clevermanka | Thursday Link Dump, et. al.

This week's dump on cm.net.

Twitter:
Some Bai Yu selfies that are a little more *cough*, well, more something than the ones I linked yesterday.
An Untamed epistolary/texting Twitter fic. Unfinished, but adorable.
Toot Toot! Love how the Harper's Bazaar China wedding shoot continues to come for my life.

YouTube's algorithm suggested the short film Kiss of the Rabbit God and it was not an inaccurate match for my interests. Warnings for blood, and ritualized/fantasy self-harm (that is actually not self-harm).

I had to skim parts of the last six episodes of Guardian to get timeline stuff right for Deconstruction and now I have a bit of sad. THIS SHOW.

Yesterday was awful. Thank dogs I don't actually care about the holiday. I drank one (one!) champagne cocktail with friends at their Xmas Eve gathering and boy oh boy did I pay for it the next day. Got to bed late, slept terrible, woke too early, and the whole day was a wash. I meant to clean house, bake cookies, get prepped for weekend company (mckitterick's new GF and her family want to meet me), but nope! I mostly just sat on the couch in a depressive stupor. Fatigue really fucks with my emotional equilibrium. Of course when I'm quiet on the couch is when Mckitterick wants to have Discussions. Ugh. Gross. I managed, but still... blah.

NGL I'm a little... annoyed? at the prospect of spending the entirety of NYE stone-cold sober but since I'm not bringing my stash to someone's house, that's not an option either. I'll be staying with a friend while the GF is here bc I'm not emotionally equipped to sleep in this house while they're sharing a bed. Even though there's no jealousy issues (I have no interest in getting back into bed with him ever again), it's still...kinda...ew? Mmm, right, and she's got a six-year-old kid so that also means no smoking while they're here at all. Oh this is gonna be Good Fuckin' Times, friends. Guess I'll take advantage of the opportunity to quit for a week. Get my tolerance back down. I do that a few times a year, anyway. Just I usually schedule it during times I don't have stressful shit happening.

I am not cut out to go through life sober. I am eternally grateful that I don't have an addictive personality.

Finally, and most importantly: Read the first two chapters of Tessa's Lady Hotspur before the book comes out in January! This link is also in the dump, but I wanted to make sure people who didn't click the link saw it because Tessa is such a good writer, y'all. She gave me an advance UK copy when I saw her Tuesday night (she is also the one who gave me the cocktail but I don't hold it against her) and I'm So Excited to start it but am waiting until after our holiday company leaves. SIGH.

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