Dr Alice Violett

Insecure mixed content. Web editor, erstwhile historian, book blogger, board gamer, short story writer. Own views etc.

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2024-08-28 16:13:30

Heartbreaking: I made evening plans and now I have to follow through with them.

2024-08-28 08:31:27

Really meta dream where I was in a mall where the only way to go down a level was to climb down these hanging pool noodle things, and I thought 'I have to tell my friend about this mall, it's just like my dreams where there are no normal ways to get downstairs!'

2024-08-18 15:38:20

I wish to eat the forbidden boiled sweets #BoardGames #CosmicEncounter
https://files.ohai.social/media_attachments/files/112/983/755/234/213/010/original/ee4cf7d820a05803.jpg

2024-08-17 10:31:57

Anyone: NSW
My brain: Not safe work

2024-08-15 11:57:19

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@npub1nk4…us2w I hate it when there's an odd number of Weetabix in the box. Feels wrong to end up with a lonely one at the end of the column.

2024-08-12 15:50:35

Just shy of 20 years since I saw Cathedral supporting HIM and was like 'eh?' (they were... a choice for a venue full of baby goths), it appears I like doom now. Well, I like King Woman and Dead Can Dance, at least.
Although I have liked HIM's doom-flavoured album for a while now. Didn't acquire a taste for that until 10 years after it came out though 🤔

2024-08-08 10:19:03

Pretty sure every day is #InternationalCatDay on the fedi, and also in my house.

2024-08-07 09:38:04

Started work half an hour earlier than normal, and why is it now only just gone half ten? I'm hungry.

2024-08-04 17:50:26

What thr actual fuck is wrong with people

2024-08-02 18:30:08

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@npub1kkp…5sfx have you come across lizshipton on Instagram? Her videos about this sort of thing have me in stitches 😆

2024-07-30 12:51:30

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@npub1fgl…4jl4 true 😅

2024-07-30 12:13:24

October 2016-February 2020: Commutes to Ipswich every weekday, thinks nothing of it.
Today: 'Ooh, Miki Berenyi Trio are playing in Ipswich next month. Will I be able to find anyone to go with? I'd have to get back afterwards. I don't know if I can be arsed.'

2024-07-25 13:40:55

My toxic trait is that, whenever I see the word 'tribology', I think 'ah yes, the study of tribbles'.

2024-07-13 10:03:25

Slept straight through to 11, dreamed a whole paranormal romance story. I don't even read/write/particularly like paranormal romance (Carol the yeti feels too unglamorous to fall under that genre).

2024-07-03 14:27:19

Anxiety: something's wrong.
Me: what is it?
Anxiety: I'm not telling you.
https://files.ohai.social/media_attachments/files/112/723/019/133/749/521/original/963cd1cb4e2a4f29.png

2024-06-26 08:47:25

Over the past few days, a couple of pigeons have been flying in and out of a tree outside my window with twigs to build a nest, and I'm finding this a lot more interesting than anything I'm meant to be doing.

2024-06-24 08:01:20

Time to see what fresh hell has accumulated on my fresh hell machine.

2024-06-22 09:53:28

ACAB, obviously, but if he's a psychic cop, couldn't he have used his 'talent' to ask murdered people who killed them? 🤔😉
https://files.ohai.social/media_attachments/files/112/659/648/471/423/839/original/693a5a03b355720c.jpg

2024-06-20 21:52:11

When someone calls/Teamses me without any/sufficient warning, especially in the morning.
https://files.ohai.social/media_attachments/files/112/651/156/612/796/964/original/3d40245b5bf41541.jpg

2024-06-20 08:43:56

Read 'the orange has been removed from Stonehenge' before knowing it had been sprayed orange, and imagined a literal orange placed on top of one of the stones 🍊

2024-06-18 07:20:56

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@npub1xn9…xx39 Inside Out 2, not sure on games but maybe The Isle of Cats, and Sequence 😊

2024-06-18 07:15:45

Today:
- Find some way to fill five hours amid chaos
- Cinema 🍿
- Board games 🎲

2024-06-17 11:46:30

I love how every tradie who comes to the house comments on the photo of Dad on Countdown in the 80s 😅

2024-06-16 07:40:44

#ThrSundayStarter Lucifer - Nothing Left to Lose but My Life
https://song.link/gb/i/1711491406
Because stuck in my head, that's why.

2024-06-15 16:13:05

'Congratulations on your 9th LinkedIn anniversary!' Christ.

2024-06-13 20:09:25

'She fell out of a plane - she meant to, she was skydiving...' - Mum

2024-06-12 16:46:31

Managed to hit myself on the nose with one of my colleague recognition badges, which feels like a metaphor for something.

2024-06-09 20:30:11

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@npub1mqx…xqll Jimmy Eat World - Night Drive. Have to skip it whenever I listen to Futures because it makes me cringe.

2024-06-08 18:33:56

#BoardGames played this afternoon: Mass Transit, Wyrmspan, Scrawl, The Captain is Dead.
Could've stayed at the cafe for a comedy show, but I wanted to catch up on TOTP repeats and read my book more 🤓

2024-06-06 17:52:23

Well, here we are, again...
https://files.ohai.social/media_attachments/files/112/570/942/123/144/062/original/751c0afa6805818c.jpg

2024-06-03 10:41:56

'I submitted a ticket requesting food five minutes ago and haven't had a response yet, so I'm escalating it.' #catstodon #CatsOfMastodon
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2024-06-02 10:12:53

This adorable bastard woke me up at 5.30 by pushing my glasses, watch, phone and earbuds on the floor. #catstodon #CatsOfMastodon
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2024-06-01 12:11:54

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@npub1fgl…4jl4 you're experienced 😎

2024-06-01 12:10:00

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@npub1fgl…4jl4 I don't know about that, I can't evaluate a film beyond 'could I follow what was going on?' and 'did it hold my attention throughout?' 😄

2024-06-01 12:07:27

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@npub1fgl…4jl4 I can relate. I don't seem to be getting anywhere with my writing (either getting existing stuff out there, or creating more), so I'm defaulting to book reviews all the time.

2024-06-01 11:07:49

Zzzzz #caturday #catstodon #CatsOfMastodon
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2024-05-31 23:26:46

I'm in this photo and I don't like it.
https://files.ohai.social/media_attachments/files/112/538/284/815/453/694/original/7aaf8adb35e0a47a.jpg

2024-05-30 16:28:13

THIS. This is why 'I don't want to put a label on my child' is harmful. If you don't know you're not neurotypical, you end up thinking it's a personal failing that you don't fit in/keep up, and that you're not trying hard enough even though you've been trying hard all your life.
Neurodivergent Kids Flourish When They're Taught How Their Brains Work - Scientific American
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/neurodivergent-kids-flourish-when-theyre-taught-how-their-brains-work/

2024-05-29 08:22:47

TFW your IT department has done such a thorough job of making everyone suspicious of unsolicited external emails, they have to send an all-staff email swearing the staff survey invite is genuine 🤣

2024-05-25 20:57:19

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@npub19fc…ay3c ok so this is weird... I'd never heard of Zathura before a quiz tonight and now I've just come across its for a second time in your post o_O

2024-05-22 20:22:13

Never quite sure if I finally got the hang of social situations in my mid-20s, or if I just aged out of being stuck in places with people who were too immature/cliquey to make the quiet weirdo feel wanted and included.
Maybe it's just extraordinarily good luck that I've repeatedly found myself among people who 'get' and value me, and avoided assholes over the past decade or so 🤷‍♀️

2024-05-22 10:08:26

Not me having a brain blip trying to remember the name of the album that's literally printed on the t-shirt I'm wearing.

2024-05-19 14:29:54

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@npub1ql3…a0kk 'It's called small talk, and it's painless'. Strange, I find it so painful that I only go to the hairdresser about once a year 😅

2024-05-17 11:09:18

Came across this recently, and reminded of it just now when I had to remind myself I can just say 'sorry for the delay getting to this' without adding 'I had lots of meetings/was swamped/etc'. #trauma #ptsd
https://files.ohai.social/media_attachments/files/112/456/102/606/401/960/original/ddb861d7467206d9.jpg

2024-05-15 14:53:53

I have come across the logo of the Worshipful Company of Spectacle Makers in the course of my work, and I am slightly in love with their logo.
https://files.ohai.social/media_attachments/files/112/445/666/208/697/738/original/3646b6b919b5290e.png

2024-05-11 09:02:20

I wonder where Toby slept last night... I guess we'll never know.
https://files.ohai.social/media_attachments/files/112/421/641/379/970/773/original/e30f9f60197f7710.jpg

2024-05-08 15:59:09

Oh yeah, one of those restaurants where you grill stuff at your table is opening soon near me and I don't get it. I go to a restaurant and pay them so I don't have to cook for myself :pikaconfused:

2024-05-02 16:39:33

It's been a really intense week and I still have to get through tomorrow and also Saturday? Uggggggh.

2024-05-02 08:22:29

Lol, lmao
https://press.coop/@Independent/112370305566069663

2024-05-01 20:34:44

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@npub1kkp…5sfx I used to go there every week to do PhD research, I'm nostalgic for it even though I nearly always came home with a migraine from Overdoing It 😅

2024-05-01 13:40:44

The shops didn't have the yoghurt I wanted, the USB ports at this workstation don't work so I'm using my laptop keyboard and have plugged the mouse into my one port, and now Eduroam is down. Why do I come into the office, again?

2024-04-28 09:07:46

I feel like the fact this book was published in 1982 doesn't get enough attention. They literally brought out a book championing avocados the year Millennials also started coming out, then complained when Millennials grew up to be really into avocados.
https://www.booktrust.org.uk/book/a/avocado-baby/

2024-04-21 08:01:23

Recently read a book that has cause to refer to a pump room a fair bit, and every time it did, I was reminded of how a radio announcer once said 'The Bathroom Orchestra from Pump' when they meant to say 'The Pump Room Orchestra from Bath', which still tickles me even though I've known about it for 24 years.

2024-04-15 19:20:53

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@npub1867…mfsf there's a one-player adaptation! Or you could play it digitally through Steam or Board Game Arena instead 😁

2024-04-15 18:02:11

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@npub1867…mfsf many times, it's probably my favourite game 😃

2024-04-15 16:26:42

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@npub1867…mfsf stunning photo of a celebrity!
https://files.ohai.social/media_attachments/files/112/276/168/643/770/898/original/2e49fdc02f67dd21.png

2024-04-14 22:39:49

Today has been an unusually successful #BoardGames day. Won Colt Express and Port Royal, and came joint first at Love Letter and Paperback. Maybe I should have a game of Forest Shuffle on BGA before bed - I enjoy it but have only managed to win once 😄

2024-04-14 20:38:34

'Murderbot is about the idea that maybe having huge existential thoughts about our place in the universe is not something everybody aspires to. Maybe some of us are put on this earth to a: not hurt each other and b: find happiness in games, books, art, and streaming channels. And that's okay.' 💯💜
https://marthawells.dreamwidth.org/649804.html

2024-04-11 15:06:40

I contributed to a report for the WHO Behaviour and Cultural Insights Hub, so that's pretty cool. It's about how history (all sorts of times, contexts and considerations) can inform how we think about and address loneliness today, and is a super interesting read: https://bci-hub.org/documents/history-loneliness-what-we-know-so-far #history #loneliness

2024-04-09 08:04:08

Something something installing windows something something.
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2024-04-08 10:46:09

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@npub1lr0…w9j8 like this?
https://files.ohai.social/media_attachments/files/112/235/193/930/683/907/original/119368a62a54a735.jpg

2024-04-03 18:19:06

Met this absolute unit on the way to the gym. #catstodon #CatsOfMastodon
https://files.ohai.social/media_attachments/files/112/208/657/803/617/167/original/def39461baa2e7a4.jpg

2024-03-30 19:00:29

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@npub1ql3…a0kk an old cat of my boyfriend's was scared of the microwave until they realised fish came out of it. It was their best friend after that 😄

2024-03-30 14:09:55

My spoon turned up, so I can eat cereal again! And it was in one of my parents' cool bags, so it wasn't me who lost it!

2024-03-27 09:57:50

Today in 'am I autistic?'...
Person: Why is this thing this way?
Me: *gives reason*
Person: Oh, I knew that, I just thought it looked odd.
:blobcatwhat:

2024-03-22 17:03:28

Spent some of my ALCS payment on my own copies of Lost Cities and Quacks of Quedlinburg and it was worth it for the satisfaction of punching out the bits for the latter alone. #BoardGames

2024-03-21 00:42:22

Boyfriend's hair has got to a length where it shows a lovely loose curl at the ends, the kind I have to wrap mine around a hot straightener to achieve.
This is despite the facts he hasn't purposefully grown it, doesn't have any strong feelings about it, and doesn't do anything special to maintain it.
It's infuriating.

2024-03-19 17:59:21

Ridiculous. #catstodon #CatsOfMastodon
https://files.ohai.social/media_attachments/files/112/123/649/955/685/937/original/8dd0c93ba596965c.jpg

2024-03-18 19:33:42

Obviously Dell suck for this on principle, but 'no promotion if you work from home' is like when primary school teachers threatened 'no PE if you don't behave'. That's... really not a punishment for me, who doesn't want to be promoted (or do PE).

2024-03-15 20:52:57

Previous boost: I think that's the book I'm always trying to dig out in bookshops/libraries/my house in dreams. The perfect book that matches my thoughts and experiences exactly and gives me the buzz I got from really good books as a child.

2024-03-10 12:43:34

Beating myself up for not being as outwardly successful as my peers while forgetting to acknowledge the additional challenges I've faced, or that it's an achievement in itself that I've even survived to be 35 and disappointing, is it.

2024-03-05 08:01:27

#TuneTuesday #IBoughtItFirst @npub1spe…fv68 @npub1skw…6d6y
I need you to know that I was eight when I bought my first single and album 🫣
First album: 3T - Brotherhood (tbf this holds up, though on reflection, some of the songs were kinda racy...)
https://songwhip.com/3t/brotherhood
First single: Peter Andre - Flava *goes to hide in a cave*
https://songwhip.com/peter-andre/flava

2024-03-03 21:25:33

#BoardGames played this afternoon/evening: 6 Nimmt, Colt Express (new to me and very fun 😁), Wingspan, Bananya, Kivi, Century.

2024-02-25 01:17:10

Oh, go on then #FediCard
https://files.ohai.social/media_attachments/files/111/989/466/781/301/762/original/2f87a86bdec811ed.png

2024-02-22 21:13:50

:blobcataww: #CatsOfMastodon #catstodon
https://files.ohai.social/media_attachments/files/111/977/197/074/142/630/original/535c3e7a6ad11fed.jpg

2024-02-16 13:24:19

All I can think when seeing the AI rat and Stardew Valley cell diagram is that if journals cared about accessibility, someone would have been doing alt text prior to publication and raised the issue that they couldn't describe wtf was going on in the images.

2024-02-15 22:59:26

Been in a four-person tournament game of Space Base on BGA for a few days and only have two victory points because someone has the 'take points off other players' card on red and is activating it, like, every turn. Another player has 0 points. I can't say I've been having fun. #BoardGames

2024-02-06 16:42:55

We got a new fuse box yesterday. One of the switches just has a question mark underneath it o_O

2024-02-02 19:10:25

Staring at a small space on a floor plan marked 'TORAG' for an inordinate amount of time before realising it's meant to say 'STORAGE'.

2024-01-31 19:48:56

Millions fixate on their phone screens in anticipation as the clocks edge towards midnight.
The digits finally flick from 23:59 to 00:00, bringing a change of date with them.
The expected relief was not to be. The date now reads: Thu, 32 January.

2024-01-29 15:42:41

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@npub1kkp…5sfx ooh! Would love to read and review please 😃

2024-01-20 19:25:41

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@npub1kkp…5sfx :ablobcatheart: thank you for giving me the space!

2024-01-19 19:00:23

I want to get into my bed, but a void appears to have opened up in the middle of it 🕳 #CatsOfMastodon #catstodon
https://files.ohai.social/media_attachments/files/111/784/151/916/904/365/original/bd8bae7bdcd8b187.jpg

2024-01-19 18:37:32

Big achievement at the gym today (the manager asked me what music she should put on and she approved of my suggestion).

2024-01-13 10:02:51

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@npub1g0t…tvm4 as a 35-year-old who *might* finally get to leave this year, yep.
But in C19, people left home in fairly early adulthood (youngish marriage/moving to urban lodgings) and avoided having their elderly parents come to live with them unless there was no alternative 😁

2024-01-11 13:29:17

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@npub1zdz…tl8u I must have been eight, my year group at school did a play about the Trojan horse.

2024-01-11 08:12:28

Previous boost: 'CDs – which retail at about £10 or less for an album...'
Can someone please tell my local HMV that? Went in the other day and the two-year-old CD I wanted was £13.99 💀

2024-01-02 07:39:29

Ugggggggh

2024-01-01 10:22:02

Last day of freedom noooooo

2023-12-30 11:01:07

#AOTY2023 #AOTY with apologies to Creeper, who were fifth, but then the new Crosses album really took hold of me over the last few weeks.
1. Grave Pleasures - Plagueboys
2. Teenage Wrist - Still Love
3. Heavenward - Pyrophonics
4. Spanish Love Songs - No Joy
5. Crosses - Goodnight, God Bless U, I Love U, Delete.
Of course, if you look at my Last.fm, my top seven most-listened-to albums for the past year are all Silversun Pickups and Brutus from pre-2023 😄

2023-12-28 16:14:51

She's making a list, she's checking it twice... 2023 reading round-up is here!
https://www.draliceviolett.com/best-of-2023 #bookstodon #BookMastodon
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2023-12-27 12:36:25

Wednesday in a normal week: ugh, the weekend is so far away! How will I ever make it?!
Today: Nooooo it's already day six of 11 of the Christmas break! Before I know it, it'll be next Tuesday and I'll be back to work!

2023-12-25 22:21:45

The trifle may have been a trifle too much 🤢

2023-12-24 12:09:57

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@npub1kkp…5sfx love this! Unfortunately, the other year, I had a counsellor who was very much not like that 🫠

2023-12-23 10:09:03

Huh. It was a year ago today that I went out for someone's birthday, had my jacket stolen and caught covid.
I'm not even leaving the house today 😁

2023-12-21 10:21:17

Picked up a free ceramic smile at the poetry last night. I need to pay attention during snack time if I want to avoid an unscheduled dentist trip 😬
https://files.ohai.social/media_attachments/files/111/617/903/111/524/587/original/b08d9096cf33b5f3.jpg

2023-12-19 10:10:10

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@npub1zdz…tl8u I enjoy your toots whatever the topic, plus posting about more than one thing makes accounts more human and relateable 😃

2023-12-16 12:01:57

Imagine not constantly overthinking, though

2023-12-07 17:13:01

Mum made a little hanging sign. One side says 'Mum in bath' so we know not to open the bathroom door, and the other says 'Toby in loft' so we know not to shut the loft door.
At the moment, Mum is having a bath and Toby is in the loft, so presumably the sign has to go into some kind of quantum/perpetual motion state.

2023-12-07 11:00:01

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@npub1pqs…c4cj being one of the very few people in an organisation of 1000+ staff who knows that PDFs need to be optimised for accessibility, let alone how to wrangle one into a reasonably accessible state.