fiercelydreamed

First of all, relax! I'm far from being picky, and I can pretty much guarantee that I'll love whatever you decide to create for me. These are nothing but guidelines, for you to take to heart or ignore to your heart's content. Also, hey! You're writing me fic or drawing me art! That's automatically a good reason for me to love you, no matter what. So, please, keep that in mind. Trust me, you can pretty much do no wrong.

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Current Mood: hopeful

siria

It's only one more sleep until the release of The Old Guard 2, and I'm both excited about that and in the space of "Please just don't hurt me." I don't even need it to be good—though that would be nice!—I just need it not to hurt me. Especially since Marwan Kenzari is doing interviews where he's either very jet lagged or maybe just deliberately going goblin mode in the absence of his work husband. Argh.

( Andor, S1/2 )

( Small Things Like These )

torachan

1. Our back screen door has two out of three broken hinges and the only thing holding it together at the top is the bar that makes it close on its own (idk what that's called), so whenever we open or close it, it takes more work than usual to get it to actually shut, since it's a little askew. I actually bought some hinges, thinking to try and fix it myself, but after I bought them I realized that the part of the hinge that attaches to the screen is welded on there, not just held with screws. So we ended up calling the people we got the door from (it's been over ten years since we installed all the pet screens!) and they came out today to take a look. Apparently these doors have a hinge plate that attaches with all the hinges on it, so they will order a new one of those. The door itself is totally fine, so I'm glad we can get just a replacement part rather than a whole new screen door. Unfortunately it will take a couple weeks to get the part in, but it's still usable as-is, at least, and can't get any worse since the bar on the top is quite sturdy.

2. This may be my favorite picture of Tuxie ever. How is that comfortable!? Only a cat would think so.

mrkinch

After birding the parking lot, which is always a fun beginning to our morning - the Great Blue Heron was there again - U and Chris climbed up the slope while I took Jewel Lake Trail, which I had not done since I began going up into Wildcat Canyon instead of staying in the Nature Area. It was fun to go there again, but omg the poison oak is looking amazing.:( The Anna's Hummingbird nest at Jewel Lake was indeed empty, but there were several hummingbirds in the area, feasting inside a large swarm of gnats. An all you can eat buffet! And I watched two individual Brown Creepers slip into the nest under the bark of the tall snag. ( The list: )

The Orange-crowned Warblers have gone silent, as they seem to do later in the breeding season, but the Wilson's Warblers are still singing as are the Swainson's Thrushes.

alierak posting in

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We're having to rebuild the search server again (previously, previously). It will take a few days to reindex all the content.

Meanwhile search services should be running, but probably returning no results or incomplete results for most queries.

torachan

1. Carla grilled today. Hamburgers and corn and tri-tip. The burgers and corn were delicious, and while I didn't have any of the tri-tip tonigh, it smells amazing and I can't wait to have some on sandwiches.

2. I feel like this picture sums up their relationship very well.

mrkinch

U and I had our second shift at the ex Alameda Naval Air Station observing the Least Tern colony. By now there are chicks at all stages of development, from a few nests with eggs to full grown birds that appear to be about to go catch their own fish. We could hear the Caspian Terns that nest out on at the shoreline and there were still a few Great Blue Herons standing in the nests in the dead trees to the south, but not much else. Again the Northern Harrier came through, this time taking two terns, and again there was no Wildlife employee on hand to chase her off. Very disheartening. In two weeks we'll take our final shift. Most of the chicks should be flying by then, and then it's goodbye for another year.

celli

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mrkinch

The weather wasn't quite as nice as I'd hoped, but by 7:30 or so it was getting hot, which was unusual so far this year. I was at my preferred spot at sunrise although by this point in the season many birds aren't visible/audible that early. Best birds of the day were a Northern House Wren, should be regular but isn't; my first Ash-throated Flycatcher on the trail this season, and they even let me see them; and a pair of Lawrence's Goldfinches! There were foraging in the trail not far from where I heard them a few weeks ago, and have been reported five times since May 29; twice three were reported, so perhaps they nested, which would be fantastic. Of course they are peripatetic and one never knows where they will turn up next. ( The list: )

The MacGillivray's Warbler this week was singing the song I expect; I have no idea what was up last week!

torachan

Currently Reading
Sister Outsider
17%. Collection of essays by Audre Lorde. I have never read any of her writing before, so when this came up on a Kindle sale I was browsing, it seemed like the perfect opportunity. I've only just gotten started, but the first essay was about her trip to the Soviet Union in the 70s, which was very interesting.

A Terrible Nasty Business
41%. Sequel to A Most Agreeable Murder, which I liked a lot. This is just as amusing and fun.

Riding the Rails
43%.

How Jesus Became God: The Exaltation of a Jewish Preacher from Galilee
69%.

Recently Finished
A Botanist's Guide to Rituals and Revenge
As I mentioned in my last post, I didn't love this one as much because I was so frustrated by the MC's bad choices, but I am definitely still interested in reading more books in the series.

The Mystery of Locked Rooms
This was fun. It looks like there's a sequel coming out later this year, so I'll definitely check it out.

Horrorstör
I think this is the third Grady Hendrix book I've read and they all end up being good but not great. I did like the premise a lot, though.

These Fragile Graces, This Fugitive Heart
Dystopian murder mystery novella with clones. I enjoyed this a lot and would definitely read more in this universe.

Linus and Etta Could Use a Win
Cute middle grade novel about a trans boy at a new middle school who makes friends with a girl who's recovering from a bad friend break-up, but unbeknownst to him, her enthusiasm about him running for student council is due to a bet with her ex friend. I really liked this a lot, but was frustrated by the fact that the friend breakup didn't have a satisfying resolution. It was this whole thing about the friend cutting Etta out of her life with no explanation and we never get an explanation!

Dwellings
Graphic novel featuring various horror stories set in the same town. I liked it, but the cutesty art style (kind of Richie Rich/Casper vibes) made it hard to tell characters apart and also hard to tell their ages (I kept assuming people were kids and then realizing belatedly they were adults). It was all right.

Ojisama to Neko vol. 15
Yet another new character whose issues are fixed by getting a cat lol.

Kindaichi Papa no Jikenbo vol. 1
New Kindaichi series, set seven years from the Kindaichi Age 37 series. Now he has a kid who goes mystery solving with him. Still good mysteries.

Kinou Nani Tabeta? vol. 24
This was a bittersweet volume. I love this series.

torachan

1. Between when I was talking about it last week and payday, I totally forgot my bonus was coming, so I was pleasantly surprised when I checked my balance today to pay bills!

2. It was very warm and sunny this morning when I walked up to the farmers market. I usually go around ten so that I can pop in the library, too, but this morning it was already seeming waaaaaay too sunny when I was doing my morning chores around eight, so since I didn't have anything urgent I needed to pick up at the library, I went earlier, around nine, and it was still so sunny and not particularly pleasant. But! At the stand that sells fruit leather that I've been frequenting recently, I spotted that they also had bottles of watermelon lemonade, nice and cold, so I got one of those to drink on the walk home and it was perfect! It reminded me of that delicious watermelon lemonade we were getting a bunch last year at DCA, but alas they don't have it this year. Adding the watermelon just makes it feel so much more refreshing.

3. Posing for her portrait.

torachan

Welp, surprise Disneyland trip last night as there was availability and we decided to go down for dessert and parade.

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torachan

1. We had an award ceremony for one of the stores today and I got some cakes for the ceremony and they were really good. Would definitely get from that bakery again.

2. This evening after I got home Carla asked if I'd be interested in going down to Disneyland for an after dinner trip and even though we just went yesterday, I decided going tonight and then having Saturday and Sunday just for staying home and resting would be nice, so we went down there tonight and had dessert and watched the parade. I'm super tired now but I had a great time.

3. It's the weekend!

4. Yawn!

settiai

In tonight's game, ( the rest under a cut for those who don't care. )

And that's where we left off.

Current Mood: accomplished

siria

There's nothing like gently dissociating while having a root canal to a playlist consisting of the greatest hits of Kenny Goggins and Engelbert Humperdinck. Neither the dentist nor the assistant are old, so I'm not sure what was going on there. I really hope they didn't think that was my vibe.

( The Bear, Season 4 )

torachan

1. I had a nice birthday! Other than going to Disneyland, we didn't really do anything, but Disneyland was fun. And it was nice not having to go to work, though I kept thinking it was Saturday and now I have to go back to work tomorrow (boo).

2. I got a little storage cabinet to organize all our extra legos. The sets usually come with an extra piece for all the small ones. I guess they figure those are most likely to get lost. Up until now we've been putting them in ziploc baggies with the name of the set they belong to, but that's gotten out of hand and also they don't need to be separated by set. I just started sorting them out today and I imagine that will take some time, but it should make everything more organized and save on space once it's done.

3. Love those big Chloe yawns!

torachan

Birthday trip! I don't ever bother getting a birthday badge or anything because I don't need random people telling me happy birthday (and also there's usually a long line) but I do like going to the parks on my birthday.

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siria

Lessons in a Minor Key
The Old Guard/Doctor Who | ~9300 words | Thanks to

sheafrotherdon for betaing.

(Also on AO3)

( The noise got louder, a gasping wail that sounded like no bird Joe had ever heard on Malta, and then a box materialised on the other side of the terrace. A large blue box that said POLICE on the top, appearing out of thin air. Joe cast a worried glance at the sangria—maybe he'd been a bit too liberal with the wine? Or maybe he'd lain out here too long and he'd got a case of sunstroke? )

schneefink

I've barely scratched the surface of the massive MCYT AUfest Battleship works bounty, but I'll be leaving for a week-long vacation with my gf at my grandparents' tomorrow so here's part 1 of recs. 11x fic, 1x webweave, 3x comics/art; a wild mix of AUs and genres and pairings, mostly for Hermitcraft, some Life Series, DSMP, QSMP.

( 11x fic, 1x webweave, 3x art )

settiai

In tonight's game, ( the rest under a cut for those who don't care. )

And that's where we left off and will be picking up next week for our in-person weekend.

Current Mood: sleepy

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