RAY LAROSE | WASTE BOOK

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I cannot say whether things will get better if we change; what I can say is that they must change if they are to get better. G. C. Lichtenberg, who called his own notebooks waste books

I want it noted that I was gracious about it. Two games of OPR ending with my opponent's half of the table entirely empty, which is not a figure of speech. Before that, a Blood Bowl draw with my new humans, the most Blood Bowl result there is. And in the quiet hours another long stretch on Lion El'Jonson, twenty-plus hours in and still the thing fighting back hardest.

Three hours on Lion El'Jonson's cape. Capes are my nemesis, all soft subtle shades with no edges to hide behind and nowhere for a mistake to sit quietly. And the sculptor, who I can only assume was having a lovely time, has the cream lining folding over the pitch black armour in gaps narrower than a single bristle. There is no brush for that. There is only a steady hand and an expanding vocabulary.

Thirty-six hours of Riley being unable to get comfortable, twenty-four of her refusing food. Chicken, cheese, the treats she would normally commit crimes for, all declined. That refusal is the only instrument we have and it only goes as far as something is wrong. Wish she could tell us where.

More shenanigans at work, then an evening building an app with Claude to correlate my diet, exercise, weather and sleep. For fun, obviously. Four things I could simply pay attention to, now with a database.

I want it on the record that the laziness was deliberate. Ashley took us to Popover's on Saturday for twenty-four hours of calories in under an hour, worth every one of them, then an afternoon of White Dwarf and an evening of Men at Work with Linda, Ash and DJ. Campy holds up. Today was the eighties films and some coding from the couch, and somewhere in among it the Gruntled Greens got finished and are ready for the pitch. Productive weekends are usually louder than this one.

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And it continues. Brody demaded affection at two with a waggy tail. Scratches on the head for 10 minutes which turned into "let's go have a crap outside" time. Maybe I can sleep next week.

Riley and Brody both need a potty break at two this morning. Brody went outside. Riley considered the options and chose otherwise. I have made my peace with being awake at 3:30, and would like it noted that 3:30 was the deal.