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musesfoolMeant to post this earlier, but got distracted, but I'm back now! November 2025 recs update:
unfitforsociety has been updated for November 2025 with 11 recs in 4 fandoms:
* 7 Batfamily, 1 Batfamily/Criminal Minds crossover
* 1 The Bear, 1 Star Wars, and 1 Stranger Things
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I also made a cute little chocolate cake with chocolate ermine frosting (pic). I'm happy with how it came out. It's just enough cake for 1 person for like 5 days (refrigerated).
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Stranger Things, season 5, episodes 1 - 4!
( spoilers )
I think this "drop 4 episodes, then do another 2-3 episodes 2 more times" is the worst of all possible distribution patterns, but I guess Netflix will never do a weekly series, which I can honestly say after years of binge-watching seems preferable to me. But at least it's all within a month instead of half in August and half in November or whatever. As much as I dislike the amount of time it's taken for them to put out each season, I am still enjoying the show and want to see how it all wraps up.
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unfitforsociety has been updated for November 2025 with 11 recs in 4 fandoms:* 7 Batfamily, 1 Batfamily/Criminal Minds crossover
* 1 The Bear, 1 Star Wars, and 1 Stranger Things
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I also made a cute little chocolate cake with chocolate ermine frosting (pic). I'm happy with how it came out. It's just enough cake for 1 person for like 5 days (refrigerated).
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Stranger Things, season 5, episodes 1 - 4!
( spoilers )
I think this "drop 4 episodes, then do another 2-3 episodes 2 more times" is the worst of all possible distribution patterns, but I guess Netflix will never do a weekly series, which I can honestly say after years of binge-watching seems preferable to me. But at least it's all within a month instead of half in August and half in November or whatever. As much as I dislike the amount of time it's taken for them to put out each season, I am still enjoying the show and want to see how it all wraps up.
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Lectures de novembre
Nov. 30th, 2025 10:24 pmflo_nelja( Bungou Stray Dogs: Beast + 55 minutes, Asagiri Kafka ) 8/10 + 8/10
( Résidence sur la terre, Pablo Neruda ) 8/10
( Liberté sur parole, Octavio Paz ) 10/10
( Le double, Dostoievski ) 7/10
( Poèmes indiens, Miguel Angel Asturias ) 8/10
( Contes et légendes de Suisse, André Cuvelier ) 7/10
Progression : 94/52
"Risques de lecture" : Résidence sur la terre, Liberté sur parole, Le double, Poèmes indiens -> 46/26
Bonus :
( Le Grand Maître de la Cultivation Démoniaque 1-2, Mo Xiang Tong Xiu ) 8/10 + 9/10
( Résidence sur la terre, Pablo Neruda ) 8/10
( Liberté sur parole, Octavio Paz ) 10/10
( Le double, Dostoievski ) 7/10
( Poèmes indiens, Miguel Angel Asturias ) 8/10
( Contes et légendes de Suisse, André Cuvelier ) 7/10
Progression : 94/52
"Risques de lecture" : Résidence sur la terre, Liberté sur parole, Le double, Poèmes indiens -> 46/26
Bonus :
( Le Grand Maître de la Cultivation Démoniaque 1-2, Mo Xiang Tong Xiu ) 8/10 + 9/10
November Book Log
Nov. 30th, 2025 01:38 pmastrogirlSomehow it's this late in the year already, so here's the list for November:
( 73. 10-Minute Strength Training Exercises for Seniors by Ed Deboo )
( 74. False Value by Ben Aaronovitch )
( 75. Physics for Cats by Tom Gauld )
( 76. Wastelands: The New Apocalypse edited by John Joseph Adams )
( 77. Replaceable You: Adventures in Human Anatomy by Mary Roach )
( 78. Doctor Who and the War Games by Malcolm Hulke )
( 79. Sweet Tooth by Ian McEwan )
( 80. Out There: The Science Behind Sci-Fi Film and TV by Ariel Waldman )
( 73. 10-Minute Strength Training Exercises for Seniors by Ed Deboo )
( 74. False Value by Ben Aaronovitch )
( 75. Physics for Cats by Tom Gauld )
( 76. Wastelands: The New Apocalypse edited by John Joseph Adams )
( 77. Replaceable You: Adventures in Human Anatomy by Mary Roach )
( 78. Doctor Who and the War Games by Malcolm Hulke )
( 79. Sweet Tooth by Ian McEwan )
( 80. Out There: The Science Behind Sci-Fi Film and TV by Ariel Waldman )
Pumpkin Autumn Challenge : Lady Mechanika 1 (Joe Benitez)
Nov. 30th, 2025 07:13 pmflo_neljaCatégorie : Ma meilleure ennemie (Dualité - Hiérarchie - Inégalité - Résistance - Rebelle - Sacrifice - Enemies to lovers - Steampunk)
dans un univers steampunk, Lady Mechanika n'a aucun souvenir d'avant le moment où elle s'est retrouvée avec un corps mécanique - ni même de qui la lui a implanté. Elle essaie de retrouver ses origines, et de sauver les gens en chemin.
L'héroïne correspond à ce que désirait l'auteur : super-sexy (très réussi !) mais qui n'utilise pas sa sexualité, avec un apssé sombre mais de la compassion. Elle n'est pas forcément super-originale, mais est sympathique dès le début. Les personnages secondaires, pour l'instant, m'ont beaucoup moins intéressée.
Globalement, j'ai trouvé ça pas mal, mais un peu ordinaire, voire parfois un peu maladroit, quand l'auteur veut mettre en scène des Roma et autres minorités. C'est bien intentionné malgré tout ! Je n'étais pas très à fond, mais j'aime assez l'héroïne pour être curieuse, et je laisserai sa chance au tome 2.
dans un univers steampunk, Lady Mechanika n'a aucun souvenir d'avant le moment où elle s'est retrouvée avec un corps mécanique - ni même de qui la lui a implanté. Elle essaie de retrouver ses origines, et de sauver les gens en chemin.
L'héroïne correspond à ce que désirait l'auteur : super-sexy (très réussi !) mais qui n'utilise pas sa sexualité, avec un apssé sombre mais de la compassion. Elle n'est pas forcément super-originale, mais est sympathique dès le début. Les personnages secondaires, pour l'instant, m'ont beaucoup moins intéressée.
Globalement, j'ai trouvé ça pas mal, mais un peu ordinaire, voire parfois un peu maladroit, quand l'auteur veut mettre en scène des Roma et autres minorités. C'est bien intentionné malgré tout ! Je n'étais pas très à fond, mais j'aime assez l'héroïne pour être curieuse, et je laisserai sa chance au tome 2.
Look! I remembered to post before December started this year!
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dw_newsHello, friends! It's about to be December again, and you know what that means: the fact I am posting this actually before December 1 means karzilla reminded me about the existence of linear time again. Wait, no -- well, yes, but also -- okay, look, let me back up and start again: it's almost December, and that means it's time for our annual December holiday points bonus.
The standard explanation: For the entire month of December, all orders made in the Shop of points and paid time, either for you or as a gift for a friend, will have 10% of your completed cart total sent to you in points when you finish the transaction. For instance, if you buy an order of 12 months of paid time for $35 (350 points), you'll get 35 points when the order is complete, to use on a future purchase.
( The fine print and much more behind this cut! )
Thank you, in short, for being the best possible users any social media site could possibly ever hope for. I'm probably in danger of crossing the Sappiness Line if I haven't already, but you all make everything worth it.
On behalf of Mark, Jen, Robby, and our team of awesome volunteers, and to each and every one of you, whether you've been with us on this wild ride since the beginning or just signed up last week, I'm wishing you all a very happy set of end-of-year holidays, whichever ones you celebrate, and hoping for all of you that your 2026 is full of kindness, determination, empathy, and a hell of a lot more luck than we've all had lately. Let's go.
karzilla reminded me about the existence of linear time again. Wait, no -- well, yes, but also -- okay, look, let me back up and start again: it's almost December, and that means it's time for our annual December holiday points bonus.The standard explanation: For the entire month of December, all orders made in the Shop of points and paid time, either for you or as a gift for a friend, will have 10% of your completed cart total sent to you in points when you finish the transaction. For instance, if you buy an order of 12 months of paid time for $35 (350 points), you'll get 35 points when the order is complete, to use on a future purchase.
( The fine print and much more behind this cut! )
Thank you, in short, for being the best possible users any social media site could possibly ever hope for. I'm probably in danger of crossing the Sappiness Line if I haven't already, but you all make everything worth it.
On behalf of Mark, Jen, Robby, and our team of awesome volunteers, and to each and every one of you, whether you've been with us on this wild ride since the beginning or just signed up last week, I'm wishing you all a very happy set of end-of-year holidays, whichever ones you celebrate, and hoping for all of you that your 2026 is full of kindness, determination, empathy, and a hell of a lot more luck than we've all had lately. Let's go.
December Manga TBR
Nov. 30th, 2025 01:01 ambluapapilioUsed my manga TBR boardgame.
I finished 3/5 from my last challenge and I have to say it didn't go great (DNFed two, rated two low), but I found something I rated 10/10 and that means a LOT.
Avatar:
Natsume
Skill: Re-draw prompt once
Roll #1:
A 10, prompt: romance element. I'll make it easy and pick more Junjou Romantica.
Roll #2:
A 5, prompt: arranged marriage. I picked BL Mangaka Shusshou Host wo Kau even though it has a lower rating and it's an anthology...🤞🤡
Roll #3:
A 2 and trap tile! The manga board is the only one I actually get excited about that for, I just can't help it. Went back, rolled again, got an 8. Prompt: roommates. Oh, Ouji-sama Nante Iranai fits!
Roll #4:
A 4, prompt: crossdressing. Hana ni Kuchizuke, I think the uke crossdresses.
Roll #5:
A 10...guess what, I got the trap tile again. Went back, rolled a 9, prompt: highest rated on TBR. Ah...that's The Greatest Estate Developer, a webtoon I think I heard about when I was looking for more good non-romance webtoons with BL ship potential. Apparently it's M/F in the end but I'll still read it because it has a decent amount of M/M fics.
Edit: I think I was going to read the novel first and now that I look into it, yeah. I'll probably do like I've done for a few other webnovels and read the webtoon at the same time. The next on the list is Jojo's Bizarre Adventure Part 7 but I'm reading in order so ixnay on that for now. Next is Kusuriya no Hitorigoto but I'll probably read the novel first...... Okay here we go, Basara! I hope it lives up to the hype!
Roll #6:
A 3 aaand what is this I got booted again! 😂 Most of these manga better be good dangit. New roll: 5, prompt: slice of life Natsume Yuujinchou immediately came to mind! Guaranteed goodness.
Roll #7:
A 4, prompt: enemies to lovers. Basara would've worked for this, dang. You what I'm using my skill. New prompt: entertainment industry. ...That took me ages! I know I said I need to research better but damn, I removed so many things on my TBR after reading reviews/tags. I came out with White Liar and I'm looking forward to it since I've seen it around for a while.
Roll #8
A 10, prompt: published between '00-10. First time doing this prompt. More Red Raven!
Roll #9
A 9 and finally the end! The reward this time is Ka Shin Fu, I don't remember it but it must be one of my more 'recent' ones since it doesn't have a BookCrossing ID yet.
I wonder if it will take me the whole month to read these~?
Most looking forward to: White Liar because I'm curious
Least looking forward to: Ka Shin Fu because I rated it 7, so it could do down since it's been a while and my tastes have changed
~Manga TBR List~
[BL/Romance] Junjou Romantica
[BL] BL Mangaka Shusshou Host wo Kau ✔ï¸
[GL/School Life] Ouji-sama Nante Iranai
[BL/Romance] Hana ni Kuchizuke
[Shoujo/Fantasy] Basara
[Drama/Supernatural] Natsume Yuujinchou
[BL/Romance] White Liar
[Shounen/Action] Red Raven
[BL/Drama] Ka★Shin★Fu
x1 shounen, x2 shoujo, x1 GL, x 5 BL
I finished 3/5 from my last challenge and I have to say it didn't go great (DNFed two, rated two low), but I found something I rated 10/10 and that means a LOT.
Avatar:
Natsume
Skill: Re-draw prompt once
Roll #1:
A 10, prompt: romance element. I'll make it easy and pick more Junjou Romantica.
Roll #2:
A 5, prompt: arranged marriage. I picked BL Mangaka Shusshou Host wo Kau even though it has a lower rating and it's an anthology...🤞🤡
Roll #3:
A 2 and trap tile! The manga board is the only one I actually get excited about that for, I just can't help it. Went back, rolled again, got an 8. Prompt: roommates. Oh, Ouji-sama Nante Iranai fits!
Roll #4:
A 4, prompt: crossdressing. Hana ni Kuchizuke, I think the uke crossdresses.
Roll #5:
A 10...guess what, I got the trap tile again. Went back, rolled a 9, prompt: highest rated on TBR. Ah...that's The Greatest Estate Developer, a webtoon I think I heard about when I was looking for more good non-romance webtoons with BL ship potential. Apparently it's M/F in the end but I'll still read it because it has a decent amount of M/M fics.
Edit: I think I was going to read the novel first and now that I look into it, yeah. I'll probably do like I've done for a few other webnovels and read the webtoon at the same time. The next on the list is Jojo's Bizarre Adventure Part 7 but I'm reading in order so ixnay on that for now. Next is Kusuriya no Hitorigoto but I'll probably read the novel first...... Okay here we go, Basara! I hope it lives up to the hype!
Roll #6:
A 3 aaand what is this I got booted again! 😂 Most of these manga better be good dangit. New roll: 5, prompt: slice of life Natsume Yuujinchou immediately came to mind! Guaranteed goodness.
Roll #7:
A 4, prompt: enemies to lovers. Basara would've worked for this, dang. You what I'm using my skill. New prompt: entertainment industry. ...That took me ages! I know I said I need to research better but damn, I removed so many things on my TBR after reading reviews/tags. I came out with White Liar and I'm looking forward to it since I've seen it around for a while.
Roll #8
A 10, prompt: published between '00-10. First time doing this prompt. More Red Raven!
Roll #9
A 9 and finally the end! The reward this time is Ka Shin Fu, I don't remember it but it must be one of my more 'recent' ones since it doesn't have a BookCrossing ID yet.
I wonder if it will take me the whole month to read these~?
Most looking forward to: White Liar because I'm curious
Least looking forward to: Ka Shin Fu because I rated it 7, so it could do down since it's been a while and my tastes have changed
~Manga TBR List~
[BL/Romance] Junjou Romantica
[BL] BL Mangaka Shusshou Host wo Kau ✔ï¸
[GL/School Life] Ouji-sama Nante Iranai
[BL/Romance] Hana ni Kuchizuke
[Shoujo/Fantasy] Basara
[Drama/Supernatural] Natsume Yuujinchou
[BL/Romance] White Liar
[Shounen/Action] Red Raven
[BL/Drama] Ka★Shin★Fu
x1 shounen, x2 shoujo, x1 GL, x 5 BL
Game Check-in: Duet Night Abyss
Nov. 29th, 2025 07:10 pmbluapapilio
I played all three episodes of Psyche's Ripples of Talk and it's crazy how all signs were pointing at her surviving but that just...didn't happen for some reason. Are we going to get a fourth episode showing exactly what happened because at this point it's incongruent with what happened from Vita's POV.
Edit: Okay I read her entry, I guess the treatment failed, but couldn't it have helped others who weren't too far along? What happened to it?? And I still think it's crazy that she chose death after already having regained her senses, though maybe she could've lost them again.
So you can call Outsider Mommy and now you can straight up say "I miss you" in his Ripples of Talk. 😂 Why is Vita an expert drinkmixer all of a sudden lmao, I get having a bar, the place likely already had it when Vita came.
The third part was quite interesting, Outsider won't tell Vita about his past not because he doesn't trust them but because he doesn't want them to have to deal with it. "If [my past] ever comes knocking again, I'll be the one answering the door, not you. You just focus on the moment and let me handle the rest." Is this foreshadowing, I wonder? WAIT, are Outsider's ears supposed to be jackal ears? Argh there needs to be a data entry on his species.
That fourth part...omg. Outsider is going to become an alcoholic at this rate. I forgot about Outsider mentioning early on that he and the Forsakens didn't get along. Now they're on his trail and they know his real name. You have the option to boot him after he says you should distance yourself from him. 😢 I'm glad Vita was able to get him to calm down but they do need to be on guard. Aww Outsider letting himself be soft with Vita. Nothing bad better happen to him or Fina dangit!!!
Aw, I ran out of materials to read anymore stories. What are the rainbow soulprints used for??
Atlasium entries:
Resonance: 'Those who master it can amplify the magic of nearby Daimons or Filthoids or they can even temporarily merge with another individual'. Decades ago, someone else who could do it caused a bit stir and was executed by 'Arboreal Crucifixion'. Does that mean being nailed to those light trees??
Katya: So she really was originally kidnapped by the Empire and then joined The Forsakens when they took over that base. She stayed behind when they left to meet Mors/The Reaper for reasons yet unknown.
Folks/Falsi: Huh, she hasn't been seen since she took the voice recording from Avar's body? It says she was separated from her unit but there's been enough time for her to get back to them by now surely. So either she was taken or maybe she was a spy for the Forsaken?
Folks/Julius: So with the support of Duke Servius Julius was trying to reform how Charons were treated, but they were later abandoned for some reason - the only thing I can guess is he was threatened or secretly replaced maybe?
Folks/Hellfire: She can't touch anyone? That sounds lonely...
Civilizations/The Night of Lamenting Lake: I'm curious what really happened but at the same time I know it will just make me madder...
And me? Well, I'm just the narrator
Nov. 29th, 2025 02:17 pmsovayIf you knew the algorithm and fed it back say ten thousand times, each time there'd be a dot somewhere on the screen. You'd never know where to expect the next dot. But gradually you'd start to see this shape, because every dot will be inside the shape of this leaf. It wouldn't be a leaf, it would be a mathematical object. But yes. The unpredictable and the predetermined unfold together to make everything the way it is. It's how nature creates itself, on every scale, the snowflake and the snowstorm. It makes me so happy. To be at the beginning again, knowing almost nothing. People were talking about the end of physics. Relativity and quantum looked as if they were going to clean out the whole problem between them. A theory of everything. But they only explained the very big and the very small. The universe, the elementary particles. The ordinary-sized stuff which is our lives, the things people write poetry about – clouds – daffodils – waterfalls – and what happens in a cup of coffee when the cream goes in – these things are full of mystery, as mysterious to us as the heavens were to the Greeks. We're better at predicting events at the edge of the galaxy or inside the nucleus of an atom than whether it'll rain on auntie's garden party three Sundays from now. Because the problem turns out to be different. We can't even predict the next drip from a dripping tap when it gets irregular. Each drip sets up the conditions for the next, the smallest variation blows prediction apart, and the weather is unpredictable the same way, will always be unpredictable. When you push the numbers through the computer you can see it on the screen. The future is disorder. A door like this has cracked open five or six times since we got up on our hind legs. It's the best possible time to be alive, when almost everything you thought you knew is wrong.
—Tom Stoppard, Arcadia (1993)
—Tom Stoppard, Arcadia (1993)
start back the other way
Nov. 29th, 2025 02:34 pmmusesfoolI arrived at my sister's on Wednesday, just as she left to pick Baby Miss L up from school, so I got to spend an afternoon with her and my middle niece, who as previously mentioned, had to work on Thursday and wouldn't be joining the holiday dinner. We had a fantastic time - Baby Miss L opened her birthday presents and declared the clothes, "Cute!" She also liked the books - she can identify Batman on sight - "Batman!" - and also really liked "Peekaboo Who?" She played with the magnetic tiles I gave her, and then we had a Sesame Street-themed dance party. She also acted out "Do You Want to Build a Snowman?" when it came on.
Thanksgiving dinner itself was also lovely, though since one of my cousins invited herself since she had nowhere else to go, we were better behaved than we might normally be.
I once again floated the idea of pajama Christmas, which my sister and niece were 100% into, but my brother-in-law was not, so unfortunately, much like apps and dessert Christmas (my other perennial suggestion that gets ignored), I don't think it's going to happen.
Then I came home yesterday morning and napped for like 3 hours, and then I watched the third period of the Rangers game and the Bears-Eagles game, so it was kind of a weird day - was it Friday? Was it Sunday? It was hard to tell.
I did finally open the box of mason jars I ordered to use for my work holiday gifts and realized I ordered 8oz jars instead of 16oz ones, so I only need half as many pecans as I thought. Which my wallet appreciates. I'm running the first set through the dishwasher, and then I need to do a test run of the recipe to make sure I know how to do it - the comments recommend using ziploc bags instead of bowls and that seems like a wise plan to me, but I also think maybe a bowl for the egg whites and a bag for the sugar might be the way to go, using a slotted spoon to transfer from bowl to bag.
We'll see how it goes.
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Thanksgiving dinner itself was also lovely, though since one of my cousins invited herself since she had nowhere else to go, we were better behaved than we might normally be.
I once again floated the idea of pajama Christmas, which my sister and niece were 100% into, but my brother-in-law was not, so unfortunately, much like apps and dessert Christmas (my other perennial suggestion that gets ignored), I don't think it's going to happen.
Then I came home yesterday morning and napped for like 3 hours, and then I watched the third period of the Rangers game and the Bears-Eagles game, so it was kind of a weird day - was it Friday? Was it Sunday? It was hard to tell.
I did finally open the box of mason jars I ordered to use for my work holiday gifts and realized I ordered 8oz jars instead of 16oz ones, so I only need half as many pecans as I thought. Which my wallet appreciates. I'm running the first set through the dishwasher, and then I need to do a test run of the recipe to make sure I know how to do it - the comments recommend using ziploc bags instead of bowls and that seems like a wise plan to me, but I also think maybe a bowl for the egg whites and a bag for the sugar might be the way to go, using a slotted spoon to transfer from bowl to bag.
We'll see how it goes.
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Weekly proof of life: media, an appliance, and chicken and cabbage
Nov. 29th, 2025 03:10 pmumadoshiReading: Since last weekend, I've finished reading Rebecca Mahoney's The Memory Eater and read Susan Cooper's Over Sea, Under Stone and Aster Glenn Gray's The Wolf and the Girl, and scruloose and I finished listening to Network Effect. (One Murderbot audiobook left to go! At least until whenever the new one comes out next year.)
I'd never read any of The Dark is Rising [series] before, but a while back I got the whole set in an ebook bundle, and this week I remembered to actually ask around about which part of people read seasonally (or if it's the whole thing) and confirmed that winter solstice is indeed the season in question. So I expect to take a stab at reading The Dark is Rising [book] in a few weeks.
Seasonally related: Llinos Cathryn Thomas has a new seasonal novella out, All is Bright, which I understand can just be read like any other book but is written to work as an Advent countdown, one chapter a day. Hopefully I'll remember to start that on Monday, alongside whatever else I pick up next.
Watching: Having finally finished Network Effect,scruloose and I dipped back into Silo season 2 last night. Three whole episodes down now!
I also succumbed to anticipatory fandom hype and watched the first two episodes of Heated Rivalry. I can't say I'm in love, but it looks like it's only six episodes total, so I expect I'll keep on with it. [Content note: the sex scenes are fairly graphic, at least by my fuzzy impression of standards for a mainstream show.] I have zero familiarity with the book, so no idea what's going to happen or how it is as an adaptation.
[Via The Rec Centre: "How ‘Heated Rivalry’ Became the Internet’s Favorite Show — Before It’s Even Aired".]
Householding: We've ordered a new upright freezer for the garage, since the current one is still being cranky. Once we've swapped the new one in (ETA: next weekend),scruloose may take a stab at repairing it; that might've been the first step if it had been an appliance that's not full of food that needs to stay frozen, but with no idea what we would've done with said food during the attempt and troubleshooting and repair, and given how busy they've been lately, it wasn't a good choice right now. If they're able to fix the old one, we should be able to rehome it with someone who needs one.
Cooking: We did indeed make the Smitten Kitchen Roast Chicken with Schmaltzy Cabbage last weekend, and it was really good. I've been pleased about how many vegetables it turns out I can find palatable in some situations, but I think this was the most actual enjoyment I've had from one. (The cabbage didn't do as well as a leftover the next night as the chicken itself did, but was still fine.)
scruloose and I finished listening to Network Effect. (One Murderbot audiobook left to go! At least until whenever the new one comes out next year.)I'd never read any of The Dark is Rising [series] before, but a while back I got the whole set in an ebook bundle, and this week I remembered to actually ask around about which part of people read seasonally (or if it's the whole thing) and confirmed that winter solstice is indeed the season in question. So I expect to take a stab at reading The Dark is Rising [book] in a few weeks.
Seasonally related: Llinos Cathryn Thomas has a new seasonal novella out, All is Bright, which I understand can just be read like any other book but is written to work as an Advent countdown, one chapter a day. Hopefully I'll remember to start that on Monday, alongside whatever else I pick up next.
Watching: Having finally finished Network Effect,
scruloose and I dipped back into Silo season 2 last night. Three whole episodes down now!I also succumbed to anticipatory fandom hype and watched the first two episodes of Heated Rivalry. I can't say I'm in love, but it looks like it's only six episodes total, so I expect I'll keep on with it. [Content note: the sex scenes are fairly graphic, at least by my fuzzy impression of standards for a mainstream show.] I have zero familiarity with the book, so no idea what's going to happen or how it is as an adaptation.
[Via The Rec Centre: "How ‘Heated Rivalry’ Became the Internet’s Favorite Show — Before It’s Even Aired".]
Householding: We've ordered a new upright freezer for the garage, since the current one is still being cranky. Once we've swapped the new one in (ETA: next weekend),
scruloose may take a stab at repairing it; that might've been the first step if it had been an appliance that's not full of food that needs to stay frozen, but with no idea what we would've done with said food during the attempt and troubleshooting and repair, and given how busy they've been lately, it wasn't a good choice right now. If they're able to fix the old one, we should be able to rehome it with someone who needs one.Cooking: We did indeed make the Smitten Kitchen Roast Chicken with Schmaltzy Cabbage last weekend, and it was really good. I've been pleased about how many vegetables it turns out I can find palatable in some situations, but I think this was the most actual enjoyment I've had from one. (The cabbage didn't do as well as a leftover the next night as the chicken itself did, but was still fine.)
Pumpkin Autumn Challenge : Le serpent et le coyote (Matz, Xavier)
Nov. 29th, 2025 07:04 pmflo_neljaCatégorie : Latte : Une variations sophistiquée et crémeuse (Une couverture aux couleurs d'un latte à la cannelle et à la cardamome, marron, beige)
Cela se passe dans les années 1970. Le personnage principal, Joe, a accepté de témoigner contre la mafia. Depuis, dans son camping-car dans le désert, il essaie de ne pas se faire trop remarquer.
Ca a des côtés road movie, des côtés western malgré l'époque qui ne colle pas (les paysages, et beaucoup de gens se menacent avec des flingues), un côté historique bien documenté sur la création du Witness Protection Program. C'est sérieux, tendu, noir.
Les personnages sont raisonnablement complexes, mais je n'ai pas vraiment accroché à aucun d'entre eux, nie Joe avec son bébé coyote (littéral) ni aux personnages secondaires. De plus, le scénario, quoique bien mené, n'est pas spécialement tordu ou original. Ca fait que malgré mon appréciation esthétique, je n'ai pas entièrement accroché.
Cela se passe dans les années 1970. Le personnage principal, Joe, a accepté de témoigner contre la mafia. Depuis, dans son camping-car dans le désert, il essaie de ne pas se faire trop remarquer.
Ca a des côtés road movie, des côtés western malgré l'époque qui ne colle pas (les paysages, et beaucoup de gens se menacent avec des flingues), un côté historique bien documenté sur la création du Witness Protection Program. C'est sérieux, tendu, noir.
Les personnages sont raisonnablement complexes, mais je n'ai pas vraiment accroché à aucun d'entre eux, nie Joe avec son bébé coyote (littéral) ni aux personnages secondaires. De plus, le scénario, quoique bien mené, n'est pas spécialement tordu ou original. Ca fait que malgré mon appréciation esthétique, je n'ai pas entièrement accroché.
My Status as an Assassin Obviously Exceeds the Hero's Vol. 6
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booksMy Status as an Assassin Obviously Exceeds the Hero's Vol. 6 by Matsuri Akai
Spoilers ahead for the earlier volumes.
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Spoilers ahead for the earlier volumes.
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Pumpkin Autumn Challenge : Le singe de Hartlepool (Lupano, Moreau)
Nov. 29th, 2025 08:08 amflo_neljaCatégorie : Rester tout le temps avec Brindille (Amitié - Animaux - Soin - Aventurière - Changement - Jeunesse - Bande dessinée)
Un one-shot sur un évènement historique probablement mythique : pendant les guerres napoléoniennes, un bateau français fait naufrage, et seul un singe survit. Les habitants, le prenant pour un français, décident de le juger et finissent par le pendre.
C'est macabre (et oui, il y a de la mort d'animal) mais j'aime Lupano comme auteur, il réussit à bien montrer l'humour noir de la situation, à créer une ambiance, à faire un commentaire politique (il y a une post-face qui parle de la comparaison entre homme et singe dans les origines du racisme moderne), et même à mettre quelques personnages sympathiques dans l'histoire, surtout parmi les enfants. C'était très réussi !
Un one-shot sur un évènement historique probablement mythique : pendant les guerres napoléoniennes, un bateau français fait naufrage, et seul un singe survit. Les habitants, le prenant pour un français, décident de le juger et finissent par le pendre.
C'est macabre (et oui, il y a de la mort d'animal) mais j'aime Lupano comme auteur, il réussit à bien montrer l'humour noir de la situation, à créer une ambiance, à faire un commentaire politique (il y a une post-face qui parle de la comparaison entre homme et singe dans les origines du racisme moderne), et même à mettre quelques personnages sympathiques dans l'histoire, surtout parmi les enfants. C'était très réussi !