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I went swimming last night so had to put my contact lenses in instead of wearing my glasses. I put them in the wrong eyes, so I had to take them out and clean them and then put them in the right way round. This is quite common for me. Except that I put one back in and then promptly dropped the other.
When I found it, I cleaned it and put it in the same eye as the one already in, so I had two in one eye. I have never done this before and and spent 30 seconds being *really* confused. I took them out again, cleaned them... and then put them in the wrong way round again. Eye fail.
Mr Lux, watching keenly: "That was like the world's most boring invisible slapstick."
Ion, I read Dust and Shadow by Lyndsay Faye, a pro Sherlock Holmes novel. I was initially dubious about it because it's about Jack the Ripper but actually it was very well done, and she has an ACD pastiche writing style that is flowing and enjoyable. It's quite subtly slashy too - it's like she has put in another layer of emo, which has that sort of dog whistle effect on slashers.
I've been quietly watching the tennis pretty much constantly all year, and even though Roger and Rafa both have had amazing wins, it's been Mandy self actualising at the US Open that has been the best moment for me. The Olympic Gold was special, but he just needed to win a slam so much, and the match a difficult one where he could actually have lost if he hadn't been so tenacious. It was a similar feeling for me as watching Roger win the French Open, although with less shrieking and crying (best tennis reaction video ever). Well done, Mandy. Plus he let his hair grow into an epic ginger birds nest in front of millions, and that takes balls.
When I found it, I cleaned it and put it in the same eye as the one already in, so I had two in one eye. I have never done this before and and spent 30 seconds being *really* confused. I took them out again, cleaned them... and then put them in the wrong way round again. Eye fail.
Mr Lux, watching keenly: "That was like the world's most boring invisible slapstick."
Ion, I read Dust and Shadow by Lyndsay Faye, a pro Sherlock Holmes novel. I was initially dubious about it because it's about Jack the Ripper but actually it was very well done, and she has an ACD pastiche writing style that is flowing and enjoyable. It's quite subtly slashy too - it's like she has put in another layer of emo, which has that sort of dog whistle effect on slashers.
I've been quietly watching the tennis pretty much constantly all year, and even though Roger and Rafa both have had amazing wins, it's been Mandy self actualising at the US Open that has been the best moment for me. The Olympic Gold was special, but he just needed to win a slam so much, and the match a difficult one where he could actually have lost if he hadn't been so tenacious. It was a similar feeling for me as watching Roger win the French Open, although with less shrieking and crying (best tennis reaction video ever). Well done, Mandy. Plus he let his hair grow into an epic ginger birds nest in front of millions, and that takes balls.