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11:19pm: Lucky for me I'm not there, but Sydsquad is filming a live stream for us! Hopefully they bought enough cover, the airport is technically in curfew now, but the weather has caused delays and there's still quite a few airplanes that need to take off/land.

However, I'm very sleepy right now so I think I'm gonna have to turn in before they get to the end, although the aptly named Aussie Rost(Roast) (so called because a window placement makes the P look like an R, which is quite funny.

But yeah, it's really getting late - it's coming up on 11:30! - also as ever I don't actually have anything super exciting to report - I do need to keep an eye on who's setting up the field for archery this weekend. After not going last weekend because of my cold I might be on the list this weekend.

Aww the Rost isn't set to leave for a while now because they have to let the inbound planes land first, which I suppose makes sense, but I'm practically falling asleep at my keyboard (I just had to delete a whole row of 'K's! so I'm gonna wrap this up here. Sorry for the lack of update :OP

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anonymoose_au

11:18pm: It could just be my internet in particular, but in any case it's been a real butt right now, I'm tying to watch YouTube videos, but the buffering is outrageous. I double checked and I am connect to the 5G so it should be working. Even when the buffering stops though, the resolution is so terrible I can hardly see what's going on. Although it seems to be recovering a bit now.

Not much else to report, my voice is much better, but I've got a rather chesty cough although fortunately I'm not coughing often but when I do, it sounds like those pack a days are getting to me :OP

I also picked up the ingredients to make lasagna - I had spaghetti for dinner tonight so with the leftover mince I'll make some white sauce mix it all together and with the magic that is lasagna sheets and cheese slices I will bake a lasagna tomorrow night. Although sadly for me, the day after tomorrow is a Friday in Lent so no meat - ah well there's always Saturday and Sunday to look forward to.

Oh! And I also found out that my niece Emma enjoyed her 10th birthday the other day and the card I made by hand - although seeing a photo of it I totally failed with the lettering, man I'm so bad at keeping things consistent :OP

Anywho, on that note I better go, it's 11:30pm on a work night!

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anonymoose_au

11:29pm: Yes indeed, but fear not, I feel much better! My only issues are I sound like I'm a pack a day smoker and my ears are blocked so I can't hear all that well. Hopefully, I won't have any issues with my ears...maybe I should ask a pharmacist if I need to use ear drops or something. I wouldn't want to get an infection or something.

Not much to report, although it's been humid as all Heck the past few days, I've go the air conditioner going, but I still feel rather sweaty, which is ew.

But in less ew-y things, I think I might have finally got rid of those damn bugs, it only took two weeks, guess it's my own fault for not keeping my kitchen properly clean, I'm judging myself a bit, I mean I know I'm messy but I've never considered myself unclean, but there you go.

Time is getting away from me so I don't have much else to report - I'm still catching up on the Bobsled events from the Olympics, I totally forgot there's this monobob thing for women- it's just one lady going down in a small (but still heavy) bobsled. There's been a few near misses, but no-one's fallen over in the sled, so that's a relief! In the four-man three sleds ended up tipped over and one guy had to go to hospital - he's OK though.

Anywho, I better be off, I'm up to late all ready! I need my zzzzs.

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Fiberuary Challenge Day 19: Color Crush
My favorite color is rainbow. My second favorite color is bi flag. Sad beige knitwear designers are a blight, and I wouldn't hesitate to push a button that deletes their entire catalogues.

Day 20: Finished It

All I've finished this month (and in 2026) is swatches for spinning guild. That's just where I am in my projects right now. I have a pair of socks I should have finished earlier, but it's the kind of cable pattern where the distance between crosses is so long that I have to mark down Every. Single. Row. so I don't lose my place and have to count rounds in teeny tiny stitches. It's much more laborious than such a "simple" pattern ought to be. But I'm down to about 30 rounds, including the toe decreases, and should be done tomorrow!

( Days 21-23: Sip & Knit, Giving Back, Memories )

anonymoose_au

10:14pm: So I ended up taking today off, although fingers crossed I should be good for tomorrow - although it's that time o' the month which does indeed suck. Also I have a sore tooth, which I think might be from one of my wisdom teeth. Once again, I wonder about getting them removed, but I'm still freaked out by the very idea! It usually goes away after like a day so the I kind of forget about it.

In other news the Olympics is over, and I'm catching up on the 4 Man Bobsled, Jamaica had a team this year! Alas they didn't make the fourth run, but well done! Also somewhat amusing as an Australian the male half of the commentating team sounds like our Prime Minister. Obviously it isn't, but it's still uncanny. I've also noticed that when there's multiple teams from one country they're no calling them Country 1/ Country 2 anymore, interesting.

Also my knee hurts, this usually happens before my period so I don't know what's going on here, I'm gonna have to take some ibprofen before heading to bed I think.

Not much else to report, although I'm still trying to figure out where the bugs in my kitchen are coming from, they just seem to appear out of nowhere! Which is rather creepy...I've given the cupboard where they seemed to be hanging out the most a good cleaning, but I'm still wondering if I should set off a bug bomb inside there or something. Definite note to myself to take advantage of the discount bug spraying this year, I missed it last year - I think maybe I was in Japan? - and I sure am regretting it.

The top nine are about to go in the Bobsled - Germany currently holds all the podium spots, what will happen... well you can look it up, LOL.

OK, I'll be off now!

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yuuago

I received notice that my offer for this year's Fandom Trumps Hate auction has been accepted and posted. I'm so glad!

A few years ago, I had an offer that I could not actually complete - it was for beta services and the person who won it never got back to me. Since then, they seem to have dropped out of fandom. I haven't participated in FTH since. So, I was kind of worried it wouldn't get accepted, since I technically still have an outstanding assignment.

Mind you, if that person ever shows up again, then sure, I'd be happy to fulfill that assignment! ;V In the meantime, I'm just glad I can participate this year.

There are still a few days before everything officially opens; they have so many to post that it needs to go in batches. I'll make a separate post when that happens.

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anonymoose_au

10:14pm: Having a cold and all I didn't do Archery or go to church or do much of anything - although I did go out to the shops today (with mask) because I ran out of toilet paper and needed to restock. I did also get half my laundry done (but not all of it...whoops) and cleared out one of my cabinets because there were bugs in it (I know gross!).

On the upside I do feel better - my throat isn't sore anymore - wipes brow in relief - and I'm not dizzy - yesterday I was sooo dizzy a number of times. It was rather disturbing to be honest, I have no idea what caused it I drank plenty of water and it didn't feel like I had a fever. Very strange.

Anyway, now I just have a stuffed nose, which is most uncomfortable...luckily I do have the good Decongestant - the one you have to buy over the counter and sign for because it can be used to make illegal drugs or something - so that's helped out.

Aww crap, I accidentally quit my Duolingo lesson, and I was just about to finish it too! Damnit! Well, I just redid although I did have to buy more energy to do so, but hey I got a perfect score :OP

Back on topic I considered calling in sick to work, but I'm not sure if doing it on Sunday is all that useful? I guess it could be...but fingers crossed I'll continue feeling better so that won't be necessary. Although maybe if my nose is running I might stay away, I wouldn't want to infect my fellow colleagues after all!

I also need to turn it, though I'm catching up on last night's SydSquad Airport stream, featuring the landing of the last 747-400 Freighter every built. (I can't believe they don't make 747s anymore, it's criminal I tell you! On the other hand, Boeing isn't the company it once was so maybe it's for the best). Aww and we were getting a great full on view of it heading down towards the camera, but some other plane just pulled out in front of it. XD Reminds me of that YouTube video of someone trying to get a video of...something or someone when a big ass double decker bus pulls right in front and ruins the shot. How rude!

OK, I better head off now, according to my Fitbit I didn't get enough zzzs last night and that won't do for my health!

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Politics and life happenings kinda spoiled this year's Candy Hearts season for me--I spent basically no time with the archive this year, which makes me kind of sad, and I scraped together enough time to write a story only by the skin of my teeth. But I did scrape it together, and I ended up with an odd little story about Remains of the Day:

A day remains (1789 words) by Eccentric_Hat
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Remains of the Day - Kazuo Ishiguro
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Miss Kenton/Mr Stevens (Remains of the Day)
Additional Tags: Time Loop
Summary:

Mr Stevens attempts to discover what is on Miss Kenton's mind after their unsettling encounter in his pantry.

He tries again.

And again.

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10:12pm: I'm about to head off to bed, I did go to work today although my brain was kind of failing throughout the day, but that could just be a Friday. On the plus side my throat didn't get any sorer, but on the downside it's still sore :O( As a result I've decided not to go to Archery tomorrow, I'm hoping this will help because I'm actually on the schedule to help set up the grounds on Sunday morning. I'm not sure if I should say I can't do it, I mean I don't want to leave it until the last minute if I'm not going to do it. On the other hand I don't want to look like I"m trying to wriggle out of stuff :O(

That reminds me, I'm also supposed to go to church and do the PowerPoint even though there won't be any music and I don't actually know who to contact if I'm not feeling up to doing that either. I guess I What'sApp Mum and ask. Which brings me to the reason there's no music at church tomorrow, Mum and Dad set off on their trip to Japan this morning! Hopefully, Dad's back is not in too bad a shape after 10 hours or something in the air.

Anyway, I'm gonna turn in, after all rest is the best way to tackle a cold!

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yuuago

So, today was my last day in Victoria.

I took the bus down to the Oak Bay area. I visited an art gallery, poked around some little shops, and (unsuccessfully) tried some geocaching. I've never been in that area before, so it was a little bit different. "Enrichment", I suppose one could say. Or at least getting myself more used to the bus system.

Then I headed back downtown, poked around some other little art galleries, and then decided to call it a day.

Heading back home tomorrow. Kind of wish I'd booked a bit more time off so I could spend it at home, but that's how it goes. ;V It was nice to get out of Fort Mac and do some stuff, at least. (And also I managed to finish a fic draft! So that's something.)

kass

I just finished Basingstoke's gorgeous HR fic and it rocked my socks so much. And made me laugh. And occasionally made me teary. But mostly it just brought me joy.

Lovers, or, English is a damn funny language (77847 words) by Basingstoke
Chapters: 24/24
Fandom: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Shane Hollander/Ilya Rozanov
Characters: Yuna Hollander, David Hollander, Svetlana Vetrova
Additional Tags: no beta we die like Shane's attempts at heterosexuality, Post-Episode: s01e06 The Cottage (Heated Rivalry), Coming Out, Disordered Eating, Dirty Talk, Depression, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD, Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - CPTSD, Suicidal Ideation, Past Domestic Violence, Toxic Family Dynamics, Outing, Found Family, Pittsburgh, look I just think Ilya would really vibe with pittsburgh, Soft Dom Ilya Rozanov, do not take legal advice from this fic, Handwaving, English is this authors's first language and I'm mad about it, threesome teasing but no threesomes, Original Character(s)
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Ilya asked Shane’s father while Shane and his mother were talking outside: “Is boyfriends correct? Lovers is incorrect, but I am not sure what is correct.”

“Well,” Mr. Hollander said. “‘Lovers’ is usually used for, hm, a mistress or an affair. Something kind of sordid. Though--you would say Romeo and Juliet is a play about two lovers,” he said. He paused his knife on the chopping board. “Somehow that’s right and using it for real people isn’t right. English is a damn funny language, Ilya."

“Yes,” Ilya said from the bottom of his heart.

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yuuago

On Wednesday, I went to the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria. Not my first time going up there, but it's the first time bothering to take the bus - I've been very tired lately and I just couldn't be arsed to walk it. ;V

One of the feature exhibits, which happened to be my favourite, was on Asian inkwork (mostly Chinese and Japanese). Very cool, some really beautiful stuff there. Super glad I went. Some of them had poetry incorporated into the inkwork, and there were translations to go along with them - I appreciated that.

They also had a small exhibition of prints by Albrecht Dürer. Fascinating stuff. So detailed! There were magnifying glasses available to take closer looks. Necessary, as some of them were quite small.

Anyway. In the evening there was the thing that I came to Victoria for... the Pacific Opera Victoria performance of Tosca!

I've never seen an in-person opera performance of this level; my previous experiences were all small-scale productions by small companies. So, this was a real treat.

The performance was amazing! The singing, the costuming, the everything. I was already familiar with the story as I've seen a recorded version, but in-person was so much better. I had a great seat, too. (And actually remembered my glasses this time, hooray). 100/10, no notes.

One thing I loved that I didn't remember from the recorded version was that there are some moments that have great comedic timing. Like yeah, sure, it's a tragedy, but in the earlier parts there's the stuff like Mario going in for a smooch and Tosca being like "Not in front of the Madonna", haha.

And now I'm like... turning over the general premise of this opera in my head, trying to shove certain favourite characters into it. You know, "The enemy pressures the protagonist to sleep with him in exchange for the love interest's freedom while the love interest is tortured in a nearby room" dealio. It's a little challenging to make anything a 1:1 fit, but man is it fun.

Anyway, the opera was lovely. I'm glad that I made the decision to come see it in person; very good decision. I could see myself doing so again; we'll have to see what comes up in the future.

anonymoose_au

10:12pm: That I'm not getting a cold because that would suck. I'm a bit worried though because my throat is feeling a bit sore, especially when I swallow. Also I'm sooo tired, but that could just be poor waking up decisions with the Olympics on and all.

It was just me and another colleague in the Collections Room today - which meant I got quite a lot done, which turned out to be good news indeed because we got quite a big delivery of magazines today, but I got through those like a boss.

Although I did spend some time at work making a card for my niece's birthday - Mum and Dad are off to Japan tomorrow and I thought I'd missed out making a card but as it turned out Mum had to visit the Mall today, so I was able to do that. It's a rather cute card if I do say so myself. Except the lettering on it was kinda terrible LOL, I'm sure my niece won't be too critical :OP

Well, this hasn't been a very interesting entry but as I said I'm not feeling 100% right now so I'm gonna wrap this up and hit the hay. Keep your fingers crossed for my health!

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Title: The Student Project
Fandom: Game Changers/Heated Rivalry
Pairing: Shane/Ilya
Rating: R (probably)
Word Count: 6,800 so far

Summary:

Shane Hollander is a first-year student at the University of British Columbia. He just wants to study, make robots, and maybe not be caught sleeping in the lab overnight again.

Unfortunately for him, Ilya Rozanov is his classmate, and Ilya is looking for a team. Because Ilya has one goal: to pull off the greatest prank in UBC history.

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Fiberuary Challenge Day 18: ~~Wear It Wednesday 2~~ Youtube Recs

I dunno if it was deliberate or an error, but this year's Fiberuary prompt list had two Wear It Wednesdays. As I said for the last one, I don't need reminded to wear my stuff. In fact, it would be cause for concern if I did. So I'm switching things up to focus on fiber podcast/vlog recs instead.

While I do follow some people who stick to the standard "FOs, WIPs, purchases" video structure, those aren't accounts I'm rushing to rec to others, especially if they aren't already deep into fiber arts themselves. The five channels below (in alphabetical order) are here for thinky thoughts, overall personality, and life-of-a-fiber-artist videos.

The Fat Squirrel Speaks
"Hello~, and welcome to the Fat Squirrel Speaks." Amy Beth reminds me so much of my mom's best friend, so I liked them instantly. They are also trying to endure these times while living in fucking Indiana. Among the many, many topics of interest to them are knitting, spinning, crochet, quilting, garment sewing, embroidery, gardening, board games, cooking, baking, hiking, discussing fiction and non-fiction, etc.

Hey Brown Berry
I would happily listen to Marce read the phonebook. Fortunately, I get to listen to her being thoughtful and intentional about her crafts instead. After not posting since fall of 2024 (I mean, mood), she's recently put up some videos on a finished shawl and spindle spinning. Marce lives on a beautiful piece of land in south Florida, where she often dyes yarn and fiber with backyard plants.

The Knitty Professor
Virginia is a professor of German and an indie novelist of inclusive romances set at a fiber guild. (I once picked up a "yarn shop mystery" at the library, and lemme tell ya, holy shit do we need inclusive writers in this space.* That was painful.) Virginia posts regularly in English and German on special topics in the fiber arts, such as artist profiles, crafting for mental health, and yarn shop tours all over the globe. Expect interruptions from her many cats and dogs! She also posts about heritage boot collecting and maintenance.

*For fiber-adjacent SFF mystery, I did enjoy Olivia Waite's Murder by Memory. I have the upcoming sequel and one of her f/f historical romances on hold now.

Quirky Monday
Caleisha is another one I thought might be stepping away from Youtube in 2025, but she came back for Vlogmas and is currently posting daily vlogs for her birthday month. Topics she posts about include crafting through anxiety, poetry writing, her plant collection, Black fiber arts traditions and artists, and the Grinch Who Stole Christmas.

Roxanne Richardson
Roxanne is a font of knowledge on all things knitting, but there's one thing I owe her for above all else: When she was searching for an alternative to the awful wrap-and-turn short row technique, she found a book describing how to work short rows by slipping a stitch purlwise and pulling the yarn tight until the stitch curls under and looks like two. Since the book gave the technique a cumbersome name and was translated from German, she called it "German short rows" for her column. I learned GSRs before I knew who Roxanne was, but the first time I heard this story I realized she'd saved my life. Wrap-and-turn haters unite!

History Makers

Rainy Night at the Airport

"Challenge Yourself" Junk Journal Page

Bloody Aussie Internet...

Back to Work

Fiberuary days 19-23

Ow My Tooth!

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Dear Author (HA Edition)

A Decidedly Lackluster Weekend

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suddenly glad I still have a WoW icon in 2026

No Archery for Me Tomorrow...

Figure Skating Meta, I guess?

Victoria adventures 07

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Live test fic: Heated Rivalry: "Free Dance", or, baby's first workskin

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Keeping My Fingers Crossed...

[Fic] The Student Projet

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