Reading A Broken Blade & enjoying it, but the author commits every Millennial crime against English: “step foot,” using prepositions w/ words like “pierce” and “skirt,” changing regular verbs to irregular, etc. Every one jars me out of the narrative. People, how do you use an only half-learned tool?
Aargh! I’m just gonna keep saying this until people hear me: “barrel chested“ does not mean broad chested!! It means your torso is shaped like a barrel. It’s an actual condition, it’s not supposed to be attractive, and stop saying the love interest of a romance is barrel chested!
Oof. R.I.P. Steve Albini. Had no personal relationship with the dude or his work ... except I DID. So many of the bands that saved my worthless teenage life were enabled, and shaped, and guided by him. He was an architect of my youth. And he died SO YOUNG (to us middle aged Xers, anyway.)
Somebody needs to tell Rege Jean Page to dance with the one what brung 'im. His career hasn't really taken off since Bridgerton; maybe it's because he doesn't cameo there, we've forgotten him?
U.S.: Israel has a right to defend itself from Hamas!!!
Israel: *bombs Iranian embassy*
U.S.: shit
Iran: *sees red* *winds up*
U.S.: okay ... just don't ... bomb us
This is the time of year I repot my plants, right? How do I know when a monstera needs repotting? Mine has air roots wrapped around its stems three times.
PEOPLE. If you sit too long, your butt will go flat.
It's true! It happened to me! I had a bubble butt. I sat for fourteen years, and now my butt is flat.
That's why, I swear! It has nothing to do with being 54!
The most egregious change the live action ATLA has made is Katara not teaching Aang what she knows on their way to the north. It makes zero sense in this world, given the urgency. And why wouldn't Aang at least ask her? So much illogic in this show.
Depression sucks.
Relatedly, I don't believe in "writer's block." I believe in depression. I'm depressed, and I haven't written a goddamn word in nearly a year and a half. It sucks. I don't feel right. I don't feel seated in my body OR my mind, and I don't feel as if I'm fully living my life.
SEROTONY
'Twas dunkel and the slithy kits
Did fluff and tumble the hallwabe.
All mimsy were the poofy bits,
And happy tails escabe.
Beware the Seroton, mi boo!
The hams that grab; the pouts that smoots!
Beware the chocolate, eschew
Monsterai to the roots!
Curious: can ♀︎-identifying/femme-presenting folx say:
1. How much sexual harassment do/did u experience on the street prior to middle age?
2. What is your race?
3. Anything else that would account for increased harassment (height, weight, visible disability, visible gender non-normativity, etc.)
The speed and alacrity with which this committee jumped to censorship on behalf of "vague instructions" makes me despair for the future of spec fic. Were there any non-Chinese BIPOC on that committee?
For the last few weeks I've been working with Chris Barkley @cmzhang42.bsky.social of @file770.bsky.social on a report about censorship in the 2023 Hugo Awards.
Leaked emails and files indicate authors and works deemed “not eligible” for the awards were removed due to political considerations. 1/3
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I wish writers would look up what “barrel chested“ means. It’s not an attractive trait, yet I’ve recently read two romances that describe the hero as barrel chested.
