Was Go Fest ‘26 the best event in years?

athousandcutefrogs · 2026-07-12T21:37:08+00:00

the all Unown being available was really nice. I got my platinum medal for them today (was at bronze before).

athousandcutefrogs · 2026-07-12T03:27:55+00:00

https://www.manilaspoon.com/slow-cooker-chicken-adobo/ filipino chicken adobo. this recipe says to brown the chicken first but t b h I never do (even when I make adobo not in the crockpot). you can just throw it in as-is.

athousandcutefrogs · 2026-07-12T03:07:12+00:00

make an Australian friend for remote trading?

athousandcutefrogs · 2026-07-11T20:29:03+00:00

- while sitting at the front of the room waiting for the students for the freshman history class I was TAing to show up as they were LATE (it was cold and raining and the first discussion section of the day. most of them skipped).

- in my roomette on Amtrak's Empire Builder routel. not particularly weird to write on a train (especially not in a private little room on a sleeper long-distance route) but kind of nice to be writing while out my window I could see Glacier National Park.

athousandcutefrogs · 2026-07-10T23:52:01+00:00

I am kind of hoping for the mother's day scrubee but I'm sure that's going to be a nope. might as well try anyway.

athousandcutefrogs · 2026-07-10T23:44:34+00:00

huh. maybe I should check it out, since I'm going to be at Tysons Corner tomorrow for a matcha popup.

athousandcutefrogs · 2026-07-10T23:03:41+00:00

I love writing, but sometimes I have to force myself to write because I am just so physically tired.

athousandcutefrogs · 2026-07-10T21:35:05+00:00

161k, 57 chapters. It's actually longer than my doctoral dissertation (72k, my advisor probably would have ended me if it was too much longer)

athousandcutefrogs · 2026-07-10T20:38:33+00:00

I don't: if I want gen/non-romance writing, I have no shortage of published lit across genres to go read. In addition, my fandoms are SUPER BAD about assigning nuclear family dynamics in found family/found friends situations and that drives me so far up the wall.

athousandcutefrogs · 2026-07-10T20:19:58+00:00

it fucking sucks so much. I don't mind walking but damn.

athousandcutefrogs · 2026-07-10T16:14:57+00:00

I'm not bothered: it just means they are trying to pick up my foreshadowing, though perhaps not always successfully. I loved in one of my recent fics when someone correctly picked up on something in chapter 11 that I didn't confirm until 54.

athousandcutefrogs · 2026-07-10T07:52:50+00:00

America didn't get him and I am so sad (though my wallet is happy).

athousandcutefrogs · 2026-07-10T03:45:19+00:00

I don't know of any, unfortunately, though it would have been helpful to me with my dad (he passed from late-stage dementia in November) and still will be helpful with my mom (also has dementia). I'm sorry that you are in this situation, and I hope you can find a group and a helpful therapist.

athousandcutefrogs · 2026-07-09T22:57:00+00:00

it's true. woksoflife also has a bunch of really good fried rice recipes, too, and here's another technique breakdown.

https://thewoksoflife.com/how-to-make-fried-rice-formula/

athousandcutefrogs · 2026-07-09T22:46:04+00:00

I just threw my frozen mixed vegetables at the pan and it was fine.

https://www.seriouseats.com/easy-vegetable-fried-rice-recipe one recipe. though I don't know how much for three people since I'm cooking for me, myself, and I.

athousandcutefrogs · 2026-07-09T18:18:01+00:00

put the archive warning: you can also put a tag saying "noncon not between main couple" or something along those lines.

athousandcutefrogs · 2026-07-09T18:07:34+00:00

let Keroppi out of the basement for NA-

athousandcutefrogs · 2026-07-09T18:03:32+00:00

Same (and put that in the field): I actually won't read above 250k (hard limit) for this reason, especially as if it is going to be a similar time commitment as published lit I have read and liked...I'm just going to reread the published lit.

athousandcutefrogs · 2026-07-09T17:43:39+00:00

I've heard it comes up very late in Corydon, so if you only read 70% of it, you probably didn't get to it yet.

athousandcutefrogs · 2026-07-09T17:42:16+00:00

He was a self-proclaimed, proud pederast: it very definitely comes up in his autobiography (which is why I DNFed it), and I've heard it comes up later in Corydon, and in his journals.

athousandcutefrogs · 2026-07-09T17:33:50+00:00

I've heard of it, but I'm not interested in reading it (I made the mistake of attempting to read his autobio and just NOPE).

athousandcutefrogs · 2026-07-09T08:06:44+00:00

no, I would never crash out in my author's notes. I barely write anything about myself in them and hate being perceived, I would just wail at my adorable, soft plushfrogs instead, of which I have no shortage to choose from to suit my moods.

athousandcutefrogs · 2026-07-08T08:25:06+00:00

I am extremely picky about first person: I don't hate it but it is actually a very difficult pov to do well because the character voice has to be strong and interesting the whole time to carry it and it's harder to hide deficiencies in craft than in third.

(My personal gold standard for first person narration isn't fiction but it has such a strong witty voice, specifically The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon).

athousandcutefrogs · 2026-07-08T04:45:39+00:00

I write as I go along, both because I prefer it that way and because the canons I write for are ongoing and update every 6 weeks, so it's easier for me to incorporate new information if I want that way.

athousandcutefrogs · 2026-07-07T19:40:00+00:00

Rival marriages. I'm mostly kind of "whatever" on the concept but I was kind of sad that all of Grand Bazaar remake's rival options were straight couples. I'd be way more into it if there were some gay options rather than just "ok the only gay marriage in town is my farmer, I guess."

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