It's still kind of goody-goody...

Oct. 28th, 2025 12:05 pm
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and therefore not what the doctor(or Dan Savage, for instance) might have ordered--me over a notebook is novel like a thing that is not, clearly, no *transgressions* there, but the haunted house fiction class was a little bit better last night...

It would be a little better to watch us form into a group if there were more than two more sessions. Not that I exactly want to ponder a genre I don't really have a feel for every Monday night forever and ever, amen. But I am taking a shot and even living with not being the star in a way my fifteen-year-old self might not believe, so that is a tiny shoot of growth, even if it might not be worth the price of this thing.(Maybe the plot bunny about a haunted mall might be if I wrote it, not sure if I will. It's often hard to read a lot and write a lot at the same time, but I jotted thoughts down anyway.
Probably not taking Anne Elliot's class next month, as it is more expensive and I think I need to give extra Zoom a rest after this. But I will e-mail her if I ever get a pub date for Wedded Twist, short version. She's a great instructor/workshop leader and took a flattering interest.

(Nice smart people, nobody I even imagined sending a flirty comment to at a moment when I might imagine chemistry with damn near anybody...but it's probably okay because the closest person is in L.A. or Orange County or something and even if he were pine-worthy,(Nope, gay in a way that's easy to spot. Smart, though. Thorough reader in a way I've never quite mastered.) I think I have "Long-Distance Yearnings" fully covered anyway.

Horror fiction class tonight...

Oct. 27th, 2025 11:17 am
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trying to pretend that an intellectual expansion makes up for my lack of passion(want a thrill, but feel so guilty...so many people have such bigger problems.) But I'm not totally wrong, right--we wouldn't have endorphins and oxytocin and stuff if we weren't all built to want to use them somewhere.

Database maintenance

Oct. 25th, 2025 08:42 am
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Good morning, afternoon, and evening!

We're doing some database and other light server maintenance this weekend (upgrading the version of MySQL we use in particular, but also probably doing some CDN work.)

I expect all of this to be pretty invisible except for some small "couple of minute" blips as we switch between machines, but there's a chance you will notice something untoward. I'll keep an eye on comments as per usual.

Ta for now!

Consolation Prizes

Oct. 23rd, 2025 01:48 pm
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(another CP I am learning too much about, being me)
Went to Big Box bookstore to hang out in the cafe, like that was the whole point of why I went, but the cafe was closed--to sit in--I still bought a muffin and Actual Mom got cheesecake with Oreo. I bought two books of women's fiction I don't really need because I have hundreds of books already, but they are Liane Moriarty and Anna Quindlen so not even *that* shallow, though I like to look good to the black guy who waits on us in there for some reason(I finished "James" yesterday, if we really knew each other, I might try to talk to him about it, but probably not in line so I am That Kind Of White Chick.)
The womanhood home game is not as consoling as it used to be, but the books do look, well, maybe not *fun*, because one is explicitly about carrying on after someone dies, but they seem like decent ways to spend time.(I miss fun. Anyone else? I hardly knew it, but I thought I'd get a chance one day.)

AWS outage

Oct. 20th, 2025 10:11 am
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DW is seeing some issues due to today's Amazon outage. For right now it looks like the site is loading, but it may be slow. Some of our processes like notifications and journal search don't appear to be running and can't be started due to rate limiting or capacity issues. DW could go down later if Amazon isn't able to improve things soon, but our services should return to normal when Amazon has cleared up the outage.

Edit: all services are running as of 16:12 CDT, but there is definitely still a backlog of notifications to get through.

Edit 2: and at 18:20 CDT everything's been running normally for about the last hour.

Dear Yuletide Writer, 2025...

Oct. 16th, 2025 02:06 pm
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 So it's been a minute since I did one of these, but here we go. 

my generals: I don't like gross kinks (gore, vore, scat, etc); I do like psychic stuff. I love crossovers/fandom blends. I like characters to behave very like their canon versions, even if they make different choices. Sex is fine, but make it make sense. 

I love crossovers and fandom mashups, especially when worlds have things in common anyway.

Specifics for my prompts: 
  • Legend (1985) - I've loved his movie forever. And the dress was an option. So... yeah, that's what I got. Cool worldbuilding, rick dark prose, that's my sauce.
  • Sense8 - Jela isn't listed, BOO! I really want something with Jela and any of the other friends and loved ones... my actual request is probably Felix and Jela Have An Adventure. But since their tags aren't here, if that doesn't speak to you-- something cool and worldbuild-y and fun; ideally with the non-sense8 loved ones. But definitely Hernando. 
  • The Good Place - there's an idea in the prompt, but don't feel bound by it. I like worldbuilding! And I like Janet. 

Honestly? do what speaks to you, and yeah, I write what I like to read. You can also check my bookmarks for my taste: Rabbit - Bookmarks | Archive of Our Own

(yes, there is crack I like, but it has to be _clever_. Or really boldly stupid. I believe in you.)

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