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Yes, I did not update on my usual Wednesday, and that was primarily because I wanted to focus on getting the Thursday-Friday blog entries ready before I headed to work that afternoon. [I had a dreaded midshift, but thankfully it was mostly uneventful. A few weirdos and the news that my favorite boss resigned (on a good note -- he's heading to a better paying job), but otherwise busy enough to keep me occupied.] Right now I'm looking forward to the week's vacation I'll be having in the first week of November. A has taken the same week off as well.

Do we have anything planned for that week? Other than catching up on sleep (hopefully), maybe the occasional day trip to a different part of town or up to Petaluma to visit the in-laws.

Meanwhile, I am FINALLY done with wrapping up the Trilogy Remaster for The Persistence of Memories! I'm still ahead of schedule (sort of, given that I started later in the year than I'd meant to), so at this point I just need to pick a go-live date, upload the new version and let everyone know. I'm thinking probably mid-November at this point. This of course means I'm going to need to devote a LOT of time for the remaster of The Balance of Light. While I'm proud of it, there's still a lot that needs fixing on that one.

Semi-related, I really need to start thinking about what project I'm going to work on next. Right now I'm thinking I'm going to make yet another attempt at writing the fourth Mendaihu Universe novel, with the possibility of a radical rethink of Theadia on the backburner. It being the end of the year when Real Life gets busy, I'm not going to force myself into exhaustion over it, however.

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dinosaurrainbowstarfish posting in

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Scrapbookers of Dreamwidth, I call on you for aid!

I have several dozen 8.5x11 pieces of paper that need to go into an 11.75x14 inch 2-post scrapbook.

I'm absolutely stumped. My first thought was top-loading 11.75x14 page protectors, but I cannot find any.

I cannot tape the paper to anything, and I cannot use a different book. Any advice is welcome!

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Name:
Veronica

Age:
31, but I'm a ginger so years only count for half.

I mostly post about:
Haven't posted that much yet but I expect to share my worldbuilding and worldbuilding-adjacent thoughts, poetry, personal journaling, crockpot recipes, and a little bit of video game stuff. I was on Pillowfort (RIP) for a few months but I was just sharing bits of art and poetry, I didn't really get into the blogging thing, so I want to try and do a bit more stuff here.

My hobbies are:
Art in many forms, roleplaying, poetry, worldbuilding, anthropology, history. Kinda guns and cars too, but mostly from afar since I can't afford physical hobbies and those two are dominated by toxic men anyway.

My fandoms are:
Not a fandom person, I don't keep up with new releases of anything anyway. I might occasionally share some things related to my Star Wars or Warhammer 40k OCs (and it would be fun to hear about others', especially with WH40k, I fucking love seeing Your Dudes) but that's about it.

I'm looking to meet people who:
Have shared creative interests, similar aesthetic tastes, or a similar lust for worldly knowledge to yap with. I love extremely well-studied authors and artists.

More broadly I'd be down to chat about anything adjacent to my interests or experiences, even if it doesn't make for a long-term friendship. Other chronically ill folks, people who work in uncommon or unorthodox media (calligraphy? typesetting? anomalocaris pin-ups?), students/academics (especially in the social sciences), with the right vibe anything goes.

My posting schedule tends to be:
Sporadic. Multiple posts per month if I'm in a good mood, long hiatuses if I'm in a bad mood. The site is still fresh and new for me so I'll probably be posting very frequently in these first few weeks.

I like commenting on things when I see the opportunity (and can overcome my anxiety which is the harder part lol) but that isn't too common, as I feel like an alien with the "wrong" interests everywhere I go and it puts me on edge in social spaces.

When I add people, my dealbreakers are:
I can't stand lots of things, but DNIs are naive at best. Just don't be a fucking poser or a plagiarist or some shit.

Before adding me, you should know:
Sexual topics may appear on my blog sometimes, though any raunchy images will be behind a cut. Also, my fiction deals with extremely dark subject matter of all types, so I'd advise sensitive folks to steer clear.

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Hi hello, new to the comm! I'm curious, as we head into the final two months of the year, does anyone have any journaling takeaways or lessons that 2026 taught them about their system(s), things that they're implementing now or taking into the new year?

Something that I learned this year was about size. I use a rings system for my planning and a bound notebook for my journaling. I had a pocket size Filofax which worked wonderfully during the part of the summer where I was only taking one class and running one D&D campaign. Now, with three classes, an internship, running two D&D campaigns and being in a third, plus various end of year due dates and deadlines, I found myself needing to move up to personal, which seems to be a great fit! I still value portability, so I need to have something that won't take up too much space in my bag. But I've greatly enjoyed playing around with rings planners over this year, and figuring out what makes them work for me.

Also about planners, I learned I really do just need everything in one place. I'd experimented with a school planner vs. a personal/everything else planner and that...simply wasn't working for me. (A major perk of the rings system: the modality of adding or subtracting sections and pages as necessary!)

Another thing I learned, obvious as it may be, is that journaling doesn't have to be an every day thing. Part of this revelation was helped by going through old journals and seeing just how much of an interwoven cluster mess they all are, with large chunks of time missing between entries. And, when I switched to an undated book, I realized the structure of a dated book, for the purposes of journaling, adds that pressure back on. I'm having much more fun and using my journal more when I no longer feel tied to the date or daily entry format. I still date my pages, for my own reference, but it's not nearly as pressure-inducing for me. Which is good! Journaling should not be stressful.

What other ah-ha moments did anyone else have this year? Curious to know!

alisx

. . . love waking up to a deluge of infosec FUD.

God I’m glad I don’t fucking work any more and won’t have to write a bullshit "emergency" fucking 30-page report on this shit.

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Name:

Autumn Ghost

Age:

Late 50s

I mostly post about:

I post about my daily life, but often look into my past. My journal is very focused around my own thoughts and life experiences.

My hobbies are:

I have experienced many hobbies over the years. Many have gone over time. Writing would be one that has stayed with me, or the need to write. I hope I can fall in love with some lost hobbies like reading books or writing letters. It has been a while since I did those two things and I miss them.

My fandoms are:

I don't have any fandoms and won't be writing about such things I think. I'm not so familiar with fandoms in general.

I'm looking to meet people who:

I would prefer to meet people who are kind and gentle to others since I feel I am similar. I am not a fan of aggression or hurting others. I am older but I have never been married or had children. As a result I feel I am still quite young in spirit. I am grateful to share my life with friends of a wide range in ages from 22-75. I don't discriminate by age or any other means.

My posting schedule tends to be: daily/weekly/monthly/sporadic/etc

I tend to post each morning, maybe once again during the evening. I really enjoy reading about the lives of others I follow on here. I also enjoy commenting and the back and forth conversations that take place so often.

Other than that I have no posting schedule. I have been writing in journals or diaries all my life since I was a child. For me writing is a process I feel I must go through. Thoughts tend to build up in my mind and I feel a need to get them out onto paper or on here. This helps me get on with my day. If I don't deal with my thoughts they tend to stress me out a lot. This is why I write, so if I am experiencing more thoughts I may post more often.

When I add people, my dealbreakers are:

I really prefer to share my life with others who are kind and caring. I don't like to get involved in arguments or hurting others. I care about the LGBTQ+ community a great deal. The more different someone is I tend to feel they are more interesting and worth getting to know. I prefer to keep politics out of my journal and life if possible.

Before adding me, you should know:

I guess you should know I am older, late 50s which I have said already. I know for some people this could be a dealbreaker. I would welcome anyone to give me a chance. I don't feel I fit into any age group. I mostly treasure friendship and communication. It would be nice to get back into writing letters also. It has been so long since I wrote to any penpals. I did years ago on LJ but it became a bit overwhelming. I think I took on too many penpals at once.

If anyone is interested in writing I might like to try to exchange letters, but start out small. I know that takes time and trust so I don't really expect it to happen right away. I have a lot of stationery left over from years ago just sitting here. It would be nice to use it again at some point.

I only have 10 or so posts right now. I recently downloaded and saved my previous posts. I tend to do this once a month. I usually will make those posts private but I deleted them this time so also lost the comments. I will make them private each month in the future. I am still active on here daily. Sorry if I wrote too much here. I tend to be guilty of this often. If there is anything you wish to ask more privately, feel free to send me a message. Thank you so much for reading.

alisx

I’m not particularly interested in litigating whether or not AI can think, mainly because it obviously can’t, but I am interested in discussing barriers to my mind ever being changed on this question. The answer, for me, is very simple; it’s the paragraph directly proceeding this one. The machines can’t think, because machines historically have not been capable of thinking. “Machines can’t think” is currently a paradigm all rational people agree was true as recently as 2022. If the machines can now think, then I require evidence demonstrating as much.

Elena on the burden of proof.

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Name: Kaylee

Age: Early 20s

I mostly post about: unsure what I will post about yet or if my journal will have a specific theme. If I can figure out an elegant way to post images, then I may share some of the projects I'm working on; if I ever end up having more time to work on my writing projects, then maybe I'll post about that, but that's a big if.

My hobbies are: crochet, writing, video games; I also have a large and increasing collection of Pokémon plushies

My fandoms are: Pokémon, Warframe, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (peripherally, my knowledge mainly consists of YouTube/Tumblr meme edits and fanart)

I'm looking to meet people who: share my interests, want a Dreamwidth friend, or who want to help a new person figure things out

My posting schedule tends to be: probably sporadic for now, but may become more regular later

When I add people, my dealbreakers are: hate speech/bigotry (including but not limited to: racism, sexism, ableism, homophobia, transphobia), AI-generated images or writing; other than that, be kind and civil and we should get along nicely.

Before adding me, you should know: I am very very new to Dreamwidth, so I may be slow to respond to interactions and I may make mistakes using the site. I also have Tumblr, and I can be found there under the same username. Additionally, I made my profile in a hurry, so it is not completely up to date yet; I may update/add to it when I have the time.

disappointed_lesbian

Cannot sleep except with the patio door open, even when it's chilly, apparently. After tossing and turning since bedtime, I got up at three am and closed the door, then was finally able to fall asleep.

After dinner, I became so drowsy that I could no longer remain standing. I sat down and then couldn't remain sitting. I've been lying down for most of the evening. It was an unusually satisfying dinner.

I'm hiding food from myself to stop my snacking. My body is fighting further weightloss. I didn't have this problem before, these half unconscious urges to grab bits of food from the kitchen between meals. Well I guess I did but they were much more controllable.

Things are going well with my face. My pores look cleaner, my skin feels more supple, and it seems that I can now even use the same lotion I use on my body without breaking out, like I did before I started washing with clay. I think my face is finally going to really clear up this time. I thought I needed to use soap to prevent whatever ezcema-like problem I had, but I was wrong it seems.

The bit of rubber I had glued over the hole in the bottom of my shoe came off after a couple of days of walking. I have more rubber and glue, but I don't have more patience or confidence that I can repair the shoe durably. I bought some sturdy tape. Taping up the shoe had been my original plan. Once again I've wasted money.

Mandarin is coming along exceptionally well, and it seems that my reliance on extensive reading for repeated exposure to vocabulary rather than reliance on flashcard software is panning out. I still need the flashcard software, particularly for rarer characters and exposure to brand new characters; I'm just not as reliant on it as I was as a beginner.

I emailed the housing authority to ask about the increase in my rent. The person who handles my case is out of office as of yesterday. Always out of the office, these government employees. post-mood: sleepy

calzephyr

It's always funny what movies are missing from one's personal movie canon, and when Nine to Five popped up on Netflix recently, we rushed to watch it. I had a vague idea of what it was about and that it starred Dolly Parton (RIP!). I wasn't expecting to see Lily Tomlin or Jane Fonda as fellow heroines, and I wasn't expecting the goofy plot twist after a potential mix-up with a box of Skinny & Sweet.

Still a very enjoyable movie all around and even though I was a child of the 80s, the throwback to outfits, typing pools, and fashions was really cool. I loved how detailed the movie was in this regard, down to the crappy office kitchen. It's hard to believe how progressive some of the ideas were--employee daycare, addition recovery programs, job sharing--things that probably didn't trickle down into the corporate world until years later.

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Name: Sapphire, Sapphy

Age: Late 20s

I mostly post about: I'm still new here so I haven't posted much yet, but basically this is an everything journal - I post whatever I feel like whenever I feel like it. ranges from personal stuff (access list only) to questionnaires, quizzes, memes, song recommendations/reviews, essays about things and characters i'm obsessed with, possibly talking about projects of mine, talking about plans for my website, etc. i'm very much a "talk about whatever random thing has grabbed my attention lately" kind of person, so expect some variety.

My hobbies are: drawing, writing songs, writing stories and making ocs, coding for fun, scouring the net for obscure stuff, and someday, thrifting.

My fandoms are: ace attorney, psychonauts, miraculous ladybug, the muppets, the sims (specifically the sims 2), vocaloid, world of warcraft, and other stuff I can't think of off the top of my head but I'm sure I will end up posting about it lol

I'm looking to meet people who: people with similar interests and/or anyone looking for a new dreamwidth buddy :)

My posting schedule tends to be: sporadic, though i am online quite often.

When I add people, my dealbreakers are: don't be an asshole or a bigot and we'll get along just fine.

Before adding me, you should know: I swear a Lot, and sometimes i will talk about uncomfortable topics (below a cut, access list only). if this makes you uncomfortable i understand 100%.

disappointed_lesbian

The guy in charge of the va work program did not respond to the email I sent over a week ago, so I finally called. We had a horrible time communicating. He complained about the sound quality and the echo on my phone line and seemed to believe he understood what I was saying even though he clearly did not understand. After two phone calls, we finally moved to text message.

There's a work program hiring in san francisco. There seems to be housing available. I want to apply asap. Not only would I get a job, I'd get out of this town, plus getting to the airport for a flight to taiwan would be much easier. I had to leave a message for the social worker to refer me to the work program. The guy I spoke to represents the work program, so I thought I'd already been referred. I'm so sick of bureaucracy. The VA takes forever to do shit so I'll have to stay on top of this.

I felt quite productive after that even though it was just a text conversation and a phone call because employment is such a huge issue for me. Today was another good day for fat-burning exercise, but I was super weak when it came to incline bench press. I usually press fifty pounds; today I could manage only forty. Was that because I was tired and underfed or because I'm a smaller person?

Didn't really sleep last night; not sure whether it was because I forgot the second half of my magnesium dose.

Didn't snack so much today.

Didn't make it through the second chapter of my korean textbook this evening. Too tired.

Frustrated and disappointed with this latest forum I'm on. People are dumb, boring, barely coherent, start threads and then don't respond when other people post in them. I haven't even been able to figure out how to upload an avatar. Some guy from new jersey private-messaged me to say that he liked me though. I don't really care for compliments so I didn't have much to say in response.

I just need to get the hell out of this country so I can continue my life. Shit is on pause and that's difficult to deal with.

I got a couple of squash from my neighbors plus a couple cans of green beans from the laundromat, so I won't be running out of produce quite so soon. I've never had these kinds of squash before. post-mood: sleepy

alisx

Look. This fic had a fun premise and I got invested when it was still a young WIP and before the author got into the like 200k of feminizing puppy play, which you do you or whatever, but Imma skip because I’m in too deep on the plot to abandon this now, except the author’s latest discovered fetish is apparently unsafe DIY piercings? Whhhhhhhyyyyyy???

There is a really fun 50k of plot in this 270k word fic and RIP the fact it is being written by someone apparently hellbent on hitting every single one of my squicks.

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Hail The Sun, "War Crimes"

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This was for a wedding. The young couple had asked for monetary contributions, and we were happy to oblige, but giving money is so boring! I decided to place the money inside a card, and then spruce up the envelope by lasercutting a pattern out of it, so it would show the card inside. I chose leaf patterns because the honeymoon will be to a country with jungle and wilderness areas.

The trick was cutting one side of the envelope without harming the other. This was easy: I slipped a piece of trespa board inside, which is very hard to cut, and it protected the back of the envelope.

Pretty simple, but I like the way it looks. I hope the bride liked it, too.

A lasercut envelope with a leaf pattern, containing a card with a leaf pattern

disappointed_lesbian

Hooray I did it: I started studying Korean again. I went through the first chapter of my textbook (which was mostly review) and did all the exercises. Tomorrow I'll start reviewing the flashcards from that chapter and I'll go through the second chapter.

I don't really have a good reason to study Korean. It's just a hobby. I should be studying Japanese. I'll start Japanese a year from now. Pinkie promise. I'm going to be ready to watch kpop reality tv a year from now.

Now I have to force myself to clean the apartment at least a little.

Nah I'd better not pinkie promise. I don't really like japanese and the hierarchy-based grammar in these asian languase is aggravating.

I have a bit of a snacking problem. It's going to affect my diet. I'm not too worried about it because I was snacking way more before and I still lost weight. But it's going to drag the diet out longer.

I had two dreams last night exclamation mark. I forgot the first one but I think I was either in a foreign country again or speaking a foreign language. French I think.

In the second one I was visiting a high school for something. I remember being in a dim, spacious bathroom with a concrete floor that had puddles scattered across it. As always when I'm in a school, I was a little afraid it was against the rules for me to be on school grounds and that someone would ask me to leave. I think I got extra scared when something confronted me when I got in line to get something to eat, but I cannot remember what the person said to me or whether we even had a conversation.

post-mood: good

alisx

🎵 HO99O9, “Tapeworm (feat. Greg Puciato)“

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alisx

It’s easy to hate Harry Potter Adults here in 2026, when they’ve had nearly twenty years of opportunity to read another book since the last volume in the series was published. Joanne “Just Kidding” Rowling’s wizarding world is a mediocre and deeply derivative pile of corporate intellectual property that offers thin imaginative gruel even to the children it was meant for, let alone a whole-ass grown-up who could be reading literally anything else. And of course every penny of profit made by the Harry Potter Industrial Complex goes directly into the coffers of the most malignant force in modern culture: Rowling’s campaign against the existence of transgender people. So, as I said, it may be easy to hate Harry Potter Adults here in 2026 but it’s also morally correct.

Rusty Foster reads another book.

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