Oh, jeez. Anyone else getting deeply, deeply offended at the way the BBC are consistently and pig-heatedly misgendering Chelsea Manning?

Not cool, guys. Majorly not cool. Sort your shit out.

The insomnia reached a new high (low?) a couple of days ago when I did a 9-hour work day on 3 hours' sleep. I called in a favour, got the next morning off work, and was asleep by 8 pm. 14 hours' sleep worked wonders.

Didn't reset my brain quite the way I would have liked, but, y'know, progress.

Preparation to move out continues! Currently most of ( Read more... )

 For the last three weeks, I have had insomnia, species generals anxietus, genus 'Twitchy Ferret'.

It's stress. I'm pretty sure it's stress. Boyfriend and I sent off our details to a letting agent for a credit check on the place in York we have our eye on, so that's 85% done, and I don't have to panic quite so much about having somewhere to live. ( Read more... )

Here is a list of things that has happened in my life in the last three months, in as close to chronological order as I can get them, and with probably a whole lot missing:

( My life in a series of slightly awkward bullet points )

I'M SORRY WAS AN ACTUAL HONEST-TO-GOD SEXUAL ASSAULT JUST PLAYED FOR LAUGHS ON LAST NIGHT'S EPISODE OF DOCTOR WHO ( Read more... )

( More family stuff )

Tuesday and Wednesday were fairly awful days at work - busy, hectic, deeply panicked - but today wasn't nearly as bad. That was quite nice.

Also: Conor loaned me the entire collected box set of 'Yes Minister' and 'Yes Prime Minister' (the good original one, not the new rubbish one) and I have been mainlining them like they're going out of fashion. ( Read more... )

 Hello, world!

Yes, I know, I know, I've not posted in forever. However, last night I knocked out 18 pages of Zombies, Run! fanfiction ( thus completing Mission Nine) with no warning whatsoever, so that's got to count for something, right?

Anyway: re family stuff, there were developments. Lots of them.

( Family stuff )

Master post
Mission Nine: Part One

Chapter: Mission Nine
Summary: Wounded, alone, and in the dark, Five knows she's not having the best day of it. She has to get home before she's declared lost and locked out, and she seriously doubts there's a spare key under the doormat.
Rating: PG-13.
Warnings: Some description of psychological trauma, shock and ( Read more... )

Today has been a... it's been a hard day. It's been a bit not good.

( Scary family stuff. Tali, HUGE trigger warning for you. )