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May I offer you some sleepy cats
The one on top was my family's cat and the chonky one is my friend's. I have So Many pictures of him bc when he's not getting into fights he always seems to be doing something cute.
Blessings upon your head 🥹 and lil kisses upon the kitties’, if they will permit it 🩷 they are so cute!
#cats#asks#heyspaghettihey#ok I forgot I queued the show me ur kitties post and didn’t realize it published and got both this and a msg from my sister full of cat pics#and was momentarily baffled#if delighted#that the universe conspired to shower me with kitties!#and then was like oh. I asked for this.#and you wonderful people answered lol#anyway#kitties
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Nine People I'd Like To Know Better (tag)
Thanks so much for the tag @gemplans 🥰
Last Song: Letter to an Old Poet by boygenius
Favourite Colour: burgundy
Last Movie/TV Show: errrr I think it was last week's Have I Got News for You? I don't watch movies or TV shows much!!
Sweet/Spicy/Savoury: savoury all the way, gimme that umami!
Relationship Status: engaged!
Last thing I Googled: "could you collect mushrooms in Animal Crossing Wild World?" (I don't think you could?!)
Current Obsession: Sir Paul McCartney. idk why. he just seems cool
Tagging: @emspooky @em0lord @petite-naja @bellscansada @hk255 @coliepng @lum0nes @heyspaghettihey @coffeepiesandstuff @224-12
(this is 10 people but I don't care I think you're all cool)
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@heyspaghettihey tagged me to show my lock screen, home screen, last song I played and my pinterest - thank you 💛
and i'll tag @borgialucreziaa just because
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trains?
yes please, I love a good (vicarious) train ride 🩵
#and moody winter skies!#I hope you had a good trip#thank you for the ask <3#trains#asks#heyspaghettihey
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May I present you with: leg.
(pretentious art historian voice) Cats truly are underrated as artists in and of themselves. The composition of the body shapes in this pose is just exquisite; the emotional impact of the positioning of the paws is simply sublime. The cat, more than any other animal, can truly embody the contrasting concepts of apparent comfort found in presumably uncomfortable poses, as well as the interplay of the biological necessity of sleep juxtaposed with the hedonistic delight taken in both mischief and laziness. In this image we see all of these elements combined to evoke a visceral response in the audience, one that is almost universally expressed as “omg so cute look at the fluffy triangle ear baby and those little toe beans!”
#sorry I was just reading a book on art and was ~inspired~#you know I just had to use ‘juxtapose’ and talked about ‘evocative response’ and whatever other art world bullshit#also at first my notif just read ‘may I present you with leg’ which is an objectively hilarious phrase without context#like uhhhh where did you get the leg. Is it an ethically sourced leg.#anyway#SO CUTE#asks#heyspaghettihey#thank you for the ask!!#cats#caturday#alternatively you can read this in the philomena cunk voice whichever better tickles your fancy
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okay so: 2, 3, 10, 18, 20 📚👀
bonus question, did you know there apparently is booklr (it pains me to write this, how would you even pronounce it without swallowing your tongue) drama??
(and: wait I also want to know nr. 6)
Ok buckle up because I know a lot of words but "concise" is not one of them.
2 - Did you reread anything? What?
Yes - from previous years, I reread Ninth House before reading the sequel that came out this year, and I reread The Secret History because it’s one of my favorites and I notice something new each time I read it. Same-year rereads was the entirety of The Locked Tomb series - I think I read all three books four times each, partially because I love them and partially to try to puzzle out what the fuck was going on.
3 - What were your top five books of the year?
To make room for others I’m lumping all three of the Locked Tomb books together here because in my head they count as one big story, so, Gideon/Harrow/Nona the Ninth. I got the brain rot, big time. Plenty of folks more eloquent than I have been able to articulate what’s so great about them so I’ll leave it at: goth lesbians with swords + internet humor + horrors of love and climate change + tamsyn’s absolutely bonkers writing style = exactly my cup of tea, 9546928740/10, no notes.
Women in the Picture by Catherine McCormack - An art historian examines the ways women are depicted in art and art history - especially works we consider “masterpieces” and who we consider “masters” - with a particular focus on the archetypes of venus, maiden, mother, wife, and monster. Both affirmed many of my own lived experiences as an afab person in art and history, and opened my eyes to different perspectives and historical context.
Thunderclap: A Memoir of Art and Life and Sudden Death by Laura Cumming - This one made me cry. A really beautiful memoir/history book in which the author (herself an art historian) shares stories of her artist father’s life, interspersed with stories from the lives of painters of the Dutch Golden Age, particularly Carel Fabritius and Johannes Vermeer. Fabritius died young, killed in the “thunderclap” explosion of 1654 Delft, and what works of his that are left are masterpieces: quiet, detailed, and intriguing in their execution.
Ghostland: An American History in Haunted Places by Colin Dickey - You have unlocked: Special Interest™ ! I LOVE contextualizing ghost stories and urban legends with local history and collective memory and this is an entire book of such stories. I also do a lot of research and writing for a historic tour guide in Charleston, South Carolina, arguably one of the most haunted cities in the US and definitely the site of some of the worst atrocities of this country’s history, so this book scratched an itch (and even inspired a new tour route!) I loved the handling of storytelling as both entertainment and oral history record, while providing historic context for famous ghost stories and asking readers to question: who gets to be a ghost, who gets to tell the stories, and who gets to be haunted?
Babel by R.F. Kuang - Tears again. Really fantastic story about growing up and realizing one’s own role in an empire, the losses in translations, the impacts of imperialism, and the relationships between knowledge and power.
6 - Was there anything you meant to read, but never got to?
Uhhh my entire TBR, really. But specifically within this year, I keep saying “you next” (and it’s a lie, whoops) to:
-Authority & Freedom by Jed Perl
-The Real Rainbow Row by Harlan Greene
-Art is Life by Jerry Saltz
-Everybody: A Book About Freedom by Olivia Laing
10 - What was your favorite new release of the year?
“Favorite” is hard to pin down, but probably Thunderclap for reasons above. Honorable Mention goes to The Art Thief by Michael Finkel.
18 - How many books did you buy?
Shhhh. More than I ought, but since I was on a self-imposed book buying ban for much of the year, far fewer than I might have. 20, I think? I don’t want to look too hard at what that says about my idea of a “ban.” (Edited to add: 20 physical books. Another ~10 ebooks 🥲)
20 - What was your most anticipated release? Did it meet your expectations?
Definitely Hell Bent - I loved Ninth House and was SO looking forward to finding out what happened next! It was…fine. It went to Some Places that I definitely wasn’t expecting, but mostly I remember finishing it and thinking, what the fuck did I just read? I want to re-read it, but haven’t gotten around to it.
Bonus answer: I know about bookblr (book-blur? booklr? book-lur? headache) drama the way I know about the circus when it’s in town: I become aware of it from other people bitching about it, and sometimes I’ll take a peek at what’s going on out of morbid curiosity. But I’m not buying tickets to the show - I’ve got too many books to read at home.
#thanks for the ask!#asks#books & reading#heyspaghettihey#books#reading#bookblr#this made me realize how much nonfiction I read this year#and also how usamerican and euro centric my books are yikes :/#something to work on next year!
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did you forget my Saturday cat :(
OH MY GOD I’M SO SORRY yes I did. Please have two:
(also: what a face! An adorable grump, 10/10 meme worthy)
#may or may not be having some really bad time blindness re: days of the week and how fast the months are going lately#so thank you for the reminder!#happy caturday#please be patient with me I’m from the 1900s#cats#asks#butterball#heyspaghettihey
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no legs?
you have taken the legs. where have they gone.
(he makes up for the lack of legs with those whiskers)
#in the vein of playing ‘got your nose!’ with a small child#he looks so grumpy!#is that a napkin?#that his head is just stuck through?#how on earth did you manage that#cats#asks#heyspaghettihey
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please look at the cutest girl in the world (not me, obviously. my sister's wolf).
(I'm about to explode she's just so cute, and I need someone else to explode at least a little bit as well, and I'm not even the least bit sorry about it)
Does it count as an international diplomatic incident if you’ve caused a cute explosion on another continent? If so, you may have trouble.
(Consider me exploded, she’s adorable! Those ears! And eyes! And neck ruff fluff! Are you sure your sister didn’t accidentally bring a wolf pup home?)
#consider her snoot: booped. ears: scritched. belly: rubbed. treats: given.#thank you for the pup ask today was insane and she makes it so much better <3#what’s her name??#asks#dogs#heyspaghettihey#(i mean you may well be the cutest girl in the world but you seem shy so i can’t confirm👀)
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did you know he's so so sleepy
I did not then but I do now <3
(he looks like he makes the best little ‘brrrrp’ activation noise)
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hello (: how do you like A Long Time Dead? it's been sitting on my e-reader for a while and I kinda need some incentive to start reading.
Hello! I just finished it yesterday so I’ve been thinking about how to review it because my feelings are mixed. I don’t know if anything I have to say about it could be called “incentive,” but (keeping this vague and spoiler-free) here we go 🙂 Short answer: it’s fine.
I gave it 3/5⭐️ because it was one of those books that was enjoyable enough while I was reading it, but it wasn’t like, life changing in terms of how I think about stories and storytelling, vampire mythology, or love and friendship. It has what i think of as fanfiction-y writing: there’s kind of a story happening, in odd fits and starts, but it mostly exists as a loose structure to support a lot of whining yearning and melodrama, rather than as a believable network of events that occur because of choices made by well-fleshed-out characters. The vampire lore seemed kind of scattershot to me, incorporating a variety of existing tropes without really fleshing out this world’s own system.
That said, it’s a fun little read. If you can turn off the analytical part of your mind and commit to enjoying this as literary candy, it can be a delight. I see the prose described as “lush” a lot and while i think it can border on purple, it makes for vivid mental movies and is fun to read. The core cast of characters is a bunch of lgbtq+ vampires who regularly host orgies, so, y’know, lots of (explicit) fun there. It’s atmospheric and a good one to read in the build up to halloween if you’re a spooky season person. But is it something that brings new perspectives to any of its genres, or haunts me with its story, ideas, or commentary? Nah.
#i don’t know how actually helpful this was but I appreciate you asking!!#asks#heyspaghettihey#a long time dead#books#reading#book review#also that was not to bash fanfiction I do think it’s a really important part of the literary ecosystem#i guess I mean more amateurish: the style of someone who loves it but has not yet mastered their craft
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Did you know cats are incredibly cute
(asked my friend if I could share pictures of him and her answer was an enthusiastic "YES here are some more and recent ones")
I did, logically, know this, yet I am taken aback anew each time I see one, overwhelmed with cuteness 🧡
#thank you 🙏🏼#the little white sock!#what an a+ napping spot#what is it about these little creatures that worm their way into our hearts so#if reincarnation turns out to be real I hope I can come back as a comfy kitty#what a life they live#asks#cats#heyspaghettihey
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spring snow from a few years ago? (that's it that's the question)
Yes ❄️ although those daffodils (?) look like they’re fighting for their lives - I hope they won 🌼
(Considering it was 73°F/23°C here yesterday I am very much living vicariously through all your snow posts)
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I say that with all love and Tumblr mutual respect etc etc but jelly is superior to jam, WHY would you want bits and texture. That's like inviting the horrors to sit on your warm, delicious, crunchy bread and making it Evil Bread™
......anyways which fruit did you choose? :D
Better the Horrors I choose I guess?
Ok so as someone with other sensory issues I can totally understand why some people hate jam and prefer jelly. That said, jelly gives me the ick because it’s too texture in the other direction. It’s congealed fruit blood too cleansed of the delights that make it fruit. It’s too removed from its origin. The smoothness. The plasticky translucence. The jiggle. The too-sweet uninterrupted by the slight sour or woody taste of seeds. I don’t even like the feel of the word jelly in my mouth. It’s a nope for me.
(Also I grew up going to beaches that frequently had dead moon jellies washed up on shore and as kids we’d poke them with sticks etc and idk my brain forged that connection I guess?)
Anyway I picked blackberry because a) maximum texture, medium sweetness and b) I was thinking in particular of a blackberry-sage-mint jam that I LOVED that I used to get at a farmer’s market in a city I no longer live in and will probably never taste again.
#more jelly for u!#I like my cronchy mashed fruit#this was fun to try to explain haha thank you for asking#asks#heyspaghettihey#food#team jam#sensory issues
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an out-of-focus sleepy guy, perhaps?
soft focus soft light soft cat soft blanket soft life. he’s got the right idea I think.
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mid-day cat?
please and thank you <3 so geometric!
#the criss crossed paws are vaguely hmm jenga tower?#took a minute to figure out what went where#glimpse of beans!#the hold on the tail!#no one does comfy like a cat#thank you for the ask!!#asks#cats#heyspaghettihey
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