. The intro text reads, "I'm getting started making things that feel and smell holy especially for people who don't want anything to do with the church. The welcoming are welcomed."

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Grumpy 4 Lyfe @grumpysmurf.bsky.social · 21h

Today, Bishop Paula Clark banged on the red doors of Jesus Factory #2. We only made her wait *a little while* before we answered 😝

Bishop Paula Clark in gold chasuble and mitre requests entrance to Church of Our Saviour in Lincoln Park. Her chaplain, Luis Garcia, is obstructed from view by her gesture.

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Grumpy 4 Lyfe @grumpysmurf.bsky.social · 21h

I don't have *your* specific fundamentalist religious baggage. I have mine. Wanna trade and see (as the old celeb rags used to ask) "Who Wore it Best"?

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Grumpy 4 Lyfe @grumpysmurf.bsky.social · 3d

I haven't started candles yet, but they're coming. Can you save me some trouble and tell me a few lessons you wish you would have known when you were starting out?

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Grumpy 4 Lyfe @grumpysmurf.bsky.social · 3d

There are definitely things that LLMs can already do that are the equivalent of a washer-dryer combo, or a dish washer: their facility with those tasks simply free human attention. The rest? "Creative AI"? It's just a toy, and the "creativity" is refrigerator-level at best.

Grumpy 4 Lyfe @grumpysmurf.bsky.social · 3d

I woke up with a head cold yesterday.

Being dedicated to masks means that hasn't happened in a couple of years. However, this outcome seems to suggest that lately I haven't been as dedicated a mask-wearer as I consider myself. Very, very glad that it's just a cold. (Yes, I tested.)

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Nothings Monstered @nothingsmonstrd.bsky.social · 3d

I mean I found on Tumblr I don't know who created this but it is two medieval peasants with doing kids for threshing taken out of some illuminated manuscript from the Middle Ages and they are using their Threshers to whack the shit out of a laptop computer and the text above it says
serfing the internet

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Grumpy 4 Lyfe @grumpysmurf.bsky.social · 5d

Since I did that infused oil last week, I’ve been wanting to do more scent-craft. I had planned to make my own carrier, but the bottles came full of perfumer’s alcohol, so no need for distilled water and witch hazel. Just add fragrance.

A portrait mode closer image of two amber glass spritz bottles (one 2 oz., one 8 oz.) on my kitchen table. The labels say "Room Spray."

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Grumpy 4 Lyfe @grumpysmurf.bsky.social · 5d

And enjoyed "Drawn Together"!!!

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Grumpy 4 Lyfe @grumpysmurf.bsky.social · 5d

Looking forward to the holiday pics!

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Grumpy 4 Lyfe @grumpysmurf.bsky.social · 7d

a bit of public text rendered stylistically on a support beam reading

“It be like that sometimes” (the i-dot is a heart, O is a heart, E is sigma-adjacent, and S =$

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Grumpy 4 Lyfe @grumpysmurf.bsky.social · 11d

The oil is an infusion from pulverized frankincense and myrrh resin extracted over low heat for about two hours at a time twice a day (8 hours) for two days. I also added a drop each of eucalyptus, lemongrass, and cedar wood essential oils for additional complexity.

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Grumpy 4 Lyfe @grumpysmurf.bsky.social · 23d

Believe it or not, I did manage to keep from smoking myself immobile before breakfast, so I’ve got the potatoes cubed and soaking.

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Grumpy 4 Lyfe @grumpysmurf.bsky.social · 23d

My fresh pesto is amazing.

Grumpy 4 Lyfe @grumpysmurf.bsky.social · 24d

I have *decided* today is going to be a good day in spite of the fact that it's gonna be 84F at today's hottest. In fucking October.

I don't want the oven on for long, so I'm just going to make a fresh pesto and do a loaded pasta salad and garlic bread for dinner.

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Grumpy 4 Lyfe @grumpysmurf.bsky.social · 24d

I have *decided* today is going to be a good day in spite of the fact that it's gonna be 84F at today's hottest. In fucking October.

I don't want the oven on for long, so I'm just going to make a fresh pesto and do a loaded pasta salad and garlic bread for dinner.

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Grumpy 4 Lyfe @grumpysmurf.bsky.social · 28d

Blessed Michaelmas, Blooskis. I am named after Uriel, Archangel, so I have a special attachment to this feast.

May Michael's protection be on all of good will.

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Grumpy 4 Lyfe @grumpysmurf.bsky.social · 28d

Loved reading this and imagining you happy and at home.

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Grumpy 4 Lyfe @grumpysmurf.bsky.social · Sep 26

I’m so sorry. You deserve better.

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Grumpy 4 Lyfe @grumpysmurf.bsky.social · Sep 26

Today it feels very tempting to try and be seen by gay men again. I know this doesn’t work. And I know that it makes it worse for me when I give in to the inclination and put myself out there again hopefully.

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Grumpy 4 Lyfe @grumpysmurf.bsky.social · Sep 25

Love the tattoo!

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Grumpy 4 Lyfe @grumpysmurf.bsky.social · Sep 24

I hear that. It's hard work trying to hold anyone's attention in this world.