wildforce71

Okay, so I LOVE having the radio on, just, all the time. BACKGROUND MUSIC FOR MY LIFE, YES PLEASE. (Unnecessary backstory cut for time.)

My go-to station is WXRV THE RIVER, heck yeah! But it's gone to at least 50% static the last few weeks, and I haven't bothered to try moving my radio around to see if I can improve the reception. (I know, so old school: an actual radio!) And then we lost the power for a few minutes over the weekend, and I had to reset the radio station anyway, so I just picked one nearby to WXRV that came in well.

I think it might be the local university station? I don't think I've recognized a single song, which is genuinely great, although there have also definitely been times when I've walked into the room and thought 'WHAT in the world is this music???' In the cinematic experience of my life, this sure is a thematic shift!

I've now written 100% more fics in July (aka: 1 fic) than in the entire first half of the year (0 fics). YAY!!! Love that fic exchange energy.

*discord is now on my phone, will I regret this choice?????? NOT YET!!!!!

*trying out ellipsus for writing; so far it's fun! pretty! no offline mode, but that's been fine

*weather looks like it's going to be Extremely Summer this week, which means staying inside as much as possible to write will feel like an even better choice!

reasoning made lucid and cool, by The_Onion

“I brought you here to act as Iris’ security consultant,” it said, like Iris wasn’t three floors down from us doing kegstands. “If you manage to unpack something while we’re here, that’s all you.”

Had an absolutely wild dream last night that one of my coworkers was doing the Battleship Exchange and somehow we both found out that the other was participating, and they kept trying to message me about it on the team chat...

And sure, 1) don't cross the streams, everyone knows that; but also 2) consider this: it was hilarious.

Things to do (at work) today:

*listen to the KPOP DEMON HUNTERS soundtrack

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Yeah, looks like there's just that one thing!

July! That sure is the month that's happening right now!

Me: ...maaaaaybe I should do some things today?

Also me: nope

Me: one thing?

Also me: nope

Me: ...yeah, okay

The Murderbot Diaries series has three super-short stories that I've seen in posts about suggested reading order. And I was pretty sure I once saw a post on tumblr with links to all of them, but hahahaha good luck to me ever finding that again. Luckily, it didn't take much sleuthing to track down workable free links, all of which seem to be as legit as anything on the internet these days.

1. Obsolescence
(this is actually a page where you can download a pdf of multiple short stories, including Obsolescence)
This one takes place waaaaaay in the past, and it's about the 'augmented rovers' that get mentioned in something MB watches. I thought it was sad, but wanted to read it just so I knew what was in it.

2. Compulsory
(not sure why this was published in Wired, but I know nothing about Wired, so maybe that's a thing it does?)
This one is set pre-series, and MB rescues a human worker at a mining facility. Includes the SecUnit lore that the workers don't think SecUnits can talk, and also clarification that SecUnits are not actually there to protect human workers.

3. Home: Habitat, Range, Niche, Territory
(this story is also currently for sale on various sites, and just showed up on hoopla for me)
Set directly after 'Exit Strategy,' and it's from Mensah's POV!

Overse, sitting with Arada’s bare feet on her lap, gestures in frustration. “It would be closer to being done if Ratthi’s tables weren’t all over the place and all the links broken. What were you thinking, Ratthi?”

“I was planning to sort it all out the day GrayCris started trying to kill us, it was very distracting,” Ratthi protests.