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september reading & a sunset from a nice little pub in portsmouth. uni’s going well & i’m already exhausted but incredibly happy to be back.
October 1, 2025 at 12:24 PM
september reading & a sunset from a nice little pub in portsmouth. uni’s going well & i’m already exhausted but incredibly happy to be back.
august reading & some wips (shoutout to tender is the flesh for being the first book i’ve read in years to give me nightmares).
![August 2025
The Demon Road Trilogy by Derek Landy [childhood nostalgia reread]
The Kane Chronicles by Rick Riordan [childhood reread]
Hell Followed With Us by Andrew Joseph White (3/5)
Tender is The Flesh Agustina Bazterrica (5/5)
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time [reread] (5/5)
Milk Fed by Melissa Broder (4/5)
Ravensong by TJ Klune (3/5)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:znoe3u45htssrgwt7sx2np6e/bafkreih2lhdsxtcwt2nxlkhuxlha3hw2q7s26ogxrewl4ostmmarnqhm2a@jpeg)
August 31, 2025 at 8:21 PM
august reading & some wips (shoutout to tender is the flesh for being the first book i’ve read in years to give me nightmares).
spent june & july in the US & reading slowed down a lot, but i was lucky enough to read some bangers, as well as bathe in the nostalgia of shitty 2010s YA. also had fun doodling more Creatures.
![June 2025
Maximum Ride series by James Patterson [childhood nostalgia reread]
July 2025
The Starving Saints by Caitlin Starling (4/5)
Notes from a Regicide by Isaac Fellman (5/5)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:znoe3u45htssrgwt7sx2np6e/bafkreidcszf6djhdvvengyu3egh4pvvxn4thowrwur6etpf4xhnimkhrmm@jpeg)
August 1, 2025 at 10:44 PM
spent june & july in the US & reading slowed down a lot, but i was lucky enough to read some bangers, as well as bathe in the nostalgia of shitty 2010s YA. also had fun doodling more Creatures.
met some lovely cats up for adoption today. i would’ve taken them all if i could, but i was obsessed with these guys in particular. in another life, chester, otis & graham cracker.
July 15, 2025 at 1:56 AM
met some lovely cats up for adoption today. i would’ve taken them all if i could, but i was obsessed with these guys in particular. in another life, chester, otis & graham cracker.
finished severance. fuck, man. what a series. what a finale.
July 13, 2025 at 11:47 PM
finished severance. fuck, man. what a series. what a finale.
never mind! it is here! at last!
July 13, 2025 at 2:40 AM
never mind! it is here! at last!
dude i ordered this thing a week ago & it still hasn’t arrived, even though processing/delivery time is apparently 1-3 business days…….. i know i’m being snow-white-pressed-against-the-window-Pakidge & i’m grumpy bc i can’t cope with hot weather but like. where the Fuck is my fish bag
July 9, 2025 at 8:56 PM
dude i ordered this thing a week ago & it still hasn’t arrived, even though processing/delivery time is apparently 1-3 business days…….. i know i’m being snow-white-pressed-against-the-window-Pakidge & i’m grumpy bc i can’t cope with hot weather but like. where the Fuck is my fish bag
just saw a photo of my grandma unironically sporting a MAGA hat…… if anyone needs me, i will be channeling my many feelings about this into writing porn about sad old men who can’t communicate for shit.
July 4, 2025 at 9:18 PM
just saw a photo of my grandma unironically sporting a MAGA hat…… if anyone needs me, i will be channeling my many feelings about this into writing porn about sad old men who can’t communicate for shit.
$8 for an iced coffee in downtown bethesda… i love you DC, but come on.
July 3, 2025 at 7:40 PM
$8 for an iced coffee in downtown bethesda… i love you DC, but come on.
old man yaoi in severance???
June 27, 2025 at 9:26 PM
old man yaoi in severance???
found a gem at the library for only 50 cents.
June 27, 2025 at 12:35 AM
found a gem at the library for only 50 cents.
37 degrees celsius next week……. no thank you very much………
June 20, 2025 at 10:54 PM
37 degrees celsius next week……. no thank you very much………
my son! my baby boy!
June 18, 2025 at 12:01 AM
my son! my baby boy!
my son….. he’s grown so long……..
June 17, 2025 at 12:39 AM
my son….. he’s grown so long……..
uni accommodation finally booked! portsmouth 2025 baby!!!
June 4, 2025 at 10:56 AM
uni accommodation finally booked! portsmouth 2025 baby!!!
![May 2025
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir (4/5)
I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai and Christina Lamb [reread] (4/5)
Ring Shout by P. Djèlí Clark (4/5)
Between Two Fires by Christopher Buehlman (5/5)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:znoe3u45htssrgwt7sx2np6e/bafkreiarjlwqj42bvxausoxiftwx34z7vbgvxoi5wbgqw4szqzbhlhsdz4@jpeg)
update: he’s now grown tall enough to reach toilet paper holders & thus commence his shredding-toilet-paper stage… my baby is growing up so fast…..
urging you all to look at this little guy that we took home today.
May 28, 2025 at 6:21 PM
update: he’s now grown tall enough to reach toilet paper holders & thus commence his shredding-toilet-paper stage… my baby is growing up so fast…..
sorry to be melodramatic, but this excerpt from that chatgpt article honestly makes me want to cry. what a vile, soulless way to engage with a topic like this.
May 7, 2025 at 5:38 PM
sorry to be melodramatic, but this excerpt from that chatgpt article honestly makes me want to cry. what a vile, soulless way to engage with a topic like this.
april reading wrap-up, with a bonus picture of pup silently warning me not to take his treats.
![April 2025
Wolfsong by TJ Klune (3/5)
A Haunting in the Arctic by C.J. Cooke (2.5/5)
Nothing to Envy [reread] by Barbara Demick (4.5/5)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:znoe3u45htssrgwt7sx2np6e/bafkreibwu634movglmgztkybstg3odp2ni4fq6bu2bmqqbmnv3r7bu4fsa@jpeg)
April 30, 2025 at 10:44 PM
april reading wrap-up, with a bonus picture of pup silently warning me not to take his treats.
trying to distract myself rn with iced coffee & a good book, but man. airport goodbyes just really fucking suck.
April 25, 2025 at 10:15 PM
trying to distract myself rn with iced coffee & a good book, but man. airport goodbyes just really fucking suck.
urging you all to look at this little guy that we took home today.
April 23, 2025 at 7:56 PM
urging you all to look at this little guy that we took home today.
broke: matching wedding rings
bespoke: matching eye haemorrhages
bespoke: matching eye haemorrhages
April 3, 2025 at 10:57 PM
broke: matching wedding rings
bespoke: matching eye haemorrhages
bespoke: matching eye haemorrhages
march reading was a little better - hoping to up it to at least 5 books a month by September to prepare for uni (!!!).
![March 2025:
Bunny by Mona Awad (3.5/5)
Kala by Colin Walsh (4/5)
Madhouse at the End of the Earth [reread] by Julian Sancton (5/5)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:znoe3u45htssrgwt7sx2np6e/bafkreihrxwqxw6ckxcszamiqklu4qsq72my2giqumhjcapiszicejsxitm@jpeg)
March 31, 2025 at 7:31 PM
march reading was a little better - hoping to up it to at least 5 books a month by September to prepare for uni (!!!).
just have to share some incredible news: my student finance finally, FINALLY got approved & i’m going to portsmouth uni this september!!! it’s been a difficult road, but it all worked out in the end & i cannot wait to go home & start afresh. i’m so happy i could cry tbh.
March 28, 2025 at 6:37 PM
just have to share some incredible news: my student finance finally, FINALLY got approved & i’m going to portsmouth uni this september!!! it’s been a difficult road, but it all worked out in the end & i cannot wait to go home & start afresh. i’m so happy i could cry tbh.
delighted to announce that i’ve discovered a new fun thing to do when i’m bored: imagining how i would explain aspects of modern society to various members of the franklin expedition over a ripped-screaming-from-their-timeline-&-dumped-in-front-of-me-for-15-minutes cup of tea.
March 19, 2025 at 9:22 PM
delighted to announce that i’ve discovered a new fun thing to do when i’m bored: imagining how i would explain aspects of modern society to various members of the franklin expedition over a ripped-screaming-from-their-timeline-&-dumped-in-front-of-me-for-15-minutes cup of tea.