Lake pretty.

Everyones having a good time lol

Sky pretty, been a while since a really nice sunset.

We went to the burlesque show for our Anniversary last night. There was a best dressed prize so I told my girlfriend to find something she's never had a chance to wear and dress as gay as you can.

My logic was you dress up extravagantly as you can because there will either be someone more dressed up as you, or you win a prize.

And she won!

She felt overdressed because most of the crowd was just old people, but that meant she was the clear winner, so she had a good time and it made the night a bit more special

I got home incredibly late after a huge hyper focus session rewriting out my entire intro (this time with full citations) - got home past 1am and hugely apologetic to dear sox who was clearly a bit out of sorts having dislodged and chewed up a corner of a pizza box (there was plenty of dry food left for her to free feed on).

Things have been so hectic I have two weeks of laundry built up and all sorts of crap lying around. So I've spent this morning getting that done, cleaning the kitchen, doing an overdue vacuum, tidying the place up before Sox's human comes at 11. Now just waiting for the second round of laundry and... lo and behold I have been blessed with one last shnuggle.

At least I get to enjoy this last bit of quality time 😭 🙏🏽 🖤🤍🖤

E: also looks like the US has finally pulled the pin. Yaaaay... not...

Question: Do you eat at the kitchen table or in the lounge room or other?

We eat at the table but tonight I was a rebel and ate in the lounge room.

Alright, after some drama and use of a broomstick (not by me...) sox was bundled into her carrier and all her bits and pieces taken away. Made sure to eat something, finished up all the other house chores, stopped for an existential panic moment, then went to the laundromat and dried a huge load, and now I'm parked at the office willing myself to attack the method section (it needs to be dramatically shorter and replaced with some diagrams that I have on hand). I picked the easiest bit to do today because I knew the morning was a writeoff.

Wish me energy and concentration. I've had my meds, a coffee, and now a tea with a biscuit, and I still feel like burying myself in bed. I'll try and get out of here before 9pm at least and have a good night's sleep before tomorrow's new session of writing back at the uni library. I am at least relieved in the back of my head that I've now got clean clothes and a clean house again

Well, after feeling insanely sleepy for a good few hours there, at some point something kicked in and I have powered through to 10pm and my methods section is pretty much 95% complete!!!

The intro is about 75% after yesterday's efforts - held back by the very late-stage discovery of a key paper that throws a whole bunch of things out and I have to incorporate into the intro and discussion. So I'm going to have to prioritise reading that, but...

...my discussion section is a total shambles.

I think my game plan for tomorrow is to seriously flesh out the discussion section, references be damned, and get the main points/flow of discussion correct. Because I simply won't have anything even remotely submittable without that. THEN I can get into that stupid paper and figure out how much I need to wedge in and try and finish that remaining 25% of the intro...

Sigh. I was hoping I'd be done by end of Monday but I'll have to accept spending my birthday still working on this stupid thing. If I can finish by the end of Tuesday at least then I can luxuriate!

Quick mostly spoiler free movie review:

28 Years Later is really a family drama interspersed with terrifying fights for survival. Although there are some jump scares, It’s not so much a horror, but a thrilling and curious dreamlike adventure into the heart of darkness (with gorey bits of bone, flesh, and blood spattered about)

The tone is medieval and fairytale like, reminiscent of the movie “Men”, (another Alex Garland project) or even David Lowery’s “The Green Night”.

There is a folksy, cottage-core vibe here, interspersed with artistic camera flourishes and heart racing terror. Some very effective freeze-frame kill shot camera work add to memorable chase scenes. (Apparently quite a bit was shot on iPhone)

Various classes of zombie inhabit this world from fat, hippo-like slow crawling worm eaters to muscular 10 foot tall alpha males. All of the infected are suitably terrifying and deliver the goods.

The main actors played their parts dutifully with Ralph Fiennes being the most notable. He played a doctor and curious hermit covered in iodine. A kind and sympathetic man with the fortitude to live on his own, but, also deranged enough to spend years building a shrine to death itself.

The soundtrack is really cool and is used effectively throughout. Written by Scottish progressive hip hop group, Young Fathers. It’s dreadfully creepy and sounds similar to The Haxan Cloak. I found myself playing in the car later in the day.

I do have some issues with plot and storyline but won’t go into here, as not to spoil story.

I brought MissGod with me and she rates it highly.

8.5/10 skull monuments💀

It got down to 5°c last night but I did it for the team. Made a few wishes for youse so now you have to wait to see if they come true. You can thank me later for your good fortunes.

Managed to sleep in way too late.

Woke up to a tv that was on, is it haunted?

Now to figure out food and coffee.

Gym done. Decided to get a trainer again. I need some accountability around nutrition.

I eat well, but I think it could be better and someone to help me strengthen my shoulder to avoid migraines would be amazing.

Good night all ❤️

Day 3 of snot hell. Decided to do another RAT though I suspect it's just a cold. Thank the flying spaghetti Monster for nasal rinses and real Sudafed. Also warm water with a tsp of honey and a half tsp of ghee has helped with the coughing.

I think today is going to be a bulk cooking day

Back to bed

The Winner Takes It All by Meryl Streep in Mumma Mia forever on repeat

The black cat is outside… but I can’t feed him or encourage him to hang around otherwise I’ll have a cat fight on my hands

Went to bed pretty early (for me), but couldn't sleep. Got up at 2am and had an oven apple pie and promptly fell asleep on the couch with the cat.

Woke up wide awake at 6am. Wtf.