Silly Halloween Icons
14 Oct 2025 07:24 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
aprildawn13It's finally starting to feel (a bit) like fall 😁
To celebrate the season here are some silly icons I made when I should have been sleeping (yay insomnia/AuDHD /s)
To celebrate the season here are some silly icons I made when I should have been sleeping (yay insomnia/AuDHD /s)
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13 Oct 2025 11:44 amlogans_girl2001Plans for the weekend:
Laundry
What got done:
Most of the laundry. I have two loads that still need to be folded and put away.
I am a part of the![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
fandomgiftbasket community here on DreamWidth and for the past couple of years, I have not had anything to gift because my muse was AWOL. But this year, I got an idea for a prompt and wrote it in just a few hours. I posted it several weeks ago and have been not so patiently waiting for reveal day. Only for that day to come and the mods to say that it is being pushed back a week because not every 'basket' has two gifts. *pout*
BUT, this has given me time to write the second part that started bugging me recently.
Only it's not going so well.
See, the person I've gifted this to has first person POV listed on their 'Do Not Want' list and I have never written a sex scene in third person. In fact, I started writing in first person back when I wrote my first ever slash sex scene because I have a hard time keeping track of body parts!
I'm hoping to have it finished this weekend but I don't think I will.
Laundry
What got done:
Most of the laundry. I have two loads that still need to be folded and put away.
I am a part of the
fandomgiftbasket community here on DreamWidth and for the past couple of years, I have not had anything to gift because my muse was AWOL. But this year, I got an idea for a prompt and wrote it in just a few hours. I posted it several weeks ago and have been not so patiently waiting for reveal day. Only for that day to come and the mods to say that it is being pushed back a week because not every 'basket' has two gifts. *pout*BUT, this has given me time to write the second part that started bugging me recently.
Only it's not going so well.
See, the person I've gifted this to has first person POV listed on their 'Do Not Want' list and I have never written a sex scene in third person. In fact, I started writing in first person back when I wrote my first ever slash sex scene because I have a hard time keeping track of body parts!
I'm hoping to have it finished this weekend but I don't think I will.
Spring garden
12 Oct 2025 04:31 pmmificI've been messing about in the garden, repotting and planting various things, and weeding what beds I have. We're in the midst of spring now so there are more flowers out, and my kōwhai tree is in full bloom. The weather's been living up to the Auckland tradition of "four seasons in one day", and there's been enough rain that I haven't had to do much watering, just in the rain shadow under the eaves. I'm enjoying getting back into gardening now it's warm enough, and the exercise is good. Here are some pics - the stars are the clivias I rescued from my old house before I moved. They're in two big containers and after two years here, are now happily rootbound and flowering. Cabbage species are also putting on a show.
( pics here )
( pics here )
Rodney McKay icons
9 Oct 2025 10:13 pmaprildawn13right, well, I want to try actually posting things again, so here are some icons I just made while exploring an image editing app on my phone 😅
they're nothing special, but it's been almost 20 years since I posted anything I made myself so this is just something simple to figure it out again
they're nothing special, but it's been almost 20 years since I posted anything I made myself so this is just something simple to figure it out again
Fannish Fifty #34: Highlander (reboot yay!)
9 Oct 2025 11:45 amelaynaI loved Highlander the first time I saw it. I won't claim it's great cinema, but it's an solid B action movie with a fabulous soundtrack. And the Queen album Some Kind of Magic is one of my favorites.
The follow-up movies, some good, some incredibly painful and horrible. It's a franchise that's always had my affection, despite its missteps.
I really enjoyed the TV series until the last season. Adrian Paul, so hot. All the various takes on immortality and what it would mean to live so long, very interesting. Stan Kirsch killing himself, still so heartbreaking.
Eh, less thrilled about The Raven spinoff. There might have been an animated series? I didn't see it.
I was definitely fannish about the franchise, though I never read a lot of the fanfic. Now I wonder why I didn't fall into Duncan/Methos, because they were definitely appealing.
The reboot is in pre-production. I saw first that Henry Cavill would play Connor, seems an excellent choice. Looking today at the rest of the cast... Russell Crowe in the Sean Connery role of Ramirez. I assume he will do a better Spanish accent, since he can't do worse. (Though Sean being a Spaniard with a Scottish accent is one of the movie's charms imo.) Karen Gillan as Connor's love Heather, she can nail a Scottish accent. Dave Bautista filling Clancy Brown's role as the Kurgan. Hmmm. He's certainly big and powerful, will he be as good being evil? Can anyone be as good at evil as Clancy?
My biggest hope is that they decide to keep the level of 'cut away as the sword is raised and of course, there's no blood afterwards.' Highlander 2 had to show those rolling heads, one of the reasons it was horrible.
And I hope some nod to the original music, everyone should watch Freddie being the consummate showman he was.
I don't know when it's coming out, but unless there's something incredibly weird about the trailer, I will be there first week.
The follow-up movies, some good, some incredibly painful and horrible. It's a franchise that's always had my affection, despite its missteps.
I really enjoyed the TV series until the last season. Adrian Paul, so hot. All the various takes on immortality and what it would mean to live so long, very interesting. Stan Kirsch killing himself, still so heartbreaking.
Eh, less thrilled about The Raven spinoff. There might have been an animated series? I didn't see it.
I was definitely fannish about the franchise, though I never read a lot of the fanfic. Now I wonder why I didn't fall into Duncan/Methos, because they were definitely appealing.
The reboot is in pre-production. I saw first that Henry Cavill would play Connor, seems an excellent choice. Looking today at the rest of the cast... Russell Crowe in the Sean Connery role of Ramirez. I assume he will do a better Spanish accent, since he can't do worse. (Though Sean being a Spaniard with a Scottish accent is one of the movie's charms imo.) Karen Gillan as Connor's love Heather, she can nail a Scottish accent. Dave Bautista filling Clancy Brown's role as the Kurgan. Hmmm. He's certainly big and powerful, will he be as good being evil? Can anyone be as good at evil as Clancy?
My biggest hope is that they decide to keep the level of 'cut away as the sword is raised and of course, there's no blood afterwards.' Highlander 2 had to show those rolling heads, one of the reasons it was horrible.
And I hope some nod to the original music, everyone should watch Freddie being the consummate showman he was.
I don't know when it's coming out, but unless there's something incredibly weird about the trailer, I will be there first week.
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8 Oct 2025 07:08 amlogans_girl2001I had two dreams this morning that were in no way related.
The first one I lived in a two bedroom apartment with a woman who wasn't very nice to me. Which was confusing because it was MY apartment. I got tired of her attitude and originally told her she had to move by the end of the month, then changed my mind and said she had until the following weekend which gave her a little over a week. Before she was even gone, I was planning how I was going to redecorate that room into my office. When I told my mom she was leaving her response was, 'it's about time!'.
The second dream had me in a foreign country where I was visiting someone. I was at this office type place and I had to use the bathroom. The first room I went to had these wet spots on the floor indicating that people had peed there. I noped right out of that one. The second room looked more like the bathrooms I know but the stalls had a hole in the ground that had water running through it. I didn't like this either, but I needed to pee. So I pulled my pants down and out of the way and went. As I was finishing, a face appeared in the crack of the door. She got so excited that I had used the stall. I was confused until another woman, who didn't speak any English, said, 'boom-boom'. Turns out, those stalls were for pooping, not peeing. Not sure why this excited them so much.
The first one I lived in a two bedroom apartment with a woman who wasn't very nice to me. Which was confusing because it was MY apartment. I got tired of her attitude and originally told her she had to move by the end of the month, then changed my mind and said she had until the following weekend which gave her a little over a week. Before she was even gone, I was planning how I was going to redecorate that room into my office. When I told my mom she was leaving her response was, 'it's about time!'.
The second dream had me in a foreign country where I was visiting someone. I was at this office type place and I had to use the bathroom. The first room I went to had these wet spots on the floor indicating that people had peed there. I noped right out of that one. The second room looked more like the bathrooms I know but the stalls had a hole in the ground that had water running through it. I didn't like this either, but I needed to pee. So I pulled my pants down and out of the way and went. As I was finishing, a face appeared in the crack of the door. She got so excited that I had used the stall. I was confused until another woman, who didn't speak any English, said, 'boom-boom'. Turns out, those stalls were for pooping, not peeing. Not sure why this excited them so much.
Drawtober challenge days 1-8
8 Oct 2025 06:55 pmmificOur annual October art challenge is underway over at drawesome. I've been combining some of the prompts where possible as it adds an extra twist. The pics are all made in Procreate - you can click on each one for the full-sized art. The individual posts are here.
drawesome. I've been combining some of the prompts where possible as it adds an extra twist. The pics are all made in Procreate - you can click on each one for the full-sized art. The individual posts are here.  |
| "through a window" & "molten" |
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| "friendship" & "pool" |
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| "mushroom procession" |
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| "ignite" (mushroom procession at night) |
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| "fluffy" and "under the bed" |
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7 Oct 2025 11:41 amlogans_girl2001Around 4 yesterday, the maintenance guy I really like showed up to look at my AC unit. Turns out that the drain line was clogged. Now, the drain pan might have been loose, but the actual issue was the clogged line. Mario cleaned it and we're all good now.
I forgot to take a picture of my glucose before I removed the test strip and that's why the screen is white instead of black.
I forgot to take a picture of my glucose before I removed the test strip and that's why the screen is white instead of black.
Harvest Moon
6 Oct 2025 07:58 pmmelagan
Tonight's full moon is the Harvest Moon. This is a pic I took a few minutes ago, just before moon rose over the trees. Admittedly, not the greatest pic, but it gives you an idea of just how bright it will be tonight.
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6 Oct 2025 11:47 amlogans_girl2001Plans for the weekend:
None! My sleep last week was shit and my back was hurting so much Friday that I didn't take out the trash until after 6.
I took my glucose yesterday and was encouraged to see it under 100 but today it's back up over 100. *pout*
I keep being told that people who are on Mounjaro have just 'melted away' but I'm not seeing any difference. Until I step on the scale. I lost another 3 lbs this week!
Around 11:30 yesterday, I started hearing what I thought was rain on the concrete of my patio. But the sun was shinning (not always a clue in Texas) and a check of my cameras showed no sign of rain. So, I stepped into the bathroom thinking the ceiling over the shower was leaking.
Nope. It's the AC unit over my washer/dryer. Maintenance came last night and said he fixed it. But not even two hours after he left, it started leaking again.
The issue is the drip pan that is supposed to catch the condensation is loose. And since the unit 'sweats' when it's running, this is a major issue. Especially since I like to turn my AC down to 60 at night.
When I called the maintenance guy back last night, he said he'd be here at 9 this morning. It's nearly noon and he has yet to show up. I called the office and they said they'd call him and remind him he needs to finish working on this. But, that was an hour ago, and he has yet to show up.
My SIL works in HVAC and I sent him a picture of the unit and, according to my daughter, he barely looked at it before saying it needs to be replaced. The maintenance guy said he'd tell the office that it needs to be replaced but I don't think he has or will.
None! My sleep last week was shit and my back was hurting so much Friday that I didn't take out the trash until after 6.
I took my glucose yesterday and was encouraged to see it under 100 but today it's back up over 100. *pout*
I keep being told that people who are on Mounjaro have just 'melted away' but I'm not seeing any difference. Until I step on the scale. I lost another 3 lbs this week!
Around 11:30 yesterday, I started hearing what I thought was rain on the concrete of my patio. But the sun was shinning (not always a clue in Texas) and a check of my cameras showed no sign of rain. So, I stepped into the bathroom thinking the ceiling over the shower was leaking.
Nope. It's the AC unit over my washer/dryer. Maintenance came last night and said he fixed it. But not even two hours after he left, it started leaking again.
The issue is the drip pan that is supposed to catch the condensation is loose. And since the unit 'sweats' when it's running, this is a major issue. Especially since I like to turn my AC down to 60 at night.
When I called the maintenance guy back last night, he said he'd be here at 9 this morning. It's nearly noon and he has yet to show up. I called the office and they said they'd call him and remind him he needs to finish working on this. But, that was an hour ago, and he has yet to show up.
My SIL works in HVAC and I sent him a picture of the unit and, according to my daughter, he barely looked at it before saying it needs to be replaced. The maintenance guy said he'd tell the office that it needs to be replaced but I don't think he has or will.
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6 Oct 2025 10:23 amaprildawn13Hi!
I'm not here much these days but I am trying to reacquaint myself with things in the hope of eventually being back more 😊
I don't post much (or at all) I've just been popping in every so often, slowly updating things from how I left them 15 years ago
I'm not here much these days but I am trying to reacquaint myself with things in the hope of eventually being back more 😊
I don't post much (or at all) I've just been popping in every so often, slowly updating things from how I left them 15 years ago
Mornings
5 Oct 2025 08:12 ammelaganI'm a morning person. My love for coffee is well-documented by many.
With the shorter days, I see a lot of sunrises. There is a moment as the sun comes up, before the deepest shadows are dispelled, the topmost branches of the trees look dusted in sunlight.
I love that.
With the shorter days, I see a lot of sunrises. There is a moment as the sun comes up, before the deepest shadows are dispelled, the topmost branches of the trees look dusted in sunlight.
I love that.