I had no idea that Kivia personality is a lot more... sillier in the original light novel/manga compared to the anime.
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I had no idea that Kivia personality is a lot more... sillier in the original light novel/manga compared to the anime.
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Title: Date Decisions
Author:
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badly_knittedCharacters: Jack, Ianto.
Rating: PG
Written For: Challenge 914: Decision.
Spoilers: Kiss Kiss Bang Bang.
Summary: Taking Ianto out on a date is more complicated than Jack was expecting.
Disclaimer: I don’t own Torchwood, or the characters.
A/N: Double drabble.
I had assumed that Boss Josh would feed me a line of bs about supposedly still working to get me an upgrade and I was correct. I let him know that I have no confidence or hopes it will happen after a decade of effort and on top of that the recent rejection that was not handled properly by University HR and down the line (which I put in a statement citing policies and procedures that were not appropriately followed since I want it in the file). I also told him that I know he means well but to please not do the whole "Diane is the EXPERT!!" in our outreach to folks because when they see that I don't have a leadership title though I'm toted as leadership, it's embarrassing. I got the "please let me know about these things" and uh...isn't that what I just did? Not that I said that. I just reiterated that I know he means well but please don't say these things in the future.
I also noted that I didn't think any upgrade was going to happen because when Elaine was going for her promotion, she had special meetings with the Executive Dean and with the head of the Business/Budget/HR office about it and I've not once been asked to attend any meetings with them about anything, much less my position. Not that I particularly WANT to be in meetings but if I'm the "expert" then why have I never been asked to attend and give input? Josh seemed to get that but then said something that well, ticked me off though I kept my mouth shut. He said that if I were to attend a meeting that I should watch how I talk. As if I'm suddenly going to be inappropriate? Uh...dude, I have been professional in every one of the meetings with faculty, meetings with staff, outreach zoom meetings, in person events that we've held. Just because I'm more honest in discussions with YOU, that gives you some indication that I will be some sort of sassy loudmouth with people lateral and above you? The hell?
My suspicion is that the assumption of inappropriate behavior comes from the former boss that was awful to me talking smack. Well if in the year and nearly a half that you've been my boss and witnessed my interactions with these sorts of audiences hasn't convinced you otherwise, then I'm done bothering making effort. I didn't tell him this because again, why bother? It'll have zero effect in any positive way.
If either a better job offer comes around or when I reach retirement eligibility, I find a nice lower stress job in the private sector, don't be surprised if I quietly leave without much notice. In the meantime, I'm going to do my work as exactly described, placidly smile and nod and not assert myself, not make promises of anything above my level.
I also noted that I didn't think any upgrade was going to happen because when Elaine was going for her promotion, she had special meetings with the Executive Dean and with the head of the Business/Budget/HR office about it and I've not once been asked to attend any meetings with them about anything, much less my position. Not that I particularly WANT to be in meetings but if I'm the "expert" then why have I never been asked to attend and give input? Josh seemed to get that but then said something that well, ticked me off though I kept my mouth shut. He said that if I were to attend a meeting that I should watch how I talk. As if I'm suddenly going to be inappropriate? Uh...dude, I have been professional in every one of the meetings with faculty, meetings with staff, outreach zoom meetings, in person events that we've held. Just because I'm more honest in discussions with YOU, that gives you some indication that I will be some sort of sassy loudmouth with people lateral and above you? The hell?
My suspicion is that the assumption of inappropriate behavior comes from the former boss that was awful to me talking smack. Well if in the year and nearly a half that you've been my boss and witnessed my interactions with these sorts of audiences hasn't convinced you otherwise, then I'm done bothering making effort. I didn't tell him this because again, why bother? It'll have zero effect in any positive way.
If either a better job offer comes around or when I reach retirement eligibility, I find a nice lower stress job in the private sector, don't be surprised if I quietly leave without much notice. In the meantime, I'm going to do my work as exactly described, placidly smile and nod and not assert myself, not make promises of anything above my level.
Name: Soda (she/her)
Age: Late 20s
I mostly post about: Artwork, writing, character design and development, whatever shows and/or games I'm currently invested in, the various happenings in my life, any thoughts, feelings, and other ramblings that come to mind
My hobbies are: Illustration, writing, gaming, streaming, collecting comics, merchandise, plushies (I have too many), and stationary
My fandoms are: Main is Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003, IDW, and Splintered Fate), casual enjoyer of Pokemon and Sonic the Hedgehog; I also enjoy a number of various anime, cartoons, comics/manga, and video games that I may mention from time to time.
I'm looking to meet people who: While no specific person comes to mind, as long you're kind and considerate, I'm happy to chat even if our interests don't line up.
My posting schedule tends to be: A bit sporadic, but I usually manage to get one or two posts in a week
When I add people, my dealbreakers are: I prefer to interact with users who are at least 20 or older and will avoid interacting with minors. Not tolerant of bigotry in any form (racism, homophobia, transphobia, ableism, etc.) I do, unfortunately, have quite a few major squicks on the fannish front, so if you're posting things like adult/minor pairings and/or incest, I'm going to politely keep my distance.
Before adding me, you should know: I prefer to keep my journal SFW out of personal preference. Neurodivergent (autistic), highly anxious to the point I sometimes delete posts for whatever reason, although I'm trying to be braver about posting my opinions even if they lean more towards the negative and come off as a bit whiny/complainy.
anatine (AN-uh-tain, AN-uh-tin) - adj., pertaining to or resembling a duck.
If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it's anatine even if it isn't a duck. Anatine also, in a technical use, can mean pertaining to or belonging to the subfamily Anatinae, the dabbling ducks, or the family Anatidae, which includes Anatinae as well as geese and swans. Taken in the 1830s from Latin anatīnus, of ducks, from anas via its stem form anat-, a duck (which ultimately goes back to PIE root *h₂énh₂ts, a duck, because of course the PIE homeland had ducks, as they're worldwide).
Also, >quack!<
Thanks, WikiMedia!
---L.
If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it's anatine even if it isn't a duck. Anatine also, in a technical use, can mean pertaining to or belonging to the subfamily Anatinae, the dabbling ducks, or the family Anatidae, which includes Anatinae as well as geese and swans. Taken in the 1830s from Latin anatīnus, of ducks, from anas via its stem form anat-, a duck (which ultimately goes back to PIE root *h₂énh₂ts, a duck, because of course the PIE homeland had ducks, as they're worldwide).
Also, >quack!<
Thanks, WikiMedia!
---L.
For my birthday, Husband bought me a furniture cleaner. And before you all go, "oh gosh, what a clueless man!" let me just assure you all, he is far from clueless and I wanted one. I have in fact been casting long glances and coveting for at least the last six months. So I am HAPPY!
It's one of those things where I want it and I can easily afford it, but it is also expensive enough and specialised enough that I have a great deal of trouble convincing myself that yes, I am in fact allowed to buy one. So I don't. Husband to the rescue.
I have tried it out on a chair. The used water was... opaque. It was WILD! I want to wash the sofa, but I will control myself and wait until tomorrow morning, because it does require a bit of drying time afterwards and we want to be able to sit in it tonight. I'm worried about what the water is going to look like after that.
This is going to be so useful! I can wash our mattress!
It's one of those things where I want it and I can easily afford it, but it is also expensive enough and specialised enough that I have a great deal of trouble convincing myself that yes, I am in fact allowed to buy one. So I don't. Husband to the rescue.
I have tried it out on a chair. The used water was... opaque. It was WILD! I want to wash the sofa, but I will control myself and wait until tomorrow morning, because it does require a bit of drying time afterwards and we want to be able to sit in it tonight. I'm worried about what the water is going to look like after that.
This is going to be so useful! I can wash our mattress!
This week's prompt is pun.
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The wrecky forces-that-be have smiled upon us once more, dear minions.
Translation?
I HAVE MORE WEDDING WRECKS.
Here's what Daisy had in mind when she ordered her mini cake and cupcake tower:
But instead...
Oooh, you guys, I feel a bucket list item coming up:
This is it! THIS IS IT.
Ahem hem hem.
Q: What's black-and-white and wrecked all over?
A: KELLY'S WEDDING CAKE.
(Sorry, Kelly.)
And finally, behold the elegant glory of the cake Kassandra ordered for a whopping $750:
Oooh, you've got good taste, Kassandra.
...but terrible luck with bakers:
o.0
Here's how I imagine Kassandra's baker dropped off the cake:
"My work here... IS DONE."
Thanks to brides Daisy E., Kelly J., & Kassandra for reminding us wedding wreckage is serious business.
*****
P.S. Since this saved my butt during a long painting day recently, I have a random product recommendation:
No Buckle No-Show Stretch Belt
This is my new favorite belt, y'all. It basically turns anything with belt loops into an elastic waist. So comfy I forget it's on, slimline so it doesn't show under my t-shirts, and NO BELT BUCKLE to dig into my belly or unbuckle for bathroom breaks. Woohoo!
You know how stretch jeans are forever sliding down when you sit or bend, so you have to keep hitching them back up? No more! I wear this with all my jeans now. It's entirely elastic, so it moves and stretches with you, zero painful digging. I HIGHLY recommend for anyone well endowed with squish in the belly area.
*****
And from my other blog, Epbot:
Should I have cleaned out my bookmarks before? Yes, but now's not the time!
Apr. 21st, 2026 04:20 pmcimoreneI finally got around to reinstalling Linux Mint on my laptop last week so that I could back up the last two years of photos. Going through the photos of 2024-2025 was wild. Wax and I have both been in such a fog of depression that we sometimes barely remembered the things in them, and it all feels vague and like a long time ago. Haha, great.
Anyway, the process of updating my laptop didn't go as planned.
First Tristana threw the external on the floor while it was in the act of copying, thus more-or-less bricking it (a computer repair store MIGHT be able to recover the data). It's possible that there wasn't very much on it that we don't have elsewhere, but I'm not quite sure without taking apart both desktops to access my hds from Wax's to check.
And then signing into Firefox went wrong and it failed to sync my bookmarks, even though they're all there still in the mobile version. The backup of my ff profile that contained the bookmarks was on the external but had not copied before The Incident. So I need to try removing and reinstalling the browser before I have to give up and move them manually, because apparently even though sync refusing to work is a not-uncommon issue, going by the support threads everywhere, they actually removed the "export bookmarks" button! ( Read more... )
Needless to say, I did consider switching browsers, but that feels like too many more steps to tackle at the moment.
Anyway, the process of updating my laptop didn't go as planned.
First Tristana threw the external on the floor while it was in the act of copying, thus more-or-less bricking it (a computer repair store MIGHT be able to recover the data). It's possible that there wasn't very much on it that we don't have elsewhere, but I'm not quite sure without taking apart both desktops to access my hds from Wax's to check.
And then signing into Firefox went wrong and it failed to sync my bookmarks, even though they're all there still in the mobile version. The backup of my ff profile that contained the bookmarks was on the external but had not copied before The Incident. So I need to try removing and reinstalling the browser before I have to give up and move them manually, because apparently even though sync refusing to work is a not-uncommon issue, going by the support threads everywhere, they actually removed the "export bookmarks" button! ( Read more... )
Needless to say, I did consider switching browsers, but that feels like too many more steps to tackle at the moment.
Apart Challenge: Babylon 5: Set Apart
Apr. 21st, 2026 02:34 pmbadly_knitted posting in ![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png){kind=small}
fan_flashworksTitle: Set Apart
Fandom: Babylon 5
Author:
badly_knittedCharacters: Byron.
Rating: PG
Word Count: 200
Spoilers/Setting: Early season 5.
Summary: Telepaths are feared and distrusted.
Content Notes: None needed.
Written For: Challenge 513: Amnesty 85 at fan_flashworks, using Challenge 463: Apart.
Disclaimer: I don’t own Babylon 5, or the characters. They belong to J. Michael Straczynski.
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( Set Apart... )
We are going out of town for spring break! I expect to be back on Sunday. 🏖️
Some of the Swamp volunteers found a fox den this month. I wasn't there for it, but they posted the results of putting up a camera, because obviously no fox was hanging around with humans.
www.facebook.com/reel/979482221251693
In case this link doesn't work; what they saw was a vixen coming to check on the place overnight. This feels incredible, in the heart of the city, in an area which is not that large. I don't know the stats on the Swamp area's size, but it only takes me 30-40 minutes to walk around it. To get here, the fox would have had to travel through suburban streets, though there IS a larger bushland only a few kilometres away that she could have travelled from. This is not good news for anything small, furry and prey-classified [bandicoots!] that live here. Probably not for the smaller waterbirds either, though we're past nesting season.
www.facebook.com/reel/979482221251693
In case this link doesn't work; what they saw was a vixen coming to check on the place overnight. This feels incredible, in the heart of the city, in an area which is not that large. I don't know the stats on the Swamp area's size, but it only takes me 30-40 minutes to walk around it. To get here, the fox would have had to travel through suburban streets, though there IS a larger bushland only a few kilometres away that she could have travelled from. This is not good news for anything small, furry and prey-classified [bandicoots!] that live here. Probably not for the smaller waterbirds either, though we're past nesting season.
week 2 of god awful back pain.
I lamented being told that it wasn't that serious, two or three flareups ago when I saw doctors, but unfortunately as I look around the internet for tips, what I'm seeing is that it truly wasn't/isn't that bad, and people deal with much worse for much longer (and still fix themselves with pt exercises and anti-inflammatories)
Anyway, the disc between my vertebrae is out of position and it's aggravating my nerves. This happens for a few weeks once or twice a year because I get hubristic and stop doing my back exercises.
Anyway do these three simple excercises 10 minutes a day, don't turn out like me. https://squatuniversity.com/2018/06/21/the-mcgill-big-3-for-core-stability/
I lamented being told that it wasn't that serious, two or three flareups ago when I saw doctors, but unfortunately as I look around the internet for tips, what I'm seeing is that it truly wasn't/isn't that bad, and people deal with much worse for much longer (and still fix themselves with pt exercises and anti-inflammatories)
Anyway, the disc between my vertebrae is out of position and it's aggravating my nerves. This happens for a few weeks once or twice a year because I get hubristic and stop doing my back exercises.
Anyway do these three simple excercises 10 minutes a day, don't turn out like me. https://squatuniversity.com/2018/06/21/the-mcgill-big-3-for-core-stability/
The Queen of Air and Darkness and Other Stories by Poul Anderson
Apr. 21st, 2026 08:07 amjames_davis_nicoll
How much of the universe does *science as we know it* open to us?
The Queen of Air and Darkness and Other Stories by Poul Anderson
It's challenge time!
Comment with Just One Thing you've accomplished in the last 24 hours or so. It doesn't have to be a hard thing, or even a thing that you think is particularly awesome. Just a thing that you did.
Feel free to share more than one thing if you're feeling particularly accomplished!
Extra credit: find someone in the comments and give them props for what they achieved!
Nothing is too big, too small, too strange or too cryptic. And in case you'd rather do this in private, anonymous comments are screened. I will only unscreen if you ask me to.
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Comment with Just One Thing you've accomplished in the last 24 hours or so. It doesn't have to be a hard thing, or even a thing that you think is particularly awesome. Just a thing that you did.
Feel free to share more than one thing if you're feeling particularly accomplished!
Extra credit: find someone in the comments and give them props for what they achieved!
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Gravity Challenge: Star Trek Prodigy: wallpaper: without you by my side
Apr. 21st, 2026 11:53 amlilly_c posting in fan_flashworksTitle: without you by my side
Fandom: Star Trek: Prodigy
Rating:
Length:
Content notes: Planets background is from wallpaper access (artist unknown, not credited by source), Star Trek: Prodigy screencaps used are my own from Observer's Paradox, Last Flight Of The Protostar and Cracked Mirror. The text is selected lyrics from You & I by Rayne, working from Rob IYF & Meakz cover of it with the title Gravity, both versions are still hitting my J/C feels hard. Font used is SaltTruckToTheStars.
Author notes: This is my first time working in Pixelmator Pro on Mac and I'm still very much learning how to use it including any tips and tricks not included in Apple's documentation and I’m more used to working in Photoscape X.
Summary: Chakotay’s loneliness while on Ysida.
( without you by my side )
Fandom: Star Trek: Prodigy
Rating:
Length:
Content notes: Planets background is from wallpaper access (artist unknown, not credited by source), Star Trek: Prodigy screencaps used are my own from Observer's Paradox, Last Flight Of The Protostar and Cracked Mirror. The text is selected lyrics from You & I by Rayne, working from Rob IYF & Meakz cover of it with the title Gravity, both versions are still hitting my J/C feels hard. Font used is SaltTruckToTheStars.
Author notes: This is my first time working in Pixelmator Pro on Mac and I'm still very much learning how to use it including any tips and tricks not included in Apple's documentation and I’m more used to working in Photoscape X.
Summary: Chakotay’s loneliness while on Ysida.
( without you by my side )
In the comments to these weekly posts (and only these posts), it's your chance to go as off topic as you like.
Talk about non-comics stuff, thread derail, and just generally chat among yourselves.
The intent of these posts is to chat and have some fun and, sure, vent a little as required. Reasoned debate is fine, as always, but if you have to ask if something is going over the line, think carefully before posting please.
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It's been suggested that, if discussing spoilers for recent media events, it might be advisable to consider using the rot13 method to prevent other members seeing spoilers in passing.
The world situation is the world situation. If you're following the news, you know it as much as I do, if you're not, then there are better sources than scans_daily. But please, no doomscrolling, for your own sake.
UK politics is mired in yet more chaos in terms of the fallout of Peter Mandelson's appointment to, and rapid departutre for, the role of US Ambassador.
US politics is just... mired... in general, or so it seems from the outside. The reveal that Pete Hegseth quoted Tarantino's "Pulp Fiction" citing it as an actual Biblical passage was quite something (And another three satire writers probably changed careers in disgust, because this is just the sort of thing they'd have presented as parody), as was the VP's attempt to lecture Pope Leo, an Augustinian, on... ummm... Augustinian theology. Good luck with THAT one slugger!
I'm torn on "Maul: Shadow Lord". It LOOKS amazing, and Sam Witwer as Maul is as good as ever but I don't feel it's doing anything particularly new, which is a shame.
Talk about non-comics stuff, thread derail, and just generally chat among yourselves.
The intent of these posts is to chat and have some fun and, sure, vent a little as required. Reasoned debate is fine, as always, but if you have to ask if something is going over the line, think carefully before posting please.
Normal board rules about conduct and behaviour still apply, of course.
It's been suggested that, if discussing spoilers for recent media events, it might be advisable to consider using the rot13 method to prevent other members seeing spoilers in passing.
The world situation is the world situation. If you're following the news, you know it as much as I do, if you're not, then there are better sources than scans_daily. But please, no doomscrolling, for your own sake.
UK politics is mired in yet more chaos in terms of the fallout of Peter Mandelson's appointment to, and rapid departutre for, the role of US Ambassador.
US politics is just... mired... in general, or so it seems from the outside. The reveal that Pete Hegseth quoted Tarantino's "Pulp Fiction" citing it as an actual Biblical passage was quite something (And another three satire writers probably changed careers in disgust, because this is just the sort of thing they'd have presented as parody), as was the VP's attempt to lecture Pope Leo, an Augustinian, on... ummm... Augustinian theology. Good luck with THAT one slugger!
I'm torn on "Maul: Shadow Lord". It LOOKS amazing, and Sam Witwer as Maul is as good as ever but I don't feel it's doing anything particularly new, which is a shame.