I actually make my own pumpkin spice lattes. Haha. I have a "latte machine" (it's just a drip coffee maker that heats and whisks milk into delightful foam in the carafe while coffee brew into it... bless you, Mr. Coffee) and I brew super strong good coffee and have the thing whisk and foam my almond milk/pumpkin pie…

He is pleased to be your spirit animal. :D

You could also just ask! :) I've had more than one more shy-ish/uneasy boyfriend ask if he could kiss me/hold my hand/etc. It's adorable and really shows that he's respectful and kind. I always found it endearing. :) I also am not a shy gal with guys so I do initiate pretty shamelessly. Haha. That said, I tend to…

My abusive ex was MASTERFUL with that. His version ended with him exploding in anger after hours and hours (or even days) of silence and coldness. He'd then tell me what I'd done wrong to warrant his anger (usually nothing major... like I'd said something that offended him without meaning to do so) and get in my face…

Who do you think works in the slaughterhouses? Workers in that industry are some of the most abused in the whole country and they are most immigrant workers who have NO rights at all. It's horrifying.

I was already like "yay, this person rules" and then I hit that last line! LOL. Now I think I love you. Fantastic.

Haha. Yup! Trevor the Japanese quail. He's even a rescue. He wandered into our yard one day and we went "uh, that's NOT a native bird. What IS that?" and then it took me over an hour to catch him using only my hands, like an idiot. LOL.

Yes, Trevor! He's a backyard farm escapee, we think. He's super cute. :D

I keep a vegan household (exception cats get wet, meat only food and the quail eats meal worms as supplements to his pelleted diet) and really REALLY don't like animal products coming in. The smells make me queasy and I worry a bit about cross contamination (more so with raw meats/eggs).

Thanks for the concern! I did see a therapist for a bit earlier on in the aftermath for that stuff and also my EDNOS/anxiety issues that were triggered by it. I'm usually okay now with the abuse stuff. I still almost vapor lock due to racing pulse if I think I see him out in public (we've never actually bumped into…

Oh he could cook. He lived on his own for a long time and he cooked for himself a fair amount at home. He just didn't like that I was out with a friend and was searching for something to be pissed about. He also was used to me cooking for him and actually plating and bringing him his food. I know. He had me super…

Wait. What? WHAT? They make fake books?! To fill shelves with for looks?

WORD. Well, our apt is never exactly empty (we have three cats, 7 rats and a quail) but we both enjoy quiet time alone. We've got a small place and we're both introverted. I also run distance, so I'll go out and run for a few hours alone in the woods and he rolls around the empty house, recharging.

My ex-husband once had the gall to tell my best friend, who was living with us for a short while, to pass a message to me. I was meeting her after work and was going to do some shopping, etc and get a meal with her. He had her tell me "never, ever leave him without dinner ever again". She was so disgusted that he'd…

Warm chocolate chip cookie here. I also had a slight chuckle at what I was doing while reading this post.

So my comment earlier about us reading different books might actually be accurate then! This is so weird. One of my copies is the original first edition hardcover. Which I haven't read because I HATE reading hardcovers. I'm going to go open that bad boy up aand see what's what with that scene.

Iiiiii feel like we read different books. And I've read IT at least 20 times.

And don't forget that Patrick killed his baby brother, too. Or the bits where Bowers poisoned Mike's dog. Or when Henry killed his dad. Or how Bill's parents stopped loving him after George died. That book is a goddamn cluster of horrible and it's one of my favorites. There is so much horrible and there is also so…

I don't consider that a flaw. I don't see it as him being "safe", I see it as him having the world view that people are inherently good, that decency and sanity will prevail and that even when faced with horrible things and terrible loss humans are, at root, worth believing in and humanity is worth fighting for.

There is a difference between writing about misogyny (which King has done well in a variety of books, most notably Rose Madder) and using misogynistic characters as a source of horror (again, Rose Madder, IT with Bev's dad, Lisey's Story, Gerald shows it in Gerald's Game, Delores Clairborne and others) and just making…