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The new Doctor Who was decent, if you happen to share Russel T Davies' politics. And I do, but I can't help lament his decision to take the show further into marginalisation. I mean, does anyone think the show would be converting anyone?

I think maybe the Conrad guy is based on Tommy Robinson. I don't think the simplistic, belligerent character is going to draw away any Tommy Robsinson devotees. I really liked the Rani's ship, though. I liked how everything seemed to be made of bone and those aliens collecting doubts reminded me of the medical alien from Farscape if it were designed by Gerald Brom.

The concept behind the episode, called "Wish World", is of reality transformed by someone seeking a return to a past that didn't really exist, a pretty typical form of political cycle most recently and starkly in evidence from the "Make America Great Again" crowd. But I was also reminded of reading about Japanese history yesterday and how the Meiji Restoration in the late 19th century was not really a restoration at all but a radical transformation of the country into something it had never been before, despite many participants being motivated by "kokugaku", a Japanese academic philosophy emphasising the superiority of Japanese culture in earlier eras. You could also look at the Restoration in England in 1660 which certainly didn't return things to the status quo of the 1630s. It's a nice template for the Doctor and Belinda to be trapped in a reality that inevitably has flaws. The guy in the office freaking out because the Doctor called him beautiful could only be aware of homosexuality since, in the time when awareness of homosexuality was less prevalent, it wasn't out of order for a straight man to call another beautiful at all. You can't be constructive when what you're concerned with is destruction at heart.

I was also reminded of the first story featuring the Rani, 1985's Mark of the Rani, in which she takes advantage of 19th century Luddites. I have to say Archie Panjabi falls far short of Kate O'Mara's portrayal. I even prefer Anita Dobson ("Mrs Flood") who at least avoids all the pathetic teeth gnashing.

The scenes with Ruby and the group of disabled people was really, really awkward. It wouldn't surprise me if that scene alone was the cause of many televisions being shut off or channels changed. In any case, I don't think the show's downward trajectory is going to be righted any time soon. But "Wish World" wasn't so bad.

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Current Mood: groggy
Current Location: A TARDIS
Current Music: "Traffic Jam" - "Weird Al" Yankovic

twistedchick

What stories do you see being told around you in the actions of the federal government these days?

shadowhive

Distraction/Discovery
Pairing: Anthony Martinez/Lucas Woodland
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: rubber verse (although there’s no actual rubber in this one, funnily
Notes: Companion to the Black Is The New Black, this was meant to be one part but it kinda got away from me, oops!
(I really need icons of them oop)
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Current Mood: creative
Current Music: Tv

shadowkat

I cancelled the Shingles vaccine for Friday - because I was sleep deprived, and my blood sugar was up. Neither a good combination for a vaccine. I'd only gotten one hour of sleep Thursday night.

Wales: What happened?
ME: I don't know...digestive issues, restless leg syndrome, anxiety...(I certainly lay awake most of Thursday night trying to figure it out. That and how to get comfortable and stop hurting.)

Me: So I cancelled my shingles vaccine. Apparently the potential side effects (which are frankly worse and longer lasting than shingles), are more likely to happen if I'm sleep deprived.
Wales: Good idea. That's the last thing you need right now.

I'm better today. I got 8 hours and 48 minutes of sleep.

I've had shingles. It was a very mild case. I still have the scars, but they aren't noticeable, and not an issue. I'm more afraid of the vaccine at the moment than getting shingle again - shingles are actually treatable if you figure it out in time, and having had them? That's not going to be an issue. Reddit had a thread about side-effects to the Shringrix Vaccine that gave me pause.

Note? I am not advising folks to not get the vaccine. We are not a one size fits all species. Everyone's body is different. Some folks don't get any side effects, outside of maybe a sore arm, others get ill, some have long term side effects. It varies. Also not everyone gets shingles or chickenpox in the same way? I had a relatively mild case, my brother had a severe one. And two co-workers had horribly severe cases of shingles, while mine was relatively mild. That's the problem with our health industry, they want to treat everyone the same - but alas, we are not the same. I most likely wouldn't have any - I haven't had any side effects to either the COVID or Flu vaccines. But I was sleep deprived, and I don't know how this vaccine will affect me.

I've decided to be lazy this weekend. Maybe paint. Maybe read. Maybe write.

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It's quiet in my apartment today. I've managed to find quiet in a bustling city - both at home and at work. Which may explain why I love New York City and many do not? Because I find the quiet, and it's a peaceful, safe, and comforting sort of quiet, not the lonely kind.

innitmarvelous_og

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turps

We went to see Mission Impossible -- The Final Reckoning, yesterday, and it was a ridiculous, OTT, action packed and fitting end to the series I felt. Though, I did see more of Tom Cruise in his undies than I expected.

While at the Metrocentre, I also went to get my monthly eyelash tint, but went to a different branch as the one I've been going to was busy. They actually did a better job in getting the lower lashes, but nearly scrubbed my eyeballs out of my head when getting the dye off at the end. So, not sure which one I'll be going back to next time.

Today we've picked up my MiL as she's staying until Monday, and we've come home because Sunderland are playing at Wembley this afternoon to, hopefully, get back into the Premier League. James has bought himself a EE TV day sports pass so he can watch the match with my MiL, while I'll be casually watching from my desk. So, fingers crossed that they'll win, as it'll be huge for the region to get back into the top league.

Tomorrow the plan is to go out for Sunday dinner, then bank holiday Monday, meet up with Corey somewhere before taking my MiL back home.

missizzy

This has been a week. It culminated in last night, when mom went to the hospital again, this time for severe abdominal pain-which they could find no cause for, and thankfully it eventually went away, so they let her go home, and she's fine right now.
She's also having more trouble paying the bills. Wednesday morning she initially thought we'd suddenly gotten a phone bill for $666 dollars, which certainly would have been appropriately symbolic for the phone companies, but it turned out that was, instead, how much she'd overpaid them by, since she'd paid last month's bill multiple times. We're going to have to set up some sort of system for keeping track of what's been paid and what hasn't.
But it's not like my memory's very good either, right now. Feels a good deal like a sieve at times. Tends to happen, I've been told, when you country starts descending into a fascist dictatorship. Yesterday, we all got an email saying we don't have to email them five things we do each week anymore, but were required to come up with some way to improve governmental efficiency by Wednesday; and it was very clear once I saw the form they're hoping we snitch on each other. I made a general comment about a less hot-button practical matter I suspect a lot of people will make, one I could avoid blaming anyone for.

Current Music: Renee Fleming - Befreit

goodbyebird

They cancelled WoT. Motherfuckers.

beanside

It's Saturday! Today shall be a busy day, but I'm up for it. First up, work. Then the homebrew game, then I'm starting a new game, The Dancing Hut of Baba Yaga. It's an old module that I've DMed before, many many moons ago. But now I get to update it and bring it to a new group. It'll be awesome, hopefully.

Yesterday was a busy day. Work was absolutely psycho. My colleague was out, so I was doing her work, plus taking calls. It was a lot. I also got more information on my Monday job. Oncology is behind on some of their work. As a result, they're coming in on Monday. A lot of their job involves scheduling follow up scans to check for recurrence or staging of cancers, so it would be useless for them to come in on the holiday without someone to make those appointments. Thus, oncology is willing to pay two people's salary for half a day. It's going to be time and a half, plus 4 hours of PTO, making it basically double time and a half.

I was excited, I now have an Edward Jones account. On Tuesday, they'll be overnighting me a check. I'm going to go put it in the bank immediately, and then wait for it to clear. I'm hoping the bank doesn't make me wait the full 7 days, but if they do, they do. I will deal. I've got a list of stuff I want to get right away. The big one is the pantry cabinet for the kitchen. Maybe I can get some shit off my counters. That would be amazing. Also, maybe some jars for flour, sugar and the like? That would also be helpful.

I'm also thinking about getting a sedan service to take us to the Ghost concert in July. I think that would be a lot of fun. And maybe better seats for Ghost. At the moment, we're kind of in the upper deck, and I really feel like this would be a show to be closer for. I'm going to see what I can find. I'd really like to do the VIP experience, but I think that's GA tickets, and I'm not sure I'm up to standing for the entire show.

Okay, time to finish prepping for Baba Yaga. Everyone have an amazing Saturday!

innitmarvelous_og

And I made another banner.

twistedchick

I discovered a few years ago that when I put substances on my skin I can taste them within 30 seconds, with a few exceptions. That led to not wearing foundation, or most makeup (various flavors of odd), sunscreen (nasty burning plastic flavor, and no, I can't explain why burning), and lipstick (fermented plastic flavor). I can wear eyeliner and some concealers, and that's about it. I can use Burt's Bees plain lipbalm, which has mint oil.

Sunscreen is the problem, though. Since I can't use the chemical stuff, I have been trying to find a natural oil that has a decent SPF. Olive oil is about SPF 4-8, which is something but not enough. I heard that avocado oil is higher than SPF 15, so I swiped some from the kitchen and tried it. Unfortunately, it does not behave like olive oil, which eventually sinks in a little and dulls. The avocado stays shiny and oily looking, enough that someone asked me how hot it was outdoors since she thought it was sweat. Um. not good.

Any thoughts on this? I've tried the light powder sunscreen and it's not enough screen for me.

musesfool

I'm so tired of people blowing their deadlines and making it my problem. But at the super last minute, it did finally come together so I was able to log off at 3 pm (it's the first Summer Friday of 2025, and we get to sign off at 2:30 until Labor Day).

My sister is having a birthday bbq tomorrow for my oldest and youngest nieces, who share a birthday, and one requested Smitten Kitchen confetti cookies (even though I told her I found them too sweet) and the other requested brownies (which is why I asked about brownie recipes yesterday - I don't make them often anymore so I don't have a go-to recipe). I couldn't lay hands on dutched cocoa for love or money today, but it turns out that the King Arthur "triple cocoa" or whatever it's called, works in recipes calling for dutched cocoa, and I have that. *hands* But like, nobody even has Hershey's special dark! I was surprised by that. Anyway I ended up making these King Arthur Fudge Brownies and they smell fantastic, though next time I will probably try the microwave to melt the butter instead of doing it on the stove - I did it in a pot on the stove and even on low heat, it got so hot that I had to wait like 30 minutes for it to cool to the temperature required by the recipe (110° - 120°F), so it took a lot longer than I planned for. Other than that, the recipe is really easy. I guess because you beat the cocoa into the eggs, you don't have to worry about the hot butter/sugar mixture scrambling them (you laugh, but that happened to me once with the old mascarpone brownies recipe when I added the melted butter!).

I hope they both enjoy them!

I also bought a banana squishmallow for Baby Miss L, because her response to them has been A++ hilarious every time.

Hopefully the weather tomorrow cooperates. It has rained here so much. Today it rained all morning and then the sun came out late in the afternoon, and then...it poured while the sun was out for a while, and the temperature has lingered in the low 60s. I mean, I'll take the cooler temps for sure, especially at night, but I'm really tired of the rain.

In other news, last night I fell asleep on the couch when I was trying to read, so when I woke up, I decided to just go to bed, and for once, couch sleepy did translate to bed sleepy and I ended up sleeping for almost 10 hours last night! It was glorious! But I don't think I can realistically make myself go to bed at 10:15 every night. *glances at clock* I mean...¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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Current Mood: accomplished
Current Music: Mets vs Dodgers on tv

setsuled

I was in the mood for a Marvel movie last night and I was scrolling through the ones on Disney+ I hadn't seen. I hadn't seen the first Wolverine movie from 2009 because everyone said it was really bad, so much so it was gratuitously retconned in the Deadpool movies, complete with insults. I started watching it and, yeah, it's pretty bad. It's kind of dull. Ryan Reynolds is in it as a distinctly not-Deadpool version of Deadpool. It was like having a movie with a Spider-Man who can't climb walls and has a different personality. Why do it? I suppose writers David Benioff and Skip Woods figured their ideas were superior to the source material. That is the same Benioff who adapted Game of Thrones for television so I guess that was par for the course.

So I switched to the original, 2000 X-Men film that introduced Hugh Jackman's Wolverine to the world. What a difference. How good that movie remains. It still feels fresh that it spends time introducing Wolverine, Magneto, and Rogue in very natural, earthly circumstances.

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The recent news from Marvel is they're shaking up their release slate in the wake of disappointing box office performances by Captain America: Brave New World and Thunderbolts. It's really a shame because Thunderbolts is actually quite good. I could've told them it wouldn't do well, though. Florence Pugh is very pretty but she looks like a little boy in all the posters. Everyone wears boring black costumes. I remember months back when Grace Randolph was comparing Thunderbolts to Suicide Squad she called Yelena, Pugh's character, the Harley Quinn of the film. Margot Robbie's sexiness as Harley Quinn in the original Suicide Squad movie single-handedly made it a hit and redoubled the character's cultural icon status. Florence Pugh's dowdiness seems to have drawn no-one to the cinema. The sexy Harley Quinn made the otherwise lousy Suicide Squad a hit, so I think it's fair to say the aesthetically unimpressive hair and makeup on Yelena sank the chances of the otherwise well made Thunderbolts. Yeah, you can turn your nose up at the fact that sex sells. But you do so at your peril.

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Current Mood: groggy
Current Location: a ledger
Current Music: "Witchcraft" - Bill Evans Trio

scaramouche

Completely by accident, I ended up rewatching Gigi and the Fountain of Youth, the English-dubbed version of the Minky Momo OVA, which I used to watch on VHS as a kid.

Thanks to the near-manic dubbed dialogue that I now, as an adult, fully understand instead of having wash over me as a child, it's so absurdist! There's so many characters and so many things happen! All those accents and OTT delivery! There's barely any pauses between gags! Though I can totally see how I glommed onto Gigi so hard, her ability to easily transform into glamorous adult versions of herself was SUCH a dream to a kid.

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Current Mood: awake

innitmarvelous_og

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shadowhive

Black Is The New Black
Pairing: Matt Davies-Kreye, Lucas Woodland
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: Rubber, mindbreak
Notes: So I had hoped, as always, to get one of the main WIPs out. Indeed it was an intent to get a prompt fic out. However between a certain someone reading through the rubber fics and giving me a suggestion I’m back with a whole new fic (as if I needed more!) but I’d always intended to do more of the ‘rubber verse’ although this wasn’t what I thought I would do.
This is set late 2023 (and I really need to find a pic of Matt but can’t find one quickly). A companion fic is coming too and will probably be the next thing before I go back to the prompts
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Current Mood: thoughtful
Current Music: Seapeekay stream

trobadora

After finishing my 520 Day fic, I'm not exactly writing a lot, though I am trying to get into the flow again, but I've been thinking about it, because this sort of thing happens to me so often after I finish something, or even while I'm in the middle of it. So, poll!

Poll #33153

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 38

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When I write or finish a fic, I think about (or actually start) a sequel ...

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never
5 (13.2%)

rarely
11 (28.9%)

sometimes
14 (36.8%)

often
6 (15.8%)

ALL THE TIME
2 (5.3%)

These sequels are actually finished and posted ...

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never
8 (22.2%)

rarely
17 (47.2%)

sometimes
10 (27.8%)

often
1 (2.8%)

ALL THE TIME
0 (0.0%)

Ticky boxes?

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ticky boxes!
17 (50.0%)

more tickyboxes
9 (26.5%)

tickyboxes propagating further tickyboxes
27 (79.4%)

Current Mood: for science!

innitmarvelous_og

Well I quit that one comm last night for good so I have nowhere to play now.

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And the date for this year's deceptive as I've hardly played there this year

Current Mood: depressed

beanside

I'm feeling slightly more awake today. Better than yesterday, at least. Hopefully, I won't be in typo hell this morning. I'm a little tired still, but not horrible.

Yesterday was a busy day at work. While I was off for Jess birthay a volunteer activity appeared. And then another. I was interested in both, so that was the beginning of my morning. The oncology team is working half a day on Monday, and they need someone to take calls for them to be able to schedule radiology appointments. Otherwise, they'll have a full day of calls to make on Tuesday, when we (and they) Will already be slammed. They're willing to pay me 4 hours of Time and a half, plus 4 hours of regular holiday pay. Which works out to double time and a half. It's the same arrangement they offered for MLK Day, and I'm just sorry it's not a full day.

Later on in the day, my boss gave me more info. My pay is coming out of oncology's budget, and I'm the only one who was actually offerered the job. They put it on the team chat, but no one else was interested. I don't think our pool opens til noon anyway, so I can 100% be the sole employee that day. My boss was like "Call me if you need me, but I know you won't."

Later on, we got an email inviting people to work the Hopkins booth at the Various pride festivals. I signed up for the 12-2 shift on 6/14 at the trans pride table. I really want to do it, and maybe see a bit of the festival while we're there. I'm going to find our fanny pack to wear for it.

Hopefully it won't be terribly hot. Either way, I'm going to do it.

I haven't been down in forever, and I'm not looking forward to parking, but I think it'll be fun. I'm going to get a hat between now and then, to avoid my face looking like a lobster.

Aside from that, things are relatively quiet. I made gochujang chicken last nighty, whihch involved a marinade of gochujang, soy and honey. It was baller, and there's some left over for today, which makes me happy. a Little bit spicy, but really tasty.

And now, I've got to work on some stuff for game on Saturday. Everyone have an excellent Friday!

scaramouche

My first time reading about Hannibal of Carthage! Ernle Bradford's Hannibal is a decent intro and well-written, though after reading stuff by Mary Beard and others, it makes the lack of visible scholarship within Bradford's book stand out a bit. He does occasionally mention when Livy and Polybius' takes of Hannibal contradict each other, and does do some speculation on which route Hannibal and his brother may have taken into Italy, but otherwise it mostly presents things to be fact, right down to quotes that Hannibal was reported to have said. (By whom!) Which makes it good for an intro reader like me, but doesn't get into the nitty gritty or discuss other causes and effects of Hannibal's campaign except the overarching consequence that in the aftermath, Rome's influence in the Mediterranean increased and grew out into an empire.

Something like 90% of the book's content covers Hannibal's decade-and-half campaign in Italy, with particular focus on battle tactics. It's generalizing to say that male historians enjoy focusing a great deal on the minutiae of battle tactics in the biographies they write, yet that is a pattern I'm seeing. I would like to know more about the Hannibal's world and the political machinations of Rome in resisting and eventually repelling him. Because Bradford does present the opinion that Hannibal's wartime strategy in Italy was sound for invasion but not for consolidation, and it's the strength of Rome's political institutions that allowed them to resist Hannibal for over a decade of warfare without capitulation or destruction, but those processes are what I would liked to know more about. I would also love to know more about how fear of Hannibal impacted Roman society! But that's a minor thing, and not necessary for an intro read of the topic.

Edited to add: I just remembered! For a book that is so interested in battle tactics and logistical movements, it's surprising that it doesn't have a map. I could've REALLY used one to follow what the heck was going on through those portions.

On a very basic note, the times being what they are, whenever Hannibal's father gets mentioned I have to forcibly read Hamilcar as a name instead of a Pixar AU of Hamilton.

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Doctor Doubt

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Distraction/Discovery Part 1

Saturday is sleeping in and watching television

I've been busy doing something that's probably a time waster but I don't know what else to do

Ha'way the lads!

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Shove the wheel up my ass, I guess.

It's just too good to be true, look at me falling for you

I'm getting ideas :-)

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Marvel Getting in Touch with Itself

Gigi and the Fountain of Youth

I can't help it. I'm still dreaming basically of running my own comm

Black Is The New Black

because I'm at it again ...

I'm Done

Traveled down the road and back again. Your heart is true--you're a pal and a confidant.

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