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pikemalarkey updated The Howling House

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The Howling House

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nohappynonsense 2 years ago

who wants to learn how to get better at writing when fumbling around can induce so much a n x i e t y?

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pikemalarkey 2 years ago

Yeah, I guess you're right. It's more about the need to complete something rather than the content though, same as with any homework. Content I either like or not, share or trash.

pikemalarkey updated The Howling House

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nohappynonsense 3 years ago

Dr. Greger demands his daily dozen, or ye shall perish

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pikemalarkey 3 years ago

To me he's just Dr Greg

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nohappynonsense 3 years ago

Beets by Gre

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pikemalarkey updated The Howling House

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brennholz 3 years ago

That gazelle book is awesome! The illustrations are totally adorable, kudos to your mom. Interesting to know that these are loosely based on reality, cause it's pretty easy to see with some, but others... like, the watercress shipment thing- are you a nautical terrorist??? lol

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pikemalarkey 3 years ago

Thanks so much for the kind words! I think the shipment thing was just imagination running loose : D

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pikemalarkey updated The Howling House

3 years ago

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pikemalarkey brennholz

3 years ago

I liked Morning Shower a lot. 'teeth stuck in meat/mouths stuck as smiles' reminds me of something similar I've written ('a smile is just another way to bare your teeth'), similar thinking perhaps. Grim physicality! Wilfred Owen liked it too, although in a different context.

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brennholz 3 years ago

Thanks! Honestly, I had to look up who Wilfred Owen was. (Don't know shit!) Seems like grim physicality was the only way for him to poetically process the horrors of war. Meanwhile, I'm just complaining about my dreams... Anyway, I really like that line, 'a smile is just another way to bare your teeth'. I think it could be the official slogan for passive aggression lol

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pikemalarkey 3 years ago

Ah, I think Owen is just a UK thing (also reading him now so he's at the front of my mind). German poetry is beyond me, so I really appreciate having your bilingual & English poems.

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pikemalarkey updated The Howling House

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readingproject 3 years ago

Your reading list reminds me that I haven't updated my own 'ridiculous' reading list on my personal website for a while. Another thing for the 'To do' list, although I suspect the 'ridiculousity' of my list should be a matter of shame, embarrassment and despair! Anyway, it's interesting to look at someone else's list

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pikemalarkey 3 years ago

"Shame, embarrassment and despair" is exactly how it feels like to look at your reading list a few years down the line and find some obvious stinkers! It would be interesting to see your list too if you ever feel like sharing.

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readingproject 3 years ago

I have a fraction of my list shared on my reviewer profile on the website already. But as I said, it is long overdue to be updated, and even then, I could only include some of the books I have backlogged in the house to read. I'm a compulsive book buyer - have been all my life, but I'm trying to slow down now - so things are a bit out of control.

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pikemalarkey updated The Howling House

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satyrwoud 3 years ago

Teeth/10

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readingproject 3 years ago

I had a wisdom tooth pulled in the 90s and for some reason that maybe only you can understand, I still have it. I don't know what's stranger: that, or the fact that I clicked your button, "Show me the teeth!"

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pikemalarkey 3 years ago

Oh wonderful! I was wondering, does it hollow out over the time or does it remain solid?

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readingproject 3 years ago

Mines stayed solid. There was nothing wrong with the tooth. There just wasn't enough room and it had begun to cut into my gum, causing an infection. It just seems more yellow these days.

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pikemalarkey updated The Howling House

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pikemalarkey updated The Howling House

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pikemalarkey updated The Howling House

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katze-alert 3 years ago

cool website

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pikemalarkey 3 years ago

Thank you, kind stranger! (and to anyone who might want to read the last update, plz see the homepage, I messed up the page order)

pikemalarkey ratshack

3 years ago

I remember both Mowgli and Ezhik v Tumane from my childhood. The beginning of Mowgli with the peacock walking around and that melody was always so magical and to this day I'm in love with Bagheera. The space travel animation is new to me but, weirdly, the space it depicts is not! There's something very nostalgic in a way that space was portrayed then, so full of hope.

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pikemalarkey joppiesaus

3 years ago

Thank you for the follow & your awesome website. My boyfriend used to live in the Netherlands and he still raves about how nice cycling is there. Whereas if you cycle in London, you just get killed : (

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joppiesaus 3 years ago

Thank you pikemalarkey! yeah, I love cycling. Such a shame indeed that it is so dangerous in many other places.

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brennholz pikemalarkey

3 years ago

I tried your falafel tip the other day. Hard to say how well it worked, some of the pattys fell apart in the pan, but I was using a different brand of falafel mix than usual with a recommended resting time of 120 min (???) and started frying after abt. 45, so who knows. Either way, the corn+falafel flavor combination works great and is not one i would have come up with, so thanks!

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pikemalarkey 3 years ago

Omg : D Yeah, I can see how having more chunky stuff would make the mix harder to hold together. Unfortunately, I can't recall what mix I used initially. Anyway, glad it was edible :)

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pikemalarkey updated The Howling House

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ratshack 3 years ago

Are you planning to go on to the Odyssey? Talk about no peanut - all the famous bits are four lines long and the rest of it is about various people being rubbed with oil!

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readingproject 3 years ago

I always preferred the Odyssey, because I'm that kinda guy. Robert Fagles's translation is pretty good if you want a printed edition.

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ratshack 3 years ago

Fagles is my favourite translation too. He may not have been able to spice up the Odyssey enough for me but I thought his Iliad translation was fantastic.

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pikemalarkey 3 years ago

That's the plan! Switched to audiobooks for evenings now that it's too light to project movies on the wall. Currently having an interval with a sci-fi set during the Trojan war (??) but I'm looking forward to people being rubbed with oil afterwards!

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pikemalarkey readingproject

3 years ago

Re: your Buffy comment which came as a total shocker. I hated the later seasons! I thought the writing butchered the characters to bring in some drama, was especially cross about what they did to Willow. But there you go : )

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readingproject 3 years ago

Yes, there’s no accounting for taste. I’m one of those weirdos who believe the movie is sometimes better than the book, and that the sequel is sometimes better than the original. My family has disowned me and my dog looks ashamed when I try to play with her!

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pikemalarkey updated The Howling House

3 years ago

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readingproject 3 years ago

My favourite Buffy is predictable. The musical and the episode that followed it, Tabula Rasa. I call season 5 and 6 of Buffy "High Renaissance Buffy".

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pikemalarkey updated The Howling House

3 years ago

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imaginings pikemalarkey

3 years ago

i am leaving the same words here too bc why not - i ended up on "Last Words" on your site a while ago and completely forgot to comment on it - i love the flow of it and how all the little details just slot into so much vivid domestic tragedy. these lines like "pulling your abstinence by the whiskers with my glass of scotch" go down so cleanly <3

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pikemalarkey updated The Howling House

3 years ago

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pikemalarkey brennholz

3 years ago

Thank you for the follow and hello! Love Exposure is an interesting choice for a favourite movie. Those were some weird four hours.

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brennholz 3 years ago

Hi! :) And yeah, it's a weird and ridiculous film, but I feel that it never reaches a point where it's alienating or lessers the impact of the more emotional scenes. That's really why I love it: there's so much going on, it's all over the place tonally and pacing wise, but somehow, it works. Perfectly. it's monumental. It feels so full of life. idk

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brennholz 3 years ago

Though I haven't watched many movies, so I don't have much of a frame of reference lol.

pikemalarkey 3 years ago

Oh I wasn't knocking the movie. Whatever its faults, I DID watch the whole thing in one sitting which I can say about no other movie of that length. It's fun and involving, and a true original. I've filed it under 'torture porn' but I'm a bit of a gentle flower that way.

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