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small pleasures of the weekend

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Snake beans from the garden. Garlic, black bean chilli paste, soy sauce, and some water to steam. Add salt before the end.

So good!
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FFA DW Post #2418- Sad Nipple Syndrome: is THAT why I cry when I trap my nipple in the fold-out bit?

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Party Tit vs Sad Tit vs Nip Neutrality (Imperturbable Nipples) - tag yourself.

This should be worked into a story where people have to be on guard against illusion magic. Character X secretly has sad nipples, and their fuckbuddy in the Antarctic research station is like, "All right, tits out, let's see if you're who you say you are."

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Sleep? Long day was long!

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I'm very politically involved and a volunteer for my state Greens party. I sold my soul to them eight years ago lol. Anyway, I was considering not going but a number of my friends were doing a shift today at the Midsumma Carnival so I went along and did a few hours there.

Raced home for my NDIS Support Worker but took longer to get home than I wanted cause PT. Gotta love Melbourne PT lol, so "helpful" but I'm glad she still came. She does a lot of bulk cooking for me which is so incredibly helpful cause I really struggle with cooking when it comes to my executive dysfunction.

While she did that I actually spent time tidying my living area which is looking so much better. We'll see how long it lasts.

Had a couple of hours break before going into a meeting for Message Stick work on basically being better allies to our First Nations people. That went for a bit over 90min.

A good day, don't get me wrong but damn I'm tired

Also probably doesn't help that instead of sleeping at 10pm last night like I usually do my body kept me awake and online until 1:30am hyperfocused on what I was doing and still woke me up at 6:30am like I normally do.

That was fun /facepalm
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SGA: Take Clothes Off As Directed by Helenish

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Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Characters/Pairings: John Sheppard/Rodney McKay, Elizabeth Weir, Aiden Ford, Bates, Patrick Sheppard
Rating: Explicit
Length: 11,848
Content Notes: Author chose not to warn - my take would be that no AO3 warnings apply, although there's dubious consent at times, when John's being harassed as a sub.
Creator Links: Helenish on AO3, Ann ciudad on Audiofic Archive
Themes: Crack treated seriously, BDSM, Complete AU: BDSM, Friends to lovers, Worldbuilding, Trope inversion/subversion,

Summary: John entered the Air Force Academy in 1987; it was only the third year subs were accepted into the flight program. John wasn't the only one in his class, but he was the only one who looked like he did, and it didn't make him any friends.

Reccer's Notes: This story is well known in SGA fandom, and it's also crack treated seriously. The cracky premise is that it's set in a BDSM universe - almost everyone is bi and BDSM relationships are the norm, so there's no homophobia or DADT - but in this AU there is discrimination against subs. Unlike several other BDSM universe fics which are very much idfics revelling in the crack of John/Rodney being Dom/sub and the hotness and romance of their dynamic, Helenish turns the concept around, making John the attractive sub, and making the discrimination and "sexual" harassment he faces lifelong, especially as a sub in the military (and how that affects his character), the core of the story. It becomes an analogy for sexism and gender roles, and his expectations about being badly treated by doms come close to ruining his developing relationship with Rodney, an atypical dom who isn't "sexist", which disconcerts John. The story's complex and brilliantly written, and one I'll always return to. Very much recommended.

Fanwork Links: Take Clothes Off As Directed on AO3
The podfic read by Ann ciudad is also excellent.

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[#287] NOWHERE IS SAFE (TORCHWOOD)

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Theme Prompt: #287 - Hot water
Title: Nowhere is safe
Fandom: Torchwood
Rating/Warnings: PG. Pre-canon.
Bonus: Yes
Word Count: 1,000 words
Summary: Jack’s mission has gone awry and now he’s in big trouble.

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miracles usually come in twos

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As Iruma is about to be crowned Demon King, the Love Trio are about to finish their time in Babyls, and unexpected events in their relationship force unspoken assumptions to be discussed out loud, the unnoficial yet strictly regulated Iruma Harem stands on a grey area. What comes next? How should Iruma present them once he's crowned? Will they keep going as they are or will something have to be changed?

Oh, and they also need to find a name change badly. Nobody is sure why, but calling themselves a harem doesn't feel quite right.

Words: 2248, Chapters: 2/?, Language: English

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somewhat new player makes a proper trade post

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hello!! i started playing a little while ago but made my trade post incorrectly so here i am now... my trade pile isn't terribly impressive yet but if you see anything that interests you then send me a trade! ^_^
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Hi-5 Radio 339

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Last round's winner was Colors!



Hello, dear listeners! 5pb-chan is in charge of the music toplist corner once again, and it's entirely up to you and your votes which song will make it this week!

Douze points! )

This round ends Saturday, January 24, 2026.
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C-C-COMBO BREAKER! WITH JOON & SHION 340 - SPECIAL ROUND

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Welcome back to COMBO BREAKER everyone! The ever lovely Yorigami sisters have returned to count your combos.

How high has your combo managed to go? Joon is a brawler and and Shion is never far behind her in a fight (literally)! Joon is all ears for any new moves you might want to show her, especially ones where she can reap the benefits--because the two of them are misfortune goddesses and spending too much time around Shion might make your luck run out and end your sweet combo.
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- Every week you will be able to pick a button, similar to how Pick a Color works. Every button can be either HIT or MISS.
- The number of HITs in a row you accumulate is the length of your combo but the moment you get a MISS, you lose all of it. This means if you accumulate 3 hits, then recieve a miss, you CANNOT turn in those 3 hits. If you receive 2 hits, a miss, then a hit, You now only have one hit in your combo, not 3 not 2.
- You don't have to play every week to build up your combo! Time that passes between your HITs doesn't matter as long as you don't get a MISS. Feel free to skip a round or two if you decide that it's too high risk or you just don't have time to play!


- You are able to turn in your combos for prizes. Longer combos yield much bigger prizes but you have a greater chance of being interrupted so it's up to you if you'd rather take the risk or play it safe.


- When turning in your combo, please provide links to all HITs that are part of it. Also, once you turn in a combo, you can't reuse these HITs for your next combo.


- Please redeem your combos in the COMBO REDEEMING TOP LEVEL. There will be one posted with every round of this game, and it will always be the first comment on the post.

In This Round
10 buttons are hiding a HIT!

0 buttons are hiding a MISS!



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HITx2 4 Cards
HITx3 8 Cards
HITx4 16 Cards
HITx5 32 Cards
HITx6 64 Cards
HITx7 128 Cards
Submit
While claiming your rewards, please use this form




This round ends on Saturday, January 24, 2026!

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An Idol's Acrostic Trading Post 325

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The Three Lights need to buy words from you so that they can finish the lyrics to their next song! They'll give you a reward for every letter you sell to them and a bonus for every whole word you can provide.

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This round ends on Saturday, January 24, 2026.
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Fandom Trees and Snowflake day 9 (tropes)

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[community profile] fandomtrees pulled through with reveals this weekend! I got an adorable harried spider prepping for the holidays, a lovely crop of Discworld icons from illustrations and movie adaptations, and the cozy Elis & John AU of my dreams.

I left some recs/recipes, but my creative endeavors this time around were limited to this:

[personal profile] sysann requested, among many other fun crossover ideas, a Dragaera/Ghosts UK crossover wherein the Dragaerans find themselves in Button House. Here’s what I wrote:

(If you’re not familiar with Dragaera, all you need to know is that Aliera is a particularly haughty member of a Proud Warrior Race who are en masse extremely touchy about their honor and love to fight duels about it. She is sensitive about her height and levitates to appear taller, and her normally-green eyes turn blue when she’s angry.

If you’re not familiar with Ghosts UK, all you need to know is that Thomas is the ghost of a (bad) Regency era poet, who is an oblivious romantic who died in a duel over a lady’s honor.)

Dragaera/Ghosts UK, Thomas Thorne, Aliera e’Kieron, terrible poetry )

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Challenge #9: Talk about your favorite tropes in media or transformative works. (Feel free to substitute in theme/motif/cliche if "trope" doesn't resonate with you.)

I think this time around, I’ll just go with the tropes that are making my current reading – To Shape a Dragon’s Breath – such a fun and this-book-was-written-just-for-me reading experience :)

magic as science, magic school, animal companion, alt history, Sweet Polly Oliver )
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Crazy Colors 378

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Crazy Colors is an interactive game that you play with the cards you already have in your post! True to its title, it plays similarly to the real card game Crazy Eights. To earn prizes from this game, you'll have to not only be quick, but pay close attention to the comments above yours.
No Draw 4s in this version, luckily! )

This round ends on Saturday, January 24, 2026.
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Colors Concentration 150

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Test your memory with three concentration games each week!

Matchmaker, matchmaker, make me a match! )

This round ends Saturday, January 24, 2026.

Sunday Secrets

Posted by Frank

The post Sunday Secrets appeared first on PostSecret.

Lost Cameras and Orphan Photos

Posted by Frank

Telling a secret can be transformative; it can change our relationship with people we know, and even those we will never meet. More than once, I have watched strangers inspired by a shared secret self-organize into purposeful communities of kindness.

One of those stories began years ago when I pulled a postcard from my mailbox made from a photograph of smiling friends. The words taped to the photo read, “I found your camera at Lollapalooza this summer. I finally got the pictures developed, and I’d love to give them to you”.

I shared the secret on the PostSecret Blog, hoping someone would recognize one of the young people at the table and we could return all the photos to the group. Messages poured in that week from the PostSecret Community, but no one was able to identify anyone in the picture. However, one of the messages came from a Canadian student, Mathew Preprost, who was inspired to do more.

Believing that everyday people can sometimes have a worldwide impact on the web with a good idea and determination, Mathew designed and built a website that would serve as a lost-and-found for cameras. He called it, “I Found Your Camera,” and when I helped him spread the word, we were both surprised by how many lost cameras there were in the world and how many people wanted to help return them.

A 21-year-old vacationing student lost his camera at Union Station in Chicago. He thought it was long gone when a friend of his girlfriend saw the couple smiling together on the “I Found Your Camera” website. “She went crazy when she randomly stumbled upon our picture at Wrigley Field.” He said.

Dozens, then hundreds of cameras were mailed to Mathew’s Winnipeg address. When they arrived, he would post some of the photographs from each camera on his website, and millions of people would visit virtually to see if they could identify anyone in the pictures so they could be contacted. “It was exciting for me to see strangers helping strangers return lost cameras to the people who were sometimes desperately searching for them,” Mathew told me.

The owner of this camera (in yellow) left it behind in Santa Cruz (not far from the background pictured) on a long bike ride . A month later, she was surprised and relieved to find herself on “I Found Your Camera”. She contacted Mathew and in two weeks she had all the photos from her California journey.

Mathew was being interviewed by USA Today, the CBC, and other national news services.  One of the stories he liked telling was about the journey of George Metz’s camera. To get George’s Mardi Gras pictures back to him in Pennsylvania, Mathew coordinated an international effort involving good Samaritans in four cities across three countries and two continents. As the success stories spread, more and more cameras began arriving in his mailbox.

Wedding pictures, photos from family reunions, parties, and graduations all found their way back to those who had lost them – over 1,000 in all – and the thankful emails Mathew received revealed heartfelt gratitude.

“Thank you, Thank you, Thank you, my son’s birth was on that camera and he turns 4 next week.”

I have traveled to Mexico, New Zealand, Spain, Canada, England, Australia and throughout the US sharing the heartening story of how a single secret sparked the imagination of one student who united people around the world to help others they will never meet.

Every time I told the story, I shared the original picture of happy people sitting around a table that started it all, always hoping that one day I would be able to complete the story. Finally, it happened.

Here is a picture of the young woman from the table whose lost camera inspired so many other stories of kindness before returning home itself. She asked me to pass along her thanks to the community for her lost, then found collection of “slightly out-of-focus memories of a lifetime”.

And here is a picture of Mathew along with a quote he told a USA Today reporter.

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Classic Secrets

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Daily Happiness

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1. The tattoo seems to be healing well. There was a lot of fluid buildup in the bandage even though I'd put on a new one yesterday, and around midday I noticed some floaty bits of either dead skin or adhesive residue from the previous bandage but either way didn't want to leave it on like that, but the tattoo place had only given me enough to change it once, and the stuff I ordered from Amazon isn't coming till tomorrow, so I checked to see if there was anywhere I could buy it in person and it seems like the answer is no. Google told me the Ulta near me sells it, so I went over there and they did not have any, so I decided to check CVS to see if they at least had larger tegaderm patches than what I have at home leftover from when I had surgery, and they did have ones that are at least big enough to cover the tattoo with three patches, so I got a pack of those.

After taking off the old bandage and washing my leg, I used some lotion and let it just air out for a while, but then put the tegaderm patches on before we went to Disneyland just to keep it protected. There seems to be a lot less fluid coming out now, but I'm still going to change it again tomorrow when the stuff from Amazon gets here and at least use it for another day or two.

2. I went to the farmers market this morning and got an ube cinnamon roll, among other things. This is my second time getting one and they're so good.

3. We had a really nice time at Disneyland tonight. Despite the warm weather, it's getting cool quickly in the evenings (only good thing about hot weather in the winter is that it never lasts into the night) so it was pleasantly warm rather than unpleasantly so, and the crowds were light. We walked back to the car from the park rather than taking the bus, and passed by a mochi donut shop we always see from the car and stopped in to get a few for tomorrow's breakfast. We got matcha, passionfruit, and guava donuts. The place we usually get from always has matcha, but I don't think we've had either passionfruit or guava, so I'm looking forward to trying those.

4. Working from home yesterday almost made this feel like a three day weekend. I still have another day before going back to work!

5. Jasper!

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2026 Disneyland Trip #4 (1/17/26)

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We decided to wait till later in the afternoon to go to Disneyland since it was hot again today and it had been so pleasant when we went on Wednesday evening. We left the house around 2:45 or so and got down there at four and the sun was already low enough that we didn't need sunglasses or anything and the temps had already gone down a lot so it was very pleasant.

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Waiting on my 3DS to install some games, plus I'm feeling pretty down tonight and need a distraction while I wait, so it's update timeee.

Started doing that art thing with my friend this week, and both times were fun. Second time was more just socializing while I played around with Copics, but the first time had a bit more going on, with them screen sharing to me when I started having a small panic about how the hell to do hair. Their explanation was simple but it was sort of an eye-opener for me? I was frustrated that I could only use my screen tablet in the other room though, so I picked up a spare cable so I can easily take it between computers now. The only downside is that I guess Clip Studio charges you $4/mo to be able to use 4 Pro on more than one device?? I think that is... extremely silly. So my desktop has CSP1 and my laptop has CSP4.

I also cut up a bunch of my different papers into smaller pieces so I can sample things without feeling like I just used the center of the page and then wasted the rest trying to experiment. But I have to remind myseeelf that practice isn't wasting anything, because the only way you get better with something is by practicing.

So now, here's just hoping that I can stop being so easily distracted and actually sit down to do some art practice. I wanna stop hating my art and get out of this 10+ year spiral I've been in. I did it for writing, I can do it for art, too.

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I will admit, it was kinda hard staying of Bsky for the first few days, but now it's really been not so bad. I still check my art/writing accounts once or twice a day, but it goes so quickly that I don't spend a literal half hour just catching up.

Strangely, scrolling my writing account's feed has inspired me a bit to get back to my writing projects. Again, the hardest part is dealing with distractions and trying to distance myself from them. But I think that'll improve very soon.

The other hard thing is trying to find a good balance between art time, writing time, and study time. I should really give writing more time than the others, since it's more my focus for now. But sometimes I just feel like there aren't enough hours in the dayyy for everything I wanna dooo.

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I did end up finishing Lunacid not long after my last post. I'm shocked by how much I adored that game. It was just so memorable and knowing that there's DLC coming for it has me so excited. I meant to start playing Emerald Dragon right after, but then I started Black Mesa for a friend, and then I started Legacy of Ys??? So I'm clearly having a time of it sticking to what I say I'll do . Maybe after Ys II (or even I, if I don't feel like II right after), I'll start Emerald Dragon. I'm in the final dungeon now anyway, so it's only a matter of time.

... Didn't I say last time that I'd do my annual game post? I completely forgot to do that, so I should probably start drafting that for real soon.

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As for other stuff going on; almost totally off this SSRI. It's not helping me, the side effects are a pain on my life. After a few more weeks, I'll be off it for good.

Still no real news on Lacie. It's frustrating, because now she's starting to have some issues again, so we're keeping an eye on her in case something escalates.

Lifestyle changes are hit and miss right now, in terms of success rate. We're keeping at them, though, because we really want to make these changes for the good of our lives. I know it's hard to keep up changes after the start of a new year, but it's definitely doable.
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Sunday Check-in

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I'm already having a great time doing [community profile] threesentenceficathon. Pimping my guys, mostly, I admit. 😉

I'm almost finished with my fic for [community profile] smallfandomfest . All it needs is the sex scene, so naturally I'm procrastinating. But guess what, it's the longest fic I've written since 2019! Looks like I might be finally going to start writing some longer stuff again. Amazing what an extra dose of inspiration can do...

HELP! I just don't know... I've always posted my drabbles to AO3 as 'chapters' in a drabble collection... Some people think that's "cheating". I'm thinking of posting them separately now -- but honestly, to me that feels like 'padding' my story count. I'm so undecided.

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