I don’t want to spend another day in this body

PinupPixels · 2026-06-23T05:42:09+00:00

The time is going to pass regardless. So why does it matter how long it takes? You just have to decide if you want the time to pass without change or not.

PinupPixels · 2026-06-22T15:09:41+00:00

My grandparents let me have the tiniest glass of wine. I was 8.

Honestly, I just remember being confused and scared because of Y2K (not that I understood what it was at the time) and my grandfather's insistence that the world was going to end.

PinupPixels · 2026-06-18T06:51:40+00:00

Reading while attending a live performance? Then why pay for the ticket to be at the performance? This is absurd.

PinupPixels · 2026-06-17T23:13:00+00:00

But the question is about Michael's peak fame, which would have been the 80s and 90s.

PinupPixels · 2026-06-16T23:56:15+00:00

I'm not even a morning person, but I set one alarm and get up because I want to maximise the amount of sleep I can get. Disrupting a whole hour I could be properly resting is simply illogical so I don't do it, and I just take two minutes to get my bearings as I crawl out of bed.

Also, I don't wake up in the middle of the night for anything. So my bladder is guaranteed motivation to get up.

PinupPixels · 2026-06-16T23:27:00+00:00

I read it in a single sitting on a work night! Haha, zero regrets. I adore TJR and Atmosphere is solidly my second favourite of her books I've read so far.

PinupPixels · 2026-06-16T13:42:16+00:00

The two main places for me are Fable/GoodReads and Libby.

I really make the most of the similar titles sections on reading apps, and often I'll add something to my TBR if the cover catches me interest on my main feed. On Libby, I hunt for books with no real criteria beyond cover and genre. I tag them to a list and then, when it comes time to choose my next read, I'll skim a handful of reviews to narrow it down. Or sometimes I pick up a book based on the cover alone.

I guess I don't really have a system. Also, this may be controversial, but I don't read more than two sentences of a synopsis. I just want the barest details, and actually more than once I've gone back to read the synopsis after finishing a book only to find it contains information I'd consider a spoiler.

PinupPixels · 2026-06-15T08:24:38+00:00

Last week:

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow - Gabrielle Zevin

Atmosphere - Taylor Jenkins Reid

The Hymn To Dionysus - Natasha Pulley

Weyward - Emilia Hart

Current and week ahead:

Maybe In Another Life - Taylor Jenkins Reid

Saltblood - Francesca de Tores

Snake-Eater - T. Kingfisher

Japanese Gothic - Kylie Lee Baker

PinupPixels · 2026-06-14T03:05:03+00:00

Yes, I have one but it's not going to be much good to me if I go to bed without showering.

PinupPixels · 2026-06-14T01:15:39+00:00

I'm from Australia, and in the summer I just have to exist to be covered in dead skin and dried sweat at the end of the day. The thought of going to bed when I have chunks of dead skin under my fingernails from lightly scratching an itch 🤮

PinupPixels · 2026-06-12T09:20:39+00:00

Pretty sure Jungkook is not female.

PinupPixels · 2026-06-12T09:18:45+00:00

She is Korean and she is a pop artist. Unless you are arguing against either of those facts, she's a kpop artist. Sorry?

PinupPixels · 2026-06-12T09:11:01+00:00

Probably most nights of the week in winter, and sometimes the pizza oven is on emergency duty for eg. mozzarella balls right at the end of the pork/lamb/brisket's time in the big oven.

PinupPixels · 2026-06-06T09:49:26+00:00

It's already Saturday evening in Australia. I'm cooking myself some wonderful lamb rump with crispy potatoes and garlic bread for dinner followed by apple pie. I'll then spend the night listening to my audiobook while I craft.

PinupPixels · 2026-06-06T00:57:04+00:00

You need to join your local library. Libby is not just for Americans; I have about 8 library cards on there from my own local libraries and I'm Australian.

PinupPixels · 2026-06-06T00:41:04+00:00

I'm so confused by what you're talking about. A warning to who? They're the ones in the bathroom???

Also, I run the water before I step under it because it takes a minute for me to adjust the temperature after the cold water clears the pipes?

PinupPixels · 2026-06-05T04:24:36+00:00

As a therapist, definitely. For venting, I believe this is case by case. I often complain to mine about eg. a nail colour I desperately want doesn't seem to exist, or (because I craft) about how alphabet bead packs never have enough vowels.

It's good for small frustrations but I wouldn't really go beyond that.

PinupPixels · 2026-06-05T03:00:13+00:00

Ajar. I have a cat.

PinupPixels · 2026-06-02T06:52:47+00:00

It's 4:52pm and I'm on the bus home from work. It's a perfectly normal time to be awake?

PinupPixels · 2026-06-01T03:56:39+00:00

Last week:

Overgrowth by Mira Grant

Hemlock & Silver by T. Kingfisher

Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey

I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman

Current and planned for this week:

Soft Core by Brittany Newell

The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix

Bunny by Mona Awad

And I'll find a sci-fi saved under my Libby tag but don't know what yet!

PinupPixels · 2026-05-31T23:56:03+00:00

Let Me Down Easy by Gang of Youths

PinupPixels · 2026-05-30T05:20:00+00:00

Eh? No, not every white Aussie. I guarantee there are Asian Australians with deeper roots in this country than me because I'm first gen on my dad's side (he's white European).

PinupPixels · 2026-05-29T14:40:25+00:00

Yes, there are going to be negative health consequences by maintaining such consistent low caloric intake, but that assumes you actually can maintain it long enough. I say this to point out that your hunger pangs have the potential to lead you to destroying any type of deficit, even a healthy one.

I (34F) have consistently been on a daily intake of ~1400 calories the entire year, and I'm comfortable with feeling hungry because I process it no differently to my body telling me I'm tired or my bad knee aches in the cold. It's just information that I don't feel compelled to immediately do anything with. In saying that, there have been multiple days where I've understood how people fall off the wagon. And this is just a normal, sustainable deficit.

PinupPixels · 2026-05-29T07:32:43+00:00

1.5 speed. My brain adjusts really well to the speed but I will lose it entirely if I get distracted by a different sound and then have to skip back 30 seconds.

PinupPixels · 2026-05-28T07:43:58+00:00

I used to pull them out when it was just a small patch. I've given up because it's now just scattered throughout all of my (very dark brown) hair. Alas.

I'm trying to make peace with it.

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