Andrew
@surrenderdotty.bsky.social
Nugget. Craft obsessive. Kilt fancier. Milliner. Reader. Fragrance nerd. 2 x cancer survivor. Traveller. Harbour City Bears committee member. | In a vertically discordant relationship with @tomtheotter.
IG: surrenderdotty | Sydney, Oz.
IG: surrenderdotty | Sydney, Oz.
Boo. I was enjoying this until it all sort of fell apart for me in the last 10%. Too much saccharine schmaltz, fireflies, attempts at ‘magical realism’ and page after page about a sheep named Elaine. #booksky
August 8, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Boo. I was enjoying this until it all sort of fell apart for me in the last 10%. Too much saccharine schmaltz, fireflies, attempts at ‘magical realism’ and page after page about a sheep named Elaine. #booksky
I moved to Hurstville in Sydney recently, and I didn’t realise Sumner Locke Elliott, author and homosexualist, was a local from just next door in Kogarah. Here he is remembered in tile.
August 8, 2025 at 2:53 AM
I moved to Hurstville in Sydney recently, and I didn’t realise Sumner Locke Elliott, author and homosexualist, was a local from just next door in Kogarah. Here he is remembered in tile.
Post yourself from a different era
[Me (far left) at Kaos Comedy Restaurant, 90s. I had the biggest crush on the guy I'm sitting next to. It was very much unrequited.]
[Me (far left) at Kaos Comedy Restaurant, 90s. I had the biggest crush on the guy I'm sitting next to. It was very much unrequited.]
July 8, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Post yourself from a different era
[Me (far left) at Kaos Comedy Restaurant, 90s. I had the biggest crush on the guy I'm sitting next to. It was very much unrequited.]
[Me (far left) at Kaos Comedy Restaurant, 90s. I had the biggest crush on the guy I'm sitting next to. It was very much unrequited.]
I'm packing box after box of books, and getting reacquainted with some old friends. Cudos to 16 year old me who had the good taste to buy 3 Dragon's Dream titles way back then; Syd Mead: Sentinel, Roger Dean: Views and 21st Century Foss. I know nothing of Dragon's Dream but they loved a trippy font.
July 8, 2025 at 8:19 AM
I'm packing box after box of books, and getting reacquainted with some old friends. Cudos to 16 year old me who had the good taste to buy 3 Dragon's Dream titles way back then; Syd Mead: Sentinel, Roger Dean: Views and 21st Century Foss. I know nothing of Dragon's Dream but they loved a trippy font.
It's a good day when the new release book 5 of a favourite series jumps to the top of the TBR pile. "Carnival of Lies" by D.V. Bishop, the 5th installment of the Renaissance detective Cesare Aldo series. This time he's left Florence, for Venice in the year 1539. Intrigues ensue! #booksky
July 8, 2025 at 7:46 AM
It's a good day when the new release book 5 of a favourite series jumps to the top of the TBR pile. "Carnival of Lies" by D.V. Bishop, the 5th installment of the Renaissance detective Cesare Aldo series. This time he's left Florence, for Venice in the year 1539. Intrigues ensue! #booksky
Quote with a photo of you from the 80’s
July 3, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Quote with a photo of you from the 80’s
I finally got around to seeing the 2021 film Firebird, as it was just added to the free streaming service (SBS OnDemand) here in Oz. Oh my, such a beautiful, sad, poignant film, especially knowing it's a true story. It was released last year in Japan and I love the Japanese poster (pic 2). #firebird
June 30, 2025 at 8:03 AM
I finally got around to seeing the 2021 film Firebird, as it was just added to the free streaming service (SBS OnDemand) here in Oz. Oh my, such a beautiful, sad, poignant film, especially knowing it's a true story. It was released last year in Japan and I love the Japanese poster (pic 2). #firebird
Share some sisters from Film or TV.
"Oh, I wish Daddy could be here right now! You can never lose your talent, he used to tell me. You can lose everything else, but, you can't lose your talent."
"Oh, I wish Daddy could be here right now! You can never lose your talent, he used to tell me. You can lose everything else, but, you can't lose your talent."
June 25, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Share some sisters from Film or TV.
"Oh, I wish Daddy could be here right now! You can never lose your talent, he used to tell me. You can lose everything else, but, you can't lose your talent."
"Oh, I wish Daddy could be here right now! You can never lose your talent, he used to tell me. You can lose everything else, but, you can't lose your talent."
I've just started reading The Will of the Many by James Islington (Heirachy book 1), and oof the world building is great. A fantasy blend of classical Rome, with a bit of Dark Academia, and an almost steampunk lack of tech. That actually doesn't do it justice. Book 2 isn't out until November. [sad]
June 10, 2025 at 3:21 AM
I've just started reading The Will of the Many by James Islington (Heirachy book 1), and oof the world building is great. A fantasy blend of classical Rome, with a bit of Dark Academia, and an almost steampunk lack of tech. That actually doesn't do it justice. Book 2 isn't out until November. [sad]
Happy birthday to this dead set hottie @tomtheotter.bsky.social. More than 5 1/2 years together and we're still making each other laugh daily. I love you, happy birthday.
May 17, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Happy birthday to this dead set hottie @tomtheotter.bsky.social. More than 5 1/2 years together and we're still making each other laugh daily. I love you, happy birthday.
If you see this post, find a pic of you from five years ago and post it.
(The early days of the Covid lockdown, wearing a crazy night cap I knitted for fun. Before my cancers were diagnosed, and with noticeably less grey in my beard.)
(The early days of the Covid lockdown, wearing a crazy night cap I knitted for fun. Before my cancers were diagnosed, and with noticeably less grey in my beard.)
May 15, 2025 at 10:23 AM
If you see this post, find a pic of you from five years ago and post it.
(The early days of the Covid lockdown, wearing a crazy night cap I knitted for fun. Before my cancers were diagnosed, and with noticeably less grey in my beard.)
(The early days of the Covid lockdown, wearing a crazy night cap I knitted for fun. Before my cancers were diagnosed, and with noticeably less grey in my beard.)
Without downloading new pictures, my mental state.
May 15, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Without downloading new pictures, my mental state.
If you want me I'll be in my bunk, bingeing season 2 of the Korean reality game show The Devil'd Plan on Netflix. #sogood #thedevilsplan
May 6, 2025 at 8:48 AM
If you want me I'll be in my bunk, bingeing season 2 of the Korean reality game show The Devil'd Plan on Netflix. #sogood #thedevilsplan
Get in, chat, we’re paying lock screens
Buddhist prayer flags flying in the breeze, photographed at a scenic lookout in the Blue Mountains, NSW.
Buddhist prayer flags flying in the breeze, photographed at a scenic lookout in the Blue Mountains, NSW.
May 5, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Get in, chat, we’re paying lock screens
Buddhist prayer flags flying in the breeze, photographed at a scenic lookout in the Blue Mountains, NSW.
Buddhist prayer flags flying in the breeze, photographed at a scenic lookout in the Blue Mountains, NSW.
Democratic right exercised. Democracy Sausage achieved. (Well done MasterFoods on the marketing.) #federalelection #voting #democracysausage
May 3, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Democratic right exercised. Democracy Sausage achieved. (Well done MasterFoods on the marketing.) #federalelection #voting #democracysausage
New read: Cloistered by Catherine Coldstream, a memoir of her 12 years as a cloistered nun. I've only just started it, but I'm really enjoying it so far. Judging by the prologue her experience was... mixed, at best.
April 26, 2025 at 7:43 AM
New read: Cloistered by Catherine Coldstream, a memoir of her 12 years as a cloistered nun. I've only just started it, but I'm really enjoying it so far. Judging by the prologue her experience was... mixed, at best.
Me justifying myself to the boyfriend @tomtheotter.bsky.social
April 21, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Me justifying myself to the boyfriend @tomtheotter.bsky.social
It was a pretty sunset tonight.
April 21, 2025 at 11:47 AM
It was a pretty sunset tonight.
I finished "A Merciful Sea" this long weekend. So good! I'm sad to say goodbye to Nightingale and Courtney, as this was the end of the triptych, but it was a thoroughly satisfying read. #KatieDaysh #NightingaleandCourtney #Booksky
April 20, 2025 at 1:28 AM
I finished "A Merciful Sea" this long weekend. So good! I'm sad to say goodbye to Nightingale and Courtney, as this was the end of the triptych, but it was a thoroughly satisfying read. #KatieDaysh #NightingaleandCourtney #Booksky
Yes, Alfons Mucha was an amazing artist, and yes he could rock a blouse, and yes I absolutely would. #daddybear #ablouseakaafemmininetop
April 19, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Yes, Alfons Mucha was an amazing artist, and yes he could rock a blouse, and yes I absolutely would. #daddybear #ablouseakaafemmininetop
Reskeet the spectacles, nerds
April 16, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Reskeet the spectacles, nerds
It's fit, innit? [Advertising images by George Brehm]
April 11, 2025 at 9:49 AM
It's fit, innit? [Advertising images by George Brehm]
I was in Kinokuniya today and they really have a handle on the nature of 2025.
April 10, 2025 at 10:49 AM
I was in Kinokuniya today and they really have a handle on the nature of 2025.
Inside you are two wolves:
April 10, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Inside you are two wolves: