#random blather

[sinvraal]

It been... a while. As the internet slides further into a wasteland, I realize this is a good place to drift back to. Still full of weird and wonderful creatives. A place where I can continue to dodge the swelling wave of AI slop. (It's funny to realize that by writing my fic when I did, I never had to contend with being accused of using it. Though I'm sure it all got scraped to feed the beast)

It's been... well, life happens. Good, bad, all of it. Overall though I'm doing ok. I hope to spend more time here just to enjoy the creativity and good (weird) vibes again.

These days my artistic outlet is miniature painting. After years away, covid isolation got me back into it and it's still going. The writing itch still hits sometimes, though nothing has gotten out of the barn yet.

But hey. Nice to see some familiar usernames again. Happy new year, may this new one be kind to you!

[sacrificethemtothesquid]

I've had a bunch of moments this month where it hits me how grateful I am to be alive, but this morning I was getting dressed and it's like...four years ago I was going to kill myself, and now I actively care if my socks are right-side-out.

Things aren't perfect, but they are so much better. I didn't think it was possible.

[treason-and-plot]

Blather

I went to the dentist yesterday, (a local one that I have never been to before, because under lockdown I can’t travel to the city any more to my usual one) and as well as giving me two fillings he also had to perform an extraction which was a bit of a shock! Anyway the only reason I’m telling you this is that I was zonked on pain killers yesterday and unable to write anything, so apologies that I only made the one post, because it was supposed to be two. I’m going to try not to have any painkillers today so hopefully I can come up with the goods tonight.

I’d also like to take this opportunity to thank everyone for reading and to tell you how much I appreciate every mutual, heart, comment and reblog...I love youse all!

[studiok2sims]

Tomorrow, I make confit - duck and rabbit as I am fortunate to have acquired both recently.  Less fortunately, I forgot to get garlic (garlic confit is amazeballs).

Fresh sardines for lunch, cuz again - SCORE!

And New England Clam Chowder for din, cuz I believe tomorrow is National NE Clam Chowder day.

[makoheadrush]

Someone get these gorram cashews away from me.

I mean. I am sticking to healthy snacks, but there is probably a limit to how many cashews one should consume in a sitting. I need to stay away from the bulk nuts section at the market for a spell, methinks.

[starofsin]

[OOC] A brief...something. Thanks maybe?

Ever since @poe-lhyzeal shot me the question about a muse I wished got more attention I have been doing a lot of thinking. For whatever flipping reason I was sick and exhausted this weekend so that prevented me from doing much more than thinking lol.

Anyway, yeah Lan’s story is just not maybe getting back on the track that I wanted it to be on(slowly thanks to my sudden bouts of anxiety), but I wanted to thank some folks for setting me on the path I am on as an RPer. It also serves as proof that no long how long you have been an RPer*cough*22years*cough* you can always learn new stuff and grow.

Old time friends like, @fair-fae, @jancisstuff, @meerstar, @ironleaf-rp and @its-the-val-pal. The good old days in The Harbingers of the Dawn provided me a solid foundation from which to explore the game, enjoy being in a large FC, and for a time even busy myself with being an officer(yeah I actually enjoyed working in a game lol). @sasha-rochester Gets added because even if she does not realize it, she had a major impact on Lan's development while she was in HoD. I mean he willingly crashed a train full of coblyns into a Castrum to help rescue her. Also I'm fairly sure she is not a vampire...like 65% sure...

@lori-floof, @xiou, @divine-ruin, @altaholics-anonymous, and @tsukikotanshi all showed me so many new aspects to RP that even in all my time I had not really dug in to. And I saw that they are a constant source of support for me, perhaps more than they will ever know.

Folks like @teirra-lihzeh, @lordofcrowns, @kasumi-ffxiv, @tiergan-vashir and so many more remind me of what I still have to strive for. One day I hope to get more time to hang with you very creative folks.

I could go through and tag everyone on my followers list really for a huge thank you. All of you put up with my reblogs, and the random crap I write(like this) and still follow me.  All of you are amazing people and once more I cannot thank you enough for following me and giving me inspiration. 

As 4.1 looms closer, I hope to interact with more of the community here both OOC and IC. Stay classy folks!

[daddys-chaton-noir]

so this rope shit is a bit addictive, huh? possibilities abound / think I’d look cute hogtied?

[witty-title-here]

tell me i’m not a burden

hold me close to your heart

a reminder i am human

and not a weight