who only by moving can balance

They sent me an e-mail about a virtual gift, you see -- not that I've logged in since The ToS Changes...

I have also now had my COVID-19 booster, as of lunchtime. I think I am going to take another dose of paracetamol before I attempt sleep...

So. (Or, perhaps: hwæt.)

I've been doing this thing of intentionally posting every day for very nearly two years now.

I was inspired by nanila, at a point where I was really struggling with feelings of loneliness and isolation. Dreamwidth comment notifications have made such a difference for me in terms of helping me to feel connected and visible and part-of-community, even (especially) when I'm not actually managing to engage in back-and-forth conversations with you all, and even before This Year, and especially now that I'm immensely behind on my Reading page. (Thank you. <3) I'm finding the record-keeping of the todo/tada immensely useful when I need to reconstruct what I've been up to; I've been enjoying the nudge to actually participate in Talking About Media Consumption that is my vital functions posts.

I am curious: how is it working for you? Are there kinds of posts you particularly enjoy, or would particularly like me to cut and/or tag differently? Would the vital functions posts be more interesting or accessible if I split them up some? (Reading/writing, listening/watching/playing, growing/cooking/eating, exploring/observing?)

I miss you all, and I'm very grateful for your patience with me, and I am very much looking forward to spending more time with you all again. Soon.

-- to say that I have, very unusually for me, not been managing to go through my reading page, like, at all, for... some reason... so I am not at all up to date on what is going on for you and I suspect I am unlikely to be, reliably, for The Duration.

(Absolute hard hand-in date is end-January, but I really want to get done by end-Dec.)

I am going to try some things to make it more manageable but in the meantime please know that I appreciate you and am hoping good things for you, and if there are things you want me to know comments on DW posts are currently probably the best way to get in touch, honestly, unless you know that I'm responding to IMs from you (eventually) already. (I'm... categorically not managing e-mails either, for the most part, which is somewhat awkward.)

Much affection. <3

If there are things you would like me to warn for, or use cut tags for, or filter from you, that I'm not already doing, please feel actively encouraged to Let Me Know About Them in comments (yes, even if they're ridiculous, I have some truly ridiculous triggers). Comments are screened and will remain so (unless you specifically ask me to unscreen them, I suppose).

I declare the love meme Officially Closed To New Nominations as of the end of Sunday, i.e. if you've been dithering and you still want to participate then you've got til I wake up on Monday morning to chuck your name in xx

Several of you have told me they've arrived, so I have high hopes that everything else has shown up too! But if I've asked you for your address recently and you haven't got anything from me yet, maybe let me know?

A'ight folk it turns out I'm mildly allergic to the carrier oil BPAL uses, alas, and consequently I am finally getting around to a destash. I have not yet looked up current prices for everything but the only thing I'm particularly precious about is the March Hare. Otherwise, you lot get first shot at Making Me An Offer (or indeed straight-up expressing interest - I am very likely willing to gift things) before I stick everything on the forums; I mostly want to not be lugging it around and am v happy to do 3-5 frimps with every 5ml bottle. BEAR IN MIND that getting to the post office is a somewhat Difficult thing for me, so it might be a little while before stuff goes into the post, but you Will Get It.

Almost everything here was acquired (by me, not originally) in 2012-2013; I'm happy to use Teflon tape or not on bottles for shipping; recycled padded envelopes + bubble wrap are the order of the day.

( The list... )

I am no longer cross-posting to LiveJournal by default. I may still crosspost, but I'm not likely to remember to do so at all reliably. I intend to continue reading.

12 new threads unscreened; working on the comments. xx

eta up-to-date with unscreening comments as of 17:15 GMT.

1. I have taken to posting my todo/tada lists as do-not-display-on-Reading-page, e.g. today's, largely out of fear of being tedious/clutter/etc. However every time I link to one comments end up being made on it, ergo:

Poll #17243

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: Just the Poll Creator, participants: 30

Keep hiding t*d* lists from subscribers?

Yes
1 (3.3%)

No
26 (86.7%)

Something else, which I will explain in comments
3 (10.0%)

2. kaberabbits >:(

3. Spotted in the Evening Standard -- an article by a white dude about SW:TFA that kind of made me want to take him out to dinner when combined with the rest of his articles in that spread.