Thorn Wilde

All the time. Every time I've written a short story, almost. They just turn up, bang! And won't let me quit until I've got the first draft penned out.

It's been okay. Been playing Fallout 4 for most of it. But my flatmate's gone to bed now so the couch is free and I can enjoy the quiet. Hope you feel better soon!

Me too. OMG... How is it even possible? Are the people who do this human??

That's insane! So pretty. Wow!

-3 isn't too bad. -45 we're talking Siberia, though. I feel comfortable calling -15 properly cold, personally. Had some -20 winters when I was younger... Brrr! Evening, Hunter. How are you?

There's so much interesting Hawaiian food. So many different cultures coming together. I don't think there are any proper Hawaiian restaurants in Oslo, though. There's a food truck that does Poke. Oh! And some shops sell ice cream mochi! So much I'd like to try, though.

I looooove Vietnamese! There's one here in Oslo I've been eating at since we moved here when I was 8. It was my dad's favourite. He travelled to Vietnam for work, to help them set up national servers and databases and stuff, in the mid and late 90s. Got a real taste for the food, so he found a restaurant called Saigon and took me there. I've been eating there since. Always loved it. (I was not a picky eater, I loved all kinds of food when I was a kid.) I love fresh rolls and Pho and, well, everything. Korean is nice, too. Not a lot of Korean places in Oslo, sadly. Used to be a really good one that did both Korean and Japanese, but they had to move from the location where they'd been for like 20 years. Tried to reopen elsewhere, but I think they lost their chef, cause they're not as good anymore. But there's a really great Korean restaurant in London I've been to several times. They do these amazing set menus. Also had Korean food in Japan. And what the Japanese call Yaki Niku (which translates to 'fried meat') is basically Korean food, too.

We'll see what happens. I had never really intended this development, tbh. I just suddenly realised that Julie and Amy have been flirting since the beginning, and then this just seemed like a natural part of Julie's arc, which I felt was missing something, some drive and motivation of her own. Until now I kind of feel like she's existed for the benefit of the male protagonists. Now she exists for herself.

I was concerned when Daniel didn’t show up for English, and even more so when I didn’t see him all the rest of the day. I sent him a text asking if he was all right, but the answer didn’t arrive until much later, and consisted of, I’m okay. I’ll tell you about it tomorrow. But the following day, Daniel still wasn’t at school. I sat through Mrs. Lawton’s maths lesson unable to focus, glancing at Daniel’s empty seat. Where was he? Michael would know. I was on my way to my next lesson when

I miss my old psychologist. She did that. Listened, then pushed my buttons. Then she'd apologise for pushing me so hard, but tell me I needed it. She was always right. Unfortunately, when I finished art therapy (I wasn't allowed more than three years...) I lost her with it. Kind of sad. I have a psychiatrist now who specialises in bipolar disorder, and we talk about stuff in addition to her managing my meds, but I only get to see her for 45 minutes every 3 weeks or so (even less right now since she's on holiday and doesn't have time until a ways into January; last saw her early-mid December). She's good too, though, I have no complaints other than the long time between sessions.

Quote I found in the article @Daddydavek shared in the Lounge last night. (The topic Earthrise at 50.) “To see the Earth as it truly is, small and blue and beautiful in that eternal silence where it floats, is to see ourselves as riders on the Earth together, brothers on that bright loveliness in the eternal cold – brothers who know now they are truly brothers.” —Archibald MacLeish, New York Times, Christmas Day 1968.

Daddydavek shared this article in the lounge, about the photograph Earthrise, taken on Christmas Eve 50 years ago from Apollo 8's orbit around the moon. It has the most beautiful quote in it that I thought I might share:

These are words we should really take in, I think.

Perhaps, but it's a great start, and an important and difficult question; one I've had to ask many times myself. Hope you're doing a little better today and that seeing your shrink will help.

Please don't do that. I'd miss you terribly. I do know the feeling. It's exhausting sometimes, just living. I can only hope that the knowledge that we love you and appreciate you can be some comfort to you.

Don't sell yourself short. We all have our own strength. I'm gonna try and assume a horizontal position and make things dark and hopefully do that sleeping thing all the kids rave about these days. Goodnight, DiC! Glad you're here, @Mikiesboy. Missed you today.

I think you're one of the strongest people I know, tim. I hope you realise how much I respect and appreciate you.

Mine never got the chance to be better, really. He was on his way, though. He was in therapy, this support group thing for domestic abusers... He never hurt me, but my mum... Anyway. I didn't know anything about this until a couple of years ago when I outright asked when Mum and I were talking about other things. I knew he had a temper. I didn't know he was physically violent. Then I found out that when my parents broke up (they were never married, just cohabiting), he didn't want to pay child support or give us any money to start over, despite the fact that she had put a lot of money into the family even if he owned everything, and that she was on a teacher's salary while he was a highly paid IT guy. My mum sought legal advice and found out what she and I were owed. Managed to convince him to pay some child support and give us enough money for collateral on a flat. It was less than we were owed, but it was something. Kind of soured my memories of him, but I'm glad I know.

Yeah, mine wasn't great at finishing things either. And also kind of a douche, as I've learned nearly 20 years after his death... That's dads for you, I guess.

Wow, Aron was kind of a dick in this one...

Shiny is definitely important, in all appliances.

Nope. No, I do. Only my brain just thinks I'm on EST, apparently... Sounds rough. It's nice to see you, tim. In the proverbial sense.

"Damn, he was so fucked. Not yet. But soon." Beautiful.

Good night, Reader! Sleep well!

The title intrigued me. This is really good and a lot of fun! Gonna enjoy reading this, I think.