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“Black blood of the earth!”

Big Trouble in Little China is on everyone’s Christmas season watch list, I assume?

18:40 —

I’ve been using @MonaApp as my main Mastodon client for a while now (and love it) but noticed my @ivory subscription was due to end in January so thought I’d give it another try before renewing… I see far fewer posts in my timeline via Ivory.

16:30 —

New arrival. I may be developing a slight addiction to sci-fi movie art books.

13:14 (2 media) —

Stressful dreams of a website with login requirements that involved solving a Rubik’s Cube and ‘performing feats of strength’.

10:34 —

Probably not a great sign that I could hear that wind gust through noise cancelling headphones.

13:01 —

Weird Dune == Best Dune

09:26 (1 media) —

Seems to be headed north. Santa really pulling out the stops this year.

16:03 —

Uncanny orange light overhead. Partial-eclipse orange through the rains.

15:54 —

The blown-over-for-sale-sign man is doing his rounds.

12:02 —

Still nighttime at noon.

11:55 —

Early morning darkness into rainy winter’s day darkness. Veda bread and coffee.

10:22 —

Weird new quirk: categorising the photos I see in my Mastodon feed based on their potential future use as iMessage stickers.

12:45 (1 media) —

Strangely cold today, while being exactly the same temperature as yesterday. Wind chill somehow breaching the walls, Day After Tomorrow style.

12:34 —

Time to engage the secret third combined weight of the duvet.

20:01 —

Midnight at 5.30pm. Proper Winter knocking on the door.

18:58 (1 media) —

The delighted sound of neighbours’ kids convinced it’s snow.

16:27 —

Urgently loud winter hail.

16:23 —

The low sun with hedge swaying at the rear and tree at the front occasionally show me giants in the corner of my eye. Dancing their way around the house.

I only notice and look up when they seem to stop and loom.

12:49 —

Cacophony of birds out back, they seem to be shouting down a small dog.

13:05 —

Blinding, low winter sun season appears to be here. Alongside deep and exhausting seasonal dreams.

12:56 —