History Hike

Oct. 18th, 2025 11:27 pm
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I tried to go to the foothills festival today (since there was no No Kings near me that wasn't at least an hour away and I'm not convinced I wouldn't have been fired if I had been seen). It was supposed to be at the art deco theater I had tickets for to see 'Night Mother. It wasn't open when I got there. I did see it in the news so where it was I have no idea.

Speaking of those tickets I went to the library to give them back.

Me: sorry I have an obligation friday. If you still have the list from the door prizes you can give these to someone else

Librarian - grabbing more tickets, can you go sunday?

me: nope I'm out all weekend

librarian - we'll think of something.

Me: use them yourself. It's a gift from me Byeeeeee!

So here was the history write up I've been planning to share for two days

Turns out not every ticket holder for the Uptown Upstairs history walk (there was over SIXTY of us, yay for that. They made over a grand on ticket sales) knew that Sixth Sense (the brewery I like in town) was a sponsor AND giving 25% off with the tour bracelet.

That included the bartenders (who asked management without a fuss) but damn, management TELL your bartenders there’s a damn event. Those poor women had no idea they were about to be overrun. I got a pumpkin spice martini (don’t judge) and I’m writing this down for me later vanilla vodka, bailey’s irish cream, cinnamon simple syrup and pumpkin spice liquor (that sounds pricey and unnecessary. I bet I could whip up the same pumpkin puree I use in coffee, yes it would be thicker but you wouldn’t need much). And I ordered their cheesy pickles (I haven’t been there in more than a year because someone new had taken over Arch and Eddie’s and it wasn’t as good. These were all new apps. I wonder if Arch and Eddie’s has these as they may be 2 different owners now) It was cream cheese, mozzarella and pickle spears in an egg roll wrapper. Very good but I got my 10$ app’s money’s worth out of it. there were FOUR of them. (I put those in the cooler in the car)

I can tell a) Lilian Jones Museum was not prepared for this many people b) again no one knows how to communicate. It was a good idea to break us into 4 groups (each group going to each of the four stops) BUT instead of letting the Leos (some young girl group who were our guides to the buildings) to rotate in a certain pattern, it was a fucking free for all and it caused problems.

I purposely joined the one going to the Masonic Temple first because it was the furthest down the hill and I thought ‘you have to hill climb to the rest and your car is at the top of the hill so start climbing while you’re fresh and at the end you’ll be on the same street as your car (as two stops were). I have always wanted in this temple but it IS an active lodge so no women allowed (we don’t have an Eastern Stars any more or I’d consider it. It’s all the way out in Vinton and I’m still considering it)

The temple was built in 1891 and it’s a cool building (I might think about trying the beauty salon in the downstairs as I need one. Mine closed) It was also four flights of stairs to climb. (it had a scary chair lift that no one offered to anyone because I wasn’t the only one with a cane) SO glad I picked this first. Also glad we stopped on the second floor first. It’s their social level with pool tables, kitchen and dining hall.

Upstairs just outside the temple itself is a masonic sword. This sword had been stolen by the Confederate soldiers by Morgan’s Raiders. However, Morgan was a Mason and he made them put the sword back (they kept the jewels and other bric a brac). The temple was interesting with three throne like chairs, some iconography with worlds on poles and naturally they told us nothing about any of that but went into every year of the history (no dudes, short keep it short).

The Masonic Temple )


We walked to the next nearest building, the former Stiffler building (is it me or does everyone think of American Pie when they hear that surname?) And already it’s off the rails. Another group beat us to it so our guide (the adult leader of the Leo’s) decided we were walking up town and coming back to this. But that’s all the way up the hill and down two blocks. No way I was backtracking. I just joined the other group. Stop me if you can!

Anyhow, Stiffler’s was a department store opening in 1923 but before that it was the IORM building, the Improved Order of the Red Man (oh dear god), another one of those men’s orders that were so popular 150 years ago. It had a sister organization the Improved Order of Pocahontas. One person was shocked that the group didn’t let white people into it until the 1960s (a woman way too old for this to have been a revelation, seriously).

They hadn’t turned on power to the upstairs in years (this is where that new antique shop is. I think I was wrong about it closing, along with the quilt shop and the back in time toy store). I should have brought a mask. Taking pictures it looked like a damn snowglobe. There wasn’t much left (the idea that an exit door was bricked over was haunting). They did warn us it was creepy ….and it kinda was. There was a rack of old clothes. A forgotten piano. A Pocohantas/Redman portrait that was succumbing to the elements), an ancient kitchen and a room that had a large hole in the wall. I looked in there and took pictures. The columns were painted. It looks like silk wallpaper peeling off the forgotten walled up room.

Stiffler's Department Store )


Now I’m more or less on my own so I hike up to the next building which was the one I wanted to see most. It was a used car dealership when I moved here (Dodge) and now it does a local taxi service but in the late 1800s it was the Grand Opera House. I KNEW it had to be something other than a car dealership in the pasts but I hadn’t known what. This one broke my damn heart. What remains tells you how beautiful this was but they gave us masks due to all the bird droppings inside (is this even safe for the workers down below?!?) We could only go so far because the floor isn’t safe (I repeat my question) .


I took all the pictures. ALL of them. Soon they will be all that’s left. One side had old shelves from the car dealership. The rest was the remnants of a fresco ceiling, hand drawn Greek goddesses and gods, cherubs, oh it had to have been beautiful once.


Funny thing is it never had permanent seating, just chairs that could be moved because a couple times a week they’d pick them all up so kids could rollerskate. It had live shows and in the 1920s-30s it had movies. Under the Gaslight was the last show there in 1937. A decade later it was Coll car dealership (which is what it was when I moved here) Which haha, THIS it the 1890s play that gave us the woman on the train track trope read more here.


I talked to the guide and commiserated. There’s not going to be any saving this building. It would take millions. It’s in private hands which takes it out of the realm of most grants. It’s going to go the way of the Memorial Building (they’re tearing it down right now). It’s a shame. This should have been saved. And seriously WHY if you had a damn business downstairs did you not at least keep the roof healthy?!?

1883 Grand Old Opera House )


I had one more building to hit, the old radio station. I’ve been downstairs when it was the radio station (they moved up the street to a less beat up place). I had no idea what this had been originally. I was there alone. The rest of my last group didn’t show up. We waited, the two young ladies so worried about me getting up the stairs. Babies, I’m fine. We waited more, no one showed and I said can I just go up alone?


Nope, they escorted me in case I fell (okay it’s sweet but it was obvious I could walk up effortlessly because either they built the stairs well and wide or they had be replaced sometimes in the century). So I get up there and the guide lit up seeing me (I think people skipped this building because from the outside it’s not as exciting) but as it turns out this was built as a Ford dealership in 1915.


Not only that, it has a ramp to the SECOND floor where the dealership was. Why? I don’t know. I mean there wasn’t much to see but I got some pics of the ramp (wait, girls you wanted me to walk down the ramp?!? Are you nuts?) And with that I was done. It was fun, worth the ticket price.

Ford Dealership )

Fannish Friday

Oct. 17th, 2025 08:52 pm
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Okay I forgot I had a ghost thing today so you'll get the history stuff tomorrow.

As for the ghost thing, I went with TH to the Bossard Library for Stories of Ohio's Haunted Places. It was entertaining but not what I was hoping for. I was expecting paranormal investigation. I got stories instead. He was in his 70s and as he told the stories he'd reveal an antique that somehow linked into the story. So for me it sort of made them feel more like campfire stories than real but some I know of from other places like the Gray Lady of Camp Chase Cemetery in Columbus.

ALso he was a bit of a show man. Each item did a little 'haunted item' thing so he has some stage magic training. Over all he was fun.

Title: Can't Ever Keep From Falling Apart at the Seams

Summary: Angel has been pushed one step too far by Valentino’s abuse and comes undone. Luckily Husk is there to help him pick up the pieces only he’s not sure if his advice is helping.

Rating: teen

Notes: Written for whumptober 2025 for the day 9 prompt - “We’ll make it alright to come undone.”
Also written for Spikesgirl58’s six word challenge. The words were Pudding, Ground, Produce Continuous, Irony, & Illustrate and the lyrical titles bingo challenge for the prompt a 90s song. I chose Come Undone by Duran Duran

story under here )

And now some stories.


Kiss Her Goodbye Torchwood

Remorse Babylon 5

I Will Never Forget This Hazbin Hotel

Made to Be Broken Oz

Ending and Beginning Oz

Merry-Go-Round Oz

Routines Oz

Holidays in Oz OZ

Always Going Home Torchwood

Hangover Hell FAKE

Fool Me Once T he Owl House

It's Rather Complicated Hazbin Hotel

On Little Cat Feet The Trixie Belden Mysteries The Three Investigators

TOH Cookbook zine: From scones to hearth (my art contributions!) The Owl House

Do We Have a Plan? Helluva Boss

This Business is Cereal The Owl House


That’s Entertainment! Torchwood


Distracted The Fantastic Journey

Does This Help You Addams Family

failure shouldn’t be this cute 陈情令 | The Untamed

Changes in Leadership Teen Wolf

Essentials. Torchwood

Dentists and Disappointments

Oct. 16th, 2025 09:50 pm
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Had to be at my dentist this morning. I remember why I like him so much but damn I wish it wasn't 2-3 months even on an emergency appointment. He said that yes there is a bone spur and a broken buccal plate where they pulled out the tooth, so nothing unexpected there. It'll take months to fill in but that wasn't why I was there. My first crown is a problem child. It is 22-23 years old, had it put on in FL. It was a metal and porcelain style and I've spent two decades reacting to the metal in my gum. But it's now old. It's worn down badly in the back and it no longer fits well. Mostly it's a great place for food to get up under and be a pain in the ...well mouth. We're going to pull it off and replace it as soon as shit-ass insurance says yes. I go from there to the library because I won theater tickets. I was SO HAPPY! I won tickets to the Markay (the art deco theater saved from destruction and is such a nice place) I was thrilled until I got from there to my coffee house and looked up the play 'night, Mother Ooooo it's Halloween so surely this is horror, right? RIGHT? No, it sounds depressing AF about an epileptic divorced mom talking to HER mother about what to do when she dies because she's killing herself tonight. The whole play is two women. talking. ABOUT SUICIDE. Oh hell no. I'm taking the tickets back and telling them, thanks but see if someone else wants them because i have a conflict with the date (sounds better than I don't wanna see a play about suicide, not with my own issues) So disappointed. Wanna guess how many of the seven meds I was texted about that CVS actually filled? Did you guess one? Here's a gold star. I will never use their text service again. I had to go back up to Jackson later for the Uptown Upstairs history tour. I have a write up. Will share tomorrow (in theory) because I haven't had time to get the pics off my camera. I did have to get my ticket today at the Lillian Jones Museum (a cat followed me in. I should have carried him across the street which is where it lives and that's a busy road but I feared he'd cross back again) turns out the woman there got her nursing degree at my uni in the 1980s and remembers the people I started with. Speaking of nurses, the afternoon class did better and my majors did MUCH better this time

That didn't go as well as I had hoped

Oct. 15th, 2025 10:09 pm
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Both midterms and yoga


Gave three midterms today and I have only graded one. On the plus side, plenty of writing time. I finished my last two [community profile] fandomgiftbasket stories (to the tune of at least 2500 words, probably over 3K) (there is like one set of prompts I could do but they only want art. I'm not sure I'm good enough for that)



The other good, got two 100% scores on the exam. On the bad I had at least 6 (out of 24) less than 50%. I tell them don't leave the fill in the blanks blank. Give it a shot. I give it partial credit. I might have to start adding 'but think hard if it makes sense' because on the ceruminous glands make this question (ear wax) someone put BRAINS. I...I can't even. And two people on the what is the system called that we use to determine % of the body that's burned (rule of nines) and they said 'nervous system' I figure they cheated off each other because what are the chances two people would independently come up with something that dumb. (I am not pursuing the cheating suspicion because seriously neither got over 40%. doesn't even matter)


And I have two more sets of tests to grade :(



Yoga was well attended (yay), in a terrible room (boo). Hard floors even with a mat was hard on my knees. I could not push up from the floor into downward dog (I can go into it from standing). I handed the standing poses well but since there was nothing to hold on to, I couldn't return to the floor. My leg was shaking too much. I couldn't feel it at all. I know it'll buckle if I try to get down with nothing to hold onto. I had to stand and basically not do the second half of the exercise. So embarrassing. Also frightening was doing the child pose and realizing I can feel whatever the fuck it is in my throat blocking my breathing. I still have about 3 weeks before I see Ent. sigh.



Next week we're moving to a different room, one with chairs so I can either do chair yoga or at least have something to grab onto. This was so much harder than I thought (and I thought it would be hard even though I used to do yoga). I have to look to make sure my toes aren't folded over because I can't feel them. And at the end when I'm telling my parents about it dad's like 'you wasted money on an Amazon mat'


Me - what are you talking about? I've had this thing for years. I've been doing yoga since my undergrad days!

Dad - I've never see you do yoga, (very obviously calling me a liar)



Me - yeah well I have done (I should mail him the old vhs and dvds I have of yoga flows) but I'm thinking I would NEVER let your hyper critical ass see me exercise ever, not even at gun point.



What I Just Finished Reading:


The Cat Who Saved Books - I just didn't get the hype. It was fine but...I've already forgotten most of it



What I am Currently Reading:

Mirage City - the follow up to Lavender House, very different in tone. I would love ALL of the Hazbin fandom (and creator) to read this to see what being gay in the early half of the 1900s was like.


The Queen of Blood - a YA fantasy I've had on my shelf for too many years now. It's not bad so far but yes the first quarter is more dark academia, fit to survive school (eye roll)


Haunted Cemeteries of Ohio - you know why

Lackadaisy vol 2

clean sweep - I think that's the title some romance graphic novel urban fantasy might be decent if not for the icky romance tropes (sorry but alpha males make me want to shoot them in their smug faces, not drop my panties)


What I Plan to Read Next: The Gallery Assistant -got bored with this arc




More comic cons means more news so have some more of the Mighty Nein





and an uncensored trailer that wasn't much different than last night's. I'm still sitting here going why does Beau look so much like Sokka?!?




I posted this a year or two ago (it has a major spoiler if you are unfamiliar with the Mighty Nein) still a great animatic




And I've posted this before. But as I was watching Critical Role, this popped up a few years ago and got me listening to The Mighty Nein because I was so curious after hearing this (I just wished I liked Jester better (don't like Beau at all)

Write Every Day Day 15

Oct. 15th, 2025 12:19 am
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I really like this one. I hope you can find that person for you and heck, you have that here. We believe in you.


For my last day hosting, I was editing both a novel chapter for the writers group and chapter one of my [community profile] fandomtrumpshate story


How is it going for you? Let know and if i forgot you somewhere along the way let me know and as a reminder TOMORROW on the 16th we'll be heading to [personal profile] china_shop's blog to continue this month

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It hurts my heart

Oct. 14th, 2025 11:18 pm
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So I found out my friends who do paranormal investigations are doing a public investigation in MY area for once, out on the island in Lake Alma. It used to be an amusement park with casino (the turn of the century dance hall kind not the Vegas kind). There are a few known haunts. I was so excited until I read the fine print. It's at the TOP of the hill on the island which is rugged, steep and does not have a trail to the top. I couldn't make that hike in the daylight let alone in the dark.

I hate that my accident took so much from me. Sigh.

In happier news today was my local library's 50th anniversary at their location plus the opening of their imagination garden. It's a native flower and sound garden. I had to play with the metal flowers and make noise. I might go make more noise. The library had appetizers/desserts plus a local choir (that I hadn't known existed) who sang about 6 songs (not particularly well but they enjoyed themselves and hell, why not?)

CVS, upon me asking why text me to refill scripts and when I get there you tell me it was too early to fill them. WHY TEXT ME?, says and I quote 'we can't control the bot that texts' OMFG

rant that includes blood and gore )

So fannish 50 today is going to be ALL kinds of cool shit from NYCC. ... okay cool things that interest me because hey, this is my blog.

I did listen to this for the better part of a year but have yet to see the animation is this S2...3 I don't even know at this point (I don't have prime) but it looks good (did love the gaming sessions)



Don't know if I have other TADC fans on here but here's a sneak peek of S7 (an official one. I don't look at leaks) I do not like where they're taking Zooble/Gangle with the Jax bashing (yes he's a bullying ass but this isn't really better)



This song from Lackadaisy is really good. I do hope to see the animation come out now than Glitch picked it up (kinda, sorta) and I hope I can catch up so I too can be there complaining I wish she'd finish this (but no seriously, finish it)


Speaking of Glitch this is all cool. I will say I only got half way thru both Murder Drones and Gaslight District before I wandered off. They weren't bad but I got busy and only had time for half...but never went back.



And this second song from Hazbin is an absolute banger. If you listen to nothing else in this post, listen to this
(also I wanna see her Fall!)


and here are two short videos. this first one is a lot of fun. Look at what they did to advertise Hazbin
in NYC it's so cool


all the new Hazbin merch take away me wallet



Also I got 3 handmade cards today from Cat Scarlet, Flippy and [personal profile] stonepicnicking_okapi thanks everyone they're cool

Write Every Day Day 14

Oct. 14th, 2025 01:10 am
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“I try to create sympathy for my characters, then turn the monsters loose.” – Stephen King

I like that quote. Today was awful so this is late. I need to get to bed. I got 131 words on that second spook me story which isn't really spooky. It's more family dinner...with cannibals.


How is it going for you? Let know and if i forgot you somewhere along the way let me know and as a reminder on the 16th we'll be heading to [personal profile] china_shop's blog to continue this month


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other days under here )

Lemme ask you a question

Oct. 13th, 2025 10:44 pm
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So I didn't open emails over the weekend because of the con. I open it today and in my two online only classes I have 40 students between two classes. Out of those 40 THREE wrote me to say we can't see the notes for the final unit. I turned that on a week ago sunday and the quizzes were due yesterday. The final on this is due friday.

THREE people out of 40. And they're right. The notes are messed up. I fixed it. I extended the quizzes and the final (the class locks off next week because friday is technically the last day of class) so my question is WHY would you not contact the professor if something was wrong.

And the other stuff isn't working either and IT says it's McGraw Hill who says I'm doing it wrong, you know the same thing I've done for 20 damn years. And btw am doing exactly how they're telling me to do it. screams into the void.

But as for yesterday, I came home to go to Bob Fest vs going to the last day of the con. Honestly I can bump this back to every other year too. I know where all the vendors are and how much more could I use from any of them? Sure the coffee/honey/maple vendors I can always use (as if I can't get it from Kroger, literally in the coffee's case, they're local and carried by Kroger) How much more glass can I get from the glass blower (the answer is a blue bird for mom and a purple one for me) I did skip the jerky (getting too expensive) got the cheese from my cheesemonger.

And I was going to get some bougie boozy jam. How much are these? two for 35$. Sure thing. She sees me with jelly jars in hand. I sneak them onto a shelf and scamper off. You can't scamper with a cane. Lordee no.

I did buy a left handed hand carved spoon with a scraper (which is why it's handed, not that I suspect it matters much) It's walnut and he carves the wood type and date into it. 2012. I was sad for my spoon. It's been going to festival after festival for 13 years and no one wanted it. Poor spoon (which yes that is animism right there) I was going to give it to Dad but I think I'll keep this poor unwanted spoon (I stir left handed anyhow)

I pet some long horns (owned by one of my current students) and came home.

have some con pictures under here )

And it's music monday. Since it's spooky time let's continue with the spooky music


Another full albumn for you. This is my favorite by Midnight Syndicate



I have always loved these house displays (Im not tech savvy enough to do this) here's one that's a tribute to Ozzy (Locally the rock station is calling this Ozztober)



And for the K Pop fans

Write Every Day Day 13

Oct. 13th, 2025 12:51 am
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I'm not sure this is actually from Franklin (though it sounds like something he'd say. I'd like to do both things)

Went from the con to Bob Evans Farm fest but knocked out about 400 words on my second [personal profile] spook_me story (prompt cannibal)


How is it going for you? Let know and if i forgot you somewhere along the way let me know


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Writerly Ways

Oct. 12th, 2025 11:23 pm
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It's late. I'm tired and just got a reject from an anthology (boo) but I have a head full of plot bunnies. Let me ask you guys this. What do you do with your wild plot bunnies. Do you immediately start on them? DO you write a little bit of it to get it out of your head and go back to your regularly scheduled work? DO you write down the idea in a file folder (You'll never remember the name of) or just go I'll remember this (and promptly forget)

Or are you like me and do all of the above?

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Write Every Day Day 12

Oct. 12th, 2025 01:10 am
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another writing prompt

Con all day concert all night, too tired to update. I'll get it fixed up tomorrow. as for me 464 words tonight



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My knee is in business for itself and the rest of me is thinking WTF are you DOING? I was over at the con by 10 AM to hear the first of my planned panels. (Here's the funny thing THREE of the four panels I picked out today were all Vitamin H panels) This one was not. It was run by a cute nerdy kid who was SO thrilled to see me as I was only the 4th person through the door and the other three were his friends. (more people did come but the con didn't open until 10 so it's like maybe schedule the panels on the half hour?)

It was about all the literature in Bungo Stray Dogs. If you don't know this anime/manga all its characters are named for literary figures and/or references. He had slides for all the references and did a kahoots quiz at the end. It was a lot of fun but damn I need to reread this (and you know finish it. I trailed off midway)

From there I went to a slasher movie panel (all the remaining ones are by Vitamin H) which was just a blast. Hey they put in Suspiria, Italian horror from 77 (I just learned the other day it had been remade about 8 years ago) After that I had a BIG break with nothing much I wanted to see until 3 pm.

Here I go into the vendor's room unsupervised. I'm thirsty and this asshole convention center has NO water fountains so you have to buy from their concessions (this is not Tsu's fault) which is like 8$ a damn glass so I get in line for Wild Bill's boutique pop brewery because he FINALLY has a zero sugar option. I get up there and the cheapest you can do it for (because you HAVE to buy the 'collector's stainless steel mug') was THIRTY-FIVE fucking dollars. FOR POP! He wanted another 15$ for the lid/straw. Thanks. I'll take my fucking chances and the cooler mugs were north of 50 bucks. And the zero sugar blueberry pop SUCKED. It was SO bad. So I said fuck it, this is like Dana at a buffet. I'm consuming 35$ worth of stuff to offset the rip off pricing. I made a choice 'just be gross about it. Consume all you can. You have insulin. Get the full sugar birch or root beer which are the only 2 pops you like outside of gingerale (i don't like pop. I don't like carbonation) I have a full mug in my fridge right now. It was COMING WITH ME. I drank so damn much pop.

Lunch was a shitty pepperoni roll and pop.

I got a few more gifts for friends. Keep me away from dice. I was really annoyed that I wanted to get Loona (helluva boss) for a friend's daughter and every Helluva boss woman I found from bigger vendors were grossly sexualized. You know the type, gravity defying boobs of doom and barely clothed with tongue lolling out just for youuuuuu. Ugh. I did find her a little keychain. I got dice with little purple owls in them for reasons. But my favorite purchase of the whole con was from
Pink Pig studios who had sweet shippy stuff for Cherri/Pen (the one I mentioned last night) Huskerdust (guilty I bought it) and Vaggie/Charlie but also she was a huge Keith David fan and she did one of Husk in Keith's role in John Carpenter's The Thing!!! Yes it's mine. And I'm obsessed. I told her I am absolutely writing fanfic to this. Husk can't wait for me to find time. Too bad none of my [personal profile] spook_me prompts fit it.

I wander to the hotel to rest up for a bit since I'm done shopping and no panels I want. Open my social media to ALL the Hazbin and Glitch news from NY comic con (will share on tuesday's post) and people have been clipping Valentino's beautiful art of Vox he drew in the meeting and now I can't get it out of my head, he drew Angel too back in the love bombing days. Plot bunnies all over the damn place. Found calls from my brother and Mom (I had the phone silenced). Thought maybe someone died. No. My brother go another kitten. Cute bugger too.


I go to my last panels (grabbing pop before, between and after because dammit 35$) one on Studio Ghibli behind the scenes and one on Youkai (the theme this year) both excellent. I had never heard that Kappa will reach up your ass to grab out your soul. Well then. Or that tanuki have balls that can be stretched out for yards to form tents, blankets, whatever it needs. side eyes Japan hard.

Runs for more pop. Attends the great manga swap and fail at it miserably. HAHA. Honestly I didn't want to swap. I had a bunch of manga. Sorted it last night, left about 6 here because I realize I only had half a set for a few so back home they go. Before it started I asked the traveling manga library librarian, if no one wants this ancient manga (all of it was from 2000-2015) can I donate it to you? YES. Great.

I didn't even have it all laid out before someone swooped up 'you have tactics!!' what do you want for them? I look at her offerings. Nothing, they're yours. She danced off. A young girl sweeps up from nowhere, 'Vampire Knight?!?' I want nothing from that disappointment of a series. Take it from my sight (I said it nicer naturally)

I give my single volume one offs to the library for two volumes of Interlocken and now I'm left with 5 volumes of Venus vs Virus and the only thing I really want is the drifting classroom omnibus but the guy is like no, I have that (meanwhile it was HIS girlfriend who scooped up tactics but whatever dude) I find one guy with some BL stuff and I know who he is, a vendor who is trying to get stuff to take to his stand. Give me these Stars of Chaos light novels for this 5 volumes? no? 2? yes.

I'm now done. I get more pop. Leave and look to go to Fazio's. rated best Italian restaurant in WV. I find it. No one is on the street, park out front. Go in and it was as I feared. I was WOEFULLY underdressed. See, my dress shirt? It got trashed by blue crab/goat cheese cream sauce yesterday. And why I didn't think of putting on my Edalyn shirt/skirt until just now...I'm tired yinz. I'm the only one in a t-shirt (thank god it was the dark blue one you can barely make out). I'm shocked I wasn't turned away. There were kids in black tie (Prom? Nah that's spring. Wedding? Probably)

They had both Negronis and Aperol Spritzs on the menu so I am content they at least know Italian cocktails and the place has no windows (comforting, for reasons) and a diverse menu. They bring a salad (body is going what is this, no it has vitamin K but OMG Italian dressing. Face down yummy) and then give me three pieces of garlic bread sopping in garlic butter/cheese yay for scarpettas! (Wait, bread? AGAIN! You had four slices last night. Your diabetes....shut up and eat the bread). I got the baked manicotti. Oooo good. I got the aperol spritz too (see, T-Shirt girl can afford your cocktails). By the time I leave (I got there at like 630) the line was out the door to get in. At least this waitress wasn't a snot like last time.

Roll on home to have like an hour before the online Abney Park Halloween concert I had bought before realizing I'd be sitting in a hotel room listening.

And guess what I'm drinking. That's right POP (and my blood sugar is 130...go figure)

Write Every Day Day 11

Oct. 11th, 2025 12:57 am
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Have another writing prompt I like that it's relatively generic. Day one of the con has been fun. only 90 words for me



How is it going for you? Let know and if i forgot you somewhere along the way let me know

Day 10 [personal profile] cornerofmadness, [personal profile] china_shop, [personal profile] badly_knitted, [personal profile] trobadora, [personal profile] sylvanwitch, [personal profile] sanguinity, [personal profile] cmk418, [personal profile] goddess47, [personal profile] callmesandyk, [personal profile] brithistorian [personal profile] ysilme, [personal profile] carenejeans [personal profile] the_siobhan,



other days under here )

Why don't I do this more often?

Oct. 10th, 2025 10:53 pm
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Charleston WV it like an hour and 10 minutes from me. It's closer than Columbus. I think it stems from when I moved down here and back then there wasn't a highway TO the city and you had to poke your way through cow country. I about cried when they moved Tsubasacon back here from Huntington (which is actually further from me!!)


Surely there has to be things to see over here, being a capitol city right? I'm only ever here for Madri Gras casino or Tsu. But the fact this is only 60 miles away is why I never stay for the con and only come one day (it's small and the panels have been...meh). However last year I got here like a half hour after it opened last year and I was in the check in line for TWO hours. It wasn't worth that. So I decided why not spend the night and do the evening stuff.

Turns out that was a such a good idea. Opening ceremonies were at 3. I got here 10 to 3 and was about to check in to the holiday inn across the street. I check in and decide I want to see the 630 panel SOOOO I'm getting too old and lazy to do multiple changes of clothing so I hop over to get my weekend badge and there is NO ONE in line. OMG. I whip in and now I have 1 1/2 hours before dinner (because of reasons)so I check out the vendors room because I know the Hellaverse shit will sell out asap.

I get more compliments on my walks in the graveyard t-shirt from Betty than I was likely to on my cosplay (I was right No one said boo about my Edalyn). I was going at mach one through it but yes I did notice a) almost all the same vendors as usual b) none of them seems to have changed their stock, sigh c) found the coaster guy who I got Valentino by at Mothman fest. Got more overpriced coasters (had to have huskerdust and a beautiful one of Roy Mustang, my forever anime husband) I know I will go much more slowly tomorrow, get some more holiday gifts (not you [personal profile] evil_little_dog I'm good through 4/26)

Don't let me buy more dice. Don't let me buy another t-shirt. Knee cap me if you see me going for wall art. Stickers dana, stick to stickers. Texted BFF from college to get her child. Should text others while tempting I probably should not get JK the wall art of Cherri and Pentious.

So I haul over my goods back to the hotel. The elevator makes worrisome sounds. I change into a non-t-shirt for dinner because the one thing I've noticed about Charleston, it had at least three James Beard nominated/winning chefs running around (That's like the Oscars for chefs for the non-foodies on my list) two are at restaurants with James Beard pricing (30$ for a salad, yeah No. 35$ for fried chicken? I'll hit KFC first). However Ristorante Abruzzi has barely over normal Italian prices and is supposed to be abruzzese inspired (and that's where my family is from)

I pull into the parking garage across the street, get out and into the elevator. It's for the hospital. Okay...I go to the first floor and it opens INTO the hospital. Well then. I return to the car and the lot next to the restaurant is for the ballpark behind it. I go across the street the other way where there is a huge parking lot for family dollar and a lung center and toss up my handicapped tag hoping I won't get towed and go in. Neat menu but I should have gone for the mushroom pasta instead of the blue crab/goat cheese ravioli with a wine cream sauce, sweet corn and asparagus. Honestly the corn seemed weird in this and the goat cheese overpowered the crab (except on my breath). It was good but I expected more. I did get a stuck up waiter who was obviously pissed off to get a solo patron at HIS table (in fancy jeans, not a pantsuit. Eye roll)

I return to the hotel, pull on my Edalyn Clawthorn (The Owl House) cosplay and walk over. I get three Japanese buns for dessert and late night snacks and try to find the panel I want Hot Anime Dads I can't find it. Find one on yokai but it's the same awful presenter I sat through last year. He was still awful and I'm only catching the tail end.

I leave and try my phone out of desperation as I don't have internet access on it...until today! After 3 weeks it's working again and I find my panel in the big room. Yay. Vitamin H are two sapphic partners who are 'professional panelists.' I did NOT know that was a thing but their quality shows that they are doing this often and well. They picked a bunch of dads throughout the years. They were funny and thorough and I really liked this panel. My only problem...my sugar bottomed out (in spite of pasta dinner) had to eat my buns. damn

My next panel isn't for an hour. I should have gone to find the band but instead I stop in to the manga library and read X-Gender (not for me) and made it halfway thru Hooves of Death about unicorns in Yellowstone protecting humans from zombies...

the 830 panel was on urban legends in Japan, also by Vitamin H. I thought this was even better than the first (with the one exception of they couldn't dim the lights and some stuff was hard to see) I couldn't believe how many girl ghost in the bathroom slasher movies there are.

Came back happy with this day. Found the groaning moaning elevator is broken (I'm on the 6th floor) at least one was working and oh this room basically has a fainting couch perfect for stretching out and using my lap desk. the twist I put on my knee yesterday has left it swollen

Have some fandom recs


No Going Back Stargate SG-1

Essentials Torchwood

He Didn't Even Touch It!Hazbin Hotel

Somewhere Between Torchwood

The Aftershow The Amazing Digital Circus

You'll Have to Try Harder Than This Hazbin Hotel

sex is art and you’re the muse (your soul’s my eternal bruise) 时光代理人 | Link Click

Stone Roses The Owl House

No Choice Torchwood

scale to feather, skin to skin 镇魂 | Guardian

Somnosensual Hazbin Hotel

Can You Hold Me? Hazbin Hotel

The Strangest Forms Sherlock Holmes - Arthur Conan Doyle

Experimental Hazbin Hotel

Fuck Hazbin Hotel


This Is New. Sherlock&Co

Write Every Day Day 10

Oct. 10th, 2025 01:14 am
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I'm heading out to an anime con so I might be slow to update everything. In honor of that have an Alastor quote as a writing prompt. Have a character who is hiding something with a smile? Is is a sincere one?

I managed to get 2100 words today (instead of packing or cleaning) and almost finished one of my [personal profile] spook_me stories in a new to me fandom

How is it going for you? Let know and if i forgot you somewhere along the way let me know

Day 9 [personal profile] cornerofmadness, [personal profile] china_shop, [personal profile] badly_knitted, [personal profile] trobadora, [personal profile] sylvanwitch, [personal profile] sanguinity, [personal profile] cmk418, [personal profile] goddess47,


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So today I went to my PCP who was horrified by what that surgeon did. He didn't want to biopsy and grade 4 tumor?!? And the radiologist suggested waiting a full year? Yeah, no you need to see a ENT, where do you want to go? Well since I can't find the one my coworker's fiance went to in my insurance, so I said I don't trust the ones at Holzer and after this I don't want to go to Ohio Health for this so, fine send me to King's Daughters (I'm sure I can survive the nuns)

She agrees I need gastro too and I had one of those massive exhaustive spells (that came and went while in the room) She drew 6 vials of blood because she can see something ain't right. This is key to to the title of this post.

I go to the coffee shop having learned from Doc that not only are we getting a Starbuck's (I don't want) we're getting a Tim Horton's!! Poor Spot on Main (my coffee shop) first we got holy grounds this summer and now these so in 6 months more or less we went from 1 coffee shop to 4 in a town of like 6K And Tim's and Starbuck's will do well because they have drive thrus. the other two do not.

I write some. I go to Kroger for hotel snacks. Come home. I'm trying to wake up and the phone rings. It's King's Daughters. OMG how bad was my blood work that they called within 2 hours? Am I DYING?!? No, it was the main one in KY and now I'm seeing ENT in November.

I half assed packed. I washed dishes and somehow it's like 1030pm and I've done nothing else including something I promised students. Sob.


have some community stuff.

[community profile] gluten_free This community is for sharing gluten-free recipes and resources.

[community profile] lgbtrainbow a rainbow pass-it-on challenge focused on LGBTQ+ characters from any media

[community profile] fandom50challenge 50 fannish posts a year.

Write Every Day Day 9

Oct. 9th, 2025 12:25 am
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It's spooky season so have some spooky tips. Only about 130 words for me tonight. I was gone most of the day again.

How is it going for you? Let know and if i forgot you somewhere along the way let me know

Day 8 [personal profile] cornerofmadness, [personal profile] china_shop, [personal profile] sanguinity, [personal profile] goddess47, [personal profile] badly_knitted, [personal profile] trobadora, [personal profile] sylvanwitch, [personal profile] cmk418, [personal profile] the_siobhan, [personal profile] carenejeans

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Spooky Storytelling

Oct. 8th, 2025 10:42 pm
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Not even going to mention the ongoing online nightmare at work other than one of my coworkers asked was that your halloween stuff or are you screaming into the void again? (the void JM, the void)

Today I went to the library (my library this time) with TH for Spooky Storytelling. First we hit the Mexican place which had something new a tamarind aqua fresca that wasn't worth the money. Mostly it just tasted sweet. Eh. Oh well, not every new venture pays off.

There usual crew was at the library for this talk including two little girls with their mom who were jump square queens (one, the other wasn't paying attention) He keeps his stories on the mild side for them but he was an excellent story teller, definitely an actor doing a one man show.

My only issue was I had one of those exhausted spells where I kinda go down while actively doing shit and I was in and out for most of this. Embarrassing. He probably noticed. Sigh. I was only truly there for the last 10 minutes of the hour. (I do plan to tell the doc about this tomorrow)

TH would like to do storytelling at last night's library and the StoryTeller here is talking about a local Story Telling con in the works. I'd like to do that too. I'm not sure I'd be good at it though. I can do the theatrics. It's voices I'm not good at. Irony: half the panels at the con this weekend are all so you wanna be a voice actor....

What I Just Finished Reading:


Ash's Cabin - a YA graphic novel a queer coming of age Oh boy did I dislike this one. Ditto Fall Through by Nate Powell (a graphic novel about a punk rock group whose lyrics break the space/time continium)





What I am Currently Reading:

The Gallery Assistant - a mystery set in the aftermath of 911 and I already hate the protagonist (figures, it's an arc and I feel obligated to finish those) This is not getting better.

The Queen of Blood - a YA fantasy I've had on my shelf for too many years now. It's not bad so far but yes the first quarter is more dark academia, fit to survive school (eye roll)

The Cat Who Saved Books - my healing fic pic. I'm bored

Haunted Cemeteries of Ohio - you know why


What I Plan to Read Next: I'm so behind on my challenges. something for that.

Write Every Day Day 8

Oct. 8th, 2025 12:47 am
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It was my author zoom meeting on the 7th and I write really well if there's a support group (read competition) just a little more than 2400 for the night.

How is it going for you? Let know and if i forgot you somewhere along the way let me know

Day 7 [personal profile] brithistorian, [personal profile] cmk418 [personal profile] trobadora, [personal profile] china_shop, [personal profile] sanguinity, [personal profile] badly_knitted, [personal profile] luzula [personal profile] cornerofmadness, [personal profile] sylvanwitch, [personal profile] the_siobhan, [personal profile] ysilme, [personal profile] carenejeans

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Students are aging me

Oct. 7th, 2025 11:35 pm
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today in lab they finally break out the bone boxes to study (after 7 weeks. the test was SUPPOSED to be in 2 weeks but I guess it'll be 3 now because I missed last week and we don't have lab this week because of the Bob Evans Farm Fest) So today they're like wait we have to know ALL the parts of the bones and not just the bones?!?

Me - Did I not do a 2 h our lecture on this AND give you like a half dozen tutoring videos? Do you not hear your radiology classmates hitting this shit like pros because you have to know this for your profession?? (but what I say is yes, this is why I keep encouraging you to study in lab. I will BURY you if you don't)

Them - we get these sheets with us right (holding up the selected bones of the body work sheet where everything is listed

Me - hell no (literally that just slipped out)

Them - WHAT?!? We don't get these

Me - no, you get a word bank. that's NOT in body regions like the work sheets. It's 100% alphabetical.

Them - weeping, wailing, rolling on the floor

Me - ah, your sadness tastes like cotton candy


I need a new phone carrier as tracfone is no longer cutting it. t-mobile is in town (if shit goes sideways. It always does) Can't help but notice the pricing is literally double what's in the tv/online ads. Hmmm must think on this

Went to trivia night for the first time in nearly a year TH asked me to come as a buffer between him and L . It actually was fine. There were three categories I didn't even need my team. Got all 10 per category o n my own (well one was horror movie icons (pictures) and one was magic (and the one I didn't think I'd do well on was ___ of _________ (Middle of nowhere, I dream of Jeannie etc) Nailed it. On the other hand I have no idea about world capitols. I might as well gone back to the donut table.

We won. I claimed 'a lame gift' (per the organizer) it's a 55 domino set of dominoes. I think it's cool. Oh yes it'll sit around in the shrink wrap for 3 years because I have no one to play with.

Raced home in the rain for my author's zoom but begged off after an hour when one of my exhaustion waves rolled me over. But I DID finish the rough draft of my [community profile] fandomtrumpshate story about damn time. Started work on another [community profile] fandomgiftbasket but man there are still SO many 0 or 1 gift people out there and I think I can do exactly one more. Again some are weird pairings (one I'm writing doesn't hit half the wants because they're all sex (but the prompts aren't so we're going with that) because wow these aren't my kinks (I don't get the whole wetting your pants kink at all, not kink shaming just saying I don't get it) And some of the fandoms I do know want only art or pairings I just can't make myself do. Oh well.

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