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Today I just feel like it's all entirely too much.

Current workplace had a major connection outage on the weekend, so today has been checking up on missing files, following up with the relevant department, and trying to keep up with all the documentation that's needed to fix things. (Can't just fix it, need to document it along the way!)

Former workplace, where I was doing 'holiday check-ins' for the woman who usually supports them, suddenly found a number of their bank files "not working". Once again, the dreaded term "not working" strikes, and more detail is needed.

Complications are that the remote connection that I used to use to connect failed a number of weeks ago, and for some reason entirely unrelated to this belief that everyone needs to go back to the office, they haven't bothered to try to fix it...

Cue me talking on the phone to a group, trying to walk my brain through the correct terms and screens, and not to do my thinking 'out loud' per se.

We think we solved that problem at least. But UGH.

Now it's back to working out what's been sent and what hasn't. OOF.

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Played for Team 1 in Grade A yesterday.

We lost, but it was a good game. It was the top team (out of about six) and we were fourth place - and we got a goal in the first fifteen minutes, then held that until the third quarter. And then - ugh - in the last thirty seconds, they got another goal... That was a bit of a downer.

My glutes and quads were kind of okay last night, but then after I went and saw the physio this morning, they were really sore.

Oh wait. Painkillers. Should take a couple of those. (eeediot)

I really do not want to play in A-grade next year. And I will put that down, quite firmly. My hips and feet just can't take it, and I do want to be able to pronate for another thirty to forty years (assuming I live that long).

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Supposed to go to a permaculture meeting tonight, and I really want to, but I am just not coping with today...

Current Mood: tired
Current Location: my desk

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Challenge 89: Song Titles: Robbie Williams

This month's challenge is:

Song Titles: Robbie Williams

Click on the challenge, pick any song title, or more than one, as inspiration, and start writing!

Reminder of Rules

Entries can be any length you like. You can post as many entries to each challenge as you're inspired to write.
If posting direct to the community, please place the body of your entry behind a cut.
Tag with the appropriate Category, Challenge, Fandom, Type, and Ratings tags. If a tag for your fandom doesn't exist, leave a request on the Tag Request post and I'll create the tags you need. You can request as many fandom tags as you want.
You don't need to use the challenge word or phrase in your fic, though you can if you like. Please include the song or episode title you use in your header.
Suggestions for future challenges are welcome on the Questions & Suggestions post.
There is no deadline for entries.

Have fun!

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[Amnesty #027] Kickoff Post

AMNESTY WEEK #027
Challenges # 001-270

Amnesty Weeks are a chance to post any stories you've written that, for whatever reason, weren't submitted during that week's challenge. And if you can't get the entries you want in during this Amnesty, never fear! The next one will include challenges 001-280, so you'll never miss out.

There's no voting for amnesty entries, and there's no limit on how many you can post, so long as each entry meets the usual community requirements (less than 1000 words, not NC-17, etc.) If, however, you manage to end up with 30 of the things you want to post, try to spread them out through the week for the sake of people's reading pages. These entries may also be crossposted and previewed anywhere you like, since there’s no voting to skew.

At the end of this two-week window, a post will be made collecting all the links of the posted entries, which will also signal the end of the posting period, and a new regular challenge will go up.

Entries are titled the same way as normal: [#] Story Title (Fandom)

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Amnesty posting ends Wednesday, August 27 at 9:00PM EST

• Post your submission as a new entry using the template in the profile
• Tag these entries as: amnesty 027, plus the challenge's theme tag
• For questions about Amnesty Week entries, please ask them here

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[#270 | Pride] Results Post

Here are this week's votes tallied, and below the cut are our winners for Challenge #270 – Pride!

( This week's finalists are... )

Total Challenge Words Written: 2869

Congratulations to both of you, and thank you to everyone who took the time to cast their votes!

autobotscoutriella will be making this week’s banners, so keep an eye out for those next week.

You may now post your Challenge 270 entries to any additional communities, blogs, archives or sites as you'd like! We also have a FandomWeekly AO3 Collection if you'd like to add your stories there!

to do

Back, quilt, bind, and sleeve ShowQuilt1.

Sleeve ShowQuilt2.

Sort out 1 night in Tblisi, 1 night in Naples, 1 night in Toronto.

Finish

justmarriedexchange.

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Those first two are going to be the most intensive... hoo boy

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Also:

jenab thanks for the postcard - lovely art!

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Cal Leandros (Prompt # 88 - Law & Order) Born Bad

Title: Born Bad
Author:

enchanted_jae
Fandom: Cal Leandros
Characters: Cal, Niko, Robin
Rating: PG13
Warning(s): Language, first person pov (Cal's)
Word count: 145
Disclaimer: Characters are the property of Rob Thurman, et al. This drabble/fic was written for fun, not for profit.
Written for:

ficlet_zone Prompt No. 88 - Law & Order. I chose: Born Bad, Monster
Summary: Niko won’t let anyone speak ill of Cal...including Cal.

Born Bad

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[#270 | Pride] Voting Post

Here are the entries for this challenge:

( List of entries )

Please Note: Because we only have 4 entries this week, there is only a First Place and Runner Up to vote for!

In order to vote, please reply to this post using the form provided. All comments are screened, and entries are listed in the order they were submitted. For your vote to qualify, you must fill out your entire voting card (both spots) in order to be counted. Winner votes are worth 2 points, Runner Up votes are worth 1 point. Meeting the bonus goal on an entry gets an extra point for that submission.

When voting, please copy/paste the ENTRY NUMBER and the FIC TITLE from the list above into the spot you're voting for (this prevents accidentally mis-numbering a vote and casting it for the wrong entry). It should look like this:

First Place: 61. Fic Title Here
Runner Up: 88. Another Fic Title

Please note that you cannot vote for your own entry, and that votes cannot be made anonymously. You do not have to be a member of the community in order to vote, nor have submitted an entry for this week; everyone is welcome to participate in the voting. IP addresses are logged to prevent duplicate voting.

Voting closes Wednesday, August 13 at 9:00PM EST.

tax return

Do I do it now, in the midst of everything preparatory before going away?

Or do I do it when I get back, in the midst of everything aftermath when I get home?

It's usually a tax return rather than having to pay tax, my income is taxed very highly, and there was a fair chunk of time I didn't work in 2023-2024.

ehhh. Gonna do it when I get back.

I have so many other things to do before I leave right in the middle of the 'everything is waking up and GROWING' season...

Not to mention getting my quilts in for the quilt show. Still haven't quilted one, although I've at least done the backing.

I did make a cake and got friends to eat it. it was kind of birthday cake - but more of a gift for me to make, from red velvet cake to ermine buttercream icing, and for me to decorate (rather awkwardly, imo). But it was delicious.

Current Mood: chipper

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[#270] JUST A MASK I WEAR (JEM AND THE HOLOGRAMS)

Theme Prompt: #270 - Pride
Title: Just a mask I wear
Fandom: Jem and the Holograms
Ratings / Warnings: PG
Bonus: No
Word Count: 134
Summary: It was easy for Jem to feel pride when she strode out across the stage.

( Read more... )

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[#270] CROSSROADS (GAME OF THRONES / A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE)

Theme Prompt: #270 - Pride
Title: Crossroads
Fandom: Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire)
Rating/Warnings: PG
Bonus: Yes
Word Count: 1,000 words
Summary: Davos is beginning to see the weight one decision may have on the fate of them all.

( Read more... )

Current Mood: drained

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comics,
year 2025

Mistakes have been made

I waffled for weeks on whether to get the Humble Bundle of James Tynion IV's stuff (as of posting, there's five days of the offer left), before finally getting it and forgetting how weird my brain gets when I binge on creepy media.

BASICALLY, I should not have read The Department of Truth before bedtime. Even when I got Nice House on the Lake, I don't read a whole volume in one go! There's such a thing as pacing things out! Plus I made the other mistake of reading Deviant first without processing the consequences of it only being volume 1, i.e. the story is not done.😢

Current Mood: tired
Current Location: my desk

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[#270] In Two Minds (Doctor Who)

Theme Prompt: #270 – Pride
Title: In Two Minds
Fandom: Doctor Who
Rating/Warnings: PG
Bonus: Yes.
Word Count: 1000
Summary: The Doctor thinks he’s always right, but when there are two of them, each with their own ideas on the right course of action, it can lead to arguments.

( In Two Minds... )

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dear fic-writer letters

The Crossing of Ships through fannish time and space... (dear author letter)

It's been a while since I've done one of these, so my apologies if it's not quite as adequate as I'd like.

Likes

Dislikes

( here, there, and everywhere )

If none of my ideas work for you, dear author, please just write the duo we matched upon and it will be fine.

ficathons

17th August - Just Married

My requestor has left me no prompts, which is sometimes worse than 'prompts I can't write'.

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19th September - Ships Crossing

If I can get the sign up in before they close. My nominations have yet to be accepted. (In fairness, I only did them half an hour ago.)

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I didn't sign up for the sedoretu exchange this year, I was deep in the weeds of life at the time and simply couldn't get the energy to sign up, let alone write a story.

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[#270] Mo Ghile Mear (FFXII)

Theme Prompt: 270 - Pride
Title: Mo Ghile Mear (My Gallant Hero)
Fandom: Final Fantasy XII
Rating/Warnings: T/PG-13 (Language, Character Death, Mourning and Loss)
Bonus: No
Word Count: 735
Summary: Basch stands vigil with his Princess, and mourns the loss of his Prince. Set in-game during the Prelude.

( Mo Ghile Mear )

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life

it's 8:20pm and I just want to go to bed

But I should probably at least do a little bit of my tax return research.

I tried to throw a party this evening. Only a couple of days notice. I suspect that most people didn't see the invitation (fb sucks at timeliness), and the other half weren't able to come at such short notice.

Mind you, even with notice, a lot of people don't bestir themselves to come along.

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It was a pretty good birthday. Nothing dire or terrible, at least. A day of work, and bible study at the end, and one of the bible study leaders made cupcakes, so I got a candle stuck in mine and everyone sang happy birthday.

I made a cake. Red velvet with ermine buttercream. I haven't really had a chance to eat it yet. I'm gearing up the courage to invite people around on Saturday night for post-dinner cake.

Anyway, I'm kind of tired, like I said. I've just calculated my mobile phone costs, because I use the phone for some work stuff, and other than that, I think it's health, any expenses (purchases of technology), and donations.

And then my accountant can tear her hair because I haven't put in the things she really wants and it will involve chasing me to get back to her...

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Day off tomorrow - cousin's wedding. On a Friday. With family. And we're staying in the area (other side of Sydney) for the night, both the twins and I.

Have to speak to the neighbours about feeding the cats and checking the chooks.

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Hm. Getting a bit of a headache. I wonder if it was the el cheapo dumplings we had for dinner...

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[#270 | Pride] Challenge Post

Challenge 270:
PRIDE

...goes before a fall?

Pride isn’t always a bad thing, of course. Confidence in yourself, satisfaction in a job well-done, open self-acceptance – all of those might fall under the category of being proud, and those are generally good things! But taken too far, pride can make things difficult; too much pride might stop you from accepting help, be off-putting to friends or family, or even turn into dangerous overconfidence.

Are your characters proud, justifiably or otherwise?

Write a story about pride.

BONUS GOAL: “What are you worried about? It’s me.”

If your submission features this line, it will earn an extra point to be tallied in voting!

Challenge ends Monday, August 11 at 9:00PM EST.

• Post submissions as new entries using the template in the profile
• Tag this week's entries as: [#] submission, 270 – pride
• If you have questions about this challenge, please ask them here

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[#269] Nails (Final Fantasy XII)

Theme Prompt: 269 - Self Indulgence
Title: Nails
Fandom: Final Fantasy XII
Rating/Warnings: G/None.
Bonus: No
Word Count: 147
Summary: Penelo helps Fran with a relaxing little ritual.

( Nails )