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This week's questions were suggested by

aforkintheroad.

1. What is your favorite experience in your life so far?

2. What motivates you to keep going every day?

3. Where do you want to go in life? What do you want to accomplish?

4. Is there anything that you regret? Do you try to change it?

5. What is your most cherished gift you have received? Why do you cherish it so much?

Copy and paste to your own journal, then reply to this post with a link to your answers. If your journal is private or friends-only, you can post your full answers in the comments below.

If you'd like to suggest questions for a future Friday Five, then do so on DreamWidth or LiveJournal. Old sets that were used have been deleted, so we encourage you to suggest some more!

geraineon posting in

cnovels

This is your weekly read-in-progress post for you to talk about what you're currently reading and reactions and feelings (if any)!

For spoilers:

<details><summary>insert summary</summary>Your spoilers goes here</details>

<b>Highlight for spoilers!*</b><span style="background-color: #FFFFFF; color: #FFFFFF">Your spoilers goes here.</span>*

nverland posting in

recipecommunity

Spicy Dill Pickle Dip
Prep Time: 10 minutes Total Time: 10 minutes Servings: 6

INGREDIENTS

US-
1 cup Nonfat Plain European Style Yogurt
1/3 cup Sour Cream
2 1/2 tablespoons Calabrian chili paste
1/2 lemon, zested and juiced
1/2 cup diced cornichons
3 tablespoons freshly grated Parmesan
1 1/2 tablespoons minced dill
1 tablespoon thinly sliced chives
1 grated garlic clove
salt and pepper to taste

Metric
236.59 ml Nonfat Plain European Style Yogurt
76.67 g Sour Cream
2.5 tablespoon Calabrian chili paste
1/2 lemon, zested and juiced
77.5 g diced cornichons
3 tablespoons freshly grated Parmesan
1.5 tablespoons minced dill
1 tablespoon thinly sliced chives
1 grated garlic clove
salt and pepper to taste

INSTRUCTIONS

In a mixing bowl combine yogurt, sour cream, chili paste, lemon zest, and lemon juice and stir together.
Add cornichons, Parmesan, dill, chives, and garlic. Stir together.
Season with salt and pepper and stir together.
Serve with potato chips, crudité, crackers, or crostini.

NOTES
Make our dill pickle dip up to 3 days in advance. Do not add garnishes. Transfer the dip to an airtight container and refrigerate until ready to use.
When ready to use, give the dip a good stir and top with garnishes before serving.

Variations
Add 1 teaspoon of cumin and/or smoked paprika to the dip for a slightly smoky flavor.
Omit the chile paste if spicy isn’t your thing!
Add more herbs like sliced chives and minced thyme to mix things up!
Add some shredded Gruyere or Swiss, pour it into a heat-safe dish, top with more shredded cheese, and bake for a hot dip!

dancing_serpent posting in

c_ent

Welcome to Topic Tuesday! Right away I want to stress that discussion posts are always welcome to the community, you don't have to wait until a Topic Tuesday rolls around, and then maybe be disappointed by the current topic of discussion. Whenever you want to talk about something, please simply make a separate entry to this comm, no matter the week, the time, or the topic. All right? *g*

The topic I picked for today is Failing Enthusiasm?. This is another prompt that was suggested to me on a post I made on Bluesky, asking for ideas.

Quoting directly: Have you ever felt your enthusiasm for C-ent failing? How did it made you feel?

As usual, if you want to talk about spoilers, please use one of these codes to hide them.

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dancing_serpent posting in

c_ent

The weekly chat posts are intended for just that, chatting among each other. What are you currently watching? Reading? What actor/idol are you currently following? What are you looking forward to? Are you busy writing, creating art? Or did you have no time at all for anything, and are bemoaning that fact?

Whatever it is, talk to us about it here. Tell us what you liked or didn't like, and if you want to talk about spoilery things, please hide them under either of these codes:
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kalloway posting in

smallweb

Heya,

smallweb!

This is an open post to talk about what you're working on, what you'd like to show off, cool resources, things that maybe aren't working so well, etc.

Also please check out previous posts to see what people are up to or if you might be able to help someone out.

ranalore posting in

chenqing_100

Here in the U. S., many regions (including where I live) are experiencing 100°+(F) temperatures. For that reason, this week's prompt is: Cold Pond.

You have until midnight your time on Friday, August 15, to answer this prompt. Please post your fills of the prompt as separate entries to the community (i.e. not replies to this entry), tagged with the prompt tag. You may post multiple standalone drabbles per entry in addition to drabble sequences and series.

As a reminder, this community has no official presence elsewhere. You are encouraged to share the prompt on social media, if you so desire. It may take me a bit to create the AO3 collection, so please be patient.

Also, I'm going to go ahead and drop a link to the prompt suggestions post here. New suggestions are always, always welcome.

geraineon posting in

cnovels

Time for free for all Friday, a day for random chit-chat!

Do you want to talk about the other novels you are reading or find a read-along partner? Practice your Chinese? Request for fics? Ask for beta readers? Just talk about your day?

Go right ahead!

... Since I completely forgot the Read-in-Progress post this week, this doubles as a Read-in-Progress too if you wish!

anais_pf posting in

thefridayfive

This week's questions were suggested by

sparklesalad.

1. What is one food (or meal) you used to hate but now love?

2. If you had to give up one of your favorite foods (or meals) for good, what would it be, and why?

3. Which food seems like it should be healthy and isn't, and do you eat it? Why?

4. If you were an item of food, personified, what would you be and why?

5. You've seen tomatoes and pies used for this purpose ... now think of a more inventive item of food one could throw at someone. What is it and why would throwing it at someone be hilarious?

Copy and paste to your own journal, then reply to this post with a link to your answers. If your journal is private or friends-only, you can post your full answers in the comments below.

If you'd like to suggest questions for a future Friday Five, then do so on DreamWidth or LiveJournal. Old sets that were used have been deleted, so we encourage you to suggest some more!

toothpastepancake posting in

smallweb

Hi everyone! I recently got into the idea of digital gardening. According to IndieWeb, A digital garden is a particular practice of creating & growing an online and public IndieWeb presence that focuses more on topics & relationships than a timeline like blogs, has content of different levels of development, is imperfect and often a playground for experimentation, learning, revising, iteration, and growth for diverse content, perhaps interlinked with other digital gardens. It’s kind of like a carefully tended digital commonplace book.

I was wondering if anyone else did digital gardening? I’ve seen more techy people use the SSG Quartz, and for non small web solutions, Obsidian is popular, others use Notion, Bear, etc. Tons of apps exist for this (r/digitalgardening is a good subreddit!) and I think you could use DW for it too! but I serve mine on a static hand coded site here on my personal website and my question is. If you have a public digital gardening on the small web, I’d love a link! If you like the idea and want to try it, let me know!

duckprintspress posting in

cnovels

The August survey from Seven Seas is up, our chance to tell um what else we'd like licensed!

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfZH9GnMN9L-8u69NhxvGNdqy4GxDse8HsqDcmAgkLNrtxnUw/viewform

eta: they have a specific question asking if there are any baihe novels we'd like licensed!

dancing_serpent posting in

c_ent

Wishlist Wednesdays are intended as a catch-all for anything you'd like to ask for in a casual, low-stress setting. No need to create a separate entry to the comm (although you are always welcome to do that, too), just leave a comment with your request right here under this entry.

It can be anything. Are you looking for icons of a specific drama or actor? Do you need a beta for your fic? Do you want to know where to buy merchandise of something? You can ask for recs of any kind (fanfic, drama, novel, music, whatever), or even leave specific fic prompts that others might be able to fill. Or whatever else that you can think of. Right now we're still kinda experimenting with this format, after all.

Feel free to discuss wishes/requests in the comments. And if you want to fill a request, feel free to do so right in the comments, too, or make a separate entry to the comm.

And please also check out the previous entries!

Multiple wishes/requests are definitely all right, just post a new top level comment for each. It would make it easier for people who might be interested in helping you out. The only thing I'd suggest for now is that you hide possible spoilers in the usual ways:

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nverland posting in

recipecommunity

Blackberry Soup

Ingredients

4 cups blackberries, fresh or frozen, thawed and drained
2 cups cold water
1/2 lemon, sliced
1/4 cup sugar
3 whole cloves
2-inch stick cinnamon
1/2 cup light cream

Instructions

Set aside a few berries to use as a garnish. Combine berries, water, lemon, sugar, cloves, and cinnamon in a soup pot. Simmer, mashing berries with a spoon, until fruit is soft. Strain through a fine sieve, pressing to remove as much juice as possible. Discard solids. Cool, chill well, and blend cream into berry juice. Garnish with berries.

Serve Blackberry Soup in small bowls as an appetizer on a hot summer night or as a dessert soup, garnished with whipped cream. You can also use black raspberries, if available.

hhimring posting in

chenqing_100

Title: My sorrow starts anew
Author: Himring
Word Count/Drabble Type: 100
Character(s): Jiang Cheng
Rating/Warnings: Teens (grief/mourning; allusion to canonical character deaths)
Author's Notes: I also used other lines from the prompt poem.

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tinny posting in

c_ent

Wu Lei and Zhou Yutong in Nothing But You

Nothing But You (愛情而已, literally "Nothing But Love") is a 2023 modern cdrama. It has 38 45-minute episodes.

What is it? It's a noona romance set in the world of sports: between Song Sanchuan, a professional badminton player who later switches to tennis (Wu Lei - you might know him from Nirvana in Fire, or maybe from Sand Sea), and Liang You'an, a sports company sales person/executive assistant (Zhou Yutong). He's 22, she's 32, and basically the whole obstacle to their relationship is that she thinks he's too young for her. That sustains the tension for a very long time indeed. :D I personally find both of them very cute (and I say that as someone who was indifferent to Wu Lei's looks before).

Is it a rec? Yes! Yesyesyesyes! It's so, so good. Much better than I'd expected.

Where to watch? You can watch it on Viki or Youtube. Make sure not to confuse it with the 2024 drama of the same (English) name.

Why should I watch it?

The romance is very cute and all the storylines are rewarding and well-paced. I love everything to do with the age difference and how it's handled.

Many of the main characters are women, and I feel like the story is definitely told from a female perspective. All the women are encouraged to stand up for themselves and follow their dreams.

The men aren't idiots either, though, which is just fun to watch. Of the secondary characters, I especially like Sanchuan's stepdad. He always has good advice (which doesn't always match Sanchuan's actual needs, but I love that too), and while I don't know the actor, I got the distinct impression that he must be a popular comedian.

There's not a single 'evil' character (minus one very short exception in one of the later eps). Every character has their own valid reasons for doing the things they do. Some of those are callous or misguided, but nowhere near as cliched as I'm used to from other dramas, and overall, most of the characters are just wonderful all around. That doesn't mean that it's all fluff all the time - they all have their trials, and the conflicts are treated with sincerity. All the developments feel well-earned and well-paced.

more details and more caps of the cute couple at my journal

mekare posting in

c_ent

I just posted about this in

dmbj_tombraiders, sign-ups have started! All official info posts run on Tumblr (heihua-exchange)

"Welcome to the Heihua Exchange, an an event dedicated to the pairing Xie Yuchen/Hei Xiazi from the 盗墓笔记 | Daomu Biji fandom. In this exchange, participants will be anonymously matched to create gifts for one another during a seven-week long creation period.

This exchange is open to all the DMBJ canons - books, movies, TV series, comics, donghua, etc. The gifts can be fic, art, video, podfic or some other form of creation you feel inspired to gift to your recipient, but all of it must be focused on the ship Xie Yuchen/Hei Xiazi."

Sign-up form on AO3

douqi posting in

cnovels

To mark its 22nd anniversary, JJWXC has been releasing its usual videos featuring congratulatory messages from its signed authors. As usual they seem to have put all the danmei authors (plus the usual sole baihe author) into the same video. The video is here on Weibo and I've also uploaded a copy to Google Drive here.

Authors in order of appearance:

Dei Zhi Ling
Fei Tian Ye Xiang
Jiang Zi Bei
Jue Jue
Manman Heqi Duo
Mu Gua Huang
Musuli
priest
Sang Wo
Shui Mang
Wang Ya
Wei Feng Ji Xu
Wu Shi
Yi Zhi Hua Jia Zi (sole baihe representative)
Yin Lu Xing
Yuxiao Lanshan
Zhi Chu

Update: JJWXC posted another video that's a mix of yanqing and danmei authors. It's here on Weibo and I've also uploaded it here

Danmei authors I was able to identify, in order of appearance:

Yue Jian Cha
San Qian Shi
Mo Yu de Xianyu
Liu Chu
La Mianhuatang De Tuzi (Tangtu)
Cheng Yuan

autodach posting in

raikantopeni

Guys I finished The Next Prince and made a post!
Check it out here!

nverland posting in

recipecommunity

Tikka Masala Birria Tacos vegan
Prep Time15 mins Cook Time35 mins Total Time50 mins Servings: 4

Ingredients

For the tikka masala sauce
½ cup (130 g) tomato paste (scant cup, not overly filled)
3 tablespoons non dairy yogurt or you can use non dairy cream such as coconut cream.
1-2 teaspoons garam masala
1 teaspoon ground coriander
1 teaspoon onion powder
1 teaspoon garlic powder
½ teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon black pepper
1 teaspoon Kashmiri chili powder or paprika, Or use 1/2 teaspoon cayenne
½ teaspoon amchoor or dried mango powder, This is optional you can add in ½ -1 teaspoon of lime juice instead
1 ½ cups (350 ml) of water

For the taco filling
12 ounces (340 g) sliced mushrooms, fresh mushrooms like cremini, white, baby Portobello
½ green pepper thinly sliced
½ red pepper thinly sliced
½ red onion thinly sliced or 3/4 cup sliced onion
½ teaspoon of salt
¼ teaspoon black pepper
2 teaspoons or more taco spice blend
3-4 tablespoons of the tikka masala sauce from above

For serving
10 to 12 5 inch tortillas
1 cup vegan mozzarella cheese or other shredded cheese of choice
a few teaspoons oil as needed to cook
Chopped red or white onion, chopped cilantro, lime wedges and sliced jalapenos for garnish and serving.

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Spicy Dill Pickle Dip

Topic Tuesday - Failing Enthusiasm?

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Prompt: Cold Pond

Free-For-All Friday

The Friday Five for 8 August 2025

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Seven Seas August Reader Survey

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Blackberry Soup

My sorrow starts anew, by Himring (Jiang Cheng)

Nothing But You (2023)

Heihua Exchange

JJWXC 22nd Anniversary Video ft (Mostly) Danmei Authors

The Next Prince

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