auroracloud | Jun. 7th, 2019

Last night, I posted my Second Doctor Era manifesto over at

tardis_library! Witness me trying to put into words why I love this era and its characters, and rec a whole bunch of different kind of fics in it. I took care not to repeat any of the recs I've already made at the community, so it doesn't include all my favourite stories, but I tried to create a wide selection of excellent fics that deserve attention and show different aspects of the era and the fandom.

Since it's a manifesto for a rec community, it includes a lot of fanfic recs, and there are some spoilers since I assume most people know the era at least partly if they're looking at this. I'm thinking of creating a for-new-viewers version of this in my journal, though, where instead of reccing fics I recommend episodes/stories to watch if you haven't seen any of the era or have only seen one or two stories. So stay tuned for that if you're interested!

I guess that took care of reccing Thursday for me, heh. Even if it was technically Friday when I posted it.

In other, entirely unrelated news, while the Finnish WWF's seal webcam closed at the end of May with just that one evening of serious seal action (or inaction, rather), the osprey webcam now includes three osprey chicks! They've all hatched within the last week or so, and now they're already moving about in the nest a bit, at least some of the time. Go see baby dinosaurs squabble! Though at the moment it's really hot in Finland, so they're mostly lying down in a vague heap while Mama Osprey shields them from the sun with her body. Poor thing, she must be hot, she's panting a lot.

But baby ospreys are really totally mini-dinosaurs.

Also, there's now a flying squirrel webcam. They're mostly nocturnal animals, so you're more likely to see them/it climbing out and running up the tree etc. in the evening / night (the webcam has night vision), but sometimes it apparently peeks out or steps out during the day, too. I haven't yet seen the squirrel, but there is activity every day, if you manage to catch it.

There's also a wolverine webcam, and I mean the animal, not the superhero. It also has a night vision version. Sometimes bears have been sighted on it, too! I'd say this is somewhere pretty far up north, based on the vegetation. And finally, there's a forest deer webcam, which sometimes has deer on it, and when it doesn't, it still has a peaceful Finnish woodland pond.

Okay, I need to start doing actually useful stuff.

Woo hoo, I'm caught up with the Write Every Day comments! I think, at least - hope I didn't miss anyone! And forgive me if I said anything dreadfully stupid or silly, I'm a bit sleep deprived!

I've had a lot of work at the computer this week (and then some more procrastination at the computer), and I didn't get my usual amount of exercise last week, and my back is really beginning to feel it. So did my eyes at one point today. So I took a few hours mostly off the computer, and that felt good.

Instead of typing at my computer, I took my notebook and a pen. First I did some free-writing and a bit of poetry there. Then I wrote the beginning of something which may or may not turn into a story later, depending on if I come up with the actual story after the opening. But even if it doesn't become anything more, I really enjoyed it, because I was trying something completely different from what I usually do, and in a different style and voice than most of my projects.

It's been awfully hot here for the last two days, but at least in the evening it had cooled down enough that walking outside was tolerable, so I took a nice long walk as well. Now I think I still ought to do something to soften those muscle knots in my upper back. I may need to get a massage some time soon, though I can't really afford it. Maybe I should just see what I can do with massage balls myself. And then make sure I don't miss regular exercise, especially if I'm working at the computer a lot.

Anyway, writing in the notebook felt really freeing, and I should probably do more of it in the next few days. It's often one of my go-to choices when I feel I need a break or a change from what I'm writing, or am not sure what to write. Often it's just free writing, sometimes it's poetry, sometimes it's descriptions and writing exercises, sometimes it's lists or story ideas, and sometimes it ends up being story snippets, beginnings of new pieces, etc. Do you have any particular forms of writing you do when you need a break?

Now in the evening I finally finished editing that fluff bingo ficlet that had been hanging there in my drafts for a few days, and posted it. Will try to remember to share it in the journal soon.

Tally

Day 1:

alexcat,

alexseanchai,

auroracloud,

carenejeans,

cassini,

china_shop,

cornerofmadness,

falkner,

luzclarita,

shopfront,

silveradept,

sylvanwitch,