Daily check-in

Jul. 13th, 2025 08:30 pm
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This is your check-in post for today. The poll will be open from midnight Universal or Zulu Time (8pm Eastern Time) on Sunday, July 13, to midnight on Monday, July 14 (8pm Eastern Time).

Poll #33352 Daily check-in poll
Open to: Access List, detailed results viewable to: Access List, participants: 19

How are you doing?

I am OK
13 (72.2%)

I am not OK, but don't need help right now
5 (27.8%)

I could use some help
0 (0.0%)

How many other humans live with you?

I am living single
5 (26.3%)

One other person
11 (57.9%)

More than one other person
3 (15.8%)



Please, talk about how things are going for you in the comments, ask for advice or help if you need it, or just discuss whatever you feel like.

Daily Check In.

Jul. 12th, 2025 06:22 pm
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[personal profile] adafrog posting in [community profile] fandom_checkin
This is your check-in post for today. The poll will be open from midnight Universal or Zulu Time (8pm Eastern Time) on Saturday to midnight on Sunday (8pm Eastern Time).


Poll #33351 Daily poll
This poll is closed.
Open to: Access List, detailed results viewable to: Access List, participants: 25

How are you doing?

I am okay
13 (52.0%)

I am not okay, but don't need help right now
12 (48.0%)

I could use some help.
0 (0.0%)

How many other humans are you living with?

I am living single
8 (32.0%)

One other person
12 (48.0%)

More than one other person
5 (20.0%)




Please, talk about how things are going for you in the comments, ask for advice or help if you need it, or just discuss whatever you feel like.

Daily Check In.

Jul. 11th, 2025 07:06 pm
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[personal profile] adafrog posting in [community profile] fandom_checkin
This is your check-in post for today. The poll will be open from midnight Universal or Zulu Time (8pm Eastern Time) on Friday to midnight on Saturday (8pm Eastern Time).


Poll #33349 Daily poll
This poll is closed.
Open to: Access List, detailed results viewable to: Access List, participants: 26

How are you doing?

I am okay
16 (61.5%)

I am not okay, but don't need help right now
9 (34.6%)

I could use some help.
1 (3.8%)

How many other humans are you living with?

I am living single
11 (42.3%)

One other person
11 (42.3%)

More than one other person
4 (15.4%)




Please, talk about how things are going for you in the comments, ask for advice or help if you need it, or just discuss whatever you feel like.

Daily check-in

Jul. 10th, 2025 07:48 pm
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[personal profile] mecurtin posting in [community profile] fandom_checkin
This is your check-in post for today. The poll will be open from midnight Universal or Zulu Time (8pm Eastern Time) on Thursday, July 10, to midnight on Friday, July 11 (8pm Eastern Time).

Poll #33348 Daily check-in poll
This poll is closed.
Open to: Access List, detailed results viewable to: Access List, participants: 25

How are you doing?

I am OK
17 (70.8%)

I am not OK, but don't need help right now
7 (29.2%)

I could use some help
0 (0.0%)

How many other humans live with you?

I am living single
9 (37.5%)

One other person
11 (45.8%)

More than one other person
4 (16.7%)



Please, talk about how things are going for you in the comments, ask for advice or help if you need it, or just discuss whatever you feel like.
sineala: (Avengers: Tony: And there you are)
[personal profile] sineala
Establishing Shot (7854 words) by Sineala
Chapters: 2/2
Fandom: Marvel (Comics), Marvel 616, Iron Man (Comics)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Henry Hellrung & Tony Stark
Characters: Henry Hellrung, Tony Stark
Additional Tags: Character Study, First Meetings, Alcohol, Acting, POV Outsider, Comic: Iron Man Vol. 1 (1968)
Summary: When Henry Hellrung lands the role of Tony Stark on the upcoming Avengers TV show, he's thrilled. But first, he needs to know what makes this guy tick. But when the cameras are on... Tony's acting. Who is Tony Stark, really? Henry meets Tony in person, to see if he can learn the truth. What he finds is something he never expected.

It's been a while since I posted a fic, hasn't it? This is actually a gen fic written for the zine Transistor-Powered Heart.

It's also not actually as long as it looks; the second chapter is a bonus version with several deleted scenes.

*weeping in frustration*

Jul. 9th, 2025 08:05 pm
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[personal profile] starwatcher
 

Help me, great fandom hive-mind.

I signed up for Netflix.

I updated my iPad iOS. (Two hours.)

I downloaded the Netflix app. (Fifteen minutes.)

I signed into my account.

I clicked on Old Guard 2.

Several sources tell me that I can click the "Download" button to get it on my iPad. But I've looked all over the screen, and don't see anything that seems appropriate. Do any of you know what the hell it looks like, or where it is on the screen?

Alternatively, this article -- https://techdetective.com/netflix-no-download-button/ -- tells me that I can download with Windows 10, which I'd much prefer; I want it on my laptop. But Netflix says it can be download only on Apple or Chrome devices, or Android phones. Can anyone confirm or deny, and walk me through it?

Yeah, I'll watch it through Dish on my TV -- but I want to have it close for when I make a transcript. (I feel like it's kind of my duty...)

Y'know, I'd happily pay $39.95 for a DVD if Netflix would just make available!!! I'd even break down and buy a Blu-Ray player if they put it out only in that format. I just hate this current expectation that everyone is enamored of streaming services. Grrr...

EDIT: Thanks to Mific, I found the download button, and it's in progress. Now to figure out how to get on my laptop... *StarWatcher wanders away, mumbling into her beard*
 

Daily Check-in

Jul. 9th, 2025 06:04 pm
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[personal profile] starwatcher posting in [community profile] fandom_checkin
 
This is your check-in post for today. The poll will be open from midnight Universal or Zulu Time (8pm Eastern Time) on Wednesday, July 9, to midnight on Thursday, July 10. (8pm Eastern Time).

Poll #33344 Daily Check-in
This poll is closed.
Open to: Access List, detailed results viewable to: Access List, participants: 28

How are you doing?

I am OK.
18 (64.3%)

I am not OK, but don't need help right now.
10 (35.7%)

I could use some help.
0 (0.0%)

How many other humans live with you?

I am living single.
13 (46.4%)

One other person.
11 (39.3%)

More than one other person.
4 (14.3%)




Please, talk about how things are going for you in the comments, ask for advice or help if you need it, or just discuss whatever you feel like.
 

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Jul. 9th, 2025 04:21 pm
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[personal profile] watervole

 This is an unlisted video, and I'll probably delete it before long, but if you like babies...

 

This is my grandson, on the day of his cousin's school sports day.

Oswin (you can see her at the start of the video) won the 1500m, much to her delight. She's useless at sprints, but our family have the legs for long distance.

Theo managed to improve his personal best on the 5m shuffle by a significant margin :)

Daily Check-in

Jul. 8th, 2025 05:50 pm
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[personal profile] starwatcher posting in [community profile] fandom_checkin
 
This is your check-in post for today. The poll will be open from midnight Universal or Zulu Time (8pm Eastern Time) on Tuesday, July 8, to midnight on Wednesday, July 9. (8pm Eastern Time).

Poll #33340 Daily Check-in
This poll is closed.
Open to: Access List, detailed results viewable to: Access List, participants: 32

How are you doing?

I am OK.
17 (54.8%)

I am not OK, but don't need help right now.
14 (45.2%)

I could use some help.
0 (0.0%)

How many other humans live with you?

I am living single.
11 (34.4%)

One other person.
15 (46.9%)

More than one other person.
6 (18.8%)




Please, talk about how things are going for you in the comments, ask for advice or help if you need it, or just discuss whatever you feel like.
 

Daily Check-in

Jul. 7th, 2025 05:59 pm
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This is your check-in post for today. The poll will be open from midnight Universal or Zulu Time (8pm Eastern Time) on Monday, June July 7, to midnight on Tuesday, July 8. (8pm Eastern Time).

Poll #33336 Daily Check-in
This poll is closed.
Open to: Access List, detailed results viewable to: Access List, participants: 27

How are you doing?

I am OK.
14 (53.8%)

I am not OK, but don't need help right now.
12 (46.2%)

I could use some help.
0 (0.0%)

How many other humans live with you?

I am living single.
9 (33.3%)

One other person.
12 (44.4%)

More than one other person.
6 (22.2%)




Please, talk about how things are going for you in the comments, ask for advice or help if you need it, or just discuss whatever you feel like.
 

Purrcy; kdrama

Jul. 6th, 2025 11:24 pm
mecurtin: tabby cat pokes his cute face out of a box (purrcy)
[personal profile] mecurtin
We were on the sofa together watching Murderbot so Purrcy had to come supervise. Not shown: how he was thwapping me with his tail to make sure I knew he was there. This shot makes it looks like he was watching the screen with us but I'm pretty sure he wasn't.

Portrait of Purrcy the tuxedo tabby gazing soulfully off to the left, as he sits on top of a brown sofa with a green pillow in the background. His pupils are quite dark, his whiskers very faint.

I've been watching Moon Embracing the Sun with [personal profile] feklar42 and [personal profile] libitina, which is my first kdrama. I have a question. I know that double eyelid surgery is extremely common in South Korea. Do we assume that most Korean actors/actresses have had this surgery, the way we assume that most (all) Western actors are on diets?

Daily check-in

Jul. 6th, 2025 08:36 pm
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[personal profile] mecurtin posting in [community profile] fandom_checkin
This is your check-in post for today. The poll will be open from midnight Universal or Zulu Time (8pm Eastern Time) on Sunday, July 6, to midnight on Monday, July 7 (8pm Eastern Time).

Poll #33329 Daily check-in poll
This poll is closed.
Open to: Access List, detailed results viewable to: Access List, participants: 29

How are you doing?

I am OK
18 (64.3%)

I am not OK, but don't need help right now
10 (35.7%)

I could use some help
0 (0.0%)

How many other humans live with you?

I am living single
9 (31.0%)

One other person
14 (48.3%)

More than one other person
6 (20.7%)



Please, talk about how things are going for you in the comments, ask for advice or help if you need it, or just discuss whatever you feel like.

Daily Check In.

Jul. 5th, 2025 05:55 pm
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[personal profile] adafrog posting in [community profile] fandom_checkin
This is your check-in post for today. The poll will be open from midnight Universal or Zulu Time (8pm Eastern Time) on Saturday to midnight on Sunday (8pm Eastern Time).


Poll #33327 Daily poll
This poll is closed.
Open to: Access List, detailed results viewable to: Access List, participants: 33

How are you doing?

I am okay
19 (59.4%)

I am not okay, but don't need help right now
13 (40.6%)

I could use some help.
0 (0.0%)

How many other humans are you living with?

I am living single
13 (39.4%)

One other person
14 (42.4%)

More than one other person
6 (18.2%)




Please, talk about how things are going for you in the comments, ask for advice or help if you need it, or just discuss whatever you feel like.

To-read pile, 2025, June

Jul. 5th, 2025 08:00 am
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[personal profile] rmc28

Books on pre-order:

  1. Queen Demon (Rising World 2) by Martha Wells (7 Oct 2025)

Books acquired in June:

  • and read:
    1. Playing for Keeps by K A Findlay (Kim Findlay) [7]
    2. The Charlie Method (Campus Diaries 3) by Elle Kennedy
  • and unread:
    1. Dying to Meet You by Sarina Bowen
    2. Sort Your Head Out by Sam Delaney
    3. The Pairing by Casey McQuiston

Borrowed books read in June:

  1. Raising Hare by Chloe Dalton
  2. The Domino Pattern (Quadrail 4) by Timothy Zahn [8]
  3. Judgment at Proteus (Quadrail 5) by Timothy Zahn [8]

Annoyingly, when I thought I'd cancelled my KU subscription in May, Amazon thought I'd suspended it for a month, so I got charged again in June. And as the above makes clear, I didn't really get my value for the month of it. The Timothy Zahn Quadrail series is really fun (Trains! In Space! And also galaxy-spanning conspiracy and action adventure with really interesting aliens!) and I'm glad I got to finish it, but I have now definitely and for real cancelled the subscription until further notice.

I don't expect to read much this month either, with the women's football Euros running most of the month. Farocation is running again and I didn't yet get through all the books from last summer, so I'm being even pickier about which ones I decide to pick up this summer.

[1] Pre-order
[2] Audiobook
[3] Physical book
[4] Crowdfunding
[5] Goodbye read
[6] Cambridgeshire Reads/Listens
[7] FaRoFeb / FaRoCation / Bookmas / HRBC
[8] Prime Reading / Kindle Unlimited

Purrcy; WSFS

Jul. 4th, 2025 10:09 pm
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[personal profile] mecurtin
There was a brief but dramatic thundershower yesterday evening, & afterwards when Purrcy came out of hiding he DEMANDED pets, regardless of where I was or what I was doing. As you can probably tell.

Purrcy the tuxedo tabby stands on a light green bathmat on a terracotta tile floor with glossy green accents, looking back up over his shoulder with an adorably demanding face. His tail is a thwapping blur. A white person's naked foot is barely visible behind him, as though they're sitting down in the bathroom for some reason.

Purrcy the tuxedo tabby stands on a light green bathmat on a terracotta tile floor with glossy green accents, looking back up over his shoulder with an adorably demanding face. His tail is a thwapping blur. A white person's naked foot is barely visible behind him, as though they're sitting down in the bathroom for some reason.

Politics has of course been super stressful, I'll write up something under separate cover tomorrow or something.

Today, all afternoon, I attended the first session of the WSFS Business Meeting, which was as almost as emotionally draining as attending one in person but much more convenient. The Chair, Jesi Lipp (they/them) is a *master* at running a meeting and parsing rules quickly & logically.

Result for me: the Hugo Process Committee is continuing for another year (including me by default), and also stuff that I insisted on digging out & including in our report conforms to the second part of C.2 Dude, Where’s My Motion?, even though it wasn't required yet & wasn't even aware it was under consideration, just because it seemed so obviously necessary. So I definitely can bask, feeling like I made a real & meaningful contribution.

I've pledged the family not to overdo it for Hugo Process Committee 2.0, but I *am* going to maybe be the one insisting that we have regularly scheduled meetings & an agenda.

Daily Check In.

Jul. 4th, 2025 05:38 pm
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This is your check-in post for today. The poll will be open from midnight Universal or Zulu Time (8pm Eastern Time) on Friday to midnight on Saturday (8pm Eastern Time).


Poll #33323 Daily poll
This poll is closed.
Open to: Access List, detailed results viewable to: Access List, participants: 25

How are you doing?

I am okay
14 (56.0%)

I am not okay, but don't need help right now
11 (44.0%)

I could use some help.
0 (0.0%)

How many other humans are you living with?

I am living single
7 (28.0%)

One other person
11 (44.0%)

More than one other person
7 (28.0%)




Please, talk about how things are going for you in the comments, ask for advice or help if you need it, or just discuss whatever you feel like.

Daily check-in

Jul. 3rd, 2025 08:30 pm
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[personal profile] mecurtin posting in [community profile] fandom_checkin
This is your check-in post for today. The poll will be open from midnight Universal or Zulu Time (8pm Eastern Time) on Thursday, July 3, to midnight on Friday, July 4 (8pm Eastern Time).

Poll #33321 Daily check-in poll
This poll is closed.
Open to: Access List, detailed results viewable to: Access List, participants: 25

How are you doing?

I am OK
12 (50.0%)

I am not OK, but don't need help right now
12 (50.0%)

I could use some help
0 (0.0%)

How many other humans live with you?

I am living single
7 (28.0%)

One other person
11 (44.0%)

More than one other person
7 (28.0%)



Please, talk about how things are going for you in the comments, ask for advice or help if you need it, or just discuss whatever you feel like.

Purrcy; Pride

Jul. 3rd, 2025 12:20 am
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[personal profile] mecurtin
I finished taking the laundry out of this basket & put it down on its side for Purrcy investigation. It was worth snooping in, but not really good for long-term use, he found.

What's that in the sky? he wondered, after several days of rain & thunder-growler attacks.

Purrcy the tuxedo tabby stands in a brown cloth laundry bin lying on its side. He peers out and up at the sunlight coming from the skylight above, his whiskers looking long but rather doubtful.

My back continues to be better, while not being anything like *all* better. Prednisone has the reputation of being Side Effects City, my biggest ones so far are dry mouth making my voice all scratchy, and a certain amount of ADHD/mania type behavior, trouble settling & sleeping. Only 3 more days of tapering to go, though.

Amid all The Horrors ramping up & up, here's something that's given me active joy in the past couple of days: Sir Ian McKellan joining Scissor Sisters onstage at Glastonbury Festival:



My god, he's still got that full Royal Shakespeare voice.

It makes me cry a bit with joy at the end there, seeing Sir Ian being able to lead his people in a public celebration of being out & proud. And to see an old man being *venerated*, for once, admired for achievements but in this case also as a symbol of what people like those in the audience can have with age: a *full* life, a *long* life, a life with everything in it, despite what they may have been told. You don't have to be young to be queer, it's not a phase, it's part of a complete human life.

Daily Check-in

Jul. 2nd, 2025 06:02 pm
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[personal profile] starwatcher posting in [community profile] fandom_checkin
 
This is your check-in post for today. The poll will be open from midnight Universal or Zulu Time (8pm Eastern Time) on Wednesday, July 2, to midnight on Thursday, July 3. (8pm Eastern Time).

Poll #33319 Daily Check-in
This poll is closed.
Open to: Access List, detailed results viewable to: Access List, participants: 28

How are you doing?

I am OK.
15 (53.6%)

I am not OK, but don't need help right now.
13 (46.4%)

I could use some help.
0 (0.0%)

How many other humans live with you?

I am living single.
10 (35.7%)

One other person.
12 (42.9%)

More than one other person.
6 (21.4%)




Please, talk about how things are going for you in the comments, ask for advice or help if you need it, or just discuss whatever you feel like.
 
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