Mel G

"the only true wisdom is in knowing you are cringe." ~ Socrates, probably

Today's colour is #D2693C, a shade of red-orange. A rustic celebration of the finite, the journey to decay. Notes of apricot puree, alternative rock, and respecting other people's enjoyment of pumpkin spice things, even when you personally find them way too sweet.

Today's colour is #D1B5AF, a light shade of... taupe? Pallid fleshy texture, shapely and exposed. Notes of siltstone, sliced pork, and sphynx cat.

Today's colour is #D10222, a shade of red. Swinging from flirty to passionate, a horizontal slink. Notes of Moulin Rouge, Jessica Rabbit, and city streetlights, even stoplights.

Today's colour is #D04E95, a shade of magenta-pink. Genericized, ubiquitous. A sea of cheerfully vicious competitors. Notes of rideshare, fashion doll, and bismuth subsalicylate stomach relief.

Today's colour is #CF9B08, a shade of yellow. A rich, jammy gold evoking simple pleasures. Halcyon sentiment. Notes of io moth, dying sunflower, and finally breaking the yolk of a perfect, sunny-side-up egg.

Today's colour is #CEE77B, a medium light shade of yellow-green. A woken pungence : welcome, well-warm. Notes of sliced kiwi, washi paper, and your mother-in-law's advice about making weed butter.

Today's colour is #CE33EE, a shade of magenta. Playful and disposable. Getting the most out of your last-minute halloween costume. Notes of baby goth, gengar, and dubstep music video.

brain was not very good today, but we had some paneer masala and did a bit of youtube yoga and things are mostly okay now.

Today's colour is #CD8061, a shade of brown. Rustles, pops, rumbles. Inaudible, except that are so very close and the space is wrapped in a drifting stillness. Notes of butcher paper, bread crust, and a local used bookstore that also fosters cats for adoption.

Many writers find (I certainly do) that constraints can feed creativity, to a degree. "Write story" sure but "write a story about a sentient aluminum can with font allergies" yes now we're cooking.

Today's colour is #CCCCD4, a light shade of grey. Callous contempt, clichés coiling downward. Notes of concrete powder, cold cadaver, and a corkscrew discarded after just one use.

Today's colour is #CC1947, a shade of pink. Shocking, unapologetic in the face of the perennially waivering. Notes of watermelon salsa, Klingon bloodwine, and Eartha Kitt.

Today's colour is #CB65BA, a shade of magenta. Simpering, a floral veil over a sternly regimented production. Notes of silk scarf, echinacea, and crocheted toilet roll cover.

Today's colour is #CAB22D, a shade of yellow. Gently pious: a tiny drop hoping to join the rising tide. Notes of extra fluids, mild malaise, and soreness near the site of injection.

Roses are red. Tires are flammable...

Today's colour is #C9FEA0, a light shade of green. A contradiction of insufficiencies. Wiggly, anomalous. Notes of inattention, impulsivity, and hyperfocus.

Today's colour is #C94B13, a shade of red-orange. A slick, oily burn that creeps up on you and doesn't fade easily. Notes of tomato frog, Armageddon, and hot chicken.

Today's colour is #C89786, a medium light shade of brown. Eyes to the earth. Scrubby starch in a dark jacket, waiting for butter. Notes of baking, mashing, and sticking in a stew.

Today's colour is #C7E3F9, a very light shade of cyan-blue. Serenely empty. Crystaline threads dissolving in the rain. Notes of anemia, cotton candy, and Jonathan Livingston Seagull.

Today's colour is #C7306C, a shade of pink. Neotenic. Striving forward and back in tandem, to open without inviting injury. Notes of lip gloss, 30th birthday decor, and the gills of an albanistic axolotl.

Today's colour is #C67CDF, a medium light shade of magenta. Affectionate gratitude. Passing plates hand to hand, glossy with suds. Notes of serotonin, lavender lemonade, and post-meal drowsiness.

Today's colour is #C5C952, a shade of yellow-green. Perilously disagreeable, with sharp learnings for the unwary. Notes of duckweed, Peg Powler, and Lake Erie.

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Today's colour is #C515C5, a shade of magenta. Striving for wholesome when it should really be celebrated as an ungovernable and very human mess. Notes of cosmic bowling, Tumblr, and menopausal art teacher.

Today's colour is #C46238, a shade of red-orange. Ruddy ghosts: hands outstretched across time and space. Notes of bauxite residue, Peking duck, and The Martian (2015).

Today's colour is #C3AEAB, a medium light shade of taupe. Susurus amidst the pews. Gathering grist for the rumor mill. Notes of London fog, pedigree Siamese, and Venus of Willendorf.

Today's colour is #C2FB1E, a shade of yellow-green. An obstinate, grating presence. Notes of highlighter pen, Wireless emergency alert, and waking up with a headache.

An AuDHD man told to try the Pomodoro Technique as a way to overcome distractions and procrastination has reportedly fallen down a multi-hour rabbit hole on the history of the tomato.

Today's colour is #C24791, a shade of magenta-pink. Party-planner professionalism. A facade of benignity. Notes of Pinkie Pie, William Shakespeare 2000, and secret serial killer.

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Today's colour is #C19404, a medium dark shade of yellow. Whiffy, a contrary concentration. Notes of St John's Wort, vitamin B12, and needing to hydrate.

Today's colour is #C0E077, a medium light shade of yellow-green. Respite from ruggedness. Peals rising above the grind. Notes of fresh margarita, fruit fly trap, and embroidery on lederhosen.

Today's colour is #C02CEA, a shade of magenta. The heady cocktail of completion, triumph rippled with the beginnings of grief. Notes of Hi-Chew, rolling credits, and returning your library books on time.

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Today's colour is #BF795D, a shade of brown. Rhythmic reverberation. Earthen echos. Notes of bronze age, reclaimed caboose, and adobe brick.

Today's colour is #BEC5D0, a light shade of blue-grey. Shapeless avoidance. The impulse to seek options endlessly without action. Notes of rock garden, intermittent drizzle, and furniture boxstore.

Damn, I just finished playing Fullbright's 2017 game, Tacoma, and it was so GOOD! Beautiful character and story writing, delivered in a largly non-linear narrative design that rewards player curiosity and attention to detail? In space??? I'm mad I slept on this one for so long.

Today's colour is #BE1243, a shade of pink. Buoyant, glossy. Coming out swinging. Notes of fresh radish, July baby, and cranberry cocktail.