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Have any Week 1 entries caught your attention, and kept it? 

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How are you doing?  

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We went to see 28 Years Later yesterday. It was good, but I wish I had known it was the first movie in a new trilogy. It would have made the ending seem less abrupt! 


Date: 2025-06-23 11:45 pm (UTC)
From: [personal profile] krispykritter
Hi. It's still 90 degrees at 7:45 in the evening! Whew!
Had a good weekend. Went to Tanglewood to see a revival of A Prairie Home Companion. It was fun. All the sam old jokes but I was a huge fan before Garrison Keillor got the boot. He made fun of himself at the beginning of the show.
Also went to our local Pride celebration which also was fun.

Date: 2025-06-24 01:41 pm (UTC)
From: [personal profile] legalpad819
Blisteringly hot here as well. This happens to be the week that my older two boys spend at scout camp, so they're relatively miserable and sending me text messages like "can you buy us fans for next time?" I'm a sucker. I went and bought a bunch of mini fans from Amazon.

I was a big Garrison Keillor fan in high school, when it was definitely NOT cool to be reading such material. I considered it preparation for moving to Minnesota where I went to college.

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Date: 2025-06-23 11:46 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] marjorica
I have read everything, voted and am now impatiently awaiting the next topic. My mind is guaranteed to go blank. I might be playing the home game. Don’t care!

There are too many fantastic entries this week to single any out particularly. We have some amazing wordsmiths here, some daring souls, some slices of life and troves of information.

I just want more, plz.

Date: 2025-06-24 01:43 pm (UTC)
From: [personal profile] legalpad819
Yup, I'm done reading and now periodically studying the poll. I always wonder who's playing the game to strengthen their writing or for fun, and who's playing to win. Maybe we're all a little of both?

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Date: 2025-06-24 12:08 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] murielle
Read, commented, and voted.

Reading is a gift of old and new voices. If my fingers were tongues they'd be tied. Commenting is always the hardest part. Voting? Easy peasy!

I too am chafing at the bit to get the next prompt.

So, Gary, how many cookies to get a sneak peek? 😉
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Date: 2025-06-24 01:44 pm (UTC)
From: [personal profile] legalpad819
Don't rush it! The prompts come fast and furious at some point and I'm not looking forward to that moment if I'm still in the running.

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Date: 2025-06-24 12:42 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] halfshellvenus
I'm almost done reading. 2 more to go.

We saw "Materialists" this weekend, and liked it. We'll pass on 28 Years Later, though, because HalfshellHusband does not like zombie-oriented stuff.

I'm vaguely considering seeing Elio, though I could have sworn that was previously released years ago? Or maybe I'm conflating it with Coco. And then there was Soul, which I really recommend. Especially for musical people.
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Date: 2025-06-24 01:46 pm (UTC)
From: [personal profile] legalpad819
I don't think I can bring myself to see "Materialists" because it seems so trope (girl abandons the kind rich man because she's truly in love with the poor artist). I'm guessing at the ending because I haven't seen the movie, so it's not a "spoiler."

Elio might be on my agenda if I can find the time.

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Date: 2025-06-24 01:03 am (UTC)
roina_arwen: Darcy wearing glasses, smiling shyly (Default)
From: [personal profile] roina_arwen
Busy weekend, but I’m about halfway done so far! Got home late this afternoon and am doing laundry.

Date: 2025-06-24 01:53 pm (UTC)
From: [personal profile] legalpad819
I washed and dried my laundry, but it's sitting (unfolded) next to my bed right now.

I definitely lack the motivation to fold laundry at the moment!

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Date: 2025-06-24 01:43 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] simplyn2deep
There were quite a few week 1 entries that caught and held my attention. I look forward to reading more from those authors.

I’m doing well, but feeling frazzled. On Saturday I leave for vacation and I feel like everyone is asking me to do something this week and all I’m trying to do is make sure I have clean clothes and money packed for my vacation, but I can’t because I’m being pulled in every other direction.

That’s great to know about the movie. I love both of the 28 days/weeks movies and do plan on seeing it (hopefully before it’s out of theaters).

Date: 2025-06-24 01:57 pm (UTC)
From: [personal profile] legalpad819
I feel your pain! We leave for vacation mid-July, but my best friend is having cancer surgery next week, so I'm probably going to visit her for a couple of days to help her.. and my sister is due with her first baby, so I'm going to need to travel to her as well. It's a little bit of "too much all at once" in my arena. My husband is a "throw things in a bag half an hour before we leave" type of packer. I am not.

Wishing you a moment of peace to pack!

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Date: 2025-06-24 03:02 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] roina_arwen
all I’m trying to do is make sure I have clean clothes and money

Laundering money… hmm, must be going to Vegas!

Just being silly! Where are you headed?
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Date: 2025-06-24 01:52 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] gunwithoutmusic
I've been (slowly) getting my way through my reading and commenting. I should have some time tomorrow after I get back from the dentist. I had a tooth break last Thursday that needs a crown, and of course when they took x-rays they found an abscess in the tooth next to it, so I need a root canal and crown on that one. Looking forward to three hours in the chair tomorrow morning (ouch) but the rest of the day off (huzzah)!

Date: 2025-06-24 02:00 pm (UTC)
From: [personal profile] legalpad819
Ouch! I hope the tooth stuff gets resolved quickly. One of my dear friends has constant issues with her crowns and I feel like she's always at the dentist.

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Date: 2025-06-24 02:14 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] vik_thor
yep.
Fausts_dream's entry. I am LOVING their entry.

Otherwise, I am achey and exhausted...

I have an appointment with my doctor tomorrow, because my feet have been a bit swollen lately, and sore...

Date: 2025-06-24 02:02 pm (UTC)
From: [personal profile] legalpad819
I hope the feet are ok!

My feet and legs can swell when my thyroid is overactive.

Date: 2025-06-24 01:04 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] adoptedwriter
My car said 97 yesterday at 4 pm. The weather guy said 92.
Still beats temps in the 20s and 30s + no sun.

Date: 2025-06-24 02:03 pm (UTC)
From: [personal profile] legalpad819
It was already 88 when I was eating breakfast this morning. It's a little too hot for me right now. The giant dog is not pleased because he can't do a mid-day walk (pavement gets too hot), so he's sulking around the house and only picking at his food.

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Date: 2025-06-24 02:12 pm (UTC)
From: [personal profile] legalpad819
I don't make it to the movies often, which is a shame because I love the movies. My husband is more a TV guy. I did sneak out to see a matinee of the Phoenician Scheme last week with my daughter and her boyfriend. It was good, but not my favorite Wes Anderson movie.

Like many of you, I am feeling hot and cranky this week. I work from home and normally I work on the second floor while my husband works on the main floor. I expect it will probably be too hot up here by the afternoon, so I'll be relocating to my armchair in the family room and fighting off the dog's demands to be pet constantly.

Right now, I'm attempting to register for a race at Walt Disney World in February. The competition for these race spots is insane. Fingers crossed that we can get in. I've never tried their February races before.

Date: 2025-06-24 03:52 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] muchtooarrogant
We've had some really great entries this week, and it feels like everyone brought their A Game this season. I'm looking forward to the next prompt and reading what all of you come up with.

I've been having fun tracking poll statistics this time around. Number of entries, total number of byes, which entries are trending higher as the votes come in, etc. It's been fun to refresh the poll results and play with the numbers in-between work meetings.

Similar to some other posts here, I'm looking forward to a week long vacation starting June 30, but at the moment Lizbeth and I aren't planning to go anywhere. Just resting, reading, and heat avoidance. :)

Dan

Date: 2025-06-24 04:43 pm (UTC)
From: [personal profile] legalpad819
There's nothing wrong with just resting! While you're on your rest week, I will probably be darting feverishly between Pennsylvania and New York like a pingpong ball. My sister is due with her baby and my best friend is undergoing cancer surgery and I'm determined to be there for both of them. It would very much help if we could have scheduled the baby's birth, but alas, that's not an option.

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Date: 2025-06-24 08:17 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] kizzy
I just came off a staycation. As long as you're not working, it's a vacation!

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late to the party again as usual

Date: 2025-06-24 08:15 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] kizzy
Right now, at 4:07/16:07 EDT my phone says it's 101F. The Kidz lasted less than 10 minutes out in the yard. I downed three bottles of BodyArmor as well as a SmartWater at work. Mean temperature in my little corner was in the 90s. I was a tad woozy upon leaving, so I sat in my car for a bit before going home.

I think this heat dome is supposed to break Thursday? But hey, I'd rather have this than that dreaded four letter word SNOW.

Re: late to the party again as usual

Date: 2025-06-25 01:05 am (UTC)
From: [personal profile] krispykritter
I had to walk across campus this afternoon to go to a meeting. We tried to blow it off but we couldn't. It was HOT!

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