The State of the Ficcery: July 2020
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stonepicnicking_okapiWord Count for July: 37,788
Writing: Watson's July Writing Prompts took up most of the month. I also did some poetry and fic for the Sunshine Challenge. I have 8 fills on my Season of Kink Bingo but no bingo yet.
The big focus for August will be my Good Omens fic for Unconventional Courtship (my post date is 20 Aug) and two sonnets.
Reading: I read The Daughter of Sherlock Holmes by Leonard Goldberg, which was ok. I think I'm biased because it always surprises me when people Get Paid for what is essential Fic. But my sister sent it to me when she cleaned out her closet. I am reading an annotated version of Raymond Chandler's The Big Sleep, which I'm enjoying.
TV: I don't watch TV but I had a bunch of borrows left on my account for the month and couldn't find anything I wanted to read, so I watched the first season of New Zealand's "Brokenwood." It's ok. Cops (which I don't like, but Mike is better than most, Kristin and Sam are annoying but tolerable) but sort of like Midsommer Murders without quite so much quirkiness and so high a body count. I was surprised there wasn't more Mike/Jared fic on AO3. My sister also recommended Australia's "Mystery Road" but I couldn't handle more than 1 episode of it. Too cop for me. But it was interesting and nice to see aboriginal actors playing roles.
Personal: My father-in-law and sister-in-law died the first 3 days of July [the boys' father's father and sister]. The boys' father couldn't travel [to Belgium or Rwanda] for the funerals. Saddest for my sister-in-law who leaves behind 3 daughters between the ages of 15 and 20.
I learned a name for one of my new problems: doomscrolling. I doomscroll. It comes from an all-or-nothing approach. Either I'm totally ignorant of what's going on in the world or (since George Foreman's murder) consuming it most of my waking hours. It's an addiction and a very unhealthy one.
Anxiety. Depression. [see above] I think most of the world is in the same boat, and I have it better than many. I have no plans to take my own life, but existing is not easy. Life seems bleak but unavoidable. This Good Omens fic is the only genuinely pleasant distraction.
The boys' school has decided to go online for the autumn (8 Sept to 28 Jan) and that's a relief. The soccer club is acting like the fall season still going on, and I have mixed feelings about that, but I'm going along with it.
I picked themes for the boys' summer weeks and this week is Africa. Next week Europe. Then jungle and cities. We got a bird feeder for the balcony and that has been interesting.
Writing: Watson's July Writing Prompts took up most of the month. I also did some poetry and fic for the Sunshine Challenge. I have 8 fills on my Season of Kink Bingo but no bingo yet.
The big focus for August will be my Good Omens fic for Unconventional Courtship (my post date is 20 Aug) and two sonnets.
Reading: I read The Daughter of Sherlock Holmes by Leonard Goldberg, which was ok. I think I'm biased because it always surprises me when people Get Paid for what is essential Fic. But my sister sent it to me when she cleaned out her closet. I am reading an annotated version of Raymond Chandler's The Big Sleep, which I'm enjoying.
TV: I don't watch TV but I had a bunch of borrows left on my account for the month and couldn't find anything I wanted to read, so I watched the first season of New Zealand's "Brokenwood." It's ok. Cops (which I don't like, but Mike is better than most, Kristin and Sam are annoying but tolerable) but sort of like Midsommer Murders without quite so much quirkiness and so high a body count. I was surprised there wasn't more Mike/Jared fic on AO3. My sister also recommended Australia's "Mystery Road" but I couldn't handle more than 1 episode of it. Too cop for me. But it was interesting and nice to see aboriginal actors playing roles.
Personal: My father-in-law and sister-in-law died the first 3 days of July [the boys' father's father and sister]. The boys' father couldn't travel [to Belgium or Rwanda] for the funerals. Saddest for my sister-in-law who leaves behind 3 daughters between the ages of 15 and 20.
I learned a name for one of my new problems: doomscrolling. I doomscroll. It comes from an all-or-nothing approach. Either I'm totally ignorant of what's going on in the world or (since George Foreman's murder) consuming it most of my waking hours. It's an addiction and a very unhealthy one.
Anxiety. Depression. [see above] I think most of the world is in the same boat, and I have it better than many. I have no plans to take my own life, but existing is not easy. Life seems bleak but unavoidable. This Good Omens fic is the only genuinely pleasant distraction.
The boys' school has decided to go online for the autumn (8 Sept to 28 Jan) and that's a relief. The soccer club is acting like the fall season still going on, and I have mixed feelings about that, but I'm going along with it.
I picked themes for the boys' summer weeks and this week is Africa. Next week Europe. Then jungle and cities. We got a bird feeder for the balcony and that has been interesting.