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weird title but it’s just so odd thinking when i look at my follower count on neocities im like … almost 430 people are following me (some of which are oomfies from here, hello)

i guess when it comes to a more personal site, i feel more seen than having 430 followers on an art account. i can’t say if that’s a good thing or bad, but it’s that realization that people do read the things i post, which have more slivers of myself and my thoughts than what i put out on my art accounts. like yeah obviously im putting things out for myself and to be seen, but its weird knowing it IS seen

and i guess it’s that realization that i dunno how people will react to those things. i know i shouldn’t worry myself over it, but when i talk so personal, more exposed to my worries, thoughts, experiences … i don’t know what reactions i will get. i don’t want to withdraw myself from what is my own personal site and hole, it’s just so weird to have so many eyes on me

thankfully i’ve not had any bad experiences in the year i’ve had my site, all the guestbook messages i’ve gotten have been sweet people, and people who genuinely engage with my posts and updates (which also ily all here who do comment, i know im spotty with replying)

it’s just those random thoughts where i’m like… idk how people don’t feel terribly exposed knowing so many eyes can be on them, esp when it’s something so much more personal

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ysabetwordsmith

Today we went to the Small Business Fest held just outside Booth Library at Eastern Illinois University. It was several times bigger than we expected, which was awesome. It wrapped around the entire square, and one side had booths down both sides of the walkway. This was nearly the size of the old Celebration fest, with very similar offerings. They do this twice a year now, spring and fall.

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ysabetwordsmith

People have expressed interest in deep topics, so this list focuses on philosophical questions.

What would a perfect city be like?

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ysabetwordsmith

Truckloads of food are being wasted because computers won’t approve them

Modern food systems may look stable on the surface, but they are increasingly dependent on digital systems that can quietly become a major point of failure. Today, food must be “recognized” by databases and automated platforms to be transported, sold, or even released, meaning that if systems go down, food can effectively become unusable—even when it’s physically available.

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asuraid

This does have some mentions of politics, though it's more me reflecting on the whole 'keep kids off social media' garbage which to me imo is BS. Just as a warning esp considering how much the world feels like it's a stranglehold, I know sometimes having to think about stuff is Hard

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ashelterofpages

Haven't worked on any icons yet, but I'm still intending to. I think the plan for that is going to be to do it when I'm not house-sitting so I have the better screen to do it with. Right now I'm on a 17in screen, which is fine, but it's a portable one that isn't the best for playing with something like graphics.

I will say that since I had that mindset shift about what I want to try to do every day, I'm seeing some interesting results.

1. I get a lot of stuff done on certain days, but then the next day I do less. This doesn't bother me, though, because I'm still getting a lot of life stuff done. I don't feel so guilty and awful on those second days, and that's the kind of thing I was hoping to accomplish.

2. I'm able to catch up on things like beta reading with less difficulty. Reading any fiction has been kind of hard lately, but I'm having an easier time getting to things I need to give feedback of some kind on, so that's nice.

3. My writing is...not really happening right now. Not drafting, and also not editing. I'm not sure what to make of that, but we'll see. This whole thing is still barely started, so maybe I just need to give it more time before I can start integrating words back into my life.

4. However, I did post on Bluesky asking for prompts to write microfiction off. I love doing these things every couple of months, so I'm looking forward to playing with those prompts soon.

So, I've been house-sitting for S again, which I can't recall if I've said or not on here yet, but I'm going back to my house tomorrow, then coming back here again on Monday. This is because I need to pick up some clothes, meds, and maybe a few other things while also swapping some stuff out too. Which is fine. Right now this is my life, switching between the two houses until S finally moves upstate.

bookscorpion

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Current Mood: tired
Current Location: armchair, feet up
Current Music: Resident Evil 7 let's play

ysabetwordsmith

Today is mostly sunny and mild.

I fed the birds. I've seen a few sparrows and house finches.

I put out water for the birds.

EDIT 4/11/26 -- We went out to a Small Business Fest today. We spent about 3 1/2 hours there, a lot longer than expected, but it was four or five times the size I expected and really awesome. :D But now my nose is pink from the sun and my legs feel like they're about to fall off, so that limits my yardening potential for the day.

On the way into town, we saw two turkey vultures visiting the remains of a possum at the edge of the yard.

EDIT 4/11/26 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.

EDIT 4/11/26 -- I potted up most of the remaining flowers.

EDIT 4/11/26 -- I did more work around the patio.

I potted up the last of the flowers.

As it is now dark, I am done for the night. *goflopnow*

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probablynotbees

I've been putting a bit more time into the non-mobile Pokemon games over the last few days due to the release of Champions, and I have some thoughts about the state of the franchise's current and recent games (mobile and console) that I wanted to get down.

Overall, I think the Pokemon Company has fumbled repeatedly in the Switch era, to the point where my expectations for new content are quite low.

Given those low expectations, I've been pleasantly surprised by Champions. My initial reaction to its release was "oh this is a lazy cash grab to sell microtransactions," given the marketing description of the game as "free-to-start". But it's actually quite light on microtransactions and pretty fun to play, with dynamic and well-balanced battles. Since Scarlet/Violet ranked battles are coming to an end, I suspect the actual drive behind creating Champions is to bring the Pokemon PVP scene onto a single platform that persists without being tied to a recent game release. I also appreciate the efforts with Champions to level the playing field and reduce the amount of grinding required to have a PVP-ready team.

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vriddy

I was growing really antsy about the missing notifications because day after day the tickets were piling up yet the problem didn't seem to get acknowledged anywhere (not in the known issues on the support page, not on

dw_maintenance, no replies to those tickets... I even went to check the dreamwidth github issues but crickets there too :C).

Anyway, behold! A few of the (many, many) tickets about notifications were updated with the following:

"Our developers have been looking into this and finally figured out what was going on. There's a fix in, and notifications should start flowing again. I can't say if you'll get the old ones, but new ones should be fine."

I can't wait! Thanks to the "Recent Comments" page which I'm checking first like a kinda inbox, I'm fairly sure I'm not missing anything posted anywhere on my journal. Unfortunately, because I have a couple of active posts at the moment, the "Recently Posted" page isn't as useful to me and if someone replies a couple of weeks later to a comment I left on their journal, which is usually one of Dreamwidth's strengths, I'm unlikely to see it if the notification gets dropped :C

Glad a fix is on the way and hope it's coming to us soon!! To all the chit-chat and associated notifications!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 😆 (Yes I'm constantly trying to get my inbox under control but not like this 😱 XD)

asuraid

a collection of red, green, yellow, orange, and blue coloured eggs, with a paper towel coloured by the egg colour drips

completed colouring the eggs for easter this year, and i like keeping the paper towel that catches the drips cause it's like a mini artwork decoration LOL

maevedarcy

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ysabetwordsmith

Scientists think dark matter might come in two forms

Dark matter may come in two flavors—finally explaining why its signals appear in some galaxies but vanish in others.

A mysterious glow of gamma rays at the center of the Milky Way has long hinted at dark matter, but the lack of similar signals in smaller dwarf galaxies has cast doubt on that idea. Now, researchers propose a bold twist: dark matter might not be a single particle at all, but a mix of two different types that must interact with each other to produce detectable signals.

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ysabetwordsmith

Did you grow up regularly playing board games (either with your family, or in other contexts)? Do you feel that this affected the prominence (or lack of prominence) of board games in your later life?

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maevedarcy

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ysabetwordsmith

Today is cloudy and mild.

I fed the birds. I've seen a few sparrows and house finches.

I put out water for the birds.

I am excited to see that the yellow violet has propagated itself, and now there are two little clumps blooming in the forest garden. :D

EDIT 4/10/26 -- I pulled weeds out of two pots so I can plant pansies and violas in them.

I've seen a male cardinal and heard a squirrel barking.

EDIT 4/10/26 -- I made one pot with a black viola and a black pansy, intending to add some other black plant later. I made another with a black viola, a black pansy, a purple-and-white viola, a blue-shaded viola, and a white alyssum. I watered the pots and added some sticks to discourage squirrels from digging in them.

I also tested out a trick that I saw in a video. Take a large garden staple, push the tines down into a narrow pot, squeeze together like tongs, and pull the plant out. It takes a bit of practice to make it work, but it does work better than other methods I have tried for safely extracting plants from those multipacks.

EDIT 4/10/26 -- I made a pot with a black viola, a black pansy, a purple-and-yellow pansy, and a white alyssum.

The weather is turning cooler and the breeze is picking up.

EDIT 4/10/26 -- I made 3 pots with various shades of purple, yellow, and orange pansies and violas. For now these are on the white planters alongside the big pot of mixed Johnny-jump-ups.

EDIT 4/10/26 -- I made a pot with a mauve pansy, a couple different violas, and a white alyssum.

EDIT 4/10/26 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.

EDIT 4/10/26 -- I did more work around the patio.

I am done for the night.

Current Mood: busy

asuraid

vague title but it's very weird to still feel like i'm recovering from my burnout ... in the sense of leaving things behind undone that i'd get done immediately and with interest (my colour tcg posts i need to update, a friend i still need to reply to, half done games i was immensely into)

some of it is the looming vacation we're heading out on at the end of next week--not that i'm not excited for it, but my brain always has it in the back of my head like 'oh god i still need to pick out the clothes i'm taking. i need to put all of my chargers into one bag and organize them. i still need to find those pants bc i do not remember where i left them.' --> can't focus on other things as easily

some of it is just exhaustion in general and too many things going on: rainy weather, going out yesterday was sapping and i'm still recovering, book woes and worries, easter this weekend (orthodox), brain stretched across my own projects, my contract guy not responding to me yet after a wholeass week, the potential interview i still need to get a scheduled date for, the commission i still need to pay for because the payment processor isn't taking my cards and i need to do a bank-to-bank transfer ...

... actually tbf listing all of those out it kinda makes sense why i feel like i'm just like barely sticking my nose above water. not that i'm explicitly ... not feeling good? im thankfully feeling things and not a muted emotion, but brain just hard to focus on things i wanna do!!!

forestofglory

I've been meaning to write a rec list inspired by all the graphic novels and comics I've been reading recently for a while, but I kept getting sick or distracted. But I've finally finished it so you can go check it out here!

I think I've talked about most of these in my Media Roundup posts but you can think of this as the highlights version.

beradan

Support for Workplace Banana Bread comes from Viewers Like You and from my roommate, who keeps disavowing her bananas as soon as they get one (1) freckle.

The King Arthur banana bread recipe is, unsurprisingly, a smash hit.

space_writes

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Blocco 181 | A Bea/Ludo/Mahdi edit (Fannish 50 #12)

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