1. the AUD is so low at the moment that i am having to pay 30% more for things i buy from the US. one thumb and two finger splints cost over $300. i keep needing new ones for new joints and i don't think i could work without them. i need to wear my elbow braces almost every day now. i had a ridiculous experience buying a knee brace online and am ( Read more... )

• do you like superheroes? and science? then you should read Five organisms with real super powers that rival their comic book counterparts and Five more marine organisms that put their superhero counterparts to shame
• i have decided to start using titles from this list of 100 Actual Titles of Real Eighteenth-Century Novels for the subjects of my ( Read more... )

1. um, i probably shouldn't have china beach? mr tree bought if off amazon but not actually amazon and the box says it's licensed for the US and canada only. sorry i'm not sorry ( Read more... )

it's just that i like calendars. there's nothing wrong with buying three calendars a year (one for work, two for home), and then buying a couple as gifts because you really like them but can't justify them for yourself. and then maybe buying one or two more when they're on sale in the new year. because there is a photo of cupcakes shaped like ( Read more... )

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Lest any doubt that we are glad that they were born Today
Whose having lived is held by us in noble Holiday
Without the date, like Consciousness or Immortality -

Emily Dickinsonhappy (belated) birthday, emily ( Read more... )

1. i saw beasts of the southern wild at the sydney film festival and it left me with an odd feeling. it was sort of an, 'eh', combined with a kind of lowered mood. like i'd seen something that had upset me, but i couldn't identify why. then i read this review by bell hooks and i suddenly understood exactly why i didn't like film. It is a major ( Read more... )

1. i do not understand fashion. i do not understand why Outfit I Think Is Ugly #1 is fashionable and Outfit I Think Is Ugly #2 is not. also, i do not understand why people participate in fashion when they don't like it. like, people who say, "i can't wait until [fashionable thing] is out of fashion," but who own three of said thing ( Read more... )

1. my foot hurts. that might seem obvious since it's fractured and all, but until the last few days it didn't actually hurt unless i was walking on it or twisting it. now it hurts when i'm just sitting. or lying down. is this normal, o internet friends? should i be worried? i'm worried because i don't know if i should be worried ( Read more... )

1. The Botswana High Court has overturned a customary law which prevented women from inheriting the family home. yay, botswana ( Read more... )

okay, not really, but i'm hoping some other people will do this too. if only to humour me ( Read more... )