hockey
Jul. 14th, 2025 10:44 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tielanPlayed two games on Sunday. Think I played 2 games a couple of rounds ago, too.
On the whole, the body is hurting quite a bit more than it was last time. But I've been having a few aches and pains.
Good feeling: I scored a goal - a beautiful pass from the wing straight into the middle of the circle, and I (and a defender whose stick clashed with mine) reangled it into the goal behind the keeper.
Bad feeling: all the twingy, twitchy hip and leg aches for which I am going to see a physio this morning.
Apparently, Team 1 is down to 13 players (there's 11 on the field) and they were going to move some of T2 up (myself and my friend J, who came and played for the club last year because I was here and her team was being relegated to a competition in the southwest; she still plays with them for the masters/veterans competition) but we've got about three injuries ongoing - including one fractured foot - and one pregnancy, who is taking it fairly easy.
Yesterday, we were missing one of our 'young runners', and the other had period cramps really bad. Both inners were nursing injuries, and our pregnancy is on the wing. Doing well, but...yeah. She probably won't be running much longer...
Our forward line is simply not able to get the ball up there with any kind of strength, so we're losing 3-0, but we're doing a really good job at playing. I know that doesn't sound like we are with 3-0 losses, but truly told, we're playing amazing. Passing, calling, talking, we just can't get it into the circle and into the goal.
Anyway, we're improving and we're having fun. Even the not-so-nice team was okay to play yesterday.
Back to Team 1, they're probably going to try to get myself and J qualified for the team in the finals series. Which...eek. That means at least another 2 weekends with 2 games for me. Which...I can maybe do if I keep my fitness up? Oof.
But I may reach my holidays and be like "here is a pool and a nice hotel in Sinagapore and I AIN'T MOVING A MUSCLE"...
On the whole, the body is hurting quite a bit more than it was last time. But I've been having a few aches and pains.
Good feeling: I scored a goal - a beautiful pass from the wing straight into the middle of the circle, and I (and a defender whose stick clashed with mine) reangled it into the goal behind the keeper.
Bad feeling: all the twingy, twitchy hip and leg aches for which I am going to see a physio this morning.
Apparently, Team 1 is down to 13 players (there's 11 on the field) and they were going to move some of T2 up (myself and my friend J, who came and played for the club last year because I was here and her team was being relegated to a competition in the southwest; she still plays with them for the masters/veterans competition) but we've got about three injuries ongoing - including one fractured foot - and one pregnancy, who is taking it fairly easy.
Yesterday, we were missing one of our 'young runners', and the other had period cramps really bad. Both inners were nursing injuries, and our pregnancy is on the wing. Doing well, but...yeah. She probably won't be running much longer...
Our forward line is simply not able to get the ball up there with any kind of strength, so we're losing 3-0, but we're doing a really good job at playing. I know that doesn't sound like we are with 3-0 losses, but truly told, we're playing amazing. Passing, calling, talking, we just can't get it into the circle and into the goal.
Anyway, we're improving and we're having fun. Even the not-so-nice team was okay to play yesterday.
Back to Team 1, they're probably going to try to get myself and J qualified for the team in the finals series. Which...eek. That means at least another 2 weekends with 2 games for me. Which...I can maybe do if I keep my fitness up? Oof.
But I may reach my holidays and be like "here is a pool and a nice hotel in Sinagapore and I AIN'T MOVING A MUSCLE"...
7/13/2025
Jul. 13th, 2025 05:03 pmmrkinchFog and wind were forecast for the eastern side of the hills so although I went up to Inspiration Point, I planned to go to Loop Road if it was really bad, and it was. It wasn't great on Loop Road, either, but it's sheltered from the wind, so although the trees were dripping with condensed fog, I was quite happy. I walked out Loop Road to the main road and returned past the recently dug ponds, dry until the next rains, and up the service road to the top of the Little Farm. The northeast corner of Loop Road was really fun, with Western Wood-pewees and Olive-sided flycatchers calling and flying around just too high up for good views; two Nuttall's Woodpeckers, quite possibly and adult and juvenile; other woodpeckers and assorted finches and sparrows. ( The list: )
I saw the doe and fawn again. I love watching the fawn bounce about. Gamboling.:)
I saw the doe and fawn again. I love watching the fawn bounce about. Gamboling.:)
travel and family
Jul. 14th, 2025 08:57 amtielanI love my dad but...
( he's a cheapskate )
Otherwise, am making plans for places to stay in London, Bath, Porto, and Rotterdam, and finding things to do in those places, too.
Anyone done day tours in Porto, Portugal?
( he's a cheapskate )
Otherwise, am making plans for places to stay in London, Bath, Porto, and Rotterdam, and finding things to do in those places, too.
Anyone done day tours in Porto, Portugal?
Hm. I thought we got a big bag of cat food
Jul. 15th, 2025 04:45 pmconulybut it turned out to be a big bag of dog food.
This is... not so great, really.
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This is... not so great, really.
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Farmer's Market -- 13 July 2025 (Guineafowl Day, 25th of Harvest, Year 2
Jul. 13th, 2025 01:54 pmneotomaNY strip steak, sweet Italian sausage, soft goat cheese, goat's milk caramel (cajeta), bell peppers, anaheim peppers, 4lb of yellow peaches, apricots, sesame apricot cupcake, fingerling potatoes, yellow plums, dragon's breath cheese, tavern blue cheese, black beans, whipple beans, jacob's cattle beans, and black rice.
I'm going to sear the strip steak and top it with slices of the blue cheese for dinner.
The peaches need a few days to finish ripening and then I will make them into salsa.
I'm going to sear the strip steak and top it with slices of the blue cheese for dinner.
The peaches need a few days to finish ripening and then I will make them into salsa.
Sunshine Revival #4
Jul. 13th, 2025 03:27 pmused_songsChallenge #4
Fun House
Journaling: What is making you smile these days? Create a top 10 list of anything you want to talk about.
1. Ellita
2. Feeling hopeful about work (but also nervous)
3. Watching Ted Lasso with E (y’all were SO right! Thank you for encouraging me to stick with it)
4. My plants/garden
5. Sitting in the hammock with Ellita and talking with E
6. Having the time and energy to read
7. HEB Peach Guava sparkling water
8. Postcrossing
9. Changing up my work wardrobe
10. Having my ear piercings reopened so that I can wear earrings again
Fun House
Journaling: What is making you smile these days? Create a top 10 list of anything you want to talk about.
1. Ellita
2. Feeling hopeful about work (but also nervous)
3. Watching Ted Lasso with E (y’all were SO right! Thank you for encouraging me to stick with it)
4. My plants/garden
5. Sitting in the hammock with Ellita and talking with E
6. Having the time and energy to read
7. HEB Peach Guava sparkling water
8. Postcrossing
9. Changing up my work wardrobe
10. Having my ear piercings reopened so that I can wear earrings again
2025 round
Jul. 13th, 2025 09:34 pmsunflower_auctionHello!
A new round of will run this year, with the following dates:
23 July 2025 23:59 UTC to 13 August 2025 23:59 UTC – Creator signups
18 August 2025 23:59 UTC to 15 September 2025 23:59 UTC – Bidding
17 October 2025 23:59 UTC – Proof of donation due from winning bidders
If there are any issues, the dates can be moved about.
Quick links: FAQ * Supported Orgs
A new round of will run this year, with the following dates:
23 July 2025 23:59 UTC to 13 August 2025 23:59 UTC – Creator signups
18 August 2025 23:59 UTC to 15 September 2025 23:59 UTC – Bidding
17 October 2025 23:59 UTC – Proof of donation due from winning bidders
If there are any issues, the dates can be moved about.
Quick links: FAQ * Supported Orgs
Media Post: they custom made a blorbo just for meeeee?
Jul. 13th, 2025 02:20 pmseascribbleMartha shared this link to an interview where the Weitz bros talk about how Stephen Maturin was an influence on how they decided to write Gurathin. WEIRD LITTLE FREAKS EVERYWHERE. As someone noted when I shared this on the discord, the two characters are not very much alike in the end, but you can see the notes. Very cool.
Here is a fic rec about when Iris is a baby and Perihelion is in a lab.
And here is an art that is very adorable of baby Iris and Peri together.
( Episode spoilers )
Here is a fic rec about when Iris is a baby and Perihelion is in a lab.
And here is an art that is very adorable of baby Iris and Peri together.
Sunshine Revival Challenge #4
Jul. 13th, 2025 12:51 pmkingstoken
Challenge #4
Fun House
Journaling: What is making you smile these days? Create a top 10 list of anything you want to talk about.
Creative: Write from the perspective of a house or other location.
I thought I would do top ten Fanlore Featured Articles. So, if you don't know, the Fanlore editors are constantly nominating and voting on the Featured Article, if it gets enough "yes" votes then it is featured on the Main Page of Fanlore (similar to Wikipedia). This has been going on since 2017, so there been quite a lot of them. This is very much biased and based on vibes and the ones I like best, but all featured articles are interesting to some degree.
1. Sherlock Holmes
2. Last Outpost Of All That Is
3. goodbye, my brothers...
4. Endverse
5. Tarsus IV
6. Sex Pollen
7. Star Trek: Tik Tok
8. Iolaus
9. Podfic Cover Art
10. Folgers "Home for the Holidays" Commercial
It was harder to choose than I thought! There are so many good articles that have been featured over the years!
I won't be able to do the creative prompt today, my brain just won't let me write lately. My poor Fandom Trumps Hate recipient is still waiting on their fic, although I have told them they probably won't get it till autumn now. I'm like "Brain, please write!" and my brain is like "No! No write, only stress about buying a house and moving!" Sigh.
Done This Week
Jul. 13th, 2025 10:07 amscrubjayspeaksI SAW A BLUE JAY AT HOME!
Sorry, needed to get the most important news out first. I have been deeply jealous of work, where there are a bunch of blue jays* swinging by on a regular basis to harass people on the patio. In eleven years at my home, I have never seen a blue jay here. But yesterday, while out cleaning the corrals, I saw one flitting about. Looked fluffy and vaguely juvenile. I hope it sticks around. I may be one of the few people who is actually happy at the prospect of jays coming around to pester.
*For those not in California, I am referring to the California scrub jay, Aphelocoma californica, not the variety seen in the eastern portions of the continent, though both are colloquially referred to as blue jays. Still a corvid, still a beautiful blue bastard.
Anyway! Work was boring; I have resorted to reading library books on my phone at my desk. Complained to my boss that all the things I’m allegedly meant to be doing are either swept up by other people or locked behind the endless bureaucracy of waiting on approvals or support from people who don’t appear to ever do anything at all. I don’t actually like being this bored, with or without library books on my phone. I did get to do some wall patching and painting, though, so that was a relief.
Lewisia: 2 new pieces written, so now I’m a full week ahead ヽ(✿ﾟ▽ﾟ)ノ
Day job: 42.5 hours--a normal week???
Cooking: pineapple swirl milk bread (no recipe beyond the base milk bread from KAF, completely winging the alterations and additions, turned out tasty, would make as swirl rolls a la cinnamon rolls next time)
Gardening: more work on the club’s barcode database, garden club post, had a tree branch fall nearly on my car so had to drag that off for eventual dismantling
Watching: Murderbot season finale--premium quality entertainment 🔪🤖🖤
Listening: The Crux by Djo (very good, whatever this is called--shoegaze?--it is exceedingly pleasing for me, still hasn’t topped DECIDE but give it time to grow on me)
Clock Mouse: 1160 words
Sorry, needed to get the most important news out first. I have been deeply jealous of work, where there are a bunch of blue jays* swinging by on a regular basis to harass people on the patio. In eleven years at my home, I have never seen a blue jay here. But yesterday, while out cleaning the corrals, I saw one flitting about. Looked fluffy and vaguely juvenile. I hope it sticks around. I may be one of the few people who is actually happy at the prospect of jays coming around to pester.
*For those not in California, I am referring to the California scrub jay, Aphelocoma californica, not the variety seen in the eastern portions of the continent, though both are colloquially referred to as blue jays. Still a corvid, still a beautiful blue bastard.
Anyway! Work was boring; I have resorted to reading library books on my phone at my desk. Complained to my boss that all the things I’m allegedly meant to be doing are either swept up by other people or locked behind the endless bureaucracy of waiting on approvals or support from people who don’t appear to ever do anything at all. I don’t actually like being this bored, with or without library books on my phone. I did get to do some wall patching and painting, though, so that was a relief.
Lewisia: 2 new pieces written, so now I’m a full week ahead ヽ(✿ﾟ▽ﾟ)ノ
Day job: 42.5 hours--a normal week???
Cooking: pineapple swirl milk bread (no recipe beyond the base milk bread from KAF, completely winging the alterations and additions, turned out tasty, would make as swirl rolls a la cinnamon rolls next time)
Gardening: more work on the club’s barcode database, garden club post, had a tree branch fall nearly on my car so had to drag that off for eventual dismantling
Watching: Murderbot season finale--premium quality entertainment 🔪🤖🖤
Listening: The Crux by Djo (very good, whatever this is called--shoegaze?--it is exceedingly pleasing for me, still hasn’t topped DECIDE but give it time to grow on me)
Clock Mouse: 1160 words
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Weekly proof of life: mainly media
Jul. 13th, 2025 11:01 amumadoshiWe made it to the little market down the road for the second week running and found the first vendor we visited down to his last several boxes of raspberries, so we bought two and headed back home. First raspberries of the season!
(I think yesterday was the first time I ever actually stopped and noticed why raspberries are called that.)
Reading: In non-fiction, I'm still reading through Tamar Adler's An Everlasting Meal: Cooking with Economy and Grace.
On the fiction front, last week I read Cameron Reed's The Fortunate Fall, relatively recently (and finally!) reissued under her current name after its first life as an award-winning SFF novel under her deadname literal decades ago. (I believe her upcoming novel is her first since this one!) It didn't actually hit my emotional buttons very hard (which isn't indicative of how anyone else might react), but it's beautifully constructed and executed. I see why it's so beloved by so many people. ^_^
I also read We Are All Completely Fine (Daryl Gregory), which I didn't realize was a novella until I started reading, so it went by pretty quickly. Interesting horror worldbuilding, although other than the characters' specific histories it's almost entirely hinted at or nodded to; I, at least, came away with almost no actual idea of what's actually going on on a larger scale.
And I read the new Murderbot story ("Rapport: Friendship, Solidarity, Communion, Empathy") that Martha Wells released for the show finale (note that Murderbot itself isn't actually present in the story).
Watching: No Leverage this week, I don't think.scruloose and I have agreed to switch this to an "I watch this when I feel like it, and if they're around and feel like it, they'll watch with me" show rather than one we're Watching Together. They enjoy it, but don't feel a burning need to see every episode.
I kind of wonder if I haven't been started a show on my own for so long because I'm sort of subconsciously waiting to be able to watch the rest of Justice in the Dark whenever the whole thing is subbed somewhere.
We've seen the Murderbot finale, and I'm awfully glad the show's been renewed.
Beyond that, the two of us have now watched the very first episode of Silo, having had good luck with Apple SFF shows. I haven't read the books, so I know almost nothing about it.
(I have food stuff to talk about, but I think I'll call this a post and hope to write more later.)
(I think yesterday was the first time I ever actually stopped and noticed why raspberries are called that.)
Reading: In non-fiction, I'm still reading through Tamar Adler's An Everlasting Meal: Cooking with Economy and Grace.
On the fiction front, last week I read Cameron Reed's The Fortunate Fall, relatively recently (and finally!) reissued under her current name after its first life as an award-winning SFF novel under her deadname literal decades ago. (I believe her upcoming novel is her first since this one!) It didn't actually hit my emotional buttons very hard (which isn't indicative of how anyone else might react), but it's beautifully constructed and executed. I see why it's so beloved by so many people. ^_^
I also read We Are All Completely Fine (Daryl Gregory), which I didn't realize was a novella until I started reading, so it went by pretty quickly. Interesting horror worldbuilding, although other than the characters' specific histories it's almost entirely hinted at or nodded to; I, at least, came away with almost no actual idea of what's actually going on on a larger scale.
And I read the new Murderbot story ("Rapport: Friendship, Solidarity, Communion, Empathy") that Martha Wells released for the show finale (note that Murderbot itself isn't actually present in the story).
Watching: No Leverage this week, I don't think.
scruloose and I have agreed to switch this to an "I watch this when I feel like it, and if they're around and feel like it, they'll watch with me" show rather than one we're Watching Together. They enjoy it, but don't feel a burning need to see every episode.I kind of wonder if I haven't been started a show on my own for so long because I'm sort of subconsciously waiting to be able to watch the rest of Justice in the Dark whenever the whole thing is subbed somewhere.
We've seen the Murderbot finale, and I'm awfully glad the show's been renewed.
Beyond that, the two of us have now watched the very first episode of Silo, having had good luck with Apple SFF shows. I haven't read the books, so I know almost nothing about it.
(I have food stuff to talk about, but I think I'll call this a post and hope to write more later.)
Foundation 3.01
Jul. 13th, 2025 11:26 amselenakIn which we make another time jump, the Foundation is now in its monarchical phase, while Empire seems to approach its version of the Third Century Crisis. Also: Demerzel is still my favourite.
( Spoilers are explaining the Three Laws of Robotics and the Zeroth Law )
( Spoilers are explaining the Three Laws of Robotics and the Zeroth Law )
get down, get down
Jul. 12th, 2025 09:52 pmmusesfoolAs I may have mentioned, Baby Miss L loves potatoes, so when I saw a t-shirt on Etsy that said, "Potatoes gonna potate!" around a picture of a potato, I thought, I have to get it for her! Unfortunately, it was only available in neon green, which I did not like the look of. Luckily, many other vendors were also selling t-shirts with pictures of friendly potatoes on them, so I got her this one that says, "Tater tot!"
This morning, I received a series of glamour shots and a video of Baby Miss L thoroughly excited about wearing the t-shirt. It was so great!
I also learned that The Muppets covering Jungle Boogie is one of her current favorite videos. AMAZING!
On all counts, her vibes are immaculate.
Tomorrow, I'm going to a birthday bbq at my brother's, and I'm bringing her the Batman and Robin t-shirts, plus some toddler books about Batman and the Justice League. Hopefully she enjoys them almost as much! (I also recently sent her a Captain America t-shirt, which I believe she wore for the 4th, and I also got pics of her in the Superman dress, with her arms up like she was flying. 😍😍😍)
In other news, I found this review of the new Superman movie really moving. Will I venture out to a theater to see it? Probably not, but I will be very excited to watch it when it makes its way onto HBO in a few months.
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This morning, I received a series of glamour shots and a video of Baby Miss L thoroughly excited about wearing the t-shirt. It was so great!
I also learned that The Muppets covering Jungle Boogie is one of her current favorite videos. AMAZING!
On all counts, her vibes are immaculate.
Tomorrow, I'm going to a birthday bbq at my brother's, and I'm bringing her the Batman and Robin t-shirts, plus some toddler books about Batman and the Justice League. Hopefully she enjoys them almost as much! (I also recently sent her a Captain America t-shirt, which I believe she wore for the 4th, and I also got pics of her in the Superman dress, with her arms up like she was flying. 😍😍😍)
In other news, I found this review of the new Superman movie really moving. Will I venture out to a theater to see it? Probably not, but I will be very excited to watch it when it makes its way onto HBO in a few months.
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Pandemic Garden Club
Jul. 12th, 2025 06:48 pmscrubjayspeaksWelcome to the July edition of Pandemic Garden Club! Growing good things in strange times!
Anyone is welcome to comment with what they're growing right now, things they would like to try, problems they're encountering, and questions they have. Share resources, answer questions, shout encouragement.
As for myself...
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Anyone is welcome to comment with what they're growing right now, things they would like to try, problems they're encountering, and questions they have. Share resources, answer questions, shout encouragement.
As for myself...
( Read more... )
