Catsby is thoroughly enjoying the sun on the cardboard we have covering the floor while work gets done on our kitchen.

Cats really do like a thing on a thing, especially if thereā€™s sun

@corbin oh, yeah, Iā€™m aware of all that. I just think itā€™s hilarious to see the consternation that ā€œsocial listeningā€ is apparently impeded for marketing surveillance

@benbrown thatā€™s a rookie move right there

Anything can be a cat toy if you donā€™t want it to be

@voltur I'd be the guy with a battery, solar panels, and a CPAP in my backpack

@weirdofhermiston @CorvidCrone@kolektiva.social Yeah, there is a cardboard box in my office. Sometimes I recycle it, but only if there's another one of similar size to replace it

I messed up my order of operations & timing this morning and am currently enjoying the combined tastes of toothpaste, Listerine, espresso, and Citrucel. Usually I have these things better arranged with some palate cleansing in between

When I was in college in the 90s, I worked the overnight shift at my dorm's front desk for awhile.

I would start every shift with a Snickers & a can of Surge from the lobby vending machines. I always used to wonder why I was so angsty & surly at that job.

youtube.com/watch?v=4ln_hp2RON

Nowadays, a Snickers & a can of Surge would most likely cause me to emit a barbarian yawp and fall into a coma immediately thereafter

Iā€™ll probably get bored with in another week or two, but this thing is unexpectedly snarky & self-referential. Kudos to the writers & localizers šŸ˜‚

High noon in during a heat advisory. Perfect time to stay inside and watch

I thought I'd be annoyed by Johnny Weir hosting for the US on Peacock, but he's been pretty entertaining so far

The entrant from Poland is named Blanka and all I can think is...

Digging the Psycho Mantis from Metal Gear Solid vibe of the Serbian backup dancers

France is a very tall lady. Is this a Resident Evil reference?

I feel like boys in come in only two flavors: Sad & weird. I like the weird ones better

@catmcintyre I think that's acceptable too

#

Les Orchard

@tac0shell So very tall

Sweden's Loreen looks like she's from the planet Arrakis and about to murder with those nails

Not much snarky to say about Albania, I dig 'em

Italy is for all those folks who set up a trampoline in their living room to bounce to ballads

Estonia's ghost piano steals the show, gonna brew some coffee for the ballads though

Finland is a nice neon green and pink bop break from the ballads. Cha cha cha

@ochaos But just sleeves. It was either/or in the rules

Czechia is going to kick your ass with their hair whips and will look great doing it

Australia with the 80s Outrun metal and a keytar onstage, I dig

Belgium is just straight up great pop. I love Hooverphonic but this entry is a better bop

Armenia spilled their nail polish

Ukraine is Iron Man. Not my fave entry from them in the past few years, but ok.

@Polychrome I wonder what the mats are for building that one

Norway will sail in and attack us with corvids

Germany brings the Blood and Glitter and I think they want to fight Norway

Lithuania: time for more coffee

Israel: I just walked into the boss fight room

Slovenia: they seem like nice boys

OH HECK YEAH IT'S CROATIA

Croatia: I donā€™t really know whatā€™s going on but Iā€™d follow them to the traktora

Croatia is like 5 acts of chaos all in one

United Kingdom: ok. this is alright for karaoke

Voting time for . FWIW, my tops:

  1. CROATIA
  2. Australia
  3. Germany
  4. Belgium
  5. Norway
  6. Finland
  7. Czechia
  8. Ukraine

(this was a good show! this is hard, fun that americans can vote this year!)

These jury votes are rather baffling

Huh, Sweden didn't even feel like top 10 to me šŸ¤·ā€ā™‚ļø Finland was robbed

Congrats to Sweden though, it was a good show all around!

@phrawzty israel was looking like a contender for a bit!

2023/05/14