My latest post discusses the remarkable Nanny Morgan, whose legacy has been marred by #Folklore. She deserves to be remembered as a person rather than a witch. I've completely rewritten this article to reflect new research.
I’m not surprised. I forget when I looked up the research, but several hair typed definitely don’t need shampoo as much as people think they do. That we have another product (conditioner) yo undo the damage shampoo does to out hair is astounding.
As for the overall bathing thing, I agree. It depends on what you do day to day, your environment, and genetics. With all three of those factors, some people need to bath more often than others need to.
Most of my washing routine is actually for chronic pain. I don’t need to scrub for smell too much, but hot water feels good on pained areas.
I signed up for a rarepair big bang. The first check in is a couple days before Christmas, so I need to get at least a third of it done by then. Knowing me, I would rather have a half of it done by then. I found some Femslash February prompts that I want to get a head start on too.
On top of that, I'm working on the next part of my big YGO project. I have a bit to establish before the next (and biggest) arc. Super looking forward to this!
You should sign up for this one. Artist claims aren't until February, so you would have time to think about whether you wanted to do it. And because it isn't a reverse big bang, you'll have the opportunity to glance at the writers' pitches to see if one interests you first.
And I only have things planned for February because the prompts are out already. I don't have anything written for it yet. Just some ideas.
It's not like there isn't always a ton of things to do in December. Make sure to pace yourself comfortably!
That’s interesting. I never would have thought of this. I use two hands to button and never considered what side anything was on. Perhaps because I have both men’s and women’s shirts?
A trip to the doctor’s office comes with a bit of preparation for most, maybe even an internal pep talk to prepare for being told to get more exercise or calm a simmering fear of needles....
A woman who threw a hot burrito bowl in a Chipotle worker’s face because she didn’t like the way it was prepared may soon learn what it’s like to be on the other side of the counter....
I feel sorry for her future coworkers, but at the same time? I like when people have to live the perspective of the people they treat badly. I hope this teaches her a lesson.
Forgetting tags for a moment: if you are already searching in your fandoms/pairings/favourite tags, what in a summary will cause you to click it over any other story?
Same here. There's a lot I know doesn't work for me. I don't like summaries that end with a question, because usually the question isn't interesting. Or there isn't enough said for me to guess the answer will be subverted, so it puts me off. I hate summaries that end with questions.
Lapslock is all aesthetic. Which means anyone with dyslexia or the like will be unable to read it. I don't like lapslock either, but I refuse to even try to push through the dislike, because it's mean to be so exclusionary with your work. I'll take it if it is an occasional line. If it is written in an image. That is fine. Not the whole prose. It is very frustrating.
I also notice that if it is a shipping story, I want the summary to tell me something they are doing. Not just "A loves B" or something like that. Although I'm also good if the summary is an excerpt of the story for short one shots.
But I have such a hard time pinning down a specific thing I liked, instead of what I didn't like, I was hoping someone else would have an answer. XD
Humorous ones, yes. Though I am a little peeved if a humorous summary doesn't explain what the story is about and the story isn't a short one shot. I guess my tastes is "does it tell me what the story is about". But that's still a vague descriptor.
More redemption arcs should work with "going native", as they call it in the cop films.
Every other film (or game or book or …) about a deep cover infiltration is concerned with that. An agent, embedded in a criminal organisation for months or years, acting as one of them 24/7, begins to lose sight of their own identity, their job as a cop, becomes attached to their fellow criminals, and eventually betrays the police and genuinely becomes a mobster.
And more redemption arcs for villains (yes this is mostly fanfiction-relevant) should play with that. The villain, captured or defeated or whatever, pretends to reform, thinking "I'll just wait till those pesky heroes are convinced and leave me alone", and he spends so much time pretending he starts to lose sight of his "be evil at the first opportunity" plan and forms friendships with people he was only pretending to be friends with, etc. etc.
I've been ill the past few weeks & stressed as a result, & it's properly screwed with my ability to daydream & write to the extent that yesterday I had been fully convinced I had lost writing as an interest (the hyperfixations giveth & the hyperfixations taketh away 😭). It really made me sad, especially as I was nearing the end of a long-fic before I became ill & I really want to finish it.
Today I realised I had started randomly composing a nice little scene in my head. Not for the next chapter but for a few chapters down the line. Never been so happy for a random daydream to suddenly appear. 😍
@lexr86 I happy to hear you haven't lost interest in writing! Sometimes illness just does that. I have also been really sick and it has also messed with my creative endeavours. I hope you get better and the stress goes away! The writing will be there~
I've been super sick. Been feeling better, so maybe I will catch up on my NaNo. Which is basically just writing all the projects I've been working on. Including taking part in a YGO rarepair minibang! I have time to write for that. I have an outline for what I want to do. Just have to get over the plague.
I am looking for a term to describe the line of thinking that goes something like “I hate my work, I am sick all the time, I am depressed, I can’t find happiness. But I should be happy. Those problems don’t matter. All my problems are so insignificant, there are little. They’re just some stupid first world problems. I...
Sounds like a part of Imposter syndrome. “My problems aren’t that bad”, but if someone else had the same problems? You would recognize it as it is. Only when they are your problems do you decide you shouldn’t feel as bad about them.
I do! I also focus on a lot of other characters (friendship stories!). With the stories I'm interested in, most of the time the protagonist has something just as interesting to provide to my brain. Or is given enough hints of an interesting personality (Persona protagonists) that my headcanon fills out the rest of it to make the character exactly what I want.
I'm trying to think of a series I am into where the protagonist is of no interest to me. I guess Pokemon games? Mainly because when I write Pokemon stories, I usually go all OCs.
Perhaps it is the media I consume?
Yu Yu Hakusho: people don't fall over Yusuke. He has to fight to earn people's respect, but he is also loyal, and when he gets someone's loyalty they make a great team with him.
Saiyuki: I know Sanzo and Goku are the "main" main characters of the core four, but I can't imagine any of them without the other. I love all of them.
Ouran High School Host Club: Haruhi is a wonderful protagonist. As much as the whole host club fawns over her, they don't actually trust her immediately. Most of them have let her in to mess with Tamaki, as far as I'm concerned. Haruhi earns their love. And Tamaki initially seems like he might be flat, but the way the manga goes circumvents where you think his character might be taken.
For the ones I write? I write every character in Bandori. They are all interesting. Yu-Gi-Oh! DM is a matter of a cast. I couldn't separate them from each other too much. Even when I don't put every character in a story, they are all referenced to being in the background. They are important in each other's lives.
It is a matter of the media itself. A mark of perhaps not the best creator, if their main character is flat and uninteresting. Even if you can appreciate the creator for everything else they have accomplished within the media. A good author/creator will make a good protagonist. One you can follow and cheer for or even curse out as they make bad decisions. One you love. Or just love to hate.
And if the character is the type to bring people together? The creator will show why that is the case, not just tell. Or at least imply it well enough that our fandom minds put the last hooks together.
It is fascinating how they have used this evidence to find a place previously considered "fabled".
However, this part of the article absolutely slays me:
The baboon is the only animal not native to Egypt that is linked with Egyptian deities, Kopp said, and it's a little odd that ancient Egyptians took such interest in baboons. They tend to steal crops and break into homes looking for food, making them difficult to live with, she said.
"The people who coexist with baboons don't really like them," Kopp told Live Science.
We are awful with human to human communication and AI hasn't helped with that. We need the technology (or straight up common sense) to get humans to listen to and watch other animals, more than talk. (Yes, I'm being nitpicky about the headline.)
Let alone beings which use smells to communicate. That one I'll need a lot of help with. My sense of smell is awful just in comparison to other human beings.
It took scientists forever to say animals might have feelings. Meanwhile, anyone who has spent any time with animals already knows this.
Scientists Discover 512-Year-Old Shark, Which Would Be The Oldest Living Vertebrate On The Planet (www.beautyofplanet.com)
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People Who Don't Wear Deodorant or Seemingly Bathe Regularly, Why?
Like, I travel around for work and I’ve met plenty of people from all backgrounds....
What is a Weekend but a Miserable Pile of Secrets
Weekend roundup! What are you writing? Reading? Drawing?...
TIL that shirt buttons are on the right for men, but on the left for women.
Men’s buttons are on the right to make it easy to do up with one hand for right-handed people....
Patients of color more often brace for unfair treatment in health care, survey finds (apnews.com)
A trip to the doctor’s office comes with a bit of preparation for most, maybe even an internal pep talk to prepare for being told to get more exercise or calm a simmering fear of needles....
Woman who threw hot burrito bowl at Chipotle worker sentenced to fast food job (www.cbc.ca)
A woman who threw a hot burrito bowl in a Chipotle worker’s face because she didn’t like the way it was prepared may soon learn what it’s like to be on the other side of the counter....
Humanity’s oldest art is flaking away. Can scientists save it? (www.nature.com)
What Summary Grabs You?
Forgetting tags for a moment: if you are already searching in your fandoms/pairings/favourite tags, what in a summary will cause you to click it over any other story?
Disappointing that I understand this (sopuli.xyz)
Weekend Round-Up 11/24
What's everyone focused on this weekend?...
Is there a name for downplaying your suffering because other people have bigger problems?
I am looking for a term to describe the line of thinking that goes something like “I hate my work, I am sick all the time, I am depressed, I can’t find happiness. But I should be happy. Those problems don’t matter. All my problems are so insignificant, there are little. They’re just some stupid first world problems. I...
How often do you focus on the original story's protagonist?
I usually find the main character to be the least interesting. This isn't always, but it's often....
Baboon mummy DNA from ancient Egypt reveals location of mysterious port city not on any maps (www.livescience.com)
Artificial Intelligence Could Finally Let Us Talk with Animals (www.scientificamerican.com)
AI is poised to revolutionize our understanding of animal communication