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Something pleasantly pleasant for me
Dec. 30th, 2022 09:16 pmOne of the things about this awful neck/shoulder thing is that I'm having to do a lot of my morning routine stuff on my phone while I try to sit somewhere my head can rest against something, unlike my desktop computer seating. There's really only one place in my house where my neck and head and shoulders are supported; the curse of being tall is that everything hits me just under my scapulas. So I'm trying to read and respond to emails, check the websites I read first thing, etc. on my phone and that often includes Dreamwidth.
I had to get a new style because my old one was unreadable on mobile; I don't necessarily love the new one but I also was not in the mood for my normal preference for bright colors or pretty pastels and went with a gray and dusky purple theme, but I'm having trouble getting used to reading white text on dark. I have never liked that much, there's not enough contrast, and I'm going blind. (Did I mention that here? I don't think I ever did. Ugh, that's another whole awful story that I don't have spoons for.) It's also pretty much impossible to make an entry on the phone; the type is so utterly minuscule that I can't use it until I can get enough stamina to power through on my laptop or desktop. I wish DW was a bit easier.
Yuletide is definitely a mixed bag this year. Gift receiving-wise, it was fantastic, with two stories in a fandom I've asked for for years and a Madness treat as well, but gift giving-wise, it's been pretty soul crushing. The recip said she'd come back with a comment and just left a placeholder thanks, but hasn't been back, and there've been almost no comments, just people clicking the "meh" button, even though this was one of those longtime Yuletide stalwart fandoms. I was happy with what I wrote and thought it turned out quite well, considering that I was in excruciating pain while writing and editing it. But I may be one of the few who thought it was decent.
I haven't read more than one story, myself, for a variety of reasons, but most especially because I've been working. My author wanted to know if I could get her manuscript back to her around the beginning of the month, so I've just been toiling over that instead of scrolling through the archive. Someday! Eventually!
I had to get a new style because my old one was unreadable on mobile; I don't necessarily love the new one but I also was not in the mood for my normal preference for bright colors or pretty pastels and went with a gray and dusky purple theme, but I'm having trouble getting used to reading white text on dark. I have never liked that much, there's not enough contrast, and I'm going blind. (Did I mention that here? I don't think I ever did. Ugh, that's another whole awful story that I don't have spoons for.) It's also pretty much impossible to make an entry on the phone; the type is so utterly minuscule that I can't use it until I can get enough stamina to power through on my laptop or desktop. I wish DW was a bit easier.
Yuletide is definitely a mixed bag this year. Gift receiving-wise, it was fantastic, with two stories in a fandom I've asked for for years and a Madness treat as well, but gift giving-wise, it's been pretty soul crushing. The recip said she'd come back with a comment and just left a placeholder thanks, but hasn't been back, and there've been almost no comments, just people clicking the "meh" button, even though this was one of those longtime Yuletide stalwart fandoms. I was happy with what I wrote and thought it turned out quite well, considering that I was in excruciating pain while writing and editing it. But I may be one of the few who thought it was decent.
I haven't read more than one story, myself, for a variety of reasons, but most especially because I've been working. My author wanted to know if I could get her manuscript back to her around the beginning of the month, so I've just been toiling over that instead of scrolling through the archive. Someday! Eventually!
