RIP Eva

2025-10-25 12:52 pm
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Alas, Eva has disappeared today and was probably taken by a fox. : (( Her ducklings are all grown up and I do not think they miss her. I shed some tears, but actually more for Egon than for her, because he keeps looking around for her and not finding her. : ( They always stuck together. But I'm actually glad they're not in monogamous pairs like geese, because the other partner can sometimes die of grief when one of them dies. We have also lost a very good brooder. Why can't the fox take males instead, if it has to take our ducks?? But I'm not surprised it took Eva, because she was the one always wandering off from the rest of the flock, with Egon following after. She was also blind on one eye.

I did not sign up for Yuletide, sigh. I am just so busy right now, and it felt like too much pressure. Perhaps I will treat. But I did sign up for the Get Your Words Out challenge to write 15 days in November and 15 in December. I WILL finish that longfic.
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I hit Price Chopper (to finish up mom’s grocery list) while I was downtown.

I drove mom to her treatment, did a load of laundry, hand-washed dishes, emptied the dishwasher, went for a couple walks with Pip and the dogs, baked chicken for the dog’s meals, cut up chicken for the dogs' meals, placed a couple of online orders (one a Christmas present and one for the dogs), and scooped kitty litter. I also baked cornbread to go with the chili for supper.

I watched 9-1-1 and finished watching Top Gun, which I’d started a few days ago, intending to hopefully write another fic for [community profile] fandomgiftbasket. Not sure that’s going to happen, but at least I got through the sad part of the movie, which is where I stopped watching previously. I also took a short nap.

Temps started out at 44.9(F) and reached 53.2. It has been a weird day, weather-wise. Periods of clouds, rain, sun, wind. Even a rainbow! It had really wide beautiful bands of color. Though by the time I got a photo of it, it had faded quite a bit.


Mom Update:

Mom wasn’t feeling well today. more back here )
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https://actionnetwork.org/letters/scrap-the-bathroom-ban

From TransActual and Trans+ Solidarity Alliance. Produces a template letter to your MP which you can customize as much as you can or want to.

Article by Jane Fae of TransActual (who have been absolutely kicking ass):

https://www.scenemag.co.uk/jane-fae-a-director-of-transactual-writes-on-the-eve-of-launching-a-new-campaign-to-get-mps-to-reject-the-ehrcs-bathroom-ban/

There are now a bunch of Labour MPs who are worried and making noises at the government, even if it's only about the impact on businesses of rules which are possibly illegal and impossible to follow without getting sued:

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/oct/23/dozens-of-labour-mps-warn-of-chaos-for-firms-over-gender-recognition-advice

It's alleged that Bridget Phillipson was sitting on the guidance because she was worried it'd scupper her bid for the deputy leadership, whereas Powell is actively trans-friendly and has called for MPs to have a chance to debate and vote on the guidance.

The below may be an overly optimistic view but it seems clear there's tension and conflict between the ECHR and government:

https://iandunt.substack.com/p/frightened-and-desperate-ehrc-anti (warning for Substack, in case you are boycotting it)

So this is a moment when leverage is possible, and letters to your MP may actually do something.
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[personal profile] abyss_valkyrie posting in [community profile] perioddrama_ic


Seasons change and so do we

Welcome to challenge Eighty Three. For this challenge, select a character(s) and show us the character progression from one season to another. If the show is of a single season or you choose one season, then you can create icons from first episode through the last to show the ‘change’.
If it is a movie, then make icons from various scenes and put it in order of the character’s appearance.
You could even make icons from a single episode if the character has gone through a significant transformation.
Every icon must be in chronological order.
You have to make AT LEAST TWO icons to show the progression.

Below are some examples to inspire you.

One season

[personal profile] abyss_valkyrie [personal profile] wickedgame [personal profile] tinny [personal profile] sietepecados [personal profile] mementomoris

One character (season 1 to season 5)
  
[personal profile] littlemissnovella [personal profile] magicrubbish [livejournal.com profile] twisted_slinky [livejournal.com profile] loopstagirl [personal profile] abyss_valkyrie

Single episode

5X[personal profile] abyss_valkyrie 


Deadline: 9th November, 2025

  • Create up to 5 icons. You must make at least two icons to show the progression.
  • When posting, tag it with challenge 83:seasons change & your username. Ask for a username tag if you don't have one.
  • Post the URLs of your icons.
  • Fandoms can include drama, movies, animation, historical, fantasy etc. that can be considered as a period piece.
  • Characters in modern shows dressed up in period clothing do not count unless they have time travelled to the past or are under any similar circumstances.
  • All icons MUST be based on a Period Drama that is either from film or TV that meets the theme.
  • Icons submitted must be NEW and never posted before.
  • Icons MUST be 100px by 100px. Animation will only be allowed when included in a challenge.
  • Each fortnight a challenge post WILL be put up with a theme.
  • Participants will have TWO WEEKS to make and submit their icons.
  • Got any questions? Ask them below.
 
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Once upon a time, there was a place called the Wilderness.... )

My Comments: With the announcement that the fourth season is to be its last, I ended up watching some Yellowjackets fanvids that were made recently. This one in particular caught my eye because of its use of a very somber cover of "Like A Prayer" by Madonna which gives the eerie and devastating atmosphere of the show itself. It does feature scenes spanning across all three seasons, though not entirely spoilery unless you look very hard. I like the way the vidder chose to focus on the wilderness and the girls, and the horrors they went through and what they transformed into because of it. It's one of the many different parts of what makes this show, flaws and all, so captivating.

Write Every Day: Day 25

2025-10-25 06:14 pm
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"Nobody talks about the middle. The part where the excitement fades and progress stalls. Where the work feels endless, the wins feel small, and the finish line isn't even in sight.
The middle part is where most people quit – not because they couldn't do it, but because they thought it wasn't supposed to feel this way.
But this is actually where the growth happens. Push through.
One day, this chapter will be the part of the story you're most proud of."

–Jay Yang, via Instagram

My day 25: A bit of a slow start (partly distracted by the Yuletide letters post), but I managed 1,115 words of a new gift fic. I'm trying to slow down the writing and let it be sensory, rather than racing to get to the finish. Let's see how that goes. (There are so many things I'm "in the middle of" or meaning to write atm that my head feels splintered. I need to get back into the habit of sustained attention and finishing, without making the writing feel rushed.)

Other than that, another walk through trees this afternoon, and a quiet evening ahead.

The tally
Tally )

Day 23: [personal profile] alightbuthappypen, [personal profile] badly_knitted, [personal profile] carenejeans, [personal profile] chanter1944, [personal profile] china_shop, [personal profile] cmk418, [personal profile] cornerofmadness, [personal profile] sanguinity, [personal profile] sylvanwitch, [personal profile] the_siobhan, [personal profile] trobadora

Day 24: [personal profile] badly_knitted, [personal profile] brithistorian, [personal profile] china_shop, [personal profile] cmk418, [personal profile] goddess47, [personal profile] sanguinity, [personal profile] sylvanwitch, [personal profile] the_siobhan, [personal profile] trobadora

When you check in, please say what day(s) you’re checking in for. You can join in or take a break at any time; you’re always welcome back. And please let me know if I’ve missed you.

swallow poison, swallow sugar

2025-10-24 09:42 pm
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The Good:
I went to a wedding last weekend. It was tiny, less than 10 people at City Hall and it was genuinely the only time in my life I've ever teared up at a wedding. The couple are just so amazing together. They could barely let go of each others' hands long enough to put on their rings.

The Bad:
I dropped my Kobo somewhere on the subway. So far the lost-and-found hasn't turned it up yet. That is so annoying and I only have myself to blame.

(I seem to have lost a lot of stuff lately in inexplicable ways. An adapter cable I took with me to Montreal that NEVER LEFT MY KNAPSACK apparently no longer exists. I dropped the tennis ball I roll under my foot today and there is no POSSIBLE way it ended up anywhere except on the floor - but it's not on the floor. How? Is there a portal in this room leading to another dimension? And if yes, is it big enough for me to climb into it?)

The Ugly:
So house stuff, hoo boy. I texted the contractor every single day since my last post. Crickets. Messenger indicates that texts have been read, but no response. I reached out to the city and they tell me I have to hire my own engineer to create a new report. This may involve tearing up the floor to get at the foundations. I say fuck. A lot.

I have hired a guy who has experience sorting out difficult permits because apparently this kind of shit is common enough that you can make a living fixing it for people. So far I am tentatively hopeful - he's been working in this part of town long enough that he knows all the inspectors and can talk to them directly about what needs to happen - this project has been going on for so long that the original inspector assigned to the permit has retired, but dude has his cell number. Fingers crossed he can figure this out. He ALSO called the contractor and didn't get a response - so at this point I'm pretty sure no inspections were done at all and the engineer is just hoping that if he doesn't admit it they won't get in trouble. I have already reached out to the provincial licensing board.

So that nonsense sucked up a lot of the time I had planned to use for finishing up in the house, but I think I still managed to get a lot done. Four big bags of unwanted clothes got walked to a drop-in centre today. A bunch of little fiddly things got repaired, more boxes of stuff have been unearthed and I think I may have actually finally managed to unpack everything that was stored in the house and shed. Two boxes of unwanted stuff was offered to neighbours and taken away. I found more of ex-housemate's LARP gear, they want it so that has been packed up in a box with their name on it. Most everything I pulled out this week was covered in inches of dust so I have been working an assembly line through the shower room to clean everything before it gets put away or boxed up for donation. I have filled the recycling bin twice and the stack of re-usable cardboard on the front porch continues to grow.

***

A friend recommended their physiotherapist, who just happens to be around the corner from me, so I made an appointment to have her look at my foot. She gave me some exercises. She also did some massage that had me going, OK WOW I did not know that specific spot was made out of pain and weeping, but apparently it is. I was sore in whole new places that night, but today I walked to the drop-in centre without my cane because I had too much to carry, and I did not regret that choice when I got home - so maybe that's a good sign? Anyway, going back tomorrow.

***

Tomorrow I go back to work. I want to put one last coat of paint on the doors so I'll try and squeeze that in. Sunday I'm taking my dad for his boosters. Then it's three more weeks of picking at things and hopefully good news about the permits. I have another week off booked in November and if all goes well I'll get to use it for emptying the storage locker. Then that's a $250/month expense that goes away.

Fingers crossed

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Since I belong to a little bitty credit union, my branch is closed tomorrow and I have to go into the city to get a replacement and, while I'm there, have them fix my name - if they remove my middle initial from my card, my last name will fit properly, easy-peasy. Or I can wait until Monday, since I'm certain I lost it in the house, but it turns out there's another protest tomorrow so I may as well go in.

Anyway, speaking of protests and politics and food banks, [personal profile] petra is offering up fanworks:

If you donate at least $25 in cash or in-kind to a food bank at any point between now and the end of the Trump Administration, and you either share a fandom of mine and want a drabble or fannish poetry, or you want original poetry, drop me a comment, and I will write for you.

So, there you go, that's a win-win for everybody.

Edit: Well! As you might expect, as soon as I posted I happened to roll my chair over my card! It's fine, chair and card are both fine. I still need to make them fix my name, but it can wait.
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This is the last mending they'll take, and I'm not sure how long it'll hold. I've ordered a new pair, and on the one hand I know $100 is cheap - especially for my prescription! - but on the other hand, I didn't want to spend it. And I didn't exactly love my choice of frames, either, but they were inexpensive and fit my pupil distance, so I'll live with them.

(Though, looking on the website, it seems glow in the dark frames are an option!? I would never, sounds like a real visual annoyance, but man, so much respect for anybody who goes in that direction!)

*********************


Read more... )

Fannish Stuff

2025-10-24 10:10 pm
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[personal profile] settiai
On the Critical Role front, a friend has sent me some very specific spoilers about last night's episode as well as timestamps to avoid, so I'm going to try to watch it again this weekend but this time going in prepared. When I watch this time, I'm going to very carefully fast-forward through some scenes to try to avoid being set off again like I was when I was watching it live. We'll see how it goes?

I've gotta admit, one of the biggest things that annoys me about Critical Role is their refusal to add content warnings of any type even now that they're prerecording. It was one thing when they were properly airing live, because that just wasn't possible, but now? It would definitely help to at least have an option to know in advance that an episode was going to include certain topics. They gave warnings for the Divergence miniseries, so it's definitely possible for them to do. They just... don't do it most of the time.

Let's see... I finally managed to get my Yuletide sign-up done earlier this afternoon. It took a lot longer than I was expecting, but I got it in so that's a relief. I'm having a few regrets about not trimming down my list of offers a bit more than I did, but that happens every year so we'll just see how it goes.

The Dragon Age Reverse Bang's deadline is Sunday, so my artist and I are both hurrying to get everything finished. My brain's a bit mush right now despite me napping after work, because A. I slept like crap and B. I think that I might be coming down with something, so I think that I'm going to go to bed in a bit so that I can plan on getting up early and curling up with my laptop to spend the day writing until I get this ever-growing monster of a fic done.

Subject or object?

2025-10-25 02:58 am
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[personal profile] igenlode posting in [community profile] fan_writers
A quick conundrum: if someone notices that another character is looking at him, does that make him the *subject* or the *object* of an assessing gaze?

I feel that logically speaking one ought to write "found himself the object of an assessing gaze", but my first instinct was to put "subject"; certainly he was *subjected to* the other character's thoughtful look :-)
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The deadline has passed! Which means you may peruse our lineup of eepy creepy pinch hits below!

To claim, please comment on this post with your AO3 name and the number or name of the pinch hit you would like. Comments are screened. Pinch hits are first-come, first-serve, and if you're the first to claim, you'll receive the assignment to your email.

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These are due October 28, 23:59 UTC.

Thank you!

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  • https://autoao3app.fandom.tools/#/trickortreatex2025/user/Audrelite

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  • https://autoao3app.fandom.tools/#/trickortreatex2025/user/butchgoth (GremlinGirl)

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  • https://autoao3app.fandom.tools/#/trickortreatex2025/user/diplomacy

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  • https://autoao3app.fandom.tools/#/trickortreatex2025/user/hearthouses

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  • Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters (Anime & Manga), 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù, 魔尊也想知道 - 青色羽翼 | Devil Venerable Also Wants to Know - Cyan Wings, 화산귀환 | Return of the Blossoming Blade (Webcomic), Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle, 我和我对家 | I Ship My Rival x Me (Webcomic), Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magika | Puella Magi Madoka Magica, 山河令 | Word of Honor (TV 2021)
  • https://autoao3app.fandom.tools/#/trickortreatex2025/user/humancorn

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     (I call housecleaning and sorting through old treasures "attic archaeology.")

    Quite a while back, Joel Rosenberg and a number of us had a joke that there should be a Minnesota Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association (MSFFWA), and its motto should be "Quae narravi, nullo modo negabo," which he told us means loosely "That's my story and I'm sticking to it." There were cups made, bearing motto and also logo, which was crossed sword and space shuttle over the shape of Minnesota.




    (I cannot manage to upload the photos yet. I'll work on it.)

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