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Hey everyone! My name is Leslie but I'm usually called Lilith online. Either works. I used to be on LiveJournal for years then fell away once Facebook became a thing. I am venturing back to LJ and I will also be posting here as well. I remember having really great connections on LJ and I am hoping to find that again.

Name:

Leslie aka Lilith. Either is fine.

Age:

45. I've always been an old soul and now my body is catching up.

I mostly post about:

I don't know yet. I think it's going to be mostly a diary kind of thing where I talk about my life and thoughts and dreams and goals and the nice stuff and the bad stuff. A little bit of everything that makes me ... me.

My hobbies are:

theater, acting, directing, doing tech, art, singing, writing, photography, anything NASA (I go to the Space Center a lot), thrifting, true crime, documentaries

My fandoms are:

Anything Broadway, Marvel, Wicked, paranormal shows, Star Wars, Harry Potter, Percy Jackson, Taylor Swift, etc

I'm looking to meet people who:

Are chill. Some things should be serious about some things, but also a sense of humor is great. I am very "woke" though. Please be aware I am "woke". I am also disabled and will talk about my illness and disability issues. And I am mom of an nonverbal son who is autistic and those subjects will come up. I am adult too so I'll bring up adult issues as well, like sex.

My posting schedule tends to be: daily/weekly/monthly/sporadic/etc

My goal is to post at least weekly, maybe twice a week. My illness can throw me for a loop and suddenly I can't sit up some days. So, it depends on my spoons.

When I add people, my dealbreakers are:

If you are conservative. We just won't connect or agree on things, and I am at the point in my life that I want peace. It's better to just move along. I'm also not Christian but I do have Christian friends, but I am not into Christian Nationalism. If you are, we won't be a good fit. I identify as pagan/witch. I'm also LGBTQIA+ and have a trans son.

Before adding me, you should know: I am unapologetically myself. I can be a strong personality and I will always say if I disagree with someone, but I won't be rude about it unless I am needing to match energy being thrown at me.

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Books
The Glassmaker, by Tracy Chevalier. Lit fic about a woman born in late Renaissance/early modern Murano and her family of glassmakers. They and their contacts magically live into the present through unexamined time skips (no other magic is involved). Interesting family and historical drama and obviously reasonably well studied but although it was good it was super light as a read.
It Doesn't Have to Hurt: Your Smart Guide to a Pain-Free Life, by Sanjay Gupta M.D. This was more interesting and potentially useful than I expected. Some of it is directed to people with different pain problems but some of it is useful for folks like me who have demonstrated physical causes for pain. I may have to buy a physical copy to mark up and perform some of the exercises.

Music
Víkingur Ólafsson, Opus 109 (Beethoven | Bach | Schubert). I'm not as familiar with the Beethoven and Schubert but I love his Bach, always.

Current Music: Silence is golden.

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We had the mold guy in last week to look at the drywall behind the dishwasher. Turns out it does have mold but it's very mild and only a very little over baseline. Still, it has to be remediated and we now have a plan and dates. The two weeks after Christmas will be mold remediation.

If things go as planned, we'll have the fridge, pantry, and stove/microwave available. We also have a sink in our wet bar but it'll be hard to wash anything of any size. I foresee a lot of plastic cutlery in my future. It also means we'll need to clean out the rest of the cupboards, though I don't think Michael has really thought about that, and a lot of decisions about what stays and what goes.

They'll have to tape off part of the breakfast area but we don't use that anyway and we'll still have access to laundry (and the cats to the Litter Robot, which is the important part). They estimate two weeks and it's going to run us about $7000 on top of the $1500 for the initial report.

Home ownership is not for the faint of heart or budget.

Current Music: Silence is golden.

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Hi folks, I hope you all are doing well. Not good at doing these intro things, but I'll give it a try. I'm Lesley. I'm in my late thirties, happily married and I have one cat child. I love books of all types, I'm currently making my way through the Dungeon Crawler Carl books, Tv shows including The Golden girls, How I met your Mother, Grace and Frankie and others. I love all kinds of music, and I enjoy baking. I welcome people of all backgrounds and stuff, I'm a Christian myself. as for what I write about in here, To be honest, there's only one entry in here, but I plan on changing that. I will most likely write about daily life things, and sometimes about what I'm watching/reading/listening to as well as mental and physical health stuff. I am totally blind, so sometimes I will write about that. If there is anything else you wanna know, feel free to take a peak at the profile. I will be writing in here probably every few days to every week. Depends on the mood I'm in. I hope all of you have a good day, and if you celebrate them, happy holidays

Current Mood: awake
Current Location: The sofa
Current Music: A very large fan

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Name: Georgiana or Georgie. Neither is my legal name, but they are what I use here and in most situations.

Age: Forty-two.

I mostly post about: Entries may consist of anything from short summaries of my day, to surveys, to essays on various topics, to interesting links and quotes that I find, along with my commentary on them. Lately, I have been writing reviews of opera recordings from the 1950's and earlier. I have no interest in politics and modern celebrities. I wish to keep my journal light and happy as much as possible.

My hobbies are: studying dandyism, Received Pronunciation, the Regency, and the Italian language, reading, writing, cooking, baking, playing cards and dice, and enjoying warm weather.

My Other Interests include: coffees, teas, antique menswear and accessories (usually Edwardian), chamber and classical music, old opera singers, plants and gardening, crafts, and history and nature documentaries. I love wit, wordplay, and sarcastic humour without vulgarity. I also love cats.

My fandoms are: I don't have any.

I'm looking to meet people who: are positive, who share my interests and can introduce me to some new ones, and who enjoy at least some elements of high culture. While the minimum age I will add is twenty-one, I tend to get along with those who are older than I, particularly seniors. I am also single and searching, but since this isn't a dating community, I'll just say that you can find more about that in one of the sticky entries in my journal. You can also find my Mastodon and Escargot.chat information there.

My posting schedule tends to be: It varies, from a few posts in a given week to a few in a single day. Often, I post what I call filler entries toward the end of the month. These are entries posted on one date but for another. I try to post a few entries per week.

When I add people, my dealbreakers are: minors (I prefer at least over twenty-one), depression and/or anxiety (posted regularly), bad self-esteem, life drama, recreational drugs, religion or politics (posted regularly), a lot of bad grammar and spelling (unless you're learning English), and frequent obscenities. Please note that I am totally blind, so if you mostly post images, I won't be able to comment on them, as I cannot see them.

Before adding me, you should know: I have no time for political correctness, lies, or drama. While I always try to be civil during discussions, I share my opinion without reservations. If you are easily offended, please do not add me. I have a very dry and witty sense of humour. Otherwise, feel free to read my profile and/or posts and add me if you wish. I will most likely reciprocate. I also comment when I have something to say, but there are times when I don't read my friends' page for awhile, and I am trying to change that.

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I hope all of you have been well. Life has been somewhat busy on my end but I've been doing alright overall. Just still a-lot to process and think about.

A-little over a week ago now I think was when Mike and I adopted Fynn, my fathers dog. He also belonged to my mom and nephew but it was mainly my dad who cared for him and worked with him the most. So that has been an adjustment - not too bad but still a change. He and Wiley get along well, sometimes they do rough it up a bit more than I would care for but other than that it's been nice having him here and helping care for him. We need to get him to do his doggy business outside - that seems to be the biggest issue. Sometimes he does and we give him treats when that happens. He is a cairan terrier. The same breed as toto from the 'wizard of oz' (fun fact I know!).

I finished one grief book and I've been reading another. The first one ("Survival Guide: Navigating the holidays after loss") was somewhat religious. Which isn't bad but it's hard for me to get into and understand. I think most of you know from some past posts - I am agnostic. So I do believe in a higher power but I don't know if it is God. But the book was helpful and had some good ideas on what to do mainly during thanksgiving and christmas. It had lists and things to fill out if I needed to.
The second book I am about 100 pages away from finishing ("It's okay that you're not okay" by Megan Devine). It's been pretty good, too. Very raw and realistic. The author lost her husband due to a drowning accident. At times I've had to put the book down because it was just so sad to read. But I do enjoy it, it covers the emotions and thought process behind loss quite well.

I did find out that my mom picked me as her Power of attorney. It feels like a-lot but I just need to learn my roles and responsibilities so I can better understand this. Do any of you have any experience with this?

I'm pretty much done christmas shopping. I hardly did any this year and that was fine. Each year there is always so much pressure on christmas and gift giving. This year I'm just giving to one of my best friends, her mother and grandmother, Mike and his family is doing a christams gift exchange this year. So with that I got his one brother. Also there is a gift exchange at work where we all trade gifts with each other. It's new, the cost was under $5 for each person. I ended up getting small bottles of lotion and some hard candy and candy canes in these little christams bags.

Yesterday was my 38th birthday. It honestly didn't feel all that different. But I think that will be the norm for the next couple of years. I worked in the morning and when I came home from work Mike and I got dairy queen and watched an old christmas movie that I loved as a kid. It's called 'Annabelle's wish' if any of you have heard of it - let me know! It wasn't as bad as I was worried it might be. Also Mike made brownies and I read the rest of the evening. It was calm and quite which was what I wanted.

So I guess that is it for now... it's just been hard to get back on here and write and read. But I hope you all have been well. I think about this site often. <3

Current Mood: okay
Current Music: productive mix on YouTube

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The Barely Legal Type: Purity Culture, Rape Culture, and America’s Lose-Lose Proposition for Girls. Sad but true.
The Conservative Grievance Business Is Always Hiring. About that Sooner girl who wrote the horrendous essay in a psychology class and then tried to get her trans TA fired for failing her.
How Local Reporters Manage the Dangers of Covering Extremism. One of the reporters featured is on the beat in my area.
Why this Indigenous winter scene is not what it seems. It's the work of Native artist Red Star. I recognize her work from feminist art bots but didn't know much about her. Now I want to go to one of the exhibits this post talks about.
How Caravaggio Painted Class and Clothes. Particularly relevant after our visit to the Kimbell where we saw both The Cardsharps and Judith.
A week inside the opaque court where CT immigrants learn their fate. A local Connecticut publication spent a week in immigration court (the executive branch "court system" for immigrants) and reported back on it. I didn't deal with this part of immigration practice at all when I was working for an immigration lawyer in the 1990s. I did prepare some asylum and refugee paperwork, and my boss was on the State Bar's Unauthorized Practice of Law committee, which dealt with the "notarios" mentioned in the article. That was apparently a dangerous proposition, enough that he had all his bills diverted to the office so that he couldn't be doxxed easily.
Meet the billionaire pushing taxpayer-funded school vouchers. The Washington Post profiles Jeff Yass, the Pennsylvania billionaire who paid for Texas' voucher program. Not the taxes, which are from our pocketbooks, but the donations to political campaigns that made it possible.
The Fragile Heart’s Guide to Surviving the Holidays. I don't think of myself as fragile but I do have some unhappy associations with the holidays (my dad died during the Christmas season and my mother had crises at the holiday season on a regular basis, including going into hospice at that time). This is all good advice.
Raccoons Are Showing Early Signs of Domestication. Because that's what living in cities does to creatures!
How Big Should Your Tent Be?. Rebecca Solnit on working with the enemy, politically, vs ideological purity.
Exclusive: Trump administration orders enhanced vetting for applicants of H-1B visa. Of course.

Current Music: Silence is golden,

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Today we took a museum day in Fort Worth and visited the Kimbell and the Amon Carter.

At the Kimbell, we saw the Myth and Marble: Ancient Roman Sculpture from the Torlonia Collection exhibit. The works were Roman statues from the collection of a noble/royal Italian family. The interesting part to me was how many of them had been altered, mostly but not all in "modern" times, to make art that was interesting to collectors in the period that it was altered. (Modern in this case meant the Renaissance and later. One of the sculptures was altered in the workshop of Bernini's father.) My favorites were in the section of the exhibit on portraits of the Imperial family, where I learned that a lot of the statues believed to be of Imperial women were identified on the basis of their hairstyle alone, and now a number of them have been reconsidered. The curation was extremely good, with most of the statues having labels showing which parts were original, which parts were ancient sculpture pieces repurposed as part of the new statue, and which parts were later additions. Also, one of the statutes was left semi-restored so visitors could also see the conditions of the various sections of the works and how they were "restored" in the past.

We also saw Caravaggio's Judith Beheading Holofernes, which was on loan. I like most of the art but I don't care for his depiction of Judith. Spouse and I had a discussion about her wrist positioning: she looks like she's sawing Holofernes' head off but without sufficient force, never mind enough force to lop his actual head off. I prefer Artemisia Gentileschi's Judith, who looks like she's actually killing the guy.

Before we left we also visited our favorites, the Lee brothers and Caravaggio's Card Sharp.

After we were finished at the Kimbell, we went over to the Amon Carter for American Modernism from the Charles Butt Collection. Butt, for those who don't know, is from the family that owns the HEB grocery stores. The art choices were interesting, like the Pollock landscape, but the curation of the exhibit didn't do a lot for me. Instead of contextualizing the individual pieces in artistic traditions or explaining why Butt chose them, the Carter's curation team had reactions from local artists, which were honestly a little banal for my taste. If it drives other folks to the museum, though, I guess it works. I enjoyed the seascapes and the landscapes, but the flat industrial paintings that Butt seemed to like did nothing for me. Probably my favorite from this exhibit was a study for a larger painting set at Broadway and 47th in New York, with a lot of bright signs.

We did look at some other art including a flat industrial painting of oil derricks off Galveston, which I really enjoyed because I knew what I was looking at, and a favorite Childe Hassam which shows flags on the Waldorf Hotel.

We had more than filled our two hours of museum time, which is how long they say you can absorb new art, so we went home after the Amon Carter instead of staying for late hours at the Modern.

Current Music: Silence is golden.

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ACNW session 1

Lee as GM

Jill as Laila (second youngest child of Akkiz)
Michael as Rayan (eldest child of Akkiz)
John W as Ordille (youngest child of Clarissa)
Thaddeus as Tridath (eldest son of Clarissa)
me as Rhiannon (third child of Nurhu)

( Notes under the cut. )

Current Music: Silence is golden.

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Books
Some Danger Involved, by Will Thomas. First in a series of Victorian noir detective novels. The plot is interesting but the writing is both historically accurate in some very unpleasant ways and reeks of testosterone. I'm not sure whether I'll read the next one.

While it doesn't count for formal reporting, I did read about 1.5 million words of Star Wars AU fanfic while I was sick this weekend. Also I have 3 or 4 books in progress. I need to commit to one and finish it!

Current Music: Washing machine.

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Name: Mistee

Age: 45

I mostly post about: I don't use it to post anything right now, I forgot I had this journal to be honest lol. I am going to turn it into a fandom/graphics blog though, with some other stuff sprinkled in probably. I don't usually post personal stuff online but have no problem discussing it with people in PM/DM if they're interested learning about me, etc..

My hobbies are: Fandom roleplaying (I only play fandom characters, but will rp with fandom or oc characters), gaming (mostly MMO's), reading manga or fanfics, watching anime or anything that catches my interest, getting back into icon/graphic making cuz I miss it, listening to music, watching movies.

My fandoms are: Teen Wolf (MTV show), Trigun Manga/Anime, and various others I'm trying to keep up with lol but those two are my biggest fixations right now.

I'm looking to meet people who: Have the same interests, being near or the same age is not necessary. I have friends from all different age ranges/walks of life.

My posting schedule tends to be: Whenever I have the energy. I work from home due to medical problems, so my hours are roughly 8am-630pm Central Standard time, Mon-Fri. Though I am mostly around a lot of the time.

When I add people, my dealbreakers are: Discrimination, ableism, racism, animal cruelty, transphobia, gay-phobia, bigotry, speaking negatively about LGBTQ+, honestly any of the bad shit lol.

Before adding me, you should know: I am chronically online due to medical issues/being disabled so I am around a LOT. Going to be around even more so due to our work's reduction of hours they're putting into place soon so I'm going to have a LOT of free time coming up to work with lol. I also mostly connect through either Discord or Plurk.

A fun fact about me is that I have a Guinness World Record and a star named after me. :)

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( No list of players as all PCs but one were there. )

Current Music: Silence is golden.

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I haven't been very regular about doing these posts this year, but I've made up my mind for 2026 that I'm going to be more regular. We went to Ambercon Northwest in November and otherwise were super busy but did no shows, including David Byrne, which I have regrets about. But it was cold and I was in a lot of pain and exhausted, so I missed it.

( List under the cut to protect your flist. )

Current Music: Silence is golden.

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Name: Sam

Age: 30's

I mostly post about:

I write about my learning journey from zero (not really) to masters in Computer Science, with the goal of getting formal admissions into a program under 2 years. I have a lot of IT applied experience, but now I want to be able to master the material and also for myself learn as much as I can about the topics of programming systems, Linux, and math. For math, I really do know very little. I would very much like to improve that.

My hobbies are:

I like to play video games, take walks, and exercise. My favorite games right now are Lord of the Rings Online and Guild Wars. I also play retro games and am going through the Harvest Moon series on the original DS.

My fandoms are:

I don't invest a lot of energy into fandoms. But I like Linux. I think that counts.

I'm looking to meet people who:

Journals about goals, dreams, and ideas. I do enjoy reading about criticisms, first draft essays, and general naval gazing.

My posting schedule tends to be: daily/weekly/monthly/sporadic/etc

Sporadic with a weekly update on what I'm learning.

When I add people, my dealbreakers are:

I want to avoid negative spaces, so if you are constantly ranting about how terrible things are, I understand. I'm going to put a positive energy in my journal.

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They’re doing to America what they did to Christianity. This stuff is why so many liberals from the South cringe when they hear Jesus stuff. It's not Jesus, it's his nominal supporters.
Word of the week: Turkuterie. I'd rather have this than a giant turkey breast any Thanksgiving.
What I Learned on My First Deer Hunt. Interesting to read as someone who enjoys hunted meat but is not interested in participating in a hunt.
How Stephanie St. Clair Became The ‘Numbers Queen’ Of Harlem. I had heard of her but didn't know her story.
How to Reject Someone Nicely. Useful tips to consider.
The Unbearable Whiteness of the Goodreads Choice Awards. From last January but still relevant. TL;DR: the site's demographics are white women 25-44 and the reader's choice awards reflect that.
Barcelona's Sagrada Família becomes world's tallest church. I remember visiting Barcelona as a teenager when the church was much smaller. It brings me joy to see it move toward completion.
The best Doctor Who speeches of all time, ranked. The title lies because it's only New Who and the Genesis of the Daleks speech is right up there with any of these.
Is ‘Gentle Density’ Too Much for Single-Family Neighborhoods in Dallas? Gentle density means duplexes, triplexes, ADUs (granny flats) and similar small increases in density, as fought by every NIMBYer in the world.
Why Is DC’s Phillips Collection Selling Off Its Masterpieces? Good questions about deaccessioning vs new acquisitions.
35 arrests in Bulgaria in a large art trafficking investigation. A friend of mine who's involved in the money and security side of the art world posted this.

Current Music: Silence is golden.

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GM Michael

Ian playing Skuld with her AI Gunnar
Sarah playing Inarra Vetari
Steve playing Steve Delikai
Ginger playing Ingrid Bolting

I think this is session 5; I missed a session when I was in Phoenix last month. We'll play again in January.

( Rough notes under the cut. )

denise posting in

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Hello, friends! It's about to be December again, and you know what that means: the fact I am posting this actually before December 1 means

karzilla reminded me about the existence of linear time again. Wait, no -- well, yes, but also -- okay, look, let me back up and start again: it's almost December, and that means it's time for our annual December holiday points bonus.

The standard explanation: For the entire month of December, all orders made in the Shop of points and paid time, either for you or as a gift for a friend, will have 10% of your completed cart total sent to you in points when you finish the transaction. For instance, if you buy an order of 12 months of paid time for $35 (350 points), you'll get 35 points when the order is complete, to use on a future purchase.

( The fine print and much more behind this cut! )

Thank you, in short, for being the best possible users any social media site could possibly ever hope for. I'm probably in danger of crossing the Sappiness Line if I haven't already, but you all make everything worth it.

On behalf of Mark, Jen, Robby, and our team of awesome volunteers, and to each and every one of you, whether you've been with us on this wild ride since the beginning or just signed up last week, I'm wishing you all a very happy set of end-of-year holidays, whichever ones you celebrate, and hoping for all of you that your 2026 is full of kindness, determination, empathy, and a hell of a lot more luck than we've all had lately. Let's go.

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cemetaries in addme - New to Dreamwidth
gentlyepigrams - Weekly media report - for the week ending 2025 12 10
gentlyepigrams - Dishwasher Saga, part three (now Mold Saga) - backdated
ladyunicorn22 in addme - What's up?
dandylover1 in addme - Seeking New Friends
a_natural_beauty - Some updates ~
gentlyepigrams - Interesting things - 2025 12 07
gentlyepigrams - Museums: Kimbell and Amon Carter
gentlyepigrams - ACNW Slot 1 - Amber Rising (backdated notes)
gentlyepigrams - Weekly media report - for the week ending 2025 12 03
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gentlyepigrams - ANCW slot 0 - Amber Rising (backdated notes)
gentlyepigrams - Gig list - December 2025
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gentlyepigrams - Interesting things - 2025 11 30
gentlyepigrams - Sword Worlders Amuck - 2025 11 30 session
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Weekly media report - for the week ending 2025 12 10

Dishwasher Saga, part three (now Mold Saga) - backdated

What's up?

Seeking New Friends

Some updates ~

Interesting things - 2025 12 07

Museums: Kimbell and Amon Carter

ACNW Slot 1 - Amber Rising (backdated notes)

Weekly media report - for the week ending 2025 12 03

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ANCW slot 0 - Amber Rising (backdated notes)

Gig list - December 2025

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Interesting things - 2025 11 30

Sword Worlders Amuck - 2025 11 30 session

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