The Starfire Codes by Demi Pietchell

The Starfire Codes by Demi Pietchell

Floof Is Cancer

Why Batting Material Is Pure Unadulterated Evil Disguised As Cotton Fluff And There's Absolutely Nothing You Can Do About It But Leak From Your Face Holes

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Jun 24, 2025
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It’s story time. So, pull up a ball of floof and I will tell you my tale….

What’s floof?

You’re so lucky not to know.

But don’t worry, pumpkin. I’m about to tell you all about it….

I was exhausted and contorted on the couch trying to get comfortable while simultaneously in tears from having exacerbated a knee injury that’s been healing since January.

Back in January, I was packing up my ex-husband’s belongings for the movers to arrive and bring him his things at his new location when I slid on a folded cardboard box across a bamboo floor with some mass produced giant canvas of Einstein that my ex-mother-in-law had bought for him in my hands and I landed hard with my leg bent underneath me.

I thought for sure I had broken my leg.

I was alone and nowhere near a phone.

I had to scoot myself on my arms to where I could get to the rug.

And then the couch.

And eventually my phone.

The systemic swelling spurred on by the acute swelling was insane for months. I was pretty much living inside of a lymphatic drainage suit. I probably looked like the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man.

Actual footage. Soooo not cute.

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sent me supplies to take care of me while I was laid up1 and Amelia Zarden came by often to check on me.

The injury was the last thing I needed2 while performing the daring feat of not one but TWO massive moves3 during the potential sale of a condo, but somehow, despite my entire life imploding all around me, I pressed on while literally hopping on one leg and I made it work4 with a little help from my friends.

It turns out it’s a rather bad bone bruise that is healing quite well. But it’s taking its sweet ass time.

It’s been six months and I still can’t leave it bent in the same position for too long or it starts barking at me like a rabid jackal on meth.

Don’t mess with my knee. It’s outside trying to vacuum the lawn.

I was fighting back my fear of going to the gym and somehow screwing it up worse, so the four miles of walking I did yesterday had been a massive victory for me in overcoming that fear; however, the fear returned with the thought of what may have been, in retrospect, a very stupid setback.

After all that.

Coupled with a surplus of tears.

And you know how much I hate it when my face leaks.

So, I was beating myself up over it internally and I just wanted to go to sleep… but my dumbass decided today was also a good day for us to wash all of the linens in the whole house.

I’m seriously batting 1000.

It was 10PM and I went down the basement to check on the laundry because I just wanted to fix up the bed and go to sleep.…

NOPE.…

I open the washing machine….

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