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Advent calendar 18

Everyone sat down, except the Junior Side infants, already packed into choir stalls and sanctuary, who now stood ready to open the proceedings with Good King Wenceslaus.

This successfully delivered, the infants stampeded quietly up to the surrounding galleries to listen to the rest of the carols, and II.B. took their place. At one moment there was a marked difference of opinion concerning the order in which their carols were to be sung, but this was overcome by the less numerous supporters of We Three Kings of Orient Are singing more loudly and determinedly than the confused majority who favoured The Cherry-Tree Carol. II.A.'s performance was enlivened by no such excitements: and III.B. unexpectedly distinguished themselves by singing one unfamiliar carol, one which began Go in Adoration, go to Bethlehem.

III.A., Lower IV.B., Lower IV.A., Upper IV.B.—there was still ages before their own turn came, thought Esther, calming a little: until, with a tremor of alarm, she realized that no other form, so far, had done it the way Upper IV.A. were going to. No one else had had an orchestra, Miss Ussher had accompanied them on the organ: no one else had announced the titles of their carols: above all, no one else had had soloists.... How awful, thought Esther, if it were only Upper IV.A. who had such things: and she wondered anxiously if, when Tim realized this, she'd decide to alter everything, even though it was the last possible moment. Even if it made a bit of a muddle, it'd be better than being so different....

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(This was when I was working for a variety store where store managers choose from a catalogue of items to put in their shops. Our tills are next to the sweets, where I hear a conversation between my supervisor and a customer couple.) Customer: We’re looking for gommes (pronounced like gone with an m) Supervisor: […]

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Déjà Food

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The cashier is taking an order during the morning shift at a fast-food place. The customer orders multiple of the same item, which uses pre-made ingredients and is pre-prepared (not made to order).
Customer: "It better be made right this time. I want it full. Not like how you usually give me. Every [Same Corporate Franchise] in town makes better ones than this store."

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For my toddler, my mother is Grandma and my mother-in-law is Grammy. In theory, this will make things less confusing, but at the moment, she’s still working out which ending goes with which grandmother. Toddler, seeing Grammy: “Grandma!” Grammy: “No honey, I’m Grammy. Grandma is your mama’s mama.” Toddler, completely unbothered: “Grammy!” Me: “There you […]

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【城翊】还愿

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*抓马真假少爷，城真少爷翊假少爷，恨海情天
*OOC致歉，无逻辑一切为了狗血
*生日随便写了个主要为了让他俩同一天生，不必在意

Words: 11705, Chapters: 1/1, Language: 中文-普通话國語

Fandoms: 猎罪图鉴 | Under the Skin (TV 2022), 猎罪图鉴 | Under the Skin (TV 2022) RPF, 城翊 - Fandom, 城心城翊 - Fandom
Rating: Not Rated
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Categories: M/M

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December Days 02025 #17: Persistence

It's December Days time again. This year, I have decided that I'm going to talk about skills and applications thereof, if for no other reason than because I am prone to both the fixed mindset and the downplaying of any skills that I might have obtained as not "real" skills because they do not fit some form of ideal.

( 17: Persistence )

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merci (19 December 2025)

What are you thankful for this week?
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No Escaping Bad Decisions

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A couple had started their day here not only by not completing the waivers that are legally required, but had us scrambling to find them since they somehow SNUCK INTO THE ESCAPE ROOM via a secondary entrance, which has a big and obvious sign to not use said entrance.

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2025 Disneyland Trip #78 (12/17/25)

Disneyland is still way more crowded than I was anticipating. We got over to the parks around 6:30pm and were planning to get dinner from the Festival of Holidays carts at DCA and assumed it would be less crowded there than at Disneyland, but the lines to get in were really long for some reason. Once we were actually inside it wasn't too bad (still crowded, though), so I guess it was just a case of a lot of people arriving for after work trips at the same time.

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Thursday, December 18, 2025 Moon Phase

http://www.almanac.com/moon/calendar

Current Moon Phase for Thursday, December 18, 2025

From The Old Farmer's Almanac.

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and so the conversation turned, until the sun went down

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Daily Happiness

1. Spent most of the work day cleaning up data and while I originally thought it was going to take me a couple days, I actually got the whole file done today, which was nice.

2. We went to Disneyland for dinner. Still way more crowded than I would have thought with so many passholders blocked out, but not quite as bad as last Monday. We did have some really delicious food, though. And we finally managed to get some more of those cranberry orange loaves from Jolly Holiday and brought them home for breakfast tomorrow.

3. Jasper's really loving the warming bed now that it has lost its sides and become a warming cushion. Not sure if it's because of the new shape or because it's on top of a chest rather than on the floor, but he's into it.

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Signup Post: Arts and Crafts Challenges in 2026

There are all kinds of craft challenges and goals that people like to do. Some are individual, others are group events. Some are all year, others shorter. Some have speculative fiction themes, others are ordinary. They span a great many different arts and crafts including but not limited to crochet, drawing, knitting, painting, quilting, sewing, and woodworking. Here are some for your inspiration. On Dreamwidth, see communities for Art and Crafts. Note that

get_knitted makes regular checkin posts for your craft projects.

You can pick whichever challenge(s) you want to set as a goal in 2026 and reply with a comment. Below the list of challenges is a short form for listing which you have chosen. Make a post in your blog like "I signed up for the Arts and Crafts challenge in

goals_on_dw" -- or list the specific challenge if you're doing an official one somewhere else instead of a personal one here. Then make a tag for it like "Arts and Crafts Challenge" and put that on the post; it should stick that way. Check your Interests page to see if you have Art, Crafts, Crochet, Painting, etc. listed there, which helps people find you. You don't have to sign up to participate, it just helps spread the word and attract more readers.

There is a Bingo Card Generator if you want to make your own using premade lists or whatever prompts you want to paste in. Various sizes and styles are available.

See also the Fannish 50 challenge, which simply aims to post fifty entries on any topic in fandom. If you want to crochet the crew of the Enterprise, sew a complete capsule wardrobe inspired by hobbits, or carve a replica of Hogwarts, go for it. Either writing about or posting pictures of your progress will count. You can even double-count anything that applies to two or more goals, e.g. stashbusting, crochet, and Fannish 50.

Do you know of any other arts and crafts challenges in 2026? Share a link so they can be added to the list of options.

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d&d: aurendor

Aurendor D&D: Summary for 12/17 Game

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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Everything I've previously read by M.T. Anderson emotionally devastated me, so I despite the fact that Nicked was billed as a comedy I went in bravely prepared to be emotionally devastated once again.

This did not happen .... although M.T. Anderson cannot stop himself from wielding a sharp knife on occasion, it it turns out the book is indeed mostly a comedy .....

Nicked is based on a Real Historical Medieval Heist: the city of Bari is plague-ridden, and due to various political pressures the City's powers have decided that the way to resolve this is to steal the bones of St. Nicholas from their home in Myra and bring them to Bari to heal the sick, revive the tourism trade, and generally boost the city's fortunes. The central figures on this quest are Nicephorus, a very nice young monk who had the dubious fortune of receiving a dream about St. Nicholas that might possibly serve as some sort of justification for this endeavor, and Tyun, a professional relic hunter (or con artist? Who Could Say) who is not at really very nice at all but is Very Charismatic And Sexy, which is A Problem for Nicephorus.

The two books that Nicked kept reminding me of, as I read it, were Pratchett's Small Gods and Tolmie's All the Horses of Iceland. Both of those books are slightly better books than this, but as both of them are indeed exceptionally good books I don't think it takes too much away from Nicked to say that it's not quite on their level: it's still really very fun! And, unlike in those other somewhat better books, the unlikely companions do indeed get to make out!

I did end it, unsurprisingly, desperately wanting to know more about the sources on which it was based to know what we do know about this Real Historical Medieval Heist, but it turns out they are mostly not translated into English. Foiled again!

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The Secret of Us episode 10:

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What Are You Playing Wednesday

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a few recent highlights

Drive-by life update:

1. I have properly moved into my new apartment, by which I mean I am now sleeping and eating here. My books are still in my aunt's garage, and my plants are still in my parents' basement (right up against a south-facing patio door; they're fine, don't worry), but I have acquired a new sofa as well as an over-the-toilet storage rack, a kitchen storage/counter unit, a folding step-stool, and assorted hardware supplies. I still need a few more things, but overall it's shaping up nicely.

2. I have settled in at work, and I think it's going fairly well. Credentialing is a pain but I have been figuring out where information is stored and tidying up a bunch of old and/or duplicate files and folders, as well as making spreadsheets to keep track of data and projects.

3. This morning I had my 6-month follow-up for my uterine fibroid embolization, which basically meant I had a pelvic ultrasound so the tech and a doctor could look at my innards and make sure nothing seemed problematic. I am pleased to report that the fibroid in question (the one that pressed against my bladder) has shrunk from 4.9cm to 3.5cm. I mean, I'd already experienced a significant reduction in phantom urinary urges by two weeks after the June surgery, but it's nice to have hard numbers to back up my experience.

4. I got my Yuletide fic posted last night, so not quite right up against the deadline, but I am still moderately annoyed at myself for procrastinating. Ah well. There's always next year.

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Current Music: NCIS

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Things I did not need

1. To find out my insurance changed coverage and I owed money on a script (not much, just enough to be annoying AF)

2. That CVS doesn't have my insulin. Again. I know why. They have a fucking dorm fridge to store all insulins, GPL1s and vaccine (plus other meds surely that I don't know but need refrigerated)

3. taking a half hour to get thru the CVS line and the line to the car wash was even longer so I had to skip it (I had a thing I had to get to) which sucks because I was on the ground floor of the parking garage yesterday and the level above me is outside and they salted it and it dripped everywhere.

4. There was an 18 wheeler on its side and I was thinking that is going to take me forever to get home but they did something I've never seen before. About 5 miles north of the accident they put up 'accident head' signs and moved everyone over there and there was no back up.

5. My olive oil brined garlic leaked in the pantry bin. I was digging through to find the food part of my parents' holiday gift and it didn't just leak, it coated everything in at least an inch of oil. It took over an hour to clean off every can and bottle and toss out things in boxes. Ugh. Ruined my clothes in the process.

6. My vascular surgeon never called in my meds.

At least I got the car partially packed. I still have to clean the kitchen in the morning since the damn pantry issue took up too much time.

Still half ready to cry. But I had my writers zoom thingie and I'm 4K into a story.

What I Just Finished Reading:

Death at the Door - paranormal mystery wanted to bitch slap the protagonist

What I am Currently Reading:

To Die Once - a Maisie Dobbs mystery which I haven't read one of these in a while and this is...slow. It's way more about the effect of war on the English people (who were still recovering from WWI) than it's a mystery

Tell Tale Treat - another paranormal mystery with another protagonist ripe for being bitch slapped

What I Plan to Read Next: Poorly Made and Other Things

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It's fuckin' wimdy

(A phrase attached permanently to my hindbrain.)

It is, indeed, fuckin wimdy right now. (Current peak gusts have been over 100mph!)

Our local power company enacted some preventive power cuts (Public Safety Power Shutoff) to help minimize the potential for downed lines sparking wildfires. I am in favor of this, as much as it sucks, because we have had some extraordinarily awful and destructive wildfires. (No one wants another Marshall Fire.)

While (*knock wood*) so far we haven't had more than the briefest of power flickers at home, my office was within the PSPS area. These areas were announced yesterday, originally slated to start at noon, and later moved up to 10am. While yesterday it was still couched as them "maybe" cutting power, by later yesterday and certainly by this morning, it was definite: they would be cutting power at 10am for the announced areas.

A mildly annoying timeline:

- On Tuesday afternoon, the power company announces the *potential* for a PSPS on Wednesday in light of wind and fire risk forecasts, probably around 12.

- Many local schools and county government offices announce schedule adjustments, planning for early closures.

- My manager called me in the afternoon: my company had made the decision to cancel all appointments on Wednesday afternoon in preparation for the wind, and office staff would be going home at noon Wednesday in order to beat the wind and since we anticipated losing power.

- Into late afternoon, the PSPS announcements are tending more toward this IS a planned action, no longer just a potential.

- Government offices declare they will close for the entire day.

- My manager texts me in the evening, saying that despite the warnings only growing MORE emphatic, the company had decided that we will only close early IF the power went out; otherwise, we should plan to stay for the entire day, even though all appointments had been cancelled. Gotta answer phones.

- Relatively late into the night, county schools decided to close for the entire day on Wednesday (which is a pain at least for the high schools, since it's finals week!)

- By this morning, the PSPS announcement is a definite warning; power to the planned areas will shut off at 10:00.

- I go to work, starting at 9:30. No one else seems aware that the 10:00 time was a definite time; everyone is still operating on "maybe around 12:00."

- It is not yet windy.

- There is one group of appointments that was missed in the rescheduling flurry from yesterday, so we call them and ask them to move up to before 12:00.

- At exactly 10:00 the power goes out. Shock. Amaze.

- We are told by upper management to "wait and see." (FOR WHAT? THE POWER IS OUT AND NOT SLATED TO EVEN POSSIBLY COME ON UNTIL AFTER 6PM. WE CAN DO NOTHING.)

- Some of those students we called do come in; we do our best to handle their tests in the lobby, since that's the only room with windows, and to enter their results on our phones.

- My manager asks again how long we should stay. It's still not windy, but the power is, crucially, still out. No computers. No phones. No students. WE ARE JUST SITTING. In an increasingly hot office, because we have no fans or central air, and the sun comes directly in the windows. The answer is "Stay as long as you feel safe! :)" Which... no, it isn't unsafe right now, but THERE IS NOTHING TO DO.

- Finally around 12:30 my manager did let me leave, because we really had nothing else to do. I think it was mostly because she was annoyed that Alex was waiting in the parking lot (because he knew the power was out, and didn't want to go home just to have to come back to pick me up), but whatever.

- The wind really did not start in our area until later afternoon, and even then wasn't terribly severe. It was far worse earlier to the north, and by now it is very windy here, too.

No idea yet if we'll have power at the office tomorrow. There is apparently a risk that they'll do another PSPS on Friday for forecast winds, with the warning that some areas where those warnings overlap could be without power for 3+ days, as they may not restore power just to cut it again. If our power is NOT on, I don't know what the plan will be... I don't know if they'll ask me to go to a different office (hope not, since those are all pretty far from me and I don't have any of my stuff, so I don't want to do that...) or if I'll have the choice to use a PTO day, or if I'll have to just sit in a dark, empty office..?

We will see.