Jun. 11th, 2025 08:16 am

Oof...long weeks....

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Managed to sit down and finally write things up. I did manage to knit a bunch, got to the gym, didn't drink too much, I've been watching what I've been eating. The scale is still stuck but that is fine. My goal for SD is to eat well, not drink too much and the minute I'm done with work I go for at least a mile walk either outside or on the treadmill. I'm also bringing my workout books that I haven't even looked at for bodyweight exercises, yoga, and stretching. So at least the intent is to have the resources. I will be making sure to keep some accountability too.

Work was crazy busy. We managed a lot and getting ready for a big focus meeting this week. I finished things up late on Friday and then vegg'd watching TV and knitting. The boys went to kung fu and I made homemade potato salad and grilled burgers. They were simple but good. I did some spinning too since my hands were tired and my right elbow is still giving me fits from over use. Managed to get things going well there.

Saturday I woke up too early. I was ready for Andrea's memorial. It was sweet and funny and we laugh and cried and remembered a wonderful woman. Amy and I were on the zoom and it was fun reading the stories folks were posting. I was drained from it and then went to my waxing appt. That was pretty good. Then it was home for some lunch and heading to Willa's for movie afternoon/drinks/food. We watched the 1970s Sword of the Valiant and then the latest Green Knight. Same tale but different interpretations. The first movie was cheezy and I think I saw it way way way back when. The second was visually stunning and well acted I think. Though they did a nice job on the men's clothes the women's were lacking in many ways but they were jumping periods a bit too. Both struggled with assuming that you know the tale of the green knight. I knew some of it in general terms but not the in depth parts of the plot. Luckily, Ari is a very good with it and knows it by heart. So good discussions and nuances happened. WE also had good beer (leftovers form my vigil/war) and lovely food and vegan carrot cake from houldens rise above. It was a good afternoon/evening and I managed to finish the shawl. I had to skip the last return row since I was going to run out of yarn. I had about 18 inches left when done. That was close.

I'm happy with the Shawl.

Sunday we got up late and roughly to phx for the convention. Benton was being an ass and had not done any of the things we needed him to do ahead of time and then fought us constantly on them later. But we got on the road and to phx without incident. I had reserved parking in the PCC garage which was perfect. Its below the north side of the convention center and was easy to get to badging and in through security. We got Benton breakfast from a pretzel cart and then walked down to the exhibition floor being open. I had planned on going to two panels but just didn't. I was seeing folks and just didn't want to miss them. We ran into Johannes and Anita (who had forgotten mels helmet le sigh), Tristan and Damiana, Dominique, Tony & Roxi & the youngest. We made some purchases, had lunch from teh convention center. Benton was not dealing with the crowds well and hung out on the floor near a door for a while. But he did enjoy watching the cosplayers. We did take him to the Lego room so he could hang in the quiet. I grabbed a beer and headed to the gaming area and ran into Malcolm and did some purchases of magic cards and stickers. We finished up with the floor, got our large art purchases and headed out.

We then drove to Mayo to see Jesse who had finally stood up on his own (ish) since his surgery on Monday. He does have cancer that spread to his bones from his kidney. They are going to start radiation/immuno therapy soon. Since his leg is not doing as well as hoped they are keeping him through treatments. I'm a bit worried on the radiation to his head and how that will deal with his brain. We stayed for a few hours before then heading across phx to Tempe for dinner at Black Bear Diner (boy wanted pancakes) and then home. We got in about 1030pm and were tired. But it was a nice trip.

Monday after work I managed to get my shawl blocked, calligraphy done on the knighting scroll.

Tuesday I hit the gym and managed to get my laundry finished up and put away/hung up. I purged a few more things but have not tackled the closet well or my other drawers but I did pull things for use in SD for the trip. Gonna do some packing tonight (lay out SCA stuff etc.) but the bulk will be tomorrow night. Sighs. I had hoped to be better ahead but I we have been setting things aside etc. So not too bad. It will be fine. Its all good. I just need to do things etc.

Work has been a lot with this even we are doing but all in all okay. Time to head out now and hit knitting and then TJs for snacks for the trip.

Photos: Phx Fan Fusion Sunday 2025
Shawl and other photos tomorrow.
Jun. 11th, 2025 06:39 pm

BtVS Double Drabble: Not Over You

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Title: Not Over You
Fandom: BtVS
Author: 
[personal profile] badly_knitted
Characters: Oz, Willow.
Rating: PG
Written For: Challenge 453: Over You at 
[community profile] drabble_zone.
Spoilers/Setting: Years into the future.
Summary: Oz still thinks about Willow, the love of his life.
Disclaimer: I don’t own BtVS, or the characters.
A/N: Double drabble.
 


 
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Title: A Question Of Pets
Fandom: FAKE
Author: 
[personal profile] badly_knitted
Characters: Dee, Ryo, Dick the dog.
Rating: G
Setting: After Like Like Love.
Summary: Even after being together for so long, there are still things Dee doesn’t know about his lover.
Written For: Challenge 474: Animal at 
[community profile] fan_flashworks.
Disclaimer: I don’t own FAKE, or the characters. They belong to the wonderful Sanami Matoh.
A/N: Quadruple drabble and a half, 450 words.
 


 
Jun. 11th, 2025 06:20 pm

Double Drabble: Torchwood Normal

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Title: Torchwood Normal
Author: 
[personal profile] badly_knitted
Characters: Ianto, Jack.
Rating: PG
Written For: Challenge 869: Left at 
[community profile] torchwood100.
Spoilers: Nada.
Summary: Ianto is beginning to wish he hadn’t let Jack go on the latest Rift retrieval alone.
Disclaimer: I don’t own Torchwood, or the characters.
A/N: Double drabble.
 


 
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I probably should have tested these scents in the opposite order.

This is the original Star Wars Lo-Fi fragrance, a fresh coffee and cream scent that was presumably popular enough to spin off into the Pumpkin Spice Latte version (and maybe eventually inspired the Loth Cat Cafe collection, which unaccountably isn't part of either of the Culinary Trip Around the Galaxy sample boxes???)

I sprayed both this and the Pumpkin Spice Latte on the inside of my elbows, and now that I'm sniffing them side by side... yeah, I can tell the difference. Star Wars Lo-Fi definitely smells like those coffee hard candies, and the Pumpkin Spice Latte one... kind of smells plasticky in comparison.

Official description from the Nerf Herder Co:
This scent is modeled after all of those years spent studying in a coffee shop o bookstore, writing papers or getting ready for exams. We're a huge fan of music, so we always had some playing through our headphones as we studied or wrote.

Lo-fi music is perfect for that setting - if you're not familiar with it, head on over to YouTube and type in "Star Wars Lo-fi." It's okay - we'll wait.

Now that you're back, just think of that music playing while you're reading, sipping a deicious cup of coffee (hot or iced). This scent is the perfect embodiment of that. No seriously, this is a legit delicious coffee smell if we don't say ourselves!

FRAGRANCE INFORMATION

Scent: Fresh Coffee + Cream

Fragrance Notes: Coffee, Sugar, Cream

Scent Strength: 199% of respondents in a survey of 22 people felt that scent was STRONG

Category: Food


I like the original Star Wars Lo-Fi better than the Pumpkin Spice Latte version. Unfortunately, Daniel isn't really a coffee fan, so I'm guessing this will see even less use than my other coffee scent (Arcana Perfume's Skipping Vespers, which is coffee and roses and incense).
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So here's the backstory.

The backstory )

And...

oh noooo



I forgot that the sample set was in fragrance mist form! I'm so used to perfume oils (I guess it's been well over 20 years since I first started buying perfume oils) that I don't even know how to test fragrance mists.

I tried spraying in the air and walking through the spray, but that just resulted in a dribble of fragrance spray getting on the label. I then tried spraying my wrists, and now my wrists smell like those coffee hard candies taste.

Official description from The Nerf Herder Co:
This scent is modeled after all of those years spent studying in a coffee shop or bookstore, writing papers or getting ready for exams. We're a huge fan of music, so we always had some playing through our headphones as we studied or wrote.

Lo-fi music is perfect for that setting - if you're not familiar with it, head on over to YouTube and type in "Star Wars Lo-fi." It's okay - we'll wait.

Now that you're back, just think of that music playing while you're reading, sipping a delicious pumpkin spice latte (hot or iced).

Scent: Pumpkin Spice Latte

Fragrance Notes: Rich milk, coffee, pumpkin, cinnamon, nutmeg

Scent Strength: STRONG (survey has not yet been conducted)

Category: Food, autumn, fall


This is from the Culinary Trip Around The Galaxy 1 sample box.
Jun. 10th, 2025 06:36 pm

FAKE Triple Drabble: Zooming Along

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Title: Zooming Along
Fandom: FAKE
Author: 
[personal profile] badly_knitted
Characters: Ryo, Dee.
Rating: PG
Setting: After Like Like Love.
Summary: It’s a beautiful day, so Dee and Ryo hit the open road.
Written Using: The dw100 prompt ‘Zoom’.
Disclaimer: I don’t own FAKE, or the characters. They belong to the wonderful Sanami Matoh.
A/N: Triple drabble and a half, 350 words.
 


 
Zooming Along... )
Jun. 10th, 2025 06:27 pm

Doctor Who Drabble: Pest Control

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Title: Pest Control
Author: 
[personal profile] badly_knitted
Characters: Twelfth Doctor, Clara Oswald.
Rating: G
Written For: Challenge 930: ‘Infest’ at 
[community profile] dw100.
Spoilers: Nada.
Summary: There’s an unwanted intruder in the TARDIS.
Disclaimer: I don’t own Doctor Who, or the characters.
 
 


Jun. 10th, 2025 06:15 pm

Double Drabble: Nothing Left

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Title: Nothing Left
Author: 
[personal profile] badly_knitted
Characters: Ianto, Jack.
Rating: PG
Written For: Challenge 869: Left at 
[community profile] torchwood100.
Spoilers: Nada.
Summary: Ianto is feeling hard done by.
Disclaimer: I don’t own Torchwood, or the characters.
A/N: Double drabble.
 
 


Jun. 9th, 2025 06:52 pm

Quantum Leap Fic: Dependable

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Title: Dependable
Fandom: Quantum Leap
Author: 
[personal profile] badly_knitted
Characters: Sam Beckett, Al Calavicci.
Rating: PG
Spoilers: Nada.
Summary: Without his best friend giving him information and keeping him on track, Sam would be lost.
Word Count: 1000
Written For: Prompt 124 – Best Friends Forever at 
[community profile] fandomweekly.
Disclaimer: I don’t own Quantum Leap, or the characters. They belong to their creators.
 


 
Jun. 9th, 2025 06:42 pm

Ficlet: Temporary Host

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Title: Temporary Host
Author: 
[personal profile] badly_knitted
Characters: Ianto, Jack, OC.
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 705
Spoilers: Nada.
Summary: Ianto is a little upset that Jack has been keeping something major from him.
Written For: [personal profile] astrogirl
’s prompt ‘Any, any, You got the monster pregnant?!’, at [community profile] threesentenceficathon.
Disclaimer: I don’t own Torchwood, or the characters.
 


 
Jun. 9th, 2025 08:52 am

Letter Writers!

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Love for our Elders is a program to send handwritten letters to older adults. "Our mission is to alleviate social isolation among older adults through handwritten letters and intergenerational connections."
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HBO has a 3-episode documentary series called The Mortician. Episode 1 has some horrifying events and you think you know the basic shape of how things will get worse and who's involved. Episode 2? Mwahahaha. Surprise! I'm curious to see how the final episode goes.

Otherwise, I'm enjoying today's birthday gifts: a top, 3 CDs (Death Cab for Cutie's Transatlanticism and Plans, and Jack's Mannequin's The Glass Passenger) and this keychain.

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Jun. 8th, 2025 06:42 pm

B5 Triple Drabble: Hollow

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Title: Hollow
Fandom: Babylon 5
Author: 
[personal profile] badly_knitted
Characters: Lyta Alexander, Kosh.
Rating: PG
Spoilers/Setting: Walkabout.
Summary: There’s a hole inside Lyta where she used to sometimes carry part of Kosh.
Written For: Challenge 477: Amnesty 79 at 
[community profile] fan_flashworks, using Challenge 413: Negative Space.
Disclaimer: I don’t own Babylon 5, or the characters. They belong to J. Michael Straczynski.
A/N: Triple drabble.
 


 
Hollow... )
Jun. 8th, 2025 06:25 pm

FAKE Double Drabble: Over And Done

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Title: Over And Done
Fandom: FAKE
Author: 
[personal profile] badly_knitted
Characters: Dee, JJ.
Rating: PG
Written For: Challenge 453: Over You at 
[community profile] drabble_zone.
Setting: After Like Like Love.                                          
Summary: JJ realises he’s not in love with Dee anymore.
Disclaimer: I don’t own FAKE, or the characters. They belong to the wonderful Sanami Matoh.
A/N: Double drabble.
 


 
Jun. 8th, 2025 06:14 pm

Double Drabble: Click

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Title: Click
Author: 
[personal profile] badly_knitted
Characters: Ianto, Jack.
Rating: PG
Written For: Challenge 868: Code at 
[community profile] torchwood100.
Spoilers: Nada.
Summary: The latest alien visitor is annoying Ianto.
Disclaimer: I don’t own Torchwood, or the characters.
A/N: Double drabble.
 
 


Click... )
Jun. 7th, 2025 06:29 pm

FAKE Triple Drabble: Tough Case

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Title: Tough Case
Fandom: FAKE
Author: 
[personal profile] badly_knitted
Characters: Ryo, Dee.
Rating: PG
Setting: After the manga.
Summary: Ryo stares out to sea, letting the wild weather lift his spirits.
Written Using: The dw100 prompt ‘Waves’.
Disclaimer: I don’t own FAKE, or the characters. They belong to the wonderful Sanami Matoh.
A/N: Triple drabble.
 
 


Jun. 7th, 2025 06:19 pm

Doctor Who Drabble: Special Souvenir

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Title: Special Souvenir
Author: 
[personal profile] badly_knitted
Characters: Tenth Doctor, Donna Noble.
Rating: G
Written For: Challenge 929: ‘Brick’ at 
[community profile] dw100.
Spoilers: Nada.
Summary: One of the Doctor’s souvenirs puzzles Donna.
Disclaimer: I don’t own Doctor Who, or the characters.
 
 


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