Everyone's an oyster with their grain of sand

Tuesday, 7 October 2025 04:25
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Schiaparelli wild west 2 (closer)It's been a long time since I last posted about loading my photos to my Flickr, even though I've been loading a lot of photos to my Flickr! I have some shots from St. John Cemetery but also a lot of window display photos, from Saks Fifth Avenue, Bergdorf Goodman, Bloomingdale's, and Louis Vuitton. Some flowers too.

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Randomly, a Stop & Shop I went to for groceries had some makeup discounted, so I picked up an e.l.f. Camo CC Cream that's usually $15.99 for $3.99. I don't know what the undertones of my face actually are, but the only one of these Stop & Shop had in the sales bin was full-coverage Fair 100W, with warm golden undertones, so that's what I bought. (Someone once told me the color of the veins in your wrist can help you identify, and my veins are dark blue and a light greenish blue.) One of my complaints is having unwanted redness/pinkness in my face, so I try to avoid things that might make me look pinker.

The result was a bit too uncanny valley for me, someone who goes out bare-faced a lot of the time and with a light veil of bareMinerals' "fairly light" foundation the rest of the time. This might look less unnatural as what summer color I get on the edges of my face fades as the autumn and winter come in. Hilariously, "full coverage" didn't do much to my undereye shadows.

"A Novel"

Monday, 6 October 2025 23:42
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With a book I ordered from the library, The Phoenix Pencil Company, I didn't know it had "a novel" on the cover until I received it. And it has the kind of bs I associate with books that have "a novel" on the cover. This is why I prefer genre fiction. Some of it is in the present, some in the past, chapter by chapter. Some of The Phoenix Pencil Company is first person, while the other is second person, mostly of the "As you know, Meng, since you were there" variety.

Why is the author spending so much time writing to the other person about things they already know!?

The writer of the second person parts has Alzheimer's and is trying to get things down before they disappear, but the way it's written keeps hitting me like "As you know." It's the "you." "You said", "you did." If it weren't second person like this, I think it wouldn't keep slapping the back of my head constantly. I can write down my memories and feelings without this. I can't help feeling that a lot of it is this way because we, the reader, need to be informed, and that things would be set down differently if the reader weren't there. Like in a lot of "a novel" books, I'm too conscious of the form because the writer is thrusting it in my face.
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Title: Outrageous
Fandom: The Fantastic Journey
Author: [personal profile] badly_knitted
Characters: Liana, Cyrus, Willaway.
Rating: PG
Written For: Challenge 470: Amnesty 47, using Challenge 4: An Unreasonable Expectation.
Setting: Beyond The Mountain.
Summary: Liana is not going to stand for this!
Disclaimer: I don’t own The Fantastic Journey, or the characters. They belong to their creators.
A/N: Double drabble.





Outrageous


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Title: Dilemma
Fandom: FAKE
Author: [personal profile] badly_knitted
Characters: Ryo.
Rating: PG
Written For: Challenge 470: Amnesty 47, using Challenge 389: Radio.
Setting: After the manga.
Summary: Ryo is out of contact with both his partner and the precinct, a situation that’s far from ideal, but he has limited choices.
Disclaimer: I don’t own FAKE, or the characters. They belong to the wonderful Sanami Matoh.
A/N: Double drabble.



Dilemma

🌈 BL Asian Drama Check-in: NOT ME ep. 1

Saturday, 4 October 2025 22:24
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Part 1) So the twins Black and White share each others pain and that made the mom...split them up?? I guess they already knew or hoped that the connection would break with distance.

Ooo Russian! White went to Russia, Black went somewhere with the mom. It's too bad White had to break up with his girlfriend before going back to Thailand but...LDRs. The song playing while White reminisced about their childhood was pretty.

So I guess Black is in Thailand now or close enough for their connection to work...

Is it just me or do Thai BLs give away too much in their OP/credits/etc scenes?

Part 2) So Todd stayed with Black as friends.

Okay that closensess was too fast even for childhood friends, Todd barely even looked at White and then they started dressing each other in scrubs;; They hadn't seen each other in ten years, right??

Man, the audacity of his dad telling him to forget about Black in episode 1. They're twins, they share a connection and they protected and raised each other up. White got his ears pierced and tattoos and he had to give up the job opportunity. Maybe he should've beefed up a bit too.

Part 3) So Black's friend Gram wasn't directly involved with the beating at least. Lol White should've just gone along with the girl and said he was messing with Gram. And he got caught wearing perfume and styling his hair even though he had Todd and pictures to help him;; He could've at least looked into what Black was studying.

Part 4) White sucks at hiding his lack of knowledge. *smh* Even if you don't know something at least act confidently when you make an excuse.

Hmm no one acted suspiciously when they saw "Black" alive and whole, though they thought he was acting strange and Gram checked his arm tattoo.

So Black's group is after Tawi, a politician, and they're on the way to burn his house down...

I guess Todd's not gonna play much of a role?

The actor who plays White is a cutie, he looks so innocent it's no wonder others are wondering what's up with him. πŸ˜‚

πŸ”Š Daily music

Saturday, 4 October 2025 17:00
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Hey love what are you about
Do you think that you want to get out
Do you miss how it felt to be free?
🎀

Chase the Sun - Chestnut Street
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Title: The Wrong Man
Fandom: FAKE
Author: [personal profile] badly_knitted
Characters: OMC, Dee, Ryo.
Rating: PG
Written For: Challenge 470: Amnesty 47, using Challenge 423: Drop.
Setting: After the manga.
Summary: So much for the backup Dee and Ryo requested.
Disclaimer: I don’t own FAKE, or the characters. They belong to the wonderful Sanami Matoh.
A/N: Double drabble.



The Wrong Man


October Anime PTW

Friday, 3 October 2025 22:48
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I used my boardgame here.

I finished 6/6 from my last PTW challenge and it went well (except losing the entry for FMA). I'm really tired rn so I probably won't fight much on the results.

Avatar:



Laios from Dungeon Meshi
Skill: If you have 5+ anime on your PTW so far and you don't want more, do one extra roll.


Roll #1:

Starting off strong with a 9. Prompt: fire on the cover. I think I've already to rewatch at least the first episode twice but maybe it'll stick this time: Cardfight!! Vanguard.

Moved Ao no Exorcist: Yuki no Hate-hen to On Hold. It's great but I think I just want to finish the manga first or else it's going to bother me too much. Ditting with Boku no Hero Academia season 6.

Roll #2:

I shouldn't have said 'strong start'. Rolled an 8 and that's the trap tile. Went back, re-rolled and got a 7. Prompt: short anime (under 13 episodes). Babanba Banban Vampire!

Roll #3:

A 10. Prompt: featuring a group of friends: Binan Koukou Chikyuu Bouei-bu LOVE!

Roll #4:

A 5 and yet another trap tile. This is like the second time in a row I'm hit two trap tiles. Went back and re-rolled a 4, landed on the PTW tile. 233 is: Ikoku Irokoi Romantan (A Foreign Love Affair). I forgot this was made into an anime. I enjoyed the manga despite some of the events in it.

-Moved Ikemen Sengoku: Toki wo Kakeru ga Koi wa Hajimaranai to On Hold

Roll #5

I accidentally deleted this one while editing so I don't remember what I rolled, but the prompt was: romance element and I picked Sasaki to Miyano.

Roll #6:

I used my skill and got 16 total which brought me right to the end. Reward: Wind Breaker!

Anime PTW List:

[Card Game] Cardfight!! Vanguard
[Comedy/SPN] Babanba Banban Vampire βœ”️
[Magical Boys] Binan Koukou Chikyuu Bouei-bu LOVE!
[BL/Erotica] Ikoku Irokoi Romantan (A Foreign Love Affair) βœ”️
[BL/Romance] Sasaki to Miyano
[Action/Slice of life] Wind Breaker

September Anime Wrap-Up

Friday, 3 October 2025 21:17
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Watched ep. 3-4 of 2.5-jigen no Ririsa.

Watched episodes 4-6 of Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood...but I lost the draft for the entry. T_T Tucker happened, going home to get fixed happened and then Marcoh.

Watched ep. 7-10 of Slayers!

Watched 4 episodes of of Liehuo Jiao Chou (Drowning Sorrows in Raging Fire)!

I watched S1E1-5 of Legend of Exorcism, it's so freakin' funny!

Watched Dr. Stone: Science Future S4E3-5, amazing as always.

The ones that have no link (besides FMA...) will be posted in the future once I watch enough episodes.

Anime Check-in: Dr. Stone S4E3-5

Friday, 3 October 2025 21:10
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Spoilers ⬇️

Dr. Stone
Science Future
Part 1

Episode 3: The mood went from being so excited to land in America and eat meat to downtrodden because of all the bodies on the shore. :'(
 

Lol the whole 'meaat!' thing reminded me of Finding Nemo. "Mine!". Tsukasa's expression was scary af.

"I have sworn to protect them." Aww Tsukasa. :') And he protected Ginrou!

Seriously though, a machine gun, Stanley?! Luckily Tsukasa was right there, no way anything was getting past him.

Episode 4: Plane stolen obtained! πŸ˜‚

The fact the Gen was watching Senkuu's awed face and not the plane trying to kill them. :>

Gen getting all worked up as a mentalist~

Lmao it's so fun experiencing the Gen lie detector test again, I'd forgotten some things for sure. 🀣 "Dr. Taiju" ahahaha.

Stanley and Xeno's interactions are a delight. I was too worried about Senkuu's side to fully enjoy it when reading the manga.

Episode 5: Dumbass Magma answering the phone and running his mouth...

I laughed my head off even though I've read the manga. Yuzuriha cheering 'Dr. Taiju' on. 🀣

Annd Taiju saying a little too much about their special revival fluid. 😬 They really should've just used someone else and claimed they were Taiju.

Lmao "If Stanley says he can do it, he can do it." Poor Gen dealing with StanXeno. I look forward to Xeno getting captured. πŸ˜‹
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"Survive! Gwanggong! /
Survive! Obsessive Gong!"


[NovelUpdates Page]

[Chapter 1-10 Post]

Chapter 11: So the Chairman is the one who sent Seung-hyeon over to Seon-woo's side.

Whenever dealing with Gwak Seung-hyeon, the system always seemed to insist on making him act like a bratty elementary school kid picking fights.

Exactly hahah. And it seems Seon-woo is learning the right tone/speech to use to straddle the line.

Seung-hyeon's attitude is so interesting to watch ugh why can't we be in his POV for a chapter. He noticed that Sang-cheol was the one who messed with the tire and wanted to make sure Seon-woo knew.

Since they're working together, Seon-woo should tell him about the corruption case.

Calm down Seon-woo, you changing could just be because you met Eun-jae, why would Seung-hyeon just assume you've replaced the OG lol

Chapter 12: Yep, that was it. And Seon-woo lost a point, one more and he gets a debuff ahhh.Welp he lost the ability to choose his own replies and it chose for him. 😭

< You have embarrassingly hit your head. Gwanggong score decreases by 2. >

I can't even. The effect is that he gains a migraine (until he raises his score again I guess).

Well we did get some Seung-hyeon POV at the end so that was cool. But which expression was he talking about exactly? The one after Seon-woo was forced to spout a random reply?

Chapter 13: He was forced to go to Eun-jae to try to raise his score and ends up doing so by being mean to him lol

He had sought Eun-jae out purely for his own gain, then used harsh words to cure his condition. Now, confronted with the consequences, his conscience twisted uncomfortably.

< You have tripped over your own feet in an unsightly manner. >
< A Gwanggong must never let his guard down, even when no one is watching. >

< Gwanggong Score -2 >

NOOOO and now he has a fever. But Seung-hyeon caught him when he got dizzy and fell.

Chapter 14: Honestly the way Seon-woo is acting towards both Seo-Eunjae and Seung-hyeon is very similar in its push and pull. He'll say/do something harsh and then pull them back with hesitance or hints of kindness. The System wants him to not show any kindness to Seung-hyeon though and he's not being harsh enough overall, like it wants him to throw things around more and show more contempt in general I guess?

To be exact, he had the expression of someone who had listened to every single word and then promptly let it all go in one ear and out the other.

This scene was strangely hilarious. πŸ˜‚

You are receiving support from a hostile individual.

Since when is helping someone with a fever even though he's being cursed at considered hostile. Honestly Seung-hyeon's a saint. πŸ™„

Chapter 15:

He needed to raise his Gwanggong Score. Right now.

Sensing his desperation, the system promptly offered a list of actions.

Oh NOW it wants to help him.

Why is Seon-woo throwing stuff so reluctantly around so hilarious. πŸ˜‚ He got at least 5 points back from it at least, not counting upturning the dresser. I want to see Seung-hyeon's reaction but this post got long.

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