I have a writing question for any Jewish followers who feel comfortable answering.

In my fic, Steve is a dog and Bucky has rescued him. Bucky is Jewish and is celebrating Hanukkah. I know Hanukkah candles are supposed to burn all the way down without being blown out.

But I was thinking one of the nights Bucky would go to his parents to celebrate Hanukkah with his family, so I was wondering how this would work.

The menorah is supposed to be lit at sundown, and Bucky wouldn't want to leave lit candles alone with his dog, just in case, so what should he do?

Would he not light his candles the night he goes to his parents? Would he bring his menorah to the party and light them there?

I'm curious what you would do in this situation.

a large amount of time I've been spending on -untitled undefined scope original fiction project- since the last time I posted about it has been trying to develop the protagonist concept I came up with last summer or whatever into like, a character that would feel real and era appropriate.

it's fun research to do. naturally a lot of the details I assigned to her are things that I already think are cool, so it's been a lot of fun trying to trace her traits back through the relatively recent past, getting reminded of how much things have changed, or where the gaps in my intuition are, and then doing a flurry of reading to get a sense for exactly how someone like her and the people around her could have happened and what her life was probably like leading up to her present day. hopefully this results in some good good verisimilitude.

i love psychology classes i love this shit. because i know like everyything but i get to share my opinions on the reading and i LOVE having opinions

"The notion of personal responsibility in fundamentalism is a curious one. You are responsible for your sins, but you cannot take credit for the good things that you do. Any good that you do must be attributed to God working through you. Yet you must try to be Christ-like. When you fail, it is your fault for not 'letting the power of God work in you.' This is an effective double bind of responsibility without ability."

- Marlene Winell, Ph.D, Leaving the Fold (1993)

i really and truly believe that there are only two genuine human superpowers, both of which can be actively cultivated:

the ability to find anything interesting, ie the ability to reframe and reflect on any situation or encounter, even/especially negative or boring ones, so as to make what is happening to you interesting, engaging, and personally meaningful to your human experience. this habit of mind is mostly curiosity but it's also woven through with psychological flexibility, especially the ability to regulate your own emotional reactions so that you can respond to challenging or tedious situations in more thoughtful and values-aligned ways that develop your sense of self instead of making you feel trapped or bored or fragmented

the ability to teach yourself new things. idk maybe as a teacher i am biased but i really believe that the single most transformative gift you can give any human being is a deep understanding of how people learn and improve at things. what is more hopeful, more inspiring, or more life-affirming than the realization that you can learn new things at any age, and that the new things you learn (plus the joyful process of learning itself!) can utterly transform the way you experience the world and understand yourself? what is more amazing or incredible than the realization that learning things is not a mysterious & passive process that happens to you but a reasonably consistent set of steps and tools that you can learn how to master and apply to virtually any skill or domain of human knowledge? the superpower of being able to learn/improve at anything you set your mind to… but also the superpower inherent in that quiet unwavering certainty that even if you feel stuck at various points in your life, you have within yourself the capacity to get unstuck through learning and changing and growing and experiencing new things. wowowowowowowow!!!!! what an extraordinary gift!!!!

i like how i have not gotten out of bed, meaning i'm still sitting in a dark room and haven't done any sustenance/hygiene stuff, so you'd think i've been unproductive

and yet, i've done half of an assignment for one class, and i'm working very hard on finding sources for my research paper in the other class, getting some real headway done on the annotated bibliography i have due in a couple days

like, sometimes the body's gotta just quiet down for a bit while the brain gets shit done

im BACK from my appointment and a little pokemon walk

Do I let my current boss know that my previous workplace tried to poach me back orrrrr

you are not immune to trans gay wizard.csp

patreon 🌠 ko-fi 🌠 commissions

philo class asking what we imagine our lives 10 years from now 🤯

realistically i'm probably only happy with 30% of the dribble that comes out of my mouth.

i don't even know what's going on in here (my brain)

I'm making this post so I can rant in the tags, it feels safer, like no one will see it, but I'm still screaming into the void y'know?

I'm always Extremely booked and busy in November, so I've never had the chance to do Nanowrimo, but I have a month clear between now and the start of next term, so I decided I'm going to try do it in July instead and write that gothic novel I was talking about.

Hit my goal of 1667 words today, and most of that is probably worthless fluff which will not be kept in later drafts, but at least it is getting me where I need to go.

Washing my dog's bed and staring at the empty spot in my room where it normally goes . Getting a glimpse of what things will look like without her 👍🏻

HAPPY UPDATE DAY!!! 🏠

After all this time, all this hard work, I can finally tell you all more about my work on Welcome Home beyond "Dude Just Trust Me I Work On It I Swear" !!

I've been calling myself the "production manager" because a lot of what I've done has been in that realm - making checklists and spreadsheets, doing research, sending emails, and generally keeping our wonderful team on track to do the incredible things they do, with all the support they need! I'm very lucky and grateful to get to support Clown and all the incredible actors and artists we've brought on!!

that said, over the time I've been part of this project (I looked back and realized February 1st this year is when it all Officially Began, can you believe it), I've gotten to work on some more obvious, visible things you'll find on the site today as well! most prominently, I am very proud to say, I was the curator of the very real Welcome Home exhibition!! Clown was extremely generous and supportive in letting me bring his work into the world this way, and with their help it became bigger and better than I ever could have dreamed! Though this iteration was very small and private due to our venue, I hope the few of you I know who attended enjoyed it very much, and for the rest, know we hope to find ways to host the exhibition in other and more public venues in the future! (Where and when, I don't know, but I'll work hard to make it happen...!)

As part of the exhibition, I was able to create a lot of new props to help build the world of Welcome Home! Most excitingly, I was able to create a real working toy telephone, and help Clown to find our talented group of voice actors to provide the recordings! And of course, I was able to meet dear sweet Wally and Home themselves, who were the sweetest little peanuts and a true pair of professionals! Just delights to work with!!

Though this was my most prominent contribution, somehow, that wasn't all! You will find bits and pieces of my art and writing all over the newest website update (some places more obvious than others...), and I was able to contribute to building many of the new and updated site pages as well! We've all worked so hard on everything you'll find there, so I hope you all enjoy the exciting new additions to the neighborhood!

My final little statement while I have my sweet little soapbox here... every last one of you who has provided support, even just one ko-fi tip, has Directly made this update Possible!! Not only do these tips allow us very literally to pay for supplies, art, voice work and the like, it very directly Supports and Improves the livelihoods of every single person involved!! so if you have the means, and would like to do so, please do consider tipping or subscribing to Clown and/or any of the other artists and actors involved!

And with all that... thank you, neighbors!! And Welcome Home!!