1. agrisense lo-line cockroach baits. the best cockroach traps by far and they contain no pesticides. they last for ages and work like sticky cockroach-attracting magic. the only downside was that once one of our visiting gecko friends got stuck in one and it was hard to unstick the little critter because every time i got a foot off the adhesive ( Read more... )

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for some reason, during the last few weeks, i've been going back and rereading some of my old fic. mostly my reaction has been: i wrote this? it's... actually good. and apart from making me feel that Nothing I Write Now Will Ever Be Good Again Clearly I Have Used Up Whatever Goodness I Had In Me, because that is what i always feel, it has dispelled ( Read more... )

things on the tubes wot have been making me happy of late:

• the species octopus tetricus is also known as the gloomy octopus. *
• katie mckissik's (aka
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1. after complaining about how i cannot make icons, i, um, made icons. that i actually like. they are not icons i will use myself because i don't watch either show, but still. icons. that i made. that i like. will wonders never cease ( Read more... )

1. writing. i have written more in the last few weeks than in the last two years. i posted three stories in two weeks (two yuletide, one not). and i am still working at it, though more slowly now that paid drudgery has resumed.

2. i know i said that reading recipes can be triggering, but this one by chuck wendig is a delight because it is less ( Read more... )

aka, another happiness post ( Read more... )

1. sodium acetate heat packs
2. paid sick leave
3. carl phillips
4. getting through my backlog of tumblr 'drafts'
5.
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in 2007 i wrote about how much i love peonies. there were peonies for sale when i went to the shops today and i remembered how happy they make me. so i decided to make a picspam for my daily happiness.


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