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olivermoss) wrote2026-05-22 10:41 pmMilk & Serial
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dolorosa_12) wrote2026-05-22 05:32 pmFriday open thread: hobbies
For today's open thread, I had the idea to do a modification of something we sometimes ask at work as a job interview activity (although obviously without that added pressure!): talk about one of your interests or hobbies, and why you like it. (If you want to make it really challenging, do it with the constraints we use in the job interviews: explain what it is as if to people who have never heard of this hobby/activity before, treat it like an elevator pitch where you have to 'sell' the benefits of this hobby, and do so with an extremely limited wordcount.)
Since I think it goes without saying that almost everyone here will recognise the value of a) social blogging, b) writing original fiction, fanfiction or both, and c) engaging fannishly with works of media, maybe pick a different hobby or interest?
( Picking things up, putting them down, and dancing to very cheesy music )
So, talk to me about your (non-fandom, non-writing, non-Dreamwidth) hobbies!
brithistorian) wrote2026-05-22 10:24 amHistory of Middle Earth book deal — and an odd question
For those of you who are Tolkien fans and ebook readers: The Kindle ebook of Sauron Defeated (History of Middle Earth, Book 9) is currenty on sale for $1.99.
Which leads me to the odd question: I checked to see if any of the other volumes of History of Middle Earth were currently on sale, and saw that Morgoth's Ring (Book 10) isn't currently available as a Kindle book in the US, which is just strange. If it was the last book in the series, I could see it — maybe they hadn't gotten around to formatting that one for Kindle yet — but 11 and 12 are available. It's just strange and random.
ETA: In case you were wondering about other volumes possibly being on sale: The Return of the Shadow (Book 6) is currently $5.99, everything else is full price.
ETA2: Apparently Morgoth's Ring is available on Kindle in the US, but the link from the History of Middle Earth series page takes you to a page for Morgoth's Ring that erroneously shows it as not being available. If you want it, you have to search for it manually rather than going to it from the series page. How dumb.
brithistorian) wrote2026-05-22 10:04 amHappy Friday!
Happy Friday, to those of you who celebrate!
Yesterday was a L.'s 22nd birthday. We had a good celebration for her. She picked White Castle as her birthday dinner and a rewatch of the The Super Mario Brothers Movie as her birthday movie. She wanted a copy of Xenoblade Chronicles 2, and I was able to find a copy at a local Gamestop for her, and she was thrilled with that. When we went to pick out her birthday cake, she found several other foods that she wanted, so we got those as well, which was really good — it's always been hard to find foods that she wants to eat, so it's hard to keep her weight in a healthy range, so it's always good to when she finds new foods that appeal to her.
But of course because yesterday was L.'s birthday, I had the worst mental health day I've had in quite a while. My depression has been gradually getting worse (it could just be my brain, could be the new antiseizure medicine, could be a combo of the two), but yesterday it really smacked me down. After a little while I was able to perk up some and put on a brave front for the rest of the day, but it's bad enough that I'm going to talk to my doctor about going back on antidepressants. Today is less bad, so at least that's something.
Anyway, hope you're all doing well. Take care.
adore) wrote2026-05-22 12:00 pm
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radiokomorebi so if you've got similar interests, feel free to take a gander. I've been trying to bring more IRL friends to Dreamwidth (for my own selfish reasons: I don't like the social media sites they're on and want to convert them to mine). Every such success shall spur me to never stop trying!case) wrote in fandomsecrets2026-05-21 06:58 pm[ SECRET POST #7076 ]
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ao3_news_feed) wrote2026-05-21 05:17 pm2026 OTW Election Timeline & Membership Deadline
The OTW Elections committee is pleased to announce that the timeline for the 2026 election for new members of the Board of Directors has been posted!
As previously announced, Erica Frank and Kathryn Soderholm stepped down from their positions on the Board. Anh Pham and Qiao Chu are also stepping down from the Board as they have reached the end of their terms. There are seven Directors on the OTW's Board and this year OTW members will elect four new Directors - three Directors to serve a full-term (3 years) and one Director to serve a partial term (1 year).
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SGA: Looking for Lamour by trinityofone
Characters/Pairings: John Sheppard/Rodney McKay
Rating: Teen
Length: 5473
Content Notes: no AO3 warnings apply
Creator Links: trinityofone on AO3
Themes: Journeys and Travel, Road trips, First time, Friends to lovers, Pining
Summary: “Don’t be silly,” John says. “You’re Bob and I’m Bing; now get in the car and let’s go find ourselves a Dorothy.”
Reccer's Notes: A classic road trip fic, with John and Rodney meandering across the USA toward California. Eventually, after some pining on John's part, the inevitable happens and the trip becomes a metaphor for them wandering towards each other.
Fanwork Links: Looking for Lamour
olivermoss) wrote2026-05-20 08:56 pm(no subject)
Both being over on very different notes is rough.
Even a week ago I was like 'watching two games at once? couldn't be me' But I did stream a win and a loss tonight.
Firebirds had a very good run. Tonight's game was close.
No more Melanson content until next season. And also the Kraken are taking a serious scoop out of the Firebirds when they make their next roster. The team will look very different next season.
How am I supposed to process the PWHL season having the most dramatic, romantic outcome possible and also my Firebirds falling on the same night?
olivermoss) wrote2026-05-20 08:01 pm(no subject)
Marie-Philip Poulin drinking Molson's out of the Walter Cup as it's won by a Canadian team for the first time. Hang it in the Louvre.
So glad she and her wife won. At 35 her career is not over, but with a 4 team expansion draft about to hit this year was almost certainly her best chance. She finally has a stable league to play in, and the wife line made damn sure she'd hoist that cup, and then get covered in beer.
case) wrote in fandomsecrets2026-05-20 06:09 pm[ SECRET POST #7075 ]
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full_metal_ox) wrote in fancake2026-05-20 02:32 pmMo Dao Zu Shi: Night Bus, by Suspicious_Popsicle.
Pairings/Characters: M/M; Lan Zhan | Lan Wangji/Wei Ying | Wei Wuxian
Rating: General Audiences
Length: 3,343
Content Notes: No AO3 Warnings Apply; winter weather as relentless atmosphere and adversary; public transportation as a liminal zone; possible unreality—the situation is open to interpretation.
Creator Tags: Alternate Universe - Modern Setting
Creator Links: (AO3–locked)
suspicious_popsicle,(Tumblr-locked) Theme: Journey & Travel, Hurt/Comfort, Modern AU
Summary: When he came to, the bus was on the freeway. The windows were dewed with drops of melted snow that shone with captured light. Outside, traffic was at a standstill. Dingy slush covered the roads, gradually accumulating as snow drifted down from the woolen sky, the flakes picked out in sharp contrast where they plunged into the light of streetlamps and headlights. Wei WuXian laughed softly to see it. When he turned away from the window, he saw that the beautiful man from earlier was still sitting next to him, watching him with an expression that might, optimistically, be called inquisitive.
“The snow,” Wei WuXian said, gesturing outside. “It looks like champagne bubbles, only going the wrong way.” He laughed again, and rubbed his head. “Have you ever felt drunk, but been pretty sure you weren't drinking? Haha, no, never mind me. I'm just tired.” He rubbed a hand over his face, wanting desperately to sleep.
Author’s Notes: For
For my friend, who got stuck on a bus and sent me photos. XD
(See the end of the work for other works inspired by this one.)
Reccer's Notes: A modern AU account of a snowy night when Lan Wangji serves as Public Transit Guardian Angel to an exhausted, dissociating, and hypothermic Wei Wuxian—who has been in far more trouble than he realizes.
(Until the summer of 2023, shanks’ mare and Dayton, Ohio’s city bus system were my primary modes of transportation. This hazy grey winter ghost-story-or-is-it? is anchored in Suspicious_Popsicle’s concrete lived-in detail, nailing the experience of looping interminably around just to shelter from the elements, waiting for the next opportunity for a stop or transfer (better hope you have at least a day pass and a sympathetic driver, and that you don’t drowse off again!) And of trudging wearily forward through the hostile frigid weather in sodden Vimes’ Boots! Boots! Boots!
Suffice to say that the idea of rescue by a steadfast, devoted, and ethereally handsome Saint Bernard held a profound appeal.)
(This hits similar narrative pressure points to
Fanwork Links: (AO3-locked): Night Bus, by
Collections: fics that cured ser’s depression
Inspired Works:
Little Talks, by
[Podfic] Night Bus, by