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Ysabet ([personal profile] umadoshi) wrote2025-08-10 02:49 pm

Upcoming media things!

Three unrelated things that have been announced recently:
  • K.B. Spangler says that the sixth Rachel Peng novel is coming out in late October!
  • Discotek has announced that they're releasing Monster: The Complete Series, which is very exciting since AFAIK only the first chunk was ever released in a physical edition the first time it was licensed. (I think the whole series is on Netflix, but I want to own a copy.)
  • ANN reports that Minekura-sensei is not only resuming Wild Adapter after a nine-year hiatus but aiming to wrap it up in its eighth volume. If it's actually completed, I imagine that increases the odds of it being re-licensed in English. (I was more attached to Saiyuki, personally, but even though she resumed that last fall [and ANY of this is pretty miraculous, given my vague understanding of her health], I'm not even hoping for anything on that front. If I'm pleasantly surprised, that'll be awesome.)
(Not an announcement, but FYI for fellow Canadians, Z1L's Dongji Rescue has made it to the Cineplex site with the expected August 22nd date. That's...that's next Friday! Less than two weeks! At some point, there should be actual theatres and showtimes! *_*)
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Jo ([personal profile] josilverdragon) wrote2025-08-10 10:09 am

Social Media Hiatus Day Ten

I have been working on removing those duplicated (triplicated lol) posts still and decided that I would make a playlist on YT of all the songs I referenced in the music section at the bottom of the journal entries and now I'm revisiting some of my favorites from twenty years ago lol. Well, nineteen. It's been a treat to listen to it between fixing sessions and remember why I liked them, or was listening to them. Some are from an internet radio site called Live365 (I have not yet looked to see if it still exists and I'm kind of afraid to) and some are from suggestions from friends on LJ and some those I stumbled upon in my own search for music. And from the various music blogs that would share Japanese pop and rock releases.

My phone said I used my phone 5 hours more than last week and I'm like yeah, I've been reading on it LOL. All fanfiction. It's a lot nicer to read on my phone without all the socmed app notifs and I have been READING and READING and I cannot complain because it's been the best. All that socmed time now on what I really wanted to do, which is read. The downside is I've been reading at work, so instead of wasting time on socmeds, I'm reading fanfic lol. I still get my work done, but yeah. It's just hilarious to me that I would be using my phone MORE and using LESS energy to do it. My phone battery is AMAZING. I'm at 56% and the last time my phone was charged at 100% was at 3pm YESTERDAY.

***CAT BREAK: Pele felt the need to sit upon me, which makes it hard to type lol.***

I checked my phone and yesterday I was on ReadEra Premium (my ebook/fanfic epub reading app) 6 hours and 40 minutes. Haha.

I know when my hiatus is done that I'll be re-adding Twitter because two of my closest friends are on that app and that's how I interact with them the most. I'll probably re-add IG and FB because of Sleep Token archiving and we'll go from there. I'm not sure what I'll do moving forward but I would like to continue to use DW because, as I've written before, it's so nice just to write. Just to feel through things and write.

I'm also considering finding my old journals and adding them, post-dated so they don't show up on reading pages, but an electronic record of some of my earlier, more cringey journal writings LOL. We'll see. I still have to finish fixing the triplication issue, add the fanfic posts, add my poetry, maybe add some tumblr stuff (more than the fanfic stuff) but maybe I might do that at some point. We shall see.
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Jo ([personal profile] josilverdragon) wrote2025-08-10 08:16 am
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KAARMAA

I have Randy Feltface in my brain. He did this 3 and a half minute monologue in his "Randy Writes a Novel" special about Ernest Hemingway and he says "Karma" in such a way that has stuck in my head. Below is the full special but I've linked it to start at the Hemingway bit.



I have watched most of the videos available on his YT channel and still need to see "Randy is Sober" and one other one that I think is out there. Anyway, I'm obsessed lol.
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sam! ([personal profile] ridic) wrote in [community profile] dwrp_icons2025-08-10 03:59 pm
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ange ushiromiya | umineko no naku koro ni

CANON: Umineko No Naku Koro Ni (Manga)
CHARACTERS: Ange Ushiromiya
ADDITIONAL INFO: All are from Episode 4: Alliance of the Golden Witch
CREDIT TO: [personal profile] ridic / [community profile] ridicons


find them here at [community profile] ridicons !
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Punk ([personal profile] runpunkrun) wrote2025-08-10 07:56 am
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Speaking of Matthew Goode...

[Found this in my drafts. It was written in 2016, but I'm still mad.]

So, the Downton Abbey series finale was an endless parade of reproducing heterosexuals. Though, thanks to Thomas, it still wasn't as unrelentingly straight as the LOST finale, and you know you done fucked up if Downton Abbey is gayer than your time-slippy post-modern science fiction fantasy island show.

Anyway, I'm still super mad that Mary Crawley stole Alicia Florick's boyfriend. Julianna Margulies and Matthew Goode had amazing chemistry, and then he left her for England and an unconvincing romance with the daughter of a lord, though he's still very handsome.

I think I stopped caring about the show somewhere around the part where Julian Fellowes decided to give Anna the gift of sexual assault, but I kept watching out of inertia and love for Dame Maggie Smith.

As for The Good Wife finale, it made me cry to have Will back, even if it wasn't real, and even if it made me worry Alicia was about to have a stroke or something—she really did love him, but she made the choice to not be with him, and that's put her where she is today, still choosing to stand by her worthless husband because of the power and security it gives her and maybe she loses someone else because of it, two someone elses, because Diane is pissed. I liked that the ending was ambiguous. Because maybe Alicia didn't deserve a happy ending. Maybe she had the chance, a couple chances, and didn't take them.
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shadowhive ([personal profile] shadowhive) wrote2025-08-10 03:10 pm
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‘VHS tapes? Aren’t they extinct?’

The past few days have been pretty bleh. Mostly it’s cause mum decided to come down late Thursday night to complain and bemoan stuff. Ts pretty clear from that, and her moaning earlier that she’s not interested in going out next week to Birmingham like planned (despite it being her idea!) so it’s likely not going to happen.

But yeah the whole complaining a mix of complaining about her friend coming, mums on indecisiveness and then my own lack of energy ended up with my mood lowering even more than it already was. I was about to settle down to watch Hell Of A Summer but ugh, she completely ruined the mood so I couldn’t do anything.

The next day was spent upstairs, my brain almost completely switched off.

The Kerrmag zines I’d ordered did come but I didn’t have the focus for them. I’ve still not got the code for Micheal Clifford’s album (I thought it might be included with the zine for some reason) but I saw people had issues with the signed version which I missed out on. (It was meant to have a card signed by Micheal and Awsten, but none of them are signed by Awsten so people are understandably mad)

It did eventually improve enough at night so that I headed down (only after mum had gone up) and watched Hell Of A Summer. It was decent enough summer camp slasher fare, though itI half expected Finn Wolfhard to be a victim (after all these things usually end with most of the cast dead but a surprising amount survived). Also one of the other guts was cute too.

Yesterday again I spent it mostly upstairs. This time I took some stuff up, though I didn’t touch any of my reading material. I did go on Donkey Kong Bananza and did a decent chunk of the Tempest Layer at least until my brain tuned out again. (Though I at least watched some Murder She Wrote eps and some of shoto’s spooky Saturday stream)

Night time I watched Miss Marple (Sleeping Murder which was pretty good, then Men In Black International (I’d seen it before and it was a pretty fun time) and then Barbarian. I’d not seen it before and I went in pretty blind. I’m not gonna say much, but I liked the opening third. I’m less sure about the rest though.

Today’s so far been watching Phineas And Ferb (hence the title), 7 Wonders (the 5 app finally worked so I could see it) and Wednesday. I didn’t expect but loved the use of Apocalyptica and I still love the cute barista guy.

Other things
*I saw that there’s a kinktober list (and there’s a dead dove one too) will I try and do it? Who knows. I have my own table I’ve not touched so is adding another a good idea? I dunno, I guess we’ll see
*I have fallen down a 5 Seconds Of Summer reading hole. I really need to do something with them
*also for some reason I’m getting a load of kudos again what’s up with that?
*I was gonna sort through the MCC cards but didn’t cause of lack of focus ugh
*I saw this and wanna know where it’s from cause it’s wild for Ray to describe a show as being like ‘getting fucked’
*Twitter’s age verification is finally ‘working’ I say working because it doesn’t. The age estimation selfie doesn’t work so it just wants an ID a which… nope. There’s no way I’m trusting it with that (not that I know where one actually is). Ugh I hate this.

Anyway gonna maybe sort icons before DND and then who knows? I’m hoping to see Weapons this coming week and start Alien Earth (and hopefully get back to Hell Motel). And I wanna fic and get back to reading Clown In A Cornfield but we’ll see.

I do wanna try tonight to watch All The Gods In The Sky. I don’t really know anything about it but the poster made me curious. We’ll see if I have the focus for subtitles.
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Raederle ([personal profile] seleneheart) wrote2025-08-10 09:29 am

Fic: The Ice Prince

Title: The Ice Prince
Fandom: Lord of the Rings
Pairing/Characters: Aragorn/Boromir
Rating: Teen
Summary: One man’s quest to save his best friend who has fallen under a spell.
Warnings: None
Notes: This was originally written in 2004 and posted to Livejournal. This is for [personal profile] ribby, my fairy tale soul sister, for a promise made a while back. This story has elements picked from many fairy tales, so it is not original, but not like any other.

On AO3: The Ice Prince

On [community profile] raselgethi: The Ice Prince
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it only hurts when i breathe ([personal profile] spikedluv) wrote2025-08-10 08:45 am

Photos: Pumpkins & Flowers

Here are some photos I took on a walk at the end of July.

More baby pumpkins! And medium. And large.



8 more back here )
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it only hurts when i breathe ([personal profile] spikedluv) wrote2025-08-10 07:50 am

The Day in Spikedluv (Saturday, Aug 9)

I hit the Pharmacy and the Bakery while I was downtown and got in a walk around the park. I stopped at the farm stand and the post office on the way home. I spent several hours with mom.

I did a load of laundry (yes, washed, dried AND folded!!), took the dogs for a short walk, cut up chicken for the dogs’ meals, hand-washed dishes, placed an online order, scooped kitty litter, and showered.

I finished the Duncan Kincaid book and started another Kindle cozy.

Temps started out at 59.0(F) and reached 88.3. Yes, it was hot in the sun.


Mom Update:

Mom was doing a little better today. more back here )
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ysabetwordsmith ([personal profile] ysabetwordsmith) wrote2025-08-10 03:18 am
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Safety

I stumbled across this today, while researching hormone use on livestock:

Causing trauma to the reproductive tract can induce bleeding, and since blood is toxic to sperm, this may result in reduced conception rates, permanently infertile animals, or animal death.

It makes me wonder if that's a cause undermining conception from rape, which often features internal injuries from microabrasions up to serious tears. If so, an interesting example of self-sabotage.

And then, what about the handful of species where rough sex is normal or even required? A tomcat's barbed penis, for example. Is their sperm different somehow? Or is there some other protective mechanism in play?
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ysabetwordsmith ([personal profile] ysabetwordsmith) wrote2025-08-10 02:56 am
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Food

How much damage are ultraprocessed foods really doing to your health?

New American Heart Association Science Advisory reviews current evidence about UPFs and their impact on adverse health outcomes and outlines opportunities for research, policy and regulatory reform to improve dietary intake and overall health.
Many foods we consume today are ultraprocessed, packed with unhealthy ingredients, and linked to major health risks. As consumption of these foods rises, so do chronic health issues, especially among lower-income groups. Experts are calling for clearer guidelines, better research, and systemic changes to reduce the impact of ultraprocessed foods on public health
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Read more... )
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Jo ([personal profile] josilverdragon) wrote2025-08-09 11:46 pm

The Hollow Moon (180079 words) by thepsychicclam

The Hollow Moon (180079 words) by thepsychicclam
Chapters: 10/10
Fandom: Teen Wolf (TV)
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Derek Hale/Stiles Stilinski
Characters: Cora Hale, Sheriff Stilinski, Lydia Martin, Scott McCall, Jackson Whittemore, Danny Māhealani, Liam Dunbar, Mason Hewitt, Hayden Romero, Kira Yukimura, Jordan Parrish
Additional Tags: Memory Alteration, Memory Loss, Depression, Anxiety, Future Fic, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Canon through end of season 4, Fix-It, Lydia Martin & Stiles Stilinski Friendship, Cora Hale & Stiles Stilinski Friendship, Nightmares, Post-Nogitsune Stiles Stilinski, Slow Burn, Slow Build, Wolf Derek, Cooking, Canon-Typical Violence
Summary:

It's the summer after Stiles' first year of college, and he's working a crappy job and dealing with nightmares and anxiety - but he's okay, he swears. He makes it through most days without too much trouble. Then, a certain werewolf comes back into town. Which Stiles doesn't care about, nope, not at all.

After two and a half years, Derek returns to Beacon Hills with his small Pack. Though he tried to move on, something just kept drawing him back to Beacon Hills, he's just not sure what. Now, he figures he can start building something like a life - but he keeps getting distracted by Stiles Stilinski of all people.

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蝶になって ([personal profile] bluapapilio) wrote2025-08-09 09:32 pm
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August Anime PTW

Ready for a new challenge!I used my boardgame here.

I finished 6/6 from my last PTW list and had a good time. I'm open to whatever ends up on my list.

I took this chance to move a bunch of things to my to-watch list that I only watched a little of and would need to rewatch to understand again.

Avatar:


Iruma from Mairimashita! Iruma-kun
Skill: Cover two prompts with one anime.


Roll #1:

A 10, interesting start. Prompt: water on the cover. I thought I took that out because it's too annoying to look at all the covers but whatever, it gets me to watch more Babanba Banban Vampire.

Roll #2:

An 8, just past the trap tile. Is it weird I almost wish I'd hit it? I'm actually in the mood to watch more anime, not less because I got lucky rolls lol. Prompt: romance element. Choosing was like pulling teeth but I'm going with Sasaki to Miyano, I already watched 5 episodes but I don't remember it though;;

Roll #3:

A 2. Prompt: Sports. Ughh another teeth-puller, this challenge is poking my weak spots. Ended up picking Haikyuu!!. I watched 3 episodes, I still mostly remember them.

Roll #4:

An 8. Prompt: contemporary. Wind Breaker.

Roll #5:

A  3, supernatural element. Shaman King. I didn't realize it's been so long since I watched it (7 eps prev).

Roll #6:

A 6, right before the end. CW tile. Generated a 28 and that's...huh, more Flaglia already!

Roll #7:

A 2 and the end. Honestly I'm too curious what's going to happen next in Binan Koukou Chikyuu Bouei-bu LOVE!.

Where to watch:
Flaglia

Anime PTW List:

[SPN/Comedy] Babanba Banban Vampire
[BL Romance] Sasaki to Miyano
[Sports] Haikyuu!!
[Action/Slice of life] Wind Breaker
[Action/SPN] Shaman King (remake)
[Fantasy] Flaglia
[Magical Boys] Binan Koukou Chikyuu Bouei-bu LOVE!
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蝶になって ([personal profile] bluapapilio) wrote2025-08-09 08:29 pm

July (through August) Anime Wrap-Up

Watched ep. 10-11 of HameFura! Cliffhanger!! 

Watched S2E5 of Wind Breaker

Watched Durarara!! S2E1-2.

 I finished season one of TenSura

 Watched Flaglia ep. 1-2, it's really interesting despite the hard-to-understand subs. 

Watched S1E5 of Binan Koukou Chikyuu Bouei-Bu LOVE!, wacky as usual. 
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hannah ([personal profile] hannah) wrote2025-08-09 08:31 pm

Bringing good ideas.

The baby shower had two games: one where you guessed how long various animal pregnancies lasted, and one where you guessed who was who in baby pictures. The second one was supposed to have been done by watching a slideshow, writing guesses down, and then learning who was who.

"Wouldn't it be more fun to shout it out?" I asked.

And the entire rest of the party agreed with me.

Overall, I had a decent time. I arrived early to help set up, which included deciding how to arrange the table for maximum flow throughout the apartment, considering whether the plates and cutlery should be on this side or that based on how people are going to be moving and where the drinks will be. Nobody got in anyone's way, even when the room was crowded, so I take that as a small victory. I had a handful of genuine conversations with people, and the watermelon tonic I brought was a success. There were a few unpleasant moments - someone talking about generative programs as a positive thing, one of the guests not flushing the toilet after they were done in the bathroom - but overall, even with those moments taken into consideration, I'm fairly glad I went.
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Cimorene ([personal profile] cimorene) wrote2025-08-10 02:12 am

Did the memory change, or did my taste?

Every now and then I get a craving like,

"I wish I could read [fandom] the way it was before [subsequent bad canon/creator behavior]."

The thing is, all the stuff I enjoyed the first time I read it is still there, but... it never feels the same. All that Avengers tower fic from 2012 and all that season 1 Teen Wolf fic, for example, actually don't taste the way I remember them tasting.

This is true of a number of foods that I liked as a kid, too. The smell of bacon or hamburger cooking are slightly nauseating to me now that I haven't eaten them in 20 years, but sometimes I still wake up from a dream wishing I could have the bacon cheeseburgers I ate at age 19 from the college dining hall once a week.