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my darling boy will be fine but without insurance I'd owe almost $3,000 so the $27.50 I've been spending every month on pet insurance will be worth it, even if the plan I have only covers 80% after the $250 deductible

If you have pets, I really, really, really encourage you to get pet insurance. It can seem like an unnecessary expense until you're at the veterinary ER.

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If you have pets, I really, really, really encourage you to get pet insurance. It can seem like an unnecessary expense until you're at the veterinary ER.

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On point that a British company got... "inspiration" from a Nigerian creator.

#are you shitting me

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this is so silly and so fun

april fool's day on this website is literally always fun

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april fool's day on this website is literally always fun

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Q1 Reading Check-In

This is mostly for myself

So far in 2024 I've finished 11 books, 1 in January and 5 each in February and March (I think I was trying to relisten to gideon the ninth in January and then the library took it back so all my stats are off there).

The books are, in order of completion:

Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers, Jesse Q. Sutanto

Thornhedge, T. Kingfisher

This is How You Lose the Time War, Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone

Everyone on this Train is a Suspect, Benjamin Stevenson

Nettle & Bone, T. Kingfisher

Witch King, Martha Wells

The House in the Cerulean Sea, TJ Klune

Lost in the Moment and Found, Seanan McGuire

Mislaid in Parts Half-Known, Seanan McGuire

What Moves the Dead, T. Kingfisher

One Last Stop, Casey McQuiston

Looking over the list, I think I'd recommend all of the books that I finished. This is How You Lose the Time War was so good that I basically had to lie down for a while after I finished it. There were a few more that I simply did not enjoy that I stopped reading, but I think that's my right as a reader.

I think I've discovered that I, as a reader, really need some humor in my fantasy books. I just can't do the "everything is grim and nobody is funny and there's some magic" style of books; I can certainly enjoy parts of books that are serious, but you can't ask me to spend like 18 hours with nobody being funny at all.

I'm also glad that I discovered some authors that I like- I've currently got two more books from TJ Klune checked out.

There are also a lot of repeat authors here. I've missed Martha Wells' writing since I got to the most recent Murderbot, and I really liked Witch King. A friend of mine was able to send me the dramatis personae so I could learn how things were spelled, and I'd just like to formally ask all audiobook distributors to include a link to a PDF with all the character name spellings or to put it in the description or something. I simply cannot interact with fandoms if I only know how to pronounce something, not spell it. ALSO I discovered that there's now a full-cast version of Murderbot recorded? I'm so loyal to Kevin Free's narration but I'm intrigued so I placed some holds.

Similarly, I'm excitedly waiting for What Feasts at Night to get off my hold list and also for the audiobook version of the newest Saint of Steel version to be published, I'm reaching the end of what my libraries have for T. Kingfisher.

All in all, I think I've been decently consistent with prioritizing reading, and I'm continuing to be glad that I'm back into audiobooks. I might want to try and incorporate print books more again, but it's just so nice to be able to be reading while I'm at the jewelry-making bench sawing at stuff or while I've been deep-cleaning my entire apartment.

#also not to put anyone on blast but could they fix the pronunciation of Seanan at the start of Lost in the Moment and Found #had me double-checking for one read by the author to make sure I hadn't been mentally saying it wrong this whole time

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I love walking so much but it's so weird when you walk for a really long time and then your hands swell up

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also now every time something claims to boost my immune system I'm like "no thank you, my immune system is too powerful already, I don't want to give it the ammo to kill even more of my organs"

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this feels like a dumb question, like I'm missing something, but all these people going around saying you should take cold showers and cold plunges for XYZ reason... what's magic about the water, why wouldn't I be getting those benefits from living in Chicago and leaving my apartment in winter? like I guess water has a faster temperature transfer than air but how is me taking a 1 hour cold walk not giving me whatever benefits the 5 minute cold shower/cold plunge gives?

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icecreampotluck love how this implies you were 0 years old checking the lollapalooza lineup and going "nah nothing here sounds good"

yeah I was like maximum 3 weeks old for this one and I just really hadn't had time to listen to all of the acts beforehand

I've gone 28 years without wanting to go to Lollapalooza but now they've got like three artists I'd love to see on day 1 (Hozier, Chappell Roan, Daði Freyr)

gonna say this is not ideal for lolla, as a 28 year old I should be geriatric by their audience's standards. this festival is for teenagers from the suburbs not taxpaying adults who live in the actual city

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I've gone 28 years without wanting to go to Lollapalooza but now they've got like three artists I'd love to see on day 1 (Hozier, Chappell Roan, Daði Freyr)

gonna say this is not ideal for lolla, as a 28 year old I should be geriatric by their audience's standards. this festival is for teenagers from the suburbs not taxpaying adults who live in the actual city

#regardless I will not go #aside from feeling old in this specific context I'm simply too 5'4" for standing concerts #if any of them have aftershows tho....

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gang I need your help I have a phrase I really want to catch on and it’s calling any secret or invisible struggle you have a “fight with a gorilla” like the onion article. if they can have cinnamon roll catch on this can too. “yeah she told me about it, I had no idea, sounds like a real fight with a gorilla” “sorry man I can’t come I’ve really been fighting the gorilla lately” do you see the vision

#check please fandom can we make this gorilla happen

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I'm absolutely poisoned by Chicago, the prices for literally everything in Indiana seem so cheap in comparison

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even with instacart fees & markups & tips (don't have a car) Aldi is so much fucking cheaper than everywhere else

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there's an song clip going around in short-form vertical videos that goes "when I'm back in Chicago" and as a Chicagoan, I don't think I could make something with that sound authentically unless I spend an afternoon up in Evanston or something

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keeping your home clean is all fun and games until you get weird contact dermatitis from the cleaning products

#it's very mild this time #but my skin on my inner forearm is really weirdly textured right now

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for reference it is almost midnight

who the fuck is playing star wars music on bagpipes in my building