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assorted Thursday ramblings
Jul. 25th, 2019 09:28 pmI feel like a lot has happened so a quick rundown:
Fun Updates:
Adulting Woes:
Okay so my last bit of business, a fandom survey if you will (crossposted from tumblr):
So, when I leave a comment on a fic, I like to call out passages I really like, sometimes quoting a bit. I usually keep a separate document open (like notepad or something) so I can jot down my comments as I go. When I get to the end, I just clean it up a little (sometimes my jottings are incoherent in my attempt to be quick and not draw myself too far out of the story) and copy paste and boom, next chapter.
The problem with this system arises when I read on my phone. I’m struggling to track the parts I like as I read without disrupting my actual enjoyment of the story. This results in one of two things: (a) I read a story on my phone, and then go back and comment when I get home – pretty time consuming, and risks forgetting to do this, or (b) I just don’t read on my phone. Guess what, I don’t read so much fic anymore as a result! It’s tough to muster the energy to get on the computer at home when I’ve been doing it all day at work.
Yeah, I know I could leave shorter, less involved comments, and I have. But I like giving longer comments when I can. I know how it feels to receive them, and I know it helps foster more interesting connections and discussions about the subject matter, which I’m obviously here for if I’m reading fic.
So what I’m asking is: what do y'all do when you want to leave a comment from your phone? Are there any methods y'all employ to make this easier/less invasive to the actual reading of the fic? Is there an app for this?
Fun Updates:
- My parents were down to do the Star Wars event at a nearby library that I mentioned last post, so on Saturday we did both that and then skedaddled down to the Mall to watch the Apollo event
- At the SW event, I found re-painted 12-inch Jyn and Cassian dolls (when I asked how much Jyn was, the seller said they came as a pair for $20!!!! and I was like oh OF COURSE they have to come together, and also, SOLD) That's another pair of Jyn & Cassian figures to add to my collection, hooray!
- Also at the SW event, some saber martial artists were giving LESSONS!!!!! AHHH!!! I held a (green) lightsaber in my hands and I learned some moves!!! And I bonked my spouse on the head a few times O:-) (he bonked me right back, it was part of the lesson, I'm just gonna say I was better at parrying, naturally)
- Also also at the SW event, I swear I saw at least 3 people dressed as Jyn, so that was cool. They also had a laser tag in the stacks, which was decorated like Endor. I signed up to play but they were delayed, and I wanted to shop and do the lightsaber thing and such, so I backed out. But spouse had lots of fun doing it. He claims he had the highest score but I saw no proof.
- the Apollo event was super cool, the way they projected the rocket on the Washington Monument at actual size. Super neat! Although being on the Mall with all those people in that kind of heat was awful.
Adulting Woes:
- Our water heater broke! (Well, it was leaking)
- Which is a frustrating hassle enough on its own, but our downstairs neighbor is constantly up in our business about it. Like, there is an order of operations here, dude, and we cannot rush the multitude of third party vendors we have to go through, including: plumber to assess the situation, plumber to replace the water heater, water remediation people to repair/address the water damage, insurance claims people to assess the damage, AND now our condo management association's insurance because apparently it's in by-laws that the condo management has to cover it, not us...
- Well so anyways, for example, the water heater broke Monday. Tuesday morning, while we were waiting for one of the plumbers to come install the water heater, downstairs neighbor knocks on the door and I hear him talking to my spouse. I hear him say, "the longer we wait..." Wait? WAIT?! DUDE. When we had to use the bathroom, we had to get into a car and drive 10 minutes to a 24-hour grocery store at eleven o'clock at night. But yeah. Sure. We're just, you know, sitting around, twiddling our thumbs, taking our time.
- He's still blowing up my spouse's phone.
- He has no clue how the process works. He's trying to schedule people to replace the drywall the water remediation people took out, but you can't do that until they confirm the area is dry enough (we have fans and moisture sucking machines doing that on both our units). It's just like. CHILL, dude. CHILL.
- For the record, this is actually not the first time we've had to go through this. A year or so ago, our upstairs neighbors' water heater broke, only much worse. It like burst. Water EVERYWHERE. And they were out of town! Fortunately, because water issues are a Known fault in our neighborhood, they had given us a key while they were gone in case such a thing happened. We were able to turn their water off. When we checked out the Situation, there was legit like an inch or two puddle on the floor of their water closet. We literally had to bail the water out. Had to go through this whole process with the fans drying stuff out and replacing the drywall, etc etc. We did what we had to do -- and our upstairs neighbors are super sweet, anyways. I mean, like, it sucked, but you just gotta do what you gotta do and wait the process out.
(And also not store belongings in areas susceptible to water damage but i digress)- ANYWAYS. ADULTING SUCKS. do not recommend
Okay so my last bit of business, a fandom survey if you will (crossposted from tumblr):
So, when I leave a comment on a fic, I like to call out passages I really like, sometimes quoting a bit. I usually keep a separate document open (like notepad or something) so I can jot down my comments as I go. When I get to the end, I just clean it up a little (sometimes my jottings are incoherent in my attempt to be quick and not draw myself too far out of the story) and copy paste and boom, next chapter.
The problem with this system arises when I read on my phone. I’m struggling to track the parts I like as I read without disrupting my actual enjoyment of the story. This results in one of two things: (a) I read a story on my phone, and then go back and comment when I get home – pretty time consuming, and risks forgetting to do this, or (b) I just don’t read on my phone. Guess what, I don’t read so much fic anymore as a result! It’s tough to muster the energy to get on the computer at home when I’ve been doing it all day at work.
Yeah, I know I could leave shorter, less involved comments, and I have. But I like giving longer comments when I can. I know how it feels to receive them, and I know it helps foster more interesting connections and discussions about the subject matter, which I’m obviously here for if I’m reading fic.
So what I’m asking is: what do y'all do when you want to leave a comment from your phone? Are there any methods y'all employ to make this easier/less invasive to the actual reading of the fic? Is there an app for this?
