BookObsessedGoth
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My name is Laurie. I'm a disabled, geeky, goth queer woman who loves books, cats, and baking.
I have chronic pain and chronic illnesses, I'm happily married to my enby spouse, and do not tolerate bigots.
EDS, MCAS. Dual classing adhd and autism.
I have chronic pain and chronic illnesses, I'm happily married to my enby spouse, and do not tolerate bigots.
EDS, MCAS. Dual classing adhd and autism.
I just had to remind one of my cats to blink. The other cat has once again decided that every single cat toy we own (and every object that's been appropriated as a cat toy) is far too boring for her and an insult to her intellect.
There are two kinds of cat.
There are two kinds of cat.
November 21, 2025 at 1:38 AM
I just had to remind one of my cats to blink. The other cat has once again decided that every single cat toy we own (and every object that's been appropriated as a cat toy) is far too boring for her and an insult to her intellect.
There are two kinds of cat.
There are two kinds of cat.
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On the topic of “our” duty to persuade abusers, a tale:
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THE FINGER-TAKER’S SON
Whenever the king became displeased with one of his subjects, he would send out his soldiers, and before long the offender would find themselves in the basement of the king’s finger-taker.
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THE FINGER-TAKER’S SON
Whenever the king became displeased with one of his subjects, he would send out his soldiers, and before long the offender would find themselves in the basement of the king’s finger-taker.
Apparently he's really saying "liberals need to befriend conservatives for the greater good" which is so pundit brained I can't even
September 4, 2025 at 10:32 PM
On the topic of “our” duty to persuade abusers, a tale:
——
THE FINGER-TAKER’S SON
Whenever the king became displeased with one of his subjects, he would send out his soldiers, and before long the offender would find themselves in the basement of the king’s finger-taker.
——
THE FINGER-TAKER’S SON
Whenever the king became displeased with one of his subjects, he would send out his soldiers, and before long the offender would find themselves in the basement of the king’s finger-taker.
There are some days where I kinda feel like I'm just a handful of maladaptive coping mechanisms in a trench coat.
September 4, 2025 at 7:36 PM
There are some days where I kinda feel like I'm just a handful of maladaptive coping mechanisms in a trench coat.
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(7/19/22) #Delafina777-cats
Lucy made herself a cat door in the screen door, went out and came in, then ran and got Max and showed him.
His head did not fit.
So she smacked him, pushed him away, and went back out.
(Now to find some duct tape)
Lucy made herself a cat door in the screen door, went out and came in, then ran and got Max and showed him.
His head did not fit.
So she smacked him, pushed him away, and went back out.
(Now to find some duct tape)
December 24, 2024 at 10:17 PM
(7/19/22) #Delafina777-cats
Lucy made herself a cat door in the screen door, went out and came in, then ran and got Max and showed him.
His head did not fit.
So she smacked him, pushed him away, and went back out.
(Now to find some duct tape)
Lucy made herself a cat door in the screen door, went out and came in, then ran and got Max and showed him.
His head did not fit.
So she smacked him, pushed him away, and went back out.
(Now to find some duct tape)
I should really know better at this point than to listen to a @tkingfisher.com audiobook before bed, but apparently I don't, so now I'm going to have nightmares about mirror gelds. So that'll be fun.
August 29, 2025 at 4:30 AM
I should really know better at this point than to listen to a @tkingfisher.com audiobook before bed, but apparently I don't, so now I'm going to have nightmares about mirror gelds. So that'll be fun.
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This made me laugh. And then I sat and thought about it. This is correct.
August 6, 2025 at 3:30 AM
This made me laugh. And then I sat and thought about it. This is correct.
We've all heard about GI Joe. The toy is very old and very well known.
But very few people know about GI Joe's predecessor, who did not test nearly so well in focus groups:
Gastro-Intestinal Joseph
But very few people know about GI Joe's predecessor, who did not test nearly so well in focus groups:
Gastro-Intestinal Joseph
June 12, 2025 at 10:55 PM
We've all heard about GI Joe. The toy is very old and very well known.
But very few people know about GI Joe's predecessor, who did not test nearly so well in focus groups:
Gastro-Intestinal Joseph
But very few people know about GI Joe's predecessor, who did not test nearly so well in focus groups:
Gastro-Intestinal Joseph
Some people wear so much fucking cologne that it should be considered a war crime
Also I now have a migraine
Also I now have a migraine
March 12, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Some people wear so much fucking cologne that it should be considered a war crime
Also I now have a migraine
Also I now have a migraine
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The next time someone calls a reporter "biased" or an activist — especially someone who is a woman, a person of color, LGBTQ+, an immigrant, and/or disabled — ask them to articulate the difference between bias and expertise: longreads.com/2018/03/29/i...
February 28, 2025 at 6:47 PM
The next time someone calls a reporter "biased" or an activist — especially someone who is a woman, a person of color, LGBTQ+, an immigrant, and/or disabled — ask them to articulate the difference between bias and expertise: longreads.com/2018/03/29/i...
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on this day when everyone is grappling with how to stand up to empire and if one individual can can even make a difference, remember Porphyrios
mine will always be the sperm whale who reacted to a Roman soldier throwing a bottle at him off the Byzantine coast by sinking every ship he could off that coast for the next 60 years and had the emperor declare him an enemy of the state and name him after the Titan who attacked mount olympus
About once a week I think fondly of my personal icon, the elephant who trampled a woman and then came back later to trample her some more at her funeral.
March 1, 2025 at 11:31 AM
on this day when everyone is grappling with how to stand up to empire and if one individual can can even make a difference, remember Porphyrios
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Lucy let Gus share her rug while I took a bath and he was so cautiously delighted.
February 19, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Lucy let Gus share her rug while I took a bath and he was so cautiously delighted.
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I know that cases like this are hugely discovery dependent and therefore a hard lift to ask for someone to take on pro bono, but if any lawyer out there feels the burning need to fuck up a company that's being blasé as fuck about killing multiple cats, Kiki has loads of provable monetary damages.
People fuck up, but Wild Coast Raw is literally killing cats and declining to take ANY responsibility for it.
My COMPLETELY INDOOR cats ate batch 22660. They are still acting like the bird flu results were fake.
My stud who does not eat raw was negative.
This WILL kill cats. This is evil.
My COMPLETELY INDOOR cats ate batch 22660. They are still acting like the bird flu results were fake.
My stud who does not eat raw was negative.
This WILL kill cats. This is evil.
February 20, 2025 at 1:44 PM
I know that cases like this are hugely discovery dependent and therefore a hard lift to ask for someone to take on pro bono, but if any lawyer out there feels the burning need to fuck up a company that's being blasé as fuck about killing multiple cats, Kiki has loads of provable monetary damages.
I picked my cat up off the counter before she could find something to lick in the sink and set her gently down on the ground, telling her once again, "No counter. Down."
She farted at me in retaliation.
My mouth was open.
She farted at me in retaliation.
My mouth was open.
February 26, 2025 at 7:42 AM
I picked my cat up off the counter before she could find something to lick in the sink and set her gently down on the ground, telling her once again, "No counter. Down."
She farted at me in retaliation.
My mouth was open.
She farted at me in retaliation.
My mouth was open.
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back when I was a kid a soft drink company came up with a scheme to put super dumb slogans like HELLO under bottle caps but it worked to spur purchase not least from my buddy who collected thousands of caps to sell for profit , nobody bought any & he was still a better businessman than elon musk
February 25, 2025 at 10:14 AM
back when I was a kid a soft drink company came up with a scheme to put super dumb slogans like HELLO under bottle caps but it worked to spur purchase not least from my buddy who collected thousands of caps to sell for profit , nobody bought any & he was still a better businessman than elon musk
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Usually the counterpoint to “president says false thing” is not “BUT he believes it.”
February 25, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Usually the counterpoint to “president says false thing” is not “BUT he believes it.”
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AAAAAAAHHHHHHH
The sequel, DAGGERBOUND, will be out next year, as the Dervish deals with a (perhaps familiar) scholar formerly known as Learned Edmund…
February 26, 2025 at 6:37 AM
AAAAAAAHHHHHHH
Me, talking about how describing my existence often horrifies medical professionals: "I am frequently upsetting to doctors."
Derek: "Yeah, well, I think a lot of doctors need to be upset more often."
Me: "Are you saying that my being a generic dumpster fire is a public service?"
Derek: "Yeah, well, I think a lot of doctors need to be upset more often."
Me: "Are you saying that my being a generic dumpster fire is a public service?"
February 26, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Me, talking about how describing my existence often horrifies medical professionals: "I am frequently upsetting to doctors."
Derek: "Yeah, well, I think a lot of doctors need to be upset more often."
Me: "Are you saying that my being a generic dumpster fire is a public service?"
Derek: "Yeah, well, I think a lot of doctors need to be upset more often."
Me: "Are you saying that my being a generic dumpster fire is a public service?"
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If you're in desperate need of a comfort read, this is the absolute best. Sapient swords with opinions, housekeepers with questions, non-binary holy lawyers, a very patient ox, and a sweet romance. If you wish more cozy fantasy cared about worldbuilding and supply chains, here you go!
Oh! Hey! If you haven’t read SWORDHEART, the shiny new edition from Tor Bramble is out today! And it is super shiny!
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Swordheart
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February 25, 2025 at 8:22 PM
If you're in desperate need of a comfort read, this is the absolute best. Sapient swords with opinions, housekeepers with questions, non-binary holy lawyers, a very patient ox, and a sweet romance. If you wish more cozy fantasy cared about worldbuilding and supply chains, here you go!
You can tell a lot about person by what they assume about you when they're struggling to read your facial expression.
February 26, 2025 at 5:50 AM
You can tell a lot about person by what they assume about you when they're struggling to read your facial expression.
I feel like when we finally move into a house and can adopt a third cat, I'm going to accidentally lock a cat in the laundry room.
Not because I forget to do a headcount when closing the laundry room door, but because, after more than a decade and a half of having 2 cats, I'll forget there are 3.
Not because I forget to do a headcount when closing the laundry room door, but because, after more than a decade and a half of having 2 cats, I'll forget there are 3.
February 18, 2025 at 10:40 PM
I feel like when we finally move into a house and can adopt a third cat, I'm going to accidentally lock a cat in the laundry room.
Not because I forget to do a headcount when closing the laundry room door, but because, after more than a decade and a half of having 2 cats, I'll forget there are 3.
Not because I forget to do a headcount when closing the laundry room door, but because, after more than a decade and a half of having 2 cats, I'll forget there are 3.
Me to my spouse, after re-listening to one of Ursula Vernon's Paladin novels:
Me: "Are you sure that the reason you keep saying my DnD class would be paladin isn't my tendency to feel intensely guilty over things that absolutely not my fault?"
Spouse: " I mean, that isn't NOT why...."
Me: "Are you sure that the reason you keep saying my DnD class would be paladin isn't my tendency to feel intensely guilty over things that absolutely not my fault?"
Spouse: " I mean, that isn't NOT why...."
February 15, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Me to my spouse, after re-listening to one of Ursula Vernon's Paladin novels:
Me: "Are you sure that the reason you keep saying my DnD class would be paladin isn't my tendency to feel intensely guilty over things that absolutely not my fault?"
Spouse: " I mean, that isn't NOT why...."
Me: "Are you sure that the reason you keep saying my DnD class would be paladin isn't my tendency to feel intensely guilty over things that absolutely not my fault?"
Spouse: " I mean, that isn't NOT why...."
The hills I will die on are a wild combination of dearly held beliefs on the nature of being human, on empathy, on justice and the complexity of existence
And also some completely fucking arbitrary bullshit that I have Strong Feelings About for reasons I don't even completely understand.
And also some completely fucking arbitrary bullshit that I have Strong Feelings About for reasons I don't even completely understand.
January 25, 2025 at 6:15 PM
The hills I will die on are a wild combination of dearly held beliefs on the nature of being human, on empathy, on justice and the complexity of existence
And also some completely fucking arbitrary bullshit that I have Strong Feelings About for reasons I don't even completely understand.
And also some completely fucking arbitrary bullshit that I have Strong Feelings About for reasons I don't even completely understand.
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I remember watching the show "V" and thinking that convincing the public that scientists were part of a conspiracy was over the top. I miss believing that.
January 25, 2025 at 4:58 AM
I remember watching the show "V" and thinking that convincing the public that scientists were part of a conspiracy was over the top. I miss believing that.
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if they want to go back to the 1950s, we’re bringing the cuisine back to the 1950s too. you put me in the kitchen, I will spend 100% of my time in there finding how much horseradish and shrimp I can put in Jello before God personally comes down here to stop me.
January 24, 2025 at 9:26 PM
if they want to go back to the 1950s, we’re bringing the cuisine back to the 1950s too. you put me in the kitchen, I will spend 100% of my time in there finding how much horseradish and shrimp I can put in Jello before God personally comes down here to stop me.