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writethisfanfic2025-11-02 03:14 pmCheck In: Day 2
How has writing gone today? Do you have any particular goals for this month?
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cakewrecks_feed) wrote2025-11-02 02:00 pmSunday Sweets: Wedding Cakes in Chocolate
Hey girl.
Today's post is dedicated to you.
That's right, to you and every other chocolate-loving chocoholic out there who can't quit craving the sweet stuff and have long since polished off the last 3 Musketeers bar in your kids' Halloween candy stash.
You know who you are.
So come along. Let's take a ride on the gentle waves of chocolate's sweet caress:
Let's set sail on the decadent seas of sensory seduction.
Photography by Julie Mikos; baker unknown.
Smell the chocolate. Feeeeel the chocolate. Taste the chocolate. BE the chocolate.
Let chocolate's smooth tendrils of tantalization entwine you.
By Layers
Embrace the chocolate! Let its sweet siren song wash over you and take you to a place where a rose is just a rose, unless it's a chocolate rose...
By Baking Arts
Because then it's like, a way better rose.
Unless of course, it's a painted chocolate rose. With ruffles. And twirly things.
By The Paul Bradford Sugarcraft School
Twirly things of temptation!
So surrender! Surrender to chocolate's rich and creamy charms!
Let the fermented bean pods of the cacao tree seep into your soul as you... um... wait.
OK, so maybe that's not the sexiest description of chocolate you've ever heard. Sorry.
I'm running out of adjectives here.
Bottom line, chocolate is pretty much perfection.
By Wilton
Like this cake. Such perfection, I'm having trouble believing it's real. Look at those razor sharp corners!
And the only way this curvaceous cake could be better is if there were even more of it:
I can't spot a single thing wrong here, either:
I'm just dotty for it! (The kids still say 'dotty,' right?)
(No? Well, I'm not very hip. My pajamas have cats on them.)
Of course, sometimes even the most fervent chocolate lover needs a break:
Like this. This is the perfect chocolate break.
Who could resist a cake literally paved in chocolate?
I can't. You can't. Don't even try.
Anyway, if you love chocolate so much, why don't you marry it? I think you should.
By Kanya Hunt
If only for the cake.
Hope your Sunday’s extra sweet!
******
And from my other blog, Epbot:
thepasteldyke) wrote in princeoftennis2025-11-01 09:22 pmFanfiction x 4
Title: Royal company
Summary: Atobe catsits Karupin.
Relationship: Atobe & Karupin
Rating: G
Words: 505
Warnings: none
Links: dreamwidth | AO3 | personal website
Title: I have to do what?
Summary: Atobe and Marui are college roommates. Atobe hadn’t expected that it meant doing housework.
Relationship: Atobe & Marui
Rating: G
Words: 474
Warnings: none
Links: dreamwidth | AO3 | personal website
Title: Let me hit you, just once.
Summary: Akutsu wins a cute toy (not his choice of price). Sengoku can’t keep his mouth shut.
Relationship: Akutsu/Sengoku
Rating: T
Words: 316
Warnings: none
Links: dreamwidth | AO3 | personal website
Title: Worth waking up for
Summary: Sengoku wakes Akutsu up with a gift.
Relationship: Akutsu/Sengoku
Rating: G
Words: 398
Warnings: none
Links: dreamwidth | AO3 | personal website
malymin) wrote in anime_manga2025-10-31 08:01 pm"Crunchyroll is destroying its subtitles for no good reason" by Daiz
Article Link [here].
While I recommend reading the whole article, I'm also going to place a summary copied from tumblr (og post here) under a cut.
( How Crunchyroll is ruining its subtitles, how we got here, and why it matters. )
Considering the average Dreamwidth user probably remembers when Crunchyroll was a piracy site, as well as the golden age of fansubbing, I'm wondering what people's preferred solution for monopolization, and subsequent decrease in quality, of official anime streaming is. Should we focus our efforts more on pressuring Crunchyroll (and streaming services at large) to fix its subtitles, or on re-invigorating and suporting fansub groups and fansub culture?
fennectik) wrote in anime_manga2025-10-31 12:09 pm
Happy Halloween, Anime fans
The dubbed version aired on Cartoon Network in another country, not sure if it ever did in the US, but there are some episodes uploaded at YouTube if interested.
So Happy Halloween and all that, I'm going back to my own thing.
marycatelli) wrote in books2025-10-31 12:49 pmBoy Scouts Handbook - First Edition
The first edition. A hodgepodge perhaps chiefly of interest in what is included. Games. Short history and civics lessons. Discussions of wildlife and tracking. First aid. How to earn badges.
Some articles show that science has marched on from the day.
Sayings from Indians are invariably in crude English, but also invariably are to teach wise things to the boys.
I noted that in the fire section, they discussed the danger of wildfires, but didn't mention that first of all, you ensure you build your fire on bare earth. Anything burnable will carry the fire away, and roots are particularly dangerous. So, health and safety information may also be out of date.
linaewen) wrote in writethisfanfic2025-10-31 10:13 amWIP Challenge Check-in, Day 31 -- Friday
- I thought about my fic once or twice
- I wrote
- I did some planning and/or research
- I edited
- I've sent my fic off to my beta
- I posted today!
- I'm taking a break
- I did something else that I'll talk about in a comment
Looking forward, how are you planning to spend your weekend?
- I'm going to make up for not writing all week by having a writing marathon
- I'm going to keep writing at my current rate and see how it goes
- I have other plans, but I might have time to get some writing in
- I'm going to take a break from writing
cakewrecks_feed) wrote2025-10-31 01:00 pmHalloWEEEEE!
Tonight's the big night, people!
ARE.
YOU.
READY?!?
I'll take that as a yes.
Now, the first thing you need to kick off that Halloween party later is an OFF DA HOOK historical lecture.
I'll start.
Did you know that Halloween was once known in Druidic circles as "Hallsweer?"
It's true!
Ok, not so much. But you should totally make up a bunch of random factoids and see how long it takes your guests to throw you out the window.
Or just wish everyone a happy "Hallawen," and when questioned, insist that's how it's pronounced "in the old country."
"The Ambiguously Scared Trio"
Of course we can't let the night pass without saluting you, Mr. Failing-To-Grasp-The-Concept-of-Eyeballs-Man:
In the face of crippling chocolate eyeball shortages, you step up with something that technically still has eyes on it, AND is circular. Bravo, Mr. Failing-To-Grasp-The-Concept-of-Eyeballs-Man. Bra. VO.
(Srsly, the more you try to imagine the thought process that led up to this, the funnier it gets.)
And finally, to REALLY kick your party off right, just go to your local wreckery and order a cake with a "Halloween look."
I guarantee the result will be terrifying.
Or at least really funny.
(I especially like how they really captured the spirit of "Hallowee" with all that orange, blue, and green.)
Thanks to Courtney M., Dawn K., Michelle L., Cortni C., & Eric F., who I hear is a real whiz when it comes to Hallowee decorations.
linaewen) wrote in writethisfanfic2025-10-30 09:25 amWIP Challenge Check-in, Day 30 -- Thursday
- Excellent!
- Terrible
- Somewhere in between
- Nothing doing
How much time have you spent on writing fic today, roughly?
- None
- 30 minutes or less
- 30-60 minutes
- 60-90 minutes
- More than 90 minutes
In five words or less, how do you feel about that?
cakewrecks_feed) wrote2025-10-30 01:00 pmFall Fail
Yesterday marked the first below-80-degree weather we've had in Orlando in nearly six months! Woohoo!
Which means I can now officially say...
Y'all have GOT to be kidding me.
And now for something completely unrelated…
Boop boop be SWEET LORD IN HEAVEN.
Thanks to Myriah L. and Stephanie A. for showing us that Betty Boop really does defy the laws of physics.
*****
P.S. This seems appropriate:
Disney's Nightmare Before Christmas T-Shirt
:)
******
And from my other blog, Epbot:
linaewen) wrote in writethisfanfic2025-10-29 10:23 amWIP Challenge Check-in, Day 29 -- Wednesday
Did you write?
- Yes!
- No!
- Not yet!
If yes, what kind of writerly activity did you engage in? How do you feel about it?
If no, what were the obstacles/situations that affected your writerly pursuits? What will you do differently tomorrow to get more writing done?
If not yet, because the day hasn't gotten going yet, what kind of writing activity are you planning (or hoping) to accomplish?
cakewrecks_feed) wrote2025-10-29 01:00 pmNo Butts!
You know bakeries are cracking down pretty hard when they feel the need to remove the "ass" from "Associate."
"Oh, thank goodness! Now our children are safe!"
Thanks to Stephen H. & Julie W., who I assume will be assuaged by my assurance that this situation will be assessed by my asstute associates.
Fun Fact: If you add an extra "s" to "astute," it sounds like "ass toot."
You're welcome.
*****
P.S. I found you some additional reading:
Farty Facts: An Illustrated Guide To The Science, History, And Art Of Farting
Yes it's a real book, I can't believe I have to clarify that. A worthy gift for all students of life, or for anyone who has a butt.
*****
And from my other blog, Epbot:
linaewen) wrote in writethisfanfic2025-10-28 09:17 amWIP Challenge Check-in, Day 28 -- Tuesday
- I thought about my fic once or twice
- I wrote
- I did some planning and/or outlining
- I did research and/or canon review
- I edited
- I've sent my fic off to my beta
- I posted today!
- I'm taking a break
- I did something else that I'll talk about in a comment
Tuesday Discussion: How do you compose your words for your writing -- handwritten on paper? Typed up in a document on your computer? On your phone?