crystalthevampirate
writer | sleeper | learner ♥️ a sucker for good food & entertainment
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2024 highlights
Kummat (Oddity, Eli Brown, 2021) Illuusion pysyvyys (Jesse Heikkinen, 2016) Varastetaan pandoja (Juhani Karila, 2022) A Series of Unfortunate Events (Lemony Snicket, 1999-2006) The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School (Sonora Reyes, 2022) Poromafia (Mikko-Pekka Heikkinen, 2016)
Unusual year for me -I continued with Austen, but otherwise read mostly new-ish books for younger readers. Easy access to a good library is something I'll miss about city living..
semi-abandoned main of @fandomvampirate other projects to be listed..
laitetaas tännekin..
Black Weekend -kamppiksena 24.-27.11. ilmainen toimitus tarrapaketeille Manner-Suomeen
10 kpl. 18€ | 25 kpl. 30€ | n. 100 kpl. 75€
Jos saadaan varasto myytyä tyhjäksi, arvotaan lisäksi kaksi kymmenen kappaleen pakettia seuraavasta erästä tilaajien kesken. (Jokainen käytetty 5€ oikeuttaa yhteen arpaan, esim. 18€=3 arpaa, 30€=6 arpaa jne. Voit kuitenkin voittaa vain toisen palkinnon.)
Heitä viestillä!
Cookie Clicker (cosmic horror)
hey so I heard we were styling affirmations after accidental allies?
'gender' is made up pronouns are made up
I'm not 'cis' I'm not a 'birthing person' I'm not a 'penis haver'
I'm not confused
I'm not a 'real man' I'll never be a woman
I am Weird
2023
<- 2022
January
finished: 2 books +kids' stuff | avg. rating: 3.5 stars favorite: a 1954 Toivo Pekkanen -collection
February
finished: 3 books | avg. rating: 3.33..3 stars favorite: Kaikki tiet vie koomaan 2021 by Riina Aho, tho these were all thinkers in that bad-good way
March
finished: 4 books | avg. rating: 3.5 stars favorite: The Wicked Hour 2020 by Alice Blanchard ?
April
finished: 2 books | avg. rating: 3.5 stars favorite: The Ballad of Black Tom 2016 by Victor LaValle
May
finished: Tuliaiset Moskovasta 2009 by Matti Rönkä | 3 stars
June
finished: 2 poetry collections & a play | avg. rating: 3.66..67 stars favorite: Midsummer Night's Dream 1595 by William Shakespeare, specifically the Matti Rossi translation (Finnish)
July ???
August
finished: 2 books | avg. rating: 3 stars favorite: Minä-nainen 1961 by Siv Holm
September
finished/re-read: 3 books | avg. rating: 3.33..3 stars favorite: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe 1950 by C.S. Lewis
October
finished: Jääkaksoset 2015 by S.K. Tremayne | 4 stars this was recommended by one of my sisters, and I'm glad I had a story for the road, but damn
November
finished: 2 books | avg. rating: 3.5 stars favorite: Jane Eyre 1847 by Charlotte Brontë (but it's complicated)
December
finished: 2 books | avg. rating: 3 stars favorite: The Silver Chair 1953 by C.S. Lewis ?
~28/25 books finished. good year -lots of hits. let's see in 2024 I'll figure out more practical & satisfying ways to keep track
Goodreads
early (oh wow, pre-pandemic!) rendering of Grim Disclaimer
Fingers smell like death. It carves into your nails, Like your nails carved into them
Smoke in your hair, ashes on your jacket
Was not a murder, But you weren't a killer before tonight.
⚰️Happy Halloween!
meta lately: hello :) we've made these handy little updates that'll make your life oh so hellishly more difficult for the next few months *force-feeds me confetti with a spoon*
2022
January
finished: 2 books | avg. rating: 3.5 stars favorite: Keskeneräisten Tarujen Kirja 1980 by J.R.R. and Christopher Tolkien
February
finished: 0 books. Scandalous, I know.
March
finished: 5 books | avg. rating: 3.2 stars favorite: The Gods of Mars 1913 by Edgar Rice Burroughs
it's tough tho, I've enjoyed the Barsoom books more than I expected from 20th century pulp
April
finished: 1 book, which I rated 3/5 stars, and refuse to call a favorite
May
finished: 4 books | avg. rating: 3.0 stars favorite: Phantom of the Opera 1910 by Gaston Leroux
June
finished: 2 books | avg. rating: 4.0 stars favorite: Jazz 1992 by Toni Morrison
July
finished: 2 books | avg. rating: 2.5 stars favorite: The Scarlet Letter 1850 by Nathaniel Hawthorne
August
finished: 4 books & an unhealthy amount of research papers | avg. rating: 3.5 stars favorite: Kultaraha nurkan alla 2000 by Maria Vuorio
September
finished: 3 books | avg. rating: 3.33..3 stars favorite: The Master and Margarita 1967 by Mikhail Bulgakov
there goes my 22 reading goal. this has been a comfortable phase, I think next year I'll try for 50, if my situation doesn't drastically change.
absolutely adored the Devil's Lot visiting Moscow, too <3
October
finished: 2 books (I think) | avg. rating: 3.5 stars favorite: The Vampire Lestat 1985 by Anne Rice
November
finished: 3 books | avg. rating: 3 stars favorite: Of Mice and Men 1937 by John Steinbeck
December
finished: 2 books & lots of shorts | avg. rating: 3.5 stars favorite: how to compare..
That's it, final update! 30/22 books finished. No doubt The Master and Margarita was the most fun I had this year. 2023 here
Week’s reads with pictures | my (unsatisfying) Goodreads profile
~𝔦𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔪𝔦𝔡𝔡𝔩𝔢 𝔬𝔣 𝔞𝔫 𝔢𝔭𝔦𝔩𝔬𝔤𝔲𝔢, 𝔫𝔬𝔱 𝔴𝔞𝔫𝔱𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔟𝔬𝔬𝔨 𝔱𝔬 𝔢𝔫𝔡
left - vasen right - oikea
I write with my left hand. Kirjoitan vasemmalla kädellä.
Turn left at the corner. Käänny kulmasta vasemmalle.
Do I sit on their right? Istunko hänen oikealla puolellaan?
Bonus: unlike many languages, Finnish has names for eight points of the compass instead of four. So between cardinal directions (pääilmansuunnat) we call ordinal directions (väli-ilmansuunnat) NE, SE, SW & NW by their very own words.
'Ilma' means 'air' and 'suunta' is 'direction', so literally these are called 'air/wind directions', or 'directions of (the) air'
hey.
especially if you've ever struggled with eating/eating healthy/remembering to eat, you shouldn't use meals as a reward.
a treat can be a motivator, food in general can't.
you need to eat, even if you're not being super productive, or putting out your best work. everyone needs to take five every now and then. touch some grass, stretch, have a snack. remember to stay hydrated -not just when it's melting-hot, but all year 'round.
best wishes!
how completely average and cisgender of me to write pages on pages about why I deserve to have surgery..
I have no idea how to keep it neat with so many wildly unrelated things going on.. I've decided to try something before it gets out of hand, so some of the tags in the pinned are pretty deserted to start with. I'm gon' do whatever for a year or so, see what sticks. getting a ware-overdo, so hopefully I'll at least be getting back into music & some edits soon :)
Poetry Snap fiction
Queer -related Other non-fiction
site: crystaly.art
second feed for slightly chaotic reblogs & fandom things
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sexual violence, murder/death, body horror, mental illness, teenage drug use & sexuality, blood, politics, moral chaos, language, obscure references & questionable humor
(dead dove, do not eat)
He sat at the end of the table in a high chair looking awfully sad. His eyes were gleaming, but he didn't cry, only looked without seeing. He trembled ever so slightly, when I put my hand on his. When no one said anything for a long time, finally I took a seat to his left and poured us both some tea. It smelled mild, swirled with dark herbs, like the brew itself were also sad. Everything looked delicious, but in the end no one had a bite.
After everyone had left, when I'd gathered the dishes and was blowing out the candles, he spoke. Though his voice was quiet as the rustling wind, it startled me. 'I should have noticed' he said. I blinked. A million things rushed through my mind. All wrong things to say. 'I should have noticed, Alice' he repeated, raising his eyes to look at me. He was at the brink of shattering. Suddenly he stood, whisked everything in arms reach off the table, and fell back again. Then, after being closed off for so long, he could finally cry. 'We could have..' His voice broke. The shatters of porcelain crunched under my step. I knelt. I took his hands, and kissed them, but I felt empty.
Pronouns 101
Finnish personal- & demonstrative pronouns Subject on the left, possessive on the right
English personal pronouns (Reflexive pronouns are a whole thing. More on that later..)
Idk what type of pronoun 'it' is, officially, but it felt natural to include here
English demonstrative pronouns. Nice and simple
I'm no expert on linguistic terms. I'm just here as a bilingual, introducing people to Finnish due to popular demand. Please don't butcher me
art films, thrillers, camp horror: this is what's wrong with the world
us, the children of that world: um, yes please?
tags to reach, tags to file (even if The System only makes sense to you) & tags to scream -not like on the post, but On_the_Post can, and do coexist
People point out the dreadful John/Joan case, (dr. Money did do useful research in his time too, but, ew) and somehow frame it as evidence against trans people. Absurd, since the results are actually proof, that neither sex & biological factors, nor the environment (upbringing, social roles etc.) affect our gender -just the extend to which we're comfortable expressing & discussing it. Poor David was a boy. He didn't turn into a girl, despite the sex reassignment surgeries, and being shoved into the feminine mold by his social surroundings. Which made him extremely uncomfortable. (I won't go into details, the life of the Reimer twins was a tragedy, but do read up, if you're interested.)
I've heard some extreme people claim we're 'making people (think they're) trans', or encouraging children to have surgery. I've never heard this happen, but it exists in these people's minds. I would agree; it's a terrible idea to actively try & change someone's gender experience. We shouldn't be messing with children's healthy genitals. No one should be forced to abide by gender roles. Thing is, that's exactly what the world is currently doing to many trans & intersex (as well as cis) kids. I wish the general public would understand how crucial this is.