It's turkey o'clock.
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conulyThat, or we have a new dog on the block that sounds a lot like a turkey and which will not shut up.
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Wednesday Reading Meme
May. 28th, 2025 08:49 amosprey_archerWhat I’ve Just Finished Reading
Rebecca Romney’s Jane Austen’s Bookshelf: A Rare Book Collector’s Quest to Find the Women Writers Who Shaped a Legend, in which Romney tracks down many of the books Jane Austen admired (often as ebooks, which I must admit takes much of the romance out of the rare book hunt) and discovers many lost gems of literary excellence. (And also Hannah More, whom she did not take to.) An engrossing read.
D. E. Stevenson’s Mrs. Tim Gets a Job. Like all of D. E. Stevenson’s novels, this is cozy like sitting curled up in an armchair by the fire with a cup of cocoa while a thunderstorm beats against the window in the night. It’s not that she’s writing in a world where bad things don’t happen, or even where bad things don’t happen to our heroes, but by the end of the book it will all turn out right.
Amerika: Russian Writers View the United States, edited by Mikail Iossel and Jeff Parker. An essay collection published not long after 9/11, although only a few of the essays actually touch on that event. Many of them include potshots at American political correctness (hard to embrace the concept if you come from the country where you could literally be sent to a gulag for “political incorrectness”), as well as lists of American books the authors read at a formative age.
I thank my lucky stars that I didn’t read this before Honeytrap, as the book might have been delayed indefinitely while I tried to work my way through the works of Kurt Vonnegut, Ray Bradbury, Ursula K. Le Guin, Isaac Asimov, as well as some other authors I’ve never even heard of. With truth the author of this essay notes “the average Soviet person probably knew [American science fiction] better than the average American.”
What I’m Reading Now
Virginia Woolf’s To the Lighthouse. Sadly suspicious that none of these characters are ever going to make it to the lighthouse.
What I Plan to Read Next
Does my lightning zoom through Jane Austen’s Bookshelf mean that I will at last read an eighteenth century novel? MAYBE. The library boasts Fanny Burney’s Evelina, Ann Radcliffe’s The Mysteries of Udolpho and The Romance of the Forest, Charlotte Lennox’s The Female Quixote, and Maria Edgeworth’s Belinda. Any recommendations among those works?
Rebecca Romney’s Jane Austen’s Bookshelf: A Rare Book Collector’s Quest to Find the Women Writers Who Shaped a Legend, in which Romney tracks down many of the books Jane Austen admired (often as ebooks, which I must admit takes much of the romance out of the rare book hunt) and discovers many lost gems of literary excellence. (And also Hannah More, whom she did not take to.) An engrossing read.
D. E. Stevenson’s Mrs. Tim Gets a Job. Like all of D. E. Stevenson’s novels, this is cozy like sitting curled up in an armchair by the fire with a cup of cocoa while a thunderstorm beats against the window in the night. It’s not that she’s writing in a world where bad things don’t happen, or even where bad things don’t happen to our heroes, but by the end of the book it will all turn out right.
Amerika: Russian Writers View the United States, edited by Mikail Iossel and Jeff Parker. An essay collection published not long after 9/11, although only a few of the essays actually touch on that event. Many of them include potshots at American political correctness (hard to embrace the concept if you come from the country where you could literally be sent to a gulag for “political incorrectness”), as well as lists of American books the authors read at a formative age.
I thank my lucky stars that I didn’t read this before Honeytrap, as the book might have been delayed indefinitely while I tried to work my way through the works of Kurt Vonnegut, Ray Bradbury, Ursula K. Le Guin, Isaac Asimov, as well as some other authors I’ve never even heard of. With truth the author of this essay notes “the average Soviet person probably knew [American science fiction] better than the average American.”
What I’m Reading Now
Virginia Woolf’s To the Lighthouse. Sadly suspicious that none of these characters are ever going to make it to the lighthouse.
What I Plan to Read Next
Does my lightning zoom through Jane Austen’s Bookshelf mean that I will at last read an eighteenth century novel? MAYBE. The library boasts Fanny Burney’s Evelina, Ann Radcliffe’s The Mysteries of Udolpho and The Romance of the Forest, Charlotte Lennox’s The Female Quixote, and Maria Edgeworth’s Belinda. Any recommendations among those works?
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May. 28th, 2025 06:37 amthedarlingoneI appear to be alive. The Rogue Squadron discord (Star Wars rebel pilots fandom, approximately) has been really hopping lately, as much as a fandom that's never gone over a dozen active members in my memory can hop; I've written and published several fics, so many that I'm not sure I've even crossposted them all to here. (I may have, but I'm too tired to check.) Somebody asked about "necroposting" on discussions from a few hours ago -- we're in favor, approximately half the chatter right now is from old LJ-era fans, one of whom recently found where everyone else had gone to (via me, I'm smug) -- and someone else pointed out that the whole fandom is basically necroposting, as the vast majority of our Rebel pilot canon was published 1996–1999 and the final piece of what this group usually works off of is from 2012.
Being the extrovert I am, I've also drawn enough energy and enthusiasm from the chatter to do most of the necessary line edits on the first 136k of a monster fic Leia and I have been trying to finish up. ( waffling )
...where was I? Right. We're also picking up some renewed enthusiasm for the rest of the WIPs we dropped when the fandom died out the last time, but who knows how far we'll get in any of those since we are trying to finish a couple of the current ones first.
I've also been working sporadically on more of that Close Readings meta-analysis piece I think I did crosspost to here semi-recently, but because the author (GNU) had binge-read everything else that was published at the time before writing the books I'm analyzing, they're full of references I keep missing. So I'm genuinely pondering whether to go and read all of the old EU (I actually prefer the current brand name, "Legends") in publication order and make extensive notes. If I do, I'll likely livechat them on the discord because we have a book club channel, then archive somewhat modified versions of the notes here so I can reference them later.
( different waffling )
Being the extrovert I am, I've also drawn enough energy and enthusiasm from the chatter to do most of the necessary line edits on the first 136k of a monster fic Leia and I have been trying to finish up. ( waffling )
...where was I? Right. We're also picking up some renewed enthusiasm for the rest of the WIPs we dropped when the fandom died out the last time, but who knows how far we'll get in any of those since we are trying to finish a couple of the current ones first.
I've also been working sporadically on more of that Close Readings meta-analysis piece I think I did crosspost to here semi-recently, but because the author (GNU) had binge-read everything else that was published at the time before writing the books I'm analyzing, they're full of references I keep missing. So I'm genuinely pondering whether to go and read all of the old EU (I actually prefer the current brand name, "Legends") in publication order and make extensive notes. If I do, I'll likely livechat them on the discord because we have a book club channel, then archive somewhat modified versions of the notes here so I can reference them later.
( different waffling )
It's a Wednesday
May. 28th, 2025 06:32 amlunabee341. Ha ha! I am vindicated.
So, my family will sometimes say stob for a small stump or a stick sticking up out of the ground or a broken off piece of fencing. Josh has insisted repeatedly over the years that this is not a real word and just something weird my family says. However, I'm reading one of Rick Bragg's memoirs and he uses the word stob, which prompted me to look it up in the dictionary and confirm it is indeed a real word and not just another example of the ways in which I belong to a bunch of hicks. I've always assumed it's a bastardization of the word stave.
2. Fiona is sick again. She has the flu now, and the pediatrician had us go to the hospital so she could get a chest x-ray (I guess their machine is better than the one at the pediatrician's, IDK). We haven't heard back about the results of the x-ray, but I really hope she doesn't have pneumonia again. I just don't understand why she keeps getting these respiratory things.
3. Dylan has a weird lump on her shoulder that we think might be lupus-related. The rheumatologist is sending her to an orthopedist to look at it (which makes no sense to me), so hopefully we'll know more about it soon.
4. I have to go to the dentist today. I've been putting it off as long as I can because I am a ding ding, but I hate going to the dentist so much. :(
5. We watched The Wild Robot on Netflix. Fiona loves the book(s?), and she was satisfied with the movie as an adaptation even though it made some minor changes to character and plot. All three of us ended up crying multiple times throughout; Josh popped into the living room at one point and turned heel and left again immediately. LOL Definitely worth a watch.
So, my family will sometimes say stob for a small stump or a stick sticking up out of the ground or a broken off piece of fencing. Josh has insisted repeatedly over the years that this is not a real word and just something weird my family says. However, I'm reading one of Rick Bragg's memoirs and he uses the word stob, which prompted me to look it up in the dictionary and confirm it is indeed a real word and not just another example of the ways in which I belong to a bunch of hicks. I've always assumed it's a bastardization of the word stave.
2. Fiona is sick again. She has the flu now, and the pediatrician had us go to the hospital so she could get a chest x-ray (I guess their machine is better than the one at the pediatrician's, IDK). We haven't heard back about the results of the x-ray, but I really hope she doesn't have pneumonia again. I just don't understand why she keeps getting these respiratory things.
3. Dylan has a weird lump on her shoulder that we think might be lupus-related. The rheumatologist is sending her to an orthopedist to look at it (which makes no sense to me), so hopefully we'll know more about it soon.
4. I have to go to the dentist today. I've been putting it off as long as I can because I am a ding ding, but I hate going to the dentist so much. :(
5. We watched The Wild Robot on Netflix. Fiona loves the book(s?), and she was satisfied with the movie as an adaptation even though it made some minor changes to character and plot. All three of us ended up crying multiple times throughout; Josh popped into the living room at one point and turned heel and left again immediately. LOL Definitely worth a watch.
[Prompt #444 — Wander] Metal Family — Things To Find Cute
May. 28th, 2025 01:10 ampitchblackrenegade posting in ![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png){kind=small}
100wordsAuthor: Audrelite Fandom: Metal Family Title: Things To Find Cute Prompt: #444 — Wander Rating: T Characters: Dee, Lif Word Count: 100 Summary: Lif is cute.
Carve the sun into a diagram that reads to you
May. 27th, 2025 11:35 pmsovayActually, despite the amount of vacuuming and dusting it contained, I had a rather nice day. I walked into Cambridge to pick up my copies of Sian Northey and Ness Owen's Afonydd (2025) and Vin Packer's The Girl on the Best Seller List (1960) and a present for my niece, based on Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris' The Lost Words (2017). Thanks to a sale, I was able to present spatch with a DVD of Get Crazy (1983) and my mother gave me Poker Faces (1926), otherwise known as the recently restored silent feature starring Edward Everett Horton which has intrigued me for the last month. She thinks I should learn to read Welsh. I had an oat scone in between errands. selkie approved my introduction to Calbee's seaweed-and-salt potato chips. The mail brought the disaster-themed special volume of The Massachusetts Historical Review which contains the chapter on the 1755 Cape Ann earthquake from Donald Fleming's never-finished history of science edited by Dean Grodzins. I cleaned a lot. Mostly it's been weeks since I walked anywhere and was not dead flat afterward, wiped out from doing one thing in a day. The alternative was nice.
spatch with a DVD of Get Crazy (1983) and my mother gave me Poker Faces (1926), otherwise known as the recently restored silent feature starring Edward Everett Horton which has intrigued me for the last month. She thinks I should learn to read Welsh. I had an oat scone in between errands. selkie approved my introduction to Calbee's seaweed-and-salt potato chips. The mail brought the disaster-themed special volume of The Massachusetts Historical Review which contains the chapter on the 1755 Cape Ann earthquake from Donald Fleming's never-finished history of science edited by Dean Grodzins. I cleaned a lot. Mostly it's been weeks since I walked anywhere and was not dead flat afterward, wiped out from doing one thing in a day. The alternative was nice.
[Challenge #391: Comment] Friends: 'Reality'
May. 27th, 2025 10:42 pmbut_can_i_be_trusted posting in anythingdrabbleTitle: 'Reality'
Fandom: Friends
Characters: Phoebe Buffay
Word Count: 100
Rating: G
Notes: Crossposted to100words and vocab_drabbles
Summary: A lack of understanding can lead to distrust and cruelty.
( Reality )
Fandom: Friends
Characters: Phoebe Buffay
Word Count: 100
Rating: G
Notes: Crossposted to
100words and vocab_drabblesSummary: A lack of understanding can lead to distrust and cruelty.
( Reality )
[Challenge #444: Wander] Friends: 'Reality'
May. 27th, 2025 10:39 pmbut_can_i_be_trusted posting in 100wordsTitle: 'Reality'
Fandom: Friends
Rating: G
Notes: Crossposted toanythindrabble and vocab_drabbles
( Reality )
Fandom: Friends
Rating: G
Notes: Crossposted to
anythindrabble and vocab_drabbles( Reality )
Distant stars.
May. 27th, 2025 10:54 pmhannahI ended up recording a video and uploading it to Google Drive, and providing a link to that. I emailed the organization for advice on how to go forward and that was their suggestion, and it's my hope that it'll at least get the application looked at by a person, though I'm trying to be realistic and not hold out hope for anything more than that. Just take what comes, whatever that happens to be.
Same with having sent out another novel query today. It's out and off, and it's not something I'll be thinking about until I get a response - and if I never do, then I'm going to let myself forget about it. It's a little odd to conceptualize this as having been fairly productive as days spent in my apartment go, for the productive things to be forgotten almost immediately, but then again, that's how doing the laundry usually works.
Same with having sent out another novel query today. It's out and off, and it's not something I'll be thinking about until I get a response - and if I never do, then I'm going to let myself forget about it. It's a little odd to conceptualize this as having been fairly productive as days spent in my apartment go, for the productive things to be forgotten almost immediately, but then again, that's how doing the laundry usually works.
waving from a land far, far away.
May. 28th, 2025 03:40 amverylongfarewell posting in addmeName: Syrene
Age: 37
I mostly post about: WRITING. No, honestly, 99% of my entries will talk about what I'm working on currently (the chances that it's historical fiction are good), what plans I have for writing, my story ideas (it's mostly original, once in a while fanfic) and asking for input and/or help with stuff I'm doing, writing-wise. OTHER THAN THAT, my posts are about everyday stuff, some family drama which is an ongoing issue, health since I broke my ankle very badly in January and still am in a process of rehabilitation, therapy things and similar. But, yeah, 99% writing.
My hobbies are: Writing, Dreamwidth roleplaying, obscure Japanese musicals (Takarazuka), watching ballet and reading/doing a lot of research, making icons (I'm not very good at it, but it's a nice pastime) and spending way too much time on Discord.
My fandoms are: A lot of classic literature (Sappho, Dumas' The Lady of the Camellias, Mishima's Spring Snow, Vivien's A Woman Appeared to Me) and other literature (big Murakami and André Aciman fan), plus some ballet fandoms - I call myself the Queen of Obscure Fandoms, because most of my fandom participation is in fandoms where I am the only one or one of a few who have uploaded fic to AO3. I used to be very engaged in the community around the Royal Danish Ballet and attended almost everything they put on, but after covid that has unfortunately changed, I am, however, still a big ballet enthusiast although from afar and with a more nostalgic approach to it, looking back fondly on old memories.
I'm looking to meet people who: Will gush with me about beautiful things (writing, ballet, films, whatever) and discuss writing stuff with me or literature and sometimes come with thoughts and comments on the rest of the things I post about.
My posting schedule tends to be: Generally a couple of times a week, once in a while several times a day.
When I add people, my dealbreakers are: Politics. I am politically invested, as most people are, but in my DW space, I just don't have spoons for all that negativity, worry and ranting. I've got enough of that in real life. So, my journal is as far as possible a politics-free zone.
Before adding me, you should know: I sometimes take long breaks from posting, due to mental health reasons, but I always come back after a month or two and will as a rule keep people updated on what went down. As part of writing about my RL, I will touch upon my relationship (I'm a lesbian in an almost 20-year-long relationship this year), past school and family trauma (though I never go into great detail), my interest in religion (mostly academically these days, but I grew up pretty Protestant Christian) and mental health issues like anxiety and bipolar disorder. If that isn't your cup of tea, you should probably not friend me.
Age: 37
I mostly post about: WRITING. No, honestly, 99% of my entries will talk about what I'm working on currently (the chances that it's historical fiction are good), what plans I have for writing, my story ideas (it's mostly original, once in a while fanfic) and asking for input and/or help with stuff I'm doing, writing-wise. OTHER THAN THAT, my posts are about everyday stuff, some family drama which is an ongoing issue, health since I broke my ankle very badly in January and still am in a process of rehabilitation, therapy things and similar. But, yeah, 99% writing.
My hobbies are: Writing, Dreamwidth roleplaying, obscure Japanese musicals (Takarazuka), watching ballet and reading/doing a lot of research, making icons (I'm not very good at it, but it's a nice pastime) and spending way too much time on Discord.
My fandoms are: A lot of classic literature (Sappho, Dumas' The Lady of the Camellias, Mishima's Spring Snow, Vivien's A Woman Appeared to Me) and other literature (big Murakami and André Aciman fan), plus some ballet fandoms - I call myself the Queen of Obscure Fandoms, because most of my fandom participation is in fandoms where I am the only one or one of a few who have uploaded fic to AO3. I used to be very engaged in the community around the Royal Danish Ballet and attended almost everything they put on, but after covid that has unfortunately changed, I am, however, still a big ballet enthusiast although from afar and with a more nostalgic approach to it, looking back fondly on old memories.
I'm looking to meet people who: Will gush with me about beautiful things (writing, ballet, films, whatever) and discuss writing stuff with me or literature and sometimes come with thoughts and comments on the rest of the things I post about.
My posting schedule tends to be: Generally a couple of times a week, once in a while several times a day.
When I add people, my dealbreakers are: Politics. I am politically invested, as most people are, but in my DW space, I just don't have spoons for all that negativity, worry and ranting. I've got enough of that in real life. So, my journal is as far as possible a politics-free zone.
Before adding me, you should know: I sometimes take long breaks from posting, due to mental health reasons, but I always come back after a month or two and will as a rule keep people updated on what went down. As part of writing about my RL, I will touch upon my relationship (I'm a lesbian in an almost 20-year-long relationship this year), past school and family trauma (though I never go into great detail), my interest in religion (mostly academically these days, but I grew up pretty Protestant Christian) and mental health issues like anxiety and bipolar disorder. If that isn't your cup of tea, you should probably not friend me.
Hi! *waves*
May. 27th, 2025 09:31 pminchoatewords posting in addmeName: Nicole (she/her)
Age: early 40s
I mostly post about: General life and thoughts, for the most part. I do try to do a weekly media post of what I've been reading and watching (those posts are public, whereas everything else is friends-locked)
My hobbies are: Lots of different things, most of which are in my profile interests. The main ones are reading, cooking and baking, board games, trying out new restaurants/cuisines. I'm trying to get back into fiction writing, but life has me a bit frazzled lately.
My fandoms are: I'm not into fandom. I enjoy a lot of things, but not really to the level of what I consider fandom.
I'm looking to meet people who: write about their lives and like to get to know others. I try to comment when I can, but I do always read and try to keep up, and that's all I can expect of others, too. So comments are nice, but I'm not going to cut you for not commenting "enough."
My posting schedule tends to be: I try to post at least once a week. Sometimes it's every day, which I try to keep to as much as possible so that I can have a record of my life and thoughts.
When I add people, my dealbreakers are: If you espouse right-wing ideals, or are homo- or transphobic, or racist, then we're probably not going to get along.
Before adding me, you should know: see dealbreakers above. If you add me, you can get up to speed with my basics from my sticky post (and at the bottom of that one, I have linked a longer version with more details, heh)
More May Memage..and Buffy/Angel fandom bits..
May. 27th, 2025 08:09 pmshadowkatMore May Question-A-Day Memage (kudos to the individual who comes up with these questions, I tried it once, and sigh, it did not end well.)
20. Own up – do you have a drawer in your home with stuff you don’t know what to do with, or shove things that you’ll ‘sort out later’ in it? How often do you clear it out?
Yes. Sigh. (I can't remember if I answered this question previously?) And more than one. I'm extremely good at building nests and shoving stuff in drawers. Organized - I'm not. I'm a quirky absent-minded artist. Organization? What's that?
My brother once said he thought I should have become a librarian.
My mother and I both laughed at this. I do not think like a librarian - the only things we have in common is a fondness for books.
21. How would you describe the décor in your main living area?
Cluttered? Artsy? I have wooden Russian Dolls on the tv stand, candles in the window sill - one is a carved owl, self-made pottery, a flower under a glass, cards, a chocolate bunny rabbit, and a glass globe venus universe lamp that's very small. Also a picture of my niece. Then there's my painting station, which has a minuature easel on my desk, with watercolors, a completed painting, a stuffed frog on top of a paper holder with a magazine picture of Cillian Murphy from GQ, above which are two photos of sunflowers, next to that a small felt cube with paints and paper on top of it, and a bookcase overflowing with books, an hand woven basket, a ceramic Christmas tree, and on top of it a large photo on canvas of a sunset. I have knitted throws, and a large television (flat screen) ....it's obvious I'm an artist. Someone comes into this apartment - they'll think artist and writer.
22. Have you ever lived or worked in a skyscraper or high-rise building? Which floor?
I currently work in a skyscraper - on the 18th Floor of a 32 floor skyscraper in the Financial District of Manhattan. I also currently live on the third floor of a 77 unit apartment building, that is six stories.
So yes?
23. Have you ever tried non-alcoholic beer or wine?
Yes. It's not worth the indigestion.
24. Have you ever had a pedicure?
Many times. Highly overrated. And expensive. Not a fan. I don't like the feel of nail polish, also I end up with toe fungus. When I stopped doing that, the toe fungus went away.
25. Are you a fan of popcorn at the movies?
Yes and no? I wouldn't say fan exactly. I do like getting it however.
26. Today the Cooper’s Hill Cheese-Rolling event will take place to celebrate the UK Spring Bank Holiday. A 7-9lb (3-4kg) round Double Gloucester cheese will be rolled down a hill until someone catches it (you can see a video of the spectacle here). Are there any Spring Festival Events in your area?
I live in NYC. I'm sure there are? But I lose track. Nothing like that.
I know they are having a Met Opening Festival next weekend, which may count. Also there's the Macy's annual flower show. And the Cherry Blossoms at the Botanical Gardens.
27. Do you like lettuce? Any particular variety?
Yes, but I'm picky. I like power greens: Chard, Spinach, Kale, Pea Greens,
Baby Spinach, Argula, and Romaine.
I will not eat iceburg - it's like glass on my tummy. That's the cheap stuff.
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My pictures via FB links are disappearing faster than usual. I may need to figure out Pillowfort or find an alternative soon. Damn FB.
***
I was bored and frustrated this morning at work - so I distracted myself by listening to youtube actor Q&A podcasts on my cell phone.
I listened to David Boreanze - who is kind of boring? But he did say a few interesting things.
( Read more... )
Also another Marsters Q&A. Marsters is far more entertaining and open with the audience. He genuinely enjoys interacting with the fans and the interviewers. He's an entertainer, and just loves being on stage and connecting with an audience. The man is so expressive - he's fun to watch and listen to.
( Read more... )
Time for bed.
So here's a picture:
20. Own up – do you have a drawer in your home with stuff you don’t know what to do with, or shove things that you’ll ‘sort out later’ in it? How often do you clear it out?
Yes. Sigh. (I can't remember if I answered this question previously?) And more than one. I'm extremely good at building nests and shoving stuff in drawers. Organized - I'm not. I'm a quirky absent-minded artist. Organization? What's that?
My brother once said he thought I should have become a librarian.
My mother and I both laughed at this. I do not think like a librarian - the only things we have in common is a fondness for books.
21. How would you describe the décor in your main living area?
Cluttered? Artsy? I have wooden Russian Dolls on the tv stand, candles in the window sill - one is a carved owl, self-made pottery, a flower under a glass, cards, a chocolate bunny rabbit, and a glass globe venus universe lamp that's very small. Also a picture of my niece. Then there's my painting station, which has a minuature easel on my desk, with watercolors, a completed painting, a stuffed frog on top of a paper holder with a magazine picture of Cillian Murphy from GQ, above which are two photos of sunflowers, next to that a small felt cube with paints and paper on top of it, and a bookcase overflowing with books, an hand woven basket, a ceramic Christmas tree, and on top of it a large photo on canvas of a sunset. I have knitted throws, and a large television (flat screen) ....it's obvious I'm an artist. Someone comes into this apartment - they'll think artist and writer.
22. Have you ever lived or worked in a skyscraper or high-rise building? Which floor?
I currently work in a skyscraper - on the 18th Floor of a 32 floor skyscraper in the Financial District of Manhattan. I also currently live on the third floor of a 77 unit apartment building, that is six stories.
So yes?
23. Have you ever tried non-alcoholic beer or wine?
Yes. It's not worth the indigestion.
24. Have you ever had a pedicure?
Many times. Highly overrated. And expensive. Not a fan. I don't like the feel of nail polish, also I end up with toe fungus. When I stopped doing that, the toe fungus went away.
25. Are you a fan of popcorn at the movies?
Yes and no? I wouldn't say fan exactly. I do like getting it however.
26. Today the Cooper’s Hill Cheese-Rolling event will take place to celebrate the UK Spring Bank Holiday. A 7-9lb (3-4kg) round Double Gloucester cheese will be rolled down a hill until someone catches it (you can see a video of the spectacle here). Are there any Spring Festival Events in your area?
I live in NYC. I'm sure there are? But I lose track. Nothing like that.
I know they are having a Met Opening Festival next weekend, which may count. Also there's the Macy's annual flower show. And the Cherry Blossoms at the Botanical Gardens.
27. Do you like lettuce? Any particular variety?
Yes, but I'm picky. I like power greens: Chard, Spinach, Kale, Pea Greens,
Baby Spinach, Argula, and Romaine.
I will not eat iceburg - it's like glass on my tummy. That's the cheap stuff.
****
My pictures via FB links are disappearing faster than usual. I may need to figure out Pillowfort or find an alternative soon. Damn FB.
***
I was bored and frustrated this morning at work - so I distracted myself by listening to youtube actor Q&A podcasts on my cell phone.
I listened to David Boreanze - who is kind of boring? But he did say a few interesting things.
( Read more... )
Also another Marsters Q&A. Marsters is far more entertaining and open with the audience. He genuinely enjoys interacting with the fans and the interviewers. He's an entertainer, and just loves being on stage and connecting with an audience. The man is so expressive - he's fun to watch and listen to.
( Read more... )
Time for bed.
So here's a picture:
Only One Bed meme
May. 27th, 2025 05:09 pmsholioStolen / respectfully borrowed from rionaleonhart, a Tumblr meme now removed from its native ecosystem and repotted on DW [ETA: now tweaked a bit]:
Give me any two (or more) characters from a canon I’m familiar with, and I’ll tell you how they would cope in an ‘oh no, there’s only one bed’ scenario!
What you get might be anything from brief headcanons/thoughts to a small fic, depending on how much I have to say about those particular characters.
(Currently traveling, staying overnight on the road, would enjoy some fun distraction.)
Update: Based on how the comments are going, I edited the instructions slightly to hopefully bend the requests a little more towards characters from the same canon. (If you want two characters from different canons, feel free to ask for it - there are no wrong answers, it's very open-ended - but I'm really only going to be able to do headcanons for those, as I can't easily write crossovers, and I'm hoping for some of the other kind of prompts too!)
rionaleonhart, a Tumblr meme now removed from its native ecosystem and repotted on DW [ETA: now tweaked a bit]:Give me any two (or more) characters from a canon I’m familiar with, and I’ll tell you how they would cope in an ‘oh no, there’s only one bed’ scenario!
What you get might be anything from brief headcanons/thoughts to a small fic, depending on how much I have to say about those particular characters.
(Currently traveling, staying overnight on the road, would enjoy some fun distraction.)
Update: Based on how the comments are going, I edited the instructions slightly to hopefully bend the requests a little more towards characters from the same canon. (If you want two characters from different canons, feel free to ask for it - there are no wrong answers, it's very open-ended - but I'm really only going to be able to do headcanons for those, as I can't easily write crossovers, and I'm hoping for some of the other kind of prompts too!)
Held Gaze
May. 27th, 2025 10:27 pmlightofdaye posting in neville100Title: Held Gaze
Rating: Hard R
Characters & Pairing: Neville Longbottom/Lavender Brown
Word Count: 1 x 100
Content: Fluff and smut
Disclaimer: The characters, settings and HP Franchise as a whole are owned by JKR and not by me. I make no profit from writing this piece of fanfiction.
Summary: Lavender's eyes were windows into her thoughts.
A/n: Unbeta'd. Written forneville100's Prompt #565: "Window", I based this on the old expression of eyes being windows to the soul- for reasons of length this ended up only in the summary and not the drabble. Still counting it though. This was going to be a white Lavender but then I thought waxing on about beautiful blue eyes would be cliché.
Read on LJ | DW | AO3
Rating: Hard R
Characters & Pairing: Neville Longbottom/Lavender Brown
Word Count: 1 x 100
Content: Fluff and smut
Disclaimer: The characters, settings and HP Franchise as a whole are owned by JKR and not by me. I make no profit from writing this piece of fanfiction.
Summary: Lavender's eyes were windows into her thoughts.
A/n: Unbeta'd. Written for
neville100's Prompt #565: "Window", I based this on the old expression of eyes being windows to the soul- for reasons of length this ended up only in the summary and not the drabble. Still counting it though. This was going to be a white Lavender but then I thought waxing on about beautiful blue eyes would be cliché. Read on LJ | DW | AO3