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weekly retro: fake teeth, real busy

my week started with getting up early to go to the dentist and get a crown removed and the cavity under it taken care of. it was long, painful and very expensive! next week i get the permanent crown put in.

an impromptu selfie where i'm smiling but very much dead behind the eyes

this is the photo i sent andy to show him that i survived. notice my pupils are tiny, so not to let what little was left of my soul after the procedure escape. i wanted to go back to bed and rot for 24 hours but i actually had to go to the city that night.

photo of the wonderville stage with robot karaoke projected onto it. the song is zombie by the cranberries and the lyrics are generated from stackoverflow questions.

later that night we hosted robot karaoke at wonderville. we had a pretty good turnout, especially for a night where there was a lot of flash flood activity in the city and jersey. by the time i got home my mouth was killing me lol.

photo of jamie setting up robot karaoke in a fancy, dark speakeasy that has a big television on the wall, which is where we're showing robot karaoke

we also hosted a show on thursday, at aux karaoke box - a true, secular karaoke bar. we saw family, friends, and even some folks who discovered us at our wonderville show. i made stickers for this one.

perfect, pink lillies, about 4 feet off the ground

these lillies are insane. i can't believe these exist on earth.

two of our kglw couch tour band shirts hanging up on a door. they are both tie dyed, one in hyacinth purple and the other in charcoal gray

i tie-dyed our king gizzard couch tour shirts because neither of us really wear solid cream or white shirts ever. my shirt is purple, andy's is gray.

photo of my table with tie-dye supplies: black latext gloves, two empty squirt bottles, a bag of rubberbands, a bottle of rit colorstay dry fixative, bottle of hyacinth colored rit dye, and a bottle of charcoal gray colored rit dye

these are the supplies i used. rit's website has all sorts of tutorials, i followed their spiral tie-dye one.

photo of my kitchen that has a corner sink. i'm boiling orzo and i have chickpeas, asparagus, basil and garlic prepped

andy recently bought a block of halloumi - one of those "just in case we want it one night" buys. well, saturday night i wanted it.

photo of our dishes with lemon orzo, asparagus and grilled halloumi

i made this lemon orzo with asparagus and halloumi recipe. it was a bit bland, probably because i'm usually very shy about using salt when halloumi is involved.

photo of my little watch's face glowing

while buying a watch battery, i figured i'd get a battery for another watch i own that was given to me after my grandma died. this is the first time the watch has glowed since 2003. unfortunately, the time part doesn't work, but i don't recall if it ever did.

photo of a fence flower box with pink, peach, orange and white coneflowers

on the way home from the gym and coffee with andy today, i noticed a neighbor had put out these vibrant coneflowers. i had to share!

things i enjoyed this week

  • i don't use amazon or walmart, so often end up buying things from all different kinds of smaller retailers like battery mart, which i got my watch batteries from at a better price than if i released the ones at duane reade from battery jail.
  • i made a rubber band ball from the bands i didn't use while tie-dyeing those shirts. i never made one before and now i have one, yee-haw.
  • i've been using pl@ntnet for identifying the local flowers. it's been pretty reliable so far!

i'm looking forward to a much quieter show-free week this week. i'm also manifesting my dental insurance covering the crown 🕯️🤲

xoxo jenn

this was published July 20, 2025 under living working weekly-retro jersey-city jamie robot-karaoke flowers wonderville diy tie-dye kglw

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