Just One Thing (04 July 2025)
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awesomeersComment with Just One Thing you've accomplished in the last 24 hours or so. It doesn't have to be a hard thing, or even a thing that you think is particularly awesome. Just a thing that you did.
Feel free to share more than one thing if you're feeling particularly accomplished! Extra credit: find someone in the comments and give them props for what they achieved!
Nothing is too big, too small, too strange or too cryptic. And in case you'd rather do this in private, anonymous comments are screened. I will only unscreen if you ask me to.
Go!
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If you know where to look, you can see a thermonuclear explosion from a white dwarf star.
Take my business.
Thursday, 3 July 2025 09:42 pmhannahTo make things as simple as possible, I got paid in cash earlier today, and to make things really simple, it was a mix of twenties and hundreds to use as few bills as possible. I'll freely and happily admit it cut down on the volume of currency being exchanged. It also struck me that while $100 is a standard unit of currency, it's an atypical one, which isn't a combination of traits I see much.
My plan was to break them into twenties if the bank was open for customers, or deposit them intact in an ATM kiosk if it wasn't. On the walk to the bank, I decided to buy a luxury imported British film magazine at Barnes & Noble, and in thinking about how to pay for it, I asked the clerk my question.
Then I said it was fine, and handed over $21 to more easily make change for the $15.50 price tag. A much more ordinary type of payment. I took the hundreds to the bank and deposited them at the ATM, as I'd planned.
And for a moment there, just a brief moment, I had a glorious glimpse into another life where I always asked that question.
Daily check-in
Thursday, 3 July 2025 08:30 pmmecurtin posting in fandom_checkinHow are you doing?
I am OK
10 (52.6%)
I am not OK, but don't need help right now
9 (47.4%)
I could use some help
0 (0.0%)
How many other humans live with you?
I am living single
4 (21.1%)
One other person
9 (47.4%)
More than one other person
6 (31.6%)
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.
The Friday Five for 4 July 2025
Thursday, 3 July 2025 03:27 pmanais_pf posting in thefridayfive![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif){kind=small}
lord_azurewave. 1. Who is your best friend?
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3. How did you meet?
4. Why have you stayed friends?
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a hoard of paper
Thursday, 3 July 2025 11:57 amtaicharakalloway reaching through the internet and all but yeeting me out the door (look the brainweasels are the size of wolverines).I started at the beginning (nonfiction, always nonfiction) and made it to the fuzzy border between agri/homesteading and food proper and had to pack it in because I ran out of space in the backpack I brought; 99% of crafts, plus history etc will wait another day.
Thirteen books came home with me. I assure you they will all be read.
My brain is fucking starving.
Monthly Roundup Returns
Thursday, 3 July 2025 10:38 amkallowaysunshine_revival's first challenge is goals/plans for the month, just in time for me to actually post my monthly plans roundup. (A couple of days late, because hot.)So here goes:
( June )
July's plans are to survive being too fucking hot.
( July )
There is another part to the challenge but I'll worry about that later, if at all.
POLL: favourite releases of May 2025
Thursday, 3 July 2025 11:31 pmparadisedinermod posting in paradisedinerYou can make your case for your faves in the comments and if we missed something, you can do a write-in vote in the comments. We'll run a poll for each month through June, and then do a run-off poll in July.
What are your favourite releases of May 2025?
2Z - Cross Road
0 (0.0%)
ablume - Echo
2 (9.5%)
Baekhyun - Chocolate / Elevator
1 (4.8%)
Bibi - Apocalypse
2 (9.5%)
Blackswan - I Like It Hot
0 (0.0%)
BOYNEXTDOOR - I Feel Good
2 (9.5%)
Chenle - Lucid
1 (4.8%)
DAY6 - Maybe Tomorrow
1 (4.8%)
E'LAST - Crazy Train
1 (4.8%)
EPEX, joan - so nice
0 (0.0%)
i-dle - Girlfriend / Good Thing
0 (0.0%)
Irene and Seulgi - Tilt
9 (42.9%)
IU - Never Ending Story / A beautiful person
2 (9.5%)
Jaechan - Poster Boy
0 (0.0%)
Jang Haneum - Shine
0 (0.0%)
Jeong Sewoon - goodbye
0 (0.0%)
Jin - Don't say you love me
3 (14.3%)
KickFlip - Freeze
1 (4.8%)
KIIRAS - Kill Ma Bo$$
0 (0.0%)
Kim Jaejoong - Rock Star
2 (9.5%)
Kiss of Life - Live, Love, Laugh
0 (0.0%)
Koi Kat - Wake Up Call
0 (0.0%)
Lee Changsub - 꽃이 되어줄게
0 (0.0%)
Lim Sejun - Summer
2 (9.5%)
MEOVV - Drop Top
4 (19.0%)
N.Flying - Everlasting
1 (4.8%)
P1Harmony - DUH!
3 (14.3%)
RIIZE - Bag Bad Back / Fly Up
3 (14.3%)
SAAY - Mood
0 (0.0%)
Seventeen - Thunder
4 (19.0%)
Shinee - Poet | Artist
8 (38.1%)
Tablo, RM - Stop the Rain
7 (33.3%)
Trendz - 카멜레온
0 (0.0%)
tripleS - Are You Alive
2 (9.5%)
TXT - Love Language
3 (14.3%)
UAU - 2 Months
2 (9.5%)
UmYull - 절망 속에서 춤을 추어라
0 (0.0%)
VVS - D.I.M.M
0 (0.0%)
The Wind - 안녕 내일
1 (4.8%)
XG - Million Places
1 (4.8%)
Xion - Camellia
0 (0.0%)
Yook Sungjae - Lie
0 (0.0%)
Yoonjisung - Voyage
0 (0.0%)
Yuta - Twisted Paradise
4 (19.0%)
Yuto - Blue Spring
0 (0.0%)
Episode 2643: Is This a Dagger Which I See Invite Me?
Thursday, 3 July 2025 09:12 amdarths_and_droids_feed
There's something visceral about daggers. I suppose that's true of anything that can eviscerate you.
But daggers always seem to be more evil than other weapons, such as the noble sword. You can use this to your advantage by having the villains use nasty daggers. A lot of games will have them be less effective or deal less damage than swords, but you don't have to be beholden to such rules. Just have your evil dagger-wielding villain be as effective or moreso than someone fighting with a more powerful weapon, and watch your players react in fear.
aurilee writes:
Commentary by memnarch (who has not seen the movie)
A dagger? Odd thing to focus on at the moment with the rest of the environment, but alright. I'd argue those aren't exactly evil runes on it though. Mostly because the resolution isn't good enough for me to tell that they're anything more than a bunch of vertical lines. A more interesting observation is that it's got a couple key teeth behind the blade tip, which is probably what the GM refers to with the "spiked" descriptor. Perhaps "present this dagger at" is code for "use this key to unlock"; that'd be a neat addition to the treasure hunt comments the party are making for themselves.
As for the second part of the text, I think I can imagine quite a bit. So whatever the marvellous surprises end up being, they'll probably be a disappointment. Unless Kylo figures out the Factory location and has it orbitally bombarded just before the group gets there and can enter. Now that would be a great way to keep the contents all a mystery for people to only imagine.
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Just One Thing (03 July 2025)
Thursday, 3 July 2025 08:55 amnanila posting in awesomeersComment with Just One Thing you've accomplished in the last 24 hours or so. It doesn't have to be a hard thing, or even a thing that you think is particularly awesome. Just a thing that you did.
Feel free to share more than one thing if you're feeling particularly accomplished! Extra credit: find someone in the comments and give them props for what they achieved!
Nothing is too big, too small, too strange or too cryptic. And in case you'd rather do this in private, anonymous comments are screened. I will only unscreen if you ask me to.
Go!
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Thursday, 3 July 2025 05:41 amapod_feed
Does the Milky Way always rise between these two rocks?
Second day in.
Wednesday, 2 July 2025 10:01 pmhannahThere 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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Thursday, 3 July 2025 01:02 amtellshannon815Daily Check-in
Wednesday, 2 July 2025 06:02 pmstarwatcher posting in fandom_checkinThis is your check-in post for today. The poll will be open from midnight Universal or Zulu Time (8pm Eastern Time) on Wednesday, July 2, to midnight on Thursday, July 3. (8pm Eastern Time).
Open to: Access List, detailed results viewable to: Access List, participants: 28
How are you doing?
I am OK.
15 (53.6%)
I am not OK, but don't need help right now.
13 (46.4%)
I could use some help.
0 (0.0%)
How many other humans live with you?
I am living single.
10 (35.7%)
One other person.
12 (42.9%)
More than one other person.
6 (21.4%)
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.
Sunshine Revival #1
Wednesday, 2 July 2025 09:29 pmtellshannon815
Challenge #1
Journaling Prompt: Light up your journal with activity this month. Talk about your goals for July or for the second half of 2025.
Creative Prompt: Shine a light on your own creativity. Create anything you want (an image, an icon, a story, a poem, or a craft) and share it with your community.
For me I think it's going to be easier to set myself some goals for the second half of the year, rather than focusing on July, bearing in mind that my July involves two trips during which I'll be less online. So, I'll start with finally finishing that Dark series that I started at the tail end of 2023 and then got stuck on because I keep being drawn back to the conclusion that I wanted to avoid (brief spoiler-lite context: once I had more of an understanding of the timelines of this show, I understood that giving this character his happy ending just wasn't possible). I also would quite like to do something with a School Spirits plot bunny that could turn into a series (bit complicated to explain if you didn't watch season 2). And I also keep saying I'll go back to Lost's "Sun went back to 1977" series which I haven't touched since 2010 (Smokey McSmokeFace, that one's on you. Well, technically the writers, for going in the direction that I was not okay with.)
I'm getting the to-watch list down a bit, but still going to keep that one (I find that easier when I'm properly able to focus, meaning NOT in the middle of a heatwave which for some reason seemed to hit me harder the last two days even more so than 2022 did and left me not feeling like doing anything much. In that state, I can handle old favourites I'm familiar with, but not so good with something fairly new to me.
Ever since Isabella and Isla presented me with a Make Your Own Luna Lovegood crochet kit for Christmas (and that was 2022, so it's been a while) and I didn't like to admit that I'm clueless about it, I've thought I should get round to starting. Maybe this will be the year I get round to it.
I may not do both prompts all the way through, but here's a creative response:
Title: But I Still Need Love 'Cause I'm Just A Man
Fandom: School Spirits
Characters: Wally
Pairing: Wally/Maddie
Rating: PG
Warnings: Spoilers all the way through Season 2
Summary: Wally knows he couldn't expect Maddie to stay with him; he envisions how she could have ended up resenting him if she'd chosen to remain a ghost to be with him, but also can't regret that he's spoken up about what he wants for once.
( Read more... )
JR Dawson launch party!
Wednesday, 2 July 2025 04:41 pmmrissaMy friend J.R. Dawson is launching their second book, The Lighthouse at the End of the World, and I get to be part of the festivities! We'll be at Moon Palace Books at 6:00 p.m. on July 29, having a lovely conversation about this book and the previous book and other stories and life in general, and you can come join in the fun!
