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Hi all. Today I wound up in the Pit of Despair, and since I know years 2020-2024 will be light, I am doing numbers 46-50 in one go to get A Thing Off My Plate.

( #46 - 2020: 2 )

( #47 - 2021: 3 )

( #48 - 2022: 0 )

( #49 - 2023: 1 )

( #50 - 2024: 2 )

nnozomi posting in

guardian_learning

部首
心 part 12
恢, to recover; 恨, to hate; 恩, kindness ( pinyin )
https://www.mdbg.net/chinese/dictionary?cdqrad=61

词汇
唱片, (musical) record (pinyin in tags)
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-4-word-list/

Guardian:
沈教授，身体恢复得挺快, Professor Shen, you've recovered quickly
你恨的人是我, I'm the one you hate
[no 唱片]

Me:
你对我们这么好，真的感谢感恩。
我迫不及待他的新唱片。

full_metal_ox posting in

findthatbook

The 1960’s through 1980’s saw so many popular anthologies and compendiums of vampire lore—often assembling pop culture, folklore, classic literature, psychology, and occultism together—that I have no memory now of where I encountered this story.

Content advisory: blood ingestion; colonialism; racism; ableism, eugenics, and medical abuse in a footnote link. ( Continue. )

If I can track down the book, that might give me a lead as to who originated it (and what their assumptions and agenda might be.)

ysabetwordsmith

We made it through the first week of January. This is enough to get an early glimpse of progress with New Year's resolutions. It's also malleable enough to make changes. Watch for the parallel check in post over on

goals_on_dw. Its busy season is December-January, with weekly check-in posts for January, then monthly after that.

( Read more... )

Current Mood: accomplished

redbird

The new insurance requires me to use a different specialty pharmacy for the Kesimpta. I asked for a new prescription last night via MyChart, and just had a productive conversation with the pharmacy (Optum):

they asked whether I'd been off Kesimpta, because what they can see is that they were sending it to me in 2024, and not last year, so I explained that
we went over my list of medications, which was missing at least one thing, and had one I'm no longer taking
the doctor wrote the prescription for a 90-day supply, and the insurance will only cover a month of this at a time
the doctor sent them a prescription for the initial 'loading" dose, and they need to go back to the neurologist and clarify that

However, so far this has been remarkably efficient: less than 24 hours from me messaging the doctor, to me talking to the pharmacy. Whether the insurance company will cause delays by demanding "prior authorization," I don't know.

trobadora

candyheartsex assignments have arrived, and I got what I hoped I'd get!

In yesterday's poll, the majority of people work on one thing at a time when it's for a deadline, but on multiple things at once when it's not. Fascinating!

(Also, in tickyboxes, the majority said they'd tick whichever ones they like. More interestingly, 33,3% of respondents chose "tick them all", but only 11% actually did tick them all. *g*)

For me, I usually have multiple things going no matter what. When I'm in the very final phase of finishing a story, I need to focus on just that; otherwise, there may be a "main" thing I'm working on, but it's hardly ever the only thing. Creativity begets creativity, so the better the writing is going with one thing, the more ideas and snippets my brain produces for other things as well. *g*

Today's writing

Some more

fandomtrees, but also, I had a brainwave and wrote some snippets plus a bunch of notes for an original fic WIP I hadn't touched since 2018. I think my writing brain is starting to function properly again if it's randomly throwing out things like that!

WED Question of the Day

Poll #34063

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 23

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My oldest WIP that I still hope to finish was started in ...

View Answers

before the year 2000
0 (0.0%)

2000-2004
3 (14.3%)

2005-2009
1 (4.8%)

2010-2014
6 (28.6%)

2015-2019
4 (19.0%)

2020-2023
6 (28.6%)

2024-2025
1 (4.8%)

2026
0 (0.0%)

I last worked on that WIP ...

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before the year 2000
0 (0.0%)

2000-2004
0 (0.0%)

2005-2009
2 (9.1%)

2010-2014
2 (9.1%)

2015-2019
2 (9.1%)

2020-2023
8 (36.4%)

2024-2025
8 (36.4%)

2026
0 (0.0%)

tickybox is ...

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old-school
12 (63.2%)

eternal
14 (73.7%)

something I'll tell you in comments
0 (0.0%)

Tally

( Days 1-5 )

Day 6:

alightbuthappypen,

badly_knitted,

brithistorian,

carenejeans,

china_shop,

cornerofmadness,

goddess47,

luzula,

ofmonstrouswords,

sanguinity,

shadaras,

sylvanwitch,

the_siobhan,

trobadora,

ysilme

Day 7:

badly_knitted,

brithistorian,

carenejeans,

china_shop,

cornerofmadness,

goddess47,

ofmonstrouswords,

shadaras,

sanguinity,

sylvanwitch,

trobadora

Day 8:

badly_knitted,

brithistorian,

carenejeans,

china_shop,

goddess47,

ofmonstrouswords,

sanguinity,

sylvanwitch,

trobadora

Day 9:

trobadora

Let me know if I missed anyone! And remember you can drop in or out at any time. :)

vriddy

I avoid posting fic in the evening usually, but sometimes silliness oblige...

It's Magical | K-9 | Ren, Oboro, Fujimaru, Kagari | 100 words | rated T
Spoilers for chapter 38

Summary: Kagari makes a comment that leads to a realisation.

Read it on Dreamwidth or on AO3.

cosmolinguist

So I'm 4000 miles away, working for a British organization full of British people.

It was really nice that at my team meeting this morning when me and someone else were first to arrive he brought up very gently how I must be feeling devastated and horrified. I thanked him, said I was trying to be supportive to my Minneapolis friends. As the team joined the meeting, everyone joined in with fierce kindness. There is support and kindness and black humor and solidarity, in so many places.

It made me feel really good.

I feel so powerless of course but I'm doing what I can, here's a couple links whwre people can donate to help communities affected by and resisting ICE:

Pay rent and buy groceries for the families of preschoolers whose relatives have been kidnapped or cannot leave the house to work or buy groceries.

ICE observers in the Twin Cities are in need of dash cams to prevent further intimidation and frivolous claims.

Also... While the GoFundMe to support Renée Good's family raised $1.5 million, a GoFundMe for the family of Keith Porter, Jr., a Black man shot by an ICE agent a week earlier, didn't meet its $35,000 goal until yesterday. A still-modest goal has been set; it's really important to support Black men as well as we do white women.

ysabetwordsmith

Today is cloudy and cool. Last night it rained with high winds.

I fed the birds. I've seen a few sparrows.

I put out water for the birds.

What I thought was a branch blown down in the house yard is actually the contorta willow sapling that died. I may see if I can make something from it.

EDIT 1/9/26 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.

EDIT 1/9/26 -- I did more work around the patio.

EDIT 1/9/26 -- I took a few pictures around the yard.

I raked another quadrant around the firepit.

EDIT 1/9/26 -- I did more work around the patio.

As it is getting dark, I am done for the night.

Current Mood: busy

ysabetwordsmith

A friend asked for suggestions of ways to maintain posting momentum after

snowflake_challenge ends. There are plenty of ways to build momentum and keep up your posting frequency. Here are some ideas.

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Current Mood: busy

sixbeforelunch

Snowflake Challenge: A warmly light quaint street of shops at night with heavy snow falling.

Challenge #4: Rec The Contents Of Your Last Page

I'll go with the last fannish page I bookmarked: TNG-Picard.com, a beautifully organized collection of TNG and Picard costumes and props, including close-ups of details.

Challenge #5: Create a list of at least three things you'd love to receive, a wishlist of sorts.

This is surprisingly hard. Everything top of mind for me right now is something that no one reading this has any power over, and mostly involves the world being less of a horrible trash fire.

I guess to that end, if you have any money to spare, would you consider making a donation to an organization trying to do good in the world? Some that I support are Flatbush Cats, The Wildcat Sanctuary, Doctors Without Borders, Partners in Health, and Feeding America.

If you're artistically minded, I would love mood boards, cover art, or fan art of any of my stories, but especially anything related to Pi'maat or Scenes From Will Riker's War.

This last one is a huge stretch, but if any vid makers out there want to make an Star Trek: The Next Generation ensemble fanvid to We Are Going to Be Friends by The White Stripes, that would be amazing.

Current Mood: discontent

candyheartsex

Third and final post of initial pinch hits! These will be due on February 7 at 11:59 PM EST.

Comments on this post will be screened so that only the mod account can see them. If you want to claim a pinch hit, please either comment on this post or email the mod email (candyheartsex at gmail dot com). Make sure to include both your AO3 name and the pinch hit you want to claim.

( PH 41 - Marvel (Comics), Legion (TV 2017-2019), Pilgrimage (2017) )

( PH 42 - Ancient History RPF, Crossover Fandom )

~~( CLAIMED - PH 43 - Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, The Sexy Brutale (Video Game), We'll Prescribe You a Cat - Syou Ishida )~~

~~( CLAIMED - PH 44 - Buffyverse (TV), Charité (TV 2017), Penny Dreadful (TV), Realm of the Elderlings - Robin Hobb )~~

( PH 45 - Men's Hockey RPF, Breaking Away (1979), The Batman (Movie 2022) )

( CLAIMED - PH 46 - The Orville (TV), Doom Patrol (TV), Charmed (TV 2018), Psych (TV 2006), Palia (Video Game), Star Trek Online, The Sims (Video Games), Ghost Quartet - Malloy, Babylon 5 (TV 1993), Charmed (TV 1998) )

~~( CLAIMED - PH 47 - Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters (Anime & Manga) )~~

( PH 48 - K-9: Public Security Bureau – Division 9 – Special Abilities Countermeasure, Wind Breaker - にいさとる | Nii Satoru (Manga), 怪獣８号 | Kaiju No. 8 (Manga) )

~~( CLAIMED - PH 49 - Monster Prom (Video Games), 逆転裁判 | Gyakuten Saiban | Ace Attorney, Stardew Valley (Video Game) )~~

( CLAIMED - PH 50 - Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (TV), give me a break! - Michael Clifford & Waterparks (Music Video), A League of Extraordinary Women - Evie Dunmore, A League of Extraordinary Women - Evie Dunmore )

silveradept

snowflake_challenge's fifth request is upon us, and it asks us to do things taht some of us are not very comfortable with:

Challenge #5

In your own space, create a list of at least three things you'd love to receive, a wishlist of sorts.

( A few things that will hopefully be manageable )

Current Mood: contemplative
Current Music: Nobuo Uematsu - Final Fantasy VIII - Find Your Way

vriddy

I'm not brave or savvy enough anymore to wade in other socmed platforms, but thankfully I have friends who are... and found K-9 COSPLAY!!! :D :D They look SO COOL!!!!!

This is Oboro (CN: blood) by

suigei_cos. It feels kind of crazy to see the blood actually red haha since the manga is all black and white. When we get an anime, which we totally will for sure yes, I'm so curious to see what kind of shade they go with when animating his power.

Then more Oboro (CN: still blood!) also by

suigei_cos. With fire and smoke effects!!! Looking SO COOL!!! 😍

Oboro on a date with Ren or so Oboro says XD Also by

suigei_cos.

And my beloved Ren solo by

323runaruna aaaah looking seriously incredible. SO COOL! COSPLAYERS ARE SO POWERFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 😍😍

I shall go and lie down for a while now.

Current Mood: happy

petra

( Minneapolis shooting thoughts, neither coherent nor polite )

Current Mood: brb off to mordor
Current Music: La la, la la, la la, la la, Republicans

candyheartsex

Second post of initial pinch hits! These will be due on February 7 at 11:59 PM EST.

Comments on this post will be screened so that only the mod account can see them. If you want to claim a pinch hit, please either comment on this post or email the mod email (candyheartsex at gmail dot com). Make sure to include both your AO3 name and the pinch hit you want to claim.

( CLAIMED - PH 21 - 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga), Hannibal (TV), 逆転裁判 | Gyakuten Saiban | Ace Attorney, The Raven Tower - Ann Leckie )

~~( CLAIMED - PH 22 - Pieces of April (2003), The Terminal (2004), Belles of London Series - Mimi Matthews )~~

( CLAIMED - PH 23 - Buffyverse (TV), Avalon: Web of Magic - Rachel Roberts, Folgers Home for the Holidays Commercial, Helluva Boss (Web Series), Homestuck, Schitt's Creek, Wayfarers Series - Becky Chambers, What We Do in the Shadows (TV), 奇迹暖暖 | Miracle Nikki | Love Nikki (Video Game), 君のことが大大大大大好きな100人の彼女 | Kimi no Koto ga Dai Dai Dai Dai Daisuki na 100-nin no Kanojo (Manga) )

~~( CLAIMED - PH 24 - Encanto (2021), Star Trek: Alternate Original Series (Movies), Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling, Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen, Original Work )~~

( CLAIMED - PH 25 - FAQ: The Snake Fight Portion of Your Thesis Defense - Luke Burns, Tortall - Tamora Pierce, Emelan - Tamora Pierce, Pacific Rim (Movies), The Mummy (Movies 1999-2008), Marvel (Comics), Marvel (Comics), Agent Carter (TV) )

( PH 26 - Sholay | Embers (1975), Good Goodbye - Hwasa (Music Video), Kushiel's Legacy - Jacqueline Carey, Crossover Fandom )

( CLAIMED - PH 27 - Stargate - All Media Types, due South, Hornblower (TV), Lawrence of Arabia (1962), Slings & Arrows, Doctor Who: Eighth Doctor Adventures - Various Authors, The Avengers (TV 1961) )

~~( CLAIMED - PH 28 - Star Wars Sequel Trilogy, Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars (Marvel Comics) )~~

~~( CLAIMED - PH 29 - Jelle's Marble Runs (Web Series), Jelle's Marble Runs (Web Series), Jelle's Marble Runs (Web Series), Jelle's Marble Runs (Web Series) )~~

~~( CLAIMED - PH 30 - No I'm not a Human (Video Game), Cyberpunk 2077 (Video Game), Pocket Monsters | Pokemon (Main Video Game Series) )~~

~~( CLAIMED - PH 31 - Heart of Battle - Fay Ikin, Royal Affairs - Harris-Powell-Smith, Raid: Shadow Legends (Video Game), Crossover Fandom, 신의 탑 | Tower of God )~~

( PH 32 - MADK (Manga), Les liaisons dangereuses | Dangerous Liaisons - Choderlos de Laclos, Les Misérables - Victor Hugo, 新世界狂歡｜NU: carnival (Video Game) )

( PH 33 - MF Ghost (Anime), Shin Sangokumusou | Dynasty Warriors, Psycho-Pass, 機動戦士ガンダム閃光のハサウェイ | Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway's Flash (Movies), Tekken (Video Games), 龍が如く | Ryuu ga Gotoku | Yakuza (Video Games) )

( PH 35 - Hallo itt Mátyás király! - Bogáti Péter, Jumurdzsák gyűrűje | Yoomurjak's Ring (Video Game), Dracula Rising (Cartoon), Crossover Fandom )

( PH 36 - Gran Hotel (TV), 무빙 | Moving (TV), Sandokan (TV 2025), 설강화 | Snowdrop (TV) )

~~( CLAIMED - PH 37 - Shingeki no Kyojin | Attack on Titan, Naruto (Anime & Manga), LOVE DEATH + ROBOTS - Swarm (Cartoon) )~~

( PH 38 - Sun Sword - Michelle West, Crossover Fandom, Crossover Fandom, Transformers (Skybound 2023), Transformers (Skybound 2023), Transformers (Skybound 2023), 묘령의 황자 | Mystic Prince (Webcomic), 황녀 반역자를 각인시키다 | Revolutionary Princess Eve (Webcomic) )

~~( CLAIMED - PH 39 - Pocket Monsters | Pokemon (Anime 1997-2023), Tales of Graces (Video Game), Tales of Symphonia )~~

~~( CLAIMED - PH 40 - Blaseball (Video Game), Invisible Inc. (Video Game), Sunless Sea, Solstice (MoaCube Visual Novel) )~~

candyheartsex

Initial pinch hits are here! We have a lot, so they'll be spread out over multiple posts. These will be due on February 7 at 11:59 PM EST.

Comments on this post will be screened so that only the mod account can see them. If you want to claim a pinch hit, please either comment on this post or email the mod email (candyheartsex at gmail dot com). Make sure to include both your AO3 name and the pinch hit you want to claim.

( PH 1 - The Love Hypothesis - Ali Hazelwood, The Hurricane Wars - Thea Guanzon, The Dead Romantics - Ashley Poston, My Roommate Is a Vampire - Jenna Levine )

( CLAIMED - PH 2 - カナリアは綺羅星の夢をみる | Kanaria wa Kiraboshi no Yume wo Miru | Canaries Dream of Shining Stars (Manga), Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story, Pocket Monsters | Pokemon (Main Video Game Series) )

~~( CLAIMED - PH 3 - Stranger Things (TV 2016), The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon (TV 2023), Stranger Things RPF )~~

( PH 4 - Warhammer 40.000 )

~~( CLAIMED - PH 5 - Zootopia (Disney Movies), Marvel (Comics) )~~

( PH 6 - The Protomen, Bionicle - All Media Types, Pluto (Manga), Minecraft: Story Mode (Video Game), Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (TV), Crossover Fandom )

( PH 7 - From a Knight to a Lady (Webcomic), 흔한 빙의물인 줄 알았다 | Not Your Typical Reincarnation Story (Webcomic), 矢野くんの普通の日々 | Yano-kun's Ordinary Days (Anime & Manga) )

~~( CLAIMED - PH 8 - Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell - Susanna Clarke, The Second Reproduction (Visual Novel), The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel - Michael Scott )~~

~~( CLAIMED - PH 9 - Strangers on a Train (BBC Radio 1996), Blackpool | Viva Blackpool (TV), Dead (2020) )~~

( PH 10 - Andor (TV), Hades (Supergiant Games Video Games), Doctor Who (2005) )

~~( CLAIMED - PH 11 - Original Work )~~

~~( CLAIMED - PH 12 - Final Fantasy XV, Green Rider Series - Kristen Britain, Tales of Berseria, Ancient Greek Religion & Lore, Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston )~~

( PH 13 - Thin Places Radio (Podcast), Alien Clay - Adrian Tchaikovsky, We'll Prescribe You a Cat - Syou Ishida, Crossover Fandom )

( PH 14 - Rome (TV 2005), Kingdom Come: Deliverance (Video Games), Game of Thrones (TV), Ancient History RPF )

( PH 15 - NoPixel (Web Series), 仙王的日常生活 | The Daily Life of the Immortal King (Cartoon), 可愛いだけじゃない式守さん | Kawaii dake ja Nai Shikimori-san | Shikimori's Not Just a Cutie (Manga), 文豪ストレイドッグス | Bungou Stray Dogs, Video Blogging RPF, Phandom/The Fantastic Foursome (Video Blogging RPF), Music RPF )

( PH 16 - Universal Soldier (Movies), Power Rangers Jungle Fury )

( PH 17 - The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom, Wallflower Series - Lisa Kleypas, Southern Vampire Mysteries - Charlaine Harris )

( PH 18 - 永夜星河 | Love Game in Eastern Fantasy (TV), 淮水竹亭 | Love in Pavilion (TV), 长相思 | Lost You Forever (TV) )

~~( CLAIMED - PH 19 - DCU (Comics), Heated Rivalry (TV), Stranger Things (TV 2016) )~~

( CLAIMED - PH 20 - Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake (Cartoon 2023), Misfits in Toyland (Webcomic), Star vs. the Forces of Evil, Chainsaw Man (Manga), BIGTOP BURGER (Web Series), Burning Effect (Webcomic) )

redbird

We just went to a small, and surprising brief, vigil on the Common in memory of Renee Good 'and other victims of ICE," organized by MIRA, a local immigrants rights and support group. I'm glad I went, and some good things were said. There will I believe be a larger event tomorrow, but when I can show up for short-notice things on weekday afternoons, sometimes that feels like my job.

rebeccmeister

...a video of my winter holiday gift to friends and family!

The project of the year was a mini-zine about ants:

Watch on YouTube

It might be another year before I can produce Volume 2 because of other commitments and also because I need to talk with some other ant biologists first about using their work as source material for my drawings.

It's no Kittens Inspired by Kittens but you must admit that's a high standard to meet!

I also handed a bunch of zines out at the conference I just attended. One of the most interesting parts of this project has been discovering that around 50% of the people I encounter had no idea what a zine is, so I point out to them that the Jehovah's Witnesses have been masters of the format for a long time already.

And now I should go water the ants.

ysabetwordsmith

Snowflake Challenge 5: Wishlist

In your own space, create a list of at least three things you'd love to receive, a wishlist of sorts. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it and include a link to your wishlist if you feel comfortable doing so.

If you have wishes for transformative works of your own works or another's work, remember to include links to those sources in order to make it easier for people to create.

Be sure to check out other people's wishlists. Maybe someone will grant your wish! Maybe you will be inspired to grant a wish! If any wishes are granted, we'd love it if you link them to this post.

This is one of my favorite challenges. It can be difficult for a lot of people to ask for things, so remember not to put too much pressure on yourself for coming up with the perfect wishlist! Your wishes could be something you're recently interested in or something you've wanted for a long time but were afraid to ask for or anything in between. There are no limits!