Gemma

Good morning, and rememver, no matter how bad a day you may have, you’re not Samuel Pepys who, overnight, had shit in the chimney. Twice.

Sadly I can’t remember the title, but a book about unexplained mysteries and phenomena (the Marie Celeste, spontaneous human combustion etc.) that I constantly took out of my primary school library.

Looking for playtesters for an upcoming sci-fi horror game kind of like shadowdark meets ten candles meets mothership.

If you want to test it with your group, send me a DM on Bluesky and I’ll send you a free copy.

I think this is exactly what I need right now. Adding to my to-buy list!

Wait, I did not even know this was a thing. Are they actually comfortable?

Welcome back! 😊

Tyler has never had a girlfriend because he’s into musicals, birdwatching and crosswords?!

PROTECT HIM.

#TheTraitors

Screenshot of the 'Congratulations' image for finishing the Hidden Books Game

##HiddenBooksGame? Completed it, mate.

I swear the #HiddenBooksGame comes round quicker every year. I am already well on the way to a nervous breakdown.

"The degree to which you resist is the degree to which you are free," Utah Phillips said, and as far back as Epictetus as not farther, people who have lived through extreme privation havs taught that part of survival is keeping your mind free and unsubjugated.

Soooo, turns out I didn't actually sprain it.

Kinda broke my foot a bit though.

Well, I managed to do the most me thing ever today. Fell down some stairs and sprained my ankle because I was excited about seeing a dog.

A nurse told me I have 'beautiful veins' today, so I guess that's just one more reason to be furious that a sexy vampire has not yet claimed me as his eternal bride.

BASTARDS

They cancelled it. Fuck's SAKE

Looking forward to spending spooky season on the Curtis Brown Creative course in Writing Gothic and Supernatural Fiction, devised by the brilliant Kirsty Logan 🦇👻

No. Vast, unfathomable quantities of no.

I HAVE RETURNED

Also I thought they handled trans and disabled characters so well that I'd love it if they found a way to work Tiresias into a future season.

Back on here for the first time in months (hello!) to say if you haven't seen KAOS on Netflix yet, you should remedy that at the earliest opportunity. Gods, I hope they don't cancel it.

Something and nothing about IG pics on a private plane.

Barry Keoghan in Saltburn, wearing a tux and looking like he's plotting nefarious deeds.

So Harry from The Traitors, a young man who ingratiated himself with a bunch of people in a big house then murdered them to gain a fortune, isn't quite as working class as he made out? Wait...

We’re watching RENFIELD tonight, so I’m making a paprika-heavy stew in honour of poor delicate-stomached Jonathan Harker.

If you're feeling a bit down, you can always buy a discounted advent calendar and just tear into it however you like. You'll have chocolate, but more importantly you will feel like an all-powerful chaotic entity who can literally devour time.

Finally did Barbenheimer over the weekend and, after all the unbridled feminist joy of the former, it was extra disappointing (if not remotely surprising) to see two terrific actresses being relegated to the roles of ‘Annoyed’ and ‘Boobs’.

Just making sure you also know about Storm Weather Shanty Choir.

(Though not quite as alarmed as when I realised the CATS soundtrack was playing in the waiting room. What in the misty quigley was that nonaense at 9:30 in the morning?!)

Went to hospital for a minor thing this morning and am always mildly alarmed at the large number of crows that hang around outside.

The book Easy Peasy Puppy Squeezy on a bookshop shelf

I don't care how easy it is, STOP SQUEEZING PUPPIES YOU MONSTER

I thonk you're right! My mother discovered a ton of it while gardening today - had no idea it was there