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shadaras ([personal profile] shadaras) wrote2025-12-08 06:23 pm

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okay, some updates while I'm thinking about it at all:

1.
I never did say that I did get my ears repierced, did I xD But I did! It's been like a month! The piercer was like "so, let's just re-open those old holes, I bet they're still fine, just maybe a little finicky", and she was correct. A lot easier to heal from something that's just expanding old scar tissue than making a new hole in the body, obviously, which is good because tbh I wasn't excited about tending to a new wound.

So I can wear ear shinies now! I need to acquire more of them, especially more interesting studs that I can wear during work/aikido. xD Dangly earrings are pretty but inconvenient when doing very physical stuff.

she was ALSO like "you have skinny earlobes!" and I was like "uh?" and she was cheerfully like "this means that even the tiniest studs I have are going to be a little loose on you and the average stud will be noticeably loose" (true, btw) and then "do your ears get cold particularly easily?" (no, actually, they don't?). It was all very "this is not a body part I think about the variance in very often but yeah someone who does body mods/piercings sure would have thoughts about this!". xD


2.
The heater in our dojo, which has been dying for years, has finally given up the ghost. Considering that our dojo barely breaks even most of the time, uh, not good to need to replace that in the middle of winter. We shall see how paying for that ends up working, considering that it only broke like last Friday and we only got someone to look at it today, and they haven't provided a specific estimate yet (just a rough ballpark upon identifying the failed part). Fun times!


3.
It is WINTER and COLD now.

...yeah that's about it.

This does mean my cat will paw at the blanket I keep on my couch and then curl up in expectation that I shall Tuck Her In, which is absolutely adorable of her. <3


4.
I finished my Yuletide draft and made eyes at a friend who also knows the canon to beta-read it, so I don't need to worry about that until they get back to me. I had a lot of fun doing canon review for this one! One of those canons where I didn't have any particular ideas but did think it'd be fun to write for someone who had some prompts/thoughts about it, and: I was right!


5.
Talked to my dad yesterday about family and life and books, and it's very funny how at once I got so much of my taste in books from him and how much more willing he is to read moderately shitty epic fantasy than I am. Admittedly, this may just be a factor of age and that he grew up reading more stuff in that genre (by which I mean: Male Gaze Power Fantasy) than I did, and so has way more tolerance for it than I do. He's perfectly happy to read whatever else I place in front of him! And he enjoys it! He just also reads these. xD


6.
god, idk, did I have other things to say

work is work. it's fine. I would like more sleep. whatever.


7.
I'm still somehow keeping up with Critical Role: Araman? I zone out of combat (normal) but this mostly just means that I'm willing to listen to that while doing other things even moreso than the more story-centric content that I'll listen to while driving or doing dishes etc. I think the part I enjoy most is that they're doing multiple tables and focusing on one table at a time, but the opening scene for each episode is from one of the other groups, a teaser of what they're getting up to/going to be doing when the focus switches to them.
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nnozomi ([personal profile] nnozomi) wrote in [community profile] guardian_learning2025-12-09 07:53 am

第四年第三百三十四天

部首
广 part 4
店, shop; 庙, temple; 府, seat of government pinyin )
https://www.mdbg.net/chinese/dictionary?cdqrad=53

语法
2.2 Uses of 都
https://www.digmandarin.com/hsk-2-grammar

词汇
比分, score; 对比, contrast pinyin )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-4-word-list/

Guardian:
那天在电子商店,你是不是想送我什么东西啊, was there something you wanted to give me the other day in the electronics store?
姑娘,我们都是从地星来的, Miss, we're all from Dixing
[no 比分 or 对比]

Me:
他们住在那座破寺庙。
比赛后最主要的不是比分。
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oracne ([personal profile] oracne) wrote2025-12-08 10:24 am
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Holiday Romance Recommendations?

Anybody have any recommendations for recent Romance novels focused on holidays, specifically winter-type holidays?
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lb_lee ([personal profile] lb_lee) wrote2025-12-07 07:02 pm

Deity Swag with Cartoonist Style!

Comics we got at MICE! All are great!
  • BE NOT AFRAID, by LSJM(?) Black, white, and red one-pager that’s like if the angel from Pet was giving you a Trump-era pep talk.
  • Secret Black Woman, by Ingrid Pierre. Autobio about anti-black racism, anti-Asian racism, passing, and being biracial.
  • Default, by JCJB. Poetry essay watercolor about fighting empire and suffering. We think Phosphor of [personal profile] hungryghosts would like this!
  • Prompted: an educator’s response to generative AI in the classroom, by Caroline Hu. Science, chatbots, and college. We think [personal profile] erinptah would like this!
  • Cannon Fodder, by Eric Alexander Arroyo. Queer mecha pilots in love during wartime. Got it for the sci-fi library; we have now purchased all three printings of this, haha.
  • Maintenance, by Cryptozoology. “What if a robot liked it when their creator performed upkeep on them (in a sexual way) and they were both girls???” Grabbed for sci-fi library.
  • Silhouette, by L/V. Navy blue Riso robot porn. May also end up in sci-fi library because the art is so gorgeous.
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nnozomi ([personal profile] nnozomi) wrote in [community profile] guardian_learning2025-12-08 08:05 am

第四年第三百三十三天

部首
巾 part 6
常, always; 幅, width; 幕, curtain/screen pinyin )
https://www.mdbg.net/chinese/dictionary?cdqrad=50

干, to do/foster/dry; 平, flat/even; 年, year; 并, and/to merge; 幸, fortunate pinyin )
https://www.mdbg.net/chinese/dictionary?cdqrad=51
幺/乡
幺, the youngest; 乡, hometown; 幻, fantasy; 幼, young; 幽, remote pinyin )
https://www.mdbg.net/chinese/dictionary?cdqrad=52
广 parts 1-3
广, wide; 庄, village; 庆, to celebrate; 庇, to protect/to cover; 床, bed; 序, order/sequence; 库, warehouse; 应, should/to answer; 底, bottom/end
pinyin )
https://www.mdbg.net/chinese/dictionary?cdqrad=53

语法
1.13 Uses of 了
https://www.digmandarin.com/hsk-1-grammar
1.14 去 + (place) + (action)
https://www.digmandarin.com/hsk-1-grammar
2.1 Uses of 多
https://www.digmandarin.com/hsk-2-grammar

词汇
抱 to hold/to hug; 背景, background; 倍, times; 被迫, to be compelled; 本科, undergraduate (course); 笨, stupid
pinyin )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-4-word-list/

玩玩
Three versions of 逃亡: the original Stefanie Sun, Wu Qingfeng (from 2019, kind of baby) and Jiang Dunhao and friends.

冷死我了,进被窝容易起床难。大家过得怎么样?别感冒了啊。
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geraineon ([personal profile] geraineon) wrote in [community profile] cnovels2025-12-07 07:10 pm

Paid account status

Thank you to the mysterious benefactor, [community profile] cnovels community is paid till 2026-01-22!

We should use more of the paid account features, like making polls and stuff.

(This is me, encouraging you to post silly-to-serious polls, while we have the power to do so!)
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lb_lee ([personal profile] lb_lee) wrote2025-12-06 06:40 pm
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Rogan: holy shit guys, the color version of Coming In or Staying Out came out GORGEOUS. Just Right Press did an amazing job and I will absolutely be hiring them again! I cannot wait to put it up for sale and show it off!

And it’s been the bestseller at MICE so far! I’ll be working a final shift at table 32 from 11-2 tomorrow on Sunday; be the first on your block to have some pink trans dongs!
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nnozomi ([personal profile] nnozomi) wrote in [community profile] guardian_learning2025-12-07 08:25 am

第四年第三百三十二天

部首
广 part 3
库, warehouse; 应, should/to answer; 底, bottom/end pinyin )
https://www.mdbg.net/chinese/dictionary?cdqrad=53

词汇
笨, stupid (pinyin in tags)
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-4-word-list/

Guardian:
既然我答应过赵云澜要照顾你,我就一定会好好把你带回去, since I promised Zhao Yunlan I'd take care of you, I have to bring you home safe
笨蛋,闭嘴! shut up, idiot!

Me:
我们应该把仓库收拾一下。
我怎么这么笨,真服了。
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shadaras ([personal profile] shadaras) wrote2025-12-05 09:10 pm

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Got this from some friends who Do Tumblr, but xD it's fun to pull these over here!

Fanfic End-of-the-Year Asks [I mean, COMMENTS here, really, but. you know.]
  1. favorite fic you wrote this year
  2. least favorite fic you wrote this year
  3. favorite line/scene you wrote this year
  4. total number of words you wrote this year
  5. most popular fic this year
  6. least popular fic this year
  7. longest completed fic you wrote this year
  8. shortest completed fic you wrote this year
  9. longest wip of the year
  10. shortest wip of the year
  11. fandom you enjoyed writing for the most this year
  12. favorite character to write about this year
  13. favorite writing song/artist/album of this year
  14. a fic you didn’t expect to write
  15. something you learned this year
  16. fic(s) you completed this year
  17. fics you’ll continue next year
  18. current number of wips
  19. any new fics to start next year
  20. number of comments you haven’t read
  21. most memorable comment/review
  22. events you participated in this year
  23. fics you wanted to write but didn’t
  24. favorite fic you read this year
  25. a fic you read this year you would recommend everyone read
  26. number of favorites/bookmarks you made this year
  27. favorite fanfic author of the year
  28. longest fic you read this year
  29. shortest fic you read this year
  30. favorite fandom to read fic from this year


I ~only~ posted 43 works this year (not counting whatever else gets posted for end of year exchanges, etc), which is at once a lot and not as many as in recent years.

So yeah, have at!

(perhaps I'll post a Real Entry at some point, but for now: hey, I'm around, have a meme.)
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lb_lee ([personal profile] lb_lee) wrote2025-12-05 05:25 pm

LB’s expanded hours at MICE!

On Saturday December 6, 10:30-2 and 4-6 PM, Sunday December 7, 11-2, we are tabling with the Boston comics Roundtable at table 32 at MICE! Sorry for the double post, but we got an extra shift!
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nnozomi ([personal profile] nnozomi) wrote in [community profile] guardian_learning2025-12-06 08:02 am

第四年第三百三十一天

部首
广 part 2
庇, to protect/to cover; 床, bed; 序, order/sequence pinyin )
https://www.mdbg.net/chinese/dictionary?cdqrad=53

语法
2.1 Uses of 多
https://www.digmandarin.com/hsk-2-grammar

词汇
本科, undergraduate (course) (pinyin in tags)
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-4-word-list/

Guardian:
那你好好在床上躺着, lie down on the bed
只要你多看多听多学,你自然就懂得多了, you just need to watch, listen and learn a lot to understand more naturally
[no 本科]

Me:
你的程序有问题啊,来除错一下。
本科的时候你不会学习这种内容。
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Ysabet ([personal profile] umadoshi) wrote2025-12-05 01:25 pm
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Christmas music | Not-Christmas cake

An important task, given that I'm switching away from Spotify to Qobuz at this time of year: sifting through someone else's curated Trans-Siberian Orchestra playlist and pulling only about a third of the tracks from that to my own new holiday playlist. (There is a way to import Spotify playlists, but I haven't actually investigated it yet.)

My playlist is awfully random, really. I'm picky about Christmas music, but not in a way that follows much rhyme or reason. I like some boys' choir stuff. I mostly prefer older Christmas songs to more modern ones. But in practice, a lot of what I listen to is single-artist holiday albums, often by artists I don't really listen to otherwise. (The examples in my playlist so far are Annie Lennox and Sting and Idina Menzel, and maybe Mary Fahl counts, since I haven't heard any of her other solo work, just the old October Project albums where she was the lead vocalist.) If you have recs along those lines, feel free to throw them my way!

(Am I still entertained by the fact that Tori Amos put out a seasonal holiday album, uh...[*checks notes*] seventeen years ago? [WHY did I just date-check that?] Yep. Am I listening to it right now because it turned out that I enjoy most of it? Also yep. Still funny.)

(Would-be-funny-if-not-completely-horrifying: Every once in a while I remember Tom McRae saying that in the earliest days, his label thought his song "You Cut Her Hair" could be released as a Christmas track. "You Cut Her Hair" deals with the Holocaust. Very seasonal. Yes. o_o)

I guess it must've been back on the weekend that we made Smitten Kitchen's Mom’s Apple Cake, which was the first apple cake I was looking at a few weeks ago, but at the time we didn't have a tube pan on hand. (You can use a bundt, which we did have, but...I didn't opt for that.) It's very good. It's also LARGE. (Some went into the freezer.)

We cracked out the Burlap & Barrel Royal Cinnamon for it, and the cake is very cinnamony, but that presumably is at least equally due to the part where the cake calls for a tablespoon.
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lb_lee ([personal profile] lb_lee) wrote2025-12-05 12:13 pm
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Tropical Neighbors

I don't know what sort of greenhouse the downstairs neighbors are running, but they are practically heating our own apartment for us. It is 20 degrees outside, we have YET to turn on the heat.

Through luck, we have ended up with the warmest room in the apartment. We wake up in the morning bathed in sunbeams and radiance. The heat is off, and I am comfortable just wearing a sweatshirt--no gloves no hat. It's a little rough in the summer, but right now, I am blessing those downstairs tropical neighbors.
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duckprintspress ([personal profile] duckprintspress) wrote in [community profile] cnovels2025-12-05 10:19 am

December Seven Seas Survey

The December Seven Seas Survey is up!

Link