A story: *exists* Me: *multipronged approach* She/her/hers. Lit nerd, storyteller, editor Unhinged for the craft of writing Shameless lover of memes Aspiring polyglot Queer af🏳️‍🌈🖤🤍💜💚 Ask me about my brain gremlin, Deep Fried JPEGhttps://bsky.app/profile/ritika.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/ritika.bsky.social/post/3lcyngn45mk2fI wish the only problem I had to deal with was the fact that I like to have my hair long aesthetically but my long hair refuses to stay in any scrunchie, elastic, hair tie, hair band, hair pin, hair stick, hair comb, claw clip, or other contraption, to the point it's sensory hell when I try to sleep11 Dec 2024 01:52 +0000at://did:plc:mbrcstvditappeqkn77voism/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcyngn45mk2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/ritika.bsky.social/post/3kisvnvmagd2qI don't even know where the damn screenshot came up from lmfao I'm out here sending funny animal pics to my classroom discord server and there it was?? I haven't seen it in MONTHS Anyhoo. 5 pm on a Friday is probably the best time to get into my feels because I don't have much going on this weekend [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 Jan 2024 22:08 +0000at://did:plc:mbrcstvditappeqkn77voism/app.bsky.feed.post/3kisvnvmagd2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/ritika.bsky.social/post/3kisvj7ukgu24I accidentally made myself sad by reading a poem I wrote years ago about a father knowing he and his toddler son are going to be g*nocided by an oppressive political power which was actually a companion to a short story which was actually one of an anthology companion to my WIP trilogy 🥴12 Jan 2024 22:05 +0000at://did:plc:mbrcstvditappeqkn77voism/app.bsky.feed.post/3kisvj7ukgu24https://bsky.app/profile/ritika.bsky.social/post/3keb3bv3xvk2vThe funnest (by which I mean most excruciating) problem I encounter both as a writer and as an editor is dealing with impossibly articulate and long-winded dialogue in urgent situations. I know it's not plausible but it is compelling, so now what do I do?15 Nov 2023 22:20 +0000at://did:plc:mbrcstvditappeqkn77voism/app.bsky.feed.post/3keb3bv3xvk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/ritika.bsky.social/post/3kdvhmdl2h22kTwitter, as was, had a certain flavour of unpredictable, unhinged, wack "discourse" I enjoyed being part of. A large part of my inability to settle into bluesky stems from wondering if I should ease into that carefully cultivated online persona or dive head-first into the deep end here11 Nov 2023 07:29 +0000at://did:plc:mbrcstvditappeqkn77voism/app.bsky.feed.post/3kdvhmdl2h22khttps://bsky.app/profile/ritika.bsky.social/post/3k7h7qf4uf52pYes? When?! I need to keep my schedule open for that [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 Sep 2023 17:50 +0000at://did:plc:mbrcstvditappeqkn77voism/app.bsky.feed.post/3k7h7qf4uf52phttps://bsky.app/profile/ritika.bsky.social/post/3k622j5wwyq23Of course my body chooses exactly the period in which I have to do time sensitive and logistically intricate tasks to go on a health downswing Here I am, the night before I fly out to the next chapter of my life, cursing fluently, packing in a flurry Idek if everything's I need/want is going in28 Aug 2023 18:46 +0000at://did:plc:mbrcstvditappeqkn77voism/app.bsky.feed.post/3k622j5wwyq23https://bsky.app/profile/ritika.bsky.social/post/3k5q6qam4rs2tMy head needs cracking open like a coconut and all the phlegm collected in my sinus cavity scraped out and my neural circuitry re-tightened and then left to air out for 8-10 business days24 Aug 2023 20:35 +0000at://did:plc:mbrcstvditappeqkn77voism/app.bsky.feed.post/3k5q6qam4rs2thttps://bsky.app/profile/ritika.bsky.social/post/3k5pw3pvdp425 [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Aug 2023 18:01 +0000at://did:plc:mbrcstvditappeqkn77voism/app.bsky.feed.post/3k5pw3pvdp425https://bsky.app/profile/ritika.bsky.social/post/3k5pr2sru7c2eAbout 24 hours ago, the hypersphere model of the universe's geometry was revealed to me and while I'm not agreeing or disagreeing with its plausibility, I've spent the last whole day sobbing in awe because my brain is at breaking point I wish I could sculpt this vision I have of infinity 😭24 Aug 2023 16:31 +0000at://did:plc:mbrcstvditappeqkn77voism/app.bsky.feed.post/3k5pr2sru7c2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/ritika.bsky.social/post/3k5nsgqpg7g2vWhat happened in the hour and 9 minutes between the first posting and the update? [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Aug 2023 21:48 +0000at://did:plc:mbrcstvditappeqkn77voism/app.bsky.feed.post/3k5nsgqpg7g2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/ritika.bsky.social/post/3k5nsdtdsmv2p"Slight chance water makes things wet." [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Aug 2023 21:46 +0000at://did:plc:mbrcstvditappeqkn77voism/app.bsky.feed.post/3k5nsdtdsmv2phttps://bsky.app/profile/ritika.bsky.social/post/3k5nqtux3oa2gYoooooo wtf [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Aug 2023 21:20 +0000at://did:plc:mbrcstvditappeqkn77voism/app.bsky.feed.post/3k5nqtux3oa2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/ritika.bsky.social/post/3k5nqr5dpyu2pI've been on Mastodon for months and I still can't find people unhinged enough or surrounding my interests enough to follow there Something has to be said for the discover feed [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Aug 2023 21:18 +0000at://did:plc:mbrcstvditappeqkn77voism/app.bsky.feed.post/3k5nqr5dpyu2phttps://bsky.app/profile/ritika.bsky.social/post/3k5nipi5drh2pPeople with giant egos and unfillable pockets are playing hot potato with their lives this decade and they keep dropping the potato It feels nice knowing when my time comes, it won't be because of my own hubris23 Aug 2023 18:54 +0000at://did:plc:mbrcstvditappeqkn77voism/app.bsky.feed.post/3k5nipi5drh2phttps://bsky.app/profile/ritika.bsky.social/post/3k5nglntgdf22Precisely the energy I was missing since quitting the platform formerly known as Twitter [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Aug 2023 18:16 +0000at://did:plc:mbrcstvditappeqkn77voism/app.bsky.feed.post/3k5nglntgdf22https://bsky.app/profile/ritika.bsky.social/post/3k5n6pylhx222I have had so many bullshit responses to when I complained about capped salaries vis-à-vis the Peter Principle I shouldn't have to do a job I'm bad at, don't have the aptitude for, no interest in, and don't like to get better pay despite years of professional experience [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Aug 2023 15:57 +0000at://did:plc:mbrcstvditappeqkn77voism/app.bsky.feed.post/3k5n6pylhx222https://bsky.app/profile/ritika.bsky.social/post/3k5msqmmhil2aOMG CHANDRAYAAN 3 IS LANDING TEN MINUTES TO TOUCHDOWN!!!23 Aug 2023 12:23 +0000at://did:plc:mbrcstvditappeqkn77voism/app.bsky.feed.post/3k5msqmmhil2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/ritika.bsky.social/post/3k5mgthjxv72d*clown shoes squeaking* [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Aug 2023 08:50 +0000at://did:plc:mbrcstvditappeqkn77voism/app.bsky.feed.post/3k5mgthjxv72d