PSA: Stop Hiding The Gay Books
Jun. 4th, 2025 06:21 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rhoda_rantsDudes. Jerks. Wine Moms.
Stop hiding the gay books.
This has been happening all year, btw. I haven't noticed a marked increase of this kind of behavior since Pride started. It's been going on for months.
But y'all. You're wasting your time. You might think you're wasting mine, but I reshelve books all day long, whether they got moved accidentally or on purpose. Who do you think will get bored faster?
Oh, also: when you have to reshelve things, you also scan them, which flags them in the system as "in library use," meaning the computer goes, "Hey, people read this a lot! Let's keep it FOREVER!"
So: I will find them. And every time I do, I will move them to the DISPLAY shelf. You came in with an agenda and an hour of bigotry to perform during your lunch break.
I'm here every day for eight hours in a row. You won't win this.
As you were.
Stop hiding the gay books.
This has been happening all year, btw. I haven't noticed a marked increase of this kind of behavior since Pride started. It's been going on for months.
But y'all. You're wasting your time. You might think you're wasting mine, but I reshelve books all day long, whether they got moved accidentally or on purpose. Who do you think will get bored faster?
Oh, also: when you have to reshelve things, you also scan them, which flags them in the system as "in library use," meaning the computer goes, "Hey, people read this a lot! Let's keep it FOREVER!"
So: I will find them. And every time I do, I will move them to the DISPLAY shelf. You came in with an agenda and an hour of bigotry to perform during your lunch break.
I'm here every day for eight hours in a row. You won't win this.
As you were.
Oregon Trip, Day 1
Jun. 4th, 2025 12:23 pmyourlibrarian1) Just returned from a road trip from Portland to L.A. Almost had a hitch at the very start when it turned out my partner couldn't take me to pick up the car until 12:30 and the pickup had been scheduled for noon. I figured, not a big deal, right, to move it to 1 PM? Tried doing so with the 800 number since I couldn't seem to alter the reservation (and the local office usually can't be reached). I was told that if the car wasn't picked up by soon after 12 it would no longer be available. That sounded ridiculous, so I went to the office in person. Yup, no problem at all to move it to 1 PM. They told me I couldn't prepay for the pickup since it had to be tied to a specific vehicle.
I then asked if I could add the pre-paid fuel and tolls since the Chicago dropoff meant it wouldn't even cost me much more than if I did it myself. No but I could do that online. In fact, I couldn't. I was never offered the option.
Despite all this had no trouble with the pickup on the day, nor the drive up other than rain all the way. And I did rather like the light that would flash if someone was coming up on my left or right side to alert me to possible blind spots. The other thing was that as soon as I'd sat in the rental the service agent let me know to ignore the constantly signaling "maintenance warning" light. They had just gotten it back from the dealership and nothing could be found wrong with the car. ( Read more... )
The flight was definitely unfun. I had a middle seat and was very tired from a poor night's sleep followed by a 3 hour drive. I tried resting for an hour but gave up and watched Wicked on the in flight panels. I thought it was fine, certainly big budget, some nice dance routines and performances. I was surprised to realize it was only Pt. 1 of the story. I guess it was a good spot to end it to get the audience back in for the sequel. ( Read more... )
2) It took me a while but I did catch up on Pillowfort posts. Here at Dreamwidth though one can't scroll back longer than 2 weeks, which was skip=350. So there may be posts from from the 21st I can't see.
That said I'm having to skim through a lot because it's a ton of posts and I have things to catch up on now that I'm home again. More on that later.
3) Yesterday was unpacking, laundry, and refrigerator triage before today's weekly shop. I thought I was shockingly tired yesterday given that Monday night I had the most sleep since before the trip and the general stress was over. I even wondered if I was coming down with something but I feel ok today too, just...tired.
4) One nice bit post-trip is that I still had some of K's curry pretzels which she gifted M and me with. People love them so much she was urged to make it a side hustle but she said she didn't have the time for that, and preferred getting to relax rather than have a second job when she came home. She made some to order for Christmas sales a few years ago and said she didn't want to go through that twice.
5) Usually my partner complains that he never has time to watch his TV stuff because he has so little viewing time, and when he does have it we watch things together. My being away is clearly helpful on this front as he's looking forward to some of our joint viewing again 😉
I then asked if I could add the pre-paid fuel and tolls since the Chicago dropoff meant it wouldn't even cost me much more than if I did it myself. No but I could do that online. In fact, I couldn't. I was never offered the option.
Despite all this had no trouble with the pickup on the day, nor the drive up other than rain all the way. And I did rather like the light that would flash if someone was coming up on my left or right side to alert me to possible blind spots. The other thing was that as soon as I'd sat in the rental the service agent let me know to ignore the constantly signaling "maintenance warning" light. They had just gotten it back from the dealership and nothing could be found wrong with the car. ( Read more... )
The flight was definitely unfun. I had a middle seat and was very tired from a poor night's sleep followed by a 3 hour drive. I tried resting for an hour but gave up and watched Wicked on the in flight panels. I thought it was fine, certainly big budget, some nice dance routines and performances. I was surprised to realize it was only Pt. 1 of the story. I guess it was a good spot to end it to get the audience back in for the sequel. ( Read more... )
2) It took me a while but I did catch up on Pillowfort posts. Here at Dreamwidth though one can't scroll back longer than 2 weeks, which was skip=350. So there may be posts from from the 21st I can't see.
That said I'm having to skim through a lot because it's a ton of posts and I have things to catch up on now that I'm home again. More on that later.
3) Yesterday was unpacking, laundry, and refrigerator triage before today's weekly shop. I thought I was shockingly tired yesterday given that Monday night I had the most sleep since before the trip and the general stress was over. I even wondered if I was coming down with something but I feel ok today too, just...tired.
4) One nice bit post-trip is that I still had some of K's curry pretzels which she gifted M and me with. People love them so much she was urged to make it a side hustle but she said she didn't have the time for that, and preferred getting to relax rather than have a second job when she came home. She made some to order for Christmas sales a few years ago and said she didn't want to go through that twice.
5) Usually my partner complains that he never has time to watch his TV stuff because he has so little viewing time, and when he does have it we watch things together. My being away is clearly helpful on this front as he's looking forward to some of our joint viewing again 😉
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TV Talk: On the Sly
Jun. 3rd, 2025 09:23 amyourlibrarian posting in ![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png){kind=small}
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Do you regularly watch any shows you wouldn't like to admit to other people? If so, no need to specify what the show(s) is, but what makes you reluctant to have that known? And if you don't, have you encountered this with anyone else?
New Who so far
Jun. 1st, 2025 02:49 pmelisiSome of you may remember, but almost 6 years ago Promethia created a wonderful spreadsheet of Classic Who, giving an overview of the showrunners and descriptions of the different eras.
Recently I became inspired to do one for New Who. It's a bit more comprehensive than the one for Classic Who, and very much my own take on everything. Also it's a little tongue-in-cheek.
Spoilers for everything aired so far.
( Here be spoilers for Doctor Who 2005-2025 )
Please note that I will (at some point) probably write up some actual thoughts about Disney Who so far. However I have all the time in the world for that, so just be aware that this is not the post for yelling about last night's episode. I mean - you may yell, but I'm very zen about it all. 🫶
Recently I became inspired to do one for New Who. It's a bit more comprehensive than the one for Classic Who, and very much my own take on everything. Also it's a little tongue-in-cheek.
Spoilers for everything aired so far.
( Here be spoilers for Doctor Who 2005-2025 )
Please note that I will (at some point) probably write up some actual thoughts about Disney Who so far. However I have all the time in the world for that, so just be aware that this is not the post for yelling about last night's episode. I mean - you may yell, but I'm very zen about it all. 🫶
K-Drama Update #15: June Releases
Jun. 1st, 2025 02:30 pmfeurioo posting in tv_talkSquid Game: Season 3 | Release: June 27
A failed rebellion, the death of a friend, and a secret betrayal. Picking up in the aftermath, the final season finds Gi Hun, Player 456, at his lowest point yet. But the Squid Game stops for no one, so Gi Hun will be forced to make some important choices in the face of overwhelming despair as he and the surviving players are thrust into deadlier games that test everyone’s resolve. Will Gi Hun make the right decisions, or will Frontman finally break his spirit?
( Click for more K-dramas! )
Taskmaster, other television, Hugo homework, Elis & John + fannish goals
May. 30th, 2025 12:47 pmhamsterwomanToo many axes for doomscrolling, this is the escapism post.
Taskmaster Oz finale -- That was a fun conclusion! ( Spoilers )
I think this might be my favorite lineup in TM Oz... I mean, I liked most people on the other seasons, too, and it could always be recency bias, but I feel like I actively like 4 of the contestants, while my previous high was 3. Tommy actually ended up being my favorite, surprising the hell out of me -- I expected to find him annoying based on the first impression, but he grew on me with each episode, until I was amazed to discover he was the one I was looking forward to the most. I can't remember that ever happening before... Anyway, Tommy's right at the top for me, followed by Waka and Lisa -- I think those two are tied for me, different as they are -- Lisa is just such a darling! and Waka is such a delightful weirdo! And Emma reliably made me laugh, as well as being a great player of the game. Hughesy was also entertaining; I would rank him last of the five personally, but I still enjoyed him, and his interplay with the other contestants, especially Tommy, Emma, and Lisa.
**
Taskmaster s19e05 -- halfway! wow, this series is going fast. ( Spoilers )
*
North of North --tinny wrote a rec post, and in addition to the really cool premise (a comedy about an Inuk woman and various people in her life, starring and made by mostly Inuk women), the thing that caught my attention was that it was short (8 episodes of ~25 min each), on Netflix, and did not require subtitles (mostly, as it turned out; there are a couple of short scenes in Inuktitut, but in-universe translation is provided for the pivotal one). Anyway, the length was perfect to binge it in two halves over two weekends. I really enjoyed it!
The thing it most reminded me of, weirdly, was Alma's Not Normal -- I think a similar vibe of, like, a situation that one would more expect to be the subject of a Very Special Episode but allowed to be a proper comedy, with a protagonist who is allowed to be flawed and goofy and not just an object of sympathy/brave in adversity or whatever. There's even a mother who was not very motherly, although Neevee is definitely in a healthier place than Alma's mum during the timeframe of the show.
( More, with spoilers )
Anyway, really enjoyed that, and hope there's a second season to catch up with these folks again.
Also, it reminded me strongly enough of 'Alma' that it served as my impetus to track down the second series of Alma's Not Normal, which I'd been meaning to do for a while, especially after John Robins spoke so positively about it when interviewing Sophie Willan on How Do You Cope. Actually doing so required remembering which source I'd gotten the first series from, trying to download some kind of codec thing from Microsoft to be able to play the videos, and finally downloading a brad new freeware media player -- but I persevered, and then binged all six episodes (they're short, so the whole thing is <3 hours) in one night. And that was really well done, and also I totally see why, in addition to general acclaim (the second series also won a bunch of awards) it appeals to John specifically -- there's a similar mixture of "emotional heft" (to use Elis's phrase) and funny moments that release tension that I recognize from John's work, and it's a combination that works for me really well. I did not realize that the show was complete at 2 series (with a Christmas special potentially to come), so while I kind of knew what to expect from the general progression, since the show is semi-autobiographical, ( Spoilers from here )
*
Hugo homework:
( Related work )
Related Work: (6/6) Charting the Cliff, Report on Censorship (I do hope either one of these wins), Tracking Changes, Star Wars Hotel video essay, Speculative Whiteness, r/Fantasy bingo
*
You may be thinking I've been talking about Elis and John less lately (I was shocked to discover I haven't posted a roundup in 2 months!), but that's just because, delightfully,sysann has followed me down the same rabbit hole, so I've actually had a person who is also in the grip of active obsession to talk about them with in various comment threads. But I've been continuing to make solid progress through the old 5Live episodes, backwards, and now only have ~40 episodes of that to go. I won't quite have finished them all in a year, but it'll be pretty close.
( March-May 2025 )
( Feb-Sept 2020 )
Clips from the socials:
- John's adorable sneezes
- John seems to have stopped eating chocolate/cake during/prior to the recordings, but this was from before he figured out not to do that: live cake slump and Elis, udeterred by the threat of impending tears (when John says he should feel free to speak Welsh during Cymru Connection).
- John is an outlier
- Discussing John's muscles
- Elis's commentary on a review of John
- Elis's John-centric alternatives to Cymru Conection
*
Fannish goals update: ( progress )
Taskmaster Oz finale -- That was a fun conclusion! ( Spoilers )
I think this might be my favorite lineup in TM Oz... I mean, I liked most people on the other seasons, too, and it could always be recency bias, but I feel like I actively like 4 of the contestants, while my previous high was 3. Tommy actually ended up being my favorite, surprising the hell out of me -- I expected to find him annoying based on the first impression, but he grew on me with each episode, until I was amazed to discover he was the one I was looking forward to the most. I can't remember that ever happening before... Anyway, Tommy's right at the top for me, followed by Waka and Lisa -- I think those two are tied for me, different as they are -- Lisa is just such a darling! and Waka is such a delightful weirdo! And Emma reliably made me laugh, as well as being a great player of the game. Hughesy was also entertaining; I would rank him last of the five personally, but I still enjoyed him, and his interplay with the other contestants, especially Tommy, Emma, and Lisa.
**
Taskmaster s19e05 -- halfway! wow, this series is going fast. ( Spoilers )
*
North of North --
tinny wrote a rec post, and in addition to the really cool premise (a comedy about an Inuk woman and various people in her life, starring and made by mostly Inuk women), the thing that caught my attention was that it was short (8 episodes of ~25 min each), on Netflix, and did not require subtitles (mostly, as it turned out; there are a couple of short scenes in Inuktitut, but in-universe translation is provided for the pivotal one). Anyway, the length was perfect to binge it in two halves over two weekends. I really enjoyed it!The thing it most reminded me of, weirdly, was Alma's Not Normal -- I think a similar vibe of, like, a situation that one would more expect to be the subject of a Very Special Episode but allowed to be a proper comedy, with a protagonist who is allowed to be flawed and goofy and not just an object of sympathy/brave in adversity or whatever. There's even a mother who was not very motherly, although Neevee is definitely in a healthier place than Alma's mum during the timeframe of the show.
( More, with spoilers )
Anyway, really enjoyed that, and hope there's a second season to catch up with these folks again.
Also, it reminded me strongly enough of 'Alma' that it served as my impetus to track down the second series of Alma's Not Normal, which I'd been meaning to do for a while, especially after John Robins spoke so positively about it when interviewing Sophie Willan on How Do You Cope. Actually doing so required remembering which source I'd gotten the first series from, trying to download some kind of codec thing from Microsoft to be able to play the videos, and finally downloading a brad new freeware media player -- but I persevered, and then binged all six episodes (they're short, so the whole thing is <3 hours) in one night. And that was really well done, and also I totally see why, in addition to general acclaim (the second series also won a bunch of awards) it appeals to John specifically -- there's a similar mixture of "emotional heft" (to use Elis's phrase) and funny moments that release tension that I recognize from John's work, and it's a combination that works for me really well. I did not realize that the show was complete at 2 series (with a Christmas special potentially to come), so while I kind of knew what to expect from the general progression, since the show is semi-autobiographical, ( Spoilers from here )
*
Hugo homework:
( Related work )
Related Work: (6/6) Charting the Cliff, Report on Censorship (I do hope either one of these wins), Tracking Changes, Star Wars Hotel video essay, Speculative Whiteness, r/Fantasy bingo
*
You may be thinking I've been talking about Elis and John less lately (I was shocked to discover I haven't posted a roundup in 2 months!), but that's just because, delightfully,
sysann has followed me down the same rabbit hole, so I've actually had a person who is also in the grip of active obsession to talk about them with in various comment threads. But I've been continuing to make solid progress through the old 5Live episodes, backwards, and now only have ~40 episodes of that to go. I won't quite have finished them all in a year, but it'll be pretty close. ( March-May 2025 )
( Feb-Sept 2020 )
Clips from the socials:
- John's adorable sneezes
- John seems to have stopped eating chocolate/cake during/prior to the recordings, but this was from before he figured out not to do that: live cake slump and Elis, udeterred by the threat of impending tears (when John says he should feel free to speak Welsh during Cymru Connection).
- John is an outlier
- Discussing John's muscles
- Elis's commentary on a review of John
- Elis's John-centric alternatives to Cymru Conection
*
Fannish goals update: ( progress )
Activity #94 - Technique Waterfall
May. 28th, 2025 07:18 pmtinny posting in icontalking
I don't feel up to Ask the Maker yet, so first we'll have a short activity until mid-June (and then Ask the Maker).
Now we'll make sets of icons following water down a waterfall! Under the cut, there is a list of techniques in the shape of a waterfall.
( technique waterfall! )
Rules:
* You have to start at the top (on any square that has no other directly above it, not necessarily the top left) and then go straight down or diagonally down. Make one icon for each square you come across (of course using that technique). It's your choice where you start, and whether you go straight down or diagonal on each step. You can go both left-down or right-down. Just never go horizontally or up.
* Each set of icons has to be of consecutive squares you come across on the way from top to bottom. You don't have to go all the way down - you can start at the top and only make two icons, that's okay. Minimum set size is two icons.
* If you want to make more than one set, you can. You can choose a new starting point (has to be one of the top squares) for each set.
Please ask me if you have any questions. Let me know if there's a problem with the graphic, I can also provide the techniques as plain text.
* You can make as many icons as you like (if you need a goal, five is a good number :))
* There is no minimum, 1 icon is enough to enter this activity
* Please submit your icons (and URLs!) to this post, all in one comment (if possible)
* Everyone can participate, you don't have to be a member of this community
* I will collect all the icons from the comments and make a result post
* Everyone can leave comments on the inspiration and activity result posts
* There is no voting
Deadline: Saturday, June 14 2025, your end-of-day
TV Tuesday: The Bold and the Beautiful
May. 27th, 2025 03:40 pmfeurioo posting in tv_talk
It’s often been the case that the rich and powerful are shown on TV far more often than lower middle class, working class, or poor people, despite their actual percentages in most populations. Does this bother you as a viewer? Does genre play any role in that?
Land of Art has moved to dreamwidth
May. 25th, 2025 08:34 pmtinny posting in icontalking
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May. 25th, 2025 06:29 pmangrbodaWe have set of bed linens that we never use, because although it was bought as being regular size it is in fact stupidly large. The pillow cases are nearly twice the size of our pillows. Our duvets rattle around inside the covers and you end up with ten to fifteen centimeters of empty fabric at the top because the duvet keeps disappearing down the foot end. I tried washing it super hot in the hope that it would shrink, just a little. It did not. So although it's nice, it's only been on the bed a few times and it's taking up space in the wardrobe.
I thought about giving it to the Red Cross shop, but I've decided what I actually think I want to try and do with these nice big pieces of fabric is attempt to make myself a simple skirt. I've found some instructions for a really simple half circle skirt and there's more than enough fabric for that. I'll probably have to make it two layers so that it's not transparent. Luckily, I've got this other duvet cover which long ago has lost it's partner and it's pillow cases and that should do quite nicely. I will also have to modify slightly I think if it's not long enough, but that can be done by simply making an extra seam. No big deal.
Emboldened by the curtains, how hard can it be?
I thought about giving it to the Red Cross shop, but I've decided what I actually think I want to try and do with these nice big pieces of fabric is attempt to make myself a simple skirt. I've found some instructions for a really simple half circle skirt and there's more than enough fabric for that. I'll probably have to make it two layers so that it's not transparent. Luckily, I've got this other duvet cover which long ago has lost it's partner and it's pillow cases and that should do quite nicely. I will also have to modify slightly I think if it's not long enough, but that can be done by simply making an extra seam. No big deal.
Emboldened by the curtains, how hard can it be?