The Friday Five for 26 September 2025: House Work
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1. Do you consider yourself to be a good housekeeper? Why or why not?
2. Are there any household chores that you enjoy doing? If so, what and why?
3. Which household chore frustrates/angers you the most?
4. When doing household chores, what do you do to make them seem less of a "chore"?
5. Which chore do you find yourself doing most often, and why?
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bricksonbricks.1. Do you consider yourself to be a good housekeeper? Why or why not?
2. Are there any household chores that you enjoy doing? If so, what and why?
3. Which household chore frustrates/angers you the most?
4. When doing household chores, what do you do to make them seem less of a "chore"?
5. Which chore do you find yourself doing most often, and why?
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doing this again 'cause the last one is very outdated
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Age group: 20s
Country: Australia
Subscription/Access Policy: Don't give out access to people unless we've been mutuals for awhile or already know each other.
Fannish Interests: Fic writing, editing, icons, reccing, meta
I like to post about: Just whatever I get up to in the week (mostly shorter posts). I'm also trying to make a habit of journaling any media I get into, but that's definitely a skill I need to work on.
About Me: Been on dreamwidth for about five months now. For a while I've mostly used my journal as a personal diary, but recently I've wanted to make more public posts about the various things I enjoy. I've kind of distanced myself from being online everywhere else, but I'm still up for meeting new people here. I'm ideally looking for other active journals to read and maybe become mutuals with. Don't have to be in the same fandoms, but as long as we have some common interests then that's good enough for me.
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TV Tuesday: Is It Here Yet?
Sep. 23rd, 2025 11:08 amyourlibrarian posting in tv_talkIt’s pretty obvious these days that for many if not most shows, the 3 month break between seasons rarely applies. What is your preferred length of breaks between seasons? Are breaks between seasons too long these days?
Poll #33651 Season Breaks
This poll is anonymous.
Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 32
Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 32
Do you find breaks between seasons to be too long (in general)?
View Answers
Yes
13 (41.9%)
No
4 (12.9%)
Depends on the show
13 (41.9%)
Depends on another factor I'll mention in comments
1 (3.2%)
Which comes closest to how long of a break do you prefer between seasons?
View Answers
3 months
6 (19.4%)
6 months
11 (35.5%)
9 months
8 (25.8%)
1 year
6 (19.4%)
18 months
0 (0.0%)
2 years or more
0 (0.0%)
What factors might affect how long of a break you find suitable?
View Answers
How many episodes each season has
25 (78.1%)
If it's the first season versus a show that has many seasons
7 (21.9%)
The genre of the show
8 (25.0%)
If the show relies on big cliffhangers at the end of seasons
15 (46.9%)
If the actors are very in demand and you'd prefer any wait to a cancellation
13 (40.6%)
If you're only somewhat into the show
14 (43.8%)
If the plot is complex and you don't want to have to keep rewatching before a new season starts
13 (40.6%)
If a long wait means you lose track of its return
20 (62.5%)
If a long wait means it gets supplanted by other shows you watch
12 (37.5%)
Something else mentioned in comments
0 (0.0%)
And now for Seren's Most Recent Moment of Clarity
Sep. 22nd, 2025 09:37 amseren_ccdFeel free to skip this as I'm still in the throes of working through STUFF. ( CUT FOR ALL THE STUFF )
The Friday Five for 19 September 2025: Soulmates
Sep. 18th, 2025 03:41 pmanais_pf posting in thefridayfiveThese questions were originally suggested by polypolyglot.
1. Do you believe you can have more than one soulmate in life?
2. Are you with that soulmate now?
3. If not, how long did your relationship with your soulmate last?
4. Do you still think about your soulmate, if you are not together?
5. If you're not together, do you think your soulmate still thinks about you?
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polypolyglot.1. Do you believe you can have more than one soulmate in life?
2. Are you with that soulmate now?
3. If not, how long did your relationship with your soulmate last?
4. Do you still think about your soulmate, if you are not together?
5. If you're not together, do you think your soulmate still thinks about you?
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The beauty (?) of pre-streaming TV
Sep. 18th, 2025 12:05 pmjo posting in tv_talkApologies for the post title -- I am very bad at coming up with titles for entries.
This topic arose out of a discussion on Bluesky and I thought it would be interesting to post it here. The premise is that before streaming, scripted television had to react to its own reality. What I mean is, shows that had to pump out 20+ episode seasons *every year* had to deal with actual real life things and work them into the script. For example, a character becomes pregnant because the actor gets pregnant, or a lead role had to "go missing" for part of a season because the actor was off doing a movie or dealing with a real life issue, or a character had to end up in a cast or otherwise accommodated because the actor injured themselves in real life, or the "filler episodes" that exist because of budget concerns, or the finales that were written because they didn't know if they'd be renewed for another season, etc.
This topic arose out of a discussion on Bluesky and I thought it would be interesting to post it here. The premise is that before streaming, scripted television had to react to its own reality. What I mean is, shows that had to pump out 20+ episode seasons *every year* had to deal with actual real life things and work them into the script. For example, a character becomes pregnant because the actor gets pregnant, or a lead role had to "go missing" for part of a season because the actor was off doing a movie or dealing with a real life issue, or a character had to end up in a cast or otherwise accommodated because the actor injured themselves in real life, or the "filler episodes" that exist because of budget concerns, or the finales that were written because they didn't know if they'd be renewed for another season, etc.
With streaming, because the wait between seasons is so long, we no longer get these (admittedly sometimes rather demented) workarounds anymore. Or as one person on Bluesky put it: "If you can just tell the story you want to tell with the actors you have with whatever running time you want, it's not TV, it's a movie."
Thoughts? Do you miss the imposed responsiveness of pre-streaming TV? Do you have any favourite (or not so favourite) examples of plot lines that came about because of real life events involving the actors or other aspects of the show (e.g. budget issues)?TV Tuesday: Always With Us
Sep. 16th, 2025 12:27 pmyourlibrarian posting in tv_talk
In a recent interview, Wendell Pierce stated “The Wire is something that is classic. What makes it classic [is]...it spoke to the audience then, it speaks to us now, it will speak to audiences long after it’s over.”
What defines a "classic" TV show for you? Do you have examples for that?