amplificathon

I think I mentioned that I got another plant light, not for the dahlias, but to replace the second light I wanted to give the dahlias. Fall is usually when I take stock of my plant lights, see which ones are still working and how much area they cover, and then if the weather stays warm long enough, run out of light anyway as I bring in more and more plants to overwinter inside.

(Relatedly, last fall when I was clearing one of the giant gourd vines from the dogwood garden, I found one of three succulents I had bought earlier in the year, planted, and largely forgot about. This one was still alive and I was sure it wasn't hardy to zone 6, let alone the 4-5 they tell you to plan for in areas with wet snow, so I dug it up and brought it in. It survived the winter handily and looks better now than it did then, which is frankly a surprise to me. But the great part is, a few days ago I was taking pictures of all the little sprouts in that garden and what did I find but two succulents coming back! I promised to return their friend as soon as it warms up enough.)

Then of course spring is when I realize I don't have enough light to start more plants, so here we are.

( dahlias and sprouts )

Also I rechecked every winter seed sowing container today and found one lupine and several yarrow sprouts ♥

PS, Daphne waiting on the stairs for me while I watered the dahlias. We'd just come inside so she's still wearing her little glowing collar that makes her more visible in the dark.

( picture )

yourlibrarian

1) I tried out the new season of Mad About You. Although it's become vague over time, I remember watching the series with my partner in the 90s. Although I did find the show entertaining, I think part of the appeal was that we were a new couple then ourselves and just a little older. So it was interesting to see how the relationship was handled in the show. That may also be why the new episodes are just irritating me. ( Read more... )

2) Not sure what anyone can do about this new ban on non-U.S. made routers since that would seem to block any from being purchased. Perhaps a small concern given all the blazingly huge ones right now, but this is not an administration that thinks ahead about anything.

3) The MCU's Wonder Man did not grab me. I've liked Kingsley's Slattery since his first appearance in the MCU. It seemed so wonderfully against type casting. I was really glad he had reappeared in different ways. So I'm delighted to have him back in a major role. ( Read more... )

4) The Count of Monte Cristo was a slow climb for me. ( Read more... )

5) It seems I am clearly not going to become either a knitter or a crocheter. ( Read more... )

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atamascolily

I have not always been one for watching seasonal anime as it airs, but recently I've been picking 1-2 shows to follow based on their summaries and seeing what happens. (There are anywhere between 40-60 shows per season, so watching them all as they air is neither feasible or realistic, even without taking premise or quality into account.) It turns out that it's really fun to watch things build over time, especially with friends, and it makes me hate Netflix's dumping of an entire season all at once even more.

I thought Wash It All Away was going to be magical realism slice of life with an amnesiac professional launderer helping townspeople deal with their troubles via supernatural means, but it turned out to be entirely mundane and way less interesting than I'd hoped. I watched three episodes and gave up, especially after some very awkward quasi-romantic flailing between an adult woman and a high schooler (ugh). If I ever follow up, it'll be the manga.

I wasn't sure if I was going to like Champignon Witch, but it was surprisingly charming in spite of its relatively low budget. As is typical for these kinds of productions, the manga is basically the storyboard for the anime, and the anime cuts off just where things are starting to get interesting plot-wise, so I hope there is a second season someday. The manga's pacing is a little wonky at times, but the art is great and the author put a lot of research into drawing costumes, furnishings, and of course, mushrooms, and several characters are way less abrasive on the page than the screen. My favorite character is the Bird Magician, whom I would probably still like even if he wasn't voiced by Kousuke Toriumi, but it certainly doesn't hurt.

I still haven't watched any of the Frieren anime. I've heard it's very good, but so far I've been content just to keep up with the manga and haven't felt any need to watch the anime yet. Maybe someday I'll get to it, but who knows. On the shoujosei side, Journal With Witch got rave reviews, so I'm keeping that on my radar in case the mood strikes.

Shiboyugi: Playing Death Games to Put Food on the Table was on my shortlist, but I didn't get around to it, in part because death games aren't really my thing and I was nervous about taking the plunge. However, based on the positive reviews, I'm probably going to look into it after all, as it includes a lot of things I am genuinely interested in outside the "death game" angle.

For the spring season, I know I'll likely be watching Akane-banashi on YouTube, and Witch Hat Atelier and Rooster Fighter if time and energy permits.

anneapocalypse

I was tagged by a few folks on tumblr to do this meme and thought I'd share it here as well. Please feel free and encouraged to take and do it yourself!

Rules: List the first line of your last 10 fics (posted or WIP) and see if there's a pattern. If you don't have 10 fics, then as many first lines as you do have!

Ooh, WIPs too, well this will be interesting!

( 10 first lines )

Current Mood: Wordy
Current Music: Carta Marina - End of an Era

starandrea

By golly, they ARE crocuses!

Only I could be this surprised by something I clearly planned for, planted, and carefully protected not four months ago.

( yellow crocus )

I love a good crocus (apparently) but the dwarf irises are also stunning. And the first to bloom!

( purple iris )

Daphne and I were at this boat launch yesterday and there was still too much ice to put a craft in the water. Which makes today ice out!

(Ice out is usually a lake thing, the first date when every dock or landing on the lake is free of ice in the spring, but I feel fine applying it to a single river launch.)

( the surface of the water is moving again )

Yesterday I performed my random spot check of winter sown seed containers and I found a live one! There are sprouts in the container labeled "blue flax"! I do not know what blue flax is, but I hope I will find out this year.

( blue flax germination )

I was taking Daphne to a park this evening, but we stopped at this boat launch instead. It's an "all-tide" boat launch next to an overpass that was built on ferry right-of-ways. The beach under the overpass is always pretty, but especially when the sun streams in as it sets.

( sunset )

tsuki_no_bara

so it's been a while, huh. can i blame it on the fact that it might finally actually be spring out here? a week ago i woke up and there was snow on the ground and then it was cold and then it warmed up a bit and now i think it's spring for real. yay.

also i caught a cold last week but seem to be on the mend which is good because i'm going to atlanta on wednesday to spend passover with the cousins and the last thing i want to bring with me is a headcold. i mean, just having to get on a plane with all that congestion is bad enough, nevermind potentially giving it to someone. my cousin with the twins who are old enough to be adults, the boytwin is in a band - have i mentioned this? boys go to jupiter, highly recommended - they played around here on thursday and i did not go because a. i felt crappy but more importantly b. i did not want to feel crappier. it was sold out! which is very exciting but at the same time i'm bummed i couldn't go.

also also my car is still in the shop because they fixed it and then something else went wrong and they're trying to figure out what it is. sigh.

other things worth mentioning:

went to a book fair with one of the admins m and one of the admins a (plus admin a's hubs) from work and bought a couple of bookmarks and a magnet of tomatoes making faces. and a book, ok (the space between worlds, by micaiah johnson). sunny, warmish, a good day to hang with some of my fellow admins under non work circumstances.
watched the immortal man, the peaky blinders movie, which felt oddly detached from the series (altho there were a bunch of returning characters) but i think you kind of needed to have seen the show to fully understand what was going on. not sorry i saw it, also not sorry i didn't see it in a theater. ( spoiler! )
attended approximately half a million meetings with my fellow admins over what we want to happen now that the admin manager's gone even tho it's not actually our decision. we just kept chewing on the same ideas over and over until finally one of the admins n pointed out that we can talk all we want but if hq wants [whatever] then we're getting [whatever]. they're going to replace the admin manager with three "team leads" - all admins - and we've seen the job description but no one's been asked to do it yet so who knows what's going on.
saw how to make a killing with my sister and it was fine mostly because i like margaret qualley (altho she played an awful person) and some of the killings are inventive. i think glen powell is overrated tho.
watched the first couple episodes of wonder man and liked it! super curious about the super powers.
watched the entirety (minus the last episode) of paradise which i also like! altho it can be a really hard watch and i have a lot of questions about the worldbuilding.
met

tamalinn for lunch and had mac&cheese which was yummy and extremely comforting but could have used more cheese. altho let's be honest - even the cheesiest mac&cheese could use more cheese.
curled a lot, made some decent shots (last week my last two shots were perfect) and more not-so-decent shots, as per usual. last night was the last game which means i need something else to do with my sundays besides talk to the family unit and go to the grocery store.

because it's almost passover i must share the story of the house of maqswel haggadah for the jewish trek fan(s) in your life. it's less a haggadah and more the klingon flavored story of one. (there's an excerpt on amazon if you're curious.)

japan has an interesting way to combat loneliness for folks who live alone - yogurt delivery women. yes, really.

there's a world championship cheese contest which honestly should not surprise anyone. this year's winner was a dutch gouda. a goud gouda. :D

400k kitkats were stolen in europe en route to poland from italy. the whole truck just... vanished. poof. someone is going to have an absolutely insane crispetty chocolatey easter.

Current Mood: on the mend!
Current Music: the third matrix

atamascolily

This book really cements the Emily trilogy as my favorite L.M. Montgomery series. Maybe that's dangerous to say before I've read book three, but thus far, I like them so much better than the Anne books. Anne of Green Gables is very charming and upbeat, and I completely understand its popular appeal, but it is very much a first novel and the series changes a lot as time goes on. The Emily books are much more unified in style and tone, and also darker and more mature with a more introverted heroine, which is why they are more obscure, but Montgomery had more experience under her belt by that point, both in terms of writing and also her life (WWI, parenthood, marriage, mental health issues, etc) which IMO makes for a richer tapestry.

Emily is a writer and this book is about her honing her craft, so it's very #relatable in that sense. Characters from previous books go in and out, and appear in various episodes, but mostly Emily and her writing are the real stars, along with various misadventures she gets into and out of. The climax is her having to choose between New York (with some very queer subtext) and New Moon, and what she's willing to sacrifice for her ambitions, and it's very well done.

As with Montgomery's other works, she telegraphs what she's going to do very early on, and it's both hilarious and frustrating that most of it goes completely over Emily's head. So it's not surprising when certain things happen, but that doesn't spoil the book at all. This book is also extremely Gothic, with echoes of Jane Eyre at times and I love that. There are still autobiographical elements from Montgomery's own life, especially around writing, but it feels way less obvious than earlier books, or perhaps it simply fits better with the characters, especially Emily.

Emily also has a lot more love interests than Anne--while Anne has no shortage of proposals, there's really only Gilbert and Royal as serious contenders, and even Royal is somewhat half-assed. Meanwhile, Emily has her destined love interest Teddy (an artist), the hired boy Perry (climbing the social ladder as a politician), Dean Priest (extremely problematic man old enough to be her father), and the bland cousin that her relatives want her to marry. Teddy is also kind of bland, but he doesn't offend me the way Gilbert Blythe does, probably because he was always supportive of Emily from the beginning, and his mom has a lot of mental health issues that he has to deal with (she's kind of a yandere about her son).

The 1980s Bantam paperback edition has a decent cover--an illustration of Emily standing on a hill of flowers with a view of the sea--which feels a little old-fashioned, but turns out to be much better than covers for many other editions, so I'll take it.

This is a strong contender for the most interesting book I've read so far this year, and I'm looking forward to book three!

scrubjayspeaks

New In Town, a cultural exchange event, gives our newest residents a chance to learn about the town, meet their neighbors, and share something of their life before Lewisia. Ahead of the event, newcomers will be asked about one thing they miss from their past, such as regional dishes or activities, and one unfamiliar Lewisian thing they are afraid to ask about, such as what’s in the diner’s soup of the day or why do the clouds look like that. Local welcoming volunteers will arrange a dinner with foods both familiar and novel to the newcomers, informational resources, and interpersonal connections to foster in their new home.

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LL#1376

anerea

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Current Mood: happy and laughing
Current Location: at home
Current Music: my mom laughing

elian_panatomicpublishing

I've been a bit lax crossposting my

fandom_empire fills, so here are the last couple of weeks. Couple of icons, couple of fics.

Icons:

Fics:
(I only posted one of these on Ao3. I'll probably clean up the other two and post them at some point, but for now I'll just leave them here.)

Middle Ground [Zeroes/Star Trek fusion, G, 316 words]
Thibault is half convinced that Ethan has some kind of hitherto undiscovered anxiety disorder, and half aware that he's poorly hiding something.
( Keep Reading )

First Timer [Heated Rivalry, E, 1560 words]
(warnings: dub-con, comphet, implied sexual assault/grooming)
The first time Shane kisses a girl, the thing he notices most is the wispy hair brushing against his lips.
( Keep Reading )

love me different [Project Hail Mary, E, 1517 words]
(warnings: compulsory sexuality, dub-con)
Grace met Mark when he working on his PhD. He was a few years older, but had returned to school for a Masters in Science Communication — he just got sick of lab work, he'd tell people with a laugh, missed talking to real people. Mark loved to talk, that was one of the things that drew the two of them together; their inability to shut up about science. Grace didn't date much, and his last few relationships had fallen apart over the sex thing, which Grace knew was an issue, but couldn't really do anything about.
(Keep Reading on Ao3)

elian_panatomicpublishing

I wrote four more original works for

fandom_empire! All exactly 333 words.

Still Dreaming (sequel to Doctoral Dreaming)
[warning: surgery]

The second dream was the same as the first, with a new patient on the table.
( Keep Reading )

Are You Listening?
[warning: death of parent, corpses]

The world has been ending since you first became sentient — later than your sister, whose first memory is of the two of you in your cot — since that day when you were five and you were struck with the sudden knowledge that you existed.
( Keep Reading )

Displacement

The sun rose over the fields of Mary's little farm like it did every morning, with a long metallic whir as the shades fell from the reinforced glass sky.
( Keep Reading )

Broadcasts, Unheard (sequel to Are You Listening?)

You sold your soul for a pack of gum, three weeks and four states over.
( Keep Reading )

starandrea

March! I'm like the gray cat in that meme where it's looking in one direction going, "What was that?!" and then the image is flipped so it's looking in the other direction going, "What was that?!"

Those cannas are up because of course they are, a couple of dwarf irises bloomed in the front garden this week (first flowers!) and the mystery sprouts out back are definitely probably crocuses. Just, maybe, very large crocuses? One of them has a bud so we'll know for sure soon. Yay crocuses!

Also I just ordered a DNA test for Daphne, my head hurts, and 75fluent starts on Tuesday. Luckily I've already given up so it shouldn't be too hard. None of those things are related. I mean, I assume.

Ima go to sleep but know that I love you ♥

mific

Courtesy of the YouTube algorithm, which has clearly been corrupted by Heated Rivalry, and a good thing, too.

New music vid by Minute Taker featuring a gay love story in a Big Brother-like dystopia, but with a happy ending. The song's ok, but it's the storytelling that wins here.

Losing Self-Control

scrubjayspeaks

Well, at least the late days at work have mostly dried up. So I feel less like I’m trying to cram ten pounds of crap into a five-pound bag. My raise for the year kicked in, including the back pay. It is disappointing both on general principle, given how many departments I work for and roles I fill, and in practical terms, given that everything is so goddamn expensive.

Saturday, we went to the semiannual giveaway of compost from the green waste processing plant. We got rather a larger load than we had meant to, and the truck did not appreciate having to work that hard, but we made it home. This will go to the vegetable garden areas, mostly. In theory, our last frost date isn’t for another couple of weeks. In reality, I’m pretty sure we could have, and possibly should have, started planting out the vegetables a couple weeks ago.

I really want to go through and repot the succulents. It’s been a few years at this point, so they need it. It will let me consolidate the pots as well, as there are some dead ones to remove. It feels like I don’t actually get to do much of anything with the garden these days, apart from clearing weeds.

As usual, my issue is that there aren’t enough hours in the day.

Lewisia: 3 new pieces written

Day job: 43 hours

Cooking: lemon biscotti (which I have been dipping into mashed up thawed raspberries as part of my work lunch for maximum decadence)

Gardening: weed whacked the north end of the property, watered the succulents, picked up the semiannual load of compost

Reading: The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna (I think I got the rec for this straight off Storygraph and it was, indeed, a very good match for me, a perfectly charming romance)

Watching: The X-Files season one, episode 18

Listening: Dream Life by Mary Epworth (“Long Gone” was one of the haunting weather segments from early Welcome to Night Vale, and yes it has taken me something like a decade to get the album, hush, it was quite nice, bigger variation in style than I expected)

Playing: I finished that mfing sorting game and I can’t tell if the satisfaction outweighs the resentment I feel toward it for how addicting the early moments are and how grindingly annoying the final sorting is

Clock Mouse: 100 minutes of planning work, plus 908 words written

anneapocalypse

Fandom: Final Fantasy XIV
Rating: Teen & Up
Warnings: Major Character Death
Relationships: Urianger Augurelt/Warrior of Light
Characters: Urianger Augurelt, Warrior of Light
Additional Tags: Bad Ending, Post-Shadowbringers, Gpose Images, Poetry, Fae, Wolianger Week June 2025
Series: The Faerie Queen of Light: Titania AU
Length: 422 words

Summary:

AU in which the Warrior of Light became Titania rather than succumb to the Light, as penned by the late poet who loved her.

Notes:

Created for Wolianger Week June 2025, for the prompt: Royalty. Backdated to when I posted it on tumblr.

Final Fantasy XIV is owned by Square Enix. This is a non-commercial work of fanfiction.

Read on: tumblr | AO3

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luzula

Now You Know by Anais Mitchell, which I stumbled on today, is SUCH a middle age song. It sounds like someone in perimenopause. It's not hitting me personally head on (among other things I don't think about children that way) but I found it gripping and beautiful.

josilverdragon

Just doing my archive thing, as I do every Saturday and Sunday, and I'm currently mapping out what media the Sleep Token large fan-run discord st-media channel has and I am almost through 2022. The most recent entry I reached included a link to a video uploaded to YouTube from one of the first dates of the 2022 North American tour they were on opening for a band called In This Moment with Nothing More and the Cherrybombs. And I watched it (again probably but a year or separated) and they all doing more chaotic versions of what they do now on stage is so much fun. IV for example, his movements are a little more restrained but I see it on this stage in St. Louis in 2022 and III is always chaotic lol.

Anyway, here's that delightful video of The Offering from St Louis in 2022.

Watch on YouTube

Crossposts: https://josilverdragon.insanejournal.com/384882.html

anneapocalypse

Fandom: Final Fantasy XIV
Rating: General
Warnings: None
Relationships: Ryne & Warrior of Light
Characters: Warrior of Light, Ryne
Additional Tags: Epistolary, Gpose, Post-Dawntrail
Series: With Lilies and With Laurel
Length: 277 words

Summary:

A letter to a dear friend in the First, accompanied by photographs thanks to some amazing new technology.

Notes:

This happened entirely as a result of me enjoying the new /photo emote. Backdated to when I originally posted it to tumblr.

Final Fantasy XIV is owned by Square Enix. This is a non-commercial work of fanfiction.

Read on: tumblr | AO3

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jajalala

Back in college, I did a decent chunk of music production and enjoyed it, but I haven't gone very deep into it post-graduation. There's a lot of upfront equipment and software costs to it, and it's not as though I have a proper studio space, so I've ignored the thought/hobby for awhile. I have like, one USB microphone that a friend gifted me, which eventually I ended up using for my 2022 podficcing phase, but have not done much with outside of that.

Recently though one of my roommates has been doing song composition and asked about audio recording. I was like "Well I have the one mic, and GarageBand on mac computers is a pretty serviceable way to record music (Audacity too if you're very minimalist) but if you're trying to layer and line up multiple tracks on top of each other and make it sound NICE, we should probably get all this other stuff which is a lot upfront, let me google the costs..."

Slightly more technical details

A fancy recording setup involves several different components, including:

Audio Interface: Literally a box that combines all the various inputs/outputs and does some other key things. It keeps them all aligned with minimal latency. AKA normally if you record with a microphone directly USB-connected to your computer, and then listen to it through a set of headphones connected to the computer, then the audio signal has to travel all the way from the microphone through your computer and then to your headphones--and your computer is not designed for/trying to be able to to deliver that FAST. That's fine if you're recording and THEN listening back, but if you want to do both simultaneously (for example, if you sing a harmony on top of your melody track) then you're gonna introduce a weird delay/latency that makes it super hard to line up the parts properly. Using an audio interface which is designed to have minimal delay and line things up with themselves makes layering sounds on top of each other SO much easier.

Microphone with XLR cable: An audio interface only takes certain types of inputs, and for microphones it takes an XLR cable (big round thing with pins inside) that allows for an ANALOG signal. A USB microphone translates the audio to a DIGITAL signal, which increases latency, so audio interfaces typically only take the analog XLR. This was frustrating for me bc I do have a USB microphone, but even if I bought the interface I wouldn't actually be able to use that mic with it unless I ALSO bought a new microphone that had that XLR capability/connection.

Headphones: You connect a set of headphones directly into the audio interface (again, to lower latency), and that ALSO has its own preferred connector (TRS, I think 1/4 in? Think a regular audio jack but Extra Thick). You can connect basically any headphones with an adapter, but (1) you have to buy that adapter (2) you need a wired headset in the first place... unfortunately, I did not really have this, as I don't love headsets and the one set I have is bluetooth.

Cables, mic stands, etc: There's some various peripherals necessary to connect all the stuff and actually hold it up (especially holding up the microphone). Not crazy, but adding on top of everything else, it can feel overwhelming to ALSO have to choose and purchase.

And so I googled the equipment I'd need and found that it would be Quite A Lot... So I despaired like "Yeah I'm never getting into a proper audio recording phase again, it's too expensive to justify..."

But then I remembered the treasure trove that is Facebook Marketplace. And podcasting/song recording is the kind of hobby that some people get into and then drop (or they get beginner equipment and then upgrade), and maybe some of them might be willing to part with that equipment at a good price, and lo and behold! At first I was looking for just one item, but discovered someone was actually selling a small suite of the exact equipment I needed in a bundle for a CRAZY good price.

It was still pricey, enough that I feel motivated to get my money's worth, but I looked up the individual components online and found that I was definitely getting some BIG savings overall, PLUS I don't have to go hunting around for all the different little pieces--I could just go, pick it up, and have it all (and likely all compatible with each other). AKA, I found a perfect beginner's kit for a steal of a price.

So I connected with the person, who was trying to get rid of the stuff before moving out of the country, and got #blessed to be able to purchase it all for probably half (or less) what it might have been retail altogether. Yay!!!

I tested the setup with my computer (and with my roommates iPad, which she'll probably use for her song recording) and it all works/is functional and is compatible with each other!! Big wins! I recorded a little bit of music AND read out a real quick podfic just to test things out.

Podficcing tangent

I got really into podficcing back in 2022--I was experiencing a LOT of wrist pain, and podficcing was a nice activity where I just sat in a chair to talk and would barely use my wrist for 10-30 minutes per recording session. It gave me the satisfaction of a hobby and productivity, though I'll confess the EDITING and posting part involved perhaps a bit more wrist work than was ideal. Still, I got really into it and developed a whole workflow and method (especially for posting... do you know how few options there are to host audio where you can seamlessly embed the audio in AO3??)

However, I learned about some brilliant wrist exercises that eventually ended up saving my butt by bringing my daily wrist pain down to a manageable level. I'm extremely glad for that, but also the end result is I kinda dropped podficcing.

Well, now that I'm trying to get my money's worth for this audio setup, I'm hoping to get back into it again. After recording the test podfic, I went into my files and discovered I actually have SEVERAL podfics recorded from 2022 that I just never edited or posted... so while editing this new one, I edited one of the old ones at the same time and posted them both yesterday. I'm hoping to edit the few others that languished in my podfics folder as I do other new podfics as well. At this point, I've also become much more of an audiobook reader, so I think I may do an even better job podficcing in the future now that I've been more of a listener.

So I'm excited and going to try to get back into podficcing! I did a very quick slapdash test podfic with the new microphone, but I want to sit down and do one with a more organized physical setup. And then I'd also like to do a multichapter one... Oneshots are def the play for getting back into it, but I'd love to do a bigger long-term project. I've often enjoyed the investment of reading long fics, so I'd like for people who listen to podfics to also be able to listen to long fics too.

Unfortunately I've become much less of a fanfic reader in the past few years (been getting more into published books, life has been busy, tastes have refined so I'm pickier) and the end result is that most my AO3 bookmarks (where I would look for fics I might want to podfic) are just oneshots. On top of that, I generally prefer to podfic for people who have blanket permissions/transformative work statements that make clear whether they accept podfics of their work, which also limits my options in terms of authors.

I'd love to record a multichapter of like, 10-50k words. In the past I recorded a nice 15k, 3 chapter TogaChako fic that resulted in 1.5 to 2 hours of actual audio, and I found that a delightful little project that I'd love to replicate with something new. I also did the Ace Attorney behemoth (49k, 13 chapters) my best friend wrote where I recorded TWO versions--one where I was literally reading for the first time out loud and reacting along the way, and then a second where I read it normally/formally afterwards for ppl who just wanna hear the fic. The formal version ended up being around 5 hours I think? But it was a lot of fun to be able to engage and play with that fic for a long period of time.

I would love to have like... a Good Fic, That I Like, That's Relatively Recent (or like, I've recently read and aligned with my current tastes), that's a multichapter around 10-50k, from an author who allows podfic. But that's hard to find organically! So if anyone has any recs (especially if they're F/F within like, My Hero Academia, Fire Emblem Three Houses, or any other fandoms you've seen me yap about) plz let me know.

Anyway, I still need to figure out a good PHYSICAL set up. My roommates and I have a "hobby room", but it's already quite full of other stuff so trying to get a functional corner for audio stuff might take some time and additional little shelf/table stuff. All that is pretty cheap logistical management, though--not pricey and specialized equipment. In the future as I use it more and get comfortable I may discover I don't like different pieces or feel a need to expand... but at least then I'll have everything else set up, so I can just replace pieces bit by bit and still be functional instead of having to buy a bunch of stuff upfront.

Current Mood: excited

missizzy

I just booked a train to Atlanta in late May, and a plane back. Turns out that while Atlanta has a train station, there don't seem to be many passenger trains going there. To avoid having to fly there I'm going to have to catch the overnight train late on Friday, get there the next morning, and hope I can find somewhere to stash my bag for seven hours before I can check into my hotel. And there were no trains going out the day after the live show. It was endure an airport, or endure 15 hours on a bus, and I'm not up to the latter in my middle age. I booked an afternoon flight just to be able to get the airport as many hours in advance as possible.
I've now done two more test recordings. The second, done after I finally managed to completely disable the audio on the webcam, sounded just fine, aside from my keyboard being very loud in it(maybe get foam to put under the microphone?). But then again, so did the test recording I did before my first disastrous streaming attempt. I'm going to try again this coming Saturday, so I'll have to see how it goes then.

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