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From here, belacqua asked me to talk about past/present birthdays.

This is late because I was occupied by the topic itself, naturally. Anyway, I have lucked out here because my birthday is very conveniently timed - I've always had it off automatically for school and/or work, it coincided nicely with the former's calendar for the first 18 years of my life, and it makes thinking about a new year awfully convenient.

Most of my birthdays have been pretty good, spent with friends and/or family - one time they managed to pull off a surprise party, which was pretty impressive. For the years with parties, I used to get the exact same chocolate cake every year, because I am nothing if not boringly consistent.

2020's was quite nice: a brisk walk by the river; a large slice of chocolate cake that I have leftovers of; a NYE spent with friends that featured dumplings and an unexpected yet delightful marathon of Ted Lasso. (FYI, it's a fantastic tv show about football starring a mashup of Coach Taylor and Leslie Knope. Which football? Yes.)

I have been itching to throw a proper party one of these birthdays though. Perhaps when all this nonsense is over, I will finally do so.

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Time for some unrelated EOY bookkeeping.

1. I am giving Twitter a shot again, trying to focus my attention on the good and the interesting and the friendly, while muting/blocking those bad-faith actors that make the site terrible (and politics ofc). I think it is going okay so far, and my unfiltered shitposting now lives at jaggedwolves.

2. Added the final update to my 2020 media list :D

Happy 2019!

Dealing with a very minor cough over the past week which was annoying for my birthday and the new year, but will definitely take this over the utterly debilitating sore throat I had for the week before my week in California. (Speaking of which, I love NYC but I miss in-n-out so much y'all. No, I don't want to taste how meaty the patty is, please drench it in delicious delicious sauce.)

I participated in Yuletide for the first time, and received this lovely fic!

Rah Rah by kirani
Fandom:Bend it Like Beckham
Pairing: Jess/Jules
Summary: The room is tiny but it’s theirs, and that’s all that matters. There are two twin beds on either side of the room with dressers built into the walls beside matching closet doors on either side of the entrance. Two desks sit at the ends of the beds. Thoughts: I love reading about these two getting closer in college and the very natural way that the team assumes that they're already dating. Sometimes all you want is fluffy f/f getting together for the holidays, and this fic delivered. :D

I have a list of Yuletide recs over at my tumblr here, and hoping to eventually post more because I do have more. (Ocean's 8 had like...20 fics so I still got more to read.)

I ended up writing two fics for The Strange Case of Starship Iris, because I really can't tell when my little obsession with this podcast is going to stop (or if it will).

that very specific look by jaggedwolf
Fandom: TSCOSI
Summary: Violet, Sana and Arkady explore an abandoned lab in hopes of getting ahead of the IGR for once. Instead, things get a little mixed up.

if that red string could bite by jaggedwolf
Fandom: TSCOSI
Summary: It was one of those rare times Arkady felt a little optimistic - the nanobots were dealt with, the Rumor was back on its regular routes and there was no sign of the next threat. Then the goose showed up.