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first, i need to share that last tuesday, so about a week ago, it was so hot i went to my sister's to take advantage of her a/c. i called her when i got home from work and was waffling about going over there - i wanted to keep packing! - and then my power went out. >.< which kind of decided it for me. i mean, if there's no power i can't run the fans and if i can't run the fans i'm going to melt. in the morning she drove me to the t station and after work i went home and continued to put things in boxes.

so yes. i'm all moved in. :D the movers came like fifteen minutes early - i was ready for them - i showed them around the place and said "everything goes except the ficus" because i wanted to put it in my car and they were very efficient and didn't have to take the legs off my couch to get it out the door! (the guys who moved me in did.) but did have to disassemble my bed and take the legs off my dining room table. it took them five hours and fifteen minutes to move all my shit. my sister came over to be moral support and after the movers were done she went back to the old place with me to eat lunch (we sat on the dining room floor because, you know, there was no furniture) and clean up. she cleaned the stove, i swept and wiped down the kitchen counters. there was A LOT of dust under my bed. O.O and then my roommate showed up to get rid of the plant pots on the back porch - why she didn't do it sooner i have no idea - we'd had this whole conversation last week about when i would be around and i thought she needed me to let her in because she'd turned in her key, but no. she still had it. so why did she have to come over when i was there? who knows! she's someone else's wtf-magnet now.

i tried to set up my internet and cable in the new place, failed utterly, and spent like an hour on the phone with comcast while they tried to fix it. (and failed utterly.) a tech was supposed to come today but is apparently coming tomorrow? and in the meantime i hooked into some free-floating unsecured wifi so i could get online today to get some work done. after comcast was unable to help me my sister and i went out for dinner, came home, discovered the internet had not magically turned itself on, she went home, i unpacked some clothes so i'd have something to wear. because sunday [livejournal.com profile] tamalinn had a birthday brunch (mexican food, delicious) and then we went to her house to play games and pet the dog, and after that i went to the grocery store - it's right around the corner from me! but i might still go to the store that's closer to the old apartment - and sat outside the coffeeshop that's near the aforementioned former grocery store and eventually went home.

because i couldn't count on the home internet i went in to work monday and tuesday, enjoyed the a/c, told fellow admins about the move, met the new admin (admin f) who replaced one of the admins c who just retired, tried to figure out the best commute. it takes longer than it used to and i'm at the mercy of the bus schedule but overall it's not bad. and i used to take the bus when i worked for tax people so it's not like this is totally unfamiliar.

so far i have unpacked:

a wardrobe box full of coats (like i need them in this weather :| )
a wardrobe box full of clothes and art
a wardrobe box full of random bedroom stuff
almost all my suitcases (except the one with my shoes in it) (see below)
dvd's
cd's (altho i seem to have lost a bunch of classical cd's)
silverware
kitchen knives (so i can cut up a lettuce for a giant salad)
the salad spinner (so i can wash the aforementioned lettuce)
two (2) cereal bowls
the teapot
all the bathroom stuff
a box of clothes and hangers

i have not unpacked:

a bowl large enough for the aforementioned salad
a can opener

...which is only important because i like chickpeas in my salad but i have no way to open the can. oy.

things i don't love:

there's no overhead light in the bedroom or the living room
it gets very dark in the bedroom without a light
there's not as much cross-breeze as i was hoping for
the ceilings are low
i can't put hooks over the top of the doors or the doors won't close

which mostly means i can't hang my shoe thing on the closet door if i want to close the closet door (which i do) but if i don't hang my shoes i don't know where to put them. the closet ain't that big. this will require some creative thinking. also another couple of lamps.

(there's no cross-breeze in the bedroom but there is in the kitchen! which is nice altho not helpful when i want fresh air to sleep in.)

i miss the front porch in the old place and i haven't met any dogs yet and it's very weird living alone and not having to share the kitchen or the bathroom and not having to deal with someone else's clutter. i haven't even unpacked enough to make my own clutter. it's also really quiet. every so often i can hear someone out in the hallway or outside and this afternoon i could hear someone vacuuming in the apartment next door but otherwise it's kind of like i have the whole building to myself. but so far i like this place. i think i'll stay. :D

in totally other news the old guard 2 (2 old 2 guard, mamma mia here we guard again) is out and i know this because gif sets are appearing on tumblr. no one tell me nothing. i don't want to know until i see it myself.

Lots of D&D talk incoming...

Jul. 2nd, 2025 11:54 pm
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Details about my in-person D&D weekend's plans under the cut. )

But, yeah, that's the plan for the time being at least. We'll see how well we manage to follow it.
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Thanks to a donation from [personal profile] fuzzyred, you can now read the rest of "In the Heart of the Hidden Garden."  Lawrence gives Stan a tour of two more buildings and two more gardens -- and then explains why.

Mid Year Review

Jul. 3rd, 2025 11:12 am
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I set some goals in the beginning of the year--some are going well, some are going less well. Let's check in on them! 

Fitness: Run a 5K in less than 30 minutes. Close but no dice. I got my time down to about 32 minutes. This is a huge improvement from my times last year (around 40 minutes) BUT after hitting this, I injured my foot. I haven't ran seriously in months, and it's not looking good for my goal. If I do hit this goal, I'm going to be training a lot after the summer to make up for all the time I lost after injuring my foot. 

Reading: Read 15 books this year. I just finished my 13th book! I'm doing great on this goal and will have no problem hitting 15 by the end of the year--a huge improvement from the four or five books I read last year. I think I should raise this goal to 20 books. In review, the following books have been my favorite so far (in order that I've finished them, not necessarily ranked by fave): 

- Humankind: A Hopeful History by Rutger Bregman -- a necessary book in today's political climate, I think. It's a refreshing look at human nature, taking on a more positive (and arguably realistic) look at the nature of people. We're not as bad as we make ourselves out to be.

- This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone -- I was told to just read it without knowing anything about it, and that is my advice to you. I will say it's shorter and faster paced than the other books I've enjoyed, but it's so good. I'm going to be re-reading it after I hit my goal of 15 books!

- Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn -- I'm late to the party with this one and regret seeing the movie first. This would be an insane read going in blind.

- Night’s Master by Tanith Lee -- Adored this short read!! The high fantasy vibe of the writing is so underrated and makes the stories feel like old myths. Really excited to read more of this series in the future. The world is rich with wonder and crafted with a love for writing.

-- and my current read, Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi -- I put this one on my list this year because I heard there's a movie in the making and I love to be ahead of the curve on the book-to-movie pipeline and it has exceeded all my expectations. One of the best fantasies I've read in a long time, with great pacing and fantastic world building and lovable characters (even the antagonists). As a small spoiler, the main character has DEATH MAGIC. She's a REAPER by title!! It's so cool and it's so refreshing to have a main character who isn't just a fire or water elemental.
 
Changing jobs: This one is still a work in process. I'm on a contract until the end of summer, but I've been diligently applying to jobs this past week. It may be too soon to apply since my start date will be so far away, but there's no harm in exploring since I haven't been on the job market in years. I'm trying not to stress too much about it and just get through the motions that will get me what I need. 

Saving money: I'm saving sooooooo much more money this year, and I'm so proud of myself. I used to be a coffee-and-or-alcohol on the daily bitch, but in managing my money, I've also better managed those addictions. I think next year I want to quit alcohol completely as the post-drinking is starting to feel terrible and unbearable for 30-year-old me. It does nothing but keep me from my other goals (I injured my foot while drunk, btw) and makes me feel bad the next day. Coffee I'm still drinking a lot of, but some I'm making at home and choosing cheaper options when I'm out with my friends. 

Overall I'm pretty happy with my progress. Save for fitness, I'm on track to hit my goals by the end of the year. ^_^

D&D night

Jul. 2nd, 2025 11:14 pm
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Got up at 11:00 and had breakfast, showered and dressed.

I actually walked to the post office to mail my request to the Niagara County Clerk. I made the discovery that there is a veterinarian off ice which I didn't know about between here and the post office, which is a very good thing. I haven't taken Oreo to a vet since I've owned him, s he really needs a checkup.

Came home and did not much of anything, but a very little cleaning, and took out kitty litter, and walked around the block.

I also read a little in the Agatha Christie I'm on now, Cat Among the Pigeons.

My psychologist called, and renewed my med prescriptions, which I will pick up tomorrow.

Then at 7:00 I Teamed the FWiB, and we talked til 8:00 when I had my D&D game. He had something he wanted to do too so that worked out.

The game was short two people but we played anyway, fighting two abominations, and an evil computer thing.

Then I had dinner and fed the pets, and called [personal profile] mashfanficchick about plans for tomorrow.

And then I started here.

Gratitude List:

1. The FWiB.

2. Got my meds refilled.

3. My D&D group, which is now been going three years.

4. Found a close by vet.

5. The Kid texted, she has a job interview.

6. Air conditioning.

Wimsey Quote Database

Jul. 2nd, 2025 08:22 pm
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The hardest thing about writing Peter Wimsey fanfic is the quotes. Peter Wimsey and Harriet Vane have an encyclopedic knowledge of the literature of their era (and the literature that was considered classic/important in that era), and quote it often.

Today I posted on the Gaud Squad Discord that it would be awesome if we had a searchable database of the literature and poetry that they knew or could reasonably be expected to know, searchable by keyword and theme, so that one could look things up easily. And that I would be willing to do the data entry, but had not the technical skills to set it up.
supertailz responded by setting up a Notion instance and is noodling around with the technical aspects of it, so it looks like this is happening!

The easy part is getting the literature that Peter and Harriet quote added--all I have to do is read through the books (no hardship there!) and source the quotations. Although I know there are some annotated versions floating around, and if anyone has a copy of the annotations, that would be lovely.

The hard part is getting the right mix of things that Peter and Harriet would have known. Because what is considered "classic literature" changes over time. Some things rise in acclaim, some things fall out of favor. What would be really handy is a curriculum for Eton ca. 1900 and for Oxford ca. 1910, but so far I haven't found anything. Does anybody know how to search "what literary works were considered classics in 1920"? Or have a good list of where to start?

Part 4, Week 6

Jul. 2nd, 2025 10:19 pm
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Buckle up, everyone; these are the last moods of Part Four!


This week's Minimum moods are: Recumbent, Complacent, Indifferent

This week's Medium moods are: Content, Aggravated, Annoyed

This week's Maximum moods are: Recumbent, Complacent, Indifferent

This Part's bonus mood is: Artistic


As a reminder, the bonus mood is from Part Eight, which only has five moods in it. By tacking these five moods to the end of Parts Three through Seven, it frees up most of December, which is a very busy time for a lot of us. That said, if you want to keep going with the original stated schedule, you're welcome to do that as well! We're very laid back here at Mood Theme in a Year.

What are your thoughts on this week's moods? And how have you done with this Part overall? Did you struggle more than you thought you would, or are moods coming more easily than you anticipated? And are you looking forward to the next Part? Let's talk about it!

Second day in.

Jul. 2nd, 2025 10:01 pm
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Thinking it'd look more professional, I went with a messenger bag instead of a backpack today. As professional as it may have looked, I'm going to go back to the backpack. So much easier for so many things on so many levels, not the least of which is being able to ride a bike. Yes, I know bike messengers do it all the time. No, I'm not a professional bike messenger, and I'm unwilling to try. Especially if I'm already wearing a nice dress.

There wasn't much time to read at work, mostly because I'd been given an actual task to do: sorting through patient folders and setting aside old records to discard. Not as much fun as it'd have been if I'd had an MP3 player with me, and still satisfying to see the piles start to rise, and space in the drawers start to emerge. Where there's space in a drawer, there's objects to be discovered, and found my second office perk. A stain remover stick's not much, but it's still something I could take home with me. The first thing is a large can of cold brew coffee sitting in my fridge, waiting for a morning I need a jolt beyond all meaning.
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Hugh Jackman is awesome as Wolverine, and Patrick Stewart and Ian Mckellen are awesome as Charles Xavier and Magneto. I also loved Famke Janssen as Jean Grey, and while he didn't get enough screen time, especially in X2, I still loved James Marsden as Cyclops in every scene he was in. The first movie has many memorable scenes like Wolverines introduction and first appearance at the bar, Storm and Cyclops rescuing Wolverine and Rogue from Sabretooth, Magneto showing off his powers against the police, and I loved the Wolverine vs Mystique fight. X2 has the iconic opening scene of Nightcrawler attacking the white house, Wolverine defending X mansion from Stryker and his men, Wolverine vs Lady Deathstrike, and Jean using her powers to lift the jet and help everyone else escape the island at the end. I love both of these movies, and they are not only my two favorite X-Men movies but still two of my favorite superhero movies even over 20 years after their release.

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Posted by /u/LiteraryBoner

Poll

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Rankings

Click here to see the rankings of 2025 films

Click here to see the rankings for every poll done


Summary Five years after the events of Jurassic World Dominion, Earth’s dinosaurs now survive only on isolated equatorial islands. A covert extraction team, led by Zora Bennett, embarks on a mission to secure dinosaur DNA for a groundbreaking pharmaceutical treatment. Their expedition collides with a stranded civilian family, plunging everyone into chaos amid mutated dinosaurs and hidden threats. The story culminates in a tense race for survival on a forbidden island with a sinister secret tied to Jurassic Park’s past.

Director Gareth Edwards

Writer David Koepp

Cast

  • Scarlett Johansson as Zora Bennett
  • Mahershala Ali as Duncan Kincaid
  • Jonathan Bailey as Dr. Henry Loomis
  • Rupert Friend as Martin Krebs
  • Manuel Garcia‑Rulfo as Reuben Delgado
  • Luna Blaise, David Iacono & Audrina Miranda as the Delgado family
  • Philippine Velge, Bechir Sylvain & Ed Skrein as the extraction team

Rotten Tomatoes: 54

Metacritic: 52

VOD Released in theaters July 2, 2025. Digital release expected later in 2025.

Trailer Watch here


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No Kings! Icon

Jul. 2nd, 2025 09:40 pm
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So, I just whipped up a little something for the creative part of the challenge. It's not much, but feel free to swipe if you want. I've been wanting to do something along this line for a while now... There are also a couple of other themes that I was wishing I had icons for, but now I can't remember what they were.

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2025 Fiction Roundup (Part 1)

Jul. 2nd, 2025 09:24 pm
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(Part 2 coming: end of the year probably! These are all the fiction books I've read so far this year.)

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

great (surprise) )

Spoiler Alert by Olivia Dade

mid, trashy romance )

Because Venus Crossed an Alpine Violet on the Day That I Was Born by Mona Høvring

extremely short, weird, IMO good )

The Red Handler by Johan Harstad

parody crime fiction. another weird but good one )

Peasprout Chen: Future Legend of Skate and Sword by Henry Lien

juvenile fiction about martial arts on ice skates )

Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

good obviously but kind of hard to read at points )

'Tis Pity She's a Whore by John Ford

ye olde play about incest )

Women! In! Peril! by Jessie Ren Marshall

women-focused collection of short stories )

Siren Queen by Nghi Vo

urban fantasy pre-code hollywood.... could've been a lot better )

Patience & Sarah by Isabel Miller (pseudonym for Alma Routsong)

historical fiction about 1800s lesbians; loved it!! )

Tyler's birthday

Jul. 2nd, 2025 05:52 pm
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had a really nice day with Tyler. Quiet and gentle. I feel better. I would have rather hiked longer but my ankle is still bothering me from a father's day mishap, so maybe gentler is better, I don't know. Might go for an evening bike ride later, forage for some fresh rosemary. I'm out.

While we were up at angel's rest, I pointed out a bird that I thought was a turkey vulture - it's what I see most frequently in the gorge - but as I watched it gently soar by, a little above eye level, I could clearly see with no doubt that it was a juvenile bald eagle. I know these birds intimately now, after watching Gizmo and Sunny on the nest for three months. I could clearly see the eagle's face and body and feathers, there was no mistaking the species. It felt like it was looking at me. But there were also bunnies on the trail so more likely it was watching those, lol. We hiked early as per Tyler's preference - I would rather go later when there are fewer people. It was packed up there. This is the closest gorge hike to Portland, only a 30 minute drive, and parking is free.

I was grateful for the moment with the young eagle. The girls haven't been seen at the lake by the cameras or the locals who've been reporting on them. This is very concerning. Most eagles take 6-12 weeks to disperse. This has only been three weeks since fledging. The same thing has happened with all of Jackie's previous offspring, and all of her fledglings so far have died. I am not an eagle expert, but I know enough to know that they have to live by what's called "kleptoparasitism" for the first year of their lives, as they are not skilled enough to hunt live fish for themselves yet. So they must steal from other birds and scavenge to survive. Watching Sunny with the squirrel three weeks ago, they were nowhere near ready for that kind of life on their own - Jackie had to tear apart the squirrel for her. They need to learn from their parents, starting with collecting fish the parents drop, then stealing from their talons after a catch, etc. I just don't see how they've had time to learn enough of those skills yet.

(Edit - okay the youtube volunteer eagle experts do actually say 3-12 weeks after fledging is typical for dispersal. It still just seems too early, to me.)

I hope they are just exploring and seeing how far they can get on their own before they come back for more help from their parents. Because there are two of them - this is the first time Jackie has had two chicks survive long enough to fledge together - maybe they are emboldened to go a little further, since they have each other for support and reassurance. Supposedly, they sometimes revisit the nest for several weeks or even months after they fledge. Occasionally they will stay in the area for an entire year, I was selfishly hoping this would happen, even though it is so unusual, since the lake is full of fish and there are no other nesting eagle pairs in the area - it seems like a perfect place to scavenge discarded fish from people who are fishing and toss fish back that often don't survive, and also road kill since it is such a developed area. It would be more reassuring to know they had parental guidance for longer. But. Eagles are supposed to be nomadic until they mate, so this is all probably normal and natural and I should not fret so.

Regardless, it was nice to have a moment with a young eagle out in the wild, today.

We also saw bunnies, and ghost pipe.

Tyler shared his birthday treats with me, he wanted to make up for me not celebrating my own birthday in May, even though I reassured him that I didn't want to celebrate and having him at Green Ridge was all the gift I needed. I had some heavenly little tiny doughnuts from Pip's and a couple bites of a red velvet cupcake, and he got me a black rock cold brew with cream and cold foam and it was AMAZING, I had an almond milk latte from a black rock place years ago and it was awful so I didn't know they could make good drinks, but this was lovely. Birthday freebies are fun. :) I gave him a couple little gifts, too. I hope he had as much fun as I did.
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