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New Music Monday - 5 January 2026
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paradisedinerThe regular weekly post for us to talk about any and all of our thoughts about the week's new releases.
Apink - Love Me More
Joohoney - The Sting
H1-KEY - 세상은 영화 같지 않더라
yesweare (idntt) - Pretty Boy Swag
Ha Sungwoon - Tell the World
Chuu - XO, My Cyberlove
CNBLUE - Killer Joy
Shin Soohyun - Gray.
Waker
Latency - It Was Love (debut)
New MVs are also added to an ongoing Youtube playlist.
Last week's MVs: 29 December
Feel free to add new comments in the replies for songs/MVs we missed.
[ Rec Something Wednesday | WIP Wednesday | Monthly General Chat | Comment Fest ]
Apink - Love Me More
Joohoney - The Sting
H1-KEY - 세상은 영화 같지 않더라
yesweare (idntt) - Pretty Boy Swag
Ha Sungwoon - Tell the World
Chuu - XO, My Cyberlove
CNBLUE - Killer Joy
Shin Soohyun - Gray.
Waker
Latency - It Was Love (debut)
New MVs are also added to an ongoing Youtube playlist.
Last week's MVs: 29 December
Feel free to add new comments in the replies for songs/MVs we missed.
A small announcement!
Jan. 5th, 2026 09:28 amkitarella_imaginesI have just passed the 1 million words of fanfiction mark on AO3! Very proud of myself 🤩
I've been there 10 years this coming April, what changes I have seen in those years in every part of life.
I've been there 10 years this coming April, what changes I have seen in those years in every part of life.
Monthly General Chat - January 2026
Jan. 5th, 2026 08:27 pmparadisedinermod posting in paradisedinerHappy new year everyone! General chat is for anything you want to talk about, k-pop related or not. These will go up at the beginning of every month, so feel free to check back in or comment at any point throughout the month. The post is stickied to the top of the comm along with the admin post.
Optional discussion question: do you make New Years' resolutions? any projects or goals for 2026?
Our End of year Q&A post is still open too!
Optional discussion question: do you make New Years' resolutions? any projects or goals for 2026?
Our End of year Q&A post is still open too!
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Jan. 5th, 2026 09:08 amgaladhirIt occurs to me this morning that I no longer have any social media. No one I used to talk to on Tumblr is still active on Tumblr, so all I use it for now is to reblog things. As the people I follow fall for new media that I haven't seen, the feed becomes more and more incomprehensible, and I feel very isolated.
I also feel like we tried a lot of things and we found out that the old ways are better. You know? Streaming was great but then suddenly we didn't own anything, so it's good to go back to buying DVDs. 'Social media' was great but then suddenly we didn't know anyone, so it's good to go back to a platform where you can actually speak to people.
Anyway, this is me feeling like I really want my Dreamwidth again because there are things here I can't do elsewhere, like *journal* and *talk to people.*
Exciting news for today is that it snowed overnight. Only a light powdering of icing-sugar snow, but that's remarkable enough for this far south in England in these days of climate change.
I also feel like we tried a lot of things and we found out that the old ways are better. You know? Streaming was great but then suddenly we didn't own anything, so it's good to go back to buying DVDs. 'Social media' was great but then suddenly we didn't know anyone, so it's good to go back to a platform where you can actually speak to people.
Anyway, this is me feeling like I really want my Dreamwidth again because there are things here I can't do elsewhere, like *journal* and *talk to people.*
Exciting news for today is that it snowed overnight. Only a light powdering of icing-sugar snow, but that's remarkable enough for this far south in England in these days of climate change.
Monday Update 1-5-26
Jan. 5th, 2026 02:22 amysabetwordsmithThese are some posts from the later part of last week in case you missed them:
Poem: "The Universal Assent to the World"
Poem: "A Heaviness of Heart"
Photos: Sunset
News
How to Comfort the Dying in an Emergency
Early Humans
Birdfeeding
Poem: "The Sound of Anguish"
Politics
Poem: "Help Others to Grow Up"
Fossils
Birdfeeding
Brains
Poem: "The Songwitch"
Philosophical Questions: Government
Poem: "A Different Language, a Different Vision of Life"
Poem: "Liberosis"
Friending Meme
Wildlife
Birdfeeding
Follow Friday 1-2-26: Most Useful Communities
Friday Five
Poem: "Heartspur"
Watch "The Other Large Thing"
Vocabulary: Permacomputing
Community Thursdays
Exoplanets
Birdfeeding
Persistence
Poem: "Ruling from Beneath"
Public Domain Day Bingo Card 1-1-26
Hangover Severity and Symptom Tracker
Planning Ahead Goals for 2027
Friending Memes in 2026
My Crowdfunding Activities in 2026
Bingo Blackouts in 2025
My Bingo Fests for 2026
Planting Ahead in 2026
2026 Wishlist in Progress
Goals for 2026
2025 Goals in Review
Writing
Poem: "Once the Avalanche Has Begun"
Today's Cooking
Safety
Birdfeeding
New Year's Resolutions Check In
Poem: "Eyes Wide, Mind Open"
Good News
Food has 51 comments. Trauma has 46 comments. Affordable Housing has 78 comments. Robotics has 119 comments.
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Poem: "The Universal Assent to the World"
Poem: "A Heaviness of Heart"
Photos: Sunset
News
How to Comfort the Dying in an Emergency
Early Humans
Birdfeeding
Poem: "The Sound of Anguish"
Politics
Poem: "Help Others to Grow Up"
Fossils
Birdfeeding
Brains
Poem: "The Songwitch"
Philosophical Questions: Government
Poem: "A Different Language, a Different Vision of Life"
Poem: "Liberosis"
Friending Meme
Wildlife
Birdfeeding
Follow Friday 1-2-26: Most Useful Communities
Friday Five
Poem: "Heartspur"
Watch "The Other Large Thing"
Vocabulary: Permacomputing
Community Thursdays
Exoplanets
Birdfeeding
Persistence
Poem: "Ruling from Beneath"
Public Domain Day Bingo Card 1-1-26
Hangover Severity and Symptom Tracker
Planning Ahead Goals for 2027
Friending Memes in 2026
My Crowdfunding Activities in 2026
Bingo Blackouts in 2025
My Bingo Fests for 2026
Planting Ahead in 2026
2026 Wishlist in Progress
Goals for 2026
2025 Goals in Review
Writing
Poem: "Once the Avalanche Has Begun"
Today's Cooking
Safety
Birdfeeding
New Year's Resolutions Check In
Poem: "Eyes Wide, Mind Open"
Good News
Food has 51 comments. Trauma has 46 comments. Affordable Housing has 78 comments. Robotics has 119 comments.
( Read more... )
Round 183: Resistant to Change
Jan. 5th, 2026 10:07 amtinny posting in iconcolors
Color by COLOURlovers
palette colors
#364f8a
#e7cca7
#8d0909
#fafafa
#79aed3
examples:
tinny
aeriiths
magicrubbish
innitmarvelous_og
narnialover7
This palette was suggested by
nondenomifan. Remember, you can (and are encouraged to!) always suggest color palettes for us to use HERE in the suggestion post! -create 1-3 icons using the colors in the palettes.
-at least one of the colors must be clearly visible in the finished icon.
-you do not have to use the exact colors, you can use similar colors, but using the exact shades makes it more fun/challenging.
-any and all fandoms are allowed (this includes stock).
-icons should be 100x100, 60kb or less.
-post your icons to the community as a new post. tag with round: ##, maker: username. an example post can be found here in the rules post.
-have fun!
Your icons are due by 11:59 p.m. EDT/EST on Sunday January 18! (countdown)
ride_4everFor those who are wondering why the Multifandom Multimedia Microbang is called "Be A Goldfish," here's the explanation from the comm's Admin devinwolfi:
When we started this event earlier this year, it was a Ted Lasso fandom exclusive event. We always had every intention to go multifandom later, this just gave us the opportunity to beta test it on a smaller group. In that series, a recurring line is to "be a goldfish," (based on the now disproved idea that goldfish have 3-10 second memories), meaning to let go of past hurts, move on, brave the new day, and try new things, all of which we hope to embody and encourage throughout this event. We've found that smaller works and folks who leave comments tend to get less attention, but those small works and comments are by no means less important to the fandom ecosystem so we wanted to give them, and the fans who share them, the support and attention they deserve. We also know that it's very easy to get bogged down by expectation, past experiences, and the pressure of trying to be "successful" in fandom and be paralyzed by it all to the point of inaction. We want to give people the space to try new things and develop new fannish skills without feeling like they have to commit to big projects.
devinwolfi: When we started this event earlier this year, it was a Ted Lasso fandom exclusive event. We always had every intention to go multifandom later, this just gave us the opportunity to beta test it on a smaller group. In that series, a recurring line is to "be a goldfish," (based on the now disproved idea that goldfish have 3-10 second memories), meaning to let go of past hurts, move on, brave the new day, and try new things, all of which we hope to embody and encourage throughout this event. We've found that smaller works and folks who leave comments tend to get less attention, but those small works and comments are by no means less important to the fandom ecosystem so we wanted to give them, and the fans who share them, the support and attention they deserve. We also know that it's very easy to get bogged down by expectation, past experiences, and the pressure of trying to be "successful" in fandom and be paralyzed by it all to the point of inaction. We want to give people the space to try new things and develop new fannish skills without feeling like they have to commit to big projects.
Reading Wrap-up 12/25
Jan. 5th, 2026 08:29 amvamp_ress posting in booknookLots of middling stuff in December with one notable exception:
Parrott, Ursula: Ex-Wife. Faber & Faber. 2024.
Discovered, once again through Lost Ladies of Lit (my favourite literary podcast by MILES) this novel from the roaring 1920s gets compared to The Great Gatsby a lot. In my opinion, this is the better book. Bold, outspoken, modern - Ex-Wife (despite the stupid title) is an excellent novel and I'd love for more of Parrott's work to get re-issued. Alas, I can't find anything anywhere. Such a shame!
Schweblin, Samantha: Little Eyes. Riverhead Books. 2020.
For years after Covid I couldn't touch dystopias, even though I've always loved that genre. I'm slowly getting back to those novels (very tentatively), but this was just not IT. It should definitely have been a short story. This isn't so much a novel as it is a collection of interconnected stories in the same world where smart plushies invade people's most intimate spaces. The novel wants to say so many things, but it never really goes there. Additionally, while I think the basic premise sounds plausible to a lot of people it simply doesn't hold up under scrutiny. I won't deny that something like this would appeal both to voyeurists and exhibitionists. But that's about it. The most shocking thing about this novel is the fact that it was on the longlist for the International Booker.
Bridle, James: New Dark Age. Technology, Knowledge and the End of the Future. Verso. 2018.
Bridle sometimes goes on the wildest tangeants (I now know more about Peppa Pig than I ever wanted to know) and his own interests show clearly (he seems overly interested in air travel), but overall this was a riveting and thought-provoking read. I thoroughly enjoyed following him on his journey through the history of technology.
Wood, Benjamin: Seascraper. Viking. 2025.
This novel is set in the 1960s, but it reads like it's the 1660s. Nice language and prose, but it sounds too much like a creative-writing-class for my taste with no actual plot to carry all these fancy words over the finish-line. The last 25% did not seem to belong with the rest of the book and stood out like a sore thumb. If you want to give this a go either way, I'd recommend the audiobook. Well read (and sung) by the author himself.
Whitehead, Colson: Underground Railroad. Doubleday. 2016.
My least successful Whitehead so far, maybe "only" because I'm not American and I couldn't really tell when he was being faithful to the history of slavery and when he was making stuff up. That considerably lessened my enjoymend and what I could take away from the novel. Also, he wasn't doing himself any favours with the many voices and POVs he used throughout. I've been looking forward to reading Underground Railroad for years now, but I must say that this - sadly - was a letdown.
Parrott, Ursula: Ex-Wife. Faber & Faber. 2024.
Discovered, once again through Lost Ladies of Lit (my favourite literary podcast by MILES) this novel from the roaring 1920s gets compared to The Great Gatsby a lot. In my opinion, this is the better book. Bold, outspoken, modern - Ex-Wife (despite the stupid title) is an excellent novel and I'd love for more of Parrott's work to get re-issued. Alas, I can't find anything anywhere. Such a shame!
Schweblin, Samantha: Little Eyes. Riverhead Books. 2020.
For years after Covid I couldn't touch dystopias, even though I've always loved that genre. I'm slowly getting back to those novels (very tentatively), but this was just not IT. It should definitely have been a short story. This isn't so much a novel as it is a collection of interconnected stories in the same world where smart plushies invade people's most intimate spaces. The novel wants to say so many things, but it never really goes there. Additionally, while I think the basic premise sounds plausible to a lot of people it simply doesn't hold up under scrutiny. I won't deny that something like this would appeal both to voyeurists and exhibitionists. But that's about it. The most shocking thing about this novel is the fact that it was on the longlist for the International Booker.
Bridle, James: New Dark Age. Technology, Knowledge and the End of the Future. Verso. 2018.
Bridle sometimes goes on the wildest tangeants (I now know more about Peppa Pig than I ever wanted to know) and his own interests show clearly (he seems overly interested in air travel), but overall this was a riveting and thought-provoking read. I thoroughly enjoyed following him on his journey through the history of technology.
Wood, Benjamin: Seascraper. Viking. 2025.
This novel is set in the 1960s, but it reads like it's the 1660s. Nice language and prose, but it sounds too much like a creative-writing-class for my taste with no actual plot to carry all these fancy words over the finish-line. The last 25% did not seem to belong with the rest of the book and stood out like a sore thumb. If you want to give this a go either way, I'd recommend the audiobook. Well read (and sung) by the author himself.
Whitehead, Colson: Underground Railroad. Doubleday. 2016.
My least successful Whitehead so far, maybe "only" because I'm not American and I couldn't really tell when he was being faithful to the history of slavery and when he was making stuff up. That considerably lessened my enjoymend and what I could take away from the novel. Also, he wasn't doing himself any favours with the many voices and POVs he used throughout. I've been looking forward to reading Underground Railroad for years now, but I must say that this - sadly - was a letdown.
Snowflake Challenge Day 2: Pets of Fandom
Jan. 5th, 2026 03:47 pmsnowynightThe cats in my childhood media: Luna & Artemis (Sailor Moon); Garfield, Odie, Arlene & Nermel (Garfield & Friends). They will probably argue that they aren't pets though.
New Year's Book Prediction Meme
Jan. 5th, 2026 01:34 amysabetwordsmith posting in goals_on_dwNew Year's Book Prediction Meme
found viavass
* Grab the nearest book.
* Turn to page 126
* The 6th full sentence is your life in 2026.
found via
vass * Grab the nearest book.
* Turn to page 126
* The 6th full sentence is your life in 2026.
How we spend our days
Jan. 5th, 2026 06:36 amannofowlshireHow we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.
What we do with this hour, and that one, is what we are doing.
A schedule defends from chaos and whim.
It is a net for catching days.
It is a scaffolding on which a worker can stand and labor with both hands at sections of time.
A schedule is a mock-up of reason and order—willed, faked, and so brought into being;
it is a peace and a haven set into the wreck of time;
it is a lifeboat on which you find yourself,
decades later, still living.
Each day is the same,
so you remember the series afterward as a blurred and powerful pattern.
~ Annie Dillard, The Writing Life
What we do with this hour, and that one, is what we are doing.
A schedule defends from chaos and whim.
It is a net for catching days.
It is a scaffolding on which a worker can stand and labor with both hands at sections of time.
A schedule is a mock-up of reason and order—willed, faked, and so brought into being;
it is a peace and a haven set into the wreck of time;
it is a lifeboat on which you find yourself,
decades later, still living.
Each day is the same,
so you remember the series afterward as a blurred and powerful pattern.
~ Annie Dillard, The Writing Life
My Mother's Holiday Message
Jan. 4th, 2026 09:55 pmlabingiA bit late, I wanted to share my mother's holiday letter (with her permission):
My Year of Not-doing
by Patricia Spicer
In 2025, while friends and relatives were busy with many accomplishments, I did NOT do several things:
My house was painted, but not by me. A painter did it.
A tiny home was installed on my property in Glen Ellen, but I did not do it. My remarkable tenant, Juan Sanchez, did it.
A new gate was added to my front porch railing, but I did not do it. A carpenter did it.
You can see how much I did NOT do. And there was much more.
But I did make two trips to Iceland, one with Rick Steves and one through the remarkable pictures of my cousin Holly, who also took me to all the film sites for the Lord of the Rings in New Zealand. How beautiful and what an easy way to travel!
Yes, Arwen and I did take one actual trip to Glen Ellen in June, very brief, due to my painful back injury. Much better now.
I look forward to another year of Not-doing, when I expect to xeriscape my front yard, but I will let the landscaper do it.
My Year of Not-doing
by Patricia Spicer
In 2025, while friends and relatives were busy with many accomplishments, I did NOT do several things:
My house was painted, but not by me. A painter did it.
A tiny home was installed on my property in Glen Ellen, but I did not do it. My remarkable tenant, Juan Sanchez, did it.
A new gate was added to my front porch railing, but I did not do it. A carpenter did it.
You can see how much I did NOT do. And there was much more.
But I did make two trips to Iceland, one with Rick Steves and one through the remarkable pictures of my cousin Holly, who also took me to all the film sites for the Lord of the Rings in New Zealand. How beautiful and what an easy way to travel!
Yes, Arwen and I did take one actual trip to Glen Ellen in June, very brief, due to my painful back injury. Much better now.
I look forward to another year of Not-doing, when I expect to xeriscape my front yard, but I will let the landscaper do it.
Poem: "The Universal Assent to the World"
Jan. 4th, 2026 11:07 pmysabetwordsmithThis poem is spillover from the November 4, 2025 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired by a prompt from readera. It also fills the "The deeds of ordinary folks keep the darkness at bay. Small acts of kindness and love." square in my 11-1-25 card for the Fairy Tales and Fantasy Stories Bingo fest. This poem has been sponsored by a pool with fuzzyred. It belongs to the Officer Pink thread of the Polychrome Heroics series.
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readera. It also fills the "The deeds of ordinary folks keep the darkness at bay. Small acts of kindness and love." square in my 11-1-25 card for the Fairy Tales and Fantasy Stories Bingo fest. This poem has been sponsored by a pool with fuzzyred. It belongs to the Officer Pink thread of the Polychrome Heroics series.( Read more... )