#ofstorms and chatter

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me: i have eleventy billion things to do. do not add more things to the list.

my brain: could we... could we use a bookbinding tutorial to make new dvd cases for our dvds so they look like cute book collections?

#ofstorms and chatter #somebody stop me. i do not have time for more things like this

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rewatching season 2 of Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist, and I know the pandemic messed with Lauren Graham being able to film more as Joan, and I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s also why Renee Elise Goldsberry didn’t return, but I think the show really missed a trick losing the only two female characters in tech over the age of 35. 

like, they underused both Yasmeen and Cass (who was used so little i genuinely had to just look up her name) after their introduction, but even with them and Mackenzie being transferred to the fourth floor, pretty much the whole of the representation for women in tech are women in their twenties/ early thirties. Meanwhile, in season 1 you had two women in their 40s/ 50s running two different floors and being feared/ respected bosses.

idk, just would have been nice for them to introduce some older female characters to SPRQ Point.

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because i'm curious but i don't wanna make a poll: has anyone who follows me ever gone to a book event of a single author (or, at least, a group of authors who wrote a single book together) like an 'evening with' or a signing type deal and gotten a free book?

because the only time i ever got a free book was when i went to this huge weekend-long book event with dozens of authors and they gave away a free book to every attendee, but all the events i've gone to where it's for a single specific author, books were only available to buy, they weren't free.

#saw somebody complaining that a book event for an author didn't include a free book with the ticket #and i thought it was odd because i would never assume it came with a free book? #but they were talking like it was the norm for them (they were in the US if that helps) #ofstorms and chatter

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always interesting to me when I see comments online regarding hobbies where somebody feels the need to tell people 'don't buy [cheaper version more people can afford], buy [expensive version that's only worth it if you do the hobby loads or you're trying to make it a side hustle]'.

like... have people forgotten that sometimes people just do things for fun? not everybody can afford the really expensive craft materials, or the £1500 camera, or the super niche machinery that you need a garage to store it in, because it's literally just a hobby so they can't justify the cost/find the money...

#ofstorms and chatter #just bought a new camera and somebody left a comment on a review #telling people to go buy a different camera that's more expensive??? #and it's like maybe this camera is in people's budgets and the one you're suggesting isn't?

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deciding to finally interact with the fandom of a show you've enjoyed alone so that you can share your fic and walking into a very intense environment...

#ofstorms and chatter #straight up kinda forgot why i don't get involved in certain fandoms #because they are very intense and have very strong opinions #and frankly i'm too old to have people telling me what i can or can't like #and what plots/characters/character arcs i'm allowed to enjoy or not enjoy #and like... might just see myself out thanks

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it would be a shame if someone were to hook me up with a way to watch parenthood for free in the uk...

#ofstorms and chatter #no idea if i'll like the show enough to pay for it #(particularly on apple) #and there isn't much in the way of being able to buy the dvds on the cheap and i need a new show to watch so uh... hook me up?

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one of the funniest things to me is watching people complain about random things they don't like popping up on their social media feeds by commenting on the random things they don't like popping up on their social media feeds.

like... my dude. the algorithm thinks you like these things because you're engaging in them.

if everyone who commented on stuff on social media just to complain about it sat for a moment and contemplated NOT leaving a ranting comment on that post, maybe the algorithm wouldn't keep showing them more content like that.

#ofstorms and chatter #i saw someone complaining on a fb post of a page #about how much they thought the show it was promoting sucked #and saying they didn't understand why it was on their feed but was actively engaging with it #and couldn't grasp why people were saying 'then don't comment on it'.

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don't you just love it when you get told you can cancel an appointment online (so quick! so easy!) only to then find out that you can't cancel that particular appointment online for some weird reason so you have to phone. but when you phone you can't get through to anyone! so you can't cancel at all! yay!!

#ofstorms and chatter #i just wanna reschedule a damn hospital appointment #it's so tempting to just... miss it and let them send me a new one #considering that i had thought i'd already rescheduled it over a week ago #only to find out that this department doesn't actually allow online rescheduling #so who knows where my request went but it wasn't where it was supposed to go

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it's both fascinating and infuriating to watch people debate the whole strike situation, with people commenting on actors' social media posts that shows should just 'get better writers' and create 'family-friendly' content (read: no lgbt+, no blm topics etc.) and none of the current writers deserve any money.

like... what part of 'the execs are making billions off of shows and movies while the actual cast and crew are generally getting peanuts' are you not grasping? if you don't like something you don't have to watch it. but that doesn't mean that the writers (and the rest of the cast and crew) shouldn't be paid a liveable wage?

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some people's apathy about the ongoing strikes is... yeah.

probably also (partly, among other reasons) why i'm just so... done with social media. it's just so exhausting seeing people be so uncaring.

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question for usa followers (i guess). how accurate/reliable is the national enquirer? because i saw an issue of it in a store here in the uk claiming that some actors have crossed the picket lines regarding the strike because their productions have interim agreements and like... are they at all reliable? are they stirring the pot?

i did a quick google and while they seem about as moral as any other tabloid (which is. not very) i'm not clear on what the general consensus is? like, are they generally considered to be not worth the time?

#ofstorms and chatter #curious in part because i was under the impression that #actors working on productions with interim offers (is that the term??) could continue filming? #so i'm curious to know whether they're just trying to spread gossip/ rumours or if i've misunderstood what counts as crossing the picket li #*line

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just realised that hockey moms is at over 50k words. uh.... how did that happen exactly?? 😂😂

(Update: just checked AO3 and there are only 3 zoey x joan fics over 50k. one is hockey moms and the other two are @hereidinathoreauwrites fics. good company to be in)

#ofstorms and chatter #i have no idea how that happened exactly but ok #let's have 50k+ of hyperspecific zoey x joan scenarios #and i've still got a few chapters to go so it's definitely going to be over 60k by the time i'm done whoops #somebody stop me (please don't) #zoey x joan

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who wants a teaser for an upcoming zoey x joan ‘zoey’s extraordinary birthday’ au??

#ofstorms and chatter #zoey x joan #this was like THE FIC i wanted to try and salvage yesterday #and like... it's almost done and i'm getting very excited about posting it.

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one of the only things i really hate about the online meetings and such that have come out of the pandemic is that people do not always send the zoom/videochat link until like 5 mins before starting. which... not good. i like to be prepared.

#ofstorms and chatter #this post is brought to you by 'i have a meeting in ten minutes and i still have no zoom link' inc #🙃🙃🙃

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they finally got the buffy: unmatched boardgame back in stock at the place i was looking at, should i actually buy it?? 🤔

#ofstorms and chatter #i kind of had given up hope of getting it in the uk but now it's come in and it's like... #idk... it looked so cool but i have nobody to play it with

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did buffy and robin even officially break up in the boom comics or did buffy just keep running away every time he tried to talk to her??? (i honestly can’t remember)

#ofstorms and chatter #buffy comics #buffy summers #robin wood