Argh!
Nov. 1st, 2025 11:08 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
conulyI took over Jenn's game of Cult of the Lamb - which may have been a mistake, because her angry followers whom she starved now pop out of chests and try to kill me - and I defeated the big boss and converted him into a follower. And then I resurrected somebody, and literally the second I stepped outside my temple to go to the healing hut to heal the resurrected follower, the resurrectee ate him. So now I have to do a new resurrection!
Take a test.
Nov. 3rd, 2025 08:54 pmhannahI'm only a little disappointed I'm not working the polls tomorrow. Only a little, because as much as I'd wanted to get out and participate, I know calling off was the right thing to do. I'm coming off a nasty cold - four negative rapid tests since last Wednesday night, including one this afternoon, seem reasonably trustworthy - and while I'm mostly recovered, working the polls for the full duration tomorrow wouldn't do me any good. It's hard enough when I'm completely healthy.
What I'm finding amusing about this is one of my clients reached out and because I'm not working the polls and the physical demands will be significantly less with far fewer hours, I'll be working with her tomorrow afternoon, which means I've basically gone from the public to the private sector.
What I'm finding amusing about this is one of my clients reached out and because I'm not working the polls and the physical demands will be significantly less with far fewer hours, I'll be working with her tomorrow afternoon, which means I've basically gone from the public to the private sector.
Taking action, in a way
Nov. 3rd, 2025 10:42 ambrithistorianI've been wanting to be more active on Dreamwidth recently, both in terms of posting and of reading all of your posts, but I couldn't really bring myself to do that while I had a backlog of comments in my email going back to September. This morning I've simultaneously got time and energy to deal with this, so I'm trying to work through those old responses, either responding to or deleting all of those comments. So if you get a response to an older comment you left (some of these were from as far back as September), that's what's going on. And I'm looking forward to getting to "see" you more in the near future.
Have a great day!
Update on AO3 tag-wrangling application
Nov. 3rd, 2025 10:19 ambrithistorianWhen I applied to a tag wrangler at AO3, they said not to write asking about the status of my application until 5 weeks had passed. That was last week, so I wrote and inquired. They wrote back saying they'd had more applications than expected, so to wait until 5 November, so I'm still waiting.
Didn't look closely enough
Oct. 31st, 2025 03:30 pmconulypicked out a pair of glasses I just cannot stand. Sending them back, getting a better pair. I do have another spare pair if this one gives out entirely.
End arms sales to UAE
Nov. 2nd, 2025 07:36 amtoastykitten posting in ![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png){kind=small}
thisfinecrewUS urged to end arms sales to UAE as it backs genocidal paramilitary in Sudan.
Sen Chris Van Hollen and Rep Sarah Jacobs have reintroduced the Stand Up for Sudan Act - which would prohibit U.S. arms sales to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) until the UAE is no longer providing material support to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Sudan.
Sen Chris Van Hollen and Rep Sarah Jacobs have reintroduced the Stand Up for Sudan Act - which would prohibit U.S. arms sales to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) until the UAE is no longer providing material support to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Sudan.
The word “perforce” does not belong in YA
Oct. 30th, 2025 04:47 amconulyI don’t care if it is in character, pick another word! (And while it ought to be in character, she hasn’t exactly been dropping the big words every other dialog line. Or if she has, I didn’t notice?)
November the First.
Nov. 1st, 2025 09:15 pmhannahI called the library beforehand to ask when they took donations for the book sale, and how much I could provide. I followed directions on time, but not so much on volume - they got what they got, which was mostly what I'd bought from them over the past couple years. Nearly all of it was DVDs, CDs, and Blurays where I kept telling myself I didn't want the object, I wanted what was stored on the object. It was lovely to get this movie or that album, and now that I had what I wanted on my computer, I didn't need the object anymore. It was nice to grab all four seasons of Black Sails and the whole series of Fringe, and I don't have the space around my apartment to keep those with what I've already got on the shelves. Especially when I haven't yet gotten around to watching the shows. Soon, in due time. But keeping the objects of the box sets around won't help.
All that, and it's nice to get a few square feet of floor space back. Enough to notice, which is enough to make me want to keep going. Do another book cull, drag those clothes to the donation bin. Say "goodbye and thank you" to the stuff that isn't giving me anything but nostalgia. And maybe see about which extant box sets on my shelves are objects I want for the particular value they have as objects. Is it "the value of the object qualia object"? I'm sure there's a term for it.
All that, and it's nice to get a few square feet of floor space back. Enough to notice, which is enough to make me want to keep going. Do another book cull, drag those clothes to the donation bin. Say "goodbye and thank you" to the stuff that isn't giving me anything but nostalgia. And maybe see about which extant box sets on my shelves are objects I want for the particular value they have as objects. Is it "the value of the object qualia object"? I'm sure there's a term for it.
Fall Fest Bingo
Nov. 1st, 2025 05:25 pmdrabblewriter posting in allbingoI got a Bingo down the B column and did six extra fills. I'm also claiming the "All the Same Format" achievement since every one of them is a junk journal entry.
Fandoms: None
Fandoms: None
Mediums: All junk journal entires
Prompts: Bingo: trick or treat, black cats, bugs, witch, orange. Extras: apples, unicorns, I'm spectaculacular., National Popcorn Popping Month, therapy, glitter.
Pimp your Small Fandom!!!
Nov. 1st, 2025 06:10 amspikedluv posting in smallfandomfestIt’s time for another new round of fandom pimpage! Remember, the pimp-your-fandom button is reset to zero, so every single small fandom is up for grabs. Even if someone else had previously signed up to pimp it and failed to deliver. *coff* Not me, of course. *g* *coff* Even if it’s already been pimped once before. Of course, we don’t want you to rehash everything the last pimper said, but we’d love to get your own unique take on the fandom.
( Pimping Rules )
So, if you’d like to pimp your favorite fandom, please sign up in a comment to this post with your name and the name of the fandom you’d like to pimp.
(If you’re wondering what people have included in their pimps in the past, check them out here.)
( List of Claimed Fandoms: )
Don’t forget to track our Missing: Have You Seen This Fandom? post! Any assistance you can offer your fellow small fandomites in their search for small fandoms will be appreciated.
( Pimping Rules )
So, if you’d like to pimp your favorite fandom, please sign up in a comment to this post with your name and the name of the fandom you’d like to pimp.
(If you’re wondering what people have included in their pimps in the past, check them out here.)
( List of Claimed Fandoms: )
Don’t forget to track our Missing: Have You Seen This Fandom? post! Any assistance you can offer your fellow small fandomites in their search for small fandoms will be appreciated.
SFFest38: Prompt Submission
Nov. 1st, 2025 06:05 amspikedluv posting in smallfandomfestIt's Nov 1st, which means it's time to welcome you all to our Thirty-Eighth Small Fandoms Fest! It also means that it’s time to submit those prompts!
Google Docs Spreadsheet:
The spreadsheet has been edited to remove filled prompts and prompts for fandoms that no longer qualify, but all other prompts will remain in the spreadsheet so you need not resubmit them.
Disqualified Fandoms: Please check the List of Disqualified Fandoms before submitting your prompts to make sure your fandom hasn’t previously been disqualified. as [several] a lot of fandoms have been disqualified for this round and removed from the spreadsheet, including: Final Fantasy XII (game), Prison Break (tv), Revolutionary Girl Utena | Shoujo Kakumei Utena (anime), and Thunderbolts (movie 2025). (More may be disqualified during the prompting period as they are brought to my attention, so please check back if you think your fandom might be too large, aka, 2,000 or more fanworks at AO3.)
Prompt submission: Input the required information into the form linked below (Your User Name (and platform), Fandom, Pairing/Character, and Prompt) and then hit submit! After your prompt has been submitted, you’ll receive a notification that your “response has been recorded” and will be asked if you’d like to return to the form. (Please submit the prompts in the same format as existing prompts wrt Fandom Name and Character/Pairing.) At any time you may check out the prompts that have already been submitted to the spreadsheet.
Filtering/Sorting: Google not-so-recently forced our spreadsheet into the new filtering process. If you’re not already familiar with it, please read the following so you can sort and filter the prompts. ( more about filtering and sorting back here )
Please read the rules below (especially those regarding the format of the prompts) before submitting your prompts.
Most importantly, have fun!
Fest Schedule/Important Dates
Nov 1 - Nov 21: Prompt Submission Period
Nov 23: Prompts Available for Claiming & Posting Period Opens
Nov 23 - Jan 31: Posting Period
Jan 31: Final Day of Posting Period
( Rules )
If you did not take a moment to read the submission rules, please do so now, before you submit your prompts. Thank you!
If you have any questions you may ask them in comments to this post.
Prompt Submission Form
Complete List of Prompts
Google Docs Spreadsheet:
The spreadsheet has been edited to remove filled prompts and prompts for fandoms that no longer qualify, but all other prompts will remain in the spreadsheet so you need not resubmit them.
Disqualified Fandoms: Please check the List of Disqualified Fandoms before submitting your prompts to make sure your fandom hasn’t previously been disqualified. as [several] a lot of fandoms have been disqualified for this round and removed from the spreadsheet, including: Final Fantasy XII (game), Prison Break (tv), Revolutionary Girl Utena | Shoujo Kakumei Utena (anime), and Thunderbolts (movie 2025). (More may be disqualified during the prompting period as they are brought to my attention, so please check back if you think your fandom might be too large, aka, 2,000 or more fanworks at AO3.)
Prompt submission: Input the required information into the form linked below (Your User Name (and platform), Fandom, Pairing/Character, and Prompt) and then hit submit! After your prompt has been submitted, you’ll receive a notification that your “response has been recorded” and will be asked if you’d like to return to the form. (Please submit the prompts in the same format as existing prompts wrt Fandom Name and Character/Pairing.) At any time you may check out the prompts that have already been submitted to the spreadsheet.
Filtering/Sorting: Google not-so-recently forced our spreadsheet into the new filtering process. If you’re not already familiar with it, please read the following so you can sort and filter the prompts. ( more about filtering and sorting back here )
Please read the rules below (especially those regarding the format of the prompts) before submitting your prompts.
Most importantly, have fun!
Fest Schedule/Important Dates
Nov 1 - Nov 21: Prompt Submission Period
Nov 23: Prompts Available for Claiming & Posting Period Opens
Nov 23 - Jan 31: Posting Period
Jan 31: Final Day of Posting Period
( Rules )
If you did not take a moment to read the submission rules, please do so now, before you submit your prompts. Thank you!
If you have any questions you may ask them in comments to this post.
Prompt Submission Form
Complete List of Prompts
Poem: "One Big Beautiful BS"
Oct. 31st, 2025 11:26 pmjjhunterOne Big Beautiful BS -
that the sludge of the past could ever be forever burned without consequence
Whose bones are they breaking today
drilling out the marrow of our good earth
emptying out communities to collapse in upon themselves?
perhaps they expect neighbors will be eating neighbors the very next day
all these hoarders so eager to end good governance by the people, for the people
( boys in masks waving guns )
___
Last edited: 01Nov25
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
that the sludge of the past could ever be forever burned without consequence
Whose bones are they breaking today
drilling out the marrow of our good earth
emptying out communities to collapse in upon themselves?
perhaps they expect neighbors will be eating neighbors the very next day
all these hoarders so eager to end good governance by the people, for the people
( boys in masks waving guns )
___
Last edited: 01Nov25
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.