Watched A Man on the Inside with Jenn
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conulyThat's a pretty good show, although she ruined it by guessing all the plot twists.
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friday five
Feb. 6th, 2026 10:19 pmthistleingrey1. What did you want to be when you were a kid?
A kid. Really.
2. What is your proudest accomplishment so far?
I've lived long enough that surely there could be more than one? Perhaps it's knowing when not to respond directly to this question, which invites humblebrags.
3. What is your dream job?
Something lower stress than my previous jobs.
4. Where do you see yourself in 10 years?
I've always found this question (common in certain kinds of interview) to say more about the asker than the answerer. It's bullshit. Ten years before I passed my PhD quals, I had no idea I would apply to grad schools. Ten years before I was part of a team that published an award-winning scholarly bestseller, I had no idea I would work as libstaff. Those were good things to do, but I didn't plan for them.
5. What does it take to make you happy?
Accidental inversions or juxtapositions, and bits of space for contemplation. When I'm very busy, it's harder to notice anything---a thing I noticed after I began protecting time during grad school to take walks and look at random plants.
A kid. Really.
2. What is your proudest accomplishment so far?
I've lived long enough that surely there could be more than one? Perhaps it's knowing when not to respond directly to this question, which invites humblebrags.
3. What is your dream job?
Something lower stress than my previous jobs.
4. Where do you see yourself in 10 years?
I've always found this question (common in certain kinds of interview) to say more about the asker than the answerer. It's bullshit. Ten years before I passed my PhD quals, I had no idea I would apply to grad schools. Ten years before I was part of a team that published an award-winning scholarly bestseller, I had no idea I would work as libstaff. Those were good things to do, but I didn't plan for them.
5. What does it take to make you happy?
Accidental inversions or juxtapositions, and bits of space for contemplation. When I'm very busy, it's harder to notice anything---a thing I noticed after I began protecting time during grad school to take walks and look at random plants.
Day Three Theme - Like the first dewfall on the first grass (BtVS)
Feb. 7th, 2026 04:15 amkerk_hiraeth posting in ![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png){kind=small}
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PROMPT: Day Three - The Caregiver
FANDOM: Buffy the Vampire Slayer {AU}
AUTHOR: kerk_hiraeth
RATING: PG-13
LENGTH: 1,000
CHARACTERS: OCs; Fatima El-baz & Sofia Blazhevich
SUMMARY: The duties of a Chaplain, whatever their religion are many and varied; sometimes causing reflection on their own lives.
A/N: This story is dedicated to Father Francis Mulcahy, as played by William Christopher on M*A*S*H between 1972 and 1983. That character heavily influences my conception of the Muslim, appointed by Buffy to be Chaplain to all the Slayers; (full name ~ Fatima Amastan Sultana Sara Tirzah Elbaz (or El-baz).
The background to her full name and their histories will, should my muse permit, be revealed in further stories but briefly, her family is from the Atlas Mountains of Tunisia; has mostly Amazigh & Hebrew origins, with some Arab threads as well. Her wife is Jewish from a conservative Orthodox sect. The Slayer is Russian but Roman Catholic, rather than Russian Orthodox.
Goddess be with you,
Father Francis Mulcahy, as portrayed by William Christopher
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Weather anticipation.
Feb. 6th, 2026 10:42 pmhannahI'm geared up for another cold snap, with this Sunday looking like the nadir of the coming week. Tomorrow's going to be cold, and it won't be quite as harsh as Sunday seems like it'll be. It doesn't change many of my plans, since I didn't plan on much to begin with, but it's kind of nice to have the framework to assess potential plans. Like imagining which movies I'd go to, if I were to go to the movies.
Most likely, the movies will come after the job's wrapped up. Catching a matinee as a way to say the gig's done.
Most likely, the movies will come after the job's wrapped up. Catching a matinee as a way to say the gig's done.
Three Sentence Ficathon Roundup, the Sequel (Our Flag Means Death + Once a Thief)
Feb. 6th, 2026 07:17 pmAthletes on parade
Feb. 6th, 2026 09:54 pmlauradi7dwMonths ago I got rid of the cable connection for the TV. I have been doing OK with Netflix and a couple of other streaming services, plus watching Channel 2 live stream on the laptop, but it was getting to be Olympics time. I bought an indoor HDTV antenna and installed it all by myself. Now I can watch broadcast networks.
Two hours in to the delayed-to-primetime coverage of the opening ceremony NBC I am already irritated by their coverage but I knew what to expect. The ceremony organizers have done a clever thing for the parade of athletes. The primary division of sports is that indoor icy things are happening in Milan while outdoor snowy things are happening in Cortina, more than 200 miles away. The main ceremony is in an arena in Milan but they didn't haul the snow folks down for the ceremony - at each location the relevant athletes are marching (dancing, grooving) through Stargates (my thought, not what they are calling them). In Cortina they are walking down a street with people on either side like crowds watching a road race.
Sorry about the photographer's watermark/copyright thing. I couldn't find images from Cortina that didn't have it.
I like the Haitian uniforms the best and was sorry to learn earlier today that they were required to remove the portrait of Toussaint Louverture.
https://apnews.com/article/haiti-olympics-uniforms-winter-games-diversity-f85baa15a623fadbc15569325efc61b5
I like the Mongolian ones a lot too (see above). Many counties have nice ones.
Watching network TV means I am getting commercials. My favorite so far is one for Chevrolet, using the song from my childhood ("see the USA in your Chevrolet. America is asking you to call"). I sang along. It will not make me buy a new car.
Two hours in to the delayed-to-primetime coverage of the opening ceremony NBC I am already irritated by their coverage but I knew what to expect. The ceremony organizers have done a clever thing for the parade of athletes. The primary division of sports is that indoor icy things are happening in Milan while outdoor snowy things are happening in Cortina, more than 200 miles away. The main ceremony is in an arena in Milan but they didn't haul the snow folks down for the ceremony - at each location the relevant athletes are marching (dancing, grooving) through Stargates (my thought, not what they are calling them). In Cortina they are walking down a street with people on either side like crowds watching a road race.
Sorry about the photographer's watermark/copyright thing. I couldn't find images from Cortina that didn't have it.
I like the Haitian uniforms the best and was sorry to learn earlier today that they were required to remove the portrait of Toussaint Louverture.
https://apnews.com/article/haiti-olympics-uniforms-winter-games-diversity-f85baa15a623fadbc15569325efc61b5
I like the Mongolian ones a lot too (see above). Many counties have nice ones.
Watching network TV means I am getting commercials. My favorite so far is one for Chevrolet, using the song from my childhood ("see the USA in your Chevrolet. America is asking you to call"). I sang along. It will not make me buy a new car.
Daily Happiness
Feb. 6th, 2026 06:13 pmtorachan1. It's the weekend! And I went in to the office this morning but was able to come home by mid afternoon, so that was nice.
2. We're having home made pizza for dinner again. Same Korean bbq flavor spam and roasted corn as last time, but this time I did not forget the edamame. In fact, I specifically put this on the dinner menu the night after a night when we were having edamame as a side dish with something else, so we'd already have some leftover that I could just add on top of the pizza!
3. It's warm, but it's still blanket weather for Chloe.
2. We're having home made pizza for dinner again. Same Korean bbq flavor spam and roasted corn as last time, but this time I did not forget the edamame. In fact, I specifically put this on the dinner menu the night after a night when we were having edamame as a side dish with something else, so we'd already have some leftover that I could just add on top of the pizza!
3. It's warm, but it's still blanket weather for Chloe.