Happy New Year!

Sun, 02 Jan 2022 09:50:20 GMT

New Year's Eve was pretty chill for me. My roommate's friend came over, we watched some TV and I ate my own body weight in chocolate, and went to bed at 12:01am, haha. There were fireworks, which I'm not sure where people got them, since people technically weren't supposed to set off any this year.

My New Year's resolutions are mostly fitness-based this year. I want to try to do more yoga, plus my lovely friend emi_lala proposed a '500 Miles Challenge' based on the song by The Proclaimers, where we try to walk/run/crawl for a total of 500 miles spread out across the year. That's about 1.37 miles per day, which should be manageable. ...I hope! I'm highly motivated now, but who knows what I'll feel like in a few weeks' time. :p

Another, more nebulous resolution I've made is to become more emotionally self-sufficient. I absolutely have to become less of a doormat, and after some navel-gazing I've realized that one of the reasons why I have such immense trouble dealing with conflict and standing up for myself is that I feel very psychologically dependent on my friends. I want to change that, though I don't really know how. I want to grow more centered within myself, to have a better home base from which to get my own needs met, so to speak.

On a less serious note: these days, I am absolutely neck deep in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine feels. Like, oh my God, I can't even, you guys. I started watching the show about a month ago, but I've already reached season 3, despite the fact that I'm usually not one for marathoning anything. The wonderful pluto_detective pulled me into the fandom--granted, she did not have to pull very hard--and I'm just an absolute goner for Julian Bashir and Elim Garak. Asdkfj;sdfjshfj YOU GUYS, they are so freaking wonderful together?!

( Spoilery keysmashing )

Other ships:

Quark/Odo - this is mostly my roommate's fault. They've been watching DS9 along with me & their shipping feels kind of swept over me and now I like them too. Plus I love Odo, he has so much uncharted depth and every time his backstory comes up, the roomie and I look at each other and say, "so much trauma," and I want to read all the gen-fic about him.
Dukat/Sisko - 100% my own fault. I really like Gul Dukat, I think he's a fantastic character/villain (?), and I was getting ~interesting vibes from him and Sisko for a while, but then The Maquis happened and they had so many scenes together and my brain bluescreened and now I low-key ship them. Oops.
Kira/Dax! I sense so much chemistry between them & I'm so happy that a popular femslash ship exists in this fandom--I haven't read any fanfics yet for fear of spoiling myself, but I know they're there, ready and waiting for whenever I finish the show.
Jake/Nog - I don't care if that's problematic, I love them and can totally see them developing crushes and feelings for each other, with all the angst of being unsure whether to act on them, fearing that feelings are not reciprocated, and all that teenaged stuff.

I do also love the platonic and familial relationships, though--Julian and Jadzia, for instance! I think it's pretty unique to see a friendship with one-sided romantic feelings, that is nevertheless deep and meaningful. Also, Julian and Miles O'Brien! (Julian and anyone, basically.) Kira and Sisko. Dax and Quark! Just, *chef's kiss* there are so many great friendships in this show. It makes my demi-romantic heart very happy. <3

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Sat, 02 Jan 2021 12:05:03 GMT

*attempts to revive mostly-abandoned blog for the 65th time*

Anyway, here's the Snowflake Challenge Day 1 - In your own space, introduce yourself!

( HEWWO. )

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wild for to hold

Happy New Year!

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