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Jan 2026 Media

2026-02-02T22:42:16Z

It's been a while since I've done one of these! This is a bit of a looser format this time. I kept getting caught up in trying to figure out how I wanted to do this wrap up, when I'm the only one dictating its format.

So, here's how this month has been!

( happy new year )

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february media

2024-03-22T22:03:53Z

A bit belated, since I've been swamped with life; here's what I was up to in February!

( read more )

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january media

2024-02-03T07:44:22Z

Look at this, on time for once! I have other dreamwidth commitments to get to, so I needed this to be done.

( read more for many book thoughts )

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december media

2024-01-29T20:55:09Z

I've been writing end of year posts (almost done! just need to write up favorite albums of 2023), and so this has been by the wayside, but here we are!

I've already been extremely sappy in other places, so I'll let this stand on its own.

If you're interested, I'm starting a book club over on this comm!

( happy new year )

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book club open invite!

2024-01-25T07:39:58Z

Hello!

I've made a little book club comm for anyone interested in joining over here. I wanted to make a low pressure space for people in different timezones to read and discuss a book at a slower pace, and dreamwidth really works for that.

This invite is open and will stay open for anyone who wants to join (even if they're not necessarily following me, like friends of friends). We're in the process of narrowing down what type of timeline and format would work for us here and getting to know each other here.

If you're interested in a book club, come check it out!

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halfhearted skincare review

2024-01-08T21:43:21Z

Hello hello I hope the week is treating you kindly.

In the vein of some other skincare posts I've seen on here, I'm going to be jotting down my thoughts on some recent (+past) skincare purchases. This is more haphazard than some of the very nice ones I've read by friends--I am a newbie to skincare and cannot give you much more than "this kind of did what it said it would" and "this smelled nice" as product reviews. I don't know what a ceramide is and at this point I'm too afraid to ask, etc etc.

The reason I got these products in the first place was that after starting T I've needed to adjust my skincare routine. (I started breaking out more, it was annoying.) So therefore, my biggest concern with any of this was "does it prevent/treat acne somehow".

I think I have combination skin or something that leans drier than oilier generally. Prices pulled from the Sephora website in USD when possible.

Anyway! On to the reviews.

( we are moisturized we are trying to thrive )

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2024 book hubris goals

2023-12-31T08:57:10Z

My goal for 2024 is to read 100 books! I've decided not to plan out all of them, but I have some I want to hit below. I thought 9 was a nice number of books I absolutely want to get through next year. 100 is a... lot! Hence the book hubris.

Unrelated to this list, is anyone interested in forming a bookclub? Maybe making a dw community about it or something? Or even just a dw community to talk about books occasionally would be fun!

( read more! )

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november media

2023-12-11T04:16:38Z

I've been off twitter more recently, and that's been good for my ability to annoy my congresspeople and read books, if nothing else. Expect quite a few more books than normal below!

Last month was my birthday month, and I'd love if you tossed me a song for my birthday playlist! It's a playlist I make every year with songs other people send me. Birthday theming is optional, it can just be something you liked recently, or something you'd like me to listen to or bring into the new year.

This is also love meme season (an anonymous yearly thread where you can leave some sweet thoughts for other people anonymously). My post on the thread is here if you'd care to leave me something, and I'd love if you linked me yours if you made one!

I picked up so many shifts this month I'm surprised I had time to read all of this, but I suppose the time really stacks up when you're not on twitter for two hours every day.

That's it from me this month, I think!

( november reads )

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october media

2023-11-03T06:25:43Z

Happy October, happy fall, I hope it was kind to you. I'm getting this out on time for once!

( read more )

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september media

2023-10-27T07:20:42Z

This month I watched so many things! This has taken a little longer to write up, consequently lol. I've also been on vacation and mostly focused on reading more things instead of writing about the things I've already read.

I've started a handful of posts, a handful of stories. I'm now ten months late mail last year's holiday cards. And still the world keeps moving on! We'll see what next month brings.

( happy start of fall! )

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august media

2023-09-28T06:43:23Z

Continuing with my monthly catch up! Here was last month! Pretend we're not almost at the end of this current month…
( here's to the summer's end )

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july media (belated)

2023-09-28T02:57:47Z

It's been a busy few months so this is quite late! Here was July!

( read more! happy summer! )

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unquiet deleted scene

2023-08-02T06:31:30Z

This is a scene that was originally in unquiet, my superhero story that is 80% longing by volume. While this scene was the original image that made me write the sequel, ultimately when I got to where is was supposed to go in the story, I didn't feel like it fit. However, I still wanted to put it somewhere!

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( read more )

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June Media

2023-07-13T07:39:42Z

Happy June!!! This month I finished up an internship that was taking up most of my time, and also found the time to watch some things.

( happy pride )

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fic clique fan episode fics

2023-07-06T18:46:38Z

[This is a transcript of a twitter post announcing the fic clique fan episode me, author_abz, and monster_bookworm created during the summer break of Fic Clique for people who don't have twitter accounts. I'll update this post with the episode link when it drops!]

While @.FicClique goes on a summer break, we have made yet another summer ficlet episode full of refreshing activities like thesis defense and murder!

coming to you tomorrow, here's the fics we'll discuss:

my pick:
Ernesto de la Cruz vs. The Court of Public Opinion by skater_of_the_surface
Coco (2017), T, no warnings
multi-media, post-canon
https://archiveofourown.org/works/13573815

@.author_abz's pick:
RE: Thesis defense issue by kalirush
FAQ: The "Snake Fight" Portion Of Your Thesis Defense, G, CW: images of snakes
epistolary, academia
https://archiveofourown.org/works/28299630

@.bookishdaggerr's pick:
City of Stars (the voyages remix) by citrinecowboy
SEVENTEEN (Band), E, CW: accidental drugging, star trek typical violence
star trek fusion, remix, pining
https://archiveofourown.org/works/29180796

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april media

2023-05-12T21:10:13Z

I've been off twitter a lot recently, and cannot say that there has been a significant change in how much media I'm consuming, unless you count how many hours of d20 I've watched in the recent weeks. I hope this new month has been treating you kindly <3
( april showers? )

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I know my love can be the killing kind - ORV playlist

2023-04-10T22:24:53Z

Okay so ORV is something I think about ALL the time now, and here is the playlist I made about Kim Dokja (but also the whole story) that I rotate when I am particularly in the sauce.

ORV, to me, is fundamentally about story, and love, and forgiveness, and what you get from a narrative, and why people write. Loved it so much. Also, there are so many spoilers in this playlist, so proceed through this cut at your own risk.

( my most poorest meow meows )

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march media

2023-04-10T05:13:45Z

happy april to you all, here's to more rain, may the month bring you joy!

( michelle yeoh march )

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february media

2023-03-28T20:07:04Z

Almost combined February and March since this is so late but I figured I'd let it stand lol.

( a pretty good month overall! )

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january media

2023-02-14T04:12:47Z

This new year has been surprisingly okay! I think I've been conditioned to hate January because winter quarter always starts now, but now that I'm not in school it's been surprisingly fine.
( happy new year! )

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december media

2023-01-16T04:23:18Z

What a month! Here's to the end of the year.

( chilly winter media )

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2023 writing goals

2022-12-31T03:41:14Z

I've been kinda chill about writing goals this year, and it's an energy I'd like to take into the new year! However, I would also like to have some, and the meme going around twitter seemed fun. This will be covering the following:

1) a ship you want to write
2) a genre you want to write
3) word count you want to surpass
4) a trope you want to incorporate
5) a pov you want to try
6 au you want to write
7) a resource you want to use
8) a friend you'd like to collab with
9 something you want to improve on
10) something you want to keep doing

( read more )

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2022 in music

2022-12-29T06:51:12Z

It's near enough to the end of the year that I figured I'd put together a brief recap of music I liked this year! This is primarily focusing just on albums released in 2022, since I already do a monthly recap of music I listen to, but I'll be throwing a brief yearly recap in here as well to poke some gentle fun at myself.

( what a good spread of albums )

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biting you and biting you and biting you (vampires au fic reclist)

2022-12-20T06:32:44Z

In the spirit of the great reclists I've read recently, here's some fics of one of my favorite tropes, vampire au. Feel free to rec more below!

This is weighted toward The Boyz, in part because excellent mv Drink It was enough to launch a thousand vampire-captained ships (I have a few in my drafts myself).

( read more…! )

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november media

2022-12-02T04:31:50Z

I'm always fond of the month of november--the period between fall and early winter, where everything slowly sheds its colors and the bones of the trees face the sky.

Some misc things at the top of this:

- The yearly love meme run by gdgdbaby is up again details here, and my link is here! It's basically a chance to leave anonymous notes to friends. Link me yours if you're participating this year <3
- If you have spotify and got your wrapped playlist this year, I would love to listen to it!!! (You'll have to make a copy of it and link from that, if you just try to link the playlist itself, spotify automatically directs anyone else to their own version of top 101 songs, instead of yours.)

( it's the season of the sticks AND scorpio season, in my heart )

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