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snickficAuthors have revealed!
I wrote: everybody's on the run, Cuckoo (2024), Ed/Gretchen and Gretchen & Alma, post-canon, 2k. This fic was a surprise. I matched on Creator's Choice of Fandom, which meant I could write whateverfandom I wanted, and fresh off finishing my 20k Re-Animator fic, I planned to write more Re-Animator. I came up with several ideas, managed to write a solid 1100 words on one, and just completely stalled out. Instead I wrote this entire fic on the day of the deadline.
I think it turned out okay, though! I enjoyed this movie so much when I saw it earlier this year, especially the messy worldbuilding, and the ending is very wish-fulfillment, I feel, for a certain kind of viewer (which I guess I am, lol). It was fun to try to imagine what the immediate aftermath of everything might look like for these three.
Meanwhile, I received: You, Me, and the Serum Makes Three, Re-Animator, by![[archiveofourown.org profile]](https://p.dreamwidth.org/b164c54b26e4/-/archiveofourown.org/favicon.ico)
psychomachia. Dan/Herbert, mpreg, 3k. Absolute galaxy-brained way to knock Dan up, A+. Just a very fun series of relationship development and pregnancy vignettes.
I wrote: everybody's on the run, Cuckoo (2024), Ed/Gretchen and Gretchen & Alma, post-canon, 2k. This fic was a surprise. I matched on Creator's Choice of Fandom, which meant I could write whateverfandom I wanted, and fresh off finishing my 20k Re-Animator fic, I planned to write more Re-Animator. I came up with several ideas, managed to write a solid 1100 words on one, and just completely stalled out. Instead I wrote this entire fic on the day of the deadline.
I think it turned out okay, though! I enjoyed this movie so much when I saw it earlier this year, especially the messy worldbuilding, and the ending is very wish-fulfillment, I feel, for a certain kind of viewer (which I guess I am, lol). It was fun to try to imagine what the immediate aftermath of everything might look like for these three.
Meanwhile, I received: You, Me, and the Serum Makes Three, Re-Animator, by
Daily Happiness
Jul. 14th, 2025 08:53 pmtorachan1. Back to work today. Not too much going on. I got stuff done and was able to get home at a decent time, so that was nice.
2. When Carla was in Chicago she saw the Mitsuwa there was selling Tokyo Banana, which is really hard to get outside of Japan. She regretted not buying any, and didn't see it at Mitsuwa here, but when I googled, I saw people saying H-Mart was selling it, so she went to H-Mart today and they had it in stock! Alas, we'll have to wait until next year in Japan to have the sakura version again, since that's seasonal, but I'm sure the original will be just as delicious (we actually didn't try the original in Japan because the sakura one was too good and we just bought more of that instead).
3. Lately everyone loves to hide in this box. Only one I haven't seen using it is Jasper.
2. When Carla was in Chicago she saw the Mitsuwa there was selling Tokyo Banana, which is really hard to get outside of Japan. She regretted not buying any, and didn't see it at Mitsuwa here, but when I googled, I saw people saying H-Mart was selling it, so she went to H-Mart today and they had it in stock! Alas, we'll have to wait until next year in Japan to have the sakura version again, since that's seasonal, but I'm sure the original will be just as delicious (we actually didn't try the original in Japan because the sakura one was too good and we just bought more of that instead).
3. Lately everyone loves to hide in this box. Only one I haven't seen using it is Jasper.
Scotland Day 2
Jul. 14th, 2025 10:26 pmlow_deltaOn our second day in Scotland, we checked out and took the tram back to the airport, where we walked to the rental car park.
When I got to the desk, they were deciding what car to give me, and they asked if I needed seven passengers. "No!" They pointed to what looked like a minivan, and it still seemed a bit big, but it turned out to be a four-door thing, with a trunk just large enough for all our bags. However, it turned out to be fancier than I expected. It was a hybrid which got 60 mpg, and the electronics on the dashboard were quite detailed. It showed a graphic of the lane and where I was in it, which was handy, since I was never too sure how close to the edge of the road I was. In the past, I had trouble keeping it on the road. It displayed the speed limit. It had full access to Google Maps on the dashboard, so we could program our routes there (though we seldom did). It was a Renault Austral.
Unfortunately, it had a speed limiter (mandated by law in the UK) which was set on 20 mph. It took me a while to figure out how to get it going faster than that. And we had trouble following Siri's directions, with all the roundabouts. But finally we got on the road. I'm thinking they gave me the wrong car. At first I just figured they were out of mid-sized cars and upgraded me, as is common. But later they sent an email saying they'd been having trouble with their system, and asked me to confirm which car I got.
The farther we got, the rainier it was. ( see more )
When I got to the desk, they were deciding what car to give me, and they asked if I needed seven passengers. "No!" They pointed to what looked like a minivan, and it still seemed a bit big, but it turned out to be a four-door thing, with a trunk just large enough for all our bags. However, it turned out to be fancier than I expected. It was a hybrid which got 60 mpg, and the electronics on the dashboard were quite detailed. It showed a graphic of the lane and where I was in it, which was handy, since I was never too sure how close to the edge of the road I was. In the past, I had trouble keeping it on the road. It displayed the speed limit. It had full access to Google Maps on the dashboard, so we could program our routes there (though we seldom did). It was a Renault Austral.
Unfortunately, it had a speed limiter (mandated by law in the UK) which was set on 20 mph. It took me a while to figure out how to get it going faster than that. And we had trouble following Siri's directions, with all the roundabouts. But finally we got on the road. I'm thinking they gave me the wrong car. At first I just figured they were out of mid-sized cars and upgraded me, as is common. But later they sent an email saying they'd been having trouble with their system, and asked me to confirm which car I got.
The farther we got, the rainier it was. ( see more )
Fossils
Jul. 14th, 2025 10:03 pmysabetwordsmithThese 545-million-year-old fossil trails just rewrote the story of evolution
A groundbreaking study suggests that the famous Cambrian explosion—the dramatic burst of diverse animal life—might have actually started millions of years earlier than we thought. By analyzing ancient trace fossils, researchers uncovered evidence of complex, mobile organisms thriving 545 million years ago, well before the traditionally accepted timeline. These early creatures likely had segmented bodies, muscle systems, and even directional movement, signaling a surprising level of biological sophistication. Their behavior and mobility, preserved in fossil trails, offer new insight into how complex life evolved, potentially rewriting one of the most important chapters in Earth’s evolutionary history.
A groundbreaking study suggests that the famous Cambrian explosion—the dramatic burst of diverse animal life—might have actually started millions of years earlier than we thought. By analyzing ancient trace fossils, researchers uncovered evidence of complex, mobile organisms thriving 545 million years ago, well before the traditionally accepted timeline. These early creatures likely had segmented bodies, muscle systems, and even directional movement, signaling a surprising level of biological sophistication. Their behavior and mobility, preserved in fossil trails, offer new insight into how complex life evolved, potentially rewriting one of the most important chapters in Earth’s evolutionary history.
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Watched a movie
Jul. 14th, 2025 10:11 pmsilver_chipmunkOn the computer on Netflix, that's really all I did today.
Got up a little after 11:00 and had breakfast and coffee. I puttered around online for awhile. I was expecting the delivery of my new computer today, but annoyingly Best Buy is now saying between today and the 18th. It had better get here soon, the physical collapse of this one is accelerating.
Anyway, eventually I decided that I should watch The Old Guard 2, which I'd been meaning to do since I heard about it. It's on Netflix, so I signed in. It's not, in my opinion, as good as the first one, but I enjoyed it.
Finished that a little after 4:00, and went into the bedroom to play solitaire.
Came back out around 6:00, puttered online. At 7:00 I Skyped the FWiB, and we talked for a nice time, though we had some technical difficulties.
After we finished talking I had diner, and went back into the bedroom again. I ordered an Old Guard graphic novel, the one that's short stories, from Thriftbooks. They have it on back order though.
That's really all I did today except a little emailing. I emailed Flamingo to double check if I had registered for SHarecon. I was sure I had, but disturbingly, I can't remember doing so. But I was right, I had, so that's OK.
I also emailed John and Denise about some cottage business, and Denise called and we had a rather nice conversation.
I calledmashfanficchick but ze wasn't doing anything.
Last night after I posted here, the Kid called, and we talked. She has another job interview on Thursday.
And that's pretty much everything.
Gratitude List:
1. The FWiB.
2. The Kid.
3. John and Denise.
4. Fun movies.
5. Thriftbooks.
6. My eyesight is so much better!
Got up a little after 11:00 and had breakfast and coffee. I puttered around online for awhile. I was expecting the delivery of my new computer today, but annoyingly Best Buy is now saying between today and the 18th. It had better get here soon, the physical collapse of this one is accelerating.
Anyway, eventually I decided that I should watch The Old Guard 2, which I'd been meaning to do since I heard about it. It's on Netflix, so I signed in. It's not, in my opinion, as good as the first one, but I enjoyed it.
Finished that a little after 4:00, and went into the bedroom to play solitaire.
Came back out around 6:00, puttered online. At 7:00 I Skyped the FWiB, and we talked for a nice time, though we had some technical difficulties.
After we finished talking I had diner, and went back into the bedroom again. I ordered an Old Guard graphic novel, the one that's short stories, from Thriftbooks. They have it on back order though.
That's really all I did today except a little emailing. I emailed Flamingo to double check if I had registered for SHarecon. I was sure I had, but disturbingly, I can't remember doing so. But I was right, I had, so that's OK.
I also emailed John and Denise about some cottage business, and Denise called and we had a rather nice conversation.
I called
mashfanficchick but ze wasn't doing anything.Last night after I posted here, the Kid called, and we talked. She has another job interview on Thursday.
And that's pretty much everything.
Gratitude List:
1. The FWiB.
2. The Kid.
3. John and Denise.
4. Fun movies.
5. Thriftbooks.
6. My eyesight is so much better!
Magpie Monday
Jul. 14th, 2025 09:21 pmysabetwordsmithdialecticdreamer is hosting Magpie Monday with a theme of "Surprises and Celebrations." I write mostly gentle fiction (with warnings when I skirt more aggressive elements, of course) which doesn’t exclude drama. With the theme of “surprises and celebrations,” readers can offer negative surprises. The range for prompt ideas is as wide as the readers can explain. “Cold Cash is surprised when he is brought in for questioning by the Feds after the attempt to kidnap the Cort twins,” is a legitimate prompt idea. It is not, however, planned for the story arc.
Computers, do computer things better!
Jul. 14th, 2025 09:00 pmbrithistorianI love YouTube Music — it's a great streaming system and gives me access to music that I could only have dreamed of when I was younger. But there's one thing about it — a small thing really, but still big enough that it bothers me: When you have a playlist, it should be a trivial thing for the software to add up the running times of all the songs in the playlist and give you a runtime for the playlist, and this works for shorter playlists, but once a playlist reaches 5 hours or more in length, the program gets lazy and anything over 5 hours is either "5+ hours" or "5 hours [XX] minutes," where [XX] isn't the actual number of minutes past 5 hours, instead the point after 5 hours where the software got lazy and decided to stop adding. Not a deal killer, not even that big of a deal, really, but it's annoying.
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Poem: "Meeting in the Middle"
Jul. 14th, 2025 08:24 pmysabetwordsmithBased on an audience poll, this is the free epic for the July 1, 2025 Poetry Fishbowl. It was spillover from the April 5, 2022 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired by a prompt from rix_scaedu. It also fills the "communication" square in my 4-4-22 "Aspects" card for the Genderplay Bingo fest. This poem belongs to the series Arts and Crafts America.
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rix_scaedu. It also fills the "communication" square in my 4-4-22 "Aspects" card for the Genderplay Bingo fest. This poem belongs to the series Arts and Crafts America.( Read more... )
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Magpie Monday for July 2025
Jul. 14th, 2025 09:21 pmdialecticdreamerI am, at the moment, dragging around by sheer willpower and the two or three individual muscles that don’t ache.
The whole day caught me by surprise, so the fatigue is also an unexpected and unwelcome surprise.
Which is oddly fitting, as that is the theme that I’d chosen for this month. Let’s call it surprises and celebrations.
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The whole day caught me by surprise, so the fatigue is also an unexpected and unwelcome surprise.
Which is oddly fitting, as that is the theme that I’d chosen for this month. Let’s call it surprises and celebrations.
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