you got metal fever, boy
Nov. 25th, 2021 12:54 pmSpeaking of the cat, Meera is now at an age where her kidneys need looking at and hence I found myself on the floor tipping her litter box so I could dutifully syringe up fresh cat pee to deliver to the vet, as Meera inconsiderately did not have enough piss in her bladder on her recent vet checkup. She sat and watched me and then recoiled when I tried to pet her. Bloody typical.
I have been sampling chocolate varieties from David's Tea and here's my reviews, including the ingredient lists:
chocolate macaroon coco-choco: black tea, toasted coconut, pecans, cacao nibs, rock cane sugar -- not bad, but not very exciting. I don't know why the pecans are even in there. Just to get rancid if you leave it too long, I guess.
choco chaga detox (god it's a DETOX tea I swear I did not get it for this reason): cocoa beans, black tea, cocoa husk, roasted chicory, carob, chaga (that's the mushroom, i gather) -- it's delicious despite you actually being able to discern a mushroom taste and the fact that it includes those staples of a good 70s post-hippie diet, chicory and carob. I bought this thinking like an asshole "hah hah, this sounds dumb i'll try it out and then be smug when it's terrible, i mean it's got the slogan lean clean cocoa bean clearly i can dunk on it" and now look at me. Hubris.
In conclusion, here's an Ex Machina fic I wrote a little while ago. The movie wasn't half as clever as it thought it was and so a lot of it kind of nagged at me afterwards.
nathan/caleb, nathan/ava
In the depths of shame, the good deeds a man has done before defend him. The defense depends on two things, though: whether anybody else agrees that those were good deeds, and if that man feels shame at all.