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which means that my neighbor with the chihuahua, the one who feeds the cats but has yet to TNR any of them, has started dropping not at all subtle hints that we inadequately sweater our dog. The dog is 15, I'm sure she's fine, she hasn't shivered to death yet. She just really hates clothing! Anyway, the easiest way to handle this is to walk an entirely different route, so we're fine.

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conuly

A Sequence for Maxine Hong Kingston

一 (yī)

Two goats ascending
Mt. Fuji
Wearing flip flops

二 (èr)

A far cry
From the Pearl River Delta
And scrappy Stockton

三 (sān)

Woman Warrior
4 ft 9 inches tall
Teetering on kitten heels

四 (sì)

Feet bound for glory
Sorry, babe, that pun is
Objectionable

五 (wuˇ)

Jason Momoa
Shirtless
Unfurling his topknot!

六 (liù)

I say, again
Jason Momoa
Shirtless
Unfurling his topknot!

七 (qī)

Welcome to Gold Mountain
Gold Mountain so high
Gold Mountain so mighty

八 (bā)

Oh, the brow ridge of Theodore
Philtrum of Abraham
Sebum of Thomas

九 (jiuˇ)

We’ve arrived
No need to rush more

十 (shí)

Who wrote better verse?
Wounded warriors
Or solipsistic girl poets

十一 (shí yī)

Sorry, Ting Ting
But they would not require
Your immanence

十二 (shí èr)

Frankly speaking
The Monkey King
Is Whitman Ah Sing
On heroin

十三 (shí sān)

Uncouth gold digger
Ruthlessly pan-dering
For a refrain

十四 (shí sì)

A forty-niner
At the end of the bar says
The game is rigged

十五 (shí wuˇ)

Oh, we love the stones beyond
Laundromats
And quietude among chop suey joints

十六 (shí liù)

He says:
Your monolid eyes excite me
Your pelli-pedal hooves complete me

十七 (shí qī)

Brave Orchid walks into a bar
He says: we don’t serve cymbidiums here

十八 (shí bā)

Moon Orchid walks into a bar
How can you pay? You are scentless

十九 (shí jiuˇ)

A southern Baptist and an Anglican Buddhist, a rabbi, a hippie priestess walk into a bar ...
What is this, a joke?

二十 (èr shí)

Poets
Are immortal

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Daggerbound by T. Kingfisher

[Goodreads | Storygraph]

5 / 5 stars

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Name: Kaedan

Age: 40s

I mostly post about:

Gaming
Finally getting my tattoos
What I'm watching on TV.
I also post about music, especially my favourite bands or new things I've heard - my favourite genres are metal, baroque, renaissance, industrial, folk, electronic but I listen to a wide variety and like recommendations as well!

My hobbies are:

Gaming (I mostly like RPGs)
Listening to music and going to gigs
Drawing (mostly fanart, I am not an original artist)
Making junk journals
Upcycling clothes, and I am learning embroidery now as part of my upcycling.

My fandoms are:

Video games: Final Fantasy (XII mainly), Kingdom Come Deliverance, Disco Elysium, Dragon Age, Fallout, Samurai /Dynasty Warriors, Baldur's Gate, Animal Crossing
TV: Star Trek (Almost all of it. Favourites are DS9, TNG, Lower Decks, SNW).

I'm looking to meet people who:

Hopefully have something in common with me
18+ only please

My posting schedule tends to be:

A couple of times a week at the moment, it might be more often in future.

When I add people, my dealbreakers are:

Socially right wing: racism, homophobia, transphobia, ableism, zionists etc.
People who use Chat GPT or any of those stupid chatbots, or any gen AI. Yes this is a hard line, idc.
"I like this thing and therefore any criticism of said thing makes you a hater and a bigot" and "I hate this thing and therefore you are stupid for liking it". These are both stupid mindsets to have and I'm not interested in engaging with it. I love many things and still have many criticisms of these things. I can express those criticisms, whether or not I have released an album or made my own game and so can you! I want to have these discussions!

Before adding me, you should know:

I swear a lot. I'm English and from London so it's basically punctuation and I don't mean anything by it, but if that bothers you then you best avoid me
I'm not massively active in fandom anymore/at the moment but I do post a lot about my fandoms. I want to talk about it.
I'm late diagnosed AuDHD - literally diagnosed this year. It'd be cool to know other AuDHD AFAB people, late diagnosed or not :)

Current Mood: cold

conuly

Founder of restaurant that helped put Staten Island on the culinary map dies at 68

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I'm not terribly surprised, but I still didn't exactly *expect* it. And only 68! His daughter's young, too. It's awful to lose a parent at that age.

I sent Jenn to buy food yesterday, with instructions to tell his family we were thinking of them.

conuly

And sometime in my teens she discovered Telemann and just immediately became his biggest fan. She could not believe he was not more well-known.

Watch on YouTube

Anyway, I listen to Telemann at work during mealtimes when I'm sick of Swan Lake and Appalachian Spring and even, shockingly, The Four Seasons.

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ETA: I am not quite sure what I did wrong so the formatting didn't work, but oh well. Hope it's not too annoying!

My friends list has gotten a little quiet lately, and I also came back from a bit of a hiatus so I thought I'd see if I can find some more cool new folks here ;)

Name:Tina.

Age:~~Old~~. 38 as of May 10th.

I mostly post about:Daily life. Books I read (I have a weekly "Reading Wednesday" post that I do). Mental health struggles - I have been going through a lot of that this past year after a longer period of feeling better. In fact, I just came back from a 5-week hospital stay. While that is not everything I write about, I will mention it because it is part of my life, I'm not ashamed and it helps me to get it out in here.

I also occasionally posts surveys/memes, make picture posts (always put longer ones under a cut so I don't spam your flists) and I might share a song I found that speaks to me, once in a while. Just anything that goes through my head! I don't post fanfiction or other fandom-related things - nothing against it at all, I have just never been a fandom person.


My hobbies are:Reading, listening to music, hanging out with friends, taking walks, jigsaw puzzles, taking pictures, solving logic puzzles or crosswords/wordsearches. I got back into adult colouring while in the hospital and hope to continue with it now that I am back at home. I also signed up for a water gymnastics class where I was put on the wait list since the class is full and I hope that I can get to start asap. Lastly, I would love to travel and go to concerts again, which has been tough not only due to lack of money but also anxiety.

My fandoms are:None. As mentioned above, I never got into fandom - I am a fan of things in the sense of liking/consuming them but I don't write/read fanfiction or participate in fandom otherwise. I have nothing against others being into it at all, in fact I think it's quite awesome how many people find fulfillment and genuine happiness in their fandoms. I will also read your fanfic if I am familiar with the subject at all :D

I'm looking to meet people who:Are kind, empathetic and understanding that life isn't all sunshine and puppies all the time. Fellow LGBTQ+ individuals (not a must though) and/or vegans (again, not a must. I don't care what you eat as long as you respect my choices too) would be nice.


My posting schedule tends to be:I am going to try to make at least one update a week (usually Sundays), plus the "Reading Wednesday" post. There might be more though, depending on how much time I have or if I have something to say.

When I add people, my dealbreakers are:Right-wing politics (I don't really write about politics in my journal but I do care and I would rather not associate with intolerant people). Both hardcore zionists and anti-semites (and yes, that also counts those using left-wing politics as a cover for their anti-semitism). Those who don't want "too much negativity" on their list - I know this probably sounds rude, but I would just not feel completely comfortable writing about my struggles anymore and constantly wonder where I'd cross the line of "too much". Hope you get my drift. 

Before adding me, you should know: I am very possibly neurodivergent, just don't have a diagnosis yet because it is pretty damn difficult to get one here. That means that sometimes I put my foot into my mouth and express myself in a way that can be misunderstood, or I misinterpret things others write. I am not using that as an excuse to be an asshole, but please if I ever offend you, approach me about it and I will do my best to apologize, clear things up and do better in the future. I never set out to hurt anyone or cause drama, but I've had disagreements/misunderstands blow up on here and would rather not repeat that.

I know I might sound like a complicated or unapproachable person but I am really quite nice and genuinely looking forward to meeting people from all walks of life. Please just comment on this post before adding me, thank you very much ♥

Current Mood: excited
Current Location: Germany, Cologne

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Name: My name is J. That's what everyone calls me.

Age: 30. I'll be 31 in November.

I mostly post about: Life. Random stuff. Things I'm thinking about. My therapist told me to start journaling, so here I am. I'm a musician. I'm a recovering addict. I'll write about those things, my fiancée, life in general. Whatever comes to mind.

My hobbies are: Music. I play bass in my band, but I was a guitarist first. I also play drums and a little bit of piano. My other hobbies are hanging out with my fiancée, hanging out with friends, partaking in 420 friendly activities, haha. Watching TV. Playing video games. Wasting time scrolling on my phone when I should be doing other things lol.

My fandoms are: Supernatural, anything music/guitar/bass, Muse, Falling in Reverse, Nirvana,

I'm looking to meet people who: Are chill and just want to get to know each other and offer mutual support on our journals. Hopefully just some cool people.

My posting schedule tends to be: Sporadic

When I add people, my dealbreakers are: MAGA

Before adding me, you should know: Pretty much everything I already said, haha. That I'm a musician, a recovering addict, and I'm engaged to an amazing woman named Elle. She means the world to me. I'm super ADHD.

Current Mood: content
Current Music: Muse - Bliss

conuly

Yaaaaaaay! When we get closer to a release date I guess I'll relisten to season 1.

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conuly

The light passes
from ridge to ridge,
from flower to flower—
the hepaticas, wide-spread
under the light
grow faint—
the petals reach inward,
the blue tips bend
toward the bluer heart
and the flowers are lost.

The cornel-buds are still white,
but shadows dart
from the cornel-roots—
black creeps from root to root,
each leaf
cuts another leaf on the grass,
shadow seeks shadow,
then both leaf
and leaf-shadow are lost.

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And only about four hours of it is YMCA!

(I kid, but only just slightly.)

When I'm at the one house, I'm happy with a lot of YMCA, as C likes to dance to it and that's really the whole reason I made a playlist. When I'm at the other, playing it during breakfast, I spend a lot of time saying "Not today!" and skipping past it. So, you know, my thoughts when listening to this playlist fall into two broad categories:

1. Wow, this playlist is fucking amazing, whoever compiled it is a genius

2. Who the fuck put so much YMCA on this fucking playlist, like whyyyyyyyy

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Name: Amber.

Age: 40's.

I mostly post about: Myself, my fanclubs, pictures I take, movie/show/book reviews. Or whatever I want to at the time.

My hobbies are: Cosplaying, photography, fanclubs, conventions, making graphics, club charity work, reading, watching movies/shows, listening to music, road trips, larping, Dungeons & Dragons, game nights, adult coloring books, nintendo.

My fandoms are: Star Trek, Star Wars, Harry Potter, Scream, Chucky, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Supernatural, Teen Wolf, The Vampire Diaries, Ghostbusters, Horror, Marvel, Disney, Fast and The Furious,

I'm looking to meet people who: Some things in common. 18+ only. Open-minded.

My posting schedule tends to be: Sporadic most times, usually when I have something to update about.

When I add people, my dealbreakers are: Racism, LGBTQ+ phobia, fatphobia, drama, homophobia, transphobia, trump supporters, non-stop politic posts. Also trying to force your views/religions on me.

Before adding me, you should know: I'm a 8 open heart surgery patient with a pacemaker/defibrillator. Also have OCD. I love to cuss and don't care if it offends anyone. I'm not into labels, but I will respect yours.

piratequeen

Sea of Charms by Sarah Beth Durst

[Goodreads | Storygraph]

4 / 5 stars

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conuly

I enjoyed it, but I do have a few complaints.

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Name: Sherrie

Age:

I mostly post about:

Whatever I feel like. I tend to post about my real life (those are friends-locked), memes (often public), things I am engaging in (video games, books, TV shows), random links and videos (varies), and just whatever I'm in the mood to post, I guess. I can post many times in a day (spam posting, sorry) or go a month or more without posting. I'm trying to be more consistent.

My hobbies are:

Creative stuff (writing stories and poetry, mostly), reading, video games, taking walks, spam-posting on my journal, daydreaming, swimming, playing with my dog, watching random YouTube videos (recently discovered BookTube), watching TV/movies/anime, shopping, collecting things, etc.

My fandoms are:

Not really into the fandom scene anymore, but... Fullmetal Alchemist is my all-time favorite anime. I also love The Ancient Magus' Bride, The Apothecary Diaries, Yuri!!! On ICE, Yu Yu Hakusho, Sailor Moon (original anime, manga, and Crystal), Black Butler, Death Note, Demon Slayer, Avatar: The Last Airbender (not technically anime, but similar style)... non-anime stuff~ The Vampire Diaries, Doctor Who, Twilight, A Discovery of Witches, Anne Rice, the Sookie Stackhouse Series/True Blood, Shadowhunter universe, Visual Kei and jrock and other music (my taste is eclectic), A Court of Thorns and Roses, Fourth Wing, Greek Mythology, Repo! The Genetic Opera, The Phantom of the Opera, etc.

I'm looking to meet people who:

18+ who are open-minded, kind, engaging (comment if/when you have something to say), won't ghost me if we don't click (please just say "we didn't click" if you unfriend me), etc.

My posting schedule tends to be: daily/weekly/monthly/sporadic/etc

Pretty erratic.

When I add people, my dealbreakers are:

I give most people a chance, just don't be an asshole.

Before adding me, you should know: I live with schizoaffective disorder, anxiety, ADhD, and am probably on the Spectrum (undiagnosed). I try to live a low-key, low stress life (haha, and I will let you know how that's working in my posts), and I'm probably pretty boring even on the internet.

Current Mood: bored

conuly

"speak and read at a 6th grade level, which is about the same as an IQ of 70"

Literally all of that is wrong, but what I said is that reading levels are not very scientific. And then he comes back and says "I agree they're arbitrary, but..."

Yeah, no, kid, they're not arbitrary, they're bullshit, and I can prove it. Let's take a look at this representative sample of AR ranked books:

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There are a few different reading level systems, their methodologies are all suspect, and none of them line up with each other at all. You can't even compare books and say "if book A is harder than book B on this system then all systems will rank A as harder than B" because they won't.

You see this sometimes at /r/whatsthatbook too - people will look for a book and say "Well, it's a third grade book" or "it's a tenth grade book". It's, honey, no. Books are not that finely grained that we can sort them by grade level.

I'm willing to believe that you can very broadly divide books - and literacy, I guess - into bands of "nonreader/functionally illiterate", "elementary", "middle school", "high school", "college", and "post-graduate". But you're going to have to make some judgment calls to do so, and if you don't explain your methodology then it is garbage.

And people don't have any concept of what they're talking about when they say things like "oh, Americans read on a sixth grade level". Like, what does that mean? What do they think that means? They can't tell you, and they're astonishingly ignorant of the fact that if you're saying something like this you ought to be able to tell us what you mean! That, I think, is a far sharper indictment of their education and critical thinking than whatever reading level we're assigning them and their literature to.

(And he is a kid - I keep forgetting. I need to put him on ignore, because he's very argumentative and while normally I'm all for a nice, rousing internet argument it's just not fair to pull it on an actual high schooler. I'm just better at it than he is. I'm better at a lot of things than he is, like assessing the information I've been given. And it's not that he's a particularly stupid or ignorant person - in fact, judging from what he's said I'm fairly confident that he thinks he's pretty smart, academically speaking - but I've got three decades on him.)

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E: I wish that middle schooler was in our basement right now.

Me: ...

E: Wait, no!

conuly

When some people talk about money
They speak as if it were a mysterious lover
Who went out to buy milk and never
Came back, and it makes me nostalgic
For the years I lived on coffee and bread,
Hungry all the time, walking to work on payday
Like a woman journeying for water
From a village without a well, then living
One or two nights like everyone else
On roast chicken and red wine.

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conuly

I thought the moon was getting a little skimpy!

conuly

You also have no friends with you. Singing loudly along to your music (sans headphones) on the train is generally the sort of behavior we expect from people with friends. Were they scared away by your inability to carry a tune, or by your bad manners?

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My mom used to listen to a lot of classical music while working

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Oooh! There is gonna be a season 2 of Camlann! Sometime in 2027!

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So, my Work Dance playlist is at 16+ hours and counting

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So, over at EnglishLearning some kid was going around saying that most speakers

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