This year I wrote two fics for the Tolkien Reverse Summer Bang. Or, well, one and a half - I haven't finished the second one, and am still working on it, and I'm not even very happy with it. I had high hopes about being able to write more during the pandemic, since I'd be at home so much, but I am also super depressed, which is Not Fun and also not ( Read more... )

Mark's mother, Rhyl McLeod (née Williams), passed away this morning.

(He's doing okay; she was fighting cancer for years and he knew this was coming.)


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Quick visa update, which is necessary to explain the context of the rest of this entry:

I have given up on the Migrant Visa, the one I'd been working towards up til now. It was just... ugh. Such a hassle. So many criteria to fulfil and work towards. Such a long and uncertain timeframe from now - once I had gathered everything to fulfil the insane ( Read more... )

 I really, really ought to invest in a Frequent Flyer program. Also, I'm back in Singapore.

( Visa woes... )

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On one hand, Maedhros really hated Morgoth for everything he'd done to him.

Sadly the other hand was still in Angband.


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This afternoon I was working on my essay on Autism Spectrum Disorder while the cats snoozed next to me, and in the living room Mark/
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For the past few weeks, my Facebook feed has been inundated with Mother's Day advertisements and offers. Looking at them is painful, and I scroll past as quickly as I can. Today I asked a friend if we could meet up on Thursday and he said no, he was working as much as possible this week since Mother's Day was coming and he wanted to have the day ( Read more... )

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This is what's been going on in/ruining my life for the past few years. Warning: This post is really long. And this is the summarised version. I might explain the legal issues in another post, but writing this has been draining enough for one night.

( Painful family issues )