The Day in Spikedluv (Friday, May 23)
May. 24th, 2025 06:52 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
spikedluv(This is a test of the Emergency Alert System daily posting.)
I hit Walmart and Price Chopper while I was downtown yesterday. (The Walmart stop was to get a different wrist brace to try as the one I purchased previously I think would work better while I’m actually using my laptop rather than sleeping.) I hit Stewart’s (for gas and milk) and the library (to return a book) on the way home.
I did two loads of laundry, a load in the dishwasher, and paid a bill online. I baked chicken for the dogs' meals and made corned beef for supper. (It was awful. The corn beef tasted odd – enough that Pip was okay with me tossing the leftovers because he didn’t want to eat any more of it – and even the boiled potatoes went funky. The potato came off the skin and turned to mush, basically. I have no idea what happened.
Fun stuff! I watched the current ep of Leverage: Redemption and some recorded HGTV programs, took a nap (I’m blaming the weather for how many naps I’ve had to take lately), and read some fanfic. I also talked to my mom on the phone before my shower. (We generally talk every night, just telling each other about our days, no matter how little we did or how boring they were. *g*)
Temps started out at 42.3(F) and reached 53.8. It rained all day, though it was mostly drizzles and sprinkles. Still enough to make it impossible to do anything. Plus the overcast sky is soooo depressing.
Will today be better? As the Magic-8 Ball says, Don't count on it.
ETA: It was my niece L's birthday! She turned 35.
I hit Walmart and Price Chopper while I was downtown yesterday. (The Walmart stop was to get a different wrist brace to try as the one I purchased previously I think would work better while I’m actually using my laptop rather than sleeping.) I hit Stewart’s (for gas and milk) and the library (to return a book) on the way home.
I did two loads of laundry, a load in the dishwasher, and paid a bill online. I baked chicken for the dogs' meals and made corned beef for supper. (It was awful. The corn beef tasted odd – enough that Pip was okay with me tossing the leftovers because he didn’t want to eat any more of it – and even the boiled potatoes went funky. The potato came off the skin and turned to mush, basically. I have no idea what happened.
Fun stuff! I watched the current ep of Leverage: Redemption and some recorded HGTV programs, took a nap (I’m blaming the weather for how many naps I’ve had to take lately), and read some fanfic. I also talked to my mom on the phone before my shower. (We generally talk every night, just telling each other about our days, no matter how little we did or how boring they were. *g*)
Temps started out at 42.3(F) and reached 53.8. It rained all day, though it was mostly drizzles and sprinkles. Still enough to make it impossible to do anything. Plus the overcast sky is soooo depressing.
Will today be better? As the Magic-8 Ball says, Don't count on it.
ETA: It was my niece L's birthday! She turned 35.
Two Weilan fics for Unsent Letters Exchange
May. 24th, 2025 11:52 amchina_shop posting in ![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png){kind=small}
sid_guardianI picked up a Guardian pinch hit for unsent_letters_exchange. I had two ideas for it, so when reveals were delayed, I wrote the other one as a treat. The first is set over three successive nights before and during the Hanga arc, and the second one is established relationship, with Zhao Yunlan and Shen Wei passing notes during a state meeting in Dixing, in handwavy everyone-lives post-canon.
Title: a pocketful of change (4771 words) [General Audiences]
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018)
Relationships: Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan
Additional Tags: Missing Scene, Set before and during the Hanga arc (episodes 9 to 11), unsent letter, Pre-Relationship, Mutual Pining, SID politics, Epistolatory format: Letter
Summary: Lost in the past, Shen Wei shoved his hands into his jacket pockets. His fingers met small hard balls on smooth sticks and recognised them instantly. Heart clenching, he withdrew the pocket’s entire contents: three lollipops, a little ziplock bag filled with dried fish, and a wad of pages torn from a notebook and roughly folded. The outside of the paper was unmarked, but its surface texture bore evidence of the handwriting within.
He was still wearing Zhao Yunlan’s jacket. Whatever was written on these pages wasn’t meant for his eyes.
Title: A Passing Grade in Diplomacy (4062 words) [Teen and Up]
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018)
Relationships: Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan
Additional Tags: Post-Canon, Alternate Universe - Everyone Lives/Nobody Dies, Politics, meetings, Established Relationship, Banter, passing notes, Warning: internalised slut-shaming, just briefly tho
Summary: Next time, bring lollipops! Zhao Yunlan jotted in a spare corner of his page. He underlined it twice and went back to doodling more leaves on his tree, which was bushy and verdant like the new plantings in the streets near the Dragon Gate. He was experimenting with vines and curling tendrils when characters appeared out of nowhere, beneath his reminder.
Check your right-hand jacket pocket.
unsent_letters_exchange. I had two ideas for it, so when reveals were delayed, I wrote the other one as a treat. The first is set over three successive nights before and during the Hanga arc, and the second one is established relationship, with Zhao Yunlan and Shen Wei passing notes during a state meeting in Dixing, in handwavy everyone-lives post-canon. Title: a pocketful of change (4771 words) [General Audiences]
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018)
Relationships: Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan
Additional Tags: Missing Scene, Set before and during the Hanga arc (episodes 9 to 11), unsent letter, Pre-Relationship, Mutual Pining, SID politics, Epistolatory format: Letter
Summary: Lost in the past, Shen Wei shoved his hands into his jacket pockets. His fingers met small hard balls on smooth sticks and recognised them instantly. Heart clenching, he withdrew the pocket’s entire contents: three lollipops, a little ziplock bag filled with dried fish, and a wad of pages torn from a notebook and roughly folded. The outside of the paper was unmarked, but its surface texture bore evidence of the handwriting within.
He was still wearing Zhao Yunlan’s jacket. Whatever was written on these pages wasn’t meant for his eyes.
Title: A Passing Grade in Diplomacy (4062 words) [Teen and Up]
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018)
Relationships: Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan
Additional Tags: Post-Canon, Alternate Universe - Everyone Lives/Nobody Dies, Politics, meetings, Established Relationship, Banter, passing notes, Warning: internalised slut-shaming, just briefly tho
Summary: Next time, bring lollipops! Zhao Yunlan jotted in a spare corner of his page. He underlined it twice and went back to doodling more leaves on his tree, which was bushy and verdant like the new plantings in the streets near the Dragon Gate. He was experimenting with vines and curling tendrils when characters appeared out of nowhere, beneath his reminder.
Check your right-hand jacket pocket.
The Week in Spikedluv (May 16 – May 22)
May. 23rd, 2025 07:21 amspikedluvLast Friday: I hit Price Chopper while I was downtown. I did three loads of laundry and changed kitty litter. I watched current eps of 9-1-1 and Leverage: Redemption, and read more in a book. Temps started out at 61.0(F) and reached 89.1. There was so much sun! The thunderstorms that were supposed to roll in about 1pm held off until after 9pm.
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Poll: I Knew You Were Trouble When You Walked In (drama)
May. 22nd, 2025 08:20 amchina_shop posting in sid_guardianHi, I'm on a mini Taylor Swift kick, and yesterday I watched the OMV for "I Knew You Were Trouble When You Walked In". I know/suspect this song has already been vidded a lot, but for some reason, yesterday it immediately made me think of Guo Changcheng. So here is my "Guo Changcheng encounters trouble" poll, in the format of Cluedo (AKA Clue) guesses. :D
Poll #33147 Guo Changcheng's personal game of Clue/Cluedo
Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 14
Most traumatic, in the moment
View Answers
Zhao Yunlan in the SID with a lollipop (first meeting)
5 (38.5%)
Chu Shuzhi in Li Qian's house with a puppet
3 (23.1%)
Chu Shuzhi again in the fight club in a singlet
2 (15.4%)
Zhu Jiu in the zero-degree lab with cold air
2 (15.4%)
Zhu Jiu again in the bathroom with a fear baton
1 (7.7%)
Ya Qing in the graveyard with a threat
0 (0.0%)
Ye Zun in the bathroom with hypnosis
4 (30.8%)
Professor Ouyang in the lab with the serum
3 (23.1%)
Zhao Xinci in the park with a gun
2 (15.4%)
Ye Zun again in the palace with the Hallows
4 (30.8%)
other (I know I've skipped over so many!)
2 (15.4%)
The iguana at the SID is:
View Answers
Yashou and can leave its cage whenever it wants
4 (30.8%)
Yashou and is imprisoned
1 (7.7%)
the former chief of the SID, between Zhao Xinci and Zhao Yunlan, cursed by totally scientific means
6 (46.2%)
literally just an iguana
6 (46.2%)
other
0 (0.0%)
Wednesday Reading Meme & Books 28-32 of 2025
May. 21st, 2025 07:18 amspikedluvWhat I Just Finished Reading: Since last Wednesday I have read/finished reading: Brandy & Bullets (A Murder, She Wrote Mystery) by Donald Bain, And Justice There is None (A Duncan Kincaid and Gemma James Mystery) by Deborah Crombie, All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries) by Martha Wells, Artificial Condition (The Murderbot Diaries) by Martha Wells and The Dragon Tamer by Megan Derr.
What I am Currently Reading: A Fountain Filled with Blood (Clare Fergusson/Russ Van Alstyne Mysteries) by Julia Spencer-Fleming.
What I Plan to Read Next: Another library book or more Murderbot.
Book 28 of 2025: Brandy & Bullets (A Murder, She Wrote Mystery) (Donald Bain)
I enjoyed this book more than the others. Perhaps because it took place in Cabot Cove? ( spoilers )
This book is the best of the bunch so far, but I'm not sure if that's because the author is becoming more comfortable writing them or because it took place in Cabot Cove, as I mentioned. I'm giving it four hearts.
♥♥♥♥
Book 29 of 2025: And Justice There is None (A Duncan Kincaid and Gemma James Mystery) (Deborah Crombie)
I really enjoyed this book. ( spoilers )
I think this series is getting better and better; I'm giving this book five hearts.
♥♥♥♥♥
Book 30 of 2025: All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries) (Martha Wells)
I wanted to re-read this prior to starting the tv series. It was so good! ( spoilers )
I look forward to the further adventures of Murderbot! I'm giving this novella five hearts.
♥♥♥♥♥
Book 31 of 2025: Artificial Condition (The Murderbot Diaries) (Martha Wells)
I didn't have to read this book to start the tv series, but I couldn't resist seeing what Murderbot would do next. I liked it a lot. ( spoilers )
I look forward to seeing what Murderbot does next. I'm giving this novella five hearts.
♥♥♥♥♥
Book 32 of 2025: The Dragon Tamer (Megan Derr)
This was a cute little novella. ( spoilers )
I enjoyed this and recommend it if you’re looking for something to do for about a half hour. (I also checked out some of her other books and they look good.) I’m giving this one five hearts.
♥♥♥♥♥
What I am Currently Reading: A Fountain Filled with Blood (Clare Fergusson/Russ Van Alstyne Mysteries) by Julia Spencer-Fleming.
What I Plan to Read Next: Another library book or more Murderbot.
Book 28 of 2025: Brandy & Bullets (A Murder, She Wrote Mystery) (Donald Bain)
I enjoyed this book more than the others. Perhaps because it took place in Cabot Cove? ( spoilers )
This book is the best of the bunch so far, but I'm not sure if that's because the author is becoming more comfortable writing them or because it took place in Cabot Cove, as I mentioned. I'm giving it four hearts.
♥♥♥♥
Book 29 of 2025: And Justice There is None (A Duncan Kincaid and Gemma James Mystery) (Deborah Crombie)
I really enjoyed this book. ( spoilers )
I think this series is getting better and better; I'm giving this book five hearts.
♥♥♥♥♥
Book 30 of 2025: All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries) (Martha Wells)
I wanted to re-read this prior to starting the tv series. It was so good! ( spoilers )
I look forward to the further adventures of Murderbot! I'm giving this novella five hearts.
♥♥♥♥♥
Book 31 of 2025: Artificial Condition (The Murderbot Diaries) (Martha Wells)
I didn't have to read this book to start the tv series, but I couldn't resist seeing what Murderbot would do next. I liked it a lot. ( spoilers )
I look forward to seeing what Murderbot does next. I'm giving this novella five hearts.
♥♥♥♥♥
Book 32 of 2025: The Dragon Tamer (Megan Derr)
This was a cute little novella. ( spoilers )
I enjoyed this and recommend it if you’re looking for something to do for about a half hour. (I also checked out some of her other books and they look good.) I’m giving this one five hearts.
♥♥♥♥♥
520 Day Reverse Exchange collection for 2025 is live!
May. 20th, 2025 11:03 pmtrobadora posting in sid_guardian
Your gift should be visible in the collection, or on your own AO3 page under "Gifts". Thank you all for another wonderful year of reverse exchanging and glorious fanworks! And thanks especially to our fabulous pinch-hitters
awanderingcoyote, china_shop and gavilan, who came to our rescue. ♥ ♥ ♥ We hope you enjoy your gift and the collection as a whole. Please remember to comment on your gift and thank your creator! If there are any problems, let us know ASAP.
Feel free to re-date your entry: edit the work, tick "Set a different publication date" and choose today's date. That way, your work will appear on AO3 as if posted today, rather than when you actually posted it.
Now have fun reading, looking and listening - go admire and enjoy!
TV News: Resident Alien S4
May. 20th, 2025 02:01 pmspikedluvResident Alien is back for season 4! I was afraid that it had been quietly cancelled because I heard nothing about it, but apparently it was merely moved to USA, but then they decided to air it on both SyFy and USA? It's coming Friday, June 6, 11pm EST. (Not sure why 11pm. o_O) Click the link for more info and to check out the trailer.
Resident Alien Season 4: The Mantid Turns Patience Upside Down in New Trailer — Plus, Get Premiere Date (tvline.com)
Resident Alien Season 4: The Mantid Turns Patience Upside Down in New Trailer — Plus, Get Premiere Date (tvline.com)
520 Day Reverse Exchange: about 24 hours to reveals!
May. 19th, 2025 11:09 pmtrobadora posting in sid_guardianWe expect to open the 520 Day Reverse Exchange collection tomorrow at or shortly after 9pm UTC!
If you're like us, that means it's time to get some last-minute edits in. (You can find your entry via your Statistics page on AO3.) If you're not like us, congrats, and what's your secret? *g*
Only one more day to wait! *gets ready to break out the champagne[1]*
[1] Or water, or other non-alcoholic alternatives, for Shen Wei and other non-drinkers!
If you're like us, that means it's time to get some last-minute edits in. (You can find your entry via your Statistics page on AO3.) If you're not like us, congrats, and what's your secret? *g*
Only one more day to wait! *gets ready to break out the champagne[1]*
[1] Or water, or other non-alcoholic alternatives, for Shen Wei and other non-drinkers!
My latest Guardian fanworks + recs!
May. 19th, 2025 07:33 pmfacethestrange posting in sid_guardian... aka seasonsofdrabbles author reveals! ♡
These are all 5 of the Guardian fics in the collection. Three of them are mine, and the other two are gifts I got, but they would absolutely be exactly as rec-worthy if they weren't my gifts. :D
Drama:
The Offer (300 words) by facethestrange
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan
Characters: Shen Wei (Guardian), Zhao Yunlan
Additional Tags: Episode Tag, Episode: e014 Zhao Yunlan Is on High Energy, Flirting, First Kiss, Zhao Yunlan Being Zhao Yunlan, Triple Drabble
Summary: Shen Wei is teasing him. It may be unexpected, but it's definitely not unwelcome, and Zhao Yunlan can work with that.
Novel:
Emphatic No (300 words) by facethestrange
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian - priest
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Da Qing & Zhao Yunlan, Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan
Characters: Zhao Yunlan, Da Qing (Guardian)
Additional Tags: Canon-typical shenanigans, Established Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan, Innuendo, Triple Drabble
Summary: Daqing doesn't like the contents of Zhao Yunlan's phone.
blood spell (200 words) by treescape
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian - priest
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan
Characters: Zhao Yunlan, Shen Wei (Guardian)
Additional Tags: Blood, wound licking, Double Drabble, Post-Canon
Summary: Shen Wei tends to one of Zhao Yunlan's wounds.
RPF:
You Like What You See? (300 words) by facethestrange
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018) RPF, Chinese Actor RPF
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Bai Yu/Zhu Yilong
Characters: Bai Yu (Actor), Zhu Yilong
Additional Tags: Resolved Mutual Pining, Sexual Tension, Triple Drabble
Summary: He's had dreams like this before, more times than he can count. And that's exactly where his wishful thinking and wayward interpretations belong. The real Long-ge doesn't— Does he?
no finer details than yours (905 words) by MistressKat
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018) RPF
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Bai Yu/Zhu Yilong
Additional Tags: Drabble Sequence, Sensuality, Getting Together, Drabble Series/Sequence (Mix & Match)
Summary: Anything is possible when you want it bad enough.
seasonsofdrabbles author reveals! ♡These are all 5 of the Guardian fics in the collection. Three of them are mine, and the other two are gifts I got, but they would absolutely be exactly as rec-worthy if they weren't my gifts. :D
Drama:
The Offer (300 words) by facethestrange
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan
Characters: Shen Wei (Guardian), Zhao Yunlan
Additional Tags: Episode Tag, Episode: e014 Zhao Yunlan Is on High Energy, Flirting, First Kiss, Zhao Yunlan Being Zhao Yunlan, Triple Drabble
Summary: Shen Wei is teasing him. It may be unexpected, but it's definitely not unwelcome, and Zhao Yunlan can work with that.
Novel:
Emphatic No (300 words) by facethestrange
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian - priest
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Da Qing & Zhao Yunlan, Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan
Characters: Zhao Yunlan, Da Qing (Guardian)
Additional Tags: Canon-typical shenanigans, Established Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan, Innuendo, Triple Drabble
Summary: Daqing doesn't like the contents of Zhao Yunlan's phone.
blood spell (200 words) by treescape
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian - priest
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan
Characters: Zhao Yunlan, Shen Wei (Guardian)
Additional Tags: Blood, wound licking, Double Drabble, Post-Canon
Summary: Shen Wei tends to one of Zhao Yunlan's wounds.
RPF:
You Like What You See? (300 words) by facethestrange
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018) RPF, Chinese Actor RPF
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Bai Yu/Zhu Yilong
Characters: Bai Yu (Actor), Zhu Yilong
Additional Tags: Resolved Mutual Pining, Sexual Tension, Triple Drabble
Summary: He's had dreams like this before, more times than he can count. And that's exactly where his wishful thinking and wayward interpretations belong. The real Long-ge doesn't— Does he?
no finer details than yours (905 words) by MistressKat
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018) RPF
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Bai Yu/Zhu Yilong
Additional Tags: Drabble Sequence, Sensuality, Getting Together, Drabble Series/Sequence (Mix & Match)
Summary: Anything is possible when you want it bad enough.
Monday [Fandom] Madness! The Murder, She Wrote 2.04 & 2.05 & 2.06 Comments Edition
May. 19th, 2025 09:12 amspikedluvI have rewatched the next few MSW episodes and I wanted to share some thoughts with you. The eps in question are: 2.04 School for Scandal, 2.05 Sing a Song of Murder and 2.06 Reflections of the Mind.
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What are your thoughts on these eps?
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What are your thoughts on these eps?
Guardian Readalong: Vol. 3, Chapters 3 & 4
May. 19th, 2025 02:54 amtrobadora posting in sid_guardian
Welcome aboard for this week's chapters of our Guardian readalong!
Here are last week's chapters (the beginning of vol. 3). You can find all previous discussions on the schedule post (part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4), or via the !readalong tag.
This week's chapters:
- Chapter 3: Zhao Yunlan escapes his father's scolding, keeps falling asleep, and is fed medicine by Shen Wei. Zhu Hong gets a visit from her uncle, who wants her to leave Dragon City. Zhao Yunlan surprises Shen Wei in the kitchen cutting his own chest with a knife, and learns what medicine Shen Wei has been feeding him.
- Chapter 4: Zhao Yunlan sleeps at the SID, and the team gossips about it. Shen Wei brings clothes while he's asleep. Zhu Hong refuses to leave Zhao Yunlan's side, gives him a gift from her uncle, and offers to sever ties with her tribe if he wants her to stay.
Excerpts:
( 1) Shen Wei feeds Zhao Yunlan medicine )
( 2) Kitchen scene: Shen Wei is caught )
( 3) Kitchen scene: Shen Wei explains )
( 4) Zhao Yunlan's dream )
( 5) Zhu Hong's confession )
Questions:
Do you like the worldbuilding around borrowing years? What do you think about the kitchen scene, and how it was adapted in the drama? Which is more intense? Which do you like better? Is Fourth Uncle right to make Zhu Hong leave? Do you think Zhao Yunlan actually wants Zhu Hong to stay, even if he won't say it? Does it help with understanding what's going on that Zhao Yunlan is actively trying to puzzle out what's true and what's a lie?
(As usual, these are just conversation starters - feel free to answer all, some, or none, and to say as much or as little as you like!)
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Doctor Who, Eurovision, Murderbot
May. 18th, 2025 06:19 pmpandarusDOCTOR WHO
So I’m wondering, upon reflection, what story the Doctor Who writers thought they were telling last night?
I’m not so uncharitable as to take it for granted that RTD is consciously ripping off Catherynne Valente with the concept of Space Eurovision: it’s entirely likely that as his new era is QUEER AF Space Eurovision seemed like an obvious choice.
But then…honestly, the more I think about the episode, the more I wonder what they intended. ( Read more... )
So I’m wondering, upon reflection, what story the Doctor Who writers thought they were telling last night?
I’m not so uncharitable as to take it for granted that RTD is consciously ripping off Catherynne Valente with the concept of Space Eurovision: it’s entirely likely that as his new era is QUEER AF Space Eurovision seemed like an obvious choice.
But then…honestly, the more I think about the episode, the more I wonder what they intended. ( Read more... )
The Week in Spikedluv (May 9 – May 15)
May. 16th, 2025 07:26 amspikedluvLast Friday: I had an appointment with my surgeon in the afternoon (which I talk about here). I hit Price Chopper and Agway (for dog treats) while I was downtown and Stewart’s (for milk and gas) on the way home. I did a load of laundry and did a load in the dishwasher. I watched the current ep of 9-1-1 and read fanfic. Temps started out at 46.4(F) and reached 50.2. Guess what! It rained! All day today. Surprise. And not on and off, not scattered showers, but all frelling day. Constantly.
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Carpal Tunnel Hand/Wrist Brace
May. 15th, 2025 08:26 amspikedluvA while ago I asked my doctor about numbness in the tips of my fingers. (At that time, index finger and sometimes thumb.) He immediately said it was carpal tunnel and suggested I wear a brace to bed. I did not do that. But I did have both my massage therapist and chiropractor do things to my wrist to keep the nerve from being pinched.
FF to this past winter when the numbness got worse (in that it spread to both hands and seven out of ten digits (three on one hand, four on the other)). I spoke to my b-i-l, who has to wear braces to bed (he said that it took him several tries to find one that worked best for him and to get a 'glove' type brace). I also spoke to my PCP yesterday. He showed me one they had in storage (but said it would probably cost an arm and a leg, plus I didn't need one that went up my forearm so far) and suggested that I ~not order it online so I can try it on before I purchase it.
If any of you have any experience with this sort of thing and can give me some advice I would really appreciate it. Thank you!
FF to this past winter when the numbness got worse (in that it spread to both hands and seven out of ten digits (three on one hand, four on the other)). I spoke to my b-i-l, who has to wear braces to bed (he said that it took him several tries to find one that worked best for him and to get a 'glove' type brace). I also spoke to my PCP yesterday. He showed me one they had in storage (but said it would probably cost an arm and a leg, plus I didn't need one that went up my forearm so far) and suggested that I ~not order it online so I can try it on before I purchase it.
If any of you have any experience with this sort of thing and can give me some advice I would really appreciate it. Thank you!
My latest Guardian fanworks
May. 15th, 2025 01:43 pmfacethestrange posting in sid_guardianAll fics, two times Weilan and one time Zhubai. :)
Bear Overload (354 words) by facethestrange
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan, Shen Wei & Shen Wei's Students (Guardian)
Characters: Shen Wei (Guardian), Zhao Yunlan, Dà Qìng (mentioned)
Additional Tags: Fluff and Humor, Teddy Bears, Established Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan
Summary:
Shen Wei gets gifts from his students.
Only Ever You (2322 words) by facethestrange
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018)
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan
Characters: Shen Wei (Guardian), Zhao Yunlan
Additional Tags: Ye Olde Haixing Era, Porn with Feelings, Plot What Plot/Porn Without Plot, First Kiss, First Time, Tenderness, Masturbation, Frottage, Coming In Pants, Blow Jobs, Anal Fingering, Coming Untouched, Multiple Orgasms, how many different first times can I write for YOHE Weilan? (four) (so far)
Summary:
He looks at Kunlun's side profile, so close, so peaceful, so absolutely breathtaking, and he wants to feel the scratchiness of his jaw under his lips. He wants to hear the sounds Kunlun would make if he did that, soft gasps maybe, or a low groan, his neck vibrating under Shen Wei's kisses. He wants to slip his finger into Kunlun's mouth, like the sweet treat they shared, and feel the warm wetness of it. He wants—
He just wants, so incredibly much that his body can barely contain it.
When Dreams Come True (300 words) by facethestrange
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018) RPF, Chinese Actor RPF
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Bai Yu/Zhu Yilong
Characters: Bai Yu (Actor), Zhu Yilong
Additional Tags: Kissing, Tenderness, Fluff, Implied Sexual Content, Triple Drabble
Summary:
He gets to kiss his Long-ge. Somehow, impossibly, it's not a dream anymore.
Bear Overload (354 words) by facethestrange
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan, Shen Wei & Shen Wei's Students (Guardian)
Characters: Shen Wei (Guardian), Zhao Yunlan, Dà Qìng (mentioned)
Additional Tags: Fluff and Humor, Teddy Bears, Established Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan
Summary:
Shen Wei gets gifts from his students.
Only Ever You (2322 words) by facethestrange
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018)
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan
Characters: Shen Wei (Guardian), Zhao Yunlan
Additional Tags: Ye Olde Haixing Era, Porn with Feelings, Plot What Plot/Porn Without Plot, First Kiss, First Time, Tenderness, Masturbation, Frottage, Coming In Pants, Blow Jobs, Anal Fingering, Coming Untouched, Multiple Orgasms, how many different first times can I write for YOHE Weilan? (four) (so far)
Summary:
He looks at Kunlun's side profile, so close, so peaceful, so absolutely breathtaking, and he wants to feel the scratchiness of his jaw under his lips. He wants to hear the sounds Kunlun would make if he did that, soft gasps maybe, or a low groan, his neck vibrating under Shen Wei's kisses. He wants to slip his finger into Kunlun's mouth, like the sweet treat they shared, and feel the warm wetness of it. He wants—
He just wants, so incredibly much that his body can barely contain it.
When Dreams Come True (300 words) by facethestrange
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018) RPF, Chinese Actor RPF
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Bai Yu/Zhu Yilong
Characters: Bai Yu (Actor), Zhu Yilong
Additional Tags: Kissing, Tenderness, Fluff, Implied Sexual Content, Triple Drabble
Summary:
He gets to kiss his Long-ge. Somehow, impossibly, it's not a dream anymore.