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Howdy all! Still processing the loss of my friend, but doing the best I can to take things a day at a time!

Hope your holidays have been treating you well and you’re being kind to yourself. ❤️

Current Mood: hopeful
Current Music: Not Cute Anymore - illit

garonne

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lightbird

Title/Link: Why one small American town won’t stop stoning its residents to death
Fandom(s): The Lottery - Shirley Jackson/The New Yorker RPF
Character(s): Isaac Chotiner, Mr. Summers
Words: 1,082
Summary: The picturesque village of Buell, Maine is one of the last in the United States to continue the tradition of the “harvest” or “prosperity” lottery. Its residents insist the lottery makes them stronger, even as condemnation from outsiders grows.

This is a terrific fic in which Isaac Chotiner interviews the guy who runs the lottery in Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery".

mxcatmoon

According to my computer, I've got around 390 hours of music on my hard drive. That's mine, no one can take it away, and I'm not renting it. I've been collecting music all my life and put all my cassettes and DVDs on the HDD, as well so that's one reason I have so much accumulated. I still have quite a few CDs, but most if not all of those I also copied to the computer.

Don't get me wrong, I love high fidelity. If I had the space/money I'd want the best possible quality media and equipment to play it on. I used to have an awesome stereo with huge speakers, back in the day. I can't do that now though, for various reasons.

Do you keep physical copies, digital copies you own, or mostly stream? Have a poll:

Poll #34014 Streaming vs. physical music

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 13

View Respondents

What format do you mainly use for listening to music?

View Answers

I stream almost everything from online sources
1 (7.7%)

Digital copies/mp3s on my hard drive/other storage
6 (46.2%)

Mostly physical CDs
1 (7.7%)

I'm old school: I have cassettes
0 (0.0%)

I'm older school/into retro: records all the way, baby!
0 (0.0%)

You forgot (fill in the blank)! You always forget something!
0 (0.0%)

A Combo (feel free to explain in comments)
3 (23.1%)

I rarely listen to music
2 (15.4%)

I honestly don't care about your poll, but I like feeling included
0 (0.0%)

( Some other naughtier fandom stuff under the cut... )

Current Mood: contemplative

tjs_whatnot

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

It's going to be AWESOME!

tryslora

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mxcatmoon

This video is amazing and needs to be seen.

65,000 people or so, all singing Bohemian Rhapsody in its entirety.

Watch on YouTube

Current Mood: impressed

ccoagulo

Per chi è in cerca di ispirazione o di una sfida creativa:
buona fortuna!

v RABBIA

v DONDOLO

v FAGOCITARE

v VERBALE

v MILLIMETRO

v Everything you lose is a step you take – You’re On Your Own, Kid. Taylor Swift

v If our love died young, I can't bear witness - right where you left me. Taylor Swift

v I feel it in the air / Telephone wires above are sizzlin' like a snare – Summertime Sadness. Lana Del Rey

v Do you still take a long time to get ready? – The Dress. Dijon

v Teachers called me rebel, parents called me lost – Stop the rain. Tablo & RM

v Dopo ogni punto, la parola deve cominciare per C o R o S.

v Non usare nessuna parola di un agente atmosferico.

v Solo personaggi femminili.

v Per ogni domanda che il protagonista pone, nessuno gli risponde.

v Prima e ultima parola devono essere numeri.

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ccoagulo

Benvenute e benvenuti alla Pledge & Write Challenge!

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incomplete_ruler

HALLO EVERYONE! This is like the fourth post I've made in the past two hours so sorry for spamming your guys' reading pages BUT I really want to share these icons I just uploaded. I'm gonna actually play the game soon, so I needed at least one for that. This game has been so influencial to me anyway, so it's mandatory at this point.

But yeah MY BABIES. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH [teeny spoilers: all the women in this game are so mentally ill and then there's Shu]

Current Mood: WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

incomplete_ruler

List of all the shows I'll watch in 2026 (mostly anime but I've got some dramas in my list of things to watch/read). You can find my future watch lists here.

0/20 TV Shows Read [Last updated: 26/12/25]

Current Mood: blah

incomplete_ruler

This is a list of all the things I'll read in 2026. Was originally gonna post this in January, but I have some pinned posts to set up. You can find all my reading lists here.

0/20 Books Read [Last updated: 26/12/25]

Current Mood: happy

incomplete_ruler

[Note: This schedule should take effect on the 1st of January]

Journaling: Fannish 50 - 50 Reviews In A Year [Posting on Fridays], Community Thursdays, Snowflake Challenge 2026, Sunshine Revival 2026(?)
Writing: 10 True Loves - Kujo Tenn, weekendwritingmarathon (weekly if possible but it's not mandatory) [Progress reports posted the monday after]
Reading: Finish 20 Books/Comics
Watching: Watch 20 TV Shows (mostly anime)
Music: 12 Monthly Music Logs (also music recs of the month) [Posted at the start of the month]
- Bonus: Weekly Song Of The Day posts [Posted on Sundays]
Languages: Weekly study progress reports + reading immersion [ALSO posted the monday after (might make the 'progress reports' an single thing)]
Fanworks: Weekly Recs (mostly fanart but I originally came up with this to burn through some fic rec lists) [Posting on Wednesdays]

Current Mood: energetic

ofmonstrouswords

I hope you all are having a wonderful holiday, and that the dark time of the year is full of light, cheer, and coziness.

And if you don't celebrate Christmas I still wish all that for you on this lovely Thursday.

As a Christmas gift to whoever would appreciate it, I've made my novella Midwintertide available to read for free for the public. I originally shared it only for specific tiers in my reader membership last year, but this year I'm making it fully available from now until Epiphany (January 6th).

If you are interested in reading a seasonal novella about how my characters Jules and Ghia first met, you can do so on Ream or on Patreon.

Behind the cut: pictures of my puppy Sirius' first visit with Santa Paws!

( He was scared but we still got a smile. )

Current Mood: happy
Current Location: Salamander Cave

mxcatmoon

Happy Christmas to all who celebrate!

As usual for someone whose job is affected by the holidays, I'm pretty relieved it's over. It's just exhausting, and somehow, I'm always too busy to really get into the season. I don't even bother decorating these days.

But I got a nice, unexpected Christmas present this year. My job does random drawings weekly during the season, as a way to encourage people to not call out. If you have perfect attendance that week, you're entered to win one of the prizes. On Monday, a few of us were talking about the prizes and I was saying that there wasn't anything I really wanted, except maybe a TV. I didn't really need one, but mine is in my bedroom. I have a small, old one in the living room, the kind that doesn't have internet. Since I don't have cable and rabbit ears don't work where I live, all it's good for is watching DVDs, so I said it would be nice to have a TV for the living room. On Tuesday, which was my day off, my name was called for a 65". So yesterday on Christmas Eve, I came home with a new TV. Merry Christmas to me! It was just so weird and funny how I was talking about it the day before, and then I won it the next day.

Current Mood: awake

dianafortyseven

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Current Mood: bouncy

ailelie

I got laid off. I wrote a lot. I got a new job.

That's the year.

incomplete_ruler

It's Christmas Eve motherfuckers! (already technically Christmas by the time I post this rip) Didn't think I'd be doing this the same day I'm supposed to be finishing an application, but I got bit with the fanart bug as I was setting up some rss feeds (got the idea of making some for artists I've followed on other platforms). Before dreamwidth I basically used tumblr as a fanart archive to avoid downloading too many photos on my phone, so why not do the same here? As much as I've been avoiding mainstream fandom stuff and social media in general, I do have a very soft spot for fanart.

So yeah, expect more of these. I'll be aiming for weekly recs at a minimum, but let's be honest it'll probably be daily. As much as I've been writing about fandom, my feral fanby side wants OUT.
( TRIGGER )( Iori )( Mini Conclusion )

Current Mood: naughty
Current Music: Ache - ŹOOĻ

haunted_cherries

Definitely didn’t think I’d be burying another friend before the year was out.

I’ll spare y’all the details for obvious reasons, but it wouldn’t be me if I didn’t at least say this: PLEASE take care of yourselves. If something about your body or overall health feels off, try to take care of it as soon as you can. I know this isn’t always feasible for everyone considering the current state of the healthcare system, and that’s ok. Just know that your health is important.

Thank y’all for being here. Take care and stay safe.

Current Mood: crappy

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