Charlotte E
@musicallottie.bsky.social
Ex-musician, ambulatory wheelie, former geek.
Taskmaster / NMJ / Cabin Pressure / Star Trek / Stargate / Red Dwarf / archaeology / etc.
Buried under layers of brainfog and energy impairment.
Taskmaster / NMJ / Cabin Pressure / Star Trek / Stargate / Red Dwarf / archaeology / etc.
Buried under layers of brainfog and energy impairment.
December 23, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Sweet Sylvester 💜 I'm so sorry 🫂
He was clearly so very loved, and thank you so much for sharing photos of him with us. He was such a cute little guy. I'm so sorry for your loss (I will miss him, but that's just a tiny fraction of how you must be feeling).
He was clearly so very loved, and thank you so much for sharing photos of him with us. He was such a cute little guy. I'm so sorry for your loss (I will miss him, but that's just a tiny fraction of how you must be feeling).
December 21, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Sweet Sylvester 💜 I'm so sorry 🫂
He was clearly so very loved, and thank you so much for sharing photos of him with us. He was such a cute little guy. I'm so sorry for your loss (I will miss him, but that's just a tiny fraction of how you must be feeling).
He was clearly so very loved, and thank you so much for sharing photos of him with us. He was such a cute little guy. I'm so sorry for your loss (I will miss him, but that's just a tiny fraction of how you must be feeling).
For context I haven't seen West Wing, only Stargate. I sobbed for Dr Frasier too, no hormonal fluctuations involved! And still do, on rewatches.
This time round I had to skip it, I'm just not up to going through that right now! I sorely miss her in the subsequent episodes.
This time round I had to skip it, I'm just not up to going through that right now! I sorely miss her in the subsequent episodes.
December 21, 2025 at 5:34 PM
For context I haven't seen West Wing, only Stargate. I sobbed for Dr Frasier too, no hormonal fluctuations involved! And still do, on rewatches.
This time round I had to skip it, I'm just not up to going through that right now! I sorely miss her in the subsequent episodes.
This time round I had to skip it, I'm just not up to going through that right now! I sorely miss her in the subsequent episodes.
I'm not even really a comedy fan (just of certain people and shows) and still knew about it! How it took so long for any consequence to happen is deplorable.
December 20, 2025 at 1:22 AM
I'm not even really a comedy fan (just of certain people and shows) and still knew about it! How it took so long for any consequence to happen is deplorable.
Oof. That's probably even worse than not having a service, because at least not having a service you know where you stand.
(We genuinely don't have buses in my village but I have family who can drive me to get the train, so I count myself very fortunate there.)
(We genuinely don't have buses in my village but I have family who can drive me to get the train, so I count myself very fortunate there.)
December 18, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Oof. That's probably even worse than not having a service, because at least not having a service you know where you stand.
(We genuinely don't have buses in my village but I have family who can drive me to get the train, so I count myself very fortunate there.)
(We genuinely don't have buses in my village but I have family who can drive me to get the train, so I count myself very fortunate there.)
Preferable to the previous song stuck, or nah?
December 18, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Preferable to the previous song stuck, or nah?
I realised yesterday, to great annoyance, that the 6hour round trip for the #HowLongAthon could have been a 3hr round trip if our local train station were accessible. SO frustrating.
Of course it was still worth going and I'm glad I did, but I could have been there longer AND been less knackered!
Of course it was still worth going and I'm glad I did, but I could have been there longer AND been less knackered!
December 18, 2025 at 3:21 PM
I realised yesterday, to great annoyance, that the 6hour round trip for the #HowLongAthon could have been a 3hr round trip if our local train station were accessible. SO frustrating.
Of course it was still worth going and I'm glad I did, but I could have been there longer AND been less knackered!
Of course it was still worth going and I'm glad I did, but I could have been there longer AND been less knackered!
Yesterday I woke up with something else in my head! (The Spanish Flu song) 'How Long' was definitely fading.
It's back to being an intermittent soundtrack today. But this level is definitely tolerable as it can be displaced by other things. That was NOT the case for the first 4 days 😄
It's back to being an intermittent soundtrack today. But this level is definitely tolerable as it can be displaced by other things. That was NOT the case for the first 4 days 😄
December 18, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Yesterday I woke up with something else in my head! (The Spanish Flu song) 'How Long' was definitely fading.
It's back to being an intermittent soundtrack today. But this level is definitely tolerable as it can be displaced by other things. That was NOT the case for the first 4 days 😄
It's back to being an intermittent soundtrack today. But this level is definitely tolerable as it can be displaced by other things. That was NOT the case for the first 4 days 😄
Of all the things that crossed my mind, the band playing for 24 hours (25+) was not one of them. The misdirection definitely worked on me! Had me completely fooled.
December 18, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Of all the things that crossed my mind, the band playing for 24 hours (25+) was not one of them. The misdirection definitely worked on me! Had me completely fooled.
I didn't recognise Alex's voice there for several moments 🥺
December 17, 2025 at 4:05 PM
I didn't recognise Alex's voice there for several moments 🥺
A lot of clothing historians are pushing back against the idea that clothing was restrictive; e.g. corsets were for support & the fashionable small waistlines were an illusion created by extra padding in other layers, not tightlacing.
But I don't currently have the brainpower to be finding sources.
But I don't currently have the brainpower to be finding sources.
December 17, 2025 at 4:00 PM
A lot of clothing historians are pushing back against the idea that clothing was restrictive; e.g. corsets were for support & the fashionable small waistlines were an illusion created by extra padding in other layers, not tightlacing.
But I don't currently have the brainpower to be finding sources.
But I don't currently have the brainpower to be finding sources.
I want to angrily re-like this.
At this point I think if I stop waking up with it in my head somewhere in the next three months, I should be grateful 🥴
At this point I think if I stop waking up with it in my head somewhere in the next three months, I should be grateful 🥴
December 16, 2025 at 2:40 PM
I want to angrily re-like this.
At this point I think if I stop waking up with it in my head somewhere in the next three months, I should be grateful 🥴
At this point I think if I stop waking up with it in my head somewhere in the next three months, I should be grateful 🥴
Many many yrs ago, Mark Watson gave away some pairs of tickets to his show. I applied b/c I was really struggling with APD and didn't know if I'd be able to understand/follow a live show, and 'won' a pair.
I was able to follow it & that gave me the confidence to go to other live events thereafter.
I was able to follow it & that gave me the confidence to go to other live events thereafter.
December 15, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Many many yrs ago, Mark Watson gave away some pairs of tickets to his show. I applied b/c I was really struggling with APD and didn't know if I'd be able to understand/follow a live show, and 'won' a pair.
I was able to follow it & that gave me the confidence to go to other live events thereafter.
I was able to follow it & that gave me the confidence to go to other live events thereafter.
Some years before that I was hit on the head with a cricket ball at work and a colleague drove me to be checked out at A&E. They said I was fine but she didn't want me to drive or even travel by myself, and senior management agreed, so she drove me home herself.
That was a good school to work in.
That was a good school to work in.
December 15, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Some years before that I was hit on the head with a cricket ball at work and a colleague drove me to be checked out at A&E. They said I was fine but she didn't want me to drive or even travel by myself, and senior management agreed, so she drove me home herself.
That was a good school to work in.
That was a good school to work in.
A few yrs ago when I was really struggling to get to and from work, on Friday lunchtimes there were no taxis (b/c the local drivers were at Mosque for prayers) so I usually had to wait a couple of hrs before I could head home. But sometimes my coworker would give me a lift to the train station 😊
December 15, 2025 at 7:21 PM
A few yrs ago when I was really struggling to get to and from work, on Friday lunchtimes there were no taxis (b/c the local drivers were at Mosque for prayers) so I usually had to wait a couple of hrs before I could head home. But sometimes my coworker would give me a lift to the train station 😊
When I travel, the assistance staff are almost invariably good to great, but sometimes they go above and beyond.
At Kensington Olympia the TfL station assistant who deployed the ramp also walked me to the venue! Was a simple route but that saved me so much brainpower, & he just offered. Amazing!
At Kensington Olympia the TfL station assistant who deployed the ramp also walked me to the venue! Was a simple route but that saved me so much brainpower, & he just offered. Amazing!
December 15, 2025 at 7:15 PM
When I travel, the assistance staff are almost invariably good to great, but sometimes they go above and beyond.
At Kensington Olympia the TfL station assistant who deployed the ramp also walked me to the venue! Was a simple route but that saved me so much brainpower, & he just offered. Amazing!
At Kensington Olympia the TfL station assistant who deployed the ramp also walked me to the venue! Was a simple route but that saved me so much brainpower, & he just offered. Amazing!
Progress! Some proper respite last night, then woke up with it going again today, and it's been intermittent since but right now it's just the chords and beat, no melody. I'll take it.
( #HowLongAthon but the music in my head is definitely a TooLongAthon.)
( #HowLongAthon but the music in my head is definitely a TooLongAthon.)
December 15, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Progress! Some proper respite last night, then woke up with it going again today, and it's been intermittent since but right now it's just the chords and beat, no melody. I'll take it.
( #HowLongAthon but the music in my head is definitely a TooLongAthon.)
( #HowLongAthon but the music in my head is definitely a TooLongAthon.)
71? hrs after they started, and it's still going round my brain. Little bit of respite last night as it did fade into the background watching some totally unrelated programmes, but oh my goodness.
Hopefully I'll have recovered enough by tomorrow to try listening to other music if it's still there.
Hopefully I'll have recovered enough by tomorrow to try listening to other music if it's still there.
December 14, 2025 at 9:16 PM
71? hrs after they started, and it's still going round my brain. Little bit of respite last night as it did fade into the background watching some totally unrelated programmes, but oh my goodness.
Hopefully I'll have recovered enough by tomorrow to try listening to other music if it's still there.
Hopefully I'll have recovered enough by tomorrow to try listening to other music if it's still there.
You were all amazing, such troopers. How you got through that final hour and a bit I can't even imagine! Absolutely phenomenal, I hope you're all able to have at least a weekend of proper rest.
December 13, 2025 at 10:51 PM
You were all amazing, such troopers. How you got through that final hour and a bit I can't even imagine! Absolutely phenomenal, I hope you're all able to have at least a weekend of proper rest.
Oh now it's morphed into 'Highway to the danger zone' but just that line, over and over, because I don't even know if that's a real song or not.
My brain's having its own too-long-athon, woke up at 9am yesterday with it in my head and it's now gone 6am. Not 24hrs but not far off.
Need to sleeeep.
My brain's having its own too-long-athon, woke up at 9am yesterday with it in my head and it's now gone 6am. Not 24hrs but not far off.
Need to sleeeep.
December 13, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Oh now it's morphed into 'Highway to the danger zone' but just that line, over and over, because I don't even know if that's a real song or not.
My brain's having its own too-long-athon, woke up at 9am yesterday with it in my head and it's now gone 6am. Not 24hrs but not far off.
Need to sleeeep.
My brain's having its own too-long-athon, woke up at 9am yesterday with it in my head and it's now gone 6am. Not 24hrs but not far off.
Need to sleeeep.