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ysabetwordsmith ([personal profile] ysabetwordsmith) wrote2025-10-30 02:08 pm

Birdfeeding

Today is mostly sunny, breezy, and mild.  It drizzled yesterday.

I fed the birds.  I've seen a few sparrows and house finches.

I put out water for the birds.

EDIT 10/30/25 -- I planted 12 mixed crocuses around the barrel garden.

EDIT 10/30/25 -- I planted 12 Dutch irises around the yard.

EDIT 10/30/25 -- I planted 5 purple-and-white striped crocuses in the purple-and-white garden.  This concludes the currently purchased bulbs.









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andrewducker ([personal profile] andrewducker) wrote2025-10-30 05:45 pm

Life with two kids: Wednesday shoes

This morning Sophia announced, as we were about to leave the house, that she couldn't find her school shoes.

Her black school shoes.

The ones that are and integral part of her Wednesday costume. For the school Halloween disco. This evening.

Jane and I frantically tore the house apart for fifteen minutes and checked *everywhere*. Eventually we forced her, crying, to put on her trainers, promising her that if her shoes turned up we would bring them in to her.

Because we left fifteen minutes late we missed the bus. And so it was that we were halfway through the walk to school when Sophia quietly said "Oh."

And then told me that she'd just remembered that yesterday she'd come home from school in her welly boots, leaving her shoes at her peg.

You'll be delighted to hear that I didn't murder her.
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moomintroll ([personal profile] moomintroll) wrote in [community profile] addme2025-10-30 04:08 pm

Name: Sadie

Age: early 30s

I mostly post about: My life, thoughts, and things I get up to, things I draw or create, places I've been to, something cool I've bought recently, etc. I might occasionally post about media I've consumed, but I don't really post fandom content unless it's relevant to my life in some way (like I've gone to a gig). I save that stuff for Tumblr.

My hobbies are:
Drawing (I'm an illustrator and have a degree in it), journals and stationery (I love my Filofax and Hobonichi ♥), Japanese street fashion (I wear EGL a lot), musical theatre, travel (I've lived in Japan and South Korea teaching English), wandering through the woods, taking photos, digging through junk shops, playing The Sims 4 and Animal Crossing, learning languages, and building Lego.

My fandoms are:
My favourite movies right now are Conclave and the new Frankenstein. My favourite bands are My Chemical Romance, Ghost, and System of a Down. I'm also a Disney adult and unashamed of that, I've been to every park except Hong Kong and Shanghai. My favourite authors are Tove Jansson and Stephen King (I read and watch a lot of horror, but not slashers which are kinda boring tbh), and some of my favourite novels are Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Watership Down, The Phantom of the Opera, and Animal Farm.

I'm looking to meet people who:
Nice people who I can actually befriend. I like to form friendships with people on my friends list, and not feel like it's a transactional "comment for comment" kind of vibe which feels disingenuous 💔 We're reading each others diaries after all.

My posting schedule tends to be:
Whenever I feel like I have something to say, but I try to aim for at least once a week. I'm trying to get back into the habit of updating regularly after I had a bad experience with someone who made me feel self-conscious about what I post, and I'm trying hard to stop overthinking it and get back to posting whatever I feel like, but sometimes it's difficult and I struggle with that 'no one cares' voice. But I also realise no one knows me if I only update once in a blue moon and never say anything about myself.

When I add people, my dealbreakers are:
Judgey people and the usual bigots. Also if all you post about are fandoms that we don't share, media reviews, or your kids/partner, I'm not going to have anything to say about that and will likely end up skipping over your entries. I want to get to know YOU.

Before adding me, you should know:
I don't post about it much, but I have a chronic illness and I'm disabled. It usually comes up as vague mentions of being tired/in pain/struggling etc, but that's what I'm referring to.
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disneydream06 ([personal profile] disneydream06) wrote2025-10-30 09:54 am
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sᴇ𝓁ᴇɴᴀ ♡ ([personal profile] kissed) wrote in [community profile] addme2025-10-30 10:04 am

Hello, I'm Selena |˶˙ᵕ˙ )ノ゙it's very nice to greet everyone again. 28, she/her, ISFP-T. My reading list has gotten a little quiet when I'm someone who likes to comment, so here I am!

My journal's 99% locked because it is my safe space, but I unprivated some of my more recent entries for now so anyone can see if they'd vibe with my posting style/subjects. I mainly post about my personal life (my husband is my closest friend and pops up a lot), whatever games I'm playing or other media I'm into, and other random thoughts or opinions.

🩷 A good sampling of my interests is on my profile, though not all my fannish interests are listed. 

🎮 I'm an avid video gamer, and my favorite game is (for a mainstream answer) Mass Effect 2, though it's very hard to choose!

📖 I also love to read anything, including literary classics and fanfiction of my favorite ships! One day I'll actually track my completed books... I enjoy learning new facts no matter how mundane or morbid, so Wikipedia and likeminded sites are a comfort. My favorite book is Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami.

🎵 I love all kinds of music, though I mainly listen to K-pop. Since I grew up listening to Korean music, I have a fondness for 2nd gen groups though now my taste is kind of all over. My favorite group is BTS and I hope to see them again with their upcoming world tour!

I'm looking to find friends with journals similar to me, though we don't have to necessarily be into the same things. I like to read about other peoples' lives since they're typically so different from my own! I also like reading other peoples' reviews or recommendations. Sometimes there can be a lull in my own posting with how busy I can get some days, but I always come back. Dreamwidth is one of the few social medias I still use, so it's important to me. I've been regularly(ish) journaling for 2 years now.

Anyway if I seem interesting enough, I'm all up for being friends! I consider myself pretty tolerant barring seriously hateful rhetoric and emphasize with mental health struggles since I've been there (and am still here, really). Feel free to comment here or in my actual journal o/ I don't add people back unless they reach out to me first.

⚠️ Unless I'm familiar with the majority of the fandoms I don't know if I'd be able to connect with purely focused fandom journals, sorry! It should also be self-explanatory, but no minors please. Preferably 25+ since I'm old and usually have nothing in common with younger people.
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poliphilo ([personal profile] poliphilo) wrote2025-10-30 07:46 am

Inflatable Gravestones

 I'm not seeing much in the way of Halloween decor in Eastbourne this year. We passed a house that had filled its front garden with junk and it stood out because it had no competition.

I asked Mike if was the same in Greenwich and he said, Well, no, his street had a lot of skeletons and such. They're going home tomorrow morning because he has some inflatable gravestones on order and he needs time to blow them up and get them installed before the evening's candy fest.

We don't give out sweets. We give out plastic doodads. I sort of enjoy the mad rush. 
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ysabetwordsmith ([personal profile] ysabetwordsmith) wrote2025-10-29 09:14 pm

Today's Adventures

Today we went around Charleston and Mattoon with a friend.

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Sustainability

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ysabetwordsmith ([personal profile] ysabetwordsmith) wrote2025-10-29 04:34 pm

Birdfeeding

Today is cloudy, chilly, windy, and wet. It rained off and on yesterday, then drizzled earlier today.

I fed the birds. I've seen a few sparrows and house finches.

I put out water for the birds.

EDIT 10/29/25 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.

EDIT 10/29/25 -- I did more work around the patio.

I am done for the night.
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ЯR ([personal profile] clairaudient) wrote in [community profile] addme2025-10-29 09:41 am

Bonjour tout le monde!

Name: Rina.

Age: 41 years.

I mostly post about: My everyday life, my thoughts, the emotional turmoil I am going through day by day, music (A LOT OF MUSIC TALK; this is more than just something I am interested in, it really is my passion :D!), lyrics/quotes/etc references, movies & books (When I can), struggles in my psyche, career talk *__*, spirituality, and also sometimes politics. And generally: LOVE!

My hobbies are: Creative writing [poetry (that can often be used as lyrics later) and general fictional stories], crocheting [Ironically I struggle less with magic rings than just simple chains?! Oô], cycling [I would *LOVE* to travel to places by bike, too!], dancing [To express myself; influenced mainly by industrial dancing, hiphop, acrobatics, bellydance, jazz dance, etc. I usually do not like dancing with partners, though :P, and I would LOVE to try hoop and pole dance!], DIY, drawing & painting [No matter the canvas! Mainly portraits, seals (and other animals) and lots of surrealist influences!], knitting, learning foreign languages, learning new things, listening to music, martial arts, mixing and mastering knowledge acquisation ;D, photography, playing the electric guitar, playing the keyboard/piano, recording music, sewing, singing, songwriting [music & lyrics], spiritual practices [Tropical and Chinese astrology, tarot/cartomancy, numerology, palmistry, tossing witches runes, scrying, aura readings, etc.], travelling, watching movies.

My fandoms are: I do not really know whether this counts as "fandom", because, yes, there are e. g. bands and musicians I really like a lot, but then again, I am not really part of any true "fandoms"... Unless you count in platforms (Reddit, Discord, etc.) dedicated to the people in question... Either way, here is a (non-exhaustive) list, categorised a bit, though...
BOOKS - Alan And Naomi (M. Levoy), Antonio Im Wunderland (J. Weiler), Big Magic (E. Gilbert), Borderline Personality Disorder Demystified (R. O. Friedel), Die Kinder Erwachen (C. Polar), Hab Ich Selbst Gemacht (S. Klingner), Ich Geh Jetzt In Dein Karma Rein (B. Wagner), I'm Off Then (H. Kerkeling), Last Quarter (all; Ai Yazawa), Living Out Loud (K. Smith), Many Lives Many Masters (Dr. B. Weiss), Maria Ihm Schmeckt's Nicht (J. Weiler), Mort (T. Pratchett), Only Love Is Real (Dr. B. Weiss), Old Magic (M. Curley), Popular Music From Vittula (M. Niemi), Reasons To Stay Alive (M. Haig), Rebel Witch (K.-A. Maddox), Remix 1 (B. v. Stuckrad-Barre), Same Soul Many Bodies (Dr. B. Weiss), Show Your Work (A. Kleon), Steal Like An Artist (A. Kleon), The Dark (M. Curley), The Key (M. Curley), The Metamorphosis (F. Kafka), The Named (M. Curley), The Trial (F. Kafka), Yes Man (D. Wallace), You Are A Medium (S. Dillard), Your Head Is A Houseboat (C. Walker).
MOVIES - A Clockwork Orange, Amadeus, Animalympics, Anne Frank's Diary, A Time To Kill, Atlantis: The Lost Empire, Back To The Future (all), Bandits, Beetlejuice, Billy Elliot, Blue Is The Warmest Color, Coco, Control, Dancer In The Dark, Dangerous Minds, Dark Shadows, Dead Poets Society, Demolition Man, Dracula: Dead And Loving It, 23 (1998), Edward Scissorhands, Ed Wood, Encanto, Fight Club, Flashdance, Fucking Amal, Gattaca, Ghostbusters, Girl: Interrupted, Good Bye Lenin, Hangin' Out, Hocus Pocus, Inception, Inside Out (1 & 2), Interview With The Vampire, Kopps, Labyrinth, Light Of Day, Mind Game, Mulan (1998), Murder By Death, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, Richy Guitar, Run Lola Run, School Of Rock, Sing, Sing Street, Sister Act (1 & 2), Slumdog Millionaire, Song Of The Sea, Soul, Soylent Green, Speed, Teen Witch, Thank You For Smoking, The Basketball Diaries, The Boat That Rocked, The Bob's Burgers Movie, The Celebration, The Crow, The Cure (1995), The Disaster Artist, The Hate U Give, The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, The Linguini Incident, The Matrix, The Muppets Take Manhattan, The Craft, The Naked Gun (All, except for the reboot :P!), The Nightmare Before Christmas, The Pink Panther (2006), The Plague Dogs, The Secret Of NIMH, The Return Of Captain Invincible, The Runaways, The Sixth Sense, The Truman Show, The Twelve Tasks Of Asterix, This Boy's Life, This Is Spinal Tap, Too Hard To Handle, Trainspotting, Tron: Ares, Twister, Velvet Goldmine, Wach, Wasted Youth, What's Eating Gilber Grape, What To Do In Case Of Fire, What We Do In The Shadows, While You Were Sleeping, Yes Man, You Instead.
MUSIC - Alice Cooper, Alien Sex Fiend, Alizée, All Gone Dead, A Perfect Circle, Apulanta, Bauhaus, Bela B., Billy Idol, Blur, Bronski Beat, Boy Harsher, Camouflage, Cinemascope, Cinema Strange, Clan Of Xymox, David Bowie, Dead Or Alive, Depeche Mode, Die Ärzte, Die Fantastischen Vier, Don Huonot, Duran Duran, Esoterik, Farin Urlaub (Racing Team), Fettes Brot, Fiction, Foo Fighters, Garbage, Ghosting, Goethes Erben, Green Day, Grossstadtgeflüster, Inkubus Sukkubus, Joan Jett & The Blackhearts, Joy Division, Julien Bam, Käärijä, Kino Carey, Kylie Minogue, Lady Gaga, L'Âme Immortelle, Leaether Strip, Linkin Park, London After Midnight, Luci'fer Luscious Violenoué, Maître Gims, Mark Forster, Marteria, Marusha, Mia., Minuit Machine, Mylène Farmer, New Order, Nine Inch Nails, Pharao, Project Pitchfork, Psycho Le Cému, Rihanna, Rob Zombie, Roman Rain, ЯR, Santa Hates You, She Wants Revenge, Siouxsie And The Banshees, Slam Bamboo, Soft Cell, Space Tribe, Specimen, Spinal Tap, Stromae, Tears For Fears, The Clash, The Cramps, The Crüxshadows, The Cult, The Cure, The Mission, The Offspring, The Prodigy, The Runaways, The Sisters Of Mercy, The 69 Eyes, The Weeknd, Thomas D, Tic Tac Toe, Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, Van Halen, Vanished Empire, Virgin Prunes, Xmal Deutschland... Most likely I forgot a gazillion in this list D:, because this happens so often.

I'm looking to meet people who: I'm looking to meet people who don't tame their souls! Who are authentic beyond words, who stand up for their ideals, who are open-minded, kind, creative, intuitive, etc. :D

My posting schedule tends to be: Almost daily, though I will not promise it will always be like this!

When I add people, my dealbreakers are: Ableism, animal cruelty, animal testing, anti-semitism, arrogance, body shaming, elitism, fascism, fatphobia, homophobia, ignorance, islamophobia, racism, religious fanatism, sexism, transphobia.

Before adding me, you should know: I struggle with my mental health (ORLY?), mainly in terms of C-PTSD, BPD, EDNOS/OSFED, and severe depression, and while I try not to overdo it in terms of expressing what this means, there could be entries in this regard... I will put potentially triggering entries behind cuts, though. Also: I'll be gone from Sunday (2nd) until Saturday (8th), so it might take a bit in case you comment then to answer you or add you back. If you have any more questions/comments, please let me know.
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poliphilo ([personal profile] poliphilo) wrote2025-10-29 09:35 am

Tiring House

 Family coming to visit and I need to put on my paterfamilias face. It's not the best fit. 

Right now I'm in my dressing room- or tiring house to be Shakespearian about it- waiting for my cue. Things will become easier once I'm on stage.
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i am basically charmmy kitty ([personal profile] charmmypaws) wrote in [community profile] addme2025-10-29 04:52 am

intro post.

 <b>Name:</b> amanda</p>
 
<p><b>Age:</b>30's</p>
 
<p><b>I mostly post about:</b>personal things and venting</p>
 
<p><b>My hobbies are:</b>anime, gaming , fashion, roleplaying</p>
 
<p><b>My fandoms are:</b> most are old so.. lol pokemon, sailor moon, cardcaptor sakura, detective conan, demon slayer, inuyasha, final fantasy, kingdom hearts to name some.</p>
 
<p><b>I'm looking to meet people who:</b>i dunno.. doesn't matter to me lol</p>
 
<p><b>My posting schedule tends to be:</b> pretty much spordiac due to life and health.</p>
 
<p><b>When I add people, my dealbreakers are:</b> minors, being rude, dishonest and what not</p>
 
<p><b>Before adding me, you should know:</b> i'm not the most social person or nicest but i am shy so give me space and time get back to you.
 
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ysabetwordsmith ([personal profile] ysabetwordsmith) wrote2025-10-29 01:07 am
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Good News

Good news includes all the things which make us happy or otherwise feel good. It can be personal or public. We never know when something wonderful will happen, and when it does, most people want to share it with someone. It's disappointing when nobody is there to appreciate it. Happily, blogging allows us to share our joys and pat each other on the back.

What good news have you had recently? Are you anticipating any more? Have you found a cute picture or a video that makes you smile? Is there anything your online friends could do to make your life a little happier?

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ysabetwordsmith ([personal profile] ysabetwordsmith) wrote2025-10-29 12:05 am

Poetry Fishbowl Report for October 7, 2025

Our theme this time was "Witches and Wizards." I wrote from 1 PM to 4:30 AM, so about 13 hours 30 minutes, accounting for breaks. I wrote 8 poems on Tuesday plus 2 later in the week.

Participation was up, with 11 comments on LiveJournal and another 28 on Dreamwidth. A total of 12 people sent prompts.


Read Some Poetry!
The following poems from the October 7, 2025 Poetry Fishbowl have been posted:
"The Disappointing Daughter"
"The Unretired Witch"
"What Wizardry Is All About"

"New and Innovative Approaches"


Buy some poetry!
If you plan to sponsor some poetry but haven't made up your mind yet, see the unsold poetry list from October 7. That includes the title, length, price, and the original thumbnail description for the poems still available.

This month's donors include: [personal profile] janetmiles and Anthony Barrette. All sponsored poems from this fishbowl have been posted. There is 1 tally toward a bonus fishbowl.


The Poetry Fishbowl has a landing page.
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ysabetwordsmith ([personal profile] ysabetwordsmith) wrote2025-10-28 08:47 pm

Today's Adventures

We went up to Champaign-Urbana today.

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ysabetwordsmith ([personal profile] ysabetwordsmith) wrote2025-10-28 08:46 pm
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Fungi

Before plants or animals, fungi conquered Earth’s surface

Fungi were Earth’s first ecosystem engineers, thriving long before plants ever took root.

Fungi’s evolutionary roots stretch far deeper than once believed — up to 1.4 billion years ago, long before plants or animals appeared. Using advanced molecular dating and gene transfer analysis, researchers reconstructed fungi’s ancient lineage, revealing they were crucial in shaping Earth’s first soils and ecosystems
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