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I've spent the whole day reading Peanuts and watching these skating streams. I remain committed to desperately trying to find this middle ground between Charlie Brown and Higurashi, that's a story I really want and something that makes later conversation in this entry make a lot more sense. Yester-day was incredibly hard at times, but the performances by Mone Chiba, and especially Sakamoto Kaori were like the realisation of a dream. To-day, as I write, I stopped everything to watch the brilliance of Kagiyama Yuma. My heart is going a mile a minute these past two days!

( Comet-san )

( Supergirl )

( 5 Nen 3 Kumi Mahogumi )

( Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon )

( Meitantei Precure! )

Perhaps, at some point, we might go back to these posts being monthly!

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Cool Places somewhere
Now That's What I Call... Merzbow - Woodpecker No 1

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It's challenge time!

Comment with Just One Thing you've accomplished in the last 24 hours or so. It doesn't have to be a hard thing, or even a thing that you think is particularly awesome. Just a thing that you did.

Feel free to share more than one thing if you're feeling particularly accomplished! Extra credit: find someone in the comments and give them props for what they achieved!

Nothing is too big, too small, too strange or too cryptic. And in case you'd rather do this in private, anonymous comments are screened. I will only unscreen if you ask me to.

Go!

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hannah

Picking up the materials for a new contract project today had me thinking about average expectations. It's a small enough project to fit inside a banker's box, and a deep enough project to keep me busy for quite a few weeks. It's also not a heavy project - like I said, banker's box - but I was told I might need a cart to carry the box the few blocks from its owner's apartment to mine. I carried it on top of the twenty-some-odd jars of herbs and spices I'd bought from someone moving out of their apartment, plus the olive oil, balsamic vinegar, and jarred tomato products. It was inconvenient to maneuver, but not hard to carry.

It's going to involve cataloging personal letters, probably with indexing who sent them and who received them, who else was mentioned and where they were sent from, and I'm already thinking about how to set this all up for optimal ease of use. The hauling it over was the easy part. It's why I keep going to the gym - vanity's a small part of it, and a much larger part is being able to haul stuff around without needing the help of other people, or even much in the way of carts.

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Now That's What I Call... nothing now

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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 #34419 Daily poll

Open to: Access List, detailed results viewable to: Access List, participants: 22

How are you doing?

I am okay
12 (54.5%)

I am not okay, but don't need help right now
10 (45.5%)

I could use some help.
0 (0.0%)

How many other humans are you living with?

I am living single
10 (45.5%)

One other person
5 (22.7%)

More than one other person
7 (31.8%)

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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I felt bad for casting aspersions on Wonder Man without watching it properly so I went back and watched the first two episodes. It's not as bad as I originally thought though it does fail the test, "Would I Watch This If It Weren't the MCU?"

( Extremely mild spoilers for the first two episodes of Wonder Man behind the cut )

Hollywood loves to make movies about itself but they're only occasionally successful at the box office. Here's my top ten list:

10. Tropic Thunder
9. The Other Side of the Wind
8. All About Eve
7. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
6. In a Lonely Place
5. Inland Empire
4. Sullivan's Travels
3. Sunset Boulevard
2. Singin' In the Rain
1. Mulholland Drive

Wonder Man is available on Disney+.

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Cool Places Hollywood
Now That's What I Call... "Little Geneva" - Muddy Waters

rosa_heartlily

A year ago, I was joining MP at St Margaret's, enjoying a walk with Husband, digging in the garden, having a bath to ease my muscles, throwing away out of date food, planning worship over Easter, and getting to grips with Forspoken.

Today I sent an email to the rest of the Oversight Team with some 'getting to know you' questions - and I got some responses!

I picked up Husband's prescription on the way to the office. There were two AI sessions today - the wrap-up workshop and a coaching session. The workshop was led by another stand-in, but my colleagues and I are scratching our heads over the way the whole thing is structured. Although, we do know, from bitter experience, that apprenticeship providers have a LOT of hoops to jump through, so a lot of what they're doing is probably connected to that. The coach seemed to think my project idea was a good one, so we'll see how I get on with it. All being well, I'll get it done by 10 April and have some breathing space before Module 3 lands. One of my colleagues (in a different department) has already made their idea a reality, and got extra funding and so on!

After tea, I got another hour or so of Veilguard. I am now judge, jury and executioner. But that's right for this Rook. And he's also suspicious of Harding's new abilities - but that's because he's suspicious of anything non-Elven. He's going to be interesting to play.

Now I'm watching the end of the latest Doctor Who story. The Master is being his megalomaniac self, of course. This is the one that gives us the lore about 12 regenerations - which, of course, has long been ignored :D I wonder who Sixteen will be?

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conuly

( Minor season 5 spoiler )

I actually have a similar thought about the most recent episode I watched of Young Sherlock, ( Read more... )

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forestofglory

Have some more thoughts about media!

The Unbeatable Squirrel Girlvol 1-2 by Ryan North, Erica Henderson, et al— Remember last time when I was like “maybe I should reread Squirrel Girl”? Well I decided to go for it and that was a great idea, thanks past me. These are so much fun! I enjoy Doreen’s unconventional approach to problem solving and her general enthusiasm for everything! I’m also glad that they kept the letters sections in the collected volumes – I love getting to see all the cute cosplay and squirrel pictures.

(Reading this had made me think about the were a bunch of girl centric fun comics around 2015. I wish that trend had continued)

Lumberjanes: True Colors by Lilah Sturges, polterink, et al— The final Lumberjanes graphic novel. Pretty cute, though I do feel that these graphic novels aren’t as good overall as the main series.

Mamo by Sas Milledge— I really liked this fantasy graphic novel about two young women trying to deal with a town where the magic has gone wrong. The art was so good! Lots of big sweeping landscapes, but also great details. Lots of excellent birds too!

( Batman: No Man's Land and Batgirls )

conuly

In a random reddit thread this time.

Truly, people will never, ever stop complaining about the man.

Also on reddit: "This is an old book" but also "snapchat was mentioned". Uh....

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smallhobbit

So far this month, although there are a few days left, I've written 6,500 words, so it's a good job I had some in hand from the last two months giving me an annual total of 32K.

There is therefore not a lot to record!

As anticipated last month I did have an additional work for A Family Saga which is a Spooks (MI5) series reflecting on Lucas North's family situation. An Unexpected Situation And there will be another in the series at some point.

allbingo held a National Crafting Month bingo, for which I wrote Pulling the Strands Together a retirement era ACD Sherlock Holmes story.

I've also written, and is being posted each day, my entry for

no_true_pair four character challenge The Meeting on the Island another Spooks work, this time including werewolf!Lucas.

redbird

I got a text this morning from Chase, asking me about a suspicious charge. I tried to log in to their website to look at it, but couldn't get them to send me a one-time code, so I went ahead and sent back "NO," telling them to cancel/replace the card in question. Now I'm going to have to update a _lot_ of recurring charges and stored payment methods.

So far I have had enough trouble finding my other credit card that I went ahead and gave Chewy a debit card for the auto ship order they're in the middle of processing. I then looked further back in the same drawer, found the other credit card, and put it in my wallet. I'm going to wait for the new card to arrive, and use it for most of the recurring charges, because I get slightly better points/cash back on purchases. But this is going to be tedious and time-consuming, and I will almost certainly forget at least one recurring charge.

I think I can make a list of the monthly charges by looking at last month's bill, at least.

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sweetandshort

Challenge: March: Bingo
Fandom: Word of Honor

Tired	Hero

Peace	Star

anneapocalypse

Fandom: Final Fantasy XIV
Rating: Mature
Archive Warnings: Major Character Death
Relationships: Urianger Augurelt/Moenbryda Wilfsunnwyn, Urianger Augurelt & Moenbryda Wilfsunnwyn, Ardbert & Urianger Augurelt, Unrealized Ardbert/Urianger Augurelt, Pre-Urianger Augurelt/Warrior of Light
Characters: Urianger Augurelt, Moenbryda Wilfsunnwyn, Ardbert Hylfyst, Elidibus, Unukalhai, Tataru Taru, Minfilia Warde, Warrior of Light, Dewlala Dewla, Y'shtola Rhul, Yugiri Mistwalker, Thancred Waters, J'Rhoomale, Blanhaerz, Lamimi, Naillebert, Haneko Burneko
Additional Tags: Grief/Mourning, Angst, Religion, Isolation, Loneliness, Patch 3.4: Soul Surrender Spoilers (Final Fantasy XIV), Elezen Warrior of Light, Female Warrior of Light, Canon-Typical Violence, Guilt, Emotional Repression, Child Neglect, Childhood Memories, Unresolved Sexual Tension, Internalized Ableism
Series: With Lilies and With Laurel
Length: 61,957 / 92,000
Chapter: 10/15

Summary:

Heartbroken after the loss of his dearest companion, Urianger labors to save two worlds in which he has never felt more alone.

Notes:

In light of the way Y'shtola speaks of her own disability, I thought it might be best to add an "Internalized Ableism" tag, so that has been done.

If you're new here, please start with Chapter 1!

Final Fantasy XIV is owned by Square Enix. This is a non-commercial work of fanfiction.

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brightknightie

I almost never post about non-fannish things here. I'm making a rare exception for this one. ♥

The third "No Kings" event is tomorrow, Saturday, March 28, everywhere. Go to https://www.nokings.org/, scroll down to "Find an event near you," and enter your zip code or address. You can sign up or just show up. Be peaceful, be joyful, show each other we're not alone.

After, find the next thing you can do, perhaps at https://indivisible.org/get-involved/find-a-group/. Stuffing envelopes, writing letters, making calls, giving rides ... there's something that suits you that will help.

(Thank for your indulgence of this non-fannish post. Back to all fannish here now!)

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Challenge: March: This and That
Prompt: Trust
Fandoms: Fangs of Fortune, Word of Honor, The Yin-Yang Master: Dream of Eternity

Moments of trust.

Fangs of Fortune - Trust 01 by Tarlan

The Yin-Yang Master - Dream of Eternity - Trust by Tarlan

muccamukk

RAYE's This Album May Contain Hope has dropped. I have a three-hour plus bus trip to visit my parents. I'm going to put it on repeat.

ailelie

I fell in a manhole on Wednesday afternoon while still on the clock for work.

When I say I fell in, I mean, the ground disappeared and I dropped. I caught myself by my elbows and leaning forward, but my right shin is all scraped up (and still slowly bleeding if I walk on it, which I have to do) and my high upper left thigh is all abrasions and bruises.

The left thigh is the worst part because that muscle is now bruised and you use that muscle to move. Walking hurts. Steps are killer. I've figured out that if I turn my left foot out a bit and move the side of my foot forward instead, then shift my hips to swing my right leg forward, it doesn't hurt as much and I can move more quickly. Even so.

I've got a wedge pillow so I've been using that and sleeping on my couch (easier to keep the wedge in place) to keep my legs elevated while I sleep.

The abrasions also burn-itch, especially after I put on antibiotic cream and change the bandage.

I'm better today than yesterday, if only because I was able to pull my left leg up into my chair to sit. I've filled out the fun medical materials for work. I could have apparently taken yesterday off (except I had to go in to file the report). Nearly everyone I tell says I should sue the city. And I'm like, 'for what?' No broken bones. No permanent injuries. Yes, walking hurts, but I can walk. Yes, it shouldn't have happened, but ?

Anyway. That's me right now. I'm working from home today. Not my favorite thing to do (I like my routine w/ writing time), but it is easier to elevate here/etc.

tassosss

I've been listening to the audio book, and it's good. It's a classic romance structure and the show is a really faithful adaptation. What I'm really enjoying about it is the inner voice we get to hear from both Shane and Ilya. They are so head over heels for each other but they won't admit it, or look at those feelings because they're so afraid of what that means.

Good stuff.

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fancake

Fandom: MCU
Pairings/Characters: Loki, Thor
Rating: Gen
Length: 13k
Creator Links:
Theme: siblings, AU, fork in the road, character development, gen, politics, family,

Summary: "Because you are my brother," Thor told him.

(Politics and family on Asgard. A brotherly love story.)

Reccer's Notes: This goes AU just after the first Thor movie. It's a fascinating exploration of what might have been, and of Thor and Loki and Odin and what it means to be King of Asgard.

Fanwork Links: That Sheds His Blood With Me

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fancake

Fandom: BBC Sherlock
Pairings/Characters: Sherlock Holmes, John Watson
Rating: teen
Length: 3k
Creator Links:

AJHall
Theme: siblings, family, gen, friendship, asexual characters, fandom classic

Summary: "Anyway. Enough of my embarrassing sibling brothel stories. Tell me yours."

A Sherlock conversation, over breakfast.

Reccer's Notes: I am shocked to find that this fic has not been recced before! This is a such a lovely picture of John and Sherlock's relationship, contrasted with Sherlock and Mycroft's relationship. (Not all sibling relationships are good or healthy.)

Fanwork Links: Breakfast at 221B

tielan

I crossed a mighty ocean
from the bloody tides of war,
I am a storm-tossed seeker
Of a welcome peace-filled shore.
My children will not learn the speech
Their ancestors did tongue
But in this land of hope they will
become Australian

I sought an education
respected through the world,
I yearn for opportunity
to see my thoughts unfurl
This land accepts my knowledge
My work beneath the sun
And here in mind and body I'll
become Australian.

tielan

Short story: I climbed up on an unsecured stool in the garden, fell off and whacked the back of my head on the edge of a bathtub garden. Right parietal. Still the skull, so protected, but there was definite OW involved.

tl;dr I got it checked out, and scans, and no concussion or symptoms, but I'm taking it easy

I had a sore head with a lump, no blackouts or dizziness, definite swelling. Got the neighbour to take me to the doctor, then to the station so I could go get it scanned - ultrasound and CT. Haematoma (ie. blood swelling) but no significant injury that they could spot.

Still no dizziness or blackouts, no memory loss (that I can tell) and everything seems fine so far. I'm still typing.

That said, today, my right side is all achey - I've been having issues along the outside hip, involving stiffness of the muscle - it gets better after movement, but for the duration of the stiffness, it's not fun. Now, my right hand and right foot are feeling tingly. I have a bunch of very marginal neural issues on the right side of my body, so this has probably just exacerbated it. Either way, it's not fun.

Luckily the Edible Garden Trail is done so far as hosting is concerned. I'm planning to go out on the trail with a friend tomorrow - I have a plan, but it's fairly extensive so we'll see how we manage going along. Could be good, could be a problem. I'm going along with the woman I invited over for Christmas Day lunch - she seemed pretty happy to come along and visit gardens, so that'll be nice.

The main issue of going on the Trail is probably going to be petrol and driving. Through Sydney city and inner west, it's going to be just a wee smidge rough.

Although, interestingly, today I went to the doc for the follow-up on the scans. (Everthing's fine.) And although it was lunchtime on Friday there was almost nobody at the cafes next to the station. That's unheard of. I suspect a lot of people aren't eating out as often - which wasn't the case during COVID. The city businesses suffered then, but I suspect that with everyone pulling back from excessive spending, we're going to see a lot of local business going out as well...

*sigh*

Finally got paid via the new payroll company, as well as the 'catchup' pay that I missed out on at the start of the month. Phew.

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And in other money news...

stories about my father

...well, not quite. Dad is coming to Sydney in April. Probably. If a Sydney client will pay him. He's been waiting for four months for this client to pay him, though... It's eternal optimism with him. And, honestly, I understand the hope, but also...I'm kind of like, "Could you not have just made nice quiet money the way your wife was doing back when you met her? Basic real estate stuff? Did you have to get glamourous and intiative-driven and foward-thinking?" Oh Dad.

I just want to shake my head at my dad. I love him but...

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Anyway, it is Friday, I have just finished work. It is the weekend, and I suppose I should try to do some writing, but on the writing front I have been absolutely awful. I have to rewrite the Final Confrontation of Book 1 again - finally found the plot notes for it...

So close! SO CLOSE!

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Did I mention the new chickens we got? We got two, one died, we got another two, and the three are hanging out together pretty happily. Except that we just had a cold snap (went from 25-30C days down to 15-20C days like that) and while they're doing okay-ish outside, we're bringing them in at night.

...Actually, I wonder if we could stick them all in the one cage. We were keeping them separate so we could tell whose shit was whose (for a while we thought they might be experiencing the same issue that the other chick died of) but it's just coccidiosis, which we're treating with special water. And they're not so large that it's impossible to fit them all in one cage overnight right now. Hm. It's a thought.

Right. Time to rest up.

brigid

"Bitter Orange" is from a monthly subscription bag and I can't find it on the site. It came with Wake the Dead. Both share bitter/burnt/caramel notes.

The description of Bitter Orange is "So much orange, burnt sugar, salted caramel, and chocolate."

I was looking forward to this but I don't really detect caramel or chocolate and the orange is very bitter and astringent, not orange-juice-y. I really like a few of their chocolate scents, especially Here's the thing: fuck everyone.

To be fair, I have a difficult relationship with orange juice and oranges since starting lithium (which I stopped taking because although it's a miracle solution for many people I had all the weird bad side effects that weren't potentially deadly, including it affecting my taste). Oranges/orange juice have tasted utterly foul since then, a taste I can't even describe except "bad" or "danger." It doesn't taste rotten or spoiled; it doesn't taste like garbage; it doesn't taste acrid or chemical-y. It just tastes like "do not drink."

For quite a long time that's how water tasted but it rarely does now, thank goodness. I was so, so thirsty.

So I don't really detect orange in this, which is a shame as I love the smell of oranges, and I don't pick up on chocolate even though I do in other perfumes they make.

I don't like this one. I don't think it's a "doesn't play well with my skin" thing either because even in the bottle it smells simplistic - like burnt sugar, but not sugar that's burnt in a nice way.when I make caramel sauce I make it darker than most people do, just this edge of burnt, a hint of bitter that livens it up. I was really anticipating liking this scent.

Alas.

It does have an interesting smoke-but-not-smoke essence to it a few hours after I put it on but it's not interesting enough to keep wearing and, again, the bitterness overshadows it.

I can really see this appealing to a certain type of person who's into bitter burnt sugar stuff but it's not for me.

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This is your check-in post for today. The poll will be open from midnight Universal or Zulu Time (8pm Eastern Time) on Thursday, March 26, to midnight on Friday, March 27 (8pm Eastern Time).

Poll #34416 Daily check-in poll

This poll is closed.
Open to: Access List, detailed results viewable to: Access List, participants: 23

How are you doing?

I am OK
12 (54.5%)

I am not OK, but don't need help right now
10 (45.5%)

I could use some help
0 (0.0%)

How many other humans live with you?

I am living single
10 (43.5%)

One other person
8 (34.8%)

More than one other person
5 (21.7%)

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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julian

Crash upshot: I didn't even get a headache. Fuckin' weird. Calluna was basically vague and headachy and a little concussed for 2 days, and is now mostly OK.

( Crash stuff and emotions, cut because slightly long. )

In other news, I have now gotten one of my new ATM cards, but not the other, and I haven't gotten my new updated-address driver's license or registration yet, nor my new wallet, so I have presents still upcoming. (Presents from myself. I like presents, so sue me.) The new wallet will be purple, and is redundant for now, since I was able to (finally) get to the Arlington Police Department a couple days ago and get my old wallet, which still had my $20 cash in it, and also my cat's prescription for her meds, and all the cards and stuff, so thank you universe for being gentle.

Also, I have been being frustrated in my photography habit because I couldn't find the charger for the specific camera I really wanted to use, currently, and I found two of them in my excavation of my car! Woo. (There's another one *somewhere* that I carefully packed in *some box or bag*, but I don't know where it iiiiiis. I was about to buy another one, but now don't have to.)

And now, a picture of my car (at the scene, with cell phone), cut because one cuts pictures. For some reason I didn't take any pictures, at the scene or elsewhere, of the entire length of the passenger's side, but one can see the issues. Also, I have been trying, for the past more-than-a-month, to fix my passenger side mirror, which I had munged in my garage. I kept having to reschedule because of Other Things Going On. So uh, don't have to worry about *that* anymore...

( Picture. )

*good call, Gingi

rosa_heartlily

This time last year I was taking a walk with Husband, digging in the garden, cleaning out the cup cupboard, watching The Secret Millionaire, and playing Forspoken.

Today, I allowed myself some YT, mostly explorations of old paintings.

After breakfast I went to St Margaret's. Our vicar was back after having their gall bladder removed. We swapped operations stories! Our rector prayed for me in my new role. On the way to the office, I picked up eggs for the kidlings - one with a soft toy rabbit for Younger Grandson, and one with a soft toy dragon for Granddaughter.

In the office I poked at a few AI-related things and watched a couple of sessions from the PMXPO. It kept me occupied all day.

We tried a new chippy for tea. Don't know if we'll go back.

And now I'm watching some old Doctor Who to finish the day.

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ysobel

One thing I am discovering is that I hate how I look right now.

It's not new -- not liking photos/videos of myself has been the case for a while -- but it hasn't come up much because I don't really do mirrors. But I'm taking progress pictures of my ear, and a) it looks horrible; b) I'm still adjusting to how much of the ear had to go (only like 1/5, but more than the hole-punch taken from my nose ten years ago, which needed no reconstruction); and c) my throat makes me look like a bullfrog (I tend towards double-chin-ness anyway because my head is fixed at a slightly downward angle, but it's super puffy lately because of the submandibular flareups I've been getting)

At least I have cute shirts and cute earrings ...

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aurumcalendula

I swear I remember reading a due South fic a while ago that opened with RayK belatedly realizing he kissed Fraser when saying goodbye to him while leaving a bar after work (iirc they weren't together yet), but I'm not having luck finding it on AO3. Does it sound familar to anyone?

ETA:

ride_4ever found it! It's Unplanned by Beth H

mrs_sweetpeach

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runpunkrun

LOVED the art. Fun, colorful, cartoony, and expressive. Brings to mind Matt Groening and John Allison.

LOVED that there's more trans and genderqueer characters than you can shake a stick at.

LOVED the framing device with the kids in the museum.

LIKED the first half of the book with the Spiritual Association of Peers, a secretive community/cult that lives in the lawless exurbs outside the New York City Administrative and Security Territory and refuses to talk to the researcher sent to research them.

LIKED our hapless trans man Lucius Pasternak, researcher, who's just trying to do his job.

NOT KEEN on the second half of the book with the visions and the monster(s) as a metaphor for, idk, self-loathing or capitalism or whatever. It's not a trope I have a natural affinity for and this didn't sell me on it. I want real monsters or I want self-loathing, but don't outsource the problem. The romance also felt whatever. There was chemistry between them, but little else.

UNSATISFIED by the ending, which seems to be resolved in passing by two randos, but also raises a lot of big questions that go unanswered and left me skeptical.

IN SHORT, the first half is kind of a mystery where you're getting to know the players and the setting, and the second half is a kind of gory fairy tale where it's about types of people and social movements, big picture stuff, and I felt like it didn't really match up with the first half.

BUT I'm always glad to read something from Lubchansky and this was a fun way to spend some time.

CONTAINS: some misgendering, including from the robotic health care system; nudity; sex; animal harm (scraggly and aggressive wild bear); violence; cartoon blood and guts; cartoon cops and their cartoon blood and guts.

anneapocalypse

You may recall I made a music post way back in early December sharing a song from The Terrordactyls, from an album I'd just bought for Bandcamp Friday. I bought the CD + digital combo, because I like owning physical media. As I had the digital download instantly, I wasn't too particular about when the CD arrived, and as December brought on a family crisis, I wasn't exactly watching the shipping very closely. Anyway, December passed, and then January, and the album never arrived. Physical items bought through Bandcamp are sold and shipped by the label, but they do give you a contact form in case there's an issue with your purchase. Though I wasn't especially broken up about it, I did contact the label asking if they could give me any information or a tracking number, and then again in March when the album had still failed to arrive. Receiving no response, I was about ready to be content with my digital album and give the CD up for lost. Sure, I could have filed a chargeback for the difference, but for the price of a latte, from an indie artist I wanted to support? Probably not worth it, to me.

And just as I'd given up, last week, a package arrived in my mailbox. Coming from Austria, as it turns out (I never got tracking info, just a shipping confirmation and an estimated delivery date, long past), which might explain the delay. (I'm in the US, and well. Waves hands at all that.)

But better late than never, and I'm delighted to have it. In addition to some fun album art, which I love, there's also four bonus tracks the digital album did not include.

( It also came with this... )

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Now That's What I Call... The Terrordactyls - Sabina

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maggie33

I had to go to Warsaw for a few days without my laptop, so now I have a lot to catch up with when it comes to my currently watched dramas. But I did watch the finale of Cat For Cash in Warsaw on my phone. And I’m suing them for emotional damages, because I sobbed my heart out. It was a lovely and beautiful finale for a fluffy and sweet and touching drama. It has a bit of angst (especially in the first and the last episode), and it has a lot of heart and a delightful happy ending.

Another drama that made me teary-eyed lately was Phantom Lawyer and its 4th episode. It’s a new kdrama with Yoo Yeon Seok about a lawyer who unexpectedly started seeing ghosts. It’s good and very enjoyable so far. Hope it will continue being good and enjoyable for all 16 episodes.

One more thing – I really, really want to see this ballet. There will be a few performances at Sadler Wells in London in May, but unfortunately I don’t think I will be able to fly to London just to see a ballet then. And it’s not even a matter of finances (although a bit about that, too, I still don’t work after all), but mainly I’m worried about my health and about mom’s health. There’s always something wrong lately. *sigh*

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+ I'm back at work, though one day later than I expected to be. It'll be a shorter trip of only four weeks, so now I just need the fishery to be good. I'd love to come home without my brain leaking out my ears; it took me over two weeks to recoup last time.

+ 2026 is shaping up to be a great movie year. I highly recommend both The Testament of Ann Lee and Project Hail Mary, plus there's both Pillion and Dune 3 to look forwards to. I guess I can hope really hard they don't fuck up Ready or Not 2? (I'm definitely showing up either way, if only for the cast)

+ Other things to look forward to: Microsoft Flight Simulator is set to get its VR update sometime next month. So long as it's not borked on the base PS5, that's a day one purchase for me. There's a bunch of cities to fly around, a safari/hot balloon thing, helicopter rescue missions, etc. It might even be just the thing to let my mom play.

+ And on the subject of my mom: she'll be moving back home! My brother and his partner are splitting up, and my nephew is old enough that she doesn't see him that much anymore, so now she's looking for an apartment to buy. I'm really happy about it. Both for my own sake and for hers.

Now I just have to bee diligent with looking for places we can visit in England. Hoping we can do a fun two week vacation there in August.

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https://xkcd.com/3224/

Yes, the cosmic microwave background is great, but what about the earthly microwave foreground?

https://xkcd.com/3224/

settiai

In tonight's game, ( the rest under a cut for those who don't care. )

And that's where we left off.

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What I've recently finished reading:

Cinder House by Freya Marske, which is a gothicy Cinderella retelling except that Cinderella is a ghost. For some reason I had osmosed it was f/f, which it is not, though it's not strictly het. The various analogs to the fairy tale were mostly quite charming, and the various rules of ghostness and magic as well - I enjoyed it a great deal. More of a novella than a novel.

What I've recently finished watching:

It looks like I didn't say anything after I finished Pluribus; it was...okay, interesting, some weird plot-gaps (not exactly holes, but) that had me thinking, "yes, but..." a lot.

We watched A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms which was enjoyable enough, though I could have done without certain graphic disgustingness.

Bridgerton S4 was fun as usual. Sophie was delightful (another Cinderella story, hee, complete with evil stepmama!) and the resolution there surprised me a little but I liked it. I was expecting a different outcome of Francesca's story due to osmosis about the books, but I guess that will happen next season. I was completely gobsmacked to see Cressida again but as usual her terrible sartorial choices made for excellent comic relief.

Okay, this was definitely a shorter media review than usual, but I need to finish packing - we're heading out on a camper van roadtrip vacation tomorrow morning. See you all sometime in April!

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This is your check-in post for today. The poll will be open from midnight Universal or Zulu Time (8pm Eastern Time) on Wednesday, March 25, to midnight on Thursday, March 26. (8pm Eastern Time).

Poll #34414 Daily Check-in

This poll is closed.
Open to: Access List, detailed results viewable to: Access List, participants: 27

How are you doing?

I am OK.
15 (57.7%)

I am not OK, but don't need help right now.
11 (42.3%)

I could use some help.
0 (0.0%)

How many other humans live with you?

I am living single.
12 (44.4%)

One other person.
9 (33.3%)

More than one other person.
6 (22.2%)

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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Health

I would welcome some sunshine and warmth. It would help so much. Hurry up April.

Teacher stuff

Next week's class is done. I can rest a day or two and start on to the next. I have 3 classes left. Time flies. Next week's class is on Book clubs. It's a whole different whole of book clubs in the 21 century.

Reading

One of the homeworks my students had was to give me a reading recommendation of Nordic noir novel with little or no graphic violence with a police detective or amateur detective. I got one recommendation (the homeworks are not mandatory) and it fit so well with the request. I went through it in 3 days.

Sara Lövestam. Chacun sa vérité / The Truth Behind the Lie. This is noir just a little bit off on the psychological side. Original, stunning and completely not typical with a twist you might not see coming. I didn't. I'm starting book 2. There are 4 in this series.

Made some progress on These Violent Delights but got sidetrack by the noir novel.

I have Les carnets de l'apothicaire #7 and #8 waiting. #8 is coming out in English next week.

Watching

I do not normally watch k-drama. I find them very different and less to my taste than c-drama. But... I watched Love Scout last week-end since I am not going back to Pursuit of Jade until all the episodes are available. I liked it. It's green flag all the way and a nice grown up modern romance. But man, the villain characters male and female are really, really caricatures. Larger than normal and not in a good way. Still for the leads, the little girl, the book shop and the team of secondary characters of the FL business, it's worth a watch, Just fast forward the baddies parts.

I'm rewatching while cross-stitching You are my hero because I need some cute Bai Jing Ting, an atypical FL, a good Wang Yang (yes I still like his work even if I was disappointed by the whole Magnolia awards two years ago). I'm fastforwarding through the second leads romance, they are cute but second time around they are a little boring. The mature romance Wang Yang and Zhang Yao is much more interesting and lovely.

Crafting

My red fox is coming along I'm almost at 75% done.

My pyrography class last week was really nice. I even got myself a kit and will eventually do more.

Here my first piece. A tulip. I did a partial image transfer and worked on the shading and the lines.

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The first episode of the new season of Daredevil: Born Again does feel more solid than season one. I don't know if this indicates a better season overall but the pacing felt more natural, conversations didn't feel oddly crammed into blocks of a few minutes. The action scenes are better but still nowhere near the level of the old Netflix series. The performances are good with one new supporting character being a standout.

( Mild spoilers behind the cut )

Daredevil: Born Again is available on Disney+.

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Now That's What I Call... "Full Tilt" - Janis Joplin

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MinoanMiss's obituary. Which I will eventually be able to read.

If you knew her and you have some cash to spare, there is a GoFundMe for burial & memorial costs.

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I am hanging out with

jackabug and

teland this week, after meeting

katarik and having a meal with Jack, Kat, and

jadelennox after the memorial last weekend.

It is good to be on vacation.

I am mostly Not Thinking about the event this weekend, to which I was going to take

minoanmiss, because when I think about it, it makes me want to cry. On the plus side, I will have quite a few other people I know there to talk to, sing with, and hug.

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