I have a Yuletide gift 👀

well, here's a documentary that could change me

Just remembered that I can check physical library books out from my phone, and this is so great tbh. I don't even have to get out of my seat

It's hallaca day! I missed it last year because of covid so no way I was skipping this year

Gonna have to rewatch Heated Rivalry ep 3 bc watch #1 is just coming along for the ride. #2 is to soak it all in. And watch #3 is to catch all the details I missed the first two times lol

Contemplating changing my bsky username (back) to my primary

Does Ilya Rozanov Have a LiveJournal and Other Questions I Ask Myself

Ok fun fact: I know this band, but only because many years ago (circa 2008) I downloaded a SPN fanmix by a Livejournal friend with one of their songs on it. It is the first track on the same album as this one. You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave SPN behind 😂

Ok so. Some of the music IS on bandcamp! Here's everything I've found on bandcamp from #HeatedRivalry (shout out to r/heatedrivalry's OST master post for track titles and artist names!)

Does Ilya Rozanov Have a LiveJournal and Other Questions I Ask Myself

It's been so long since I really threadficced I forgot to do any tags. So here's #heatedrivalry TiMER au from the start

Anybody got recs? I especially like modern folk, bubblegum pop, and international rock/pop. Obscure faves are great.

Bandcamp Friday and new Heated Rivalry, wheee

Real talk, I want a TiMER AU for HR so bad. Like. Shane doesn't have one - his mom discouraged it when he was younger, and now that he's old enough to get one without parental permission, he isn't going to risk it outing him in public. He might get one later, someday in the future, after hockey.

I *could* go to a movie tomorrow night. Or I could stay home and watch Heated Rivalry

If you guys (@iseult-variante.bsky.social) think @excited.bsky.social and I took forever to finish Mr Sunshine, let me just tell you that it takes me 18+ months between episodes of My Country: The New Age, and I am on track to finish it in 2046

Oh my god how could I forget our lady of the maple leaf Nelly Furtado. Where is the Heated Rivalry vid set to Maneater

Landlord is calling the plumber 🙌

real talk: which grimy-ass subway station did Chanel commandeer for this fashion show my god

*whispers* what if I watch the hockey show again* *for the third time

Can't sleep because it's 80 fucking degrees with the windows open and the fan on. Downstairs neighbor left their windows open (again) so the thermostat just never shuts off which is why I am boiling alive 🙃

I should not make travel plans at midnight. I should not make travel plans at midnight. I should not make travel plans at midnight. I should not make travel plans at midnight. I should not make travel plans at midnight. I should not make travel plans at midnight. I should not make travel plans at mi

This mixtape btw is like. Jason Derulo's "Love Hangover" and John Mayer's "War of My Life" and probably Train's "Breakfast in Bed" bc even Shane Hollander knows "Marry Me" is too obvious. He debates adding "I Kissed a Boy" (the Cobra Starship cover of Katy Perry's "I Kissed a Girl"), but doesn't

Not me thinking about canon period accurate playlists for Heated Rivalry. No one will be able to convince me that Shane Hollander would *not* give Ilya Rozanov a mixtape (on CD of course)

November reads (minus Yuletide canon review)! Top row was all top-notch (4+ stars on all of these). Mixed feelings on Heated Rivalry (pacing issues, sex scenes too long, dropped plotlines I wanted to spend more time with). Gotta sit with Life On Mars some more, but that's usually how poetry goes.

Realized the books I was reading were not sparking joy and kinda felt like chores so I have downloaded some middle grade/old school YA to read instead

every time I think I'm done with sports, they find a way to reel me back in. oh I'm done with hockey, it's dead to me: hockey romance tv show tailor-made for me gets released oh I'm done with baseball, it's dead to me: women's professional baseball league gets announced me:

time for another list of Movies Legs Wants to See in Theaters. starting off with THE SECRET AGENT, which looks brutal and fantastic

AAAAAAAAAHHHHHH. WE DID IT BUT AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH. 😭😭😭

it has only taken us two years (literally), but @excited.bsky.social and I are about to finish Mr Sunshine and I'm 😱

The tragic demise of one of my favorite pairs of jeans (hole in the thigh) 😔

I do gotta say this year has been *very* good to me in terms of m/m ships to rotate in my mind. Jim Chee/Shorty Bowlegs, Lu Chia Le/Chou Hsiao Lung, Xiao Chiye/Shen Zechuan, and now Ilya Rozanov/Shane Hollander I guess!!

Increasingly convinced that when he gets tired of being the most famous boy in China, Wang Yibo will fuck off to live in a cave on the side of a mountain

Girl dinner tonight

Honestly I would prefer no heat at all at this point 🫠

aaaaaahhh this is actually good? and I was right about the tv format smoothing out some of the pacing issues (though it's still moving at a breakneck speed)

got the laundry done and some cauliflower roasting and I think next order of business is episode 1 of Heated Rivalry 👀

Went for a walk this morning and ran into the mayor of sunset park (not that guy) (or that guy). She has invited me to help with the gardening in the park and I'm 👀

Trying to decide if I want to cough up the money for HOBMAX for a month to watch Heated Rivalry since they don't do free trials 😒 Are there other things on there I should watch if I do it?

What do I want for dinner tonight. My options are: - clam chowder (leftovers from last night) - mini-quiches - girl dinner (cheese plate, smoked mussels, deviled eggs, carrots) - romanesco and cheese bake - something else??? (pls comment)

On the whole I like my landlords but "just open the windows" is not the way to deal with my apartment being 80 degrees because the radiators don't cut off when the windows are *already open* 🙃

It's probably a short day but

I miss writing ficlets for people, and I've got a long weekend, so...

I need someone to create a Wang Yibo: Gege Collector game so I can play it on my phone

My thanksgiving lunch tradition for the last couple years has been to do hors d'oeuvres for myself. This year I'm making the classics: deviled eggs, sausage balls, a cheeseball. Need to do a Sahadi's run for olives and maybe tiropita

Produce delivery sent me two bags of potatoes instead of the one bag of watermelon radish I wanted :(

Here we are on the other biggest weekend of the year for many indie bookstores with a reminder that Amazon’s goal this week is that you never step foot in a physical store or even make it as far as the website of your local indie.

I do think Yibo should consider hiking the AT for season 3 of ETU. 1) he would love going off-grid for 4-5 months; 2) it is the best; 3) he just should!!

Fb why are you showing me reels about bondage wtf

Still cracks me up that he looks like every guy I went to college with