I had an uncool weekend, which made me realize that I have issues. I need help. I feel like I’m burning. My mind is on fire, everything I'm trying to keep out is on fire, and I’m trying to breathe, but it just comes out as anger. I honestly wouldn't care if I burned to death from this anymore.

I had a rough week. Date went terribly. He admitted I’m "weak" in certain areas of combat, and said he worries about me being alone at night. He offered to train me. What the hell kind of thing is that to say?? Like hell he’ll train me. I told him to get out of my face.

I don't really click with w/cozy fic--Japanese cozy fic in particular. A pretty book cover has never moved me to read or buy it. HOWEVER. I saw this cover, it’s talking to me for some reason. It's gorgeous, the sakura petals are gold foil, and it comes w/a cute playlist! Hope it’s good.

My Japanese bakery needs to calm the heck down. (Not really, I love their little cats and seals and bear pastries. ❤️) Got myself a focaccia, onion bread, melon pan, chocolate mochi donuts and these char siu pigs.

Already in a bad mood, and now I discovered one of my favorite authors, Dan Simmons, has passed away. His Hyperion Cantos is unparalleled to this day, but he was such a successful genre-hopper. I loved everything he did. Literature dims with his loss. 💔 arstechnica.com/culture/2026...

My Mixtape’s A Masterpiece: Under The Radar Revolution Songs @sanshinsoba.bsky.social assembles 12 songs perfect for accompanying you when sticking it to The Man. www.neonsplatter.com/mixtapes-a-m...

Dancing to Charlie xcx’s Brat album in my underwear and drinking blueberry wine straight from the bottle while I reheat dim sum for dinner. It’s the small things.

Took an afternoon nap after work that was trash, as all afternoon naps are. Rolled out of bed into the shower, and now I'm scarfing down a quinoa salad before training for an hour and going grocery shopping. ~Have a good night, everyone.

I despise women who insist that 6'1" with a big dick is the minimum of masculinity. What do you mean you don’t like men objectifying you, then turn around around and do the same to them? Preferences are fine, but I'm not here for normalizing insults about anyone’s body. Embarrassed for you, girl.

I am ready to be hurt again. www.ign.com/articles/neo...

As a zen Buddhist, there is no greater example of enlightenment than the acceptance that there is no good time to go to Costco. The store and parking lot are always a nightmare. Stop clinging to idea that you can avoid suffering. Accept the state of Costco and become free of it. Be at peace.

The food poisoning in me after 26 hours:

I saw a writer say that the phrase "it was early in the morning" is unnecessary, like "working in the workshop." Am I the only reader who thinks "early in the morning" is different from "late in the morning," and that they conjure different times that are relevant to building a scene in your mind?

5 things that I like (via @rikthedipshit.bsky.social): 1. Books & reading (lumping them together) 2. Combat arts & blades (more lumping) 3. Oolong tea 4. Warhammer 40k lore 5. Hawai'i & Ryukyu ❤️

Things people give you when you’re a Japanese nerd: lightsaber chopsticks.

Going to be gone for the rest of the week (for real this time.) Stay beautiful and warm everyone, and I hope all your books are five stars! ❤️

Ended up having a lovely day. Got taken to my favorite restaurant, then to the bookstore and plant nursery. I was gifted my favorite plum sugar rice crackers too! It was gusty, cold and rainy all day, which was nice. I made the meal I intended to make last night, and it was delicious.

All right, I got a buzz going on and I got super sidetracked while trying to look up a recipe for teriyaki glaze. Youtube showed me this instead, and I was like, "oh shit, that's the anime @rikthedipshit.bsky.social and one of my best friends watches." www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHrc...

oh my god I've got too much of a buzz to be confronted with this beauty right now.

For literally no reason, I've decided to spend the night drinking sake and cooking a needlessly complicated traditional Japanese meal set completely from scratch. Yaaay.

My brother trying to give me pointers on my pick up techniques this Valentines:

The feminine urge to find a man worth protecting. 💝 Happy Valentine’s Day to all who celebrate, to everyone who is blessed with all forms of love and connection! 💕💘❤️

What's up with me minding my own business on social media and suddenly coming across unappealing things in my TBR books? Red Rising has been removed from my 2026 Book List. That's the second book this week. I have many more books to fill my time, but still. Disappointing.

"~❤️🥰😍 Find a man who buys you books! 😍🥰❤️~" NO. Give me the money and drop me off at the bookstore. You don't know what you're doing. 💙📚

I'm sorry, but referring to Lucy Lawless, the LITERAL Warrior Princess, as "this woman" and acting like a blade isn't her modus operandi is absolutely wild. Have all of you forgotten the Old Ways??? Do none of us still practice the First Magiks???

Friday the 13th and Valentine's Day being side-by-side is some diabolical work, and I'm here for it. 🖤🥀

I have no interest in the new Wuthering Heights movie, but I'm in the daybed of my candle-lit library listening to Charlie XCX's new album. Locked in with my glass of wine, blueberry-cardamon ice cream and black silk nightgown. ·. ݁₊ ⊹ . Goodnight world · ✩₊˚.⋆☾⋆⁺₊✧ ⋆ ·. ݁₊ ⊹ . ݁

Me rolling to sword training because my dumbass has been working since 7am on zero food and one hot chocolate:

I'm stuck in a weird mental rut, and today did not help. Most businesses closed, as well as the government, due to the weather. My training was cancelled. It's rainy, dark and cold, and I have been stuck at home, unable to concentrate on anything. Didn't get to work or mail my boxes.

I've got a very busy week ahead of me, so I'll see you all on (or after) the weekend! Oh, and 💌🎇💕💖Happy Valentine's Day! 💖💕🎇💌

Off-topic question: do men like pressure cookers? Asking for a friend (me.)

Probably shouldn't have done my promosky on Sunday/Superbowl/the Olympics. 😂

THE ONLY THING MORE POWERFUL THAN HATE IS LOVE. THE ONLY THING MORE POWERFUL THAN HATE IS LOVE. THE ONLY THING MORE POWERFUL THAN HATE IS LOVE. #SuperBowl

New year, new #promosky ⋆˖⁺‧₊⋆ Bryce | Millennial | SF&F | Reader | Bladeswoman ₊⋆˖⁺‧₊ I post: 🗡️ Book stuff 🗡️ Random life updates 🗡️ Occasional unhinged rants Looking for mutuals interested in interacting and connection. If you’re not commenting & replying, we’re not a good fit. ❤️/⟳ appreciated

I have not recovered from my bad decisions last night. I was supposed to go to the gym, and my brother said he'd take me to the bookstore tonight. But I feel like I've been hit by a mack truck. I think I'm just going to lie down and like,...try not to die or something.

Every January, I take one set of photos to use online for the year. I do this because it's annoying to photoshop my ink out, and I hate taking selfies; I'm not a fan of my face, even concealed. Here's me in 2026. See you next year.

I fear that in my intoxication, I did not describe this well. I meant a combat fight that's intense but sexy and was always going to end up sexy and safe, like Jiao Long and Dark Cloud in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Not like...a *fight* fight. I'm not that kind of person.

Ok I was supposed to clean up my account, do a little updating and a promosky, but I screwed around and opened a bottle of wine, and now it's too late. So I'm going to bed and will try again later. Have a good weekend~!

I just want a man that's not afraid to get in a bloody altercation with me, and will get turned on when I kick the weapon from his hand as he tries to crawl away from me. 😭

AND STAY OUT. 💙📚

A pandemic story. “Fifteen days to raise $13,000 wasn’t a lot of time. The Hawai‘i Okinawan community has this value called yuimaru, support one another. I wasn’t worried about raising the money. I just didn’t know if we could raise it that fast." www.honolulumagazine.com/how-kapahulu...

Me desperately trying to finish my final book of the month, but I can only read about 30 pages at a time because I’m taking too much psychic damage from all the smut scenes.

I'm determined to make a genuine attempt to get through this. Despite the "hate read" category, I *do* want to give each book a chance to be appreciated. But the amount of times I've said, "OH MY GOD" and set my book facedown in order to take a shot of whiskey is........concerning. I'm on page 20.

Starting this. Look. I can explain. A section of my 2026 reading goals is “delicious or potentially painful hate reads.” I was going to let my exposure to bookish social media fill in the categories, one of which is “sounds stupid as shit.” Saw this on booksky, and...I mean…

Starting on a few new books today, but am most excited about @books-that-go-boom.bsky.social's American vampire noir cyberpunk, Neon Citadel, which releases today! 💙📚🩸📚🪐📚

Hey #bluepit, today happens to be book release day for my cyberpunk/tech noir/low fantasy novel, Neon Citadel. A vampire PI teams up with a wechuge on the run and an ifrit hacker, on a missing persons case that turns into a bloodbath. www.amazon.com/Neon-Citadel... #bluepit📖 #A #P

🪐📚 IT’S OUT. “With Neon Citadel, Leunig has proven his mastery over genre, successfully blending cyberpunk, urban fantasy, and noir into a bloody cocktail fit for even the most discerning of vampires….” — Russ Nickel, lead writer of Helldivers 2 readspaceboy.com/portfolio/ne... #booksky

FYI: one of my new years resolutions is to spend nearly half the year offline/not doomscrolling, so if you see me less or I miss a couple of your posts, that's why. I'll definitely be around, but I'm trying to limit habits that allow me to fall into online spirals.

My joy at being able to pull thru my last hospital visit has been replaced by the anxiety that it would've been cheaper to die. Just throwing this out there hoping for a miracle. I've got PayPal or cash app too.

So pretty! ❤️ Very excited to see this cyberpunk out in the world! 💙📚