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I LIKE TO POST ABOUT: anything and everything. i don't have a whole lot of posts just yet as im still very new here, but i plan to make personal posts talking about my life, posts about self shipping, posts about being alterhuman and fiction kin, posts about plurality, as well as potential fandom ramblings and fanfiction. there may also be vent posts on my blog so proceed with caution if that bothers you.
OTHER INFO: i'm a writer and artist! i don't plan to share my drawings here, but it is something i enjoy doing very much. we are also plural so multiple members of our system post here, but generally our interests overlap pretty heavily, and the things we post about, although different, still typically stay within the things listed above. we're always down to chat with new people, and we're always looking for people to add to our circle, so even if you don't want to add us feel free to let us know you exist so we can subscribe to you!
AGE: 20
COUNTRY: usa
SUBSCRIPTION/ACCESS POLICY: anyone can subscribe, i don't currently plan to post anything that needs special access, but if i do in the future that will only be granted if i know you decently well
FANISH INTERESTS: currently my main fandoms are my hero academia, naruto, and stray kids. i'm also an avid self shipper and have many fiction kin's, which absolutely impacts the way i interact with fandom and my interests. a more in depth list of my fandoms can be found in the sticky post pinned to my blog!
I LIKE TO POST ABOUT: anything and everything. i don't have a whole lot of posts just yet as im still very new here, but i plan to make personal posts talking about my life, posts about self shipping, posts about being alterhuman and fiction kin, posts about plurality, as well as potential fandom ramblings and fanfiction. there may also be vent posts on my blog so proceed with caution if that bothers you.
OTHER INFO: i'm a writer and artist! i don't plan to share my drawings here, but it is something i enjoy doing very much. we are also plural so multiple members of our system post here, but generally our interests overlap pretty heavily, and the things we post about, although different, still typically stay within the things listed above. we're always down to chat with new people, and we're always looking for people to add to our circle, so even if you don't want to add us feel free to let us know you exist so we can subscribe to you!
The Missing Middle
Saturday, 21 March 2026 00:13elfFound a nice gaming article on Bluesky (Three Tiers of RPG Publishing), which led me to another article, which I found insightful and clever (and a bit sad, as accurate talk about economics these days tends to be), and then hit the bit that blew my mind.
They Killed Normal and Called It Progress: "Julia Roberts, Applebee's, Bandcamp, your manager, and the death of everything in between. (Also, Sweetgreen is the A24 of dining and I will die on this hill.)"
( It's amazing that it doesn't get boring because it truly is the same damn pattern )
They Killed Normal and Called It Progress: "Julia Roberts, Applebee's, Bandcamp, your manager, and the death of everything in between. (Also, Sweetgreen is the A24 of dining and I will die on this hill.)"
Have you noticed that the middle is gone from everything? Restaurants, companies, careers, music, retail, the economy itself. What replaced it is a barbell: one enormous weight on each end, nothing in the center, and most of us trying not to get crushed by the bar.That's not the mind-blowing part. That's the thesis, the baseline, the part that he spends half of the ~3000 word essay explaining, giving examples of, making neat comparisons across different industries.
And the replacement does look better every single time, I grant you that. The A24 film is better than the $40 million adult drama from 2007, yeah, we can all agree on that. The Sweetgreen bowl is better than the Applebee’s chicken parm, sure. Your favorite Substack is sharper than the mid-list magazine that folded in 2019. Every replacement is a genuine upgrade. But every replacement serves fewer and fewer people.
( It's amazing that it doesn't get boring because it truly is the same damn pattern )
Just One Thing (21 March 2026)
Saturday, 21 March 2026 06:30nanila posting in awesomeersIt's challenge time!
Comment with Just One Thing you've accomplished in the last 24 hours or so. It doesn't have to be a hard thing, or even a thing that you think is particularly awesome. Just a thing that you did.
Feel free to share more than one thing if you're feeling particularly accomplished! Extra credit: find someone in the comments and give them props for what they achieved!
Nothing is too big, too small, too strange or too cryptic. And in case you'd rather do this in private, anonymous comments are screened. I will only unscreen if you ask me to.
Go!
Comment with Just One Thing you've accomplished in the last 24 hours or so. It doesn't have to be a hard thing, or even a thing that you think is particularly awesome. Just a thing that you did.
Feel free to share more than one thing if you're feeling particularly accomplished! Extra credit: find someone in the comments and give them props for what they achieved!
Nothing is too big, too small, too strange or too cryptic. And in case you'd rather do this in private, anonymous comments are screened. I will only unscreen if you ask me to.
Go!
Cat ...
Friday, 20 March 2026 22:10azurelunatic... Make better choices.
Yellface went into Mila's room, hid under a table, beefed with Mila in some fashion, and was hauled ignominiously out.
As for me, my rescheduled retina appointment went fine. Some of the issues have cleared up. Prognosis very good. I had to transfer between power chair and clinic chair three times. As I told them on the final occasion: I have a bad knee and a worse knee. Trying CBD ointment in addition to Voltaren, on the advice of my now-former primary care. (And I know who my new primary care is going to be, yay.)
It's possible that my retina appointments this year are cursed. On the last attempt, my car was so low on battery that it died at an intersection and there was a whole drama with a guy who scared the whole block and tried to open my car door. This time we got there okay, but Belovedest suffered a flat tire while out withalexseanchai later in the day. This wrapped up with Thorn having to come rescue that Toaster with a wrench that actually fit the nuts. (Cue penis measuring jokes.)
Yellface went into Mila's room, hid under a table, beefed with Mila in some fashion, and was hauled ignominiously out.
As for me, my rescheduled retina appointment went fine. Some of the issues have cleared up. Prognosis very good. I had to transfer between power chair and clinic chair three times. As I told them on the final occasion: I have a bad knee and a worse knee. Trying CBD ointment in addition to Voltaren, on the advice of my now-former primary care. (And I know who my new primary care is going to be, yay.)
It's possible that my retina appointments this year are cursed. On the last attempt, my car was so low on battery that it died at an intersection and there was a whole drama with a guy who scared the whole block and tried to open my car door. This time we got there okay, but Belovedest suffered a flat tire while out with
alexseanchai later in the day. This wrapped up with Thorn having to come rescue that Toaster with a wrench that actually fit the nuts. (Cue penis measuring jokes.)Follow Friday 3-20-26
Friday, 20 March 2026 21:55ysabetwordsmith posting in followfridayGot any Follow Friday-related posts to share this week? Comment here with the link(s).
Here's the plan: every Friday, let's recommend some people and/or communities to follow on Dreamwidth. That's it. No complicated rules, no "pass this on to 7.328 friends or your cat will die".
Music Friday
Friday, 20 March 2026 19:28muccamukkRAYE - "Click Clack Symphony"
I didn't think I could love her new album as much as My 21st-Century Blues, but... this is looking like I might.
I didn't think I could love her new album as much as My 21st-Century Blues, but... this is looking like I might.
i laugh in the face of danger
Friday, 20 March 2026 20:55musesfoolI was shocked and saddened when ![[tumblr.com profile]](https://www.tumblr.com/favicon.ico)
devildoll just texted me this: Nicholas Brendon, ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ Star, Dies at 54. I knew he had troubles, but also thought he had time to work them out. He's a year younger than me!
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Diary of a Cranky Bookworm release
Friday, 20 March 2026 19:37osprey_archerMy new book is out! Diary of a Cranky Bookworm has been in the works since 2011, undergoing a long and meandering composition process, and it's a bit of a shock to realize that it's actually out there in the world. Go little book go!
May 12, 2012
Dear Diary,
DISASTER. I thought college application essays were bad enough, but now I have to write a summary of my diary??? Horrifying. I’m just a high school senior in a small town in Minnesota, getting up to shenanigans with my friends, retreating to my Treehouse to daydream about slipping into a portal fantasy, and discovering to my horror that my long-time nemesis is maybe, possibly, actually a delight.
And I might be a little bit in love with her.
Which is an unwelcome Realization, as it is sure to cut disgracefully into my reading time. And that’s already in short supply, in between college applications and AP calc and my friend Arielle who always thinks she’s in crisis maybe actually being in crisis for real.
Is that enough of a summary? I sure hope so, because it’s time to meet Georgie for our weekly trip to the library!
May 12, 2012
Dear Diary,
DISASTER. I thought college application essays were bad enough, but now I have to write a summary of my diary??? Horrifying. I’m just a high school senior in a small town in Minnesota, getting up to shenanigans with my friends, retreating to my Treehouse to daydream about slipping into a portal fantasy, and discovering to my horror that my long-time nemesis is maybe, possibly, actually a delight.
And I might be a little bit in love with her.
Which is an unwelcome Realization, as it is sure to cut disgracefully into my reading time. And that’s already in short supply, in between college applications and AP calc and my friend Arielle who always thinks she’s in crisis maybe actually being in crisis for real.
Is that enough of a summary? I sure hope so, because it’s time to meet Georgie for our weekly trip to the library!
Keeping It Together
Friday, 20 March 2026 17:54yourlibrarian1) My response to the meta prompt at marchmetamatterschallenge, "Do you think it's more likely that meta would be preserved and read if it were regularly included in other fanwork challenges? Would you take part if you had the chance?"
I do, and that's because I feel that challenges, fests, and other group activities help extend the life of the given fandom. ( Read more... )
2) I watched the Sally Ride documentary and had mixed feelings about it. ( Read more... )
3) I tried out Happiness, a New Zealand comedy about a director returning to his hometown community theater group. I'm liking it more as it goes on, though the way so many characters are turned up to 10 is a little much for me. What I am liking quite a lot are the musical numbers themselves. If more kids learned history like this, they might remember it.
4) I took a survey which explored how much people trust the wisdom of crowds vs AI. I clearly didn't do it the way they had planned. ( Read more... )
5) Delighted by the arrival of spring, wish it didn't feel like the arrival of summer.
marchmetamatterschallenge, "Do you think it's more likely that meta would be preserved and read if it were regularly included in other fanwork challenges? Would you take part if you had the chance?"I do, and that's because I feel that challenges, fests, and other group activities help extend the life of the given fandom. ( Read more... )
2) I watched the Sally Ride documentary and had mixed feelings about it. ( Read more... )
3) I tried out Happiness, a New Zealand comedy about a director returning to his hometown community theater group. I'm liking it more as it goes on, though the way so many characters are turned up to 10 is a little much for me. What I am liking quite a lot are the musical numbers themselves. If more kids learned history like this, they might remember it.
4) I took a survey which explored how much people trust the wisdom of crowds vs AI. I clearly didn't do it the way they had planned. ( Read more... )
5) Delighted by the arrival of spring, wish it didn't feel like the arrival of summer.
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Friday, 20 March 2026 15:57thistleingreyUnbidden, my mother apologized the other day for something that wasn't hers, namely the pressure to stay in college instead of taking a medical withdrawal the term I had surgery. (I would've been allowed to return to school subsequently without penalty, but they wouldn't have pro-rated the fees, of course.) I was off for our one week of spring break, and then I resumed carrying a backpack uphill to class daily.
It wasn't hers because I didn't grant her my choice (and she didn't know enough about how US universities operate to make a good guess about my options). The responsibility is shared unevenly between a dead person and me, and I think my concerns then were valid, given that he tried truncating my undergrad studies the next year---because, he said, not for the first time, I wasn't taking it seriously enough. Dude who had left secondary school unfinished told me I was doing undergrad wrong.
Unlike Sana in Jalaluddin's Detective Aunty, I always knew my mother was good for more than cleaning, cooking, and child-minding. It still took some effort to learn to see her as a person, however.
It wasn't hers because I didn't grant her my choice (and she didn't know enough about how US universities operate to make a good guess about my options). The responsibility is shared unevenly between a dead person and me, and I think my concerns then were valid, given that he tried truncating my undergrad studies the next year---because, he said, not for the first time, I wasn't taking it seriously enough. Dude who had left secondary school unfinished told me I was doing undergrad wrong.
Unlike Sana in Jalaluddin's Detective Aunty, I always knew my mother was good for more than cleaning, cooking, and child-minding. It still took some effort to learn to see her as a person, however.
Medicare advantage, again
Friday, 20 March 2026 17:48redbirdIt turns out that changing Medicare Advantage plans is not costing me significant money: it looks as though the money I paid for prescriptions at the beginning of the year counts for a calendar-year maximum, even though I switched plans. I ordered another dose of Kesimpta on Wednesday, and they aren't charging me for it. As I said to cattitude and adrian_turtle, I'm glad that I could have afforded to pay that twice, but there are plenty of things I'd rather do with the money.
As a side note, this plan will pay for $65 per quarter of over-the-counter medications and some related things. I used part of this quarter's today to order Mucinex, Imodium, and an under-the-tongue digital fever thermometer. I think I can get them to pay for non-emergency transportation to medical appointments, and I should check what dental coverage I have.
cattitude and adrian_turtle, I'm glad that I could have afforded to pay that twice, but there are plenty of things I'd rather do with the money.As a side note, this plan will pay for $65 per quarter of over-the-counter medications and some related things. I used part of this quarter's today to order Mucinex, Imodium, and an under-the-tongue digital fever thermometer. I think I can get them to pay for non-emergency transportation to medical appointments, and I should check what dental coverage I have.
The Friday Five: Journal History
Friday, 20 March 2026 16:14jesse_the_kFrom that reliable source of journal prompts, thefridayfive
1) What was the reason you began a Dreamwidth or LiveJournal account (or both)?
Volunteered for WisCon in 2007, clearly LJ was where everything was Happening. Took me a year to figure out the culture. Moved to DW on 1 May 2009.
2) How many DW or LJ communities do you subscribe to?
79! Most are evidently dormant. (DW comms never die.)
3) Do you have a favorite community or one you check out often to see what's new?
I love the questions and answers at little_details, where writers seek specifics about an infinite assortment of facts: paint manufacturing, historical Chinese tornadoes, NZ slang for three examples.
4) How did you pick your user name?
It’s a riff on my wallet name which I’ve been using it since 2001.
5) If you could change your user name, would you?
Nope.
The Friday Five
Friday, 20 March 2026 21:09nanilaThe preceding two weeks of Friday Five questions didn't pique my interest, but this week's are great. Love a bit of meta-blogging. Thank you for the opportunity to navel-gaze.
- What was the reason you began a Dreamwidth or LiveJournal account (or both)?
I started off on LJ in 2001 because everyone was doing it. I created an account and then let it sit for a couple of weeks while I figured out what it was for. I think it was victorine who prodded me into posting regularly and then I just…never stopped. - How many DW or LJ communities do you subscribe to?
A few dozen in total. Most of them are dead, the LJ communities in particular. The only one I participate in regularly is DW communityawesomeers, because I'm one of the two people who puts up the daily “Just One Thing” posts. I find it easier to write a short comment about my day there than to write up a full post, especially during the work week. - Do you have a favorite community or one you check out often to see what's new?
See above. I also enjoythefridayfive, and I like reading threeforthememories during its annual spate of activity. - How did you pick your user name?
My current username is a play on my actual name. My original LJ name was “lilith” as that's the pseudonym I first adopted when I started interacting with online communities back in the 90s. Eventually I felt I'd outgrown it, and I've been nanila ever since. - If you could change your user name, would you?
That would genuinely be a big decision after more than 15 years of using this one, in a lot more places than DW and LJ. I'd have to do substantive additional navel-gazing to work out what it would be.
My Darling Dreadful Thing, by Johanna van Veen
Friday, 20 March 2026 13:53rachelmanija
This spooky ghost story has a central pairing that I feel like I may have requested as an original work: Widow/Female Fake Psychic/Ghost of a Female Bog Body.
My Darling Dreadful Thing is set in the Netherlands in the 1950s, which is a selling point all by itself as I love unusual settings. Roos is a young woman whose abusive fake psychic mother forces her to participate in her fake seances. But though Roos does not communicate with the spirits sought by the desperate, grieving customers, she actually does have a spirit companion, a bog body whom Roos has bound to her and named Ruth.
Roos is delighted when Agnes, a biracial (Indonesian/Dutch) widow, takes her as a companion and spirits her away to her neglected Gothic mansion in the middle of nowhere. The mansion is otherwise occupied only by Agnes's sister-in-law, Willamine, who is dying of tuberculosis, and has a marvellously bizarre Gothic history. Roos falls hard in love with Agnes, with whom she has a surprising amount in common.
But this whole story is being told in retrospect, as a series of interviews Roos is having with a psychiatrist who is trying to determine whether she's mentally fit to stand trial for murder. Something very bad happened at the mansion...
( Read more... )
Very enjoyable, very gothic, very atmospheric. I'm excited to read van Veen's other two books. I looked her up to see if she's actually from the Netherlands (yes) and learned that she's one of a set of non-identical triplet sisters! I don't think I've ever read a book by a triplet before.
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Friday, 20 March 2026 22:16wickedgame posting in fandom_iconsFandoms: 9-1-1, Bridgerton, Elite, Fallout, Heated Rivalry, Kuhnya, Made in Heaven, Mako Mermaids, Mr. Robot, Roswell New Mexico, The Last Kingdom, The Tudors, Vikings, Yellowstone, Young Royals
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The spring is sprung, the grass is riz
Friday, 20 March 2026 19:49oursinAnd the boidies around here in the past week have included the heron in the eco-pond being very up for a closeup, Mr de Mille, parakeets, and several magpie courting couples.
There have been a fair amount of flowers blooming in the spring, trala, for some weeks now, the daffs have been a particular feature, calling Mr Wordsworth, and today there was a massive show of narcissi along one edge of the playing field.
Among the less flamboyant flowers, the Wildflower Corner included grape hyacinths, and dandelions.
The trees along the street are busting out in leaves and blossom.
We also note that toxic nitrogen dioxide pollution in London has fallen to air quality standards in under ten years (rather than the projected nearly 200).
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Friday, 20 March 2026 09:31hexcursed posting in addme_fandomname: hex
age group: late 20s
pronouns: they/them
country: usa
subscription / access policy: 18+ only. no antis, no harry potter fans, no users/defenders of generative ai, and no bigots ✨
main interests: gothic literature, gothic tropes, greek mythology, halloween, hauntings, divorce in media, dreams/unreality, journaling
main fandoms: call of duty: ghosts (2013), call of duty: mw19, call of duty: mw22, baldur's gate 3, personal d&d campaigns, fields of mistria, stardew valley, the room (video game series)
casual interests: the starving saints by caitlin starling, gothikana by runyx, nocticadia by keri lake, arcane (netflix), castlevania (netflix), castlevania: nocturne (netflix), transformers (tfa, tfp, bayverse, and a bit of the mtmte comics), hades (video game)
a bit about me: i'm a storyteller, game master, graduate student, and fanfic author, among many other things. i think it's important to know that i am black and chronically ill, that i love a good dead dove moment, and that i am here chasing the thrill of web 1.0. happy to chat about anything mentioned up above!
age group: late 20s
pronouns: they/them
country: usa
subscription / access policy: 18+ only. no antis, no harry potter fans, no users/defenders of generative ai, and no bigots ✨
main interests: gothic literature, gothic tropes, greek mythology, halloween, hauntings, divorce in media, dreams/unreality, journaling
main fandoms: call of duty: ghosts (2013), call of duty: mw19, call of duty: mw22, baldur's gate 3, personal d&d campaigns, fields of mistria, stardew valley, the room (video game series)
casual interests: the starving saints by caitlin starling, gothikana by runyx, nocticadia by keri lake, arcane (netflix), castlevania (netflix), castlevania: nocturne (netflix), transformers (tfa, tfp, bayverse, and a bit of the mtmte comics), hades (video game)
a bit about me: i'm a storyteller, game master, graduate student, and fanfic author, among many other things. i think it's important to know that i am black and chronically ill, that i love a good dead dove moment, and that i am here chasing the thrill of web 1.0. happy to chat about anything mentioned up above!
