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Rec'd a Star Wars fic for fancake's January theme of "crack treated seriously"
Also voted for next month's theme in fancake

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pkmnkinkmeme -- a new Pokemon Kink Meme comm!

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goals_on_dw is doing a slightly more formal Community Thursdays thing this year

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The rain let up yesterday so I went into town to do some thrifting! I spotted some interesting knick-knaocks, like a tiny Limoges decorative bowl and some bone china stuff but nothing that wowed me (or that I wanted to haul around until I get back to the US, for that matter). I DID find a decent book selection, though! I got 5 books for £17/$22 USD, which I think is pretty good.

A stack of 5 books on a kitchen table

Titles:
1. Viva South America by Oliver Balch
2. Tales of the Alhambra by Washington Irving (comes with a soundtrack CD!)
3. Women Who Run with the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estes
4. I Planted Trees by Richard St. Barber Baker
5. Peregrinations of a Pariah by Flora Tristan, translated by Jean Hawkes

I'm pretty sure I have at least one of these books as an ebook already, but whatever. Now I need to track down a CD player...

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Current Location: Chichester, UK

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Hello, I am still recovering, etc. Quite nicely as these things go, but still not up to doing all my usual little things.

Anyway, thought of something fannish and fun I could do if anyone wanted it - I made a personalised bingo card for

theseatheseatheopensea once, which was fun, and I do always love doing that kind of thing. So...

... if anyone else would find a custom-made bingo card (for writing/creating prompts) fun/useful/inspiring, comment here and I will have a go at making you one!

(I'll use the Bingo Generator, so it's very easy, and if I fail and include some rubbish prompts, a new card without such prompts can magically be re-generated with no trouble. Will do any size from 2x2 to 5x5.)

So just comment here if you'd like one & say what size card you'd prefer. You can also point me to/away from any fandoms/prompt types etc if you'd like, but no need. (If I'm really stuck for some reason, I'll just ask you for some pointers!)

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🎬 Wake Up Dead Man: Directed by Rian Johnson. With Daniel Craig, Josh O'Connor, Glenn Close, Josh Brolin. Detective Benoit Blanc teams up with an earnest young priest to investigate a perfectly impossible crime at a small-town church with a dark history. 🔗

What I liked: the cast; how the director/writer obviously had an itch to scratch re: Christianity and the State of Things Today and really wanted to Say Something; how it's structured like an Agatha Christie novel almost exactly, or at least some old fashioned one (which in that context the plot pacing makes perfect sense). I also liked the makeup/wardrobe, which didn't glam up any of the actors except maybe Josh Brolin.

What I didn't like: the overly long introduction sequence which focused on characters that made barely any impact and weren't even good red herrings; the people who need to hear about the kinder Christianity stuff wouldn't watch this movie anyway so it ends up kind of like, well...preaching to the choir.

Unbeknownst to me, my parents were watching it on the same day-- but it turns out that we liked/disliked almost the exact opposite things. They loved the long intro!

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What have I been up to lately? Mostly staying put and avoiding the cold, the snow and the ice. All the sanders are not helping much with the sidewalks. Maybe sand gets tracked up on the sidewalk at intersections, but unless you are near a school (lots of foot traffic there) that's not terribly helpful.

So I have been watching some tv recently. The two things I've been following are Fallout and Severance. I kinda find Fallout hard to watch.Every time a zombie shows up I find my eyes sliding away from the tv. Why do they all have the same look - even the children playing zombies look the same as the two hundred year old ones. Were they also zombiefied at the same time only they some were actual children? I gather the show is based on a video game but its not like I've encountered (m)any video games. I probably should start again and see if I pick up more details.

But honestly that's mostly curiousity and what I'm really invested in is Severance. It's giving me strong Lost vibes. That's how long it has been since I fell this deeply into caring about the world building and characters of a show. And don't tell me how Lost fell down at the end, I don't agree.) Lost made me happy and sad and it made me feel. Severance is hitting all three points beauifully. I'm so eager to see what happens next.Anyone else getting Lost vibes from Severence?

I finally heard a piece of music, I've heard of way back, way, way back. I think it dates back to my childhood so maybe I overheard a friend's older sister talking about it. But yesterday was the first time I ever heard Gadda da Vida. Loved it, the wait was worth it. Here is a link to the full version, just in case:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIVe-rZBcm4&list=RDUIVe-rZBcm4&start_radio=1

ETA: I realize they are ghouls not zombies. Possibly stringing thoughts together at that time is not a good idea. :)

Welcome back to another Community Thursday! Original Community Thursday info here, if you're interested and want to participate, too.

This time I focused on posting to comms that haven't had a lot of engagement recently, partly just to show other people who may be looking that, yes, someone is interested in this topic! I'm going to keep doing it for January, too.

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Posted some podcast recs to podjoy (last post 236 weeks ago)
Copied over a news post from Bookcrossing.com to bookcrossing (last post 391 weeks ago)

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gamechangerhr -- a fan comm for Heated Rivalry/Game Changers
bookclub_dw -- a monthly book club! The January book is The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst and the discussion goes up at the end of the month
vintageads -- a community for sharing vintage ads from TV, magazines, etc.

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bookscorpion posted these lovely photos of a cemetery covered in snow in common_nature
wiscon has a form up for suggesting panels for this year's convention
sixbeforelunch posted a nice reading journal setup in journalsandplanners
unclutter is doing a January challenge; this week's focus is work spaces
and here's some more fandom comm recs on fandom_on_dw

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This week we are learning about recycling.

To be clear, she does recycle. We've got that covered. We are doing Advanced Recycling, like "when they say 'no plastic bags' on the recycling dumpster they do in fact mean all plastic bags and not just the bin liner" and "not to put too fine a point on it but I think your habit of leaving unrinsed apple cider jugs on the floor next to the recycling bin is why we have ants in the kitchen."

I would've thought that last one was obvious but apparently not.

Meanwhile I am playing a long and unpleasant game called "can she get a ride home from a medical procedure with anesthesia."

Multiple people have offered, mind you, it just turns out that oh no they're going to be out of town that day, or their car has broken down, or whatever.

You can get a medical escort service if you're low-income.

You can get a medical escort service if you're elderly.

If you're an adult of working age making an ostensibly living wage? Fuck you, you should have thought of that before you decided to have health issues while single.

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🎬 The Residence: Created by Paul William Davies. With Uzo Aduba, Giancarlo Esposito, Molly Griggs, Ken Marino. Inside the White House's staff residence and the lives which workers share with the First Family. 🔗

Binge rewatched The Residence today and I liked it much more this time around (tho I still think it's a bit too long).

In my first watch, I was too anxious to get to the solution and it became frustrating when they went on tangents. Knowing the solution and watching it again was much more fun. I enjoyed the humor more and caught some things about the murder motive that I missed the first time around.

I wish they'd do another season, or even a movie! I love the Cordelia Cupp character.

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1. All my apps are popping up "consent to let us sell your data for marketing" things, including ones I'm pretty sure never did when I was in the US. It pisses me off that they didn't do that in the US, actually, because I always select "no" and if they're not popping up, does that mean they auto opted me in? UGH.

Related, I'm seeing a few "content not available in your region" things for Imgur-hosted images, which is weird because WHY can't I see a fandom event graphic in the UK??

2. My search results are pushing UK-related sites up higher which is kinda fun. I searched for some historical facts (about canned goods) and had to keep specifying "USA" because it was showing me things from historical UK instead. Kind of brings home how much our experiences online are segmented and directed by invisible algorithms.

3. I've gone up to 3 cups of tea a day (and 1 cup of coffee) and am kind of concerned my teeth are going to be brown by the time I get back to the US in the summer...

4. The local Co-Op had a super special on bananas, one bunch for a mere 35p! I'm going to freeze them and use them for porridge and whatever.

5. Doing quite a lot of TV watching this week (mostly middling documentaries, tbh) and I've added a lot of things to my watchlist, as the owner has BBC and ITV and 5 as well as Netflix. She also lent me a huge stack of books I want to read, and I have some sightseeing things I want to do before I leave. So I'll be very occupied for the next two months!

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