Treats

Nov. 26th, 2025 12:13 pm
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I just saw something so gorgeous. YouTube decided to recommend me a c-pop performance amongst all the k-pop in my feed, and oh gosh this was jaw-dropping.


I spent the first 30 seconds of the video thinking Liu Yu is animated because he looks too ethereal to be real. He's also charmingly expressive. Friends and dwenizens who enjoy period/costume c-drama, I think you'd really dig this. His long hair! His flowy robes!

There's a part of the performance where the swishing of his robes veiled his face in a beautiful accident (or was it by design?), and the cheering of the fangirls in the crowd at that moment made me smile. Another portion of the song where the cheers are particularly loud are when he raises the veil of his dancer (who's also the stand-in/self-insert for the love interest) with the tip of his fan, to smile into her eyes (and steal her heart, no doubt). The ending was lovely too, with her holding his fan edge and walking with him as though he'd offered her his hand. He's using the fan in the place of skinship and for some reason that's SO hot to me.

Someone in the comments said 'elegance of a noble with the playfulness of a youth' and that's absolute BARS.


Setting context for the second treat. I don't usually enjoy white man handsome (because the jaw shape, physique, mannerisms etc. in men favoured by Western media tends to make them look and seem like Johnny Bravo, who was child Mynah's first ick). But it turns out that fan edits to Lana Del Rey songs are a good way to discover men who are of the Caucasian persuasion, chosen by Western media to fill screens, and yet still get away with being beautiful. Often I feel something, and even when I don't, nine times out of ten I see the appeal.

This made me feel something.


I haven't read the book nor have I seen this movie, but I definitely Felt Something and I think it stands beautifully on its own, as some fan-made pieces do. And I definitely had a crush on this version of Dorian, tragic in the way you'll be if you're forever stuck in the post-adolescent angst of your mid-twenties.


Bonus: I saw an edit of young Leo DiCaprio in Romeo and Juliet to Lana Del Rey's "West Coast" and it's pretty cool. And I finally get the appeal lol! When I saw clips of later him, like in Titanic or Gatsby, I just couldn't see what all the fuss was about. Maybe Leo dates under 25 year olds because he peaked at 25 and can't get over that lol

Better yet, look at Erika Linder cosplaying young Romeo-and-Juliet era Leo DiCaprio.


That's peak.

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Nov. 26th, 2025 06:02 am
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"The latest two deals add an extra four gigawatts of compute power to OpenAI’s requirements, bringing the contracted amount to 36 gigawatts."

Can anybody think of any company, in the history of the world, that has needed 36 GW for anything? (except the big cloud providers, who are just reselling, and transmission utilities, who are just transporting)

I was going to say "except energy retailers", but I doubt there's one out there that handles thst much demand. Hell, it's more than most countries. Probably some oil refineries count, if you measure their incoming flow of feedstock as a power.

EDIT: To add context, going by the figures at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_, 36 GW year-round would have OpenAI using more electricity than all but 15 countries in the world did in 2023.

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Work today was a lot, but I got done everything I needed to get done and got out. There are stories I could tell but I'm too tired right now to rehash some of the nonsense my coworkers get up to.

Tomorrow, I am heading out to the island for Thanksgiving, and also to see Baby Miss L. She turns three on Monday! THREE! How is that even possible!? (I'm sure I will be posting the same exact thing on Monday.) But they are not having a family party for her, just a friends party, since she has so many friends now! She is quite the social butterfly! So I've packed up the books and clothes that are her birthday gift (and 1 toy - a magnetic tile thing she can build things with), and tomorrow she can open her presents! They go to my niece's in-laws for Thanksgiving (so they spend Christmas day with us), so I might not see her on the day itself, but that's okay I guess, especially if I get some time tomorrow. Plus, middle niece is going to stop by since she is working on Thursday (she's a nurse), so I will get to see her as well. All in all a good time, I hope!

If I don't get a chance to post tomorrow, I hope everyone celebrating has a Happy Thanksgiving! And everyone else has a great Friday Eve, also known as Thursday.

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Daily Happiness

Nov. 25th, 2025 07:22 pm
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1. The AC in the newer of our cars (only a year old!) has crapped out for some reason, and with Carla being out of town, we've just decided to save taking it to the dealership until she gets back. It should be covered under warranty, though it's concerning that this is the second issue we've had within the past month that needed to be repaired. The seat cooling gets slightly cool, but the air from the vents doesn't seem to be much cooler than just if you had the air blowing without AC. I'm just glad it's cool enough weather that the AC isn't needed.

2. With Carla gone, Jasper and Ollie have been super snuggly. Look at this sweetie boy!

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Nov. 25th, 2025 05:09 pm
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TV Talk: Tracker

Nov. 25th, 2025 03:27 pm
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TV Talk:

9-1-1: On hiatus until Jan 8.



Matlock: No new ep this week; new eps return Dec 4.


Tracker: Good ep! spoilers )



TV News:

The Pitt: Is coming to TNT on Dec 1!! They will air three episodes each Monday through the month of December. I’m finally going to be able to see it!! I’ve already got it set to record.

tuesday

Nov. 25th, 2025 07:52 am
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Here's a bunch of pictures of things around the yard yesterday and today. Yesterday we had some sun but today it's overcast and very November Brown and Gray.Read more... )

Today I have pretty much a free day, at least till late afternoon. We invited Candy over to have a fish dinner. Dave caught 3 walleyes yesterday at Pymatuning Lake yesterday. Today is the 2nd anniversary of Bill's passing.

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Still working on the crochet hooded scarf. I got most of it pieced together last night but then I found it wasn't going to fit right so I frogged some squares off and rearranged them this morning. That's probably what I'll work on after I get off here. 

The Day in Spikedluv (Monday, Nov 24)

Nov. 25th, 2025 05:26 am
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I got up early today. Or rather, on time. I forgot that we didn’t have to get up at 5am today, so I got up a few minutes ahead of the non-existent alarm to go to the bathroom and feed the cat, then I was like, crap! By then my brain was working enough that I knew I wouldn’t get back to sleep, so I stayed up.

I hit Walmart and Agway while I was downtown, then later Stewart’s on the way home from mom’s. I also stopped at the vet’s to get Ti’s special dog food and the library to pick up a book.

I drove mom to her treatment, hand-washed dishes, went for a couple walks with Pip and the dogs, cut up chicken for the dogs' meals, scooped kitty litter, and showered. Last night’s roast chicken dinner was so good (we both loved it) that we had leftovers for supper tonight.

I read more fanfic and watched Tracker. Dr. Pol was my background tv in the evening.

Temps started out at 36.3(F) and reached 45.3. There was some sun in the afternoon, but it was still cool.


Mom Update:

Mom was not feeling well today. more back here )

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Nov. 24th, 2025 11:41 pm
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If I had a dollar for every time I've read a science fiction novel about a female protagonist who travels to another planet and discovers she's being manipulated by an infectious alien hive mind, I would have at least three dollars (four, if I include the book where another member of the crew is taken over by the aliens but the protagonist herself is IIRC never directly touched by them).

IDK but in context that feels like kind of a lot of dollars.

Daily Happiness

Nov. 24th, 2025 08:06 pm
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1. I got my hair cut this morning. Had to reschedule the appointment from last Monday because I had a work meeting conflict with it...and then the meeting was cancelled! Annoying, and my hair was definitely feeling longer than I usually like to let it get, but not the end of the world. Glad to have it cut again, though.

2. I got some tri-tip out of the freezer Saturday to have for dinner and it ended up being more than I thought it was once it was thawed and unwrapped, so I cut it into four small steaks and had one for dinner that day with rice and broccoli, made steak salad yesterday and today for lunch, and then had the final piece tonight in fried rice (which was very simple with only edamame in addition to the steak, and a fried egg on top). I'm glad I was able to make a variety of easy meals with it!

3. This window is one of Molly's favorite spots.

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Nov. 24th, 2025 06:37 pm
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Baking. Hazelnuts. Orange marmalade.

Nov. 24th, 2025 10:58 pm
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It's that time of the year - I may not celebrate Christmas, but I celebrate everything around Christmas, just because. (Yes, I have an Advent calendar again, too. Okay, three Advent calendars. (In exchanges with artist friends, because store-bought calendars are boring.) You get the idea. I really like all the Christmas-y stuff!) Part of that is, of course, the food. So, here's some very classical Christmas baking! (Hazelnuts! Orange marmalade! YAY!) A bit early, but... I don't care. The supermarkets are starting to play that awful music, so, if I have to live with that, at least I can have the good stuff of the season as well, right?

Boyfriend already made an Advent wreath last weekend! (No candles, just branches and glittery stuff.) He met with some friends and they crafted together. :)

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And I baked.

Just in case you are interested in the (very simple) recipe... It's behind the cut. )

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These... Won't survive long... XDD

3D printing software? [tech]

Nov. 24th, 2025 03:51 pm
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I want a widget that doesn't exist so I might be stuck designing it for 3D printing. I have never done this before. For design software, I gather both Onshape and TinkerCAD are available for free. Anybody with experience have opinions which I should start with? I have never used any CAD program before, but am not new to drafting. OTOH my drafting experience was all about 40 years ago. Open to other suggestions available for the Mac for free.

Also, I don't have my own 3D printer, so I'll be availing myself of various public-access options. But this means the iterative design feedback loop will be irritatingly protracted. Also I might have to pay money for each go round, so I'd like to minimize that. Also I am still disabled and not able to spend a lot of time in a makerspace. But I am a complete n00b to 3D printing and have zero idea what I'm doing. Does anybody have any recommendations for good educational references online about how to design for 3D printing so your widget is more likely to come out right the first or at least third time? By which I mean both print right and also function like you wanted – I know basically nothing about working with the material(s) and how they behave and what the various options are, while the widget I want to make will be functional not ornamental and have like tolerances and affordances and stuff. So finding a way to get those clues without hands-on experience, or at least minimizing the hands-on experience would be superb.

monday

Nov. 24th, 2025 09:31 am
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I have a little time before I need to leave for the dentist - teeth cleaning - so I thought I'd try to catch up here. Firstly - some helios lens pictures from what I think was last Thursday evening.Read more... )

No more time to write - maybe I'll make another entry later with more pics from the weekend when I get back.
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Season two is now over, which is a bummer. I enjoy this show, but there are only 6 episodes (and with them airing two a week, that meant they were over quickly). I commented about the first four eps of s1 previously, so here are my comments on the rest of s1 and all of s2. With some bonus screencaps | promo shots.


~*~
Emily Lane, played by Sarah Drew.

3 more back here )




episode comments )


If you have any interest in a Christmas-themed murder mystery, I recommend this show. Here are some links if you want to learn more:

About Mistletoe Murders (hallmark.com)

Sarah Drew Talks Hallmark+ Series ‘Mistletoe Murders’ (telltaletv.com) (from Nov 2024)


Also, also! I learned that Cobie Smulders voiced Emily in the audible series! I thought that was neat.

The Day in Spikedluv (Sunday, Nov 23)

Nov. 24th, 2025 05:32 am
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We slept late this morning (7am *g*). My excuse was that I didn’t sleep well during the night. In the middle of the night I woke up experiencing some unpleasant symptoms of gastric paralysis, which I haven’t had but once since I switched from Ozempic to Trulicity. I felt off all morning and took several naps. I finally felt better after my noontime nap, when I got up at 1:30pm to put supper in the oven. I didn’t eat anything until supper, just drank water, but I did, thankfully, start to feel hungry.


Symptoms, for my own information
I woke up in the middle of the night experiencing sour burbs, gas, and the feeling that I might have to vomit. Every time I woke up I had these experiences. The sour burps continued all morning. I did not vomit, but I did have diarrhea all morning. I also had no appetite and zero interest in eating, and was super tired. Enough that I laid down between chores and took three separate ‘naps’.


I did three loads of laundry, hand-washed dishes, ran a load in the dishwasher, cut up chicken for the dogs' meals, and changed kitty litter. I roasted a chicken for supper, which was delicious and I was thankfully hungry enough to eat and enjoy.

I read fanfic and watched Mistletoe Murders. Zoo North Carolina was my evening background tv.

Temps started out at 32.7(F) and reached 41.2. We had snow in the morning when the temps were still in the 30s, then some rain when it hit 40s, then back to snow. Nothing heavy that accumulated, thankfully.


Mom Update:

Mom sounded good today. She had a friend visiting when I called her, so we didn’t talk long. Sister A took her to her treatment today. (I thought it was strange that they’d schedule a Sunday treatment, but apparently they didn’t want to skip a few days to get her final treatment in. (If they only did M, T, W this week, she’d have to wait until M next week for her final treatment.) She’s really looking forward to her last day!
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Hello from Canada! I am asking for mostly virtual gifts:

1. Kudos and Comments: on my fanworks, my AO3. I have lots of fics from Good Omens, OFMD, Sherlock Holmes, and the older Star Treks (TOS, VOY, TNG), among many others. My Big Bang art and my fanvids are also over there.

2. Subscribe to Fanlore on Tumblr or Twitter: I'm part of Fanlore's social media team and we work really hard on some of those posts, so it would be nice if more people saw them: Tumblr, X/Twitter, and the Dreamwidth feed.

3. Read the Spones Zine: I am one of the editors for the "We Go Together" Spock/McCoy zine, we've had a lot of talented people contribute to it, so it would be nice if more people had read it.  Plus, it's FREE to download!  Our most recent issue is an NSFW work "Mirrorverse" issue, which you can download here. Be warned, because it is the Mirroverse there are a lot of dark elements like non-con, dub-con, mind-break, etc.  If you're looking for something a little lighter you can check out our last SFW issue which had the theme of "Shore Leave".

4. Drabbles/Ficlets: I have fallen hard into Sherlock Holmes fandom this year, so I would love some Holmes/Watson fic, my faves are the Granada series and the Rathbone films, but I even love the mouse versions!  See my Holmestice sign-up for inspiration.

5. Sherlock Holmes Pastiches: Speaking of Sherlock Holmes, I know there are probably hundreds of published pastiches out there (especially now that all the stories are in the public domain), but I would love to know which ones you think are worth the read.  I would really love ones that get the relationship between Holmes and Watson right, I don't mean in a shippy way, because I have fanfic for that, but that gets their dynamic right and doesn't downplay Watson's role (I love Watson!).  Also, I know Doyle's son, with the help of another writer, wrote a whole series of Holmes stories after his father's death, has anyone read these, are they worth checking out? 
(Just a note, I have recently read A Study in Emerald, because everyone recs that one to Holmes' fans) 

6. Check out my Spotify playlists: my profile, most of them are fandom related.

7. Click to Donate: go over to arab.org and "click to donate", it costs you nothing and all funds go towards UN agencies helping refugees.

8. Rec me a Moving Company: this one is kind of specific, but we're moving in early 2026 and I'm looking for suggestions for a trust worthy moving company, one that is going to treat our stuff right.  If you live in the greater Toronto area (or southern Ontario generally) and have had good experiences with certain moving companies I would love recommendations. 

9. Donate to my local women's shelter: my local women's shelter has an amazon wishlist of items it needs, so if you are feeling extra generous maybe you could send them something.

Daily Happiness

Nov. 23rd, 2025 08:01 pm
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1. Last week when I was reorganizing stuff in the shed, we went over some items and decided we no longer needed to keep them, but since it was still raining off and on, I didn't put them out at the time. Today I got them out on the curb, along with a box of ornaments we decided we no longer want, so hopefully those all get picked up soon.

2. I did some cleaning out of kitchen cupboards and fridge drawers yesterday and today. There were a lot of snacks that are expiring within the next week or so and Carla's out of town and I'm not going to eat them on my own, so I took them up to the Little Free Library that's been converted to a mini food pantry and they were already all gone the next time I took a walk.

3. Look at this sweet Chloe.

Request for research aid

Nov. 23rd, 2025 10:43 pm
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Does anyone here know enough about Greek patronymics and ancient Greek names to help to give a reasonable pseudonym to a character from about 300 BCE? I keep looking up lists of names and I am not sure how to get the result I want. And this after a year of college-level Ancient Greek -- we didn't do much that I remember on the nature of ancient Greek names. Also, the textbook was by Liddell and Scott, and while I don't recall who Scott was, Liddell was the real Alice in Wonderland's father.

Help me find the right name for this character, please?

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