Justice is My Copilot @Paperclippe@witches.town

First and foremost, I highly recommend Mark Z Danielewski's "The Familiar" which begins with "One Rainy Day in May." https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23012473-one-rainy-day-in-may

I won't even attempt to tell you what this story is about; it's told from the viewpoint of several different people: The leader of a gang of drug dealers, a dirty cop in love, two parents, one who writes in code and one who writes in academic notations, and a little girl called Xanther who suffers from seizures and can see rocks over people's eyes. She has a little cat.

So my feed is a little depressing lately. I thought I might try and lighten it up a bit with some ✨ BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS ✨

It seems like a lot of you have read "17776: What Football Will Look Like in the Future."

(If you have not it is here and you really, really should read it: https://www.sbnation.com/a/17776-football)

A lot of the comments I'm seeing are saying seeing how weird and cool and strange it is - and you're right! It is!

But there is a lot of fiction like this out there! I won't overwhelm you, but I'm gonna throw out a few things you'll probably like.

Just had to clip all of my beautiful nails into the trash bin at work because the ticking on the keyboard made my finger joints hurt too much.

@claricestxrling nooooooo

@r4v5 hugs are good. :3

@Maverynthia I have no cat pics. :(

When you don't wanna eat but you feel worse for not eating so you just chop celery and lettuce into a bowl and eat it with a fork because that is both food and not food

Anyway I made this today based on my past 24 hours online https://witches.town/media/OfRvwdHovERu1TqPsqI

@Hiraelle @gourgou A cursory glance reveals it is entirely my definition of "nice"

When in reality it's the opposite: I don't want a preventative because when I take them with the rescue meds which I end up needing anyway my capacity not just to do work but to function as a human being is reduced to just above zero

I don't know what I hate more: being in pain or being on these drugs. At least these ones don't affect my mental state (insomuch as they don't actually change who I am as a person, like my last ones).

But I am really considering going back to being on nothing daily and just taking the rescue meds, but I'm afraid that'll sound like drug seeking behavior: no I don't want something that stops the pain I just want something that fucks me up

@gourgou I do not, but I am really not into Harry Potter (shun the pariah)

I am completely fucked up on my prescription meds right now (I take them for migraines) new daily one makes me constantly nauseated and dizzy (might just be adjusting to it, which is normal; have only been on the full dose for a few days) and I had to take my rescue meds for a migraine and I just feel dizzy and hot and cold and awful and I am stuck at work for two more hours and then I have to walk home. I legitimately might throw up on my shoes.

Anyway my birdsite is a bit of a garbage fire right now thanks to some ill-timed retweets so does anyone wanna talk about anything that isn't politics? Maybe fanfic? Maybe cats?

When one of the side effects of the drug you're taking is weight gain but suddenly you're nauseated all the time and losing weight despite the wine bender you've been on since Friday evening

When else in a story about strange magical goings on in a cross-dimensional world am I going to get to use the phrase "noble weenies?"

So thank you, Sera. Thank you for existing so that I can make you say tremendous things.

“Some of them noble weenies were whispering, and the walls have ears - which they don’t, I mean, the littles have ears, usually pointy ones. Walls with ears, yikes. Don’t lean up against that, right?"