maybe one day it'll really happen

I recommend One Battle After Another but I must warn you, do not go if you're slightly hungover. Truly thought I was going to lose it during the dips

first time on the Elizabeth line. by what magic does it smell like a car wash

congratulations to all the losers and haters who couldn't wait for it to be autumn

pineapple on pizza gets too much of the smoke that barbecue sauce deserves

mid-70s man on a mobility scooter blasting "The Only Way is Up" as he bombs through Walthamstow

"It just could not happen in Britain" is a phrase that maybe the whole country ought to meditate on for a good long time

at cafe oto listening to what I would generously describe as feel-bad whale noises

would love the dopamine of receiving finished copies without the work of going through edits

someone on the other place said if you namesearch here you'll see people calling you deranged. when I did it I saw at least one person calling me a genius. skill issues everywhere

experienced an odd error w/ this app: every time I tried to do anything, it opened a youtube of Kate Bush doing Running Up That Hill on Wogan. brought back fond memories of the era in college when my computer would, at random times, play Big Pimpin'. loved to be big pimpin' in my syntax lectures

middle-class English people really need to take the "stop saying everything you don't like is American" challenge. there's a place with a troubling obsession with flags much closer to home

non-controversial opinion: I want "AI" to suffer

neverending craving for shikuwasa (citrus depressa) has created two wolves inside me: get my boss to bring me fresh shikuwasa from Japan in the hopes of growing some trees from seed and having fruit in 5-10 years, or just embracing the close-enough calamondin instead

I don't think you should be allowed to label food items as "limited edition" unless you're also willing to number them.

I was just getting over the last time a total stranger was unspeakably rude to me in front of my child, two weeks ago. big thank you to the lady on the 3:05 to Nottingham today for bringing back that seething feeling

grateful that my haters are unmotivated 🙏

I would never, but every time I sign a new contract I do think about how fun it might be to "introduce material of an objectionable or libelous character not present in the original work."

highly tempted to become the foremost translator of Japanese CIA-related paranoiac novels

悲し過ぎて何もできない。この週末、友だちがアナフィラキシーで亡くなった。私も以前にアナフィラキシーの経験があって、よく分かる。彼女の最後の瞬間はその恐怖だけだったという考えには耐えられない。

everybody knows that our cities were built to be destroyed

夏バテ。今日のロンドンは30℃。ざるそばにカニカマときゅうりと青紫蘇、アーメン。

Writers! Note that AI translation (under the guise of "global access") is being seen/used as the weak point to get AI into publishing (possible bc Eng lang publishing is weak on translation). Stand with translators & for more human translation, fairly paid!

remembering when I caught a guy trying to steal my phone and he claimed he just wanted one of my cigarettes, as if that were more normal

merry internet eve (a man is coming to give me internet tomorrow)

egg salad sandwich from 7/11 could fix me rn

to rid myself of all this stupid bubble wrap from moving it will take 3 months' worth of fortnightly bin collections, begging a friend with a car to take it to the recycling center, or five 80 minute roundtrip bus journeys with huge bags. on the verge of cracking and understanding binmenism

could not be more psychologically unprepared to move tomorrow if I tried! before I moved to Japan I cried every day for a month but this time I think I might have the crying scheduled for after the move. if I can find the time

Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past AIM Display Names

can't be the only one whose experience of the first line of Bruce Springsteen's "Hungry Heart" has been ruined by a million Biden impressions

nobody talks about how good Michael Stipe's little Elvis impressions in "Man on the Moon" are and maybe that's where we started going wrong

I just want to eat a hot dog at a baseball game but instead I'm in England being driven insane. At least it's hot and I can listen to "Nightswimming" whenever I want (to cry)

You should be able to take your dad to an autism assessment for Father’s Day. A bit like how you’d treat your mother to a full body massage, or an afternoon tea

@grouchomerckx.bsky.social listening to "find the river" and missing you

The most disgusting drink I've ever accidentally bought. It has neither the flavor of peach or the bitterness of tea. Just the hateful taste of sweetener. If I were in the desert and only had this, I really don't know what I'd do.

ピーチ味のアイスティーを買っちゃった。最悪最低。ピーチの味でも紅茶の苦味でも全くない。ただ人工甘味料の憎々しさだ。砂漠で死にそうになってこのピーチアイスティーだけあれば、いったい何するか分からない程度だ。

turns out I have a rare form of cataracts which is why my vision keeps getting worse even as my glasses prescription stays basically the same, and sad to say, nobody is allowed to email me about any mistakes they find in my translations anymore. doctor's orders

ようやくnamayasaiさんのお野菜配達に登録したので、ワクワクします。ロンドンで美味しい日本野菜が食べられるって、奇跡みたいです。

one leap forward, two leaps back, will politics get me the sack?

今年の翻訳講座の準備をしないといけない私はテキトーに本を取ったり捲ったりしている。心のなかに、行き当たりばったりにシラバスを作ることがダメだと分かっているが、もしかしたらウリポっぽい作り方がマシではないか。ら行で始まる苗字のある作家だけを取り上げよう、とか。疲れた。

seeking comrades for the London May Day march. if enough translators are coming I'll make a banner or something idk

This piece by Yukiko Duke, who co-translated Kenzaburo Oe, Haruki Murakami and Yu Miri among others with her mother, deeply moved me. "It was the best kind of family business." swedishbookreview.org/joy-translat...

driven to complete madness in just four months by the English house-selling process

Sadly this is basically the main dude in MAY YOU HAVE DELICIOUS MEALS

obsessed with the woman at the airport bar who keeps sighing and saying "I'm ready to be home." the bartender asked where home is. "about an hour away"

what they don't tell you is it's functionally illegal to smoke anything other than weed in kkkalifornia

Just signed some books at City Lights with @yumiri0622.bsky.social - move fast if you want one!

A man walked up to me on the street. "Hey, I like your style. Can I have a ten dollar bill?" "I have a one dollar bill." "Or if you have a twenty, that works too." "I have a one dollar bill." "No worries."

flying into my broken country today! not anxious at all