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Posted by Mariel Ruvinsky

https://cheezburger.com/45167621/they-have-a-very-unique-but-precious-relationship-lonely-cheetah-and-kind-tortoise-become-best

Friendship comes in all shapes and sizes, and that is true for animals too. The "strangest" bonds are often the cutest.

We all know that cats have a reputation for being solitary creatures, aloof, not needing anyone. What we don't know is how they gained that reputation. Despite the rumors, cats are incredibly friendly… when they choose to be. It is true that cats are picky about who they become friends with, but that is true for all of us. And just like us, once cats choose someone to be friends with, they bond with that someone incredibly strongly. And it's not just humans or other cats.

Cats bond with other animals all the time - house cats and big cats. We have seen, of course, cats become friends with dogs, despite all of their differences. We have seen a lion bond with a tiny dachshund, to the point that it caused more harm to separate the two than to keep them together. And we could never forget the iconic trio - a lion, a tiger and a bear who became lifelong friends after getting rescued from a criminal's home. They choose their friends carefully and for different reasons, but once they bond, breaking that bond is impawssible.

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Posted by Mariel Ruvinsky

https://cheezburger.com/45196037/your-weekly-caturday-meowgazine-20-i-can-has-meowments-featuring-cats-at-their-goofiest-and-most

Another week has passed, and we have to start our weekend on the right paw with a purrfect dose of cat content!

Oh, yes, a whole workweek is behind us, and we have finally made it to the best day of the week. We think that it has been a stressful time for everyone, not just us, and honestly, that is why we, the ICHC editors, are here every single day, putting together wholesome and silly cat content for you guys. Because we need something good in our lives. Something pawsitive. Something simple. And one thing that always makes us smile, no matter what is happening around us, are cats.

Every single week, we put together our weekly Caturday meowgazine. It's the purrfect start to the weekend because it's the one place where we put together the best of the best of the week - the funniest cat memes, the most viral cat tweets, the most heartwarming cat stories. The things that people couldn't stop talking about throughout the week that you might have missed while you were busy running around and trying to survive this world. This is where you start your weekend, and it's how you guarantee that your Caturday truly begins with a smile.

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Posted by Blake Seidel

https://cheezburger.com/45181701/i-watched-him-not-bathe-for-month-42-year-old-roommate-threatens-to-sell-her-housemates-cat-after-he

We all forget to clean the litter box every once in a while, but refusing to shower on top of that is like asking your roommates to live in a dumpster.

In a purrfect world, we would all be cleaning our cats' litter boxes every day. Even better, we would clean it after every use. But, life gets in the way or you just simply furget, and it gets too full. It smells - there's no way around it. But usually, when you get to that point, you have no choice but to clean it. Purrsonally, we can't stand that smell and are hyperaware of it because we strongly dislike when there is a "cat smell" in our homes. You know the one we're talking about.

Well, imagine that smell + your roommate refusing to bathe themselves. Then imagine being a 42-year-old woman living with that! After not being able to ignore her roommate's "cleanliness issues" anymore, she threatened to sell his fluffy feline if he didn't clean his cat's litter box, clean the bathroom with bleach, and scrub off his odor immediately.

We can handle a bit of smell, but we draw the line at pawsitively unhygienic.

P.S.pspspspspsps:
If you are like us and can't handle the smell of your cat's dirty litter, might we suggest the OneIsAll Ease S1 Self-Cleaning Litter Box, we just did a review of it on our website and it's purrfectly worth every penny. No more cleaning, no more dirty litter, just a sleek, beginner-friendly automatic litter box that is I Can Has Cheezburger? approved!

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sabotabby

This has been the longest and coldest winter ever but today was Peak Cherry Weekend at High Park so

ioplokon and I did the thing.

( cut for people who don't want to see more cherry blossoms and a cool duck )

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Posted by /u/Yggdrasil-

https://www.reddit.com/r/horrorlit/comments/1t1ucpq/anyone_know_of_any_female_authors_like_richard/

I really enjoy Laymon's intriguing plots and fast-paced prose, but I can't bear the way he writes women. I'm currently reading In the Dark, and while I think it's an entertaining story, there's a little too much breasting boobily for my taste.

Does anyone know of any female authors who write in a similar style (or a male author who is less weird about women)? Especially open to authors from the 80s/90s, but modern is OK too. I have read Kathe Koja - any other recs welcome. Thanks!!!

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‘Scarborn’ Is a New Polish Historical Thriller That Aims to Outdo Tarantino - And It Does.

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tyger

I did my blood draw this morning! Got super turned around in the building, fucking again, but I finally found the place and got my blood taken, finally! :3

Did some painting - I'm up to doing the final coat and then touchups on the edges of the first set of shelves. Which is going to be super slow, because I can only to one of those at a time, since I'm putting them in the vice so they're safely Not Touching Stuff, but at least it's happening! And I've started on the second set, which have got their first two coats on one side. We'll see how much I can get done tomorrow!

I also rummaged around and got all the sewing stuff out that I'll need for making blinds, and went through some of my old stuff with Mama. I am letting some of it go. Bleh. (Including my Fluffy, as it's been nommed on by moths ;_; ILU Fluffy! I might not have been small enough to wear you for like thirty five years, but ILU!!!!)

Aaaaand poking around more at some tech stuff, and uuuuuugh I fucking hate the 'just provide the config files, you'll automatically understand what I mean' method of writing not only documentation but fucking walkthroughs, whyyyy. Hate. Hate hate hate. Anyway I'll poke it more again tomorrow, probably.

Current Mood: sleepy
Current Location: Birthplace

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The Magician of Tiger Castle, Louis Sachar, 2025 fantasy novel. Sachar is best known for Holes*, famously tight and well-constructed, so I kept reading this one (his first book for adults) in hopes that it would all suddenly come together into something satisfying. Spoilers: it did not.

*although I know him best for Sideways Stories From Wayside School, which I reread many times as a kid

(And I remember basically nothing else about the Holes sequel but I do sometimes still think about the scene where the popstar sings Janis Joplin.)

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Creator: innitmarvelous_og
Title: Queen Susan the Gentle
Fandom: The Chronicles of Narnia
Characters/Pairings: Susan Pevensie
Prompt: Challenge 514: Gentle
Word Count/Medium: 5 icons
Rating: None
Warning: None
Summary: Five icons featuring Susan

nanila

Do you like to spend time outdoors?

Yes! I like walking, hiking and swimming outside. I don’t get to do any of those things often enough, but when I do, they make me very happy.
What is your favorite flower?

Whichever ones are currently in bloom. Right now it’s the tulips, and an iris just opened so for a few days it will be them as they're ephemeral. The roses are getting ready to go as well, and all of our rose bushes are bursting with buds this year which is nice to see.
Any favourite warm weather activities?

Gardening for hours, and then sitting on the lawn afterward with a refreshing cold beverage, admiring my handiwork and planning what to do next.
Have you ever kept a garden? If so, what did you grow?

Yes! I’m not really the architect of our garden. The layout is all the bloke’s handiwork. I like weeding, trimming, and helping out the flowering plants and veg he chooses.
Do you know how to swim?

Yes, but not particularly well. I do wish I’d had proper swimming lessons as a child. Both my children swim very well because of their lessons, and Humuhumu has done lifesaving courses too.

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https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/summer-pockets-anime-series/.236624

For better or for worse, Summer Pockets is a quintessential Key anime.

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Asuma Kagemori appeared in episode 5

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Webtoon tells story of exiled crown prince, assassin tasked to kill him

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Posted by /u/Sisyphustriesagain

https://www.reddit.com/r/horrorlit/comments/1t1tn65/finished_barrons_the_croning_loved_it_for_the/

Incredible opening chapters, harrowing finale, but admittedly a bit slow in the middle. Still grappling with a few things.

Kurt's story. I'm not entirely clear on what we are supposed to get out of that, particularly the initial but about his buddy Frankie. I know it is later revealed that the witch is Michelle (was the suicide referenced a red herring?), but I'm unclear on the point.
Why did Plimpton kill himself? I never saw a solid reason. Just a risk of working with the dark ones?
The ending. It seems very clear Dan assented to the bargain, thus Michelle's "Thank you." Obviously Holly has also undergone The Croning. Is the assuming Winnie is next in line? My main question - is Kurt not a member of the cult?

Really did enjoy it. I'm sure there are portions in the slow parts I didn't recognize were connected to the main story. May read again.

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Posted by /u/raresaturn

https://www.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/1t1shjd/trading_places_is_a_sharp_and_witty_comedy/

What on Earth were they thinking? Apart from the fact that nobody on Earth could mistake that for a real gorilla, the scene in question would be far more at home in something like Porkys 2. Kind of distracts from the social commentary of the piece. Still a great film though, worth another watch.

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ysabetwordsmith

Today is sunny and chilly.

I fed the birds. I've seen a large flock of sparrows and house finches, a male cardinal, and a fox squirrel.

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Current Mood: busy

oursin

Apparently this is Still A Thing: Woman denied permanent birth control on NHS wins case with ombudsman. I.e. she was asking for sterilisation, and significant barriers are still being put in the way when women ask for this, compared to men asking for vasectomy.

Conceding that

Female sterilisation, or tubal ligation, is a surgical procedure that involves sealing, cutting or blocking the fallopian tubes to prevent eggs from reaching the uterus. It is usually performed under general anaesthetic via keyhole surgery and requires a few weeks of recovery. In contrast, a vasectomy is a minor outpatient procedure, typically carried out under local anaesthetic in under 30 minutes.
While both procedures serve the same purpose, permanent contraception, the ombudsman’s investigation found that the NHS was in effect treating them as different tiers of care, placing significant barriers in front of women while offering men a more straightforward pathway.
The investigation found that the ICB had denied women NHS funding based on the risk of “regret”, a criterion not applied to men seeking vasectomies.

Critics say women face unequal treatment but others say tighter controls reflect legitimate medical concerns.

While some of this is about its being a more serious operation, a lot of it comes down to 'maybe she will regret it'. Sigh. Not all women are happy with the various forms of long-term contraception which one 'emeritus professor' (it is not stated of what) says are equivalent and leave options open.

This is a different, and very strange, story about reproduction: ‘It’s super weird, super odd, super rare’: meet the twins who have different dads.

I think there may have been some potentially similar phenomena collected by the sort of docs who collected Weird Medical Phenomena - come on down, Gould and Pyle and their Anomalies and curiosities of medicine : being an encyclopedic collection of rare and extraordinary cases, and of the most striking instances of abnormality in all branches of medicine and surgery derived from an exhaustive research of medical literature from its origin to the present day (1901), which includes 'twins of different colour' which before DNA testing was presumably the only means by which one might even suspect a case of this sort.

Have also looked up papers of doc who also did this kind of thing and see reference to blood grouping in twins, which might also have been a clue to this? or not - would fraternal twins necessarily have same blood group.

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belladonna-rx:

kimmycup:
kimmycup:
Like I don’t think you guys comprehend what happened in Poland just now but everyone needs to be talking about it.
A random influencer decided he’ll listen to an anti cancer song on loop. People liked it enough times he ended up listening for 9 days.
He raised 90 million in these 9 days, and then 160 million more over the last 10 hours, for a total of 250 million.
Hundreds and thousands of people signed up to donate marrow.
Hundreds of celebrities shaved their heads in solidarity.
The Foundation receiving this money had to create a special commission to figure out how to distribute the money.
The national TV stations got highjacked to stream this for hours because it was better news than anything happening in the world.
Because we broke and DOUBLED the world record for this kind of thing.
They raised about as much as the biggest running charity event in Poland did in a whole year with three decades of tradition and a goddamn army of people.
And they did it on a goddamn amateur set up in a shabby room sitting on folding chairs.
Little update: people keep donating despite the stream being over. We’re at 280 million in the fight against cancer.
Łatwogang refuses to collab with companies that only reached out to him now because of popularity or give interviews. He said any medals people wanna give them should go to the doctors and nurses and the cancer patients.
Someone offered to renovate that shabby little flat for him as a thank you. He refused.
Someone counted up how many people appeared in that room during the whole thing - it was 319 total.
Love to hear it. Love news articles too.
https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/polish-nine-day-charity-stream-breaks-records-support-kids-with-cancer-2026-04-27/
Just love this headline phrasing.
Streamer crushes MrBeast charity record with $70 million raised for kids with cancer - Dexerto

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theleafling:

oh these mfs were sooo fruity for one page and I ate it up
“and that flash of a smile was enough for faith to understand mrs. vellet was not dry, and mrs. hunter was not cold” STOP. stop it right now

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reihea:

ONE PIECE
2.02 GOOD WHALE HUNTING

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dullpearl:

opla + the furthest shore, ursula k le guin

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ghostinwinterfell:

ghostinwinterfell:
possibly the greatest asoiaf moment ever is when jon gets the letter about bran waking up and mormont expects him to grieve because “sorry kid :( it’s actually bad news :( he’s never going to walk again :(” but jon is all like “my brother is going to live !!!” and then he races out of the room and tells everyone he passes that “my brother is going to live !!!” and he gets back to the common hall and picks tyrion up and spins him around and makes him read the letter too because “my brother is going to live !!!” and he’s so giddy that he befriends grenn and tells thorne to go fuck himself and then everybody laughs and jon is just so happy because “my brother is going to live !!!”
meanwhile bran is back in winterfell listening to robb’s bannermen whisper about how death is a kinder fate than his, how they should’ve just let him die, how he’s too broken to be alive—with no idea that his big brother is out there celebrating because bran is going to LIVE !!!
adding these lovely tags from @artemideaddams <3

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fictionadventurer:

One of my biggest literary pet peeves is when historical or history-inspired fiction pretends that “courting” is a synonym for “dating”. Usually it’s just a one-to-one word swap–in a modern context, these characters would be dating, but this is olden times, so they call it courting instead. Sometimes they’ll pretend there’s a shade of difference, and that courting is a more serious exploration of marriage or something. But I read a lot of fiction that was actually written during these historical eras, and the word “courting” is never used like that.
Two people do not decide that they are “courting”. One person decides to “court” someone else. It’s an action, not a stage in the relationship. A man decides to court a woman because he wants to encourage her to have romantic interest in him. He’s trying to win her favor. It’s not an exclusive relationship–a woman could be courted by multiple men at once. She’ll spend time getting to know the guy who’s interested in her, but they won’t officially define their relationship as one where they only show romantic interest in each other. If they reach a point where they want it to be exclusive, that’s when you propose.
There’s no middle ground–either you’re getting to know each other, or you’re committed to marrying each other. This idea of a period where you kind of commit to each other until you decide you definitely want to get married is a modern one, and it occurs in eras where they use the word “dating” to describe it. The closest equivalent I can think of are times and places where they’d talk about a couple “stepping out together”, but they’re still not calling it “courting”. Words have meaning, and the word “courting” has never meant that, so stop using it that way!

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monroe-marilyn:

Thelma & Louise (1991)
dir. Ridley Scott

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lifeinpoetry:

& I tell her,
grief is not a feeling
but a neighborhood.
this is where I come from.
everyone I love still lives there.
someday I hope to raise a family
in a place you could not mistake
for any home I’ve ever been in.
Brenna, she says,
there’s no such thing
as an unhaunted house.
— Brenna Twohy, from swallowtail

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likemonalisa:

Tinashe, Interview Magazine, 2024

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Posted by /u/Classic_Apricot_5633

https://www.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/1t1rngz/what_actor_completely_floored_you_the_first_time/

I'm going to reach back into classic films for this one. Gregory Peck as Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird. I grew up in a family that watched a lot of old movies, but my parents wouldn't let me watch it as a kid because it had "grown-up themes." Once I finally saw it, I was mesm norized by how mm commanding and dynamic his presence was from front porch to courthouse. If I'm going with a more modern film... Jean Dujardin in The Artist. His nonverbal charisma captured me from beginning... I went and saw it for times on the big screen.

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Posted by Blake Seidel

https://cheezburger.com/45166597/i-thought-i-didnt-like-cats-the-tiniest-gray-kitten-suddenly-appeared-in-a-pile-of-leaves-and

The only people who say they "don't like cats" are the ones who were never chosen by one. Once you're chosen by one, and you look into their big, loving eyes, you're changed furrever.

To be adopted by a cat is a peculiar thing. One meowment, you're going about your day, the next, a cat is climbing up your pant leg, screaming at you for not noticing it sooner. You scoop up the little baby and realize that you can't just leave it there, that would be horrible! You take it home, promising that you'll only keep it until you can find it a furrever home, and then days turn into weeks, weeks into months, and months into furrever. That cat knew that you were theirs from the moment they saw you, it just took you a little longer to understand.

Everyone, meet Frosty, the kitten that chose a hooman from a pile of leaves, then convinced her "not a cat person" husband that everything he knew about cats was wrong.

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Me: "I can apply a 48-hour credit."
Caller: "Completely unacceptable! Do you know how much I pay?!"
Me: "Yes, and I can apply a 48-hour credit, which is 46-47 more hours than the service will be out for."

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Mum: "Get some of the Greek yoghurt, dear."
The daughter obliges and comes back with a big, expensive tub.
Mum: "No, not that one."
Daughter: "This one looks nicer."

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First Image of Thomasin McKenzie ('Jojo Rabbit', 'Last Night In Soho') as Audrey Hepburn in 'Dinner with Audrey'

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brightknightie

Yesterday, I got an email saying that the Gizmoplex is shutting down. Read it on their site.

Oversimplified, Mystery Science Theater 3000 (

MST3K) is: a space castaway and two robots hilariously mock bad movies (usually old and always genre). Back in the day, my family would watch it on cable on Saturday nights. As an adult, my sister and I went together to a handful of live touring performances. MST3K sits at the rare and invaluable intersection of her tastes and mine; it's also something best shared in real time.

I've supported every "Bring Back MST3K" effort, including the one that failed disastrously because people were still really mad about the expensive, slow shipping of the cheap plastic bonus knick-knacks from the previous one (because: pandemic). I own ("own") digital copies of everything on the Gizmoplex. Now, I have until June to stream it on my TV as I always have, and until September to download as many files as I want to keep.

My sister paid the extra to get DVDs instead of streaming, so in that sense she's definitely wiser than me. I didn't expect the Roku and other integrations to last forever, but I did expect the website to last... a little longer than this. On the other hand, I watched every new episode as it became available, especially during the pandemic, making a Saturday-night event out of it, reminiscent of those childhood family viewings, while I know my sister instead put her DVDs away on a shelf and still hasn't watched them all, though it's been years. So in that sense I'm the winner. They're downloaded to my brain, though not my shelf.

But of course I would rather have had more seasons, more years, more tours. And especially more sharing with my sister.

sonofgodzilla

Title: Random Access Memories
Universe: Kamen Rider Black RX
Character(s): Técnico Gatezon, Almirante Bosgan
Rating: U
Warnings: N/A
Summary: Soon would come the day of reckoning, some would come RX’s defeat!
Length: 509 & 645 words
Author's Notes: Written for

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Daft Punk!

( Mass Production )

( Ianuarius )

Current Mood: okay
Current Location: somewhere
Current Music: Nachtmystium - The Deceiver and the Believer

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The funny thing is that a lot of critics said Spielberg made it more sentimental, cornier when, in truth, Kubrick was the one who wrote the sentimental stuff. Spielberg has said he's the one who made the story darker.

I was surprised by how sad the movie was. It just gets worse and worse as it went along and the only thing that made the lead survive his travails was the fact that he was so in denial about the people he loved. The mother he so dearly loved and wanted to return to was just a emotional user, she used him for comfort while her human son was in a coma. He became disposable but she wasn't even woman enough to terminate him. She pretty much abandoned David with the false hope she'd embrace him back.

In the end, all David had left was a lie. I wish the film had ended at the bottom of the ocean, though.

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Karma is very weird take on the "immigrant goes home to ivestiggate a mystery" genre

https://operaramblings.blog/2026/05/02/karma-with-a-twist/

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Austin Furst, Founder Of Pioneering Home Video Company Vestron, Dies at 82

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smallhobbit

Here's my

allbingo card for the Greek Myth Fest: Themes, Motives and Ideas category:

gold	crew
family	wall

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when the only hands laid on you
were hands of anger, of disdain
then hands laid in disappointment,
feel like love despite the pain

your speech is rash and glib
you stoop to get a rise
and hope to feel the sharp touch
of one with kinder eyes

when all you've known is hunger
you'll bite a hand that would feed
and any meagre crumbs that fall
feel enough to slake your need

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Fandom: Andor
Rating and/or Content Warnings: flash warning for quick jump cuts 2:30-2:34 *
Links: YouTube by

ethevillagecryptid2293
Summary: "Me and Mine" by The Brothers Bright

Watch on YouTube

Reccer's Notes:
I love Ferrix and the uprising in season 1. This vid brings all that out in such a visceral way - A+ song choice and great editing.

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Read This Is Uplifting

I was about to take out a bunch of rubbish and pressed the button for the lift. Nothing happens for a few minutes, and I can hear people talking from the floor above, where they must be holding up the lift.

Read This Is Uplifting

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Welcome to the weekly roundup post! What are you watching this week? What are you excited about?

smallhobbit

The final photo from the holiday. This is the coach we travelled on, with guide, co-driver and driver. The side of the coach is open for loading suitcases as we embark for the next stop.

rmc28

I have slept so much this week. Both Wednesday and Thursday evening I had a miraculous lack of commitments, and both evenings I thought "I could get a bunch of things done now" and instead ... went to sleep. And re-read Ocean's Echo because I needed a comfort reread, apparently.

Anyway, I had Friday off work and Monday is a bank holiday, and I spent my day off going to Woking and back to buy new ice hockey skates from the place my friend works. She's only been telling me since last July I will benefit from new skates, and I have finally reached a point of "ok FINE I will SPEND MONEY then". (In April I bought a new chestpad and a new pair of shorts, both from Bauer's women's range, both on visits to Puckstop opposite iceSheffield when I was there for Nationals, both providing this weird feeling of stuff actually fitting as opposed to simply covering the relevant body areas.) I had a lovely time picking out new skates with friend L: they are very pretty and fit amazingly, but also I am having to relearn how to skate in them and it feels very odd.

Today and Sunday I have the last two Kodiaks 2 "home" games of the season in Peterborough (we have one last game next weekend, away at Coventry). I'm going to keep using my old skates for these games because I'm not solid enough in the new ones yet. On Monday evening I have CUIHC full club formal hall, and a pretty green velvet dress to wear to it, thanks to a charity shop run at the end of January.