two-penny spells

• bbtp_challenge -- Bring Back The Porn Challenge, to create or rec something nsfw on September 1st
• beagoldfish -- Multifandom summer shortfic (or other small creative effort) challenge, with optional prompts 

the irregularly scheduled dropping off the face of dreamwidth got me again, although this time at least i had a pretty good excuse.

life exploded in ways which weren't much fun, so between work, classes and generalised stress i feel like i haven't had time to do anything in my spare time except listen desperately to audiobooks for distraction for the past month and a half. 

that said, my reading stats for this year are on track to be much better than last year. :'D

i read Heated Rivalry back in feb, alternating between audiobook and physical copy, mostly because i was curious and i can get books for cheap through work. the TL;DR of my thoughts on it is that its origins as a fanfic are very noticeable, and in some ways this is a positive, but overall it made it a little lackluster, imo.

then, for some mysterious reason known only to itself, my brain finally decided it was time i started reading Discworld properly, so i've spent march more or less marathoning the Watch novels from Men at Arms through Night Watch and now i'm giving Guards Guards a quick reread before i move onto Thud.

i'm trying to pace myself a smidgen now that i only have two books left; i'm not ready for the Watch series to be over!! 

sunshine_revival

1. The Rain on a Tent ambient noise generator from myNoise (even better with slider animation on!)
2. Actual rain (we finally got some)!!
3. Cold grapes straight from the fridge
4. My friend who needed surgery finally got it after days of delay!
5. Solitude by Black Sabbath. I was really surprised to learn this was a Sabbath song, it's so soft and folky.
6. About 45 minutes ago I captured and released a moth, and noticed it left behind some dust on the inside of my hand -- I anxiously googled, and found that actually, moths losing some scales is fine! Hurrah!
7. I went for a run two days ago expecting it to be murder as I don't exercise at all, but it was fine!! I may have to do it again just for that. (Muscles still screaming, though, and I work evenings all week. Maybe on Sunday!)
8. This blog on tumblr that identifies fonts!
9. Postcard from a friend arrived 💗
10. This whole bit from Jon Stewart last night, but if you don't want to watch all the serious political talk and would just like something a bit more uplifting, start from 24:54.