I am not domestic. I am a luxury, and in that sense, necessary

[sovay]

So for the second night in a row I did not fall asleep until well after sunup and then I was out of commission far too late into the afternoon while still not getting much real sleep at all. When I finally got up, Autolycus had thrown up twice on the floor.

But then I got out of the house. And I met up with rushthatspeaks. And the entire staff of the T-Mobile store in Central Square thought Fox was adorable and I bought a yuzu cream croissant and durian mochi from H-Mart and we picked up gaudior from work and my biography of Sessue Hayakawa had come in at Porter Square Books and we made shells and cheese for dinner and Rush-That-Speaks showed me David Ehrlich's 25 best films of 2016 and it was in general a really nice day.

And then I got home and the upstairs neighbors are throwing a literally screaming party and their weed has filled the stairwell and smells like Satan's underarm and Autolycus is still throwing up and I just found out that John Hurt has died.

I'd like to take this evening again from about ten o'clock, thank you.

[edit] All right, as of eleven-thirty, the literally screaming party has decamped for parts unknown (although their weed remains) and Autolycus is no longer actively throwing up. But John Hurt is still dead and I'm not all right with that.

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[lilysea]

And then I got home and the upstairs neighbors are throwing a literally screaming party and their weed has filled the stairwell and smells like Satan's underarm and Autolycus is still throwing up and I just found out that John Hurt has died.

Oh, god. My sympathies. :(

If this happened to me in Australia, I would probably call the police on the anti-social screaming party.

But I guess in the US there's always the risk that the police will shoot someone... :( :(

[sovay]

Oh, god. My sympathies.

Thank you. It was unreasonable on every front.

But I guess in the US there's always the risk that the police will shoot someone...

The upstairs neighbors are a pair of blond young women, so I feel the chances of shooting are diminished in this case, but it does occasionally worry me about calling the authorities, yes, and that is not the way people who need backup are supposed to feel.

Your icon is excellent.

[umadoshi]

I'm glad the out-of-the-house part of the day was so good! And I hope poor Autolycus continues to not throw up. :/

[sovay]

I'm glad the out-of-the-house part of the day was so good!

Thank you! It was refreshing.

And I hope poor Autolycus continues to not throw up.

It's actually the second day of cat-vomiting, so I called the vet. We have an appointment on Tuesday, but can call tomorrow early and see if we can get an emergency appointment if it's still going on. I'm really, really hoping not. He does not seem to be enjoying it.

[umadoshi]

I hope Autolycus was feeling better today. ;_; Poor kitty!

[sovay]

I hope Autolycus was feeling better today.

Thank you! Today appears to have been, fingers crossed, vomit-free. I petted Autolycus from you.

[kore]

OH FOR SHIT'S SAKE 2017.

That's a bad one. Damn. I mean, I know all these idols are getting older and they've had full wonderful lives and made beautiful things and it's just time, but still -- fuck. Damn.

[sovay]

OH FOR SHIT'S SAKE 2017.

A-SERIOUSLY-MEN.

I mean, I know all these idols are getting older and they've had full wonderful lives and made beautiful things and it's just time, but still -- fuck. Damn.

This was a bad day to pick and a bad person to lose. And once again, I hadn't known he had cancer. Can we just stop with this refrain?

[kore]

2016: I killed off dozens of beloved cultural icons and saw a tyrannical racist xenophobe bigot idiot fraudulently elected to the highest office in the land!

2017: Hold my beer.

[sovay]

2017: Hold my beer.

I look forward to the day when we knock that damn beer out of its hand.

[kore]

I swear if modern day George Orwell were writing all this stuff just as it happens, his editor would tell him it's all going WAY TOO FAST. Don't ask you reader to believe too much, Eric!

[davidgillon]

I was just browsing various Trump news reports and one noted that sales of 1984 have spiked since #AlternateFacts became a meme.

[moon_custafer]

I suspect Brits (and probably other nationalities) of his generation don't generally like to go public about health problems, unless they've already survived them.

[sovay]

I suspect Brits (and probably other nationalities) of his generation don't generally like to go public about health problems, unless they've already survived them.

I'm not knocking him for not warning his fans in advance: there are a lot of things I don't talk about until I know how they've settled. I just want cancer to knock it off for a while.

[skygiants]

I loved that Hayakawa bio, I hope you enjoy it as well!

[sovay]

I loved that Hayakawa bio, I hope you enjoy it as well!

Thank you! I'm looking forward to it.

[nineweaving.livejournal.com]

John Hurt? Bloody hell.

*hugs*

Nine

[sovay]

John Hurt? Bloody hell.

I'm not all right with it!

[ladymondegreen.livejournal.com]

Oh no. Now I am very sad. He was marvelous.

[sovay]

He was marvelous.

He was! And I saw him in so many different things and loved him in all of them, whether his characters were loving or not.

[juliansinger.livejournal.com]

I'm not all right with that.

Bloody well not at all.

(I'm glad the party departed, too.)

[sovay]

Bloody well not at all.

This was especially not the day.

(I'm glad the party departed, too.)

(Thank you. The neighbors returned around one-thirty and were noisy coming up the stairs with some other people and I almost blew a fuse, but they have quieted back down by now. Which is good, because I want to sleep tonight, not get arrested for suddenly feeling the inspiration to warm up and rehearse, I don't know, the Queen of the Night's second aria out on the second-floor landing.)

[alexx-kay.livejournal.com]

I remember being surprised when John Hurt's voice ended up being prominently featured in a late Art of Noise CD.

[sovay]

I remember being surprised when John Hurt's voice ended up being prominently featured in a late Art of Noise CD.

That and some Shakespearean sonnets were the only tracks I owned with his voice on them, so I played them in his honor.

[martianmooncrab.livejournal.com]

and also Barbara Hale died today.... sigh.

[sovay]

and also Barbara Hale died today.... sigh.

I don't think I ever saw her in anything, but my mother used to watch Perry Mason. Thank you for letting me know.

[martianmooncrab.livejournal.com]

and Mike Connors who was The Rifleman plus other characters... a lot of 60's black and white

[sovay]

and Mike Connors who was The Rifleman plus other characters... a lot of 60's black and white

Phooey.

[pameladean]

Hooboy. On the whole I like city life, but neighbors can be profoundly horrible at times.

Nuit developed a habit of vomiting regularly and it turned out that she had food allergies. She and all the other cats downstairs now subsist on a diet of duck and green peas (in kibble form, I hasten to add; I know people do cook for their cats, but we do not make them duck and green peas). Possibly Autolycus's vomiting is merely recreational, however.

P.

[sovay]

Nuit developed a habit of vomiting regularly and it turned out that she had food allergies.

They've shown no signs of allergies before, but my mother wondered if something about the formulation of the catfood had changed, since it came on very suddenly after my purchasing a new fat of cans. As of today, though, no further vomiting occurred, so we're hoping it was just a stage they were going through.

Possibly Autolycus's vomiting is merely recreational, however.

Oh, God, I hope not. He already has the hobby of walking across my head in the mornings to see if I've died in the night.