Weekly proof of life: reading + foodstuffs
Aug. 9th, 2025 03:23 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
umadoshiReading: scruloose and I finished listening to All Systems Red and are now maybe a third of the way into Artificial Condition.
Yesterday I finished The Hands of the Emperor, which I think I read some of every day and still took me something like a week and a half even though I continued to really enjoy it all the way through. (I did find myself wishing that some of the emotional arc with Kip and his family had been shorter; [ROT13] uvf pbzcyvpngrq srryvatf nobhg uvf snzvyl abg ng nyy tenfcvat jub ur jnf be jung ur npghnyyl qvq jrer inyvq, ohg gung jnf n YBG bs cntrf qribgrq gb znal vafgnaprf va n ebj bs ehaavat vagb lrg nabgure crefba jub qvqa'g trg vg naq jnf qvfzvffvir be vafhygvat, be fbzrbar jub QVQ xabj jub ur jnf naq univat na vagrenpgvba, naq va rvgure pnfr gurer jnf gura lrg nabgure yratgul qryvirel bs rkcynangvba, naq vg jnf whfg...n ybg.
After finishing that last night, I completely at random started reading We'll Prescribe You a Cat (Syou Ishida), about which I have no particular feelings at this time.
Eating/baking: ( fruit, baking, salad (HelloFresh), sadness about still not liking tomatoes )
scruloose and I finished listening to All Systems Red and are now maybe a third of the way into Artificial Condition.Yesterday I finished The Hands of the Emperor, which I think I read some of every day and still took me something like a week and a half even though I continued to really enjoy it all the way through. (I did find myself wishing that some of the emotional arc with Kip and his family had been shorter; [ROT13] uvf pbzcyvpngrq srryvatf nobhg uvf snzvyl abg ng nyy tenfcvat jub ur jnf be jung ur npghnyyl qvq jrer inyvq, ohg gung jnf n YBG bs cntrf qribgrq gb znal vafgnaprf va n ebj bs ehaavat vagb lrg nabgure crefba jub qvqa'g trg vg naq jnf qvfzvffvir be vafhygvat, be fbzrbar jub QVQ xabj jub ur jnf naq univat na vagrenpgvba, naq va rvgure pnfr gurer jnf gura lrg nabgure yratgul qryvirel bs rkcynangvba, naq vg jnf whfg...n ybg.
After finishing that last night, I completely at random started reading We'll Prescribe You a Cat (Syou Ishida), about which I have no particular feelings at this time.
Eating/baking: ( fruit, baking, salad (HelloFresh), sadness about still not liking tomatoes )
MCU meme
Aug. 9th, 2025 09:57 amsholioStole this from muccamukk.
Bold = Watched Entirety
Italic = Watched Part
* Watched more than once.
† Watched in the first few weeks of release (at least initially, for TV shows).
( Big annotated list of movies/shows )
( Some nostalgic nattering about that )
Code if you want to do it yourself:
muccamukk.Bold = Watched Entirety
Italic = Watched Part
* Watched more than once.
† Watched in the first few weeks of release (at least initially, for TV shows).
( Big annotated list of movies/shows )
( Some nostalgic nattering about that )
Code if you want to do it yourself:
Just a thought...
Aug. 9th, 2025 07:34 ammuccamukkBen + Johnny + Sex Pollen = fic.
Which, surprisingly, I haven't seen in any version, though it's probably on LJ or something.
Which, surprisingly, I haven't seen in any version, though it's probably on LJ or something.
There must have been a musk in that curl spray
Aug. 9th, 2025 03:02 pmcimoreneLike oud or something. Not patchouli anyway. Because after shampooing it three times the night before last, I could still smell that on it yesterday every time it got in my face (the physically irritating part of the smell did wash out, but I personally dislike musks and think they're gross even when they don't make me sneeze). I can still smell it today too, but my hair is dry, and I don't want to shampoo it again yet.
So I guess this is no longer directly related to allergies, but I don't have a haircare tag or an "I fucking hate perfume flames on the side of my face" tag.
So I guess this is no longer directly related to allergies, but I don't have a haircare tag or an "I fucking hate perfume flames on the side of my face" tag.
The Day in Spikedluv (Friday, Aug 7)
Aug. 9th, 2025 07:21 amspikedluvI hit Price Chopper while I was downtown and got in a walk around the park. I visited my aunt (who woke up enough for me to show her some recent photos) and stopped in to see mom on the way home.
On the way home from mom's I picked up chicken quarters for supper o_O, stopped at the library to return a book (and got a surprise book that had just arrived!), hit the bank drive-thru, and filled my gas tank. I also did a load of laundry (washed, dried AND folded!), hand-washed dishes and did a load in the dishwasher, baked chicken for the dogs’ meals, scooped kitty litter, and showered.
I started the next Duncan Kincaid book. I forgot to mention that I recently purchased the Thunderbolts DVD, so I hope to watch that again at some point.
Temps started out at 61.7(F) and reached 88.0. We’re hitting hotter temps again. Today started off hazy (again, I’m sure it’s smoke) and then cleared so that we had blue sky and full on sun.
Mom Update:
Mom was doing better today than yesterday! ( more back here )
On the way home from mom's I picked up chicken quarters for supper o_O, stopped at the library to return a book (and got a surprise book that had just arrived!), hit the bank drive-thru, and filled my gas tank. I also did a load of laundry (washed, dried AND folded!), hand-washed dishes and did a load in the dishwasher, baked chicken for the dogs’ meals, scooped kitty litter, and showered.
I started the next Duncan Kincaid book. I forgot to mention that I recently purchased the Thunderbolts DVD, so I hope to watch that again at some point.
Temps started out at 61.7(F) and reached 88.0. We’re hitting hotter temps again. Today started off hazy (again, I’m sure it’s smoke) and then cleared so that we had blue sky and full on sun.
Mom Update:
Mom was doing better today than yesterday! ( more back here )
JERICCA BENTON > JEM AND THE HOLOGRAMS
Aug. 9th, 2025 05:43 pmquixotic posting in ![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png){kind=small}
dwrp_iconsCANON: Jem And The Holograms
CHARACTERS: Jerrica Benton / Jem
ADDITIONAL INFO: 89 icons from episodes 1-4
CREDIT TO:malagraphic
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CHARACTERS: Jerrica Benton / Jem
ADDITIONAL INFO: 89 icons from episodes 1-4
CREDIT TO:
malagraphichere @
malagraphicPhilosophical Questions: Thinking
Aug. 9th, 2025 04:07 amysabetwordsmithPeople have expressed interest in deep topics, so this list focuses on philosophical questions.
If everyone said what they were actually thinking, what would happen to society?
KERPLOWIE
If everyone said what they were actually thinking, what would happen to society?
KERPLOWIE
Challenge 196: Red
Aug. 9th, 2025 05:13 amjuliet316 posting in iconthatHi, it's been awhile...
Don Craig and Marlena Evans from Days of Our Lives
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Next color - Orange.
Don Craig and Marlena Evans from Days of Our Lives
https://i.postimg.cc/7YzbtNrQ/Icon-That196-1.png
Next color - Orange.
Stilinski's Home for Wayward Wolves (35197 words) by owlpostagain
Aug. 8th, 2025 09:38 pmjosilverdragonStilinski's Home for Wayward Wolves (35197 words) by owlpostagain
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Teen Wolf (TV)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Derek Hale/Stiles Stilinski
Characters: Stiles Stilinski, Derek Hale, Scott McCall, Isaac Lahey, Allison Argent, Lydia Martin, Jackson Whittemore, Erica Reyes, Vernon Boyd, Sheriff Stilinski
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Slow Build, Pack Dynamics, Pack Feels, Friendship, Canon-Type Violence, Kidnapping, Seriously So Many Tropes, Tropes Everywhere
Summary:
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Teen Wolf (TV)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Derek Hale/Stiles Stilinski
Characters: Stiles Stilinski, Derek Hale, Scott McCall, Isaac Lahey, Allison Argent, Lydia Martin, Jackson Whittemore, Erica Reyes, Vernon Boyd, Sheriff Stilinski
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Slow Build, Pack Dynamics, Pack Feels, Friendship, Canon-Type Violence, Kidnapping, Seriously So Many Tropes, Tropes Everywhere
Summary:
“At least your puppies knock first,” Stiles snorts. “Here I thought their alpha raised them to be well-mannered.”
“There’s a sign,” Derek responds stiffly.
Stiles, whose curiosity outweighs even his hardest of grudges, abandons his chilly façade of nonchalance in a heartbeat. He jumps right up and all but pushes Derek out of the way in his effort to get to the window, and sure enough when he leans outside there’s a laminated strip of cardstock duct taped to the vinyl siding:
DON’T FORGET TO KNOCK Stiles gets cranky when we scare him
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Or, in which Stiles Stilinski moves to Beacon Hills for his junior year of high school and accidentally adopts a pack of teenage werewolves.
You Have to Want It (51128 words) by forestofbabel
Aug. 8th, 2025 09:36 pmjosilverdragonYou Have to Want It (51128 words) by forestofbabel
Chapters: 23/23
Fandom: Teen Wolf (TV)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence
Relationships: Derek Hale/Stiles Stilinski
Characters: Derek Hale, Stiles Stilinski, Scott McCall, Jackson Whittemore, Isaac Lahey, Erica Reyes, Vernon Boyd, Lydia Martin, Allison Argent, Peter Hale, Cora Hale, Chris Argent, Sheriff Stilinski, Marin Morrell, Alan Deaton, Matt Daehler, Braeden (Teen Wolf), Deucalion
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Wolf!Stiles, Werewolf!Stiles, Magic!Stiles
Summary:
Chapters: 23/23
Fandom: Teen Wolf (TV)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence
Relationships: Derek Hale/Stiles Stilinski
Characters: Derek Hale, Stiles Stilinski, Scott McCall, Jackson Whittemore, Isaac Lahey, Erica Reyes, Vernon Boyd, Lydia Martin, Allison Argent, Peter Hale, Cora Hale, Chris Argent, Sheriff Stilinski, Marin Morrell, Alan Deaton, Matt Daehler, Braeden (Teen Wolf), Deucalion
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Wolf!Stiles, Werewolf!Stiles, Magic!Stiles
Summary:
“Do you. Want. The Bite?” Peter repeated, as if he were talking to a child, "Yes or no?"
“I don’t want to be like you,” Stiles said with conviction, but Peter could hear past the words.
The kid may believe he was telling the truth, but Stiles was only lying to himself, and Peter knew it. Here, the alpha smirked, a predatory gaze fixed on the boy's body. “I wasn’t really asking.”
Just Murderbot things
Aug. 8th, 2025 08:00 pmsholioCheck out this person's adorable manga-style art illustrating scenes from the first three Murderbot books. I love their art style!
I was thinking about how the adaptation for the next season might go.
( More about that )
I was thinking about how the adaptation for the next season might go.
( More about that )
August Asian Drama PTW
Aug. 8th, 2025 10:09 pmbluapapilioUsed my Asian drama boardgame.
MyDramaList Lists
Avatar: Tale of a Thousand Stars (free prompt re-draw)
Roll #1-2
A 7, just like last---. Oh, hello trap tile. And it's even different dice than last time! OK a 6. Prompt: favorite genre. Fantasy, and I only have one full fantasy my watchlist and that's Love Between Fairy and Devil.
Roll #3
An 8. Prompt: adapted from a book. Oh, I'll do Semantic Error.
Roll #4
Another 7. PTW tile so I have to choose something new at random. It landed on Thai Cherry Magic but since I watched the anime recently I'm not ready. This time I got Not Me which looks so interesting.
Roll #5
An 11. The prompt was 'highest rated on PTW' but I'm not ready to add new stuff to my list besides Not Me, so I'm using my skill. Prompt: featuring a group of friends. Mystic Nine counts especially where I'm at in the story.
Roll #6
A 4. Prompt: fantasy element. Love for Love's Sake.
Roll #7
A 7 and the end. Reward: Tale of a Thousand Stars.
Game Changelog:
-Removed the 'fantasy creatures' prompt. There's really only human-looking demons and fairies in C-land, very briefly dragons sometimes.
-The dice roller I was using broke so for now I'm having to use two dice. Might keep it cuts down on the number of dramas since I'm so slow with finishing these Asian drama watching challenges.
Watch links:
Love for Love's Sake [alt]
A Tale of Thousand Stars [alt]
Love Between Fairy and Devil
The Mystic Nine
Semantic Error
Not Me
MyDramaList Lists
Avatar: Tale of a Thousand Stars (free prompt re-draw)
Roll #1-2
A 7, just like last---. Oh, hello trap tile. And it's even different dice than last time! OK a 6. Prompt: favorite genre. Fantasy, and I only have one full fantasy my watchlist and that's Love Between Fairy and Devil.
Roll #3
An 8. Prompt: adapted from a book. Oh, I'll do Semantic Error.
Roll #4
Another 7. PTW tile so I have to choose something new at random. It landed on Thai Cherry Magic but since I watched the anime recently I'm not ready. This time I got Not Me which looks so interesting.
Roll #5
An 11. The prompt was 'highest rated on PTW' but I'm not ready to add new stuff to my list besides Not Me, so I'm using my skill. Prompt: featuring a group of friends. Mystic Nine counts especially where I'm at in the story.
Roll #6
A 4. Prompt: fantasy element. Love for Love's Sake.
Roll #7
A 7 and the end. Reward: Tale of a Thousand Stars.
Game Changelog:
-Removed the 'fantasy creatures' prompt. There's really only human-looking demons and fairies in C-land, very briefly dragons sometimes.
-The dice roller I was using broke so for now I'm having to use two dice. Might keep it cuts down on the number of dramas since I'm so slow with finishing these Asian drama watching challenges.
Watch links:
Love for Love's Sake [alt]
A Tale of Thousand Stars [alt]
Love Between Fairy and Devil
The Mystic Nine
Semantic Error
Not Me
Asian Drama PTW List:
[Game World/BL] Love for Love's Sake
[Drama/BL] A Tale of Thousand Stars
[Wuxia/Het] Love Between Fairy and Devil
[Adventure/Historical] The Mystic Nine
[BL] Semantic Error
[BL/Thriller] Not Me
2 Korean, 2 Thai, 2 Chinese
[Drama/BL] A Tale of Thousand Stars
[Wuxia/Het] Love Between Fairy and Devil
[Adventure/Historical] The Mystic Nine
[BL] Semantic Error
[BL/Thriller] Not Me
2 Korean, 2 Thai, 2 Chinese
Eighth of the Eighth.
Aug. 8th, 2025 10:10 pmhannahWalking down the stairs to the subway platform, a group of what I assume are tourists are standing right at the bottom, talking and not moving. The train's pulling in and I don't have time to think: I tap my knuckles against the back of the one right in front of me like I'm knocking on a door.
Amazingly, it works perfectly.
What also worked perfectly was twice tonight, getting into the station and to the platform within a minute of the train pulling in, where I walked down or walked up and it's arriving just as I am. It's now something where I have to stop saying it never happens and go to saying it almost never happens. Because it's now happened at least once.
Amazingly, it works perfectly.
What also worked perfectly was twice tonight, getting into the station and to the platform within a minute of the train pulling in, where I walked down or walked up and it's arriving just as I am. It's now something where I have to stop saying it never happens and go to saying it almost never happens. Because it's now happened at least once.
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Aug. 9th, 2025 11:37 amfrottage posting in dwrp_iconsCANON: black butler / kuroshitsuji [manga].
CHARACTERS: ciel phantomhive.
ADDITIONAL INFO: assorted icons from panels in volumes 5-9 only.
CREDIT TO:situations.
here atsituations
CHARACTERS: ciel phantomhive.
ADDITIONAL INFO: assorted icons from panels in volumes 5-9 only.
CREDIT TO:
situations. here at
situationsearthspirits posting in historiumFandoms: The Last Duel (2021) and Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)
Rating: Mature 18+
( Click for trigger warnings and story link )
Characters: Jacques Le Gris, Original Female Character, Marguerite de Carrouges, Jean de Carrouges
Pairing: Jacques Le Gris / Original Female Character
Era: 14th Century
Era: 14th Century
Chapter 1 of ?
Word Count for 1st Chapter: 2,458
Word Count for 1st Chapter: 2,458
Summary:
An AU vampiric horror tale inspired by "The Last Duel" (2021) and "Bram Stoker's Dracula" (1992). While Jacques Le Gris as portrayed in the film is reprehensible, my story depicts a very different version of the character. Here, Le Gris is a man of honor, betrayed by the brother-in-arms he believed to be his true friend, and by the woman he believed to be his true love.
There's an old saying: "Be careful what you wish for". Perhaps Jean de Carrouges should have heeded this warning. While the corrupt knight revels in his revenge, the man he wronged has his own plans for vengeance.
But this is also a love story. Years ago, Le Gris fell in love with a mysterious woman. A woman he never forgot, as different from Marguerite, as the moon from the sun. She would be his salvation.
But this is also a love story. Years ago, Le Gris fell in love with a mysterious woman. A woman he never forgot, as different from Marguerite, as the moon from the sun. She would be his salvation.
Rating: Mature 18+
( Click for trigger warnings and story link )