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woman shares purchase issue (l) Dr. Pepper soda (r)

If you’re a soda drinker, you probably don’t expect anything out of the ordinary after purchasing a pack of your favorite flavor. Except for this Texas-based couple who found a complete oddity in their Dr. Pepper box.

What Soda Did This Couple Find In Their Dr. Pepper Pack?

In a video with over 134,000 views, TikTok creator Spaghetti Bandit (@thunderbuttmutt) films a lone can of Big Red counter.

https://www.themarysue.com/big-red-found-in-dr-pepper-pack/

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cornerofmadness

because no one, not even me, cares that the heat is almost out again at work. Dad's like you've been saying this for a decade. Because it's true every winter. Let's never fix a thing at my school.

Though yesterday was strange. I was walking in the hall of my building when a young lady says 'I love your hair.' I thank her, pleased. 3 seconds later....was she on the phone with someone else? she's not one of MY students. Why did she say that? My hair is awful. Literally my entire life I was bullied for what my hair was like. I find it hard to accept praise for it.

Also I'm on a fanfic reading hiatus until I clear off the half dozen library holds.

What I Just Finished Reading:

The Southern Book Club's Guide to Vampire Hunting - hated this

Queen in Comics! By Emmanuel Marie - not a bad prose/graphic novel mix little bio. How, I don't know, but I had no idea Freddie was raised in the Zoasterian faith

Werewolf at Dusk and other Stories - David Small - three short stories, illustrated by Small.

What I am Currently Reading:

A Curious Kind of Magic - so far an interesting not-quite-cozy mystery

Sugar and Vice - oh look another baker cozy mystery, this one set in Florida. Even with the eye rollingly stereotypical amateur sleuth this is sort of fun.

What I Plan to Read Next: La Grand Familia and Zombie Day Care and the library books including one on Sally Ride and one Alison Bechdel who did Fun House. I hope this is better than that thing. (I needed a book about a character who does pilates. This graphic novel has that)

Current Mood: sleepy
Current Music: Inspector George Gently

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Dear Eric: My fiancé and I are facing an impasse regarding the guest list for our upcoming wedding. I want to exclude his brother's (the best man) wife from the invitation list.

She consistently refuses to engage with me socially, going no further than a brief "hi." There has been no conflict; she simply does not converse with me. Although, if I ask her about herself or what's going on in her life she will answer, but there's no back and forth. I doubt she even knows my name.

For context, my fiancé is Hungarian, and his family is small. Although she speaks English fluently, she is the only family member who never attempts to talk to me or ask me any questions. While they invited me to their wedding a few months ago, I believe it was purely out of obligation.

My fiancé says that excluding her will create drama. He has acknowledged her behavior is "mean-spirited" in the past, yet he excuses it as shyness. Saying she took years to warm up to him. I find this a poor excuse for a complete lack of basic manners, and I am unwilling to have a guest at my wedding who will not speak to me.

I have told my fiancé that he needs to discuss this with his brother, but he has not done so, and invitations are about to be sent out. I am intent on sending a clear message by not including her. And from now and until our wedding there won't be any more chances to interact as we don't live in the same country.

Am I overreacting or is it reasonable to save my money while also slighting her.

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brickhousewench

Still busy at work. I had three hours of meetings today before lunch. And we had a patch release today, so I had two sets of Release Notes to get updated and published. I also did the first Helm Charts release in a month to clear out the backlog (19!) of updates we’ve had in the past month. And then, because we had had the patch release, I did another Helm Charts release to update the software version in the charts. Between catching up on Slack and my inbox, and another meeting in the evening, that kept me busy all day.

*****

There was a lot of talk about the weather at work today. One of my coworkers shared a video to the "Location - USA” Slack channel from his favorite online meteorologist. (a guy out of Pikeville, KY who goes by Ryan Hall Y’all) I haven’t watched a meteorologist in *yoinks*, but I watched his forecast. He’s talking about a historic storm, with an ice storm stretching across Texas, Arkansas, Tennessee that could drop up to an INCH of ice, depending on where the storm ends up hitting. And then, after the ice storm takes out trees and possibly takes out power, the temps are going to drop into the negative numbers. He’s warning people to prepare for multiple days without power. With temperatures below zero.

And FEMA probably will not come to help these people. This could get really bad.

Depending on the model, he’s talking about 12 - 16 inches of snow in Boston. New York City could get 18 inches. Philly could get 19 inches. My hometown of Lexington, KY could get a foot of snow!

*****

Over in the docs team Slack channel, one of my coworkers in Texas quipped that he was off to panic buy! BBIAB. At the end of a pretty lengthy thread with various coworkers in various parts of the country talking about what they were doing or not doing to prepare for the storm, we ended with this exchange:

Johnny “Now y'all got me starting to believe the hype. I may have to head to the book store after work and stock up for the storm.”

Fiona “I like that your version of stocking up for an ice storm is to get more books”

*****
Despite the fact that we just talked on Monday, Mom called me again tonight.

She’d heard a story on NPR about An Unlikely Story Bookstore in Plainville MA, which is owned by the guy who wrote Diary of a Wimpy Kid. And she thought it might be a nice place to check out if I wanted to take a roadtrip some weekend.

And she also mentioned that home prices in Plainville are very reasonable.

Because of course she did.

*****
Speaking of weather… Market Day at BIrka is this weekend. Right now the forecast is a high of 11 degrees. But a friend shared a screenshot on FB of the wind chill forecast, and it might be as bad as “feels like” -25 to -30 degrees at 8:00 on Saturday morning. If the wind chill is that bad, I may bail on Birka and stay home. I can dress for cold weather, but wind chills that far below zero are frickin dangerous.

ysabetwordsmith

moonhare posted a lovely picture of snow, and a very amusing still life of "Snow Predicted." It got me thinking that occasions would make a great theme for still life in general.

Current Mood: amused

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Hello all!

How was writing today?

marycatelli

ursula

glowingfish asked:

The Golden Age of published science-fiction was more or less from 1955 to 1975 (lets say). Why did it end when it did? Do you think that science-fiction (or fantasy) published after 1975 was different, or do you just think it had less ability to become part of the "canon"?

This is really non-standard periodization! Wikipedia has the Golden Age of science fiction starting in the late 1930s, in connection with sci-fi magazine publishing history; the end of your period is solidly New Wave.

The counter-argument is the aphorism that the Golden Age of science fiction is twelve; by that rule, it's interesting to think about who was twelve in 1955-1975, or whatever guidelines you want to pick, and what influence they might have had on defining a canon, once they reached their twenties or thirties. The people who were twelve between 1955 and 1975 were mostly baby boomers, in the standard US generational framework; that was my parents' generation (and

glowingfish's, I'm guessing), and it makes sense that the stories they considered formative would seem quasi-canonized to our generation.

althea_valara

two log cabins with snow on the roofs in a wintery forest the text snowflake challenge january 1 - 31 in white cursive text

Challenge #11

In your own space, grant someone's wish from Challenge #5. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it and include a link to your own post with the wishes you granted if you feel comfortable doing so.

Okay, I actually granted wishes by commenting on folks' posts, but here's a round-up of the ones I did:

1.

catness wanted recs for games featuring cats, so I recced Stray, Sudocats, and Cats Love Boxes, along with a mention of the kitties of Forspoken.

2.

falena asked for book recs and voice recordings, so I recced Connie Willis and Courtney Milan, and also linked to my Twitch stream where they can watch videos of me chatting.

3.

visualjyushi asked for FFVII icons and writing advice; I commented with both when Challenge 5 first went up.

That's enough for now--I might look through the list again later to see if there's more I can grant.

My own wishlist is here - I've already gotten some great comments but I'll link it again in case folks are feeling generous.

Current Mood: lethargic

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Are you a current or former Digital Humanities or Library and Information Science student? The Organization for Transformative Works is recruiting!

We’re excited to announce the opening of applications for:

Open Doors Digital Collections Intern – closing 29 January 2026 at 23:59 UTC or after 40 applications

We have included more information on each role below. Open roles and applications will always be available at the volunteering page. If you don’t see a role that fits with your skills and interests now, keep an eye on the listings. We plan to put up new applications every few weeks, and we will also publicize new roles as they become available.

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If you have questions regarding volunteering for the OTW, check out our Volunteering FAQ.

Open Doors Digital Collections Intern

Open Doors is a committee dedicated to preserving fanworks in their many formats, and we’re looking for a temporary intern to support this goal. The work we do preserves fan history, love, and dedication to fandom: we keep fanworks from offline and at-risk archives from being lost, divert fanzines from the trash, and more.

Open Doors is seeking a current or former Digital Humanities or Library and Information Science student to join us for approximately 8-12 weeks (start date is flexible between 1 April and 1 July 2026). The intern should be able to commit at least 10-15 hours per week for the duration of the position. This internship will provide the intern with a temporary position on Open Doors during which they will complete at least one of several available relevant projects while learning more about the committee’s work. The primary project available is to scope and gather requirements for a digital asset management system for archives/zines. However, time permitting, there may be additional projects available, such as investigating options for automating metadata cleanup.

Applicants should be studying toward (or have completed) a Library and Information Science or related degree (in the US or elsewhere in the world), and they should be fluent in written English. The position will be unpaid and entirely virtual/remote. (We may be able to work with university programs that provide compensation or credit for nonprofit work, but we cannot provide in-person supervision.) We will need your assistance connecting us to any university program that may need documentation to provide credit for you.

The intern might be offered a continuing (unpaid, not for credit) volunteer position upon completion of this internship. However, Open Doors cannot guarantee that completing this internship will result in a continuing volunteer role, and the intern will not be required to accept a continuing role if one is offered.

If you’re interested, please click through to the application form! Please note you will be required to provide an unofficial college/university transcript as well as a resume/CV as part of your application. For your application to be considered, you will be required to complete a short task within 3 days of submitting your application.

Applications are due 29 January 2026 or after 40 applications

Apply for Open Doors Digital Collections Intern at the volunteering page! If you have further questions, please contact us.

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It seems as though there is no person in America who is not aware of ICE’s presence. From Sam’s Club locations to Walmarts, the federal agency has started popping up, causing everyday people distress.

That was the case for one woman in Minnesota, a current hotspot for agents in the wake of Renee Good’s killing. She says she was stopped by ICE agents on her way to a local Walmart.

https://www.themarysue.com/minnesota-ice-agents-walmart/

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https://archiveofourown.org/admin_posts/34081

OTW recruitment banner

Are you a current or former Digital Humanities or Library and Information Science student? The Organization for Transformative Works is recruiting!

We're excited to announce the opening of applications for:

Open Doors Digital Collections Intern - closing 29 January 2026 at 23:59 UTC or after 40 applications

We have included more information on each role below. Open roles and applications will always be available at the volunteering page. If you don't see a role that fits with your skills and interests now, keep an eye on the listings. We plan to put up new applications every few weeks, and we will also publicize new roles as they become available.

If you have questions regarding volunteering for the OTW, check out our Volunteering FAQ.

Open Doors Digital Collections Intern

If you're interested, please click through to the application form! Please note you will be required to provide an unofficial college/university transcript as well as a resume/CV as part of your application. For your application to be considered, you will be required to complete a short task within 3 days of submitting your application.

Applications are due 29 January 2026 or after 40 applications

Apply for Open Doors Digital Collections Intern at the volunteering page! If you have further questions, please contact us.

The Organization for Transformative Works is the non-profit parent organization of multiple projects including Archive of Our Own, Fanlore, Open Doors, OTW Legal Advocacy, and Transformative Works and Cultures. We are a fan-run, donor-supported organization staffed by volunteers. Find out more about us on our website.

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redbird

There's more evidence that the shingles vaccine reduces the risk of Alzheimer's disease: two more natural experiments (in which people were offered the vaccine based on date of birth or where they lived). One of them comparED the older Zostavax vaccine with the newer Shingrix: https://erictopol.substack.com/p/spotlight-on-the-shingles-vaccineagain

As the blogger, Eric Topol says, "If this vaccine was a drug and reduced Alzheimer’s by 20%, it would be considered a major breakthrough for helping to prevent the disease! But as a vaccine, it hasn't reached any sense of being a blockbuster"

kalira

So I've finished two things from The Pile, time to reward myself by starting something new, right? >.>

( the finished projects )

Today's project!

Shortly after I catalogued all the yarn that my friend (and her husband, but really, I knew before he was talking about the couple of hours in the yarn store who picked it out XD even if she's not a fiber-crafter herself) gifted me recently - a lot!!! - I had a Thought for one of the skeins, but I made myself wait until I'd finished at least one WIP on Ravelry.

Picked one of those colour-changing DK skeins (the darker one, which is a perfectly fine colourway but maybe not one I'd have chosen myself, a bit beigey) to use trying a market bag of the mesh style, but with a pretty design on the base - a design that requires a fair bit of front post stitches, which I hate post stitches - so some more practise ought to help me get better at them. (And it has, already, so, woo!)

I'm taking a pause now - possibly into tomorrow XP - 15 rounds in and getting into The Boring Bit (that is, the bajillion chains that will make up the mesh sides), and perhaps to play on the

threesentenceficathon more!

Also, while I was working on the (unfamiliar, tricky) base, I took photos every round; it was neat to see it grow! Here's some of them:

( flower base progression )

It's pretty! . . .but it is absolutely not a sakura blossom. >.>;

It's this pattern, though I've actually been using the video tutorial by a friend of the pattern designer (shockingly, because I hate videos for instructions, but her style is good and I need just a little better idea than the written pattern to get started every round).

And technically speaking I won't count it as adding to The Pile until/unless I do a count check and it's still in progress - so I just have to finish it before the end of the month. ;)

Current Mood: busy
Current Music: Vampire's Love - VAMPS

chazzbanner

It's safe to walk out to the dumpsters now, but the recycling bin is still overflowing. No recycling today (and I have a lot to recycle).

So, it was a dsy to stick around and (more or less) stay put. It snowed a bit, so the sidewalks were slushy-slippery. I walked to the library to return that boring biography, and stopped for coffee on the way back.

I invented a new word today, talking out loud to myself:

"I'd better do that today, it's going to get cold, especially the thingy-cold."

'Thingy-cold' will now be my word for wind chill, sometimes called 'feels like temperature.'

The thingy-cold this weekend may go down to -28F/-33.3C.

Luckily I have a very good coat.

-

isis

What I've recently finished reading:

The Bear and the Serpent, the second book of the Echoes of the Fall series by Adrian Tchaikovsky. As with most books that have multiple storylines and POVs, there were parts I liked better than others; I was more interested in Loud Thunder's adventures as reluctant war leader (and Lone Mountain's journey to the coast) than I was in the goings-on of the River Lords. However, I really liked the bits of cultural worldbuilding there as well, particularly the Wolf priest and the Snake priest(ess) coming to an understanding, and the uneasy relationship of Asmander and Asman which sort of echoed that between Maniye and Akrit Stone River.

Toward the end, it became clear that this series ties into the Shadows of the Apt series, which I had read the first book of (Empire in Black and Gold) a while back, but didn't really feel inclined to continue. So when I finished, I grabbed book 2, Dragonfly Falling, but it only took me a few chapters before I had the "yeah, nah" feeling again, so I guess I won't read that series.

What I'm reading now:

I was about to buy book 3 but then my library hold on Fox Wife by Yangsze Choo came in unexpectedly quickly (

wychwood had reviewed it and it sounded up my alley) so I'm reading that now - hey, it's got people who turn into animals too!

What I've recently finished watching:

S2 of The Empress, which was really enjoyable. The setting of a great power in decline desperately trying to hold onto its glory through ill-advised military ventures is great escapism from...oh, never mind. They do have more magnificent dresses, though!

Actually one thing that struck me about this series is that although the women are formally valued only in their ability to produce boy babies, the narrative highlights their strength, the way they are the iron rods stapling things together. They may be swaddled in yards of cloth that make it difficult to run through the forest, but Elisabeth goes out and looks the people in the eye and talks to them, Sophie has a place at the council table, Charlotte gives Maximilian advice (and he listens) - well, they all give men advice, and the men ignore them at their peril.

What I'm playing now:

Still Ghost of Tsushima. Getting close to the end of the first part, I think!

elisem

Here's where I am today, I guess.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InyT9Gyoz_o

ysabetwordsmith

A friend asked about shopping for clothes over 40, with an eye toward age-appropriate and fashionable wear, given an opera subscription. That's different from my typical needs, but I'm familiar enough with wrangling clothes to have plenty of ideas ...

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Current Mood: busy

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flemmings

My brother texts me:

Snow, snow, go away
Come again some other day
Early August, shall we say?

I tell him the snow has its fingers in its ears singing La la la don't hear you. At least it wasn't the dump we had last week, just 5 or 6 centimetres ie 2 inches. I swept it from the steps and shovelled it from the walkway and sidewalk. More fell in the late afternoon, covering the steps, but the sidewalk remains clear. Either foot traffic or the city salting, though I haven't seen any bobcats. I might try getting out tomorrow, though now they're calling for gusty winds before the bipolar vortex comes back tomorrow night. And of course if I'm up at Loblaws I'll want to buy cream liqueur and if I go to Fiesta I'll want to buy cake, and I mustn't have either. Not merely calories: my innards really don't like alcohol but my spasming back muscles love it.

Have read nothing but Dr Siris because nothing else registers. Can't remember if I'm on 11 or 12 at the moment.

kingstoken

Snowflake Challenge: A warmly light quaint street of shops at night with heavy snow falling.

Challenge #11

In your own space, grant someone's wish from Challenge #5. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it and include a link to your own post with the wishes you granted if you feel comfortable doing so.

I went through the wishlists and mostly gave recs, music for snowynight and kanadka, books for skytintedwater, podcasts for queer-scribbling, and a movie for cypresssunn.

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部首
心 part 12
慰, to comfort; 憋, to suppress; 懂, to understand ( pinyin )
https://www.mdbg.net/chinese/dictionary?cdqrad=61

词汇
吃惊, to be amazed; 小吃, snack ( pinyin )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-4-word-list/

Guardian:
没想到我们小郭也有安慰别人的一天啊, who knew there would come a day when our Xiao Guo would be comforting people?
[no 吃 words]

Me:
我都懂，我也有体验过。
你竟然没带小吃来过吗？

loganberrybunny

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355/365: Birmingham Hippodrome
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I was in Birmingham today. I didn't have much time to myself, but I was able to have coffee in the Dragon, which was nice as it's the pub a group of us had our post-UK PonyCon meal in last year. A lot quieter at 10:30am today, though! Here's a photo of the Hippodrome, Birmingham's largest theatre (capacity 1,935 seats), taken with a wide-angle setting hence the odd angles. The pavement decoration is because this area is right on the edge of the city's Gay Village. And the theatre district, obviously. And Chinatown (hence the name of the Dragon). And just down from New Street station. And only a few hundred yards from the UK PonyCon 2025 venue. And rather wet this morning!

Current Mood: lethargic

shadowkat

So, I'm scrolling through my Dreamwidth Correspondence List, and finding all sorts of interesting things!

* Disney attempts to create a fun marketing meme only to delete it when it goes unexpectedly wrong..except you can't easily delete things on the internet

"Social media changed the marketing game forever. Nowadays, brands gain popularity and "street cred" by engaging with folks in comment sections and through relatable posts. It's estimated that when brands reply to comments on Threads, it boosts their engagement by 42%.

However, some posts on social media can turn against big brands, and that's exactly what recently happened to Disney. "Share a Disney quote that sums up how you're feeling right now!" they prompted their fans. But they got a little more than they anticipated: people really let them know how they were feeling, especially about the social and political state of the country. [Americans aren't happy campers, needless to say.]

And, in a moment of poor judgment, they deleted the thread, resulting in a "Streisand effect": instead of going away, the screenshots from the thread went viral."

* Donate what you can - Cross Stitch Patterns to Support Minnesota Non-Profits and Mutual Aid

"As a crafter, I believe in 'craftivism' - a form of activism that uses craft to convey political or social messages. Not only that, but during times of hardship, trauma, and chaos, craft, art, and joy is a form of resistance.

Patterns are created using Floss Cross and manual adjustments - NO AI ART HERE.

The idea is this - FREE cross stitch (alpha) patterns. They can be used for cross stitch, needlepoint, and more. My only ask is that you read about and check out the links I have posted to various Minneapolis/Twin Cities/Minnesota nonprofits and mutual aids and donate if and where you can, whether it be monetarily or by sharing and amplifying these organizations."

[I'm not really a crafter - I am more of a fine artist - so I'm just sharing it with you. Well unless you can poorly knitted scarves, blankets and hats (some unfinished) - crafting, in which case yes.]

* Lore Olympus Will Be Amazon Prime Video's next Animated Show

Webtoon's hit Greek myth romance is getting animated courtesy of Prime Video and the Jim Henson Company.

[Jim Henson Company? Interesting.]

I'd rather they made the Buffy Comics into an animated series, particularly the Last Slayer (which I adored) about a 50 something Buffy and Spike hooking up, and training Willow/Tara's daughter after both died, in an AU version of the verse. But that's just me.

starandrea

Speaking of AI, I just gave google translate an image description to spellcheck, and it added a definition of "guqin" to the English translation of my Chinese alt/title text.

Original Chinese: 一个非乐高积木的瀑布，旁边有魏无羡迷你任务和蓝忘机站在一起。魏无羡有他的笛子，蓝忘机有他个古琴。

Google Translate's English: A waterfall made of non-Lego bricks, with mini-figures of Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji standing next to it. Wei Wuxian has his flute, and Lan Wangji has his guqin (a Chinese zither).

I deleted "guqin" to see what would happen and no lie, google translate added "(the sentence ends abruptly)".

(Will it be years or months, I wonder, before this post will sound hilariously dated?)

(...Or weeks?)

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Event: Seasons of Drabbles is an exchange for the creation of drabbles and drabble variants. The minimum is 100 words.

Event link: Dreamwidth | AO3 Collection

Due date: Saturday, January 31 @ 11:59pm Eastern Standard time (Countdown).

Pinch hit link: Please view the details and claim it at this post.

PH 4 - 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018) RPF, 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018), 镇魂 | Guardian - priest

PH 6 - 呪術廻戦 | Jujutsu Kaisen (Anime), 呪術廻戦 | Jujutsu Kaisen (Manga), Wind Breaker (Anime), Outlast (Video Games), Given (Anime), Wind Breaker - にいさとる | Nii Satoru (Manga)

PH 9 - 仮面ライダーガッチャード | Kamen Rider Gotchard (TV), Ultraman Arc (TV), あぶない刑事 | Abunai Deka (TV), Kamen Rider OOO, Kamen Rider V3, Choujin Sentai Jetman, わが青春のアルカディア | Waga Seishun no Arcadia | Arcadia of My Youth (1982), 快傑ズバット | Kaiketsu Zubat (TV), Kamen Rider Ryuki

PH 10 - Fireworks (1947)/Succession (TV 2018), O Fantasma (2000), O Fantasma (2000)/Succession (TV 2018), The Sergeant (1968), Succession (TV 2018)

hamsterwoman

Snowflake Challenge promotional banner featuring an image of a wrapped giftbox with a snowflake on the gift tag. Text: Snowflake Challenge January 1-31.

Challenge #10: Big Mood (Board) – CHOOSE SOMETHING YOU LOVE AND CREATE A MINI MOOD COLLECTION OF THREE (or more) ITEMS THAT EVOKE YOUR FEELINGS ABOUT IT. You don’t have to limit yourself to visual media, or collect the items into a special format like a square (though you can if you’d like).

OK, I’d never made a Moodboard before, but had been sort of wanting to try it, so this was the perfect opportunity. I thought briefly about whether I should do a Taskmaster one, but I do feel like my colorbars from last year fill a similar niche, so I felt like I’d done it. Well, besides Taskmaster, I think it’s fair to say I have only one truly active fandom at the moment, so… Elis James & John Robins it was. And I might have gotten a little carried away XD

(Let me know if this looks giant on your page and I'll add a cut -- mine seems to automatically resize it to something reasonable, but not sure how universal that is.)

( Blathering )

*

Challenge #11: In your own space, grant someone's wish from Challenge #5.

I really like the idea of this challenge, but don’t terribly like the idea of linking to “granted wishes”, so I won’t do that part. I’ve already granted a couple of wishes when originally browsing Challenge #5, but this was my reminder to go finish commenting on another one I’d done in my head but not actually commented on. But then I went ahead and browsed the day 5 comments some more until I granted a wish I hadn’t even looked at before. I plan to continue doing that, but with that I feel like I can call the challenge “done” for the purposes of posting about it :)

Oh, right, and I should probably link to my wishlist, shouldn’t I.

hannah

Reading Jean Baudrillard these days remains rewarding and thought-provoking, except for the occasional moment where he starts talking about nuclear proliferation and I realize he's taken several hundred words to say what Tom Lehrer could manage with just a fraction of that.

Watch on YouTube

Current Mood: amused
Current Music: Who's Next - Tom Lehrer

kaberett

Back in November I made a ridiculously overengineered parsnip risotto, as a way of dipping a toe into my next cookbook project. I said at the time that it was very tasty, and also I was unlikely to ever make it again.

( Temporary dietary restrictions. )

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Challenge #11

In your own space, grant someone's wish from Challenge #5. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it and include a link to your own post with the wishes you granted if you feel comfortable doing so.

I did this already on the day of Challenge #5, so I'm considering this one done. Yeah, it's cheating a little, but it's been a day, lol.

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churin

apparently it's gonna snow a lot this weekend! they're saying it might snow up to 17 inches, which is a lot where i live (southern usa). on the one hand i love snow, but on the other hand i don't like driving in it TwT

Current Mood: anxious
Current Location: home

starandrea

Our work computers periodically become outdated and are replaced, which is greatly appreciated and less disruptive with every iteration, as cloud backups and connectivity proliferate. In the spring of 2020, I went home with two six-year-old laptops.

(In defense of my department, they had been encouraging me to upgrade for at least a year, and I resisted because the technology worked fine. I didn't see a need for new if old was doing the job.)

By fall one computer was no longer compatible with company security, and IT sent me a new one that combined everything I needed from both old computers. But we were in the process of moving from one campus to another (a process hugely extended by the pandemic) so the old computers went nowhere.

My point is that when IT upgraded my computer again this week, and they invited me (now a remote worker) to campus to pick up the new one, I brought them three old ones in trade and a whole lot of memories.

Even after my previous department became remote in 2020, we were required to attend a variety of in-person events from client meetings to company all-staffs. In the depths of my three laptop bags I found parking receipts, boarding passes, Chinese readers and snacks, along with masks - so many masks - hand sanitizer, and a note from a deceased coworker about the name of one of my laptops.

It's hard to believe it's been six years. It's also strange to me personally that the time between going home and starting my current job - four entire years - has largely disappeared from daily recall. I remember working with my previous department, on-site, for 18 years. And I remember working with my current department, remotely, for the last two.

Everything in between: the years between 2020 to 2024, from going remote to moving house to saying goodbye to Mimi, all still exists in my memory, but it's largely unmoored from the rest of the timeline. It's neither "now" nor "then," but some secret third option that my brain initially skips over when looking back, somehow assigning those years to a parallel life track rather than a sequential one.

I wonder if it will settle into place as life goes on, if life goes on (thanks body, I appreciate you), or if it will remain disconnected, like the semester I spent teaching at a residential school during the fall of 2001.

Memory is so interesting. I try to let experiences change me in the moment as much as possible and desirable, so I get more out of them than thinking of (or forgetting) them later.

And being kind, of course. The most important connection to any experience.

“I shall pass this way but once; any good that I can do or any kindness I can show to any human being; let me do it now. Let me not defer nor neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again.”

~Etienne de Grellet,
Quaker missionary

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Posted by Rebekah Harding

https://www.themarysue.com/coach-cherry-bag-stains/

https://www.themarysue.com/?p=908813

A Florida woman’s mom gifts her a small, pink Coach purse with cherries, and she wears it out to a restaurant. Then, she sees what it did to her shirt and questions the quality of the designer handbag.

In a video with over 1.2 million views, TikToker Amaia (@amaiapellow) sits across from her sister at an outdoor restaurant. Her sister wears a green shirt with a prominent burgundy stain on the shoulder.

https://www.themarysue.com/coach-cherry-bag-stains/

https://www.themarysue.com/?p=908813

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Posted by Sarah Fimm

https://www.themarysue.com/the-10-best-anime-romance-movies-of-all-time/

https://www.themarysue.com/?p=908922

Two boys talk in a flower patch in "Stranger By The Shore"

Stolen glances. Handwritten confessions. Whispered wishes for senpai to notice. Do you know what this means? Anime love is in the air! If you’re looking for a will-they-won’t-they between a painfully shy pair, or a roller-coaster romance between high-octane lovers, odds are there’s something here for you. After all, these aren’t your run-of-the-mill love stories, but the greatest tales of anime devotion ever told. Here they are, the ten best anime romance movies of all time. And best of all, you don’t have to wait three seasons until they kiss!

Your Name

Directed by Makoto Shinkai, Your Name is a sci-fi/romance box office smash, and was briefly the highest-grossing Japanese film of all time. With a track record like that, you know it’s good. It’s the story of Mitsuha and Taki, two Japanese teens who periodically switch bodies at the same time a strange comet passes close to the Earth. Attempting to make sense of their Freaky Friday circumstances, the pair communicate with each other by leaving messages—and fall head over heels in the process. As Taki and Mitsuha attempt to meet each other in their own skin, they realize that distance isn’t the only thing that they’ll have to cross; they’ll need to travel through time as well. It’s a profoundly moving tale of devotion that transcends time and space—two teens who refuse to let even the most apocalyptic of circumstances stand in the way of love.

https://www.themarysue.com/the-10-best-anime-romance-movies-of-all-time/

https://www.themarysue.com/?p=908922

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Posted by Jonathan Wright

https://www.themarysue.com/jenny-slate-does-not-have-kind-words-about-justin-baldoni/

https://www.themarysue.com/?p=908975

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JUNE 18: Jenny Slate attends the premiere of "Marcel The Shell With Shoes On" at the Whitby Hotel on June 18, 2022 in New York City. (Photo by Dominik Bindl/Getty Images)

The whole It Ends with Us Blake Lively–Justin Baldoni saga is the kind of Hollywood drama that makes you wonder if anyone involved ever heard of HR departments before bringing together a crew of hundreds to work on a feature-length project.

And unfortunately, the more we learn about what went down during filming, that question becomes less rhetorical and more like a distress signal for how showbiz continues to operate to this day.

https://www.themarysue.com/jenny-slate-does-not-have-kind-words-about-justin-baldoni/

https://www.themarysue.com/?p=908975

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Posted by Rachel Tolleson

https://www.themarysue.com/connor-storrie-paparazzi-explained/

https://www.themarysue.com/?p=908768

The news that paparazzi still hound celebrities like this is almost as shocking as their behavior. The audacity, really. Nobody is owed anything, especially to people whose job titles are just fancy excuses to stalk celebrities and take unsolicited photos. (Not you, hired paparazzi. You’re safe–for now.)

As everybody knows, unless you live under a rock or are homophobic, Heated Rivalry has taken over the world. You can’t go a day without seeing a photo or an article or hear somebody talking about it. Don’t get me wrong; I love that it’s popular. Queer media, especially in times like this, is the most at-risk, so seeing a queer show take off is wonderful.

https://www.themarysue.com/connor-storrie-paparazzi-explained/

https://www.themarysue.com/?p=908768

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