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greghousesgfI have a really bad cold, I must have caught it at the con, there were about a zillion people there. I don't think it's covid. I had to drag myself out of the house to get groceries including cold pills, the only kind they had at the store was some kind I never heard of. They were also out of some things I wanted, including dental floss but I'm too tired to go to other stores. I hope they work. I have to do laundry too, I am currently taking a breather and cooking lunch. Apart from this cold I'm in a good mood.
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Apr. 20th, 2025 06:18 pmgreghousesgfI had so much fun at the My Little Pony convention! Lots of laughs, lots of partying, lots of food, looked at interesting swag. it was a great opportunity to get to know the two friends who invited me better and they are both super super nice and generous. Saw some amazing costumes. my friends gave me a couple of plushies. I swam 16 laps in the pool (first time I had my leg scar exposed in public which I was nervous about but nobody seemed to care or notice). First time I ever played Rock Band and I sang Freebird. I know that has fuck all to do with ponies but it was cool and I went over well. I'm super tired right now, did not sleep well over the weekend but it was worth it
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Apr. 19th, 2025 06:47 pmtinkatonI saw some people making lists of 100 formative books or other media to see how many of them other people have read, so I decided to jump on the bandwagon! But I did all kinds of media in one list, which was both way harder than I expected to get to 100 and yet I feel like I've missed a lot of important things I just can't remember off the top of my head lmao.
But here we go: Lex Tinkaton's 100 Formative Media List
I included stuff from my teen years, so anything that influenced me as a kid or I was obsessed with as a teen. There's probably a lot of old books I've missed, I used to read a loooot of series like Animorphs, Goosebumps, etc. for older elementary/middle grade readers that had like 500 books in a series. Lots of typical 90s kid stuff, I filled up a lot of spots with Disney and other animated movies. I noticed when adding my favorite old anime and manga that a ton of it had to do with gay stuff, crossdressing, or gender fuckery, which looking back is like lol. It's fitting that Adolescence of Utena got the first spot because that movie rewired my brain when I saw it in what, 5th grade? Video games were tough to narrow down too because I still think back fondly on a lot of PS1/PS2 games that I still consider faves.
Anyway, if anyone plays, let me know how many you get! Which of you would've matched my freak if we'd met in high school.
But here we go: Lex Tinkaton's 100 Formative Media List
I included stuff from my teen years, so anything that influenced me as a kid or I was obsessed with as a teen. There's probably a lot of old books I've missed, I used to read a loooot of series like Animorphs, Goosebumps, etc. for older elementary/middle grade readers that had like 500 books in a series. Lots of typical 90s kid stuff, I filled up a lot of spots with Disney and other animated movies. I noticed when adding my favorite old anime and manga that a ton of it had to do with gay stuff, crossdressing, or gender fuckery, which looking back is like lol. It's fitting that Adolescence of Utena got the first spot because that movie rewired my brain when I saw it in what, 5th grade? Video games were tough to narrow down too because I still think back fondly on a lot of PS1/PS2 games that I still consider faves.
Anyway, if anyone plays, let me know how many you get! Which of you would've matched my freak if we'd met in high school.
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Apr. 19th, 2025 09:42 amadoreTechnically it's Saturday where I live, but I assume it's Friday in some part of the world 🤷🏻♀️ this is also my first time answering ![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
thefridayfive questions despite not having a partner except in my dreams 💭
1. Who was your first crush?
The Professor from Powerpuff Girls. I may have daddy issues 🤷🏻♀️ I also experienced my first turnoff/ick through Cartoon Network when I saw Johnny Bravo and thought he was the sort of guy I want to avoid 😆
2. Are you an introvert or an extrovert?
An introvert because I need regular socialising but I also need to recover after socialising. A certain amount of socialising with people I like energises me. Socialising with people I don't really click with drains me no matter the duration.
3. What is your favorite non-sexual thing you like to do with the love of your life?
Going by my favourite k-drama tropes, I like (or fantasise about) being taken care of while I'm on my period. I once wrote a fic about that actually.
4. What is one quirky habit your partner does that either annoys you or makes you grin?
My imaginary boyfriend gets baseline jealous of my k-pop boys 😆
5. Do you believe in monogamous relationships?
It's an individual preference. I believe sometimes it's an intellectual and emotional choice, because you're a relationship anarchist or not, while other times it's your sexuality and just the way you are, polyamorous or not.
thefridayfive questions despite not having a partner except in my dreams 💭1. Who was your first crush?
The Professor from Powerpuff Girls. I may have daddy issues 🤷🏻♀️ I also experienced my first turnoff/ick through Cartoon Network when I saw Johnny Bravo and thought he was the sort of guy I want to avoid 😆
2. Are you an introvert or an extrovert?
An introvert because I need regular socialising but I also need to recover after socialising. A certain amount of socialising with people I like energises me. Socialising with people I don't really click with drains me no matter the duration.
3. What is your favorite non-sexual thing you like to do with the love of your life?
Going by my favourite k-drama tropes, I like (or fantasise about) being taken care of while I'm on my period. I once wrote a fic about that actually.
4. What is one quirky habit your partner does that either annoys you or makes you grin?
My imaginary boyfriend gets baseline jealous of my k-pop boys 😆
5. Do you believe in monogamous relationships?
It's an individual preference. I believe sometimes it's an intellectual and emotional choice, because you're a relationship anarchist or not, while other times it's your sexuality and just the way you are, polyamorous or not.
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Apr. 17th, 2025 11:01 amgreghousesgfYayyyyyyyy! I got invited to the last Bay area brony convention for the weekend! I'm leaving tomorrow night!
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Apr. 15th, 2025 10:50 amgreghousesgfI had a fairly nice day yesterday except for a couple of fuckups with the buses. That was the second day in a row a bus refused to pick me up. Also the bus that wouldn't pick me up took a VERY long time to show up and one of the buses coming back from the library was extremely crowded.
I had tea and carrot cake at my favorite cafe and then hung out at the library for most of the afternoon and then got some groceries at Trader Joe. I have birria and tortillas and rice and tomatoes and I'm going to cook a burrito for lunch before I go to physical therapy this afternoon.
I had tea and carrot cake at my favorite cafe and then hung out at the library for most of the afternoon and then got some groceries at Trader Joe. I have birria and tortillas and rice and tomatoes and I'm going to cook a burrito for lunch before I go to physical therapy this afternoon.
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Apr. 14th, 2025 09:14 amgreghousesgfL. couldn't get together with me today because they are having major probs with their computer and have to hang around their house getting that taken care of but we had a nice long phone conversation just now. Later I'm going to go to my favorite cafe and then the library. I haven't hung out at the library in a long time.
Logo love!
Apr. 14th, 2025 10:20 amadoreI've written 40k words of Project Fang! In celebration of this milestone, I treated myself and bought my author logo! I would've had to get an author logo eventually and I'm happy to tick that off the to-do list. I'm spacing out the purchases for authorial purposes, such as the book cover design, formatting software, etc. so I would've bought the logo at some point. But it feels good to do it as a reward or celebratory gift to myself.
Here's my logo! It's a pink watercolour key with my author name, Mynah Clement, and my tagline: 'Hopeful, relationship-driven fantasy books.'
I love it! I wanted my logo to have pink and purple in it, and initially I wanted butterflies, a bit like Stephanie Burgis's logo. But this one with the watercolour key is not similar to another one I saw or took inspiration from, so it feels truly mine. It's a premade logo, so it was affordable for me. The key reminds me of how things click into place as I keep writing even if they didn't before, so it's like a charm, warding off writer's block. The tagline is the best way I can think of to describe my books, and my approach to writing them. So there was some tweaking of the sample version of the logo's text placements to make it fit.
Here's my logo! It's a pink watercolour key with my author name, Mynah Clement, and my tagline: 'Hopeful, relationship-driven fantasy books.'
I love it! I wanted my logo to have pink and purple in it, and initially I wanted butterflies, a bit like Stephanie Burgis's logo. But this one with the watercolour key is not similar to another one I saw or took inspiration from, so it feels truly mine. It's a premade logo, so it was affordable for me. The key reminds me of how things click into place as I keep writing even if they didn't before, so it's like a charm, warding off writer's block. The tagline is the best way I can think of to describe my books, and my approach to writing them. So there was some tweaking of the sample version of the logo's text placements to make it fit.
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Apr. 13th, 2025 08:21 amgreghousesgfGoing back to the movies again today, this time to meet a different friend and watch Harold and Maude, a movie I love and haven't seen in a long time and never on the big screen. Some of the cemetery scenes in that movie were filmed at a cemetery right down the street from where I live.
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Apr. 12th, 2025 10:13 amgreghousesgfLooking forward to meeting a friend of mine at the movies this afternoon, we're going to see the musical version of Little Shop of Horrors! I'm wearing my red jacket with the embroidered Chinese dragons on it because it's the closest thing I have to those sexy green dresses with the Chinese dragons on them that the chorus wears in that one scene.
Fanvid Friday: Hai Yunfan/Wang Lu (Once Upon A Time In Lingjian Mountain)
Apr. 11th, 2025 05:52 pmrogueslayer452( Hai Yunfan and Wang Lu. )
My Comments: One of the enjoyable aspects of Once Upon A Time In Lingjian Mountain, a silly and ridiculous cdrama, is the dynamic between Wang Lu and Hai Yunfan, their whole relationship is one built from a sworn brother element but it's played a lot like a bromance with a lot of winks and nudges. It's adorable with a lot of ridiculous moments, as with the comedic nature of the drama itself, but it's also heartfelt as well with the companionship between them. These two fanvids are ones I discovered and liked the presentation of, with the accompanying songs to match the tone and vibe going for this relationship. The second fanvid requires captions to be turned on for the dialogue featured.
My Comments: One of the enjoyable aspects of Once Upon A Time In Lingjian Mountain, a silly and ridiculous cdrama, is the dynamic between Wang Lu and Hai Yunfan, their whole relationship is one built from a sworn brother element but it's played a lot like a bromance with a lot of winks and nudges. It's adorable with a lot of ridiculous moments, as with the comedic nature of the drama itself, but it's also heartfelt as well with the companionship between them. These two fanvids are ones I discovered and liked the presentation of, with the accompanying songs to match the tone and vibe going for this relationship. The second fanvid requires captions to be turned on for the dialogue featured.
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Apr. 11th, 2025 11:42 amgreghousesgfNot much going on here now. I watched the Peter Jackson King Kong again yesterday, what a wild movie!
Anybody reading this, I would advise staying off TV tropes for a while, there's something wrong with it. The pages keep going blank or showing very suspicious looking pop ups which look like malware.
Anybody reading this, I would advise staying off TV tropes for a while, there's something wrong with it. The pages keep going blank or showing very suspicious looking pop ups which look like malware.
I want it to be cooler weather again....
Apr. 10th, 2025 07:22 pmrogueslayer452++ One of the things I hate about warm weather is how irritable it makes me. I was just reminded of this yesterday when I basically had a little freakout over nothing, and it was a combination of other things happening but the warm air didn't help matters which escalated the way I was feeling. :/
++ The Last Of Us was renewed for a third season ahead of the season two premiere. Well, obviously. I would sure hope so. We knew months ago that the second game was going to be split into two (or possible more?) seasons, and it would be foolish to just not renew something that is basically going to be incomplete as a story itself. It reminds me of the situation with Dune with them splitting it into two movies even though the second one wasn't filmed yet after the first was released, a decision of studios and whatever else creatives have that I still don't understand. Regardless, it's just good that there's further confirmation with TLOU.
++ NaNoWriMo is officially shutting down for good. This has been a long time coming considering the numerous controversies and scandals over the years, with their whole ordeal surrounding genAI being the final nail in the coffin.
Funnily, it took until quite recently to realize that NaNoWriMo was an actual non-profit organization. I had long thought that it was simply just a self-induced prompt that writers challenged themselves and promoted it annually to write and complete a story in a month. It wasn't until some of the issues that arose not too long ago was being spread around that I finally understood, lol. I'm hoping that this doesn't discourage people from continuing challenging themselves with their writing, since I know a lot got their starts and were pushed to finish their projects because of NaNoWriMo. They can just continue on without the organization.
++ The Last Of Us was renewed for a third season ahead of the season two premiere. Well, obviously. I would sure hope so. We knew months ago that the second game was going to be split into two (or possible more?) seasons, and it would be foolish to just not renew something that is basically going to be incomplete as a story itself. It reminds me of the situation with Dune with them splitting it into two movies even though the second one wasn't filmed yet after the first was released, a decision of studios and whatever else creatives have that I still don't understand. Regardless, it's just good that there's further confirmation with TLOU.
++ NaNoWriMo is officially shutting down for good. This has been a long time coming considering the numerous controversies and scandals over the years, with their whole ordeal surrounding genAI being the final nail in the coffin.
Funnily, it took until quite recently to realize that NaNoWriMo was an actual non-profit organization. I had long thought that it was simply just a self-induced prompt that writers challenged themselves and promoted it annually to write and complete a story in a month. It wasn't until some of the issues that arose not too long ago was being spread around that I finally understood, lol. I'm hoping that this doesn't discourage people from continuing challenging themselves with their writing, since I know a lot got their starts and were pushed to finish their projects because of NaNoWriMo. They can just continue on without the organization.
Fandom Snowflake Challenge: A Joyous Moment
Apr. 10th, 2025 03:49 pmrogueslayer452Challenge #15: Talk about an unexpected joyous moment you experienced last year.
When I discovered the global girl group, XG.
I talked about this briefly before, but I constantly discover and listen to music artists on the regular and there's a lot out there that I like and tend to become my favorites over time. But sometimes there will be an artist or group that will just automatically speak to me and I will instantly fall in love at first listen. XG became that group for me last year. Their sound, their concept, their style, their dancing (especially the dancing), it's the entire package and I ended up going down the rabbit hole of not just listening to all their music, but also all their music videos, their performances, their behind-the-scenes documentary videos they have. It's funny because I had only vaguely heard of them prior, and somehow, on just a random day, I decided to check out one of their music videos out of mere curiosity and immediately became obsessed with them. It's that dopamine high you get when something just clicks with you at that right moment, you know?
When I discovered the global girl group, XG.
I talked about this briefly before, but I constantly discover and listen to music artists on the regular and there's a lot out there that I like and tend to become my favorites over time. But sometimes there will be an artist or group that will just automatically speak to me and I will instantly fall in love at first listen. XG became that group for me last year. Their sound, their concept, their style, their dancing (especially the dancing), it's the entire package and I ended up going down the rabbit hole of not just listening to all their music, but also all their music videos, their performances, their behind-the-scenes documentary videos they have. It's funny because I had only vaguely heard of them prior, and somehow, on just a random day, I decided to check out one of their music videos out of mere curiosity and immediately became obsessed with them. It's that dopamine high you get when something just clicks with you at that right moment, you know?
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Apr. 10th, 2025 12:46 pmgreghousesgfIt has been two months since the solar paneling was put in and not only is my electric bill not any lower, it's slightly higher. And this is partly during the time period when my computer was not working so it can't have been due to higher power usages.