One Piece season 2
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sholioI watched it this week and enjoyed it as much as the first season if not more, since I remembered fewer of the plot specifics, and this season introduces some more of the characters I really like. It's still absolutely bonkers. If you've seen season one, you know what to expect.
( Spoilers, occasional anima/manga comparisons, vague references to future events )
( Spoilers, occasional anima/manga comparisons, vague references to future events )
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Culture Club: Fanfic: Twice Over
13/3/26 22:51midnight_heavenly_bodies posting in ![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png){kind=small}
fan_flashworksTitle: Twice Over
Fandom: Culture Club
Pairing: Boy George/Jon Moss
Rating: G
Length: 585 words
Content notes: N/A
Author notes: A smaller oneshot this time!
Written for: Challenge 509 - Plant
Summary: George is not, he would like it noted, a naturally nurturing person. Jon comes home to find the plant dying. This is not, strictly speaking, a surprise.
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Fandom: Culture Club
Pairing: Boy George/Jon Moss
Rating: G
Length: 585 words
Content notes: N/A
Author notes: A smaller oneshot this time!
Written for: Challenge 509 - Plant
Summary: George is not, he would like it noted, a naturally nurturing person. Jon comes home to find the plant dying. This is not, strictly speaking, a surprise.
( Read more... )
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Daily Happiness
13/3/26 19:51torachan1. The store still had McConnell's peppermint stick ice cream in stock somehow, so we bought more. This is definitely the longest I've seen it in stock past Christmas, but I'm not going to complain.
2. In three weeks from today we'll be in Japan! Hopefully!
3. I'm playing another matching game, this one where you have to make 50 groups of 50. It's fun, but I shouldn't be doing this much clicking, it's not good for my wrist!
4. Gemma!
2. In three weeks from today we'll be in Japan! Hopefully!
3. I'm playing another matching game, this one where you have to make 50 groups of 50. It's fun, but I shouldn't be doing this much clicking, it's not good for my wrist!
4. Gemma!
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Wardrobe.
13/3/26 22:10hannahThe other day, I ripped a hole in the armpit of a Threadless t-shirt. This is only notable because I checked and I'd gotten that shirt almost 16 years ago. It's gotten some wear and tear over the years, especially in the seams for the sleeves, and I don't know if this specific rip is repairable or not. I don't want to throw it out - it's still a good "lounging around the apartment" shirt - but what I'm tempted to do is to buy a new one as close as I can get, and see how the materials are different. Aside from the nearly 16 years of wear and wash, that is.
They're having a sale, too. Inflation means it won't come out close to the same price, even taking that into account, but it'd make for a decent excuse. I've collected enough t-shirts since college that I can go at least two months without repeating one, easily. Three, if I decide to wear the ones I got as podcast promotions as part of the regular rotation instead of being "travel" shirts. It's not something where I've sat down and counted, or even sorted through. I've just collected and worn them. And, frankly, I don't see much reason to stop. As has been said, at least it beats heroin.
They're having a sale, too. Inflation means it won't come out close to the same price, even taking that into account, but it'd make for a decent excuse. I've collected enough t-shirts since college that I can go at least two months without repeating one, easily. Three, if I decide to wear the ones I got as podcast promotions as part of the regular rotation instead of being "travel" shirts. It's not something where I've sat down and counted, or even sorted through. I've just collected and worn them. And, frankly, I don't see much reason to stop. As has been said, at least it beats heroin.
Gardening
13/3/26 19:55ysabetwordsmith posting in gardeningSeed Library Network
This website has extensive resources on seed libraries and seed swaps.
Seed the Map
Is your seed library open? Take 5 minutes to get on the Global Seed Library Map.
Explore the Map
Search the map to find other folks in similar regions or at the same type of location.
Seed Library Networks
Check out the other seed library networks & learn about how you can create your own.
This website has extensive resources on seed libraries and seed swaps.
Seed the Map
Is your seed library open? Take 5 minutes to get on the Global Seed Library Map.
Explore the Map
Search the map to find other folks in similar regions or at the same type of location.
Seed Library Networks
Check out the other seed library networks & learn about how you can create your own.
Weekly Reading
13/3/26 17:27torachanRecently Finished
Fog
Classic middle grade novel about a girl who lives on an island and when she starts junior high, she starts boarding on the mainland with some other island kids. She's been told it's difficult to adjust, but that doesn't prepare her for the mind games and possibily supernatural powers of the principal and his wife. I didn't read this as a kid, but I must have seen someone talking about it online and decided to check it out (it's been on my to-read list for a while so I don't remember where I heard about it). However, I don't feel like it really holds up to a first-time read as an adult, and I won't be continuing the series.
The School for Good Mothers
Oof. This is a tough book to rate, because it's very well-written and interesting, but I did not enjoy it at all. Not only does it become pretty obvious early on that there's no hope of any sort of happy ending, but there are many excruciating moments when you just want to scream at the MC for making bad decisions, even while having sympathy and seeing how she's been driven to that point.
The story takes place in the near future, where her state has just introduced a new program for people who've had their kids taken away by CPS. They are sent to a "school" (basically a prison) for a full year to supposedly learn to become good parents, but they are set up at every turn for failure and constantly subjected to psychological torture in the name of training them. It's a hard read, and I don't know that I'd actually recommend it, but it's good.
The Price of Honey
Short story about a group of women, the current wife and ex-wives of a tech billionaire, meeting up at his funeral. This was a freebie through Amazon First Reads, which is why I grabbed it. I liked the twist.
Idyll Threats
First in a murder mystery series about a closeted gay cop (though he's not closeted by the end of the first book) in a small town in the late '90s. I liked it all right but I'm not sure I'll read the rest.
This Is Not the Jess Show
The Truman Show for the YA crowd. I did watch The Truman Show back in the day but remember nothing about it except the premise. I really liked this take on it, and the ending was great.
Mapmakers and the Enchanted Mountain and Mapmakers and the Flickering Fortress
Books two and three in the Mapmakers trilogy of YA graphic novels. I read the first one a while back and didn't remember too much of it, but was able to catch up without having to reread it. This is a cute series.
Huda F Are You?
YA graphic memoir about the author's high school years after moving from a city where there were very few Muslims, to Dearborn, Michigan, where many of her classmates were both Muslim and hijabi. I've read a couple of the author's non-YA graphic novels about being Muslim and liked this one a lot more. There are others in the series and I'll probably read them as well.
Fog
Classic middle grade novel about a girl who lives on an island and when she starts junior high, she starts boarding on the mainland with some other island kids. She's been told it's difficult to adjust, but that doesn't prepare her for the mind games and possibily supernatural powers of the principal and his wife. I didn't read this as a kid, but I must have seen someone talking about it online and decided to check it out (it's been on my to-read list for a while so I don't remember where I heard about it). However, I don't feel like it really holds up to a first-time read as an adult, and I won't be continuing the series.
The School for Good Mothers
Oof. This is a tough book to rate, because it's very well-written and interesting, but I did not enjoy it at all. Not only does it become pretty obvious early on that there's no hope of any sort of happy ending, but there are many excruciating moments when you just want to scream at the MC for making bad decisions, even while having sympathy and seeing how she's been driven to that point.
The story takes place in the near future, where her state has just introduced a new program for people who've had their kids taken away by CPS. They are sent to a "school" (basically a prison) for a full year to supposedly learn to become good parents, but they are set up at every turn for failure and constantly subjected to psychological torture in the name of training them. It's a hard read, and I don't know that I'd actually recommend it, but it's good.
The Price of Honey
Short story about a group of women, the current wife and ex-wives of a tech billionaire, meeting up at his funeral. This was a freebie through Amazon First Reads, which is why I grabbed it. I liked the twist.
Idyll Threats
First in a murder mystery series about a closeted gay cop (though he's not closeted by the end of the first book) in a small town in the late '90s. I liked it all right but I'm not sure I'll read the rest.
This Is Not the Jess Show
The Truman Show for the YA crowd. I did watch The Truman Show back in the day but remember nothing about it except the premise. I really liked this take on it, and the ending was great.
Mapmakers and the Enchanted Mountain and Mapmakers and the Flickering Fortress
Books two and three in the Mapmakers trilogy of YA graphic novels. I read the first one a while back and didn't remember too much of it, but was able to catch up without having to reread it. This is a cute series.
Huda F Are You?
YA graphic memoir about the author's high school years after moving from a city where there were very few Muslims, to Dearborn, Michigan, where many of her classmates were both Muslim and hijabi. I've read a couple of the author's non-YA graphic novels about being Muslim and liked this one a lot more. There are others in the series and I'll probably read them as well.
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Bad Bunny
13/3/26 19:21momijizukamoriBecause it came up when I was talking to my dad yesterday, and I remembered I meant to post it here and then forgot - if you haven't seen the Super Bowl halftime show this year, you should watch it. Even if you don't know who Bad Bunny is, or aren't into his style of music. The level of sheer technical skill involved in the staging is next-level, and he very much had a point he wanted to make and most certainly made it.
Bad Bunny's Super Bowl Halftime Show
And if you are interested, someone one Bluesky shared their Bad Bunny 101 write-up, which has links to a bunch of other articles and listening suggestions. Reggaeton is probably not gonna be one of my top genres personally, but I feel like it's good to get out of my listening confort zone and try new things, particularly when it's like, a global phenomenon right now.
Bad Bunny's Super Bowl Halftime Show
And if you are interested, someone one Bluesky shared their Bad Bunny 101 write-up, which has links to a bunch of other articles and listening suggestions. Reggaeton is probably not gonna be one of my top genres personally, but I feel like it's good to get out of my listening confort zone and try new things, particularly when it's like, a global phenomenon right now.
trying to run the gauntlet
13/3/26 19:21musesfoolI finally got some Minute Maid frozen orange juice concentrate and Orange Julius take 2 is way better than the watery version I made last month. Woo!
Tomorrow, I have to get up early and bake Irish soda bread to take to the family - we are going out for St. Patrick's Day dinner (and also the NINTH[!!!!!] anniversary of my father's death - it is his recipe I use; I miss him a lot).
TV quick takes:
Shrinking: ( spoilers ) Anyway, the first few episodes of this show are a little tough to take but it has morphed into a funny, endearing, poignant hangout comedy and I recommend it! Harrison Ford is SO GOOD in it too.
The Pitt: ( spoilers )
I am very interested to see where the rest of this season is going.
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Tomorrow, I have to get up early and bake Irish soda bread to take to the family - we are going out for St. Patrick's Day dinner (and also the NINTH[!!!!!] anniversary of my father's death - it is his recipe I use; I miss him a lot).
TV quick takes:
Shrinking: ( spoilers ) Anyway, the first few episodes of this show are a little tough to take but it has morphed into a funny, endearing, poignant hangout comedy and I recommend it! Harrison Ford is SO GOOD in it too.
The Pitt: ( spoilers )
I am very interested to see where the rest of this season is going.
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delphiFandom 50 #3
Continuing my list of fifty Canadian songs I love from the past fifty years, 1979's is one that's probably popped into my head at least one morning a week since I was five:
Wondering Where the Lions Are by Bruce Cockburn
Continuing my list of fifty Canadian songs I love from the past fifty years, 1979's is one that's probably popped into my head at least one morning a week since I was five:
Wondering Where the Lions Are by Bruce Cockburn
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Mad as a March Hare
13/3/26 19:01![[syndicated profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/feed.png){kind=small}
asknicola_feedAgain over on Gemæcce (my research blog), two posts about Early Medieval Pictish stones—or, more specifically, the animals carved on them. It can be hard to tell sometimes whether these easts are real, wholly imaginary, or just attempts to convey something they’ve never seen in real life.
Certainly some are very real, and realistic—and I’ve drawn a few examples. But as far as we know (certainly as far as I know, and I’ve searched extensively) the Picts never carved many of the animals Hild would have been familiar with. So I set out to create what I thought those beasties might have looked like if they had. One of those examples in particular gave me a lot of trouble…
Anyway, take a look for yourself:
[Prompt #485] Viola come il mare / Shower Emergency
13/3/26 21:19veronyxk84 posting in 100wordsTitle: Shower Emergency
Fandom: Viola come il mare (Italian TV series)
Author:veronyxk84
Pairing: Viola Vitale/Francesco Demir
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: none
Word count: 100 (Ellipsus)
Spoilers/Setting: Set during S1.
Summary: An innocent request reveals that Viola has already taken over half of Francesco’s home.
Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction created for fun and no profit has been made. All rights belong to the respective owners.
Challenge: #485 - Innocent
Crossposted:anythingdrabble, My journal (with bonus Italian version), “Chiamami Ancora Amore” - the Series
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( READ: Shower Emergency )
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Fandom: Viola come il mare (Italian TV series)
Author:
veronyxk84Pairing: Viola Vitale/Francesco Demir
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: none
Word count: 100 (Ellipsus)
Spoilers/Setting: Set during S1.
Summary: An innocent request reveals that Viola has already taken over half of Francesco’s home.
Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction created for fun and no profit has been made. All rights belong to the respective owners.
Challenge: #485 - Innocent
Crossposted:
anythingdrabble, My journal (with bonus Italian version), “Chiamami Ancora Amore” - the Series—
( READ: Shower Emergency )
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It's a Beginning;>
13/3/26 15:28mdehners posting in gardeningGot some Garden-related stuff done the last 2 days. Planted a Saskatoon bush in a container and moved a few seedlings into 3" pots from the trays. My Fig cutting is showing buds along the stem but I'm not tempted to even look until April;>
Giant and Bronze Fennels, Variegated Lunaria(though no sign of it at present). The Giant isn't edible but looks really kewl the 2nd yr when it blooms about 10-12 ft tall! Next week a few more should be ready to bump up to larger pots just in time for the next batch of Stratified seeds to be ready to plant...
Cheers,
Pat
Giant and Bronze Fennels, Variegated Lunaria(though no sign of it at present). The Giant isn't edible but looks really kewl the 2nd yr when it blooms about 10-12 ft tall! Next week a few more should be ready to bump up to larger pots just in time for the next batch of Stratified seeds to be ready to plant...
Cheers,
Pat
