Spider-Noir first episode (fairly negative)
Jun. 2nd, 2026 12:10 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sholioI admit that I watched this mainly out of (morbid?) curiosity about what Nicolas Cage as Spider-Man would be like. Mostly I think it was about what you'd expect that to be like.
( Spider-Noir - just the first episode )
( Spider-Noir - just the first episode )
6/1/2026 Lower Packrat Trail
Jun. 1st, 2026 08:13 pmmrkinchIt was a beautiful morning, no clouds or wind and heading for 60 degrees. Everyone is still singing, if in somewhat reduced numbers. Chris spotted a Barn Swallow, the first we've seen there, and there were a number of Double-crested Cormorants, quite high, flying from the Bay to the Reservoir. U and Chris had a surprise selasphorous hummingbird wave; we wondered if they are already migrating. At the top of Lower Packrat there was a noisy woodpecker nest that U and Chris also heard from the upper trail, Hairy Woodpeckers, we think. I couldnt find it, of course, but there is a huge snag just up the hillside that sounded as though it was the source. ( The list: )
Walking back we noticed two Common Ravens being noisy in a big oak just off the road, then U noticed a third bird, a Great Horned Owl! Ravens frequently harass Great Horned Owls, whom I'm sure would happily eat baby Ravens if they had the chance, but in this case it seemed less that the Ravens were trying to make the owl depart and more like they were playing with it, entertaining themselves. Eventurally they got bored maybe, and moved off. The Owl had not moved.
Walking back we noticed two Common Ravens being noisy in a big oak just off the road, then U noticed a third bird, a Great Horned Owl! Ravens frequently harass Great Horned Owls, whom I'm sure would happily eat baby Ravens if they had the chance, but in this case it seemed less that the Ravens were trying to make the owl depart and more like they were playing with it, entertaining themselves. Eventurally they got bored maybe, and moved off. The Owl had not moved.
Stuff I've watched recently
Jun. 1st, 2026 11:45 pmaurumcalendulaI'm really enjoying Cage of Shadows! I suspect I will be vidding it at some point (I'm delighted that the episode subtitles aren't hardcoded on the international website).
I've found three of the apparently four songs (going by the credits) on the soundtrack on YouTube:
( Read more... )
I'm so curious about the lyrics - while the English subtitles on iQIYI seem to be human translated (yay!), the credit songs aren't included.
I also started watching a bit of Love Beyond Dreams, which is more exciting than the poster indicated (although I do find the color contact lenses Lene seems to be wearing a bit distracting).
I've found three of the apparently four songs (going by the credits) on the soundtrack on YouTube:
( Read more... )
I'm so curious about the lyrics - while the English subtitles on iQIYI seem to be human translated (yay!), the credit songs aren't included.
I also started watching a bit of Love Beyond Dreams, which is more exciting than the poster indicated (although I do find the color contact lenses Lene seems to be wearing a bit distracting).
Daily Happiness
Jun. 1st, 2026 08:36 pmtorachan1. I got my hair cut this morning. I was worried that maybe my stylist was leaving the salon or something because I had tried to reschedule and their website was not showing any availability for her at all (like even checking several months down the line), but I think it's just that their system will only allow you to reschedule to the same day in a different week, and she changed the days she works, so since my appointment was on a Monday and she's no longer doing Mondays, it wouldn't show anything. I feel like their system used to allow you to choose a different day of the week and that's an annoying change, but there's always the option to call and reschedule that way, I guess. I'm just glad she's not leaving the salon!
2. We cleared a bit more space in the shed so it's easier to get the new bikes in and out. They're definitely a bit chonkier than our old ones (especially with them both having baskets). I had a couple fans in there that I'd been planning on putting out on the curb once it was warmer weather, so I took those out (now that we have ceiling fans in the living room and bedrooms, we don't need the stand-alone fans as much, and we've still got a couple in the house if we really need them) and some other stuff got reorganized a bit. It will be even better once I get some of the Christmas decorations transferred from the giant plastic tub they're in now to some smaller tubs that will fit on the shelves better.
3. Look at this sweet face!
2. We cleared a bit more space in the shed so it's easier to get the new bikes in and out. They're definitely a bit chonkier than our old ones (especially with them both having baskets). I had a couple fans in there that I'd been planning on putting out on the curb once it was warmer weather, so I took those out (now that we have ceiling fans in the living room and bedrooms, we don't need the stand-alone fans as much, and we've still got a couple in the house if we really need them) and some other stuff got reorganized a bit. It will be even better once I get some of the Christmas decorations transferred from the giant plastic tub they're in now to some smaller tubs that will fit on the shelves better.
3. Look at this sweet face!
Made it home
Jun. 1st, 2026 09:49 pmcornerofmadnessEvil Little Dog and I had a leisurely morning and then I took off. over 100 miles on I-64 and not a single rest stop. Not. One. Had to stop at a Pilot truck stop. Finally north of Louisville KY there was a rest stop. It was closed.
I got off the road to find food twice only to see no restaurant anywhere. Dudes if your restaurant is more than a mile off the highway DONT be on the highway sign. Finally found a rest stop just outside of Florence KY (Meaning I'm nearly in Cincinnati) and in there was a mom trying to get her daughter to take a picture talking on the pay phone. Yes you read that right, there was a living pay phone.
Finally found food in a freaking sit down Skyline chili (it's now like 330) and then I realized I'm literally 20 miles from Jungle Jim's in Cinci. I was going to stop there but I was already not getting home until 730 and I'm like are you really up to shopping (I just wanted the cheese) If I had realized I was almost there, I would have skipped Skyline and stopped there to eat.
On the negative side, I realized that my eyes were tired so I shut my left eye and things went bad. The right eye, the one that has been inflamed twice...I could barely see through it. Couldn't see the cars in front of me, not the road signs or the billboards. I mean I could see them but they were unreadable, like everything was smeared with vaseline. I thought it has gotten a little better and the eye doc said he saw nothing wrong but this was worse than I realized and when I was on 32 which has relatively few cars, I played with it more just to prove to myself this was real. Sadly it was. I have another eye doc appointment on friday. If he STILL says there is nothing wrong with my eye when it is demonstrably worse (and frankly it was when we did the eye test) I'm going to find an eye specialist because I'm not fucking around with my sight. Did that inflammation damage my cornea? Has the cataract gotten bigger? Because there is no way being unable to see anything but blurry shapes with one eye is normal. And I'm honestly scared about it.
Also my card got declined at breakfast. I figured it finally had enough. But I got a text later in the day saying I'm at my limit. I thought I had a 10K limit on this card. I'm hoping to hell they lowered the limit and didn't tell me because there is no way I spent 10K in a week.
Rocket is fine. Being here has sent my anxiety up and I hate that. There are things I need to fix because I can't have my home be a place of anxiety.
It's music monday 30 weeks of music. This week's prompt is #28 A song that makes you feel empowered
( meh, I don't really get that kind of thing from songs )
here's the whole prompt list
( All under here )
I got off the road to find food twice only to see no restaurant anywhere. Dudes if your restaurant is more than a mile off the highway DONT be on the highway sign. Finally found a rest stop just outside of Florence KY (Meaning I'm nearly in Cincinnati) and in there was a mom trying to get her daughter to take a picture talking on the pay phone. Yes you read that right, there was a living pay phone.
Finally found food in a freaking sit down Skyline chili (it's now like 330) and then I realized I'm literally 20 miles from Jungle Jim's in Cinci. I was going to stop there but I was already not getting home until 730 and I'm like are you really up to shopping (I just wanted the cheese) If I had realized I was almost there, I would have skipped Skyline and stopped there to eat.
On the negative side, I realized that my eyes were tired so I shut my left eye and things went bad. The right eye, the one that has been inflamed twice...I could barely see through it. Couldn't see the cars in front of me, not the road signs or the billboards. I mean I could see them but they were unreadable, like everything was smeared with vaseline. I thought it has gotten a little better and the eye doc said he saw nothing wrong but this was worse than I realized and when I was on 32 which has relatively few cars, I played with it more just to prove to myself this was real. Sadly it was. I have another eye doc appointment on friday. If he STILL says there is nothing wrong with my eye when it is demonstrably worse (and frankly it was when we did the eye test) I'm going to find an eye specialist because I'm not fucking around with my sight. Did that inflammation damage my cornea? Has the cataract gotten bigger? Because there is no way being unable to see anything but blurry shapes with one eye is normal. And I'm honestly scared about it.
Also my card got declined at breakfast. I figured it finally had enough. But I got a text later in the day saying I'm at my limit. I thought I had a 10K limit on this card. I'm hoping to hell they lowered the limit and didn't tell me because there is no way I spent 10K in a week.
Rocket is fine. Being here has sent my anxiety up and I hate that. There are things I need to fix because I can't have my home be a place of anxiety.
It's music monday 30 weeks of music. This week's prompt is #28 A song that makes you feel empowered
( meh, I don't really get that kind of thing from songs )
here's the whole prompt list
( All under here )
2026 June Fan Poll
Jun. 1st, 2026 10:09 pmlb_leeHey everybody, it's that time again: time to vote for which stuff gets the LiberaPay/Patreon money this month!
As always, anyone can vote (please do!), but LiberaPay and Patreon patrons get double weight for their votes. (Due to Patreon's porn purges, I really encourage you to use LiberaPay, if you get a choice.) If you want to see the blurbs for any of these works, those are here! (You can also leave your requests there; requesting a story or essay is always free!) If you don't have a DW and so can't do the poll, that's okay; just leave your vote in the comments below; anon comments are turned on.
Which works gets the money, and thus posted this month? YOU CHOOSE, readers!
As always, anyone can vote (please do!), but LiberaPay and Patreon patrons get double weight for their votes. (Due to Patreon's porn purges, I really encourage you to use LiberaPay, if you get a choice.) If you want to see the blurbs for any of these works, those are here! (You can also leave your requests there; requesting a story or essay is always free!) If you don't have a DW and so can't do the poll, that's okay; just leave your vote in the comments below; anon comments are turned on.
Which works gets the money, and thus posted this month? YOU CHOOSE, readers!
Poll #34678 2026 June Fan Poll
Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 9
Did you toss LiberaPay/Patreon money my way last month?
What writing gets posted this month?
View Answers
Infinity Smashed: Born Lucky
2 (22.2%)
Crazy Boys Surf Couches (Crazy Boys)
4 (44.4%)
Henchwench for Hire (F/F supervillainy)
0 (0.0%)
Rutless (trans omegaverse porno)
1 (11.1%)
Kayfabe in the Coliseum (psuedo-Greco-Roman gladiator fights)
1 (11.1%)
What If Someone Masturbates To That?: Forbidden Fiction (essay)
4 (44.4%)
The Golem Always Dies At The End (essay)
1 (11.1%)
Cross-Ethnic Headmates (essay)
3 (33.3%)
What art/comic/zine gets posted this month?
View Answers
Cult Comix (doodle strips of Cultiples BS)
1 (14.3%)
Death Watch (bony lady comic)
3 (42.9%)
Protection (one-page dark side of protector duty)
0 (0.0%)
Thrown Away
2 (28.6%)
The Anatomy Lesson (Mori/Rawlin fluff)
3 (42.9%)
Possessions (text-only poetry zine of haunting incompetently)
4 (57.1%)
Dr. Frankenstein vs. the Queerborgs (book spine poetry)
1 (14.3%)
Some birds
Jun. 1st, 2026 09:58 pmaurumcalendulaDuring last weekend's errands, I ended up seeing some birds I don't normally see:
( photos under cut )
( photos under cut )
Guild Wars
Jun. 1st, 2026 06:19 pmolivermoss* It's June 1 and Tyria Pride has already raised $2.6k for Rainbow Railroad. We have a good start on breaking last year's record, which we've done every year so far. The event involves both fundraising for RR and also in game community events.
* I just crafted the legendary staff Bifrost, and sent it off with the legendary dagger Incinerator to Lelling to be prizes for Tyria Pride events. Bifrost gives rainbow effects, and the Incinerator flamey effects. I'd hoped to craft more than 2, but the map comps you need to do to craft them are a lot. I'd been chipping away at them a bit a day while listening to audio books. I have another map comp at 85%, but I don't think I can get that finished before the end of the event. So, it'll go towards next year.
* A lot of people think Guild Wars 3 is being announced soon. Like, a lot of people who typically would dismiss the idea. Last week, there was drama over people not getting into the ANet partner program because they were upset that they were going to miss out on being able to capitalize on the hype when it hits. One guy crashed out over it.
This morning we got some teasers for some sort of announcement that will happen this Friday at the Summer Games Fest. I don't know what it is. I am pretty sure it's not going to be GW3, but the amount of hype is weirding me out. [Long explanation involving talk of domain name who-is registrations, an NDA leak and also a history of how ANet's PR approaches things] So, as you can see, people claiming this is BIG big know something, and aren't giving the real reason why they know. The reasons they are giving are nonsense.
* A new game hype train, in the middle of launching Tyria Pride Month? Whatever's going on, I hope it's good for the event and doesn't lead to a hype crash or people being distracted. People work all year long on this. Hopefully, this is all good for the event and fundraising.
* I just crafted the legendary staff Bifrost, and sent it off with the legendary dagger Incinerator to Lelling to be prizes for Tyria Pride events. Bifrost gives rainbow effects, and the Incinerator flamey effects. I'd hoped to craft more than 2, but the map comps you need to do to craft them are a lot. I'd been chipping away at them a bit a day while listening to audio books. I have another map comp at 85%, but I don't think I can get that finished before the end of the event. So, it'll go towards next year.
* A lot of people think Guild Wars 3 is being announced soon. Like, a lot of people who typically would dismiss the idea. Last week, there was drama over people not getting into the ANet partner program because they were upset that they were going to miss out on being able to capitalize on the hype when it hits. One guy crashed out over it.
This morning we got some teasers for some sort of announcement that will happen this Friday at the Summer Games Fest. I don't know what it is. I am pretty sure it's not going to be GW3, but the amount of hype is weirding me out. [Long explanation involving talk of domain name who-is registrations, an NDA leak and also a history of how ANet's PR approaches things] So, as you can see, people claiming this is BIG big know something, and aren't giving the real reason why they know. The reasons they are giving are nonsense.
* A new game hype train, in the middle of launching Tyria Pride Month? Whatever's going on, I hope it's good for the event and doesn't lead to a hype crash or people being distracted. People work all year long on this. Hopefully, this is all good for the event and fundraising.
Let's Get Literate! Platform Decay by Martha Wells
Jun. 1st, 2026 07:42 pmrenay posting in ![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png){kind=small}
ladybusinessIt's hard to write about an advanced reader copy of one of the most coveted science fiction releases of the quarter. I tried, multiple times, to collect some thoughts about Platform Decay, the latest release in The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells. I failed, every time, because my love for this series is immense, but also hard to quantify. Finding the words to describe sincere emotions? Ugh. Therefore, Platform Decay is already out, and you can read it now via your library or favorite indie bookstore!
Platform Decay is the eighth entry in The Murderbot Diaries, following our hero as it stages a high stakes rescue on Corporate Ringworld. It's working apart from its usual allies, it must infiltrate and escape the station with several squishy humans, and oh right, a former enemy asks for its help, complicating the extraction. Nothing can go wrong!
(Things immediately go wrong.)
To make matters worse, it's also dealing with an emotional health module. What's more stressful than a hostage situation in corporate territory? Mobile therapy. Murderbot must protect its humans (no pressure), avoid corporate forces that would love to slurp its kidnapped humans into corporate slavery (assholes), and navigate across a hostile station where one mistake could cost it everything (business as usual!). ( Read more... )
Platform Decay is the eighth entry in The Murderbot Diaries, following our hero as it stages a high stakes rescue on Corporate Ringworld. It's working apart from its usual allies, it must infiltrate and escape the station with several squishy humans, and oh right, a former enemy asks for its help, complicating the extraction. Nothing can go wrong!
(Things immediately go wrong.)
To make matters worse, it's also dealing with an emotional health module. What's more stressful than a hostage situation in corporate territory? Mobile therapy. Murderbot must protect its humans (no pressure), avoid corporate forces that would love to slurp its kidnapped humans into corporate slavery (assholes), and navigate across a hostile station where one mistake could cost it everything (business as usual!). ( Read more... )
June the first.
Jun. 1st, 2026 08:15 pmhannahClearing accounts at the start of the month is the easiest time to do it. Updating payment information, deciding to cancel a couple of old Patreon subscriptions since it's been months since I've listened to an episode of that podcast, remembering which family members I can piggyback off of for which streaming services so I don't need to pay for them myself - it's hard to forget to get around to it when it's the start of the billing cycle.
It's not a lot on a month to month basis, and it doesn't add up to a huge amount each year. But it's nice to get it done. To say goodbye without looking back.
What I found worth looking back on was when I last replaced my computer mouse, mostly for my own curiosity. I've used the same make and model of mouse for about as long as I've owned personal computers, and I last got a box of five new ones three years ago, around when I last got a new one - the thought was that if I bought several, I'd be good for a while. Three years seems about the amount of time these things can deliver a good performance, and with four left in the set, I've got a while before I need to start thinking about either buying more or transitioning to another kind of mouse.
It's not a lot on a month to month basis, and it doesn't add up to a huge amount each year. But it's nice to get it done. To say goodbye without looking back.
What I found worth looking back on was when I last replaced my computer mouse, mostly for my own curiosity. I've used the same make and model of mouse for about as long as I've owned personal computers, and I last got a box of five new ones three years ago, around when I last got a new one - the thought was that if I bought several, I'd be good for a while. Three years seems about the amount of time these things can deliver a good performance, and with four left in the set, I've got a while before I need to start thinking about either buying more or transitioning to another kind of mouse.
FIC: the promise of the end (The Gray Man)
Jun. 1st, 2026 07:13 pmspatzI would just like to thank Ryan Gosling and his face for breaking my writer's block! Although I am amused this one popped out before all the Project Hail Mary WIPs. Blame my past loves for Nikita and B13 and Kingsman, I guess? I do have a type.
the promise of the end
The Gray Man (2022)
gen, 3K
The beginning is the promise of the end.
Or, how Fitzroy recruits Courtland Gentry, and how he tells him about his retirement.
I've also posted a couple of other fics over the past year and a half that I did not crosspost here for whatever reason:
breaking through the dark in me (DCEU, Clark/Bruce, 2K CNC PWP)
Accessory (Andor, gen, 1K pre-canon Brasso meets Bix & Cassian)
the promise of the end
The Gray Man (2022)
gen, 3K
The beginning is the promise of the end.
Or, how Fitzroy recruits Courtland Gentry, and how he tells him about his retirement.
I've also posted a couple of other fics over the past year and a half that I did not crosspost here for whatever reason:
breaking through the dark in me (DCEU, Clark/Bruce, 2K CNC PWP)
Accessory (Andor, gen, 1K pre-canon Brasso meets Bix & Cassian)
Challenge 517: Flower
Jun. 1st, 2026 04:23 pmteaotter posting in fan_flashworksOur new challenge is:
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FLOWER
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ffw_social post, which will go up in the next couple of days. If you haven't joined the ffw_social comm, it's never too late to come and check it out. (Posts are locked, which means you have to join to see them.)Admin: Challenge closed
Jun. 1st, 2026 04:22 pmteaotter posting in fan_flashworksThe LATE challenge is now closed. Here are the entries:
The Professionals: Fanfiction: Cowley's Late, bylucy_roman
Torchwood: Fanfic: Late & Lamenting, bybadly_knitted
Inspector George Gently: Fanfiction: The Hardest Task, bylucy_roman
Heated Rivalry: Fan Fiction: Can't Let Go, bydarkjediqueen
Criminal Minds: Fanfiction: Late, byinfinitum_noctem
Spooks (MI5): Fanfic: Too Late!, bysmallhobbit
子非鱼 (Zi Fei Yu): Fanfic: perhaps, briefly (love me), bybluedreaming
Torchwood: Fanfic: Otherwise engaged, bym_findlow
Original: poetry: still life with slot machines, byteaotter
Due South: Fanfic: All This Time, bymercury7650
Project Hail Mary : fic : Party, byhighlander_ii
Viola come il mare: Fanfic: A Strategic Distraction, byveronyxk84
due South: Fanfiction: Fraser's Late, bylucy_roman
Resident Evil (Game-verse): Fanfic: In the Nick of Time, byiserlohna
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New challenge coming right up!
The Professionals: Fanfiction: Cowley's Late, by
lucy_romanTorchwood: Fanfic: Late & Lamenting, by
badly_knittedInspector George Gently: Fanfiction: The Hardest Task, by
lucy_romanHeated Rivalry: Fan Fiction: Can't Let Go, by
darkjediqueenCriminal Minds: Fanfiction: Late, by
infinitum_noctemSpooks (MI5): Fanfic: Too Late!, by
smallhobbit子非鱼 (Zi Fei Yu): Fanfic: perhaps, briefly (love me), by
bluedreamingTorchwood: Fanfic: Otherwise engaged, by
m_findlowOriginal: poetry: still life with slot machines, by
teaotterDue South: Fanfic: All This Time, by
mercury7650Project Hail Mary : fic : Party, by
highlander_iiViola come il mare: Fanfic: A Strategic Distraction, by
veronyxk84due South: Fanfiction: Fraser's Late, by
lucy_romanResident Evil (Game-verse): Fanfic: In the Nick of Time, by
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On the train . . .
Jun. 1st, 2026 05:13 pmsartoriasAfter a month of overwhelming Stuff, I'm escaping east, on my way to Montreal for Scintillation, though working on Worldcon stuff along the way, as well as other projects. But these are my projects, and I get to look out the window and see beautiful scenery! I am so grateful for the breathing space.
One thing: I'd like to point out the publication of a skiffy book I read in draft and LOVED: Emmet O'Brien's Both Your Houses, criminally cheap at 2.99
Really, all the nifty aspects of SF: a terrific heroine, lots of action, lots of ideas, big far flung governments, aliens . . . wit and verve.
One thing: I'd like to point out the publication of a skiffy book I read in draft and LOVED: Emmet O'Brien's Both Your Houses, criminally cheap at 2.99
Really, all the nifty aspects of SF: a terrific heroine, lots of action, lots of ideas, big far flung governments, aliens . . . wit and verve.
Recuerdo by Edna St. Vincent Millay
Jun. 1st, 2026 07:02 pmconulyWe were very tired, we were very merry—
We had gone back and forth all night on the ferry.
It was bare and bright, and smelled like a stable—
But we looked into a fire, we leaned across a table,
We lay on a hill-top underneath the moon;
And the whistles kept blowing, and the dawn came soon.
We were very tired, we were very merry—
We had gone back and forth all night on the ferry;
And you ate an apple, and I ate a pear,
From a dozen of each we had bought somewhere;
And the sky went wan, and the wind came cold,
And the sun rose dripping, a bucketful of gold.
We were very tired, we were very merry,
We had gone back and forth all night on the ferry.
We hailed, “Good morrow, mother!” to a shawl-covered head,
And bought a morning paper, which neither of us read;
And she wept, “God bless you!” for the apples and pears,
And we gave her all our money but our subway fares.
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We had gone back and forth all night on the ferry.
It was bare and bright, and smelled like a stable—
But we looked into a fire, we leaned across a table,
We lay on a hill-top underneath the moon;
And the whistles kept blowing, and the dawn came soon.
We were very tired, we were very merry—
We had gone back and forth all night on the ferry;
And you ate an apple, and I ate a pear,
From a dozen of each we had bought somewhere;
And the sky went wan, and the wind came cold,
And the sun rose dripping, a bucketful of gold.
We were very tired, we were very merry,
We had gone back and forth all night on the ferry.
We hailed, “Good morrow, mother!” to a shawl-covered head,
And bought a morning paper, which neither of us read;
And she wept, “God bless you!” for the apples and pears,
And we gave her all our money but our subway fares.
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