Dreamed last night that I had a fucking massive spider caught in my hair, one big enough that the bite would have been a problem, and I couldn't see it to get hold of it safely and release it. I kept asking people to help me but they kept running off or screaming or going omfg no or asking how I could let something like that happen. Someone offered ( Read more... )

I see what you're driving at but I'm not sure that a Chinese expat living in London etc is going to be better-informed about African history than a 4th generation white African. Example is shoddy, but you get my point? If you want a book on African history written by an African that's fucking reasonable, but actually SAY SO ( Read more... )

Last night I went to see the Mountain Goats at the Union Chapel, where a very excited Finnish dude had come all the way from Finland to see them and was having what looked like a quasi-religious experience. Everyone else in the vicinity got quite invested in him having a good time, which I hope does not mean he goes away thinking London is somehow ( Read more... )

Bored out of my mind. Have read a lot of articles today and am thinking about the tendency to try to apply advice across the board despite people's radically different situations. Solutions that work for one set of people ("stop whining, pull your socks up, and do the fucking thing") are not the sort that other people need ("stop beating yourself ( Read more... )

9. What are your worst habits?Ingratitude, gluttony, vocal self-loathing, stonewalling people when criticised or even vaguely suspecting criticism, a nauseatingly lax approach to household hygiene, miserliness, shouting over people so I can finish what I was saying, gossip, inability to apologise, tea, leaving abruptly, headphones, ALL OF THE ( Read more... )

Followed by giving over the computer for Lindsay to deal with, and a period of giving up and just editing an eBook for a bit instead...


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Oh apparently I am feeling whiny and verbose today so here's another thing ( Read more... )

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Title: Misdirection
Fandom: Inception
Word Count: 6,670 [why did it take me this long argh]
Rating: That is highly dependent on how you read it. PG as baseline.
Pairing: Arthur/Eames
Warnings: Author is white, able-bodied, cisgender, and European.
Disclaimer: Please don't sue me // I used the phrase "at the speed of a lethargic snail hopped up on ( Read more... )