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memetic prophylactic recommended

I've only myself to blame

Because having wondered what the Tangent Online 2025 recommended reading list looked like--or more accurately, how many non-recommended reading list words would precede it, nothing compelled me to go look.

(The preamble is about 6000 words)

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February LOVE-fest

1. first love
2. friendship
3. love of nature
4. passion
5. soulmates
6. unrequited love
7. lust
8. love of the game
9. devotion
10. love of food
11. polyamory
12. long distance love
13. lovesickness
14. romantic love
15. love of place
16. marriage
17. love of order and method
18. divine love
19. platonic love
20. infatuation
21. maternal love
22. obsession
23. agape
24. love of animals
25. unconditional love
26. forbidden love
27. ecstasy
28. the beloved

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I just finished a detective novel where the motive revolves around an anti-abortion fanatic so it had me thinking interpreting devotion in other ways.

Fandom: BBC Sherlock
Length: 100
Rating: Gen but warning for mention of pro-life/anti-abortion violence and fanaticism
Summary: After a case, Sherlock makes an assumption.

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this is my favorite solo performance of Jungkook's, and this song has a line (which actually rhymes in English! Huzzah! Most of the time, their English lyrics sort-of-not-really rhyme): Show you what devotion is / deeper than the ocean is.

Watch on YouTube

Current Mood: enthralled

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S1E4 montage note: Heated Rivalry

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Current Mood: sleepy
Current Location: my apartment

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habit tracking

Habit Tracking: Week 06 (February 01 - February 07)

This weird creature was a sticker from Abi Stevens Art. I picked it this week for the vibes. I still feel kind of weird and off, like a bizarre and monstrous serpent bird, so that seemed appropriate.

This week was the final stretch of recovery and my return to work. While I still feel like it wasn't quite enough time, I have been feeling far better than I did the previous week. I did have a few reasonably productive days at home, where I started to get caught up on some of what I'd missed. The week itself was difficult, though. The news on Wednesday about my friend Mark passing was... heartbreaking. I still just don't feel like he can be gone.

Goals for the week:

I did finally catch up on DW
I wrote up my January book reviews
I finished reading We're Here
I took more walks
I returned to work
I did not work on my reading page
I did my getyourwordsout check in: 12542 words
I did my tracker grids for the next month
We paid rent
I started reading Hell Bent

Tracked habits:

Work - 1.5/7 - I returned for a half day on Friday, resuming my regular schedule on Saturday
Household Maintenance - 5/7
Physical Activity - 7/7
Wrote 500/1000+ Words - 0/7
Non-fiction Writing - 6/7 - three days of over 500 words, three days of over 1000
Meta Work - 4/7
Personal Writing - 6/7
Other Creative Things - 0/7
Reading - 6/7 - I finished reading We're Here and started Hell Bent, plus read a small bit of my ebook side-read; Alex and I finished The Sun Dog and started The Luminous Dead
Attention to Media - 7/7 - Sunday had various background stuff, watched some reviews later; Monday had youtube in the background, then later watched agility qualifiers for the Westminster dog show; Tuesday Alex and I went to see Iron Lung (enjoyed it!) and later watched more dog show stuff; Wednesday watched more dog show stuff and some video game videos; Thursday was more game videos and later some of the Olympic snowboard qualifiers; Friday watched a paranormal video, a review, and some game videos; Saturday had news in the background.
Video Games - 0/7
Social Interaction - 5/7

Total words written: 8105, all non-fiction; some about the stresses of paperwork, some about my friend's passing, some on book reviews

Current Mood: tired
Current Music: the Orion Experience - "Someone, Somewhere, Right Now"
Crossposts: https://lb-lee.insanejournal.com/13693.html

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Rawlin's New Hair

Mori: Rawlin, alone amongst all of us, never changed her hairstyle... until now! And I did doodles because my girlfriend is cute and pretty.

( Pictographic proof behind the cut! )

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links

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The mood swings are gone now, and I have been trying to figure out finance stuff with getting my volunteer massage clinic hours done in time for getting work and saving up money for moving in June (dear gods I hope so anyway).

The house was invaded yesterday by other family members for Superb Owl Sunday. There was a lot of food making and then I retreated upstairs during the sportsball tournament, as I am not much for team sports. Today I went in for Jury duty, waited around for an hour and was dismissed.

Podcast on how to feel more loved, the answers to which are somewhat paradoxical, but do ring true to my experience of life - https://www.pushkin.fm/podcasts/the-happiness-lab-with-dr-laurie-santos/how-to-feel-truly-loved-with-dr-sonja-lyubomirsky-and-dr-harry-reis - I should work on my listening skills again, though. It’s been a minute.

Some vaccines seem to have a protective effect on the brains of the vaccinated - https://www.sciencealert.com/huge-study-reveals-2-vaccines-that-appear-to-reduce-dementia-risk#

The Access Is Praxis series of disability Justice writings and resources - https://moonglades.notion.site/access-is-praxis-50fa0311f50c45689b60567bddbff253

Wound care exposing a pregnancy.

Would hospital care after minor dog attack injuries expose a first trimester pregnancy?

Details:
I have a story I'm currently working on set in a modern type world, and a plot point where one of the two main characters is attacked by a pack of street dogs and gets some minor scratch and bite injuries. I'm thinking just a few stitches at most. I can guess they'll need "just in case" antibiotics and rabies shots because of the bites, but would common care involve any tests that would expose an early pregnancy?

Goals:
I'm trying to keep the pregnancy a surprise for the other main character later in the story, so a "some hospitals would do these tests but some wouldn't" could be ruled that this time it wasn't done. But if it's very common to do certain blood or other tests that would easily reveal a pregnancy, that's a problem. And having the other main character who's acting as their savior/caregiver in this scenario decide not to get them treatment wouldn't be in character or suit his arc in the story, even with minor wounds that in theory could be treated at home.

Do I need to change details of the attack, or depict this medical team as negligent? Or is the stealth of this pregnancy safe?

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Day 9: Fic - Stargate SG-1 - Sam Carter

First character who came to my mind for "The Scholar" prompt was Sam Carter who's saved her team plenty of times with her scientific knowledge. She's cool and competent at what she does!

Title: Getting back to the basics
Fandom: Stargate SG-1
Character: Sam Carter (plus Cassie is briefly here too)
Rating: G
Length: 100 words
Summary: Sam's favorite part of her job is the science
Link: here on ao3 or you can read it under the cut below

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(bonus silly author's note)

In my head, there was backstory about how Cassie asked Sam for homework help because Janet was busy treating SG-3 who came back from offworld with a mysterious blue rash.

But obviously I could not fit that in the drabble 😂

Current Mood: discontent
Current Music: The Chain (live) - Fleetwood Mac

Still hear you saying.

The day's relative warmth had me going out for an appointment rather than do it virtually. It helped considerably, which I knew it would, and it was a fairly productive appointment also.

On the way back, I took a longer route through Riverside Park. I didn't get to see my brother and his wife coming in from Brooklyn, but I saw the Hudson covered shore to shore with ice - not solid ice up and down the horizon, but to the other side of the river and back, which is more than I've seen in a long time. I don't think it'll stay much longer, and for all that I didn't like being so cold, I loved knowing there was that much ice on the river.

REC - Day 9 - Star Trek AOS - Uhura/T'Pring

Title + link: The Love Connection

Author: ForFucksSakeJim

Prompt: Day 9 - The Scholar

Fandom: Star Trek: Alternate Original Series

Characters/Pairing: T'Pring/Nyota Uhura

Length: 10,381

Rating: Teen

Warnings: None

Summary: While transporting a group of Vulcans to their new homeworld, Uhura meets T’Pring, a talented linguist whose gravitational pull she just can’t refuse.

Reccer's notes: This fic brings T'Pring and Nyota together due to their shared love of linguistics and T'Pring's appreciation for Nyota's perfect Vulcan pronunciation. They are both delightfully complex and fun characters here and the growth that develops from a love of language seemed to definitely fit the theme.

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food,
rl_26

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I wanted a Vietnamese coffee and I didn't want to go out to get it so I ordered in through Skip the Dishes, my old standby from lockdown. Skip has a peculiar web interface that lags when you try to login and then suddenly decides yeah ok we do know you after all. I think they want you to use their even buggier app which no I won't. But this time they were giving my address as 518 for some reason, so I corrected that to 543 and ordered my chicken and vermicelli and coffee. Of course I really wanted a banh mi after reading all those Dr. Siri books where he sits eating his banh mi by the side of the Mekong looking over at Thailand. But you know, bread, so no. And I watched on the map as the little car icon come up Christie and turned and I went to the door to wait for the guy, and the guy didn't come and my phone said Your order has been delivered! with a photo of an unfamiliar porch. So I text the guy, I'm here at 543 waiting, and he texts back that of course he left it at 518. Thus I had to go out anyway and yes, wrestle the walker through the snow berms again, because 518 is south of me and on the other side. This isn't the first time Skip has altered my address off its own bat-- they had me at 552 for the longest time-- so I think that's it for me and Skip. I like that they give you tracking on your order, which Uber doesn't-- Uber comes when it comes and doesn'teven knock-- but I can't be having with their webpage's dementia.

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prompt: #102 - deja vu

[AMNESTY: Challenge #102: Déjà Vu] Original Fiction: 'Déjà Vu'

Title: 'Déjà Vu'
Fandom: Original Fiction
Rating: G
Notes: Crossposted to

ficlet_zone

( Déjà Vu )

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daily

Daily Check-In

This is your check-in post for today. The poll will be open from midnight Universal or Zulu Time (8pm Eastern Time) on Monday, February 9, to midnight on Tuesday, February 10. (8pm Eastern Time).

Poll #34204 Daily Check-in

This poll is closed.
Open to: Access List, detailed results viewable to: Access List, participants: 24

How are you doing?

I am OK.
12 (52.2%)

I am not OK, but don't need help right now.
11 (47.8%)

I could use some help.
0 (0.0%)

How many other humans live with you?

I am living single.
7 (29.2%)

One other person.
11 (45.8%)

More than one other person.
6 (25.0%)

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.

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PerfectWorldShipping Week 2026

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Day 9 - Dragon Ball - Android 21/Dr. Arinsu

Title: Do Androids Dream of Demon Scientists?
Fandom: Dragon Ball
Relationship: Android 21/Dr. Arinsu (F/F)
Word count: 8603

Summary: Dr. Arinsu is a person with an ambition to take over the Demon Realm. She brings back to life a scientist from Earth to create an ultimate weapon. But they both didn't anticipate that business is not the only thing a mistress and her "tool" could share.

Link: AO3 publication.

Day 8 - Fic - The Pitt - Mel King

Title: Historical Patterns

Fandom: The Pitt

Characters: Mel/Frank

Rating: G

Prompt: Day 8: Pet Peeve

Summary: Mel is not great at dates. She goes on one anyway. It also does not go well. Fortunately, someone is there to lift her spirits.

On AO3

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and i guess that i just don't know

Spoke with Rhonda the realtor and she's cautiously optimistic about the condo market. Plan is to put this place up for sale sometime in March. Which is closer than I think.

Started putting books in boxes. Need to get a decent amount of stuff out of the condo and into storage as I can before opening it up to potential buyers. Packing books is physically easy, I've done this enough times that I have it down to a science. The hard part is having them Not Around for awhile. Boardgames, too, and DVDs and who knows what else, I'll sort that out as I go. Gonna be an empty-feeling apartment for a couple of months.

There's also the obligatory Cull. E.g. I've been carrying around Where Late The Sweet Birds Sang for, oh, since before I moved to Canada. At this point I am probably not ever going to actually read it. That sort of thing. I can leave culled books out and see if I end up reading any of them just because they're there, and if so whether they're worth keeping. Small favours.

As for actually moving... as Lou Reed sang ("sang"), I don't know where I'm going. Staying in the lower mainland is safe and fiscally responsible, and it's killing me by inches. Minneapolis is expensive and dangerous (health-care-wise) and far away. Elsewhere in BC is a complete unknown. No good options.

I -have- been keeping up on viola practice, at least. Turns out to be a good thing. Last week I went out with Kevin to a fiddle session at an Irish pub out in Kitsilano. It was pretty great. It's nice to be musicking with people, to get that enjoyable camaraderie and sense of all doing something together.

Viola means that I can't really play most fiddle tunes (viola's a fifth down from violin, so any high notes are unplayable at speed, at least for me), so I end up doing drones or simple harmonies. I'm always a bit nervous about that kind of thing. I've basically no formal training; I'm just doing things that seem like they'll fit in. People did seem to like it, and said nice things about it afterwards, so that was nice as well.

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health,
reflection

something different

( cracked my medical mystery, positive outcome )

Current Music: Rose Betts, "Come Away"

There's nothing here but echoes

Today's excitements included a more complicated dentist's appointment than originally envisioned and having to stop very suddenly short on I-93, but I did technically find my way to Scollay Square.