I'm paying the price in bug bites for that humid day with a rain shower.

Monty seems to have figured it out. He waited for me to finish spraying the hose about in the corner behind the garage and then emerged and started licking his chops.

Это, конечно, не мое дело. Но все же.
На пятом году войны русские вдруг насрали в штаны Зеленскому, сняв Федорова. По многочисленным просьбам генералов, умело и храбро штурмовавших суровикинские минные поля.
Ясное дело, бывает. И оборонные закупки лучше же через надёжных друзей вести и через их родню, а не через тендеры. Тут-то, в Расее, и не такое видели, да, не привыкать, а советские дядьки в погонах, увы, нередко по обе стороны фронта похожи. Изнанка поцреотизма.

Но вроде как Украина планировала побеждать же. И даже всерьез начала уж. Или теперь втянулись, и интересен не результат, а сам процесс?

 Ailz tells me that there are people out there in the world who call themselves "male lesbians".

No-one seems to know quite what they mean by it. And I'm not going to offer any guesses or suggestions.

I''m just happy they're causing confusion.

It had been a long time since we were able to have a cute spousal date. I feel like about half of that is my fault. Since both of us are foodies and I've had to watch my carbs, this naturally meant we had to cut back on quite a few of things we liked. Like the lovely Italian place on 24th St. I want to survive even though it opened in a lot where the owners (and shop cuisine) changes eerily frequently. Note to self, I should drag Seth back there at some point. We don't want nice food nearby to suddenly be cursed. I would eat anything on special at that place that was not calamari. I'm sure they do excellent calamari. It's really not my protein.

I found out in May that the Legion of Honor was hosting a momentous exhibit on the Etruscans, an otherwise obscure historical subject that Seth happens to have a big interest in. I actually learned about the Etruscans from Seth when I first moved to San Francisco. He told me about this little-known civilisation who scandalised the contemporaneous Greeks and Romans because their women participated as equals with the men at banquets. Greek and Roman women, by comparison, were kind of the prototype for the obedient, unseen woman hidden in the shadowed back rooms of the home. They wove a whole damn lot. To be fair, women of ancient civilisations (including the Etruscans) wove a whole damn lot in general because without machines to make cloth, the process really took up everyone's time. Incidentally. both genders contributed variously to spinning thread, because if cloth took time to make, it would take even longer if the people who didn't weave were not busy making the base material with idle hands. But, Etruscan women could own property. At least until they were conquered by the Romans, Etruscan women even kept and used solely their family names after marriage--and even under Roman influence, they suffixed the husband's surname to their for a while. While comparatively empowered in the social sense, Etruscan genders still did not (Read more)

Відсторонення Федорова - це велике зло


https://censor.net/ua/n4013761

На бывшую главу Пушкинского музея пожаловались в прокуратуру из-за слов о нерусском кокошнике

Глава Федерального проекта по безопасности и борьбе с коррупцией серийный доносчик Виталий Бородин обратился в Генпрокуратуру с просьбой проверить высказывания бывшего директора Государственного музея изобразительных искусств имени Пушкина Елизаветы Лихачевой о происхождении кокошника.

По мнению Бородина, заявления экс-главы музея могут свидетельствовать о «дискредитации культурного наследия». В интервью Лихачева заявила, что кокошник в современном представлении сформировался благодаря художникам эпохи модерна, которые обращались к образам с итальянских картин XV века. Она также отметила, что Россия является частью «большой цивилизации» и привела в качестве примера элементы традиционной культуры — кокошник, хохлому и гжель.

«Кокошник, серьезно? Вы хоть раз видели, как русские женщины одевались? Кокошники придумали художники эпохи модерна, стащив головные уборы с итальянских картин XV века», — сказала Лихачева. По ее мнению, противопоставление «русского» и «западного» может привести к культурной изоляции (Read more)

Пресса Meduza именует её как её

Акція протесту проти відставки Федорова у Львові: "На Банковій справді хочуть перемоги?". ФОТОрепортаж

https://censor.net/ua/p4013764

случайно зашла на ФБ и сразу же поймала там клёвый (большой) пост на тему срачей про роль Елены. Подумала, что просто подписалась бы под каждым словом)) поэтому притащу сюда себе, под кат (там целиком цитата)

Slava Shvets

"Читала я тут ленту и подумала, что Люпита Нионго - самый точный кастинг Елены за всю историю кино.
Хотя бы потому, что актрисе - 43 года. Приблизительно столько же, сколько должно было быть героине.
А еще я подумала, что Нолан велик, потому что одновременно показывает нам и «Илиаду», и «Одиссею».
«Одиссею» он снял для кинопроката. В ней играют актеры, ее снимали на камеры. Там есть монтаж, озвучка, пост-обработка - то есть все, что по формальным признакам можно назвать словом «кино».
Но гораздо масштабней получился второй проект - «Илиада». В массовке ахейского войска задействованы сотни тысяч людей. Это интерактивная постановка, потому что массовка пишет диалоги сама себе в режиме реального времени - чуть ли не самая масштабная битва за Елену со времен Трои.
Так за кого же эта битва?
Про Елену мы не знаем ровным счетом ничего. В «Илиаде» она появляется всего три раза. В «Одиссее» - два. Мы не знаем, как она выглядит. Нет ее описания внешности. Прилагательные Гомера -

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Из-за дефицита топлива власти собрали совещание: что решили
1. продавать топливо напрямую
2. меньше продавать на бирже
3. доставлять топливо в регионы
4. снабжать крупных потребителей
всё.
1 и 2 - это фактически одно и то же.
3 - а как топливо доставалось регионам раньше?!
4 - это которые платят по расценкам 2021 года? а потом перепродают по нынешним ценам?

простите, а по существу вы что-нибудь решили? ё-маё! верховная власть...

"Ольга" може бути фонетичною варіацією "Ольза".

Ольза найчастіше є власною назвою, а саме річкою в Центральній Європі (права притока Одри), що протікає через Польщу та Чехію.За походженням, назва річки сходить до праслов'янського слова oliga, що означає «річка, багата водою».

Інші версії походження

У деяких лінгвістичних джерелах ім'я пов'язують з давньослов'янським Вольга (або Ольга), що трактується як «мудра», «сонячна» або «чудодійка».

Тобто, версія про її болгарське походження, зважуючи на ім'я її онука "Володимир", має більше підстав за скандинавську версію. А якщо зважити на те, що вона полюддя замінила на податки як у Болгарії, то вона явно не скандинавка, бо скандинави уяви про це не мали. І, нарешті, вона була християнкою.

 

No idea where the Met Office and the BBC collect their weather data for Brizzle, but they are always wildly optimistic about how fast the temperature will drop in the evening. Like last night they said it would be 23C at 2200. However at that point it was WARMER outside my flat than it was inside. The inside temperature was 26C. Put some bloody weather stations in city centres! That's where most people live! (Read more)

Another horrendous day and night of suffocating heat. I don't feel like doing anything but guzzle iced tea and cold water. And pee, of course. The iced tea and water make that essential. There will be another hot day tomorrow, but there will also be a night with a temperature that drops below 70 degrees. Not low enough to get any serious cooling, but probably low enough to get a bit of savings on my electric bill. Maybe a quarter, maybe fifty cents, but something. It's the best thing the weather has done for me in a week. Beggars, choosers, gift horse, mouth.

Ого, пока я еду в поезде, зеля уволил Федорова. Ахуел, что ли?

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Who: Harold and more!
When: July and August
Where: Various locales around Rosavelle.
What: Harold tries to cope with living in the same place more than a few weeks.
Warnings: Tales of trauma and homelessness, specific warnings per thread

ВIДЕО

У Києві розпочалася акція протесту через рішення президента Зеленського не пропонувати Михайлу Федорову повторно очолити Міністерство оборони України
Протест проходить на площі Івана Франка у Києві, що неподалік Офісу Президента

https://censor.net/ua/n4013762

ещё неделю назад все страдали от жары, типа вон даже автобусы загорались из-за кондиционеров в салоне. теперь другая бяда: дожди! в Перми размыло жд пути, под откос ушло 5 вагонов. в регионе переполнились водохранилища. в прошлые годы была засуха, а теперь вода пришла до нормы, и уже выше нормы, и уже возникла опасность прорыва плотин. в Верхнем Уфалее открыли шлюзы на плотине, дык в результате затопило дома ниже по течению! в Ч тоже открыли шлюзы на Шершневском водохранилище. ура! Миасс больше не болото. но опять нелады: вода поднялась и затопила нашу лучшую в мире набережную!!!

нет слов... каждый день какие-то аварии, катастрофы, как минимум какие-то косяки вылезают. да блин в 1990е такого ежедневного здеца не припоминаю!

Podfic up to 850 words long.

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У Києві розпочалася акція протесту через рішення президента Зеленського не пропонувати Михайлу Федорову повторно очолити Міністерство оборони України

Протест проходить на площі Івана Франка у Києві, що неподалік Офісу Президента


https://censor.net/ua/n4013762

вродьбы атака аэ-мa Энгельс:
https://videos.cnscdn.com/d/2/7/d/d27d2cd8b50362744abfb62ae4567a1a/original.mp4

необьяснимый феномен, авиация в этом случае совершенно бездействует, и это в эру радаров(!) вон у них один такой прям на аэ-ме стоит. Или несколько..
А в другом случ авиа все таки сбивает КР противника. Вот, прям, дроны-- "невидимки"..

Title: Brain Drain
Team: Brotherhood
Challenge: Amusement
Fandom: X-Men (Comicverse)
Character(s)/Pairing(s): Hank McCoy/Jean Grey
Rating: T
Notes: Set after the battle with the Horsemen of Apocalypse which led to Hank's loss of intelligence

 

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где-то с полгода уже... запускаю WoW - не работает колесико у мышки. альт-F4, запускаю ещё раз - теперь работает. потрясающая стабильность!
не понимаю только: это так и задумано? если нет, то что, никто не замечает? или тоже не понимают почему такое происходит?

Still no sleep last night, even without plantain. It's my new b6: it's in the form of a capsule instead of a pill, so I can take it straight, I absorb it better, and...it works for longer? I didn't have any past four pm yesterday, and that seemed to be enough to keep me awake. Today I didn't have any past one pm. It's forty minutes before bedtime and I don't feel drowsy. That's not a good sign.

I just finished unit 2 of duolingo korean.

I've restarted my korean flashcards, but I'm not going to study hard. I had an llm create a hundred sentences using the basic vocab I have from duolingo plus the few old flashcards I reviewed yesterday. I'll be slowly re-introducing the old vocab I was studying.

I starting having abdominal discomfort at the laundromat this evening and I don't know the cause. It was a couple of hours after dinner. I felt uncomfortably full. It's gotten worse since then. I'm just a little worried about what it might be. I thought I could relieve the discomfort with a bowel movement, but I just feel worse now.

I managed to get jury duty postponed until January of next year, just by using the court's automated phone system, so I now have plenty of time to get a letter from the audiologist.

Today I toyed with the idea of doing a master's degree in space science. I looked through the courses and marveled at how cool it would be to have that knowledge, to work through those kinds of homework problems. My interest in outer space was the reason I majored in astrophysics. I had planned astrophysics for undergrad and then astronautical engineering for grad school. I wanted to help create an engine that could overcome the titanic fuel requirements of space travel. I wanted to be able to travel further. Sometimes it's weird to look back on the plans of my younger self.

The space science degree is super specific, and there aren't a lot of places hiring for those specific skills. I no longer want to contribute to space travel because, given all the needy people on earth (Read more)

Трохи балістики вночі, цього разу я навіть бачив, як її збивали. На Осокорках знов тихо, у мене все гаразд.

Сьогодні побачимо, чи підтримає Рада зраду Зеленського.

Чекаю на перемогу.

The temperature the last few days has been approaching 100F, which is about as hot as it ever gets here. (We're in the first valley in from the coast; further in, it gets hotter, which is why we're not moving there.) The last couple of days I finally found it too difficult to bear, and I've been spending my whole daytime at air-conditioned public libraries, occupying my time by reading some of the books they have there.

I'm finding that several hours of coolth inures me slightly to the heat when I emerge out of it, but it's still tough. Reports say the temp will drop somewhat tomorrow; I sure hope so.

Так, у мене типу День Народження.

Не пишу, бо вже майже не бачу. Репости то простіше, але й вони закінчаться.
Ми, як і завжди, у Чернігові. Гарячої води так і нема з березня, чи більше, вже й забули, яка вона на дотик.
Тривоги майже безперервні, бо саме через нас те лайно попадає в Україну з Брянської області. До Києва чи до Житомира долітає або не долітає - але ми своє завжди отримуємо.
Безпілотники тепер реактивні, руйнувань від них - як від ракети.
Жертв теж побільшало.


Тому як завжди прохання - закиньте на русоріз. Це допомагає.
Дякую усім небайдужим.


STERNENKO

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16.07.2026 Записки с горы

С новым утром!

Сегодня между полуночью и двумя часами ночи мне снился налёт и одновременное нашествие инопланетян, конкретно, вогонов. Проснулся в два и подумал: "Ну и фигня же порой приснится!". А потом глянул в интернет, и, оказалось, налёт, таки, был (тревога с без четверти часу до без четверти двух). По сообщениям мэра, налетали баллистические ракеты и традиционно громили склады в двух районах Города. Попутно убили ещё двух человек и ранили шестерых.

Так вот сны переплетаются с явью. Может и нашествие инопланетян тоже уже идёт, только нам об этом не сообщают? Хотя косвенные признаки есть - например, со вчерашнего дня стоимость проезда в коммунальном транспорте в Киеве выросла в 3,75 раза. Явный же признак вмешательства инопланетного мозгового слизня! Разве стал бы любимый мэр повышать тарифы таким образом? Нет! Повысил бы в 4, а лучше в 5 раз (или даже в 10 - "Однова живём!"). Но 3,75? "Не верю!" (сами знаете кто).

Засим, пожалуй, откланяюсь. Надо посетить поликлинику - узнать о ходе дальнейшей жизни, а с моей нынешней скоростью перемещения выйти стоит сильно заранее.

Далі буде.

В самолете посмотрел для эксперимента серию "Sex and the City", из имевшегося там 2-го сезона. В-принципе, вполне ничего, но персонажи там несколько по-ньюйоркски-вокнуто неприятные, почти как в Сайнфильде. Мне когда-то показывали русский ремейк про "Женщин бальзаковского возраста", тот мне тогда понравился больше (у персонажей более близкий культурный фон), но в-принципе по сути очень похоже, комические ситуации аналогичные. Однако есть нюанс: русский сериал - про женщин немного за 30, американский - про женщин немного до 50. 15-20 лет разницы в возрасте.

We're going to pretend it's still Wednesday and also we're going to simply accept my laziness in formatting. Oh Kay?

Here's all the posts in communities I made the past... however many weeks. I don't know. It's 2 am.

common_nature: Spider: https://common-nature.dreamwidth.org/328809.html

Today I am grateful for:

It WAS good sleep until the phone rang, and it was the stupid energy company calling to falsely accuse us of not paying our bill.

This company is so annoying. We get our bills in a post office box in town, and so we don't always get bills paid the second they are due, but we pay them.

We paid the energy bill only a few days after the due date, so it's PAID, but their automated system will still call you and yell at you. The bill amount? $57.

So I called them, and yelled back at them for a while, though I know that does no good and probably just makes life difficult for someone unfortunate enough to work in that department.

I tried to go back to sleep, but was too riled up for that.

I did get up in a better mood.

I sat in the house, dreading having to go outside, because the only reason to go outside anymore is to pull weeds.

I would LIKE to go outside to bike, or to kayak, or to do something fun, but no. I must always pull weeds.

I pulled weeds, in the itchy, sweaty heat. Feeding mosquitoes my soul, drop by drop. For two more hours of my life.

I hope the garden yields SOMETHING this year. It would be nice.

Then I went to see River.

The person whose daughter has the very difficult horse who likes to buck came to talk with me while I was getting River ready, and she showed me her garden. Her lovely, abundant, gorgeous garden. Sigh.

R wanted us to record (if possible) another class for a virtual show.

We gave it our best shot, after some running through it, and it's probably fine.

River really did a good job today, as far as effort. It was pretty warm, and I'm sure he's enjoying the mosquitoes as much as the rest of us, but he stayed focused and gave me good effort.

I spent some time with Mr. Pickles, the "foster" pony (at some point I will just be able to say R's pony), who came up to me for kisses.

I can't get over how L and R said that only two weeks ago, he would not come up to people, and was extremely difficult to catch. He would run for a (Read more)

В общем, результаты стресс-теста хорошие. Риск сердечного приступа у меня низкий. Но при этом выяснилось, что я, возможно, перенесла легкий сердечный приступ.
Я говорила медсестре, которая мной занималась, как же меня, блядь, достало, что всё время говорят: «легкая» форма того, «легкая» форма сего. Легкий туннельный синдром. Легкий инсульт (в мае у нее был инсульт )  Легкий сердечный приступ. Но мне-то, блядь, совсем не кажется, что это легко. Я, блядь, устала валяться в постели из-за боли или слабости. Я, блядь, измотана рвотой (которая случилась прямо во время теста) и тем, что меня, сука, проносит ( бесконечный понос у нее) до смерти. Я понимаю, бывают ипохондрики. Но у меня есть снимки. Есть цифры. Есть все данные, доказывающие, что я, блядь, разваливаюсь.
Я в бешенстве, потому что раньше я вела активный образ жизни, несмотря на постоянную боль. А теперь боль стала такой сильной, что спровоцировала инсульт. Что это вообще за жизнь такая, блядь?
Извините, что ною, но мне сейчас очень хреново. У нее еще появилась экзема и она на стероидах.
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А, и я только что получила счет за сегодняшние обследования: 1121,16 доллара. И это вдобавок к почти 20 тыс (Read more)

Titre : Un peu de volonté
Auteur : malurette
Bases : Aria & LastMan
Personnages : Orsalne et Talula Woods
Gradation : G / K
Légalité : propriété de Michel Weyland, Jérémie Périn, Laurent Sarfati etc ; je ne cherche pas à me faire de sous avec.

Prompt : c'est la faute au tournoi-des-femmes-de-vos-vies ♥

( Reprends-toi en mains ma vieille ? )

Title: 'To Alter the Format'
Fandom: Doctor Who
Author: but_can_i_be_trusted
Rating: PG
Word Count: 1,163 (I apologize; I know the max limit's a thousand words, but it got away from me. If it's necessary, I can pare it down.)
Characters/Pairings: Eleventh Doctor, Amy Pond, Rory Williams, original characters
Warnings: Some violence
Notes: Crossposted to whatif_au
Summary: "No wonder we're doing so poorly," Rory mumbled around a yawn.

( To Alter the Format )

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Are you a vidder with a great idea that’s been languishing on your hard drive or your storyboard? Still looking for that last bit of source material to make it just perfect? Or is there one of your older works that you’ve thought of freshening up to show to the world again?

Whichever it is, you know we’d love to have it for our vid show, so don’t wait any longer, start working on it now! The vid show submission deadline is August 1st  11:59 PDT

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Dates to remember
Convention August 7th-9th
Panel voting ends July 17th
Vid submissions due August 1st

 

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- Con Com  

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 Yesterday I was really tired and falling asleep as I wrote what I did. I was probably nervous for my second drivers test, but I ended up passing so I think I can try to be happy from that for a bit. 

My step dad won't allow me to actually drive by myself yet, so for now I'll have to only ask my mom to drive until I've proven myself to him I guess. It's not like I'll have anywhere to go until I get a car of my own. My childhood friend has a David Bowie alladin sane shirt he wants to give me, so I'll probably visit soon. Note to self, I should probably get him something in return. I could drive us to a park or something and we can hang out for a while. We've missed out on a lot of each others lives, but I do trust him to some degree. We could probably talk for a long time. 

I'm 158 days sober from self harm. It's getting harder and harder to not relapse. All that's really stopping me is the fact that I might go swimming this summer and I would be wearing a bikini. If I relapse during the summer, the worst case scenario is that I get caught and the best case scenario is that I get an infection. Once school starts, there won't be anything physically stopping me from cutting myself again. I'm lucky that right now all I have to do is wait for the urges to pass. 

I haven't had a dream about him in a while. That's good. It's hard to admit that, because I honestly enjoy getting to see him even if it's not real. Even if it means feeling that pain again and reversing progress. I text him and I always feel like he's mad at me. 

My empire has fallen and I have lost

How I long to be loved by you
Your eyes glow crimson with a sadistic desire

Driven mad by your gentleness, which is false

Your sharp teeth gnaw at the neck
Seeking to drink the blood deeply

Crimson roses dance for our final kiss
Dark blood whets the thirst as you bite and devour
Sharp jaws sinking and penetrating
Teeth to pierce, seized and conquered

Our rondo of love and grief
Is now the thorn of fate plunged into the heart
To stop time

Let us dance as you devour me in the dark
Drink my blood to your fill and in your victory
You may take my life as well
For as you're satisfied, take my life and blood for your pleasure

Today I was mostly out all day...
My day started by waking up early and drinking coffee, which I usually don't drink unless I wake up early. But then I had to wait for everyone else to wake up, so what was the point (ㆆ_ㆆ). Anyway, after my brother and father woke up and ate breakfast, we all got into the car. We drove for about an hour and a half to a car junkyard, how exciting (◓_◓)... But really tho I do actually like going to the junkyard, since you never know what you're going to find inside the cars. I guess you could kind of consider it dumpster diving, since most of the stuff you find is mostly junk left by the previous owner. But I tend to find some pretty cool stuff, such as today I found a whole pack of clay beads in almost perfect condition („★0★„). The container was a little broken, but most of the beads were still inside, so it's fine. I also found some nice-looking postcards, a bracelet, a necklace, and a pair of ponytailers, which I only picked up for the beads at the end of them (๑ ❛ ⤙ ❛ ๑). But I spent most of my time there helping my father remove car parts from junk cars (—‸—). Though afterwards we went to a Chinese buffet, so it wasn't too bad... Then after we ate, I came home, took a shower and laid down feeling exhausted (っ- ‸ - ς). During this time, I also went to check on the chickens and turkeys, since we have those, and recently, one of the turkeys has had two little offspring >v<. But yeah, I consider today a success!

Oh, I also forgot to mention I brought my little Guel plush along with me to the Junkyard. Mostly because I want more pictures of him in different places.
But here's my little Guel at the junkyard, doesn't he just look so happy to be there(˶ᵔ ᵕ ᵔ˶) ‹𝟹.


Now here he is eating his favorite that being the Chinese buffet jello (๑ᵔ⤙ᵔ๑).

This year I'm doing Community Thursdays. Some of my activity will involve maintaining communities I run, and my favorites. Some will involve checking my list of subscriptions and posting in lower-traffic ones. Today I have interacted with the following communities...


* Commented on Candy Balls in everykindofcraft.

* Commented on just create - fan edition in justcreate.

* Commented on Just One Thing (15 July 2026) in awesomeers.

Wed June 15 Hi went got lunch was half baked potato and hamburger meat corn on cob kept it for supper went to tea hot had bacon fried rice for lunch
Hamilton under air quality, heat warnings as forest fires burn in northwestern Ontario, the smoke from forest fires was bad in Hamilton 90s today

In preparation for the next part of the Wild West Vvardenfell story, I've created Summerwood's Ashlander tribe.
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There's a chinese restaurant in my city called 新天地. In general, the combo '天地' means 'World/Universe'; however in an individual level the character its 'heavenly land' if I'm not wrong. This restaurant,  新天地 was founded in 2003 by a chinese immigrant, and over the couple of years has finally experienced some kind of regional competition due to the new influx of chinese folk. Neverless, the 新天地 restaurant, as long as it maintains the quality, well, it ain't going out of style.

It wasn't until just a week ago when I finally got off my ass in looking up the meaning of the character I didn't know the meaning just yet, '地', Combined with my guerilla learning of 汉字, I knew ' new skies/day', 新天. So looking up '地' it gave me the impression of the definition of 'New Heavenly Land', and it stuck in my head, because today is 3 months without my kitten, and I know she's in a 'New Heavenly Land', hehe. Neverless, that isn't quite the actual definition. Heck, I am still confused at why the caracter '也' was combined with the simple earth caracter '土' to mean 'land'. The phonetic explanation wikipedia is giving me isn't making much sense to me, either. 

Neverless, it is the 15th. Every 15th, every time someone eats a 曲奇, cookie, Galleta, I count it as an offering to my kitten- she's in a new universe, and wherever she is, it is most certainty heaven in comparison to this one. 

Why do you keep breaking no contact?

As soon as the Central Asian countries refused to save the terrorist state Russia from its gasoline crisis, Russia's friends, the Taliban, immediately began to pressure these countries - so far only through political threats. Only the collapse of Russia will save the world.
#RussiaIsAWarCriminal

https://mstdn.party/@aliyn_raven

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

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Over the last week...

Commented on addme, getyourwordsout.

Promoted betaplease.

 


Too much laughter as the madness of the show kept making me quote Suicidal Tendencies song "Institutionalized"

Mainly me saying, "And all I wanted was a Pepsi!"

 

Who: X MARKS
Where: X MARKS
When: December 6th after the game


[ Rain gets first dibs on the shower. ]

То к культуре мягко.
То к культуре чутко.
Жмякай и всё жмякай —
Так иль эдак чудно.

Чудно зваться сброшенной,
Причёсанной к стерне,
Плодоножкой скошенной
При немой стезе.

Доска почёта и подробности здесь: https://soobrazim-na.livejournal.com/585801.html
Комментарии скрываются. Срок ответов на перевёртыш — до 7:30 мск 21.07.26 (вт)

And back to doing some RP here on DW. How are all you folks doing, who are still here?

(Страноведческая эпопея для неспешного чтения)
1. Первый слой повествования.
В ночь 7/8 июля 2026 года дроны Сил обороны Украины посетили Татарстан. Возникли «задымления». 11 июля Генштаб ВСУ подтвердил информацию о поражении ряда объектов НПЗ «ТАИФ-НК», который уже принимал удары 12 июня.
У нас эта информация не вызывает никаких эмоций, потому что в Украине не знают, что такое «ТАИФ». Вот «Татнефть» знают. «КамАЗ» там. А что это за «ТАИФ» - никаких ассоциаций. Вот «Лукойл» или «Газпром» - это понятно, а тут – нет.
В России ситуация чуть лучше, но недавно. Ибо ещё лет 5 назад группа «ТАИФ» считалась самой крупной из непрозрачных.
Пока в конце 2021 года не состоялась сделка по продаже части (!) активов этой группы монструозному холдингу «Сибур», за пределами Татарстана «ТАИФ» был практически неузнаваем. Что всегда скрывает какую-то интересную историю.( Read more... )

Шон Таунсенд
Вспомнилась цитата русского писателя, (к счастью) мёртвенького: "Кот был без предрассудков, в том числе и насчёт позорных основ. Но он прекрасно знал, что понятия не от сырости завелись и худо-бедно отражают реальность. Менты, волки и прочие позорники считались существами, которым ни в коем случае нельзя давать никакой власти, даже самой незначительной - так как они не способны употреблять её иначе как во вред окружающим"
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И я не побоюсь, пусть простит меня Костя Корсун, но по сравнению с отборным пидором из самой гнилой пидорячечной даже маэстро престидиджитализации Федоров выглядит как свет в окошке.
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Roman Sinicyn
Менше двох тижнів тому я з побратимом були остатончо, наказом Михайло Федоров, переведені з бойового ударно-розвідувального підрозділу в Міністерство Оборони.
Робити реформу якості. Державного гарантування якості.
В травні заступник міністра оборони Mstyslav Banik почав хантити мене очолити цю реформу.
Вперше виїхав з ним на каву в Запоріжжя з позицій наших екіпажів.
Згодом я таки погодився і влився в команду "реформи закупівель" тільки тому, що зрозумів, що це справді вікно можливостей для змін в найскладнішому та найкорупційнішому міністерстві і (Read more)

 У него есть книжка "Воспоминания об Ахматовой (Ордынка)". Оттуда (конец 50х или начало 60х), Ахматова - Ардову:

В горах в Болгарии, где мы путешествовали, живет много помаков - болгар-мусульман. Православные болгары их сильно недолюбливают, в советские времена их разнообразно гнобили: заставляли менять имена, закрывали мечети, запрещали жениться и хоронить по мусульманским обычаям, женщинам носить шальвары. Помаки сопротивлялись. В 1974 году 500 из 1300 заключенных в главный болгарский лагерь для политзаключенных - Белене - были помаки, при том, что они составляют около 1.5% населения. Но они устояли.

В горах нередко можно увидеть около шоссе бабушку, которая торгует какими-нибудь вареньями и медом. Если бабушка в павлово-посадском платке, халате, а под халатом - треники, можно быть уверенным, что она мусульманка.


Фотография не из этой поездки, а из предыдущей 16 лет назад: в этот раз бабулька не захотела фотографироваться. Но они не изменились.

В каждой помакской деревне стоит новая или отремонтированная мечеть. Особенно нас тронула мечеть в одной деревне, где на стене было написано по-болгарски "Аллах е най-велик". К Израилю они безразлично доброжелательны, как и все остальные болгары.





К сожалению, не оче (Read more)

... and oh my LORD no wonder I kept putting it off or having anxiety about them or both.

Executive dysfunction is the worst but by god I'm gonna actually try to get something Done this year from the Paperwork that Haunts Me.

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Today specifically, a bank errand I'm doing was Unsuccessful once again because of course they need More Papers I Don't Have Yet (that I need to go through a whole Process to obtain too).

I tried to research what would be needed for the Paper I Don't Have Yet, and as I was listening my brain basically Exploded because each requirement opened another can of worms of Paperwork I Haven't Fixed Yet.

I slammed my metaphorical hand on the "BREAK IN CASE OF EMERGENCY" button in my brain and sent a message to the business compliance professional who handled my business registration years ago instead. :'D

I am unfortunately just going to pay the potentially big ADHD tax upfront to hire someone and outsource this to someone who Actually Knows What They're Doing because I just CANNOT. The paralysis is awful!! I have other things to do, like work on printshop orders so I can Live!!

I think I am going to have to slam my hand on said button a couple of times this year because the weight of it all is crushing me so hard.

(I don't have unlimited money unfortunately but it beats freezing and doing Nothing, including Printshop work, because I'm too paralyzed to do Anything.)

I have been putting off many of the Paperwork I Haven't Fixed Yet for years at this point. Saying to myself "I'll do it... eventually!" isn't working, clearly. :')

To my credit, government processes here are notoriously hard to understand and difficult compared to other countries. Still. STILL.

 

А вот это, кстати, интересный момент. Я даже не о верности самого утверждения в принципе и не о том, что "стать феминисткой" куда больше шансов как раз у девушки с нормальным заботливым и уважающим батей (потому что потом она логично ожидает такого же поведения от мужчин, которых встречает за пределами семьи, а там всё оказывается довольно печально). Я о другом.

Вот этот аргумент и другие похожие, типа "вас отцы били", "вас отцы бросили и не появлялись в вашей жизни" и тэ дэ - все чаще и чаще начинают использоваться в холиварах на тему м/ж в целом и феминизма в частности. До этого в ходу был схожий аргумент "обиженная на мужчин" и "травмированная". И все они - и те, и нынешние - реально уверены, что это негативно характеризует не мужчин, которые обидели, не мужчин, которые травмировали, не бать, которые били, бросили или насиловали, а самих травмированных женщин и брошенных девочек.

При этом, что легко заметить, инцельская братия и в целом условные мизогины так же искренне считают, что в ситуациях, когда травмировали, бросили или еще как-то обидели наоборот женщины - мужину, та же логика работать не должна, и эти ситуации негативно характеризуют опять же женщин, и враждебное отношение ко всем поголовно женщинам этим о (Read more)

 Я уже даже не ною. Я просто истерично ржу. 

Кароч.
К унитазу, который мы сюда ставили прошлым летом, прилагалось сиденье с микролифтом. Ну то есть ни стульчак, ни крышка не хлопали и их не надо было закрывать самостоятельно, достаточно просто толкнуть, и они медленно опускались сами (очень жаль, что при этом не играла тема из "В гостях у сказки"). И вот месяца три назад крышка стала закрываться быстрее, а потом и просто хлопать. Но это полбеды, мы сто лет жили с обычным сиденьем и не парились, тут главное, что в поднятом состоянии она перестала откидываться до конца и время от времени падала на спину сидящему на унитазе.

Ладно, мы ж умные, хуле там. Погуглили, поискали - нагуглили, что проблема в микролифте, и он заменяемый. Нашли детали от производителя унитаза и сиденья. Полторы тыщи. Ладно, вздохнули и заказали. Получили. Поменяли.

Теперь крышка по-прежнему падает, а не медленно опускается, но еще и в открытом состоянии стоять отказывается ваапче. Ну то есть стоит, если ее несколько раз потолкать посильнее, но один раз из трех падает на копчик прямо в процессе усаживания на толчок и почти каждый раз - на спину сидящему. (Read more)

Просто подборка фотографий из аккского этнографческого музея Сокровища стены. Как подсказывает википедия, музей открылся в 2007-м году; он занимает помещение бывших османских казарм в северо-восточном углу городской стены. Он призван показать посетителям, как жилось в Галилее примерно с конца 19-го века до середины 20-го.

( Результаты осмотра )

For my own interest I've spent a large part of today looking into what AI models are available and how many of them are open source. To my very great surprise I found that of the 33 AI models I have listed in my AI folder where I record my interactions with AI, nearly two thirds of them (20) are open source models. This is wonderful! Even if the AI bubble does burst, nothing can prevent us from having access to AI tools.

One of the other things that surprised me was the variety of approaches being taken to AI, and how much creativity has been put into shoehorning enormous models into small computers. This is very encouraging. I love that some people are concentrating on text, others on images, others on 3D space, others on maths, others on coding.

We are approaching the time when this will all be available to us in a choice of single model that can fit on our phones without needing the internet.

Very exciting times ahead.

Tyler and I had the most beautiful hiking day yesterday, I'm still a bit high (ha) from it.

This was one neither of us have ever done before, even though it's only about an hour and twenty minutes drive and the elevation gain is less than 2000' which is below our pay grade but still respectable. I think the only reason I avoided it in the past is that it is 8 miles and some change round trip, and I typically start late and can only manage to get about 6 hours in.

But in summer it's not an issue, we had lots of daylight and thanks to the more gradual incline, it's actually gentler on the feet even with the greater distance.

This hike is affectionately called Tom Dick and Harry, with three peaks at the top, but the first main one, Harry, is the obvious stopping point. Tyler and I scrambled up further but even though they are technically higher peaks, they are thickly forested so don't offer the views of Harry.

We heard lots of pika on the way up, it was mostly forest until the top, lots of flowers and wildlife. At the top was a cute instagrammer girl with a crop top and hot pink hair, and a few random people strewn about, having snacks and resting while taking in views of Rainier, Helens, Adams, Jefferson, and Hood mountains.

There were some altogether too friendly chipmunks, and after offering an especially cute one a single blueberry and half a cashew, I suddenly found it uninvited hanging out in my lap. I scolded it and told it not to touch people without consent that it's not safe, but the chipmunk didn't listen. It was pretty darn cute. Fifteen years ago I would have swooned and tried to make friends with it, but I'm more concerned these days with animal welfare than my own selfish connection to one in that moment. It was pretty darn cute though. I might change my mind and go back just for some chipmunk selfies, lol.

We also shared the trail with some very bold rabbits who approached us without hesitation, it seems like some sort of wildlife wonderland up there, for (Read more)

second half of the year has started, winter had just arrived, my semester has just finished, and i'm back.

• Blind Compass (uni AU, academic rivalry): i may have gotten way too excited about the ending of this one. i wrote most of the last three chapters on april… then on may i continued making the story past what that i had planned… while the chapter 2 is still an outline. it’s embarrassing having it sitting on chapter 1 since march but oh god, it might have to wait even longer. what a shame.
• Prunus Dulcis (hanahaki disease): i finished a very messy first draft for the last two chapters months ago. i'll be coming back to work on it for the next weeks, though i'm worried if i will still like it. this is the next post i'll make, probably--
• beauty and the beast AU: this was meant to be for Once Upon a Prompt event at ficwip. during june, i put on all my free time, writing on the packed bus on my phone, just to make it in time. i didn't.just by barely. things happened in the past month and i couldn’t write like i wanted. it's only missing two scenes and editing, but i’m unsure if i should fin

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Unfortunately I had a major scratching session. This morning I was chatting with Sh. about something. It was one of those annoying chats. Mentally draining. Because my mental resources were drained, I started scratching. More and more and more. Suddenly I’m having a major scratching session. This happened at 45 hours. So 45 hours wasted. Adding to the 22 hours previously, that’s 67 hours wasted. I’m currently at 4 hours again.

Today I applied moisturiser in the necessary areas, so that’s 3 days in a row.
The steroid cream was applied again, that’s 3 days in a row.
No green peas today. Hopefully I start tomorrow.
I had 1 litre of water today (2 days)
I had sugar today, I’m currently about 2 hours since having sugar.
One day since going to a cafe.

I’m doing one more task. Starting from today, I’m keeping to a budget of $8 per day for food.

That’s all for today.

Hello, everyone. I’m simplyn2deep and your host for the week. Today's theme is Meet Ugly.

We all know the classic meet-cute, that charming, romantic first meeting that starts a relationship. But today we're flipping the script! A meet ugly is a first encounter that's awkward, embarrassing, chaotic, disastrous, or just plain unfortunate. Maybe someone spills coffee, gets arrested, insults their future soulmate, crashes into them with a shopping cart, or mistakes them for someone else.

📌 Just a few rules:
✏️ No more than five prompts in a row.
🎭 No more than three prompts in the same fandom.
📝 Use the character's full name and fandom's full name for ease in adding to the Lonely Prompts spreadsheet.
⚠️ No spoilers in prompts for a month after airing, or use the spoiler cut option.
📚 If your fill contains spoilers, warn and leave plenty of space, or use the spoiler cut option.

Prompts should be formatted as follows:
[Use the character's full names and fandom's full name]
Fandom, Character +/ Character, Prompt

Some examples to get the ball rolling...
🌺 Hawaii Five-0, Steve McGarrett/Danny Williams, Steve crashes Danny's car during a chase before they've even properly introduced themselves.
🚓 9-1-1, Evan "Buck" Buckley/Eddie Diaz, Buck mistakes Eddie for someone stealing equipment from the firehouse and tackles him before realizing Eddie is the new firefighter.
🚀 The Mandalorian, Din Djarin & Grogu, Grogu steals a stranger's lunch with the Force, leaving Din to apologize while chasing after him.

We are now using AO3 to bookmark filled prompts 📚✨. If you fill a prompt and post it to AO3 please add it to the Bite Sized Bits of Fic from 2026 collection. See further notes on this new option here.

Not feeling any of today’s prompts? 🤔 You can use LJ’s advanced search optionsto limit keyword results to only comments in this community. Fret not, DW members 💙; we are working on a way to search through old entries for prompts for you! As of right now, th (Read more)

Я поняла, чего я хочу. Я хочу хотеть молчать. (Потому что кто хочет - тот ищет способ, кто не хочет - ищет причину". Причину в данном случае я ищу - и, к сожалению, нахожу - очень хорошо. Пора искать способ.) Ну и научиться молчать я тоже хочу.

Понимать, чего ты хочешь, это важно, правда?..

By which I mean I got like no sleep last night (had an absolutely WRETCHED bout of insomnia that I believe was part PMS, and part me making the mistake of reading some somewhat creepy stories yesterday evening while forgetting that I Am A Weenie when it comes to horror), meaning my day started out pretty bad:

->I washed my breakfast dishes and got dressed later than normal because I was busy finishing yesterday's entry

->I had to stop and run back into the house right before leaving for work because I'd realized I'd forgotten to put my granola bar mid-afternoon snack in my bag...and then I had to stop and go back AGAIN because I nearly forgot to lock the garage door

->The morning commute traffic proved to be really annoying, with multiple people on my butt

->And when I got to work, I had to resolve some minor computer problems (including restarting our dedicated credit card computer to get it to accept input from the mouse and keyboard, and waiting for my own computer to finish updating)

Yeah -- all pretty damn frustrating! Fortunately, things calmed down after that, as my write-up shall prove:

Work – I had another very quiet day at work today, though things will likely get a little bit busier in the near future as the embargo on processing gifts was lifted this afternoon (we were waiting for our database company to finish running all the audit reports first). Not much busier, mind, as we are in the slow period in between Appeals, but I might have a thicker-than-three-pages GL on Friday. :p As for what I did today:

A) After waiting out my computer doing some final updates, I did the usual morning reports

B) I called back a woman who needed to update her credit card on her two Appeal pledges (she supports two parishes) after she e-mailed the webmaster to complain that she hadn’t gotten a response when she called the front desk (which, if true, is odd, because there’s supposed to be someone down there at all times)

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Since the temperatures are up over 90F, obviously it's time for hay. I am pretty interested in hay (because I have horses and horses eat hay) though I wish that hay happened at times of year that weren't over 90F.

It does not.

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В'ячеслав Білковський разом з Анатолієм Потаповим.


Напишу і я про пана Федорова як військовий, який бачить його роботу зсередини. Хоча вже давно просто не маю внутрішніх сил робити дописи у своїй стрічці.

Із всіх тих міністрів оборони, що були у нас з початку повномасштабного вторгнення - це найкращий. Так, він не ідеальний, але ті процеси, що він почав запускати - дуже позитивні для війська. Особливо це видно в дроновій компоненті. Майже відразу щезли "невидимі шлагбауми" для виробників що виробляють дрони, в рази пришвидшились питання сертифікації. Цього і близько не було при умєрові. Всі бачать результати закупівель снарядів. Здешевлення колосальне.

Його невидиму роботу по старлінках ви відчуваєте щодня, коли читаєте, скільки об'єктів на ТОТ та росії уразили сили оборони України нашими далекобійними дронами. В процеси при міністерстві задіяні дуже фахові люди. Діяльність його команди напряму зменшує кількість наших втрат щодня.

Зняти цього міністра - злочин.



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In tonight's game, ( the rest under a cut for those who don't care. )

And that's where we left off.

Walking, if hurriedly, through The House On The Rock did not get us to the end of The House On The Rock. It's so funny that you might think something so absurd! It brought us only to the first step of the warehouse attractions and collections in addition to The House On The Rock. I say warehouses for want of a better handle on their geometry; it's a bunch of rooms, many of them enormous, sprawling out and connecting to one another in ways I wasn't there long enough to grasp.

Filling these many, many, many rooms are collections. Some might say they're antiques. Some, reading more carefully exactly what The House On The Rock promises --- and remembering the state's Justice Department enjoinment back in the late 70s --- might say assemblages of some antique and some modern construction and some illusions. There is a strong sense of kinship with Marvin Yagoda, whose Marvelous Mechanical Museum is also stuffed full of items of uncertain provenance and vague curation. It is beautiful but also overwhelming and if you go looking critically at ``what exactly I am looking at, here'' you'll overload yourself. At least on a single visit of a couple hours; we could, much as with Marvin's, see ourselves spending many days and still not exhausting it. You get how this could be a repeat summer trip for someone.

There's no sense cataloging all the things we saw. More sense listing kinds of things. Like, a reconstruction of a century-ago city street with fake dining rooms and storefronts stuffed full of Tiffany-style lamps or Delftware-style china. The ``Phelps Car'', a reconstruction of a 1901 steam-powered car. Mechanical coin banks, including one of a model that I had as a child. I assume mine was a replica; possibly theirs is too. (Though mine was metal, so it can't have been a chintzy replica for the 1970s.)

And music-making machines! Maybe not one in every room but one coming very soon after the last you saw. These took tokens, so we could at least sav

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Ну от я розумію, каже студент про англійські артиклі - "the" це коли щось конкретне.  
"A" -  це взагалі і злічуване, яке по одиниці можна порахувати.
А от "an" - це що таке?

А це, відповідаю я, те саме "а", тільки ставиться перед словом, яке починається з голосної букви, а не з приголосної.
Ааа, радісно вигукує студент, то це є ще й такі типи букв. То я, каже, тепер знатиму.

Намагаючись непомітно зловити падаючу на підлогу щелепу, наводжу стандартний приклад про "a bus" та "an apple". Ніби зрозумів.
Але... як же він работал в очистке вивчився на юриста та юристом працював??

Оригинал записи на Дыбре

Ветеран ЗСУ Козятинський закликає завтра збиратися на протест на площі Франка проти звільнення Федорова

Військовослужбовець із медслужби "Ульф" Дмитро Козятинський закликав громадян вийти завтра, 16 липня, о 9:00 ранку на мирну акцію протесту на площу Франка у Києві. Метою мітингу є публічний протест проти відставки міністра оборони Михайла Федорова


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Steven was behind the Welcome Desk, squinting at some papers through his glasses.

His glasses were fine. It was on the papers that was confusing him. Bills that... had been paid? Or not? But were marked as *would* be paid?

The wording and listed deadlines were very confusing. Steven decided to take notes as best he could and give Blathers his findings later before he left for the night.

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Had a bit of a lazy day today. Worked on trying to get our PTO sheet in an order that will calculate itself and found a few errors. It's a little bit crazy how it's all figured out.

Came home and watched an episode of Discovery, put together a little something for LJ's Weekend Challenge (which might change again before Friday) and then re-watched "Saved!" which is a really great movie about found family.

Blues schedule comes out tomorrow. We already know 3 game dates because we feature in both Dallas and Chicago's home openers and then we start here on October 8. The season starts in September for some teams this year. Huzzah! I used to go over the schedule with a fine-toothed comb, but I'll probably just look for games we play against Jersey and Columbus and maybe San Jose (if they're here for games other than opening night.) We won't have many in the plan and I kind of need to wait until the official roster comes out to see if I want to invest any extra cash in this team.

That's all I've got for now. See you all tomorrow!

Wip Wednesday! No prompts last week-- hardly surprising-- but here's a little bit more of the mermaid story. It follows the previous clip I posted but I'm still working on the connecting tissue, so I'm not reposting anything for context. If you need any, I've gone back and tagged the previous parts as "mermaid story" for now.

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Estelle doesn't go back down to the beach for some weeks and takes care to avoid any route that would take her past it. She cannot escape hearing the gossip, however.

Caleb has been stalking the beach in the days since they both saw the pendent and the mermaid who went diving after it. He sends the children scattering, they say, as he prowls through the wealth scattered in the sand. Sometimes he just stands there, staring out into the sea.

The mermaids, Estelle is given to understand, kick up a cacophony when he does. Their chittering sometimes grows even louder than the calls of their stolen voices. It is as if, one old woman declares in amazement, they are laughing at him.

No one mentions Millie's laughter. Estelle would think that she'd imagined it if not for the fact that she can still hear it sometimes on the breeze when she walks behind the row of houses that separate the main road from the beach. Even at the distance, she knows it.

It's almost a week before she realizes that no one mentions it because no one else recognizes the sound.

Здесь - https://vk.com/doc66403551_672911650?hash=zIYylxFBOJZMSejRdzd5zOSckznV15YnoBT1eF9bLmz&dl=PB5XP0cHzXJ5wlNkv75DOdkZcSYkqVwm7XV3gAqOrrs - можно скачать (в pdf) номер 6 журнала "Смена" за 1965 год, в котором публиковался роман Кобо Абэ "Четвертый ледниковый период" в переводе С.Бережкова (А.Стругацкого).

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Доки "конституція на паузі"

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Challenge: Hurt/Comfort - Jemandes Herzschlag hören (für mich)
Team: Velociraptor
Fandom: IDOLiSH7
Charaktere: Nanase Riku, Kujou Tenn
Pairings: (background Haru/Tenn?)
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I’ve decided on my first healthy meal. Overnight oats for breakfast, lentil soup for lunch, and Basil Corn Tomato Bake for dinner with Grilled Pineapple Frozen Yogurt for dessert. I need to look at more of the OSF recipes for more meals. OSF has a Citrus Shrimp Quinoa that sounds interesting. Making Portobello Mushroom “burgers” on the grill also sounds good.

I kind of want a “Life Happens. Cats Help.” T-shirt.

Brenda is going to bring a cardboard scratching post. That will be great for Lily, who likes to scratch boxes. (And both she and Oliver try to scratch my legs—ouch!) I need to measure to see if my folding desk or her desk would fit in the second bedroom. Her day bed should fit.

Oliver and Lily were both in the basement. Oliver came up but Lily decided to stay downstairs. I fed Oliver some dry food on the kitchen table, and Gracie kept on jumping up like a Jack-in-the-Box and barking. I wound up giving her and Bella some Munchie Bones, which settled her down.

Woke up at 8 AM. I’m still tired, so I think that I want a nap at lunchtime.

I ordered some calamine lotion for my mosquito bites. Itch, itch, itch.

Gracie is barking at the cats. A quiet morning at home.

It’s even hotter than yesterday (“dangerous heat”), so I’m keeping the dogs in until late. Bella is snoozing near me and groaning.

Had a nice nap after the dogs stopped wrestling.

Ordered dry cat and dog food. Also, ordered more Munchie Bones to distract the dogs.

It’s still crazy hot and humid out. I think that I’ll let the dogs out around 6 or 7 PM when the temperature is going down. Hmm, the air quality is “poor” also.

I need to bring some garbage bags for clothes donations into the second bedroom so that I can sort clothes while Zara eats. I think that this will be a big cull because I don’t wear the clothes in the closet there. (And I have new clothes to hang. I’ll probably enlist Brenda’s help in getting my clothes organized.)

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Got up at 9:00, washed the CPAP, and had coffee and breakfast and then sat on the porch and watched the world go by.

At some point I went and took a shower as best I could considering there was no hot water, and dressed. Shorts for the first time this year. The Instacart orders from Tops and Wegmans arrived and mashfanficchick and I put then away.

Again at some point mashfanficchick and I had lunch.

Sue brought over our fans which had somehow been delivered by Amazon to her cottage.

Betsy left for a few day, sadly she won't be at the service for Oldest Brother, but then she's coming back on Tuesday. I saw her and Katie for awhile, then Linda.

I walked around a little, saw Sue's new deck.

At some point mashfanficchick sat in the back upstairs bedroom and talked, then ze took a nap. The FWiB gave me a quick call because he hadn't been able to tell me when he left to go out. I texted the Kid and discussed the service with her.

I sat on the porch and read Rats and Gargoyles.

Clara came by with her adorable dog, a miniature dachshund. We talked a little bit, an she told me Nancy is coming in tomorrow.

Gretchen came by with two Amazon packages that had been delivered to her cottage. I told her about the hot water and she had Shawn take a look at it. It should theoretically now be working. It is not. I think I killed the elements by running it without water in the tank. It's an almost brand new (2022) water heater and I think I killed it.

Anyway, I Teamed the FWiB, and while we were talking another Amazon package arrived. Then I played in my D&D game.

WE had dinner, and then ice cream.

Tomorrow I have to call the plumber to look at the hot water heater.

Gratitude List:

1. The FWiB.

2. My cousins.

3. Gretchen and Shawn.

4. The Kid.

5. Being here.

6. Perry's ice cream.

Первый день "отпуска" сегодня. Так-то с этой работой никогда совсем в отпуске не бываешь, чтобы вообще о ней не думать. Собственно даже и намеченное отпускное путешествие это поездка в Техас, с целью поподробнее оценить состояние местного рынка и организовать кое-какие вопросы связанные с новорожденной американской компанией. Но вырываться хотя бы раз в год из рутины рабочих дней, целенаправленно выдавливать из головы постоянные рабочие вопросы нужно. Иначе звереешь, уже вот-вот начнешь на людей бросаться, грубить клиентам, посылать всяких неудобных куда подальше... Нехорошо это. Да и продуктивность падает от выгорания.

Вон мы в прошлом году аж на два месяца брали перерыв в работе. Правда кое-какие работы все равно делали между двумя поездками, подтягивали хвосты, но все новые задачи отодвигали на "после отпуска". В этом году хвостов особо так нет, слава богу. Надеюсь ничего и не вылезет за месяц что мы решили не работать.

Разгружать же мозг таки полезно. Вон, думали что из-за двух месяцев отпуска (полтора из них в этом финансовом году) будет просадка по доходу, ведь в предыдущем работали 50 недель. Ан нет, за 44 недели что работали в этом году заработали еще больше. Что значит хорошо отдохнули! (Read more)

1. Well, yesterday I was still coughing and was hoping it was just continued throat/lung irritation from the weekend but then in the evening I suddenly got mega congested, so I've officially got a cold, yay. I couldn't get any sleep last night due to the congestion, so between that and my nose running non-stop I decided it was best to work from home today. I am actually not feeling that bad, though, aside from being super tired from not getting any sleep. I'm going to work from home again tomorrow and we'll see about Friday.

2. I rode my bike to Shake Shack for lunch. They're pretty much my favorite burger place these days.

3. In the afternoon/early evening I was feeling super hungry but had no energy to make anything so I ordered dinner. I decided to get from Sweetgreen, which I've never had before. Being pretty much all salads, it's not something Carla would be that interested in, so I figured now was a good time to try them. I got their super green goddess salad, which has roasted sweet potatoes and was very tasty.

4. I perked up quite a bit after dinner and decided to walk over to the nearby ice cream place for dessert. Haven't been there in a while and it was perfect for a hot evening.

5. Look at this sweet boy!

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