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Goals for 2026

Dec. 25th, 2025 08:27 pm
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1. Read 25 books.
2. Write 200,000 words.
3. Write two novels.
4. Write 3 fanfics, short or long.
5. Walk again by August.
6. Pass the G.E.D by December.
7. Become pescatarian again. (I'll eat fish and fish products)
8. Learn to crochet.
9. Open up in therapy more often.
10. Study every monday through thursday with tutors.
11. Use Brilliant.org and actually pay for it.
12. Watch more movies, at least 30.
12. Watch more tv shows, at least 11.
13. Watch other networks other than TLC and the Food Network lmao
14. Exercise more often, at least once every other day. Go hard.
15. Finally get a girlfriend (trans or cis) or trans boyfriend.

If I read all 25 books, then I"ll add more to the list. I plan on getting these things doen this year despite the limit of money. I need a go fund me. ~.~

25 in 2025: Complete

Dec. 25th, 2025 08:03 pm
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1. learn to hem pants
2. go to a new grocery store
3. attend a jhope concert in Brooklyn
4. make an essential oil spray
5. submit an application for a job
6. interview for a job
7. participate in a fic exchange
8. read a manga
9. go to Costco
10. work!
11. eat at a new restaurant
12. explore a trail at a new state park
13. try a new craft
14. play new board games
15. try new recipe
16. play a sport
17. accept a new client
18. try a new bathroom appliance
19. go to someone's house for dinner
20. try a new fruit
21. attend a puzzle swap
22. use a cricut
23. accompany a client to a wedding
24. read a new detective series (*)
25. drink a new cocktail

* The new cozy detective series is the Andy Carpenter series by David Rosenfelt. There are 30+ titles. Andy Carpenter is a wealthy defense lawyer who lives with his wife (former police chief) and child and quirky friends, staff, and acquaintances in Patterson, New Jersey. He also owns part of a dog shelter and the titles are puns about dogs. Grover Gardner narrates the audiobooks and they give the impression of episodes of a TV show like Psych or Monk. Carpenter has a case and there's always a dog involved. I'm currently listening to my 5th book in the series. I've listened to: The Twelve Dogs of Christmas, Deck the Hounds, Dachshund through the Snow, Silent Bite, and this is Santa's Little Yelpers. They're okay. Not too dark.

And...I'm done! Whew!

All of Agatha: Passenger to Frankfurt

Dec. 25th, 2025 07:45 pm
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This series of entries is commentary on my lifelong quest to read all of Agatha Christie's works in UK publication order. It was begun in January 2021.

Passenger to Frankfurt [1970] is a completely forgettable thriller. Sir Stafford Nye (the main character's name is the highlight of the whole book) returns home and gets confronted by a mysterious woman in an airport. There's a lot of vague spy stuff, world conspiracy, Hilter and his son surviving WWII, lots of woo-woo. And of course, the most unhealthy relationship dynamics possible.

So, there are only 5 books left! Nemesis, Elephants can remember, Postern of Fate, Curtain and Sleeping Murder, I will try to stretch it out and end January 2027.

Puzzle: Santa's Little Helpers

Dec. 25th, 2025 07:30 pm
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I made the boys and their father work on this with me. I ended up finishing it later this afternoon. This is one of two I got at the library swap.

500 pieces. Cobble Hill.



I made a Christmas cake (per Minisculus request) and a cocktail called Dancing Sugarplum (vodka, Grand Marnier, lime juice, cranberry juice).



And here's a compilation of cats destroying Christmas trees.

Read "The Fëanorian Zine"

Dec. 25th, 2025 05:58 pm
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[community profile] silwritersguild has posted about a free copy of "The Fëanorian Zine" which you can download as a PDF.

Climate Change

Dec. 25th, 2025 05:45 pm
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Oceans are supercharging hurricanes past Category 5

Warming oceans are fueling a surge of extreme, off-the-charts storms—so powerful that scientists say it’s time to invent a whole new hurricane category.

Deep ocean hot spots packed with heat are making the strongest hurricanes and typhoons more likely—and more dangerous. These regions, especially near the Philippines and the Caribbean, are expanding as climate change warms ocean waters far below the surface. As a result, storms powerful enough to exceed Category 5 are appearing more often, with over half occurring in just the past decade. Researchers say recognizing a new “Category 6” could improve public awareness and disaster planning
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[personal profile] stonepicnicking_okapi posting in [community profile] sweetandshort
Title: Between the Snowflakes
Fandom: Sherlock Holmes (ACD)
Prompt: snowflakes
Rating: Gen
Length: 400
Characters: Holmes & Watson, OC
Summary: Holmes has a young client on Boxing Day.

Rec list 2025

Dec. 25th, 2025 04:38 pm
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19 recs in 16 fandoms (Mahou Sentai Magiranger, American Girl, A Christmas Carol, Dirty Dancing, The Great Mouse Detective, The Haunting, Home Alone, Home Improvement, The Last Unicorn, The Lottery, Magic Knight Rayearth, Mike Mulligan and his Steam Shovel, Mork & Mindy, The Odd Couple, The Secret Garden, Revolutionary Girl Utena)

My fic: Sherlock Holmes (ACD): Gen

Dec. 25th, 2025 04:31 pm
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Title: Between the Snowflakes
Fandom: Sherlock Holmes (ACD)
Rating: Gen
Length: 400
Characters: Holmes & Watson, OC
Summary: Holmes has a young client on Boxing Day.

Read more... )
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How to Get Ahead on Your 2026 Content Planning -- Simple Wolf Media

If you’ve ever hit January and thought, “I should really post something…” but had no idea what, or where to start, you’re not alone.

Whether you run a small-town business, offer services, or manage a nonprofit, content planning can feel like one more thing on your list. But here’s the good news: December is the perfect time to do a little prep work so your Q1 marketing doesn’t feel like a scramble.

A few simple steps now can save you time, stress, and the weekly “what do I post?” spiral later
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Yuletide Madness Is Live

Dec. 26th, 2025 10:05 am
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At push of button, this year's Madness collection has 227 works in 183+ fandoms.

Madness collection

Main collection



AO3 wranglers have processed a lot of new fandoms; in the main collection, the 992 that appeared on the fandoms page at reveals have become 1065! Thanks to everyone who has helped make wranglers' jobs easier by using canonical tags, tags from the tag set, or other recommended tags, as appropriate in each case.

If you've written in a new fandom that isn't wrangled yet, we encourage you to use Unspecified Fandom as a tag to help people find your work; many works originally tagged this way now have wrangled fandoms, in which case, you can take the tag off if you wish.


As in the last post:
Commenting
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Yuletide is designed to be an anonymous exchange until January 1. Please don't give away what you've written. When logged in, you can, if you want, reply to comments on your own works, and you will show up as Anonymous Creator until the authors of the collection are revealed.

The Yuletide event concludes at 9pm UTC, 1 January 2026. At that time we will reveal creator names at both the main and Madness collection, and also open the new New Year's Resolution collection.



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Prompt 2708: Tradition

Dec. 25th, 2025 09:41 pm
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Today's prompt is: tradition



• You have 2 days time to submit an icon for this prompt (in other words, until prompt 2710 gets posted)!
• Prompt 2706 has been closed.
• If you have any questions regarding the prompt, feel free to ask in a comment.
• To submit an icon you simply reply to this post with the following information:
Icon:
Claim: (only necessary if it's a specific claim)
Status: (e.g. #1/10 - number of icon completed/table size)

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Birdfeeding

Dec. 25th, 2025 02:32 pm
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Today is cloudy, cool, foggy, and wet.  It rained last night and water is still dripping from the trees today.  Also the thermometer-hygrometer peripheral for our home weather station has died, so we need to see if that's available as a replacement part.  :/

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

I put out water for the birds.

EDIT 12/25/25 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.

EDIT 12/25/25 -- I hauled the last large branches to the ritual meadow.  Then I started the long process of raking the parking lot.  

EDIT 12/25/25 -- I did more work around the patio.

EDIT 12/25/25 -- I did more raking in the parking lot.

I've seen two squirrels in the trees.  I've seen several cardinals flying around.

EDIT 12/25/25 -- I did more work around the patio.

It's drizzling again.

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

Holiday Wishes

Dec. 25th, 2025 01:16 pm
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Christmas Lockbox

If there is anything you need to get off your chest, to let go so that you can get on, you can safely do it here. This post will be open for anyone, all day--but then tomorrow, it goes away. No judgement, no recrimination. Just a free space for anyone who needs to vent. And if no one does, nothing is lost!


Basically, this is someone's "Hard Things" post for holiday stress. Brilliant.

Vocabulary: Bokeh

Dec. 25th, 2025 01:09 pm
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This Conversation...

Bokeh is that creamy blur of color and light at the forefront and background of an image. It's that Out of Focus area, which draws your eye to the crisp subject... a car or face.


Now there's an obscure but super useful word for something we see quite often.  :D

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[personal profile] kalira posting in [community profile] smallfandomfest
Title: Heart's Call
Author: [personal profile] kalira
Fandom: Maleficent
Ship/Characters: Maleficent/Diaval
Rating/Category: T/Het
Prompt: Maleficent (2014), Maleficent & or / Diaval, joy of flying
Spoilers: Post-movie, ignores sequel (which I haven't seen anyway)
Summary: Even long after her triumphant, joyous return to the skies, Maleficent sometimes feels an urgent call to take wing, and perhaps she always will; Diaval feels the call to keep his Mistress' side, no matter where she roams, and will follow it always - for so long as she allows.
Notes/Warnings: N/A
Wordcount: 1,000

Read on AO3
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December 22-26 is Lonely Prompts Week and it will be a challenge week! Each day will have a different theme for you to base the prompts you fill on.

In the past, we used to have a "winner" who completed the most fills every day, and at the end of the week, we'd announce an overall winner. But this time around, we're doing things differently! There are no winners or “losers”, just prompts that have been filled. At the end of the week, we'll be sharing a round-up post of all the lonely prompts that have been filled.

Thursday's Theme: Outside Point Of View.

More Information: All fills should be told from an outsider’s POV

If you leave a request, please make sure it follows the theme for the day and that each request is a new comment.

You are more than welcome to fill any and all lonely prompts, but only the prompts filled for the current theme will be counted for the daily totals. I will however include a list of those who filled other prompts when I do the round-up at the end of the week.

Please number your fills when leaving more than one in a comment. This helps me when I'm ready to count them up.


To find those elusive Lonely Prompts, you can go into the Calendar Archives, or for more recent prompts, you can use LJ's advanced search options to find prompts to request and/or fill.

To get things going, a few rules that I ask you all to follow.

1. You can only request five prompts to be filled. Please create a new comment for each prompt request.
2. You can request no more than three prompts from the same fandom.
3. You can, however, fill as many prompts as you'd like!
4. In the subject line, be sure to say whether this is a request or a fill!
5. You must link back to whatever the prompt is in the community logs (whether filling or requesting it be filled), and, if you're filling the prompt, please complete the fill as a response to the original prompt.
6. If you are filling an "any/any" prompt, please let us know what fandom (or, if original, say so!) you're using for the response.
7. If you filled any lonely prompts earlier this week, this is the place to share them!
8. Finally, we now have a community at AO3. If you have an AO3 account, please post your fills there. More information on how to do this is located at this link.

How to link:

[a href="http://comment-fic.livejournal.com/449155.html?thread=70682755#t70682755">MCU, Tony Stark/Pepper Potts, She's wearing daisy dukes and one of his button-down shirts.[/a]
(change the brackets to "<" and ">" respectively)

or:

http://comment-fic.livejournal.com/139897.html?thread=30155641#t30155641
Burn Notice, Sam/Michael/Fi, "It's always been you. And it's always gonna be you."

HAPPY REQUESTING/WRITING/FILLING!
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