Return of the living dork girl

Jul. 3rd, 2025 10:21 pm
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i.e. Me!

I'm about 50% less angsty and in my feels now! Got a new laptop (that I bought myself - used but a beauty nonetheless). I have a job... as my mom's caretaker, but I get paid for it, so win!

It's crazy that I haven't posted in such a long time but I was in a shit headspace for a while there. Depression is a bitch, ya know? I'm no better by any means, just kind of learned to let go of what I can't win. Playing video games helps, too. A Lot.

I don't fangirl as much as I used to, but I miss it. I have much fangirling to do about Genshin Impact and My Hero Academia. I'm not sorry about it, lol.

Oh! I've been reading a lot lately. I discovered the ability to walk down the street and read a book on my phone. Sounds impossible but it's the best time for me to get my reading done.

There's other things to say, but mostly I wanted to say hi!

current fandom events

Jul. 3rd, 2025 12:03 pm
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[tumblr.com profile] fairytalebingo, a flash event inspired by fairy tales, mythology, legends, fables, etc, is open for sign-ups.

[tumblr.com profile] fluffyjuly is a daily fluff themed prompt event running through July.

[tumblr.com profile] fandom-free-bingo is running Virtues & Vices Edition. Sign-ups will close on July 31st.

[community profile] sunshine_revival is active through the month of July! There will be 7 challenges, one posted every four days. There is also a Friending Meme.

[community profile] allbingo is running Winterfest in July. There are both pre-made bingo cards or you can create your own based on the available prompts.

[community profile] allbingo is also running a Western Bingo Fest. Premade cards and the option to make one yourself are both available here as well.

[community profile] littleblackdressex, a fic/art/podfic exchange based on works about your "little black dress" character (the one you feel goes with everything/you multiship), is open for sign-ups until July 6th, 11:59PM EDT. Nominations have also been reopened.

[community profile] battleshipex, an event where you join a team and race to clear a board of targets by creating fanworks, has opened sign-ups until July 9th or until they reach 280 sign-ups. Nominations are also still open.

[community profile] narniaexchange, a Chronicles of Narnia fic exchange, is open for sign-ups until July 11th.

[community profile] no_true_pair has opened sign-ups for their No True Crossover Event, where you sign up with four different fandoms and use the posted prompts that uses all the fandoms in different combinations, and you create works using those randomly made crossovers.

[community profile] fancake's theme of the month is: working together. Click on the banner below to find out more!

Photograph with added text: Working Together, at Fancake. Workers in India use wide wooden paddles with long handles to shove a huge yard of drying grains into big piles. The grain, most likely rice, is a beautiful golden color, and there's a mix of western and traditional clothing among the seven men and women.

sunshine revival challenge #1

Jul. 3rd, 2025 10:55 am
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Challenge #1:

Journaling Prompt: Light up your journal with activity this month. Talk about your goals for July or for the second half of 2025.

Goals for July:
-write and complete at least one fic (writing more non-exchange fics has been a constant goal and I am hoping to get there)
-read three books (I keep checking books out but I need to actually finish them and find the motivation to read again)

Goals for the rest of the year
-get more organized (a constant struggle)
-try something new (vague but it's easier when it's broad)
-make more solid traveling plans
-try to write a little very day (I'm hoping consistent habits will be good for me)

Creative Prompt: Shine a light on your own creativity. Create anything you want (an image, an icon, a story, a poem, or a craft) and share it with your community

I made 5 summer-y icons.

Wednesday reading

Jul. 2nd, 2025 05:24 pm
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Finished since the last reading post
The Blunders of Our Governments, where the passing of time meant no very recent blunders were discussed, but also perhaps has changed the perspective on some of the things considered successes. The chapters discussing reasons for the blunders were perhaps even more interesting than the chapters on the blunders themselves.

How to Survive a Plague by David France, which covers some of the same ground as And the Band Played on by Randy Shilts, which I've read before, but more from a New York City and the ACT UP and related activist point of view. Very interesting, informative, and moving.

Currently reading
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz, which has been a good bus read—my bus journey to work isn't really long enough to really get into a book, so anything with longer chapters tends to be a bit frustrating, but this one works really well.

Reading next
No idea—I've got a few books on the shelves I could pick up, some e-books as well, and I should have a library reservation coming my way at some point.

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