i love that terrible city and all the awful things it's done and stands for and above. i love every terrible character making awful decisions while slowly succumbing to fungal spread and spores. i love you, Ambergris.

i'm so glad you liked it ;-; i love them so much.......... (having said this: have you read The Line Is Covered In Jellyfish? speaking of tragic jayvik bug husbands....)

i hate being collectively yoked to a nostalgia that's not even good anymore. i'm sick of being fed regurgitation!!!

IT'S. UM. IT'S.... UMMMMMMMMMMM. IT'S COMPLICATED, OKAY. i. ELSON DON'T READ THIS. UMMMMMMM.

Uh Oh.

Oh my god what an incredible combo. His writing really gets into the ventricles, doesn't it? my oh my oh my.

but also: aaaa aaa aaaaaaaa.

i put off reading any other Vandermeer books because i like the Southern Reach quartet SO much that i was afraid his other books would disappoint me, and i'm so glad my librarian took me by the hand and said "i have the perfect book for you."

oh my god, it would be absolutely incredible if i could borrow a pass for a couple hours on Friday, if that's possible for you and won't mess up tabling! Let me DM you and we can figure it out!

Other pear varieties are also in season and exist, but not to me they don't. Not to me.

You could also watch Other Side Of The Box, which i saw for the first time tonight and was super creeped out by. Everything else is on time-out, though. www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrOY...

incredibly, incredibly deserved!!!!