Aug. 19th, 2021

allekha: Drawing of embroidery stitch named 'rambler rose' (Rambler rose)
Link of the day: user script to add HTML code buttons to the beta Create Entries page here on DW! The site also has other useful scripts and bookmarklets for AO3. I had to tweak it to set the injection mode to 'page' for that script (else it doesn't load - and I have at least one other script that needs the other injection mode), but then - buttons!

Got a burst of hits on my Chuso vid last week from Facebook. I thought it was from some fan page and dusted off my FB account to check it out. And, uh, Chuso herself posted it to her page ;_; (I think it's officially her page? IDK how verification works on FB, but it looked legit - either way I went ahhhhh for a minute there)

Been reading Frozen Teardrop (Lucinda Ruh's autobiography) and I'm almost done, but my thoughts on that one have already gotten long, so that's going to be its own post when I finish. Overall, it's... a weird book. Also under-edited. Publishers, get your shit together and pay for someone who knows where commas go, please.

It's been an exciting week overall. First, on Monday, R called me to ask if I could last minute help him with a photoshoot. It turned into a bit of an adventure (at one point we pulled over to see how a random patch of pretty flowers by the road would do) and I got some scratches on my legs since I only had my new shorts (with pockets!) on while wading into areas with thorny plants - got real paranoid about ticks, but didn't find any - but the lighting was great and the model really knows what she's doing, so I'm sure the photos will turn out well! Honestly, I was mostly just so excited to go outside! after so long working on stats that day, and into something a little more wild than the park I usually visit.

Then it was back to play Pathfinder. The party is currently shrunk down to the size of ants, but it turns out our spells still have something like the normal range. My dwarf set an entire cavern on fire and almost got eaten by an antlion while their snow leopard dodgetanked and raked in kills. It was great :D

Yesterday, I traveled to my parents', as I am visiting for a week. I felt unusually chatty - first thing I did on arriving was run around outside and ask my dad what all their new plants are, since they lucked into $500 worth of free plants for complicated reasons, and the only photos I've seen are from months ago. He liked the whole-wheat white bean paste buns I made and brought along :) I then collapsed for 'a nap' shortly before dinner, and I guess the fact that I haven't been getting good sleep this week caught up to me because I, uh, slept for more like twelve hours.

Today, I went skating for the first time since July - local rink requires reservations, which my mom helped wrangle because their website sucks - and though it was kind of chaotic, I had a good time. My spins suuuuck at least as much as they ever have and my spirals are still regressed, but my mohawks have improved, so there's that. Then I came home, sent off the final data analysis report and invoice, helped my dad edit some of his writing, and went with my mom to the local farm to carry vegetables to the car for her. She made peach cobbler for dessert. I have discovered that it is Very Good.

My parents have two kitties, one of whom (Aki) knows me. She spent yesterday hiding in fear, but today she gradually remembered my existence, and even let me pet her a little :3 The other cat, a former stray named White Paws, is still convinced that I am going to eat her, poor kitty. She has dashed down the stairs on seeing me at least a half dozen times today.
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