Works Revealed!

Dec. 12th, 2025 09:59 pm
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Hello Doodlers!! Works have now been revealed for Doodle4Doodle 2025!

If there are any questions or concerns, please reach out on the screened contact post, or email outstandingfroggie2@proton.me.

Thank you all for participating with us this year!! Happy reveals!


Mood Theme in a Year Returns!

Dec. 12th, 2025 07:26 pm
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[community profile] moodthemeinayear is coming back in 2026 with a new twist: Creating a custom mood theme can now earn you Dreamwidth points!

Mood Theme in a Year is a community that takes a laid-back approach to creating a custom mood theme. If you've always wanted to create your own mood theme (those little images that pop up when you select something from the drop-down "Mood" menu when posting), this is a great place to do it! Take your time creating graphics for anywhere between 15 and 132 moods, either following the community's suggested schedule or going at your own pace. (Though you need to make a minimum of 18 graphics to earn any paid time.)

The "official" schedule starts again from the beginning on January 1st, but you can jump in at any time during the year; feel free to challenge yourself as well with Bingo cards or the Mood Theme in a Month calendars! Learn more in the community pinned post or profile.

I hope to see you there!

Big day!

Dec. 13th, 2025 02:50 am
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Went into town and met up with A today! It was a lot of fun! We derped around poking at stuff a lot, particularly art stuff, which is always fun! :D

And then there was multiplayer Terrarira when I got home! Which was ALSO fun! Just, both of those things in one day was a lot.

However! I did manage to get an SD card, and it booted as an install device and... um. Pretty sure the entire computer is running off the SD card, and it can't see the freaking internal SSD. Which is a problem! So tomorrow there will be Some Research. But also I'm going over to catsit for A overnight - she's going for a family Christmas thing that's too far away for a day trip - so idek how much I'll actually get done. Still! Progress has been made, which is always nice! :3

Also even if I don't have an actual fix tomorrow I'll get to poke around the new desktop environment and see if I DO actually like it, which is also important! (The place I have it set up for installing the OS is also not great for actually using the computer, simply due to the fact that if I'm installing an OS I want to have my desktop on as well so I can Do Computer while waiting for shit to download/unpack/install, heh.)

Anyway, bed now. Am very sleepy! Hopefully I can get to sleep without pulling the blanket out since I'm... not gonna be here tomorrow night and who knows what the weather will do... it's Quite Warm and I suspect I will melt in my usual doona.

New! Computer!!! :D

Dec. 12th, 2025 03:25 am
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It came!!! :D :D :D

Extremely geeky linux rambling here )

Anyway, the keyboard-computer bit is pure white, so I'm thinking it'll be called Reshiram, since I've been on a pokemon kick for a while. Though maybe Kyuurem since the screen is black? Not sure. Will think about it, since I'mma reinstall the OS it's not something I have to decide yet!

Other than all that, really not much today, hahaha. I did washing, and cleaned the catboxes, that's about it. Also fic reading and some Terraria. But mostly new! computer!!! And attendant geekery.

New community > comicsfanfiction

Dec. 10th, 2025 07:43 pm
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[community profile] comicsfanfiction


Community Description: [community profile] comicsfanfiction is for any comic book fanfiction including comic strips, webcomics, and graphic novels. Any rating is accepted. Feel free to post your old or new works!

December Sky

Dec. 10th, 2025 04:13 pm
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In the middle of the night the moon was so bright it was lighting up the sky.

Read more... )

Fweeee

Dec. 11th, 2025 03:36 am
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Wow I'm suddenly really tired. I wasn't until like. Five minutes ago. Which given the time is actually pretty weird, heh.

Anyway! I forgot to say yesterday, Sushi has been banned back into the cone full time, because he licked his tail enough that part of it was a raw pink colour, siiiigh. It healed up again pretty quick, so I don't think it was actually raw, but we're not gonna let him do it again! Nope!! We'll see how the tail looks tomorrow, since that's when he's supposed to be fully healed, but I'm guessing I'll leave it on another day or so to be sure.

Honestly didn't do a whole lot today, annoyingly. But I DID get to play multiplayer Terraria for a couple of hours, so that was fun! Had to finish early because of my father's bday dinner, though, which was also great!

Food rambles )

Other than all of that, mostly just reading today. Some solo Terraria this evening too, but that's about it. According to the tracking new computer should be here tomorrow! It maintained it was gonna come today until mid-afternoon, even though that was clearly not gonna happen (it wasn't even in the right city yet!), but hopefully tomorrow is accurate! Am excite!!! :D

RIP (Read In Progress) Wednesday

Dec. 10th, 2025 04:43 pm
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It's Wednesday in some localised linear timelines (more or less). What are you reading?

Tuesday word: Magi

Dec. 9th, 2025 05:47 pm
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Tuesday, December 9, 2025

Magi (noun)
Ma·gi [mey-jahy]


noun plural
1.(sometimes lowercase) the wise men, generally assumed to be three in number, who paid homage to the infant Jesus. Matt. 2:1–12. Compare Balthazar (def 1), Caspar (def 1), Melchior (def 1).
2. (sometimes lowercase) the class of Zoroastrian priests in ancient Media and Persia, reputed to possess supernatural powers.
3. (lowercase) astrologers.

Other Word Forms
Magian adjective
magian adjective

Origin: First recorded in 1175–1225; see Magus

Example Sentences
Nobody can tell you whether any of them knew a Magi from a Musketeer, not to mention that the Roman Empire they worked under was a failed administration.
From Los Angeles Times

The Christian feast day of Epiphany, when observers celebrate the visit to Jesus by the Magi - commonly known as the Three Kings, or Wise Men - is widely celebrated in Spain.
From BBC

“It’s an excessive cost to detain a limited number of migrants”, said Roberto Magi, an MP with the left-wing +Europa party.
From BBC

In some traditions, it celebrates the baptism of Jesus and in others the visit of the Three Magi to the Baby Jesus.
From Seattle Times

The 6 January Christian feast day of Epiphany, when observers celebrate the visit to Jesus by the Magi - commonly known as the Three Kings, or Wise Men - is widely celebrated in Spain.
From BBC

Bits and Pieces

Dec. 10th, 2025 02:16 am
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Few things happened today!

Worked on the chook run thing some more, it's... kinda? Sorta? All together frame-wise?? The door sticks but it is technically all together. I think. (I mean. We're more or less out of parts so it should be but I'm not gonna be convinced until it's actually done...) Just got to put the chicken wire on, now! :D

Also my lemon tree has SO MANY TINY LEMONS it's really cool! Hopefully some of them get big and ripen!!! Also did some gall wasp management with a veggie peeler, which does seem to work better than just cutting things... :3

Bought my new computer! :D :D :D Hopefully it'll get here soon!!! (The tracking says it'll be here tomorrow but that is uh. Extraordinarily fast and thus probably wrong?? But who knows maybe!!!)

Also went to the shops for cordial and also got fancy ice cream, it is very tasty. :9 :9 :9

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Title: Art Must Always Be Free
Author: MerricatB
Fandom: Sense8
Pairing/Characters: Rajan/Wolfgang/Kala
Rating/Category: Mature
Prompt: Sense8, Writer's choice, Any of the cluster visiting each other's homes/family/friends in person
Spoilers: Whole series
Summary: The Mumbai quartet heads to Mexico City. Property damage ensues.
Notes/Warnings: Slightly mature for brief violence

Read on AO3


Next challenge incoming

Dec. 9th, 2025 07:54 pm
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Look out for the next week-long challenge starting on the 14th. We'll go back to the original format - another 700 to 7k - to end the year. :)
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Title: Bubble Mine Exploration
Author: bluerosekatie
Fandom: Rockman | Mega Man Classic (video games)
Pairing/Characters: Bubble Man
Rating/Category: Gen
Prompt: Rockman | Mega Man Classic, Bubble Man, Exploring a flooded mine
Spoilers: N/A
Summary: Bubble Man goes on an adventure to use his skills, now that he's no longer working for Dr. Wily.
Notes/Warnings: Fic is archive-locked to avoid AI scraping.

Read it on Ao3 here!

Monday Word: Saturnine

Dec. 8th, 2025 04:17 pm
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saturnine [sat-er-nahyn]

adjective

1. sluggish in temperament; gloomy; taciturn.
2. having a sardonic aspect
3. suffering from lead poisoning, as a person.
4. due to absorption of lead, as bodily disorders.
5. born under or influenced astrologically by the planet Saturn

examples
1. But even in that calm gloom, my eyes slowly acclimated to the 14 grandly saturnine paintings, made by Mark Rothko in the late 1960s. New York Times. 21 Feb 2022. "At Mark Rothko's chapel, a composer is haunted by a hero."

2. For two years, she kept them dancing attendance on her--the fair-haired, athletic, good-looking Thord; the saturnine, intelligent, lion-hearted Olaf. "Pattern of Revenge" by John Bude.

origin
It comes ultimately from Sāturnus, name of the Roman god of agriculture, who was often depicted as a bent old man with a stern, sluggish, and sullen nature.

eeyore

Busy Monday!

Dec. 9th, 2025 03:17 am
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I went shopping with Mama this morning, as planned. Got Mama her present! Also got part of a present for my father, too, so that's a start! Still no idea what to get for Sibling though orz orz orz

And then this afternoon took Sushi to the vet! He REALLY didn't want to get into the carrier, and once we managed to get him in there he sulked the entire way there, through the vet visit, and back home. Sigh. SO DRAMATIC, SUSHI.

Anyway, turns out we were there a week early (I put down the wrong date on my calendar, whooops), but the vet saw him anyway - luckily there wasn't another appointment, or if there was they were running super late - and she's super happy with how he's healing! He's allowed to have the cone off for a bit, too, though not overnight yet. This pleases him omg. He apparently also groomed so much fur out of his coat Mama had to get the vacuum out! Which is! A lot!!! :O Bet he's feeling way better now!

I played a bunch of multiplayer Terraria when we got home, too, which was super fun! :3 Still getting our asses absolutely smashed in the expert mode game, heh. We beat Plantera in the standard mode game though! :D

Also! I think I will be getting a new raspi to replace the shitty laptop - the 500+ kit and the official portable screen are a little more expensive than a super cheap laptop, but much much shinier. And probably better made. You know. On the balance of things. :D Will talk to Mama about it tomorrow - will probably be partially paid for by them as a Christmas present - but feeling pretty secure in the decision right now. :3

All assignments are in!

Dec. 7th, 2025 09:03 pm
[personal profile] infinitecrabs posting in [community profile] doodle4doodle

All assignments and pinch hits are in!! Reveals are currently set to happen on schedule, on Friday December 12th @ 10pm PST (countdown to reveals).

If you would like to use this remaining time to treat:

Good luck, and I'll see you at reveals!!

Book Review: Brahma's Dream

Dec. 7th, 2025 04:33 pm
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Title: Brahma's Dream
Author: Shree Ghatage
Genre: Fiction, historical fiction, family drama

Brahma's Dream by Shree Ghatage was a book I snatched out of a pile of stuff my sister was giving away last year, but she'd never gotten around to reading it herself, so she couldn't give me a preview. Brahma's Dream is set in India just before it gains self-rule, and concerns the family of Mohini, a child whose serious illness dominates her life.

This is one of those middle-of-the-road books that was neither amazingly good nor offensively bad, and therefore I struggle to come up with much to say about it. That makes it sound bad, but it isn't--I enjoyed my time with it. I thought Ghatage did a good job with exploring life on the precipice of great political change, although the history and politics of 1940s India is more backdrop to the family drama than central to the story. I liked Mohini and her family; because the nature of her illness necessitates a lot of rest and down time, Mohini is naturally a thoughtful child, as her thoughts are sometimes all she has to amuse herself. However, she never crosses the line into being precocious, which was a relief.

Neither did I feel like the book leaned too hard on Mohini's illness to elicit sentimentality from the reader. Obviously, an illness like hers is the biggest influence on her life, and on the lives of her immediate family, and there are many moments you sympathize with her because she can't just be a child the way she wants to be, but I didn't feel like Ghatage was plucking heartstrings just for the sake of it.

Reading the relationships between Mohini and her family was heartwarming, especially with her grandfather, who takes great joy in Mohini's intellect and is often there to discuss the import of various societal events with her. 

Ghatage's descriptive writing really brings to life the India of the time, with the colors, smells, sounds, and sights that are a part of Mohini's every day.

It reminded me of another book I read about a significant event in Indian history (the separation of India and Pakistan) told through the perspective of a young ill girl, Cracking India

On the whole, this was a sweet, heartfelt book. It's not heavy on plot, but if you enjoy watching the story of a family unfold and the little dramas that play out, it's enjoyable.

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