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Challenge: Art Is an Explosion

Warnings: None, unless "absolutely kicking ass" is a content warning.

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Comment: Hey, as soon as I saw the challenge, I knew I was going to pick an X Japan song. Their stuff is the kind of thing that sets your heart on fire, and they love to start songs off quiet before absolutely exploding into kickass 80s power metal/rock. Desperate Angel, specifically, really rules, a good passionate pulse-pounding classic rock tune that is absolutely guaranteed to make your 40+ male relatives go "holy shit who are these guys and why has the world been keeping them from me" (I speak from experience). Also, the instant I heard the first few notes I was like "oh, this is a Taiji song, isn't it".

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crypsis (noun)
cryp·sis

• The ability of an organism to conceal itself especially from a predator by having a color, pattern, and shape that allows it to blend into the surrounding environment

etymology: 1956; cryp(tic) + -sis, or borrowed from Greek krýpsis "hiding, concealment," from kryp- (stem of krýptein "to hide, conceal") + -sis -sis

Crypsis in action!

Mossy leaf-tailed gecko demonstrating crypsis

from Wikipedia entry

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elyusion

So today I had an interview at Store A. I went to bed the night before late and spent a lot of time before leaving the house chilling because I had no hope and no enthusiasm. Last minute I remembered I'm supposed to bring my resume with me, but the printer in the house wouldn't connect to my laptop so I intended to use the local library's printer, but when I finally left the house I realized I had no time to go to the library. I resigned myself to showing up to Store A empty-handed. Maybe saying I don't have access to a printer would be excuse enough?

But that didn't end up mattering, because I arrived a whole 10 minutes late anyways. After thinking hard on how to apologize in a chill but hireable way I walked in, got confused as hell because I had no idea where to go, and then worked up the courage to ask a random employee where the interview was. Eventually a manager came and took me to the office, and she didn't bring up at all my being late nor did I see any other interviewees (wasn't I supposed to be in a group??), but whatever, maybe she's willing to give me a chance and interview me alone so I don't interrupt the ongoing interview.

But she asked me who was supposed to interview me because it sure wasn't her, so I look it up on my phone... My interview was actually at Store B. The store next door that fills the exact same niche. I am stupid. But it's okay! I said, because I totally applied to this store too.

No, I did not. I applied to the Store A in my town, not the one in the next town over (where I was).

BUT EVEN SO! Without an appointment or even an application, she proceeded with the interview. AND!!!!!!! I got hired on the spot!(??????????). I just had to do the application when I got home (which I've done). I was like, no friggin' way, but she seemed quite happy to have stolen a possible employee from the next store over.

Conclusion: Just start walking into stores and lying about having an interview. You're welcome!

Current Mood: first ever cici dub in a while
Current Music: would you believe me if i said jungle hijinx from donkey kong country

adore

I'm enjoying this meme my DW friends are doing (

matsushima and

blackcatofmisery off the top of my head) so I'll be doing it too, for the month of August! How it works is, you pick a day and ask a question in the comments of this post. I'll answer it with a post on that day. I'm curious about what y'all are curious about.
1

matsushima: Do you like your name? If you were to choose a new name, what would it be and why?
2

matsushima: What book(s) made you want to be a writer?
3

china_shop: How did you come to start watching Kdramas, and what do you like most about them?
4

radiokomorebi: How does your average day go by lately? How do you schedule your work and other activities (and make sure you stick to it or improvise) and decide on rest days?
5

soricel: How do you define cozy literature, and what draws you to it?
6 7 8
9

yarnofariadne: Do you have any writing rituals?
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11

diaryoflife: What is your fav show (tv/Netflix/YT/whatever, interpret how you want) and what is your ritual for watching it?
12 13 14 15
16

blackcatofmisery: Is there a creature, real or imagined, that you feel you identify with somehow?
17

blackcatofmisery: Going a more fantastic route from the 16th: Is there a real or imagined creature's ability/behavior that you wish you could have?
18

diaryoflife: What is your fav icon and why do you like it?
19 20 21 22
23 24 25 26
27

kat_lair: If money and practicalities weren't a consideration, what kind of pet would you like?
28

kat_lair: What's your favourite (or one of them) fanfic trope to read and/or write?
29

kat_lair: Share a happy childhood memory
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radiokomorebi: What's your favourite poem you wrote?

Current Mood: curious

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Tuesday, July 7, 2026

Doff (verb, noun)
doff [dof, dawf]

verb (used with object), doffs, doffed, doffing
1. to remove or take off, as clothing.
2. to remove or tip (the hat), as in greeting.
3. to throw off; get rid of: Doff your stupid ideas and join our side!
4. Textiles.
a. to strip (carded fiber) from a carding machine.
b. to remove (full bobbins, material, etc.) from a textile machine.

noun
5. Textiles.
a. the act of removing bobbins, material, etc., and stripping fibers from a textile machine.
b. the material so doffed.

See more synonyms on Thesaurus.com

Origin: 1300–50; Middle English, contraction of do off; cf. don

Example Sentences
"Long before the civil wars, men and boys were expected to doff their hats, indoors or out, whenever they met a superior," he says.
From Science Daily • May 7, 2026

The sellout crowd, which had long been on its feet, continuing cheering, eventually drawing Kershaw back out onto the field to doff his cap in appreciation.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 3, 2025

When they arrive, there is a ceremonial greeting, where the Lords doff their black bicorn hats and the Commons representatives acknowledge this by bowing.
From BBC • May 25, 2024

“Courage Hats” wants a little too forcefully to guide us into “deep” places where we will doff our hidey-hats to reveal our true selves — abstract concepts for the literalizing peewee set.
From New York Times • May 20, 2022

We were required to doff our hats as the warder walked by.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

adore

I talked previously about a new online writing software/word processor called Skrib. I have since tried it out. What I liked about it was the search function, being able to toggle between documents from the sidebar, and having the planning/brainstorming board right there alongside my draft. However, I decided it's not for me based on a suggested edits feature that will literally give you suggestions for what to do with your sentences. Skrib purports to be anti-Gen AI and granted, the editorial suggestions feature isn't generating sentences. But telling you what you can do with your sentences comes too close and makes me uncomfortable. I know people use Grammarly or ProWritingAid for the same thing, but I personally don't like it. And it's not useful to me. My editing process is very gut-checky and vibes-based.

So I'm going to stick to Ellipsus. They've recently introduced a premium plan on top of their free one. Their free plan is great: I can have all the projects/documents I want and sync them to the cloud automatically, which covers the basics for me. And I can use timers, focus mode, and add collaborators. The premium plan introduces custom themes and something opt-in called 'emboss' which is like your writing fingerprint (it shows how many sessions you wrote the document in, typing speed, and other stuff meant to show you wrote it yourself, without using AI checkers). I'm irritated that our writing tools now are having to help writers prove they didn't use AI.

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Current Mood: refreshed

tinkaton

➤ Someone find my motivation for me because it must be dead in a ditch somewhereeee. I have been reading my friends list (slowly, I'm always behind lol) but not been commenting on much. 🥲 And I kept meaning to write up an entry but obviously haven't!! Clearly... I think spreading my journaling out to various places (here, my media log, my physical journal, etc) is making me too lazy to update in multiple locations.

➤ Though speaking of journals lmao I caved and got a super cheap Hobonichi Techo Original A6, 2026 edition, but I'm going to use it next year as a daily journal and just ignore the year/days. I know, I know, I just said I'm too lazy to keep up with multiple journaling locales, but listen...I miss the Hobonichi paper sjhkjsfsdfs now that I'm using a fake Weeks it's just not as nice... So we'll see!! I'm already itching to get a cute cover and start using it but I have to wait until January. 😩

➤ I was finally forced out of Samsung Messages on my phone and now I have to use shitass Google Messages because Samsung hates me personally. 😑 It sucksss give me back my color customization!! However at least now I can see the emoji reacts from Apple users in group texts jsdhfkjsdf it was so funny before because it'd just be like "So-and-so liked [full original text]" five times in a row.

➤ Okay ending with a random music rec, I just stumbled across this Korean duo that debuted at the beginning of the year named dodree who combine pop with traditional Korean music. Apparently both women have a traditional art background (one is a pansori singer and one does dance). This is their latest release; they only have like, 5 songs out so far but I listened to all of them and really enjoyed them so I hope they continue to make music!

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karst [kahrst]

noun:
an irregular limestone region with sinkholes, underground streams, and caverns

examples:
1. Plentiful rain falling on porous karst geology collects and feeds groundwater to more than 300 artesian springs. Robert Knight, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 May 2026

2. Soaring above picturesque Yangshuo and its tall karsts and verdant valleys is an electrifying way to sightsee. "Love a heart-stopping adventure? This is where to go in China to thrill yourself silly." Catherine Garcia. This Week. 28 April 2026.

origin:
German, from Slovene dialect or Croatian dialect kras, kars, type of rock, region composed of such rock

karst

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bibulous [bib-yuh-luh s]

adjective:
1 fond of alcoholic beverages; of, relating to, or marked by the consumption of alcoholic beverages
2 absorbent; spongy

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Examples:

John Higgs begins his foray into the long-standing BBC television science fiction series Doctor Who with a personal anecdote about going to the pub with Tom Baker, the notoriously bibulous actor who played the part of the Doctor from 1975 to 1981 - still longer than anyone else. (Travis Elborough, Doctor, Doctor: the genesis of a national folk hero, Spectator Australia, April 2025)

It’s part of a two-year campaign to reduce food waste that company executives in this famously bibulous country decided to call 'happy hour' in the hopes of drawing in regulars, like any decent bar. (David Segal, The World Wastes Tons of Food. A Grocery ‘Happy Hour’ Is One Answer., The New York Times, September 2019)

Moldovans are the most bibulous nation in the world, gulping more than 18 liters per person every year, according to a new report from the WHO. The world of alcoholism in a sentence is: Europeans drink a lot of booze, and the Arab-Islamic world does not. (Derek Thompson, Map of the Day: This Is What Global Alcohol Consumption Looks Like, The Atlantic, February 2011)

Large numbers should not be thrown into a killing bottle together, and plenty of bibulous paper should be kept in the bottle to prevent moisture from accumulating and wetting and ruining the specimens. (C V Riley, Directions for Collecting and Preserving Insects)

There was Vasily, of course, who wore thick glasses, the most scholarly-looking of the lot and certainly the most bibulous - Simon came to think of Vasily as the Vodka Breather. (Fritz Leiber, Pipe Dream)

Origin:
1670s, 'spongy, absorbent,' from Latin bibulus 'drinking readily, given to drink;' of things, 'absorbent; moistened,' from bibere 'to drink' (from PIE root po(i)- 'to drink'). The meaning 'fond of drink' is attested in English by 1861. (Online Etymology Dictionary)

blackcatofmisery

I saw a series of photos on Pinterest that looked straightforward enough. Bead three colors into loops (so put on however many you want, thread a bead with both strings, then add an even number onto either string and thread a bead with both strings, repeat) and then weave.

It was easier in theory.

After I figured it out, I found an actual tutorial by Amanda Rivera on Panda Hall. 🙄🙄🙄

The beads are glass seed beads, size 8. I bought those; the thread, chain, and clasps and rings were previously cannibalized from other things.

Overall, it was easy. I think my loops may be a bit too small, and I know my beads are not a uniform size. The blue beads had some absolute units. If they were all the same size, I might have a neater looking braid, but oh well. Who's going to look so close?

What I'd like to find is a Slovenia charm to add to it. Red, white, and blue can be many countries, but I wanna be explicit in representing my maternal parentage.

Current Music: HEDEGAARD - GASOLINA & COCAINA

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Rivellino - noun.

Not being much of a sports fan, I had no idea now many soccer moves were named after players!

First, you make your opponent think you're going to kick the ball.

Then, while the ball is running in front of you, you throw your foot over the ball to look like you're going to kick in one direction.

But, you're going to quickly take the ball in the opposite direction using the outside of the foot from the previous step.

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