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Decided I wanted to be able to see everything in one list.
Leading 'A' and 'The' have been stripped from titles.
Ignore the numbering on Star Wars; it's my chrono order for them.
Marvel nor DC are organized by franchise or series, just by title.

Not quite 500 movies and TV series

10 Things I Hate About You
13th Warrior
3:10 to Yuma

Abyss Special Edition
Addams Family (90s)
Adventures in Babysitting
Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
After Earth
Air Force One
Alice in Wonderland (50s)
All About Eve
American Outlaws
Anastasia
Annie (10s)
Annie (80s)
Annihilation/Arrival
Appaloosa
Aristocats
As Good As It Gets
Assault on Precinct 13
Atlantis: the Lost Empire
Australia
AvP: Alien Anthology
AvP: AvP
AvP: Predator
AvP: Predator 2
Avatar 1: the Last Airbender
Avatar 2: Legend of Korra

Baby Boom
Babylon 5 (telemovies)
Babylon A.D.
Bad Boys
Ballistic: Ecks vs Sever
Balto
Bambi
Beauty and the Beast (80s TV)
Beauty and the Beast (90s Movie)
Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
Big
Big Trouble in Little China
Black Sails
Bobby Z
Boiler Room
Bourne Trilogy (Damon)
Brave
Bringing Down the House
Brotherhood of Justice
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Swanson)
Buffy: the Vampire Slayer (Season 1)

Cannonball Run
Carol Burnett Show: This Time Together & Show Stoppers
Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle
Charlie's Angels (2019)
Christmas Carol (Scott)
Chronicles of Narnia 1: Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
Chronicles of Narnia 2: Prince Caspian
Chronicles of Narnia 3: Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Clan of the Cave Bear
Clash of the Titans (80s)
Clue
Coco
Con Air
Connie and Carla
Cradle 2 the Grave
Crow
Cutthroat Island

DC: Aquaman
DC: Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero
DC: Batman (Keaton)
DC: Batman (Pattinson)
DC: Batman Begins (Bale)
DC: Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker
DC: Batman Returns (Keaton)
DC: Batman: Complete Third Season
DC: Batman: Gotham Knight
DC: Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman
DC: Batman: the Movie (West)
DC: Birds of Prey (00s)
DC: Birds of Prey and the Fabulous Emancipation of Harley Quinn
DC: Constantine (Reeves)
DC: Justice League & Justice League Unlimited
DC: Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths
DC: Justice League: the New Frontier
DC: Lois & Clark: the New Adventures of Superman (Seasons 1-2)
DC: Sandman (Season 1)
DC: Superman II: the Richard Donner Cut
DC: Superman: the Movie Expanded Edition
DC: Teen Titans
DC: Wonder Woman
DC: Wonder Woman (70s, Season 1)
Dante's Peak
Dark Crystal
Dark Shadows (90s)
Dave
Dead Poets Society
Dear God
Deep Blue Sea
Deep Impact
Descendants
Dirty Dancing
Doctor Who: Doctors Revisited (60s)
Doctor Who: Five Doctors 25th anniversary edition
Doctor Who: Dalek Collection (00s)
Doctor Who: Series 1-2 (00s)
Double Jeopardy (90s)
Down With Love
Dr Suess's How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Dragonball Z (Seasons 1-4)
Dragonlance: Dragons of Autumn Twilight
Dumbo
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves

Ella Enchanted
Emperor's New Groove
Entrapment
Executive Decision
Express

Fast Color
Father of the Bride: 15th Anniversary Special Edition (90s)
Father of the Bride: Part II (90s)
Ferngully: the Last Rainforest
Fifth Element
Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children
Firefly & Serenity
First Monday in October
Flightplan
Foul Play
Forever Knight (Season 1-2)
Forever Knight: Nick Knight: Original telemovie
Fox and the Hound
Fox and the Hound II
Fraggle Rock: Down in Fraggle Rock
Frank Herbert's Dune (Sci-Fi Mini)
Frank Herbert's Children of Dune (Sci-Fi Mini)
Fried Green Tomatoes
Fugitive (90s)

G.I.Joe: A Real American Hero (80s)
GB: Ghostbusters 1&2 (80s)
GB: Real Ghostbusters Volume 1
Gentleman's Agreement
Gettysburg/Gods and Generals
Glory
Golden Girls
Good Guys Wear Black
Grease: Rockin' Rydell Edition
Great Mouse Detective
Greatest Classic Films Collection: Casablanca/Gigi/An American in Paris/Mrs. Miniver
Green Knight
Gremlins
Grumpy Old Men
Grumpier Old Men
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Gundam Wing: Operation 1-6

HL: Highlander: Immortal Edition
HL: Highlander: the Series
Hackers
Harry Potter Film Collection
Heavenly Kid
Heavy Metal
Hellboy
Her Majesty Mrs. Brown
Heroes (Season 1)
Hidden Figures
Hook
Houseboat
How to Marry a Millionaire
How to Train Your Dragon
Howl's Moving Castle

IJ 1: Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark
IJ 3: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Ice Age
Ice Age: the Meltdown
Identity
Importance of Being Earnest (00s)
In & Out
In the Line of Fire
Iron Giant

JB: Bond Collection: Sean Connery (volumes 1-2)
JB: Bond: Quantum of Solace
Jackie
Jane Got a Gun
Jeremiah (Season 1)
John Carter
Julia & Julia
Jumanji
Jumper
Jungle Book (60s)
Jurassic Park 1-3
Jurassic World

Karate Kid (80s)
Kate & Leopold
Kindergarten Cop
Kiss the Girls
Knight's Tale
Knockaround Guys

Labyrinth
Lady and the Tramp
Ladyhawke
Land Before Time
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
Law & Order
League of Our Own (movie)
Legend
Leon: the Professional
Leverage
Life as a House
Lilo & Stitch
Lion King
Long Riders/Stagecoach
Lord of the Rings Extended Editions (1-3)
Lost Boys
Louis L'Amour Western Collection: Sacketts/Conagher/Catlow
Louis L'Amour's Quick and the Dead (Elliott)
Love Actually
Love Potion #9
Love, Simon

M*A*S*H: Martini & Medicine Collection
Mad Max: Fury Road
Maleficent
Maleficent
Mannequin
Mannequin 2: On the Move
Marvel: Avengers (10s)
Marvel: Black Panther
Marvel: Blade
Marvel: Blade II
Marvel: Captain America: First Avenger
Marvel: Captain America: the Winter Soldier
Marvel: Captain Marvel
Marvel: Daredevil (00s)
Marvel: Fantastic Four (00s)
Marvel: Ghost Rider (00s)
Marvel: Incredible Hulk (pilot movie, Bixby/Ferrigno)
Marvel: Incredible Hulk Returns (Bixby/Ferrigno)
Marvel: Trial of the Incredible Hulk (Bixby/Ferrigno)
Marvel: Wrath of the Incredible Hulk (Bixby/Ferrigno)
Marvel: Iron Man
Marvel: Iron Man 2
Marvel: Iron Man 3
Marvel: Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Marvel: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Marvel: Thor
Marvel: Thor: the Dark World
Marvel: Thor: Ragnarok
Marvel: Thor: Love and Thunder
Marvel: Thor & Loki: Blood Brothers
Marvel: Thor: Tales of Asgard
Marvel: Ultimate Avengers: the Movie
Marvel: X-Men
Marvel: X-Men 1.5
Marvel: X-Men 2
Mary Poppins
Maverick
McClintock/Sagebrush Trail
Meat Loaf: Bat Out of Hell
Men in Black
Men in Black II
Men of Honor
Mickey's Christmas Carol
MirrorMask
Moana
Monkey Man
Monsters, Inc
Monty Python's Life of Brian
Moonlight
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Mulan (90s)
Mummy Collector's Edition
Mummy Returns Collector's Edition
Mummy: Scorpion King
Muppet Movie
Muppets (10s)
Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa
Murder, She Wrote (Season 1-2)
My Fellow Americans
My Little Pony (80s) & My Little Pony: the Movie

Nanny McPhee
Nero Wolfe (A&E Complete Series)
Newsies
Night Shift
Night at the Museum
Ninja Scroll 10th Anniversary Edition
Notorious

Ocean's 8
Ocean's Eleven/Twelve/Thirteen
Odd Couple
Oliver & Company
Oliver and Company
Operation Petticoat
Outsiders

Pacific Rim
Pacifier
Patriot
Patriot Games Special Collector's Edition
Peanuts: Charlie Brown Christmas
Peanuts: Charlie Brown Thanksgiving
Peanuts: It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown
Peter Pan (00s)
Philadelphia
Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl
Point Break
PotA 1: Rise of the Planet of the Apes
PotA 2: Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
PotA 3: War for the Planet of the Apes
Pretender
Pride and Prejudice (BBC)
Princess Bride
Princess Diaries Special Edition
Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
Prophecy Complete Collection
Pump Up the Volume
Pure Country

Queen +: Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert
Queen: Live at Wembley Stadium
Queen: Wembley Unseen
Quigley Down Under

Record of Lodoss War
Red Shoe Diaries
Remington Steele (Season 1)
Rescuers/ Rescuers Down Under
Resident Evil Trilogy
Return to Me
Riddick Trilogy
Rise of the Guardians
Road House
Road to El Dorado
Robin Hood (70s)
Robin Hood: Men in Tights
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
Romeo Must Die
Rumble in the Bronx
Rundown
Rurouni Kenshin: Betrayal

Saint (90s)
Santa Clause
Santa Clause 2
Save the Last Dance
Scrooged
Secret of NIMH
Secretariat
Seems Like Old Times
Shadow
Shadow Riders
Shaft (Jackson)
Shape of Water
She-Ra: Princess of Power (80s, Season 1 Volume 1)
Sherlock Holmes (Downey)
Sherlock Holmes (Ronald Howard)
Short Circuit
Simple Twist of Fate
Sinners
Sister Act
Skulls
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Sleeping Beauty (50s)
Sleepless in Seattle
Snow White and the Huntsman
Soldier/Tequila Sunrise
Some Like It Hot
Something to Talk About
Something's Gotta Give
Sons of Anarchy (Seasons 1-3)
Speed
Speed Race: the Movie
Square Pegs
Star Trek 01: Motion Picture
Star Trek 02: Wrath of Khan
Star Trek 03: Search for Spock
Star Trek 04: Voyage Home
Star Trek 05: Final Frontier
Star Trek 06: Undiscovered Country
Star Trek 07: Generations
Star Trek 08: First Contact
Star Trek 09: Insurrection
Star Trek 10: Nemesis
Star Trek 11: Star Trek
Star Trek 13: Beyond
Star Trek: TOS
Star Wars 01: Phantom Menace
Star Wars 02: Attack of the Clones
Star Wars 03: Clone Wars
Star Wars: The Clone Wars (Seasons 1-5) (Lost Missions)
Star Wars 04: Revenge of the Sith
Star Wars: Rebels (Season 2)
Star Wars 05: Solo: A Star Wars Story
Star Wars 06: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Star Wars 07: A New Hope
Star Wars 08: Empire Strikes Back
Star Wars 09: Return of the Jedi
Star Wars 10: Force Awakens
Star Wars 11: Last Jedi
Stargate SG-1 (Seasons 1-3)
Stargate Ultimate Edition
Stranger Things (Seasons 1-2)
Street Fighter II: the Animated Movie
Sword in the Stone

TF: Transformers (00s)
TF: Transformers Cybertron: Robots in Disguise: A New Beginning
TF: Transformers Energon: the Return of Megatron
TF: Transformers: Beginnings
TF: Transformers: Bumblebee
TF: Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye (80s, Seasons 1-2)
TF: Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
TFatF 1 Fast and the Furious
TFatF 2 2 Fast 2 Furious
TFatF 3 Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
TFatF 4 Fast and Furious
TFatF 5 Fast Five
TFatF 6: Fast and Furious 6
TFatF 7: Furious 7
TRON
TRON: Legacy
Table Top (Seasons 1-2)
Take the Lead
Takers
Ted Lasso: Richmond Way
Teen Witch
Terminator
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Terminator: Dark Fate
Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles
Three Men and a Baby
Three Men and a Little Lady
Three to Tango
Titan A.E.
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar
Tombstone
Top Gun
True Lies
Twister

Uncle Buck
Underworld
Unlawful Entry
Up

V for Vendetta
Venom
Veronica Mars (Seasons 1-3, Reunion movie)
Victor Victoria
Volcano

Walking Tall
Wanted
Way West
West Wing
What to Do in Case of Fire
Where the Wild Things Are
Wicked! (Murney/Kassebaum)
Widows
Wild Robot
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (70s)
Wishmaster 1/Wishmaster: Evil Never Dies
Wishmaster: Prophecy Fulfilled
Wishmaster: Beyond the Gates of Hell
Witchblade
Wizard Of Oz: Collector's Edition
Wizard of Oz 70th Anniversary Edition
Wonder Woman (00s)
Wrinkle in Time

XXX
XXX: the Return of Xander Cage

Young Guns
Yours Mine & Ours (60s)
Yu-Gi-Oh (Volumes 2, 5-7, 10-13, 16)
Yu-Yu-Hakasho: the Saga of the Three Kings

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Posted by Jenny

https://arghink.com/2025/11/happiness-is-going-out-for-thanksgiving-with-a-pal/

https://arghink.com/?p=32302

If I had to cook a big holiday meal for people this week, I’d lose it. Fortunately, I have a good friend and a good restaurant, an unbeatable combination for Thanksgiving. Also we both have dogs we will be introducing in an after-dinner stroll. Nothing but good times, people. (I do realize that Thanksgiving this week is American, not international, but for me it kicks off the insanity that is December celebration–“Oh, goody, the days are getting shorter”–which leads to me snarling at elves on the shelves and other who-thought-THAT-was-a-good-idea events. Bah humbug.)

What made you/is making you happy this week?

https://arghink.com/2025/11/happiness-is-going-out-for-thanksgiving-with-a-pal/

https://arghink.com/?p=32302

senmut

AO3 Link | Distinctions (100 words) by Merfilly
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Star Trek: The Original Series
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Spock
Additional Tags: Drabble, Slice of Life
Summary:

Just a quiet shift

Spock continued monitoring his sensors, keeping only the lightest awareness of Chekov in the command seat. The junior officers often cycled their command hours during Spock's shift, at his invitation. It freed him to take advantage of the extra hours studying data, while also reassuring the captain.

After all, Kirk frequently stayed on shift or came early, never perfectly happy to relinquish the conn of his ship. In another human, that would be a worrying sign. Spock, however, understood the difference between needing to have control versus wishing to protect the crew always.

He would watch, if the distinction degraded.

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agonyaunt

1. When I say goodbye to my mother-in-law, she frequently traps me in extended hugs. They often last longer than 15 seconds! During these hugs, she rattles off compliments that are probably well-meaning, but which I take as insults: She’s grateful that I’m a good cook for my husband, for instance, and that I keep our house so clean. My husband and I are both working professionals. We split the housework evenly, and I’m proud of that. My husband says that his mother’s comments are just her way of trying to connect with me. But is there a way to dodge her hugs? That’s when the so-called compliments begin.

DAUGHTER-IN-LAW

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2. Dear Carolyn: We are a very small family — just me, my older sister and my parents. Five years ago, my sister married into a very large family, and her in-laws host all the holidays. We’re always invited, but it’s never any fun for us. There are 20 of them together, talking and laughing, and me and my parents in the corner by ourselves.

I’ve honestly tried to join in, but they’re always talking among themselves about people I don’t know. I ask them about their lives, and they go on and on, but when it’s time for me to talk, I get either cut off or ignored. They try to be nice, but after the third or fourth attempt to answer a question, you can tell they don’t care about the answer.

So I’ve decided I’m not going for Thanksgiving or Christmas this year. On Thanksgiving, some of my friends are meeting up for a hike in the morning, and then there’s a pub crawl later in the evening, and that’s enough holiday for me. I can order a pizza for dinner. For Christmas, I plan to have breakfast with my parents, open gifts and then kick back for the rest of the day while they go off to my sister’s in-laws’ house.

Even though my parents agree about the in-laws, they are telling me to suck it up and go for their sake. They and my sister are really upset with me, saying I’m going to ruin their holidays, hurt my brother-in-law’s feelings and not see my niece. I say there will be so many people around that my brother-in-law and niece won’t miss me, and I’ll see them both on Black Friday and then again on Christmas Eve, so it’s not like I’m missing out entirely.

Am I being selfish like they say? Don’t I have a right to enjoy my holidays, or do I have to suffer in silence?
— Anonymous

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3. Dear Annie: My son got married about eight months ago, and while I truly do love his new wife, I admit I'm scratching my head over a few things. Maybe it's the times changing, or maybe I'm just old-fashioned, but it feels like I got a fourth child instead of a daughter-in-law.

When they come over for dinner, I do what I've always done: make a nice meal, fix everyone a plate and pass the rolls. I'll serve my husband, my boys and even the dog if he looks hungry enough. But my new daughter-in-law? She piles food on her own plate, sits down and tells my son to get it himself. My jaw nearly hit the mashed potatoes. He works all day to provide for her, and the least she could do is hand him a pork chop! Instead, I find myself jumping up to fix his plate while she's scrolling through her phone.

And the laundry, don't even get me started. Because they don't have a washer and dryer, she brings her clothes over, and somehow, I end up doing them. It's like my son got married, and I gained another load of towels.

Should I speak up, or just keep folding her laundry and praying she buys a washing machine? -- Lost For Words in Georgia

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4. Dear Annie: Hoping you can offer some advice! My son has been married for six years to a beautiful girl who rarely speaks to us and acts as though we don't exist. Her distance has gotten much worse over time, and we have no idea why. We love her and are just as kind to her as we are to our other kids and their wives. My husband and I are so sad. This has broken our hearts.

We haven't said anything because we don't want to upset our son, but lately even he appears unhappy with her attitude toward us. When we've referred to her as our daughter -- as we do our other daughter-in-law, who loves the title -- she'll say, "No, thank you. I already have a mom and dad." We've always felt as parents ourselves that you can NEVER have too many people to love your child, so we were quite hurt by that.

And that's just the tip of the iceberg. She's so cold and distant toward us that even our friends and family have noticed and commented. We are good people, we stay out of our kids' business and we keep our opinions to ourselves. Our motto is, "If you want our thoughts, you'll have to ask for them." We don't meddle or cause waves ever, yet she continues to find ways to fault us for things. It's completely unsubstantiated, but it persists!

It's to the point I have so much anxiety that I've considered seeking out a therapist. This DIL is so unapproachable, so to avoid conflict, we just sweep EVERYTHING under the rug to avoid causing our sweet son any grief.

Please let us know if you have any advice. Our hearts are broken! -- Boy Momma

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agonyaunt

My mother-in-law is always on a diet. Her house also happens to be where the family gathers monthly for meals. Lately, she has been serving lighter fare and no dessert so that she can eat more healthfully. We are fine with the lighter meals, but when we pushed back on dessert, she got upset and said we weren’t being supportive of her. These meals represent a tiny fraction of what she eats in a year, and I am frustrated that I have to compromise on dessert. (It doesn’t help that her diets are usually fads and not based in science.) Advice?

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Posted by Frank

https://postsecret.com/2025/11/22/sunday-secrets-579/

https://postsecret.com/?p=51202

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Posted by Frank

https://postsecret.com/2025/11/22/postsecret-proposal-video/

https://postsecret.com/?p=51265

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Posted by Frank

https://postsecret.com/2025/11/22/classic-secrets-587/

https://postsecret.com/?p=51224

—email—
As always, my Sundays are highlighted by reading through this week’s selection of postcards. In particular, this one, more than any one I have read before has struck a chord deep within. I have been struggling with suicide ideation for the last several months, to the point that I just needed to figure out how to do it ‘just right’. The line of that poem “there are no beautiful suicides” is enough to convince me this life, as hard as it is, is worth living. And maybe this knowledge will give me the courage to finally put postage on the secret that I’ve been wanting to send for a long time.

Dear Frank,

I am the poet who wrote the poem that begins, “Fuck the poets of the past, my friends…” (Its title is “Afterthought.”) My former student published it on Postsecret years ago and it has spread to people in distant places, unknown to me until two years ago, when a woman somehow found me and told me that the poem had help her too.

I was trying to help a few students in one small poetry class on Long Island when I shared that poem with them and today I was notified that it is a Postsecret Classic. You cannot imagine how grateful I am that I have been able to do more good than I intended to, and that I got to find out that I did so.

What a gift for the soul.

Thank you,

-Phil

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agonyaunt

Dear Carolyn: My boyfriend is still in regular contact with his ex-girlfriend. He is her confidant, and she admits she still loves him. He keeps her posted on our relationship, which is rocky because I am jealous of their relationship. I am not allowed to set any boundaries about this.

I want to ask him to stop being her confidant and to stop telling her about our relationship. They can remain friends, just not with such intimate conversations. He absolutely refuses any boundaries because “I am not going to let you pick my friends.”

Should I just exit this situation? For context, he and I are on and off because of this, and he usually dates her again when we are off.

— Jealous

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marina

An exciting update since my last post: I broke my ankle! *facepalm*

( anatomy of a work accident )

senmut

I just received 2 new pair of jeans, from something that had been on my wishlist back in July. If that was you, thank you.

If not, Amazon burped and repeated an order for me.

senmut

AO3 Link | Storm Driven (100 words) by Merfilly
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Crystal Singer Trilogy - Anne McCaffrey
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Killashandra Ree [Crystal Singer Trilogy]
Additional Tags: Drabble, Slice of Life
Summary:

Killashandra needs to beat the storm

Killashandra touched the cocooned crystal set briefly, reassuring herself that it really was free, it was hers, it was safe…

…and a discordant howl of wind reminded her of why she had hastened to pack it.

Her cutter was almost forgotten in the cargo bay, but she stumbled as she stood from the case with her new triad of blues. She hastened to get it clamped into its place; she vaguely remembered replacing it all too recently.

Another shriek of the incoming storm, and she threw herself into the pilot seat. In moments, she was racing Ballybran's fury to safety.

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agonyaunt

Dear Annie: I've always had a complicated relationship with my older sister, "Beth." She's the golden child -- successful, pretty, everyone's favorite. I'm more of the quiet one. I've never resented her accomplishments, but I've spent years feeling like I'm living in her shadow.

Recently, something strange happened. I got offered a promotion at work that would put me in a leadership role over a project Beth's company is contracted on. It's a huge opportunity. When I told my parents, they were polite but not enthusiastic. My mom actually said, "Well, let's hope that doesn't make things awkward for Beth."

Beth hasn't said much, just a text that said "Congrats," with a period. Not even an exclamation point.

Part of me wants to let it go and focus on the win. But another part of me feels really, really sad, like I'm still chasing approval I'll never get. I don't want this old family dynamic to steal the joy from something I worked hard for.

How do I celebrate myself without needing my family to do it with me? And is it worth trying to fix something that maybe they don't even think is broken? -- Out of the Shadow

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senmut

2013. You know what this means, right? Time to cancel the apocalypse!

It seems to also have been a real slow down in my viewing, but I was working nights and/or juggling supervision work without being a supervisor.

Fast & Furious 6 - Decent. At this point it really was about how ludicrous the stunts could be.

After Earth - Is it great? No. Did it hold my attention? YES. It's one of those that I watched a few times, will not rec it to just anyone, but it had SOMETHING there that grabs my attention.

Pacific Rim - Not even in the Top 10 movies of the year, and yet. The impact of seeing this (I bought it in a cheapie bin! I don't think there was ANY marketing in my area for it) cannot be measured. It was watching Godzilla on a Saturday morning, and following it up with Voltron. It was joy. It was tragedy. It was beautiful.

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There are a few things I am an absolute sucker for, just suckin' like crazy, and one of them is dice. Or, several of them I guess. It depends on how granular we're being. I thought that I was in remission, but here at PAX I've been thrust into the fire like a hot poker - a hot poker that for some inexplicable reason wants to buy dice.

https://www.penny-arcade.com/news/post/2025/11/22/die-die-my-darling

senmut

AO3 Link | At His Side (100 words) by Merfilly
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Freedom Series - Anne McCaffrey
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Kris Bjornsen [Freedom Series], Bazil [Freedom Series]
Additional Tags: Drabble
Summary:

Kris knows where she would rather be

Kris kept her eyes out on the horizon, her mood gloomy and filled with worry. Zainal was gone, without her, and even though one of his sons was here to guard, it never set easy in her soul for their separations. Even with their children to watch over, with all the work that Botany Bay took from them, she ached to share the adventure and dangers out there.

"You think of Father," Bazil said, bringing her a mug of warmed cider.

She smiled at him, nodding. "I always miss sharing the risk with him."

"Father chose a strong mate, then."

pegkerr

You know, I do my best to just live my life and be a brave little toaster, but this week, it's just felt like...a lot.

I need to get a new car. Mine is twenty-five years old and leaking coolant. And I don't know where or how to start. Will I be able to afford anything decent?

Pain continues. The physical therapist has ordered me to use a cane. I have to use it in my (non-dominant) left hand, the one with arthritis, and just manipulating it with that hand is difficult enough that I have to start using my arthritis brace on that hand again.

I've also been told to wear an IS brace, a velcro strap that goes around my hips. Weirdly enough, it gives me nausea. Constantly.

Medical appointments. So. Many. Medical. Appointments.

All of this makes it difficult to exercise. And I NEED to exercise. I got the results of my bone scan this week, and my osteopenia is continuing to get worse. I need to get into the gym and lift weights and I'm not doing so, and so I'm beating myself up about it.

The news. Need I say more?

Christmas is looming, and the thought of preparing for the holidays is daunting.

I'm about to retire, and I am struggling with uncertainty about what it is going to look like. (Will I have enough money is giving me constant low-grade anxiety)

Rob's 70th birthday was this past week.

Both of the girls have been sick and stressed. Delia's internship is about to end, and she doesn't know where she will find another job.

On Wednesday, I had to sit through a meeting that droned on for an hour and a half. I kept standing up and sitting down again. I was so obviously uncomfortable that my coworkers sent me home, and I spent the rest of the day with the covers literally pulled over my head.

I'm sorry. I'm complaining, and I truly don't like that. I don't feel depressed, exactly? But I don't feel at my best, shall we say.

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