Heated and hot water have returned! I am going to celebrate by getting out from under this blanket. Any second. Really.

13 feels like -1 and my sisters furnace went out! The repair guy is on his way and we're chilling (ha) in the living room with a space heater, watching Mighty Ducks 3. Good start to the weekend?

#crafting #crochet My snowed-in weekend plans - assembling as much of the pride blanket as possible! I currently have four and a half horizontal rows out of 11 and then 11 vertical rows. I don't think I'll get it all done this weekend (I have to work Monday, weather or no) but I can make a dent!

##HeatedRivalry I'm fine. I'M FINE.

I just asked @cbeany.bsky.social to midwife a fic for me like in old times, when she had her hands on my Smallville and SGA fics (among others). It's so much fun to fall back into a fandom with people I've known forever! (I'm not leaving my current one, I swear, just adding!)

#HRfic rec! This made me tear up in the good way.

#FicRec for my fellow AOS fans! Amaaaaazing fic.

Some winter storm prep thoughts!

I know I still haven't done the joy posts, but feel free to like this anyway!

#money The Dept of Ed is pausing garnishment on student loans, possibly giving more people time to get out of default (studentaid.gov/manage-loans...). Defaulted loans will still be reported to credit bureaus, though.

It's official! CONfab 2026 will be held in-person in Chicago, IL at the Springhill Suites Chicago O'Hare from October 22-25, 2026! More information about pricing, registration, and programming to come. We're really looking forward to seeing you in Chicago this fall!

For those of us in the AO3 drought!

#PetPics I need to be in bed an hour ago, but could YOU make her move????

#crafting I made a Jungkook and a Jimin and now they live together! My only two partly naked pieces, together forever!

#uspoli #anxiety Accidentally exposed myself to too much of The Horrors so I'm taking my medium-strength anxiety meds, doing mutual aid, and writing GOTV postcards. Trying to get people in FL to sign up for vote by mail seems like not nearly enough, but it's what's in front of me.

*record scratch* I bet you're wondering how I got here... (It's because I'm not the brightest bulb in the animal kingdom's chandelier and I haven't yet noticed that the snacks don't live there anymore!)

#kpop this is such a great idea! It's also how I found out my favorite restaurant in Chicago closed. :( So Chicagoans, add your suggestions since I can't!

I'm sorry, did you say SEARCH, FILTER, AND SORT BOOKMARKS BY WORD COUNT?

#uspoli #waystohelp

Memorializing a good hair day!

#kpop "I'm not cute, I'm cool." *waves with both hands, smiles big* ok, buddy (The photo shoot, though? 🥵)

#food There was this small small joint in the Chicago Loop that made the most AMAZING burgers. They put their daughter through med school with it and then promptly retired. Mmm. So good.

Morning bump!

I found this really interesting! I feel like i have a lot of thoughts on it but none of them are fully formed yet.

#HeatedRivalry timeline!

Sentinel/Guide speed dating #BtsFic is complete! 💜 8.5K 💜 Teen 💜 vminhope, namkook, yoonjin archiveofourown.org/works/64484428 Very excited to complete this WIP and beat my own personal AO3 curse!

*pile of dust*

#kpop this is another great explanation of Arirang from an author/translator I really like and respect.

#kids 9:30pm, my phone rings. I akswer it, and a voice says "maaaaaath" in my ear. I spend the next 30 minutes explaining ratios. "If there's 4 men to every 5 women* then how many total--" Not to be too immodest, but I am a very good aunt. I'm just saying.

#podfic the second: 🤖 The Yul3000 by china_shop 🤖 The Good Manager, Kim Sung Ryong/Seo Yul, G, 17:53 🤖 Someone made a Seo Yul robot. Seo Yul has feelings about it. 🤖 cover by piecesofstars archiveofourown.org/works/77346696

fandomtrees released, so #podfic #1: 💜Mi-Yeong's Mistake 💜K-Pop Demon Hunters, Gen, 4:45 💜Celine argues with her third sister about what to do with Mi-Yeong's child archiveofourown.org/works/77347436

🚨🚨🚨Amazing Heated Rivalry vid! 🚨🚨🚨

Just messed up 4 people's plans because I'm afraid of roads & sidewalks in barely snowy weather. So frustrated with myself, but I don't want to drive on a slippery road (esp with a niece in the car), and if I slip and fall I have to get x-rayed bkz knee. I hate being anxious but also possibly right.

Working on the HR woke up married fic. I'm writing this one by just putting my fingers on the keyboard and seeing what happens. I literally know two things: that they went to the trouble of getting a marriage license the night before, so the wedding was legit, and [spoiler]. What's next? Who knows!

Iowa State (ISCA) BBS, 1994. I kinda dig being an old. 😉

My day started going south about 8:45 and I'd say it's leveled out but there's just so much potential for disaster that I don't dare.

wip-whatever day it is, lol. #HRfic

#kpop This is such a great read! 🥹

Me: this book is so overdue I cant look any of my librarian friends in the eye My librarian friends: hahaha no stones being thrown from these glass houses!

Instructions for living a life: Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it. Mary Oliver (“Sometimes,” from Red Bird)

Goosebumps! #StarTrek

Crowdsourcing again! I am looking for podfic about the following: Natasha-centric MCU Wicked Stranger Things G or T ratings - this is a 12 year old with a concussion who needs something to help her stay off screens!

I finished a draft of the speed dating epilogue that's good enough to inflict on a friend for feedback, and immediately opened up a file and started writing a HR woke up married fic. I gotta be me.

Me: I have enough #crafting stuff AND I'm trying to save money. The Woobles: how would you like to make a crochet tribble? Me: aw, fuck.

I keep thinking I have so much to do...and then i get off work and just read fic on my phone. Which is not a bad thing, just, what am I forgetting???

YES.

#kpop uhh, did ARMY break bluesky? That's 95% of my skyline right now and my replies keep erroring out. (As she contributes to the problem by posting...)

#kpop congrats to my friends who are getting tour dates near them for the first time! BTS is going to be exhausted, I hope they have good breaks between trips.

I'm crowdsourcung a lot today! It's just that I have really smart friends 💜