#mountmothrambles

It is not a moral failing on you if you didn't notice James Somerton Bad

His videos are well produced. His narration is convincing. He's a marketer, of course he knows how to make a video sell. His videos are impactful because the writing (stolen) is academic (and stolen) and emotionally moving (because they are stolen). The text is good, interesting text (as it is not his), of course he would be catapulted into high views. Of course people will be duped.

I for one feel very stupid at the moment because I was a long term fan of his. Being dyslexic a lot of sources were ones I had seen but couldn't really interact with, so when I heard James Somerton narrating them I didn't think anything of it. His woman bashing felt... Off, but surrounded by sensitive think pieces (from other people) on queer identity (that other people experience) I thought it was just one or two poorly phrased lines. His lie about Radclyffe Hall was one I spotted because I'm incredibly passionate about butch lesbian history. I assumed he misremembered. I'm saddened to see it compiled that it was not the case.

This sucks. It does. His video on deep cuts inspired me massively (and I'm thankful I now know who actually inspired me!): it got me into the Scream franchise, it got me into horror as a whole, it's collided me with some of my favourite media analyses (who I can now accurately name).

The most we can do from here is divert our attention now. Find the creators who were stolen from and spotlight their work. Watch the celluloid closet. Go through Hbomberguy's playlist on other gay creators (https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRGz5EMig3r2ZDgeGzwUlSz-PzF-L1Xu1&si=f63gIa7OS0aoS5RQ)! We can, ultimately, turn this around I think.

I have too many plants

Okay. So. We've seen my blog, right? We're familiar with what I am. When I came to uni I had 6 plants. A mystery leafed boy (don't know what it is until it flowers), a wax plant, a pothos, a spider plant, asparagus fern, and a 4 decade old Christmas cactus.

The Christmas cactus broke during the move

There are now 8 Christmas cactuses propagated from the broken branch.

And then, I buy myself a few more. I had space! A banana plant, peace lily, prayer plant, and heart leaf philodendron.

After this we started reaching... Max capacity. But you see. It didn't stop there.

My friend brought me a turtle vine and a jade plant today.

I swapped them for a Christmas cactus.

You may notice 2 - 1 does not equal 0. She has also stated that in lieu of anything else to get me for Christmas, she will get me a plant.

The thing is, my roommates can afford it. Most of them have rich parents. Now the additional additional thing here is.

I'm the only one who knows how to carry out basic tasks. Like switching on a microwave. Or cooking. Or what you need for a grocery shop that will last.