Pastelbat @pastelbat@awoo.space

I've settled into a pattern of using audiobooks for fiction & visual reading for nonfiction

I think cuz the I generally use former for more relaxation or while doing something with my hands, whereas nonfiction stuff tends to require more undivided attention

Not always, but generally?

I still have The Power Broker audiobook to finish, but.. I think I made it through 10 or 16hrs, and after that much I *really* needed to wash the taste of grubby 20th century US politics out of my head

I'll probably reread Discipline & Punish and Birth of the Clinic at some point, which are both vgood (both are better introduction points to his core ideas) but they're "Space Opera Doorstop Book" kinda length compared with History of Sexuality, so more of a commitment in terms of ability to invest focus & reading time

Properly reading more Foucault for the first time in like a decade is good.

His stuff's dense and academic but he has a very off-the-cuff sense of humour that makes the end result a lot less dry than it could be.

It holds up well, and still feels very relevant.

PSA

one silver lining is watching lots of people streaming activities

and seeing so much "spontaneous cat interruption" improv

I tend to write with "concept/other concept" a lot

I guess as a way of conveying multiple layers of meaning or a single meaning that one English word or phrase won't accurately encompass

I wish there was a way of doing that in phonetic speech..

I've caught myself saying "X slash Y" out loud a few times, but it's way more awkward

A clown went to a doctor's clinic, sat down and said

"Doctor, I feel like the social stigma, isolation & alienation of various 'kink' experiences has done profound social & psychological harm to myself and so many friends I've lost count."

"You are just appropriating the experiences of queer and trans people." replied the doctor. "Stop doing that, and you will be happy!"

"But doctor!" the clown cried

"I am queer and trans!"

hi

Though to be honest I'm liking having one easy to paint army that just takes to Contrast paints like they were made for it (Seraphon) and one that's intricate swirly armour and a tonne of details

It makes for a good change in.. Painting.. Flavour.. Uh. Paintfeel?

I have 2 Age of Sigmar forces on the go, both are currently at 10 infantry & 1 hero unit.

One of them took like, 2-3 weeks to hit that point, the other took 3-4 months

I will give you a moment to guess which are the elves.

So many gemstones.