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syzygis) wrote2025-08-10 08:58 pmAnother Rest
Sleep drags
One more step
Close my eyes
Most is done
If forgotten
There's tomorrow
And always
Another one
-K Royka, 8/10/2025
One more step
Close my eyes
Most is done
If forgotten
There's tomorrow
And always
Another one
-K Royka, 8/10/2025
cornerofmadness (cornerofmadness) wrote2025-08-10 11:33 pm
cornerofmadness) wrote2025-08-10 11:33 pm
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Spooky in here
I had my writerly ways nearly done, the browser crashed and for a second time the blog did NOT save a draft. I'll do that another day.
And my title isn't a lie. It is spooky. I went down to microwave something and the whole lobby/halls were empty. Just a few hours ago it had been bustling with all the steampunkers. Now it was like we were never there.
This morning went really well if you can ignore the low energy/half the people already mentally checking out. I went to a make your own tea blend thing. I've always wanted to do this with Adagio (still do) I wouldn't have called this a workshop really. It's like here's the tea, here's the mix-ins, go for it. I'll let you take 1 ounce for the 10$ you paid.... I mixed up whiskey black tea with some lapsang sou chong, added in cacao shells, ginger and cinnamon with a sprinkle of elderflower and called it Husk. I haven't tried it yet.
The next panel was by my friend Leanna on Poe and mesmerism. I very much enjoyed that. I thought I had an hour for lunch but no. The Victorians and the supernatural in literature was next. 15 minutes into it, no one showed and I thought well maybe since all the other talks were at the half hour not the top of the hour maybe the speaker was mistaken (wondering if it was Leanna since this is her forte). Someone went to find staff and next thing we know (it was a packed room) Leanna swoops in. No, this wasn't her panel. That person bugged out without telling anyone (how to get uninvited next year) and like I said it's Leanna's thing. She did well.
I said goodbye after that because the final panels had no interest for me. I headed out to Evergreen Cemetery to find Jennie Wade's grave (the one civilian death in Gettysburg) That was easy. There were other cool graves. and some fun names, can't remember them all but there was Solomon Toot, someone named Zephaniah and a mausoleum bearing the name Ball-Dickson (yes I became 12). Also found one mausoleum entirely in Italian.
From there I rolled down the street (past the hotel I usually stay in with my brother and SiL because it's in walking distance to all the interesting stuff. This con hotel is about 3 miles out) and stop at Mr. G's home made ice cream and texted my chocolate peanut butter to my brother to taunt him ( he loves it) God made the chocolate drip on my shirt in retailation.
Then I went to the battlefield to get pics of some of the monuments. After that it was dinner and I went to GarryOwen's Irish Pub. It was metered parking only (but I found plenty) and it's old fashioned meters, only takes quarters. I forgot about that. Then I remembered in some states handicapped tags can park for free. I google it. In PA I can do that for one hour so up goes my tag and in I go for the crab imperial 'poutine' (fries, cheese and the crab imperial in the place of the gravy) Tasty but SMALL for the price (ended up stopping at Sheetz for a hot dog to round out the meal, really goes together). I also had an Earl Grey Sour, gin, lemon juice and earl grey simple syrup. I think it needed a strong earl grey taste (I need to try making this syrup)
I was going to go ghost hunting but I'm exhausted and there was a writers' meet up on Discord tonight. I did that instead and got a little writing done before Discord fucked up and that was that.
Here's what I would have mentioned on the writerly ways: Always be on the watch for story fodder (Well Gettysburg is good for that) As I pulled into the Sheetz there was a man on the corner holding a nearly full sized cross and he had a microphone/transmitter with him. He started haranging people. As I was pumping gas, he was screaming at two women in a car at the redlight. JEZEBEL! You're whore like your mother. JEZEBEL JEZEBEL. You need to find God. Better hope you don't die tonight or you'll be in hell you diseased JEZEBEL.
Holy shit.
On to Hershey tomorrow.
And sometime this week I WILL catch up with comments (if there is any blog post you think I need to see, send it to me)
And my title isn't a lie. It is spooky. I went down to microwave something and the whole lobby/halls were empty. Just a few hours ago it had been bustling with all the steampunkers. Now it was like we were never there.
This morning went really well if you can ignore the low energy/half the people already mentally checking out. I went to a make your own tea blend thing. I've always wanted to do this with Adagio (still do) I wouldn't have called this a workshop really. It's like here's the tea, here's the mix-ins, go for it. I'll let you take 1 ounce for the 10$ you paid.... I mixed up whiskey black tea with some lapsang sou chong, added in cacao shells, ginger and cinnamon with a sprinkle of elderflower and called it Husk. I haven't tried it yet.
The next panel was by my friend Leanna on Poe and mesmerism. I very much enjoyed that. I thought I had an hour for lunch but no. The Victorians and the supernatural in literature was next. 15 minutes into it, no one showed and I thought well maybe since all the other talks were at the half hour not the top of the hour maybe the speaker was mistaken (wondering if it was Leanna since this is her forte). Someone went to find staff and next thing we know (it was a packed room) Leanna swoops in. No, this wasn't her panel. That person bugged out without telling anyone (how to get uninvited next year) and like I said it's Leanna's thing. She did well.
I said goodbye after that because the final panels had no interest for me. I headed out to Evergreen Cemetery to find Jennie Wade's grave (the one civilian death in Gettysburg) That was easy. There were other cool graves. and some fun names, can't remember them all but there was Solomon Toot, someone named Zephaniah and a mausoleum bearing the name Ball-Dickson (yes I became 12). Also found one mausoleum entirely in Italian.
From there I rolled down the street (past the hotel I usually stay in with my brother and SiL because it's in walking distance to all the interesting stuff. This con hotel is about 3 miles out) and stop at Mr. G's home made ice cream and texted my chocolate peanut butter to my brother to taunt him ( he loves it) God made the chocolate drip on my shirt in retailation.
Then I went to the battlefield to get pics of some of the monuments. After that it was dinner and I went to GarryOwen's Irish Pub. It was metered parking only (but I found plenty) and it's old fashioned meters, only takes quarters. I forgot about that. Then I remembered in some states handicapped tags can park for free. I google it. In PA I can do that for one hour so up goes my tag and in I go for the crab imperial 'poutine' (fries, cheese and the crab imperial in the place of the gravy) Tasty but SMALL for the price (ended up stopping at Sheetz for a hot dog to round out the meal, really goes together). I also had an Earl Grey Sour, gin, lemon juice and earl grey simple syrup. I think it needed a strong earl grey taste (I need to try making this syrup)
I was going to go ghost hunting but I'm exhausted and there was a writers' meet up on Discord tonight. I did that instead and got a little writing done before Discord fucked up and that was that.
Here's what I would have mentioned on the writerly ways: Always be on the watch for story fodder (Well Gettysburg is good for that) As I pulled into the Sheetz there was a man on the corner holding a nearly full sized cross and he had a microphone/transmitter with him. He started haranging people. As I was pumping gas, he was screaming at two women in a car at the redlight. JEZEBEL! You're whore like your mother. JEZEBEL JEZEBEL. You need to find God. Better hope you don't die tonight or you'll be in hell you diseased JEZEBEL.
Holy shit.
On to Hershey tomorrow.
And sometime this week I WILL catch up with comments (if there is any blog post you think I need to see, send it to me)
The Bone Harp by Victoria Goddard Review
This is the first self-published book I have ever read a good chunk of without realizing it was self-published. The book is as well written as a number of recent traditionally published books; it’s well edited, proofread, designed, nice cover art. It looks professional. Indie publishing can do it!
But in retrospect, it had to be self-published because it’s a Silmarillion fan fic with the names changed, and a traditional publisher wouldn’t take it for fear of being sued. (Not really spoilery: this is clear quite early.) Its premise (I’ll just render this in Tolkien terms) is one of the exiled Noldor returns to the Undying Lands after dying (?) in Middle-earth. That’s a fantastic premise for a fic! With some alterations, it’s a great premise for an original story. That’s why I bought it! I don’t think it fully exploits this premise, though. It’s a goldmine for psychological and philosophical development, and it has fairly little of either, in my opinion.
It does have a great original addition in the idea of a male and female elf who are well-matched “professional/vocational” rivals to such a degree they can be almost interchanged with each other. That concept may be the story’s strongest, and again, I felt it wasn’t fully exploited.
But some of my discontents are discontents with the source material (The Silmarillion): 1) the style is, for my taste, too expository—too much “telling,” not enough “showing”; 2) I just don’t get the concept of the Undying Lands on any deep level, because my cosmology is very different from Tolkien’s. Goddard is, I think, trying to follow Tolkien here, and part of my difficulty suspending disbelief may come from my just not getting it. I give her marks, on the whole, for showing respect for Tolkien’s work and not altering his Elves in any bizarre ways.
One the whole, I find the book conceptually fascinating but not developed deeply enough to fully engage me.
Spoilery review at my DW.
But in retrospect, it had to be self-published because it’s a Silmarillion fan fic with the names changed, and a traditional publisher wouldn’t take it for fear of being sued. (Not really spoilery: this is clear quite early.) Its premise (I’ll just render this in Tolkien terms) is one of the exiled Noldor returns to the Undying Lands after dying (?) in Middle-earth. That’s a fantastic premise for a fic! With some alterations, it’s a great premise for an original story. That’s why I bought it! I don’t think it fully exploits this premise, though. It’s a goldmine for psychological and philosophical development, and it has fairly little of either, in my opinion.
It does have a great original addition in the idea of a male and female elf who are well-matched “professional/vocational” rivals to such a degree they can be almost interchanged with each other. That concept may be the story’s strongest, and again, I felt it wasn’t fully exploited.
But some of my discontents are discontents with the source material (The Silmarillion): 1) the style is, for my taste, too expository—too much “telling,” not enough “showing”; 2) I just don’t get the concept of the Undying Lands on any deep level, because my cosmology is very different from Tolkien’s. Goddard is, I think, trying to follow Tolkien here, and part of my difficulty suspending disbelief may come from my just not getting it. I give her marks, on the whole, for showing respect for Tolkien’s work and not altering his Elves in any bizarre ways.
One the whole, I find the book conceptually fascinating but not developed deeply enough to fully engage me.
Spoilery review at my DW.
Azure Jane Lunatic (Azz) 🌺 (azurelunatic) wrote2025-08-10 07:44 pm
azurelunatic) wrote2025-08-10 07:44 pm....!!!
https://comicbook.com/anime/news/homestuck-animated-series-hazbin-hotel-creators/
From the little I've absorbed about Hazbin Hotel, the creators might just be the correct kind of disturbed to do justice to Homestuck.
From the little I've absorbed about Hazbin Hotel, the creators might just be the correct kind of disturbed to do justice to Homestuck.
flemmings (flemmings) wrote2025-08-10 09:40 pm
flemmings) wrote2025-08-10 09:40 pmEntry tags:
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So the next Austen to read was obviously Emma, which for fifty years was neck and neck with P&P for favourite Austen. Ah well. Not suck fairy exactly but I really cannot be having with Mr. Woodhouse. Ten pages of him was quite enough. And Emma herself is turning into one of those women in straitened emotional circumstances, so no, not Emma for now.
But almost as bad is my next Thick Volume reread, Terra Nostra. I know I'd reread it once before, only a few years after my first read. But when I tried it a few years ago the nightmare feel stopped me in the first chapter. The thing really is an unpleasant drug dream but this time I'm determined to get further in: and this time I have google handy to track down those obscure throw-aways, which helps. Also the net to inform me just how A/U the thing really is. Mind, the net has its oddities too, like a discussion of Pound's Cino which seems to think it's about a dead girl's funeral procession. Don't know where they got that from but maybe I totally misunderstood the poem.
But almost as bad is my next Thick Volume reread, Terra Nostra. I know I'd reread it once before, only a few years after my first read. But when I tried it a few years ago the nightmare feel stopped me in the first chapter. The thing really is an unpleasant drug dream but this time I'm determined to get further in: and this time I have google handy to track down those obscure throw-aways, which helps. Also the net to inform me just how A/U the thing really is. Mind, the net has its oddities too, like a discussion of Pound's Cino which seems to think it's about a dead girl's funeral procession. Don't know where they got that from but maybe I totally misunderstood the poem.
tielan (tielan) wrote2025-08-11 08:21 am
tielan) wrote2025-08-11 08:21 amtax return
Do I do it now, in the midst of everything preparatory before going away?
Or do I do it when I get back, in the midst of everything aftermath when I get home?
It's usually a tax return rather than having to pay tax, my income is taxed very highly, and there was a fair chunk of time I didn't work in 2023-2024.
ehhh. Gonna do it when I get back.
I have so many other things to do before I leave right in the middle of the 'everything is waking up and GROWING' season...
Not to mention getting my quilts in for the quilt show. Still haven't quilted one, although I've at least done the backing.
I did make a cake and got friends to eat it. it was kind of birthday cake - but more of a gift for me to make, from red velvet cake to ermine buttercream icing, and for me to decorate (rather awkwardly, imo). But it was delicious.
Or do I do it when I get back, in the midst of everything aftermath when I get home?
It's usually a tax return rather than having to pay tax, my income is taxed very highly, and there was a fair chunk of time I didn't work in 2023-2024.
ehhh. Gonna do it when I get back.
I have so many other things to do before I leave right in the middle of the 'everything is waking up and GROWING' season...
Not to mention getting my quilts in for the quilt show. Still haven't quilted one, although I've at least done the backing.
I did make a cake and got friends to eat it. it was kind of birthday cake - but more of a gift for me to make, from red velvet cake to ermine buttercream icing, and for me to decorate (rather awkwardly, imo). But it was delicious.
Wow, these people....
1. DEAR ABBY: My son is 20 and a senior in college. He's a baseball player and is about to ask the girl he's been dating for a year and a half to marry him. My wife and I don't get along with her at all. She has a myriad of health problems and takes eight prescriptions a day. Because of her conditions, she rarely has the energy to do anything but lie around when she comes to our house. She used to have a job packing groceries at a market, and she would frequently log 10 to 12 miles a day walking. She quit that job for a job at an ice cream shop where she does little walking.
We had a get-together at my other son's house, and she said she couldn't come because she was too tired. My wife sent my son a message saying, "Really? From scooping ice cream?" The girlfriend needed to use my son's phone and saw the message. Her feelings were hurt, and now she will have nothing to do with us. (They still expect us to pay for their wedding, and for gas and maintenance on his car to visit her parents almost daily.) We want to support our son, but we are over it with her. There is so much more I could tell you. Please help. -- DAD WHO'S OVER IT
( Read more... )
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2. Dear Eric: My wife of 50 years told me that she no longer wants to live with me. I am currently living in our summer home with no friends or social contacts/networks. She has no interest in reconciling.
We didn't fight or argue, and I am at a loss as to what triggered her declaration. This has taken me totally by surprise. I thought we had a good marriage, with occasional ups and downs. There are no abuse, addiction or infidelity issues. I worked my whole life and am now retired. As soon as we had children, she was able to stay at home and lived comfortably raising our children and taking care of the household. The children have sided with their mom and won't speak to me. I think she has poisoned them against me, but don't see the gain in her doing that.
I am miserable. I am 74 with neurological mobility issues. I fear that I will fall, and no one will be around. Senior housing for me is too expensive and will deplete our planned retirement resources. We were counting on eventually selling our summer home to supplement our finances later in life. This is no longer possible as I am living in that house. This is not how I wanted the last chapters of my life to end.
I have had five sessions of therapy with no results. My therapist says I'm not at risk to myself or others and I am perpetually slightly depressed but not debilitated. Without more concrete information, he cannot help me. I am not a bad person, yet here I am.
– Totally Betrayed
( Read more... )
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3. DEAR ABBY: Our 23-year-old son, "Ed," was clean-cut, into working out and staying healthy, watched his diet -- he even joined a gym and was going every week. Ed has been dating a girl, "Emily," who is the complete opposite. She's probably a hundred pounds overweight. She's also dirty, (when she comes here, there have been days she doesn't take a shower).
Twice I have found Emily's lingerie on the floor. Last week, she left a pair of her panties on the bathroom floor. I showed Ed and told him that was the SECOND time I had found her underwear (the first time I didn't say anything). I said, "You have to talk to Emily and tell her not to leave her underwear laying around."
I see a change in Ed. My son hasn't cut his hair in 2 1/2 years and he no longer appears to be as into working out. This is not who we are as a family. My husband and I are fit for our ages (60s) and by all standards clean and orderly. Should I say anything to Ed? I feel like Emily is changing who he is. -- NOT THE SAME IN THE EAST
( Read more... )
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4. DEAR ABBY: Our 40-year-old son has become a full-fledged narcissist and blames us (his sister, her husband, my husband and me) for a family schism that has gone on for two years. He tells lies about us and keeps us from our granddaughter. Any attempt to contact him has been met with venomous, foul-mouthed texts in return.
Our son went through a nasty divorce and horrible custody proceeding, but we did our best to support him financially and emotionally during that time. He is now supposedly happily remarried, but he continues to deny us access to his daughter. We are heartbroken. This is not the way we raised him. Any suggestions? -- BAFFLED IN NORTH CAROLINA
( Read more... )
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5. DEAR HARRIETTE: My husband and I recently planned a weekend trip out of town, and we arranged for our children to stay with their aunt, my husband's sister, while we were away. We thought everything was going well until, halfway through our trip, we received a call from her saying that one of our kids had started acting out. She told us that she doesn't tolerate that kind of behavior in her home and insisted that we come pick him up immediately. I was shocked and honestly upset. I understand that our son can be a handful at times. He's going through a bit of a rebellious phase, but I feel like she overreacted. We trusted her to help us out, and instead of trying to manage the situation or even calling us for advice on how to calm him down, she made us cut our trip short and made us feel like we were being irresponsible parents for going away in the first place. Now there's tension between us, and I don't know how to approach this. Am I wrong for feeling like she could have handled things differently? -- Not Helpful
( Read more... )
We had a get-together at my other son's house, and she said she couldn't come because she was too tired. My wife sent my son a message saying, "Really? From scooping ice cream?" The girlfriend needed to use my son's phone and saw the message. Her feelings were hurt, and now she will have nothing to do with us. (They still expect us to pay for their wedding, and for gas and maintenance on his car to visit her parents almost daily.) We want to support our son, but we are over it with her. There is so much more I could tell you. Please help. -- DAD WHO'S OVER IT
( Read more... )
2. Dear Eric: My wife of 50 years told me that she no longer wants to live with me. I am currently living in our summer home with no friends or social contacts/networks. She has no interest in reconciling.
We didn't fight or argue, and I am at a loss as to what triggered her declaration. This has taken me totally by surprise. I thought we had a good marriage, with occasional ups and downs. There are no abuse, addiction or infidelity issues. I worked my whole life and am now retired. As soon as we had children, she was able to stay at home and lived comfortably raising our children and taking care of the household. The children have sided with their mom and won't speak to me. I think she has poisoned them against me, but don't see the gain in her doing that.
I am miserable. I am 74 with neurological mobility issues. I fear that I will fall, and no one will be around. Senior housing for me is too expensive and will deplete our planned retirement resources. We were counting on eventually selling our summer home to supplement our finances later in life. This is no longer possible as I am living in that house. This is not how I wanted the last chapters of my life to end.
I have had five sessions of therapy with no results. My therapist says I'm not at risk to myself or others and I am perpetually slightly depressed but not debilitated. Without more concrete information, he cannot help me. I am not a bad person, yet here I am.
– Totally Betrayed
( Read more... )
3. DEAR ABBY: Our 23-year-old son, "Ed," was clean-cut, into working out and staying healthy, watched his diet -- he even joined a gym and was going every week. Ed has been dating a girl, "Emily," who is the complete opposite. She's probably a hundred pounds overweight. She's also dirty, (when she comes here, there have been days she doesn't take a shower).
Twice I have found Emily's lingerie on the floor. Last week, she left a pair of her panties on the bathroom floor. I showed Ed and told him that was the SECOND time I had found her underwear (the first time I didn't say anything). I said, "You have to talk to Emily and tell her not to leave her underwear laying around."
I see a change in Ed. My son hasn't cut his hair in 2 1/2 years and he no longer appears to be as into working out. This is not who we are as a family. My husband and I are fit for our ages (60s) and by all standards clean and orderly. Should I say anything to Ed? I feel like Emily is changing who he is. -- NOT THE SAME IN THE EAST
( Read more... )
4. DEAR ABBY: Our 40-year-old son has become a full-fledged narcissist and blames us (his sister, her husband, my husband and me) for a family schism that has gone on for two years. He tells lies about us and keeps us from our granddaughter. Any attempt to contact him has been met with venomous, foul-mouthed texts in return.
Our son went through a nasty divorce and horrible custody proceeding, but we did our best to support him financially and emotionally during that time. He is now supposedly happily remarried, but he continues to deny us access to his daughter. We are heartbroken. This is not the way we raised him. Any suggestions? -- BAFFLED IN NORTH CAROLINA
( Read more... )
5. DEAR HARRIETTE: My husband and I recently planned a weekend trip out of town, and we arranged for our children to stay with their aunt, my husband's sister, while we were away. We thought everything was going well until, halfway through our trip, we received a call from her saying that one of our kids had started acting out. She told us that she doesn't tolerate that kind of behavior in her home and insisted that we come pick him up immediately. I was shocked and honestly upset. I understand that our son can be a handful at times. He's going through a bit of a rebellious phase, but I feel like she overreacted. We trusted her to help us out, and instead of trying to manage the situation or even calling us for advice on how to calm him down, she made us cut our trip short and made us feel like we were being irresponsible parents for going away in the first place. Now there's tension between us, and I don't know how to approach this. Am I wrong for feeling like she could have handled things differently? -- Not Helpful
( Read more... )
kaberett (kaberett) wrote2025-08-10 10:43 pm
kaberett) wrote2025-08-10 10:43 pmvital functions
Reading. ( Allie Brosh, Jeannie Di Bon, Helena Attlee, Louis MacNeice, friends misc. )
... and several of the magazines that have been sat around causing Guilt and a sense of Obligation, subsequent to which I have happily recycled them. Favourite fact from the three so far: Garden Organic/the Heritage Seed Library are trialling using tuning forks to pollinate their tomato crops! ( Facebook | Instagram )
Bonus: sifting through a pile of notebooks etc to try to work out who the hell they belong to, mostly salvaged from the pile that was due to go out to event-freecycle on the basis that SURELY I could do something useful with them if, you know, I sat down with them at a time that wasn't in a field under Significant time pressure while Very tired. And I could! One and a half remain unidentified (I say "half" because We're Working On It).
Writing. A lot of lost property e-mails.
Cooking. One new recipe from East: paneer, spinach and tomato salad, accompanied by the herbed naan from the Leiths How to Cook Bread book (this is probably on my To Cook Through list). I was into this!
Also vaghareli makai ("spiced Indian corn") by way of David Lebovitz, and a slightly underwhelming lemony fennel and broccoli pasta (significantly improved by the addition of pine nuts).
Eating. STRAWBERRIES. Blackberries. Local plums are starting to be ripe!
Exploring. Poked around the green belt a bit to see how the plums were doing! And I think that's most of it?
A very brief poke around the entrance to the Pimp Hall Nature Reserve following a successful drop-off of Objects to the adjacent Household Waste Recycling Centre; tragically the signs on the gates claimed that they'd be locked at 4 p.m., which we had not quite anticipated, and we only reached them at 3.58. Next time, perhaps!
Creating. Hmm. Does sitting around knolling for the purposes of the big lost property post count? I think it probably does; certainly while the photos still aren't good (am I contemplating a lightbox and a tripod of some kind of this specific terrible hobby? to my slight horror, I kind of am...) the arrangements are getting much easier to parse visually, I discovered upon going back through a bunch of them, which I am pleased about.
Growing. Found a surprise pocketful of dried Sugar Magnolia pods, so I am definitely in the black when it comes to number of seeds for next year, which is a pleasant surprise!
the cosmolinguist (cosmolinguist) wrote2025-08-10 09:28 pm
cosmolinguist) wrote2025-08-10 09:28 pmDog show
After we got back from the dog show and picking V up from a social visit, I tried to get my hair cut but they were already closed; turns out they've changed their Sunday hours. Which is fine, but argh. I could really do with a haircut, and I like them before big work events like I have on Wednesday. Which I leave for Tuesday afternoon, which means dealing with this on Monday. When I have circuits after work, and it's just annoying trying to fit everything in.
After 5pm I couldn't go to the gym, I couldn't get my hair cut. So much still goes un-done.
And it's not as if I mis-spent any of my day: I slept until 11 and I think if I could do that every day it would fix me. And in the afternoon D and I went to the dog show that is my favorite part of our local pride. The chonky shiba Oscar! The boopable chocolate-brown Bruno! The best-dressed Artie in Hawaiian shirt and straw hat! The elderly lady Poppy with her cute neon pink and orange legwarmers! A family let me sit on their bench with them so I didn't have to stand. The sun was perfect, the weather was perfect, the beer was cold.
D's idea of a successful weekend is to feel on Sunday night like Friday was a long time ago. And it definitely does. But I still want more weekend.
beccaelizabeth (beccaelizabeth) wrote2025-08-10 08:07 pm
beccaelizabeth) wrote2025-08-10 08:07 pmEntry tags:
DW up through Zygons
I have rewatched Clara's last season up to the Zygon pair.
The episode where immortal Me stops caring and starts again was only sort of interesting for what the Doctor is saying about himself. ( Read more... )
Good enough story but didn't make me chew over it in ways distinct from my general thinking about Jack and Immortals.
The Zygon stories though... they made me very angry this time. ( Read more... )
That said, very strong writing, many good aspects.
But it was strongest about the Doctor and his feelings, not about the many complicated parts of the situation.
The episode where immortal Me stops caring and starts again was only sort of interesting for what the Doctor is saying about himself. ( Read more... )
Good enough story but didn't make me chew over it in ways distinct from my general thinking about Jack and Immortals.
The Zygon stories though... they made me very angry this time. ( Read more... )
That said, very strong writing, many good aspects.
But it was strongest about the Doctor and his feelings, not about the many complicated parts of the situation.
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tv_talk2025-08-10 09:00 pm
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oursin (oursin) wrote2025-08-10 07:26 pm
oursin) wrote2025-08-10 07:26 pmCulinary
This week's bread: the Collister/Blake My Favourite Loaf, strong white/wholemeal/einkorn flour, turned out v nice.
Friday night supper: grocery delivery came so early that I had time to whip up dough, etc, for sardegnera (with Calabrian salami).
Saturday breakfast rolls: the ones loosely based on James Beard's mother's raisin bread, with Marriage's Light Spelt Flour. I think the current mace is a bit underpowered? I thought I had sprinkled on a fair amount but it didn't really come through.
Today's lunch: smoked haddock with butter beans - using Belazu Judion Butter Beans since actual dried butter beans are still being hard to come by - the haddock seemed a bit bland? - maybe I need to add further seasoning when mingling the poached fillets and the beans; served with slowcooked tenderstem broccoli (not bad considering it boiled dry a couple of times), and the whomping adult courgettes I was sent instead of baby ones (at least they weren't actual vegetable marrows) cut into batons and white-braised with sliced red bell pepper.
sunnymodffa (sunnymodffa) wrote in fail_fandomanon2025-08-10 07:51 pm
sunnymodffa) wrote in fail_fandomanon2025-08-10 07:51 pmFFA DW Post #2335 - c0m3 aNd s33
Behold, a pale horse, painted gray, with improperly sealed body paint
And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second beast say, c0m3 aNd s33.
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Surprisingly good advice from Annie, I want to save it for posterity
Dear Annie: My sister "Kendra" and I are not very close and only communicate two to three times per year, mainly in emails. Kendra sold her home and moved out of state. Through our sibling, I heard that she listed her house high to begin with and had to come down on her price in the end but made a decent amount on it. I never commented on how much she made or didn't make on her old house; I felt that was absolutely none of my business. When she moved and posted pictures of her new house, I commented that I was happy for her.
Fast-forward to me selling my home a year or so later. After my home sold, the information on it went out to the various housing sites, incorrectly showing that it took a loss. We actually did make a nice profit on it. The information that went out was a typo and was corrected about four weeks later.
Kendra was quick to reach out in an email stating she saw online how much we sold for and was surprised at the extreme money loss we took. She then asked if it was a short sale or foreclosure and commented that we must have been very upset about it.
I feel this was none of her business, even if it was the right information. Am I overreacting that I feel it was quite rude for her to comment on my personal business? How should I reply back to her? -- Perplexed
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Fast-forward to me selling my home a year or so later. After my home sold, the information on it went out to the various housing sites, incorrectly showing that it took a loss. We actually did make a nice profit on it. The information that went out was a typo and was corrected about four weeks later.
Kendra was quick to reach out in an email stating she saw online how much we sold for and was surprised at the extreme money loss we took. She then asked if it was a short sale or foreclosure and commented that we must have been very upset about it.
I feel this was none of her business, even if it was the right information. Am I overreacting that I feel it was quite rude for her to comment on my personal business? How should I reply back to her? -- Perplexed
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maggie33 (maggie33) wrote2025-08-10 07:15 pm
maggie33) wrote2025-08-10 07:15 pmEntry tags:
New love
I wanted to make my standard drama watching post, but I think I’m falling head first into a new obsession, so instead you’re getting the post about that. 😊
And this new obsession is Thai GL drama Harmony Secret and two main actresses in it - Lookmhee Punyapat Wangpongsathaporn and Sonya Saranphat Pedersen. I love that their ship name is LMSY. Because I guess LookmheeSonya would look awkward and too long to write every time, heh.
And let me tell you, it’s so nice to have two currently airing GL dramas to love. It hasn’t happened to me before. And objectively speaking, after watching three episodes of each drama, I think Only You is a bit better. And I enjoy it a lot. But Harmony Secret rules in that parts of my mind and my heart meant for fannish obsessions. It’s only been three episodes and I want to write fanfic already. 😊
Harmony Secret is a classic rivals-to-lovers romance. Aiwarin and Maevika are the heiresses of two rival companies, which are currently fighting over a lucrative contract. They met as teenagers when their schools were in some sort of competition, too. It’s clear that for Ai it was love at first sight, but Mae only remembers that encounter as something humiliating, because she lost to Ai then. That’s why she so desperately wants to win now. She’s a perfectionist, even if she’s still a bit naïve and too trusting sometimes. And Ai seems so cool and unruffled on the surface, but she hides deep wounds and trauma underneath. I love them both so much and want them to be happy forever. 😊
There is a cute secondary GL pairing, too, between Ai’s assistant Yam, and Mae’s assistant slash bodyguard Gee. It’s one of my favorite kinds of pairing – a cheeky and cute puppy (Yam) and a closed off and aloof kitty (Gee). With an added complication of Gee having a giant crush on her boss. Which also started in high school.
So yes, it's cliched, often OTT, but so entertaining. It’s rather fast-paced, too, even though I would like for them to slow down a bit sometimes. But I get it, they have only 8 episodes and a lot of plot and relationship development to get through.
Official Youtube playlist is here. But it is a cut version. The only place to view uncut version is iQIYI, and that’s only in select regions around the world (not mine for instance), so you have to use VPN or look for other sources.
And it’s not just kissing scenes or love scenes that are cut. I compared Youtube version and iQIYI version of episode 3, and in youtube version important flashback from Ai’s past was cut, and also a talk Mae had with her father (also important IMO), that shows how much pressure to win his father is putting on her. But yes, they also cut one lovely kiss. Luckily someone put 20 seconds long vid with that kiss on tumblr. So if you want, you can see it for yourself here. 😊
And let’s end this post with a mini picspam of these two gorgeous women.
And this new obsession is Thai GL drama Harmony Secret and two main actresses in it - Lookmhee Punyapat Wangpongsathaporn and Sonya Saranphat Pedersen. I love that their ship name is LMSY. Because I guess LookmheeSonya would look awkward and too long to write every time, heh.
And let me tell you, it’s so nice to have two currently airing GL dramas to love. It hasn’t happened to me before. And objectively speaking, after watching three episodes of each drama, I think Only You is a bit better. And I enjoy it a lot. But Harmony Secret rules in that parts of my mind and my heart meant for fannish obsessions. It’s only been three episodes and I want to write fanfic already. 😊
Harmony Secret is a classic rivals-to-lovers romance. Aiwarin and Maevika are the heiresses of two rival companies, which are currently fighting over a lucrative contract. They met as teenagers when their schools were in some sort of competition, too. It’s clear that for Ai it was love at first sight, but Mae only remembers that encounter as something humiliating, because she lost to Ai then. That’s why she so desperately wants to win now. She’s a perfectionist, even if she’s still a bit naïve and too trusting sometimes. And Ai seems so cool and unruffled on the surface, but she hides deep wounds and trauma underneath. I love them both so much and want them to be happy forever. 😊
There is a cute secondary GL pairing, too, between Ai’s assistant Yam, and Mae’s assistant slash bodyguard Gee. It’s one of my favorite kinds of pairing – a cheeky and cute puppy (Yam) and a closed off and aloof kitty (Gee). With an added complication of Gee having a giant crush on her boss. Which also started in high school.
So yes, it's cliched, often OTT, but so entertaining. It’s rather fast-paced, too, even though I would like for them to slow down a bit sometimes. But I get it, they have only 8 episodes and a lot of plot and relationship development to get through.
Official Youtube playlist is here. But it is a cut version. The only place to view uncut version is iQIYI, and that’s only in select regions around the world (not mine for instance), so you have to use VPN or look for other sources.
And it’s not just kissing scenes or love scenes that are cut. I compared Youtube version and iQIYI version of episode 3, and in youtube version important flashback from Ai’s past was cut, and also a talk Mae had with her father (also important IMO), that shows how much pressure to win his father is putting on her. But yes, they also cut one lovely kiss. Luckily someone put 20 seconds long vid with that kiss on tumblr. So if you want, you can see it for yourself here. 😊
And let’s end this post with a mini picspam of these two gorgeous women.
Five big pics behind the cut here.