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flamingswordWhat is making you smile these days? Create a top 10 list of anything you want to talk about.
1. Getting my car fixed for inspection yesterday, they found an expensive-to-fix but dangerous thing going wrong with the struts. I will soon be much safer on the road, which is good, even if it is money I wanted to spend doing a dozen other things.
2. My people are functioning and doing mostly okay despite The Horrors. Thank you for taking care of yourselves, and me, and each other. It makes me so relieved and proud and grateful to know you.
3. I am doing well at school.
4. Mom and Step-Dad are doing well as far as their physical health, and Mom’s gigantic bruise on her thigh from falling through the hole in the front porch is mostly healed now.
5. Step-Dad washed my car and it’s all shiny and cute again.
6. I am reading a smidge of BatFamily crack again, now that I have a bit of free time, and it makes me smile, giggle, and sometimes meanly snicker at Batman’s expense.
7. The couch-napping quilt is over 1/3 of the way done!
8. I made good progress on fixing Merlin’s stockings during the summer break. They should be ready to send by the end of July. 🤞
9. I have a call to make today to chatter withnyyki about the ten thousand things.
10. I get to talk to Merlin tomorrow night, with any luck.
1. Getting my car fixed for inspection yesterday, they found an expensive-to-fix but dangerous thing going wrong with the struts. I will soon be much safer on the road, which is good, even if it is money I wanted to spend doing a dozen other things.
2. My people are functioning and doing mostly okay despite The Horrors. Thank you for taking care of yourselves, and me, and each other. It makes me so relieved and proud and grateful to know you.
3. I am doing well at school.
4. Mom and Step-Dad are doing well as far as their physical health, and Mom’s gigantic bruise on her thigh from falling through the hole in the front porch is mostly healed now.
5. Step-Dad washed my car and it’s all shiny and cute again.
6. I am reading a smidge of BatFamily crack again, now that I have a bit of free time, and it makes me smile, giggle, and sometimes meanly snicker at Batman’s expense.
7. The couch-napping quilt is over 1/3 of the way done!
8. I made good progress on fixing Merlin’s stockings during the summer break. They should be ready to send by the end of July. 🤞
9. I have a call to make today to chatter with
nyyki about the ten thousand things. 10. I get to talk to Merlin tomorrow night, with any luck.
TV Tuesday: New Visitors
Jul. 15th, 2025 10:41 amyourlibrarian posting in ![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png){kind=small}
tv_talk
Do you recall favorite guest stars that outshone the main cast, or perhaps were such a perfect choice that they became part of the main cast later on? And if so, do we see less of this now that entire seasons are finished before they’re ever shown to an audience?
Murderbot fanvid: I Lived
Jul. 14th, 2025 09:52 pmsholioOkay, vid-source-assisting enablers, your reward is here. ♥
With every broken bone, I swear I lived. Team/family vid. (Contains some sci-fi violence as per the show, flickering/flashing lights in a couple of scenes, and canon pairings in the background, but it's mostly focused on team + Murderbot.)
Song: I Lived
Artist: OneRepublic
Length: 03:57
AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/67565471
Tumblr: here
Having made this in a fit of exploding feelings today, I plan to get subtitles/downloads up soon (as soon as I remember how to do all of that; it's been ages since I made a vid!).
Temp download: Download from Dropbox (286 Mb, it's huge)
With every broken bone, I swear I lived. Team/family vid. (Contains some sci-fi violence as per the show, flickering/flashing lights in a couple of scenes, and canon pairings in the background, but it's mostly focused on team + Murderbot.)
Song: I Lived
Artist: OneRepublic
Length: 03:57
AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/67565471
Tumblr: here
Having made this in a fit of exploding feelings today, I plan to get subtitles/downloads up soon (as soon as I remember how to do all of that; it's been ages since I made a vid!).
Temp download: Download from Dropbox (286 Mb, it's huge)
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H/C Exchange
Jul. 14th, 2025 09:45 pmsnickficAuthors have revealed!
I wrote: everybody's on the run, Cuckoo (2024), Ed/Gretchen and Gretchen & Alma, post-canon, 2k. This fic was a surprise. I matched on Creator's Choice of Fandom, which meant I could write whateverfandom I wanted, and fresh off finishing my 20k Re-Animator fic, I planned to write more Re-Animator. I came up with several ideas, managed to write a solid 1100 words on one, and just completely stalled out. Instead I wrote this entire fic on the day of the deadline.
I think it turned out okay, though! I enjoyed this movie so much when I saw it earlier this year, especially the messy worldbuilding, and the ending is very wish-fulfillment, I feel, for a certain kind of viewer (which I guess I am, lol). It was fun to try to imagine what the immediate aftermath of everything might look like for these three.
Meanwhile, I received: You, Me, and the Serum Makes Three, Re-Animator, by![[archiveofourown.org profile]](https://p.dreamwidth.org/b164c54b26e4/-/archiveofourown.org/favicon.ico)
psychomachia. Dan/Herbert, mpreg, 3k. Absolute galaxy-brained way to knock Dan up, A+. Just a very fun series of relationship development and pregnancy vignettes.
I wrote: everybody's on the run, Cuckoo (2024), Ed/Gretchen and Gretchen & Alma, post-canon, 2k. This fic was a surprise. I matched on Creator's Choice of Fandom, which meant I could write whateverfandom I wanted, and fresh off finishing my 20k Re-Animator fic, I planned to write more Re-Animator. I came up with several ideas, managed to write a solid 1100 words on one, and just completely stalled out. Instead I wrote this entire fic on the day of the deadline.
I think it turned out okay, though! I enjoyed this movie so much when I saw it earlier this year, especially the messy worldbuilding, and the ending is very wish-fulfillment, I feel, for a certain kind of viewer (which I guess I am, lol). It was fun to try to imagine what the immediate aftermath of everything might look like for these three.
Meanwhile, I received: You, Me, and the Serum Makes Three, Re-Animator, by
Watched a movie
Jul. 14th, 2025 10:11 pmsilver_chipmunkOn the computer on Netflix, that's really all I did today.
Got up a little after 11:00 and had breakfast and coffee. I puttered around online for awhile. I was expecting the delivery of my new computer today, but annoyingly Best Buy is now saying between today and the 18th. It had better get here soon, the physical collapse of this one is accelerating.
Anyway, eventually I decided that I should watch The Old Guard 2, which I'd been meaning to do since I heard about it. It's on Netflix, so I signed in. It's not, in my opinion, as good as the first one, but I enjoyed it.
Finished that a little after 4:00, and went into the bedroom to play solitaire.
Came back out around 6:00, puttered online. At 7:00 I Skyped the FWiB, and we talked for a nice time, though we had some technical difficulties.
After we finished talking I had diner, and went back into the bedroom again. I ordered an Old Guard graphic novel, the one that's short stories, from Thriftbooks. They have it on back order though.
That's really all I did today except a little emailing. I emailed Flamingo to double check if I had registered for SHarecon. I was sure I had, but disturbingly, I can't remember doing so. But I was right, I had, so that's OK.
I also emailed John and Denise about some cottage business, and Denise called and we had a rather nice conversation.
I calledmashfanficchick but ze wasn't doing anything.
Last night after I posted here, the Kid called, and we talked. She has another job interview on Thursday.
And that's pretty much everything.
Gratitude List:
1. The FWiB.
2. The Kid.
3. John and Denise.
4. Fun movies.
5. Thriftbooks.
6. My eyesight is so much better!
Got up a little after 11:00 and had breakfast and coffee. I puttered around online for awhile. I was expecting the delivery of my new computer today, but annoyingly Best Buy is now saying between today and the 18th. It had better get here soon, the physical collapse of this one is accelerating.
Anyway, eventually I decided that I should watch The Old Guard 2, which I'd been meaning to do since I heard about it. It's on Netflix, so I signed in. It's not, in my opinion, as good as the first one, but I enjoyed it.
Finished that a little after 4:00, and went into the bedroom to play solitaire.
Came back out around 6:00, puttered online. At 7:00 I Skyped the FWiB, and we talked for a nice time, though we had some technical difficulties.
After we finished talking I had diner, and went back into the bedroom again. I ordered an Old Guard graphic novel, the one that's short stories, from Thriftbooks. They have it on back order though.
That's really all I did today except a little emailing. I emailed Flamingo to double check if I had registered for SHarecon. I was sure I had, but disturbingly, I can't remember doing so. But I was right, I had, so that's OK.
I also emailed John and Denise about some cottage business, and Denise called and we had a rather nice conversation.
I called
mashfanficchick but ze wasn't doing anything.Last night after I posted here, the Kid called, and we talked. She has another job interview on Thursday.
And that's pretty much everything.
Gratitude List:
1. The FWiB.
2. The Kid.
3. John and Denise.
4. Fun movies.
5. Thriftbooks.
6. My eyesight is so much better!
Frieren: Beyond Journey's End, Vol. 2
Jul. 14th, 2025 06:39 pmmarycatelli posting in book_loveFrieren: Beyond Journey's End, Vol. 2 by Kanehito Yamada
Spoilers ahead for the first volume.
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Spoilers ahead for the first volume.
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But **you did it right.**
Jul. 14th, 2025 08:37 pmcatnessAfter another round of Coursera peer grading, my conversation with ChatGPT.
Me: Why do I have a feeling that everyone used AI for their homework? ;) Of course so did I, but I changed the code a lot...
ChatGPT: Haha, oh you’re not imagining things — that *sixth sense tingling* is spot on. 😄
You’re definitely not the only one noticing a certain... let's call it *"robotic uniformity"* in some submissions.
Here's how you can often tell if a student just copied code from an AI (or StackOverflow or some tutorial site):
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Me: Why do I have a feeling that everyone used AI for their homework? ;) Of course so did I, but I changed the code a lot...
ChatGPT: Haha, oh you’re not imagining things — that *sixth sense tingling* is spot on. 😄
You’re definitely not the only one noticing a certain... let's call it *"robotic uniformity"* in some submissions.
Here's how you can often tell if a student just copied code from an AI (or StackOverflow or some tutorial site):
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Sunshine Revival/Challenge 2025 #4: Happiness
Jul. 14th, 2025 10:17 amsilveradeptsunshine_revival posted up their fourth topic, even as the heat continues to hammer the Northern Hemisphere, along with humidity, and many of us hide in our climate controlled buildings against it.We’re heading towards the middle of July, and I hope the weather is treating you kindly this summer, no matter where you are. Any fun plans so far? I’ve spent this week on the mountain, reconnecting with family and staying in a pretty cool house. And talking about houses…( What makes you happy? )
Challenge #4:
Fun House
Journaling: What is making you smile these days? Create a top 10 list of anything you want to talk about.
Creative: Write from the perspective of a house or other location.
More laughs and happiness later!
I can see!
Jul. 13th, 2025 10:32 pmsilver_chipmunkI slept very late this morning, after 1:00 in fact, but when I got up, my blurred vision had cleared, and now I can see! It's amazing. My left eye seems to be actually a bit better than my right eye for the first time ever. So I am very happy about that.
The only downside is that I really can't see close up. I will have to get reading glasses. Right now I've been using the bifocal section of my glasses, which works. But I really need dedicated readers now.
Anyway. Last night I finished the Ben Aaronovitch, Stone and Sky, and after I finished that, I read the Lois McMaster Bujold Penric novella, The Adventure of the Demonic Ox. So I was up late reading.
Got up finally and had breakfast and coffee. Then I went to the Starsky and Hutch creative work session. I actually got some writing done, and I think I can actually finish something, maybe in time for the SHarecon Countdown Calendar.
I did that until a little after 6. then puttered online til a bit before 7:00 when I Teamed the FWiB. We talked for a nice long time, and then at 8:30 I called Middle Brother. He is doing well.
I texted withmashfanficchick about what we want to binge next, and i texted with nancy about the results of the Outing Park Meeting today.
That's about all I did today.
Gratitude List:
1. The FWiB.
2. Good books.
3. My Nook.
4. I can see!!!
5. The Starsky and Hutch fandom.
6. Family.
The only downside is that I really can't see close up. I will have to get reading glasses. Right now I've been using the bifocal section of my glasses, which works. But I really need dedicated readers now.
Anyway. Last night I finished the Ben Aaronovitch, Stone and Sky, and after I finished that, I read the Lois McMaster Bujold Penric novella, The Adventure of the Demonic Ox. So I was up late reading.
Got up finally and had breakfast and coffee. Then I went to the Starsky and Hutch creative work session. I actually got some writing done, and I think I can actually finish something, maybe in time for the SHarecon Countdown Calendar.
I did that until a little after 6. then puttered online til a bit before 7:00 when I Teamed the FWiB. We talked for a nice long time, and then at 8:30 I called Middle Brother. He is doing well.
I texted with
mashfanficchick about what we want to binge next, and i texted with nancy about the results of the Outing Park Meeting today.That's about all I did today.
Gratitude List:
1. The FWiB.
2. Good books.
3. My Nook.
4. I can see!!!
5. The Starsky and Hutch fandom.
6. Family.
Media Round Up: Ups and Downs
Jul. 13th, 2025 04:14 pmforestofglorySince it's more than halfway through the year I started to write a reflection on my reading goal for the year: "Read Joyfully" But I found I didn't have much to say about it other than it turns out its easier to engage with new to me fiction when I actually get enough sleep.
However I do have some thoughts on things I've read and watched recently to share:
The Truth Season 3cases 9 and 10 — The last two cases, I’m sad that this is over now! This was so, so much fun! The second to last case featured my favorite costumes of the whole show in show with many excellent costumes. This really a fairly frivolous show but I love it so much! (Content note: the final case involved a dead kid)
Mu Guiying Takes Command ep 1-4— I wanted to love this. It is an adaptation of The Generals of the Yang Family, a story dating back to at least the Ming Dynasty that features women in command of the military. The FL is very badass. However I got fed up with how childish both the leads were acting.
Also this was released in 2012 which isn’t really that long ago but it feels like a whole different era.
Medieval Textiles across Eurasia, c. 300–1400 by Patricia Blessing, Elizabeth Dospěl Williams, Eiren L. Shea— This is a novella length overview of the topic. About 80 pages with a lot of pictures. I liked how it tied together such a big area and a long time period. Zooming out helped me put the stuff I know about (Chinese textiles, mostly Tang dynasty) into a larger context. I read it for the FTH biography I’m creating on Liao textiles.
A Song for You & I by Kay O'Neill— My friend Maureen, who is a children’s librarian, recced this graphic novel by the author of the Tea Dragon Society books in her most recent newsletter. And I’m glad she did because I haven’t been keeping up with recent releases and this was really good. It's a very gentle story that’s kind of coming of age with a lot of travel. One of the characters has a flying horse! The art is really good. I kept stoping to admire the color gradients. Just a very lovely book.
Please Be My Star by Victoria Grace Elliott— Reading a A Song for You & I reminded me that my library has lots of graphic novels and I checked out a whole pile of them including this one. Please Be My Star is a YA romance featuring teens putting on a play. It was very cute though once or twice I got a little too much second hand embarrassment.
Jeongnyeon: The Star Is Born ep 1-4— This kdrama sounded so exactly my thing. It’s got preforming arts, tons of women, and crossdressing girls! It’s also very pretty and well done. So I’m baffled as to why after four episodes all I feel about it is “meh”
However I do have some thoughts on things I've read and watched recently to share:
The Truth Season 3cases 9 and 10 — The last two cases, I’m sad that this is over now! This was so, so much fun! The second to last case featured my favorite costumes of the whole show in show with many excellent costumes. This really a fairly frivolous show but I love it so much! (Content note: the final case involved a dead kid)
Mu Guiying Takes Command ep 1-4— I wanted to love this. It is an adaptation of The Generals of the Yang Family, a story dating back to at least the Ming Dynasty that features women in command of the military. The FL is very badass. However I got fed up with how childish both the leads were acting.
Also this was released in 2012 which isn’t really that long ago but it feels like a whole different era.
Medieval Textiles across Eurasia, c. 300–1400 by Patricia Blessing, Elizabeth Dospěl Williams, Eiren L. Shea— This is a novella length overview of the topic. About 80 pages with a lot of pictures. I liked how it tied together such a big area and a long time period. Zooming out helped me put the stuff I know about (Chinese textiles, mostly Tang dynasty) into a larger context. I read it for the FTH biography I’m creating on Liao textiles.
A Song for You & I by Kay O'Neill— My friend Maureen, who is a children’s librarian, recced this graphic novel by the author of the Tea Dragon Society books in her most recent newsletter. And I’m glad she did because I haven’t been keeping up with recent releases and this was really good. It's a very gentle story that’s kind of coming of age with a lot of travel. One of the characters has a flying horse! The art is really good. I kept stoping to admire the color gradients. Just a very lovely book.
Please Be My Star by Victoria Grace Elliott— Reading a A Song for You & I reminded me that my library has lots of graphic novels and I checked out a whole pile of them including this one. Please Be My Star is a YA romance featuring teens putting on a play. It was very cute though once or twice I got a little too much second hand embarrassment.
Jeongnyeon: The Star Is Born ep 1-4— This kdrama sounded so exactly my thing. It’s got preforming arts, tons of women, and crossdressing girls! It’s also very pretty and well done. So I’m baffled as to why after four episodes all I feel about it is “meh”