Ah, ah, zig-a-zig, zig-a šŸŽ¶

Sep. 6th, 2025 02:57 pm
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A while back, YouTube shoved a trailer for KPOPPED onto my homepage and I was immediately intrigued because the thumbnail had Megan Thee Stallion and PSY posing together. Doctor Sister also mentioned the show to me a couple of weeks later (we're both casual Megan Thee Stallion fans).

According to Billboard, KPOPPED is going to pair different K-pop groups with Western artists and each K-pop group is tasked with reinterprating these Western artists’ most popular songs, turning them into a K-pop-esque track down to the flashy choreography.

Some of the performances are already up on Apple TV's official YouTube account and the speed at which I clicked the video for the ITZY and Spice Girls collab of "Wannabe" šŸ˜‚

I was grinning throughout the entire performance and started bouncing in my seat once the drums started going hard at 2:04. As a 90s baby, I will always be fond of a lot of the Spice Girls' songs. I remember we had cassette tapes of Spice and Spiceworld, and a VHS of the Spice World movie. (And they're probably still around somewhere in the house!)

I jumped into the two other performances and was also grinning throughout both:

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Sep. 6th, 2025 12:18 am
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[personal profile] genarti and I have been working our very slow but delighted way through We Are Lady Parts, the British sitcom about an all-Muslim punk rock band composed of opinionated women with beautiful and compelling faces. I'd been seeing a lot of gifsets of these faces before we watched the show and I am pleased to report that they are even more beautiful and compelling at full length. For those of you who have missed the gifsets, please enjoy Lady Parts performing "Villain Era":



The two most protagonist-y protagonists are Saira, the band's lead singer/guitarist, who is at all times extremely punk rock, and Amina, a stressed-out trad-Muslim scientist with terrible stage fright, who really has to work to access her inner punk rock. The cast is rounded out with Ayesha, the angry lesbian drummer; Bisma, who plays the role of maternal peacemaker until she starts to chafe at it; and Momtaz, the band's go-getter manager. The first season focuses mostly on the question of whether Amina can conquer her own inhibitions enough to contribute her excellent guitar skills and huge Disney eyes to the band after Saira press-gangs her into joining them. The second season brings the whole band up against the music industry more generally, and the various ways that the public pressure of moderate fame starts to push each of them into re-examining their self-image and relationships to their music and identity. It's a good show! I liked it very much!

Also, like everyone else in the world, we have recently watched KPop Demon Hunters. Also a very good time featuring banger music tracks -- I'd seen it described as 'a series of really good music videos' and broadly I agree with this assessment -- plus twenty pounds of fun kdrama tropes stuffed into a five-pound bag. Probably would not have felt compelled to write anything about it except for the fact that by an accident of timing, we ended up watching the season finale of Lady Parts the day after we watched KPop Demon Hunters which made for a very funny accidental wine pairing. Both funny and telling to go from high-level spoilers for both KPop Demon Hunters and Lady Parts )

Digital communication.

Sep. 5th, 2025 10:54 pm
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My phone's inability to hold a decent charge is starting to grate on me. I don't use it for a whole lot of things or for many minutes throughout a given day, and based on the stats provided by said phone, the things that I use it for the most - the phone function itself for calls, the CitiBike app, and the home and lock screen - are fairly baffling that they're taking up the most energy. I can't claim to understand the details of the technology involved, but I can claim to be confused that using this phone as a phone is a major drain.

I'm not replacing it, though, not unless I can get the exact same model in the exact same color. I'm holding out until I've got no choice in the matter. Hopefully by then, technology's going to have advanced to the point I can replace the battery myself.

Watching "Kpopped" on Apple TV.

Sep. 5th, 2025 02:49 pm
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Yesterday I started watching Kpopped, the new song competition show that blends K-pop and Western artists. I watched the first two episodes last night, and I'm really enjoying it. I think the format is really great — everyone has fun because the stakes are so low. Each episode follows the same format:

  1. A K-pop group is split in half.
  2. Each half of the group works with a Western artist to create and perform a "K-popified" version of one of that artist's songs.
  3. The in-studio audience votes on the winning group.
  4. Immediately after the winning group is announced, the two halves of the K-pop group are reunited to perform one of the group's songs along with the Western artists.

There are no penalties for losing, no prizes for winning. Just performance and comradery between musicians.

The two episodes I've watched so far are:

  1. Half of Billlie performs "Savage" with Megan Thee Stallion, the other half performs "Lady Marmalade" with Patti LaBelle.
  2. Both halves of Itzy perform with Emma Bunton and Mel B from the Spice Girls. One group performs "Wannabe" and the other performs "Be As One."

A recurring theme is the Western artists having trouble learning the K-pop choreography. (Except for Patti LaBelle — out of respect for her age, they had her stay still and everyone danced around her.)

September Webnovel TBR

Sep. 5th, 2025 06:59 pm
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So I hastily made a gameboard for webnovels/LN/etc, I don't know how well I'll do with it since reading (outside of manga) can take so much time and energy for me now.


Avatar: Guardian|mystery (skill: move one extra tile once, beat trap tile only w/ even roll)

Roll #1

A 7. What is it with that first trap pile and me lately?? I mean, better than the second one. New number is 8, which is use generator on TBR list. 512 which isss Kenkyo, Kenjitsu o Motto ni Ikite Orimasu, which is a villainess story that sounds like HameFure in ways. It has great ratings so hopefully I like it too!

Roll #2

An 8 and the prompt is: witches etc! And it's I’m A Male Mom in a Nightmare Game! How fascinating it sounds. It's a 'transported to another world' BL horror from what I can tell.

Roll #3

A 2, prompt: reverse harem. I chose It Seems Like I Fell into a Reverse Harem Game. A couple people said the webnovel is more detailed than the webcomic. It's game world transmigration polyandry story.

Roll #4

A 3, got the generate from TBR tile again. 402, which is I Just Want to Be in a Relationship, a reincarnation BL.

Roll #5

An 8, I literally mouth 'oh fuck' when I saw the trap tile. Forgot about my skill for a few minutes. Prompt: 'reincarnated in a game world'. I picked Survive! Gwanggong!. It's a evil system story where it tries to get the MC to be an obsessive gong but he resists.

Roll #6

A 12, when it's useless. OTL Reward: Trash of the Count's Family! I think I'll be able to remember what's going on okay. I do love the webtoon but I think I'll focus on the webnovel for now.

...I just realized how many reincarnation/isekai stories on my list. 3 BL, 2 NL and 1 gen.

Most looking forward to: Trash of the Count's Family for sure
Least looking forward to: Maybe the Kenkyo one

Webnovel TBR List:

[Villainess/Transmigration] Kenkyo, Kenjitsu o Motto ni Ikite Orimasu
[Isekai/Horror/BL] I’m A Male Mom in a Nightmare Game
[Reverse Harem/Transmigration] It Seems Like I Fell into a Reverse Harem Game
[Reincarnation/BL] I Just Want to Be in a Relationship
[Reincarnation/Game World/BL] Survive! Gwanggong!
[Reincarnation/Fantasy] Trash of the Count's Family
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Walking Ahead
By Dialecticdreamer/Sarah Williams
Part 1 of 1, complete
Word count (story only): 1736
[End of March 179-]


:: As the journey continues, conversation turns more and more often to the future. Part of the ā€œLost Sonā€ story arc in the Frankenstein’s Family universe. ::




ā€œIt’s time to stop,ā€ Rebeka declared firmly. ā€œI can hear you panting even when walking behind the vardo.ā€

Laszlo couldn’t spare the breath to speak, so he nodded several times.

She set the wheels quickly, then shifted David into Laszlo’s surprised arms. She’d barely taken a step back when she fell backwards in a faint.

ā€œDavid, we’ve got to help mama.ā€ He frowned. ā€œI’ll need you to lay on the bed for a minute. Can you make it warm and cozy for Rebeka?ā€
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Title: the blood is in your hands
Fandom: Paradox Live
Rating: PG
Notes: Mild Blood and Violence

Summary
In the illusion of comfort I can only hear screams.
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Lesson

Sep. 5th, 2025 03:50 pm
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Yesterday I was making some phone calls to round up judges for my next ETS event. I called Lisa F.  During the conversation I managed to talk her into taking a lesson.  Actually we managed to schedule two lessons, one of which was this morning. 
Lisa has a nice, quiet sorrel gelding.  She described him as being very gentle, but hard to get moving and also as being uncomfortable leaving his herd.  I told her we would be starting with ground work. 
Lisa's mom joined us, mostly sitting off to the side, but watching and listening. We started by talking about how horses see the world.  It is really hard for people to wrap their heads around the idea that in a herd, the dominant animal is the one keeping all the rest of the horses safe, so horses are much happier if you establish the fact that you are the alpha horse.  The trick is to do this without violence.  Lisa's horse started by standing too close to me and trying to nibble me for treats.  A few sharp raps to his nose persuaded him he really didn't want to do that.  It was harder to get Lisa to break the habit of petting him when he did so, but she worked on it throughout the lesson. We moved on to asking the horse to move his hind end away, to back away from us and to move his front feet away.   We stood and talked and corrected him when he stepped forward into our space  and when he dropped his head to graze.  No grazing while working unless explicit permission is given.  We talked about cues using body posture and gestures.  In the beginning it is appropriate to use a stick called a carrot stick, to extend your arm, but as the horse begins to understand and move appropriately a hand gesture can be substituted. Over the lesson the horse got more responsive and less sleepy. 
I was so happy to be teaching and Lisa (and her mom) were thrilled with the info.  At the very end the mom got up and approached the horse who immediately swung his head over to demand treats.  I pointed this out and she did an appropriate correction.  It was a great demonstration of the fact that each individual is treated differently.  (i.e. the mom was treated as another herd member, with whom the horse had a relationship with - just because one human is dominant doesn't mean they all are.) The horse is a nice fellow and I think they will make good progress with him.  We have the second lesson in a couple of weeks.  

Daily Check In.

Sep. 5th, 2025 06:11 pm
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This is your check-in post for today. The poll will be open from midnight Universal or Zulu Time (8pm Eastern Time) on Friday to midnight on Saturday (8pm Eastern Time).


Poll #33578 Daily poll
Open to: Access List, detailed results viewable to: Access List, participants: 21

How are you doing?

I am okay
14 (66.7%)

I am not okay, but don't need help right now
7 (33.3%)

I could use some help.
0 (0.0%)

How many other humans are you living with?

I am living single
7 (33.3%)

One other person
10 (47.6%)

More than one other person
4 (19.0%)



Please, talk about how things are going for you in the comments, ask for advice or help if you need it, or just discuss whatever you feel like.

New [community profile] ladiesbingo card just dropped!

Sep. 5th, 2025 06:49 pm
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I flopped last year. Here's hoping I do better this time, lol.

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Cow Corrals, Kittens

Sep. 5th, 2025 03:05 pm
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Two days ago (Wed)  I went down to the Cow Corrals to clean up.  Gaah, what a mess. Dried cow manure absolutely everywhere, mostly in small chunks. Also some leaves.  Cody held the cows in the corrals for several days this summer and didn't clean anything up. Thankfully it was all really dry, but it took all day; on a day it reached 97F; to finish. The oaks are starting to loose their leaves as fall begins, so there will be more cleanup to do, but leaves are easy. 
While I cleaned I dragged the horse panels back into place.  The "horse panels" are lightweight panels that I use to divide the corrals up into sections  Cody always moves them around when the cows use the corrals.  There was baling string everywhere.  It was used by all kinds of people to tie things together, hang hay bags from the panels an who knows what else.  I ruthlessly cut it down.
As I was finishing the next to last corral (actually an alley) I untied more string plus a rope and stepped back from the alley fence. A big gust of wind hit the panels and knocked them to the ground, hitting my wrist in a very painful way.  I had thought the panels were pinned to the post, and even looked to confirm this.  The loop on the post was there, and the pin was there, but unfortunately the pin only went between two panels and did not include the loop to the post.
Yesterday Donald and I went back to the corrals. I repaired a couple of the chains that hold the gates closed. Those chains have brass snaps at the end which occasionally get broken. With the repairs done I began attaching more loops to posts so the panels would never fall again. We walked the heavy, heavy 20 ft panel back up so I could measure, tied it in place temporarily so I could be very precise. It was fussy work as the  loops on the post in the center had to end up exactly in the right place.  I didn't set the posts for the corrals, and whomever did wasn't very careful, so the posts going around the inside of the alley corner aren't quite in the right places. Happily I was able to make it all work.  In a couple of places this meant using the hammer to bend the loop slightly.  
While I was fiddling with the fences, Donald was pulling star thistle out of the side of the arena. He got quite a lot done before we got hot and tired and headed home for a nap. 
In the evening we went back down to the Corrals.  I installed two new water hoses, dropped two last pins into the alley fence and removed the last bits of stray baling string.  Donald went off to pet the tiny kittens at the Red Barn.  The barn cat  had 7 kittens who are still quite tiny, they just opened their eyes. They are all some form of grey tabby.  Sadly the light in the barn is so dim the pictures didn't turn out. 
Paul and Anna pulled it right after 7pm after a long hot haul from the Sacramento area.  They stayed the night, had a leisurely morning and left for Eureka this morning to attend a weekend endurance ride.  They were so happy that the evening was cool; it was a perfect early fall evening with crickets singing and an almost full moon.

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Title: blood on your hands
Fandom: Lobotomy Corporation
Rating: T
Summary: You could save them, right? You wouldn’t let your employees die…
Notes: There are really minor mentions of blood and violence, definitely way under the canon-typical amount.

Link: AO3

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