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abject_reptileI've seen countless versions of 'The Cold Song' but this is absolutely the most fun.
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igenlode in writethisfanficHappy Christmas! My fingers still smell of oranges (real oranges, not a Terry's Chocolate Orange this year :-p)
May your plots prove fertile and your characters spring to life!
May your plots prove fertile and your characters spring to life!
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2025-12-25 01:26nonesensed
nonesensedI'm finally truly slowing down here at the end of the year. We've got seven days left of 2025 and I hope everyone is having a good end of the year. I certainly am! Vacation is here at last and I can recover from all the things I've put myself through since January 😅
Yeah, this did not end up being the self-care year I had planned. At all. In fact, I've not worked this much overtime since I had my old, shitty job that gave me actual burnout. Wheee. Everything that could go wrong at work definitely did, this year (in ways that no one could help).
Will absolutely aim to take things slow for a long while and to NOT do this to myself again. My loudest wake-up call was now in December when two massages therapists, independent of each other, made the O_O-face when assessing me. Going to take a while to recover but it is doable. I just need plenty of rest.
BUT! I still managed to write 50k words on one of my book projects during November and I finished my Yuletide fic in time, so all is not terrible by any means of the word. And I have plenty of personal plans for next year, to prevent myself from taking on too much work or "work" (+ I've had everyone who would be "picking up my slack" agree to not overwork themselves either, which is the biggest win of this year for me!)🩵🩵🩵
Speaking of Yuletide, I got this wonderful Bioshock Infinite fic 💖Highly recommended!
Yeah, this did not end up being the self-care year I had planned. At all. In fact, I've not worked this much overtime since I had my old, shitty job that gave me actual burnout. Wheee. Everything that could go wrong at work definitely did, this year (in ways that no one could help).
Will absolutely aim to take things slow for a long while and to NOT do this to myself again. My loudest wake-up call was now in December when two massages therapists, independent of each other, made the O_O-face when assessing me. Going to take a while to recover but it is doable. I just need plenty of rest.
BUT! I still managed to write 50k words on one of my book projects during November and I finished my Yuletide fic in time, so all is not terrible by any means of the word. And I have plenty of personal plans for next year, to prevent myself from taking on too much work or "work" (+ I've had everyone who would be "picking up my slack" agree to not overwork themselves either, which is the biggest win of this year for me!)🩵🩵🩵
Speaking of Yuletide, I got this wonderful Bioshock Infinite fic 💖Highly recommended!
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2025-12-24 20:37igenlode in writethisfanfic
igenlode in writethisfanficIt's Christmas Eve, and the retail trade has been going like the clappers all day.
How goes the creative work (if at all?)
How goes the creative work (if at all?)
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2025-12-23 22:08igenlode in writethisfanfic
igenlode in writethisfanficI shall be working tomorrow (Christmas Eve) and need to leave the house at about 8.30am on Christmas Day, so I don't have a lot of time for preparation... but there's always time to squeeze in a little writing with a notebook balanced on top of the saucepan while preparing sprouts and packet noodles for supper, as I have just demonstrated :-P
(Admittedly it was about a sentence and a half, but I do intend to finish that sentence tonight, honest guv...)
Does genius burn for you today, Jos and Joes?
(Admittedly it was about a sentence and a half, but I do intend to finish that sentence tonight, honest guv...)
Does genius burn for you today, Jos and Joes?
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2025-12-23 00:12igenlode in writethisfanfic
igenlode in writethisfanficThe longest night is over! Time for things to get moving again...
How is it going?
How is it going?
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2025-12-22 04:00igenlode in writethisfanfic
igenlode in writethisfanficAm I the only one who can't wait for Christmas just to *be over*? :-(
What writing, if any, was achieved amidst all the Christmas obligations/distractions?
What writing, if any, was achieved amidst all the Christmas obligations/distractions?
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2025-12-20 12:09glitteringstars in writethisfanfic
glitteringstars in writethisfanficHi all! Welcome to Saturday!
Any writing plans?
Any writing plans?
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2025-12-19 20:08glitteringstars in writethisfanfic
glitteringstars in writethisfanficHello~ We made it to Friday!
How was writing today?
How was writing today?
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2025-12-18 17:54glitteringstars in writethisfanfic
glitteringstars in writethisfanficGood day to all! How has writing gone today?
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2025-12-17 17:51glitteringstars in writethisfanfic
glitteringstars in writethisfanficHello, everyone!!
How has writing gone today?
How has writing gone today?
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2025-12-16 18:16glitteringstars in writethisfanfic
glitteringstars in writethisfanficA goofball missed a day. Whoops!
Anyway, have you written today? If so, how'd it go?
Anyway, have you written today? If so, how'd it go?
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2025-12-14 11:36glitteringstars in writethisfanfic
glitteringstars in writethisfanficHappy Sunday! How has writing gone today?
Do you have any writing plans for this week?
Do you have any writing plans for this week?
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2025-12-13 18:58mistressofmuses in writethisfanfic
mistressofmuses in writethisfanficAnother week comes to a close! I hope it was a good one!
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I had to take it easy this week! (Everyone needs a break!)
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This was not my week, but next week might be!
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This week is not yet over; I refuse to concede!
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2025-12-12 18:53mistressofmuses in writethisfanfic
mistressofmuses in writethisfanficHappy Friday!
For me this is mid work week, but perhaps it's the end of yours!
For me this is mid work week, but perhaps it's the end of yours!
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2025-12-11 20:02mistressofmuses in writethisfanfic
mistressofmuses in writethisfanficWe're sliding down the second half of the week! Hopefully it's been going well so far.
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2025-12-11 17:32sulien
sulienanais_pf posting in thefridayfive1. If you had to participate in one Olympic event, what would it be and why?
If we’re talking about now? I honestly can’t think of one I could manage these days since I’ve developed tremors. Back in the days before my body decided to quit on me, I’d have adored having the opportunity to participate in dressage, pistol and rifle shooting and archery. Not that I would have even made the teams then, but it would have been a blast to actively train for it and then try!
2. What is the one song you always sing along to?
Since my singing voice could be used as an instrument of torture, I very seldom sing unless it’s in the car with the windows rolled down and going highway speeds so I can’t hear myself and there’s no one else to hear, either. That said, I love Neil Diamond’s “Song Sung Blue” and sing along with that every time it comes up in my play list and I’m alone (there are a number of his songs I like that way, actually). Unlike my singing, I can carry a tune whistling and I’ve always loved to whistle along with favorite pieces of music, especially if I’ve got a stairwell or some other good acoustic space to get a bit of reverb going, and Bach’s ‘Little’ Fugue in G Minor is my absolute favorite to whistle along with. https://youtu.be/XuDuEMVcSrM?si=GLE-x0QulROlByWu
3. Do you wear a seatbelt in the car?
ABSOFREAKINGLUTELY!!! My Mom was thrown from cars twice before manufacturers were required to put seatbelts in vehicles and was damn lucky to have survived without serious injury beyond concussions and contusions. Responding to traffic accidents as a military police soldier reinforced that lesson, not that it needed to be reinforced.
4. Car, SUV or truck and why?
It all depends on the situation. I dearly loved driving mountain roads in my standard transmission Saturn SL2 because it handled like a dream and hugged curves (I miss that car, but the left knee just can’t deal with a clutch any more )-: ). For long highway trips, definitely a very comfortable sedan. What I currently own is a Ram 1500 4x4 for many reasons, with being able to get around or over storm debris at the top of the list (I live on the Pacific coast of Washington) and the fact that I may very well wind up having to live in the shell I’ve got on the back of it comes in at a squeaky-close second place.
5. Are you a good/bad driver? Explain.
Again, these days or when I was much more capable? These days, I’m still a good defensive driver but my reflexes just are not what they used to be and I don’t drive that often due to dealing with chronic migraines and vertigo on a frequent basis. I’m okay driving in my small town on good days but I have had to stop in a hotel for the night in the closest larger town (26 miles one way on a windy, rural highway) when I started getting a migraine while doing a supply run. Let’s face it, a night in a hotel/B&B or even paying a tow truck to tow me home is far less expensive than an accident (especially an at fault accident) and dealing with the insurance premium hike afterward!
Back in the good old days when I was fully capable, if it had a steering wheel, a throttle and a brake, I could drive it and drive it well once I got used to the configuration and the way the vehicle handled (though I never did get to try out a tracked vehicle, blast it all). I learned to drive stick in a 1963 VW Karman Ghia from my parents and they both emphasized defensive driving, as well as an entire host of things that you just don’t get taught in most driving courses, at least not in the US. As for driver’s education, what they taught in my school district in the 1970’s was not remotely adequate and they used only automatic transmission sedans. A couple other folks mentioned parallel parking and I have no trouble parallel parking my full size pickup (it does have a backup camera, but it does not have parking assist). The only thing I ever had much trouble parallel parking was the old M151A2 Jeep-type vehicles the Army used in the mid-late 1980’s, which did not have power steering and were one helluva workout to steer while stationary or moving slowly. I have to say, one of the things I loathe the most about the damn migraine related issues is the fact that I can’t just get in a vehicle and drive for as long as I like any time I like (I used to love to drive just to relax and unwind).
Oh, and to toot my own horn (pun intended), I was also tasked with teaching our KATUSAs (Korean Augmentees to the US Army) and young US soldiers who didn’t know how to drive a standard transmission when I was stationed in Korea in the late ‘90’s. Yeah, I was pretty decent behind the wheel. *g*