{I am writing graffiti on your body/I am drawing the story of how hard we tried}

[kaberett]

Caffeine: still, as it turns out, a bad idea. Probably. (Semi-accidentally had caffeine yesterday evening; was up ridiculously late in quiet tears about largely-disconnected-from-reality anxieties.)

I have just received an unambiguously helpful response from the Yellow Card folk, on two counts: first, they've added Mx as a title and updated my report to use it; and second, they've asked me for some more details and have passed on my specific query ("can you look into whether this side effect is associated with weird lung shit to do with connective tissue disorders as well as COPD, because that was an unpleasant surprise") to the scientific assessment team, who will apparently be getting in touch with me sometime in the next fortnight. So: huh.

Rivers of London: really enjoyed book one, was seriously hacked off with the gratuitous cissexism in book two, am still mildly grumpy halfway through book three -- but I am still reading, so.

Here is an essay: On Conflicting Emotional Needs In Relationships.

Here is a recipe I haven't yet tried: mulled wine plum crumble.

Comments

[shanaqui]

I believe I found that Ben Aaronovitch's books got better as they went along. And kicked me in the feels a lot.

[kaberett]

Well I've got the whole series and adored #1, so we'll see if I get on better with #4 and #5!

[swaldman]

I adored #1, thought 2 & 3 were a little meh but OK, and liked 4 a whole lot more.

Haven't read 5 yet!