📖🐉 V. Larkin Anderson @bridgebury@wandering.shop

I'm so sad for the octopuses.

Had a horrible nightmare last night and on one hand I'm still a little shaken, but on the other, I'm impressed that my subconscious was able to roll out a logically structured alien invasion scenario. Objects were falling from the sky, spewing poison and bugs where emerging from them when they landed. Evacuation orders went out; they were coming for the coast so we had to go inland; I wanted to drive all the way to the great lakes because fresh water.

Now I really need to go to the beach.

Whelp, my husband's take home pay just got cut by 10% because his federal withholding went through the roof even though nothing changed on our end and I am just fucking furious.

I wouldn't mind paying any number of taxes if it was going to help people that needed it, if it was going to free healthcare and education.

But as far as I can tell we just lost 10% of husband's take home pay to finance fascists, bombs, and death, and, just FUCK.

It's going to be close to 100 degrees this weekend, it's been at least two years since I had a day at a beach and I am CRAVING hot sand and freezing cold water.

Omg I'm so excited for this pizza. Just about to put it in the oven.

https://wandering.shop/media/oie2qd626EVXAv7vdNc

I finally summarized my book in one sentence. 70,000 words in on the first draft.

"Queers fight oppressive systems in post-apocalyptic Alaska."

That's it. I did it. Augh. #AmWriting

I #AmReading The Sacred Hoop: Recovering the Feminine in American Indian Traditions and HOLY SHIT does patriarchy lie, also, just, my people don't belong on this continent? What monstrous greed, what monstrous confidence, made us believe that someone else's home belonged to us, ever? #books #patriarchy #colonization #nonfiction

This book that I'm writing may be two entirely different stories and I don't know how I feel about that. #AmWriting

This book hurt my heart in all the good ways and all the bad ways. 5/5 stars to My Real Children by Jo Walton. #AmReading #Queer #BookReview

http://www.vlarkinanderson.com/blog/2018/6/27/my-real-children-by-jo-walton

(Guess what guys, my book reviews are back!!!)

Sometimes I feel bad that I don't yell more on twitter about how awful the world is. Like people won't know I know, won't know I care about how awful everything is.

But I'm not a yelling sort of person. I keep myself informed, I do what I can. I donate. I show up when I can. I support things that I believe need supporting. I think the rest of twitter has the yelling part pretty well covered, actually.

How much nonfiction vs. fiction do you guys read?

I always read books in the order that they're on my lists, because otherwise I'd never be able to choose what I really wanted to read. 80% of the stuff on my tbr list is stuff that I'm *dying* to read but haven't gotten to yet, and most of the other 20% is stuff that I will be thrilled to have read once I start it.

I cultivate my lists carefully to have a good mix of new stuff, series stuff, and stuff by authors that I've got a good track record with.

I got word count in my novel AND wrote the first draft of a book review today! Getting back on that horse now that work is slowing down and I swam my part of the triathlon. #AmWriting

#AmReading Un Lun Dun by China Mieville, and it's charming and weird, and I like it quite a lot.

I still measure everything he's written against my absolute favorite of his, Embassytown, though, and nothing has quite been for *me* as much as that one was. Un Lun Dun is no exception.

Today I had a lot of thoughts about gender and deep cleaned my living room.

Swam the swim leg of the Philly Triathlon in the Schuylkill River yesterday. Had fun and got a finishing time I was proud of.

Not surprised to wake up with pink eye this morning, though, considering the number of people that wished me luck when they found out the race was in the Schuylkill. Guess I'm staying home from work and getting this checked to make sure I'm not contagious. At least it's only mildly uncomfortable.

Worth it.