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Mar. 1st, 2026 09:53 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
yuuagoThis weekend I was running around like a maniac trying to get stuff done. Yesterday it was -37C when I went to get groceries. And today we had more snow on top of the load of snow we've been getting.
I went to a hot yoga class yesterday; that was nice.
Also worked on a little bit of fic. Typing up a thing I finished in Vic. It's not much of a fic, more like a DVD extra (it's a scene that I wanted to put into a thing but ended up deciding it didn't really fit before I ended up writing it, and then decided that I wanted to write it anyway. Just, um, separately.)
I don't really wanna' go to work tomorrow. But. You know.
Even though I did all the things I needed to do today I only did a fraction of the things I wanted to do today and I feel kind of bummed about it, even though that's business as usual.
I went to a hot yoga class yesterday; that was nice.
Also worked on a little bit of fic. Typing up a thing I finished in Vic. It's not much of a fic, more like a DVD extra (it's a scene that I wanted to put into a thing but ended up deciding it didn't really fit before I ended up writing it, and then decided that I wanted to write it anyway. Just, um, separately.)
I don't really wanna' go to work tomorrow. But. You know.
Even though I did all the things I needed to do today I only did a fraction of the things I wanted to do today and I feel kind of bummed about it, even though that's business as usual.
FTH Offers
Feb. 28th, 2026 03:37 pmyuuagoWhoo! I'm participating in the FTH charity auction once again. Offers are open for browsing.
You can see my offers here. You can also see a list of all fandoms on offer here.
Bidding opens on March 03!
This year I'm offering up to 5k of Hetalia, Promare, or any fandom I've written in the past (such as Ex Machina, Vatican Miracle Examiner, Frozen, etc). I'm offering any characters/pairings.
If you're interested in this but don't really get how it works, I might be able to help - I've participated on both the offering on bidding ends before.
I'm really looking forward to seeing whatever the winner requests; in the past I've had asks for pairings that I normally don't write, and in the end those often turn out to be some of my best fics.
Anyway! Whoo! Let's see how this goes!
You can see my offers here. You can also see a list of all fandoms on offer here.
Bidding opens on March 03!
This year I'm offering up to 5k of Hetalia, Promare, or any fandom I've written in the past (such as Ex Machina, Vatican Miracle Examiner, Frozen, etc). I'm offering any characters/pairings.
If you're interested in this but don't really get how it works, I might be able to help - I've participated on both the offering on bidding ends before.
I'm really looking forward to seeing whatever the winner requests; in the past I've had asks for pairings that I normally don't write, and in the end those often turn out to be some of my best fics.
Anyway! Whoo! Let's see how this goes!
Multifandom: Be The First
Feb. 28th, 2026 06:16 pmgalerian_ash posting in ![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png){kind=small}
fandomcalendarBe The First, the annual challenge to write for a fandom that has no fics, is now open for sign-ups!
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• Fandom Promos
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Berlinale
Feb. 23rd, 2026 08:27 pmkanadkaBerlinale tradition second year in a row in that we got off our asses and saw at least one (1) film. TBH, I am not much on Berlinale usually - I know some people who do the whole wait on the website at 10am when tickets are released to try and land a premiere screening with Hollywood actors and the red carpet vibes - and I just think man, that sounds exhausting. And there are a lot of people. But there are also so many cool movies and some are really really cool looking. I always think, surely I will select one that most people won't go to... and then I'm surprised when the line is out the door. D:
We went to go see "Hukkunud Alpinisti" hotell, aka, Dead Mountaneer's Hotel, a 1979 release from Estonia based on the 1970 novel by the Strugatsky bros. I didn't realise how many screenplays they also wrote, because they wrote the screenplay for this one too. Anyway it's at Berlinale because it was recently restored from archival material with some new 4k scan work and also there was some comment about how the intro and concluding monologues had formerly been dubbed in Russian; these are now re-done in Estonian.
Even though the world premiere of the restored version featured one of the actors and the musician who composed the film score (!) was much earlier during the festival and this was just a later repeat essentially, it was still a packed theatre and I'm secretly glad we showed up early by accident, because I missed the bit on the ticket where it was actually no assigned seating. But, I think it's really great so many people are so interested in it.
Overall it was super surreal and atmospheric, definitely 70s style with a very sinister synth soundtrack, and genuinely fun. Some extremely impressive shots of avalanches and helicopters and the mountains given the era. I hadn't read the book before, so I can't compare, but I'm told it wasn't too bad a film imagining, especially as far as Strugatsky novels go (looking at you, Monday Begins on Saturday...). My partner's parents said they saw this while they were dating when it first came out, and they were a lot less impressed than we were :'D maybe because the book had so recently been released, not sure.
Anyway, here is Lell <3 he is a very good boy.
10/10 would ask him to guard a mysterious briefcase.
We went to go see "Hukkunud Alpinisti" hotell, aka, Dead Mountaneer's Hotel, a 1979 release from Estonia based on the 1970 novel by the Strugatsky bros. I didn't realise how many screenplays they also wrote, because they wrote the screenplay for this one too. Anyway it's at Berlinale because it was recently restored from archival material with some new 4k scan work and also there was some comment about how the intro and concluding monologues had formerly been dubbed in Russian; these are now re-done in Estonian.
Even though the world premiere of the restored version featured one of the actors and the musician who composed the film score (!) was much earlier during the festival and this was just a later repeat essentially, it was still a packed theatre and I'm secretly glad we showed up early by accident, because I missed the bit on the ticket where it was actually no assigned seating. But, I think it's really great so many people are so interested in it.
Overall it was super surreal and atmospheric, definitely 70s style with a very sinister synth soundtrack, and genuinely fun. Some extremely impressive shots of avalanches and helicopters and the mountains given the era. I hadn't read the book before, so I can't compare, but I'm told it wasn't too bad a film imagining, especially as far as Strugatsky novels go (looking at you, Monday Begins on Saturday...). My partner's parents said they saw this while they were dating when it first came out, and they were a lot less impressed than we were :'D maybe because the book had so recently been released, not sure.
Anyway, here is Lell <3 he is a very good boy.
10/10 would ask him to guard a mysterious briefcase.
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Feb. 22nd, 2026 10:47 pmyuuagoI 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.
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.