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cornerofmadness ([personal profile] cornerofmadness) wrote2025-06-17 09:51 pm
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Birthday called on account of rain

Everything I wanted to do was either rained out or closed INCLUDING the freaking mall. No lie, after giving up on anything I wanted to do I settled for going to a restaurant I wanted to for years (for lunch) I decided to just hit TJ Maxx/Homegoods and turns out they're remodeling and that whole part of the strip mall was closed. You have to be kidding. (and I didn't check the first restaurant I wanted to try and it is only open for dinner. head desk)

I did get some yummy food and coffee at Shouf's and later for dinner I had deep fried pickles and spicy peach wings (those were yummy too) My birthday pie was the same premade bake it yourself pie we've had many times but this fruits of the woods pie must have had the oldest hardest rhubarb in it, so a disappointing end to a disappointing day.


I hope [personal profile] thoughtsbykat, my birthday twin has a good one too.


I did get a cool set of horror comics from Betty, looking forward to reading that. And there are things on the way from other friends.

My kibbeh


My Lebanese coffee


I almost forgot fannish 50's women of fandom (and I accidentally skipped The Owl House) So let's do Prodigal Son

One of the best things about this crime drama was the sheer amount of strong, competent women. I couldn't pick between Dani Powell and Dr. Edrisa Tanaka. Both are capable, intelligent women. Edrisa is my favorite by a thin margin with one major exception.

In reality if I am anyone on this show, it's Edrisa. She's intelligent, talky, sex positive, into threesomes and bondage and cuddle parties and has my original dream job. I loved her. She was funny. She was caring and fiercely protective of her friends.

So the issue with her, the overly flirty nonsense that crossed the boarder into harassment multiple times (and coupled with the fact it's also a negative Asian stereotype, though when the character was conceived she was Irish based on the name change) Even when it was obvious others on the team were uncomfortable with it, she didn't stop (it did lessen somewhat as the season went on) And she is never confronted about it (or sent to HR) That was disappointing.

Dani was much easier for me to write. (I couldn't capture Edrisa's comedy well). Another smart character, tough and also kind going from not enemies to lovers with Malcolm but annoyed to best friends. I wish we had gotten more of her back story. She had some much potential. She didn't require the men to help her but when they had her back she didn't act like she thought it was patriarchal bullshit, just a partner helping another partner. About the only time I was truly annoyed with her was when she tried to interfere with Gil getting together with Jessica (her reasoning was not based entirely in fact) It was meant as her protecting a father figure but it fell short.

I'm still very bitter about this show's early cancellation. I think my injury played into it. I was in the hospital watching Pson, watching Fox bragging it was the #1 show on TV for weeks and then at midterm they suddenly stopped promoting it and a few weeks later it was gone taking the cast by complete shock. I miss these women.




Speaking of women in fandom, this is mostly from [personal profile] spikedluv. Yesterday [personal profile] used_songs brought it to my attention that There is a Jessica Fletcher action figure Had to share that
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Amie ([personal profile] aurora_amethyst) wrote2025-06-17 09:30 pm
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neekabe ([personal profile] neekabe) wrote2025-06-17 09:08 pm

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I ended up answering a handful of work calls over the weekend. It wasn't a big deal because my plans were 'sew' but because of the afore mentioned eye issues, I was doing that in fits and spurts. But my boss told me to take Monday off in lieu which was nice.

It meant I had easy time to swing by the optometrist and get the prescription they made on Friday. I agree I shouldn't get a proper pair of glasses until things settle, but I figured I could look into getting a cheap pair of online glasses, because it's getting annoying.

Discovered that the main change is that the astigmatism went from -0.5 to -2.00 which is a significant change. And it's annoying because that was my 'good eye' for reading without my glasses on.

Anyways went to one of the online glasses places and discovered if I was willing to pick from a very limited selection and not t care about thin lenses, I could get a pair of glasses for $35, and that includes rush shipping and anti-glare coating. So those should be here next week and should help with the vague headaches lurking on the edges of my brain. I don't know how long it'll be before I see the specialist or how long this will be a valid prescription, but for $35 I don't have to wear them long to be worth it.
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littlemissnovella ([personal profile] littlemissnovella) wrote2025-06-17 04:29 pm
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Dani Rose ([personal profile] dani_meows) wrote2025-06-17 04:02 pm

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I am so tired, not physically but mentally. I was overwhelmed even before Jasper's tests came back cancerous but I'm extra tired now.

Limiting my exposure to news has been good for me now if I can only make Tumblr go back to be being about fun and fandoms. I get why it isn't but I don't want to endlessly hear about the war in the middle east. I especially don't want to see people being cool with terrorism because they thing Jewish people are white colonists. Especially the people that I blocked because they were okay with the attacks in Washington and Colorado along with others. None of these Americans marching for peace and for the hostages to be released have anything to do with what's going on in the middle east besides being Jewish.

This plus the other political posts have killed my happy place. I just want to see pictures of my otps kissing/dancing/having shippy moments. Let me be happy please? I might make another blog where I only follow daily gif sites...

I want to curl up and read and go back to learning too.

The bluejays polished off all the food even though we filled it yesterday. Jasper is being a menace to society today which means that he's feeling better. He's been very chatty and has been trying to climb legs but he doesn't want a snack nor does he want to be held. He just wants to be a pest!

The other cats have been a little jealous at the attention Jasper has been getting but Mushi will get a taste of that care on Friday and Saturday. Before his shots he's supposed to have Gabepentin to make him docile so he won't attack the vet during his shots.

Made some icons for daily icons and am working on making a challenge as well. It was fun being creative.
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purplecat ([personal profile] purplecat) wrote2025-06-17 06:46 pm

Costume Bracket: Round 4, Post 2

Two Doctor Who companion outfits for your delectation and delight! Outfits selected by a mixture of ones I, personally, like; lists on the internet; and a certain random element.


Outfits below the Cut )

Vote for your favourite of these costumes. Use whatever criteria you please - most practical, most outrageously spacey, most of its decade!

Voting will remain open for at least a week, possibly longer!

Costume Bracket Masterlist

Images are a mixture of my own screencaps, screencaps from Lost in Time Graphics, PCJ's Whoniverse Gallery, and random Google searches.
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cornerofmadness ([personal profile] cornerofmadness) wrote2025-06-17 12:30 am
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Write Every Day Day 17



It’s my birthday and I felt like a picture prompt today

On the 16th I edited and posted my [community profile] getyourwordsout Yahtzee story adding about 422 words.


Let me know what day you’re reporting in for. If I've missed you on the tally let me know. Feel free to jump in at any time.

Day sixteen - [personal profile] ysilme, [personal profile] cornerofmadness, [personal profile] china_shop, [personal profile] badly_knitted, [personal profile] sylvanwitch, [personal profile] goddess47, [personal profile] cmk418, [personal profile] trobadora, [personal profile] luzula, [personal profile] nafs, [personal profile] sanguinity, [personal profile] yasaman, [personal profile] carenejeans, [personal profile] carenejeans,


other days )
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cornerofmadness ([personal profile] cornerofmadness) wrote2025-06-16 11:10 pm
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Found a farmer's market

went shoe shopping today, a thankless and fruitless task but I did stop for sushi for lunch (found one of their rolls the Boston Bay roll, a deep fried tempura treat stuffed with crab, shrimp and egg) and on the way to the pharmacy found that the farmer's market at Holy Trinity was on. I got caramelized onion humus and dill pickle humus and ranch dill pickles. I'm happy until I got home.

EVERYTHING I wanted to do for my birthday tomorrow is closed for absolutely random reasons like fire alarm installation, delays in opening for the season and 'no reason given.' So annoyed. Ah well.

It's music monday. We're up to K in the alphabet. Like I said I'm sharing from the last 5 years but feel free to share any K songs you'd like to

not a lot of Ks )
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purplecat ([personal profile] purplecat) wrote2025-06-16 08:07 pm

Inca Trail: Day 1

We did our Inca Trail holiday with Explore! who (out of necessity as I understand it) subcontracted to a local tour company. At some point something went wrong with getting permits for the trail. The story we were told was that the local agent forgot to apply for our permits, but several other people in the group had had permits delayed, so we concluded that there had been a more general permit mix-up which was simplified for our consumption as "forgot to apply for your permits". The up-shot of all this was that instead of travelling as part of a group of ten walkers with a guide, cook and porters it was just the two of us with a guide, cook and porters, setting out a day after everyone else with the aim of catching up with them at Machu Picchu. This was a mixed blessing, we got a lot more time with our guide and didn't have to worry that we were slowing anyone down, on the other hand it felt like an awful lot of staff for just us and even though our guide as very good at leaving us alone for various stretches, or sending us off on our own to explore things, it was quite intense.

Photos and more under the cut! )
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yourlibrarian ([personal profile] yourlibrarian) wrote2025-06-16 01:31 pm

Join everykindofcraft!

1) Even though I know it's difficult to get any traction with communities, I decided to give a new one a go. Unfortunately Dreamwidth does not give over defunct communities to new mods, which is a shame since quite a few communities don't make it a year and the admin has disappeared.

I know there are many crafters on Dreamwidth but it seems nothing devoted to it has been updated in eons or has no admin or both. So I decided to open [community profile] everykindofcraft for what it says in the name. A community where people can share their projects, either in process or completed, as well as ask for assistance with craft-related things. Read more... )

If anyone would be interested in co-modding, let me know!

2) Thought it was amusing when I read in this article about Andor filming locations that a building of Calatrava's was a central choice. I've liked his work and had a book on his portfolio (most of which has involved bridges and transportation centers rather than, say, office buildings). But I didn't recognize it, which is probably in part because I was so riveted by what was happening on screen and partly because I hadn't realized they'd done as much location shooting as they had.

3) Posted another set of travel pics over [community profile] common_nature, this from the International Rose Test Garden in Portland.

4) Read the latest two books by Ellie Griffiths, and had mixed feelings about them. They are Bleeding Heart Yard and The Last Word which I read in order. I had issues with the mystery in the first and felt like the resolution to the second one was rather pro forma. spoilers )

5) Also tried out the first of Helen Fields' DI Callanach series, Perfect Remains Read more... )

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Killian ([personal profile] setsuntamew) wrote2025-06-16 01:56 pm

JOB HUNT UPDATE!!!!!

Finally starting to feel better, which means I now have to fight the mental illness that says "since you stopped doing something every day, now you'll never be able to do it again!!!!!!" about things like graphics, updating my fucking journal, you know.....super helpful stuff like that ;w;

ANYWAY.

I've had this tab open for like a week and been unable to keep writing BUT NOT FOR LONG!!!!!!!!!! I have great news!!!!!!!

I HAD A JOB INTERVIEW TODAY AND ALREADY GOT A CALL BACK FOR A SECOND INTERVIEW IN A COUPLE DAYS I'M SO PUUUUUUUUUMPED!!!!!!!!!!!

Anyway. Last week Pat had to pick up lube, so we went to Lion's Den, which acquired a different small chain of adult stores a few years back, and I just. idk man. I walked in and it was everything I'd been missing ;w; They weren't hiring at that location, but they were hiring an assistant manager at another location. So I went home and almost immediately applied to it.

Jump to today: I figured weekdays would be the best time to swing by and follow up with a manager, and I was right. The store manager was in, and she was supposed to interview someone today...but they didn't show up. SO. GOOD FOR ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The interview went so well, it was everything I'm looking for in working in retail again, and just...idk man I felt like I really clicked with the store manager. And I did! She called me back less than two hours I left to set up a second interview, this time with the district manager. It's on Wednesday afternoon and I am SO EXCITED I want to go back to slinging dildos. I miss my stupid fun retail life ;w;

It would be evenings and weekends, which sucks but also I haven't worked in 2.5 years and I'm going insaaaaaane I need to get out of the fucking house. And this seems like SUCH a good fit.
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cornerofmadness ([personal profile] cornerofmadness) wrote2025-06-16 12:55 am
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Write Every Day Day 16



I wish they wouldn’t tell it to me 5 stories at a time.

Finished my [community profile] getyourwordsout Yahtzee story for another 1311 words (thing ended up over 5300 words…) and I edited chapter one of my [community profile] unconventionalcourtship story


Let me know what day you’re reporting in for. If I've missed you on the tally let me know. Feel free to jump in at any time.

Day fifteen - [personal profile] cornerofmadness, [personal profile] badly_knitted, [personal profile] sylvanwitch, [personal profile] goddess47, [personal profile] cmk418, [personal profile] trobadora, [personal profile] luzula, [personal profile] nafs, [personal profile] carenejeans, [personal profile] lilly_c, [personal profile] china_shop, [personal profile] ysilme, [personal profile] brithistorian, [personal profile] the_siobhan,


other days )
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cornerofmadness ([personal profile] cornerofmadness) wrote2025-06-15 10:23 pm

Writerly Ways

We invited cousins out for an early dinner at 4. It's now 10:30 and they just left. So nothing but links today because my brain is very very tired.


Open Calls


Five Paying Literary Magazines to Submit to in June 2025

Ghost Light Lit: Now Seeking Submissions

Mistletoe and Vine Fantasy, speculative fiction, and horror (no scifi) between 100-500 words

Mythaxis July 2025 Submission Period Diverse sci-fi and fantasy fiction.

Last Girls Club Fall Issue Theme: Monkey’s Paw/Answered Prayers

Sapphic Horror Anthology due in two weeks but some of you might have one waiting in the wings (i'm out)

Cosmic Horror Monthly July 2025 Window Weird and cosmic fiction

Solar Punk Magazine July 2025 Window

35 Publishers that Accept Direct Submissions of Speculative Fiction

Star Crossed a shared universe project


You can always check out the Submission Grinder



From around the web


here.How to Identify and Fight the Demon of Perfectionism

Own the Title of Writer (Don’t Add “Aspiring”)

5 Myths of Writing and Publishing Success

How To Make Your Main Character Likeable Even if They’re Not Always a Good Person by Laurel Osterkamp

Be Brave Under Threat: Wise Words from Margaret Atwood

Why You Can’t Write Fear Without Feeling It First.

A Guide to Book Typesetting Services

10 Important Parts of a Book for First-Time Authors


From Betty


Choosing Music and Instruments for Your Culture

Five Common Problems With Metaphors

Think more about whether you like a prospective agent than whether the agent will like you

Successful Queries: Henry Dunow and “The Fire Concerto,” by Sarah Landenwich

Ingredients for brilliance

Continuing a Series: Enticing Readers to Return

Millennial Slang for Writers

When the Second Draft Feels Like a Step Back

Chekhov’s Gun: Does Your Story Have A Forgotten “Gun”?

How to Color Your Map Using SCIENCE!

Use These Foundational Truths to Encourage Other Writers and Ourselves

Necessary Items that Make the Novel You're Writing Work

Three Reasons Every Writer Should Work with a Writing Coach
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thisbluespirit ([personal profile] thisbluespirit) wrote2025-06-15 08:39 pm

Starfall Stories 48

A couple more belated [community profile] rainbowfic crossposts, which bring me very nearly up to date:


Name: Something Fishy
Story: Starfall
Colors: Vert #19 (Rescue from a dragon)
Supplies and Styles: Thread
Word Count: 1871
Rating: G
Warnings: None.
Notes: Portcallan, 1313; Viyony Eseray, Nin Valerno, Leion Valerno. Follows on immediately from On the Trail and Trap for the Unwary.
Summary: Leion has been found.




Name: Leftovers
Story: Starfall
Colors: Warm Heart #6 (Comfort)
Supplies and Styles: Novelty Bead (From 11 Years of Rainbowfic Space Month "sauce") + Thread
Word Count: 2604
Rating: PG
Warnings: None.
Notes: Portcallan, 1313; Viyony Eseray/Leion Valerno, Imenna Pollens. Follows on directly from Something Fishy
Summary: Leion attempts to thank Viyony.
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aliensamba ([personal profile] aliensamba) wrote2025-06-16 12:28 am

067 - collage; 25.02 - the imitation game

Medium: film
Fandom: The Imitation Game
Character: Alan Turing
Prompt: Mathematics
Notes: 1 collage for week 5 of Fortune Wheel at Fandom Empire.

Read more... )
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itsnotmymind ([personal profile] itsnotmymind) wrote2025-06-15 09:26 am
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Succession: When Did Kendall Decide?

I've put some thought into when, exactly, Kendall decided he was going to turn on his father rather than take the rap for the cruises scandal.

My best guess is during his conversation with Logan. When he says "Maybe I deserve it", I think he is still at least seriously considering with cooperating with his father's plans. But when he kisses his father after Logan is adamant that Kendall doesn't deserve it - well, that kiss seems very Judas-y to me.

When Logan dismissed Andrew Dodds' death as "no real person involved" - I think that was the moment Ken decided to turn against his father (although he may have been thinking about it before). Kendall has a lot of different reactions to the fact the he committed vehicular manslaughter over the course of the show. This includes frequently being adamant it never happened. But he never said that Andrew's life lacked value.
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aliensamba ([personal profile] aliensamba) wrote2025-06-15 03:04 pm

066 - friends only banners; 24.18 - the life of pi

Medium: film
Fandom: The Life of Pi
Notes: 3 "friends only" banners for challenge 24.18 ("working at the zoo") at Land of Art.

Read more... )

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fred_mouse ([personal profile] fred_mouse) wrote2025-06-15 01:20 pm
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Train Touristing

The Thornlie line opened last weekend. We weren't in a position to go travel it last weekend, but [personal profile] artisanat, Youngest, and I went out to ride it yesterday. We discussed whether to go to the local station and do the loop (three trains) or to drive to Cockburn (the southern terminus; two trains) and go from there. In the end we decided that the local station was the better option. However, we could have timed things better, arriving at the carpark as the northbound train (not the one we wanted) arrived, and still being in the carpark when the southbound arrived.

What this meant was that Youngest had time to top up their smartrider at the station kiosk, and I was tempted by the (extravagantly expensive) GF Belgian Chocolate Cookie (by which it means a chocolate chip biscuit; I'm not sure whether the implication is that the chocolate chips are from Belgium, or there is some specific style of biscuit characterised as being from Belgium/made by someone with the last name Belgium). And then we sat in the sun on the platform for about 10 minutes, and I ate the biscuit (not bad, too heavy on the coconut).

The trip to Cockburn was uneventful, but we did talk about the train line, and the upcoming tunnel. I got to see scenery I don't often, because usually I'm taking the train north.

It is a little frustrating that we arrived at Cockburn to see the Thornlie line train departing (in terms of directions and terminology: both the Mandurah and the Thornlie lines go Cockburn to Perth; the former directly north, and the latter east to the Armadale line and then north-west. For the Mandurah line Cockburn is an intermediate stop, for the Thornlie it is the terminus). It did mean that we had time to explore. Platform 3 has been added north of the combined platforms 1 and 2; it has a fence on the west side, such that the northbound Mandurah trains are Right There. We took a few photos of the information sign with different subgroups, and then I wandered up and took a photo from the north end looking at the points (because there are three tracks at that point)

Our train arrived, and we embarked. The first section, up the freeway, is exactly the same. I haven't looked at the distances, but maybe a couple of km? and then we get to the split, where the Mandurah line goes up and over, and the Thornlie line goes through at tunnel that curves to the east. To my memory, this tunnel has been there since this bit of freeway was built, because the freight trains go through there. And from there we got to see bits of the back end of Jandakot, Canning Vale, Thornlie. We could just about see tiki-wanderer's* house.

The first (most southern) of the Armadale line stops that the line goes through is Beckenham, which gave us quite a different perspective -- this is one of the stations that has been raised, and is very new and swish. The line is raised quite a lot of the way from there to Burswood--this has been the redevelopment project that means that the Armadale line has been closed for roughly 18 months at this point (and it is great. there are zero level crossings in that area making life a nightmare for people during peak hour and school drop off and pick up times). All very exciting and I very much enjoyed the view out on the city (greater metro).

Once in the city we decided to womble a little bit, rather than just going for the next train home (we could have made it; the signboard said 6 minutes, and it is possible to get from platform 3 to platform 1 in that time. according to the journey planner it is about 330m). We had a wander through Forrest Chase, took a detour into Myer to use the loos (because there are zero actual public loos in that space. even the ones we used to use at the west end of the platform aren't there any more, which sucks), and bought a small amount of sushi (passable. expensive. my salmon and avocado appeared to have more mayonnaise per volume than avocado).

And then home again. At which point I needed a lie down. It was exhausting, but I'm glad I did it. I have some photos, and I might remember to do something with them, but I'm making no promises.

(I do not have a train icon. this seems like an oversight).

* I originally had this tagged as a username, but comes up as doesn't exist. Have I misremembered the name? was that their LJ name and they never moved to DW? I do not have the oomph to work this out.