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End of May rambling
May. 27th, 2022 02:31 pmFamily & Personal
My grandparents came over for Mother's Day (May 8th) and Father's Day (May 26th). I love them to bits, even if they can be exhausting with their quirks. They really loved the veggie mix I baked for dinner (we had BBQ for both days), I'm still proud to have pleased both of them since we're all picky eaters here :3
Kinda sad that cousin and cousin-in-law don't join us on these two days, which tbf they don't since Aunt isn't here either so they visit his parents instead. STILL. :( guess I'll have to wait until my brother's birthday in June until we get together again <3
Food & Health
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Dancing_
Added No Dot by Sua to my practice line-up because I'm obsessed, and I couldn't find a decent mirror of Beauty Full by Dami yet (nor for Honey by Solar, which is this week's obsession, and it BUGS heh me). Hoping Dreamcatcher will release more dance practices for all the solos! They just posted the MV for Jiu's Cherry (Real Miracle) so I'm hopefull *fingers crossed*
Current practice consists, off and on, as follows:
I've mostly been doing No Dot and Lunatic on 75% on loop 3-4 times before moving on, Maison is on 100% and I'm pretty much done with. Trying to add PTT back in (I can do the first half + chorus at 75% decently) but I realized this is the dance that contributed to me dislocating my ilio-sacral joint back in February, so I'm cautious. Gonna put it at the beginning of the exercise so I'm not too tired and fumbly and make the risky move with the precision it needs to avoid injury 👀😅
I'm also considering adding Hwasa's I'm a B back in as my "break" full-speed song to keep me going when I'm flagging, Maison isn't always doing it for me anymore. But tbf I've been on the high end of histamine this month, which is always counterproductive for my exercise regime. Might add Odd Eye, You & I, and Why Not back in, possibly gonna start on the whole Ponzona choreo soon (I've only learned the chorus part so far). I'm very wishy washy on committing to a concrete list lmao, I tend to throw choreos in and out depending on mood -- the goal is to exercise ideally for an hour (including my muscles reps like sit-ups, etc.), that tends to work best if I'm in the right mood for the songs I have playing.
Watching_
I watched and very much enjoyed the 15-episodes long cdrama "Reset" 开端 (Kai Duan) this month. It's a time-loop "we reset when we die" crime thriller/mystery with really adorable main characters and several good side characters. I might make a post about what I liked (and disliked) about it later, but for now, definitely worth the time! I binged it on a work night like the fool I am ^^" Too much suspense to put down, especially after the episode 8 complication/reveal/twist! If you don't want to get caught in the same trap, I suggest taking a break after episode 7 before things literally explode :'D
Fanfic & Fandom
The 520 Days Reverse Exchange was a lot of fun! I'm always torn on whether I want to participate in this sort of events because my To Write list is so long but the feeling of gifting someone their wish is great? Plus a lot of great works came out of it, and I've been enjoying perusing them! :D Anyway I'm 100% looking forward to doing the wishlist again, fingers crossed I'll manage several shorter fics this time x'D
Writing_
Since Camp NaNo worked out really well for me with a 25k monthly goal, I figured I'd do something similarly for May, but with lower stakes - 25k was doable, but since I'm the type who wants to hit par daily, I was definitely struggling keeping up, especially on busy days. I went for 15k instead which gave me a doable daily goal of not quite 500 words, which I had fun reducing to lower and lower daily goals until I ended up with 23 words a day when I finally breached 15k on May 19th. Decided to up it to 20k, which I hit yesterday :D This way almost felt more productive than April, and I wonder if it's because I'm more inspired this month or the lower word count goal actually helped keep my mood up? *thinks* definitely worth keeping an eye on.
I mainly ended up working on my 520 Days giftfic Keep On Going's last 2-3 scenes and the bingo's May bonus prompt "time travel" in the Zhu Hong-centric fic Unacceptable, plus finishing the last chapter of this is how the war is won. Words also went into an eldritch horror!Shen Wei Weilan smut fic (nicknamed Void Creature for lack of a title), a new addition to my kidfic series WIP titled "The Fringe Benefits of Family" in which ZYL braids everyone's hair, my Da Qing's Adventures entry, and into nearly finishing my first fic in a new series, the Already Married AU (in which, aptly, Weilan are already married pre-canon). This one is also Zhu Hong PoV and was really flowing whenever I wanted to work on Unacceptable. The brain just, uh, no? work on this one instead?? ignore deadline??? OTL
My plan for June is to wrap up the first Already Married fic (and figure out a title RIP) and post one (or maybe more?👀) Da Qing codas for the event. I'm assuming June's bonus prompt will be Pride-related, so I've started working on the sequel to my vampire AU, which is gonna deal with this AU's version of the Wang Yike case. I've been stuck on that one for long enough, and I don't have a good square for it on my card, so maybe this way I can motivate myself to finish *strikes pose*
Long-term I also really want to get back into the rhythm of writing the Arranged Marriage AU because it's been long enough, I'm really excited for it! But the stumbling block of re-reading the 15k I've already written + the editing I'm aware it needs... *flops* wish me luck
Reading_
Aside from making my way through the 520 Days collection, I've also managed to read a couple other fics, all of these are highly recommended:
My grandparents came over for Mother's Day (May 8th) and Father's Day (May 26th). I love them to bits, even if they can be exhausting with their quirks. They really loved the veggie mix I baked for dinner (we had BBQ for both days), I'm still proud to have pleased both of them since we're all picky eaters here :3
Kinda sad that cousin and cousin-in-law don't join us on these two days, which tbf they don't since Aunt isn't here either so they visit his parents instead. STILL. :( guess I'll have to wait until my brother's birthday in June until we get together again <3
Food & Health
( Read more... )
Dancing_
Added No Dot by Sua to my practice line-up because I'm obsessed, and I couldn't find a decent mirror of Beauty Full by Dami yet (nor for Honey by Solar, which is this week's obsession, and it BUGS heh me). Hoping Dreamcatcher will release more dance practices for all the solos! They just posted the MV for Jiu's Cherry (Real Miracle) so I'm hopefull *fingers crossed*
Current practice consists, off and on, as follows:
- No Dot by Sua
- Lunatic by Moonbyul
- Maison by Dreamcatcher
- PTT by Loona
I've mostly been doing No Dot and Lunatic on 75% on loop 3-4 times before moving on, Maison is on 100% and I'm pretty much done with. Trying to add PTT back in (I can do the first half + chorus at 75% decently) but I realized this is the dance that contributed to me dislocating my ilio-sacral joint back in February, so I'm cautious. Gonna put it at the beginning of the exercise so I'm not too tired and fumbly and make the risky move with the precision it needs to avoid injury 👀😅
I'm also considering adding Hwasa's I'm a B back in as my "break" full-speed song to keep me going when I'm flagging, Maison isn't always doing it for me anymore. But tbf I've been on the high end of histamine this month, which is always counterproductive for my exercise regime. Might add Odd Eye, You & I, and Why Not back in, possibly gonna start on the whole Ponzona choreo soon (I've only learned the chorus part so far). I'm very wishy washy on committing to a concrete list lmao, I tend to throw choreos in and out depending on mood -- the goal is to exercise ideally for an hour (including my muscles reps like sit-ups, etc.), that tends to work best if I'm in the right mood for the songs I have playing.
Watching_
I watched and very much enjoyed the 15-episodes long cdrama "Reset" 开端 (Kai Duan) this month. It's a time-loop "we reset when we die" crime thriller/mystery with really adorable main characters and several good side characters. I might make a post about what I liked (and disliked) about it later, but for now, definitely worth the time! I binged it on a work night like the fool I am ^^" Too much suspense to put down, especially after the episode 8 complication/reveal/twist! If you don't want to get caught in the same trap, I suggest taking a break after episode 7 before things literally explode :'D
Fanfic & Fandom
The 520 Days Reverse Exchange was a lot of fun! I'm always torn on whether I want to participate in this sort of events because my To Write list is so long but the feeling of gifting someone their wish is great? Plus a lot of great works came out of it, and I've been enjoying perusing them! :D Anyway I'm 100% looking forward to doing the wishlist again, fingers crossed I'll manage several shorter fics this time x'D
Writing_
Since Camp NaNo worked out really well for me with a 25k monthly goal, I figured I'd do something similarly for May, but with lower stakes - 25k was doable, but since I'm the type who wants to hit par daily, I was definitely struggling keeping up, especially on busy days. I went for 15k instead which gave me a doable daily goal of not quite 500 words, which I had fun reducing to lower and lower daily goals until I ended up with 23 words a day when I finally breached 15k on May 19th. Decided to up it to 20k, which I hit yesterday :D This way almost felt more productive than April, and I wonder if it's because I'm more inspired this month or the lower word count goal actually helped keep my mood up? *thinks* definitely worth keeping an eye on.
I mainly ended up working on my 520 Days giftfic Keep On Going's last 2-3 scenes and the bingo's May bonus prompt "time travel" in the Zhu Hong-centric fic Unacceptable, plus finishing the last chapter of this is how the war is won. Words also went into an eldritch horror!Shen Wei Weilan smut fic (nicknamed Void Creature for lack of a title), a new addition to my kidfic series WIP titled "The Fringe Benefits of Family" in which ZYL braids everyone's hair, my Da Qing's Adventures entry, and into nearly finishing my first fic in a new series, the Already Married AU (in which, aptly, Weilan are already married pre-canon). This one is also Zhu Hong PoV and was really flowing whenever I wanted to work on Unacceptable. The brain just, uh, no? work on this one instead?? ignore deadline??? OTL
My plan for June is to wrap up the first Already Married fic (and figure out a title RIP) and post one (or maybe more?👀) Da Qing codas for the event. I'm assuming June's bonus prompt will be Pride-related, so I've started working on the sequel to my vampire AU, which is gonna deal with this AU's version of the Wang Yike case. I've been stuck on that one for long enough, and I don't have a good square for it on my card, so maybe this way I can motivate myself to finish *strikes pose*
Long-term I also really want to get back into the rhythm of writing the Arranged Marriage AU because it's been long enough, I'm really excited for it! But the stumbling block of re-reading the 15k I've already written + the editing I'm aware it needs... *flops* wish me luck
Reading_
Aside from making my way through the 520 Days collection, I've also managed to read a couple other fics, all of these are highly recommended:
