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It's finally Friday! I am so glad to see this weekend go fuck it self. Not that it's been a bad week. Just busy and occasionally stressful. But it's all good. It's Friday and should be relatively quiet.

The PET scanner is down again at our one site. It's kind of a mess. That's like 10 cancer patients per day that we have to find another way for. It's a lot. Mostly they're handling it outside of us, but sometimes we catch a stray call, and those are never fun. For those counting, this is the second time it's been down in a month.

I busted my ass at work yesterday. There were a TON of openings and people to slot in them. Three cardiac MRIs, four cardiac CTs, and a slew of MRIs. I got them all filled, though. I was a goddamn superstar. By the end of it, my brain hurt. Some of it involved playing tetris. Like "On this day and this day we have half an hour openings. I have someone who needs a full hour. Lets see if this patient would want to come in a little bit earlier." Or hey, I need a cardiac MRI in Bethesda for a STAT patient. I also have two openings in Columbia for cardiac MRIs. So, looking for patients who went to Bethesda, but would be closer to Columbia. But, right now they're only accepting certain diagnosis, and I needed to make sure we had insurance that we could get authorization in time. Basically, I was looking for a goddamn unicorn of a patient. I found 2, and can give my STAT patient their choice.

I was really tired and brain dead when I finished, but I also really enjoy it. It appeals to the side of my brain with excellent spacial relations and the one that always liked the "If-then" kind of tests.

Today, I'll probably be making more Tetris moves, plus my counterpart is out so I'll be getting all the emails.

Afterwards, we have a game, which was moved from last night due to headaches. (not mine for once--I had one, but I was okay to play. But 3 others had migraines. The game is a Monster of the Week game that was delayed from NYE due to the cold of doom. It's about a bunch of monster hunters being called in to protect the Gävlebocken. They will quickly find that things are not what they're expecting and may face tough choices. I'm looking forward to it.

I'm still pissed that this cold wiped out one my heaviest weekends of games. Stupid thing. It's almost gone now, thankfully.

One cool thing! Jess and I looked at the cast of the Rocky Horror on Broadway in NYC and decided that we had to go. We're going at the end of the run, on 6/20 with a friend. I am very excited about my Broadway forays. I need to add things to my countdown app, so that I'll be able to see how close it is and get excited. Seriously, the cast looks fucking amazing.

Tomorrow, we have nothing planned, which is nice. Maybe we'll go out and get lunch or something. Mostly, I plan to be a lump, though. Unless I decide to cook. We'll see. We have a game on Sunday, but it's at 5:30, so I'd have time to play during the day.

This literally made me lol. Long and short of it is that ghost played the Kia Center in Orlando and the next night, the Orlando Magic got just decimeated in their next game. Immediatly some yahoo on the internet begins blaming Ghost for cursing his team with their Satanic powers. It was great. Sadly, not satire, but the internet's reaction is hilarous.

Okay, time for me to maybe take a bath and get ready for work. Everyone have a stellar Friday!

Fanfic, Podfic, and art catch-up

Jan. 30th, 2026 10:50 pm
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A small catch-up with works I've posted to AO3 recently and not mentioned in other posts. There are three seasonal exchanges I take part in each year, so it's been a productive time for me. I also feel much less blocked in terms of writing fic, with Heated Rivalry getting me fannishly excited again, and my other fandoms have been benefiting.

Things I wrote, podficced, or arted in Procreate:

due South seekrit santa:
Roommates (Fraser/Ray Vecchio & Ray Kowalski, Dief)

Stargate Atlantis secret santa:
The Ancient Texts (Gen, Ronon & John)
Bribery (Jack O'Neill Gen, background John/Rodney - a mod treat)

SGA Discord Server annual fic exchange:
A Good Walk, Spoiled (Team, John/Rodney, Action/adventure)
and It Takes a Village (Gen, Radek & Biro)
and in the Leftover Treats category of the exchange:
A New Lease of Life (older John/Rodney, Explicit)
and The Way To a Man's Heart (Ronon/Rodney, Teen)

In podfic, just the one:
Christmas At Dukes Denver by Persiflager for ITPE (Lord Peter Wimsey mysteries. Harriet/Peter)

My fanart's still all Heated Rivalry - unsurprising, with such inspiring material!
Ya Tebya Lyublyu (I Love You) for the [community profile] drawesome romance prompt (Shane/Ilya)
Shane's Emotional Support Crotch (2 chapters/works so far, maybe planning more) (Shane/Ilya, NSFW)
Touch Yourself (Shane)

And of course I've enrolled for way too many Big Bangs etc, in HR. One is ICE OUT a tumblr-based HR fanworks auction to raise funds to support those combating ICE. Sign ups as a creator are almost closed, and the bidding starts in a couple of days.

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Jan. 30th, 2026 09:39 am
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Happy birthday, [personal profile] batwrangler, [personal profile] dewline and [personal profile] elij_0650!

Gaming

Jan. 30th, 2026 02:55 am
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Roll for resistance: How a fantasy game defended the commons

In 2023, the world’s most popular role-playing game, Dungeons and Dragons (D&D), faced a rebellion. This wasn’t brought on by imaginary goblins or dragons, but by its players.

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Fandom: due South
Characters/Pairings: Benton Fraser/Ray Kowalski
Rating: Teen & up
Length: 1782
Content Notes: No AO3 warnings apply
Creator Links: dance_across on AO3
Themes: Crack treated seriously, Friendship, Humor, Pining, Post-canon

Summary: Ray and Fraser discover that someone's been writing stories about them. Slashy, slashy stories.

Reccer's Notes: This is set after canon, during Ray and Fraser's quest. They've become minor celebrities in the wake of the big submarine/terrorists drama and when they briefly hit an outpost of civilization (a motel with internet), Ray checks his email and finds Frannie's sent him a link to a fanfic someone's written, called "Snowfall in Summer". Hilarity then ensues as they decide to read it together, and it leads to Ray making a big decision. The cracky premise is the existence of fanfic about them, and as far as possible, dance_across shows us how that might actually pan out. In a romantic way, of course, with a hopeful ending! It's a lot of fun.

Fanwork Links: Twenty Cents a Page

Just One Thing (30 January 2026)

Jan. 30th, 2026 08:38 am
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It's challenge time!

Comment with Just One Thing you've accomplished in the last 24 hours or so. It doesn't have to be a hard thing, or even a thing that you think is particularly awesome. Just a thing that you did.

Feel free to share more than one thing if you're feeling particularly accomplished! Extra credit: find someone in the comments and give them props for what they achieved!

Nothing is too big, too small, too strange or too cryptic. And in case you'd rather do this in private, anonymous comments are screened. I will only unscreen if you ask me to.

Go!
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Fandom: Heated Rivalry
Characters/Pairing/Other Subject: Shane Hollander/Ilya Rozanov
Content Notes/Warnings: none
Medium: digital art
Artist on DW/LJ: n/a
Artist Website/Gallery: judestlispenard on tumblr
Why this piece is awesome: A gorgeous double portrait on the cover of an imaginary hockey magazine - really good likenesses, and they got Ilya's eye colour right! (none of this "his piercing blue eyes" crap). Beautiful work, and a cute snippet of their dialogue below.
Link: Hockey Magazine Portraits, backup link here

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The few notes I took during my not-really-pacing-check aren't taking as long as the previous chunky edits to integrate (THANK GOD), which means I'm also speed-running through my Having Feelings About The Manuscript cycle... *sigh* I was taking a few notes for a post as I went (seeing how much better it is than before! happy feelings!) but I've already moved on from happy to things to be sad/disappointed about.

Audience: "Wow, you're about 70% into the manuscript and thinking it's bad? Is this where we're supposed to act surprised???"

Like, it does help to know that I literally go through this cycle every time whether writing or editing, but the feelings are still being felt and kind of suck regardless T_T

Here's what the voice at the back of my mind says:

You're enjoying the story because you can see that it's better "than before" but that doesn't mean it's good. It'll probably still look like baby's crappy first draft to someone coming in fresh. You've also had over 2 years to get used to the worst flaws, the ones that can't be fixed because they are load-bearing in the story.

Anyway!

As always the first couple of days were a bit rough while I adjusted to a new way of doing things. I've landed on: I take the written down squiggled notes I made and add them as comments to my Scrivener file (unless they're super straightforward/require 0 thinking, then I just make the change). Then I go through these comments scene by scene, deleting them as I integrate the feedback. In my BuJo I have many many little boxes for every scene that I can tick when I'm done :D Each chapter is about 4-6 scenes so it helps with giving a sense of progress and make the process feel a bit less overwhelming. I do love my ticky boxes.

Vaguely considering adding chapter titles because a few chapters would really benefit, but some others are more awkward and I don't know that I really want to have to find 10+ more titles /o\

I'm still writing ficlets here and there as a pressure valve from editing :D However, there's a mindset thing I'm noticing that I don't like at all:

Me about to write fic: "This should be FUN! If it's not FUN, then you failed!! :D"
Me about to write origfic: "This should be GOOD! If it's not GOOD, then you failed!! D:"

I don't like that. It should all be fun, like, I should always slip into writing mode with a lighter spirit. I don't want my own worlds to feel like a chore, full of associated pressure. So, something I'll definitely want to address, though I'm not too sure how yet.
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This month's theme was "Short Forms." I wrote from 1:15 PM to 4 AM, so about 12 hours 45 minutes, allowing for lunch and supper breaks. I wrote 12 poems on Tuesday plus 15 later in the week.

Participation was down slightly, with 13 comments on LiveJournal and another 25 on Dreamwidth. A total of 9 people sent prompts. There were no new prompters.


Read Some Poetry!
The following poems from the January 6, 2026 Poetry Fishbowl have been posted:
"Beneath the Sea"
"Cakes and Ale"
"Decreases"
"Done to Perfection"
"Fight Less, Cuddle More"
Haiku for Natural Monuments of Japan
"Hemma Bäst"
"lacquerware poet"

"A Fountain of Energy" (Polychrome Heroics: Rutledge, October 7, 2025 Poetry Fishbowl)


Buy some poetry!
If you plan to sponsor some poetry but haven't made up your mind yet, see the unsold poetry list from January 6. That includes the title, length, price, and the original thumbnail description for the poems still available.

This month's donors include: [personal profile] janetmiles, [personal profile] fuzzyred, and Anthony Barrette. All sponsored poems from this fishbowl have been posted. There are 2 tallies toward a bonus fishbowl.


The Poetry Fishbowl has a landing page.

Follow Friday 1-30-26

Jan. 30th, 2026 01:13 am
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Got any Follow Friday-related posts to share this week? Comment here with the link(s).

Here's the plan: every Friday, let's recommend some people and/or communities to follow on Dreamwidth. That's it. No complicated rules, no "pass this on to 7.328 friends or your cat will die".

Follow Friday 1-30-26: Literature

Jan. 30th, 2026 12:48 am
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Today's theme is Literature.

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30. In 1873, Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne was published in France. Have you read the book or seen any of the films?

No I have read this but I did watch the movie. Many years ago. Did everyone read the book? What did you think of it?
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Last call for this year's [community profile] snowflake_challenge, and, it's a bit like all the things asking us to rate and review them with our time.
Challenge #15

How Did the Fandom Snowflake Challenge Go?


I intend to keep going back and checking out entries when I'm not doing something else, and leaving comments, and trying to build that community and see interesting things that people have posted. It probably won't go that quickly, and I may not make it all the way through in a timely manner. But I'll try.

It was fine, which is not a complaint. )
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Buffy: So you traded up on the food chain. Then what?
Spike: No, please. Don't make it sound like something you'd flip past on the Discovery Channel. Becoming a vampire is a profound and powerful experience. I could feel this new strength coursing through me. Getting killed made me feel alive for the very first time. I was through living by society's rules. Decided to make a few of my own.

~~Fool For Love~~




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    • Boston Doll, Chapter 1 (Crossover with Dollhouse, M) by QuillBard
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    • Just Two Lost Souls, Chapter 7 (Buffy/Spike, NC-17) by Holly
    • Playing With Fire, Chapter 9 (Buffy/Spike, G) by stellugh
    • Sacrifices, Chapter 17 (Buffy/Spike, R) by GuinevereSummers
    • Open your eyes, Chapter 15 (Buffy/Spike, AO) by Ennoh
    • If it walks like a duck and talks like a duck..., Chapter 26 (Buffy/Spike, NC-17) by zinjadu
    • The Transfer, Chapter 9 (Buffy/Spike, R) by Blackmysteria
    • So I Don't Have to Dream Alone, Chapter 5 (Buffy/Spike, NC-17) by CheekyKitten
    • Gonna Lose the Chains, Baby?, Chapter 13 (Buffy/Spike, NC-17) by RealtaCorcra
    • THe Worst Hell, Chapter 2 (Buffy/Spike, AO) by TwilightChild
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    • Who R U in 20 Years?, Chapter 15 (Multiple crossings, FR18) by strangebint
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    • The Gift, Chapter 18 (Buffy/Spike, PG-13) by Corvidae
    • Once They Were Friends, Chapter 22 (Buffy/Spike, NC-17) by Grief Counseling
    • Revelations, Chapter 43 (Buffy/Spike, NC-17) by Niamh
    • Shadows on the Wall, Chapter 3 (Buffy/Spike, R) by zinjadu

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Snowflake Challenge #13, 14, and 15

Jan. 30th, 2026 06:51 am
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#13: TALK ABOUT A COMMUNITY SPACE YOU LIKE.

A bit of a basic answer, but I'd have to say DW in general. I started using it in a not-very-social way, just as a sort of semi-public journal, and eventually started exchanging comments with people; more recently I've started joining communities and participating in events and challenges and whatnot. Interestingly, I think I'm actually posting less frequently than I ever have before...maybe because I have other ways of processing my thoughts and feelings, maybe because I have this feeling that posting more often would somehow burden or bore the people on my f-list, or maybe because I've started seeing this more as a place to participate in community events and whatnot rather than a place to share personal stuff. I'm not sure...but in any case, this place has felt like my home on the internet for a few years now. I appreciate the things I've learned, and the connections I've made, from reading about other people's day-to-day lives, and I even find some comfort in seeing familiar icons of people I recognize but who I don't follow. And yeah, I find it comforting to scroll through my reading page or the Latest Things and just see what people are up to, or what they've created, or what they're excited about, especially when there's so much horror happening in the world. 

#14: In your own space, create a promo and/or rec list for someone new to a fandom.

I'm just going to say something short and sweet about two small fandoms that scratch a similar itch for me: Sense8 and Becky Chambers' Wayfarers series. I'd recommend checking them out if you're looking for a little hope or comfort in these dark times.

#15: How Did the Fandom Snowflake Challenge Go? 


I think I started off pretty enthusiastic, but that enthusiasm has waned a bit lately, as evidenced by this catch-up post. I enjoyed reading and commenting on people's posts, but I think doing so underscored for me the fact that while I quite like the *idea* of fandom, I don't think I have as much intrinsic motivation to engage with it as others seem to. There are plenty of stories and characters I like, and have thoughts about, but I don't think that feeling has ever really crossed over into the kind of "fannishness" that I think a lot of other people in this space have for the stuff they love. That said, there's a lot that I like about fandom world, and I think I'll continue engaging with it for a while, but I can also sense that I've been sort of forcing it or faking it to some extent so far, hoping that doing so might spark some of the enthusiasm that I see and admire in others. But yeah, overall, I've enjoyed reflecting on this stuff this month through all these prompts, and I'm curious to see how my feelings about some of this stuff might have evolved by the time I do it again next year.

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