So the letter read by the survivor of the Stanford assault case is all over my various social media feeds. Which it deserves to be; it’s important. (Although man, I cried when reading it and wince every time I see a link now; I hope the various survivors I know are tougher than me.) It sparked a couple of thoughts ( Read more... )

A couple of links:

The End
For Terry Pratchett
What can the harvest hope for, if not for the care of the Reaper Man?

My internet didn't work for like fourteen hours yesterday, and then I went to bed. So when I woke up a little bit ago, I immediately went to catch up on shiz and saw “with the loss of Sir Terry” and said out loud, “oh noI keep ( Read more... )

Here is the other post I mentioned. Apologies, it's not the most cogently written thing you'll ever see ( Read more... )

I am tired and not very happy today; the vicar at the church I went to as a kid threw himself in front of a train. He was defrocked a few years ago for having an affair, and... yeah. Even worse, I don't know the status of his relationship with the woman in question - but the guy she left to be with this man? Killed himself too ( Read more... )

So, I won't be writing for hd_holidays after all. The mods rescinded my assignment because I've bailed on too many fests. Which is totally fair and my own fault, so I'm not annoyed at all. But of course this being my own fault seems to make it worse rather than better.

( My lip is so unstiff. I fail at English )

Today was not a good day. £30 down the drain on train tickets, my laptop isn't working, and I had a fight with my mum having just got back from Norwich. And now she's telling my dad loudly how awful I am. I was going to give her her birthday presents tonight. I spent ages picking them and I was really looking forward to it ( Read more... )

Last night, I found out that my favourite author of all time, Diana Wynne Jones, died late on Friday ( Read more... )

Oh my god. I just... feel physically sick. I can’t bear it, I can’t bear what war is doing to these people.

On Monday, Der Spiegel magazine published an article: twelve US soldiers are on trial for murdering civilians for sport.

( Beware of following the link. There is an incredibly upsetting photo at the start of the article: )

Oh for ( Read more... )

Still ill... and all this sleeping has screwed with my schedule, which is why I’m posting now! Violet’s ill too, she might have given her girlfriend glandular fever, and Miss Godfrey’s got an old-man cough going on. EVERYONE IS ILL. And the campus medical centre has a horrible receptionist - she’s one of those people I could deal with easily on a ( Read more... )