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Every three months, I swap my sheet set. Living alone and showering daily means I don't need to change my sheets more than once every two weeks, and they get swapped out for the next set every three months. Four in total. It's not quite one-to-one with the seasons, but the sentiment's close enough.

In doing the laundry, I found out two of the machines were broken. Someone else was trying to use them, and without either of us knowing what was happening - the spin cycle's not working for the moment - I suggested she try seeing if it'd work to press the main "on" button again. It ran through another cycle without paying, stopping at the point it'd otherwise spin. I'd suspected as much, so I came prepared. I went to the laundry room with an extra roll of quarters because I know how much of a pain in the ass sopping laundry is, and any feelings of having even accidentally contributed to that to someone were ones I wanted to banish through direct action. Which was why I had the extra roll: I gave them to the person who'd been unfortunate enough to use the machine a second time, on my suggestion. She was agog, astonished, and after loading up a working machine, offered to give me back the $3.25 she hadn't used.

"Buy yourself a cup of coffee," I said.

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I remember my grandparents having gorgeous marbleized looking dyed Easter Eggs and I kinda want to see if I can recreate that sometime. I wasn't there for the dying process, so I'm not sure it it involved dying them in stages, or if was more similar to marbleizing paper (with different dyes floating on the surface of water/oil).

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Daredevil's back with a new volume and the first issue was very good. But there was one panel that made me laugh out loud...

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unrelated note: i will have limited connectivity for the rest of the month! have a good april.

but yeah my first girl group concert! i'm still amazed they came to our city at all. once you see us, you'll madly love us twice...

Twice performing on a concert stage surrounded by the blue lights of the audience.

Twice performing on a concert stage surrounded by the blue lights of the audience.

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Me, deciding whether to bring back the phrase "yin sword" in a new story* with limited understanding of how references to "yin metal" were made in The Untamed: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

*(It's the last sentence of Walk the Night Roads. Basically my version of a twitter fic, where you tell what happens in the story instead of telling the story itself. Of course I don't know what happens in the story, so that makes it more entertaining. To me.)

Me, idly trying to retrace my research into mercury as the yin-est of metals and something that wealthy people actually used in Ancient China to absorb and stabilize "resentful energy" in tombs: ...

Me, instead discovering that the phrase "yin metal" is a thing in English because the "gold" in TCM's five elements probably meant "refined metal" in Ancient China: huh

(The five great sects are the five elements, right, and I absolutely cannot** remember that Jin Sect is earth and Nie sect is metal, because in Chinese "gold" is pronounced "jin." METAL, Star. Metal blades. Maybe that will help.)

**...What! I did not know "can not" is preferentially spelled "cannot" until TODAY. Editors have been correcting me for years; "it's cannot, Star" and I'm like "it's not, but okay" and every time I forget they fix it for me, which is very kind. But I genuinely thought they just liked "cannot" more than "can not" and now I find out that everyone does? Is this the result of reading too many Star Trek novels as a child where Spock's style of contraction-less speech is so emphasized? Why is "cannot" correct and "donot" isn't?

...Clearly I need to continue watching this show. Because of the yin iron, not the contractions. And apparently not because of my own story, where I do what I want.

♥ ( Episode 3 )

chacusha

100 Disney Things [017]

I could have put this with my other movie reviews, but I felt I had enough to say about this movie that I could make it a post for this series. I guess there were other Disney films in my other review post that I could have split out this way too, but this one interested me the most whereas the other films were just kind of meh.

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It's getting to the point where stuff I bookmarked to share is now out dated. Whoops! Posted in order saved. Mostly just posting the headline, and either the deck or a pull quote.

The Tyee: The Fallout from Reporting on White Nationalism in Canada.
Journalist Rachel Gilmore published an investigation in The Tyee. The men she unmasked showed up to intimidate her in person.

Literary Hub: What Was Lost: A Queer Accounting of the NY Times Book Review, 2013-2022.
What followed became an exercise in thinking through what is lost—and perhaps can never be regained—when transphobes and their enablers rise to prominence as our most powerful cultural gatekeepers.

Feminegra: Media Layoffs Expose the Meghan Sussex Smear Economy.
[I love that the guy they're interviewing is like, "Yeah I fully took money to write misogyny slop about Meghan Sussex!" with zero apparent introspection or regret.]

Momentum: Not In Our Name: Women and Feminists for Trans Rights.
[Canadian campaign against transphobic legislation.]

Meditations in an Emergency/Rebecca Solnit: Eight Million Protestors and No Kings: The Case for Showing Up.
I believe that millions are endeavoring to build a cathedral of democracy and a stronghold against authoritarianism. You build it in private in organizations and networks, and you build it in the streets with direct defense of those under attack and with protests like the monumental one on Saturday.

The Discourse: Meet the researcher putting Indigenous knowledge at the heart of ecological restoration.
For decades, well-intentioned conservationists have been restoring culturally significant Indigenous places without the peoples they belong to. Researcher Jennifer Grenz says that’s exactly why so many of those efforts have failed.

Transport Canada: Survey: Canadian experience with vehicle headlights and glare at night.
[If you're Canadian, it would be helpful to fill out this survey, especially if you drive. It's admittedly not as geared for people who only walk, but I put my two cents in anyway. Down with BLINDING LED HEADLIGHTS!]

kaberett

Reading. She's A Beast archives, forever and always (by which I mean that I am now up to October 2023).

Another few pages of my Wicked Problems (Max Gladstone) reread.

Also an absolutely baffling academic paper that is technically relevant to my academic interests but which... doesn't really explain why what it's doing is better than state-of-the-art, sure as hell doesn't demonstrate it adequately with an appropriate range of reference materials, and cites only my reference materials paper and not my one on actual real life rocks, which it absolutely should, especially as it is citing [redacted for professionalism] like it's a solid contribution to the field.

Writing. Manuscript is over 10k words???

Listening. Hidden Almanac continues; presently we are relistening to another chunk I've theoretically heard once already but actually slept through. Knitting during it continues a good way of preventing myself from falling asleep. I continue to enjoy myself. (Eminent Domain and Tapping Of Ley Lines is the chunk we're currently in.)

Playing. Games various with... nieces and nephews??? plus A's other relatives, particularly Boggle, Shithead (to which I have been newly introduced), and Five Crowns.

Cooking. ... I made a big batch of chilli? I made a big batch of chilli.

Eating. Many and various exciting cheeses. Some excellent potato dauphinoise that I didn't have to cook.

Exploring. North Leigh Roman villa, Chedworth Roman villa, some surrounding woodlands, and Davis's Copse near Curbridge (BLUEBELLS).

Making & mending. A's glove progresses, by which I mean I've stalled a little over the past few days because I foolishly decided I didn't need to bring my circs with me and therefore I am knitting flat on DPNs and it is Suboptimal. But. Nearly ready to turn around for the other side of the flap. Nearly.

Growing. Lemongrass much cheerfuller for having been put back into the warm box. No evidence of aubergine yet (yes I know I'm late). Broad beans now actually properly coming up!!! Oca doing nothing. Cherry finally just about ready to start blossoming as of Wednesday; josta definitively blossoming and really quite green; project Build Up Spinach Seed Stash progressing nicely.

Observing. Pheasants! BLUEBELLS, both as a sea in woodland and on banks with primroses. Cowslips. So many excellent spring flowers. Pheasants; COOT EGGS; Egyptian goslings; and I have spent the past couple of days being Menaced by a Canada goose that is OUTRAGED whenever anybody... passes it... on a tarmac drive... even if they're doing so in a motor vehicle. All extremely satisfactory.

tinny

TV finished

We watched all of Bridgerton season 4 part 2 in March.

not very spoilery opinions

I am not Benedict's greatest fan, but his important scene in ep 5 was extremely well acted. Kudos. To nobody's surprise, the Queen's scenes almost all made me cry. She (and Agatha) had the best scenes this season. The main couple were getting more interesting, but sadly I couldn't quite follow their logic, especially not Benedict's. I also couldn't quite follow Francesca's character development. She seemed way too outgoing for a while there, but I liked her storyline a lot. I'm not sure what to think about Violet, but it was certainly unusual for the expected Bridgerton theme, so I was surprised but not put off. I loved seeing Jonathan Bailey again. The cameos by Kate and Anthony, and Colin and Penelope's continued presence were wonderful. Of course we did a lot of crying over ep 7, so much so that I had a headache for the rest of the evening, and then we cried again over ep 8. Oi, man. They did a great job making the season work, despite the Cinderella setup. All the ensemble plots pulled it together, and all the jabs at society helped, and while the ending conceit did not seem plausible, I wasn't invested in it enough to argue (and it was book-accurate).

Overall, while the season is still my least favorite of the four, it was much better than I had feared it would be.

I cheated and counted until this Friday (April 2), so I could add The Cross-Dressed Union to this category! Not that much happened in the last episode that wasn't already in the episode trailers (omg cdrama why, every time), but at least the penultimate episode managed to hold my attention. I'm happy to have crossed it off the list. Overall, it was a really sweet drama with 24 half-hour episodes. My short review is in my January post, and I can now wholeheartedly recommend it.

TV continued

Almost finished The Long Ballad, episode 48/49 was a bit meh. Spoilers: *Her rescue of Ashile Sun from decapitation was way over the top, but the worst thing was that the evil Kathun made no sense. Either have her susceptible to threat to her son's life or not! Don't change your mind midway through! Also, of course they had *a ton* of time for mourning while in the middle of an escape. Omg.* I really do like The Long Ballad for its relatively logical plots, but this one, nu uh. Bad. I still enjoyed the parts where Ashile Sun's braids were flying during his fights. The braids outweigh pretty much everything. :D And now that I've watched this episode, I can let it lie for a few more weeks, postponing the inevitable end. (I love that show entirely too much.)

The Company (28/30), the time-traveling cdrama. Still very much enjoying it. I didn't really care much for the game transmigration case of the week, although I did appreciate the lesson it taught the characters. Also, it had a hilarious Tan Jianci mention: the characters mention going to his concert and they show his concert tickets. :D I liked the chess game case that came after the transmigration case. Their loving glances were so great, I am actually considering watching more of the older ML's work just to see him make that face again. He's very good at longing. <3 The BL vibes have now been put on hold for plot-related reasons, but I'm sure that won't last to the end. We'll see. I very much recommend it. It's on viki.

I tried to continue Love on the Turquoise Land, but ended up just rewatching the last ep I had already seen because it's been so long. I'm still planning on finishing this.

Rewatches/Watchalongs

I ended up rewatching the Wu Lei movie Upcoming Summer (which I am still absolutely planning on writing up a review for) plus a few videos that I had previously only seen unsubbed - now with Migaku-generated dual subs - including a lot of Wu Lei bts interviews from dramas and movies and his birthday livestream that I'd already watched unsubbed a few times and now could finally properly understand. \o/

My two Nothing But You watchalongs were my happiest times this month. They both bring me immense joy. I just love that show so much, and it's great to see other people come to like it, too. They're on episode 26/38 - one of my faves, we're both squeeing along at this point :D - and on 5/38, respectively - my watchalong partner for this one has so far not voiced any displeasure. *fingers crossed*

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Anime VHS Tapes from My Library

I’ve been reorganizing storage boxes in the garage, and today I got to a section of anime storage boxes. There are a lot of cool – but useless – memorabilia. I have a lot of magazines and publications that I can’t yet bear to part with – Newtype, Newtype USA, Manga Max, Protoculture Addicts, Animag, Animerica – and more. There are booklets from the early days of Anime Expo and Kumoricon. Also, I have printouts of email correspondence from fandom in the 1990s, including fansubbers. I reboxed the items (from old, limp bankers boxes into the new, sturdier ones from the remodel) and put them back onto the storage shelves.

However, there were three bankers boxes of VHS videotapes. And I’ve decided it’s finally time to discard them. All they are doing now is taking up valuable space – and I no longer can play VHS videotapes, anyway.

Bankers Boxes of Anime VHS Videotapes

I unloaded the boxes for the group photo at the top of this post. The photo will be the only record of that collection once the tapes are gone.

Memories of the days of anime fansub exchange are precious. Some of the correspondence I kept brought back memories. (I had a good relationship with well-known fansub champions Bruce and Karen Duffy, who lived just outside of Salem – an hour from Portland – and who I actually got to visit a time or two. Trivia: Piro of Megatokyo fame did some of the illustrations for the Duffy’s fabulous VHS tape labels – for the Marmalade Boy series, I believe.)

As far as the commercial VHS tapes go, I think I have DVDs or Blu-rays of all of those series. The only anime VHS tapes that are withheld from this purge are my Gunbuster VHS tapes. My Gunbuster collection is sacred. And of course, the Gunbuster tapes weren’t in the boxes in the garage anyway.

So... sayonara, VHS collection. I’m letting go of the 1990s – finally!

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A year ago we had a not-terrible visit from my parents, I spread my cleaning jobs across the day and got distracted by Stuff To Do in Forspoken.

Today I went to St Michael's for the Easter service - lots of 'fun' games and chocolate. But also some food for thought - why are we putting hope in Jesus? Well, if God can't fix it, no-one can. Richard Rohr's meditation said that God will have the final word. Whatever shit is going on in the world, God will turn it to good. That's something to hope for.

I got into the garden and did some tidying, including moving the pallet and stuffing the trimmings from the shrubs behind it. That's our new bug house :) The plan for this year is to tidy and maintain in the back, and build and plant in the front. Mother has offered some honeysuckles, which I was thinking of buying! Just need some planters with trellis attached.

Progress was also made with Veilguard. I recruited Manfred - and Emmrich; although this Rook isn't a fan of Emmrich's 'craft'. There was also some side content and I have another Champion's essence that I will use tomorrow. It's a game with lots of side content that really isn't optional, so it feels like there isn't any.

We had a roast for tea with lamb steaks that went down pretty well.

Now I'm watching Die Hard, which is a film I have genuinely never seen before. I know, right? Willis' stunt double is very obvious. Rickman plays evil very well.

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Saw Suzy Eddie Izzard's one-woman Hamlet at the STC (hosting the DC stop on her international tour), which really was a remarkable piece of theater— just watching anyone recite the entirety of Hamlet basically without pausing for breath would be impressive in itself, but this was, in fact, genuinely a really good performance of Hamlet. Given her comedy background, it's unsurprising she killed it at the more comedic parts— Polonius, the gravediggers, Hamlet's mad scenes; for 90% of the characters, she literally moved from place to place around the stage to embody each different role, but Rosencrantz and Guildenstern were mimed as hand puppets, which got a big laugh every time— but as she explained in a pre-show introduction, as Shakespeare progressed from comedy to tragedy through his career, so has she (and "if you're expecting a comedy version of Hamlet, you are going to be sorely disappointed"), and her dramatic turns were equally compelling. This production (understandably!) trimmed the script a little, but did keep in the entirety of the Norway subplot, which is usually the first thing to get cut, so that was an interesting touch. The set was, basically, a white box— a sort of stage-within-the-stage, she mostly performed within the box but stepped out/in front of it, to the "real" stage, to deliver soliloquies* directly to the audience**— and there were no props, only the occasional miming of interacting with things: there was scattered laughter the first time, when her Hamlet mimed pulling his sword for Horatio to swear on, but let me tell you, you know that an audience has been enraptured when when miming Hamlet licking Polonius' blood off of his hands elicits a collective gasp.

* Hamlet's, obviously, but also as Ophelia and Gertrude, which I don't think I've seen other productions emphasize as such?

** In a fun fourth-wall-breaking moment, Hamlet addressed the audience as if they were the players in Act 2, Scene 2— I've seen another production use that scene to break the fourth wall by having Hamlet direct his "keep an eye on the king" instructions to the audience instead of to Horatio, so I thought that was a fun touch.

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Some things I did today that I am very happy about:

-installed Linux Mint on a computer I got from a coworker and started learning Linux again

-made elotes breakfast tacos (I would've taken a pic but I am sadly in the process of eating them HDJSHDJKS)

-FINALLY vacuumed all the dirt and grime out of my car (that's been LONG overdue, DEAR GOD xD)

Also working on some yapping posts (HOLY SHIT I AM WRITING LET'S GOOOOOO) about some cool things I encountered recently as well as my thoughts from my Final Destination movie marathon I did a while back ^ o^)/

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