2025 Disneyland Trip #63 (9/24/25)
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Was today a writing day?
Yes
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No
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Kind of?
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It will be
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Today was a break; but tomorrow!
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Read A Different Kind Of Mandela Effect
Customer: "I've been seeing that all over the news? What's happening?"
Me: "Nelson Mandela died."
Customer: "Is he the bloke on the Uncle Ben's rice packet?"
I was reading the June 2025 American Historical Review tonight and came across Peter Lorge's review of A History of Traditional Chinese Military Science by Huang Pumin, Wei Hong, and Xiong Jianping, translatied by Fan Hao. It's one of the most brutal academic takedowns of a book that I've ever read. I'd like to share with you the first sentence from each paragraph, which manage to convey the sense of the whole thing, with my comments afterward in brackets.
Moth and moons. Wanted something celestial, because we went out to see stars one night.
This was a pretty good week. We went to a lantern festival (have not gotten around to pictures yet) that was a definite high point. While the week should have been pretty good, it felt a little meh. That may have largely been just state of the world stuff getting to me. I did have some frustration around how difficult I found it to get things done - I had an extra day off, yet just seemed to fall farther behind on things. I did force through and get some things done, but my reading and writing took a hit.
Goals for the week:
Tracked habits:
Total words written: 0
Challenge 275 ONE MORE TRY |
You’ve tried before, and it didn’t go well. Maybe something catastrophic went wrong, or maybe you just couldn’t quite pull it off. But whatever it is, it still needs to be done, and it’s your job to do it – so you need to give it one more try. What are your characters trying to do? Why did they fail last time? Will they succeed this time, and what will it take? Write a story about one more try. If your submission features this line, it will earn an extra point to be tallied in voting! |
Challenge ends Monday, September 29 at 9:00PM EST. • Post submissions as new entries using the template in the profile • Tag this week's entries as: [#] submission, 275 – one more try • If you have questions about this challenge, please ask them here |
Read Gravity Is Ruff
Customer: "Can someone help me with the sacks of dog food?"
Me: "I can't help you with the 40lb bags, because—"
I was about to say "because of an injury." Before I could say that, or call for a coworker to help, the customer says:
Customer: "—Oh, is it because the gravity is stronger over there?
Read Gravity Is Ruff
Zhubai fic for @guardianbingo. :) Prompt: midnight.
Love, Spilling Over (1672 words) by facethestrange
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018) RPF
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Bai Yu/Zhu Yilong
Additional Tags: Tenderness, Established Relationship, set during the promo tour, Crying, Light Angst, Hopeful Ending, Soft
Summary:
“Tell me about that life,” he murmurs against Bai Yu’s skin. “Not what we can or can’t have. The life you want.”
Zhubai fic for @guardianbingo. :) Prompt: midnight.
Love, Spilling Over (1672 words) by facethestrange
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018) RPF
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Bai Yu/Zhu Yilong
Additional Tags: Tenderness, Established Relationship, set during the promo tour, Crying, Light Angst, Hopeful Ending, Soft
Summary:
“Tell me about that life,” he murmurs against Bai Yu’s skin. “Not what we can or can’t have. The life you want.”
How are you doing?
I am OK.
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I am not OK, but don't need help right now.
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I could use some help.
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How many other humans live with you?
I am living single.
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One other person.
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More than one other person.
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Read The Mandalorians Have Opened A Retail Outlet
Me: "I'm a little confused, I didn't think we kept anything in the back?"
Manager: "Of course we don't. Budget retailers don't keep stuff "in the back". It's not going to make a profit sitting in the back. But they're never going to believe that, so we do this to let them feel like they're getting somewhere."
Read World War Who? II
Customer #1: "What is that Fury about?"
Me: "That's a World War Two movie about tanks. I've seen it, it's very good."
Customer #2: "World War Two… was that the Cold one or the Asian one?"
Read World War Who? II