Good luck! May the force be with you

Swank swank: I have now completed twenty (20) graun quick cryptic crosswords! My giant pulsating brane sees all, knows all!

A robotic cat from yokai watch puni puni

whyblocked!

whooooo!

what's more, I found out I am ai-h8r blocked the day after I discover that yokai watch has added an ai jibanyan called... NYAT-JPT 🙀

This week is a fool. Awful work, big ocean tour cancelled, and just now I found a knot in my hair after drying that was so stuck I ended up cutting it out with scissors. Mildly worried I might be bald by Friday (I'm so funny!)

RSA v Mex shows off the glorious game, well done both managers! CZA got my vote against KOR, but I think used up all my shouting goodwill for resulting rounds which suffered a high fatigue level for "some bloke yelling" and several yellow cards were issued. I hope plucky Paraguay will go far!

#PWC26 POP WORLD CUP Matches 1-6 Welcome to the POP WORLD CUP! The Pop World Cup works very much like the FIFA World Cup except without the corruption, fascism (and football) and WITH great music from the 48 competing nations. Each...

#PWC26 WELCOME TO THE POP WORLD CUP!

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

48 countries, 144 tracks, going head to head to determine the POP WORLD CHAMPION

Here are DAY 1's 6 matches:

RSA v MEX
KOR v CZA
BIH v CAN
PAR v USA
HAI v SCO
TUR v AUS

Playlists and individual match posts to follow!

xlov wumuti with long red wig, pink blush cheeks with a string vest sleeve (?)

a doctor who SEA DEVIL in a string vest

what happens when you cross wumuti in a mesh vest with a sea devil?

a SLAY DEVIL!

(yes my friday afternoon is d r a g g i n g, why do you ask)

the prof, a fluffy tabby cat, with green eyes, sits on a pile of green books.

The Prof's Food Review of the Day:
salami bites: meh
overcooked pasta twirl: yum
1x mushroom: FRENZY!

he's now gone outside to shout at the other cats that he doesn't like "small plates", his plate is small enough already thank you and he sees NO NEED to share

column in the graun coming next week!

I feel like FallFriday is already a thing!

Didn't you know they're the new Gooses??

Just got my comment read out on Arirang radio! This is what it must have been like spending 10p texting into the Graveyard Shift back in the day to tell Mark and Lard about your favourite member of the FALL! Except it didn't cost me 10p so even better

Thankfully he enjoys a brush! I was petrified that he'd hate it when he came to stay with me, but we both enjoy it. Hasn't stopped him producing some mighty hairballs recently though...

He smells particularly nice today too! He had a good session with the brush this evening, brushed off about 1.5 kittens. He's done very well!

The prof, a fluffy tabby cat, sits in the red noodle bed.

One order of MEW-don noodles pls and thank you

Flatpack that turned out to be 2cm too big for the space I have available glumly returned, for a honking great big delivery return fee. OH WELL. Didn't want a chester drawers anyway, and now I have more glorious space for the cat to roll around in, which is tbh better than 'storage'. A bit...

a screengrab of two pints of timothy taylor landlord, one with a creamy head and opaque liquid, one more 'wet' and with no head. caption reads 'which would you choose'. a screengrab from tt's tiktok (?!) so image quality is pants.

Another positive thing about Edinburgh: beer through a sparkler! Particularly good for a pint of TROOPER imho. Yes I am from the North.

Me and yuyu went to go and see 1VERSE! Yuyu has now been patted by xlov wumuti and 1verse Kenny. When does YUYU get her recording contract, please? 📸 courtesy @dansette.bsky.social

#crapgigphotos

The prof, a fluffy tabby cat, getting his face right up in the camera. A close up of his pink nose with a white smudge and biiig green eyes!

Welcome hooooome!

Yeah I probably could find them but would be expensive and not that good after travelling so far, but we'll see... never say never!! Wumuti would never say never so neither will I!

Dragonfruit is the hardest one to get i reckon. The melon is so bright but I reckon someone has upped the saturation (ahem ahem graphic design is my passion)

Soy sauce eggs

Ohhu having zoomed in, tea eggs??? That makes far more sense

Xlov wumuti has posted another breakfast but I think the Asian tour meals might be too much of a challenge. What are the brown things? I thought gulab jamun but I think this is from Hong Kong so seems unlikely. I can source yoghurt, oil fried ghosts and green juice, but the fruits may be harder...

These ARE the countries we need #PWC26 tracks for - suggest bangers in this thread! (Managers of the countries are welcome to throw in a track too of course)

Bonuses from yesterday will be prioritised though

Xlov wumuti sitting on a table, wearing a cropped deftones shirt, over or under some sort of tank top but then there are also sleeves? Quite incomprehensible

Xlotones! Deflov? I'd love to make an XLOV/deftones joke here but I never really followed deftones. Guess they'll have to shove it! Come back to me when you've got a system of a down shirt matey

Yuyu a pink glittery axolotyl in front of a large copper gin still

Yuyu a pink glittery axolotyl in front of a stage displaying "the high life"

Yuyu, a pink glittery axolotyl, in front of a pizza that contains chips on top

Today, Yuyu has visited a gin distillery (strawberry and pink pepper gin, full marks), seen the HIGH LIFE musical, and experienced a hot dog and fries pizza. What a day!

A pink glittery axolotyl held up against a train window

Yuyu a pink glittery axolotyl is sitting on a towel next to a green rubber duck

Yuyu the pink glittery axolotyl next to a plate of mince and tatties

Yuyu the pink glittery axolotyl next to a miniature bottle of red wine

Yuyu is visiting Edinburgh! Reports that she dunked some chips in the mince and tatties are entirely unsubstantiated

Re-e-form, when the crowd says "no" electa

All that's missing is the iced black Americano and you would be Jisung!

Fans of THRILLS will be delighted to hear that not only did I put the ivy into heavy duty binbags, but I also took them to THE TIP!!!

Haven't been to a tip since I was ~8? I was bracing myself for stink, but do tips just not stink anymore, because "we" "invented" "recycling" between then and now?