there are certain friends who come to visit and always borrow some books from the library of jacky and the feeling of taking their vibe and pulling some book recs out and then those books being a HIT is better than any high

nothing helps you stay hydrated more than an 11mo who just learnt to “cheers” cups and you have to drink every time

tiny bookshop doing what no teacher, movie, book shop or friend ever could and got me reading “persuasion”, my first austen (and literature classic of that kind)

tiny bookshop is the answer to what I didn’t know I was missing rn

I was unprepared for how much cardboard my baby would eat

people who critique mario kart world for the free roam not having enough to do vastly underestimate how much kids will just drive around and fill in with their imagination

sometimes I’ll be minding my own business and I’ll remember that in year 8 (13/14yo) our dance teacher had us pairing with boys to do CHAIROGRAPHY to christina aguilera’s candyman and am I clutching pearls a bit or is that an insanely weird thing to do to awkward hormonal teenagers

first family pride🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

I didn’t even notice that the switch 2 came out today and it made me realise how much I miss being in the loop of gaming news and discourse and hype SO let’s try this app again hello

not a want but a need

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every so often I go to therapy and the sessions are so funny bc it’s always me: I have noticed these feelings to do with X how do I fix that therapist: what if those feelings don’t need to be fixed me: oh therapist: will that be cash or card

One thing about me is I LOVE to show my ticket on the train. Sitting up pin-straight with it ready in my hand, about to get top marks in Train.

I just read this in a day I couldn’t let it go and I don’t think I ever will

this looks like a bit of me!!!!

Miri lighting up the life of anyone who has the privilege of knowing her✨✨✨

my first evening away from baby followed by a metal gig and what an evening it was

Sometimes it is just me and the books I have reread regularly since I was 13 against the world.

“ok that’s enough” I whisper to myself as I stop doomscrolling and roll over to read THE HUNGER GAMES for escapism

one more thing I think is important to mention is that I almost panicked and cancelled this briefly bc I thought “oh I’m not qualified for this what if people think I don’t belong here” then realised… that’s the whole point of the book!

I didn’t know what the wild robot was about and I am emotionally destroyed (in a good absolutely beautiful film way)

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one thing about me is that if you let me talk about Medea I will not stop but in all seriousness this was so much fun!!!

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it’s taken until now and having a baby to realise that the little piggy who went wee wee wee is meant to be pig noises and not him just being really excited to go home

*my baby screaming* me: ok and are we in a listening place or a solutions place

playing hello kitty with my 7yo niece: “you’re much gooder than I am, maybe because I’m a child and don’t know very much”😭😭😭

bring besties to book bug might be a new favourite thing to do

BOOK LAUNCH DAY!! Our book – A Periodic Table of Greek Mythology - hits the shops today, so alongside celebrating we’ll be giving away a bunch of things! Keep your eyes peeled for 5pm tonight and grab your copy here: contubernalesbooks.com

boosting!!!

no sorry I’ve out baby-brained myself by going for the half hour round trip walk to the coop for the sole purpose of getting myself an easy cook dinner, got home and went to put said dinner in the fridge and realised I’d left the items in the basket area. so guess who’s getting a takeaway instead

why yes I am very much enjoying hello kitty’s island adventure

He says this and then just fucking jumps out the plane door in midair I think this game might rule actually??

had a dream that I was at a party that I wanted to go home from without being rude so I set the pub on fire…… checks out

Ninja Gaiden *what*?

my grandad had a SNES and introduced my siblings and I to games and bought us one of our own, my mum loved Tetris on the OG game boy and watching my brother play horror games (the thing, resident evil) and even my dad who was Scottish found the Scottish accent on the worms game hilaaarious

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First PC gaming sesh since baby and finally checking out Mythwrecked from @kanaratron.bsky.social @polygontreehouse.bsky.social 🙏 it is beautiful and calming and the perfect game for squeezing into nap times

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An OG #mythology meme

dipping my toes into a bit of freelance again after baby, writing about games while wearing breast pumps and covered in dried sick💅

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imagine accidentally setting off all the fire alarms in the house with a tester button when you just got your baby down for a nap

me @ whoever I’m throwing a shell at in mario kart

4 months since baby was born and I’ve gone out without baby for the first time to get my lashes and brows done🙏✨ yes I fell asleep on the treatment bed and yes I snored

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I can’t believe my words are in this!!! As well as 100+ contributors majority from working class backgrounds and a huge range of lived experience that you won’t find elsewhere in the classics field🏺 this means the world to me. @miri.bsky.social did an unbelievable job making this happen👏