Daily Check-In
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fandom_checkinThis is your check-in post for today. The poll will be open from midnight Universal or Zulu Time (8pm Eastern Time) on Monday, April 27, to midnight on Tuesday, April 28. (8pm Eastern Time).
Poll #34528 Daily Check-in
Open to: Access List, detailed results viewable to: Access List, participants: 5
How are you doing?
I am OK.
4 (80.0%)
I am not OK, but don't need help right now.
1 (20.0%)
I could use some help.
0 (0.0%)
How many other humans live with you?
I am living single.
2 (40.0%)
One other person.
0 (0.0%)
More than one other person.
3 (60.0%)
Please, talk about how things are going for you in the comments, ask for advice or help if you need it, or just discuss whatever you feel like.
Prince of Tennis vs Genius 10 OVA
Apr. 28th, 2026 09:38 amthawreckaI finished the Genius 10 OVA and, first of all, that was way more Niou than I was expecting. Everyone makes use of Niou's mutant morphing powers! Second, my favourite part was when Ryoma decided he'd had enough with how shitty the training camp was and decided to do something that would get him kicked out.
Every time blond pirate whatshisface went on about how tennis can be fatal I was like . . . you guys know this is not a blood sport, right. This is just tennis. The superpowers aren't the silliest part of Prince of Tennis; the silliest part is when people try to kill each other over the net.
Ryoma's memory problems make me wonder if he has a brain injury?? Though I guess the answer to that is not to think about it too deeply.
I did actually really like what the training camp did with Rikkai - basically by surrounding them with other people and getting them out of their zone of dysfunction, they all started to become less fucked up (except for Jackal I guess who was very busy crying about Marui not playing tennis with him LOL). I also liked Yanagi actively making a step to do that on purpose by making sure Kirihara stayed in the camp and he got to go off and have Data Bros time with Inui, because he's recognised it's good to reconnect with people outside the zone of Rikkai dysfunction
I also like that it removed Tezuka from the story partway through, even though I like Tezuka, because it was interesting to have him out of the story in a way where he wasn't even a looming spectre threatening to return, to see what some of the characters were like without him.
The selection of characters for the U-17 team is not really a group of characters I think will be particularly interesting together, but we'll see when I get to all that, I guess.
Every time blond pirate whatshisface went on about how tennis can be fatal I was like . . . you guys know this is not a blood sport, right. This is just tennis. The superpowers aren't the silliest part of Prince of Tennis; the silliest part is when people try to kill each other over the net.
Ryoma's memory problems make me wonder if he has a brain injury?? Though I guess the answer to that is not to think about it too deeply.
I did actually really like what the training camp did with Rikkai - basically by surrounding them with other people and getting them out of their zone of dysfunction, they all started to become less fucked up (except for Jackal I guess who was very busy crying about Marui not playing tennis with him LOL). I also liked Yanagi actively making a step to do that on purpose by making sure Kirihara stayed in the camp and he got to go off and have Data Bros time with Inui, because he's recognised it's good to reconnect with people outside the zone of Rikkai dysfunction
I also like that it removed Tezuka from the story partway through, even though I like Tezuka, because it was interesting to have him out of the story in a way where he wasn't even a looming spectre threatening to return, to see what some of the characters were like without him.
The selection of characters for the U-17 team is not really a group of characters I think will be particularly interesting together, but we'll see when I get to all that, I guess.
with more sparkle and pop is the only way to live
Apr. 27th, 2026 07:35 pmmusesfoolToday's poem:
And Then It Was Less Bleak Because We Said So
by Wendy Xu
Today there has been so much talk of things exploding
into other things, so much that we all become curious, that we
all run outside into the hot streets
and hug. Romance is a grotto of eager stones
anticipating light, or a girl whose teeth
you can always see. With more sparkle and pop
is the only way to live. Your confetti tongue explodes
into acid jazz. Small typewriters
that other people keep in their eyes
click away at all our farewell parties. It is hard
to pack for the rest of your life. Someone is always
eating cold cucumber noodles. Someone will drop by later
to help dismantle some furniture. A lot can go wrong
if you sleep or think, but the trees go on waving
their broken little hands.
*
And Then It Was Less Bleak Because We Said So
by Wendy Xu
Today there has been so much talk of things exploding
into other things, so much that we all become curious, that we
all run outside into the hot streets
and hug. Romance is a grotto of eager stones
anticipating light, or a girl whose teeth
you can always see. With more sparkle and pop
is the only way to live. Your confetti tongue explodes
into acid jazz. Small typewriters
that other people keep in their eyes
click away at all our farewell parties. It is hard
to pack for the rest of your life. Someone is always
eating cold cucumber noodles. Someone will drop by later
to help dismantle some furniture. A lot can go wrong
if you sleep or think, but the trees go on waving
their broken little hands.
*
New Year's Resolutions and Other Goals
Apr. 27th, 2026 06:06 pmysabetwordsmith posting in ![[site community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/comm_staff.png){kind=small}
dw_community_promogoals_on_dw is a community for people who like goals and goal setting. A key focus is New Year's resolutions, that being among the most popular contexts for such activities. Although the most common time is January 1, "new year" can also refer to other calendars or cultures, whatever works for you. Alternatively, just pick a time that works for you and go for it. You can introduce yourself or make new friends here. We talk about different goal systems, pros and cons of resolutions, arts and crafts for tracking goals, human psychology, and more. You can share your resolutions or other goals. There are weekly check-in posts in January, and monthly ones in the rest of the year, for folks to talk about their accomplishments. December-January is the most active period, and it starts ramping up in November as lots of people begin thinking about their goals for the next year.
2026 Free Printable Calendars, Planners, and More is the guide post for this years goal-setting activities. For more details on relevant topics, see "Things You Can Talk About Here."
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Interruptus by likethesoda (E)
Apr. 27th, 2026 10:37 pmcassiope25 posting in stargateficrecShow: SGA
Rec Category: John/Rodney
Characters: John Sheppard, Rodney McKay
Pairings: John Sheppard/Rodney McKay
Categories: slash, voyeurism, masturbation
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Words: 2,169
Author's Journal: n/a
Author's Website: likethesoda on AO3
Link Fic: Interruptus
Author's summary: He gets up to both fingers quickly after that, carefully moving his other hand to his cock and giving it a stroke without toppling over. There’s a dildo in his drawer, right next to the lube and an unused box of condoms– he hasn’t had the time in months, and the only way he’s not fucking himself on it tonight is if–
“Colonel Sheppard to the Control Room. Colonel Sheppard.”
He pulls his hand free and flops back down flat and grumbles, “god dammit.”
Why This Must Be Read: This is an exceptional fic that starts out really funny and makes you laugh and feel for John, who’s desperate but unsuccessful in finding completion. But wow, then the tables are turned, bringing Rodney into play—liking to watch and being bossy—with John doing what he’s told. It will turn you into a melting mess, leaving you desperate for a fan. Enjoy!
( snippet of fic )
Rec Category: John/Rodney
Characters: John Sheppard, Rodney McKay
Pairings: John Sheppard/Rodney McKay
Categories: slash, voyeurism, masturbation
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Words: 2,169
Author's Journal: n/a
Author's Website: likethesoda on AO3
Link Fic: Interruptus
Author's summary: He gets up to both fingers quickly after that, carefully moving his other hand to his cock and giving it a stroke without toppling over. There’s a dildo in his drawer, right next to the lube and an unused box of condoms– he hasn’t had the time in months, and the only way he’s not fucking himself on it tonight is if–
“Colonel Sheppard to the Control Room. Colonel Sheppard.”
He pulls his hand free and flops back down flat and grumbles, “god dammit.”
Why This Must Be Read: This is an exceptional fic that starts out really funny and makes you laugh and feel for John, who’s desperate but unsuccessful in finding completion. But wow, then the tables are turned, bringing Rodney into play—liking to watch and being bossy—with John doing what he’s told. It will turn you into a melting mess, leaving you desperate for a fan. Enjoy!
( snippet of fic )
I am not actually in favour of religous oppression and telling people what to believe
Apr. 27th, 2026 12:18 pm![[syndicated profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/feed.png){kind=small}
star_anise_feedI am not actually in favour of religous oppression and telling people what to believe
But god damn, every time the unique thing people choose to personally believe is that their children are possessed by demons and need to be abused to get the demons out
I begin to feel a tiny bit of sympathy with religious authorities, you know?
A Wizard of Earthsea graphic novel, by Ursula Le Guin, adapted & illustrated by Fred Fordham
Apr. 27th, 2026 12:49 pmrachelmanija
An incredibly beautiful book and a very faithful adaptation. Much of the language is word-for-word from the book. I would happily hang most panels on my wall.
A number of sequences are completely wordless, and while very beautiful I don't think I would have understood what was going on in all of them if I hadn't already read the book. There's also a lot of panels which are extremely dark, so much so that it's hard to tell what's happening. Most of these are indoors. I know there's no electricity but in most of these there is magelight!
Also, the otak is the size of a mouse and looks very much like a mouse. That is too small - in the book it catches a mouse and brings it to Ged, and other people tease Ged that it's a rat or a dog. I pictured it the size of a kitten or squirrel, and looking somewhat like a stockier weasel, or a small wolverine or marten. Definitely not a mouse!
It's always interesting to see other people's visualizations of books. The dragon of Pendor is seen mostly through a thick fog, all glowing eyes and fiery breath and insinuation. The flying creatures that pursue Ged and Serret from the Court of the Terrenon are not monstrous pterodactyls, as I always imagined them, but hideous living gargoyles.
I highly recommend this to anyone who's already read the novel, but I don't suggest reading it instead of or before the novel.
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Apr. 27th, 2026 12:35 pmgreghousesgfI'm about halfway through one of the books I bought day before yesterday. I think I'm going to save the other one till I go to Texas Thursday, I always get so bored on plane flights and it'll be nice to have something to read I haven't read already.
Picture Book Monday: Mid-Twentieth-Century Edition
Apr. 27th, 2026 12:49 pmosprey_archerAnother budget of picture books! I rarely have a full post worth of stuff to say about a picture book, but also often have a thought or two I want to share, so have decided to continue in the template of the picture book compilation posts I wrote during during Picture Book Advent.
Lentil, written and illustrated by Robert McCloskey. Young Lentil can neither sing nor whistle, but when the brass band can’t play to welcome the town’s leading citizen back home, Lentil saves the day with his harmonica. The instant this leading citizen was mentioned, I pegged him for a bad ’un, but McCloskey was writing in a different era and the guy who keeps giving the town schools and libraries and hospitals is a public-spirited good ’un even if he does name it all after himself.
Mike’s House, by Julia Sauer, illustrated by Don Freeman. Young Robert loves Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel so much that he calls the library “Mike’s house.” Hilarity ensues when Robert gets lost on a snowy day and asks a police man to help him find Mike’s house. Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel was published in 1939, this book was published in 1954, my brother and I loved Mike Mulligan in the late 80s and early 90s, and now my soon-to-be-three-year-old niece loves Mike Mulligan too. Just lovely to see this chain of connection stretching for close to 90 years now.
The Sunday Outing, by Gloria Jean Pinkney, illustrated by Jerry Pinkney. Published later than the other books in this book but set in the same 1930s-1950sish time period. Young Ernestine loves to go to the North Philadelphia train station every Sunday to watch the trains with her Aunt Odessa Powell. (Truly a satisfying name to say.) But she’s never gotten to ride the trains and is afraid she never will, till Aunt Odessa Powell suggests that Ernestine come up with a way to save money so her family can buy her a ticket to go visit her mother’s folks in North Carolina.
Gorgeous evocative detail, as always in Pinkney’s illustrations. Love his skill at capturing the peculiar ways that children sometimes move. Also love the 1930s/40s style of it all. Did worry slightly about Ernestine crossing into Jim Crow territory all on her lonesome in the train, but decided that in Picture Book Land perhaps this would not be a problem.
Playing Possum, written by Edward Eager, illustrated by Paul Galdone. The last of the little-known Edward Eager books that I discovered through Wikipedia. A possum falls into a garbage can; the adults are appalled at the sight of this ugly dying rat, and only the little boy recognizes that it is in fact a possum, and is in fact playing possum. Underwhelming. If you’re going to read one of the lesser-known Eagers, definitely make it Mouse Manor.
Lentil, written and illustrated by Robert McCloskey. Young Lentil can neither sing nor whistle, but when the brass band can’t play to welcome the town’s leading citizen back home, Lentil saves the day with his harmonica. The instant this leading citizen was mentioned, I pegged him for a bad ’un, but McCloskey was writing in a different era and the guy who keeps giving the town schools and libraries and hospitals is a public-spirited good ’un even if he does name it all after himself.
Mike’s House, by Julia Sauer, illustrated by Don Freeman. Young Robert loves Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel so much that he calls the library “Mike’s house.” Hilarity ensues when Robert gets lost on a snowy day and asks a police man to help him find Mike’s house. Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel was published in 1939, this book was published in 1954, my brother and I loved Mike Mulligan in the late 80s and early 90s, and now my soon-to-be-three-year-old niece loves Mike Mulligan too. Just lovely to see this chain of connection stretching for close to 90 years now.
The Sunday Outing, by Gloria Jean Pinkney, illustrated by Jerry Pinkney. Published later than the other books in this book but set in the same 1930s-1950sish time period. Young Ernestine loves to go to the North Philadelphia train station every Sunday to watch the trains with her Aunt Odessa Powell. (Truly a satisfying name to say.) But she’s never gotten to ride the trains and is afraid she never will, till Aunt Odessa Powell suggests that Ernestine come up with a way to save money so her family can buy her a ticket to go visit her mother’s folks in North Carolina.
Gorgeous evocative detail, as always in Pinkney’s illustrations. Love his skill at capturing the peculiar ways that children sometimes move. Also love the 1930s/40s style of it all. Did worry slightly about Ernestine crossing into Jim Crow territory all on her lonesome in the train, but decided that in Picture Book Land perhaps this would not be a problem.
Playing Possum, written by Edward Eager, illustrated by Paul Galdone. The last of the little-known Edward Eager books that I discovered through Wikipedia. A possum falls into a garbage can; the adults are appalled at the sight of this ugly dying rat, and only the little boy recognizes that it is in fact a possum, and is in fact playing possum. Underwhelming. If you’re going to read one of the lesser-known Eagers, definitely make it Mouse Manor.
May reccers volunteer post
Apr. 27th, 2026 07:46 pmfignewton posting in stargateficrecThis entry will be open through the 30th. The May reccers post will go up Friday.
Comment with the username you'll be using to rec and the category you want. Choose a category from the list below or select a more rare category that has been used in the past. If you want to rec a category that is not on the list below or in Memories, that's fine, too: you may volunteer for a category that isn't listed.
By signing up, you are committing yourself to reccing at least two (preferably four) stories in that category during the month of May. You don't have to check the Memories before choosing which stories to rec. If you have a good fic to rec, go for it! Do remember, though, that story links must be freely accessible, without requiring any sort of login to view. The FAQ and rec template, with detailed instructions, can be found here. Reccers may add self-recs once they have done their minimum two for their category of the month, and see more details at the FAQ entry.
You must be a member ofstargateficrec in order to post. So if you're a new reccer, be sure to join the community.
( Common but not exclusive categories )
Remember: first come, first claimed.
Comment with the username you'll be using to rec and the category you want. Choose a category from the list below or select a more rare category that has been used in the past. If you want to rec a category that is not on the list below or in Memories, that's fine, too: you may volunteer for a category that isn't listed.
By signing up, you are committing yourself to reccing at least two (preferably four) stories in that category during the month of May. You don't have to check the Memories before choosing which stories to rec. If you have a good fic to rec, go for it! Do remember, though, that story links must be freely accessible, without requiring any sort of login to view. The FAQ and rec template, with detailed instructions, can be found here. Reccers may add self-recs once they have done their minimum two for their category of the month, and see more details at the FAQ entry.
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Worked a different place today
Apr. 27th, 2026 10:15 amconulyIt's three shifts this week in addition to my usual - I don't actually want to work six shifts, but I urgently need the cash, so we'll see what we see.
I took the bus there, but when I got there I saw the train tracks and decided to take the train back. And since I was hungry, I stopped into the corner store by the train for a snack, and immediately my chest felt tight and the tears welled up. I feel really absurd about this, but I didn't realize until right then that this is the train stop closest to the hospital. I can only have stopped in this particular store half a dozen times, max, but... yeah. (Actually, thinking carefully, I think I stopped in there the day Mommy was intubated, and that was the last time before today, so no wonder I freaked out and sobbed for 15, 20 minutes straight. If I had started sobbing in the store, maybe they would've comped me my drink.)
I took the bus there, but when I got there I saw the train tracks and decided to take the train back. And since I was hungry, I stopped into the corner store by the train for a snack, and immediately my chest felt tight and the tears welled up. I feel really absurd about this, but I didn't realize until right then that this is the train stop closest to the hospital. I can only have stopped in this particular store half a dozen times, max, but... yeah. (Actually, thinking carefully, I think I stopped in there the day Mommy was intubated, and that was the last time before today, so no wonder I freaked out and sobbed for 15, 20 minutes straight. If I had started sobbing in the store, maybe they would've comped me my drink.)
