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I got busy and failed to do a WIP Wednesday update!

Not that I had anything to really update, I'm afraid. I'm still chipping away at the outlining for Gold and Silver.

Gold and Silver - write down as many of the initial ideas/intentions/tone as I can
Fanfic Project 1 - write down my current ideas/intentions/tone
Rescue - write down my current ideas/intentions/tone
Fanfic Project 2 - write down my current ideas/intentions/tone
Gold and Silver - do an official outline of the project [I AM HERE]
Fanfic Project 1 - do an official outline of the project
Rescue - do an official outline of the project
Gold and Silver - first draft time!
Fanfic Project 1 - first draft (of part one) time!

arknes

Oh how time passes. I guess I've matured in the ways that matter and the ways that don't. I'm calmer about things, more mature; spending time away, moving to a different store, considering different career options and actually pursuing these options. That's the good thing; hell, I'm even working on passion projects again.

But reading my old journals has me upset - did it take me so long to be this mature? To disregard everything and abandon ego? I guess I'm being unspecific, but it seriously bothers me that I did the same thing for two years or more, the same obsessional thing I've always done and now I'm changed. But change is good - I'm genuinely at peace with myself, with how I'm going, if things change, and happy in the present.

But seriously, I need to do more. That's the one thing I need to do. More. Less work, more... living. I'm moving to the inner city, and I'm honestly excited. I keep on saying "this move" over and over

but it IS this move. i'm not in bumfuck suburbia with no bus.

i can get around, i can go LIVE

and i can do it independently or with the person i love. that shit counts

anyway, update gimme replies

peace feels good. not to jinx it though, i hope to keep my life this good. 2026 is gonna be my fucking year fr

no_apologies

(Mood: Intense. Psychological horror and violence. As scary as it possibly gets. Xelly's Vampire is needed to be the "judge" and "jury" against a really despicable, parasitic manipulator of a human being. Genre: Horrorcore. Dark Rap with Glitchcore elements. Rapid-fire rhymes. Give the Vampire room to sing in his soulful and alluring vocals.)

( Lyrics )

Yeeees, the swagger in that predatory stance. Thanks Vampy. I know you don't like me at all, but I really do appreciate what you've done for me. I REALLY needed this song done.

An amazing variant version. Rap/Glitchcore Horrorcore blend.

mistressofmuses

On Tuesday night, the aurora borealis was visible through a huge amount of the country, including Colorado!

The first time I ever got to see them was last year, and while we've tried to see them a couple times since, the later attempts tended to capture a faint glow at best.

The ones on Tuesday were amazing.

The colors were most intense early.

(This is brighter than it appeared to the naked eye, but the color was visible even without a camera, both the reds and the greens. It was so cool!)

We went up north and east to try and get away from the city lights, which was very worthwhile, though it was visible even from within the city. I even caught an extremely weak pinkish glow from my apartment window. Taylor got a better picture of them from behind their house.

There was this little flare of brighter green that would appear and disappear from the lower right.

Seven more pictures of the auroras:

I did really like how many stars were also visible.

This was looking directly upwards at the stars. So many stars (milky way, again!), and even directly upwards was faintly pink.

Eventually the redder tones started to fade a bit, but then the green got a bit more vibrant, which was also very cool.

We were parked out on a little rural dirt road. It is a county road, but eventually someone came over to the car to "check if we were okay" since we were on "his" road. It's not a private road, but we don't want to freak anyone out, either. We told him we were just looking at the auroras, which he seemed surprised by. They were fading a bit by then, so we decided to head back home.

As we left the highway back in the metro area, we saw that the color was back in the sky! While we were back within the city, it was still very visible. We pulled over near a neighborhood park to take another look.

This is not with a long/"night mode" exposure; the night mode washed it out, while this is actually relatively close to (though a little brighter than) what it looked like even without my camera.

It was kind of nice that the peak visibility for the auroras hit really early. We had time to get out and see some really spectacular views of them, but also got to come home by about 10:30, ha.

And the forecast was that they were supposed to be even stronger on Wednesday night!

While we were delighted that we'd gotten to see them on Tuesday, we made plans to head out and try to see them again on Wednesday, leaving right from my office when I got off of work.

...And it was cloudy.

So I'm extra glad we took full advantage on Tuesday, rather than waiting and betting on the "even stronger" forecast. There were some nice lights on Wednesday, if you could get away from the cloud cover, though I don't think they ever hit quite as strong as the ones from Tuesday.

We tried for several hours to get to a good spot, but just never quite managed it. We were stuck behind the clouds, even when we pushed about as far east as we could justify trying to go. Once the clouds did finally start to break up and it got nice and clear... the lights were about done. We got a very faint glow, but hardly worth writing home about, especially compared to the night before!

Though once it did clear up, there were some really nice stars:

So many stars! Cassiopeia in the upper left. (I am not good at very many constellations, but I recognize a handful.)

And Orion!

I'm not sorry that we tried on Wednesday, and we had a nice time anyway (got some snacks, waited and stargazed, read some book), I had emphatically not wanted it to be an hours-and-hours-long excursion... but as we kept pushing farther east, and then waiting for it to clear, and then of course having to get back home, it turned into a 6+ hour journey. We left straight from work after I got off at 6, and then didn't make it home until after midnight, sobcry.

Current Mood: tired
Current Location: my apartment

paperghost

I'm going to bed soon, but I uploaded two new pages:

100 Questions for Webmasters

More thoughts on AI, a direct sequel to But is it really? (Maybe read that one first...)

My Ivy shrine also has an apology for not coming back online. I'm just really depressed and not feeling it lately. I stopped selfshipping a year ago, I have an OC but no motivation to really dabble in romantic content for obvious reasons lol.

I'm debating on having a circle for locked entries. The issue is no one I talk to privately uses this site, so it'd restrict what I can post about. But I might as well say this now: I'm planning on rebranding my website, I just don't know when. My soft deadline is "the end of this year" but I need to think of a new name first... And draw a new favicon, since a friend told me hours ago the mouse is the Photographer from Link's Awakening.

maevedarcy

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zenigotchas

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aleteoryx

I hate smartphones!!!!!!!!! I am a big fan of small and silly electronics but the modern smartphone is a devilspawn consumption machine. it is small and serious and seriously unsilly and seriously EVIL!!!!!!!!!!!!!

for a while I've been thinking about what I'd want out of a smartphone replacement device. a seriously silly tiny portable computer of some kind, with support for all manner of communication peripherals. I'm not a hardware person in the slightest so some of this may be talking out of my ass lol. and obviously this whole list is sort of excessive but that's why it's a wish list and not a send it to the build team, David! list

I'm envisioning something modular-ish where there's a central computer unit that can talk to a bunch of peripherals over a bus of some kind.

as far as the main body goes, here's what I'd like:

physical keyboard, full qwerty. but like a nice one that feels good to type on. digital diary type shit
multi-line text display. 4 rows minimum? but 8 would be nice. ideally this would be an LCD with togglable backlight, but an e-paper screen with some kind of lamp works too. whatever uses the least power and can be had cheaply
like I said, pluggable architecture. I want it to be as easy as possible to add peripherals to this thing, or replace them. doing this in a way which avoids a lot of custom fabrication will be difficult.
very low active power draw. ideally the device would be effectively turned off 99% of the time, but 100+ hours of user interaction per-charge would be great. battery life will obviously be hampered by a cell module or some such, and this does not take that into account
operating system in some kind of minimal high-level environment, like a forth or j2me. this is primarily to facilitate swapping the CPU or other hardware details at any time. a minimal machine code kernel should take care of details like bootstrapping the system, and provide primitives for hardware interaction. the high-level code should not rely on implementation details of the CPU or kernel.
- following from this, a complete programming environment. once the device is to a point of bare usability, I want to be able to do all OS development on the system itself.
around 1mb of RAM. I can't imagine honestly needing more for the purposes of this device
at least 16mb of primary flash storage. this is for user code. the kernel/interpreter will live on an eeprom or some such and boot from this.
at least 1gb of secondary flash storage. this is primarily for scrollback, and would ideally be user-swappable (CF or SD card?)
a reasonable amount of weatherproofing
decent enough audio hardware, and a fast enough bus, to be able to handle voip and cell calls

and then, the modules themselves!

the obvious inclusions are bluetooth, wifi, and cell. the reasoning for the second 2 is manifest, the first is primarily for connecting to an earpiece of some kind. after all, this device /will/ do calls.
lora, specifically for meshtastic purposes. having my own gateway that relays messages from various text protocols over it seems like a good idea, with cell internet and wifi as fallbacks. this is the ideal communication system due to the ultra-low power draw.
various forms of serial, though this might be better accomplished in software with GPIOs. having the device able to operate as a dumb terminal or UART probe seems extremely handy.
irda. because i mean. hhghhghgrugnoerungnngnnnnghhhhhh

so yeah that's it! be interested to hear any additions or comments. I'm probably at least a year out from even beginning to make this thing, but it's nice to write down ideas.

I've been ~aleteoryx, toodles

Current Music: Please Tokio, Please THIS IS TOKIO

maevedarcy

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ysabetwordsmith

5 'foods of the future' that could help save the planet

Fortunately, regenerative agriculture, sustainable farming practices, and eco-friendly approaches are changing the way we farm, fish, and feast. From grain that’s been cultivated since 5000 BC to newly engineered “climate blend” bread, these five foods may have different histories, but they all have a part to play in future food menus.

I am increasingly interested in lesser-known, indigenous, and climate-resistant foods.

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Current Mood: busy

ysabetwordsmith

Today is partly cloudy and mild.

I fed the birds. I've seen a mixed flock of sparrows and house finches.

I put out water for the birds.

EDIT 11/13/25 -- I watered the Egyptian walking onions.

I gathered seeds from the 'Shirley' landrace zinnias that I'm developing.

EDIT 11/13/25 -- I emptied the two spigot jugs of comfrey tea. The pure one had so little liquid that I just dumped it out, and it didn't have much of a smell, just kind of moldy. The one with a handful of leaves decanted 2 gallons of tea-colored liquid fertilizer, and not much noticable smell. That's the one I'm more likely to repeat. I never did get around to testing it because the weather was so sweltering most of the time. But I have it to try out in spring.

EDIT 11/13/25 -- I rinsed out the two spigot jugs and brought them in.

EDIT 11/13/25 -- We walked around the yard looking at places in the prairie garden that need to be mowed, trimmed and carried away a few branches, and now my partner Doug is out mowing.

EDIT 11/13/25 -- We walked around the yard again and got another strip mowed.

I did a lot of work around the patio.

I've seen a fox squirrel running through the trees.

As it is now dark, I am done for the night.

Current Mood: busy

elrhiarhodan

Title: From All The Spaces Between Times
Chapter: Chapter 63 — The Hand of Fate Held Me Tight
Author:

elrhiarhodan /

elrhiarhodan
Fandom: Star Wars, Star Wars Prequel Trilogy, Star Wars — Obi Wan Kenobi (TV), Star Wars — Jedi Apprentice Books
Characters Obi-Wan Kenobi, Qui-Gon Jinn, Shmi Skywalker, Anakin Skywalker, The Force as a Sentient Character, Watto, Quinlan Vos, Padmé Amidala, Sabé, Darth Maul, Yoda, Mace Windu, Adi Gallia, Quinlan Vos, Professor Huyang, The Force, Plo Koon, Vokara Che, Siri Tachi, Aayla Secura, Bant Eerin, Bruck Chun, Xanatos du Crion, Sheev Palpatine | Darth Sidious, Hego Damask II | Darth Plagueis, Komari Vosa, Bail Prestor Organa, Bail Antilles Prestor, Rael Averross, Nim Piana, Ahsoka Tano, Sifo-Dyas, Reva Sevander, Lene Kostana (mentioned), Savage Opress, Pong Krell, The Traitor, Original Characters, Other Characters To Be Added
Pairings: Obi-Wan Kenobi & Shmi Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi & Qui-Gon Jinn, Padmé Amidala/Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan/Qui-Gon Jinn (yes, we’re arrived)
Word Count: ~ 4400 this chapter
Spoilers: None
Warnings/Enticements/Triggers: Sith manipulation, anger, canon-typical violence

Summary: Obi-Wan Kenobi has never known it, but he has always been the Force’s Champion, destined to suffer infinite sadness in defense of the Light. On his last turn on the wheel, responsibility for The Chosen One, the false child of prophecy, had been thrust upon him with no warning, and Darkness held the upper hand.

But this time, the Force has marshaled its power and will protect its Champion until the time is right, no matter how long Obi-Wan has to wait and how much he has to suffer.

Or,

Obi-Wan is reborn as a twelve-year old.

He wakes up on a slavers’ ship, with all of his prior life’s memories intact, and he’s bound for Tatooine with a Force-inhibitor collar around his neck, a bomb implanted in his spine, and no way of knowing what state of the Galaxy is in.

Just another day in the life of the Force’s Champion.

Chapter Summary: Quinlan takes the news that he’s going undercover with Obi-Wan as a senior padawan with surprising good grace.

But on the other hand, the Traitor is pissed off that he’s still on suspension and that he doesn’t have access to his personal lightsaber. But the Battlemaster throws him a bone. He’s finally allowed to leave the Temple. Which means he just might be able to do his Master’s bidding…

From All The Spaces Between Times — Chapter 63 — The Hand of Fate Held Me Tight (On AO3)

( Meta — The Hand of Fate Held Me Tight )

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queen_ypolita

Last night, instead of starting to settle for the night I headed out to travel to London Euston to catch Caledonian Sleeper to Edinburgh. I got onboard soon after it opened after 10.30pm and settled down to sleep fairly soon, but wasn't really asleep when we departed a quarter to midnight. I slept rather fitfully and when my alarm went off at seven in the morning I thought there was something odd going on. It took me a little while to figure out what it was from what was hearing and what Caledonian Sleeper had messaged. We were being held at Carlisle because the line was blocked ahead. The reason was initially cited as a broken-down train, later they suggested the breakdown was related to flooding on the line. In any case, we stood at Carlisle long enough that the Edinburgh portion ended up arriving over two hours behind schedule. That was actually fine with me, as I'd been wondering what I'd do in the morning if it was raining heavily and I'd have two hours to kill. In the end, I just took my bigger bag to left luggage and headed straight out to the National Galleries of Scotland, the National, and enjoyed looking at art there. After it, I went to St. Giles and had a look around and did some walking about at the castle end of the Royal Mile. And then went to the castle, where I had the official guided tour, followed by visiting some of the buildings at the site. Even on a grey rainy day, the views were wonderful. And although rain made it harder to just enjoy walking around, it wasn't anything I hadn't expected and the forecast for tomorrow is better.

duskpeterson

I feel a bit embarrassed to mention this balcony, because it's named after me.

However, it is a perennially favorite visiting spot for Emorian visitors. You may see it, at a distance, as you are leaving the palace grounds; it is the balcony festooned with the Emorian royal colors.

It was here, in 976, that the Chara of Emor resided during the final days of the Emorian occupation. (I often visited his chamber during his stay - hence the name of the balcony.) It appeared at that time that the Koretians and Emorians would engage in bitter warfare with each other over Emor's lengthy occupation of Koretia. Instead, through the combined wisdom of the Jackal and the Chara, the Koretians and Emorians were able to reach a peace settlement. Since that time, this chamber has served as the residence for any visiting ambassadors from Emor.

On that peaceful note, we will leave behind the capital of Koretia.

[Translator's note: Once again, the Ambassador demonstrates his modesty, this time by failing to mention his own role in the peace settlement between Emor and Koretia. The full details are conveyed in Blood Vow. A somewhat different perspective on the peace settlement occurs in Law of Vengeance.]

linky

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Current Mood: tired
Current Music: Want You Back Again

navelgazed

Here's what you missed on my life: got fired, struggled through two months of unemployment, got a new job.

Well, that and I've been working on art and things. Let's break it down:

Art:
After e-begging for comms through my unemployment, I've mostly closed my commissions and I'm working on developing my skills and making merchandise. I've broken out my watercolor supplies and have been trying to work on that, though it's hard to get everything set up to do it. If I had more space at home and a bed that didn't need to be folded up to do work at my art desk it would help, but alas.

I also have stickers in planning on putting up on my kofi shop this weekend! I'm excited to try selling this kind of stuff again. It didn't go well the first time I tried but the cost to profit ratio for stickers is so low stakes that if it doesn't go well I genuinely won't be upset.

Writing:
I don't wanna talk about it

Nails...?
One of my hobbies is nail polish and although I'm done shopping for new shades this year, there are several exciting new additions to my collection. My nails are also longer than they've been in a long time, which is thanks to Anchor and Heart's mermaid tears base coat, the only base coat that's lasted longer than 4 days on me with no peeling. It's my holy Grail and I'm gonna be real upset if I can't get my hands on it once I run out.

Anyway, check out my kofi on my pinned post if you want to see some new art! I'll try to do round ups again at the end of the month. Maybe it'll motivate me to do some stuff creatively.

northlands

Our memory is the absolute worst. Find a book that sounds really interesting, go to mark it on Goodreads, and...what do you mean we read this seven years ago? We have zero memory of this, wtf.

It's like everything that happened over four years ago just gets wiped.

Still going to (re)read it, but damn.

Current Music: night traveller - put your money on me

northlands

You hate that time is moving faster
Feels like the closing of a chapter
We'll be laughing at this after the fact
Though it's not the way that it feels right now

Heartaches and silent conversations
Too good and overcomplicated
We're lost and no one wants to feel like that
Well, we'll find a way we can work this out
But it is what it is right now

I don't have the words to make this right
A way to fix it all tonight
I know right now it don't seem like much
But you got all my love, all my love, all my love

It's dark today but the sun gon' rise
Can't rush the dawn before it's time
Soon what is will be what was
And you got all my love, all my love, all my love

"Is What It Is" by Chance Peña

vriddy

Community Thursday challenge: every Thursday, try to make an effort to engage with a community on Dreamwidth, whether that's posting, commenting, promoting, etc.

Over the last week...

Posted & commented on bnha_fans.

Commented on booknook.

Signal boosts:

Via dw_community_promo, a new werewolvesden to chat about all media involving werewolves/wereanimals/shapeshifters! :D Inspired by vampiremedia and both great ideas.

no_apologies

(Mood: Softly creepy. Sickly-Sweet. The muse of the Eldritch Ancient of insanity herself telepathically speaks to SilverFox Jams from inside her headspace... Genre: Eerie Lullaby Ambient music with opera vocal. Slow tempo. Going to need the female vocalist to alternate between a soft voice and a more chilling, monstrous voice. The very character of Xel'lotath frequently switches voices in the way she speaks, for her speech patterns are similar to dissociative identity disorder.)

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A haunting and beautiful new song by Xelly. Seeming to care, with the underlying mastermind vibes, with a hint of possessiveness... And I KNEW she would be hinting at me over Fritz. Not outright saying "forget about him", but yeah.

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