#2021.12

[chibiutsubo]

#猫

なんか扉の開く気配がしたので振り返ると……

な　ん　か　い　る

なんかこっち見てる。

ホラーかな。

で、手で開けた隙間に頭を無理矢理ねじこみまして……

侵入完了〜👍

どれだけ扉を閉めていても軽い引き戸はいつもこんな感じで突破されるので、リビングと私の部屋は自由気ままに猫が行き来しています。開けたら閉めてけ。

[drarryspecificrecsdaily]

2021.12.24 ~ Christmas Eve

Complete fics posted on AO3 this day

1. A Drinking Song by Riyan_Blue [T, 4k]

►Draco sings a highly inappropriate song to Harry at the Leaky Cauldron's Christmas Karaoke. But will it convince Harry to go out with him?

2. Edge of Great by DracoWillHearAboutThis [E, 19k]

►Harry hadn't planned on snogging Draco Malfoy at the Yule Ball. But now, he can't seem to forget about it.

3. The Malfoy Manor Christmas Extravaganza Vendor Manual by @academicdisaster24 [G, 1k]

►Potter can't follow simple rules, and Draco has had enough.

4. Snow On Snow by @tackytigerfic [T, 1k]

►Harry and Draco were deep undercover in Europe, and had to pretend to be a couple. When everything went wrong, they got out by the skin of their teeth. Little did they know they'd be stuck spending Christmas together in a Ministry safe house in Muggle Edinburgh. [...]

5. Under a wicked sky by @nccis [E, 46k]

►2nd of May 2018 marks the twenty-year anniversary of the Battle of Hogwarts. Anybody who had been a somebody back in the day has been invited to a celebration at the Great Hall. Harry has his hands full trying to remember his speech, hiding the fact that he and Ginny are divorced and, you guessed it, obsessing over Draco Malfoy.

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Fest/Exchange

★ Gay Juice Secret Santa Exchange [10 works]

★ Harry Potter Trans Comfort Fest | @magicaltrans

vos que queréis by @mysticdreamers [T, 1k]

yours (in every way) by @softlystarstruck [E, 1k]

3. Chasing Squirrels by @devilrising [T, 1k]

►Harry loved Christmas shopping; there were always so many things to do and look at. Including Draco, even if he pretended he didn't like when Harry kissed him in public. ★ 25 Days of Draco and Harry 2021 | @slythindor100

4. A Dovely Compromise by Anonymous [T, 5k]

►Draco’s idea of a good Yule is quiet and cosy. Potter prefers bold exclamations of festivity from…absurdly early in the year. Draco wonders if they’re truly compatible with each other. What they can both agree on, though, is that burning all things Christmas to the ground isn’t the way to go. ★ H/D Erised 2021 | @hd-erised

5. Not Just a Tattoo by Anonymous [G, 1k]

►Harry can't understand why Ron is being such a big deal about a tattoo. ★ Harry/Draco Owlpost 2021 | @hdowlpost

[runvacuum]

caroline polachek with oklou in dc december 2021

[chaospanics]

⇢ DECEMBER PLAYLIST ⇠

Also: my best of 2021 playlist (it has a lot of crossover with what’s posted monthly here).

This was a nice project for me to upkeep the past year! I’m not sure if I’ll keep doing this to the same extent in ‘22 (posts will probably look like August’s) but having a little archive of one of the most eventful and fulfilling years of my life (despite the circumstances) through music is really cool. 😊 Thanks for joining me xoxo Faves as usual:

Bearwear - The Incomplete Circle

Bearwear is an indie / alternative rock band formed in 2016 by Kazma and Kou. In 2020, their 1st full album The Incomplete Circle, which was selected for Fuji Rock "ROOKIE A GO-GO 2020", will be released. It is an iconic work that realizes a modern sound production that resonates with the current global indie scene. As a vocalist, "Miraco (fluctuation)" and Singaporean artist "Celine Autumn (Sobs)" also participated in the singing.

ROCK - ROCK

Twitter, that great big ball of online hate, is bad for many things but the occasional joyous interaction seeps through the rancour. Such as the time hip-hop and electronica whizz MALK sent out a tweet from his Philadelphia lair asking for interested vocalists to make contact. The only reply was from Chris Adams (Hood/Bracken) and it was cryptic. Cue two years later the duo unveil the results of their hook up and it’s pretty damn spectacular. They’ve called themselves ROCK which is of course the best name for a band ever and if it’s not a total cliche snarling opener ‘Shimmering In Freeform’ ROCKS and swings as if the duo had something to get off their chest after all this lockdown nonsense. Over increasingly distorted guitars and a sludgy rhythm, Adams wails near indistinguishable rhymes that never quite reveal themselves. It’s a stunning call to arms which sets the tone for the unique blend of ‘90s lo-fi, hip-hop and electronica that is slung out throughout.

shedfromthebody - To Hold The Ripened Sun

Shedfromthebody is an independent doomgaze / alternative metal artist from Espoo, Finland. Her music paints a distorted, ethereal landscape, through which she carries her songs with hauntingly beautiful vocals and lone, wailing guitars. With primary roots in doom metal, doom folk, and early 2000s alternative, Shedfromthebody's music varies from grim to comforting, from crushingly heavy to light and airy. Suvi Savikko, the brains behind this one-woman project, has been active since 2018 and released her debut album, A Dead and Aimless Hum, in May of 2020. She has roots in visual art, and the same aesthetic sensibilities have greatly influenced her music. She has also produced darkwave music under the name 1X4X44R, and composed music for Perfect Garbage Studios' game Love Shore.

Leftovers:

HOO - We Shall Never Speak

What or HOO do you get if you mix members of Slowdive, Beechwood Sparks with uncompromising folk angel, producer-songwriter and organic gardener with a penchant for wah-wah, Nick Holton? The answer is the wide-screen, heartbreaking glory of HOO’s second album We Shall Never Speak. A more song filled leap forward from debut Centipede Wisdom’s post-rock electro adventures. The detail and texture is extraordinary. A glorious hybrid of an album that over eight songs builds into something unique. Epic and homegrown. Upbeat and melancholic. Questing and questioning. Haunted by loss but future-facing. It’s a genuine marvel. Holton’s roots grew from the now re-eulogised ‘90’s Reading shoegaze scene. In its wake founding DIY 4 trackers Coley Park for three exquisite, prescient albums of country psych. For the ensuing 25 years he’s been a constant collaborator/provocateur to many of the scene’s diaspora. Most recently as one third of Black Hearted Brother with Neil Halstead and Mark Van Hoen. 

Kraus - View No Country

Part noise, part electronic, part gaze, all experimental… but not in any derogatory sense. Too often an artist will tag “experimental” to cover for the idea that ‘what you’re about to hear is inaccessible and offputting.’ The truly great artist will make the experimental accessible, grab your hand, and take you along a journey. That’s the path the one-man project Kraus has been hewing with great results, and earning much adulation along the way... Nobody expects quietness from Kraus, it’s just not in the sonic palette. It’s at this point we celebrate the forthcoming album, View No Country, due 22 October on a Terrible Records sub-imprint of the same name. (DKFM)

(cover image credit)

[chibiutsubo]

#日常

駒ヶ根の養命酒の工場に訪れた時に入手した、養命酒のメモ帳とマスキングテープ。シンプルながらめちゃくちゃかわいい。

マステコレクターほどではないけれど、ついつい可愛いマステを見ると買ってしまうので、未開封のマステが何個もお菓子の空き缶の中に詰まっています。もちろん集めたお気に入りを眺めているのも楽しい。でも溜めておくだけではなく使ってこそだと思うので、メルカリの梱包や職場のメモなどに少しずつは使っているのですが……現状のペースだと一生かかっても使い切れません。どうしたもんか。

[chibiutsubo]

#おでかけ #コクウ珈琲

美濃加茂の、太田宿の近くにある「コクウ珈琲」さん。建物は昭和初期に建てられた旧郵便局の建物とあって、ただのシンプルなコンクリート建築ではない、絶妙な装飾と渋い雰囲気があります。

店内は極力撮影禁止(自分のテーブルの手元のみOK)とのことなので、今回は店内での写真は撮っていませんが、店内もシンプルですっきりとした空間。子供や、大人数(4名以上)もご遠慮ください、のカフェなので、ほんとに静かにゆっくりくつろぐための空間です。

最初に訪れた時は季節のコーヒー(その時はクリスマスブレンドでした)をいただいて、すごく美味しくて静かに感動しながら帰ってきて、今回は本を持ち込んで暫しゆっくり、コクウブレンドをいただいてきました。コーヒーの分かる知識も舌も持ち合わせていないんですが、どちらもすごく飲みやすくて、特にクリスマスブレンドの方はめちゃくちゃ好きかもしれない。

私は酸味が苦手で、苦味は欲しいけれど後味にまでしっかり残る苦味はあんまり好きじゃないので、要するにその逆、スッキリ飲めるコーヒーだなと思います。酸味の少ない、軽めのスッキリ系コーヒーが好きな私にはとても嬉しいところ。

玄人の人ならばもっと色々と感じ取れたり好みがあったりするんでしょうが、初心者、まだ自分の好みの言葉への具現化もよく分かりません。美味しい、という一言に全てを集約しようと思います……。

[chibiutsubo]

#日常 #猫

気分が乗った時には「やんのかステップ」を披露する我が家の猫。威嚇のポーズでぴょんぴょん飛び跳ねてきます。

あまりに妙な動きなので動画に収めたいんですが、一瞬のことなのでまだ収められずにいます。

これは……猫的にはどういう心境なんでしょうね？遊びのお誘い？軽い威嚇？なんかテンション上がってそうなんですが、飼い主に意図は伝わっていません。

ところで今日某コンビニで買った味噌煮込みうどん、麺が柔らかすぎてコレジャナイ感満載です。

味噌煮込みうどんの、あの煮てるか生煮えか分からないぐらいのかったい麺が好きなのに、今回の麺はやわやわでした。

何だろう……味噌煮込み用の麺ではなく、普通のうどんを入れてしまったの……？？

[drarryspecificrecsdaily]

2021.12.05

Complete fics posted on AO3 this day

1. Friends with Benefits by @drarrily-we-row-along [T, 1k]

►Draco Malfoy was screwed. And not in the good way.

2. A Game With No Rules by am_i_awake [T, 27k]

►“Debt or Hogsmeade date, Potter. It’s your choice.” For a wild, dizzying moment, Harry thinks Draco Malfoy has just asked him out on a Hogsmeade date.

3. Impromptu Field Trip to Build-a-Bear Workshop by @mxmaneater [G, 5k]

►Why had he decided to take Muggle Studies in his eighth year? Why had he opened his big mouth about things he knew nothing about? Why had he bet Harry Potter that there wasn’t a shop for bringing stuffed animals to life?

4. The Prince and the Dragon Beast by 0FIREnICE0 [E, 26k]

►Prince Draco Malfoy of the land of Slytherin is kidnapped by a dragon on his royal wedding day and is taken to a tropical island as a prisoner. On the dragon's island, he meets a young man who tries to protect him from the dragon. But Draco soon discovers that the man and the dragon are one and the same being.

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Fest/Exchange

1. An Almost Ludicrous Turn of Events by Anonymous [T, 8k]

►Forced to share an office, Harry and Draco find themselves making polite conversation for the first time in years. Where polite conversation starts it often leads to more and who are they to argue? ★ Harry/Draco Owlpost 2021 | @hdowlpost

2. Don't Leave Me (You're All That I Need) by DinoRoar [G, 1k]

►It's been a week since they argued and Draco left. It's been the longest week of Harry's life, and all he wants is for Draco to come home and be with him once again. ★ All I Want For Christmas Challenge

3. The Picardy Third by Anonymous [T, 4k]

►A Picardy third is ending a piece on a major chord instead of the minor everyone expects. An unexpected ending. // After the war, Harry and Draco are both struggling. As events contrive to draw them together, can they help each other move forward? ★ H/D Erised 2021 | @hd-erised