Basic Income
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ysabetwordsmithIn a new pilot program, this city will give homeless young adults $1,200 in cash every month for two years
According to the Stanford Basic Income Lab, universal basic income is a periodic cash payment that is given to individuals unconditionally, requiring no work requirement or sanctions to access.
And as various nonprofits and cities across the country experiment with basic income programs, most have found that the money received is largely used to pay for the basic essentials many Americans struggle to afford.
A new pilot program in Boston, Massachusetts wants to find out if the same trend applies for a specific demographic: young adults facing homelessness.
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According to the Stanford Basic Income Lab, universal basic income is a periodic cash payment that is given to individuals unconditionally, requiring no work requirement or sanctions to access.
And as various nonprofits and cities across the country experiment with basic income programs, most have found that the money received is largely used to pay for the basic essentials many Americans struggle to afford.
A new pilot program in Boston, Massachusetts wants to find out if the same trend applies for a specific demographic: young adults facing homelessness.
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Monday Update 8-11-25
Aug. 11th, 2025 03:03 pmysabetwordsmithThese are some posts from the later part of last week in case you missed them:
Spider Apocalypse
Activism
Fossils
Birdfeeding
Safety
Birdfeeding
Philosophical Questions: Thinking
Safety
Moment of Silence: Jim Lovell
Birdfeeding
Follow Friday 8-8-25: Icons
Today's Adventures
Inventions
Fossils
Birdfeeding
Bigotry
Birdfeeding
Good News
Food has 34 comments. "Philosophical Questions: Looks" has 48 comments. "Incompetence, Sloppy Thinking, and Laziness" has 75 comments. "Not a Destination, But a Process" has 148 comments.
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summerofthe69 is open! You can see the calendar here and the current themes are Alternate Sexy Parts 69 and Kinky 69.
There are no open epics at present.
The weather has been sweltering agan. Seen at the birdfeeders this week: a mixed flock of sparrows and house finches, a mourning dove, a house wren, a male cardinal, and a fox squirrel. Currently blooming: dandelions, pansies, violas, marigolds, petunias, red salvia, wild strawberries, verbena, lantana, sweet alyssum, zinnias, snapdragons, blue lobelia, perennial pinks, oxalis, moss rose, yarrow, anise hyssop, firecracker plant, tomatoes, tomatillos, Asiatic lilies, cucumber, yellow squash, zucchini, morning glory, purple echinacea, black-eyed Susan, yellow coneflower, chicory, Queen Anne's lace, sunflowers, cup plant, gladioli, firewheel, orange butterfly weed. Tomatillo and pepper have green fruit. Wild strawberries, mulberries, tomatoes, and cucumbers are ripe. The second crop of blackberries and the ball carrots are ripe.
Spider Apocalypse
Activism
Fossils
Birdfeeding
Safety
Birdfeeding
Philosophical Questions: Thinking
Safety
Moment of Silence: Jim Lovell
Birdfeeding
Follow Friday 8-8-25: Icons
Today's Adventures
Inventions
Fossils
Birdfeeding
Bigotry
Birdfeeding
Good News
Food has 34 comments. "Philosophical Questions: Looks" has 48 comments. "Incompetence, Sloppy Thinking, and Laziness" has 75 comments. "Not a Destination, But a Process" has 148 comments.
summerofthe69 is open! You can see the calendar here and the current themes are Alternate Sexy Parts 69 and Kinky 69.There are no open epics at present.
The weather has been sweltering agan. Seen at the birdfeeders this week: a mixed flock of sparrows and house finches, a mourning dove, a house wren, a male cardinal, and a fox squirrel. Currently blooming: dandelions, pansies, violas, marigolds, petunias, red salvia, wild strawberries, verbena, lantana, sweet alyssum, zinnias, snapdragons, blue lobelia, perennial pinks, oxalis, moss rose, yarrow, anise hyssop, firecracker plant, tomatoes, tomatillos, Asiatic lilies, cucumber, yellow squash, zucchini, morning glory, purple echinacea, black-eyed Susan, yellow coneflower, chicory, Queen Anne's lace, sunflowers, cup plant, gladioli, firewheel, orange butterfly weed. Tomatillo and pepper have green fruit. Wild strawberries, mulberries, tomatoes, and cucumbers are ripe. The second crop of blackberries and the ball carrots are ripe.
Magpie Monday
Aug. 11th, 2025 02:49 pmysabetwordsmithdialecticdreamer is hosting Magpie Monday with a theme of "Change." Leave prompts, get ficlets!Change is an immutable element of the universe.
Today, let’s make change our goal. Call it the theme. Big or small, quiet and subtle or dramatic and incontrovertible, what change do you want to see? In the world? In a story with an unsatisfying moment (or worse, ending)?
Birdfeeding
Aug. 11th, 2025 02:10 pmysabetwordsmithToday is mostly sunny, humid, and hot. The sky is blue with fluffy white clouds.
I fed the birds. I've seen a mixed flock of sparrows and house finches.
EDIT 8/11/25 -- I put out water for the birds.
EDIT 8/11/25 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.
EDIT 8/11/25 -- I did more work around the patio.
EDIT 8/11/25 -- We reeled up the garden hose. Yay. Yay.
I am done for the night.
I fed the birds. I've seen a mixed flock of sparrows and house finches.
EDIT 8/11/25 -- I put out water for the birds.
EDIT 8/11/25 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.
EDIT 8/11/25 -- I did more work around the patio.
EDIT 8/11/25 -- We reeled up the garden hose. Yay. Yay.
I am done for the night.
Magpie Monday for August of 2025
Aug. 11th, 2025 09:04 amdialecticdreamerWelcome to the Magpie Monday prompt call for August of 2025!
Change is an immutable element of the universe.
Today, let’s make change our goal. Call it the theme. Big or small, quiet and subtle or dramatic and incontrovertible, what change do you want to see? In the world? In a story with an unsatisfying moment (or worse, ending)?
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Change is an immutable element of the universe.
Today, let’s make change our goal. Call it the theme. Big or small, quiet and subtle or dramatic and incontrovertible, what change do you want to see? In the world? In a story with an unsatisfying moment (or worse, ending)?
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Aug. 11th, 2025 10:44 amshadowhiveBefore I get into the main thing of the post, Uk people there’s gonna be MCR shows in London next year (details here) and tickets go on sale Friday morning.
I’m probably gonna give it a miss? Going to London is a hassle and it feels like the process will just be stressful. And, well, practically and emotionally I don’t feel I could go alone. But if anyone else is gonna try I wish you luck.
(I’m also still annoyed Waterparks just has one show in London too why does London have to get everything)
Anyway, onto the main post topic, which is about the film All The Gods In The Sky, which is a film that just came to shudder this past week. Here is the description, which is pretty vague.
It’s one of those descriptions that’s vague enough that could go anywhere but what caught my eye was the poster on imdb which is pretty decidpving for two reasons. One it makes out like tentacles feature prominently (there is an octopus in two scenes but that’s it) and the other is it makes out like the main female character is black which she is very much not.
Before I get in my main thoughts though there is a technical issue with it. The film is French so it’s subtitled. However there is an issue with the subtitles. Several times they’re just… not there. Simon has a conversation with his boss and his boss says a few sentences of dialogue but only one word is subtitled. A social work shows up and I hear her say telephone but that’s not translated at all. Also sometimes some subtitles flash up and go too quick. Like it’s not a deal breaker, you can still follow along with the story, but it does feel odd.
Thoughts under the cut, so they’ll get spoilery.
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Plan today is mostly to:
*go on a Donkey Kong Bananza to finish the tempest layer
*Fic some
*read some
I’m probably gonna give it a miss? Going to London is a hassle and it feels like the process will just be stressful. And, well, practically and emotionally I don’t feel I could go alone. But if anyone else is gonna try I wish you luck.
(I’m also still annoyed Waterparks just has one show in London too why does London have to get everything)
Anyway, onto the main post topic, which is about the film All The Gods In The Sky, which is a film that just came to shudder this past week. Here is the description, which is pretty vague.
It’s one of those descriptions that’s vague enough that could go anywhere but what caught my eye was the poster on imdb which is pretty decidpving for two reasons. One it makes out like tentacles feature prominently (there is an octopus in two scenes but that’s it) and the other is it makes out like the main female character is black which she is very much not.
Before I get in my main thoughts though there is a technical issue with it. The film is French so it’s subtitled. However there is an issue with the subtitles. Several times they’re just… not there. Simon has a conversation with his boss and his boss says a few sentences of dialogue but only one word is subtitled. A social work shows up and I hear her say telephone but that’s not translated at all. Also sometimes some subtitles flash up and go too quick. Like it’s not a deal breaker, you can still follow along with the story, but it does feel odd.
Thoughts under the cut, so they’ll get spoilery.
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Plan today is mostly to:
*go on a Donkey Kong Bananza to finish the tempest layer
*Fic some
*read some
A few unrelated questions
Aug. 12th, 2025 02:23 pmconuly(Some of which I may have asked before, in which case, forgive me.)
1. People often do say that the English subjunctive is in decline. However, literally nobody I've ever heard say this has provided any sort of evidence. Is there any data on this other than "yeah, feels that way to me"?
1a. I've also heard that the subjunctive, or at least some forms of the subjunctive, is more common in USA English than UK English, from somewhat more authoritative sources but with roughly the same amount of evidence.
2. I got into it with somebody on the subject of "flammable/inflammable". I am aware that there are signs that warn about inflammable materials, and also signs warning about flammable materials. Is it actually the case that anybody has ever been confused and thought they were being warned that something could not catch on fire? Or is that just an urban legend / just-so story to explain why the two words mean the same thing and can be found on the same sorts of signs?
3. Not a language question! I've recently found one of the Myth Adventures books in my house. Gosh, I haven't re-read these in 20 years. Worth a re-read, or oh god no, save it for the recycle bin?
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1. People often do say that the English subjunctive is in decline. However, literally nobody I've ever heard say this has provided any sort of evidence. Is there any data on this other than "yeah, feels that way to me"?
1a. I've also heard that the subjunctive, or at least some forms of the subjunctive, is more common in USA English than UK English, from somewhat more authoritative sources but with roughly the same amount of evidence.
2. I got into it with somebody on the subject of "flammable/inflammable". I am aware that there are signs that warn about inflammable materials, and also signs warning about flammable materials. Is it actually the case that anybody has ever been confused and thought they were being warned that something could not catch on fire? Or is that just an urban legend / just-so story to explain why the two words mean the same thing and can be found on the same sorts of signs?
3. Not a language question! I've recently found one of the Myth Adventures books in my house. Gosh, I haven't re-read these in 20 years. Worth a re-read, or oh god no, save it for the recycle bin?
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This past week...
Aug. 10th, 2025 11:25 pmarthur_p_dentAnother quick recap for this week (it's late and my spoons are long gone).
Foot: The good news is there's no fractures. The not-so-good news is that there are signs of arthritis. Unfortunately the doctor I saw at the clinic isn't back there until tomorrow, so I'll get more detail then.
Work: An OK week overall, although there were some stupid things that cropped up Friday when I was out of the office (naturally) that'll get sorted tomorrow. Also, only one more week left in my current office before moving to the plant.
Social: Similar to last week, including a depleted social battery. One thing I anticipate from my change of office location is that I'll be forced to take a step back from some of the extra social stuff that is overloading me, which should lead to a better balance.
Goals: I'm mostly still tracking things daily, and for the most part nothing has changed in the last couple of months. I haven't looked at monthly numbers in many months now, and getting back to a monthly review post seems more and more unlikely.
Exercise: I haven't run in almost four weeks now, and I'm probably going to have to back out of my first half marathon, which is only five weeks away. I'm glad I got myself going to the gym - I've been doing a lot more there recently, but I'll need to figure out a workable schedule after I change offices. I've also been riding my bike quite a bit. I've ridden to the Tuesday run club a few times, done a couple of 25km rides on a paved trail, and this morning a 50km long-haul on a naturalized trail. It feels good to be able to do as much as I have been, but I really want to get back to running as well.
That's all I've got for this week. See you next time. =]
Foot: The good news is there's no fractures. The not-so-good news is that there are signs of arthritis. Unfortunately the doctor I saw at the clinic isn't back there until tomorrow, so I'll get more detail then.
Work: An OK week overall, although there were some stupid things that cropped up Friday when I was out of the office (naturally) that'll get sorted tomorrow. Also, only one more week left in my current office before moving to the plant.
Social: Similar to last week, including a depleted social battery. One thing I anticipate from my change of office location is that I'll be forced to take a step back from some of the extra social stuff that is overloading me, which should lead to a better balance.
Goals: I'm mostly still tracking things daily, and for the most part nothing has changed in the last couple of months. I haven't looked at monthly numbers in many months now, and getting back to a monthly review post seems more and more unlikely.
Exercise: I haven't run in almost four weeks now, and I'm probably going to have to back out of my first half marathon, which is only five weeks away. I'm glad I got myself going to the gym - I've been doing a lot more there recently, but I'll need to figure out a workable schedule after I change offices. I've also been riding my bike quite a bit. I've ridden to the Tuesday run club a few times, done a couple of 25km rides on a paved trail, and this morning a 50km long-haul on a naturalized trail. It feels good to be able to do as much as I have been, but I really want to get back to running as well.
That's all I've got for this week. See you next time. =]
Spider Apocalypse
Aug. 10th, 2025 10:45 pmysabetwordsmithThis article mentions seeing no grass spiders in a place that typically has them.
Then I realized that I haven't seen any this year either. Usually we have one every couple of feet here, so many it's hard not to step on the webs. They're barely visible most of the time, unless covered in dust or rain or dew. I may simply not have noticed them. But with the ongoing insect apocalypse, it is concerning. I have have seen other spiders spinning webs, though.
What are your spider populations like?
Then I realized that I haven't seen any this year either. Usually we have one every couple of feet here, so many it's hard not to step on the webs. They're barely visible most of the time, unless covered in dust or rain or dew. I may simply not have noticed them. But with the ongoing insect apocalypse, it is concerning. I have have seen other spiders spinning webs, though.
What are your spider populations like?
Darkness and Discoveries (part 1 of 1, complete)
Aug. 10th, 2025 10:30 pmdialecticdreamerDarkness and Discoveries
By Dialecticdreamer/Sarah Williams
Part 1 of 1, complete
Word count (story only): 1578
[End of March 179-]
:: Laszlo, Kálmán, and the baby arrive at the castle. With one problem well on the way to being solved, the adults brainstorm solutions to the long-term needs of the newest resident of the village. Part of the “Lost Son” story arc in the Frankenstein’s Family universe. ::
Color leached out of the leaves and the soil, wiped away as the shadows lengthened. Kálmán was the first to slow his horse, but Laszlo quickly followed suit. After a few more minutes, the younger man called, “Hold for a moment. Let me light the lantern. I can take both reins and lead the horses, and we can probably keep to a human trot. I want Raisa safe in front of a fire with a full belly as quickly as we can manage.”
“We can’t risk your horses,” the priest protested, but he accepted the reins of the second horse. His brow furrowed. “Why haven’t you named them, since you were so quick to name Raisa?”
Safely on the ground, Laszlo got the lantern lit with a few familiar motions, then raised it high to gauge a route forward. “I haven’t named them because, like Gregory’s mules, I don’t consider that I own the animals. I haven’t found names that fit them, yet, but they don’t seem to mind.”
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By Dialecticdreamer/Sarah Williams
Part 1 of 1, complete
Word count (story only): 1578
[End of March 179-]
:: Laszlo, Kálmán, and the baby arrive at the castle. With one problem well on the way to being solved, the adults brainstorm solutions to the long-term needs of the newest resident of the village. Part of the “Lost Son” story arc in the Frankenstein’s Family universe. ::
Color leached out of the leaves and the soil, wiped away as the shadows lengthened. Kálmán was the first to slow his horse, but Laszlo quickly followed suit. After a few more minutes, the younger man called, “Hold for a moment. Let me light the lantern. I can take both reins and lead the horses, and we can probably keep to a human trot. I want Raisa safe in front of a fire with a full belly as quickly as we can manage.”
“We can’t risk your horses,” the priest protested, but he accepted the reins of the second horse. His brow furrowed. “Why haven’t you named them, since you were so quick to name Raisa?”
Safely on the ground, Laszlo got the lantern lit with a few familiar motions, then raised it high to gauge a route forward. “I haven’t named them because, like Gregory’s mules, I don’t consider that I own the animals. I haven’t found names that fit them, yet, but they don’t seem to mind.”
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Activism
Aug. 10th, 2025 09:10 pmysabetwordsmithHow To Make Your City Stronger With 4 Hours and a Shovel
Last month, members of Livable Lynchburg, a Strong Towns Local Conversation group, joined a walk audit alongside city staff, regional planners, and transit officials. At the corner of 12th and Polk, they noticed two stretches of sidewalk that were so overgrown they were nearly impassable.
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Last month, members of Livable Lynchburg, a Strong Towns Local Conversation group, joined a walk audit alongside city staff, regional planners, and transit officials. At the corner of 12th and Polk, they noticed two stretches of sidewalk that were so overgrown they were nearly impassable.
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Very glad I did my grocery shopping yesterday afternoon!
Aug. 10th, 2025 07:15 pmchanter1944Evidently, there's been an underground fire downtown - giant kerboom, black smoke pouring from blown manhole covers, power outages - and the epicenter of the mess is riiiiight in the segment of the square and surrounds I tend to frequent. One of the most affected roads is a main stem for me, travel-wise, and a coffee shop I frequent is on a corner that's now in the temporary exclusion zone. Yikes! There but for the grace of God, and my slightly early decision to make a grocery run, go I! Maybe someone benevolent was whispering in my ear yesterday?
I haven't heard of any injuries or above-ground structural damage, thankfully, but there've been road closures and detours all over that area. I suspect at least some of the outages were deliberate power cuts while workers put the fire out. We lost Internet service over here on the near west side, because our service provider is smack in the middle of the mess, but it's now up and rolling again, which is a good sign for folks downtown. Still, though. I could easily have been in the thick of some serious chaos had I gone that direction today, as I often do on the weekends. I actually considered it, but then the Brewer game was on and engaging, and I said... nah. Someone benevolent whispering in my ear indeed.
Anyway. Safe, well, and grateful. If any other Madison folks are reading this, check in, please?
I haven't heard of any injuries or above-ground structural damage, thankfully, but there've been road closures and detours all over that area. I suspect at least some of the outages were deliberate power cuts while workers put the fire out. We lost Internet service over here on the near west side, because our service provider is smack in the middle of the mess, but it's now up and rolling again, which is a good sign for folks downtown. Still, though. I could easily have been in the thick of some serious chaos had I gone that direction today, as I often do on the weekends. I actually considered it, but then the Brewer game was on and engaging, and I said... nah. Someone benevolent whispering in my ear indeed.
Anyway. Safe, well, and grateful. If any other Madison folks are reading this, check in, please?
Fossils
Aug. 10th, 2025 04:40 pmysabetwordsmithStunning “wonder reptile” discovery rewrites the origins of feathers
An international team of researchers has published a breakthrough study in the journal Nature showing that early reptiles from the Triassic period had unique structures growing from its skin that formed an alternative to feathers.
The newly described Mirasaura grauvogeli from the Middle Triassic had a striking feather-like crest, hinting that complex skin appendages arose far earlier than previously believed. Its bird-like skull, tree-climbing adaptations, and pigment structures linked to feathers deepen the mystery of reptile evolution.
An international team of researchers has published a breakthrough study in the journal Nature showing that early reptiles from the Triassic period had unique structures growing from its skin that formed an alternative to feathers.
The newly described Mirasaura grauvogeli from the Middle Triassic had a striking feather-like crest, hinting that complex skin appendages arose far earlier than previously believed. Its bird-like skull, tree-climbing adaptations, and pigment structures linked to feathers deepen the mystery of reptile evolution.
Done Since 2025-08-03
Aug. 10th, 2025 10:20 pmmdlbearUp and down. Ame's thirty-fifth birthday, and the atomic bombings 80 years ago. OTOH m's return from the US Wednesday, and for some reason I noticed being in a good mood shortly before bedtime. Possibly from getting out of one of my support groups early. Or it could have been something somebody said in the group. Also, my balance seems to be improving a little after finding a test that I can practice against. But I should also find some exercises.
Not exactly a good week for walking either. I skipped Tuesday because (IIRC) I was running late after helping N give Cricket her meds, and had a doctor's appointment after that. Then I did something unpleasant to my right ankle Friday morning, probably on the stairs with an excessively heavy bag of garbage. (Mostly cat litter.) I went to the end of the block and back this morning but didn't want to push my luck. I have no idea what became of my little plastic bin full of knee, ankle, and wrist braces.
On the gripping hand, I have the old household server, Nova, running again. That's notable mainly (only?) because it's still running Mint version 21.3, so it still has Python 2 installed, so I can run my Dreamwidth posting client on it. (I also have it on Raven, but N is borrowing it. When she's done with it I'll be able to upgrade it.)
Nova is headless. I could ping it, but not ssh to it, which turned out to be because it was on the wrong subnet. Fixable by widening the netmask on Nova and one laptop. That was an interesting exercise, though, because I had to do it over ssh (i.e. without a display), which meant that I had to learn the text user interface for Network Manager. Feeling mildly accomplished from that.
Also, m and I had a good rehearsal of Ship of Stone yesterday. The plan is to do one song per day to use as scratch tracks for the next album. My intended recording hardware was not cooperating -- I seem to be missing one of my large-diaphragm vocal mics. May have to fix that. Meanwhile I used my trusty old Zoom H2, which is perfectly adequate for scratch tracks.
In links, last week Mastodon was added to the Digital Public Goods Alliance’s Registry, which is pretty cool. And the World’s first Facebook museum helps users face the future after its hoped-for demise.
Birdfeeding
Aug. 10th, 2025 03:16 pmysabetwordsmithToday is partly sunny, humid, and hot.
I fed the birds. I've seen a few sparrows and house finches.
EDIT 8/10/25 -- I put out water for the birds. They had drained the small metal birdbath.
EDIT 8/10/25 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.
EDIT 8/10/25 -- I watered the old picnic table, house yard, and patio plants.
EDIT 8/10/25 -- I watered the new picnic table and septic gardens. I didn't have energy or daylight to pick up the hose, though; I had to turn it off and just leave it out. :/ I'll try to reel it up tomorrow. It's exhausting to maneuver.
I am done for the night.
I fed the birds. I've seen a few sparrows and house finches.
EDIT 8/10/25 -- I put out water for the birds. They had drained the small metal birdbath.
EDIT 8/10/25 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.
EDIT 8/10/25 -- I watered the old picnic table, house yard, and patio plants.
EDIT 8/10/25 -- I watered the new picnic table and septic gardens. I didn't have energy or daylight to pick up the hose, though; I had to turn it off and just leave it out. :/ I'll try to reel it up tomorrow. It's exhausting to maneuver.
I am done for the night.
July 2025 Magpie Monday report
Aug. 10th, 2025 01:11 pmdialecticdreamerIt is FINALLY done.
I apologize again for the delays, but here is a quick summary of everything written for Magpie Monday. Most prompts were over 1500 words, and written in between the run of PT and doctor appointments that are my new year markers instead of my birthday, LOL.
The one upside of that horribly long wait, is that the total word count is 10,368. I'm quite proud of that, given the amount of chaos raging through my daily life over the month.
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I apologize again for the delays, but here is a quick summary of everything written for Magpie Monday. Most prompts were over 1500 words, and written in between the run of PT and doctor appointments that are my new year markers instead of my birthday, LOL.
The one upside of that horribly long wait, is that the total word count is 10,368. I'm quite proud of that, given the amount of chaos raging through my daily life over the month.
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‘VHS tapes? Aren’t they extinct?’
Aug. 10th, 2025 03:10 pmshadowhiveThe past few days have been pretty bleh. Mostly it’s cause mum decided to come down late Thursday night to complain and bemoan stuff. Ts pretty clear from that, and her moaning earlier that she’s not interested in going out next week to Birmingham like planned (despite it being her idea!) so it’s likely not going to happen.
But yeah the whole complaining a mix of complaining about her friend coming, mums on indecisiveness and then my own lack of energy ended up with my mood lowering even more than it already was. I was about to settle down to watch Hell Of A Summer but ugh, she completely ruined the mood so I couldn’t do anything.
The next day was spent upstairs, my brain almost completely switched off.
The Kerrmag zines I’d ordered did come but I didn’t have the focus for them. I’ve still not got the code for Micheal Clifford’s album (I thought it might be included with the zine for some reason) but I saw people had issues with the signed version which I missed out on. (It was meant to have a card signed by Micheal and Awsten, but none of them are signed by Awsten so people are understandably mad)
It did eventually improve enough at night so that I headed down (only after mum had gone up) and watched Hell Of A Summer. It was decent enough summer camp slasher fare, though itI half expected Finn Wolfhard to be a victim (after all these things usually end with most of the cast dead but a surprising amount survived). Also one of the other guts was cute too.
Yesterday again I spent it mostly upstairs. This time I took some stuff up, though I didn’t touch any of my reading material. I did go on Donkey Kong Bananza and did a decent chunk of the Tempest Layer at least until my brain tuned out again. (Though I at least watched some Murder She Wrote eps and some of shoto’s spooky Saturday stream)
Night time I watched Miss Marple (Sleeping Murder which was pretty good, then Men In Black International (I’d seen it before and it was a pretty fun time) and then Barbarian. I’d not seen it before and I went in pretty blind. I’m not gonna say much, but I liked the opening third. I’m less sure about the rest though.
Today’s so far been watching Phineas And Ferb (hence the title), 7 Wonders (the 5 app finally worked so I could see it) and Wednesday. I didn’t expect but loved the use of Apocalyptica and I still love the cute barista guy.
Other things
*I saw that there’s a kinktober list (and there’s a dead dove one too) will I try and do it? Who knows. I have my own table I’ve not touched so is adding another a good idea? I dunno, I guess we’ll see
*I have fallen down a 5 Seconds Of Summer reading hole. I really need to do something with them
*also for some reason I’m getting a load of kudos again what’s up with that?
*I was gonna sort through the MCC cards but didn’t cause of lack of focus ugh
*I saw this and wanna know where it’s from cause it’s wild for Ray to describe a show as being like ‘getting fucked’
*Twitter’s age verification is finally ‘working’ I say working because it doesn’t. The age estimation selfie doesn’t work so it just wants an ID a which… nope. There’s no way I’m trusting it with that (not that I know where one actually is). Ugh I hate this.
Anyway gonna maybe sort icons before DND and then who knows? I’m hoping to see Weapons this coming week and start Alien Earth (and hopefully get back to Hell Motel). And I wanna fic and get back to reading Clown In A Cornfield but we’ll see.
I do wanna try tonight to watch All The Gods In The Sky. I don’t really know anything about it but the poster made me curious. We’ll see if I have the focus for subtitles.
But yeah the whole complaining a mix of complaining about her friend coming, mums on indecisiveness and then my own lack of energy ended up with my mood lowering even more than it already was. I was about to settle down to watch Hell Of A Summer but ugh, she completely ruined the mood so I couldn’t do anything.
The next day was spent upstairs, my brain almost completely switched off.
The Kerrmag zines I’d ordered did come but I didn’t have the focus for them. I’ve still not got the code for Micheal Clifford’s album (I thought it might be included with the zine for some reason) but I saw people had issues with the signed version which I missed out on. (It was meant to have a card signed by Micheal and Awsten, but none of them are signed by Awsten so people are understandably mad)
It did eventually improve enough at night so that I headed down (only after mum had gone up) and watched Hell Of A Summer. It was decent enough summer camp slasher fare, though itI half expected Finn Wolfhard to be a victim (after all these things usually end with most of the cast dead but a surprising amount survived). Also one of the other guts was cute too.
Yesterday again I spent it mostly upstairs. This time I took some stuff up, though I didn’t touch any of my reading material. I did go on Donkey Kong Bananza and did a decent chunk of the Tempest Layer at least until my brain tuned out again. (Though I at least watched some Murder She Wrote eps and some of shoto’s spooky Saturday stream)
Night time I watched Miss Marple (Sleeping Murder which was pretty good, then Men In Black International (I’d seen it before and it was a pretty fun time) and then Barbarian. I’d not seen it before and I went in pretty blind. I’m not gonna say much, but I liked the opening third. I’m less sure about the rest though.
Today’s so far been watching Phineas And Ferb (hence the title), 7 Wonders (the 5 app finally worked so I could see it) and Wednesday. I didn’t expect but loved the use of Apocalyptica and I still love the cute barista guy.
Other things
*I saw that there’s a kinktober list (and there’s a dead dove one too) will I try and do it? Who knows. I have my own table I’ve not touched so is adding another a good idea? I dunno, I guess we’ll see
*I have fallen down a 5 Seconds Of Summer reading hole. I really need to do something with them
*also for some reason I’m getting a load of kudos again what’s up with that?
*I was gonna sort through the MCC cards but didn’t cause of lack of focus ugh
*I saw this and wanna know where it’s from cause it’s wild for Ray to describe a show as being like ‘getting fucked’
*Twitter’s age verification is finally ‘working’ I say working because it doesn’t. The age estimation selfie doesn’t work so it just wants an ID a which… nope. There’s no way I’m trusting it with that (not that I know where one actually is). Ugh I hate this.
Anyway gonna maybe sort icons before DND and then who knows? I’m hoping to see Weapons this coming week and start Alien Earth (and hopefully get back to Hell Motel). And I wanna fic and get back to reading Clown In A Cornfield but we’ll see.
I do wanna try tonight to watch All The Gods In The Sky. I don’t really know anything about it but the poster made me curious. We’ll see if I have the focus for subtitles.
