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olivermoss

First part of my day went well. Did some cemetery and staircase photography. Yes, had a very Me day. Listened to Memento Mori on audiobook while photographing crypts. Knocked a 167 step staircase off of my list.

Got home, showered, got dressed, and went off to a gaming event! Then my bus was cancelled. And Lyft was like 'oh, you want to get across town at rush hour?' muahahaha. I decided to just start hoofing it and walked toward the event until the cost to get the rest of the way there hit just thirty bucks.

Ever go to a charity event and literally be the only one who showed? Besides me, who sniped a seat as soon as the event went live, someone booked *every other seat at the Extra Life gaming charity event* and then didn't show. It was me, a lady from the children's hospital and a sick kid. Yeah, that fucking sucked. Especially since this was the brewpub I game at, my gaming community, that fucked this up.

The guy running it cancelled the event. I talked to the lady a bit and headed home. The bus I typically take there was allegedly going to start running again in an hour, but that might have been a placeholder rather than a real projected. So, I took another bus, one that would need transfers. Walked to eh bus stop, the bus stop was closed. Walked to the next... closed. I eventually got to a non-closed stop and had to run flat out to catch the bus.

On the way home I just got off at a point and decided to walk the rest of the way, rather than deal with transfers. I knocked out a few more stairs on my list? Oh wait, Terry Schrunk Plaza Park Stairs aren't even on the list I am working from? ugh

I am going to sleep like the dead tonight.

Hopefully, I can edit the photos soon. I feel like one at least is going to be cool

cornerofmadness

I said yes to reading my story and I'll be doing it friday night next friday. It's 3K and I am NOT a voice actor. It's a bit daunting. I've done it before, oddly once WAY back in 1997 in the James Thurber house. I don't remember how I was selected. I remember it was in the paper. I can't remember what I read. I read a flash fic last week. This feels a bit different. It's not. Oddly enough with all the writing related stuff on YT, there isn't much about how best to read your own work (I was looking for ideas).

I'm hoping this cool weather (it's March out there again) lasts the weekend. The outdoors steampunk thing is running on Saturday. I plan to go.

I AM rethinking free comic book day since my store is in Huntington and that's 70 miles away and gas was 3.89 on Tuesday. 4.29 yesterday morning. 4.69 8 hours later and 5$ today after I left work. Hell I have regrets about going to Louisville at this point.

I decided not to go to the wedding I was invited to. I'd have to drive all the way back down here 2 weeks after I go home and I'm the only one from work invited so I'll know no one but the couple. I don't know what I'm doing for vacation now.

Hmm I could use an alpha reader for the new novel I think. Ah well, really wish I had a closer writers group here that could fulfill that function.

Current Mood: anxious
Current Music: Whitstable Pearl

hannah

I started Rome on the 7th, put it down, and then picked it back up after The Pitt wrapped up. I managed about two episodes a day, which for me is incredibly dense TV viewing. But HBO shows tend to do that. Also wanting to wrap it up by the end of the month for no other reason than arbitrary calendar dates.

I feel like I should dig up an icon or two.

In other arbitrary calendar news, it's something of a relief knowing I have a bit of a schedule to stick to. The letter transcription's going to be at least three days a week, telecommuting, so it'll be nice to have that external framework built around something I get at least some pleasure out of doing.

Current Mood: okay
Current Music: nothing now

james_davis_nicoll

* Near the bottom of a long list of names in an article about Silvia Moreno-Garcia and Kate Beaton.

yuuago

My snake plant is blossoming and it smells amazing.

I've heard people compare the scent to Chanel Number 5, but I don't think that's it. I'd say it reminds me more of like, a cross between tuberose and designer baby powder, if there were such a thing. (Knowing humans, such a thing exists, but shh.)

It's the first time it's blossomed, and at first I didn't realize that's what it was. At first I thought it was just sending up another snake. So here we are.

It would be nice if it did grow more leaves, since right now it's a little lopsided, but I guess we'll see what happens later.

The other snake plant, the small one, has sent up several more leaves and expanded a bit. I kind of wish it had stayed as it was - it was previously very small, circular, and compact; it looked very nice. But at least it seems to be healthy and still has its defined streaks of yellow.

torachan

1. So, I've talked before about our horrible stove and how hard it is to clean. Also only two of the four burners work. But it's a built-in, so in order to replace it, we'd have to redo the counter, and then if you're redoing the counter, well, the walls and cupboards are also old and pretty gross, so you'd want to do them, too, and then if you're doing the lower cupboards, you'd want to do the flooring as well, as it's also old and gross and coming up from the floor. So it would be a whole kitchen remodel, which would be really stressful for the cats, so we don't want to do that any time soon.

Anyway, we also have a little stand-alone induction burner, but hardly ever use it because there's no counter space. The other day Carla mentioned something about putting a board or something over the stove and just using it as a counter and putting the induction burner there instead, and I thought, well, they must make something like that. So I did some searching and found they do indeed make stove covers, but our stove is not a standard size (we need at least 36" wide), so there's not really anything that's a perfect fit, but I was able to find one that was 30" wide and open on the sides, so it can fit over the stove and just a bit pokes out on each side. It doesn't look as nice as if it were fully covered, but it does the job. Now I just need to get used to using the induction burner as I've pretty much only ever used gas, so that will take some adjustment.

2. I have worked from home all week and was planning to go in tomorrow but decided I really don't want to, so I'm staying home tomorrow, too.

3. Jasper found an exciting new spot! It can only be reached by climbing up on someone who is sitting on the toilet, but he has also recently gotten into the habit of wanting upsies when Carla is on the toilet, so he got his chance lol.

oliviacirce

And to close out National Poetry Month, 2026:

( Yes )

As always, thanks for reading with me. See you next year. ♥

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little_details

Hi, folks!

I'm currently writing crime fiction set in contemporary London, and I'm trying to figure out whether a police officer on the radio would be specifically identifiable to someone listening in.

Does the Met use radio callsigns that are unique to each officer? Or are callsigns assigned to specific beats, instead? Or a secret third thing?

Thanks!

musesfool

I meant to have the recs update done earlier, but I fell asleep and then I had to make dinner etc. etc. But it is done now:

unfitforsociety has been updated for April 2026 with 14 recs in 4 fandoms:

* 10 Heated Rivalry
* 1 The Pitt
* 2 Batfamily and 1 Batfamily/Avengers crossover

***

Today's poem:

If your mirror breaks
by Joy Kogawa

if when you are holding a
hand mirror when you are
sitting in the front seat of a car
and the mirror breaks
you must stop everything quickly
step on the brakes
leap from the car

if when you are holding in
your arms a mirror and you
feel the glass sudden in your veins
if your throat bleeds with
brittle words and
you hear in the distance the
ambulance siren

if your mirror breaks into
a tittering sound of tinkling glass
and you see the highway stretch
into a million staring splinters
you must stop everything gently
wait for seven long years
under a sky of whirling wheels

if your mirror breaks
oh if your mirror breaks

***

And that's a wrap on National Poetry Month 2026!

***

Current Mood: productive
Current Music: Stars vs Wild on tv

ranalore

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Current Mood: gloomy
Current Location: surprisingly chilly today actually

torachan

Monday we had to check out of our hotel in Umeda and go over to Universal Studios, where we would stay another two nights before going to Tokyo.

( Everything except the USJ trips themselves, which will be in separate posts )

kaffy_r

Nibbled to Death by Ducks

Little tiny things that nonetheless bother one. Or at least they bother me.

I decided to post two or three of my poems over at

originalkaffy_r because it's the last day of National Poetry Month. I've put up two, thus far. That's not the duck nibbling part. It's just that I tried to set up the coding to make all the entries show up in my preferred dark blue, using the coding advice that the delightful

muccamukk gave me back in January, and it's not working. I'm pretty sure I'm missing something. But I haven't yet figured it out.

So I'm just listening to the couch's music chill flow over on twitch, and it's making me feel like a human being again.

ETA: I fixed it!

Current Mood: annoyed
Current Location: the home office

sanguinity

Intro/FAQ
Days 1-15

In May we will be right here, at least to start with! I'll continue hosting May 1-15, and

dswdiane will host us from May 16-31. I'll announce again when we're ready to gang over there. In the meanwhile, I'll start a fresh tally for May, and (once people have checked in) update this post to be the final tally for April.

My check-in: ~~No writing yet. Will update later if events warrant.~~ Alibi editing.

Day 30:

china_shop

Day 29:

acorn_squash,

badly_knitted,

carenejeans,

china_shop,

cornerofmadness,

dswdiane,

goddess47,

sanguinity,

sylvanwitch,

trobadora

Day 28:

acorn_squash,

badly_knitted,

carenejeans,

china_shop,

cornerofmadness,

dswdiane,

sanguinity,

the_siobhan,

trobadora

( More days )

When you check in, please use the most recent post and say what day(s) you’re checking in for. Remember you can drop in or out at any time, and let me know if I missed anyone!

languagelog_feed

Posted by Victor Mair

https://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=73450&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=interesting-video-mixing-cantonese-and-shanghainese

https://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=73450

一个叫KAHO的日本小姐姐模仿上海和潮汕口音，太好玩了。不但口音学得像，表情和面相都会跟着一起变 pic.twitter.com/Ye1IN9BVDK
— iPaul (@iPaulCanada) April 29, 2026

The speaker is a Japanese girl named Kaho.

Comment from Xinyi Ye, who is living and working in the area where some of the languages in the video are spoken:

Oh wow that’s super impressive! Her Chaoshan accent sounds exactly like my colleagues from this area speaking!

The words she use are also very accurate: Shanghai aunties call young ladies 小姑娘 and Chaoshan merchants use the word 檔口 while Shanghainese don’t use this (they probably say 攤位).

It’s also impressive that she imitated Chaoshan accented mandarin. It is different from a Cantonese accented mandarin, which applies to people from Guangzhou and Hong Kong. Though most people I know from 潮州 and 汕頭 speak both Teochew and Cantonese.

I’ve watched a lot of videos from this Shanghainese vlogger recently.

Xinyi adds this fascinating observation:

On the internet w sometimes write 上海长宁区方言*, which refers to Japanese. It’s a joke because there are many Japanese people living there, and also because of the stereotype that young people in Shanghai speak better Japanese than Shanghainese these days (which is true to some extent!)

*VHM: Shànghǎi Zhǎngníng qū fāngyán 上海长宁区方言 (Shanghai Changning District Topolect)

As for the Shanghainese vlogger Xinyi mentions, I warmly recommend that anyone who is interested in Shanghainese watch it carefully. After listening to this and similar videos, I have come to the conclusion that vlogging in topolects will be their salvation. Apparently, the central government is as yet unwilling or unable to shut down these beacons of local language.

Selected readings

"Shanghainese" (5/16/13)
"A recent Shanghainese movie" (12/27/21)
"A Potpourri of Materials on Shanghainese" (5/15/09)
"Writing Shanghainese, part 2" (7/22/16)
"Language in Shanghai during World War II and now" (4/15/19)

In the past, relative to Cantonese, we have paid little attention to Shanghainese, so I'm trying to make up for it a bit here.

https://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=73450&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=interesting-video-mixing-cantonese-and-shanghainese

https://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=73450

snickfic

Themes of the last two months
1. In March especially I listened to a ton of Gallaghers as mood music for an Oasis fic I was writing. (As opposed to, you know, all the other reasons that I listen to them.) In particular I listened to Liam's most recent solo project a lot, C'mon You Know, which came out four years ago.

2. My cold early spring albums, specifically the first Mumford and Sons album and an old favorite, New Reveille, which is kind of country-adjacent but with fiddle, banjo, and cello. I love the strings, the vocals, and the angsty/dark vibe. For example, Hounds or Conway Shore. Does anyone have recs for more stuff like them? They released one album eight years ago, and it doesn't look like they exist anymore as a group.

3. Female-led country/Americana artists in general. Kacey Musgraves, Molly Tuttle, a little bit of Ashley Monroe and Kathleen Edwards.

4. Lord Huron, mostly Cosmic Selector Vol 1 in March and Strange Trails in April, as the weather has warmed up.

My top artists (by # of streams)
March:
1. Liam Gallagher
2. Oasis
3. New Candys
4. Lord Huron

April
1. Oasis
2. New Reveille
3. Molly Tuttle
4. Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds

Favorite songs:
1. Still White Feather Hawk Tail Deer Hunter by Lana Del Rey. It's just so weird and has like five layers of irony. The more I hear it the more I love it. Nobody does it like Lana.

2. Dry Spell by Kacey Musgraves, a serious-sounding but goofy-hearted song about how she hasn't had sex in almost a year and is SUFFERING. The music video is a hoot. This is the first single for her album that comes out tomorrow, which I'm super stoked about.

3. Suit and Tie by Soda Blonde. This reminds me a bit of London Grammar, although this gal's voice is very different. I love the moody vibe and the synths.

4. Everything Burns by Molly Tuttle. More banjo, some political rage, and a great driving sound. Between this and New Reveille (and I guess Mumford and Sons too), it's really clear that I love high-energy, moody rock songs with banjo. More of that, please!

ffutures

The final bundle of Mongoose Traveller material - Twelve Volumes of the Journal of the Traveller's Aid Society, collected articles etc. for the Traveler RPG

MONGOOSE JTAS (from May 2024)
https://bundleofholding.com/presents/JTAS2026

Last time this was offered I said "So far I've only checked out one volume, which ran to 130 pages and had some fun stuff on organized crime, some interesting ships, and so forth. Presentation is good and art is adequate although you have to wonder why the cover of volume 10 (below), showing characters in combat, has one character (possibly male, you can't really tell) wearing full body armour while a woman who appears to be part of the same team is wearing some belts of equipment but otherwise has her upper torso and head unarmoured and exposed. Not quite a brass bikini but close...

I think it's a reasonable deal at about $25 if you want lots of relatively unrelated material for the system - but something more structured may be a better idea for someone who isn't spending a LOT of time playing the game.And again I forgot to post this when the bundle opened - many apologies!"

I think that this is still true - this is useful material for GMs who are already familiar with the Traveller universe and can cherry-pick ideas from articles that aren't necessarily similar in theme etc. New GMs may feel a bit lost at first.

princessofgeeks

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kaberett

Went into town this afternoon to post some things, and observed Several Creatures. The blue butterfly around the lilac near the top of the hill was very welcome; the Egyptian goslings are starting to look almost grown up, with eye markings and a general reduction in fluff and increase in sleek!

(Elsewise today: SLEEP, post-gym Spatzen, more free electrons and therefore more laundry; both social and solitary wiggles; good therapy; and some Tentatively Positive Communication re Admin: the LRP.)

cosmolinguist

Before he left for his date this evening, D asked me "after dinner, why don't you ask [local pal) if they want to go for a pint at [place]?

It is wonderful weather for a beer in the sunshine (still 67°F!) so I can see why he asked this.

But I already had such a busy day of meetings, most of which actually involved thinking really hard, that I was already tired of thinking and talking before my counseling session started.

Some very thinky meetings today: a small group trying to wrap our heads around a proposed new train ticketing system which we have to understand well enough to anticipate what barriers it poses to disabled people, and more internal meetings which have been pretty navel-gazey lately. Last year's restructure means we're working on revising our Purpose (which needed doing, the last one was terrible, but while I love this abstract stuff it's something a lot of people struggle to engage with. And we're doing a theory of change to a new model which I actually think is worth what we paid for the consultant who brought it to us, because it's getting us to ask questions like "how will we know if our campaign has been successful?" but also that's very hard to answer sometimes when you're dealing with things that resist easy measurement or even baselining. And also there are just so many things I don't know, nobody here knows: how do various processes internal to a local/combined authority work? Who is responsible for the Scottish cycling guidance?

So yeah. It's been nice to just spend the evening eating my pizza and listening to chill ambient music and reading my library books.

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The Friday Five for 1 May 2026

I have discovered a new flavor of awkward!

Well that's a scary thing I did

All roads.

I made the CBC!*

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Daily Happiness

yes

Metropolitan Police Radio Callsigns

and you feel the glass sudden in your veins

the scientist's methodology applied to art

2026 Japan Trip Part 4 (4/6-7)

Dept. of Frustration

Write Every Day: Day 30

Interesting video mixing Cantonese and Shanghainese

March and April in Music

Thursday's Traveller Bundle - JTAS

Trailer for April X

creatures!

Tired brain