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i_read_what2025-10-26 01:25 am
kalinara) wrote in i_read_what2025-10-26 01:25 amYendi - Chapter Ten
Woo, sorry about the hiatus. Things got a bit hectic. Back now though.
So last time, we saw Vlad dealing with his mob shit. Also there's going to be a banquet!
( Social events are fun when people are trying to kill you! )
So last time, we saw Vlad dealing with his mob shit. Also there's going to be a banquet!
( Social events are fun when people are trying to kill you! )
kalinara (kalinara) wrote in i_read_what2025-10-25 10:56 pm
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Sorry, still behind. But the review will be up tomorrow!
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dw_maintenance2025-10-25 08:42 am
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Good morning, afternoon, and evening!
We're doing some database and other light server maintenance this weekend (upgrading the version of MySQL we use in particular, but also probably doing some CDN work.)
I expect all of this to be pretty invisible except for some small "couple of minute" blips as we switch between machines, but there's a chance you will notice something untoward. I'll keep an eye on comments as per usual.
Ta for now!
Socchan (soc_puppet) wrote2025-10-24 10:13 pm
soc_puppet) wrote2025-10-24 10:13 pm
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School again, plus...?
H'okay. Grades from our first Current Event Journal for Social Problems are finally in.
...I got 100%.
I'm more confident about my second CEJ than I was about my first, even with overhearing the teacher say she was planning to grade the first very liberally. Like the Asynchronous Class Notes assignments for the first third of the semester, we are assigned three of these, of which the lowest scored will ultimately be dropped from our grade.
Methinks I might indulge myself and take a zero on the final one.
After stopping by the ceramics lab this afternoon, I finished my pieces for the throwing assignment! I've got doubles of each piece, as assigned, which is more than rather a lot of my classmates can say 😓 Apparently, including the wheel in Ceramics 1 is specifically a community college thing in this state, while other institutes will have coil-and-pinch and slab stuff in Ceramics 1 and save throwing for Ceramics 2. With all the trouble my classmates are having, I can understand that! In any case, I'm glad I managed to finish my stuff. Pics soon, I hope!
Finally, I made a new mood theme! No pics as yet, as I am being lazy about it, but I'm submitting it for consideration as another official mood theme, so hopefully everyone will get to see it soon anyway 😉 I must confess that I stole an idea from someone's planning at the beginning of last year and made cloud moods. Still, I did my best to follow the official mood theme preferences to a T this time around, which meant a maximum of 30x30 pixels in size, which is tiny. I expect that someone who wanted to work with the full 100x100 pixel space, or even 50x50 pixels, would have a better time of it!
I may see about getting a basic screencap of the moods up at some point, but I'm not sure I'll be uploading all of them individually this time 😅
...I got 100%.
I'm more confident about my second CEJ than I was about my first, even with overhearing the teacher say she was planning to grade the first very liberally. Like the Asynchronous Class Notes assignments for the first third of the semester, we are assigned three of these, of which the lowest scored will ultimately be dropped from our grade.
Methinks I might indulge myself and take a zero on the final one.
After stopping by the ceramics lab this afternoon, I finished my pieces for the throwing assignment! I've got doubles of each piece, as assigned, which is more than rather a lot of my classmates can say 😓 Apparently, including the wheel in Ceramics 1 is specifically a community college thing in this state, while other institutes will have coil-and-pinch and slab stuff in Ceramics 1 and save throwing for Ceramics 2. With all the trouble my classmates are having, I can understand that! In any case, I'm glad I managed to finish my stuff. Pics soon, I hope!
Finally, I made a new mood theme! No pics as yet, as I am being lazy about it, but I'm submitting it for consideration as another official mood theme, so hopefully everyone will get to see it soon anyway 😉 I must confess that I stole an idea from someone's planning at the beginning of last year and made cloud moods. Still, I did my best to follow the official mood theme preferences to a T this time around, which meant a maximum of 30x30 pixels in size, which is tiny. I expect that someone who wanted to work with the full 100x100 pixel space, or even 50x50 pixels, would have a better time of it!
I may see about getting a basic screencap of the moods up at some point, but I'm not sure I'll be uploading all of them individually this time 😅
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Question thread #145
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mara_dienne459 (mara_dienne459) wrote in antishurtugal_reborn2025-10-22 06:10 am
mara_dienne459) wrote in antishurtugal_reborn2025-10-22 06:10 amEntry tags:
The World of the Others Commentary
In this chapter, the plot - such as it is - begins to spin its wheels, and the author assures us everything the Queen Sue has prophesied is going to come true. Trust me, bro.
( The Storm of the Century )
( The Storm of the Century )
kalinara (kalinara) wrote in i_read_what2025-10-21 12:54 am
kalinara) wrote in i_read_what2025-10-21 12:54 am(no subject)
Things are a bit hectic this week, and that's my excuse for posting the next Yendi review a little late. It'll probably be up Friday or Saturday. Sorry!
(edited for accuracy)
(edited for accuracy)
alierak (alierak) wrote in dw_maintenance2025-10-20 10:11 am
alierak) wrote in dw_maintenance2025-10-20 10:11 amAWS outage
DW is seeing some issues due to today's Amazon outage. For right now it looks like the site is loading, but it may be slow. Some of our processes like notifications and journal search don't appear to be running and can't be started due to rate limiting or capacity issues. DW could go down later if Amazon isn't able to improve things soon, but our services should return to normal when Amazon has cleared up the outage.
Edit: all services are running as of 16:12 CDT, but there is definitely still a backlog of notifications to get through.
Edit 2: and at 18:20 CDT everything's been running normally for about the last hour.
Edit: all services are running as of 16:12 CDT, but there is definitely still a backlog of notifications to get through.
Edit 2: and at 18:20 CDT everything's been running normally for about the last hour.
kalinara (kalinara) wrote in i_read_what2025-10-18 10:54 pm
kalinara) wrote in i_read_what2025-10-18 10:54 pmA Cast of Corbies - Chapter Sixteen
So last time, we saw everyone basically come to the conclusion that they want to stand up, support the theater and the Duke and generally not go fleeing in the night. It was pretty heartwarming.
I do find myself wondering though if maybe this book was written in separate segments and only kind of haphazardly sewn together afterward, because a lot of the development seems inconsistent. Especially when it comes to Magpie, who in various chapters seems to realize she likes Raven and needs to lighten up, only to fall back into old patterns, who likes Regina at a friend at times only to then insult her, or to feel like a team player or like she's one person out for herself.
Even with her backstory, was she the one person who took on all the responsibility to keep her acting troupe together? Or was she a frightened victim who was solely focused on survival. At one point in the story any of these things seem to be true. And while generally I think both Mercedes Lackey and Josepha Sherman can make a clear, coherent story with these contrasting elements, I'm not sure they really tried here.
But we are getting into the home stretch, so maybe the story will come together soon.
( We can only hope... )
I do find myself wondering though if maybe this book was written in separate segments and only kind of haphazardly sewn together afterward, because a lot of the development seems inconsistent. Especially when it comes to Magpie, who in various chapters seems to realize she likes Raven and needs to lighten up, only to fall back into old patterns, who likes Regina at a friend at times only to then insult her, or to feel like a team player or like she's one person out for herself.
Even with her backstory, was she the one person who took on all the responsibility to keep her acting troupe together? Or was she a frightened victim who was solely focused on survival. At one point in the story any of these things seem to be true. And while generally I think both Mercedes Lackey and Josepha Sherman can make a clear, coherent story with these contrasting elements, I'm not sure they really tried here.
But we are getting into the home stretch, so maybe the story will come together soon.
( We can only hope... )