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It's not a surprise, since he's had significantly health issues for quite a while, but it's still so sad to hear the news. The word has lost one of the greats.

I've loved so many of PAD's books and comics over the years. MadroX and X-Factor (v3) will forever be one of my favorite Marvel runs of all time. I read his Centauri Prime Trilogy so many times, not to mention "Soul Mates" is one of my favorite Babylon 5 episodes.

There was a period of several years where I was utterly obsessed with his Star Trek: New Frontier series. Imzadi will forever be one of the most influential Star Trek books that baby!me ever read.

He's played such a huge role in my life over the decades. He'll very much be missed.

Current Mood: sad

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Title: Necessary
Fandom: Babylon 5
Author: badly_knitted
Characters: Vir, Londo, Cartagia.
Rating: PG
Written For: Challenge 451: Up To You at drabble_weekly drabble_zone.
Spoilers/Setting: The Long Night.
Summary: This wasn’t meant to be Vir’s responsibility.
Disclaimer: I don’t own Babylon 5, or the characters. They belong to J. Michael Straczynski.
A/N: Double drabble.

Necessary

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Thanks to

turps, I finally worked up the courage to watch 2.06. There were tears, but it wasn't quite as bad as I was fearing. ( spoilers )

spikedluv

I hit the Pharmacy and the Bakery while I was downtown yesterday, then the library on the way home. (For the second day in a row I forgot to hit the bank drive-thru. *head desk*)

I did two loads of laundry, emptied the dishwasher, and changed kitty litter. I made Gus's potatoes to go with a surprise delivery of BBQ chicken quarters.

I had supper planned, but Pip’s friend dropped off BBQ chicken quarters. It was a surprise to both of us, though it shouldn’t have been to Pip because he’s the one who made the arrangements for his friend to pick them up. *head desk* On top of which, we were already planning to get BBQ chicken on Monday for Memorial Day (the school sells it as a fundraiser), which I guess we won’t be doing now. We got six quarters, though Pip delivered two of them to his parents. Still, we’re not gonna need more BBQ chicken.

For fun stuff I watched the current ep of Murderbot and a couple of HGTV programs, and did some reading (both fanfic and in a published book). I also managed to write ~800 words of fic! It’s been so long. It felt wonderful. I took another nap. Seriously, this weather is killing me. Lastly, my daily telephone conversation with mom.

Temps started out at 46.7(F) and reached 63.3. It rained on and off all day, but the sun actually made an appearance! It was one of those days where you had a bit of sun, then more rain, then sun, then rain . . .

For my own reference, I still have a slight 'bruise' pain from the adjustment, but I now also have fun 'muscle pull' pain in an adjacent area. Not a surprise if I was walking differently to compensate.

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ffutures

Still trying to decide if the plot owes more to It's A Good Life, Those Who Walk Away From Omelas, or A Wrinkle in Time. Too much bloody CGI anyway...

senmut

*\o/*	Word Count	Step Count	Headache?
Daily	493	9,470	yes
Monthly	14,515	223,138	9 days

Current Music: "The Wire" - HAIM

cornerofmadness

So I managed to drag my ass out of bed and down to the bus by quarter to 7 in the morning (crying all the way and I was not alone). The Pittsburgh Panthers have been a big part of the family life (brother, uncles, cousins went there) but I have NOT been on campus hard core since the 1980s when my bff went there. (she started college with me but transferred to their drama department).

First observation - I'm no longer 20.

Second observation - Pitt is hampered by its age and its urban setting. I do NOT know how someone with accessibility issues worse than mine can come here. They must have to go blocks out of their way. So many steps. So many.

Third observation - William Penn Union is a gorgeous (and historic landmark so you can't actually change this) I tried to take a picture yesterday. Need to try again tomorrow. Breakfast there was good, so was lunch

Fourth observation - yeah every room is a theater style (not surprising) but almost no place for wheelchairs in several of them. And oh no bathroom on the first floor so you have to go up or down and there was not one working sink. Our Hosts went ballistic only be told 'shrug, it's a holiday weekend, what do you want us to do?'

Fifth observation - I have new ideas to go home with so it was a productive day. One game I want to adapt is the card games, basically using known games to hone knowledge (like the memory game) and the how to interview for med school/PA/PT etc (I used to do this for our students but it's been several years and this guy is on the admittant committee for Boston Med) and the unexpected one I loved was the guy getting people to come to his office hours by once a week making it fun, come color, come play with sidewalk chalk, come play games and just TALK. I will definitely try that.

My boo-boo toe started killing me after lunch (all those fucking stairs). It was bleeding and the sock was stuck to it and throbbing like a tooth ache. You have to understand this toe is neuropathic which means I can barely feel it so to have this much pain it's hurt worse than I thought. Whee.

Tonight's dinner was SO disappointing. I had been saving up Christos' Med. Grille for tonight (it's famous here) but when I logged into DoorDash it was closed for the holidays. NOOOOO! I found a ramen place that is getting written up. It wasn't bad. In fact it was very tasty (including the matcha pudding with sweet red beans) BUT nothing was in my soup. I had opted for extra noodles and a marinated egg but the things that were meant to come with the soup (the tofu, the cabbage and basil) were NOT in it.. If I hadn't wanted those noodles/egg I'd have been given a bowl of broth.... I am learning after 3 days in a row 3 different restaurants, they DO NOT seem to take much care of what is boxed up for this

At least the volleyball tournament girls are quiet tonight.

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Current Music: NCIS

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tielan

There's no room for in it for my brain, no space in my schedule for watching, no community to drag me along with them.

And also, I've become resigned to the fact that I will never get stories about the characters that I want. That my interests are not anywhere near the interests of the majority of viewers, and because what counts is eyeballs (or reader pages, or whatever) then the characters I love - or the archetypes I want to see - are not going to appeal to most people.

It's a little demoralising, and makes it hard to write.

Not to mention the state of the world is steadily wearing on us all. Not just the AI (fuck AI) but also the world and all it's harms. All the hopeful stories I had for analogues and spin-offs of our world are presently crumbling while watching Ukraine, Gaza, the authority of the current US Administration, the right-wingers, Christian Nationalism - not to mention all the tech issues.

*sigh*

I can't remember if it was John Green or someone else (might have been Hank Green) who said during the 2020 election process that he was hesitating over starting a new book, because a 2nd Trump administration would create a very different world to one in which 45 only managed one administration. He was, as it turns out, exceedingly prescient on that front.

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WILLOW: (sheepishly) And Spike.
GILES: Spike?! Spike knew?
XANDER: Only the basic stuff. You know, that Riley is a commando and Professor Walsh is in charge.
GILES: (furious) Professor Walsh!?

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Well, I'm gifted. There's a Hispanic grocery store across the street, and I walked over there before D&D last night to grab a few groceries that I needed. On the way back, I ended up tripping over my own two feet. I scraped up both legs a fair bit and had to get that cleaned up before the game, but it didn't seem all that bad at first.

I thought it was fine, save for the scrapes, but when I went to bed after the game last night my body let me know that it was worse than I thought. My left leg is bruised quite nicely and my right knee (which was scraped up) was aching. To make it even better, my right ankle - which is the one that I sprained quite nicely about a month ago that's just really properly started to heal - started swelling again a few after I fell. Plus my right knee has also started swelling somewhat today to match the ankle, which is even better.

Luckily, I still have the brace from when I sprained my ankle at the end of April, and I've been trying to soak it as much as possible which seems to be helping some. I'm not worried about it being a fracture this time like I was a month ago, so I'm not wasting the money on a trip to the doctor since there's only so much they can do for a sprain, as many, many, many past sprains have taught me. And while my knee is a bit swollen, it's not bad enough to justify a trip to the clinic on a holiday weekend, at least not yet.

After almost 40 years in this body, you'd think that I would have learned to walk by now. But, no, apparently not. 🙃

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Title: Best Medicine
Fandom: FAKE
Author:

badly_knitted
Characters: Dee, Ryo.
Rating: PG
Written For: Challenge 450: Amnesty 45, using Challenge 40: Laughter.
Setting: After the manga.
Summary: Sometimes, you just have to laugh.
Disclaimer: I don’t own FAKE, or the characters. They belong to the wonderful Sanami Matoh.
A/N: Double drabble.

Best Medicine

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Murderbot: Good ep! ( spoilers )