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1st round of radiation done for my new abdominal tumour. Easy peasy this time compared to 4 years ago, just 3 sessions. It’s kind of like getting an x-ray that takes 15 minutes. The biggest challenges are staying still despite various itches, and not falling asleep. #canceradventures

Boo. I was enjoying this until it all sort of fell apart for me in the last 10%. Too much saccharine schmaltz, fireflies, attempts at ‘magical realism’ and page after page about a sheep named Elaine. #booksky

I moved to Hurstville in Sydney recently, and I didn’t realise Sumner Locke Elliott, author and homosexualist, was a local from just next door in Kogarah. Here he is remembered in tile.

When did the words "waist" and "waste" become so hard to differentiate. Please stop posting about your waste, because EWW.

A happy afternoon unpacking books and arranging my bookshelves after our house move. Sone have been in boxes for several years. Hello old friends.

It’s stories not story’s. You converse you don’t conversate. You simplify you don’t simplificate. I mean, I could keep adding to this list but frankly I think my head would explode.

Post yourself from a different era

[Me (far left) at Kaos Comedy Restaurant, 90s. I had the biggest crush on the guy I'm sitting next to. It was very much unrequited.]

Tom has bought a place, so this should be the last move!

I'm packing box after box of books, and getting reacquainted with some old friends. Cudos to 16 year old me who had the good taste to buy 3 Dragon's Dream titles way back then; Syd Mead: Sentinel, Roger Dean: Views and 21st Century Foss. I know nothing of Dragon's Dream but they loved a trippy font.

It's only been out about a week or so. Hot off the press!

I'm packing to move house next week. I'm not sleeping well, my new cancer meds are giving me hot flushes, and every night is a bedclothes on again, off again scenario. I'm stressed, but I have a loving partner and supportive friends with offers of help. We'll get through this. All will be well.

It's a good day when the new release book 5 of a favourite series jumps to the top of the TBR pile. "Carnival of Lies" by D.V. Bishop, the 5th installment of the Renaissance detective Cesare Aldo series. This time he's left Florence, for Venice in the year 1539. Intrigues ensue! #booksky

I'm currently packing up the apartment for a move in a few weeks, and at the same time my new cancer treatment is giving me menopausal style hot flushes. Hoodie on. Hoodie off. Rinse, repeat. It's like the worst striptease ever. #cancerjapes

Quote with a photo of you from the 80’s

I love the way they've gone with one of the prettiest actors out there and were like "The glasses make him look smart, right? Smart people wear glasses."

I finally got around to seeing the 2021 film Firebird, as it was just added to the free streaming service (SBS OnDemand) here in Oz. Oh my, such a beautiful, sad, poignant film, especially knowing it's a true story. It was released last year in Japan and I love the Japanese poster (pic 2). #firebird

Share some sisters from Film or TV.

"Oh, I wish Daddy could be here right now! You can never lose your talent, he used to tell me. You can lose everything else, but, you can't lose your talent."

I was just searching for a user on Instagram and amongst the suggestions was 'does it cake pop', and now I really want to know if does, or doesn't. TELL ME.

I know most adult film actors use stage names, but to learn that Gabriel Cross and Scott Wild are in reality Ben and Paul blows my tiny mind for some reason.

Oh yes, we've been together almost 6 years and are very much in love. He's also quite a bit younger than me, but we have the same sense of humour and both prioritise communication. I'm 4 years into a cancer journey and he's been a source of support for me, including being totally unfased by it.

I keep a step stool in the kitchen because I'm the one who primarily does all the cooking. When we moved into this apartment I realised that I had only filled the lower shelves of all of the overhead cabinets, and that wasn't going to work.

Relatable content.

Wonderful isn't it. I blubbed.

Lol, I'm a statuesque 5'4" and my boyfriend is 6'4", so can confirm we are magical little treasure, oft admired.

The early bird etc etc..

A large blocky shaped ship is levitating above a city that looks a little like ancient Rome.

I've just started reading The Will of the Many by James Islington (Heirachy book 1), and oof the world building is great. A fantasy blend of classical Rome, with a bit of Dark Academia, and an almost steampunk lack of tech. That actually doesn't do it justice. Book 2 isn't out until November. [sad]

I’m loving the Murderbot series, but the episodes are too short! I want more! #murderbot

Naawwww

There is a guy on my bus tunelessly whistling and repeatedly scuffing his feet back and forth, and we’ll, maybe the word ‘rage’ is too strong but…

June just has to get in there and fuck all their shit up.