fardell24 ([personal profile] fardell24) wrote2025-05-25 04:43 pm
fardell24 ([personal profile] fardell24) wrote2025-05-25 04:27 pm
kaffy_r: Two elegant dancers (Dance)
kaffy_r ([personal profile] kaffy_r) wrote2025-05-24 10:27 pm

Dept. of Social Interaction

Entertaining: the Art of Maintaining Spoons

We had a young friend over for supper tonight. He's a reporter I've known for a few years. He's very good at what he does, although I sometimes wonder if he fully realizes it. He is an immigrant, whose family came to the U.S. when he was fairly young, and he's worked through some challenges, and done so very well, in my opinion. He recently became an American citizen. 

I put together some slow-cooker beef bourguignon (well, it started that way, but I added a lot more than just red wine, plus vegetables that don't normally go into that dish), and an orange cake, put the place generally to rights, with Bob's help. I'd hoped to dust the living room, but Bob got the carpet vacuumed, and that made the place presentable. 

For a wonder, everything was ready when our friend got here. It's been some time (as in, a few years) since we've had him over. We truly are hermits; we have friends who we haven't interacted with for horribly long periods of time ... anyhow, last week I ran into him at a social event for people who work for one of the local online news outlets I do stringer work for. He was feeling fairly down for various reasons, and asked if I could give him a hug. Well, that did it for me; I had to have him over for supper. 

We had a really enjoyable time with him, for a couple of hours, and then I had to bring the evening to a close. The physical reason was because my back was starting to suggest that I should find some heat or ice as soon as possible. The mental and emotional reason was that I abruptly lost every one of my remaining spoons and I needed to be alone with Bob, STAT.

It happens to me, and to Bob. We still enjoy entertaining people, albeit not nearly as much as we used to, when we had a larger place, but it's always been tiring, and these days it's even more so. Entertaining people means you have to put your own best foot forward; you have to be on, in order to make sure your guests have a good time, to make sure you're listening to them, to make sure you're not talking too much at their expense, and so much more. And yes, you work hard to present yourself as an excellent host. 

It is fucking exhausting. It's fun, but only for a given amount of time. Once that last spoon is gone? It's time to beat a determined retreat. 

And that's what I'm about to do. Painkillers and heating pads, ho!

badly_knitted: (Dee & Ryo black & white)
badly_knitted ([personal profile] badly_knitted) wrote2025-05-24 05:28 pm

FAKE Double Drabble: Best Medicine

 


Title: Best Medicine
Fandom: FAKE
Author: 
[personal profile] badly_knitted
Characters: Dee, Ryo.
Rating: PG
Written For: Challenge 450: Amnesty 45 at 
[community profile] drabble_zone, using Challenge 40: Laughter.
Setting: After the manga.
Summary: Sometimes, you just have to laugh.
Disclaimer: I don’t own FAKE, or the characters. They belong to the wonderful Sanami Matoh.
A/N: Double drabble.
 


 
badly_knitted: (Eleven & TARDIS)
badly_knitted ([personal profile] badly_knitted) wrote2025-05-24 05:16 pm

Doctor Who Drabble: On The Right Side

 


Title: On The Right Side
Author: 
[personal profile] badly_knitted
Characters: Ninth Doctor, Rose Tyler, Jack Harkness.
Rating: G
Written For: Challenge 925: ‘Mercenary’ at 
[community profile] dw100.
Spoilers: Nada.
Summary: Some people don’t deserve the Doctor’s assistance.
Disclaimer: I don’t own Doctor Who, or the characters.
 
 


badly_knitted: (Torchwood)
badly_knitted ([personal profile] badly_knitted) wrote2025-05-24 05:08 pm

Double Drabble: Something Weird

 


Title: Something Weird
Author: 
[personal profile] badly_knitted
Characters: Kathy Swanson.
Rating: PG
Written For: Challenge 866: Who at 
[community profile] torchwood100.
Spoilers: Nada.
Summary: Something weird has happened in Cardiff. Again.
Disclaimer: I don’t own Torchwood, or the characters.
A/N: Double drabble.
 
 


scifirenegade: (ugh | larry)
scifirenegade ([personal profile] scifirenegade) wrote2025-05-24 01:21 pm
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Found a stash of dream-related stuff

Title. A stray sheet of paper from two years ago/last year with dreams written on it.

There was one I posted here that went like this:

A film of [Conrad Veidt] was discovered. Joy! It wasn't Der Januskopf, or Satanas, but a secret third thing — (a made-up film). Imagine, if you will, Baroudi from Bella Donna, but only looks-wise. Personality-wise, Connie's unnamed character was a hero, trying to save his lover from the villain, who wanted to kill her. It was set in India.

Yeah, dreamt this one on the day I finished The Indian Tomb (haven't even watched Bella Donna yet; been too sick to do anything that requires more than 5% brainpower).

Run-of-the-mill stuff. Watching movies that don't exist is a common theme in my dreamland.


Well, besides the fact I have been subjected to Bella Donna since then, the sheet of paper contains more details. Connie's character was British. The film was like The Wizard of Oz: the film is in black and white until we reach India, then it's tinted. This bit is very important and I wonder why I didn't write it in the OG post. There may have been swordfights, but no Basil Rathbone (sad).

Taking the Yet Another Indian Film aside, there was one with Torsten, another with Oberaertz and yet another one with Erik at the beach. I will not get into details about them.

More dreams (straight from the original scribbles):

A new film is discovered, yet another in which Connie plays a good twin and a bad twin. Good twin is the clean-shaven one, the bad twin the the bearded one, interesting. Bad twin was a murderer, I think. It was a muddy mess of a film, all I remember was the final confrontation between the two brothers. After waking up, all I could think was Christopher Lee's "I know it might not be a good movie, but he will be."


What The Thief of Bagdad really needed was a series of direct-to-DVD sequels (ala Aladdin and other Disney flicks), all starring Jaffar. They were so low-budget. So bad. Kept watching them through my fingers. Poor Connie had the worst fake moustache and was stuck in the desert?? But somehow is plan was coming together??


It's Kurt and Paul's wedding. Yeah, the sad gay violinists. Honestly, it was very sweet. The venue had some nice wooden furniture, bright yellow wallpaper, flowers everywhere. They were so happy. So happy. But, because even this dream had to turn bizarro, when I played the guitar, it turned to clay in my hands.
fardell24 ([personal profile] fardell24) wrote2025-05-24 07:13 pm
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kaffy_r: Chan, Binnie and Han of SKZ bouncing (3racha bouncing)
kaffy_r ([personal profile] kaffy_r) wrote2025-05-23 01:03 pm

Dept, of Friday afternoon

Bread Dread

I didn't get my first try at whole wheat bread done. I got the yeast mix too hot. It didn't rise at all. Ended up throwing out a lovely smelling brown brick. Still, it's a learning process. I may try again tomorrow. 

I also have to make beef stew tomorrow; we're having a friend over.  Wish me luck. 

Oh, and I've watched episodes 2 and 3 of Dr. Who. I imagine I'll have some thoughts soon. 
badly_knitted: (Dee & Ryo black & white)
badly_knitted ([personal profile] badly_knitted) wrote2025-05-23 06:38 pm

FAKE Fic: Not The Same

 


Title: Not The Same
Fandom: FAKE
Author: 
[personal profile] badly_knitted
Characters: Dee, JJ, Ted, Ryo.
Rating: PG
Setting: During the manga.
Summary: Dee explains why his pursuit of Ryo and JJ’s pursuit of him are worlds apart.
Word Count: 1111
Written For: Jae's Monthly Drabble Challenge 231 - Take Your Own Advice.
Disclaimer: I don’t own FAKE, or the characters. They belong to the wonderful Sanami Matoh.
 


 
badly_knitted: (Ianto Slaying With Eyeballs)
badly_knitted ([personal profile] badly_knitted) wrote2025-05-23 06:30 pm

Ficlet: No Excuse

 


Title: No Excuse
Author: 
[personal profile] badly_knitted
Characters: Ianto, Gray, Jack.
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 625
Spoilers: Exit Wounds.
Summary: Ianto has no sympathy for Gray.
Written For: 
[personal profile] sarajayechan
’s prompt ‘any, any, “sorry about your tragic backstory but it doesn't excuse trying to blow up the city”,’ at [community profile] threesentenceficathon.
Disclaimer: I don’t own Torchwood, or the characters.
 


 

fardell24 ([personal profile] fardell24) wrote2025-05-23 06:47 pm

Nexus Event?

A Variant of Daria Morgendorffer is taken in by the Time Variance Authority.

fanfiction.net: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14473379/1/Nexus-Event

AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/65815720
badly_knitted: (Atlantis Stone)
badly_knitted ([personal profile] badly_knitted) wrote2025-05-22 06:32 pm

A-Team Ficlet: Come Fly With Me

 


Title: Come Fly With Me
Fandom: A-Team
Author: 
[personal profile] badly_knitted
Characters: B.A. Baracus, Murdock, Team.
Rating: G
Spoilers: General for the series.
Summary: B.A. hates flying, which is unfortunate since it’s such a handy way of getting wherever the team needs to go.
Word Count: 573
Written For: My own prompt ‘The A-Team (Series), Team, Murdock loves flying more than anything, BA hates flying more than anything. It's left to the others to deal with the complications that arise,’ at 
[community profile] fic_promptly.
Disclaimer:
 I don’t own The A-Team, or the characters. They belong to their creators.
 


 
 
badly_knitted: (Eyebrow Raise)
badly_knitted ([personal profile] badly_knitted) wrote2025-05-22 06:25 pm

Fic: Toxic

 


Title: Toxic
Author: 
[personal profile] badly_knitted
Characters: Ianto, Gwen.
Rating: PG
Word Count: 1151
Spoilers: Nada.
Summary: Jack sends Ianto with Gwen on a Rift retrieval, and it’s a good thing he does, because it turns out his knowledge is needed.
Written For: Weekend Challenge ‘Unprepared’ at 
[community profile] 1_million_words.
Disclaimer: I don’t own Torchwood, or the characters.
 


 
Toxic... )
fardell24 ([personal profile] fardell24) wrote2025-05-22 08:33 pm
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The Engineer and the Time Lady: Mystery

Alpha gives Oneenejpenlumbra (now calling herself Nina) a field commission, so she can help retrace the Baffin's journey.

fanfiction.net: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14436084/4/The-Engineer-and-the-Time-Lady

AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/65632969/chapters/169437688
kaffy_r: Choi San of Ateez (ateezsanpretty)
kaffy_r ([personal profile] kaffy_r) wrote2025-05-21 05:04 pm

Dept. of Not-White Noise

Overly Loud Music in Ear Buds: Threat or Menace?*

It's been a minute since I last posted. Not, like, a real long minute, but a metaphorical minute nonetheless. For the last few days, it's been dank and grey here in Chicago, and the stress levels at Casa kaffy_rbob continue to be somewhere between Defcon 3 and 2, for all the reasons previously recited at tedious length. 

When that happens, or continues happening, my go-to stress reliever, the one that effectively cuts my ability to get things done, but possibly saves a sliver of my sanity, is to put my ear buds in, and blast SKZ or Ateez at skull-rattlingly unhealthy levels right into my brain. It's a good thing that's actually a very bad thing, but I don't really care. If my hearing wasn't damaged by standing on a stage between very loud amplifiers, then my rock and roll card needs to be revoked. 

But my stress level is now closer to Defcon 3, which is a bit of a relief. We finally realized that the idea of trying to balance Bob's permanent residence application at the same time as getting the house ready to sell and finding someplace to live in N. S., and getting decent movers who understand getting things across the border was stupid. 

We're going to tell the movers who keep bothering us (admittedly because we contacted them first) and our very patient real estate agent that everything will be put on hold until the application is completed, in, and Bob gets accepted for permanent residence. I'd originally fought the idea, thinking that we could actually handle everything at once. I'm very glad that Bob convinced me otherwise. 

So perhaps I won't have to turn my ear buds up to 11 for the next couple of days. 



* and if you get that reference, congratulations - you've joined the "older than dirt, and still hipper than the room" club.


badly_knitted: (Rose)
badly_knitted ([personal profile] badly_knitted) wrote2025-05-21 06:27 pm

BtVS Double Drabble: Party Downer

 


Title: Party Downer
Fandom: BtVS
Author: 
[personal profile] badly_knitted
Characters: Buffy.
Rating: PG
Written For: Challenge 450: Amnesty 45 at 
[community profile] drabble_zone, using Challenge 429: Party.
Spoilers/Setting: Retitle Boy.
Summary: Buffy has gone off parties.
Disclaimer: I don’t own BtVS, or the characters.
A/N: Double drabble.
 
 


badly_knitted: (BSP 5 - Dee & Ryo)
badly_knitted ([personal profile] badly_knitted) wrote2025-05-21 06:13 pm

FAKE Double Drabble: Undimmed

 


Title: Undimmed
Fandom: FAKE
Author: 
[personal profile] badly_knitted
Characters: Ryo, Dee.
Rating: PG
Written For: Challenge 450: Amnesty 45 at 
[community profile] drabble_zone, using Challenge 116: Silver.
Setting: Many years the manga.
Summary: Dee and Ryo aren’t as young as they used to be.
Disclaimer: I don’t own FAKE, or the characters. They belong to the wonderful Sanami Matoh.
A/N: Double drabble.
 


 
badly_knitted: (Jack - Big Smile)
badly_knitted ([personal profile] badly_knitted) wrote2025-05-21 06:04 pm

Double Drabble: Outside Help

 


Title: Outside Help
Author: 
[personal profile] badly_knitted
Characters: Ianto, Jack, the Doctor, Aliens.
Rating: PG
Written For: Challenge 866: Who at 
[community profile] torchwood100.
Spoilers: Nada.
Summary: Thanks to some outside help, some aliens are on their way home.
Disclaimer: I don’t own Torchwood, or the characters.
A/N: Double drabble.