#shtish talks

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Lowkey on my quest to play through my Steam library some day and we're on Omensight now.

I'm cool, I'm slicey, I'm glowy, and I just had a dogman beg me "please, I just got married" after I sliced him in half

10/10, no notes

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Job searching sucks

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Someone once said that if you're sad or pissed off you should bake, because even if you're still pissed off by the end of it at least you'll have baked goods. I'm taking it to heart.

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Listening to The Bifrost Incident and the exchange between Loki and Thor is so good y'all

"For vengeance."

"For love."

"Die in peace."

"Die in honor."

Goosebumps every time... 😭

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Okay so I broke my "no buying books until you've at least read all the ones you own physically" last Thursday. One of the books that I broke the rule with was "Nettle and Bone" by T. Kingfisher aka @tkingfisher aka @ursula-vernon. To my great pleasure, I realized I still got it. I can still read more than 300 pages in a single day and finish a book.

I've read a bunch of her short stories over the years, and I return to "Summer in Orcus" about once every summer, drinking it in greedily since I no longer have to wait for the next chapter to be released. I was always vibrating with excitement when they dropped. And now I own a physical book! And it's not Summer, but it's Marra and her Bonedog and the dust-wife and Fenris and Agnes and the demon chicken whom I love and would probably rather not have as a pet, if only because I'm sure she'd laugh at me when I did something silly. Then again, maybe it's good to have someone else to laugh with you when you're silly. I usually do anyway, but it might be good to add a chuckled cluck as an extra undertone, you know?

Anyway, all of this is to say that it was a delightful read. Ursula Vernon's storytelling is so quintessentially hers, somehow. It sounds silly to say it that way, but that's the simplest way to say it. Her voice is so strong and lovely and so dry sometimes, and it leaves my heart laughing.

It's good, is what I'm meaning to say, in so many words. I'm keeping this one on the shelf, and I'm giving it the spot with the favorites, and some others will have to scoot. I'm running out of shelf space either way. I can't wait to have a home of my own so I can get the biggest book case and give every book the place it deserves.

Okay. That's all I've got, I think. I'm heading off to bed.

Go read "Nettle and Bone". And feed your chickens and bone dogs.

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My left ear is blocked completely for the second time in my life and I am already climbing up the walls ready to bite any god that comes close to me

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Spinning Silver was so fucking good you should all pick it up and read it.

Mild spoiler below because I NEED to get it off my chest before going back to read the last 70 pages again because OH MY GOD. So good.

Go read it. Get off my blog.

I got Tiffany Aching vibes from both Irina and Miryem. Brave and clever and stubborn because those are YOUR people and it's YOUR right and YOUR worth and you better fucking step off.

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Someone told me I'm childish for getting excited about when I've done a bit of cleaning in my room, so here's me taking that to the people for their opinion Do you get excited when you've cleaned (part of) your room?

Yes because I hate it so LOOK AT ME GOOOO

No because [explain in tags?]

Voting ended onSep 18, 2023

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