I am fully stealing Ashley’s signature ten things list because I wanted to write something but I uh … I uh … my brain is full of fog like the moors, except without the Hound of the Baskervilles (hopefully).
- I wish I knew how to do really good astrophotography with my phone because the sky at night here is so full of stars that you can see the spread of the Milky Way across the darkness and I cannot express how beautiful, how mystical, how nostalgic, how joyful it is to see it every night.
- Last week some of the family (minus me, the chronically allergic to So Many Things) was working on one of the things we’re here to help with, a big cleanup of a property, and in the process they all caught some kind of gross cold (it’s not COVID, we checked right away) and it’s gradually spread amongst everyone but Robert so far. So today I have a sexy deep gravelly voice but if I try to use it I end up coughing in a very unsexy way. So disappoint.
- Finally my water intake is improving, because I was forgetting to drink enough water and ALSO forgot that spending this much time in the desert heat means I need to, you guessed it, drink more water.
- I set up a REDnote account but I haven’t put up a video post yet because I am very nervous that my beginner Chinese is going to sound just awful or incomprehensible. Now I know why content creators ™ write scripts. I am okay with pronunciation but my vocabulary is still limited and I get frustrated with my personal progress on learning to write and recognize characters. BUT I WILL PERSIST, no matter how many dumbasses think I’m some kind of Chinese bot. I’ll bet Chinese bots get better healthcare than Americans.
- Threads, which I didn’t think I would ever join, is overflowing with kpop content and queer people in my personal algorithm. I decided to sign up for it finally because I’m not currently in the US, so the regulations safeguarding me are stricter and more safe. I am having a ridiculously unhinged good time over there.
- Did you see that LUDICROUS display last night?! (referring to the US inauguration; derogatory) oh my god. It is already just as bad as we thought it would be and somehow also worse. Fuck.
- I forgot what I was going to say
- I thought Australia was full to bursting with both spiders (AUGH) and lizards (YESSSS), but I have seen barely any of either. I need more lizards!! I’ve only seen one so far!!!
- A bug that was so big buzzed past me when I was hanging up my laundry last week and I can only assume it was a small bomber-class aircraft from the volume and bass of the noise it made as I whipped out of the way because thankfully I heard it coming. It sounded like if a hornet was equipped with an outboard motor.
- Being from the frozen north (Michigan), I am absolutely not used to seeing Xmas decorations on a 105 Fahrenheit day. The cognitive dissonance. The confusion. The tablecloth decorated with Christmas motifs where I have my coffee every morning.
I’m coughing again so I’ll stop before I give you this cold. I’m covering my mouth but you never know. Best to be safe.
xox,
Nix
(no epilogue today, only coughing daintily into my hanky)
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