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This morning, some of us slept in:

Friday. Juneteenth, I'm told.

640ish new words written, bringing the total words to 10,700ish.

Stopping for lunch. Rook and Tali helped me do my PT homework, and Firefly oversaw the writing part of the morning. My duty to the cats has been performed, and now I need to eat lunch and go outside with my chair for half an hour and weed.

Speaking of the new meds -- my blood pressure dropped 30 points overnight (taking it from Scary High into the vicinity of what I consider to be Normalish) and I don't know whether to be impressed or horrified. That's some quick work, if it isn't a fluke. I guess we'll see.

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Today's Done-To List:
1 Wrote 670ish words
2 PT exercises
3 Duty to Cats
4 Walk
5 Cooked and ate lunch
6 Weeded side of garage
7 Worked on "lesson plan" for the characterization course
8 Washed dishes
9 Read 20 pages of book club book (Sourdough)
10 Updated FB

Still to-do
1 Answer a couple of notes
2 Feed cats
3 Compile blog entries and post
4 Serve Tali Happy Hour right now (ahem)

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Sony RX100 VII and two camera pouches
Nikon Z6 • NIKKOR Z MC 50mm f/2.8

Yesterday when I was ordering hard disk drives from B&H Photo/Video I wondered if there was anything else I needed to add to the order. I knew that I needed a compact camera case, but taking measurements, estimating volumes and bulk, and doing it all online would be a pain. I decided the best thing to do, first, was visit Pro Photo Supply. It was time for my annual visit anyway.

( Photogeek Stuff )

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Used my manga TBR boardgame. I finished 12/14, DNF'ing one and dropping one, on my last challenge.

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Eroica
Skill: Re-roll dice once

Roll #1:

A 1, prompt: comedy fantasy - Vampire Library.

Roll #2:

A 3, Double Prompts. Manga by a woman that got an anime + secret identity - Blue Exorcist.

Roll #3:

A 6, prompt: a oneshot - DT no Furi Shite Batsuichi Papa Kouryaku.

Roll #4:

A 5, Double Prompts again. ~~Highest rated on TBR~~ based on a novel + adventure romance - Akuyaku Reijou no Naka no Hito.

Roll #5:

Another 5, published between '10-'15 - Sankaku Mado no Sotogawa wa Yoru.

Roll #6:

A 2 and the TBR tile. 24x28 - Hanauta Apartment.

Roll #7:

A 2 and Double Prompts yet again. Historical adventure + supernatural fantasy - Kimetsu no Yaiba.

Roll #8:

A 6 aand the trap tile. Prompt: Animal/non-human companion - Witch Hat Atelier.

Roll #9:

Went back and rolled a 1, prompt: three/moresome - Bed Jou wa Muhou Chitai ni Tsuki.

Roll #10:

A 5 and Double Prompts demons/youkai + sword & sorcery. I don't know how I feel about starting a new long series buut Kanata Kara.

Roll #11:

A 1, prompt: action/mystery - Silver Diamond.

Roll #12:

A 1, CR tile. 4x34 - Tower of God. Uh, hope I remember stuff.

Roll #13:

A 3, prompt: mystery fantasy - Tensei Oujo to Tensai Reijou no Mahou Kakumei.

Roll #14:

A 3, prompt: mystery element - Detective Conan.

Roll #15:

A 1 and Double Prompts...yet again. Prompts: title starts with the first letter of your name + tsundere character - Kawaii Hito.

Roll #16:

A 3, prompt: supernatural drama - GACHIAKUTA.

Roll #17:

A 2 and the CR tile. 3x6 is - My Food Looks Very Cute.

Roll #18:

Another 2 and the end, reward is - Love on Hold

~Manga TBR List~

[Fantasy] Vampire Library ✔️
[Fantasy] Blue Exorcist
[BL/Smut] DT no Furi Shite Batsuichi Papa Kouryaku
[Fantasy] Akuyaku Reijou no Naka no Hito:
[BL/Horror] Sankaku Mado no Sotogawa wa Yoru
[BL/Romance] Hanauta Apartment
[Action/Supernatural] Kimetsu no Yaiba
[Fantasy] Witch Hat Atelier
[BL/Smut] Bed Jou wa Muhou Chitai ni Tsuki
[Isekai/Romance] Kanata Kara
[Fantasy] Silver Diamond
[Fantasy] Tower of God
[GL/Fantasy] Tensei Oujo to Tensai Reijou no Mahou Kakumei
[Mystery] Detective Conan
[BL/Romance] Kawaii Hito
[Action/Fantasy] GACHIAKUTA
[GL/Fantasy] My Food Looks Very Cute
[BL/Romance] Love on Hold

x4 shoujo/josei, x6 shounen/seinen, x6 BL, x2 GL

Mood hot

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Cheers for me making the monthly rec post not in the last week :)

Have some SGA fantasy AUs!
(I knew I wanted to rec the first two and then I went looking for more featuring John as Damsel in Distress at one point, but sadly they either were not fantasy AUs or no longer accessible online.)

A Clear and Different Light by

sholio and

naye
85.4k (+32k sidestories), fantasy AU, McShep + team
Summary: Rodney McKay, raised by a pod of telepathic whales. John Sheppard, mage with fae blood. Teyla Emmagan, rune-scientist. Ronon Dex, winged soldier. On the waystation of Atlantis, they're about to become embroiled in an age-old war against a brutal enemy.
Why I love it: Whaleverse!! I love the whaleverse, and I can never be objective about it; my first posted not-commentfic was an epilogue for it, Respite, because I wanted even more of the beautiful h/c. That was great and also the plot with scary enemies and the worldbuilding and the team feelings.

The Bearskin Cloak by

HorridPorrid
59.2k, fairy tale/fantasy AU, Ronon + team
Summary: After everything he's ever known has been destroyed, Ronon stumbles into the magic-thick forests of Atlantis. When he accidentally frees two strangers from a cruel trap, he realizes old enemies still spin their wicked plans. An enchanted prince, a cursed city: Ronon's fight has just begun. (Inspired by: The Traveling Companion by Hans Christian Anderson)
Why I love it: This is such a good fairy tale and adventure, with scary enemies and desperate plots and daring rescues, always a joy to reread.

A new history of Captain John Sheppard, HM Aerial Corps, and M. Rodney McKay, Esq., FRS, with the Captains Emmagan and Dex, late of the West Indies by

sheafrotherdon
15.7k, McShep + team, Temeraire AU
Summary: . . . composed from a great number of actual surveys; and other materials regulated by many new scientifick observations of their Affections and Masculine Virtues. Drawn up from the Journals which were kept by the several Commanders, And from the Papers of M. Rodney McKay, Esq., FRS; In One Volume, written by A Lady of Quality.
September 1811, Halifax, Nova Scotia: His Majesty's Aerial Corps stand ready to welcome new additions to their number; an expedition late of the Antipodes.
Why I like it: Very good fusion/crossover, and I love the warm atmosphere.

Damper by

michelel72
25.6k, ~urban fantasy AU, Teyla & Rodney
Summary: Teyla Emmagan (C.W.El.E., L.W.M.) and Dr. Rodney McKay (C.W.El.F., Ph.D., Ph.D.) are hired to investigate an anomalous geological development, but they soon learn much more is at stake.
Why I like it: Teyla & Rodney are such an underrated pairing, and this was one of the fics that made me realize that. I really like the character voices, the element-based modern magic system, and the adventure. The epilogue A Few Small Repairs is also great and very warm.

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Title: Becoming More
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: Explicit Sex
Fandom: Heated Rivalry
Relationships: Ilya Rozanov/Shane Hollander
Tags: Established Relationship, Angst, Happy Ending
Summary: This time it becomes more real.
Word Count: 7,365

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bluapapilio

For my manga TBR challenge

Read ch. 9 of Time Traveled To Meet You.

Read ch. 13 of Tensei Oujo to Tensai Reijou no Mahou Kakumei.

Read ch. 23+omake of Witch Hat Atelier!

Read ch. 16 of One Punch Man.

Read Kesshoku Impulse, rated it 3/5 stars.

Read ch. 17 of Sankaku Mado no Sotogawa wa Yoru.

Read ch. 29 of The Gamer.

Read ch. 10 of Silver Diamond!

DNF'ed Harukawa-kun to Yuki-sensei no Fudanshi Jijou., too fast moving. Also dropped Shachou to Hisho, Ai no Shoumei.

Read ep. 10 of Lady Crystal is a Man.

Read ch. 6 of Love on Hold.

Read ch. 188 of Wind Breaker!

Read ch. 8 of Kagurabachi

Mood tired

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My local theater is showing Adolescence of Utena this weekend after all! They were not on the list the last time I checked, so I am happy I could still snag a ticket. It's been sooooo long since I watched this movie, but it's exciting to get to see it on the big screen!

Mood excited

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Last week, and with much excitement, I read Digital Devil Story - Megami Tensei, a 1987 novel by Nishitani Aya. The later anime OVA adaptations, released the same year, left a deep impression when younger. I've mentioned this before, but I am embarrassed to relate that this and the The Dark Myth (1990), and Shin Megami Tensei: Tokyo Revelation (1995) constitute my first exposure to the themes and mythology of Shinto religion. To this day, the story of Izanagi and Izanami is something that unsettles, and perhaps this is because I'm English and I'm clearly reading that story in the same way that I would any of the Greek myths that involve descent and rebirth—from Persephone to Orpheus and back again—but there is something special and haunting to me about the landscape of Shinto's oldest stories. Anyway, all of this is to say, that with much excitement I read Nishitani's original novel... and found it full of stilted prose and unlikeable characters.

Context: the only translation is a fan translation, and I genuinely don't want to belittle the work that went into translating this and the books that followed. Rather, the issue, I assume, is that the sharpness of Nishitani's original prose comes across as very dry in English, something that isn't unique just to this work. As for the characters being unlikeable, main character Nakajima Akemi is equally shitty in adaptation, the difference being that the story in animation is allowed to be a lot more vivid in atmosphere than the prose of the novel allows.

Whilst I was reading the book, I mentioned it a few times in conversation to

shadowhenshin, who replied with the idea that between this and Ring, "Japanese artists were sort of reconciling with the modern age by asking how these emerging technologies could possibly cohabitate with traditions of the past." I took that as my cue to re-read Ring by Suzuki Koji, and thus:

( September 5, 1990, 10:49 pm, Yokohama )

Mood sad
Location somewhere
Music Ebola - The End

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He who assists a lord of men using the Way
Doesn’t use soldiers to control the realm.
Such actions surely [get] their proper return.
Where troops reside, thorns and brambles sprout;
After a great army, there certainly are bad [i.e., famine] years.^[29-1]
The skillful achieves [his goal] then stops,
And doesn’t dare attempt control.
He achieves and then isn’t vain,
Achieves and then doesn’t boast,
Achieves and then isn’t arrogant,
Achieves and then doesn’t covet things,
Achieves and then doesn’t control.^[29-2]
Creatures that get strong then get old:
This we call not [using] the Way,
And [those] not [using] the Way soon end.

^[29-1] Other texts omit this line.
^[29-2] One other text has “This we call achieving without control” and another text as “This we call achieving with control” — my guess is the latter's scribe dropped a “not”

以道佐人主者，
不以兵强天下。
其事好还。
师之所处，荆棘生焉。
大军之后，必有凶年。
善有果而已，
不敢以取强。
果而勿矜，
果而勿伐，
果而勿骄。
果而不得已，
果而勿强。
物壮则老，
是谓不道，
不道早已。

Continues the topic of chapter 29. Same realm/kingdom/world = “[all] under heaven” as in ch.29. The skillful one is traditionally understood as a commander/general.

Admin note: I’ve gone back and consistently retranslated 万物 previously “ten-thousand things” as “myriad creatures.”

---L.

castiron

For all of these, I'm definining "waste of time" as something that's unnecessary and annoying. It's not a waste of time to clean the bathroom, even if I find it tedious. It's not a waste of time to play a few rounds of solitaire when I want to do something enjoyable and mindless, even though it's an unproductive activity.

1. What is your biggest waste of time in your home? Stuff-shifting. We have so much clutter that I always have to move things before I can clean, and I often have to move piles of stuff to get at a bookshelf or drawer. When it's my stuff in the way, I can get rid of it or find a better place to keep it; when it's Spouse's, there's more negotiation.

2. When at work, what is the activity that you find wastes the most time? My workplace is actually pretty good about this; I don't feel like I'm assigned much in the way of pointless timewasting tasks. Once in a while I'm asked to pull a report that doesn't end up used, or that I have to rerun because the requestor didn't give me all the fields they needed, but overall either the task I did is useful to the company, or it didn't turn out useful to the company but helped me learn something.

3. When getting busy with a date or significant other, what ritual could you do without? This is a very weird question, and not applicable to my life at this time.

4. What is the biggest waste of time on the Internet? For me, there's not any individual site that's inherently a waste of time; it only becomes one when I'm mindlessly spending time there without stopping first to think whether there's something else I'd rather be doing.

5. What do you do at a restaurant to waste time when waiting for your meal? I don't. Either I have a companion with whom I can have a pleasant conversation, or I have a book that I can enjoy reading before and during my meal.

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I've had to comb Callie with my own comb. My god, that girl can shed!

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Launder My Karma
ER | Carter, Gen | ~1400 words | Episode coda for 8.11. Thanks to

sheafrotherdon for betaing.

(Also on AO3)

( 'Lewis discharged Sobriki, and his wife asked me to give you this.' Carter deals with Samantha Sobriki's letter. )

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Friday open threads are back for now, and this week's one is inspired by a great Shetland fanfic I read recently. It's wonderful for many, many reasons, but one thing that I particularly enjoyed was its incredible specificity of place: having been to Shetland myself, it was like walking around Lerwick again. The crowning glory: it even managed to work in a reference to a specific waterfront cafe which (in my opinion) has the best coffee in town.

( Link to the fic behind the cut if you want to read it )

So, here is this week's prompt: what is your favourite tiny real-world detail in a work of fiction (original or transformative) that makes it clear the author has genuine experience of the place being depicted?

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Oh my goodness, it was so wonderful to be on vacation for a few days there.

Oh my goodness, the world didn't stop while I was on vacation, there are problems to solve, deadlines to meet, more plans to plan.

Certain overambitious plans probably need to be triaged now, but I can't give you any specifics on that yet because I'm still trying to remember which way is up.

But - worth it? WORTH IT.

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