arduinna

My least favorite part of the return to office is the driving, because I'd really prefer to be using those four hours per week to do other things (like not driving, lol). But listening to audiobooks in the car has definitely made the experience better, sometimes in unexpected ways.

As in, I used to spend a LOT of the drive to and from work thinking about work! But now I'm spending the drive thinking about BOOK, which is clearly 10,000x better. It's like as soon as I get in the car at the end of the day, work is OVER and my brain is totally in storytime mode. It feels much less like I need to Get Home for the workday to be over, which makes it much easier to sit in traffic and not get super frustrated and cranky.

ALSO it means that yesterday I arrived at work and some people were a little stressed about various aspects of the day, and meanwhile I was thinking 'THIS MAN HAS 43 HOURS LEFT TO LIVE AND IS TRACKING THE POTENTIAL LIFE SAVING CURE THROUGH A FROZEN LANDSCAPE.' It really put the rest of the day into perspective, is what I'm saying.

spikedluv

I had a chiropractic appointment this morning. I hit Price Chopper and the Pharmacy while I was downtown and got in a walk around the park.

I did two loads of laundry (both washed, dried AND folded!), hand-washed dishes, went for several walks with Pip and the dogs, cut up chicken for the dogs' meals, scooped kitty litter, and shaved. I grilled Italian sausage for Pip’s supper.

I read more in Duncan Kincaid.

Temps started out at 46.0(F) and reached 74.3. I did not wear shorts this morning because the temps were only supposed to be about 70, but tomorrow it will be high 70s, so I anticipate shorts again!

Mom Update:

Mom was tired today, but she still went out to sit on the porch. ( more back here )

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Writers: Scott Peterson and Kelley Puckett

Pencils: Damion Scott

Inks: Robert Campanella

Batgirl's attempt to save a man from assassins leads to her gaining invasive voices.

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Happy birthday,

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Title: Heron
Author: hapaxlegomena on AO3
Fandom: Stardew Valley
Characters: Shane, Farmer
Word Count: 11k
Rating: E
Warnings: CNTW

Summary: He'd never had much to do with their northern neighbour, though Marnie had always spoken highly of him, so he stuck a forkful of trout in his mouth instead of replying. So there was a new farmer in town. So what? They'd probably barely meet. It wasn't much to do with Shane.

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snickfic

Today I need to share with you the two best bits from the Mexico gigs, both on the second night, Sept 13.

ITEM ONE:
Here is a video of Noel directing the crowd to do the poznan, which is the Manchester City football club's special celebration dance. Liam's been having the crowd do it the whole tour, but this time he talked Noel into doing the explanation for the first time.

So much to observe here:
- Liam: "I've seen you do it," probably referring to this memorable occasion when Noel definitely did not do it.

- Noel greeting them in Spanish.

- Noel: "Not asking you to do the okey-cokey." 😅

- Noel explaining the correct process very clearly and efficiently, which is not something one would ever say about Liam's approach.

- But best of all: Noel saying "The big man doesn't ask for much," and then pausing to laugh at the utter and profound absurdity of this remark.

ITEM TWO
And here is Noel miming that Liam should throw his sombrero to the crowd (having already thrown his maracas and tambourine), and Liam handing it to him so HE can throw it. This is also the first time Noel's thrown anything on the tour AFAIK.

They're just having so much fun together and being so charming about it. Incredible. Not in our WILDEST DREAMS did any of us in the fandom dream anything like this was possible.

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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mistressofmuses

I took last Saturday and Sunday off to attend a model horse show with Alex. There haven't been many shows this year; he attended BreyerMidwest in the spring, but I wasn't able to take that weekend off, and the host who usually holds the majority of the semi-local shows has been taking a year off from it to do other things.

This one was held by a regular shower in the local community, and it was nice to have a show to attend!

It definitely made for a long day: we got up around 5:00 to get the car loaded, and then take Bella over to my mom's house for the day. We managed to get on the road by 6:30 or so (just slightly later than hoped, but did include getting coffee). After a couple hours' drive through mostly rural areas, we made it, just a bit after the 8:00 setup start.

The show itself was fun, but long, and a liiiiittle frustratingly disorganized. (The host kept changing things in the weeks leading up to the show, and continued changing things day-of.) Still, running a show includes SO many moving parts, and so much to keep track of, it's just a whole lot to do, so I appreciate anyone willing to do it!

Alex did pretty well - 21 NAN cards (the cards awarded to the top two places in each class of a NAN-qualifying show; serves as a "ticket" for that model to be entered into a relatively prestigious annual show) and 28 "Western Conference" cards (which appear to be an attempted regional "competitor" to NAN, which I have never heard of, despite it apparently having been a thing for 10 years... these "tickets" are awarded up to third place.)

Alex's biggest win was:

This is a custom that he did a few years ago. :) It was first in the custom Morgan class, and then went on to win the sectional champion for custom light breeds! (Got a ribbon and the 3-D printed dog. The show holder is very into German Shepherds, ha.)

This custom does extremely well for him, and deservedly so! The finishwork (done in pastels rather than paint) is extremely well done. (It's that much more exciting that it does so well, since he was the artist.) He never seems to believe that it does deserve it, though!

By the end, we were just extremely tired. The biggest divisions took a long time to get through, and we didn't end up finishing the last of it until 9:00... and then had to deal with the drive back.

I felt really bad making my mom stay up that late to wait for us to come get Bella. We made decent time on the way back (via a different route), and managed to get there just after 10:30 to pick her up, so not really much later than mom and Taylor would have been staying up anyway.

Mom said that Bella was very good. (She still hasn't really met Jaspurr; he came downstairs once, and as soon as Bella hopped off the loveseat to approach him, he bolted back upstairs and didn't come back down.)

Their excitement for the day was mom taking Bella on a neighborhood walk and finding...

A huge snake shed! Broom for scale, lol.

There is a huge bull snake somewhere in the neighborhood! :D

Current Mood: exhausted
Current Location: my apartment

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Project Title: To Feel the Sun
Fandom: Teen Wolf
Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/70993286
Summary: Stiles turns 16 and finally gets to register as a sub. He finds out that his soulmate is already registered and in fact he has two! Now there's the simple matter of tracking them down and getting to know them.
Warnings: Underage (Non sexual Dominance/Submission, but marked underage to be safe)
Characters: Chris Argent, Peter Hale, Stiles Stilinski, Original Character(s)
Pairings: Chris Argent/Peter Hale/Stiles Stilinski
When I Started: January 2024

torachan

1. I got my covid and flu shots today. Since I didn't have any meetings or other time-sensitive things this morning at work, I just stopped in the same medical offices where I'd made my appointment for next week and asked if they were doing walk-ins, too, and they were. Had to wait about ten minutes or so, but otherwise it was over pretty quickly. Carla hasn't been able to get hers yet because she's sick. D: (First test said not covid, but she's going to keep testing throughout the duration to make sure. So far I am not showing any signs of catching it, but we'll see. It is hard to avoid each other in our smallish house, though at least since it's summer all the windows and doors are open and the fans going all the time, so there's a lot of air circulation.)

2. Molly just loves this scratcher/ball toy. Sometimes for the scratcher, once in a while for the ball, but mostly just to lie on. It's apparently very comfy.

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Jeeves and the Feudal Spirit by P.G. Wodehouse

Another Jeeves novel. Spoilers ahead for the earlier ones.

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Jeeves and the Feudal Spirit by P.G. Wodehouse

Another Jeeves novel. Spoilers ahead for the earlier ones.

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yuuago

Sometimes I'm not satisfied with the way something came out, but then somebody comments positively on it. And then I realize, oh - I feel about it the way I do because I made it. (This happened today.)

Like, there was a vision in my head of how I wanted the thing to be, and then the result isn't what I had hoped, and that's frustrating and disappointing. But somebody reading it (or looking at it in the case of visual art) won't know about all that, because they didn't make it! They can't see inside my head! Whooooa! And if somebody else made this thing, I'd probably think it was all right. (Maybe not super duper amazing, but all right, and sometimes that's all you want!)

I think also, partly, I get very self-conscious when posting something that's the fic equivalent of rent-lowering gunshots. Like, I put upon myself this expectation that if I write something that a lot of people aren't into, I need to make it extra awesome to make up for that. But, nah. I can write whatever! And it doesn't have to be amazing! It can just be a thing! It doesn't matter!

It's always nice to have little moments of clarity like this.

cornerofmadness

My sugar crashed out hard but I'm fine. So the drug is lowering my sugar (yay) but it's tearing up my stomach (boo). I'll stick it out a little longer. It took me a couple weeks to adjust to gabapentin after all. But if the GERD gets worse I'll have to give up.

Got a letter from the hospital because they don't know phones apparently. They scheduled my abdominal ct scan at 7 pm on the first. Okay I love that they HAVE a night appointment for those who work. On the other hand I live over an hour away...I'll call them and see if it can be a thursday.

My dentist called monday to reschedule. I keep calling back and no one returns that call.

Aspen called me and the girl keeps repeating what I wrote about them, as if trying to....I'm not sure. You don't need to repeat what I said. I know what I said. I appreciate the apology but I am keeping my eye on you. Also they tried to blame the other Aspen in PA which fair, they didn't reach out to me. Eye roll.

I got my

spook_me prompts.

For cannibal I got
one and
two Not sure which one to use, probably one

And for Graveyard I got
one and
https://public.fotki.com/trillingstar/spook-me/spook-me-2025/graveyard-8.html I'm leaning toward two for this one

What I Just Finished Reading:

Wrong Side of the Grave - Bryna Butler mothman as an alien...she's a local author

What Moves the Dead - T. Kingfisher a very cool, queer coded retelling of the Fall of the House of Usher

The Road to Strange: Travel Tales of the Paranormal and Beyond by Rosemary Ellen Guilley and Michael Brein, one of the last thing I bought from her at a Mothman festival before her passing. I wish this were more interesting.

What I am Currently Reading:

Nothing Special vol 2 - a fantasy webtoon, it's cute

Jaws - I needed as J and one of my dentists handed me this to read. Someone's thesis on why there is so much malocclusion. Riveting (no, it's not)

Colin Gets Promoted and Dooms the World - imagine Gavin or Lindsey trying to get promoted at Wolfram and Hart and you more or less have it. It's interesting but it's hard to root for Colin since he's actively evil and petty

What I Plan to Read Next: I'm so behind on my challenges. something for that. I've lost track of where I put the books. I mean I know they're in the computer room but what box did I stick them in?

Current Mood: nauseated
Current Music: NCIS

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https://xkcd.com/3143/

Although now people will realize three-per-em space that all this time I've been using weird medium mathematical space whitespace characters in my hair space hair space hair space speech dot dot dot...

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Challenge 274:
NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCE

It wasn’t the end...but it sure was close.

For a lot of characters, close calls are pretty common – whether they’re fighting dragons, visiting aliens, or traveling through magic wastelands, they deal with a lot of dangers. But even then, actual near-death experiences are pretty rare.

What happened? Did your characters witness some kind of afterlife, or something else entirely, or nothing at all? How did they survive?

Write a story about a near-death experience.

BONUS GOAL: “Please, stay with me.”

If your submission features this line, it will earn an extra point to be tallied in voting!

Challenge ends Monday, September 22 at 9:00PM EST.

• Post submissions as new entries using the template in the profile
• Tag this week's entries as: [#] submission, 274 – near-death experience
• If you have questions about this challenge, please ask them here

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Here are this week's votes tallied, and below the cut are our winners for Challenge #273 – Bad Timing!

( This week's finalists are... )

Total Challenge Words Written: 2885

Congratulations to both of you, and thank you to everyone who took the time to cast their votes!

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You may now post your Challenge 273 entries to any additional communities, blogs, archives or sites as you'd like! We also have a FandomWeekly AO3 Collection if you'd like to add your stories there!

elisem

In the course of dealing with silly body stuff with which I will not bore you, my sleep cycle got turned upside down again, so I am busy with various attempts at precessing back to a more manageable situation.

Somewhere in some book or other, a character said something about the phrase for having a hangover in a certain language was "my eyes are not opposite the holes." It's not a hangover, but when my sleep schedule is deeply out of synch and I'm trying to do stuff connected to the outside world's schedule, I kind of feel like my life is not opposite the holes.

How's your life matching your hours of access lately?

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