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* What month is the shortest of the year? May, it only has three letters.
* Why do we tell actors to "break a leg?" Because every play has a cast.
* What do you call it when a snowman throws a tantrum? A meltdown.
* My uncle named his dogs Timex and Rolex. They're his watch dogs.
* Did you hear about the guy whose left side was cut off? He's all right now.
* What did the left eye say to the right eye? Between you and me, something smells.
* I'm so good at sleeping I can do it with my eyes closed!
* What do you call a pudgy psychic? A four-chin teller.
* If April showers bring May flowers, what do May flowers bring? Pilgrims.

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1. They got the AC fixed at work! The guy was already working on it when I got there and he seemed to get it fixed pretty quickly. Everyone else in the office was very excited about it not being so hot, too.

2. I finished up the second of the Star Wars movie poster puzzles.

These really are fun little puzzles, though I will be glad to move on to something a bit more challenging once these are done.

3. Carla arrived safe and sound in Wisconsin this afternoon. Unfortunately the AC was not working well on the train, which is not what you want for an almost two day journey during the height of summer, but at least it wasn't fully off, just spotty in the rooms while still being nice and cool in the hallway. And now she's in the hot, muggy midwest, but at least her aunt and uncle's house has AC.

4. There is a new yuzu green tea from my favorite bottled green tea brand (Itoen's Oi Ocha series) and it's on sale at work through today. I only noticed it today at lunch when I bought a bottle for myself, so I bought a case (12 bottles) before I went home, so I could have them to bring for lunch. When I just buy a drink here or there I don't always use my employee discount as I always use the self-checkout and don't always have my badge with me to scan, but if I make a larger purchase I always make sure to, so I got the employee discount (which is only 10% but better than nothing) plus the sale price.

5. Jasper loves hanging out on this box in my closet lately. If I can't find him, this is always the first place I look!

pattrose

6. Today is the beginning of Great British Pea Week in the UK. Do you like eating peas? Have you ever grown them?

I love peas. I use them in a lot of recipes. And I crave slit pea soup often.

7. It’s the seventh day of the seventh month, and in Japan, it’s the day of the Star Festival (Tanabata). For one day only, wishes, hopes, poetry and dreams are written onto streamers and tied to trees. What would you write on a streamer today?

I would have written something about cancer. My brother is starting his second two-month aggressive chemotherapy. He can use all the prayers he can get.

8. Artemisia Gentileschi was born today in 1593. She was incredibly famous during her career, but largely forgotten until the 20th century. Have you ever seen any of her paintings?

I do know who she is. Her work is lovely but not anything I would want to own.

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Unwanted Update
By Dialecticdreamer/Sarah Williams
Part 2 of 2, complete
Word count (story only): 1502
[1 pm on Wednesday, 29 November of 2017]

:: Jules has to handle a glitch in his waiting job… or is it a glitch? Part of the Lodestar story arc in the Polychrome Heroics universe. ::

Back to part one
:: Thanks for reading! ::

Jules waited until both the troubleshooter and Pips had taken seats in the living room before he joined them. “Start with the reason that you’re not on call, but I only need an overview, a way to put the emotional turmoil I’m seeing over what seem to be simple texts into some kind of context,” the troubleshooter began. “Also, please just call me Stone. I keep looking around for my father when someone says ‘Mister Larrent.”

“Got it. I’m Jules. I’d been asked to put in the same system for files that I’d set up at the local Thalassian embassy, out in the kids’ camp, but we were still on the basic tour when someone abandoned a baby at the gate. He had chicken pox. I went into quarantine with the baby, with the understanding that I’d come back to the job I was actually hired for, and that I’d be paid at the same rate while taking care of the little boy.”
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asuraid asks: "What is your ideal day? Could even just be lounging around all day LOL"

I answer: Ooh, this is a fun one! I have 2 types of ideal days, after thinking about it.
1. A day where I'm able to accomplish a bunch of meaningful work. Whether that's at work, or around the house, or helping someone out - if I can take on a large task, work hard, and get it fully accomplished to a high standard, that makes the day pretty dang great. Especially if at the end of it all I can go hang out with some friends or enjoy a good meal, or veg out on the couch with something that makes me laugh, and top it off with a hot shower with all the aromatherapy/scrubs I can get my grubby little hands on.
2. I *love* exploring. Going to a large city and getting lost in all the side streets, touring museums, finding cool hole in the wall shops, taking dorky pictures with me and my friends, chatting with people I'll probably never see again, trying all different kinds of food and snacks and drinks... it's so fun! My ideal vacation would be going to a gigantic city I've never been to before, especially overseas (I wanna go to London and Tokyo and Rome sooooo badly), and just getting lost wandering about.

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So today I went to the Honda dealer to look at another CR-V and went next door to the Hyundai dealer. Since Hyundai has made remarkable strides in reliability over the years it's now nearly as reliable as Honda and Toyota. After comparing the CR-V to the Tucson, I'm probably going to go with my first ever Korean vehicle. I mean Honda's warranty is 3 years. Hyundai has both the general car AND the electronics under warranty for 6 years/60,000 Miles and tops it with 10 year/100K miles on the driveline.

And then they offered me 0% apr for FIVE years.

It's hard to say no to that.

Came home, searched for end of life planning things that are also humorous found them (and then went to drink pickle brine so I can speed things along)

After that I saw something on Facebook that sounded so good so I went off the site to track it down in the real world so to speak. I found it. It's not some b.s. made up for FB. abruzzo sister tours and they do ancestral tourism. I will check into them more. This would be like archaeotours in Wales where I have a private tour. I am willing to pay for that. Hoping this is an option that doesn't have 1001 complaints lodged around them.

What I'm Reading Wednesday

What I Just Finished Reading:

One of the Girls - this was good

Our Wicked Gifts - not bad, horrorish

What I am Currently Reading:

Purra-normal Activity - a cozy mystery, so far so good

The Silent Companions - for summerween

The Harvesting - Zombie apocalypse fare

What I Plan to Read Next: some of my looming arcs (carry me to the grave or the seance garden) and things for popsugar

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MASTER: Angelus!
ANGELUS: Ah! Volume…
MASTER: I am not well-pleased.
ANGELUS: And I’m not well-deaf.
MASTER: Do you think me blind, little man, that I don’t see every move before you decide to make it? Dare to seek me out again and your insolence will be punished ten-fold.
ANGELUS: Yeah? What are you gonna do? Give me a migraine? You ethereal types with your big swinging omniscience… when push comes to shove, though, you gotta send some overgrown slag heap to do your dirty work. Oh, that’s real spooky. Oh, that’s great! You made me lose my shopkeeper.

~~Angel Season IV Episode #80: "Release"~~

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Oxygen Ch. 5 (Warren/Andrew, T) by TheDoctorIsZen
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To Catch a Predator: Angel Edition Ch. 1 (Buffy, Joyce, Spike, T) by marilyn_not_monroe
Heat Wave Ch. 1 (Buffy/Spike, T) by louder_than_ever
A New Big Bad Ch. 7 (Ensemble, T) by tinfoil_paint
Shattered Ch. 5 (Buffy/Faith, M) by storiwr
A Stroke of Luck Ch. 16 (Buffy/Angel, M) by Janis70
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Fresh nights ahead Ch. 56 (Buffy/Faith, M) by Redtheseer
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Release and Catch Ch. 1 (Buffy/Faith, M) by storiwr
Bound Not in Blood Ch. 3 (Buffy/Giles, E) by nothingeverlost
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The Watcher’s Foundling Ch. 10 (COMPLETE) (Buffy/Spike, M) by voidslayerworks98
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It's the end of another round of unconventionalcourtship! Thank you so much to everyone who participated this year. Whether you wrote fic, read fic, signed up, made banners, promoted the fest or fell down the UC Generator rabbit hole your participation was very much appreciated.

Now the fest is over here is this year's masterlist to peruse while you give yourself a pat on the back!

2026 masterlist of fic:

June 21st: The UNIT Article (Doctor Who: Kate/Sarah Jane) by

paranoidangel

June 22nd: And All the Stars Aligned [Shadow & Bone; Aleksander Kirigan/Nikolai Lantsov/Alina Starkov] by

meridian_rose

June 23rd: My Favorite Things (Hazbin Hotel, Angel Dust/Husk) by

cornerofmadness

June 24th: All the Same (Doctor Who (1963)) by

natequarter

June 25th: fare well (out here trying to feel good again) [South Park, Kenny McCormick/Heidi Turner] by

lumiosecity

June 26th: The Right Wrong Number (Stargate Atlantis, John/Rodney) by

melagan

June 27th: His Noble Nature (Blake's 7) by

vilakins

Amnesty Week:
July 5th: Beyond the Sunset (Octopath Traveler II - Agnea/Throné) by

rubylily