cyphomandra

Orange by Ichigo Takano

This is available in five volumes, and also in two omnibus editions (the second included a backstory which I didn't get into), but it reads as one story.

It opens with Naho receiving a letter. It says it's from her future self, that a new boy will arrive in class and sit beside her, and she must not ask him to walk home, because he's no longer with them in the future.

Not knowing what to believe, she joins with her friends in asking

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larryhammer

For Poetry Monday:

Stills, R.A. Ammons

I have nowhere
to go and

nowhere to go

when I get
back from there.

---L.

Subject quote from The Boxer, Simon & Garfunkel.

marcicat

*total goal word count: 25,000

*total current word count: 20,500ish (ooh, just gotta rearrange those digits a bit!)

*words count up to the first 'come back and fill in this gap' space: about 12,100, which isn't ideal, but that was a tricky chapter, and there are a few largely complete chapters later, so... probably fine!

*the "planned plot points" and my progress so far:
1. go to place #1: achieved!
2. leave place #1: achieved!
3. go to place #2: achieved!
4. leave place #2: achieved!
5. go to place #3: hahahaha let's call it 'in progress'
6. some sort of conclusion: not really? idk, conclusions are hard

*last sentence written: What's your point?

minoanmiss

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oursin

Happy birthday,

claudine and

littlered2!

dustbunny105

I'm not ready to go back to work tomorrow T_T

Maybe I would be if not for having the niblings these last few days. Trying to get anything done with them around has been practically a non-starter and there were some things I couldn't even attempt. Or, well, I guess it's more accurate to say it didn't feel worth bothering. I stand by those decisions, though.

Anyway, my room is a mess right now, lol. I shoved stuff around to move furniture, only to realize things didn't fit as well as I'd thought they would and I didn't like it. In my defense, the spaces were awkward to measure. I did end up switching placements for my display shelves and I do think I like them better this way but the bed is back where it started and the dresser and Travis didn't even move. In between all this, aside from having to deal with the kids, I put more time than I expected it would take into trying to reorganize yarn and books and a few other small things. I'm going to try to get up early and work on it some more rather than keep going tonight. Then I'll keep at it after work each day.

I keep reminding myself that it isn't as bad as it looks; things are mostly just out of place. Looking around is still pretty overwhelming, though. I'm gonna be relying heavily on the fifteen-minute and clockwise methods this next week, haha. I think it's time for another declutter too. I've realized that I still have a lot of my plushies not because of any special memories that are attached but simply because I'm used to having them. I'll keep the handful with sentimental value and the fandom characters, maybe a couple others. Some of them can go with the kids' stuff we keep here but others will probably be rehomed. I know some charities like Toys for Tots only accept new stuff but I'll see if anyone is taking donations of gently used stuffed toys. Might ask the neighbors with kids too.

So, my vacation hasn't ended on the sweetest note but I got a solid start on a few things. I maintain that I can finish what I want finished by the end of the month. Just gotta lock in. Easier said than done, granted, but just because something isn't easy doesn't mean it's impossible. Keep wishing me luck, guys! And if you wanna needle me about it, that would probably help too.

kaffy_r

Music Meme, Day 13

The first song that plays on shuffle:

Well, the first difficulty is that I, being monotonously linear, don't use shuffle. I think I've used shuffle on my winamp list (yes, that's how old I am; I love winamp) once, and I stopped using it almost immediately. I like organizing my lists in a way that makes sense to me. So I thought I'd have to scratch this entry. Next, I thought I'd just pick one of the songs that are halfway through my current 111-song list.

But then I thought I'd try to be true to the meme. I toggled "shuffle" and waited for the first song. It turned out to be Stray Kids' recent piece, "Ceremony."

Welp. It's one of the rare SKZ pieces that I respect, but not one I'd necessarily introduce a Stray Kids newbie. Still, rules are rules, and here you go. It really is a good song. It's just not one of my multitudinous SKZ favorites.

Watch on YouTube

So I'll also include one of the songs I pinpointed as being smack dab in the middle of my list, or at least as smack dab as an uneven list allows. It's a piece by the Irish duo Saint Sister, called "Causing Trouble." I think I might have shown the actual music video for the song at some point in the past, but this is their live performance of it, many years ago. It's definitely one that I love, and sing along to. They're whip smart and lovely.

Watch on YouTube

And I'm just going to link you to the last meme entry I made, so that you can catch up on previous entries, should you desire.

Current Mood: exanimate
Current Location: the living room
Current Music: RM "Everything Goes"

sholio

The n-OH-vember Flash Exchange revealed, and I am delighted with my gift!

A Momentary Thing (Biggles/EvS, 3100 wds)
Absolutely delightful and satisfying enemies-era forced drugging/rescue. Bittersweet and delicious.

In other news, evidently Paletteful Packs (makers of curated art supply boxes) are going out of business and having a sale. However, the two things I attempted to buy both came up as "out of stock" when I clicked to add them to the cart (though this was not otherwise indicated) and after that I gave up. So either my choices were uniquely unlucky, or a bunch of items appear to be available for purchase on the website but actually aren't.

queenlua

"Verso," Sciel says, smiling brightly, "I'm starting to think you don't want our little expedition to succeed."

---

Verso’s working toward another end. Sciel won’t let it happen.

Set during Act 3.

Sciel &/ Verso, ~7k words.

Read here on AO3.

( author's notes (very full of spoilers for the fic!) )

torachan

1. Last week when I was reorganizing stuff in the shed, we went over some items and decided we no longer needed to keep them, but since it was still raining off and on, I didn't put them out at the time. Today I got them out on the curb, along with a box of ornaments we decided we no longer want, so hopefully those all get picked up soon.

2. I did some cleaning out of kitchen cupboards and fridge drawers yesterday and today. There were a lot of snacks that are expiring within the next week or so and Carla's out of town and I'm not going to eat them on my own, so I took them up to the Little Free Library that's been converted to a mini food pantry and they were already all gone the next time I took a walk.

3. Look at this sweet Chloe.

mrissa

I've mentioned here before that one of my big projects this year is my involvement with The Vertigo Project, which now has a webpage so the rest of you can see what we've been doing. Earlier today I facilitated the first creative therapy-style writing workshop through that group, and it was really lovely--and is just the tip of the iceberg on what this group is doing.

Specifically, you can now read all the new work they've commissioned from me! Friends, it's a lot. It's journaling prompts for people who would like to use writing to process some of their own vertigo experiences. But also it's the following stories and poems:

Advice for Wormhole Travelers (story), safe conduct through strange new worlds

Club Planet Vertigo (poem), this is not the dance I wanted to do

Greetings from Innerspace (poem), my orbits are eccentric

The Nature of Nemesis (poem), me and Clark Kent know what's what

On the Way Down (poem), falling hard

Preparation (poem), sometimes we're just literal, okay

She Wavers But She Does Not Weaken (story), when the waves hit you even on dry land, it's good to have someone who's willing to swim against the current for you

The Torn Map (story), rewriting the pieces of the former world into something new

The main page also has links to some of the other aspects of the project, which includes a nonfiction book, dance, puppetry, a podcast with a physical therapist, and more. Please feel welcome to explore it all.

feng_shui_house

From your AO3 Works page (I'm AnonEhouse there), look at the tags and find the answers to these questions.

Current number of works on AO3: 740

1. Under what rating do you write most?
General Audiences (412)

2. What are your top 3 fandoms? (This is misleading as Iron Man|Avengers|Captain America overlap, so I go a bit further in order to get 3 Really different)
Iron Man movies (310)
The Avengers (Marvel Movies) (295)
Blake’s 7 (249)
Captain America (Chris Evans Movies) (101)
Drake’s Venture (1980-year) (42)

3. Which character do you write about most?(I kinda think of them as the same guy in different universes.)
Tony Stark (323)
Kerr Avon (218)

4. What are the 3 top pairings you've written? Again overlap so I’ll go a bit further
Kerr Avon/Roj Blake (115)
Steve Rogers/Tony Stark (76)
Steve Rogers & Tony Stark (29)
Thomas Doughty/Francis Drake (26)

5. What are the top 3 additional tags?
Humor (220)
Crack Treated Seriously (212)
Alternate Universe- Canon Divergence(184)

senmut

I am currently working on my

ladiesbingo card for my December posting goals.

Sinners (Annie & Mary)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Buffy & Dawn about Willow)
DC Comics (Dinah Lance & Selina Kyle)
Partners in Crime (Carole & Sydney)

Now, I have been the first to put fandom tags up on AO3 a lot in the distant past. But I never thought I'd be doing it again in 2025. The last time I did was 2021, and I was pleasantly surprised to see that The Jeffersons now has more than my one work. So I double checked that last fandom up there, got briefly excited because "Partners in Crime" was a tag in the TV Show fandoms.

However, it is actually for Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime, from the year before my one season detective American show. So yep, gotta disambiguate the name when I create it.

(I am trying to mentally fortify myself for the first TG dinner I am partly responsible for in ... a very long time, so no misc.exhausted.me this week)

feng_shui_house

I lost the habit of posting. I've been busy, but nothing exciting or interesting enough to post. Been working on making designs at Spoonflower. Been trying to reclaim my yard from the jungle.

Various breakdowns- ( Entropy House continues )

Blakefancier remains my rock, my anchor, my link to humanity and what passes for my sanity. *HUGS* She mentioned TUBITV a couple months ago and I watched SO MANY free movies- then a few days ago TUBI stopped being nice- after 15 minutes the movies stop playing and they want my email to continue.

( I noped out, but kept a list of movies I really enjoyed )

So, gift time- videos to watch without strings attached. I'm sure they're all old, but like fine wines, they're still tasty.

Deadpool The Musical 2 - Ultimate Disney Parody! (12 and a half minutes of Deadpool and SO MANY other Marvel folks. Live actors, DEFINITELY ADULTS ONLY)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWvBuZCHnKU

Quicksilver saves everyone (3 minute clip of awesome.I think everyone and their bulldog has seen it but it holds up on infinite rewatch for me when I need cheerful.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnZqB5Z75zI

It’s Raining Men (Avengers)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkvTdolBP08

Bad Romance Avengers video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7We2SSdWXeI

Woman outruns chainsaw murderer (Nike ad that was pulled because it was too scary? too infringing? too AWESOME. That woman RAN Like a Goddess.)
https://www.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsinteresting/comments/1dmjoiw/nike_ad_that_aired_during_the_summer_olympics_in/

Riverdance, the original 7 minute performance as the Interval Act of Eurovision Song Contest 1994. (starts off slow, with really lovely singing, but I was there for the dancing which builds and builds and the audience was on their feet at the end)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zy79KKpQ988

Ruby Keeler and Lee Dixon in the 1937 movie “Ready Willing and Able”
Tap dancing on a typewriter keyboard, with girl’s legs as striking type bars.
https://www.facebook.com/reel/3658120917778289

Every Time Marvel & DC COPIED Each Other (not quite every time, but it's a fun compilation)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59JOpivHjIY

The Genius Tricks Behind 1920s Movie Stunts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWJeWYnTMSY

Sherlock Jr (Buster Keaton silent about 44 minutes. Wonderful chase dream sequence)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKyc8HmzA1k

Marching Dinosaurs size comparison to a man.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRiecAmGWHU&t=1s
Remastered
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60nG4ZZl_tw

Movie Monsters size comparison SO MANY MONSTERS. SO COOLLLLL.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRgIja3K1ac

Do you Love me
Boston Dynamics dancing robot
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fn3KWM1kuAw

Don’t stop me now
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptYDWP9uTis

Spots on it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7atZfX85nd4

Team of Spots pull a truck.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnWolLQSZic

Uptown Spot
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHBcVlqpvZ8

Spot me Up (the Rolling Stones ‘Start Me up) and Boston Dynamics)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnZH4izf_rI

The D in David- (Michaelango’s David- don’t laugh at the guy!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hzLVBKAXHo&list=PL88D33D34A498DFE2&index=36

Call Me Maybe (fans playing Avengers- on a non-budget. Made me laugh)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YYRkx7zbzE&t=36s

Super Mario CAT Bros!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cijXcKxluZ8

conuly

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Dear Care and Feeding,

I’m 19 and in university. I recently broke up with my boyfriend, “Jason.” He’d been acting weird for a few weeks, but when I ended things, he completely flipped out.

It escalated to the point where he slipped into my family’s home, stole our cat, “Flibble,” and tried to hold him for ransom. We did get Flibble back, and Jason is now facing charges. I just want to put this all behind me.

My parents, however, are furious. They keep telling me I should “have better judgment” and promise I’m going to get an earful this Thanksgiving about “choosing appropriate partners.” I get it, this got bad. But Jason wasn’t showing signs of being unhinged when we first started dating, and I did break up with him as soon as he started acting erratically. Still, my parents chew me out every time we talk and have started calling two or three times a week specifically to lecture me.

It’s driving me crazy. I don’t want to block them or cut them out of my life, but I also don’t want to deal with this anymore. What can I do to get them to lay off?

—Stepped In It

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agonyaunt

Dear Meghan: I have an 8-year-old daughter. She does not have a mother (my husband and I are both men). She doesn’t particularly like shopping for clothes, but she has a relative who keeps her very well stocked with jumpsuits, dresses and girly outfits of all kinds, which is the type of clothing she typically likes. In general, I let her decide for herself how to mix and match the various clothes she has each morning and will only step in if something is really inappropriate.

My mother, however, feels the need to criticize her clothing choices nearly every time she sees her. “Oh dear, you should never mix prints!” or “Why didn’t you wear a different shirt under that jumpsuit — it really doesn’t match at all!” My mother blames me for what she sees as my inability to teach a girl about girls’ fashion.

I told her that I had indeed talked about some of these rules, but I thought my daughter should also be able to make her own choices about how to dress. She then accused me of being a bad parent and suggested that I would also “give up” if faced with a child who stole or cheated on a test. Is it really so wrong to refuse to have a daily struggle because my daughter went to school with shorts that lightly clashed with her shirt?

— Grandma’s Criticisms

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agonyaunt

Dear Meghan: My sons (5 and 6 years old, both mildly autistic) tend to wake up in the morning and as fast as they can dive into my husband’s and my bed for cuddles. They seem to get a lot of sensory satisfaction and a lot of comfort from this ritual. Their preference would be to cuddle with me or both of us for about 15 minutes until they’re all the way awake, then run off and do their own thing. I don’t mind this at all — I enjoy it somewhat, and I find that (as primary caretaker) their days and thus mine go much smoother if they have this cuddle in bed to start the day.

The problem is that my husband says it ruins his day to have his kids in his bed at all.

I have tried to be a physical barrier between him and them — doesn’t work. I’ve tried to not let them in until he’s already up and showering — doesn’t work. I’ve tried to go to their beds and cuddle them there — doesn’t work. I’m out of ideas.

What should I do?

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lannamichaels

Title: The Deere Files Podcast Presents: The Heirs Of Samuel Westing.
Author:

lannamichaels
Fandom: The Westing Game
Rating: G
Archives: Archive Of Our Own, SquidgeWorld

Summary: What do a Supreme Court Justice, the chairwoman of the board of the largest employer in Wisconsin, a two-time Olympic gold medalist, the inventor of Hoo's Little Foot-Eze innersoles, and a dead union organizer who didn't exist have in common?

( There was no such person as Barney Northrup )

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“in the company of strangers / in the quiet of the railway station / runnin’ scared laying low”

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The song that defeated Quasimodo

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thrash the lake white (new Clair Obscur fanfic)

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The Vertigo Project: new work!

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waves It's been forever, so I bring gifts.

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