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The next Firewhiskey Fic event for the altered-states creation of fanworks along with lots of sociability amongst fellow participants will take place from Friday, February 13th to Sunday, February 15th. If you'd like to spend some time creating fanworks while either imbibing or doing the 420 in an environment of online partying with the FWF fen, join the comm at Firewhiskey Fic on Dreamwidth. No signups, no stress, no sobriety.

More info will be posted the week before the event.

Current Mood: ready to party
Current Location: near the lake they call Michigan

lucy_roman

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sage

( books (all Pratchett) )

yarning
Listed Rockstar Lestat & older Daniel Molloy made to order art dolls. Finished and listed the teal bunny from last week. Worked on donation hats & gave them to my children's shelter contact at yarn group on Sunday. Had a good time there, working on another hat. Sold a valentine catnip heart.

healthcrap
doc appt Friday, where I asked for a referral to get a shingles shot. Doc appt Monday, where we talked about my weird blood cells. I am still titrating off the med I'm slowly quitting.

#resist
#50501 Jan 20th Free America Walkout. 2pm local time.

I hope you're all doing well! <333

ride_4ever

Thank you kindly to the fen who sent me holiday cards in December and early January:

noxelementalist,

james,

dine,

adafrog,

aurumcalendula,

spikesgirl58,

elayna,

lauramcewan,

sidleypkhermit, and

brumeier.

If you sent me a card and you aren't listed here, that's a postal fail. If you are listed here and didn't get a card from me, that's another postal fail.

Current Mood: still moderately festive
Current Location: near the lake they call Michigan

lucy_roman

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What I did for More Joy Day: wrote a Guardian ficlet Zhen Hun Bibliomancy Tanka for

amedia; made a donation to Fraser.org, an organization that supports mental health, emotional health, and disability care (made as a memorial donation in memory of

andeincascade and I notified Ande's family about it); sent a letter of appreciation to my primary-care doctor of many years who retired last month; sent letters of solidarity to neighbors who have "No Kings in America" signs in their front yard; sent an ILU letter and fannish bookmark to a fan who -- the day before More Joy Day -- posted the comment "tell someone you love them today".

What I received for More Joy Day: a due South x Venom crossover fic The Pause That Reinvigorates by

petra and a penpal-type letter in the postal mail from

oldtoadwoman. (The letter did not say it was FOR More Joy Day, but it arrived ON More Joy Day, so I'm "counting" it.)

Current Mood: joyful
Current Location: near the lake they call Michigan

lucy_roman

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books
We The People: a history of the US Constitution by Jill Lepore. Very nearly a 5 star book. It's about amendments and the history of constitutional conventions, failed or otherwise. Fascinating stuff.

yarning
I went to yarn group Sunday and had a fairly good time while working on a new kickbunny. A man who knits came and joined us and plans to be in for the long term. He changed the energy a lot. I packed up the two kickbunnies I sold on Saturday for Monday pickup and finished the commissioned older Daniel Molloy doll. I finished the second kickbunny to restock the shop and have been working on donation hats on and off.

healthcrap
Weaning off one of my meds is amping the anxiety quite a lot. DNW. But I want to be off of it, so I'm doing it.

#resist
#50501 January 20: Free America Walk-out. 2pm local time.

I hope all of y'all are doing well! <333

lucy_roman

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Current Music: Impossible Year by Panic at the Disco!

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For those who are wondering why the Multifandom Multimedia Microbang is called "Be A Goldfish," here's the explanation from the comm's Admin

devinwolfi:

When we started this event earlier this year, it was a Ted Lasso fandom exclusive event. We always had every intention to go multifandom later, this just gave us the opportunity to beta test it on a smaller group. In that series, a recurring line is to "be a goldfish," (based on the now disproved idea that goldfish have 3-10 second memories), meaning to let go of past hurts, move on, brave the new day, and try new things, all of which we hope to embody and encourage throughout this event. We've found that smaller works and folks who leave comments tend to get less attention, but those small works and comments are by no means less important to the fandom ecosystem so we wanted to give them, and the fans who share them, the support and attention they deserve. We also know that it's very easy to get bogged down by expectation, past experiences, and the pressure of trying to be "successful" in fandom and be paralyzed by it all to the point of inaction. We want to give people the space to try new things and develop new fannish skills without feeling like they have to commit to big projects.

Current Mood: fishy
Current Location: near the lake they call Michigan