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The Mutt had an adventure last week - got spooked by a boar in a tiny city enclave and went missing for the next several hours. I am not his biggest fan by any measure - he's entirely too obsessed with applying his tongue to any exposed inch of skin - but the search was swift and successful. Let it be a lesson to every dog owner in the world - if there are kids present, ask them what they've seen. (Entirely unrelated to the actual plot, but as soon as we put up one of our "missing dog" signs, I saw a little girl dutifully take down the details in her notebook, and that was lovely.)

Also last week, I got a huge painful wave of overwhelm with sadness because I exposed myself to one too many bits of outside news. The world is so scary and horrifying, nothing like what we were promised as kids. I need an embargo on news. I need human contact with a bunch of reasonable optimists.

And finally, we went canoeing yesterday, on a very easy and slightly crowded river. Not as epic as our last excursion, but much needed. And then I met a friend's new puppy, and got poop and pee an saliva on me, and I suppose D's somber "at least he didn't puke on you" sums the week up pretty well.

azurelunatic

The worst part of colonoscopy prep turned out to be the sheer number of trips to the bathroom, which knotted up my legs something fierce. The second worst part was the taste of the solution, even with added flavorings. It was salty! (I got the huge jug rather than the Miralax version. Miralax at least isn't salty.) Next time, probably either green unsweetened Kool-Aid or lemonade Crystal Lite or whatever.

( Off topic for FFA )

I did make the planned gallon of orange jello, but since it was a little late for me to actually eat it, I put mandarin orange slices in it. Since that's often part of Belovedest's lunch. Today I packed it into smaller boxes to help with that effort and to decrease the crowding in the fridge.

I got a slight nap after everything was about finished. The split prep schedule meant that I started the second half around 12:30 am. Appointment check in time 6 am.

The distance in the facility wasn't super bad, although we brought my chair just in case. (Speaking of the chair, I have decked it out with retroreflective tape and electroluminescent wire. It looks much safer. The cup holder went on Friday.)

( The procedure wasn't bad. )

I got dressed again. I had picked a cute nightgown for the outing, black with flowers and butterflies. Instead of a coat (it's getting chilly at night) I wore my dramatic black velvet robe, the one with lace trim and bell sleeves. I received a compliment. And as soon as I proved I could stand up without excessive wobbling, we were off.

Belovedest gathered breakfast for me on our way home, and I took a much needed nap (interrupted a few times to confirm that I could be made conscious and accept hydration).

And that was that.

We did our usual Friday shopping on Saturday. I was still sore. Today my legs are thankfully feeling normal.

Current Music: Tom Cardy - "H.Y.C.Y.B.H"

crafty_packrat

Leek-mushroom turnover, lemon tart, hard kiwifruit, American persimmons, bell peppers, purple UFO peppers, shennadoah pears, honeycrisp apples, pink pearl apples.

I'm going to try making salsa morada with the UFO peppers, and see if applesauce made with the pink pearl apples has a pink tingle to it.

azurelunatic

I'm not looking forward to this.

On the other hand, I wasn't thinking with some of the usual parts of my sense of humor when I was picking out my non-red jello for Liquid Diet Day (24 oz food service pack) and rolled the wrong citrus out of three: orange.

I could have had lemon jelly.
https://youtu.be/ioudby-xooc
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemon_Jelly

Current Music: Nice Weather for Ducks

paivansade

I wish I knew where to check the stitch count on my machine, cause it must be epic. I have already spent 25+ hours quilting my tumbling blocks WIP, and I expect at least 10 more. It's progressing nicely, and I seem to be over the hump of getting sore muscles from holding the ruler.

We started watching The Handmaid's Tale yesterday. It must have been half a lifetime ago that I read the book, I don't remember the specific plot points, but it sure portrays the general vibe that I remember very well. It also hits much different now that I've lived long enough to see with my own eyes how easy it is to lose rights seemingly overnight.

I started sleeping less well, I am having intrusive dreams featuring an estranged friend. Or my old flat filled with strangers.

I am supposed to start preparing my CV and getting ready to get back to work, but I don't wanna. Can the world just stand still for a couple more months? It doesn't sound very hard.

Current Mood: gloomy

azurelunatic

Goodbye to bad rubbish BJ, who could make simple things like Madonna being active in the music industry longer than most people of our generation being aware of, plus she didn't look in her early 40s at the time, into some kind of sinister conspiracy theory situation.

You were an absolute jackass, and I honestly don't care if you're alive or not except that I might need to avoid you.

Thanks to Votania and Darkside, who helped me realize what a bad friend BJ was, never mind as a prospective life partner and spouse. Bleck.

This random thought brought to me by the death of Charles Entertainment Kirk, which would probably have been making BJ's circles flail in panic, and hearing a Madonna song on the Doof. (A back episode, we didn't have a SunDoof that I'm aware of.)

donutsweeper

Earlier today I *finally* finished checking all the links on my research/useful links posts, adding all the new links and reorganizing them. Both the Hollywood/History/Clothing/etc post and the Randomness one had gotten too big so I removed somethings from the history one and separated the randomness one into two posts with the history things (old books, magazines, radio theater etc) fitting into one. There's now close to 2250 links between all the posts. *phew* The masterpost is here or everything can also be found via my useful links tag.

And also, excitedly, Yuletide nominations have opened!! Go forth and nominate! (I'll be nominating that cute animated short, Vampire Gastelbrau, and also The First Shot (Gu Yiran, Zheng Bei and Jiang Xiaohai), See Your Love (Jiang Shaopeng, Yang Zixiang) and All Souls (Mitchell Grace, Glory, and Worldbuilding) definitely but am still waffling on my last slot. But we are allowed 4 characters per fandom so if anyone wants someone added to First Shot or See Your Love just give me a shout.

What's everyone else nominating?

rugessnome

while ~singing/rapping along to the ...nuclear physics ethics anthem with the unprepossessing name "Eminemium" (it's based off "Lose Yourself"), I started contemplating how Tim Blais says "Warsawa" there (I've heard it's incorrect and may look it up in a bit) ...and accidentally said the end of the line as "co-assured twauma" (does me psychic damage due to how people talk about uwu language)

addendum: yes, Warszawa (ie what we in English know as Warsaw) is more like var-sha-va. well, if Wiktionary editors can be trusted, apparently the IPA is var.ʂa.va(?)

I somehow managed to accidentally add ketchup to a Chicago dog, which I understand to be a faux pas, in ordering from a kiosk when I don't even like ketchup on hot dogs in general. (I saw it on my order but thought that it got auto-added as a fry condiment. I can only guess that something I did with toggling "everything" messed it up.)

However, while I didn't think it was a helpful addition, it was actually less bad with the ...tomato and pickle and celery salt (and maybe onion?) present than when I decided I had to give ketchup in the context a fair shake of a trial and ordered an All-American at Sonic once.

in other developments I did the thing I do maybe once or twice (or even three times a year) and made a meal of sorts out of Whole Foods hot/salad bar items

tonight's hodgepodge

saag tofu (why did the tofu start dripping when bitten into. but it tasted fine), lemon rice (Indian), "cauliflower-potato curry", turmeric-lemon potato wedges, rosemary roasted carrots, some sweet potatoes that I think were labeled tequila lime but didn't have a particularly seasoned flavor to me, a little of some Tex-Mex tofu in crumbles, aaaand: macaroni salad

...also I ...walked to a Korean grocery store and bought a roasted sweet potato as an evening snack (and one of the small "Korean melons", which I haven't tried yet) and it was quite nice! I would've liked to look longer and maybe browse or buy more but I had walked there, and it was evening, so I didn't want to carry a lot or stay out past dark. I did not find perilla oil in a fairly cursory search and the only perilla seeds I saw bore a prop 65 lead warning (augh) and were about $10 so I didn't get them.

paivansade

I am currently quilting one of my oldest WIPs, and I'm super ambitious about it. All the thread colors, switching between several different feet, multiple designs! I will quilt it to death, to a point where it can no longer serve as a comfy blankie unless the person lying beneath it is perfectly 2D. Ah well, I am having fun.

I finally spent a night away from home, for the first time since November. It was nice enough. And then I was home alone for several nights, and that was also pretty nice. Snapping out of routines is hard but doable. It made me oddly productive. Eventually. Monday was purely a recovery day.

My knee's been acting up though. Not wobbly, just painful. I suppose I'm getting the feeling the turn of the weather in one's knees old people's feature.

Current Mood: bouncy

donutsweeper

The Yuletide fandom promo post is up. I promoed a cute little animated short I found recently and am planning on nominating and requesting, Vampire Gastelbrau. Here's the promo I did:

Title: Vampire Gastelbrau (2011)

Media: Animated short film
Approx length: 3 minutes
Where to find it: On youtube here or vimeo here
What is it, in summary?: An animated short where Vampire Gastelbrau helps Gerta and Gabi with their chores in order to earn back his vampire fang.
What do you love about it?: It's just such a sweet little story with cute animation and lovely music.
What sort of things are you likely to request for it?: The further adventures of Gerta, Gabi and Gastelbrau.
Are there sections of canon (rather than the whole canon) that can be consumed by themselves to fulfil your requests, or that showcase particular characters and relationships?: No, but it's less than 3 minutes long.
Content warnings: none, despite it being about a vampire no warnings apply

The Yuletide evidence post has also been posted. If your eligible fandom (this post explains eligibility) is closely related to an ineligible one (i.e. all DMBJ fandoms since the novels are too big, NIF2 or the NIF novel since the drama has gotten too big, etc) you'll want to make a comment in the evidence post (if you've given evidence in previous years you can just link to your previous comment but ideally you should still comment on the current post). I've been doing yuletide a billion (aka 17) years, if you have questions/want help determining eligibility or how to post evidence just give me a shout, I'll be happy to help.

I also finally finished the chevron lace blanket I'd be working on for daughter:

Multicolored Chevron Lacr Crocheted Blanket

It's 42” by 75-78” (valley vs point) and I misjudged the yarn yardage so she overbought and I have 2 skeins left with no idea what I'll do with them. Ooops. Oh well.

Aaaand now I need a new craft project. Maybe a rug. Or another blanket? Or both? (Do I need another rug or blanket? Nope. Do I have a place to put either? Also nope. Will that stop me from making them? Of course not.)

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