CODE ✦ EP.
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lucavi
VOL.1
I BELIEVE IN HELIOCENTRISM.
MOVE THE EARTH
This is what it means to learn something, I think.
TRUTH / TERROR
Neither of you will be known to history.
「¿」
There is enlightenment in being lost—to wander is to search is to realize.
MERCURY IN RETROGRADE
a transition ep
RETROGRADE; the orbital or rotational motion of an object in the direction opposite the rotation of its primary -- that is, the central object. The direction of rotation is determined by an inertial frame of reference, such as distant fixed stars.
I'm back in the building
Dec. 12th, 2025 09:34 amrequiems
IM GOING TO BE INSUFFERABLE ABOUT THIS UNTIL RELEASE IS JESSE OK??? IS JESSE OK REMEDY? IS JESSE FUCKING OK!?!?!
That said as much as I theoretically do dig playing as Dylan since I assume this will be significantly less Oldest House contained, and that in itself is a masterful usage of same universe different place by using the untapped powers of a protagonist who was passed over for the role they were groomed for and divorcing from the very much alive setting that went "I like this sibling better" and was ultimately possessed by the invading force and now has to relearn to live on his own terms... I want to play as Jesse,,,, where is girl,,,,
That reticence aside this is so fucking hype to me you don't even know. It's so fucking weird. Look at the patterns!!!!
Me last time, I've been sleeping consistently eight hours through. Me the last three nights, five hours, four hours, two hours (💀). I was microwaving Control enough to have had dreams about it, some ThoughtsTM after spinning it a whole bunch
( orange peel )
I really gotta find a way to play Firebreak... rattles Remedy why did you have to make this co-op mandatory with a set number of people.
174 - 5 sig tags; 24.31 - sailor moon; blue exorcist
Dec. 12th, 2025 02:46 pmaliensamba
Medium: anime
Fandoms: Sailor Moon; Blue Exorcist
Characters: Tsukino Usagi; Okumura Rin
Notes: 5 sig tags for the Golden Ticket challenge of "24.31 - animal association" at Land of Art.
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Fandoms: Sailor Moon; Blue Exorcist
Characters: Tsukino Usagi; Okumura Rin
Notes: 5 sig tags for the Golden Ticket challenge of "24.31 - animal association" at Land of Art.
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Podcast Wrapped
Dec. 11th, 2025 10:18 pmelidelio
So the Pocket Casts app does its own version of Wrapped (because of course it does) and I just saw mine for this year! Fun stuff:
( [Image]Top Podcast of the year )
I'm actually surprised DYK is #2 because i've only listened to like 57 episodes? But I guess they're kinda long so it makes sense. Anyway yeah all the rest of these track: I binged WOE.BEGONE until the plot stopped making sense to me (which, tbh, got me just under 250 episodes along); I got hooked on PodByNight's Stitch of Fate campaign and am also rearing to finish it; and I basically listened to like one episode of Loading Ready Run's Not a Drop to Drink every day until I finished all three seasons so... xd
( [Image] Time Stats Stuff )
Whew, 62,889 minutes is like 43 days if my maths are to be believed??? I barely listened to 5,688 mins of music according to Spotify... Damn. Anyway my minutes for 2026 are definitely going to be lower since my new job doesn't lend itself to podcast bingeing 🥲 but at least I'll have this to look back as my golden years of podcasting hahaha
Anyway, yeah Læce episodes were long as hell lmao. I don't usually like listening to pods longer then 3 hours but this show was just so goooddddddd ugh
There was a little more stuff in the wrapped but these were the more fun ones I think! Let's see what I get next year...
( [Image]Top Podcast of the year )
I wasn't expecting Underwood and Flinch to be my top one, but tbh it makes sense! I started bingeing it pretty much immediately after I discovered it (which feels like ages ago but looking back it was around August). It doesn't feel like I've listened to 135 episodes either? But it's been like 7 seasons! XD
Tbh I'm still having a lot of fun with U&F even if the plot is so far away from what it started (even the creator has been very honest in saying that he's discovering the world as he writes lol)... idk the growth feels natural and I find myself still wanting to find out what happens next, which is a good sign that it still has me hooked! I remember how sad I was when I finally caught up because it would mean a month-long wait between episodes lmao.
( [Image] Top 5 )
I'm actually surprised DYK is #2 because i've only listened to like 57 episodes? But I guess they're kinda long so it makes sense. Anyway yeah all the rest of these track: I binged WOE.BEGONE until the plot stopped making sense to me (which, tbh, got me just under 250 episodes along); I got hooked on PodByNight's Stitch of Fate campaign and am also rearing to finish it; and I basically listened to like one episode of Loading Ready Run's Not a Drop to Drink every day until I finished all three seasons so... xd
( [Image] Time Stats Stuff )
Whew, 62,889 minutes is like 43 days if my maths are to be believed??? I barely listened to 5,688 mins of music according to Spotify... Damn. Anyway my minutes for 2026 are definitely going to be lower since my new job doesn't lend itself to podcast bingeing 🥲 but at least I'll have this to look back as my golden years of podcasting hahaha
Anyway, yeah Læce episodes were long as hell lmao. I don't usually like listening to pods longer then 3 hours but this show was just so goooddddddd ugh
There was a little more stuff in the wrapped but these were the more fun ones I think! Let's see what I get next year...
Community Thursday
Dec. 11th, 2025 03:39 pmdrayLike vriddy is doing, I figure a weekly post about neat communities I've been active in or eyeballing might be nice to share, especially since Dreamwidth does not have the now-familiar algorithmic sorting that otherwise lofts interests to our spoil't eyeballs.
Last week, I stumbled on![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
ocrealm and they have some nice and easy prompts to chat about original characters. Worth a look if you want to spin some blorbos (original flavour) with one another at a slower speed than on discord.
ph_memes has put out a new test drive! If you haven't participated in DWRP before, DWRP stands for "Dreamwidth Roleplay", which is often fandom or panfandom based. This one is hosted by pumpkinhollow, and is themed around spooky (and sometimes silly) horror themes. Like more oldschool DWRP games, the game's themes and prompts shift over time, allowing a sandbox for you to interact with other players' characters in order for your blorbos to develop friendships, hateships, and of course relationships over time.
I've been looking atcomment_bingo as a way to seek out specific things to read and a little bonus box to tick for having left comments, but we'll see. My bingo track record is historically 'get one box ticked, then walk away', lol! I need a bingo game for finishing my bingo cards.
I really want to see more activity inthelockedtomb (a Locked Tomb fan community) but I have no idea where to get started! I don't tend to write fanfic, though I could potentially pick up a character to roleplay? I wish for more queerfandom where the predominant ships are femme (trans or cis) or genderqueer-dominant... and this seems like a good one for it. Maybe I should ask for good fic recs over there? I don't know, I'm a newbie here.
We probably all know aboutgetyourwordsout but if anyone knows of a smaller stress community that is similarly motivating and mostly filled with tips and tricks? I'd love that, if anyone has recommendations.
GetYourWordsOut: Year Eighteen!
Pledges & Requirements | getyourwordsout.net
I've tossed some listening recommendations over onvoiceinmyear, which is a community focused on sharing podcasts and good listens!
Any communities that you've been enjoying lately? I'm currently in the 'squirrel hoarding nuts for the winter' phase of exploring Dreamwidth and would love your recommendations!
vriddy is doing, I figure a weekly post about neat communities I've been active in or eyeballing might be nice to share, especially since Dreamwidth does not have the now-familiar algorithmic sorting that otherwise lofts interests to our spoil't eyeballs.Last week, I stumbled on
ocrealm and they have some nice and easy prompts to chat about original characters. Worth a look if you want to spin some blorbos (original flavour) with one another at a slower speed than on discord.ph_memes has put out a new test drive! If you haven't participated in DWRP before, DWRP stands for "Dreamwidth Roleplay", which is often fandom or panfandom based. This one is hosted by pumpkinhollow, and is themed around spooky (and sometimes silly) horror themes. Like more oldschool DWRP games, the game's themes and prompts shift over time, allowing a sandbox for you to interact with other players' characters in order for your blorbos to develop friendships, hateships, and of course relationships over time.I've been looking at
comment_bingo as a way to seek out specific things to read and a little bonus box to tick for having left comments, but we'll see. My bingo track record is historically 'get one box ticked, then walk away', lol! I need a bingo game for finishing my bingo cards.I really want to see more activity in
thelockedtomb (a Locked Tomb fan community) but I have no idea where to get started! I don't tend to write fanfic, though I could potentially pick up a character to roleplay? I wish for more queerfandom where the predominant ships are femme (trans or cis) or genderqueer-dominant... and this seems like a good one for it. Maybe I should ask for good fic recs over there? I don't know, I'm a newbie here.We probably all know about
getyourwordsout but if anyone knows of a smaller stress community that is similarly motivating and mostly filled with tips and tricks? I'd love that, if anyone has recommendations.GetYourWordsOut: Year Eighteen!
Pledges & Requirements | getyourwordsout.net
I've tossed some listening recommendations over on
voiceinmyear, which is a community focused on sharing podcasts and good listens!Any communities that you've been enjoying lately? I'm currently in the 'squirrel hoarding nuts for the winter' phase of exploring Dreamwidth and would love your recommendations!
The Friday Five Prompts
Dec. 11th, 2025 03:32 pmdrayThanks to thefridayfive for another batch of questions to mull on while I'm between creative projects!
1. Did you get an allowance as a kid, and if so, how much was it?
Intermittently, though it was only ever a couple of bucks at a go! I had an uncanny knack for finding spare change, and my grandparents would gift me a delightful amount of cash on my birthday, but we weren't really a regular-allowance kind of household.
2. How old were you when you had your first job, and what was it?
I was thirteen or fourteen, delivering papers in the freezing Albertan winter (when papers were still a thing) in order to be able to afford the first Pokemon game (Red!) for my gameboy. I was very proud to be able to field the cost by myself.
3. Which do you do better: save money or spend money?
Used to be 'save money' and kind of still feel that way, but since I've been making more money, I have found a lot more enrichment in spending it now and again.
4. Are people more likely to borrow money from you, or are you more likely to borrow from them?
I try my very hardest to stay out of owing or being owed. I used to foot the house bills in a roommate situation, but when I wound up with roomies owing me over $500 and then ruining a friendship over needing to chase for it, I decided never again. It's always either gifts or just staying out of it, now!
5. What's the most expensive thing you've ever bought?
A townhouse, which we're still paying off (and will be for quite a while)! Kat and I bought it in 2021 on a 30-year mortgage, just managing to squeak into the homeowner market. We now live in BC where it's very very difficult to break in (townhouses are now 900K to well over a million, and detached homes are about twice that!) but there was a dip during the pandemic that allowed us to move.
thefridayfive for another batch of questions to mull on while I'm between creative projects!1. Did you get an allowance as a kid, and if so, how much was it?
Intermittently, though it was only ever a couple of bucks at a go! I had an uncanny knack for finding spare change, and my grandparents would gift me a delightful amount of cash on my birthday, but we weren't really a regular-allowance kind of household.
2. How old were you when you had your first job, and what was it?
I was thirteen or fourteen, delivering papers in the freezing Albertan winter (when papers were still a thing) in order to be able to afford the first Pokemon game (Red!) for my gameboy. I was very proud to be able to field the cost by myself.
3. Which do you do better: save money or spend money?
Used to be 'save money' and kind of still feel that way, but since I've been making more money, I have found a lot more enrichment in spending it now and again.
4. Are people more likely to borrow money from you, or are you more likely to borrow from them?
I try my very hardest to stay out of owing or being owed. I used to foot the house bills in a roommate situation, but when I wound up with roomies owing me over $500 and then ruining a friendship over needing to chase for it, I decided never again. It's always either gifts or just staying out of it, now!
5. What's the most expensive thing you've ever bought?
A townhouse, which we're still paying off (and will be for quite a while)! Kat and I bought it in 2021 on a 30-year mortgage, just managing to squeak into the homeowner market. We now live in BC where it's very very difficult to break in (townhouses are now 900K to well over a million, and detached homes are about twice that!) but there was a dip during the pandemic that allowed us to move.
requiems
Let's start with the positive... I beat base Hollow Knight. 🎉🥳
( Final boss introspective, or, ''I wish I could SEE'' )
In less positive news, Overwatch changed its aim assist for controllers with the launch of season 20. ( I swear whenever they remember console exists they simply screw us over )
Either way, I really could have done without having to deliberately set my brain off to find out what it can tolerate... this is a game I've played every day I've had ME, almost, I'm very used to it, I have long practice at what vfx I have to be careful with and things I just don't see anymore. Now everything is like a micro aggression on my brain, like it's learning it new, and if it were new it would have long led to dealbreaker. I do not want the thing that makes my brain settle and burn less on a bad day with visual familiarity to do the opposite of that.
Ashe skins are cute though. I love her. I miss her. I've been sleeping consistent eight hours but also overall not enough and had to pass on furniture getting this week, so I will attempt to do some work on finalising the rewrites for chapter 8 of undercoverfic through the weekend at the very least...
( Final boss introspective, or, ''I wish I could SEE'' )
In less positive news, Overwatch changed its aim assist for controllers with the launch of season 20. ( I swear whenever they remember console exists they simply screw us over )
Either way, I really could have done without having to deliberately set my brain off to find out what it can tolerate... this is a game I've played every day I've had ME, almost, I'm very used to it, I have long practice at what vfx I have to be careful with and things I just don't see anymore. Now everything is like a micro aggression on my brain, like it's learning it new, and if it were new it would have long led to dealbreaker. I do not want the thing that makes my brain settle and burn less on a bad day with visual familiarity to do the opposite of that.
Ashe skins are cute though. I love her. I miss her. I've been sleeping consistent eight hours but also overall not enough and had to pass on furniture getting this week, so I will attempt to do some work on finalising the rewrites for chapter 8 of undercoverfic through the weekend at the very least...
The Friday Five for November 28, 2025
Nov. 28th, 2025 11:09 pmweedpizza
1. What were some of the smells and tastes of your childhood?
There was a very distinct smell at my Montessori nursery school. I associate it with the smell of that tacky putty stuff that you'd use to put posters up. It was bluish in color.
As far as tastes, ice cream cone cupcakes come to mind. I think of them as very 80s, and I'm pretty sure my mom made these for my second or third birthday party.
2. What did you have as a child that you do not think children today have?
Freedom from the influence of social media! I do not envy Gen Alpha. Shit's getting dark.
3. What elementary grade was your favorite?
It's hard to say, as I've always had a hard time in school... I can easily name the worst year I had in elemenrary school though – 5th grade (age 10-11)!
4. What Summer do you remember the best as a child?
The couple of Summers I spent at my dad's. I played a lot of PC games! My favorites were Lemmings games.
5. What one piece of advice would you give to your younger self, and at what age?
Deep question... The first thing that comes to mind is, "Accept yourself." ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
There was a very distinct smell at my Montessori nursery school. I associate it with the smell of that tacky putty stuff that you'd use to put posters up. It was bluish in color.
As far as tastes, ice cream cone cupcakes come to mind. I think of them as very 80s, and I'm pretty sure my mom made these for my second or third birthday party.
2. What did you have as a child that you do not think children today have?
Freedom from the influence of social media! I do not envy Gen Alpha. Shit's getting dark.
3. What elementary grade was your favorite?
It's hard to say, as I've always had a hard time in school... I can easily name the worst year I had in elemenrary school though – 5th grade (age 10-11)!
4. What Summer do you remember the best as a child?
The couple of Summers I spent at my dad's. I played a lot of PC games! My favorites were Lemmings games.
5. What one piece of advice would you give to your younger self, and at what age?
Deep question... The first thing that comes to mind is, "Accept yourself." ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
The Friday Five for December 5, 2025
Dec. 5th, 2025 10:43 pmweedpizza
1. If you had to participate in one Olympic event, what would it be and why?
Basketball, or anything involving throwing a ball.
2. What is the one song you always sing along to?
There's way more than one! But just today, I was singing along to "Alone in Hollywood on Acid." Check it out:
3. Do you wear a seatbelt in the car?
Yes.
4. Car, SUV or truck and why?
Truck! BIG truck! Because large vehicles feel (are?) safer, and you can move things – good for thrifting furniture and stuff!
5. Are you a good/bad driver? Explain.
I'm what they call a "passenger princess."
Basketball, or anything involving throwing a ball.
2. What is the one song you always sing along to?
There's way more than one! But just today, I was singing along to "Alone in Hollywood on Acid." Check it out:
3. Do you wear a seatbelt in the car?
Yes.
4. Car, SUV or truck and why?
Truck! BIG truck! Because large vehicles feel (are?) safer, and you can move things – good for thrifting furniture and stuff!
5. Are you a good/bad driver? Explain.
I'm what they call a "passenger princess."
173 - 3 friends-only banners; 25.03 - balto; babe pig in the city
Dec. 10th, 2025 11:37 amaliensambaMedium: film
Fandoms: Balto; Babe: Pig in the City
Notes: 3 "friends-only" banners (400x300 px) for "24.30 - who let the dogs out" at Land of Art.
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Fandoms: Balto; Babe: Pig in the City
Notes: 3 "friends-only" banners (400x300 px) for "24.30 - who let the dogs out" at Land of Art.
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Crafting Update, November 2025 + 20 Minute Kitty!
Dec. 9th, 2025 09:53 amalthea_valara
Boy am I late with this...
I did a LOT of knitting in a very short timeframe in November, and TBH it pooped me out and I think I'm still recovering. BUT! I successfully knitted a pair of legwarmers to wear to the A New World concert! Here they are:
[Image Description: A pair of knitted legwarmers. They are Aran colored (think natural undyed yarn) and feature a folded ribbed cuff at top, with lazy cables on the body and an intricate cable at the back. One is larger than the other.]
So yeah, this pattern comes in small and large sizes. Small wouldn't fit me, but large was TOO big. I altered the pattern some for my first one, taking some stitches out to make it smaller. Well, I finished it and tried it on and nope, too big. So for the second I took even MORE stitches out of the pattern. This one felt like it fit well, but as soon as I started walking, it drooped.
I didn't have time to reknit them, so I made do with them as is, and used elastic headbands under the cuff to keep them up. That worked well! Also, I shortened the pattern because in the pattern pic, the lower edge was dragging on the ground and I didn't like that. Unfortunately, I shortened it TOO much. I might unpick the bind off and knit them a bit longer, but for now, they work. And no, I am likely not going to reknit the too big one. TOO MUCH WORK.
I also made progress on a hoodie!
[Image Description: a sleeve in progress for a knitted hoodie. It's mostly gray in color and features deep ribbing at the cuff. A center cable panel runs up the middle, in teal.]
At the beginning of the month, I had one cable cross done. Now I have two. So not much progress, but hey, progress is progress.
I also did some work on the Versailles Scarf, a small true lace knitted scarf. I wanted to finish this for the concert as well, but decided the legwarmers were more important. It'd be nice to get this done for Christmas, but with the lack of crafting I've been doing so far this month, it's not gonna happen.
FOLKS! I had a cat for 20 minutes!
[Image Description: A photo of a calico kitty visited our house for a bit.]
She came up to our patio door before the snow hit, when it was still decent out, and we decided to let her in for a bit, once we closed the bedroom doors. I, of course, was enamored. Mom less so. Being a cat, she did cat things, like scratching at an area rug (mom yelled at her, poor thing, but I can't really fault mom for that) and jumping on the kitchen table to try to get to our Christmas cactus. I kept a close eye on her the entire time she was in the house, so when I saw you going for the plant, I gently picked her up and deposited her back on the floor, because well, I don't know if those plants are safe for cats.
She was inquisitive and explored a lot, and liked to rub against legs. At one point, she was in our living room and started trotting towards the kitchen, so I called out to mom to let her know she was headed mom's way. Unfortunately mom was distracted and didn't hear me, and the cat, being friendly, came up behind her and rubbed her legs and mom almost tripped on her. :(
We considered calling an animal shelter, but due to her friendliness, decided to just let her back outside. Not before she jumped on the table AGAIN, though. I tried to grab her to deposit her back on the floor, but she jumped on the back of one of our chairs, and well, the chair tipped over.
Which means mom has declared NO CATS. :( I had really hoped she'd come around and we could, like, adopt a senior kitty, and my older sister made noise about us doing just that at Thanksgiving, but I don't think mom would be happy with a cat. Alas. But at least I had one for 20 minutes.
I did a LOT of knitting in a very short timeframe in November, and TBH it pooped me out and I think I'm still recovering. BUT! I successfully knitted a pair of legwarmers to wear to the A New World concert! Here they are:
[Image Description: A pair of knitted legwarmers. They are Aran colored (think natural undyed yarn) and feature a folded ribbed cuff at top, with lazy cables on the body and an intricate cable at the back. One is larger than the other.]
So yeah, this pattern comes in small and large sizes. Small wouldn't fit me, but large was TOO big. I altered the pattern some for my first one, taking some stitches out to make it smaller. Well, I finished it and tried it on and nope, too big. So for the second I took even MORE stitches out of the pattern. This one felt like it fit well, but as soon as I started walking, it drooped.
I didn't have time to reknit them, so I made do with them as is, and used elastic headbands under the cuff to keep them up. That worked well! Also, I shortened the pattern because in the pattern pic, the lower edge was dragging on the ground and I didn't like that. Unfortunately, I shortened it TOO much. I might unpick the bind off and knit them a bit longer, but for now, they work. And no, I am likely not going to reknit the too big one. TOO MUCH WORK.
I also made progress on a hoodie!
[Image Description: a sleeve in progress for a knitted hoodie. It's mostly gray in color and features deep ribbing at the cuff. A center cable panel runs up the middle, in teal.]
At the beginning of the month, I had one cable cross done. Now I have two. So not much progress, but hey, progress is progress.
I also did some work on the Versailles Scarf, a small true lace knitted scarf. I wanted to finish this for the concert as well, but decided the legwarmers were more important. It'd be nice to get this done for Christmas, but with the lack of crafting I've been doing so far this month, it's not gonna happen.
FOLKS! I had a cat for 20 minutes!
[Image Description: A photo of a calico kitty visited our house for a bit.]
She came up to our patio door before the snow hit, when it was still decent out, and we decided to let her in for a bit, once we closed the bedroom doors. I, of course, was enamored. Mom less so. Being a cat, she did cat things, like scratching at an area rug (mom yelled at her, poor thing, but I can't really fault mom for that) and jumping on the kitchen table to try to get to our Christmas cactus. I kept a close eye on her the entire time she was in the house, so when I saw you going for the plant, I gently picked her up and deposited her back on the floor, because well, I don't know if those plants are safe for cats.
She was inquisitive and explored a lot, and liked to rub against legs. At one point, she was in our living room and started trotting towards the kitchen, so I called out to mom to let her know she was headed mom's way. Unfortunately mom was distracted and didn't hear me, and the cat, being friendly, came up behind her and rubbed her legs and mom almost tripped on her. :(
We considered calling an animal shelter, but due to her friendliness, decided to just let her back outside. Not before she jumped on the table AGAIN, though. I tried to grab her to deposit her back on the floor, but she jumped on the back of one of our chairs, and well, the chair tipped over.
Which means mom has declared NO CATS. :( I had really hoped she'd come around and we could, like, adopt a senior kitty, and my older sister made noise about us doing just that at Thanksgiving, but I don't think mom would be happy with a cat. Alas. But at least I had one for 20 minutes.
172 - 4 icons; various comms
Dec. 9th, 2025 02:29 pmaliensambaMedium: cdrama, anime, stock photos
Fandoms: Love in the Clouds, Cardcaptor Sakura, sushi
Notes: 4 icons for various comms (perioddrama-ic, lgbtrainbow, seasons of fandom).
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Fandoms: Love in the Clouds, Cardcaptor Sakura, sushi
Notes: 4 icons for various comms (perioddrama-ic, lgbtrainbow, seasons of fandom).
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2025 week 49
Dec. 8th, 2025 04:52 pmlarissamy thread here
my thumb still hurts, to the point that i'm going to see the doctor about it this week. truly i am so over this.
other than that i don't have much of an update... last week was something of a blur, tbh. i've been dealing with some pretty serious chronic pain (aside from the hand stuff) that's left me unable to do much of anything at times. i cannot overstate how much i would like my body to just chill out.
i did finish reading the first book in the kindom trilogy, these burning stars, and sure enough it stuck the landing and was an instant favorite. i'm a little ways into the second book but i've been reading it more slowly since every chapter is so good i want to savor it. we love quality books.
that's more or less it for now... i feel like there's something i'm forgetting to mention. oh well.
ugh
Dec. 8th, 2025 10:43 ampaperghostWork has been wearing me out too much to do anything. Ironic, since my hours were snipped.
I have to edit every page on my site before I rebrand by January. I'm more than halfway done, but my brain just cannot work to do some things.
I have roughly 20+ pages left.
I should x-post some things I wrote elsewhere over here.
I have to edit every page on my site before I rebrand by January. I'm more than halfway done, but my brain just cannot work to do some things.
I have roughly 20+ pages left.
I should x-post some things I wrote elsewhere over here.
Damn, I really have missed writing fanfic
Dec. 8th, 2025 10:07 pmtropicsbearI've finally finished this year's Saiyuki fic! Still has to go through a round or two of editing before I can post it, but I should have it up on the usual places before the end of the week.
The original plan was for the fic to be 100% lighthearted and/or funny. Some heavy backstory snuck in at the last minute, which shouldn't surprise me because it's happened multiple times before across different fandoms, and yet it did.
( Some thoughts about my writing style. )
All that to say, I almost took this year's Saiyuki fic in a completely different direction than I first wanted. But I decided to stick with the lighthearted vibe for this even if there is that one slightly heavier section. Personally, I think the slight deviation helps make everything else land better.
171 - various graphics; 24.29 - various christmas and winter movies
Dec. 8th, 2025 03:06 pmaliensambaMedium: film
Fandoms: How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1966); Jack Frost (1998); Rise of the Guardians (2012); The Santa Clause 2
Notes: Various types of graphics (2 sig tags, 1 colorbar+5 icons, and 1 icon) for "24.29 - have you clued in? (winter and christmas edition)" at Land of Art.
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Fandoms: How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1966); Jack Frost (1998); Rise of the Guardians (2012); The Santa Clause 2
Notes: Various types of graphics (2 sig tags, 1 colorbar+5 icons, and 1 icon) for "24.29 - have you clued in? (winter and christmas edition)" at Land of Art.
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Dec. 8th, 2025 12:51 pmtropicsbear⚠️ Discussions of complications related to childbirth, infant death, birth- and pregnancy-related medical issues
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
By 2024, it was becoming increasingly hard to deny how many babies were dying to FBS mothers. Deaths followed a pattern. First-time mothers – whose pregnancies are known to be higher-risk – attempting freebirths over many days, even a week, after wild pregnancies. Some women went to more than 44 weeks of pregnancy.
Most women who freebirth will have positive outcomes, and for healthy mothers the risks are low. But the radical version of freebirth Saldaya and Norris-Clark pioneered caused alarm even among freebirth advocates.