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Amperslash, and new B5 fic

I have a bare-bones signup in for

amperslashexchange, which I will try to add to over the next few days! Fandoms remain unsurprising as usual.

Completely unrelated to that or Whumptober, I posted something new for Babylon 5 over on AO3 just now: Balance in Duty, a slightly canon-divergent missing scene for 5x06 "Strange Relations," in which I lean into the episode's completely averted presumed-dead potential.

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Whumptober Day 5: Dream Journal | Phobia

No. 5: “My panic’s at the ceiling, but I’m face down on the carpet.”
Quivering | Dream Journal | Phobia

Babylon 5, post-canon, Londo, gen (700 wds)
This is the one I was having trouble with a few days ago. Set in some kind of nebulous fixit universe.

( 700 wds under the cut )

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Check-In, Day 07

My day definitely got away from me. How about yours?

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Where are you in working on your WIP at the moment?

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Working on pre-writing: research, planning, outlining, etc.!
2 (40.0%)

Writing!
0 (0.0%)

This week is going to be all about planning!
0 (0.0%)

Working on something other than my intended WIP!
1 (20.0%)

Not working on anything/taking a break!
3 (60.0%)

Something else!
0 (0.0%)

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Rain out plus next to nothing

Stupid Detroit with their stupid roof-less stadium.

Jim across the hall offered to sell me his Tesla "for next to nothing". It's a smaller one and comes not only with a charger installed next to my parking space, but also free (to me) electricity. I do not know what "next to nothing" means but I suspect it means way less than I could get for my car. But, even putting the Elon Musk ness aside, I just don't trust the company. It's probably fine and I'd be fine owning it. And it's only 3 years old so far less likely to have a problem than my car. But insurance and stuff. And how often do I need extra room? Once or twice every year or so.

So. I told him I would think about it but I have and no.

Also no to the new air fryer. I wanted a bigger one and I went too big. The touch screen needs pounding as opposed to touching. You need massive arm muscles to get the damn drawer out and back in. Plus, it does not cook that well. Stuff that should be crisp is not that crisp. And the settings are way off. The frozen pizza setting burnt the sucker black but the bottom was soft. So back it goes. Sadly, I tossed the giant box. Now I have to find a new giant box.

I spent too much at Costco. But, they had my coffee on sale.

Housekeeping called this morning to say my house cleaner was not at work today. They offered a sub but I said nope. It's fine I pulled out the dirt devil and did the heavy lifting. Now I am waiting for the rain delayed Mariner game to un rain delay.

Rush job

I'm on a timeline. Bonny and I are going to Costco. Oh, wait, we're not going til 10:30 so I've got more time than I thought. She's out of vodka... again. She never drinks before 5 but ALWAYS drinks after. I've never seen her drunk but she does go through the stuff. She buys the big bottles at Costco. Two at at time and has a special bag so no one will see her but two bottles. Then she always waits until late at night to put the empties in the trash room so no one will see her. This alcohol subterfuge cracks me up. She's 85. No one knows her at Costco. No one on this hall cares how much she drinks. But she's not convinced. So... off we go to procure her vice.

Oh the up side, she can't walk far (bad hip which she could get fixed but doesn't want to fuck with) so we get to use handicapped parking.

The Mariner game is at 1. My cleaner comes at 1:40. Happily, I can watch the game on my laptop in the elbow while she cleans.

I saw last night that my former neighbor who has been a TV reporter here for 30 years is retiring. She lived a few doors down from me in the condo for all of those 30 years. My only interaction with her, other than, 'hi!' when we passed in the hallway was during the first weeks of COVID. We passed in the hallway and she stopped me. She told me that she was going to be out and about regardless, every day, for her job and she figured I was not. "Let me give you my number. Then if there is anything you need, any day, just text me. I'll pick it up and bring it to you." That was it. So sweet and so kind. I sent her the first text last night urging her to enjoy the heck out of her retirement.

I took two giant bundles down to the clothes donation bin. One bag was that comforter. I love the look of it. I hate the sleep of it. So gone. I bought another one last spring at Goodwill, that I never tried. It's kind of weighted. I slept under it last night. Perfect. BUT butt ugly. It's gray. Just gray. So just now, I ordered a duvet cover for it.

Ok. Time to get dressed and get organized.

Current Mood: lethargic
Current Music: Junior Wells

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Didn't get much sleep last night, I had bad dreams and woke up at like 4 in the damn morning and it took me hours to fall back asleep again. Had some PG tips which helped a little. I do have to get a lot of groceries this morning, I don't have a car, it's Tuesday which means it's senior discount day at the grocery outlet, lots of butter readers.
https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=butter%20reader
then I have to go to physical therapy.

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fandom: music

earworm of the moment

So I've got "Paint the Town Red" by Doja Cat stuck in my head. What about y'all?

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Whumptober Day 7: Trapped with the Enemy | Elevator (Biggles)

Continuing to use the Whumptober prompts basically as general prompts ... (I already wrote Algy & EvS in an elevator a while back for a different prompt fest.)

No. 7: “Tell me that you’re okay, and I’m fine.”
Trapped with the Enemy | Elevator | Pushed Beyond Breaking Point

Biggles & EvS, 1950s era, gen (570 wds)

( 570 wds of elevators under the cut )

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Check-In, Day 06

I hope everyone's week is off to a good start!

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Where are you in working on your WIP at the moment?

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Working on pre-writing: research, planning, outlining, etc.!
2 (33.3%)

Writing!
3 (50.0%)

Editing!
0 (0.0%)

Working on something other than my intended WIP!
0 (0.0%)

Not working on anything/taking a break!
2 (33.3%)

Something else!
1 (16.7%)

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Current Mood: lazy
Current Music: Jerry Lee Lewis

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Had some Ahmad English Tea No.1. I had fun at the Castro Street Fair but I fell down in the stupid Bart train so my leg really fucking hurts and I don't feel up to going to get groceries even though I should, I'm running low on or out of a lot of things, plus I did laundry after I got home from the fair yesterday and I had to go all over the bldg to do it because the machines on the 2nd, 3rd and 4th floor were all either busted or somebody else was using them.

Post Season baseball is hard

In yesterday's first game, the Bluejays, again, humiliated the Yankees. They Yankees finally scored a few runs in the later innings but the damage had already been done. So sweet.

The Mariner game was not so sweet. It was tough. Every single inning. They won. But it was tough. But at least they won. Against, arguably, the game's current best pitcher. So that was lovely. So now we have at least two more games in this series. The next one is tomorrow.

Today are national league games and I really don't care. I'd like the Phillies not to lose but I'm not invested.

Yesterday I culled out some clothes and have a bag for the donation box. The bag is actually too heavy to carry so I need to get the cart out. For now I stashed the bag in the storage locker.

Night before last, I was too hot. The comforter - a pretty one - I got for real cheap from the charity shop is of a fabric that just doesn't sleep well. I swapped it yesterday for another one that turned out to be too light weight. So. Today, I'm going to swap it out for yet another one. I need to get rid of those that don't work. Even if I love them.

No big plans today. The sun is out but I'm going to swim anyway. I need to learn to live with the stupid fucking sun in my eyes when I swim. (And yes, I do have dark - really dark - goggles.)

In between ballgames yesterday, I got the next puzzle going in the elbow. I got all the pieces upright and they edges separated. Today, I'll probably go out there and at least get the framing done. And then I have TV to catch up on. This baseball has interrupted our regular programming. Thank goodness for on demand streaming!

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This and that and a very tired me.

+ All I've done since making it home is sleep, download some stuff, watch the entire season of Wayward, and play undemanding video games. Man have I slept. Would like to lie down right now and sleep some more, but I'm headed back to work for the day (we abruptly left Thursday instead of Friday as planned, so I left behind a wee bit more chaos that I'm comfortable with).

Surprisingly smooth ride on the ferry though, given the weather.

+ Dear Vidder letters for Festivids are cropping up, and they're such a pleasure to read through. Aww fandom ❤️

+ Hunting down the digital singles for Birds of Prey, bc waiting for the trade to drop in six months is just not on the table. More Big Barda and Tiny Bat NOW. And they cancelled it, so I ain't giving them extra money, no sir :p

Now to figure out how to read them in an enjoyable manner.

Oh! And posted some scans to

capshare from the second and third trade.

+ Watched the new Fantastic Four. It was cozy! I'm enjoying this new return to more child-friendly superhero movies. Like, I can see letting my nephew watch both this and the new Superman movie with me. I don't need all this dark stuff for grownups; the world is dark enough as is, gimme escapism!

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Check-In, Day 05

Apologies for the late post; long workday.

So the question is...

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What are your writing plans for this week?

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I have an existing WIP (or multiples!) that I plan to work on!
8 (100.0%)

I'm planning to start a new project!
2 (25.0%)

This week is going to be all about planning!
1 (12.5%)

I have non-writing projects that are likely to absorb my week!
2 (25.0%)

Something else!
0 (0.0%)

Here's to another week, and hopefully getting to everything we hope to!

Current Mood: calm

Posting again.

Name: C.K. or Chester, if you like.

Age: 36.

I mostly post about: Linkin Park (specifically the 2000-2017 era, before the band became a cult puppet show), wrestling (classic SMW, WWF, the always sexy Jim Cornette, and my own very cursed WWE 2K25 Universe where I resurrect promotions and pair people based on vibes and trauma), Culture Club/Boy George fic, chaos, conspiracies, and timelines that make Doctor Who look basic, my OCs, who are so deeply real to me I've fought people in my head about them, Witchcraft, spirit work, folk healing, moon rituals, grief magic, retro gaming, random emotional overshares that sound like a journal entry from a possessed poet with too many piercings

My hobbies are: Writing fic that's 70% emotional breakdown, 20% worldbuilding, and 10% people getting railed in a meaningful way, hexing cults with sigils and sass, collecting music like it's my religion, drawing OCs, editing cursed screenshots and organizing old files like I'm preserving the Library of Alexandria, going to work like a normal person, coming home, and spiritually becoming a haunted glitter goblin with eyeliner and vengeance

My fandoms are: Linkin Park, wrestling (SMW, WWF, WCW -- but mainly the universes in my head), Culture Club (I write a huge fanfic AU for them), t.A.T.u., Verka Serduchka, obscure Eastern European pop acts with synths and trauma, Star Trek AOS (specifically Into Darkness)

I'm looking to meet people who: are too weird for Reddit, too raw for Instagram, and too smart for Twitter/X, overshare about their OCs like it's their religion, are into long-ass posts, rambling, and crying over character development

My posting schedule tends to be: Erratic. Sometimes I post a lot, sometimes I disappear for three weeks and come back with stuff.

When I add people, my dealbreakers are: Racism, ableism, transphobia, homophobia, antisemitism, or being a dick in general, "Hamasniks", Scientology apologists or people who think Mike Shinoda is evil because they saw an Instagram reel with eerie music behind it (or buy into a certain someone's heavily cherry-picked posts), anyone who says "you still like Linkin Park?" or "isn't wrestling fake?"

Before adding me, you should know: I'm trans. My pronouns are he/him and they/them. I am autistic and ADHD. I write the "controversial" fanfic trope of mpreg a lot. I am very defensive of my faves. I am a Zionist, and hate how the term has been turned into something it's not. I am pro-AI, and use it a lot to make AI song covers. I find it fun. Also, I smoke weed, lol.

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I'm about to be interrupted...

The dryer is going to BING any minute and I'll be interrupted. So I'll need to go fold. But, I'll come back.

The good news. The Bluejays totally embarrassed the Yankees yesterday. It was so sweet. 10 to 1. I am a 100% Bluejay fan until they face the Mariners and then, of course, I'm a 0%. But... when they humiliate the Yankees, I'm 110%.

The bad news. The Mariners got beat in extra innings. They played fine and Detroit played fine. It was a good game but Detroit played just a smidge finer.

We all know how picky I am about baseball broadcasters. These post season ones range from OMG NO! to eh, ok. At least they don't spend 3 innings discussing footwear or mustaches. They actually follow the game. They do seem to favor the opposition, tho. The Bluejay game had all Yankee announcers. The Mariner game leaned toward Detroit but not so much that I hit mute. And there are only about 5 commercials that they repeated until your brain just screams. Do not take any drugs you are allergic to. There was one - I think it's a cancer drug - that listed so many horrible side effects, that I am sure their only customers are people with only 2 days to live who don't care how miserable those 2 days are.

Maybe that's what led to my dream, last night, that fire was coming up the lawn and would engulf the structure I was in. My big problem was that I had already lost internet so I couldn't Google the best way to die in a fire. I never did find out.

Today's first baseball game is at 1 and then the Mariners at 5 and that's all for today. Tomorrow are the National League games.

I ordered brunch for pickup and then went to swim first. The swim was good and the pick up was smooth. French toast again. Delicious. I came home and fried and egg and ate half the French toast and one of the two sausages. So now I can repeat for lunch or dinner. Yum.

First I need to fold and hang the laundry and put the clean sheets on the bed. Then I can take the rest of the day off.

I did bale (again) from aqua stretch. I told the director that I wasn't going any more. I'll swim on Monday mornings now instead of having to wait until 2. I was so dreading Mondays but no more! There were only two of us who showed up more than once a month. My friend, Martha, is the other one and we both decided we were done.

Current Music: Bizet

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Just making a quick entry before I go to the Castro Street Fair, I'm really looking forward to it.

I haven't done this in a while

I'm trying to be on here more than LJ because I'm paying for a lot of userpics, so I figured I would try again.

Name: Chris

Age: old

I mostly post about: My life and interactions.

My hobbies are: going to rock concerts, camping, kayaking, stand-up paddle-boarding, drawing badly, reading and writing fiction.

My fandoms are: I don't really know that I'm into any specific franchise enough to count other than bands. I don't watch TV or see many movies. Some peculiar nerddoms: I have long been interested in the history of passenger aviation and shipping although I do very little about it these days.

Who I want to connect with: I am curious about people's lives which are different than mine and I am glad DW gives me a chance to experience them. Thus if our interests don't seem to align don't let that be a show stopper.

When I add people, my show-stoppers are: No drumpfreich apologists. I am also not particularly interested in following "celebrity" bloggers who are only on here looking for an audience. I like for my connections on here to be a two-way street.

Before adding me, you should know:

Currently I have two things consuming a lot of my non-work time, which has meant less time to read and write. I'm doing my best to keep up and do not want to fall out of the habit. Accordingly...
When I am pressed for time, I may make more of an effort to read/comment the people who also more frequently engage with my posts. This doesn't mean we shouldn't be connected if you can't be constantly be lavishing me with attention.
One of the two distractions mentioned above is I am currently in a leadership position in my small, progressive/inclusive mainline protestant church. Although i do post about it, it's more in the vein that people post about their work life. I do not use my blog to proselytize. Also, I am not in the least bit uptight or prudish, or here to judge your life choices, and--as you would learn--I would be on thin ice if I did. It's just another thing that i do.

My posting schedule tends to be: I was doing a post for every day, sometimes a few days behind, until the aforementioned plus being forced to commute 5x a week again changed things a bit. Right now I am trying to keep up with weekly.