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• Gotham is doing everything right. I LOVE FISH MOONEY. And kind of ship her hardcore with Penguin.



• I also loved the last few episodes of Brooklyn Nine Nine way more than the first three. I think I'm just not that fussed about Santiago/Perralta. Which I knew anyway, but. I've preferred the last few episodes of team/Jake-Holt shenanigans way more.



• I'm going into town today to get a beanbag, because my current set-up for playing games - sitting on my bed with a slightly beat-up mattress - is kind of fucking up my back I think, and a beanbag is the best solution I can come up with. I told my mum about this plan, and as per usual when anyone tells her anything about what they're going to do, she started thinking of problems with it and reasons why maybe I should just do nothing instead. She asked if I couldn't Google 'bed back rest' instead. I somehow suspect I won't have better results with that than just getting a beanbag.



• My interview on Thursday went pretty well, in the end. There seemed to be some misgivings about whether my problems with depression were a good fit for a hospice where a lot of people die, but hopefully I made it clear I don't think it will be. Like, I can't guarantee anything, but you can get depressed at home, and at least when you're volunteering you're helping. We'll see I suppose. They seemed pretty happy to be getting someone to help out with weekends, anyway. I'm apparently going to get some papers through the post pretty quickly so I can continue with the application. I haven't received them yet, but fingers crossed soon.



• Every night since Bonfire Night I've seen better fireworks from surrounding houses/pubs than I saw on Bonfire Night. I hope this trend continues for the rest of my life.

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For the record, Operation Beanbag is a go. I was a little worried it would slide out from under me, or squash down so much I'd end up practically lying down. But no, it's stiff, it's sturdy, it's comfortable to lean against. I could stretch out my legs without them feeling like they were at a weird angle. I still ended up a little stiff, I think just from sitting in one position playing games for so long, but that's probably always going to be an issue. With the beanbag at least I didn't have to keep sitting up and stretching out my back every twenty minutes. So I'm calling that a success.

While I was waiting in line at Argos to pick it up, I saw they had one of those 'queue here' sort of signs. But this one said in huge block letters "YOU'RE NEXT". And then underneath it, slightly smaller, "We won't keep you long". I found it vaguely menacing.