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With Ravens Passing The Moon out now. books2read.com/withravens
With Ravens Passing The Moon out now. books2read.com/withravens
Still feel liked hammered shit from this flu, and I'll probably be out of my gourd on Lemsip and whiskey when the ball drops. So, here's a Happy New Year to everyone in advance.
a green christmas tree with the words happy new year written on it
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December 31, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Still feel liked hammered shit from this flu, and I'll probably be out of my gourd on Lemsip and whiskey when the ball drops. So, here's a Happy New Year to everyone in advance.
Sum up your past relationships with a still from one film.
December 31, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Sum up your past relationships with a still from one film.
Thanks for asking, Ella. I'll be eating cake, having a dram of whiskey, and going to bed early so as to get rid of this stinking year as soon as possible.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=p597...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=p597...
Ella Fitzgerald - What Are You Doing New Year's Eve? (Lyric Video)
YouTube video by EllaFitzgeraldVEVO
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December 31, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Thanks for asking, Ella. I'll be eating cake, having a dram of whiskey, and going to bed early so as to get rid of this stinking year as soon as possible.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=p597...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=p597...
Each house was a pot on the burning stove of the Hollywood Hills. All the money in the world couldn't buy off a fire's desire to travel.
~ Drown the Stars
#writing
~ Drown the Stars
#writing
December 31, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Each house was a pot on the burning stove of the Hollywood Hills. All the money in the world couldn't buy off a fire's desire to travel.
~ Drown the Stars
#writing
~ Drown the Stars
#writing
"It's comforting," she said, staring down into the fires. "I thought the end would be cold, you know? A hospital room. Some rehab place. Cold, and white, and lonely. Turns out it'll be warm and bright, and in company" She stared at Evan and raised her cocktail glass.
~ Drown the Stars
#writing
~ Drown the Stars
#writing
December 31, 2025 at 12:39 PM
"It's comforting," she said, staring down into the fires. "I thought the end would be cold, you know? A hospital room. Some rehab place. Cold, and white, and lonely. Turns out it'll be warm and bright, and in company" She stared at Evan and raised her cocktail glass.
~ Drown the Stars
#writing
~ Drown the Stars
#writing
Like any other night creature, Evan Watts' business hours were from dusk 'til dawn. The best time to hunt. The best time to be forgotten.
~ Drown the Stars
#writing
~ Drown the Stars
#writing
December 31, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Like any other night creature, Evan Watts' business hours were from dusk 'til dawn. The best time to hunt. The best time to be forgotten.
~ Drown the Stars
#writing
~ Drown the Stars
#writing
Along Carmelita Ave, the palms burned like candles, and the rats who'd made their homes in the fronds dripped down like blackened wax.
~ Drown the Stars
#writing
~ Drown the Stars
#writing
December 31, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Along Carmelita Ave, the palms burned like candles, and the rats who'd made their homes in the fronds dripped down like blackened wax.
~ Drown the Stars
#writing
~ Drown the Stars
#writing
Today, I will mostly be writing more of a story about a man burgling homes during a once in a lifetime LA wildfire. So, a bit of bad religion seems apt. :D
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxoD...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxoD...
Bad Religion - Los Angeles Is Burning
YouTube video by Epitaph Records
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December 31, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Today, I will mostly be writing more of a story about a man burgling homes during a once in a lifetime LA wildfire. So, a bit of bad religion seems apt. :D
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxoD...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxoD...
December 31, 2025 at 11:50 AM
2025: A Year In Review.
a woman holding up a sign that says absolutely awful
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December 30, 2025 at 10:44 PM
2025: A Year In Review.
Sausages are a Christmas movie if you watch them while they're cooking and imagine they're some kind of French new wave experimental film by Jean Luc Godard, and the film is called 'La vie et la mort de la saucisse bourgeoise à Noël'.
a woman is standing in front of a brick wall with the words `` i just want to live '' written on her face .
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December 30, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Sausages are a Christmas movie if you watch them while they're cooking and imagine they're some kind of French new wave experimental film by Jean Luc Godard, and the film is called 'La vie et la mort de la saucisse bourgeoise à Noël'.
It was on nights like this, with small flowers of colour blooming again in the windows of Montmartre cafes, that Madame Rousseau knew the darkness of occupation was near its end. The City of Light would once again own its name.
~ In the Shadows of Paris
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~ In the Shadows of Paris
#writing
December 30, 2025 at 8:03 PM
It was on nights like this, with small flowers of colour blooming again in the windows of Montmartre cafes, that Madame Rousseau knew the darkness of occupation was near its end. The City of Light would once again own its name.
~ In the Shadows of Paris
#writing
~ In the Shadows of Paris
#writing
Writing about Paris in the days of liberation and listening to Zaz. Not even the flu can stop me!*
*drops dead, proving the flu can stop him
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQVX...
*drops dead, proving the flu can stop him
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQVX...
Zaz - Je Veux | NAKED NOISE SESSION
YouTube video by Naked Noise
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December 30, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Writing about Paris in the days of liberation and listening to Zaz. Not even the flu can stop me!*
*drops dead, proving the flu can stop him
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQVX...
*drops dead, proving the flu can stop him
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQVX...
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2026 New and Upcoming Releases from Japan
Checkout out this list on Bookshop
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December 30, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Do you want to read more Japanese literature in 2026? Buy your TBR on Bookshop to support RJL.
The British Secret Service had three tiers: MI5 (domestic), MI6 (foreign), and MIZ (even more foreign than that). Badger Must worked for MIZ in the Department of Extra Environmental Contact. The truth was out there, he knew. He just hadn't found it yet.
~ Falling In Love Again
#writing
~ Falling In Love Again
#writing
December 30, 2025 at 7:21 PM
The British Secret Service had three tiers: MI5 (domestic), MI6 (foreign), and MIZ (even more foreign than that). Badger Must worked for MIZ in the Department of Extra Environmental Contact. The truth was out there, he knew. He just hadn't found it yet.
~ Falling In Love Again
#writing
~ Falling In Love Again
#writing
In the books Zarg had read, the male of the species walked around shirtless showing off rippling muscles, while the females were often seen heaving their bosoms. Zarg had seen neither a ripple nor a heave since landing on Earth.
~ Falling In Love Again
#writing
~ Falling In Love Again
#writing
December 30, 2025 at 1:30 PM
In the books Zarg had read, the male of the species walked around shirtless showing off rippling muscles, while the females were often seen heaving their bosoms. Zarg had seen neither a ripple nor a heave since landing on Earth.
~ Falling In Love Again
#writing
~ Falling In Love Again
#writing
The human male was a lot simpler than Zarg imagined it would be. Three concerns dominated its tiny ape-like brain: Sex, sports, and collecting an overpriced set of miniature fantasy war figurines that were an absolute ball-ache to paint.
~ Falling In Love Again
#writing
~ Falling In Love Again
#writing
December 30, 2025 at 1:26 PM
The human male was a lot simpler than Zarg imagined it would be. Three concerns dominated its tiny ape-like brain: Sex, sports, and collecting an overpriced set of miniature fantasy war figurines that were an absolute ball-ache to paint.
~ Falling In Love Again
#writing
~ Falling In Love Again
#writing
Zarg had read about these things called 'cars'. They were used as a form of transport, but also in a complicated mating ritual by the males of the species to indicate the size of their genitals. Odd to see one in orbit around the planet, though.
~ Falling In Love Again
#writing
~ Falling In Love Again
#writing
December 30, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Zarg had read about these things called 'cars'. They were used as a form of transport, but also in a complicated mating ritual by the males of the species to indicate the size of their genitals. Odd to see one in orbit around the planet, though.
~ Falling In Love Again
#writing
~ Falling In Love Again
#writing
Turnstile: Tiny Desk Concert
YouTube video by NPR Music
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December 30, 2025 at 12:46 PM
My best of list for 2025.
Well, what did you expect? It was a shit year.
Well, what did you expect? It was a shit year.
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December 30, 2025 at 12:45 PM
My best of list for 2025.
Well, what did you expect? It was a shit year.
Well, what did you expect? It was a shit year.