Roundup of Stuff
Apr. 10th, 2021 04:34 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
hilsHad my second covid vaccine yesterday and thankfully this one came without any of the side effects that I had with the first. My arm is a bit tender but apart from that I'm totally fine.
Met up with my best friend from Uni on Thursday and we had takeout in our cars and then went for a walk. God I haven't walked any significant distance in forever. We did about 2 miles and my legs ached by the time I got home.
The good news is she and her husband are both also fully vaccinated so when the rules allow it that means I can have an actual indoor visit and finally meet the cat they got last summer.
Her son has grown up so much since the last time I saw him, which was just before Christmas. He's going to be 9 this year and it's weird how much older he looks in just a few months. He was very excited to see me and was showing me the trees he's learned to climb. I've definitely missed him.
So slowly we're starting to get back to some semblance of normality. We're still all working from home but I imagine at some point in the next few months we'll be at the point where we can start going back into the office, which comes with good things and bad. It'll be interesting to see how it goes.
Fandom stuff continues to be both a blessing and a curse. It's doing a great job of keeping me distracted but there's still a lot of tension and anxiety that comes with all your interactions being done online. One of my closest friends during the pandemic decided she needed to step back from everything and deleted all her social media and texting apps with no warning. I appreciate she needed to do this for her own mental wellbeing but it honestly hurt me a lot and I'm feeling a little adrift now because a lot of my social activities were with her.
It is what it is. I still have my Sunday lunchtime kpop streams. One of the Australians has just started watching The Untamed for the first time and every week she yells at me before we start as though it's my fault this show is giving her feelings :D
Speaking off, apparently today is the 1 year anniversary of me starting The Untamed. It's a beautiful show and I love it a lot but it was my gateway drug into other Asian dramas so I am especially thankful for that. Shoutout tobonibaru for badgering me to watch it, then badgering me to watch Guardian, which then led me to watch The Lost Tomb Reboot and now here I am in the Lost Tomb fandom having so much fun.
Writing is going well. I've now published 41k of fic this year which is huge for me, especially in recent years. I think the last time I posted as much as this was 2012 when I was deeply into the Marvel fandom.
My current WIP is 5k and will probably be between 6k and 7k by the time I've finished it and fleshed out a few scenes that need some work. I've got plans for a couple of sequels to things I've already posted, andlaireshi has tagged me to to write an asexual Xiaoge fic which I am really keen to do I'm just trying to figure out what I want to do with it.
So, you know, good things and bad as usual. Hope everyone else is keeping well.
Met up with my best friend from Uni on Thursday and we had takeout in our cars and then went for a walk. God I haven't walked any significant distance in forever. We did about 2 miles and my legs ached by the time I got home.
The good news is she and her husband are both also fully vaccinated so when the rules allow it that means I can have an actual indoor visit and finally meet the cat they got last summer.
Her son has grown up so much since the last time I saw him, which was just before Christmas. He's going to be 9 this year and it's weird how much older he looks in just a few months. He was very excited to see me and was showing me the trees he's learned to climb. I've definitely missed him.
So slowly we're starting to get back to some semblance of normality. We're still all working from home but I imagine at some point in the next few months we'll be at the point where we can start going back into the office, which comes with good things and bad. It'll be interesting to see how it goes.
Fandom stuff continues to be both a blessing and a curse. It's doing a great job of keeping me distracted but there's still a lot of tension and anxiety that comes with all your interactions being done online. One of my closest friends during the pandemic decided she needed to step back from everything and deleted all her social media and texting apps with no warning. I appreciate she needed to do this for her own mental wellbeing but it honestly hurt me a lot and I'm feeling a little adrift now because a lot of my social activities were with her.
It is what it is. I still have my Sunday lunchtime kpop streams. One of the Australians has just started watching The Untamed for the first time and every week she yells at me before we start as though it's my fault this show is giving her feelings :D
Speaking off, apparently today is the 1 year anniversary of me starting The Untamed. It's a beautiful show and I love it a lot but it was my gateway drug into other Asian dramas so I am especially thankful for that. Shoutout to
bonibaru for badgering me to watch it, then badgering me to watch Guardian, which then led me to watch The Lost Tomb Reboot and now here I am in the Lost Tomb fandom having so much fun.Writing is going well. I've now published 41k of fic this year which is huge for me, especially in recent years. I think the last time I posted as much as this was 2012 when I was deeply into the Marvel fandom.
My current WIP is 5k and will probably be between 6k and 7k by the time I've finished it and fleshed out a few scenes that need some work. I've got plans for a couple of sequels to things I've already posted, and
laireshi has tagged me to to write an asexual Xiaoge fic which I am really keen to do I'm just trying to figure out what I want to do with it. So, you know, good things and bad as usual. Hope everyone else is keeping well.
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Date: 2021-04-10 04:25 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2021-04-10 04:32 pm (UTC)I'm eagerly awaiting your fic :D
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Date: 2021-04-10 04:58 pm (UTC)"The Untamed" is addicting.
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Date: 2021-04-10 06:08 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2021-04-10 06:09 pm (UTC)I'm still mulling over what gets them to talk about it. It'll come to me :D
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Date: 2021-04-10 06:09 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2021-04-10 06:12 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2021-04-10 09:20 pm (UTC)I have such sympathy for needing time away from everything, but also it sucks to miss your friends and feel left behind. *hugs*
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Date: 2021-04-11 01:59 pm (UTC)Happy Untamed Anniversary! Congrats on your 41k of fic!
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Date: 2021-04-12 03:34 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2021-04-17 05:02 pm (UTC):( and *hugs* for losing a fandom connection. Understanding it and being able to deal emotionally are so not the same thing. <3
\o/ again for you landing in LTR fandom, and getting your fic done! \o/