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Showing posts with label everyday life. Show all posts
Showing posts with label everyday life. Show all posts
Thursday 15 August 2019
Wednesday 7 August 2019
Month in Review(s) - July 2019
July was too goddamned hot.
I spelled Gorffennaf wrong in the graphic - oops! 😅 |
I'm not built for anything past 23C, and it hit, like 31C.
I know to some of you who live in hotter places than the UK, that's nothing but... it's really not nothing to us!
I'm not a nice person when I'm hot - I'm grumpy af and just want to make the world suffer.
Also, I live in Wales. Summer is traditionally one big rain shower - WTAF with this heat?!
Sunday 4 August 2019
Nerd Church - Do We REALLY Value the ART?
I love Fine Art, and have done since I was a teensy babbi.
(Which slightly confused my parents who were expecting a child rather than an art, music, and literature lover, but anyways...)
I'm not so much of a fan of Modern Art, though, 'cos it tends to be either ugly or pretentious af - or sometimes both. Lol.
Sunday 14 July 2019
Nerd Church - Casual Homophobia: A Thousand Cuts
(Warning: this post discusses several instances of homophobia, and the feelings caused.)
I use the term homophobia here as a catch-all for all types of bigotry against LGBTQ+ people.
When I was very, very, small, someone I love - an adult - said something that stuck a tiny dagger into my heart.
They said, "...it shows being Gay as something natural. Which it's not."
And a teeny-tiny voice in my small child brain said, 'But what about me?' and then I stamped it down very, very, hard.
Partly because I didn't know what I meant. What about me? What was I?
Well, if straight was the natural... then I was straight? Right?
Wednesday 10 July 2019
Month in Review(s) - June 2019
June kind of flew by!
Partly because I was super-busy! Which is also why I (once again) posted less here than I wanted to.
I did manage to post a review though! Woo! I can still call myself a book blog! (Lol.) 😅
Sunday 7 July 2019
Nerd Church - The Writer Diaries: Turns Out, People Are Interested
I've never really had much confidence in my writing.
Like, objectively I know that people read this blog but... it always surprises (and delights,) me when someone comments, shares, etc. (Hint hint. Lol.)
Likewise, I'm always on edge about the fiction I write - it can't be something someone'd be interested in reading, right?
At the same time, not writing would be like not breathing. Unthinkable.
It's literally who I am - I breathe. I read. I write.
Sunday 23 June 2019
Nerd Church - Anxiety: Worrying About Sh** I Actually Don't Care About
(Warning: this post discusses Anxiety (which you probably figured out) and Depression)
If you're worried about paying the bills when you've got no money in the bank, that's logical.
Likewise, worrying about a friend who's been going through a tough time, or feeling anxious before you give a speech, is totally understandable.
Anxiety, though?
Anxiety blows the normal sh** out of proportion, while adding some completely illogical sh** t'boot.
Wednesday 19 June 2019
Mini-Review! - Dat's Love and Other Stories by Leonora Brito
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from qualifying purchases**
Title: Dat's Love and Other Stories
Author: Leonora Brito
Title: Dat's Love and Other Stories
(Also published as 'Selected Stories)
Author: Leonora Brito
Genres: Anthology, Short Stories, Contemporary(-ish,) Historical
Fiction
Wednesday 5 June 2019
Month in Review(s) - May 2019
Such is life - we just keep moving after all!
Sunday 2 June 2019
Nerd Church - The World's Exhausting Expectations of Women
Who the hell is it that's making 'the Social norms' anyway?
Cos I think we all need to have a few words with them.
I mean, the amount of stuff we're expected to be and not be doesn't make any goddamn sense. The 'shoulds' and 'shouldn'ts' are ridiculous.
(In a broad sense, I mean - I'm sure there's stuff you actually should do, like eat and sleep and go to the loo, and stuff you shouldn't like arson, theft, murder, voting for Donald Trump, etc.
There's exceptions to most generalisations.)
Women, for example, get a raw effing deal.
Just looking at ads and articles aimed at women can sometimes be goddamned exhausting!
Sunday 26 May 2019
Nerd Church - Game of Thrones: No-One's Very Happy, Which Means It's A Good Compromise
This post has Game of Thrones **spoilers** EVERY GOD-DAMN-WHERE! Ok? Ok.
It's best to get the spoiler warnings outta the way. 😉
Also, y'know this is Game of Thrones, so general WARNING for potentially distressing content.
Sunday 12 May 2019
Nerd Church - The Writer Diaries: Patchwork Writing and Whatever Works For You
(Warning: this post discusses the everyday affects of Depression/Anxiety)
Some people are 'plotters,' some people are 'pantsers' - and I write in patchwork.
For those who don't know, writing fiction is generally split into two camps by the people who split things (whoever they are - I'm not sure anyone's ever met them) - plotting and pantsing.
Some people are 'plotters,' some people are 'pantsers' - and I write in patchwork.
For those who don't know, writing fiction is generally split into two camps by the people who split things (whoever they are - I'm not sure anyone's ever met them) - plotting and pantsing.
Image by Pexels from Pixabay |
Wednesday 8 May 2019
Month in Review(s) - April 2019
April - well, April didn't have any work-related nose-bleeds, for a start!
Thanks to everyone for asking if I was ok, etc, last month - honestly I think you guys were a lot more worried about it than I was 😅
On the one hand, April had Easter and chocolate and spring flowers, and all that awesome stuff!
Y'know, lots of fun stuff to enjoy and smile about! 😊
Sunday 5 May 2019
Nerd Church - The 9 Most Annoying Things That Have Been Said To Me About Being A Second-Generation Vegetarian
I was raised Vegetarian.
So even as Vegetarianism and Veganism has become more main-stream, I've been sat here in a unique kind of space, that not many people get to see.
Image by nugroho dwi hartawan from Pixabay |
I've spent my entire life as a Vegetarian.
Which, especially when I was younger, before it became popular, did create some tensions... not least because nothing used to be labelled with a 'V' or whatever.
Sunday 21 April 2019
Nerd Church - Happy Easter (or, Let's Respect Each Other, Yeah?)
Happy Easter/Pasg Hapus dearest nerdlets!
Image by Couleur from Pixabay |
One of the most enduring symbols of Easter is eggs, dontcha think?
Chocolate eggs, painted eggs, eggs with chicks breaking out, eggs just randomly decorating everything!
But I've been noticing some egg-hate lately.
And I don't mean from Vegans - that's a whole different set of issues related to a different set of moral questions - nope, I mean from people who don't know much about history.
Friday 19 April 2019
Friday Fics Fix - Easter in Haven
(Warning: discussions of chronic illness and ableism)
One of my favouritest TV shows of all time is Haven.
'Audrey and Nathan dashed into the Grey Gull, each imagining terrible scenarios. None of their fears involved Duke with a spatula in hand, staring at the bar.'
One of my favouritest TV shows of all time is Haven.
If you haven't heard of it, then I'm not angry, just disappointed (not in you - in Society in general! 😅)
Wednesday 10 April 2019
Month In Review(s) - March 2019
March was blood, sweat, and tears.
...literally!
March was a month in which I worked my a** off (no change there then!) and learned that apparently when my body's decided I've worked too much, it gives me a spike of Anxiety and a nose-bleed.
I f**k you not.
Sunday 7 April 2019
Nerd Church - 4 Tips For Blogging When Busy
I've been super-busy lately, and I've just about managed to keep up with the blogging.
I haven't got everything done that I wanted to do, but I've kept it ticking over with my average of 3 posts a week, plus answering comments, blog-hopping, Twitter-ing, and all the hidden blog tasks like SEO and finding images for posts.
Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay |
Phew! When I put it that way, I wonder how I've been doing all this plus running my own business and dealing with regular life-stuff, but I have! (No wonder I've been so tired!)
Also there has been literal blood, sweat, and tears over the past month - I've come to the conclusion that I don't need to add to that with stress over blogging!
Sunday 24 March 2019
Nerd Church - The Dilemma of Morally Dubious Media (Ft. American Psycho, Game of Thrones and Harry Potter)
Warning: this post discusses morally dubious media, including but not limited to: rape, murder, incest, general violence.
Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay |
American Psycho is about a serial killer that takes pleasure in raping and killing women in the most horrible ways, and the narrative goes into gratuitous detail about it.
Do I have your attention? Buckle up, dearest nerdlets!
No matter what, there is always gonna be media - books, films, TV series, whatever - that is kinda dubious on the ol' morality front.
Is that ok? Is that something we should be consuming? Is that something that people should be creating?
And if it isn't, is that something that we should be supressing?
Should we be, to put it bluntly, censoring it?
Thursday 21 March 2019
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