March Meta Matters

Mar. 5th, 2026 12:38 am
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[community profile] marchmetamatterschallenge is running this month. :D Here is my introductory post. So what is meta? Well, it can be a lot of things ...

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A few weeks ago, we lost [personal profile] spikedluv suddenly, and now we've suddenly and tragically lost [personal profile] minoanmiss. It's always devastating to lose anyone in our community, but it seems even worse when it's people who have such a presence within it and bring so much joy to it. My heart really goes out to everyone who was close to them, and to their families.

There are still a few days left in the FTH 2026 auction, if you'd be interested in bidding on my fic-writing services. My entry is here, or you can use that to find other people in the auction. I hope this year will produce a lot of money, god knows we need it now.

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Mar. 4th, 2026 06:28 pm
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The Sports Bra has changed their fryer oil to soybean. Glad they posted a sign so I didn't find out the hard way? But, that scuttled my plans to eat out and watch the PWHL game tonight. That might end my end my trips out there, if I can't have a snack, only beer. 3 hours is a long time to only have beer. I was getting to the point where some people sort of noticed me as a hockey regular.

But, I did stay for a while tonight and watched 45 minutes of red hot ice-repair-action. There was a hole in the ice. The repair kept not holding. Shortly after the teams went back to the locker rooms I decided to just ditch and go home. It was standing-room only so I couldn't even sit there and work on some writing.
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Hello everyone! It's check-in time to see how we're all getting along with our meta importing.

Comment below with any of the following:

1) Anything unexpected you've discovered as you got started?

2) If you have a lot to archive/copy over, have you figured out how you'll organize it?

Remember, this account accepts anonymous comments, so if you don't have a Dreamwidth account we still want to hear from you and have you take part.

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Mar. 4th, 2026 04:22 pm
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Mar. 4th, 2026 01:05 pm
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Having some orange blossom tea and looking forward to several things, listening to somebody play piano tonight, seeing some friends over the weekend and another friend's awesome birthday party on the 22nd.

What I'm Doing Wednesday

Mar. 4th, 2026 01:54 pm
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My heart is broken by the terrible loss of [personal profile] minoanmiss. I met her in fandom in my early DCU days, something like 23 years ago, and once in person in 2009, and always treasured her friendship. Rest in peace and power, love. Hugs to all who grieve her passing.

books by Adrian Tchaikovsky
House of Open Wounds, Lives of Bitter Rain, Days of Shattered Faith, Pretenders to the Throne of God
I don't think I LIKED any of these, but the 'verse is interesting? I get the feeling that he cares far more about gaming out his worldbuilding than he does his actual characters, which is no way to write a novel/series.

yarning
Finished the orange and blue kickbunny. Missed yarn group yet again. Started the Easter carrots. Worked a little on the kickbunny for the kitten academy momcat. The long term commission for 2 kickbunnies turned into a priority commission, so I'm rapidly working on that instead of more carrots. Sold an under the door toy. And 2 more catnip-silvervine hearts that I have to make. Oof! I'm grateful for the sales, but wtf is going on with the deluge? I mean, SEVENTEEN things to make!! Most ASAP!

augh
dad had yet another bad fall Monday night, but, knock wood, I haven't yet been asked to go up and help out. These deadlines make that problematic.

healthcrap
General malaise. Epic brain fog. Continuing vertigo. The internet tells me that a repeatedly bitten tongue can develop white keratosis (like your fingernails) to protect it. I keep biting the wound, which is why I still have an ulcer just under my tongue, way back by my molars. /whine. Also, I didn't get my healthcare coverage renewed before it expired, so I'm having to wrangle that while feeling like crap. :(

#resist
+ voted in the TX primary yesterday. Learned I was gerrymandered into a new congressional district minutes before voting, so I had to choose a new rep.
+ Look out for local anti-war protests in your area.
+ March 5: Fighting and Winning Against Trump's Concentration Camps - Mass Call
+ March 28: #50501 No Kings Protest #3

I hope you're all doing as well as can be expected. <333

See you in a year!!

Mar. 4th, 2026 11:21 am
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Yes. It's true. By the time I got Biggie into the carrier - he would NOT go into the smaller one and I had to chase him around the room for 5 minutes before he would go into the smaller one and he was so pissed. I knew then, that it was The Last Trip. But, the tests all came back fine! No bladder rocks. No chrystals. No nuthin!

She even gave him his vaccines early so we don't have to go back until March 2027.

On the down side, it means no more cry kibble and no more treats ever. Just prescription canned food. Chewy will be Happy. And she doubled up the size of the one medicine so now instead of 4 tablets a day, he only gets 2.

So... pretty much a Vet Victory. I did forget to have them trim his nails - I mean as long as he was pissed off anyway, but oh well.

Enough

Mar. 4th, 2026 08:12 am
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Biggie takes 3 pills every morning and 2 at night. He's pretty good about it. But, on vet days, he takes two additional ones and, turns out, 5 pills in one morning is 2 pills too many. And now he's under the bed in a drugged sleep. In an hour and a half, I have to get him out from under the bed and into the carrier which he will not like. And then to the vet which he will like less.

While I was swimming this morning, I decided that unless there has been massive forward progress, this is the last trip for a while. He has crystals in his urine and a high pH and bladder stones. But, he's had all of those things now for months. He's happy. He's eating well. He's pooping and peeing like every cat should. So torturing him every month is beginning to feel just mean. We're on to a quality of life issue here - his and mine. It's a risk but one I'm ready to take.

Nothing else going on today. I got a new jacket/sweater/hoodie on Amazon that I really like but the sleeves are too long. The internet says that hand sewing really needs "steel needles made for fabric" so Amazon is bringing me some today. Now I wonder what all the needles that I have now are made from and for. I'm willing to try new for $5.

I probably should do a load of laundry today, too. My hamper is full.

But first the vet's and probably I should get dressed.

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Hello on Wednesday!  How are things going in the world of fic?

Did you write?

   - Yes!
   - No!
   - Not yet!

If yes, what kind of writerly activity did you engage in?  How do you feel about it?
If no, what were the obstacles/situations that affected your writerly pursuits?  What will you do differently tomorrow to get more writing done?
If not yet, because the day hasn't gotten going yet, what kind of writing activity are you planning (or hoping) to accomplish?

Done and many trees died

Mar. 3rd, 2026 02:35 pm
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The CPA's office called to say my return was ready. She could mail it to me or I could pick it up. She called just before the house cleaner got here so I went to pick it up. Signed 2 things, paid the bill and brought home a gynormous envelope o' tax shit. This year, I only had paper tax documents for maybe 2 things. The rest were all digital. I scanned those 2 and uploaded everything. The CPA then printed out every single bit and it was a LOT. I think I'll just toss out all the backup shit, since I have copies

The cleaner was still cleaning so I sat in the elbow and read every page of the return. I am very ashamed at how little actually registered in my brain. I am fairly sure I could understand it all if I really tried and cared but I don't care and didn't try. What I do know is that the CPA earned every freakin' penny. And the numbers I was given last week were a bit off.

The CPA's bill is $950. Which I saw before I went over the return and kind of choked at. But, seeing the return, I know it's totally fair. BUT also... My refund is $8K. $5k is going to pay next year's estimated taxes - all four payments taken care of - NICE. Very nice. So the cash coming into my bank account is $3K which will totally cover the CPA bill and Biggie's vet and my fat drugs!

Because of the profit from the condo sale, I intentionally overpaid the estimated taxes last year. Ordinarily, I'd disapprove of that but today, I'm quite happy with myself.

Next year will be as simple as this year was complicated.

Also next year I have a note to myself to wait until all docs are in - so mid-Feb - before I upload anything. It feels like this year's taxes took forever to do when actually it was me that caused the delay. They only had everything for two weeks which is wildly reasonable.

Next up, I have to find where I put the tax returns. I have so little paper that I keep but I do keep the returns. They were on a shelf in the closet. They are likely in the storage area but first glance couldn't find them. Oh well.

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Mar. 3rd, 2026 04:32 pm
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In my defense,

Mar. 3rd, 2026 08:59 pm
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+ Very much had a plan to tidy my bedroom 100%, but then my dryer was like, "nah I'm not going to function" and I derailed completely. There's a couple more things I want to try to see if I can get it sorted, but if not I'll have to call for a repairperson ugh.

...so today I'm focused on cleaning the visible parts of my apartment instead lol.

+ Actually had lunch with a few of my friends today. It's been a while. Like, I didn't manage to meet a single one of them properly before Christmas even. How they all put up with a shut in like myself all these years, I just couldn't tell you. We tried a new noodle place, the food was excellent, I tried a marinated egg for the first time, and we were all laughing and enjoying ourselves.

One of my friends had helped clear out an apartment a couple of days ago, and when she saw the official and un-official guides for The X-Files in the donations box, she decided to grab them for me instead. Very sweet of her, and funny considering she did not know I'd just started watching s1 again.

+ Since AO3 seems to be fairly unstable atm I got some requests to do a new round of [personal profile] ao3_isdown, so come on over.

+ I've been fiddling with the idea for [community profile] fannishtarot and running a Make Your Own Fandom Tarot event for a good long while now, gathering some quotes and such here and there. I think it would be such a rewarding way to deep dive into the tarot and also your own fandom(s) and fannish inclinations. Like, who or what would The Fool be to you in your chosen fandom? I think it'd be an excellent way to internalize a bunch of significators, etc. But I am not getting that started until I have a bunch more prep under my belt lol. I'd basically have to amass six months of posts beforehand, to make room for work schedules, travel, the occasional downtime/brain crash.

But it would be SO cool. I just hope some people will join in.

+ My Dune tarot will be arriving tomorrow, and I'd love to play with it a bunch. Let me know in the comments if you want me to do one of the book's spreads for you.

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Mar. 3rd, 2026 10:50 am
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Waiting for the bug guy.

Seeing eye to not eye

Mar. 3rd, 2026 08:51 am
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I just don't see eye to eye with the people here. We don't share the same hymn book we are not on the same wavelength. And it's me that is pretty much the one off. Big things and little. I've learned to just shut the fuck up most of the time. And I do enjoy spending time in my apartment with me. So it's not a disaster. I'm not wrong but I am on the side of the fence that has plenty of room.

Thankgod I don't run this place or have any decision making powers over any of it.

There is a woman here who does 3D plastic canvas needlepoint. Her stuff is on display this month and the legend near the display says she has done (and has) 50 of them - nearly every one in the Mary Maxim catalog. Holy fuck how and where does she keep them all? I can see doing one or two but 50? It's like me and the miniature kits or Lego kits. When they are done, then what?

I did hear back from the CPA who said he would follow up with admin today. I think my return is just stuck in a pipeline. But, it is done. I just want it done, done.

No plans for today. I will have to crack out of here this afternoon for the house cleaner. I'm fine with that sacrifice. There's a puzzle in the elbow that needs attention.

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Hello on Tuesday! How's the day going so far for fic? (If you haven't gotten started on your day as yet, how did yesterday go for writing fic?)

    - Excellent!
    - Terrible
    - Somewhere in between
    - Nothing doing

How much time have you spent on writing fic today, roughly?

    - None
    - 30 minutes or less
    - 30-60 minutes
    - 60-90 minutes
    - More than 90 minutes

In five words or less, how do you feel about that?

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Mar. 2nd, 2026 04:20 pm
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⌈ Secret Post #6996 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.


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Music Monday

Mar. 2nd, 2026 10:45 am

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Mar. 2nd, 2026 08:49 am
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Some idiot pulled the fire alarm at about 5 this morning so I have a headache. Today I have to reestablish my credit card info with my internet and phone accounts, pay my rent, make an appointment regarding the damn rent raise and take out the garbage. It's a little too early right now to do any of that.

Hello everyone!!

Mar. 2nd, 2026 11:03 am
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Name: C.K. or Chester
Age group: mid-to-late 30s -- 36 specifically.
Country: USA
Subscription/Access Policy: 18+ only. No Harry Potter fans. No antis. 

Main Fandoms: Culture Club (the greatest band of the '80s!)
Other Fandoms: Linkin Park, WWE, Smoky Mountain Wrestling
Fannish Interests: Fanfiction mostly, and doing deep dives on my many OCs.
OTPs and Ships: Culture Club: Boy George/Jon Moss, Roy Hay/Mikey Craig; Linkin Park: Bennoda [Chester Bennington/Mike Shinoda]; Wrestling: Hartbreak (Bret Hart/Shawn Michaels), Shawnter (Shawn Michaels/Hunter Hearst-Helmsley), Candy (Cody Rhodes/Randy Orton); and then I have a lot of ships in my fandoms involving OCs. 

Favourite Movies: The Room (lol), Pretty in Pink, Borat, Major League, man there's so many and I can't think of all of them.
TV Shows: I actually don't watch TV.
Books: Broken Harts: The Life and Death of Owen Hart by Martha Hart
Music: I listen to a lot of '80s. My faves are Culture Club (and yes, that means I like Boy George's solo work too), a-ha, Depeche Mode, Yazoo, Information Society, New Order, The Cure, A Flock of Seagulls, Real Life, Johnny Hates Jazz, Mr. Mister, Oingo Boingo. Then outside of '80s music I like Massive Ego, $uicideboy$, Linkin Park, and Fort Minor.
Games: Sonic the Hedgehog (1, 2, 3), Sonic & Knuckles, Sonic 3D Blast, Pokemon, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, GTA series, Hitman series, WWE series, Tomb Raider (original games series), Crash Bandicoot 1 & 2, Legacy of Kain series
Comics/Anime/Misc: Not really into much comics or anime, but my fave anime is Death Note.

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