christmas eve

Dec. 24th, 2025 09:51 pm
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i got cut at work so i’m on a train to my parents’ place right now. its the first year i have to travel on christmas eve to see them. it brings on a weird feeling.. maybe it’s that i’ve really grown up.

i hope it snows tonight. i’ve always loved a white xmas. i’m excited to celebrate tomorrow too.

merry christmas everyone. :)

let nothing you dismay

Dec. 24th, 2025 01:13 pm
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Ganache: made!
Cupcakes: frosted!
Bags: packed!
Garbage: taken out!
Dishwasher: running!
Me: showered, dressed, and waiting for my ride!

Whew!

It is all done and packed and only the last anxiety-inducing part - waiting for the car and schlepping everything down to the car - is left.

There were ZERO frosting explosions this year, though I did need to re-whip the strawberry buttercream, so I left it for last. There are still a bunch of stuff in the sink to be washed on Friday, but all the containers that...contained frosting are in the dishwasher, so they won't be all gross upon my return.

I did miscount and make one extra package of cupcakes, so I just addressed it to Baby Miss L - I'm sure her parents will love that. 😉 Also, the last gift I ordered for her - very late - is allegedly going to be delivered today! It's the 30 second dance party button! Which looks so fun and since I know Baby Miss L loves a dance party, it seemed like fate that I should get it for her.

I have only been skimming ye olde flist, but once I'm back home on Friday, all obligations are met and the next week is mine to do with as I will, so I will try to be more present here.

Merry Christmas to those who are celebrating! Happy Yuletide to those of you participating! And happy hump day to everyone else! See you on the flip side!

6-day plan, day 6 )

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Merry Christmas

Dec. 24th, 2025 05:28 pm
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Christmas-tree-2025-copy.jpeg

ETA: Meant to add this bit from A Christmas Carol. It's from the Ghost of Christmas Present, and one of the parts that's never really included in any adaptation, but I love it.

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2025

Dec. 23rd, 2025 12:18 pm
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Hi
The end of 2025 is soon to be completed, I'll look at the bottom of my laptop and see it'll say 2026, 2025 will solely be a memory, just like it has been for the millions of years, memories memories. 

I feel like I wasted my time, just sitting around in my room avoiding any sort of social interaction because I'm into deep inside my head I don't want to leave this kind of dissociation.

yabadabadooyabadabadee
I really need to start looking on the positive side of things, I like to remember that two years ago I thought my life was over and I should just die already, but here I am, writing an entry for my secret blog.

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the start of 2025 was fun, I was normal, the middle of it was extra fun, towards the end not so fun.
It's safe to say I'm scared of the future I mentioned this in my entry before but, I just CAN'T shake the feeling of some sort of impending doom, something I will suffer deeply and it fills me with anxiety, dread, anxiousness, regret, so many things. I Just need to calm down literally nothing has happened.

I downloaded RDR2 and I'm beyond excited, mind blasting excitement but I need to finish Arkham Knight Batman first before anything!
I'm also getting better at my electric guitar whoopee!
My dear sister is also currently working on my upright piano because it was so out of tune so she's working on that little by little,

but right now we have like just a regular little piano with all the buttons and stuff so I'm just playing on that, I stopped playing for like 3,4 years but came back just this year I mean it's pretty easy I remember everything I just have some difficulty relearning on some aspects of reading sheet music but practice makes perfect, and I also came to learn that practice is one of the most important things when you want to learn something, I mean it's obvious really, you really see that progress and feel a sense of satisfaction but also renewed energy that wants to keep pushing further so you can get even better, it's all practice practice practice. 

Woah I turned pretty wise there for a moment 

I also just discovered French toast cinnamon crunch and it's like cinnamon toast crunch but ten times better I recommend.
Last night I started watching the movie showgirl because of a clip I saw and, my mind is deeply tainted. Usually I can handle sex and awkward moments in movies but it was just too much. It was straight up naked ladies and men I got through half of it before I questioned the existence of my life. Just straight up everything just bodies and to make it worse they were dancing around people say it's a "masterpiece" but to me it looks like the perfect movie someone would watch just to jerk off to because of how many naked scenes there is. But I guess it was great at representing LA strip clubs in the 80's  
I do NOT recommend that movie unless you can handle just a bunch of naked people dancing and well, stripping.

Anyways
I also have been feeling braindead like I can't think or maybe it's because I haven't taken my multivitamins.
I'm also deeply in love with Sid Jenkins in Skins I know he's a grown man now but I would do anything ANYTHING to go back in time.
I also need to start setting goals for myself I'm just trying to finish school and die. Just kidding but that's always an option. 
I don't want to work, I don't want to have a relationship, I don't want to shower
the shower part is just me being lazy
I also started watching the walking dead and it's great I don't recommend if you can't handle gore and people eating with their hands.

I also plan on posting my precious cat on here just to show her so keep a lookout for that!

And tomorrow I'm going to combine my two favorite things, an uncrustable specifically peanut butter and jelly flavor and fruit loops and see how that goes.

There's so many other things I could think and talk about but for now I'll leave it here because I'm sleepy
goodnight! buenas noches! Sayonara!

find a way to get the next one

Dec. 23rd, 2025 09:21 pm
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I just cleaned off the kitchen counter and put the last bowl/spatulas in the sink to soak (the dishwasher is already running, and all the cupcakes are cooked and 4 out of 5 frostings are made (I just finished the strawberry Swiss meringue buttercream) - tomorrow I will make the ganache and possibly also a whipped ganache (I've never done it with butter in it - does that make it more buttercream-ish?) just to change things up a bit.

Today, I baked the strawberry (doubled to make 80), apple cider (60), and funfetti (doubled to make 80) cupcakes - there could have been more funfetti, but not enough to fill a whole pan, so I didn't bother. I added cinnamon bits from King Arthur to the apple cider ones and dipped them in maple cinnamon sugar, which is a change, one that hopefully people will like.

I also discovered that the cupcake carriers I've had sitting in a box under a chair in my living room for a few months are the wrong size (they are for standard-sized cupcakes) so I only have 10 mini ones and I need 13, so I will use the some foil lasagna pans for my brother and sister and one of the kids - they'll get a few more cupcakes out of it, since the carriers hold 2 dozen but the 9 x 13" tray fits about 30. *hands* I'm just glad I still have a pack of them left to use; otherwise, I'd have been up a creek.

Tomorrow is Pipe-a-palooza 7: The Pipening! (yeah, it's kind of shocking to me I've been doing cupcakes for 7 years now - I started in 2019 - but I like it more than the chocolates [and it's also less time-consuming than the chocolates were] and I can't do ice creams anymore due to logistics, though they remain my all-time favorite of the homemade Christmas gifts I've done over the years.) Wish me luck! It's always the hardest part for me. Hopefully I will remember to take pictures to share afterwards.

Whoops, I started this entry an hour ago and got distracted by stuff like packing my overnight bag and refilling my water bottle etc. so I'm just gonna hit post now and work up the energy to go wash my hair.

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6-day plan, day 5 )

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Just gotta get through today

Dec. 23rd, 2025 10:51 am
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I am white knuckling my way through the day. Just gotta get through today and then I'm off for Christmas.

EDIT: I spoke too soon!!!! A patron fell 15 minutes after I got onto the public desk. My boss just brought me a pine cone soaked in Florida Water to undo whatever dark cloud is following me LOL.
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I managed to get into bed by 11 last night, and my alarm went off at 7:20 and I hit snooze a couple of extra times, but I was up and ready to go by 8, which was the goal. It turned out that they only turned the water off in one set of apartments, so at least I didn't have to deal with that! (After the Big Leak of January 2023, I believe one of the "upgrades" was the ability to do this so they don't have to turn the water off for everyone every time, though I could have that wrong.)

Chocolate, mocha, and red velvet (mini) cupcakes are done! I got 80 of the chocolate and the red velvet using the smaller scoop, which is typical of my experience (though one of the chocolate ones got messed up when I put the pan in the oven, so I technically only have 79 cupcakes), and I got 92 of the mocha (usually also 80, though I guess I used the bigger scoop before?), but 2 exploded - a phenomenon I had not seen except on vanilla cupcakes before - so I have 90 usable ones of those. Then I stopped to have dinner and run the dishwasher and take the garbage out, and it was hard to get back in the kitchen then, but I did it. I made mocha Swiss meringue buttercream, and as frequently happens, it curdled when i added the flavoring, so I had to melt it, wait for it to cool down (about 12 minutes) and start whipping it again, which worked, thankfully. Then I made an outlandish amount of vanilla American buttercream for the funfetti cupcakes I will bake tomorrow, since that is what the boys prefer, but I find it grossly sweet.

I used up enough butter and eggs today that I had space for the containers of frosting, which is good. I still need to empty and reload the dishwasher, take a shower, and then run the dishwasher again so it's done for the next round. I mean, I have 4 bowls for my KitchenAid, and multiples of each type of attachment (e.g., beater, whisk, dough hook, etc.) but it's best to start the day with everything clean, just for my own peace of mind, though of course on Wednesday, the sink will be full of dirty things since I generally don't have time to empty and reload the dishwasher on Christmas Eve morning, what with all the piping and frosting and packing to go. We'll see what happens this year, since I don't have to leave as early as in past years, since we don't have an early reservation, but I still don't want to push it too late so I can avoid the worst of the traffic. We'll see how it goes.

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6-day plan, day 4 )

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seattle?

Dec. 22nd, 2025 02:06 pm
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seattles been on my mind. it seems cool, i think i’d like it. maybe im romanticizing it. lately i’ve felt like running away. don’t know if the (supposedly) gray and rainy weather is really calling or if its my stateofmind

New Music Monday - 22 December 2025

Dec. 22nd, 2025 08:54 pm
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The regular weekly post for us to talk about any and all of our thoughts about the week's new releases.

UmYull - Tomorrow, Promise
Joohoney - Push (feat. Rei (IVE)) (pre-release)
LNGSHOT - Saucin' (pre-debut)
Hyolyn - Standing On the Edge
ASC2NT - Replay
Damjun - Play me like I'm your violin
Wooyoung (2PM) - Reason (Japan)

New MVs are also added to an ongoing youtube playlist.

Last week's MVs: 15 December

Feel free to add new comments in the replies for songs/MVs we missed.

[ Rec Something Wednesday | WIP Wednesday | Monthly General Chat | Comment Fest ]
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Stayed up too late last night and got a late start this morning, so I am already behind on my plan. But I will try to go to bed earlier tonight and get up earlier tomorrow to get back on track. Unfortunately, there is another planned water shut-off for plumbing repairs from 9 am - 12 pm, so I'll have to make sure to make the coffee required for both the chocolate and the mocha cupcakes ahead of time (it has to be room temp anyway), as well as making sure I have an extra bowl for handwashing.

I did get all the fig cookies made and packed into the cute cookie tins I bought so I'm not always giving away my ziploc containers (they are useful and they changed the shape so I can't get any more of the ones I really like), and the pork buns as well (pics) but I didn't eat dinner until after 7 pm and now the dishwasher is running, so I'm done for the night.

oh, I wanted to note that this year, I bought some fancy holiday/red-and-green sprinkles from KAB for the cookies - normally I just use multicolor nonpareils, but these look kind of festive, I thought. I also got red/green sprinkles for the funfetti cupcakes so I will be very on-theme.

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6-day plan, day 3 )

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Holding the Atmosphere (2577 words) by anr
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Chrissy Cunningham/Eddie Munson
Characters: Chrissy Cunningham, Eddie Munson
Additional Tags: Episode: s04e01 The Hellfire Club (Stranger Things), Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Fix-It, Chrissy Cunningham Lives, Road Trip, Touch, Sharing a Bed, implied/referenced eating disorder
Summary: Eddie frowns. "Out?"
Yes. "Out of Hawkins," she says, uncurling on her seat, the idea forming as she talks, "I need to go somewhere else, anywhere else," her words spilling out faster now, "and I'll pay you! I'll pay for the gas, and for everything, I will, just please -- please." She reaches out to him and grabs at his arm, her fingers still shaking but not as bad now, not as terrified, now that she has something -- someone -- to hold onto. "Can you take me?"

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I recorded one consumed medium every two and a half days (2.3), where the media are movies, documentaries, TV series,  articles, short stories (thanks to Amazon's proliferation of single shorts under one cover), novellas, and novels.   There does seem to be a growing pattern of shorter serials rather than large epics, so i've plowed through them when available. That's about 77% more entries than i recorded last year. I would have thought it was a greater fraction more, as i felt like i spent much of my time off in books this year, and the short stories would inflate counts. I guess the fatigue over the summer of 2024 had its impact.

I will admit that much of the reading is shaped by what is at my library's Overdrive instance and then by Kindle Unlimited. I've recorded 37 purchases.

I think Robert Jackson Bennett and Victoria Goddard are the new to me authors that most engaged me. I look forward to more Ana and Din mysteries.

We continue our tradition of Sunday night British mysteries, Monday night NCIS (including as of this year, NCIS: Origins - we have caught up with the network release), and Wednesday night science fiction.  On other nights we frequently end up watching NCIS: New Orleans. Sunday mornings we frequently watch art documentaries or Landscape Artist of the Year. Today we will likely watch the final episode of the 2020 season 6.

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So I may have been a little...over ambitious in purchasing eggs and butter and expecting it all to fit into my tiny apartment-size fridge. I did get all of it in there, but there was literally no room to let orange rolls rise overnight so I knocked that off the list. Maybe I will do them for New Year's morning instead.

I also had an unfortunate start to the fig cookies. I made the filling yesterday and I might have put too much cocoa in as I thought it was the bottom of the container so I just dumped it in and well, there was more than I expected in there. *hands* It's fine. Then when I made the dough earlier, it smelled weird. I think maybe the Crisco had gone off? Idk, but I threw out what I'd made and did it again with the newly opened can of Crisco and it smelled correct, so I didn't really get to make cookies this afternoon as planned, but I might make some after dinner, which is how we did it when I was a kid - every night for the 2 weeks before Christmas we were in the kitchen making fig cookies.

I did marinate the pork country ribs last night and they are now in the oven roasting, so that at least is on track.

I also watched Wake Up Dead Man yesterday, and I liked but didn't love it? I'm not sure why? spoilers )

This is a long essay about the movie (spoilers, obvs) that goes much deeper into it: Entirely Too Many Thoughts About Wake Up Dead Man by Leah Schnelbach.

Oh, the timer just went off so I have to take the ribs out of the oven, so I guess I'll just hit post!

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6-day plan, day 2 )

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(morning writing)

Dec. 20th, 2025 07:22 am
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Maybe, i thought, after listening to Mary Oliver read "Wild Geese", maybe i should write psalms. So i opened Robert Alter's translation of "The Book of Psalms" and began reading the introduction in which he notes (in discussing how Hebrew poets new psalms to other gods and those lines can be found in their psalms)

a comparison with the proposed originals suggests rather that what the psalmists did was to adapt, briefly cite, or even polemically transform the polytheistic poems, which is, after all, what poets everywhere do with their predecessors—both building on them and emphatically making something new out of them.

It's not just poets, life, i think, builds on what came before -- ferns in the remains of their predecessors taking the remains of the star into their heart, birds with the song of their parents nesting in the same forest, i in my home haunted by the memory of my mother's housekeeping. Maybe the choice is how emphatically we focus on the newness: a gardener's choice different from a parent's, different from a poet's, different from a politician.

I think i ache for us all to be surrounded by humans making choices -- where perhaps the choices themselves are not emphatically new -- but what a new world if we all made compassionate thoughtful choices. We would still have pain and suffering, friction and loss, but so ever much less.

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Dec. 19th, 2025 08:52 pm
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Moontime began today. So I know now how to calculate my cycle. (The previous two months, it started on the 18th because October has 31 days. This month it started on the 19th because November has 30 days.) Seed cycling has helped regularise it.

I used the herbal sanitary pads and my cramps did reduce; they lasted a shorter time than usual! The pads also feel more like cotton cloth than pads, by far the most comfortable I've been.

So relieved these exist. But also, I wish I had them when I was a schoolgirl.
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i had more to say from my last entry but it didn't feel fitting to tie what i wanted to say in the same piece.

it feels a bit refreshing that my semester is pretty much over. it honestly hasn't been good. i think i had too much work and financial and academic stress. i also lost a lot of friends and connections i care about which made everything feel more isolating. living in a big city and feeling alone at the center of it all is such a strange feeling. i walk around and see people with people and i wonder where i went wrong. is it me? i'm not really sure. but the feeling does make me step back and see things from a bigger perspective, i guess. connections that are meant to happen will come around and i can't really do anything except be patient.

when i moved to shanghai, in my first few days i was alone in a new country, continent, not knowing anyone, basically as isolated as i could be. but those days were really nice. i was staying somewhere near lancun road station before i moved into my more long-term place. i didn't really get to know anyone but just walking around exploring a new area and adjusting to life there and having myself and my music was nice even if it was a bit lonely.

even though i lived there for an objectively shorter amount of time, i made really great friendships and connections with people there. but i don't really have most of them anymore, even though they initially followed me back to where i live now. it's funny how i started the year alone, then surrounded by people, and now with the year's end i'm back to being quite alone. except this time i'm halfway across the world from where i was feeling that way in the beginning.

i find myself missing my life when i was fairly disconnected from where i'd normally call home. i didn't get homesick, i more often just missed certain people, but i was able to keep in touch enough. there was something freeing about being far away.

tonight i walked around manhattan for a little while and listened to the song that kept me going in the beginning of this year when i'd just moved. it didn't feel the same.

finals

Dec. 19th, 2025 02:49 am
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writing this at nearly 3am on december 19th is a bit of a prefire, but my finals are basically over thankfully.

it's been super draining recently, especially being locked out of all of my school material for a while... that was stressful. whatever happened in my academics this semester cannot happen again, i did really bad overall. probably my worst semester. it doesn't help i had no passion for the classes i was taking, and i was working, and dealing with a lot of stuff outside of school, but excuses are just excuses and at the end of the day it's my fault. next semester i think will have a better outcome.

i have my last final at 8am, so about 5 hours from now. i'm not really ready for it but i believe it's just going to be based off of readings from our class so i'm not too worried. although this professor is super stingy and a tough grader... we'll see how it goes. semester almost over though!! after like 10am!!! excited.

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