This, That and the other thingamig.
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shadowkatI've managed to archive most of 2010, now. Including a hell of a lot of Farscape meta. Also one on Wonder Woman - which resulted in someone asking me to co-write a Wonder Woman fanfic - I think they must be desperate, because it was a meta not a fanfic, and I've seen better. But I thanked them for the compliment, flirted a bit with the idea - then decided uh, probably not a great idea. I don't really have the time to devote to it.
WonderWoman Fanfic Writer: This is really well written, I'm looking for a collaborator for a wonder woman fanfic. Want to do it with me?
Me: Thank you for the offer, but I wrote this in 2010, and I don't think I could do Diana justice.
WonderWoman Fanfic Writer: I could writer Diana, if you could do Batman or Harley Quinn?
ME: Well, that's intriguing, I do know Batman pretty well, but not so much Harley Quinn.
WonderWoman Fanfic Writer: Are you on Dischord?
Me: No, I've not managed to get on that one yet.
WonderWoman Fanfic Writer: I could email you?
[I ponder this for a bit then realize no, been there done that - I really don't want to do a collaborative fanfic on Wonder Woman. (I did it once on the Fanged Four and it was...well I don't want to repeat it.) Nor do I want to go on yet another social media platform - one has got to draw the line somewhere.]
ME: Thank you for the kind offer, but I'm busy and can't do this right now.
[I'm trying to revise a novel, work on two more novels, do my full time job, relax, and take care of crap. Plus a three hour commute (round trip - it's 1 and 1/2 hours each way.]
But I was tempted. Partly because I'm bored and languishing, and kind of lonely, and kind of not. I feel betwixt and between, if that makes sense.
I'm getting lots of kudos from Archive Of Our Own on my fanfic drabbles, fanfiction and meta. Which is kind of nice, means it wasn't a total waste of time - also, that it was worth posting them to Archive of Our Own. I currently have 260 works on Archive of Our Own. So yes, I've been breaking the rules regarding how to write things and publish them to the world for a while now - with the aid of the internet, and nifty stuff like social media.
Today did not go as planned. I'd planned to meet up with Wales, and possibly do Juneteenth at the Church (like it's done every year, with mixed results - some years are better than others), but alas, I've not been sleeping well, and woke with the desire to do very little. I did try to put myself together to go - but it fell through. Wales felt much the same way - although she wanted to go to an African Restaurant to celebrate - and I just can't. Stomach issues. Which she could understand. (Also, it may be where African-Americans are celebrating so there's that, better to go another day and still give them business. She wanted to do that because someone stated on NPR that the way to support African Americans freedom from slavery on Juneteenth is to support their businesses. My response was that we should be doing that anyway, not just on Juneteenth - and she agreed. At any rate, we agreed to meet tomorrow at Carroll Park at 11 Am.
It means getting on a subway, but I'll survive - it's only a 15 minute subway ride.)
Unfortunately my toilet has been acting up again - wasn't flushing that well this morning. I'd flush. Nothing happened. So I fiddled with it. Then fiddled some more...and ..somehow managed to break the lid on the tank. (I'd taken the tank lid off and laid it against the sink's vanity. (Bad idea, I should have laid it on the floor). Anyhow, when I went to open the vanity to get the toilet bowl cleaner, the damn thing slipped and broke into pieces against the bathroom floor.
I took a picture, but I don't think you really want to see it.
The Juneteenth thing was skippable. I'm glad I didn't go. Very few people did - the church had maybe twenty people in attendance if that. They also must have been hard pressed to find a speaker - because they grabbed a Black Baptist Preacher from Jamaica, Queens, as opposed to a Black Unitarian Universalist Preacher. So as a result, we got a lot of "God" in the sermon, which Unitarians are kind of skeptical of. I agreed with some of what he said, but took exception to the religious stuff. I don't believe that you need to find a pastor or a religious person to commune with God, God is everywhere, but I also don't believe in a personal God. I think humans have a tendency to project their ego on to everything - animals, God, aliens, what have you. There are some things that are just beyond our understanding, they aren't like us at all.
After that, watched a bit more of The Summer of Soul documentary on Disney +. It kind of gets bogged down in "gospel", so I flipped back to The Offer, and then spoke to Dad on Father's Day - I'd sent him cookies via Pro Flowers. We call my Dad the cookie monster - now. Late in life, he's obtained an undying love for cookies. He was never into cookies before. For some reason the dementia - has brought out a love for cookies, hence the nickname cookie monster.
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After that - I went for a walk - and bought a few items from some stores on Courteylou. 1) Hazlenut Gelato (home made), 2) Macroon Ice Cream Sandwiches (also home made). 3) Potato Salad, 4) Cauliflower Salad, 5) Quinoa Salad, 6) Almond Flour Pistachio Cookies (2), 7) Rose Wine (in a can), 8) Hard Kombuchi (zero sugar), 9) Brooklyn Sunset Tea (fresh tea flowers). I need to go walk to places where I won't buy things - like Greenwood Cemetery and Prospect Park.
Photos of walk below..
The houses and trees are on the walk, the flowers are at my apartment complex.
WonderWoman Fanfic Writer: This is really well written, I'm looking for a collaborator for a wonder woman fanfic. Want to do it with me?
Me: Thank you for the offer, but I wrote this in 2010, and I don't think I could do Diana justice.
WonderWoman Fanfic Writer: I could writer Diana, if you could do Batman or Harley Quinn?
ME: Well, that's intriguing, I do know Batman pretty well, but not so much Harley Quinn.
WonderWoman Fanfic Writer: Are you on Dischord?
Me: No, I've not managed to get on that one yet.
WonderWoman Fanfic Writer: I could email you?
[I ponder this for a bit then realize no, been there done that - I really don't want to do a collaborative fanfic on Wonder Woman. (I did it once on the Fanged Four and it was...well I don't want to repeat it.) Nor do I want to go on yet another social media platform - one has got to draw the line somewhere.]
ME: Thank you for the kind offer, but I'm busy and can't do this right now.
[I'm trying to revise a novel, work on two more novels, do my full time job, relax, and take care of crap. Plus a three hour commute (round trip - it's 1 and 1/2 hours each way.]
But I was tempted. Partly because I'm bored and languishing, and kind of lonely, and kind of not. I feel betwixt and between, if that makes sense.
I'm getting lots of kudos from Archive Of Our Own on my fanfic drabbles, fanfiction and meta. Which is kind of nice, means it wasn't a total waste of time - also, that it was worth posting them to Archive of Our Own. I currently have 260 works on Archive of Our Own. So yes, I've been breaking the rules regarding how to write things and publish them to the world for a while now - with the aid of the internet, and nifty stuff like social media.
Today did not go as planned. I'd planned to meet up with Wales, and possibly do Juneteenth at the Church (like it's done every year, with mixed results - some years are better than others), but alas, I've not been sleeping well, and woke with the desire to do very little. I did try to put myself together to go - but it fell through. Wales felt much the same way - although she wanted to go to an African Restaurant to celebrate - and I just can't. Stomach issues. Which she could understand. (Also, it may be where African-Americans are celebrating so there's that, better to go another day and still give them business. She wanted to do that because someone stated on NPR that the way to support African Americans freedom from slavery on Juneteenth is to support their businesses. My response was that we should be doing that anyway, not just on Juneteenth - and she agreed. At any rate, we agreed to meet tomorrow at Carroll Park at 11 Am.
It means getting on a subway, but I'll survive - it's only a 15 minute subway ride.)
Unfortunately my toilet has been acting up again - wasn't flushing that well this morning. I'd flush. Nothing happened. So I fiddled with it. Then fiddled some more...and ..somehow managed to break the lid on the tank. (I'd taken the tank lid off and laid it against the sink's vanity. (Bad idea, I should have laid it on the floor). Anyhow, when I went to open the vanity to get the toilet bowl cleaner, the damn thing slipped and broke into pieces against the bathroom floor.
I took a picture, but I don't think you really want to see it.
The Juneteenth thing was skippable. I'm glad I didn't go. Very few people did - the church had maybe twenty people in attendance if that. They also must have been hard pressed to find a speaker - because they grabbed a Black Baptist Preacher from Jamaica, Queens, as opposed to a Black Unitarian Universalist Preacher. So as a result, we got a lot of "God" in the sermon, which Unitarians are kind of skeptical of. I agreed with some of what he said, but took exception to the religious stuff. I don't believe that you need to find a pastor or a religious person to commune with God, God is everywhere, but I also don't believe in a personal God. I think humans have a tendency to project their ego on to everything - animals, God, aliens, what have you. There are some things that are just beyond our understanding, they aren't like us at all.
After that, watched a bit more of The Summer of Soul documentary on Disney +. It kind of gets bogged down in "gospel", so I flipped back to The Offer, and then spoke to Dad on Father's Day - I'd sent him cookies via Pro Flowers. We call my Dad the cookie monster - now. Late in life, he's obtained an undying love for cookies. He was never into cookies before. For some reason the dementia - has brought out a love for cookies, hence the nickname cookie monster.
***
After that - I went for a walk - and bought a few items from some stores on Courteylou. 1) Hazlenut Gelato (home made), 2) Macroon Ice Cream Sandwiches (also home made). 3) Potato Salad, 4) Cauliflower Salad, 5) Quinoa Salad, 6) Almond Flour Pistachio Cookies (2), 7) Rose Wine (in a can), 8) Hard Kombuchi (zero sugar), 9) Brooklyn Sunset Tea (fresh tea flowers). I need to go walk to places where I won't buy things - like Greenwood Cemetery and Prospect Park.
Photos of walk below..
The houses and trees are on the walk, the flowers are at my apartment complex.