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Сегодня хочу поделиться историей. Она произошла сегодня, но началась ещё летом 2022 года.

Вопреки внешним обстоятельствам я всё‑таки решился пройти обследование в военном госпитале. Успел буквально минута в минуту. В очереди я заметил знакомого человека в военной форме — девушку, служившую в части, с которой я начинал свой путь в армии.

Сначала я её не узнал: лицо было залито слезами, взгляд — пустой и уставший.

Немного предыстории.

Когда я только призвался, я попал в очень молодой коллектив. Многие были вчерашними студентами, кто‑то совсем юный. Тогда царила полная неразбериха: никто особо не смотрел ни на биографии, ни на навыки — нужно было просто закрыть вакантные места. Честно говоря, спустя четыре года ситуация изменилась не так уж сильно.

Коллектив был большим: молодые офицеры, простые матросы. По возрасту я был старше почти всех, кроме командира — он был примерно моего возраста. Многие приехали из других городов и сёл, и мне искренне хотелось помогать новым коллегам: с жильём, с бытом, с самыми простыми вещами. Один из них даже какое‑то время жил у меня.

Когда я освоился в работе и начал заступать на боевые дежурства, для меня стало важным знать свой состав и формировать рабочие смены. Мы все учились на ходу, но главным был результат и безопасность. Люди разные — к каждому нужен был подход. Не через приказы, а через понимание.

Среди моих подчинённых была и та самая девушка. Всё, что я знал о ней поначалу: она выходила из Мариуполя в составе группы, путь был тяжёлым. Поэтому я относился к ней и к тем ребятам особенно мягко. Но довольно быстро стало заметно: её состояние значительно тяжелее, чем у остальных. Я узнал, что её муж находится в плену.

В то время у меня было много знакомых волонтёров, достаточно влиятельных. Многие вопросы решались звонком. Видя её подавленность, я решил помочь — хотя бы узнать что‑то о нём. Мне удалось подтвердить, что он жив и официально числится в списках пленных. Я искренне подумал, что это хорошая новость.

Но она отреагировала почти безразлично.

Позже, изучив её дело глубже, я узнал, что она уже в третий раз была замужем. Все её браки — с военными — закончились драмой, и нередко с насилием, причём инициатором была она. Мне было её жаль. Я пытался поддерживать её, сглаживать углы — в том числе потому, что она должна была выполнять боевые задачи, а заменить её было некем.

В разговорах она признавалась, что не знает, чего хочет от жизни. Единственное, что понимала точно — она не хочет быть в армии. Возможно, возвращение в деревню было бы для неё спасением, но уволиться она не могла.

При этом, зная, что её муж в плену, я видел её беспорядочную личную жизнь. Это не моё дело — но мне было больно за того парня, который там, и ничего об этом не знает. Стало очевидно: для неё это не имело значения.

Многие относились к ней агрессивно, не понимая, насколько у неё нестабильное состояние. Я, по крайней мере, не допускал, чтобы у неё было оружие на моих сменах. От неё часто звучали слова о том, что жизнь для неё ничего не значит. Эти слова задели меня особенно — в войне они звучат опасно и глупо одновременно.

Я недолго служил в той части и позже перешёл туда, где мог применить свои морские гражданские навыки. До последнего я пытался поддерживать всех, но её — особенно.

Через год мне сообщили, что она попала в аварию: вместе с очередным случайным мужчиной на скорости около 170 км/ч они влетели в столб. Это уже было не в моей зоне ответственности — у неё был свой командир. Но её прежние слова о бессмысленности жизни снова всплыли у меня в голове.

И вот — спустя четыре года — я снова увидел её в госпитале. В форме. Я подошёл и спросил, как она. Чёткого ответа не получил. Она узнала меня первой, но избегала взгляда. Рядом были молодые ребята, сопровождавшие её к врачу — меня они узнали сразу.

Десяти минут общения хватило, чтобы понять: стало только хуже. Ей нужна была помощь психолога ещё тогда, а сейчас — скорее психотерапевта. Я сказал ей несколько слов поддержки — и меня вызвали на приём.

Когда я вышел, её уже не было.

Я знаю номер её командира, мог бы позвонить и настоять на помощи. Но меня об этом не просили. И, честно говоря, её состояние говорит ещё и о другом — она сама ничего не хочет менять. Это её право.

Находясь в госпитале и видя десятки, сотни искалеченных людей, такое отношение к жизни кажется мне циничным и эгоистичным.

Когда‑то я попытался помочь. Но если человек не просит, а лишь манипулирует ради внимания — любая помощь будет обесценена.
гда-то я уже пытался. Не формально, не для галочки — по-настоящему.
Я слушал, искал возможности, звонил, узнавал, брал на себя больше, чем должен был.
Но с годами я понял простую и неприятную вещь:
если человек не просит о помощи, а лишь требует внимания — любая помощь будет обесценена.

Иногда мы путаем сострадание с обязанностью спасать.
Но спасение без запроса превращается в насилие — над собой и над другим.
Человек имеет право не хотеть меняться.
Имеет право не ценить жизнь.
Даже если это больно видеть.

Я больше не беру на себя то, что мне не принадлежит.
Не потому что стал черствым, а потому что научился уважать границы — и свои, и чужие.
Иногда самый честный выбор — остановиться.

Note translated in assistance with AI.
Today I want to share a story. It happened today, but it began back in the summer of 2022.

Despite everything happening around me, I finally decided to go through medical examinations at a military hospital. I arrived exactly on time. While waiting in line, I noticed a familiar face in uniform — a woman who once served in the unit where my military service began.

At first, I didn’t recognize her. Her face was filled with tears, her eyes empty and exhausted.

A bit of background.

When I was first drafted, I ended up in a very young unit. Many had just graduated from university, some were barely adults. Back then, there was chaos — no one really paid attention to biographies or skills; vacant positions simply had to be filled. To be honest, four years later, not much has changed.

The unit was large: young officers, ordinary sailors. I was older than almost everyone, except for the commander, who was about my age. Many came from other towns and villages, and I genuinely wanted to help my new colleagues — with housing, daily life, basic things. One of them even lived at my place for a while.

Once I settled into my role and began standing combat duty, it became important for me to truly know my people and build working shifts. We were all learning, but results and safety mattered most. Everyone was different — each person required understanding, not orders.

That woman was among my personnel. At first, all I knew was that she had escaped Mariupol as part of a group. The journey had been hard, so I treated her and the others gently. But it soon became clear that her condition was much worse than the rest. I learned that her husband was in captivity.

At the time, I knew many volunteers with influence. Some issues could be solved with a phone call. Seeing her state, I decided to help — at least to find out something about him. I managed to confirm that he was alive and officially listed as a prisoner. I truly believed this was good news.

She reacted with indifference.

Later, after learning more about her case, I discovered this was her third marriage. All her husbands were military men, and none of the marriages survived. There was a lot of drama and even violence — often initiated by her. I felt sorry for her. I tried to support her, to smooth things out — partly because she still had to perform her duties, and there was no one to replace her.

In conversations, she admitted she didn’t know what she wanted from life. The only thing she knew for sure was that she didn’t want to be in the army. Returning to her village might have saved her, but leaving wasn’t an option.

At the same time, knowing her husband was in captivity, I saw how chaotic her personal life was. It wasn’t my business — but I felt pain for the man who was imprisoned and unaware of it all. It became clear that it didn’t matter to her.

Many treated her aggressively, unable to see how unstable she was. At the very least, I made sure she never had a weapon during my shifts. She often said her life meant nothing. Those words affected me deeply — during war, they are both foolish and dangerous.

I didn’t serve long in that unit and later moved to a position closer to the sea, where I could use my civilian skills. Until the very end, I tried to support everyone — her especially.

A year later, I was told she had been in a car accident. Together with another random man, they crashed into a pole at around 170 km/h. It was no longer my responsibility — she had her own commander. But her words about life being meaningless stayed with me.

Four years later, I saw her again in the hospital. In uniform. I asked how she was. There was no clear answer. She recognized me first but avoided my gaze. Young soldiers accompanying her seemed to recognize me immediately.

Ten minutes were enough to understand: things had only gotten worse. She needed a psychologist back then; now, probably a psychotherapist. I said a few words of support — and was called in by the doctor.

When I came out, she was gone.

I know her commander’s number. I could have asked him to intervene. But no one asked me. And honestly, her condition also shows something else — she doesn’t want to change anything. That is her right.

Standing in a hospital among dozens, hundreds of broken people, such an attitude toward life feels cynical and selfish.

I tried to help once. But when a person doesn’t ask for help and only manipulates for attention, any help will inevitably be devalued.
Being in a military hospital, among dozens and hundreds of broken bodies,
I felt especially sharply how cynical the phrase
“I don’t care whether I live or not” can sound.

In a place where people cling to every breath,
indifference to life stops being just a personal tragedy —
it becomes painful noise.

I am not a judge.
But I know one thing for certain:
help imposed on someone who is not ready to accept it does not heal — it only creates an illusion of care.
Once, I already tried.
And if a person does not want to move toward life,
no external voice can take that step for them.

Sometimes responsibility is not intervention —
but knowing when to step back.


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Back at work, but thankfully 1. I don't have to commute, and 2. we are having no-meeting week, so I can just cross one major task off my list every day without adding new things like meeting notes or whatever.

I think the thing I've enjoyed most about the ancillary explosion of joy around Heated Rivalry is the two hockey podcasts that engaged fully and open-heartedly with it (well, and the proliferation of "Ilya gets added to the WAG chat" fic). Normally hockey podcast bros are not a species I have time for (aside from not being good at podcasts or audiobooks in general), but the Empty Netters dudes were super adorable in their reviews, and they also interviewed Ksenia Daniela with great excitement and are scheduled to have Hudson Williams and Connor Storrie on soon.

I also enjoyed What Chaos's less in-depth but still positive look at the show, and they have a couple of interviews with Jacob Tierney available that I haven't watched yet. I was also very pleased when, during a discussion about Shane's ginger ale habit, one of the dudes started talking about a restaurant(?) that lets you choose ginger ale or 7Up for your Shirley Temples, and I was like, "gotta go with ginger ale on that" and then the guy was like, "and the ones with ginger ale are great!" Because that is the legit truth, my friends. I'm not saying I won't drink a Shirley Temple with 7UP, but I am saying that the ones with ginger ale are 1. how we made them when I was a kid, and 2. better. I was reminded of how we ordered one every night at the free cocktail hour on that cruise we went on back in 2015, which definitely made an impression on the staff. *g* (Princess Donut also approves.)

So I feel like those were a great extender of joy, if you are in need. It's really lovely to see some cishet hockey dudes becoming fans of m/m romance.

In other fannish news, I just read that Sebastian Stan may be in Matt Reeve's The Batman, Part 2 and I don't want to get my hopes up or get fixated on a specific part for him to play, but like, wouldn't he be a fantastic Harvey Dent/Two-Face??? GIVE IT TO ME.

Scarlett Johansson has also been rumored to be involved somehow, and she'd have to be like, Poison Ivy, right? Though maybe they're going with more of a Mask of the Phantasm type thing and she'll be Andrea Beaumont? But I am not sure I buy Battinson as having a girlfriend before Selina, and also, why would you try to compete with Mask of the Phantasm? It's so good, you're just setting yourself up for not measuring up. (I guess she could be Talia, but I hope not.)

I guess we'll see what materializes! I'm kind of sad that they are not in continuity with James Gunn's Superman, because that would be fun to see.

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💞 lj mood themes collection

Jan. 6th, 2026 11:19 am
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I unfortunately don't have a lot of mood themes to share—rest in eternal peace—but what I do have I compiled at my website! Each theme has a link to the original post (if applicable) along with theme previews and zip files of the images to download.

I love mood themes but I know they're hard to find nowadays. If this encourages even one person use a new theme, I would be so happy!

The link is here!

Feel free to comment here if there are any issues! Comments are screened.

To The Fandoms I've Only Observed

Jan. 6th, 2026 07:51 am
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 Snowflake Challenge 3: Fandom Love Letter

You know, I struggled with this one, because I've already said so much before. Then it hit me.

The poem below isn't my best poetry. It's more vibes I'm going for.


To The Fandoms I've Only Observed

I was very lost when it came to LOST
An island, a guy named Locke
"Stop comparing it to Survivor, I beg of you"
Every day saw new userpics, tags, memes
Then cries of rage when the final episode aired
I listened and nodded in sympathy

Supernatural: This one I sometimes watched
Hopping in the Chevy Impala
With Sam and Dean
Bobby, John, Castiel
I kept a quiet distance, true
Yet even I shipped Destiel

I learned it was Downton Abbey, not Downtown Abby
(Sweet summer souls)
Stranger Things  happened, and the internet
Excitedly gabbed and wrote about Mike, Will, Steve and El
MCU took center stage, with its heroes and villains
What We Do in the Shadows remained a mystery to me
But it certainly sounds entertaining

Now Heated Rivalry's the talk of the town
Fans declaring their love for Ilya and Shane
We mustn't forget Scott and Kip's smoothies
Hockey might be on ice, but there's plenty of heat
According to the folks on tumblr


No, these fandoms are not mine
They may be one day - but also
May never be of further interest
Yet I have a soft spot for them
Or at least, what I know of them

I love ships I've never set foot on
I love blorbos I've never met
I love that I can know these people
The joy, excitement, heat is infectious
Making me smile, giving me light
It's a pleasure to come along for the ride



Snowflake Challenge #3

Jan. 6th, 2026 12:18 pm
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two log cabins with snow on the roofs in a wintery forest the text snowflake challenge january 1 - 31 in white cursive text

Write a love letter to fandom. It might be to fandom in general, to a particular fandom, favourite character, anything at all.

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2026 Prediction Meme

Jan. 6th, 2026 12:03 pm
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This little book meme is shamelessly lifted from [personal profile] calliopes_pen.

1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Turn to page 126
3. The 6th full sentence is your life in 2026.


My nearest book is The Shining by Stephen King, so we're off to a great start before I've even opened it.

I'm going to include the following lines since this is actually a bit of dialogue followed by a lovely little sinister premonition.



"I doubt it," Ullman repeated, and he sounded sad. "The place in Florida is a dump, if the out-and-out truth is to be spoken. The Overlook is my real job. Take good care of it for me, Mr Torrance."

"I think it will be here when you get back next spring," Jack said and a thought flashed through Danny's mind.

(but will we?)


So, what this reads as to me is reluctantly turning over responsibility of something to someone else and it all going to hell in a handbasket.
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Challenge #1: Introduce yourself. Tell us why you're doing the challenge, and what you hope to gain from it.

Hello! I write monthly fic rec posts, occasional media reviews, and some other stuff. Elsewhere on the internet I write fanfiction and make gifs. Planning to write more meta/tutorial kind of posts this year, including a series about making gifsets. My profile has more info about my fandoms and such.

Last year I really enjoyed reading what people had to say about their fandoms and fannish experiences, even if I wasn't familiar with the relevant fandom. It's a nice opportunity to interact with people I probably wouldn't have met otherwise.

Challenge #2: Loosely defined! Post about your pets, pets from your canon, anything you want!

These are Ruby (dog) and Henry (cat). I can only assume Ruby is saying, "It's over, Henry. I have the high ground."

A dog and cat look at each other from above and below a set of stairs, respectively.

Also, if you like anime and use tumblr, may I recommend the tumblr blog Anime Cat of the Day?

Challenge #3: Write a love letter to fandom. It might be to fandom in general, to a particular fandom, favourite character, anything at all.

In terms of unabashed sincerity, I don't think I can do much better than a poem I've already written to a specific fandom.

But I also thought I'd talk about fanbinding! I just think it's super cool. Just the whole vibe of, I love this work so much that I must hold it in my hands. I must pay homage to it in every detail of the design and devote many hours and resources to its physical form. The culture of offering to gift authors (and artists) physical copies of their own work. The way it's one of those craft hobbies that becomes a small army of hobbies in a trench coat.

With fanfiction it's a transformative work of a transformative work, and all of the visual design choices can add to your experience of a text. Title pages, chapter headers, scene dividers, expressive typography for the body text itself... illustrations! In-universe glyphs! The physical construction of the book itself (in this case, using an old style of book designed for propping open on itself). Elaborate gilded edges. Hidden painted edges that are revealed when you slightly fan out the gilded edges!!

And cover designs... oh the cover designs, especially in cohesion with everything else. (Cool title design! Matchy matchy patterns!) Stylistic cover cutouts (with thematic hexagrams! simple and striking! gilded and fancy!) Books with embroidery incorporated into the cover!! Designs that imitate publishing house styles like Penguin Classics or something. Book covers that look like other objects. Wild art object design choices. A cover with an inlay of etched mirror glass???

It's a fun choice of medium for hilarious sort-of meta works, like an art book collecting instances of a fanfic language quirk and an homage to an infamous fanfic that changed tagging rules on AO3 (or so I'm told).

What I'm learning today is that the way I write a love letter is by going crazy gathering links and then trying to figure out how to incorporate all of them in text. I just love to see what people create.

[1] a bit of my fandom story

Jan. 6th, 2026 02:07 am
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i have been a fan for as long as i can remember, and my first love were: letters.

when i was maybe two, or maybe three, my parents kept buying me little strawberry flavored yoghurts that were called ‘danonki’. there were magnets with letters attached to them. i really liked the magnets, they were smooth and nice to the touch and a bit cold. they had letters printed on them. i liked organizing things, and putting them in order (it stayed with me to this day), and i especially liked making rows of the letters. my grandma was happy when i put some letters a certain way, so i started doing that more, and more. she was also always making the same sounds, teaching me how to call the magnets.

this play i had with my grandma became my door to literature.

my mom always reminds me that i knew the books i had by heart. i really loved when someone was reading outloud to me, and i kept autistically correcting their mistakes if they did any. i loved the letters, and then i loved the words, and then i loved the whole books. i munched and munched on them until my teeth hurt, and my head was spinning with imaginary worlds.

i don’t remember the books i was reading in preschool, except that there were a lot of nursery rhymes, but of the longer kind. i liked the one with birds. it was called ‘bird radio’, and it was so fun and fast and vivid.

Hello! Hello!
This is Bird Radio from Birch Grove Station,
Broadcasting out to the birdly nation,
Please, can all adjust their sets,
The birds have flown in,
For an important tête-à-tête:
First—we would just like to ask,
What squeaks at dawn in the grass?
And, second—if we kindly could,
Where does the echo hide inside the woods?
fan translation of the poem

i know i liked inkheart, and i’m pretty sure i was in primary school by then. i do however remember distinctly the first time i’ve read harry potter. i was in 2nd grade, and my friend (with whom i only talked about the sims. we both didn’t have the sims on out computers and only played in our relatives’ houses.) had the 6th and 7th tome of harry potter on her during the english summer camp we went to. i came late to the camp, didn’t take any books, and she lent me the 6th tome.

i then came down the percy jackson, heroes of olympus rabbithole. (oh, important note: i didn’t know much english by then. all of my activity was in polish and polish only. side note, but noone in my close family speaks english well. i sometimes feel like we feel in other worlds.), but honestly, i was reading whatever, at that point. i was in 5th grade when i stumbled upon ask.fm and RP communities and drawing, so i also started creating stuff, but never felt like it was worth sharing. for most of my childhood and teen years, i danced around the fine line of feeling ok with my fannish activity and feeling really cringe about it. that’s why 2025 is the first year where i decided to share my stuffs and didn’t delete them after 5 days of overthinking.

anyway.

i was 13 when i went to my first comic con/convention/fantasy fair? and i was so happy. there were cosplayers of characters i knew everywhere, and there were people making jokes and references that i understood, and they complimented my camp half-blood shirt. i was in heaven on earth.

but i was also in middle school.

middle school made me ashamed. ashamed of how i look, how i act, how i spend my days. i found another friend (friend count is at 2 now! we’re going strong!), and she liked fall out boy, so i decided to like my chemical romance to balance it out. i became a bit emo, but my mom didn’t let me buy black clothes, so i was wearing navy and brown things, and a red bandana, all the time. i also think i had a first girl crush, and she listened to twentyonepilots, and wrote about me on ‘story of my life’ facebook group in a 4 chan style post.

i went to my first writing camp in 2016, and also went to comic camps 2 times. there were a bunch of kpoppies, and fanpeople there, and it was honestly the best time ever. i got to yap about undertale, and i was shown hamilton, and i started loving hamilton (and i still do!) and at least my summers were not spent in a grey polish town.

i also dyed my hair for the first time (red framing locks on both sides of my face), got into bts, got into fanfic, got into writing, and deleted every single thing i wrote.

i was too ashamed, and felt not good enough.

then it was 2019. i was at my last writing camp, and my supervisor (a girl who was 19 and wore plastic stars on her cheeks and tried very hard to be nice and thoughtful but wasn’t) told me my writing is too poetic, too packed with metaphors, too hard to understand. she favored sci-fi, and fantasy, and worldbuilding over my doomed yaoi pieces.

i don’t take rejection well, so i stopped writing altogether. but i was consuming bts fic in english religiously, and i passed a C1 exam, and i went to high school.

then there was covid, and my mom finally let me play games, so i indulged in that. i played a lot of league, listened to a lot of alt music, started rating albums on rateyourmusic and was interested in neurobiology.

then i realised it’s a bit of a facade, a bit of wanting to be different. i realised if kpop boys make me happy, i should be more present.

but it’s still hard to interact with people when you are ashamed of yourself, and i hadn’t really stopped just yet. so i lurked, and lurked, and lurked, went to uni, and lurked, and lurked.

and then came stray kids, and i was too hooked to let that go. or maybe i let go of the shame. or maybe i grew up a little, or maybe i moved to the city and met some friends. but probably all of that, really.

and now we’re here. and i create. and i’m happy i can interact with the stuff i love and its fanworks in a way i haven’t been able to before.

what can i say. thank you han jisung for being so lovable.

(meme, health, work, us, observe)

Jan. 5th, 2026 06:44 pm
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Disclaimer: my new year for goals and growth and change starts at the beginning of March because, ugh, darkness.

But happy new year! (Again) Because this is the first day back to work and so on, the year feels restarted even more today.

I celebrate that using strong ("Super-potent Ultra-high") steroids and antibiotics have brought great relief. I am cautiously optimistic, although i look forward to seeing the relief persist in the summer and in the midst of work stress.

I celebrate an insight from therapy that i may be bringing the sense of last year -- emergency on emergency -- to this year with C's upcoming surgery and the trip to Ohio. Instead of interpreting the energy of my colleagues as urgent critical -- thus emergency -- energy, i might try to interpret it as excitement enthusiasm.

Christine and i took a slightly delayed junket to Raleigh for a little more anniversary observation. The Gregg Museum of Art + Design had some powerful exhibits. The "In Search of Thoreau’s Flowers" wasn't as cool as i had hoped, but the cyanotypes on glass with gold gilding -- https://www.leahsobsey.com/thoreaus-flowers -- by Leah Sobsey were wonderful, as were also all the insects and pines that graced the entrance. I suspect my botanical interests wanted more; Christine thought it was great.

I hadn't expected ‘the halls of a changing sea’  and WORDS = POWER to be as moving as they were. WORDS = POWER was probably moving more in a meta-impression: queer and trans focused works up in a state (affiliated) institution stirred hope. ‘the halls of a changing sea’ also was a strong meta resonance with strong connections to plants and soil as well as queer identity. I look forward to experimenting with the soil of this place in my own way. Currently, what i want to do is carve a large chunk of the saprolite, rock so chemically weathered it is almost clay, soft and cuttable, yet still distinctly not clay. I want to set it on a raw log plinth and photography it regularly as it dissolves in the weather.

The museum had not existed when i was at State, but i had helped raise funds for it (as an undergraduate participant in the visual arts committee of the student activities program). As an undergraduate employee i did data entry, with the Avon perfume bottle collection most memorable. They still have them: http://searchgreggcollection.arts.ncsu.edu/mDetail.aspx?rID=1983.004.127a-b&db=objects&dir=GALLERYOFART&osearch=avon&list=res&rname=&rimage=&page=1

We also stopped at the used book store and exchanged a box of books we'd been hauling around, and then went to Krispy Kreme, which no longer has the diner-like counter, which i will always remember due to a poem someone wrote about meeting their best friend Jim Beam at the counter, and the professor Not Getting It. Much memory, very fun.

From oursin:

Grab the nearest book. Turn to page 126 The 6th full sentence is your life in 2026.

Phenology, Theresa M Crimmins "You can do this at your home by tracking daily temperatures and calculating accumulated growing degree days..."

Nifty!

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Jan. 5th, 2026 06:53 pm
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Приветствую вас, дорогие читатели.

Сегодня будет история об одном далёком лете. Но сперва — несколько слов о настоящем.

Уже больше месяца я не читаю новости. Совсем. Ни городские, ни глобальные. За это время, по большому счёту, ничего не изменилось — кроме привычного роста цен на всё и уже ставших обыденными отключений электроэнергии.

Одно важное впечатление от поездки в горы: большая часть людей, которых я там видел, словно из другого мира. Не просто без войны — в их мире в целом всё хорошо. Есть деньги, свои заботы и проблемы, совершенно не связанные с тем, чем живут обычные люди.

Пока у меня есть отпуск, я хочу сделать несколько важных для себя вещей: сдать кровь в донорский центр, собрать одежду, которой не пользуюсь. В моём гардеробе сейчас больше военной формы, чем обычных вещей, но есть и то, что я уже никогда не надену. Лучше поделиться этим и освободить место — возможно, для чего-то нового.

Помимо того, что я всё чаще разговариваю со своими котами (и они, надо признать, всё охотнее отвечают), сегодня я буквально отдал им свой ужин. Я хотел приготовить что-то вроде шницеля, но без панировки — коты приняли за меня иное решение.

А теперь ближе к делу. Летняя ночная история.

В почти школьном возрасте каждое лето мы с разными компаниями молодых людей выбирались на неделю или меньше к морю, в курортную Затоку. Помню это, как сейчас: я за рулём своей первой машины, которую дал отец; нас пятеро парней; открытые окна, радио на полной громкости и дорога к морю. С собой — минимум вещей, зато много закуски и дешёвого алкоголя.

Затока стоит прямо на берегу моря. Коттеджи, старые советские базы отдыха — в одной из таких мы и поселились. Сейчас эта зона полностью закрыта для туристов: там почти никого нет, кроме нескольких местных жителей и сотен бродячих собак, живущих среди территорий, разрушенных ракетными ударами.

Тогда комфорт был неважен. Ни кондиционер, ни телевизор — только кровать и близость к морю, магазину и, конечно, ночным дискотекам, которыми славилось это место.

Вечером по приезде мы сразу отпраздновали заселение, встретили знакомых и ещё больше увеличили компанию. Проснулись лишь после обеда следующего дня — в самый солнцепёк. С головной болью и почти без сил поплелись на пляж. Большая компания молодых людей не выбивалась из общей картины — таких там было много. Все приезжие, из разных уголков Украины и других стран.

Так продолжалось несколько дней подряд. Это был конец лета: световой день заметно сокращался, и мы уходили с пляжа всё раньше — обгоревшие, уставшие, но довольные.

Конечно, в такие места ездят не только ради моря, но и ради курортных романов. Скажу сразу: из всех поездок всё заканчивалось одинаково — никаких «побед» ни у кого. Алкоголя было столько, что знакомиться на дискотеках было попросту некому, а в таком состоянии — и невозможно. Зато разговоров всегда было больше, чем действий.

Эта поездка не стала исключением. Более того, совершенно случайно она пришлась на мой день рождения. Я всегда куда-то уезжал в это время, и здесь это был идеальный повод — и совсем рядом.

Мой день рождения начался после полуночи. Мы праздновали компанией из десяти человек. Кто-то остался в домике — устал и не мог идти дальше. Это были последние дни перед отъездом. Я не хотел много пить — был за рулём, да и хотелось веселья, а не забвения.

Ближе к четырём утра, когда мы возвращались к домикам через центральную аллею, полную баров, музыки и дискотек, я увидел, как огромный мужчина тащит женщину за волосы, кричит на неё и явно собирается ударить. Мне это категорически не понравилось, и я решил вмешаться.

На моё замечание мужчина отреагировал — отпустил женщину. Но она не убежала, а осталась рядом, пока он кому-то звонил. Вскоре меня и мою компанию окружила толпа.

Скажу сразу: я не знал, что это был хозяин одного из заведений, который «воспитывал» свою проститутку. Мне просто стало её жаль. В итоге он её не тронул, но эти люди пользуются «уважением», и я его нарушил. А значит — нужно было принимать последствия.

Двое из нашей компании побежали будить остальных в домике, хотя это уже не имело значения. На центральной аллее стояли шесть человек, окружённые плотным кольцом, а вокруг — зеваки, просто смотрящие.

От меня потребовали извинений за вмешательство. Я отказался. Тогда сказали собрать тех, кто может постоять за себя, и готовиться к последствиям.

Минут через пятнадцать вокруг собралась большая толпа — людям хотелось зрелища. Те двое, что побежали в домик, так и не вернулись, позвонив и сказав, что остальных не будет. Мы остались одни.

Женщина, которую я хотел защитить, просто ушла. Я спросил, всё ли с ней в порядке, и услышал короткое: «Всё хорошо. Это не ваше дело». Я помню, как она исчезала в толпе, а кольцо вокруг нас становилось всё плотнее.

По счастливой случайности кто-то вызвал полицию. Ехала она долго. Мы около часа держались, не реагируя на провокации. Рассвет был уже близко, а людям всё ещё нужно было шоу.

В какой-то момент из толпы вышли двое крепких мужчин, подошли ко мне, спросили, что происходит. Узнав, они достали удостоверения народных депутатов. Но толпе было всё равно, кого бить. Им сказали убрать удостоверения — иначе они будут залиты кровью.

По странному стечению обстоятельств кто-то из них быстро позвонил в Киев. И только после этого наконец дали команду полиции приехать и развести всех по углам.

Добавлю от себя: с тех пор мало что изменилось. Многие проблемы у нас до сих пор решаются не по закону, а по знакомству и телефонному звонку.

В этой истории чудом никто не пострадал, хотя угрозы звучали вполне конкретные — «твоя голова будет как арбуз».

Мораль проста: меня не просили, я вмешался и мог серьёзно пострадать. Мне просто повезло. Никто и не собирался благодарить.

Иногда действительно стоит сначала спросить, нужна ли помощь, прежде чем вмешиваться.


Note translated in assistance with AI.
Today I want to tell a story about a distant summer. But first, a few words about the present.

For more than a month now, I haven’t been reading the news at all — neither local nor global. In essence, nothing has changed since then, except for the familiar rise in prices and the already routine power outages.

One strong impression from my trip to the mountains: most of the people I saw there seemed to come from another world. Not just a world without war — but a world where, overall, everything is fine. They have money, their own worries and problems, completely unrelated to the reality ordinary people live in.

While I still have my leave, I want to do a few important things for myself: donate blood, sort through clothes I no longer wear. My wardrobe now contains more military uniforms than civilian clothes, but there are things I will never wear again. It’s better to share them and make space — perhaps for something new.

Besides the fact that I talk more and more with my cats (and they increasingly respond in kind), today I literally gave them my dinner. I wanted to make something like a schnitzel, just without breading — the cats made a different decision for me.

Now to the point. A summer night story.

When I was almost school-aged, every summer we would go with different groups of young people to the sea, to the resort town of Zatoka, for a week or less. I remember it clearly: I was driving my first car, given to me by my father; five guys inside; windows open, radio blasting, heading toward the sea. We took very few вещей, but plenty of snacks and cheap alcohol.

Zatoka lies right on the seashore. Cottages, old Soviet holiday bases — we stayed at one of them. Today, this area is completely closed to tourists: almost no one is there except a few locals and hundreds of stray dogs living among territories destroyed by missile strikes.

Back then, comfort didn’t matter. No air conditioning, no television — just a bed and proximity to the sea, shops, and, of course, night discos, for which the place was famous.

On the evening of our arrival, we celebrated immediately, met some acquaintances, and expanded our group even more. We only woke up after noon the next day, right in the scorching sun. With headaches and barely any energy, we went to the beach. A large group of young people didn’t stand out — there were many like us, all visitors from different parts of Ukraine and other countries.

This went on for several days. It was the end of summer: daylight grew shorter, and we left the beach earlier and earlier — sunburned, exhausted, but satisfied.

Of course, people went there not only for the sea but also for resort romances. I’ll say in advance: all such trips ended the same way — no “victories” for anyone. There was so much alcohol that there was simply no one to meet at the discos, and in that state, it was impossible anyway. There were always more conversations than actions.

This trip was no exception. And, by coincidence, it fell on my birthday. I always escaped somewhere for it, and this time it was the perfect excuse — and very close to home.

My birthday began after midnight. We celebrated with a group of ten people. Some stayed behind in the house — too tired to continue. These were the last days before departure. I didn’t want to drink much — I was driving, and I wanted joy, not oblivion.

Closer to four in the morning, while walking back to our houses along the central alley filled with bars, music, and discos, I saw a huge man dragging a woman by the hair, shouting at her, clearly about to hit her. I didn’t like it at all, and I intervened.

After my remark, the man let her go. But she didn’t run away — she stayed nearby while he made a phone call. Soon my group and I were surrounded by a crowd.

I didn’t know then that he was the owner of one of the establishments, scolding his prostitute. I simply felt sorry for her. He didn’t hurt her, but these people command a certain “respect,” and I had violated it — which meant consequences.

Two of my friends ran to wake the others at the house, though it no longer mattered. Six of us stood on the central alley, surrounded by a tightening ring of people, while others simply watched.

They demanded that I apologize for interfering. I refused. Then they told us to gather anyone who could stand up for themselves and prepare for what would follow.

About fifteen minutes later, a large crowd had gathered — people wanted a spectacle. The two who ran never returned, calling to say the others wouldn’t come. We were on our own.

The woman I wanted to protect simply left. I asked if she was okay and heard a short reply: “I’m fine. It’s none of your business.” I remember her disappearing into the crowd as the circle around us grew tighter.

By sheer luck, someone had called the police. They took a long time to arrive. For about an hour, we held our ground, ignoring provocations. Dawn was near, and people still wanted entertainment.

At some point, two large men stepped out of the crowd, approached me, and asked what was happening. After hearing the story, they showed parliamentary IDs. But the crowd didn’t care who they beat. They were told to put the IDs away — or they would be covered in blood.

By another coincidence, one of them quickly called Kyiv. Only then did an order finally come for the police to arrive and disperse everyone.

I’ll add this: little has changed since then. Many problems here are still solved not by law, but by connections and phone calls.

Miraculously, no one was hurt, though the threats were very real.

The moral is simple: no one asked me to intervene. I did — and I could have been seriously hurt. I was just lucky. No one was going to thank me.

Sometimes it’s worth asking first whether help is needed before stepping in.

Venezuela

Jan. 5th, 2026 07:29 am
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The perspective of Venezuelans:

A Mastodon thread by a Venezuelan, talking about the events.

Caolan Robertson is one of the best reporters of the Ukraine war, so here is his perspective on what this means for Russia, as well as talking to a Venezuelan:



ETA: Just to bring in something a bit different and I found this interesting. Here's to hoping that things don't get worse... Or maybe it's that saying: It is an ill wind that blows nobody any good.

fannish 50 2026: masterpost

Jan. 4th, 2026 06:52 pm
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decided to make myself talk about the things i like, so i signed up for the Fannish 50 challenge at [community profile] goals_on_dw. i hope it will be a nice time!

[1] a bit of my fandom story
[2] the phenomenon of słowackiewicz in polish internet sphere

Misc stuff.

Jan. 4th, 2026 04:16 pm
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If you're overwhelmed by the news this morning, please watch this:


This one's silly, but we need a bit of silliness:



And a couple of articles that I want to be able to find again:

BBC: John Simpson: 'I've reported on 40 wars but I've never seen a year like 2025'

The Guardian: 'Of course he abused pupils’: ex-Dulwich teacher speaks out about Farage racism claims

who am i

Jan. 4th, 2026 02:26 pm
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i'm miko, i'm 22 years old and i'm polish to the bone (i even made a family tree and up to 6 generations back and every single one of my ancestors was a polish farmer. i got discouraged by then)

i've been to an english-speaking country one time (it was to watch hamilton at victoria palace theatre. i cried so much i don't remember the show at all). i study social sciences and italian language and culture. i like numbers and cats and my psychologist told me she knew i was autistic in the first 15 minutes of meeting me (i brought a 5 page long list of symptoms to the meeting, and i sorted them from childhood to adulthood). i am not sure where i'm going in life, but i really want to find out.

i am anxious a lot but i try not to be. i have a lot of love in my heart, for people and for things and for things that were born from people's passions.

i like to create, and i like community, and i like han jisung. kpop has been in my life since 2017 (bts dope music video), and i tried very hard not to like it (because i liked to make myself miserable in the name of fitting in and not being 'cringe'), but fortunately those days are long past me.

you can take my art and do whatever you want with it. just do it yourself, without feeding it to ai.

my favourite book (at this point of my life) is giovanni's room, and my favourite movie is 10 things i hate about you, and my favourite band is slowdive, and my favourite song is talk show host by radiohead. i think.

thank you for reading and bless you!

Snowflake Challenge #2

Jan. 4th, 2026 05:28 pm
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Challenge #2: Pets of Fandom

Loosely defined! Post about your pets, pets from your canon, anything you want!


TW: Animal death, grief

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fandom + life 2025

Jan. 4th, 2026 02:41 am
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i have to say that i didn't consume very much media by my standards this year, not even because i was out Living My Life or discovering a true purpose or anything but just because i was very lazy. even so, here are some thoughts!

tv + music + games + sports + fic + art + fashion + goals

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fic roundup: Yuletide 2025

Jan. 3rd, 2026 07:37 pm
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Participated in Yuletide for the first time this round! I wrote a BTOB fic and received a Tempest fic. I'm amazed and amused by how Sherlock Holmes turns up in every fandom category, accompanied by his many related fandoms. What a prolific guy. This post is going to be very long by my standards.

for music, manga, movies, short stories, books, games... )

his mobility is untrammelled

Jan. 3rd, 2026 07:00 pm
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I keep thinking I will have more brain to post about stuff but it keeps not happening, even with 2 weeks of vacation (back to work on Monday *sob*), so here are some brief thoughts about a variety of things:

- Miami Mika!!! Hopefully he is also Milano-Cortina Mika because after the bullshit snub of Jason Robertson by Team USA (in favor of JT Miller??? REALLY??? I've watched him play - badly (he's injured) - all season so idk what Bill Guerin is thinking there [I can see a role for Trocheck, who seems like a slightly less egregious choice to me than Miller, but still pretty bad, and I like Trocheck), I am in the bag for Sweden (or Finland) and hope Team USA doesn't even make the medal round.

- Speaking of hockey, I finally watched Heated Rivalry and I enjoyed it. I laughed, I cried a little, I predicted many lines of dialogue because I have written similar fic, and I'm probably one of the few people who wished for more hockey in the gay hockey show. I don't feel feral about it like most of fandom, but I kind of didn't expect to. It was lovely, though, and I'm glad it exists. Also, Connor Storrie needs to play Alexander the Great in something, or, since I texted [tumblr.com profile] devildoll immediately with that thought and she replied, "Achilles," he should definitely play Achilles in something. I am just saying. I would like to see minor spoiler )

- The Stranger Things finale. Without spoilers, I liked it. I have quibbles but overall I found it emotionally satisfying. Also, while I appreciate Joe Keery and love Steve Harrington's arc, I have never found him particularly hot, per se, but spoilers )

- I'm enjoying season 2 of Percy Jackson and the Olympians. I love Percy as a character and narrator, and I just enjoy spending time with him and his friends. spoilers )

- The Muppet Show returns!!! This is not a drill!!! I AM EXCITE!!!

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Приветствую вас, дорогие читатели.

С радостью прерываю это время тишины. Сегодня я хочу поделиться не историей из далёкого прошлого, а своими размышлениями. Возможно, кому-то они покажутся знакомыми, а кому-то помогут выбрать более подходящий путь.

Новый год — именно полночь этого года — ясно показал мне, насколько сильно я потерял себя.

Читая мои записи, можно заметить: помогать другим, отдавать часть себя — это мой образ жизни. Позже я обязательно расскажу несколько зимних историй о том, как я помогал людям и в итоге оказывался под подозрением полиции или просто в убытке. Но всему своё время. Сейчас — о другом.

В эту новогоднюю ночь поздравительных сообщений было немного. Круг общения стал ещё меньше. Но я получил несколько писем с благодарностью за мою «человечность» — от людей, которых могу назвать своими. Людей, за которых я несу ответственность, для которых я командир, пока нахожусь на службе. Это одно из немногого, что до сих пор даёт мне силы делать то, что я должен.

Мне хорошо известно: руководство одновременно и опасается меня, и держит на расстоянии от принятия глобальных решений (в том числе по моей инициативе). И в то же время люди стремятся перейти в моё подчинение, несмотря на то, что в последние месяцы видели меня истощённым — морально и физически.

О физическом скажу кратко: мой невротический кашель стал причиной обращения к профильным врачам. В военном госпитале все проходят процедуру выявления ПТСР. Я не скрываю его наличие у себя и понимаю, что официальное подтверждение может повлечь за собой последствия. Из моего опыта работы с людьми, действительно пострадавшими от войны, я знаю: волшебного лекарства не существует. Есть медикаменты, которые снимают симптомы, но не лечат душу.

Почти четыре года я отдавал себя этой службе — этой «работе», как ни назови. Много раз выгорал, снова и снова отдавая себя людям — разным, в том числе близким.

В новогоднюю ночь я читал письма людей из разных стран. В них говорилось о важности помогать другим, уметь прощать, ставить цели — и не забывать о себе, о личных ориентирах.

Как и в прошлом году, так и в этом, первая моя задача — выжить. Это не громкие слова, а реальность. Мне хочется путешествовать, строить планы, мечтать. Сейчас я связан обстоятельствами и могу лишь мечтать. Но мечты, как и сердце, могут быть разбиты одним-единственным словом.

Я открывался людям полностью, без границ. В ответ часто получал обесценивание и непонимание. Это привело к внутреннему обнулению.

Несколько дней назад я вытянул предсказание из маленького горшочка. Там было написано: «Не сдавайся. Ты точно не проиграешь». Я хотел бы отнести эти слова к борьбе за одного очень дорогого мне человека. Но вдруг понял — а когда я в последний раз боролся за себя? Не за жизнь, а именно за себя.

В последние дни уходящего года я был открыт и честен, признал свою неидеальность — с ошибками, через усилия. Итог прост: сейчас я снова один, как и много лет подряд. Иногда жизни не хватает, чтобы понять человека, а иногда достаточно совсем немного времени.

Я знаю, что за семь лет меня так и не узнали настоящего. А знаю ли я сам себя?

Я помню себя другим: как ходил один на танцы, как любил сидеть в баре на берегу моря, слушать музыку, бегать вдоль побережья, открывать новое — без планов и календарей, просто по щелчку пальцев.

Именно в этом, возможно, главный смысл для читателя: я был самодостаточным. Я знаю людей, которым был интересен, не имея за душой ни гроша — просто потому, какой я есть.

Когда-то у меня была сила жить без границ. Сейчас, стерев собственные границы, я позволил обесценить себя.

Моя поездка в горы на машине была спонтанной и безумной. Формально — чтобы помочь не себе. Но вселенная дала понять: в итоге я помог и себе.

У меня есть два кота. Они, как люди, продолжают меня обнимать — не потому, что соскучились, а потому что чувствуют меня.

Я хотел оставить прошлое в уходящем году и в новом строить будущее. План остался, изменилось его наполнение. Мне нужно отстроить себя заново. Восстать из пепла.

Я почувствовал зиму в горах: снег, камин, чай с костра, отношение людей к военным — значительно более уважительное на западе Украины, чем на юге и в прифронтовых районах. Я побыл какое-то время без зависимости от электричества. Возвращаясь последние двести километров, ехал в полной темноте — туман и свет фар. И возвращался из мест, где горят гирлянды, украшены ёлки и живёт атмосфера праздника.

К чему всё это? Не забывайте о себе.

Мой отпуск продлится ещё неделю. Мне хотелось бы успеть многое, но в первую очередь — восстановить себя. Возможно, я пишу немного размыто, но между строк смысл ясен.

Не забывайте о себе.

Часто говорят, что кроме семьи никто не поможет. В моём случае я помогаю себе сам. Родственники, к сожалению, лишь тянут вниз.

А пока — я просто обнимаю своих котов.

Note translated in assistance with AI.
I’m glad to break this time of silence. Today I want to share not a story from the distant past, but my reflections. Some of them may feel familiar to you, and for others they might help in choosing a more fitting path.

The New Year — that exact moment of midnight — made it painfully clear how much I have lost myself.

If you read my previous entries, you may notice that helping others, giving away parts of myself, has always been my way of life. I will later tell winter stories about how I helped people and ended up under police suspicion or simply at a loss. But that will come in time. Now, about something else.

This New Year’s night, there were not many messages of congratulations. My social circle has become even smaller. Yet I received a few messages of gratitude for my “humanity” — from people I can truly call my own. People I am responsible for, people for whom I am a commander while I am in service. This is one of the few things that still gives me strength to do what I must.

I know well that the leadership both fears me and keeps me at a distance from major decisions — partly by my own choice. At the same time, people still try to transfer under my command, even though they have seen me exhausted in recent months, both mentally and physically.

As for the physical side: my neurotic cough led me to specialized doctors. In a military hospital, everyone goes through PTSD screening. I do not hide that I have it, and I understand that official confirmation can bring further consequences. From my experience working with people truly affected by war, I know there is no miracle cure. Medication can ease symptoms, but it does not heal the soul.

For almost four years I have given myself to this service — this “work,” whatever you call it. I burned out many times, giving myself again and again to people, different people, including those close to me.

On New Year’s night I read letters from people in different countries. They spoke about the importance of helping others, forgiving, setting goals — and not forgetting about yourself.

Just like last year, my first goal this year is simply to survive. These are not loud words, but reality. I want to travel, to plan, to dream. Right now I am bound by circumstances and can only dream. And dreams, like the heart, can be broken by a single word.

I opened myself to people completely, without boundaries. In return, I often received devaluation and misunderstanding. This led to an inner emptiness.

A few days ago, I drew a small fortune from a pot. It said: “Don’t give up. You will definitely not lose.” I wanted to apply this to my wish to fight for one very precious person in my life. But then I realized — when was the last time I fought for myself? Not for my life, but for myself.

In the final days of the year, I was open and honest, admitted my imperfections, my mistakes, through effort and vulnerability. The result is simple: I am alone again, as I have been for many years. Sometimes a lifetime is not enough to understand a person, and sometimes only a short time is needed.

I know that for seven years I was never truly known. And do I know myself?

I remember who I was: going to dance classes alone, spending time in a bar by the sea, listening to music, running along the coastline, discovering new things — without plans or calendars, just on a whim.

Perhaps this is the key thought for the reader: I was self-sufficient. I know people who found me interesting when I had nothing at all — simply because of who I was.

I once had the strength to live without boundaries. Now, having erased my own boundaries, I allowed myself to be devalued.

My trip to the mountains by car was spontaneous and a little mad. Officially, it was to help others, not myself. But the universe made it clear that in the end, I helped myself too.

I have two cats. They hug me like people do — not because they miss me, but because they feel me.

I wanted to leave the past in the old year and build my future in the new one. The plan remains, but its content has changed. I need to rebuild myself. To rise from the ashes.

I felt winter in the mountains: snow, a fireplace, tea from a campfire, and the way people treat the military — much more respectfully in western Ukraine than in the south and frontline regions. I spent some time without dependence on electricity. On the way back, the last two hundred kilometers were complete darkness — fog and headlights only. And I returned from places filled with lights, decorated trees, and a sense of celebration.

Why am I saying all this? Don’t forget about yourself.

My leave will last one more week. I would like to do many things, but first of all — to restore myself. Perhaps my words are a bit vague, but the meaning between the lines is clear.

Don’t forget about yourself.

People often say that no one will help you except family. In my case, I help myself. Unfortunately, relatives only pull me further down.

And for now — I simply hug my cats.

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