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Wednesday, June 3rd, 2026 04:19 pm
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Wednesday, June 3rd, 2026 03:57 pm
The tab situation doesn't bear thinking about. I have so many tabs open with posts I want to reply to. I don't know how good my odds are of getting through them, friends. :/
Our Monday morning dental appointments were scheduled to start at 9 AM. At about 7:57, we got a call canceling them because the hygienist was out sick; someone from the front desk made the successful effort to call us before the office opened in hopes of catching us before we made the drive, which we appreciated. (Shame about the four-hour carshare booking we still had to pay for. Ah, well.) So that's unfortunate, but I'm glad the hygienist did call out rather than sharing air with patients. I've rebooked us for next month, and here's hoping local covid levels will still be low then.
Suddenly we're having weather that actually feels like early summer, at least during the day. Still not entirely confident that there won't be frosts at all, but nonetheless, Friday we're hoping to venture out and buy tomato seedlings and more soil to plant them in. We still have a heap of fabric plant pots of a few sizes (which we need to shake out and inspect in case something has somehow gone horribly wrong with them during their several years of disuse, and replace if need be, but here's hoping not) and several tomato ladders to put to use.
(That "hoping to venture out" uncertainty is primarily because we're both taking the day off, but gambling and not booking a carshare in advance so that we don't have to commit to a departure time or try to guess how long we'll be out. Hopefully on a weekday we'll be able to get a flex car--that is, a first-come-first-served car that you can just park anywhere in ~the zone~ [which doesn't include our place, but comes fairly close, so there are quite often cars parked right along its border] when you're done with it, leaving it up for grabs--without too much trouble.)
A random garden-adjacent thing that keeps annoying me even though there's nothing to be done about it: given last year's drought situation, I keep having the thought of buying some sort of rain barrel. But the roof of the townhouse row is flat and all of the rainwater channels down into the drains through the building, so there's no spout or anything where the water can actually be caught. Alas. So I wish the notion would stop popping into my head as if it's something we've never considered.
Our Monday morning dental appointments were scheduled to start at 9 AM. At about 7:57, we got a call canceling them because the hygienist was out sick; someone from the front desk made the successful effort to call us before the office opened in hopes of catching us before we made the drive, which we appreciated. (Shame about the four-hour carshare booking we still had to pay for. Ah, well.) So that's unfortunate, but I'm glad the hygienist did call out rather than sharing air with patients. I've rebooked us for next month, and here's hoping local covid levels will still be low then.
Suddenly we're having weather that actually feels like early summer, at least during the day. Still not entirely confident that there won't be frosts at all, but nonetheless, Friday we're hoping to venture out and buy tomato seedlings and more soil to plant them in. We still have a heap of fabric plant pots of a few sizes (which we need to shake out and inspect in case something has somehow gone horribly wrong with them during their several years of disuse, and replace if need be, but here's hoping not) and several tomato ladders to put to use.
(That "hoping to venture out" uncertainty is primarily because we're both taking the day off, but gambling and not booking a carshare in advance so that we don't have to commit to a departure time or try to guess how long we'll be out. Hopefully on a weekday we'll be able to get a flex car--that is, a first-come-first-served car that you can just park anywhere in ~the zone~ [which doesn't include our place, but comes fairly close, so there are quite often cars parked right along its border] when you're done with it, leaving it up for grabs--without too much trouble.)
A random garden-adjacent thing that keeps annoying me even though there's nothing to be done about it: given last year's drought situation, I keep having the thought of buying some sort of rain barrel. But the roof of the townhouse row is flat and all of the rainwater channels down into the drains through the building, so there's no spout or anything where the water can actually be caught. Alas. So I wish the notion would stop popping into my head as if it's something we've never considered.
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Wednesday, June 3rd, 2026 07:36 am
♥ drawing a rainbow every day in June
♥ dog happily chewing on her dreambones again
♥ making a pretty pine tree out of non-lego alt bricks
♥ delicious food from a new-to-us place in town
♥ five year anniversary at Home Forte!
♥ beautiful plants and their friends
♥ dog happily chewing on her dreambones again
♥ making a pretty pine tree out of non-lego alt bricks
♥ delicious food from a new-to-us place in town
♥ five year anniversary at Home Forte!
♥ beautiful plants and their friends
Wednesday, June 3rd, 2026 05:39 pm
From Russell T Davies comes Tip Toe, a gripping new suburban thriller set in Manchester, where neighbours Leo (Alan Cumming) and Clive (David Morrissey) find their lives pulled apart as prejudice, paranoia and radicalisation begin to poison everything around them.
Tip Toe starts Sunday 31st May on Channel 4.Tags:
Wednesday, June 3rd, 2026 08:10 am
Wednesday, June 3rd, 2026 10:40 pm
The half-yearly poll continues! January votes are still open. You can make your case for your faves in the comments and if we missed something, you can do a write-in vote in the comments.
Poll #34683 February 2026
Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 9
What are your favourite releases of February 2026?
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ASC2NT - Still Rose
0 (0.0%)
Ateez - Adrenaline
2 (22.2%)
AtHeart - Shut Up
0 (0.0%)
Blackpink - Go
1 (11.1%)
Chaser - Invincible
0 (0.0%)
ChoCo Family - Gimme / Frenzy
0 (0.0%)
Chungha - Save Me
0 (0.0%)
Cortis - Mention Me
0 (0.0%)
Daily:Direction - Roomba Doomba
0 (0.0%)
Hearts2Hearts - Rude
1 (11.1%)
Hori7on - Lunod
0 (0.0%)
IVE - Bang Bang / Blackhole
3 (33.3%)
Jinsol - Eternal Light
0 (0.0%)
Jiwoo - Home Sweet Home
1 (11.1%)
Kim Doyul - Moreday
0 (0.0%)
Kim Sung Kyu - Over It
1 (11.1%)
Lee Jiham - Too Late
0 (0.0%)
Lee Young Ji - Robot
0 (0.0%)
MADEIN - Super Obvious
0 (0.0%)
Minho - Flawless / Sunkissed
1 (11.1%)
Navillera - No Limit
0 (0.0%)
NCT JNJM - Both Sides
1 (11.1%)
One Pact - Sane
0 (0.0%)
QQQ - Uncool
1 (11.1%)
RIIZE - All of You
0 (0.0%)
Skinz - Why U Mad
0 (0.0%)
Sorn - Call it what you want
0 (0.0%)
StayC - Mwuah
3 (33.3%)
Sungmin - Godsaeng / Dancing Under the Stars
0 (0.0%)
Sya - Stay
0 (0.0%)
Trendz - Kart Racer
0 (0.0%)
TWS - Nice to See You Again
0 (0.0%)
WJSN - Bloom Hour
1 (11.1%)
Woodz - Cinema
1 (11.1%)
X:In - Dazzle Flash
0 (0.0%)
Yang Yoseop - Fade Away
0 (0.0%)
Zerobaseone - Lovepocalypse
0 (0.0%)
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Tuesday, June 2nd, 2026 06:12 pm
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辶 part 9
退, to retreat; 送, to send; 适, to fit ( pinyin )
https://www.mdbg.net/chinese/dictionary?cdqrad=162
词汇
出差, business trip; 出口, exit; 出现, to appear; 出行, to travel; 出租, to rent out; 发出, to send out; 提出, to put forth; 推出, to launch; 外出, to go out; 演出, to perform; 指出, to point out ( pinyin )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-4-word-list/
Guardian:
除了九十九次迟到，四十四次早退，十八次旷工，二十七次打盹，就没有别的劣迹了, other than ninety-nine tardies, forty-four times leaving early, eighteen unexcused absences, and twenty-seven times sleeping on the job, his work has been without issue
我就知道你肯等会出现在这儿, I just knew you'd be sure to appear here
Me:
这个新发型很好，我觉得它很适合你。
这礼拜我不能聚会，要去出差。
辶 part 9
退, to retreat; 送, to send; 适, to fit ( pinyin )
https://www.mdbg.net/chinese/dictionary?cdqrad=162
词汇
出差, business trip; 出口, exit; 出现, to appear; 出行, to travel; 出租, to rent out; 发出, to send out; 提出, to put forth; 推出, to launch; 外出, to go out; 演出, to perform; 指出, to point out ( pinyin )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-4-word-list/
Guardian:
除了九十九次迟到，四十四次早退，十八次旷工，二十七次打盹，就没有别的劣迹了, other than ninety-nine tardies, forty-four times leaving early, eighteen unexcused absences, and twenty-seven times sleeping on the job, his work has been without issue
我就知道你肯等会出现在这儿, I just knew you'd be sure to appear here
Me:
这个新发型很好，我觉得它很适合你。
这礼拜我不能聚会，要去出差。
Tuesday, June 2nd, 2026 10:59 am
Have you developed any sort of TV-watching habits? In example, these might be tied to specific days of the week, viewing order of pending shows, things you do when watching with someone else, etc.
Poll #34681 TV Watching Habits
This poll is anonymous.
Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 14
Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 14
Do you feel you have any habits tied to watching TV?
If yes, when did these habits start?
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In childhood
1 (11.1%)
In adolescence
2 (22.2%)
As a young adult
3 (33.3%)
With a family or friends
5 (55.6%)
After a change in your life
1 (11.1%)
When you became part of a fandom/fannish about something
3 (33.3%)
After TV changed
2 (22.2%)
Something else mentioned in comments
0 (0.0%)
What do the habits relate to?
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Watching the show
6 (66.7%)
Preparing to watch the show
2 (22.2%)
Post-show viewing
1 (11.1%)
Being alone
0 (0.0%)
Not being alone
1 (11.1%)
Eating or drinking
1 (11.1%)
Games/activities during the show
2 (22.2%)
Location
1 (11.1%)
Scheduling
4 (44.4%)
Something else mentioned in comments
0 (0.0%)
Are the habits...
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Comfort related
5 (55.6%)
Entertainment related
5 (55.6%)
Socializing related
3 (33.3%)
Tradition related
2 (22.2%)
Practical in nature
1 (11.1%)
Have the habits ever been documented in some way?
Are the habits something you hope to pass on/share with someone else?
Are any habits related to particular events?
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Yes, season premieres
2 (22.2%)
Yes, season endings
3 (33.3%)
Yes, when a show ends its run
3 (33.3%)
Yes, for certain guest stars
0 (0.0%)
Yes, annual events (awards, sports etc.)
2 (22.2%)
Yes, holiday viewing
0 (0.0%)
Yes, rewatches
4 (44.4%)
Yes, something else mentioned in comments
0 (0.0%)
No, none of these
3 (33.3%)
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Tuesday, June 2nd, 2026 03:12 pm
Movies
I started on my quest to use the trial Disney+ subscription and watched two movies:
Wall-E, which I didn't get through in one sitting. I thought it was supremely illogical, but had some sweet moments. I like robots in general, so it wasn't a complete waste, but it wasn't as good as I thought it would be.
Coco otoh blew us away. I loved the colors, the hero's journey involved some believable twists and turns, the skeleton animations were simply adorable, and I loved Pepita. A++, thanks to the people at
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tv_talk for the rec.TV finished
So much that I'm going to put it under a cut!
Feel What You Feel - terrible, not worth watching
A Moment But Forever - loved it
Wu Lei's Jian Lai Wrap Party - only of interest for Wu Lei fans, I guess. My blorbo! So cute! <3
Love on the Turquoise Land - apart from one completely stupid trope, it's a rec.
Off Campus - good if you like sexy het romance
( five shows in more detail and with pics )
TV new (ongoing)
I started Soul Mate, Ok Taecyeon's new BL on Netflix that I've been waiting for for over a year. So far so good, I liked ep 1. I don't know how BL-y it's going to be, and it starts with kill your gays, too. But I had to laugh at the fact that one of the leads is an ice hockey player. It's going to attract some second-hand Heated Rivalry fame for sure. The other one is a boxer. I like the language mix in it a lot. The first ep is set in Berlin, one of the leads is Japanese, the other is Korean (but can speak Japanese), and the background noise is in German and the leads speak English to some other characters. I'd watch it for that alone. Note: I'm preeeeetty sure it's going to end badly, just from the general vibes (please don't spoil me). I'm not sure I really want to subject myself to more dead gays, but so far it's still on my watchlist.
TV continued
I watched half of ep 2x02 of Saint Pierre, and am enjoying how comfortable the leads are with each other. I don't think they're supposed to be shipped (she has a boyfriend, he keeps running into all his exes), but I ship them anyway.
TV (dropped)
I tried Life in Smokey Blue (a Japanese BL), but the characters and story didn't grip me. I'm likely not going to continue with that.
Rewatches/Watchalongs
My two Nothing But You watchalongs are ongoing. One on episode 34/38, almost done, but I don't want it to end! The other is on 10/38, and I know that 11 and 12 are the worst eps of the whole drama, but we gotta get through them somehow.
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Tuesday, June 2nd, 2026 01:35 pm
Hannah (Ella Bright), Garrett (Belmont Cameli) and Justin (Josh Heuston) in Off Campus
I was told about Off Campus by a mutual Heated Rivalry fan, and while it has barely anything to do with it, it is another tv show based on a Hockey romance, so I gave it a try.
Is this a rec? Hmmm... If you like YA stuff and/or College AUs, and are into het romance, I'd say yes. It's nothing special, and I don't like the pacing in the last two episodes, but apart from that, I don't have any major complaints. The acting is good, the production values are good. I liked the main characters and their trauma and how it was explored (except for one resolution :/ ). It's peppy, the music is good, there are lots of sex scenes, and I was never bored. I'll go into more detail under the cut below.
Does it have a happy ending: Well, it's a Western show, so it's not done yet. Filming for season 2 has already started. As for this season:
s1 ending spoilers
It's a romance novel adaptation, so, yes. The main couple are together at the end of the season. The secondary couples not so much, but I expect them to get more attention next season.Content Warnings:
warnings
One character has an alcoholic mother. She is never shown, but her problems are discussed.
One character has been roofied and date raped in the past, and still has hangups about sex (and other things). The rape itself is not shown.
One character has an abusive parent who hit them when they were a child and their other parent. The violence itself is not shown. It's heavily implied that domestic violence was the other parent's cause of death.
Where can I watch it? I watched it on Amazon Prime.
I... did not hate it? I'm tempted to make fun of it. :D
It's very standard het romance fair, set in a US college: music major wants to be noticed by her pretentious musician crush and strikes a deal with hockey star to pose as her fake boyfriend to make the musician notice her.
It works, but of course by that time she has fallen in love with the hockey jock.
my detailed thoughts - spoilery
* There is nudity and drinking and frat boys all over the place, two on screen sex scenes and two different girls' tits visible in the first episode alone. I especially hated the drinking (I always do, it's not this particular show's fault). What bothered me was that one of the characters has an alcoholic mother but sees no problem with participating in frat parties at all.
+ I really liked how Hannah's trauma about being roofied and date raped in high school was treated. She never drinks in public, she's afraid of letting anyone in, afraid of telling anyone about it because nobody believed her back then. All of this sounded reasonable to me. I also liked that she specifically says that this does not define her, and that she's healed. Of course she hasn't completely healed, but I liked that, too.
+ I felt like male and female gaze are relatively fairly distributed on the show. All the scenes of hockey players exercising are very on the nose. In one scene where Hannah walks into the men's locker room (she does that more than once, actually), they even make it a point to show penises.
+ All the sex on the show is consensual (except the rape in the past, which is obviously presented as *bad* - and it's not shown). Nobody ever pressures anyone else into sex (or anything else) that I noticed.
+ Also, nobody expects the women to take the men's shit. There isn't much misogyny that I could see, everything was pretty equal.
+ The sex scenes in general are well done - similar to Bridgerton. One of them is plot relevant, and I had to smile at how "don't show anything below the neck" it was. :D You can do a lot with just showing faces. Although I must admit that I found that scene quite unrealistic. Not from a physical standpoint, although Healing cock! From across the room! is quite funny too, and reminded me of one of the Heated Rivalry podcasts where they said "you can do a lot with nine inches, you can do it from across the room!" :D I just thought it was a bit too easy, emotionally.
* Apropos unrealistic: that sex scene wasn't the only time in the show that one gets the impression that she had to shoehorn the sex/romance into there come what may. Romance was definitely a story goal that needed no reason to happen. But I guess the majority of plot points still did make sense, so I'm not complaining too much.
+ In general, it's always refreshing to have a Western (liberal) take on attitudes towards sex - I like that so much better than in cdrama. I also like the humor much better than in cdrama. No slomo, no annoying sound or light effects. She did stay in that locker room much longer than necessary, lol, but overall, the jokes landed.
+ I must admit what endeared the show to me was the Dirty Dancing reference. Am I the target audience? Possibly!
* I have nothing at all to say about hockey. I did notice that the way it was filmed was very different from Heated Rivalry. Apart from that, don't look at me. I don't care about hockey and know nothing about it.
* The most taxing thing for me was that all (and I mean literally all) the men have curly or wavy hair. The only one I managed to tell apart from the rest from ep1 was Dean, the only blond one. Everyone else I kept confusing for at least the first three of the overall eight episodes. They all look the same to me. /o\
+ I do like the look of the female main character, she's not a stick insect, and she has character.
* In typical YA novel fashion, all leads have traumatic pasts (see content warnings). The two leads' trauma is treated very well, although I have some gripes about the domestic violence. It is shown really well when Hannah and Garrett visit his father - I thought that whole episode was really well done. Both Garrett's and Cindy's actions felt realistic, and so did his father's behavior. My problem is with a later episode. Garrett's main character trait is that he doesn't want to be like his father, but then he has a violent outburst anyway. Hannah kind of confronts him about it, but then gets back together with him anyway, without any mention of it. And in the same episode, Dean does the exact same thing: he beats up a rival over a woman, and nobody bats an eye. Double standards anyone?
* I liked how everyone hated Justin's lyrics except Justin himself. The way he went and just performed the song even though he knew Hannah wanted it to be her showcase entry was an extremely shitty thing to do, but it was never mentioned. Probably because she'd already decided that she didn't want his lyrics in her showcase anyway? Whatever. But I did like how he took ownership of his contribution. Why should he care what the other characters think? He's a musician with heart and soul, and good for him.
* I'm not quite sure what to think about Allie, Hannah's best friend. I expected her storyline to be wrapped up within the season, but it very much wasn't. I see how her boyfriend does not respect her biggest dream (even though he seemed otherwise perfect) and that is a good reason to break up with him. But then jumping into bed with the yuckiest of characters instead and turning that into an unlikely love story... exceeded my suspension of disbelief. They're not the leads, so I guess I shouldn't hold them to main character standards? Eh. I thought that could have been done better. As it was, it didn't work for me. They may have great sexual chemistry, but that does not a relationship make. But who knows, maybe season 2 will explore that further.
* The secondary characters were a little flat? Tucker's only character trait seemed to be that he likes to cook. A lot of screentime was spent on that, we might have gotten to know more about him than that? Logan was a little better - we got some info about his family, also through his sister - but overall I still don't know what kind of person he is.
* What made me chuckle the longer the show went on was how all side characters always know the exact right thing to say in a crisis, wow. Sooo much good advice, lol. I guess it's a good thing that they don't spout bad advice all over the place? I probably would have hated that. As it is, I just found it a little unlikely, i.e. too good to be true. But overall, I am fine with things being handled well.
* Another thing that made me chuckle was that except for some Thanksgiving trips, the whole thing very much takes place On Campus all the way through. :D
* Even after all that, I still liked it! It's actually even a little deeper than I expected it to be. If it had handled Hannah's and Garrett's getting back together a bit better, I'd be happy. As it is, this bugged me. But I'd still say it's a watchable show.
some caps (nsfw)
The Hockey players - all with curly hair
Hanna and her friend group - look more guys with curly hair!
accidental cuddling
drunk Shakespeare
the sex scenes are pretty good
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Monday, June 1st, 2026 11:46 pm
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Monday, June 1st, 2026 11:45 pm
I'm really enjoying Cage of Shadows! I suspect I will be vidding it at some point (I'm delighted that the episode subtitles aren't hardcoded on the international website).
I've found three of the apparently four songs (going by the credits) on the soundtrack on YouTube:
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I'm so curious about the lyrics - while the English subtitles on iQIYI seem to be human translated (yay!), the credit songs aren't included.
I also started watching a bit of Love Beyond Dreams, which is more exciting than the poster indicated (although I do find the color contact lenses Lene seems to be wearing a bit distracting).
I've found three of the apparently four songs (going by the credits) on the soundtrack on YouTube:
( Read more... )
I'm so curious about the lyrics - while the English subtitles on iQIYI seem to be human translated (yay!), the credit songs aren't included.
I also started watching a bit of Love Beyond Dreams, which is more exciting than the poster indicated (although I do find the color contact lenses Lene seems to be wearing a bit distracting).
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Tuesday, June 2nd, 2026 03:35 pm
Poll #34680 Legacy media
Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 53
I have
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a pile/jumble or one or more boxes of audio cassettes
15 (28.3%)
a carefully curated selection of audio cassettes I don't want to part with yet (even if some of them have stretched)
13 (24.5%)
access to a tape deck
19 (35.8%)
a pile/jumble or one or more boxes of VHS tapes
9 (17.0%)
a carefully curated selection of VHS tapes I don't want to part with yet
19 (35.8%)
access to a VCR
20 (37.7%)
a lot of DVDs
43 (81.1%)
access to a DVD or Blu-ray player
43 (81.1%)
Super8, MiniDV, etc. tapes
2 (3.8%)
access to a camera or other way of playing them
0 (0.0%)
vinyl
17 (32.1%)
access to a record player
12 (22.6%)
a ridiculous number of CD-ROMs
28 (52.8%)
other
5 (9.4%)
a storage system I'm satisfied with
9 (17.0%)
at this point, it's just a lot of old stuff, help!
17 (32.1%)
ticky-box
28 (52.8%)
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Monday, June 1st, 2026 10:56 pm
Quick note that post-by-email and comment-by-email is (sometimes?) failing silently without actually posting right now! I'm pretty sure this is related to last night's shenanigans and will be fixed once Mark can finish the full fix for it, which he's working on, but if you've posted or replied by email in the last 24 hours, fish it out of your sent folder to check if it posted!
EDIT: This should be fixed as of around 7AM EDT! We *believe* everything that was stuck in the plumbing has been sent along to your journal or the comment thread it was meant for; it's definitely not where it was stuck anymore, at least.
EDIT: This should be fixed as of around 7AM EDT! We *believe* everything that was stuck in the plumbing has been sent along to your journal or the comment thread it was meant for; it's definitely not where it was stuck anymore, at least.
Monday, June 1st, 2026 09:58 pm
During last weekend's errands, I ended up seeing some birds I don't normally see:
( photos under cut )
( photos under cut )
Monday, June 1st, 2026 08:40 pm
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Tuesday, June 2nd, 2026 08:10 am
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辶 part 8
迷, fan/confused; 迹, trace; 追, to pursue ( pinyin )
https://www.mdbg.net/chinese/dictionary?cdqrad=162
语法
4.8 认为, to think, vs 以为, to think wrongly
https://www.digmandarin.com/hsk-4-grammar
词汇
重, to repeat; 重新, again (pinyin in tags)
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-4-word-list/
Guardian:
分头追, split up to go after them
我真的以为他是一个好人, I really thought he was a good person
重新做一下自我介绍吧, let's introduce ourselves again
Me:
我是纯粹的乐迷。
我以为认为的意思就是认识的。
辶 part 8
迷, fan/confused; 迹, trace; 追, to pursue ( pinyin )
https://www.mdbg.net/chinese/dictionary?cdqrad=162
语法
4.8 认为, to think, vs 以为, to think wrongly
https://www.digmandarin.com/hsk-4-grammar
词汇
重, to repeat; 重新, again (pinyin in tags)
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-4-word-list/
Guardian:
分头追, split up to go after them
我真的以为他是一个好人, I really thought he was a good person
重新做一下自我介绍吧, let's introduce ourselves again
Me:
我是纯粹的乐迷。
我以为认为的意思就是认识的。
Monday, June 1st, 2026 04:31 pm
Posted about the aikido seminar yesterday during the period of time DW was having trouble actually posting posts, so idk when that got out of the cache relative to when people check in on their DW feeds.
It's also getting warm again after the weekend that was weirdly chilly/rainy for the end of May, but hey that went well with "do physical activity in a space without AC for most of the weekend".
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hafnia and I started our origfic series which wasn't supposed to get this long or complex or include a second generation of story ideas about their kids. xD (The ones up there are shorts, but we do have novel-length thoughts about them all too...)
Summer plans continue apace. Apparently my twin is going to be in the area around our birthday? Which is cool, especially since my mother informs me that he did not realise it was going to be so close to our birthday when he first made the plans (with other friends of his who happen to be relatively nearby), but hey once he knew he was all "okay, I think I can extend my stay until our birthday so we can celebrate together". So! That'll be neat, should be a good time.
It's also getting warm again after the weekend that was weirdly chilly/rainy for the end of May, but hey that went well with "do physical activity in a space without AC for most of the weekend".
Apparently it has been a full year since
hafnia and I started our origfic series which wasn't supposed to get this long or complex or include a second generation of story ideas about their kids. xD (The ones up there are shorts, but we do have novel-length thoughts about them all too...)Summer plans continue apace. Apparently my twin is going to be in the area around our birthday? Which is cool, especially since my mother informs me that he did not realise it was going to be so close to our birthday when he first made the plans (with other friends of his who happen to be relatively nearby), but hey once he knew he was all "okay, I think I can extend my stay until our birthday so we can celebrate together". So! That'll be neat, should be a good time.
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This is the monthly round-up for May 2026.
• Kickstarter: The Crane Rider's Tale (game)
• Fanfic for: The Untamed Drabbles
• Promo/Rec for: 暴锋雨 | Sharp Downpour (2026)
• Promo/Rec for: 盛夏未来 | Upcoming Summer (2021)
• Review for: 冰湖重生 | Rebirth (2026)
• Fanfic for: Yin Yáng Shi | The Yin-Yang Master (Movies - Guo Jingming)
• Icons for: Word of Honor
• Snapchat filters on C-dramas-Pt 1
• Did You Make a Thing?
• Icons for: Word of Honor and Ban Shu Legend
• Demon Venerable Also Wants to Know volume 1 impressions
And of course we had the monthly round-up for April 2026 and our weekly chats on the 2nd, 9th, 16th, 23rd, and the 30th
Did you discover an entry you missed? Come on over and take a look/comment!
• Kickstarter: The Crane Rider's Tale (game)
• Fanfic for: The Untamed Drabbles
• Promo/Rec for: 暴锋雨 | Sharp Downpour (2026)
• Promo/Rec for: 盛夏未来 | Upcoming Summer (2021)
• Review for: 冰湖重生 | Rebirth (2026)
• Fanfic for: Yin Yáng Shi | The Yin-Yang Master (Movies - Guo Jingming)
• Icons for: Word of Honor
• Snapchat filters on C-dramas-Pt 1
• Did You Make a Thing?
• Icons for: Word of Honor and Ban Shu Legend
• Demon Venerable Also Wants to Know volume 1 impressions
And of course we had the monthly round-up for April 2026 and our weekly chats on the 2nd, 9th, 16th, 23rd, and the 30th
Did you discover an entry you missed? Come on over and take a look/comment!
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Monday, June 1st, 2026 10:40 am
This is the fanworks round-up post for May! Please link in the comments to any Guardian (or related fandoms) fanworks you created or enjoyed last month.
If you're linking to fanworks you didn't create yourself, please clearly mark these "REC", so there's no confusion about authorship/creatorship.
(And please still do link your fanworks, meta, etc. separately, in their own post, at any time!)
So ... what Guardian and related fandoms works did you create or enjoy in May?
- all kinds of fanworks are welcome – fic, art, vids, picspams, etc. - including those made for exchanges and events
- new chapters of WIPs count
- meta or discussion posts, too
- whether or not you've already linked these in a post of their own, we still want them here!
If you're linking to fanworks you didn't create yourself, please clearly mark these "REC", so there's no confusion about authorship/creatorship.
(And please still do link your fanworks, meta, etc. separately, in their own post, at any time!)
So ... what Guardian and related fandoms works did you create or enjoy in May?
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