Thursday DE
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ways_back_roomSorry about Tuesday.
For today, is there anything your character has done in the past that they hope to never do again?
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Wednesday DE: go team
Oct. 1st, 2025 04:20 pmthebattycakes posting in ways_back_roomA rather late DE, but here it is!
Today's DE:
Is your pup into playing and/or watching any type of sportsball?
Today's DE:
Is your pup into playing and/or watching any type of sportsball?
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Sep. 30th, 2025 04:09 pmcamwynI hate. Hate. Hate. Medical terminology. So much sometimes.
if you have named a sleep disorder something that requires five out of six searchable sources of information to have something on the order of "Despite the name, the condition is harmless" as the SECOND LINE OF THE ARTICLE, then maybe, JUST MAYBE, you should consider renaming the disorder to something a LITTLE less disquieting than Exploding Head Syndrome!
(It's a parasomnia, a type of sleep disorder involving abnormal movements, behaviors, emotions, perceptions, or dreams. Sleepwalking, talking in your sleep, night terrors, etc. are all parasomnias. Exploding head syndrome just happens to have the worst possible name, because the diagnostic cases involved people waking out of a sound sleep from an auditory hallucination of a SUDDEN AND HORRIFYINGLY LOUD NOISE. From what I've read about the condition it's at least several hundred years old- the oldest recognizable description of it is in a 1691 biography of Rene Descartes, with the definition of the disorder dating to the 1870s and the official naming of the condition being done by a neurologist in 1989. No damage, pain, or other serious issues involved, just an incredibly distressing name.)
(... oh, yeah, long story short, I woke up ten minutes before my alarm went off because my brain decided I REALLY needed to hear the sound of somebody hammering on the doorbell as loudly as physically possible. I've had other cases of my brain doing this to me before, with all kinds of different, singular loud noises. It's been months since the last EHS incident, though.)
if you have named a sleep disorder something that requires five out of six searchable sources of information to have something on the order of "Despite the name, the condition is harmless" as the SECOND LINE OF THE ARTICLE, then maybe, JUST MAYBE, you should consider renaming the disorder to something a LITTLE less disquieting than Exploding Head Syndrome!
(It's a parasomnia, a type of sleep disorder involving abnormal movements, behaviors, emotions, perceptions, or dreams. Sleepwalking, talking in your sleep, night terrors, etc. are all parasomnias. Exploding head syndrome just happens to have the worst possible name, because the diagnostic cases involved people waking out of a sound sleep from an auditory hallucination of a SUDDEN AND HORRIFYINGLY LOUD NOISE. From what I've read about the condition it's at least several hundred years old- the oldest recognizable description of it is in a 1691 biography of Rene Descartes, with the definition of the disorder dating to the 1870s and the official naming of the condition being done by a neurologist in 1989. No damage, pain, or other serious issues involved, just an incredibly distressing name.)
(... oh, yeah, long story short, I woke up ten minutes before my alarm went off because my brain decided I REALLY needed to hear the sound of somebody hammering on the doorbell as loudly as physically possible. I've had other cases of my brain doing this to me before, with all kinds of different, singular loud noises. It's been months since the last EHS incident, though.)
Monday DE: (Just Like) Starting Over
Sep. 29th, 2025 11:08 amsplash_of_blue posting in ways_back_roomMrgh. Monday, the day in which we all regret our life choices (mainly the 'choice' to become adults and labour under capitalism).
If your pup had the chance to start their life over from scratch, would they take it?
Is there any one thing they would go back and do over if they could?
If your pup had the chance to start their life over from scratch, would they take it?
Is there any one thing they would go back and do over if they could?
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Sep. 25th, 2025 08:39 ambjornwilde posting in ways_back_room Oh hey. I need to post something here don’t I?
well my work has blocked Dreamwidth so I’m using my phone. How would your pup feel able using a phone keyboard for writing long posts?
well my work has blocked Dreamwidth so I’m using my phone. How would your pup feel able using a phone keyboard for writing long posts?
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Sep. 24th, 2025 04:38 pmcamwynSo, got COVID last week. Thought it was just bad cold symptoms, then I realized I was feeling my shirt against my skin the way I only do if I have a fever. Since I was supposed to go for an abdominal ultrasound (possible gallstones) last Friday I got a COVID and flu at-home test and spent fifteen minutes in the bathroom.
Fever never went above 100.6 for me, thankfully. Did not lose what little sense of smell I had to begin with. I no longer have to isolate but I am now back to my all-too-familiar state of 'sinuses full of snot, post nasal drip, HORK HORK HORK coughing'. I'm taking a store-brand severe cold and sinus pill every four hours for that and drinking so much tea I feel like the goddamn harbor. Could be worse so I am not going to bitch beyond that. I'm definitely grateful my boss's first statement to me when I logged in on Monday, after dealing with a tech support issue, was 'how're you doing? Plan on working from home this week'. I wasn't looking forward to mornings of trying to assess whether I was fit to haul my ass to the ferry terminal or not.
having said this I am trying to remember where I go to edit the quote at the top of my journal page because yesterday I found out about a species of water beetle in Japan that has been documented as surviving being eaten by frogs, but only so long as the beetle is able to keep moving. The scientists tested it by applying wax that immobilized two legs to several beetle. None of them made it out in any recognizable form, whereas the others managed to get through. Longest time documented was several hours, others made it through in 115 minutes, but one beetle managed to speedrun the frog in six, which... has to have been quite the experience for the amphibian.
Mostly I just like the sound of 'keep moving. there is light at the end of the frog'.
ETA: found the customization page.
Fever never went above 100.6 for me, thankfully. Did not lose what little sense of smell I had to begin with. I no longer have to isolate but I am now back to my all-too-familiar state of 'sinuses full of snot, post nasal drip, HORK HORK HORK coughing'. I'm taking a store-brand severe cold and sinus pill every four hours for that and drinking so much tea I feel like the goddamn harbor. Could be worse so I am not going to bitch beyond that. I'm definitely grateful my boss's first statement to me when I logged in on Monday, after dealing with a tech support issue, was 'how're you doing? Plan on working from home this week'. I wasn't looking forward to mornings of trying to assess whether I was fit to haul my ass to the ferry terminal or not.
having said this I am trying to remember where I go to edit the quote at the top of my journal page because yesterday I found out about a species of water beetle in Japan that has been documented as surviving being eaten by frogs, but only so long as the beetle is able to keep moving. The scientists tested it by applying wax that immobilized two legs to several beetle. None of them made it out in any recognizable form, whereas the others managed to get through. Longest time documented was several hours, others made it through in 115 minutes, but one beetle managed to speedrun the frog in six, which... has to have been quite the experience for the amphibian.
Mostly I just like the sound of 'keep moving. there is light at the end of the frog'.
ETA: found the customization page.
Wednesday DE: sweater weather is coming
Sep. 24th, 2025 10:31 amthebattycakes posting in ways_back_roomHi Milliways, happy fall to everyone.
Today's DE:
What is your pup's favorite cozy activity?
Today's DE:
What is your pup's favorite cozy activity?
Monday DE: Ooh look a squirrel!
Sep. 22nd, 2025 03:05 pmsplash_of_blue posting in ways_back_roomAfternoon all!
Sorry this is a bit late, I keep opening the tab then getting distracted.
So... How focused is your pup? What will always distract them?
Sorry this is a bit late, I keep opening the tab then getting distracted.
So... How focused is your pup? What will always distract them?