Wednesday Reading Meme
Nov. 26th, 2025 09:16 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
spikedluvWhat I Just Finished Reading: Since last Wednesday I have read/finished reading: Nothing. A lot of fanfic. But I did DNF a book (see below).
What I am Currently Reading: Dogged Pursuit (Andy Carpenter Series) by David Rosenfelt.
What I Plan to Read Next: I have two books waiting for me at the library, so one of those.
DNF: Guardian of the Horizon (An Amelia Peabody Mystery) (Elizabeth Peters)
I didn’t so much DNF this book as DNS (Did Not Start) it. I recently learned that this author wrote stories from the ‘lost season’. (The time between the books.) I was not pleased with that information because I do not want to go backwards and I hoped that this next book in the series (which I had already requested from the libarary) was not one of those ‘lost season’ books. Dear reader, I hoped in vain. ( more back here )
The Goodreads description does include the information that the book is from the ‘lost season’; I wish I’d know about these books so I could have read them in the proper ‘order’ time-wise (rather than publication-wise). But you can, if you’re just getting into the series! Thankfully not all of the books in the rest of the series are from a ‘lost season’, so I have requested the book after this one from the library.
What I am Currently Reading: Dogged Pursuit (Andy Carpenter Series) by David Rosenfelt.
What I Plan to Read Next: I have two books waiting for me at the library, so one of those.
DNF: Guardian of the Horizon (An Amelia Peabody Mystery) (Elizabeth Peters)
I didn’t so much DNF this book as DNS (Did Not Start) it. I recently learned that this author wrote stories from the ‘lost season’. (The time between the books.) I was not pleased with that information because I do not want to go backwards and I hoped that this next book in the series (which I had already requested from the libarary) was not one of those ‘lost season’ books. Dear reader, I hoped in vain. ( more back here )
The Goodreads description does include the information that the book is from the ‘lost season’; I wish I’d know about these books so I could have read them in the proper ‘order’ time-wise (rather than publication-wise). But you can, if you’re just getting into the series! Thankfully not all of the books in the rest of the series are from a ‘lost season’, so I have requested the book after this one from the library.
The Day in Spikedluv (Tuesday, Nov 25)
Nov. 26th, 2025 07:28 amspikedluvWe were up early again because Pip had a coughing fit and couldn’t get back to sleep: 4:10am. I did not want to get up early again, and yet. At least it gave me more time to get stuff done.
I hit Price Chopper while I was downtown and stopped at Dunkin’ Donuts (because mom wants to take a treat to the clinic today, her second-to-last day!!).
I drove mom to her appointment, hand-washed dishes, emptied the dishwasher and ran another load, went for a couple walks with Pip and the dogs, baked chicken for the dogs’ meals, cut up chicken for the dogs' meals, and scooped kitty litter. I also made banana bread! One loaf is for Thanksgiving, one is for Sister A’s b-day, and the other is for us to enjoy! We had baked haddock for supper and still-warm banana bread was my evening snack.
Started a new Andy Carpenter book! Walt Disney's Animal Kingdom (or whatever it's called these days) was my evening background tv.
Temps started out at 32.7(F) and reached 50.0. It was overcast all day.
ETA: I forgot to mention the new developments in the Pumpkin Pie Fiasco! ( cutting for length )
Mom Update:
Mom was not feeling well again. ( more back here )
I hit Price Chopper while I was downtown and stopped at Dunkin’ Donuts (because mom wants to take a treat to the clinic today, her second-to-last day!!).
I drove mom to her appointment, hand-washed dishes, emptied the dishwasher and ran another load, went for a couple walks with Pip and the dogs, baked chicken for the dogs’ meals, cut up chicken for the dogs' meals, and scooped kitty litter. I also made banana bread! One loaf is for Thanksgiving, one is for Sister A’s b-day, and the other is for us to enjoy! We had baked haddock for supper and still-warm banana bread was my evening snack.
Started a new Andy Carpenter book! Walt Disney's Animal Kingdom (or whatever it's called these days) was my evening background tv.
Temps started out at 32.7(F) and reached 50.0. It was overcast all day.
ETA: I forgot to mention the new developments in the Pumpkin Pie Fiasco! ( cutting for length )
Mom Update:
Mom was not feeling well again. ( more back here )
Just One Thing (26 November 2025)
Nov. 26th, 2025 08:00 amnanila posting in ![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png){kind=small}
awesomeersIt's challenge time!
Comment with Just One Thing you've accomplished in the last 24 hours or so. It doesn't have to be a hard thing, or even a thing that you think is particularly awesome. Just a thing that you did.
Feel free to share more than one thing if you're feeling particularly accomplished! Extra credit: find someone in the comments and give them props for what they achieved!
Nothing is too big, too small, too strange or too cryptic. And in case you'd rather do this in private, anonymous comments are screened. I will only unscreen if you ask me to.
Go!
Comment with Just One Thing you've accomplished in the last 24 hours or so. It doesn't have to be a hard thing, or even a thing that you think is particularly awesome. Just a thing that you did.
Feel free to share more than one thing if you're feeling particularly accomplished! Extra credit: find someone in the comments and give them props for what they achieved!
Nothing is too big, too small, too strange or too cryptic. And in case you'd rather do this in private, anonymous comments are screened. I will only unscreen if you ask me to.
Go!
REC: Untitled Fix-It Comic by pim (Panfandom Meta)
Nov. 25th, 2025 08:21 pmdelphiFandom 50 #30
Untitled Fix-It Comic by![[tumblr.com profile]](https://www.tumblr.com/favicon.ico)
yeehawpim
Fandom: Panfandom, Doctor Who, Avengers, Sherlock
Medium: Comic
Length: 6 pages
Rating: SFW
My Bookmark Tags: drama, happy ending, au: canon divergence, writing
Description:
( Transcript of Comic Text )
Yeah, this got me. I'm a sucker for a good fix-it fic, and it's a storytelling impulse that I feel warmly about in general. I've especially been thinking about this topic lately—and some of the related canon moments—thanks to a bit that hit home in![[youtube.com profile]](https://youtube.com/favicon.ico)
JessieGender1's recent Star Trek Strange New Worlds Is a Centrist Space Fantasy video essay that talked about the storytelling worldviews in which change requires a body count and about the narrative incorporation of ungrievable lives. (Two recs for the price of one in this post!)
This comic is sweet and touching, with great pacing and choice of visuals. I especially love the spot where we see darkness giving way to light and the shots of people writing. It gave me some fuzzy feelings about fandom and encouraged me to open back up a fix-it draft of my own.
Untitled Fix-It Comic by
Fandom: Panfandom, Doctor Who, Avengers, Sherlock
Medium: Comic
Length: 6 pages
Rating: SFW
My Bookmark Tags: drama, happy ending, au: canon divergence, writing
Description:
A black-and-white cartoon comic follows its creator from their teenage years reading fic in a classroom, through glimpses of canon moments from Doctor Who, The Avengers, and Sherlock, to the experiences of other fans and back to the now-older creator as they muse on their changing opinion of fix-it fic.
( Transcript of Comic Text )
Yeah, this got me. I'm a sucker for a good fix-it fic, and it's a storytelling impulse that I feel warmly about in general. I've especially been thinking about this topic lately—and some of the related canon moments—thanks to a bit that hit home in
This comic is sweet and touching, with great pacing and choice of visuals. I especially love the spot where we see darkness giving way to light and the shots of people writing. It gave me some fuzzy feelings about fandom and encouraged me to open back up a fix-it draft of my own.
My students were testing me today
Nov. 25th, 2025 11:29 pmcornerofmadnessIt was an easy open study lab today and they were playing music when one of them pipes up, do you like music Doctor Evans?
Yes, I love music. Feel free to play it.
Girl from the back. Did you listen to Jacob Sartorius? (her table had suggested it last week when they were using him to remember the sartorius thigh muscle)
Yes, I liked it.
What did you listen to?
Ladies it's been a week, I don't remember.
Guy from the front - Do you like rap?
Me - it's not my favorite genre but I listen to some of it.
WHO?!?
Me - Oh, they're all old now. Run DMC, Will Smith when he was the Fresh Prince, Sir Mix-a-lot, Tone Loc
Guy from the front - do you like Nas?
Me - I've not really heard his stuff but I like Little Nas X
Them- holding up phone, what's this one? (obviously thinking Doc Dana is trying to be the cool prof who knows music)
two notes
me - Old Town Road, Little Nas X and Billy Ray Cyrus
they start giggling. loudly.
The phone goes up. More music.
Me -three seconds in, Get Jiggy with it, Will Smith
More giggling.
Them - Dance
Me - Just play your music.
They weren't sure if it was a dare or not so the phone went away.
We had some of the other testing too. It's week 15 of 16 after all. Can't I have extra extra credit. No.
I NEED to pass this class to graduate. Can't I have a D? I'm desperate. 1. that's not passing 2. You have a 38%. No. I mean you'd have to sacrifice to the elder gods to pass at this point.
Let's hit the fannish fun for fannish 50 For one, sharing this again because Blake and this song hit the Billboard top 100 (at 98 but my god it's less than 3 minutes) Also move over Jessica Rabbit, another animated lounge singer is after your crown
( Finally getting my thoughts out on the last two Hazbin episodes. Spoilers abound and outside of the above song all the clips and songs are NSFW )
Yes, I love music. Feel free to play it.
Girl from the back. Did you listen to Jacob Sartorius? (her table had suggested it last week when they were using him to remember the sartorius thigh muscle)
Yes, I liked it.
What did you listen to?
Ladies it's been a week, I don't remember.
Guy from the front - Do you like rap?
Me - it's not my favorite genre but I listen to some of it.
WHO?!?
Me - Oh, they're all old now. Run DMC, Will Smith when he was the Fresh Prince, Sir Mix-a-lot, Tone Loc
Guy from the front - do you like Nas?
Me - I've not really heard his stuff but I like Little Nas X
Them- holding up phone, what's this one? (obviously thinking Doc Dana is trying to be the cool prof who knows music)
two notes
me - Old Town Road, Little Nas X and Billy Ray Cyrus
they start giggling. loudly.
The phone goes up. More music.
Me -three seconds in, Get Jiggy with it, Will Smith
More giggling.
Them - Dance
Me - Just play your music.
They weren't sure if it was a dare or not so the phone went away.
We had some of the other testing too. It's week 15 of 16 after all. Can't I have extra extra credit. No.
I NEED to pass this class to graduate. Can't I have a D? I'm desperate. 1. that's not passing 2. You have a 38%. No. I mean you'd have to sacrifice to the elder gods to pass at this point.
Let's hit the fannish fun for fannish 50 For one, sharing this again because Blake and this song hit the Billboard top 100 (at 98 but my god it's less than 3 minutes) Also move over Jessica Rabbit, another animated lounge singer is after your crown
( Finally getting my thoughts out on the last two Hazbin episodes. Spoilers abound and outside of the above song all the clips and songs are NSFW )
Check In: Day 25
Nov. 25th, 2025 02:10 pmfleetsparrow posting in writethisfanficI was going to make a "What a week, huh?" joke here, and then realized it's not even Wednesday yet. x__x
Today's word is brought to you by the shipping and transporting industry! Because nothing says, "Happy Holidays" like the memory of dozens of shipping containers tipping into the harbor.
Stevedore:
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Today's word is brought to you by the shipping and transporting industry! Because nothing says, "Happy Holidays" like the memory of dozens of shipping containers tipping into the harbor.
Stevedore:
- (noun) One who works at or is responsible for loading and unloading ships in port
- (verb) To handle (to load or unload) cargo as a stevedore
FOB Drabble: Price
Nov. 25th, 2025 08:44 pmkat_lair***
Title: Price
Author:kat_lair
Fandom: Fall Out Boy
Pairing: Patrick/Pete
Tags: Drabble, Alternate Universe - Supernatural Elements
Rating: T
Word count: 100
Summary: A price worth paying.
Author notes: #1fandomgiftbasket drabble for pushkin666
Price on AO3
( Price )
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Title: Price
Author:
kat_lair Fandom: Fall Out Boy
Pairing: Patrick/Pete
Tags: Drabble, Alternate Universe - Supernatural Elements
Rating: T
Word count: 100
Summary: A price worth paying.
Author notes: #1
fandomgiftbasket drabble for pushkin666 Price on AO3
( Price )
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TV Talk: Tracker
Nov. 25th, 2025 03:27 pmspikedluvTV Talk:
9-1-1: On hiatus until Jan 8.
Matlock: No new ep this week; new eps return Dec 4.
Tracker: Good ep! ( spoilers )
TV News:
The Pitt: Is coming to TNT on Dec 1!! They will air three episodes each Monday through the month of December. I’m finally going to be able to see it!! I’ve already got it set to record.
9-1-1: On hiatus until Jan 8.
Matlock: No new ep this week; new eps return Dec 4.
Tracker: Good ep! ( spoilers )
TV News:
The Pitt: Is coming to TNT on Dec 1!! They will air three episodes each Monday through the month of December. I’m finally going to be able to see it!! I’ve already got it set to record.
Two Things
Nov. 25th, 2025 08:36 ammuccamukk1. xkcd just made me cry (continuation of the cancer posts, which no one involved currently has.)
2. Mom gave me a ball of really pretty white yarn, which is wool with a bit of a halo, and maybe sport weight? Could be finger weight? Unsure? It's large enough to make a scarf, and I'm wondering if anyone can suggest a pattern that's: a) VERY EASY, b) maybe has a little bit of lace? I can do very basic lace, as long as it doesn't have too many steps.
2. Mom gave me a ball of really pretty white yarn, which is wool with a bit of a halo, and maybe sport weight? Could be finger weight? Unsure? It's large enough to make a scarf, and I'm wondering if anyone can suggest a pattern that's: a) VERY EASY, b) maybe has a little bit of lace? I can do very basic lace, as long as it doesn't have too many steps.
Just one thing: 25 November 2025
Nov. 25th, 2025 06:31 amjazzyjj posting in awesomeersIt's challenge time!
Comment with Just One Thing you've accomplished in the last 24 hours or so. It doesn't have to be a hard thing, or even a thing that you think is particularly awesome. Just a thing that you did.
Feel free to share more than one thing if you're feeling particularly accomplished!
Extra credit: find someone in the comments and give them props for what they achieved!
Nothing is too big, too small, too strange or too cryptic. And in case you'd rather do this in private, anonymous comments are screened. I will only unscreen if you ask me to.
Go!
Comment with Just One Thing you've accomplished in the last 24 hours or so. It doesn't have to be a hard thing, or even a thing that you think is particularly awesome. Just a thing that you did.
Feel free to share more than one thing if you're feeling particularly accomplished!
Extra credit: find someone in the comments and give them props for what they achieved!
Nothing is too big, too small, too strange or too cryptic. And in case you'd rather do this in private, anonymous comments are screened. I will only unscreen if you ask me to.
Go!
The Day in Spikedluv (Monday, Nov 24)
Nov. 25th, 2025 05:26 amspikedluvI got up early today. Or rather, on time. I forgot that we didn’t have to get up at 5am today, so I got up a few minutes ahead of the non-existent alarm to go to the bathroom and feed the cat, then I was like, crap! By then my brain was working enough that I knew I wouldn’t get back to sleep, so I stayed up.
I hit Walmart and Agway while I was downtown, then later Stewart’s on the way home from mom’s. I also stopped at the vet’s to get Ti’s special dog food and the library to pick up a book.
I drove mom to her treatment, hand-washed dishes, went for a couple walks with Pip and the dogs, cut up chicken for the dogs' meals, scooped kitty litter, and showered. Last night’s roast chicken dinner was so good (we both loved it) that we had leftovers for supper tonight.
I read more fanfic and watched Tracker. Dr. Pol was my background tv in the evening.
Temps started out at 36.3(F) and reached 45.3. There was some sun in the afternoon, but it was still cool.
Mom Update:
Mom was not feeling well today. ( more back here )
I hit Walmart and Agway while I was downtown, then later Stewart’s on the way home from mom’s. I also stopped at the vet’s to get Ti’s special dog food and the library to pick up a book.
I drove mom to her treatment, hand-washed dishes, went for a couple walks with Pip and the dogs, cut up chicken for the dogs' meals, scooped kitty litter, and showered. Last night’s roast chicken dinner was so good (we both loved it) that we had leftovers for supper tonight.
I read more fanfic and watched Tracker. Dr. Pol was my background tv in the evening.
Temps started out at 36.3(F) and reached 45.3. There was some sun in the afternoon, but it was still cool.
Mom Update:
Mom was not feeling well today. ( more back here )
exhausted
Nov. 25th, 2025 12:09 pmtielanGrowing vaguely anxious about the party on Saturday.
*sigh* My three current mantras are:
I've made a slice, a cake and icing, and will be cooking some chicken wings in soy sauce on Friday. I'm thinking about making a bean salad with a bit of a vinegar zing...
Yesterday, I gave the back door and frame a coat of oil, and it's been a bit whiffy through the house. So the cats didn't sleep in the laundry last night, and around 2am Smokey came by to insist she get to come in and sleep with me. Around 4am, Mal decided to join us. And around 6am, my alarm went off.
I have to get the back porch table cleared this evening, box as much stuff as possible (worry about sorting later).
Tomorrow is going to be hellishly hot, and the hot weather is going to continue on through to Saturday. Argh. It's going to be painfully hot outside, and I was kind of counting on being able to hold it outside...
*sigh* My three current mantras are:
My mother's standards of entertaining do not need to be mine.
My friends will not judge me for having a lived-in house.
People do actually like me and will turn up.
I've made a slice, a cake and icing, and will be cooking some chicken wings in soy sauce on Friday. I'm thinking about making a bean salad with a bit of a vinegar zing...
Yesterday, I gave the back door and frame a coat of oil, and it's been a bit whiffy through the house. So the cats didn't sleep in the laundry last night, and around 2am Smokey came by to insist she get to come in and sleep with me. Around 4am, Mal decided to join us. And around 6am, my alarm went off.
I have to get the back porch table cleared this evening, box as much stuff as possible (worry about sorting later).
Tomorrow is going to be hellishly hot, and the hot weather is going to continue on through to Saturday. Argh. It's going to be painfully hot outside, and I was kind of counting on being able to hold it outside...
Hopeless Feeling
Nov. 24th, 2025 11:14 pmcornerofmadnessSo out of 70+ faculty the same 21 people who do everything are the only ones who voted and four more voted to take the insurance that means we lose our doctors, our HSA, to save 100$/month but has a 9K deductible vs the 3K we had and oh the insurance is under major investigation by the federal government for fraud. Thanks for voting to make sure we're one health crisis away from homelessness there. But also the rest of the faculty, why are you not helping? Do you all have spouses with better insurance? Are you on medicare? Any good reason you weren't there for us?
But I was trying to find a little joy in the day and I did get paid for my short story today. That's great. I've been waiting for MONTHS on this, literally at least 6 months and I've been wondering when we were going to market it. Turns out next month and it'll be out in January.
In the opposite of joy my gastric paresis is acting up so bad. Ate and apple, puked in my office trash can and then my blood sugar dropped out because lunch was in the trash. F.U. life.
But in better news, the blood from my dexcom wasn't from infection. The skin had broken down under the glue so it's getting a rest.
Music Monday, prompt - a song that tells a story. Oh there are OH so many.
this Abney Park one isn't a happy one per se. Robert hasn't talked much about it but some of his stories and songs suggest he grew up in an abusive situation
And Reba had a lot of them. This one had me writing some romance story about a guy named Chance Deveroux back when I was in college but I never finished because I was told guys can't be part of the main focus of a romance. It had to be all the woman's pov (I know better now of course but it was most likely a horrible story anyhow)
But I was trying to find a little joy in the day and I did get paid for my short story today. That's great. I've been waiting for MONTHS on this, literally at least 6 months and I've been wondering when we were going to market it. Turns out next month and it'll be out in January.
In the opposite of joy my gastric paresis is acting up so bad. Ate and apple, puked in my office trash can and then my blood sugar dropped out because lunch was in the trash. F.U. life.
But in better news, the blood from my dexcom wasn't from infection. The skin had broken down under the glue so it's getting a rest.
Music Monday, prompt - a song that tells a story. Oh there are OH so many.
this Abney Park one isn't a happy one per se. Robert hasn't talked much about it but some of his stories and songs suggest he grew up in an abusive situation
And Reba had a lot of them. This one had me writing some romance story about a guy named Chance Deveroux back when I was in college but I never finished because I was told guys can't be part of the main focus of a romance. It had to be all the woman's pov (I know better now of course but it was most likely a horrible story anyhow)
(no subject)
Nov. 24th, 2025 11:41 pmsixbeforelunchIf I had a dollar for every time I've read a science fiction novel about a female protagonist who travels to another planet and discovers she's being manipulated by an infectious alien hive mind, I would have at least three dollars (four, if I include the book where another member of the crew is taken over by the aliens but the protagonist herself is IIRC never directly touched by them).
IDK but in context that feels like kind of a lot of dollars.
IDK but in context that feels like kind of a lot of dollars.
Tuesday: Friends
Nov. 25th, 2025 10:28 amAs a reminder, we are using a new posting schedule. Sundays are for Lonely Prompts and sharing the fills that you completed during the week, Tuesdays and Thursdays are for new themes and prompts, and Saturdays will remain a Free for All.
Today's theme is friends. Prompts should feature and focus on friendship.
Just a few rules:
No more than five prompts in a row.
No more than three prompts in the same fandom.
Use the character's full names and the fandom's full name
No spoilers in prompts for a month after airing, or use the spoiler cut option found here.
If your fill contains spoilers, warn and leave plenty of space, or use the above-mentioned spoiler cut.
Prompts should be formatted as follows: [Use the character's full names and fandom's full name]
Fandom, Character +/ Character, Prompt
Some examples to get the ball rolling...
+ DC, Teen Titans ensemble, Friendsgiving
+ Arcane, Silco & Singed, mutual favors
+ Any, any, characters not becoming lovers so they don't ruin their friendship
We are now using AO3 to bookmark filled prompts. If you fill a prompt and post it to AO3 please add it to the Bite Sized Bits of Fic from 2025 collection. See further notes on this new option here.
Not feeling any of today’s prompts? You can use LJ’s advanced search options to limit keyword results to only comments in this community.
While the use of LJ's advanced search options is available, bookmarking the links of prompts you like might work better for searching in the future.
If you are viewing this post on our Dreamwidth site, please know that fills posted here will not show up as comments on our LiveJournal site but you are still more than welcome to participate.
If you have a Dreamwidth account and would feel more comfortable participating there, please feel free to do so…and spread the word!
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