#draft: november 2024

[bird-inacage]

A First Kanaphan Gifset | First + All the Boys I've Kissed (2024-)

I know it's established news that First has been collecting GMMTV boys like trophies, but it's sort of hilarious to recap. I haven't included Fluke (from The Shipper) because this is just on-screen kissing and I saw no actual lip-to-lip contact.

(Also, I made this pre-THK airing. Not gonna lie, I want First to add Joongdunk to his collection. I would dig it if Kant kissed Fadel just to wind him up, and/or Style just to make their respective boyfriends jealous).

[wisteriagoesvroom]

getting a headache again because someone on twitter said (paraphrased) “my theory about lestappen so far is that max understands charles’s frustrations, and max knows charles is a better driver than his car allows him to be capable of. he is a special driver like me. that’s why we walk together”

and? the sheer poetry of someone knowing you deeply, intimately… yes, possible through the science, the data of race stats or car performance or analytics, but through all of it, it also amounts to them saying this:

I see you, I know you, you are my shadow. We push each other, and it is the closest thing to completion I might find on the track because you are my equal. This is a dance with only us in it. So take my hand.

[scuderiacanucks]

i do not support all gays some of you are mclaren drivers

[luek]

throwing rocks at your window at night to get you to come look outside but once you open the window I just keep throwing rocks at you

[bigcats-birds-and-books]

Books of 2024: November Wrap-Up.

Hi, y'all! I'm actually shocked that I managed to get through four (4) books this month, because it was NANO and I also WROTE A WHOLE BOOK!! The (written) book in its two notebooks is pictured beneath the pen and NaNo Earrings :)

All of these reads were NaNo-adjacent, somehow (I like to stack my reading with my writing project so all the Vibes are Correct)--either Space, or Haunted, or Fucked Up Fungi (I wrote a weird book this month)(I had a great time).

Photos and/or reviews linked:

A HALF-BUILT GARDEN - ★★★½ I enjoyed this! It was very slow and contemplative, and I was surprised by how long it took me to read (#NaNoProblems), but I'm glad I did, and Rhamnetin was a DELIGHT.

JUST LIKE HOME - ★★★★ Reread for me, holds up very well! Star rating unchanged from first time through. I actually do recommend rereading this one, knowing exactly when Daphne dies.

GRAVEYARD SHIFT - ★★★½ I enjoyed this one too! Short fun weird little insomnia romp. Love a good fucked up fungus and a motley POV crew.

THE NIGHT GUEST - ★★★★ This was DEEPLY fucked up and AMAZINGLY crafted horror/suspense, and I definitely had delayed nightmares about it. I also love a good spec fic in translation (this one's from Icelandic!). Cats are NOT safe, very graphically so, so proceed with caution if that's a warning you need.

Under the Cut: A Note About ~*★Stars★*~

Historically, I have been Very Bad™ about assigning things Star Ratings, because it's so Vibes Heavy for me and therefore Contingent Upon my Whims. (Example: I don't like that stars are Odd, because that makes three the midpoint and things are rarely so truly mid for me)(I have hacked my way around this with a ½). Here is, generally, how I conceptualize stars:

★ - This was Bad. I would actively recommend that you do NOT read this one, no redeeming qualities whatsoever, not worth the slog. Save Yourself, It's Too Late For Me. Book goes in the garbage (donate bin).

★★ - This was Not Good. I would not recommend it, but it wasn't a total waste or wash--something in here held my interest/kept my attention/sparked some joy. I will not be rereading this ever. Save Yourself (Or Join Me In Suffering, That Seems Like A Cool Bonding Activity).

★★★ - This was Good/Fine/Okay/Meh. I don't care about this enough to recommend it one way or another. Perfectly serviceable book, held my interest, I probably enjoyed myself (or at least didn't actively loathe the reading). I don't have especially strong feelings. You probably don't need to save yourself from this one--if it sounds like your jam, give it a shot! Just didn't resonate with me particularly powerfully. I probably won't reread this unless I'm after something in particular.

★★★�� - I liked this! I'll probably recommend it if I know it matches someone's vibes or specific requests, but I didn't commit to a star rating on Goodreads. More likely to reread, but not guaranteed.

★★★★ - I really enjoyed this!! I would recommend it (sometimes with caveats about content warnings or such--I tend to like weird fucked up funny shit, and I don't have many hard readerly NO's). Not a perfect book for me by any means, but Very Good. This is something I would reread! Join me!!

★★★★★ - I LOVED THE SHIT OUT OF THIS, IT REWIRED MY BRAIN, WILL RECOMMEND TO ANYONE AND EVERYONE AT THE SLIGHTEST PROVOCATION (content warning caveats still apply--see 4-star disclaimer). Excellent book, I'll reread it regularly, I'll buy copies for all my friends, I'll try to convince all of Booklr to read it, PLEASE join me!!

[charlotte-of-wales]

The Princess of Wales attends the Remembrance Sunday service at the Cenotaph in London | November 10, 2024

[evilpenguinrika]

Getting a head start on the Hosietober 2024 prompts that @uncleasad posted the other day. Not sure if I'll do all the days, so I'm just picking and choosing the ones that strike my fancy.

currently working on one, featuring the 2nd iteration of my Hosie fankids because I really wanted to write about Eli and Auggie ever since I first wrote about them in that post I linked above. After that, I haven't really gotten a chance to dive into Eli and Auggie's characters especially because I was so focused on my 1st iteration (Lana, Hayley and Jay, and Leo). Gotta give some love to the 2nd iteration!

I think I'll try and--at least for my picking-and-choosing the Hosietober 2024 prompts--have them all be somewhat Hosie family-focused (whether with 1st iteration of Hosie fankids or 2nd iteration of Hosie fankids) because I'm a sucker for fun Hosie family stuff. I already have some ideas for some of these prompts (am writing Day 5's prompt as we speak) so I'm excited to get right into it!

[nwjws]

GUYS i swear i posted once ab something like this but maybe as comeback i’ll do a quick among us smau LOL + SUNOO THE LOML

[kazz-brekker]

over 3/4 of the way to my 50k writing goal for the month!

[acrylixisonline]

Novella November/Rough Draft Month - Day 6

Word count - 10,007 (+0)

To Go - 34,993

No progress today. Not in America. Not in my project.

[stormyoceans]

Last twilight in november darling😉

I SAW P'AOF'S INTERVIEW AS SOON AS I WOKE UP AND IT GOT ME IN SUCH A FRENZY I PROCEEDED TO SLIP INTO A SELF-INDUCED COMA FOR THE NEXT HOUR TO COPE

honestly at this point idk what to think anymore because everyone saying their series is gonna air in november is starting to feel like something they wish is gonna happen rather than an already set schedule BUT I DON'T CARE!!!!!! I CHOOSE TO BELIEVE!!!!!!! IM DONNING MY BEST CLOWN OUTFIT AND GOING BACK TO MY ORIGINAL THEORY OF LAST TWILIGHT AIRING AFTER ONLY FRIENDS ON NOVEMBER 4 WITH THE TRAILER BEING RELEASED ON OCTOBER 23 WHICH IS EXACTLY ONE MONTH AWAY SO IT'S TIME TO START THE COUNTDOWN!!!!!!!

ALSO NOT TO BE THAT PERSON BUT

GOOD TO KNOW THIS SHOW IS GONNA KILL ME DEAD FR LIKE NOT THAT I EVER HAD ANY DOUBT ABOUT IT BUT IT'S NICE TO HAVE CERTAINTY IN LIFE

[therevengeoffrankenstein]

'topical (not for intravaginal use)'

topical, but i want so badly. more and more and more....

never enough. that's how i am:

a waste of space without a taste of your face—

instead, the bed is filled with a thousand deaths;

that permanent afterglow could turn into a sunburn,

but i need the light to get through

the night.

crashing stars,

oh,

crash and burn.

i hide behind my hair and stare;

break a leg and catch a glimpse....

stereotype cast as nothing that lasts.

i can't help falling, suppress a yelp

for cowboy eyes and heart shaped thighs—

just a little context with sex, my sex,

how you break your neck to get that last ref'rence!

wrapping presents and wrapping legs,

moving fast to forget the past—

i need him to begin—

a manifestation of a manifestation of a manifestation....

okay?

stuck on a hinge to get revenge,

suck on a cock to reach the top.

- ellie revenge

[dejwrld]

next year, i kinda want to create one of those fridges people put in neighborhoods and stuff so people can take the free food in it if they need it. but i honestly don’t even know where i would start. like i want to create a community fridge for neighborhoods because my city has many food desert areas

[antique-symbolism]

It's a couple months early to decide, but I think this year's NaNoWriMo project is going to be the first draft of A Brief Family History of the Magical Mundane. I won't be referencing the old version too much, save for one or two scenes I know I want to preserve in some part. New concept, new draft, different enough from the original and with enough new material that I can't rightly consider it a second draft.

[luek]

its okay for me to eat really gross food, because i am very handsome. This is what is known as gap moe

[bigcats-birds-and-books]

not me, adding more upbeat heartcrimes songs to my driscoll playlist during this nano2k24

relatedly (to the latter, not the former): i'm officially far enough behind on cards that i gotta do two every day i'm off between now and the end of the month, PLUS on friday. HOWEVER. i'm also at 35k so like. not too bad lmao