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Bare-minimum weekly proof of life

Sunday, May 10th, 2026 07:40 pm

This is not a media-intake post, because my list of last week's media is upstairs on my computer and I'm on the sofa finally trying out the very small folding bluetooth keyboard I bought ages ago to maybe make typing on my phone a bit easier.

But hey, I live.

Current Mood: blah

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Fast block people

schneefink

Sunday, May 10th, 2026 08:35 pm

I spent most of this weekend procrastinating when I really should have been tidying up and vacation planning and all those things. Uugh. At least I met up with LB and my mom to finally do the pottery painting we gifted her for Christmas, I went for a walk, and I finally made a little bit of progress on the massive pile of fanworks I want to comment on.

A major part of that procrastination was watching round one of MCSR Ranked playoffs season 10, that was at least entertaining.

Spoilers

I can't believe Hax is out! Got swept, even! Wow. First time he's not on the podium since he first played in the playoffs in season 3. And Doogile got reverse swept. Some bad luck involved in both cases (blinding to different strongholds from the same spawner?!) but also some bad decisions and that's just how it goes sometimes. Like when BeefSalad forgot to set a bed for a death reset xD
The Infume vs HDMICables match was my favorite, Infume with very clean wins except whatever the fuck that was in round 3, what an End, that was great xD I'm sad Feinberg vs Lowkey had to be postponed, but I do enjoy the "Feinberg finally made it to week 2" jokes.

But I'm definitely not "in" the MCSR fandom, that would be way too time-consuming, I just like the tournaments for the exciting sports emotions. And me putting on various MCSR streams in the background sometimes doesn't mean anything. ~~Oh no.~~

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whirling like a cyclone in my mind

pensnest

Sunday, May 10th, 2026 10:06 pm

I just found myself writing "an infusion of coffee" and thought, hmm. An infusion of tea, sure, but does that seem like the right word for coffee? What should I be saying instead? I'm not talking about the brewing method, but more of a necessary injection of caffeine, but... infusion?

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Spent the weekend with my (women's) chorus, working on our October Convention numbers with plenty of time in hand. Since I went to Harmony College very recently, I was pleased with myself for, I think, providing a useful bit of input into what we're doing.

The May Convention (the men's one, which also involves the Mixed choruses) is coming up fast. We have our dress rehearsal this Wednesday, and a final full day together on Sunday. Must make cakes this week. Then it'll be off to Harrogate for a long weekend. We have secured a house-sitter who will make sure the cat is kept, if not exactly gruntled, at least regularly fed.

Also, I had my first appointment with the dressmaker who is going to make something for me to wear at my Bun's wedding, so I have colours in mind that I can take to Harrogate's fabulous hat shop, always supposing I can find it. Yay!

[Vorkosigan] Six Sentence Sunday

lannamichaels

Sunday, May 10th, 2026 02:47 pm

You know how it is, when you start with a vague idea and a summary and then you write 4K in a day and you have written yourself out of that summary being suitable? Yeah. That.

The summary it should have fitted itself to: "Keep your friends close, your enemies closer, and your feckless cousin closest of all." Wherein there would be porn and Gregor deciding that Ivan couldn't actually be mediocre and/or learned that trying to do well just got him unwanted attention. No, Ivan must be faking it on purpose.

Unfortunately then I dropped too heavily into Gregor's depression, so, uh, if this gets to the porn, it's going to take some doing. Also I have to do some serious tense editings because I started it in past tense but of course ever since I made the mistake of ever writoing in present tense, I must needs deal with tense shifting problems forevermore.

Point of diversion is that Gregor assigns Ivan to Residence Security right out of the Academy to keep an eye on him, and kicks Miles out after the mutiny.

Why couldn't Miles have ever learned to fake obedience as well as Ivan had? Ivan's flawless at his disguise. Why must Miles be so frustrating? Gregor feels even more hollow than usual as Aral nods his acknowledgment and mumbles a perfunctory, "your will, my liege."

It's the first time Gregor's tried exercising Imperial muscles in years and it's still all because Miles Vorkosigan is uncontrollable.

Gregor can't meet his gaze in the mirror as his armsman shaves him that night, and he accepts the sleeping pill with resignation.

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Check-In Post - May 10th 2026

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get_knitted

Sunday, May 10th, 2026 08:09 pm

Hello to all members, passers-by, curious onlookers, and shy lurkers, and welcome to our regular daily check-in post. Just leave a comment below to let us know how your current projects are progressing, or even if they're not.

Checking in is NOT compulsory, check in as often or as seldom as you want, this community isn't about pressure it's about encouragement, motivation, and support. Crafting is meant to be fun, and what's more fun than sharing achievements and seeing the wonderful things everyone else is creating?

There may also occasionally be questions, but again you don't have to answer them, they're just a way of getting to know each other a bit better.

This Week's Question: What do you wish you could get right first time, every time?

If anyone has any questions of their own about the community, or suggestions for tags, questions to be asked on the check-in posts, or if anyone is interested in playing check-in host for a week here on the community, which would entail putting up the daily check-in posts and responding to comments, go to the Questions & Suggestions post and leave a comment.

I now declare this Check-In OPEN!

Current Mood: tired
Current Location: my desk

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Who did what now

james

Sunday, May 10th, 2026 11:49 am

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Black Cherries by W. S. Merwin

conuly

Monday, May 11th, 2026 02:17 pm

Late in May as the light lengthens
toward summer the young goldfinches
flutter down through the day for the first time
to find themselves among fallen petals
cradling their day's colors in the day's shadows
of the garden beside the old house
after a cold spring with no rain
not a sound comes from the empty village
as I stand eating the black cherries
from the loaded branches above me
saying to myself Remember this

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Mother's Day ficlet

senmut

Sunday, May 10th, 2026 12:06 pm

AO3 Link | Small Distraction (250 words) by Merfilly
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Star Trek: The Next Generation
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Deanna Troi & Lwaxana Troi
Characters: Lwaxana Troi, Deanna Troi
Additional Tags: Motherhood
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Lwaxana is trying to work.

Lwaxana Troi kept a perfect serenity around her as she spoke with the Tellarite Ambassador, despite the absolute mischief rampant in her daughter as Deanna ran through the garden party, evading her nanny of the day.

Said nanny was possibly having a very strong nervous breakdown in the midst of trying desperately to acquire the toddler.

"Would it be easier if you corralled her?" the man asked, with his voice actually full of understanding.

"If you do not mind, Ambassador Thek." She gave him a gracious smile, recognizing him now as a fellow parent. She turned her attention to Deanna amidst the legs of various noteworthy people. For the most part, people were accepting the disruption with grace, even amusement.

Little One? Mother is working, and you are causing a distraction that is not helping me.

Deanna stopped, her eyes peering across the way to her, before summoning all the dignity that a small child could.

"I am sorry," she said, projecting contrition to those who were not mind blind. Her nanny added a quiet apology to the pair closest, and scooped Deanna up to carry her back to the house.

"Ambassador Troi, she will be a credit with such fearlessness," Thek said once Lwaxana had refocused on him.

She gave a small smile. "I give her what freedom I can, that is safe for her, so she can explore."

"Children have a way of pushing their safe spaces ever outward," Thek said, nodding sagely.

"So they will," she answered.

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Have a happy day today!

conuly

Sunday, May 10th, 2026 08:53 am

And, you know, feel however you feel about your mother!

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hate your neighbor but don’t forget to say grace

dine

Saturday, May 9th, 2026 11:38 pm

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ysobel

Saturday, May 9th, 2026 10:05 pm

Hope to do a more detailed entry later but this has been a very full week, some unfun (interviewing and training new caregivers to replace my graduating students; the training process always sucks and is stressful, and I keep having to remind myself it always sucks and always gets better) but some fun. Craft fair last Sunday, Whole Earth Festival (kind of a hippie-vibed craft fair plus music plus some activities) today. It was hot, around 90F, and we were there for 2.5 hours, but sunscreen plus UV-protective cooling hood (purple of course) plus plenty of water plus frequent shade breaks all made it okay.

I am tired and, for the moment, content. :)

Digital packrat.

hannah

Saturday, May 9th, 2026 08:24 pm

In trying to free up apartment space, I need to de-accession some materials. In de-accessioning some materials, I need to free up hard drive space. In needing to free up hard drive space, I'm taking a long, hard look at what I've collected over the last couple of decades. Some of these files date back to freshman year of college. Few of them are shows I'm at all interested in rewatching. There's a half-season of something here, the last season of something else there, the season where I downloaded everything and then wandered away from the fandom halfway through watching them, episodes I later ripped from DVDs and Blurays. It's a weird form of digital nostalgia. There's no needing these. There's liking the record of having them, and there's no needing it.

Certainly for some of the newer ones where there's no boggling over downloading it that long ago, there's an ease in getting rid of them. Admitting I'm not going to watch that, giving up on the sense of obligation, reminding myself if I really want to watch it then I'll find some way to do it and if I really wanted I'd have likely done it by now. Sure, there's stuff like Rome where I downloaded the first season in 2007 and only got around to watching it a few weeks ago, but those I'd ripped so I knew I'd have everything, plus subtitles. By now, I'm not watching those old files because the quality's so low compared to what I can get now. I can find my way to the full seasons of Psych and 30 Rock if I'm so compelled, on one format or another, on box sets or a streaming service.

The technology of streaming remains largely positive to me. It's the vertical integration of the distribution methods and fragmenting of the market that's the true downfall of the whole affair. Ages ago, I saw it suggested that a Steam-like service for shows and movies would solve a lot of problems, and as there's less money in that than the alternative, it's going to take an act of God to get it going. Until then, I'm having to say I need to take comfort and relief in knowing I don't have to commit to hauling these around anymore.

Amusingly, checking the local library for DVDs of Life on Mars and Ashes to Ashes gets me a David Bowie concert movie. I can't say it's wrong. Not what I'm looking for, and also not wrong.

Current Mood: sympathetic
Current Music: nothing now

Daily Check In.

adafrog

fandom_checkin

Saturday, May 9th, 2026 06:26 pm

This is your check-in post for today. The poll will be open from midnight Universal or Zulu Time (8pm Eastern Time) on Saturday to midnight on Sunday (8pm Eastern Time).

Poll #34582 Daily poll

Open to: Access List, detailed results viewable to: Access List, participants: 21

How are you doing?

I am okay
12 (57.1%)

I am not okay, but don't need help right now
9 (42.9%)

I could use some help.
0 (0.0%)

How many other humans are you living with?

I am living single
11 (52.4%)

One other person
6 (28.6%)

More than one other person
4 (19.0%)

Please, talk about how things are going for you in the comments, ask for advice or help if you need it, or just discuss whatever you feel like.

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Check-In Post - May 9th 2026

badly_knitted

get_knitted

Saturday, May 9th, 2026 07:56 pm

Current Mood: tired
Current Location: my desk

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Tigers by Eliza Griswold

conuly

Saturday, May 9th, 2026 02:00 pm

What are we now but voices
who promise each other
a life neither one can deliver
not for lack of wanting
but wanting can’t make it so.
We hang from a vine
at the cliff’s edge.
There are tigers above
and below. Let us love
one another and let go.

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Seen on the SIR

This poem references the well-known zen koan.

February, March and April Crafting Roundup and May crafting goals

unicornduke

Friday, May 8th, 2026 01:04 pm

Well some things happened and I was so close to finishing the two big projects and didn't do much else so I put off making a roundup post for a bit.

hang up more art – added some more!
Weave! - did some weaving, probably half done with the warp
finish coat? - YES YES YES
spin - finish the big project? ply and clear some bobbins, I need to free some up for big spin. - not there yet but making progress
Knit sweater – DONE DONE DONE
fix blanket that my aunt wants me to fix, big problem is that none of the yarn I can find will color match it and it is 50 years old. - got this done!
other - I took a pottery class in February, haven't picked up the things yet but I will have pictures soon.
- I also got the nicest email from someone who knitted a sweater from my handspun yarn that she got from the weavers guild show and sale.
- I carded the combing waste and short bits from my big spinning project fleece
- Washed some hand woven fabric and fabric for my next sewing project
- took pictures of coat and sweater and did the Big Post Typing

Coat post here

Sweater post here

Weaving project, I did an experiment with using the previous warp to tie onto the current warp without having to rethread the heddles and dent. This was my first time doing it and it went...okay. I don't think I'll use this technique often, I don't usually have enough yarn in a quantity that it makes sense to do more than one warp with the same yarn which is what this technique is all about. So I cut off the cloth of my previous warp, re-tied the end of the warp onto the cloth beam again, removed the end of the old warp from the warp beam by untying the end rod, beamed on the new warp and then tied each warp thread from the new warp to the old warp. I then very carefully pulled all the yarn and the knots through the heddles and reed. I suspect it would be faster if I was better at it and also if I had more practice at it. My tension is trash but I'm used to that and have ways to fix it well enough. I also ran out of green warp yarn and added two strips in gold on either side. This cloth will be for me, there's enough issues with it that I wouldn't make something to give away or sell from it but I bet I could make something nice for me out of it.

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May goals (almost halfway through may? whatever)

Start sewing project - make mockup
crochet shawl
weave
finish spinning project?
ply yarn on spindles
pick up pottery you goof
do a minor crafting room reorg?

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Sigh

conuly

Thursday, May 7th, 2026 11:31 am

My shampoo is no longer being produced and I need more shampoo.

It needs to be perfume light, and ideally I should be able to get shampoo, conditioner, and body wash that don't clash with each other. I generally find that products marketed as natural are more likely to have scents that aren't overwhelming and don't make my eyes itch, give me a sore throat, or trigger a headache - but there's no guarantee there.

And, of course, it needs to get my hair clean, ideally without drying it out.

Help?

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summerstorm

Saturday, May 9th, 2026 03:46 pm

This week has been exhausting. Not because of anything active, but because of the way I've woken up every day. If it wasn't Ciri yowling, it was my sister talking loudly in the hallway at 10 am (which she'd give me hell for) and today it was Gorgug dry heaving on the floor. I almost went back to sleep yesterday, and today I did actually curl back up under the covers, though I never dozed again. I've been doing the bare minimum, which in fairness is more than my bare minimum was months ago, let alone years ago, but I would like to vacuum and mop my room, and I would like to have the strength to make coffee every day instead of resorting to energy drinks.

I've had zero games because the one consistent one, our DM is currently traveling, and I'm glad it's worked out this way, because the last time this happened I had to cancel on them, and I pride myself on being extremely reliable in this one aspect of my life.

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Edit: I'd been meaning to look up how you're supposed to drink soju, because I could not remember the one time I had it at a Korean BBQ restaurant (in Prague), and it turns out I've been using the right glass this whole time, purely by accident, because I found it on the dryer rack two weeks ago and was like, what the fuck, who used my shot glass (that I have never used myself nor seen in four years)? Turns out my mom used it to try to sprout a lettuce? I've also been sticking to (kind of) drinking with friends, because it's a fantastic boost for ttrpgs with no negative side effects because it's so little. I'm pretty happy with this whole thing. (I do not "shoot the first glass." I sip from one (1) glass and then move on to kombucha or an energy drink. Because sobriety is important to me.)

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Anyway, other than that, Hades 2 has eaten my life. It came out for PS5 at some point late last month, and I got it on April 27, because a friend gave me the money and because it's one of those indie games that's not eighty (80) whole ass bucks for years before it goes on sale. I was very overwhelmed at first, but learned quickly, and three days in, I put it on God Mode for no good reason and I've been coasting since. ( Rambling. )

Weekly Challenge

goodbyebird

3weeks4dreamwidth

Saturday, May 9th, 2026 03:09 pm

Weekly Challenge: You have three weeks to make a post to a Dreamwidth community where you don't regularly participate and to leave a comment on someone else's community post.

• the pledge • tag requests •
• weekly challenge 1 . 2 • friending meme • event icons • journal memes • paid account gifting •
• community love •

Current Music: Blondshell - Sober Together

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Postscript to my previous entry

rydra_wong

Saturday, May 9th, 2026 12:09 pm

Important things:

* Just as you should not read The Fortunate Fall if you want a romantic Happily Ever After, you should not read What We Are Seeking if you want a book which neatly ties up all its plot threads.

It's not quite in the same league of non-resolution as Stars In My Pocket Like Grains Of Sand (my beloved), but.

Assorted important things happen; the initial situation is radically changed; key decisions are made and alliances are formed. How it will play out is something that will clearly evolve over subsequent years and decades, but the book chooses to leave it at that moment of resolve rather than resolution, with the crucial shifts being internal and interpersonal.

* As an author, Cameron Reed may be the most "not aromantic but she believes in their beliefs" I've ever encountered.

Romantic love is a very real thing in her work, but it doesn't sway the moral or narrative universe of her novels in the way we're trained to expect (and the presence of an explicitly aro character in What We Are Seeking is not accidental).

I love this SO FUCKING MUCH.

* John Maraintha and Iren and Laura and Suddharma and Vo and Pirro and ~~Blue~~ Green.

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FIC: (HL) A Small, Certain Thing

raine

Friday, May 8th, 2026 11:43 pm

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my kingdom for some coffee

dine

Friday, May 8th, 2026 11:02 pm

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For the first time in over a year

conuly

Wednesday, May 6th, 2026 12:09 am

We owe nothing on this gas bill, no outstanding debt.

OH MY GOD TOOK LONG ENOUGH

tsuki_no_bara

Friday, May 8th, 2026 09:41 pm

I HAVE MY CAR BACK. FINALLY. everything turns off when you cut the engine and the garage didn't charge me for it. i picked it up and drove around for a bit just to be sure and discovered strawberries on sale in the grocery store. yay. :D tomorrow i have stuff to do and places to go but i'm still going outside to see if i can get the door open and turn it on early enough that i can plan for a rental again or cabs. i mean, sometimes things come in threes and it's already been twice.

also my mom's elbow is healing well enough on its own that she won't need surgery. this is very exciting.

today was a lovely day and it was a lovely day yesterday and the fluffy pink trees in front of my building have been shedding like no one's business so the tiny front yard is absolutely blanketed with little pink flower petals. it's like snow but... pink.

mcdonald's introduced a mcmullet in new zealand. it's basically a cheeseburger with a slice of cheese hanging out the back. silly, but so fun.

Current Mood: relieved
Current Music: mission: impossible - rogue nation

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Summer's arrival.

hannah

Friday, May 8th, 2026 09:09 pm

Not quite fully ripe, a little firm, and they're still the first strawberries of the season. I haven't kept track of their arrival year to year, but I'm sure someone has, so rather than try to track that, I'm going to take a moment to enjoy them without much further thought. That can come after I've eaten them.

I didn't even think about getting enough to turn them into a cake for my older brother J.'s requested birthday cake. I just grabbed two boxes to eat straight. One went to the Friday night family dinner and one's just for me, with the tops infusing into tap water for aggressively pleasant hydration later this week.

Current Mood: full
Current Music: You're Gonna Go Far, Kid - The Offspring

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badfalcon

Saturday, May 9th, 2026 12:36 am

Holy shit y'all, I think I'm ded

So. Went down to the tennis court again this evening (side note - super proud of me for managing that, thank you benzodiazepine for your assistance) and while Li wasn't planning on playing because vertigo sucks, they very kindly came with to carry shit for me because that's hard to do on crutches.

We bought one of those Movemate tennis trainer sets - you know the ones: weighted base, elastic string attached to a ball, promises of solo practice and improved timing.

In my head, this was going to be fairly chill. A few whacks at the ball. Practice aiming. Start to figure out the rhythm for returns. Gentle practice without spending half the session chasing tennis balls around the court like exhausted labradors.

Reader.

Reader, I was a fool.

It turns out you have to hit that ball hard to generate enough momentum for it to bounce back properly. For the first ten minutes, I genuinely thought I had somehow assembled it wrong because the ball would just sort of… flop sadly away from me.

But then I started figuring it out.

A little more power. Better angle. Better timing.

And suddenly the ball was actually coming back.

Not consistently. Not gracefully. There was still a fair amount of chaos involved. But I managed sequences of four or five returns in a row, occasionally with a double bounce, and for the first time I could really feel myself starting to understand how the racket and ball are supposed to work together.

Of course, there was a price to pay.

Currently:

my abs hurt

my shoulder hurts

my legs feel like concrete

several muscle groups I did not previously know existed have apparently unionised in protest

And honestly? It feels great.

Not in a 'fitness influencer enlightenment' kind of way. More in a 'holy shit, my body actually did a thing' way.

The really amazing part is that while my muscles are screaming, my joints are… a bit offended, but nowhere near as catastrophic as I’d feared. Considering how anxious I was about how my body would cope with tennis in general, that feels huge.

A few weeks ago, I genuinely thought we’d manage maybe ten minutes on court before giving up.

Now I’m standing here with aching abs from accidentally giving myself a full-body tennis workout because I got too invested in trying to return a rebound ball correctly.

And somewhere in the middle of all of this, there’s a completely new level of respect forming for professional tennis that I genuinely didn’t fully get before today. Because it’s one thing to watch it on TV and think be blown away with what Jannik et al can do, and another thing entirely to try to match even a fraction of that pace and immediately understand how much strength, timing, coordination, and repetition it actually takes.

How the fuck do these people do this for HOURS? Not just survive it, but sustain intensity, accuracy, movement, and decision-making point after point after point. It’s honestly ridiculous in the best possible way.

Li is being annoyingly logical and pointing out that they've all been playing since the racket was bigger than them. And they do it every day. For a long time. And they pay people lots of money to help them.

And it’s made me look at players I already admired - especially Jannik - with even more awe. I was already impressed by his ball striking, the clean power, the way it looks so effortless on screen. But actually standing there trying to generate controlled pace myself? Suddenly that 'effortless' part looks like pure illusion created by thousands and thousands of hours of work. The precision, the timing, the ability to repeat that level under pressure - it’s a completely different universe.

So now I’m not just sore and slightly smug about surviving another session. I’m also just… quietly in awe of what tennis actually is at a high level.

I'm also ready to go again next week.

Current Music: Blue County - Good Little Girls

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Daily Check In.

adafrog

fandom_checkin

Friday, May 8th, 2026 06:21 pm

This is your check-in post for today. The poll will be open from midnight Universal or Zulu Time (8pm Eastern Time) on Friday to midnight on Saturday (8pm Eastern Time).

Poll #34578 Daily poll

This poll is closed.
Open to: Access List, detailed results viewable to: Access List, participants: 24

How are you doing?

I am okay
12 (52.2%)

I am not okay, but don't need help right now
11 (47.8%)

I could use some help.
0 (0.0%)

How many other humans are you living with?

I am living single
11 (45.8%)

One other person
9 (37.5%)

More than one other person
4 (16.7%)

Please, talk about how things are going for you in the comments, ask for advice or help if you need it, or just discuss whatever you feel like.

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lannamichaels

Friday, May 8th, 2026 05:24 pm

Can the person who keeps putting in AO3 password reset requests for me please knock it off?

They did this last year too but at least that was only a bunch in one day, these keep happening.

Ughhhh.

assorted updates

rmc28

Friday, May 8th, 2026 10:19 pm

I have had a migraine this afternoon and evening, which is the warning sign I'm pushing my sleep schedule too much, again
I read the new Murderbot book, very hard to put down, enjoyed it very much
earlier this week fanf and I joined 20th wedding anniversary celebrations for atreic and emperor, who remain lovely people who collect lovely people around them, yay
last weekend Kodiaks lost to Coventry Phoenix 1-8, but I got my first ever WNIHL point with an assist on that goal. And then the next day we turned a 2-1 lead over MK Falcons into a 4-2 loss in the last ten minutes of the game and that hurt quite a lot. But also it was lovely to see some Hull camp friends on the MK side, both on and off the ice
I started watching Ted Lasso, currently half way through season 1 and enjoying it very much. The episodes are short enough and the people / plot engaging enough I'm managing to stick with an entire episode at a time without getting distracted
next week I'm seeing a 40th anniversary screening of Top Gun in the local IMAX screen. I got teased about did I remember seeing it on original release, which no, not quite, but it's very nearly 37 years since I first saw it on a tiny coach TV screen on a school trip to Germany. I still know most of the lines by heart

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Check-In Post - May 8th 2026

badly_knitted

get_knitted

Friday, May 8th, 2026 07:30 pm

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Current Location: my desk

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Varsity! (one last time)

rmc28

Friday, May 8th, 2026 12:02 pm

The last of the Varsity ice hockey games between Oxford and Cambridge universities is tomorrow evening, at Cambridge Ice Arena, at 5pm. I will be playing for Cambridge Huskies B against Oxford Vikings C.

Will it be high quality hockey? No
Will it be entertaining? Absolutely
Will I fall over? Obviously
Will I get in a fight? Maybe, if someone touches my goalie

My goalie is one of the Men's Blues, who put on goalie pads for the first time on Tuesday. Generally the squad is the people who couldn't play Varsity for Huskies or Women's Blues, plus the aforementioned novice in goal and an experienced goalie skating out. Our attempt at an entire forward line of goalies was regrettably thwarted by people having other commitments.

The results of the other Varsity games this year were:

Cambridge Narwhals v Oxford Vikings A: won by Cambridge
Cambridge Huskies v Oxford Vikings B: won by Oxford
Cambridge Women's Blues v Oxford Women's Blues: won by Oxford
Cambridge Men's Blues v Oxford Men's Blues: won by Cambridge

So this is both a not very serious game, and vitally important to win the best of five.

I'm still getting used to my new skates so I'll be playing this (and my other game for Kodiaks on Sunday) in the old ones.

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always putting the fun into dysfunction

dine

Thursday, May 7th, 2026 11:38 pm

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The Friday Five for 8 May 2026

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thefridayfive

Friday, May 8th, 2026 12:49 am

These questions were written by

pebbleinalake.

1. What do you consider your current main fandom? (This can include hobbies and collecting. Anything you feel fannish about!)

2. What was your first fandom?

3. Do you have any favorite headcanons or fan theories?

4. Have you ever created fanworks?

5. Are you still active in any old fandoms?

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Old Things

james

Thursday, May 7th, 2026 09:40 pm

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Heated Rivalry Meme for 3W4D

impala_chick

3weeks4dreamwidth

Thursday, May 7th, 2026 09:05 pm

I'm hosting a comment event at the

gamechangerhr community. Each post features two meme-style questions about Heated Rivalry. You can find all of the posts at the three weeks for DW tag. If you like Heated Rivalry, come join us!

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Projects.

hannah

Thursday, May 7th, 2026 10:48 pm

In preparation for Disclosure Day next month, I'm going through all of Steven Spielberg's movies I haven't yet seen. I know there's some good ones in there, so I started on the ones I've largely been avoiding because I know they're not his better outings. Let me say I don't think it's at all possible he's got something worse than Ready Player One. It might be better than the book, and there's only so far you can polish a turd. Though I'll give it credit for highlighting the difference mindsets of curatorial and transformative fandom in a way that's impossible to argue with.

Adjusting to the new schedule's going well enough. As with many jobs, getting a good night's sleep beforehand is key to a good day. I'm hoping to be done by July, which is why I told my client it might take me until August.

Current Mood: sore
Current Music: The Horizon is a Beltway - The Low Anthem

so that's a number

senmut

Thursday, May 7th, 2026 09:00 pm

5300 works on AO3.

Can anyone imagine how high it would be if I hadn't grouped ficlets and drabbles back when I archived all my old fic?

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Daily Check-In

mecurtin

fandom_checkin

Thursday, May 7th, 2026 08:30 pm

This is your check-in post for today. The poll will be open from midnight Universal or Zulu Time (8pm Eastern Time) on Thursday, May 7, to midnight on Friday, May 8 (8pm Eastern Time).

Poll #34576 Daily check-in poll

This poll is closed.
Open to: Access List, detailed results viewable to: Access List, participants: 21

How are you doing?

I am OK
12 (60.0%)

I am not OK, but don't need help right now
8 (40.0%)

I could use some help
0 (0.0%)

How many other humans live with you?

I am living single
9 (42.9%)

One other person
7 (33.3%)

More than one other person
5 (23.8%)

Please, talk about how things are going for you in the comments, ask for advice or help if you need it, or just discuss whatever you feel like.

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Check-In Post - May 7th 2026

badly_knitted

get_knitted

Thursday, May 7th, 2026 07:54 pm

Current Mood: tired
Current Location: my desk

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April Book Roundup

unicornduke

Wednesday, May 6th, 2026 04:47 pm

Read

Moon of the Turning Leaves by Waubgeshig Rice - my god they are so good at writing (I think somewhat unintentional) horror in basic things with simplicity in prose. It's amazing. post apocalyptic, sequel. library ebook
The Butcher of the Forest by Premee Mohamed - very fairytale-esque but super good novella. library ebook
The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook by Matt Dinniman - continues to be a solid series for easy reading of silly nonsense. library ebook
Cascade Failure by LM Sagas - the narrator for this was phenomenal. The book and story are more like a mid budget action film in that there are lots of big feelings and the plot doesn't super make a ton of sense but hey found family is cool. library audiobook
Necrobane by Daniel M Ford - second in the series, solid fantasy read, the stakes are getting higher. library ebook
The Gate of the Feral Gods by Matt Dinniman - solid nonsense, good. library ebook
The Raven and the Reindeer by T Kingfisher - I think this is one of her older books but the audiobook came out and the narrator is very good. Good balance between danger and adventure and humor as usual with her books. library audiobook

Re-Read

Free from Falling by EL Massey - it's just so sweet and nice. library ebook
Petty Treasons by Victoria Goddard - I wanted to have some feelings, good for that. physical book I own

DNF

The Gone World by Tom Sweterlitsch - too much horror for me
Over Sea, Under Stone by Susan Cooper - not for me I think, maybe too young protag for my taste from what I can remember
Can't Spell Treason without Tea by Rebecca Thorne - I tried the audiobook, might be better as an ebook where I can skim it more, but once I hit more than five eyerolls , it was time to quit. also the narrator had some serious accent variation which was distracting

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