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elwinfortuna) wrote2024-01-11 12:56 pm
elwinfortuna) wrote2024-01-11 12:56 pm
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Catching up on Snowflake Challenge
Challenge #1
Update your fandom information. Post your answer to today’s challenge in your own space and leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.
I've updated my DW profile with some minor wording changes, as nothing much has changed in the last year.
Challenge #2
In your own space, set yourself some goals for the coming year. They can be fannish or not, public or private. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.
I'm only going to set myself one goal for 2024 as regards fandom: write and post at least one thing just for fun, not for an exchange, not for anyone else, just for me, just because it's what I want to write. It feels like quite a long time since I wrote something just because I wanted to.
Challenge #3
Create a wish list of fandom things (podfic, graphics, playlists, canon recs translations, research help, vids, sky's the limit!) that you'd like to receive. Post your answer to today’s challenge in your own space and leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.
1. I always love it when people record podfic or translate my fic.
2. For people who are into Tolkien canons to participate in![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
hidden_paths
3. I would greatly appreciate a guide to vidding using DaVinci Resolve, for beginners.
4. Rec me fantasy canons: books, shows, or movies. There is a certain quality to the fantasy I enjoy and it involves having a spirit of enduring hope and a belief that good people exist, rather than grimdark or crapsack universes. I also love beautiful things and people.
Challenge #4
IceBreaker Challenge! Tell us about yourself. Post your answer to today’s challenge in your own space and leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.
1. What's the best part of rain?
The smell of it. Petrichor! It's one thing I miss about Arizona; the rain there smells of creosote which is a smell I just can't explain: it's sharp and refreshing, a bright wake-up scent.
2. Do you believe there is only one other person in the world for you or many?
I believe you don't find your soulmate, you build a relationship with someone and knit your soul together with theirs. I think there are potentially many people I could have done this with, but I only chose one.
3. What do you try to do to make the world a little better?
I try very hard to be kind to everyone I encounter on a daily basis. I've worked in service jobs (retail and call centre jobs, many years ago) and I know how basic it should be to just thank people when they help you and also how rare it is when they do get thanks. I strongly believe that how you treat people who are serving you is emblematic of your basic morals.
4. What type of exercise do you like most?
Weightlifting is genuinely incredible. I never experienced exercise endorphins until I started it. But honestly, having a trainer to help me and a private space to work out in has really given me motivation. I think I'd still be intimidated to go to a gym, but maybe one day I won't be.
5. Do you believe that money can make you happy?
To a degree. I think people are happy when they have enough money to pay all their bills, and buy some things they want. But I think people who are obscenely rich are no happier than those who are just comfortable.
6. What is something that will instantly annoy you?
Spam texts and phone calls, overhearing people yelling at each other, and my cat Rey scratching things to get attention.
7. What the best thing that can happen in the first 5 minutes after waking up?
Rey jumping up on the bed (with the cutest little "mrrp!") and snuggling in next to me, purring her little head off, so I can cuddle her and relax for a bit longer.
I'll do 5 and 6 in separate posts in the next couple of days!
Update your fandom information. Post your answer to today’s challenge in your own space and leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.
I've updated my DW profile with some minor wording changes, as nothing much has changed in the last year.
Challenge #2
In your own space, set yourself some goals for the coming year. They can be fannish or not, public or private. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.
I'm only going to set myself one goal for 2024 as regards fandom: write and post at least one thing just for fun, not for an exchange, not for anyone else, just for me, just because it's what I want to write. It feels like quite a long time since I wrote something just because I wanted to.
Challenge #3
Create a wish list of fandom things (podfic, graphics, playlists, canon recs translations, research help, vids, sky's the limit!) that you'd like to receive. Post your answer to today’s challenge in your own space and leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.
1. I always love it when people record podfic or translate my fic.
2. For people who are into Tolkien canons to participate in
hidden_paths3. I would greatly appreciate a guide to vidding using DaVinci Resolve, for beginners.
4. Rec me fantasy canons: books, shows, or movies. There is a certain quality to the fantasy I enjoy and it involves having a spirit of enduring hope and a belief that good people exist, rather than grimdark or crapsack universes. I also love beautiful things and people.
Challenge #4
IceBreaker Challenge! Tell us about yourself. Post your answer to today’s challenge in your own space and leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.
1. What's the best part of rain?
The smell of it. Petrichor! It's one thing I miss about Arizona; the rain there smells of creosote which is a smell I just can't explain: it's sharp and refreshing, a bright wake-up scent.
2. Do you believe there is only one other person in the world for you or many?
I believe you don't find your soulmate, you build a relationship with someone and knit your soul together with theirs. I think there are potentially many people I could have done this with, but I only chose one.
3. What do you try to do to make the world a little better?
I try very hard to be kind to everyone I encounter on a daily basis. I've worked in service jobs (retail and call centre jobs, many years ago) and I know how basic it should be to just thank people when they help you and also how rare it is when they do get thanks. I strongly believe that how you treat people who are serving you is emblematic of your basic morals.
4. What type of exercise do you like most?
Weightlifting is genuinely incredible. I never experienced exercise endorphins until I started it. But honestly, having a trainer to help me and a private space to work out in has really given me motivation. I think I'd still be intimidated to go to a gym, but maybe one day I won't be.
5. Do you believe that money can make you happy?
To a degree. I think people are happy when they have enough money to pay all their bills, and buy some things they want. But I think people who are obscenely rich are no happier than those who are just comfortable.
6. What is something that will instantly annoy you?
Spam texts and phone calls, overhearing people yelling at each other, and my cat Rey scratching things to get attention.
7. What the best thing that can happen in the first 5 minutes after waking up?
Rey jumping up on the bed (with the cutest little "mrrp!") and snuggling in next to me, purring her little head off, so I can cuddle her and relax for a bit longer.
I'll do 5 and 6 in separate posts in the next couple of days!