It’s important to have a few friend-not-friends who just like all yr sh** on social media. I need to make a few more of those. I try to be that for some ppl.

Sorry I can’t come out tonight. I’m staying in to write a personal essay about alcohol and shame.

Genuinely think ppl hate it when you’re too good at your job. Always good to strategically f up from time to time to keep people on side.

Bought a curry that’s too hot for me 🔥 😭

sang video games at karaoke n someone came up to me after n said my voice reminded them of Elizabeth Fraser so i’m happy 🎤 🎮 🖤

Do all Hinge couples break up once they’ve travelled back from Japan?

how can there be a Good Friday but no Bad Monday?

bored of not being in love

Why isn’t a bath temperature sustainer a thing? 1 1/2 hours in here isn’t enough for me

Just wrote about twenty tiny poems in the bath. I’m still unsure whether that makes the bath good value for money but certainly valuable in a foreign currency.

wrote something about reviewing, being reviewed and two actual book reviews, including Nell Osborne's v brilliant debut novel Ghost Driver open.substack.com/pub/closeups...

feel like a lot of publications out there atm ought to be paying their readers

watched the film 'Fried Green Tomatoes' at my local film club for the first time last night. truly a wildly madcap film, and extremely of its time. i can't imagine anything similar being made today. gratifyingly pretty much passed the Bechdel test too

came to the park for a tranquil time n there’s an adult man racing a v noisy remote control car around (facepalm emoji)

I do all my best thinking in the bath, and then watch it drain away.

the cruelty of the way part of the reason for expressing through poetry is owing to feelings of outsiderness n then it comes to publishing n it all feels like a terrifying personal popularity competition

too busy being excited about being extensively reddit-dissed to care ppl hate my *unpublished* "poem" and/or surname: www.reddit.com/r/Poetry/com...

The Victim disturbed the sh** outta me.

Found The Other Bennet Sister too insufferable to continue beyond the first episode

So many small occurrences in the past few days prompting me to ‘hot take’ but I guess hot taking internally and saying nothing more about it is a valid option.

What struck me most about the Manosphere doc is that a lot of these men probably don’t believe in their own rhetoric — they’re just desperately trying to find a way to make a buck in a f***ed up system.

I love the phrase “I am going to go”

Love Rosalia but I feel tired just watching clips of her live show.

Wrote three new tiny poems in bed this morning & this is how I justify my ongoing existence.

cute crescent

Vinted response/philosophy for life: If you don’t want to buy, make me no offer.

it's actually annoying to receive apologies for small things when a much bigger issue goes unacknowledged

❤️ the drafts folder

Feel like the poems I pour the most into and feel most satisfied with are the most rejected/unliked. So, the lesson is maybe try less. And care less?

St Patrick’s day serving as a memo to self: am on the wagon but 0% Guinness is actually v nice.

Felt fitting to see The Testament of Ann Lee on Mother’s Day.

I have grey hairs pouring out of my head but I got ID’d this morning for 0% alcohol so idk - guess I feel complimented

CW: Meat Just had the best girl dinner of rare sirloin steak 🥩 5/5

The Bride gave me the willies (—& led me to use an idiomatic expression I abhor)

There is apparently credible evidence that the president of the United States is a pedophile. The comforting phrase “accused him without evidence” no longer fits this situation, and journalists must resort to the more perfunctory “hasn’t been formally charged.” www.thedailybeast.com/key-details-...

the colour coordination in Sliding Doors is unrivalled

So far I’ve spent IWD writing poems in the bath.

Enjoyed Vladimir, I think. Drew out a weird new humour response of high pitched girlish giggling.

I cannot wait for Mother Mary.

I love Margate (Artist: Tim Bidwell)

finally watched Thelma and Louise. Didn't expect Brad Pitt's character to be such a little bitch

toptip for men: if you want to reach out, you can just say something like 'hey, it's been a while. how are you?' You do not need to pretend like you accidentally 'found' my number & have no idea why you're messaging to tell me you're not sure who i am or why i'm in your phone

website concept: badreads.com

Where do all the super attractive, creative, emotionally intelligent men hang out?

wisdom cannot save you!

Weird to review one’s Instagram grid & be able to identify ‘the post before I fucked my life up’

i love reddit. maybe i'll register as a user one day www.reddit.com/r/RSbookclub...

uh oh

Ppl online threatening to lean further into cringe in 2026, but I would urge everyone to reconsider. Myself included.

I think about this Tony Benn speech much more than I used to