I, uh, haven't posted anything since *checks* August, but I'm still around! I'm still alive. I had a bad few months in terms of anxiety/depression which did not help anything, but I'm in therapy and my brain drugs seem to be doing the thing they should, and I've ditched coaching entirely because I did not need that extra stressor in my life.
My latest jam is writing this Kingsman fanfic about Colin Firth and Mark Strong falling in love and doing SPY THINGS in post-reunification Berlin. I have been doing a ton of research (including reading an entire book!), mostly because post-reunification Berlin is fascinating and all of Berlin is fascinating, tbh. I keep being like 'hmm, I think I need to understand this other X thing about Berlin so I can reference it in the story,' but then falling into a bit of research hole because it turns out that X thing is actually really cool. (examples: the neighborhood of Kreuzberg, queer Berlin in the days of the Weimar Republic) This fic is at 13k words already, and I have a decent chunk of plot and feelings still left to grind through. If you would like to read over my shoulder and cheerlead, inquire within. I have other people reading along, but I could always use more emotional support.
Other things I have done/am proud of:
- Rode my bike in the rain on Sunday, didn't die when my back wheel popped out, spent like an hour outside![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
disgruntled_owl's house fixing it in the dark and the wet. I made it home okay while riding it, though I desperately need to find time to clean it some more.
- Finished my giant Star Wars scarf. It's so pretty and so warm.
- Baked a ton of pumpkin bread this fall. I still have the eggs and pumpkin for one last loaf, so I will try to do that sometime.
- Trained for a 5k and managed to get a 31ish minute time in a race.
- Am up to November in a Pandemic Legacy game with friends. So close! So far!
- Watched a ton of Colin Firth movies, the good the bad and the ugly.
- Read a ton of books and caught up on a ton of graphic novel series for an Autumn Reading Challenge.
- Finally organized a work thing that I've wanted for a while, even though it was one of those things that depression brain made super difficult for me.
- Watched She-Ra! It was great! Reminded me a little of Avatar: the Last Airbender in some delightful ways.
My latest jam is writing this Kingsman fanfic about Colin Firth and Mark Strong falling in love and doing SPY THINGS in post-reunification Berlin. I have been doing a ton of research (including reading an entire book!), mostly because post-reunification Berlin is fascinating and all of Berlin is fascinating, tbh. I keep being like 'hmm, I think I need to understand this other X thing about Berlin so I can reference it in the story,' but then falling into a bit of research hole because it turns out that X thing is actually really cool. (examples: the neighborhood of Kreuzberg, queer Berlin in the days of the Weimar Republic) This fic is at 13k words already, and I have a decent chunk of plot and feelings still left to grind through. If you would like to read over my shoulder and cheerlead, inquire within. I have other people reading along, but I could always use more emotional support.
Other things I have done/am proud of:
- Rode my bike in the rain on Sunday, didn't die when my back wheel popped out, spent like an hour outside
disgruntled_owl's house fixing it in the dark and the wet. I made it home okay while riding it, though I desperately need to find time to clean it some more.- Finished my giant Star Wars scarf. It's so pretty and so warm.
- Baked a ton of pumpkin bread this fall. I still have the eggs and pumpkin for one last loaf, so I will try to do that sometime.
- Trained for a 5k and managed to get a 31ish minute time in a race.
- Am up to November in a Pandemic Legacy game with friends. So close! So far!
- Watched a ton of Colin Firth movies, the good the bad and the ugly.
- Read a ton of books and caught up on a ton of graphic novel series for an Autumn Reading Challenge.
- Finally organized a work thing that I've wanted for a while, even though it was one of those things that depression brain made super difficult for me.
- Watched She-Ra! It was great! Reminded me a little of Avatar: the Last Airbender in some delightful ways.