well may the world go when i'm far away
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wychwoodBad news all round the last few days - TERFs winning a court case to allow anyone who wants to deny GRCs last week, and then Pope Francis dying this morning. Of course he'd been in terrible health for much of the year, but I'm still sad about it.
I didn't agree with everything he said (of course!) but the work he did on refocussing the Church and particularly the media voices away from spending all their time on ABORTION and HOMOSEXUALITY towards, you know, poverty and injustice and all the things that Jesus spent most of his time talking about was just amazing. Now we're left worrying about who will take over, and what agenda they might have; he's appointed a good share of the current voting-age cardinals, which hopefully means that whoever it is won't immediately undo everything. RIP Pope Francis, and thank you.
Today was my big DAY OFF and I have, on the one hand, done two weeks' worth of ironing, three loads of laundry, a week's worth of washing up, and a fair amount of assorted tidying up; on the other hand, I read a JD Robb book, played an hour or two of Dragon Age: Veilguard, had a nap, and spent enough time in idleness that I feel reasonably well-rested. My dad said to me yesterday when I was leaving to come home, "You're really tired today, aren't you?" and I thought about whether I was tired and spontaneously started leaking tears (always a sure indication!!). I feel much more emotionally stable today, fortunately.
Unfortunately I am now going back to their house for the next two days as part of a rota to make sure that Mum has someone around for a) dinner prep and b) potential crises while Dad's in France making sure the house hasn't fallen down since he had to rush back in January. It should be relatively peaceful - there'll be some assorted chores around stripping, laundering, and remaking beds, maybe a bit of restoring order after the departure of the houseful of guests, but I'm taking several books, a few DVDs, and my booklog file to hopefully make some progress on. But no video games, alas. I'll leave there to go to choir, then back home for work on Thursday followed by book group followed by back into the office on Friday, because the fun just never stops!! but honestly the next few weeks are moderately reasonable.
I didn't agree with everything he said (of course!) but the work he did on refocussing the Church and particularly the media voices away from spending all their time on ABORTION and HOMOSEXUALITY towards, you know, poverty and injustice and all the things that Jesus spent most of his time talking about was just amazing. Now we're left worrying about who will take over, and what agenda they might have; he's appointed a good share of the current voting-age cardinals, which hopefully means that whoever it is won't immediately undo everything. RIP Pope Francis, and thank you.
Today was my big DAY OFF and I have, on the one hand, done two weeks' worth of ironing, three loads of laundry, a week's worth of washing up, and a fair amount of assorted tidying up; on the other hand, I read a JD Robb book, played an hour or two of Dragon Age: Veilguard, had a nap, and spent enough time in idleness that I feel reasonably well-rested. My dad said to me yesterday when I was leaving to come home, "You're really tired today, aren't you?" and I thought about whether I was tired and spontaneously started leaking tears (always a sure indication!!). I feel much more emotionally stable today, fortunately.
Unfortunately I am now going back to their house for the next two days as part of a rota to make sure that Mum has someone around for a) dinner prep and b) potential crises while Dad's in France making sure the house hasn't fallen down since he had to rush back in January. It should be relatively peaceful - there'll be some assorted chores around stripping, laundering, and remaking beds, maybe a bit of restoring order after the departure of the houseful of guests, but I'm taking several books, a few DVDs, and my booklog file to hopefully make some progress on. But no video games, alas. I'll leave there to go to choir, then back home for work on Thursday followed by book group followed by back into the office on Friday, because the fun just never stops!! but honestly the next few weeks are moderately reasonable.
Caseficexchange 2025 Letter
Apr. 19th, 2025 03:04 pmmusycDear ![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
caseficexchange creator:
Thank you! I'm looking forward to your fic or art!
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For all my requests, fandoms I've requested a lot over the years have more detail, but I love all my fandoms equally. I recycle my prompts from exchange to exchange, but this doesn't mean I'll only be happy with those specific prompts! I'm just not great at coming up with new ideas. I'd love it if you picked one, but they're only suggestions! If you hit the vibes of my likes, that's all I need. Check out my all purpose letter for a lot of detail if you want more information on what I enjoy.
Both art and fic are beloved as treats for any of my requests! Art likes.
Things I generally love in any of my requested fandoms:
◈ happy endings ◈ angst or hurt/comfort with happy ending ◈ missing scenes ◈ mysteries (whodunit, cozy, etc.) ◈ 5/n times (+1/n) ◈ outsider pov ◈ friends supporting each other ◈ friends annoying each other (affectionate) ◈ parties and/or gifts ◈ noodle incidents ◈ slice of life ◈ trapped together
Casefic tropes and ideas I love:
◈ Howcatchem over Whodunit
◈ Rashomon-style conflicting narratives (each member of the team tells the story slightly different)
◈ Race against time to: stop the criminal from criming again; stop the execution before the wrong person dies; solve the case before another agency takes over; etc.
◈ Clue-style house party/locked-room mystery
◈ Heists for justice
◈ Characters having an unknown-until-now hobby/interest/skill that leads to a crucial clue
◈ Absolutely positively officially forbidden to XYZ so we're going to do it when no one's looking
◈ Separate cases all turn out to have connections to each other
◈ Even criminals have standards (so they're going to help the heroes)
◈ Friendly competition (team gets a reward) and minor sabotage (how *did* the battery fall out of your phone tsk tsk)
◈ Secondary characters in the spotlight (lab rat/squintern-focused types of stories)
◈ Generally humorous shenanigans
Crime tropes I'm fine with:
◈ Sexual assault/rape (adult)
◈ Murder (adult or child)
◈ Kidnapping (adult or child)
◈ Serial/signature killers
For all fandoms: I'm fine with canon-typical levels of injuries or violence, including that suffered by requested characters. Explosions, GSWs, druggings, kidnappings: All good.
( Requests )
caseficexchange creator:Thank you! I'm looking forward to your fic or art!
For all my requests, fandoms I've requested a lot over the years have more detail, but I love all my fandoms equally. I recycle my prompts from exchange to exchange, but this doesn't mean I'll only be happy with those specific prompts! I'm just not great at coming up with new ideas. I'd love it if you picked one, but they're only suggestions! If you hit the vibes of my likes, that's all I need. Check out my all purpose letter for a lot of detail if you want more information on what I enjoy.
Both art and fic are beloved as treats for any of my requests! Art likes.
Things I generally love in any of my requested fandoms:
◈ happy endings ◈ angst or hurt/comfort with happy ending ◈ missing scenes ◈ mysteries (whodunit, cozy, etc.) ◈ 5/n times (+1/n) ◈ outsider pov ◈ friends supporting each other ◈ friends annoying each other (affectionate) ◈ parties and/or gifts ◈ noodle incidents ◈ slice of life ◈ trapped together
Casefic tropes and ideas I love:
◈ Howcatchem over Whodunit
◈ Rashomon-style conflicting narratives (each member of the team tells the story slightly different)
◈ Race against time to: stop the criminal from criming again; stop the execution before the wrong person dies; solve the case before another agency takes over; etc.
◈ Clue-style house party/locked-room mystery
◈ Heists for justice
◈ Characters having an unknown-until-now hobby/interest/skill that leads to a crucial clue
◈ Absolutely positively officially forbidden to XYZ so we're going to do it when no one's looking
◈ Separate cases all turn out to have connections to each other
◈ Even criminals have standards (so they're going to help the heroes)
◈ Friendly competition (team gets a reward) and minor sabotage (how *did* the battery fall out of your phone tsk tsk)
◈ Secondary characters in the spotlight (lab rat/squintern-focused types of stories)
◈ Generally humorous shenanigans
Crime tropes I'm fine with:
◈ Sexual assault/rape (adult)
◈ Murder (adult or child)
◈ Kidnapping (adult or child)
◈ Serial/signature killers
For all fandoms: I'm fine with canon-typical levels of injuries or violence, including that suffered by requested characters. Explosions, GSWs, druggings, kidnappings: All good.
( Requests )
Easter again
Apr. 19th, 2025 05:02 pmwychwoodHave survived most of Holy Week! Such minor crises as Fr Bernard accidentally skipping over the Gloria and having to reinsert it right before the Gospel were largely invisible to the congregation, which is nearly the same as not happening, right...
Just the biggest one left tonight. I think we're ready??
Choir went OK - I was a bit disappointed in us, but people I've talked to from the audience seemed to think we sounded good!
And then it's into family stuff for a few days...
Just the biggest one left tonight. I think we're ready??
Choir went OK - I was a bit disappointed in us, but people I've talked to from the audience seemed to think we sounded good!
And then it's into family stuff for a few days...
What I'm Doing Wednesday
Apr. 16th, 2025 07:43 pmsage( books (Krishnamurti x3, Lhanang Rinpoche, Zopa Rinpoche) )
food
Thanks to getting a bag of trail mix (yes, they do now make mixes I'm not allergic to!), I upped my weekly fruit and veggie type count by 6! I've got a lot more variety in this week's grocery pickup, too.
( healthcrap )
( dirt )
family
I went to my parents' for my brother's early birthday party over the weekend. (I didn't take any yarn, which was weird.) I mulched flower beds and counted bluebonnets and helped rip out a giant dead elaeagnus, and I spent *several* hours working on their new laptop and ancient desktop, both of which had a number of viruses. I installed Brave on the laptop, so hopefully that will minimize any new infections. And when I got home I binged on the gf peanut butter cookies mom made me, because I cannot control myself. Which messed up my blood sugar in my labs for today's doc appt, oops. Oh well.
#resist
April 18: Economic Blackout 2
April 19: #50501 Nationwide Protest #2: FREE KILMAR!
April 21 to 28: General Mills Boycott
May 6 to 12: Amazon Boycott 2
May 20 to 26: Walmart Boycott 2
June 3 to 9: Target Boycott
June 24 to 30: McDonald’s Boycott
July 4: Independence Day Boycott
I hope all of you are doing well! <333
food
Thanks to getting a bag of trail mix (yes, they do now make mixes I'm not allergic to!), I upped my weekly fruit and veggie type count by 6! I've got a lot more variety in this week's grocery pickup, too.
( healthcrap )
( dirt )
family
I went to my parents' for my brother's early birthday party over the weekend. (I didn't take any yarn, which was weird.) I mulched flower beds and counted bluebonnets and helped rip out a giant dead elaeagnus, and I spent *several* hours working on their new laptop and ancient desktop, both of which had a number of viruses. I installed Brave on the laptop, so hopefully that will minimize any new infections. And when I got home I binged on the gf peanut butter cookies mom made me, because I cannot control myself. Which messed up my blood sugar in my labs for today's doc appt, oops. Oh well.
#resist
April 18: Economic Blackout 2
April 19: #50501 Nationwide Protest #2: FREE KILMAR!
April 21 to 28: General Mills Boycott
May 6 to 12: Amazon Boycott 2
May 20 to 26: Walmart Boycott 2
June 3 to 9: Target Boycott
June 24 to 30: McDonald’s Boycott
July 4: Independence Day Boycott
I hope all of you are doing well! <333
I Just Got a Kitten. What Do I Do?, by Mordecai Siegal
Apr. 16th, 2025 08:07 amrunpunkrunI Just Got a Kitten. What Do I Do?: How to Buy, Train, Understand, and Enjoy Your Kitten, by Mordecai Siegal:
Why do all these books with titles like What The Heck Do I Do With This Kitten??? insist on starting with a lengthy explanation of what cats are, how they work, and where to find them? I already have a kitten or I wouldn't have picked up this book which seemed to understand that I Just Got A Kitten.
It's a good resource if you're going to get a kitten and want advice on how to pick one and what to do once you've brought the guy home, but if you already have a kitten in hand, the last two chapters are the most relevant.
Fun Fact: The kitten on the cover of this book looks almost exactly like my kitten, though this kitten is fuzzier, and mine started out that small but has since tripled in size.
Why do all these books with titles like What The Heck Do I Do With This Kitten??? insist on starting with a lengthy explanation of what cats are, how they work, and where to find them? I already have a kitten or I wouldn't have picked up this book which seemed to understand that I Just Got A Kitten.
It's a good resource if you're going to get a kitten and want advice on how to pick one and what to do once you've brought the guy home, but if you already have a kitten in hand, the last two chapters are the most relevant.
Fun Fact: The kitten on the cover of this book looks almost exactly like my kitten, though this kitten is fuzzier, and mine started out that small but has since tripled in size.
Fannish 50 Challenge 2025: Post # 14: Canada Fandom
Apr. 15th, 2025 07:38 pmride_4everTomorrow is the annual National Canadian Film Day. All around the world, let's stand up for Canada and sit down to some Canadian cinema!
If you watch a Canadian movie tomorrow and feel like coming back here to post about what you saw, please do.
If you watch a Canadian movie tomorrow and feel like coming back here to post about what you saw, please do.
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Apr. 15th, 2025 09:40 amclydesideI only have two large windows in my place that are suitable for plants -- sliding doors, in fact, to my balcony and backyard. The balcony door is north facing and gets pretty much zero light in the winter. Meanwhile the back door faces south, but because I open it multiple times a day for the dog, any plants there over the winter are very unhappy about being constantly blasted by cold dry air (even my gigantic, impossible to kill boston fern grows *slightly less* when I keep if there). So my plants get tucked into some protected (but windowless) nooks and set up with grow lights for the winter.
April means moving them back towards direct sunlight, and hardening them off for a summer outside. My doors are so crowded now 😂 But having all my big tropical plants front and centre/in the way helps curb my spring frenzy for impulse buying more plants.
My fiddle leaf fig fared better this year than previously (notably because it was not anywhere near a cold window/door), but is still looking a little scraggly (it lost a few big leaves in February when I accidentally let the soil get too dry, but it has bounced back and put out two new ones since then). I've moved it to the north window where it won't get fried by direct sun, fertilized it, and did some notching to see if I can encourage some growth on the trunk over the next few weeks. Fingers crossed it is happy and cooperates!
April means moving them back towards direct sunlight, and hardening them off for a summer outside. My doors are so crowded now 😂 But having all my big tropical plants front and centre/in the way helps curb my spring frenzy for impulse buying more plants.
My fiddle leaf fig fared better this year than previously (notably because it was not anywhere near a cold window/door), but is still looking a little scraggly (it lost a few big leaves in February when I accidentally let the soil get too dry, but it has bounced back and put out two new ones since then). I've moved it to the north window where it won't get fried by direct sun, fertilized it, and did some notching to see if I can encourage some growth on the trunk over the next few weeks. Fingers crossed it is happy and cooperates!
Fannish 50 Challenge 2025: Post # 13: Postal Mail from Fen
Apr. 14th, 2025 06:46 pmride_4everIn March I got delightful postal mail from sidleypkhermit! It was a combination of two cards -- one card inside the other -- and a bunch of intensely adorable stickers. Great timing about the stickers because earlier this year someone gave me a sticker book -- which is the first time I am assembling my stickers all in one place and with an eye to some kind of intentional organization -- and now I'm going to make one section of the sticker book specifically "stickers from fen".
sidleypkhermit! It was a combination of two cards -- one card inside the other -- and a bunch of intensely adorable stickers. Great timing about the stickers because earlier this year someone gave me a sticker book -- which is the first time I am assembling my stickers all in one place and with an eye to some kind of intentional organization -- and now I'm going to make one section of the sticker book specifically "stickers from fen".