Ruth Madievsky, All-Night Pharmacy

"Being a person didn’t come naturally to me the way it seemed to fire others. People who were sure of themselves awed me. I studied them and tried to mimic their ease."

Happy Jewish American Heritage Month 2023!

Ring of Solomon by Aden Polydoros The little beachside town of San Pancras is not known for anything exciting, but when Zach Darlington buys a mysterious ring at the local flea market, his quiet little hometown is turned topsy-turvy by monsters straight from Jewish folklore and a nefarious secret society focused on upholding an apocalyptic prophecy. Zach discovers that the ring grants him strange…

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“i think im not sick anymore! it was just a 24 hour thing!” famous last words…

i dont suppose anyone knows the magic words to make my pharmacy gimme a refill like 3 days earlier than they want to

Rachel Kushner meets David Lynch in this fever dream of an LA novel about a young woman who commits a drunken act of violence just before her sister vanishes without a trace. On the night of her high school graduation, a young woman follows her older sister Debbie to Salvation, a Los Angeles bar patronized by energy healers, aspiring actors, and all-around misfits. After the two share a bag of unidentified pills, the evening turns into a haze of sensual and risky interactions—nothing unusual for two sisters bound in an incredibly toxic relationship. Our unnamed narrator has always been under the spell of the alluring and rebellious Debbie and, despite her own hesitations, she has always said yes to nights like these. That is, until Debbie disappears. Falling deeper into the life she cultivated with her sister, our narrator gets a job as an emergency room secretary where she steals pills to sell on the side. Cue Sasha, a Jewish refugee from the former Soviet Union who arrives at the hospital claiming to be a psychic tasked with acting as the narrator’s spiritual guide. The nature of this relationship evolves and blurs, a kaleidoscope of friendship, sex, mysticism, and ambiguous power dynamics. With prose pulsing like a neon sign, Ruth Madievsky’s All-Night Pharmacy is an intoxicating portrait of a young woman consumed with unease over how a person should be. As she attempts sobriety and sexual embodiment, she must decide whether to search for her estranged sister, or allow her to remain a relic of the past.

unfortunately it's still so fucking over 😔

Ruth Madievsky, All-Night Pharmacy

Taking a psychosis nap just made me more tired ;_;

in a shocking turn of events, turns out my antibiotics were the culprit behind my worsening insomnia.

so while i finish what's left of 'em, my dr. gave me like extra strength bendadryl to knock me out at night.

it works... a little too well lmao

We never seemed to understand each other, or ourselves, at the same time. One sister's clarity was the other's delusion. That was the tragedy of our sisterhood. As soon as we came close to a mutual understanding, one of us changed, or both.

Ruth Madievsky, "All-Night Pharmacy"

i LOST my unopened birth control and i've been panicking ever since realizing that (last night)

i was going to call the pharmacy and ask if they had any way of filling another one so that i could be still taking my pills while searching for it, even if i have to pay for it without insurance, but they're closed today

I stopped using stupid luxury shampoo and conditioner and went back to the Trader Joe’s Tea Tree Tingle for both (like $4/bottle) and after like four washes/two weeks it already feels SO much better

I'm so fucking pissed what the hell

they need to make like uber eats for pharmacies. the days im out of my meds are also the days where im absolutely incapable of going outside to get more 😭😭