Dumb shit

[kitewithfish]

Misguided by youtubers, I decided to try poking my tonsil with a toothbrush to see if that would make it stop being sore and annoyed at me. 
Answer: NOPE HA NOW IT HURTS MORE.
But the whole gargling with salt like I'm following the advice of a witch from Lancre, that actually has worked. 

Oh, that reminds me!

I'm reading Maskerade by Terry Pratchett and it's a freaking delight. I love the witches of Discworld books the most (Moist Von Lipwig is also pretty great, Sam Vimes is his own powerhouse, actually, wait, maybe I just love Terry Pratchett without exception...?) 

Unrelatedly, I forgot my lunch and bought mackerel on rice from the lunch specials at a Japanese place near me and it was *delicious.* Precisely the kind of blue, oily, unrepentantly fishy fish that I adore that my mom would have found utterly gross when I was growing up. 

Also, I made a tiny quiz in another post. 

Comments

[thenewbuzwuzz]

YES, MASKERADE IS SO GOOD! \o/ It was the first Pratchett book I read -- never looked back :D

[kitewithfish]

IT'S SO DELIGHTFUL! And happily, I have actually read Witches Abroad and Lords and Ladies in the past few years, so I feel like I'm in on the Sooper Sekret Club about the backstory of Agnes and the other stuff going on in Lancre. I'm not much of one for Discworld continuity - the books work find without it - but it was a nice surprise to see how things fit together.

I also had a Phantom Phase in my teens that got recently revived due to a friend doing an amateur version of the musical with friends in a living room - it was AWESOME! A production that really committed to Christine being super freaked out by her awful stalker, instead of that weird, male gaze-y "I Am Fearful But Aroused?" THING that the movie did, it was so refreshing and interesting to see. So, reading this book is kind of like revisiting that production and Pratchett at the same time, and I love both deeply.

[thenewbuzwuzz]

Yasss. I, too, had a Phantom phase. I was into the novel... and the pretty movie. :D Your friend's version sounds great and necessary! ^^