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ABOUT
The FESTA is an event focused on reading, sharing, and commenting on fics from all fandoms, as well as building community. We try to run this event twice a year and our current round is scheduled to start MAY 2026. We have bingo sheets, a stamp rally, and will have weekly chat sessions on Bluesky. ALL fic ratings and topics are welcome. No AI generated content will be promoted.
LANGUAGE
English and Spanish
Pueden encontrar esta información (y más) en nuestras páginas del evento.
THEME
Our May (Round 3) Themes are: SPRING & FLOWERS! We also have 30+ bingo prompts related to May Holidays, Mental Health Awareness, and Community Building.
MINIMUM COMMUNITY GOALS
We encourage everyone to leave at least 2 comments during the FESTA! And if you play our stamp rally, the more comments you leave, the more stamps you can collect.
SCHEDULE
5/1: The FESTA begins
5/9: Chat Session #1
5/16: Chat Session #2
5/23: Chat Session #3
5/30: Chat Session #4
5/31: Last day for fic submissions but the games continue
6/1: Spotlights begin
6/30: Last day of games & commenting sprees
7/4: Roundup of fics & community achievements LIVE
Chat sessions are scheduled for Saturdays, US CST evenings (6pm).
HOW TO PARTICIPATE
Readers are encouraged to join our commenting team!
Writers are encouraged to submit their fics!
Everyone is encouraged to read, share, and comment on fics!
Everyone is encouraged to grab a bingo sheet, join our stamp rally, and participate in our weekly games!
MORE INFORMATION
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HAVE QUESTIONS?
Ask away! You can also look at our August (R2) archive
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The FESTA is mainly held on Bluesky, but you can participate via Tumblr & DW too.
Signups are not required but are encouraged.
Podfics are also allowed.Current Mood:  determined
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Haven't done one of these in a while.
1. What decade did you attend/are you attending high school or college? Mostly around the early 00s.
2. What clothing fashion from that time are you glad/do you wish went out of style? I never gave much of a fuck about fashion at the time. I was goth adjacent and didn't have any clue what anyone else was doing with themselves. Youtube feeds me nostalgia videos about fashion in my teen years and it's like a primer on a foreign country. I guess... frosted tips were kind of weird in hindsight.
3. Do you still listen to the music from your high school/college years on a regular basis? Not too much. Still listen to Dream Theater on occasion.
4. What hairstyle/hair color did/do you wear during high school/college? During high school I was depressed so had hip length hair that I rarely washed. In college I got myself together again. I also got my first short hair cut and that was a hilarious mistake because I went to some old lady who gave me an old lady haircut, but I simply had never been to a salon or anything and did not know how any of it worked. It grew out pretty fast at least.
5. What was/is "the cool thing to do" while in high school/college? I honestly have no fucking clue for high school. Whatever it was I wasn't doing it. In college it was of course drinking, but in my freshman year it was also a looooot of theft (I didn't participate with one major exception that almost got me kicked out of school.)
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I hope Nael, currently age 16-ish, is doing very well, and still writing delightful poems about tigers.
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It's ![[profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png) 3weeksfordreamwidth! To get some engagement on this quirky little corner of the internet, please comment with what you're listening to. Good, bad, indifferent, doesn't matter! (Although recs are always well received!)
3weeks4dreamwidth is celebrating Dreamwidth's anniversary!
Come join in for fun, memes, activities, and more ♥
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The wonderful poetryisnotaluxury posted a Joy Sullivan poem today ("On Days I Hate My Body, I Remember Redwoods") and I almost just copied them and posted the same one, because it's so fucking good. But here's a different one, instead.
( Instinct )
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Music Meme, Day 29
A song that you downloaded:
That would be damn near every bit of music that I've lately enjoyed, which amuses me.
I mean, I still have a large number of CDs out in the living room, music that I used to play all the time. And of course, prior to CDs, I used to play LPs all the time. Musical evolution, or at least musical tech evolution. I'm still not a Spotify type of person, which appears to be the way things roll these days. I'm old enough that I want to actually own the music I play. So even though I may own it in a way that the RIAA doesn't approve of, I still own it.
Downloading: threat or menace? Discuss.
But I'm still enjoying this meme (good lord, I'm almost done with it. Whatever shall I do with myself once Day 30 is done and dusted?) and I've completed a few downloads from YouTube lately, so I can at least show you one or more of my most recent musical acquisitions.
Let's try this one. "NASA" by Ateez came out not all that far before Artemis II took off. As a NASA fan, I loved the performance video, and once Artemis II blasted off, I kept going back to the video and grinning. It doesn't hurt that Seonghwa, the group member who is the main singer in the MV is my bias wrecker. (That's simply saying that he's my second favorite in the group. He's really sweet and unsure of himself, unless he's got his makeup on and he's onstage ... but you didn't need to know that, did you?)
Without further ado, here's Ateez, doing "NASA"
And here's my previous meme day, which has links to all my answers. Because of course you'd be interested in those. Current Music: Ateez "Dancing Like Butterfly Wings" Current Location: the home office Current Mood:  amused
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3weeks4dreamwidth is celebrating Dreamwidth's anniversary!
Come join in for fun, memes, activities, and more ♥
A couple years ago, I did a daily tarot prompt (see this tag), which I'm thinking about doing again, but realising that consistency isn't going to be my best point, I'm not sure if it's a good idea. I guess I could draw a card when I remember to do it, and not commit to writing a drabble/ficlet every day? I really did have fun last time, but I also wasn't... fully burned out. so
Thoughts?
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I finished 2 coasters, which I'm really happy with. Pics of the Portugal Collection below the cut.
( Portugal )
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There's been a situation that has been making life stressful for the past year, and yesterday the stress doubled. My way of dealing with this kind of cosmic ass kick is to bury myself in writing, where I feel I have a pretence at control. I only say this because I might not be as responsive to posts as usual, and if anyone even notices a dearth of commentary from me (very small chance I realize) it's not you, it's me. Not gone, just coping and scribbling away.
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Yesterday was Shakespeare's (alleged) birthday, so here (a day late, because yesterday was a little bit of a doozy) is a Shakespeare poem! It is also a poem about horses, since I haven't posted one of those yet this year, and is obviously a sonnet.
( Shakespeare's Horse )
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A science fiction novella about aliens, communication, and certain dark topics which are spoilery to mention. Though if you read the blurb for this book, it very strongly implies those topics and the specific shocking twist that involves them. It reminded me of China Mieville's Embassytown, though the latter benefited from its longer length.
Ro's species, along with some others, can jump into the minds of Star Eaters, the mysterious species that alone can mine the mineral that enables space travel. Ro is told that doing so is the only way to study them, and while jumping into their bodies extinguishes their minds, they are extremely long-lived beings and their minds definitely come back, so Ro is only doing the equivalent of causing a day-long blackout. The Star Eaters were apparently once enslaved, but now work voluntarily; communication with them is difficult and puzzling. Once you jump in, you're stuck for the rest of your life, but Ro is such a curious and skilled linguist that he's willing to give up everything to understand this oddly mysterious race. (I guess the possessing being's mind is supposed to only live for its species's normal lifespan? This is not explained.)
If you've read much science fiction, or many books in general, you have probably already figured out what's really going on. In fact it's so obvious that it seems strange that it takes the characters so long to do so, but of course no one knows exactly what story they're in.
Everything involving alien communication is great. But the plot is so predictable and grim that I didn't enjoy the book much.
( Read more... )
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In a lot of ways, this is my favorite time of year. Taxes are done! Porch season has begun, so I can start eating my breakfast outside. It's not too hot, and it's not too cold. There's no need to shovel, there's no need to rake leaves, and it's a little early to start mowing.
So all you have to do is to relax and enjoy the flowers that are starting to spring up. Forsythia blooms in April, and my tulip bed is making a splendid show. Pretty soon the lilacs and apple blossoms will be blooming.
It's too early to garden (the frost date is usually assumed to be around Mother's Day), but not early to start garden dreaming. Everything is potential, and you don't have to weed yet!
Image description>:Background: a chart showing high and low temperatures for April and May. The chart is bordered by orange tulips (bottom), forsythia (left side), pansies (right side) and pink bleeding hearts (top).
Spring
Click on the links to see the 2026, 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022 and 2021 52 Card Project galleries.
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exhausted
drained
awake
busy