Aaron P
@aaronpallan.bsky.social
Horror-lover 🦇, stationery-hoarder 🖋️, tea-swiller 🫖. A mostly harmless and generally convivial Canadian queer 🇨🇦 🏳️🌈. Friend to all felines. A little weird, but always SFW. (He/Him).
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I’m extremely enthusiastic about the arrival of winter weather, as you can tell.
November 29, 2025 at 5:29 PM
I’m extremely enthusiastic about the arrival of winter weather, as you can tell.
Brewing some traditionally smoked lapsang souchong on a snowy day.
November 28, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Brewing some traditionally smoked lapsang souchong on a snowy day.
An intercultural moment: Coming from non-Thanksgiving people, today (and its October Canadian counterpart) is just another day for me.
And I was floored to learn that my American friends don’t do Boxing/St. Stephen’s day.
And I was floored to learn that my American friends don’t do Boxing/St. Stephen’s day.
November 27, 2025 at 6:09 PM
An intercultural moment: Coming from non-Thanksgiving people, today (and its October Canadian counterpart) is just another day for me.
And I was floored to learn that my American friends don’t do Boxing/St. Stephen’s day.
And I was floored to learn that my American friends don’t do Boxing/St. Stephen’s day.
(Former) Client: I don’t know if we need you. Anyone can do your job.
2 months later…
FC: So we really need your help with X. It wasn’t as easy as we thought, and we got into a fair amount of trouble.
Me: Bless, but I have prior engagements 🙂↔️
2 months later…
FC: So we really need your help with X. It wasn’t as easy as we thought, and we got into a fair amount of trouble.
Me: Bless, but I have prior engagements 🙂↔️
November 26, 2025 at 7:11 PM
(Former) Client: I don’t know if we need you. Anyone can do your job.
2 months later…
FC: So we really need your help with X. It wasn’t as easy as we thought, and we got into a fair amount of trouble.
Me: Bless, but I have prior engagements 🙂↔️
2 months later…
FC: So we really need your help with X. It wasn’t as easy as we thought, and we got into a fair amount of trouble.
Me: Bless, but I have prior engagements 🙂↔️
… No more I love you's
The language is leaving me
No more I love you's
Changes are shifting outside the words
(The lover speaks about the monsters) 🩰
The language is leaving me
No more I love you's
Changes are shifting outside the words
(The lover speaks about the monsters) 🩰
Dig through the ditches and burn through the witches
I slam in the back of my Dragula
I slam in the back of my Dragula
November 24, 2025 at 6:01 PM
… No more I love you's
The language is leaving me
No more I love you's
Changes are shifting outside the words
(The lover speaks about the monsters) 🩰
The language is leaving me
No more I love you's
Changes are shifting outside the words
(The lover speaks about the monsters) 🩰
Thank you to the 69 people (eyebrow waggle) who like my cake hole.
November 23, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Thank you to the 69 people (eyebrow waggle) who like my cake hole.
The joy when a cake releases perfectly from the pan 🍰
November 22, 2025 at 4:09 AM
The joy when a cake releases perfectly from the pan 🍰
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The narrative that we are being sold that our children's safety is somehow threatened by trans people participating in all aspects of public life as their authentic selves is the exact same bullshit that was peddled about queer folks 30 years ago. It was a lie then and it's a lie now.
November 21, 2025 at 3:50 PM
💯
🎶 In the jungle, the mighty jungle
The lion sleeps tonight 🎶
The lion sleeps tonight 🎶
November 21, 2025 at 3:53 AM
🎶 In the jungle, the mighty jungle
The lion sleeps tonight 🎶
The lion sleeps tonight 🎶
It’s professional development plan season, which means I have to decide whether to tell my current boss that my professional development plan is to retire from corporate life in 8 years, so that I can be an independent consultant working from a pied-à-terre in Lisbon.
November 20, 2025 at 11:30 PM
It’s professional development plan season, which means I have to decide whether to tell my current boss that my professional development plan is to retire from corporate life in 8 years, so that I can be an independent consultant working from a pied-à-terre in Lisbon.
What amazes me is how many people expect us to think that being born into wealth is some sort of accomplishment.
November 18, 2025 at 9:23 PM
What amazes me is how many people expect us to think that being born into wealth is some sort of accomplishment.
Lost a bunch of weight due to Covid so I’m announcing the launch of my new look ..
Pandémique: The Look of the Emaciated
Pandémique: The Look of the Emaciated
a man in a red jacket is holding a stuffed animal while sitting in a crowd .
Alt: The villains from Zoolander looking conspiratorial
media.tenor.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Lost a bunch of weight due to Covid so I’m announcing the launch of my new look ..
Pandémique: The Look of the Emaciated
Pandémique: The Look of the Emaciated
We saw you from across the hallucinatory fever dream and we dig your vibe.
November 16, 2025 at 2:48 AM
We saw you from across the hallucinatory fever dream and we dig your vibe.
Really enjoying the “Russian prison chic” look of my new passport photos
November 15, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Really enjoying the “Russian prison chic” look of my new passport photos
*In my best Dolly Parton voice*
“My calendar of many colours, that my company made for meeeeee.
Made only from meetings, but it followed me so urgently…”
“My calendar of many colours, that my company made for meeeeee.
Made only from meetings, but it followed me so urgently…”
November 14, 2025 at 4:00 PM
*In my best Dolly Parton voice*
“My calendar of many colours, that my company made for meeeeee.
Made only from meetings, but it followed me so urgently…”
“My calendar of many colours, that my company made for meeeeee.
Made only from meetings, but it followed me so urgently…”
Me: This material uses Lego as a metaphor for building things and how everyone is a part of that. Also, it depersonalizes some of the spicier messaging.
Client: I don’t like it.
Me: Anticipating your hatred of fun, here is the same thing using stock photos of smiling worker drones.
C: Perfect.
Client: I don’t like it.
Me: Anticipating your hatred of fun, here is the same thing using stock photos of smiling worker drones.
C: Perfect.
November 13, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Me: This material uses Lego as a metaphor for building things and how everyone is a part of that. Also, it depersonalizes some of the spicier messaging.
Client: I don’t like it.
Me: Anticipating your hatred of fun, here is the same thing using stock photos of smiling worker drones.
C: Perfect.
Client: I don’t like it.
Me: Anticipating your hatred of fun, here is the same thing using stock photos of smiling worker drones.
C: Perfect.
The deep irony and shock that teenaged me would feel if he knew I was currently coaching some colleagues and friends on how to establish and maintain boundaries.
Of all things. Boundaries.
Of all things. Boundaries.
November 12, 2025 at 8:01 PM
The deep irony and shock that teenaged me would feel if he knew I was currently coaching some colleagues and friends on how to establish and maintain boundaries.
Of all things. Boundaries.
Of all things. Boundaries.
Mr. Rabbit is putting on his winter coat 🥼🐇
November 12, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Mr. Rabbit is putting on his winter coat 🥼🐇
I recovered from Covid and got a haircut 💇♂️
November 11, 2025 at 11:34 PM
I recovered from Covid and got a haircut 💇♂️
Neighbour: Why didn’t you answer the door when I knocked?
Me: Because I didn’t want to?
Me: Because I didn’t want to?
November 11, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Neighbour: Why didn’t you answer the door when I knocked?
Me: Because I didn’t want to?
Me: Because I didn’t want to?
Okay, but why do I have to wait ‽
Scorpio: You’ll wake up with a feeling of doom and ennui. Don’t be overly concerned. Eventually the sun will envelop the earth.
November 9, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Okay, but why do I have to wait ‽
For All Hallow’s this year I’m “a recent Covid infection.”
October 31, 2025 at 5:17 PM
For All Hallow’s this year I’m “a recent Covid infection.”
I’m off work sick with a terrible cold/flu. Which means I’m in that weird liminal space between “so tired I can’t get off the couch” and “bored out of my tree.”
October 31, 2025 at 1:47 AM
I’m off work sick with a terrible cold/flu. Which means I’m in that weird liminal space between “so tired I can’t get off the couch” and “bored out of my tree.”