and every demon wants his pound of flesh

15/1/26 14:14
musesfool: Kaz/Inej (we never stop fighting)
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I had a very long anxiety dream last night that involved trying to get home and failing repeatedly. First I told the driver I lived at my old address on the Upper East Side, then other people joined the ride and demanded to get dropped off before heading to Queens. The then driver bailed and a new set of passengers took over the driving and refused to exit the BQE to the LIE to get me home. Eventually I was dropped off on what appeared to be Hillside Avenue, which is not far from me in the waking world, but somehow in the dream the walk never brought me any closer. Ugh. I guess it was a new spin, since usually I'm trying to get to work in these dreams, but it felt like it lasted all night (I did sleep through for about 6 hours straight, so maybe it did).

Anyway, despite the ongoing trashfire, some cool stuff is coming:

- NEW SIX OF CROWS BOOK IN JUNE!!!! It's supposed to be the "private correspondence of Kaz Brekker with a mysterious person identified only as 'I.'" KAZ/INEJ EPISTOLARY STORY!??! I am seated and ready. Take my money, please!

- You probably already know this, but The Pitt was renewed for a third season last week.

- Pitchers and catchers report in less than 1 month. The Mets only got worse over the winter, so who knows what the hell is going to happen, but that is always a sign spring isn't too far away!

- The (NY football) Giants may be getting an actual factual head coach? I don't expect miracles but maybe they won't be embarrassing next season?

I feel like there were one or two other things I meant to post about but can't remember what they were. Oh, there's a new Fonda Lee novel coming, too! I do want to try out Matt Fraction's Batman at some point, and Cass's new book, but since I generally wait for the trade paperbacks (in ebook form anyway), they're not always top of mind. Still no release date for Alecto the Ninth (is it ever coming out?) and no kindle edition for DCC: Parade of Horribles but I keep checking!

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I guess I can't blame him for the French part with that name tho

15/1/26 18:35
cimorene: Closeup of a colorful parrot preening itself (>:))
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[personal profile] cimorene: I actually was impressed enough with Francois Arnaud to go watch him in other stuff, but not enough to watch The Borgias.
[personal profile] waxjism: Would you watch some fuckass weird French Canadian arty movie? Are you willing to watch Xavier Dolan?
[personal profile] cimorene: I've heard of that, but I don't know who it is.
[personal profile] waxjism: That's what it is. French Canadian arty weird movie. I think it's blahblah from year, or year. And I think it's in French.
[personal profile] cimorene: Okay, definitely not.
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S.W.A.T.: Fan Fiction: Couldn't Wait

15/1/26 08:04
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Title: Couldn't Wait
Rating: R
Warnings: No Warnings Apply
Fandom: S.W.A.T.
Relationships: Donovan Rocker/Molly Hicks
Tags: Established Relationship, Child Birth
Summary: Molly couldn't wait to be a mother with Donny.
Word Count: 2,746


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Sock: Spooks (MI5): Fanfic: Four Socks

15/1/26 12:19
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Title: Four Socks
Fandom: Spooks (MI5) [Werewolf AU]
Rating: G
Length: 378 words
Summary: It often happens that when a dog has a leg wound a sock is worn to prevent the animal chewing at the wound. Of course, with a werewolf this proves more complicated.

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I finished a book! On a Wednesday!

NSFW 14/1/26 20:25

1/14/2026 Patterson Pass, Cedar Mountain Winery, lunch at Brushy Peak

14/1/26 15:19
mrkinch: Erik holding fieldglasses in "Russia" (bins)
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This morning U drove us on a long loop out to I5 and back over Patterson Pass to Livermore, where we went to Cedar Mountain (defunct) Winery to look for Mountain Bluebirds. We had a great time. Mountain Bluebirds are amazingly blue, but I think our favorite bird was a Ferruginous Hawk we saw along Patterson Pass Road, a narrow road that people drive far too fast but happily there are numerous pullouts. A Ferruginous Hawk is a huge buteo, the largest buteo in fact, mostly white with reddish wings and back, and this one cruised around over the ridge for quite a while giving us great looks. A gorgeous sight. Other birds less usual for us were Loggerhead Shrike and more Say's Phoebes than I could imagine seeing in one day, and we heard Western Meadowlarks everywhere. ( The first list: )

While admiring the Mountain Bluebirds we saw a few other species, including more Say's Phoebes. ( A second little list: )

Brushy Peak Regional Park was just across the freeway so we went there to eat lunch. It was sunny but windy and I put back on the layers I'd removed at the Mountain Bluebird stop. We fortunately found a picnic table in the sun, and watched birds on the surrounding hillsides while we ate. ( A final, even littler list: )

But that wasn't the last Say's Phoebe! We saw another along the freeway driving home.:)
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1/13/2025 Dotson Family Marsh

13/1/26 14:52
mrkinch: Erik holding fieldglasses in "Russia" (bins)
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I got out to the Point Pinole Giant Hwy Staging Area (named for the dynamite company whose plant was there) before 10 and walked south towards Dotson Family Marsh. I wanted to see how much water there was (not much) and also to listen for gunfire. The Richmond Rod and Gun Club is just across Rheem Creek from the parking at the south end of Dotson, and their expansion a few years ago turned the southern half of the marsh from just barely tolerable to absolutely not, so I go in from the north. Supposedly they are closed Mon, Tues, Thurs, but last Thursday I could hear gunfire from Landfill Loop just down the road. I'm sure this is more than anyone wants to know about Richmond Rod and Gun Club, but I went partly for more data on what "closed" means. Anyway, it was a lovely morning and got surprisingly warm. Since there weren't many waterbirds I paid more attention east of the boardwalk and saw both Savannah Sparrow and Lincoln Sparrow. The latter actually popped up when I pished! I never have any luck pishing, but there they were. Also White-crowns, of course, and several American Pipits. ( The list: )

The Rod and Gun Club was definitely not closed as I understand "closed", but the gunfire was tolerable, though possibly not from the southern parking lot. I really want to visit the southern half of the marsh but I'd be too anxious to enjoy myself.
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Torchwood: Fanfic: Return Of The Living Socks

14/1/26 13:21
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Title: Return Of The Living Socks
Fandom: Torchwood
Author: [personal profile] badly_knitted
Characters: Ianto, Sock.
Rating: PG
Word Count: 842
Summary: Out on a Rift retrieval in Bute Park, Ianto encounters an alien creature he had hoped never to see again.
Spoilers: Nada.
Warnings: None needed.
Written For: Challenge 503: Sock.
Disclaimer: I don’t own Torchwood or any of the characters.






( Return Of The Living Socks... )
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1/12/2026 Tilden Nature Area

12/1/26 12:40
mrkinch: Erik holding fieldglasses in "Russia" (bins)
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It was cold but sunny and there were birds! First bird we heard was a Varied Thrush, and we saw eight species of Sparrow, including Fox and White-throated, before we'd started up our trails. They were in an area that's often been excellent Sparrow territory, but not this year til now. And the California Quail! A covey of ten has been in that area for weeks now, and they're remarkably tolerant of people. They flew out of the poison oak right in front of us, and while they vanished back into the brush several times, they'd soon return. They are so cute! I started up Lower Packrat but turned back at the big mud puddle; should be dry enough to pass next week. At Jewel Lake the Great Egret seems to be hunting there regularly, the trees were full of Lesser Goldfinches, and the local Song Sparrows are clearly hopped up on hormones.:) ( The list: )

We encountered two separate flocks of Golden-crowned Sparrows as we rarely have this season, and several Fox Sparrows. A good morning.
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i do hope you have a dime

13/1/26 17:40
musesfool: LION (bring back naptime)
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I barely slept on Sunday night - maybe about 3 hours in total? - so I called out yesterday and went back to bed. I felt better but not great upon waking again after actually sleeping for another 2 hours, and spent most of the day zoned out on the couch, looking at tumblr. Last night I slept hard and today I woke up feeling much better, but ugh, sleep should not be so hard!

I know it's just January and winter but I can feel myself withdrawing and hermiting up, so if I'm late in responses to comments, that's why - it's definitely not you, it's me.

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Radiators

13/1/26 12:47
cimorene: Blue text reading "This Old House" over a photo of a small yellow house (knypplinge)
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It's warmed up a little, but we're still in the edge of the cold snap. It's been down to 11° (in the low fifties) inside the bedroom a couple of times this week, which seems to indicate there may be a problem with the radiator in there. We haven't remembered to bleed the radiators the last two years and it's definitely got air in it, but I'm not sure that could account for it.

The individual thermostats on our radiators don't do much, because they're all controlled by the electronic thermostat on the geothermal pump. There's only one sensor and it's on the tenant side, which is already more insulated because it was built in the 70s and not 1950, so our side is always a bit chilly in contrast, since they would be roasting over there otherwise. And the bedroom loses more heat because of its location right under the roof. But normally in winter it's been more like 14-15° (58-59) in there.

In the last week I've been sleeping with three duvets (mostly under two though; the third one is sideways over the feet). This is actually not inconvenient enough to stimulate the executive function to try to fix it promptly though. We are at "Oh, ugh, I guess we have to do something at some point?"
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Signal Boost: Fandom Trumps Hate 2026

NSFW 12/1/26 19:56

Names from Freeman Wills Crofts

12/1/26 18:19
cimorene: drawing of a flapper in a red cloche hat leaning over to lecture a penguin (listen up)
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Sgt. Sheepshanks
Mr. Sheaf
John Weatherup
Alec Quilter
Ebenezer Peabody
Superintendent Goodwilly
Grosvenor Mairs
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2 new BTS fics and the podfic I made for them

NSFW 11/1/26 19:49

BTS podfic: More Hesitation

NSFW 11/1/26 19:29

1/11/2026 Valle Vista Staging Area Riche Loop

11/1/26 13:11
mrkinch: Erik holding fieldglasses in "Russia" (bins)
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I parked about 9 and was pleasantly surprised that it was not horribly cold. No wind helped, and I went in my jacket over four thin layers (silk, wool, poly, but still). I hadn't been there in well over a year, yikes! It was a lovely morning, but semi solitude even up on Riche Loop didn't last long on a Sunday. I chose Sunday for lack of school traffic and the Loop because I would get a look at the reservoir without going all the way out, but neither worked as well as I'd hoped. But there were Western Bluebirds in the parking lot and California Thrashers were singing, and I was quite happy. ( The list: )

A pair of coyotes were hunting at the bottom of the trail where it most closely approaches the reservoir, but I waited and moved slowly, and they each wandered away from the trail enough for me to pass. I'd thought that after I walked the Loop I'd take the other trail at least to the bridge, but there were so many people by then I went home. I'll try to go again soon, school traffic be damned.
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Signal Boost: Fandomtrees due Jan 17 (Deadline pushed back)

NSFW 11/1/26 12:49

the step in my groove, yeah

11/1/26 12:40
musesfool: a loaf of bread (staff of life)
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I've got French onion soup simmering away in the slow cooker (I sliced almost 3 lbs of onions last night and my eyes - even with the stupid onion goggles - were not happy with me) and I just took a pan of baked oatmeal out of the oven to be breakfast for the week. I was waffling between the oatmeal and another batch of orange cranberry scones, but the oatmeal won out because it used up a bunch of stuff - the dregs of both a bottle of honey and a bottle of maple syrup; the last 2 eggs in the carton (I still have a carton of eggs in the fridge, but now just the amount a normal person would have); the rest of a bag of frozen strawberries; the rest of a bag of chocolate chips; what was left in the bottom of the jar of cinnamon; and what was left in the container of rolled oats (exactly 3 cups - exactly as much as needed for the recipe). I still have cranberries in the freezer, though, so orange cranberry scones are probably still in my future.

Now I'm trying to decide if I want to make a loaf of bread to go with the soup. I originally bought a small loaf with my groceries on Friday, but then ate it as cheesy garlic bread for a couple of meals. *hands* The heart wants what it wants, and in this case, my heart wanted cheesy garlic bread.

Since the slow cooker is working, I can't use the KitchenAid (it is blocked in by the InstantPot), so I want a no knead kind of bread, but also one that is only going to take 2-3 hours, nothing that needs an overnight rise. I think I might end up making the old, reliable peasant bread (halved to only make 1 loaf). It's easy and fast (for bread), and doesn't require a stand mixer.

Hmm...

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子非鱼 (Zi Fei Yu): Fanfic: imagine a life (but surely hell)

11/1/26 11:17
bluedreaming: (pseudonym - tinyfingers)
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Fandom: 子非鱼 (Zi Fei Yu) - 林盎司
Rating: T
Length: 100 words
Content notes: none
Author notes: The title is from Flight (extract 1) by Yu Jian, translated by Simon Patton, and A Single Woman’s Bedroom by Yi Lei, translated by Tracy K. Smith and Changtai Bi.
Summary: Lin Fei belongs to Ji Leyu.

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Challenge 503: Sock

11/1/26 15:24
china_shop: Zhao Yunlan stretched out on a stool. (Guardian - ZYL sprawled on a stool)
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Our new challenge is:

SOCK



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