| Name: Val
Age: 47
I mostly post about: Being Gen-X, Canadian, ramblings of day to day life, my mental health, sometimes the state of the world (though I try to keep that to a minimum), what I'm currently reading, Nelson shenanigans (my cat)
My hobbies are: I knit and crochet; writing, watching movies/television (mostly drama and British telly), reading, 'cozy' colouring with alcohol markers, music (love to listen to new things)
My fandoms are: I used to be very into fandoms 10 or so years ago, but not so much anymore. It can be exhausting.
I'm looking to meet people who: above all, are kind. 20+ of age, and have some interests in common. It would be ideal if you like to comment on entries.
My posting schedule tends to be: aiming for daily, but likely a few times a week. I'm journaling again at the suggestion of my therapist.
When I add people, my dealbreakers are: the usual: racism, anti-LGBTQIA+. I used to be a big Harry Potter fan, but no longer and I generally stay away from those who still embrace the fandom, JKR, and the books/movies.
Before adding me, you should know: I'm a very kind and sensitive person and try to be thoughtful and respectful when commenting on others entries, so I hope to receive the same in return. Also, I have an odd sense of humour and I use "LOL" and "<3" a lot. |
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| This is the June 29th Weekly Megapost & Chat!
Things you can do in the comments-
- trade friend codes - ask about games - post about in-game events - anything you don't want to make an individual post about - share how the RNG is treating you
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| 1) a delicious healthy fresh salad for lunch
2) Yummy home made ice tea
3) Lazy evening, might bring myself to work some more on my crochet project
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📰 weekly reporter
vol 24
week of 06/22-06/28
reflecting —
enjoying —
playing —
obsessing —
recommending —
treating —
encountering —
restoring —
stats report —
editors recap —
summer discussion —
on writing —
media recap —
— reflecting
this week's considerations were mostly about how to deal with school anxiety and working hard again. I think I touched on this last week, but I just... haven't been working hard enough. I've been struggling with committing to things for a couple years now, and I feel like it's finally coming back to bite me in the ass. how am I spending my time? what am I working on? what am I doing? what can I talk about meaningfully every week? am I even trying to write well?
I'm working on developing some friendships and I feel like.... I have all these conflicting ideas of who I am and how I want to present myself. I try to keep the extreme nerdiness under wraps for irls, I have this blog, I want to present myself one way for work, one way for school, one way for friends, and I haven't quite figured out the balancing act of managing all these facets of my identity. I used to feel bad that I was putting on acts for different aspects of life, but they ask for different parts of me- it isn't inauthentic to present certain traits and not talk about others.
thinking again about what to put in the second page of reporter. I have a couple ideas for now.. but I almost wonder if I should leave it on the backburner until a little later when there are actual pieces to fill up the page. I'd also like to design some other templates to put in there depending on what I do during the week.
— enjoying
after my thursday class, we were all saying to each other: "enjoy your summer!" the weather was nice and we had gotten out early since our final was a big group negotiation, that was resolved relatively quickly and peacefully. I finished the last of my homework today, and then I have a final presentation tomorrow and I'm free until August. I do need to register for Fall classes, and start studying for the lsat again... but I'm excited it actually feels like summer. this week is a short week- we are closed on friday and we are only working a half day on thursday. I got all my work done on friday, so I feel like it really is a lovely start to my summer.
— playing
during facetime with my best friend, they said "there's a new character in hsr I think you'd like," and I looked at her pretty sheepishly asking who it was and when she said "phainon" I just laughed so so hard... maybe phainon will be the reason I return to hsr... I think I already missed the ratio rerun so there goes my aventio build kit but its fineeeeeeee....
finally got lemurian sea god!! his kit is making me want to actually learn the best way to play the battles and how to read protocores for building. I really need to be better about running orbits, and doing abyssal commissions and hunter contest. I also need to use galaxy explorer to fill out some of the freebie cards I have missing in my deck...
the next banner is a multi and its wedding themed! its also coinciding with 4.0 update! everything is very very pretty and there's a ton of new rewards and features I'm looking forward too.
— obsessing
hoping to make this summer productive in terms of creative projects... so I've been thinking about a mid year recap/monthly recap post... more outlines for goals. thinking about my hobonichi, craft projects, the website.. blah blah blah ideas ideas ideas.
there's a couple of kickstarters I'm thinking about backing, so much lads merch I want to buy...
— recommending
this account is really cute and has been inspiring me as far as like hobonichi journaling. read and enjoyed this article and I'm considering adding the books to my reading list
— treating
mom made filipino food and cookies this week! very tasty leftovers.
the trivia group went out to main event on monday, and we did bowling and laser tag. I got one strike!!! and ended up in like 3rd or 4th place. I also set off a chain of everyone taking pictures like super close to their face so the scoreboard was full of us all zoomed in it was hilarious. we did two rounds of laser tag and tbh I SUCKED!!!! but it was super fun- we were a huge group so you'd turn a corner and someone was there so I pretty much just camped the whole time.
— encountering
felt very very anxious all week last week. really barely did anything but work and go to school... I did manage to clean my room and get all my homework done today though! there's still a pile of laundry to wash....
in other news, my car broke down on thursday too T_T its in the shop and hopefully it doesnt cost an arm and a leg......
— restoring
yesterday was the first time I went to the gym all week... so I was super off. tired, anxious, pre-workout caffeine deprived.. no wonder I felt so weird all week. but my workouts today and yesterday were great!! i hit a pr on squats today yay!
💢 tried to make draggable boxes the other night and it was Not Working.
📊 stats report
—last week's goals
☇ bring back bitesized: 2/7 days
☑ finals week
☑ make sure I'm eating
—3 goals for the upcoming week
☐ mid year recap
☐ register for fall
☐ schedule doc appt
📥 editors recap
there is honestly not much to report on this week. finals took up most of my mental bandwidth and I felt myself longing for the weekend with the classic: "just get through this week"
still haven't settled in on any specific ideas for 2nd page, but I'm considering a weekly comic maybe? eventually, when I have more projects going ( hopefully this summer will finally be the summer of projects!) I can have a greenhouse missive/project update log, it would be nice to have a weekly writing stats update as well... maybe I'll try to make it a point to take pictures/source memes for the lower section. in my mind, i'd like a quote of the week at the top, the middle section dedicated to project updates and the media recap, and then the lower section for photos of some kind. here on page one, the obvious reporter section, a middle highlights section for other posts, or a random thought/frustration of the week, then the stats report, and editors note. I'm also considering cutting the section entirely UNLESS I specifically have stuff to report on? considerations considerations.
wanting to make a prettier intro, and I'd like to use the polaroid look? or maybe a business card look? I've been itching to do more coding projects, but I don't know what direction I want to take the intro. as highlighted above, I've been trying to make an intro page code for my gwarentz accounts... but draggable javascript is not beginner friendly. I also felt like the code was just shitty looking so I gave up all frustrated on friday night.
was thinking about making some of this text a dedicated section on page two, specifically regarding template updates but its fine in the editors letter. I dont know how many times I'll actually talk about this... but it is making me consider a bunch of plug and play layouts for different topics as they make appearances perhaps! I was thinking about updating the banner bar at the top to reflect the contents of the newspaper, but I couldn't decide if I wanted to shorten down the reporter section.... would the title look silly with a smaller reporter underneath? that as my main concern.
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As June runs into warm July, I think of little else but you. - Wendy Cope, Summer Villanelle
Summer 2025 Discussion
1. What’s outside the window?
my window looks out at an outbuilding we have for storage. theres a fence that pokes right into the middle of my window, around the air conditioning unit. there's a big leafy tree to the right, and our tiny set of blackberry bushes to the right, and across the yard. I see the back gate, and the burn pit where we roast marshmallows in the late summer. my dad's old grill stands guard in front of the box, and to the grill's left, a tool cabinet slowly being overtaken by some viney weed. this is the wild corner of the yard, where the girls (yuki and lola, our shih tsus) like to play and lay when they get too tired. dusk is settling over the yard now, so there's no little birds or squirrels to be seen like earlier in the day.
2. Canoeing
I went canoeing with an old friend a couple years ago... or maybe they were kayaks and I've actually yet to canoe. I'd like to try whatever form of boating again, as I'm stronger than I was.
3. Newsletter
I tell myself that I'll start up a newsletter when I get a little more tech independent, based on this guide. I'd like to make a business card with this website when I get it up and running too. although, isnt the weekly reporter a bit of a newsletter too?
4. Family dinner
on friday, my brother came over to tell us about his recent promotion, and swim in the pool. I showed up late to this impromptu party, but it was only because I had work. we had pizza, breadsticks, pasta, and wings. my brother is so funny, and my dad had just come home from a business trip, where he got to fly back in first class and got bombed on vodka and lack of lime. it was a warm friday night dinner, with the dogs going crazy and the tv playing whatever was on.
5. Summer thunderstorm
out of nowhere, we had a summer thunderstorm yesterday. I felt terrible when I saw the rain, because dad had hung some laundry out to dry and then it was drenched. the girls wanted to go play in the rain (because they seem to love getting wet) and lola tried to take a swim, so I had to drag her out of the water as the thunder rumbled nearby.
prompts courtesy of nosebleed club
i like the summertime because i feel like i am returning to a version of myself that only exists from may–august but she is always the same person each time and i like being her and seeing the world through her eyes again
- courtesy of butterflypeaflowertea
on writing
been thinking about some of the things I'd still like to write that I got tired of copying and pasting into reporter every week with no progress:
🖉 24 week clay retrospective
🖉 goals doc......
🖉 coolness theory 3 parter
🖉 oc intros
🖉 greenhouse missive/intro
and I'm thinking about an old notion page I had dedicated to writing.. and some of the goals I tracked within in. I'd like for dreamwidth to be more than just weekly reporter, but I get so hung up on making these good, instead of just making them be... so I want to try and change that this summer. so many backlogged projects. i miss writing more.
media recap
📚 reading:
📺 watching:
🎵 listening:
🎮 playing: love and deepspace merling oath event
I really want to watch kpop demon hunters and the new season of the bear... I want to start reading noragami or fma... need to catch up on stars of chaos, and coins of destiny, plus do an inventory of what manga and danmei i have on the shelf... I think I've overdue for my yearly rewatch of weathering with you too.... I also have been meaning to check out apothecary diaries.. sigh. I probably need to do a dedicated list to everything in the backlog. not to mention the games.......
congrats to pom purin for winning no. 1!!!!!!
what was the Sigh of your week ? (low point)
what was the Swoon of your week ? (high point)
fun little prompt from sighswoon on twitter
sigh: finals week anxiety
swoon: treated myself to a piece of cheesecake on monday
been considering using my other twitter account to do some daily posting... thinking about youtube.... thinking about streaming... all things I can add to reporter..... pondering.....
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| no_true_pair's 2025 No True Crossover mini event is open for sign-ups! no_true_pair is, loosely, a mad-libs-style challenge. For No True Crossover, you sign up with a list of 4 fandoms, a set of prompts is posted that uses all the fandoms in different combinations, and you create works using those randomly made crossovers. For example, if your list contained Stargate SG-1 and Alice In Wonderland as numbers 2 and 4, there could be a prompt like "2 & 4: Going out for coffee" or "4 and 2: Underground" and you might write a crossover in which a Stargate character meets Alice for coffee or Alice goes down the rabbit hole to find herself underground at Cheyenne Mountain (Stargate). 1. Leave a comment with your numbered list of four fandoms. You may, if you want an additional challenge, specify characters, but it is not required. Additional information: • you may use original fiction for one fandom or several if you have different canons you want to work with • you may have more than one list (as many as you like) • every fandom in your list will have a prompt with every other one • you may do crossovers (maintaining both canons), fusions (putting characters from one fandom into the world/roles of another), or something in between 2. This is a low-pressure challenge. Signing up does not obligate you to create anything. 3. Tell your friends and have fun! 4. If you have any questions, just ask! 5. The Schedule: Signups Open - NOW! Prompts Posted ~ July 7th, 2025 Posting - July 18 - July 25 Amnesty - Thereafter |
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( More! ) Notes:Secrets Left to Post: 02 pages, 33 secrets from Secret Submission Post #965. Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ]. Current Secret Submissions Post: here. Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here. |
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2. That mermaid Would hold her favourite shell to her ear Listening to its rendition of seasong
When she lost it she Listened instead to mourning songs Sung over the bodies of seamen By wives and sirens
When she lost it she found a prince And she endures the silence to stay with him
Someday her heart will feel light as foam
3. Either the birds have left Or they are dead quiet, afraid
The abandoned nests Are haunted. |
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| Name: Blythe Age: 37
I mostly post about: Life on the Cornish coast, daily swims in the sea, studio days at the pottery wheel, what’s blooming in the garden, what I’m reading (mostly mid-century women writers), the small rituals that keep me steady, and occasional thoughts on slow living and soft rebellion.
My hobbies are: Ceramics, sea swimming, baking things that go with tea, reading literary fiction (especially anything with layered domestic dynamics and quiet emotional collapse), pressing flowers into notebooks, and making seasonal playlists.
I'm looking to meet people who: Write or read with heart, find beauty in the everyday, value kindness, know the pleasure of a well-brewed pot of tea, or also spend entire evenings choosing which notebook to start. Anyone who understands that joy and sadness often walk hand in hand.
My posting schedule tends to be: Softly inconsistent— I'm aiming for 2-3x week, sometimes once a week, sometimes three times in a day if I’m feeling chatty or emotionally unspooled. Usually seasonal—more reflective in winter, more playful in summer.
When I add people, my dealbreakers are: Cruelty, racism, snobbery, homophobia, transphobia, or taking yourself far too seriously. I’m not here for edge for edge’s sake.
Before adding me, you should know: I write a little like I talk—long, meandering, full of parentheses and feelings. I will absolutely comment on your post about moss or jam or the book you half-finished three years ago. I’m not perfect, but I’m trying to be soft on purpose. |
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| (Crossposted from my journal.)
Apocalypse Hotel was great. Just great. Go watch it. It's definitely on my Hugo ballot next year.
Kowloon Generic Romance ended very well, even if the finale didn't quite have time to spell out every last detail of what was going on. Presumably the manga, which is ending soon, will be able to explain better. Recommended with some disclaimers: there are some very male-gaze camera angles at first but they stop after episode 2, and there is someone who initially appears to be a depressingly stereotypical queer villain but ultimately becomes three-dimensional and far more sympathetic.
Zatsu Tabi continued to be exactly what it appeared to be, a low-key story about travel and introduction to some of Japan's lesser-known tourist attractions.
Sword of the Demon Hunter is continuing into summer, but I have to say this: The choice to fridge someone in the first episode wound up feeling more and more out of place as the story went on. The subsequent story isn't grimdark at all; eventually it's about a guy hanging out in a soba shop with his friends and taking on jobs with an emphasis on how his work heals the community. Even the demons are mostly sympathetic at this point. So I'm not sure why the author chose to do that, other than he couldn't think of another way to get the protagonist out of his comortable village life and out into the world.
For next season, the shows I'm looking at fall into three categories:
Shows I am truly interested in checking out: Bullet/Bullet, Necronomico and the Cosmic Horror Show, The Earthbound Mole, Onmyo Kaiten Re: Birth Verse Show I would be checking out if it weren't on Netflix: The Summer Hikaru Died Shows I should be excited about on paper but am not really: Cute High Earth Defense Club Haikara!, Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun season 2 part 2, Ruri Rocks |
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| Garden update is going great shakes, ahead of a huge "weather event" arriving this week. In other news... MORE HATHAWAY, FINALLY |
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| bagatelle [bag-uh-tel]
noun: 1 something of little value or importance; a trifle 2 a game played on a board having holes at one end into which balls are to be struck with a cue 3 a short literary or musical piece in light style
Examples:
If anything, the slowly accumulating final chord of the bagatelle could have set up the softly arpeggiated one at the start of 'Twilight Way', the first of the 'Poetic Tone Pictures.' (Joshua Barone, Review: Dvorak’s 'Poetic Tone Pictures’ Makes Its Carnegie Debut, New York Times, February 2023)
Pinball got its start in 18th-century France with the billiardslike tabletop game bagatelle, which used a springlike launcher. (World-ranked pinball wizard is reviving the game in San Antonio with a new startup, san Antonio Express-News, March 2020)
When you are caught in a web of conspiracies, the best of deeds becomes a mere bagatelle, as we find in the fall of Udensi. (Henry Akubuiro, Travails of a Good Samaritan , The Sun Nigeria, March 2021)
Among the most divisive issues in philosophy today is whether there is anything important to be said about the essential nature of truth. Bullshit, by contrast, might seem to be a mere bagatelle. (Jim Holt, Say Anything, The New Yorker, August 2005)
'Overdue; was the title he had decided for it, and its length he believed would not be more than sixty thousand words - a bagatelle for him with his splendid vigor of production. (Jack London, Martin Eden)
The betrayal of one's friends is a bagatelle in the stakes of love, but the betrayal of oneself is a lifelong regret. (Tom Stoppard, The Invention of Love)
Then there were the bird cages, the iron hoops, the steel skates, the Queen Anne coal-scuttle, the bagatelle board, the hand organ - all gone, and jewels, too. (Virginia Woolf, 'The Mark on the Wall')
Origin:
1630s, 'a trifle, thing of no importance,' from French bagatelle 'knick-knack, bauble, trinket' (16c.), from Italian bagatella 'a trifle,' which is perhaps a diminutive of Latin baca 'berry,' or from one of the continental words (such as Old French bague 'bundle') from the same source as English bag. As 'a piece of light music,' it is attested from 1827. (Online Etymology Dictionary) |
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| 1) My first “proper” painting class after the initiation earlier this year, I’m exited ^_^
2) Deliberate leftovers for dinner this evening
3) I’m glad it’s not yet smouldering hot today (as the temperatures will rise some more next week) |
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| Hello! We have roughly 48 hours to go until the Pinch Hit deadline on Monday, June 30th 22:00 EDT We have added 1 Additional Pinch Hit to our Post Deadline Pinch Hits post (PH1), plus 4 unclaimed Pinch Hits from the previous post We will still hold our original deadline for now, however the collection opening will be delayed until all pinch hits have been fulfilled. If you would like to claim any of these pinch hits, please comment on this post with the name/number of the pinch hit you would like and your AO3 username! Comments are screened. You may also email us at sleepymod@mailfence.com ( *NEW* PH 1 - Animal Control (TV 2023), Degrassi the Next Generation, Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist (TV) ) ( PH 4 - ケイヤク | KeixYaku (TV), 御赐小仵作 | The Imperial Coroner (TV), 作りたい女と食べたい女 | Tsukuritai Onna to Tabetai Onna | She Loves to Cook and She Loves to Eat (TV) ) ( CLAIMED - PH 5 - RoboCop (Movies 1987-1993), Thief (Video Game Original Series), BioShock 1 & 2 (Video Games) ) ( PH 6 - Albion (Bluebyte Video Game), Are You Being Served?, Les fantmes du chapelier | The Hatter's Ghosts - Georges Simenon, Die Hlle von Manitoba | The Hell of Manitoba (1965) ) ( PH 10 - X -エックス- | X/1999, Shugo Chara!, Digimon Story Series | Digimon World Series, Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V, 十三機兵防衛圏 | 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim (Video Game) ) |
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| Name: Holly Age group: Mid-30's Country: United States (West Coast) Subscription/Access Policy: Anyone can subscribe, but all access list people are vetted beforehand! Prefer 25+, but 18+ is an absolute must. Main Fandoms: The Elder Scrolls (Arena, Daggerfall, Morrowind, Oblivion, Skyrim, ESO), Baldur's Gate 3, The Legend of Zelda ( Ocarina of Time --> Twilight Princess), Silent Hill (1-4) Other Fandoms: The Witcher (books up to The Tower of the Swallow and Witcher 3), Dragon Age (Origins --> Inquisition), Fallout (3, New Vegas, 4, Prime Video series), Dishonored (1&2), The Evil Within/Psychobreak (1&2), The Longest Journey trilogy, The Devil Came Through Here trilogy, Bridgerton, The Sims (1-4), Ancient Magus Bride, Apothecary Diaries, Arcane (Netflix, I've never played LoL and I never will), Once Upon A Time (up to Season 5 I think???), Harry Potter ( I do not support the author's stance against trans people, I just enjoy the fanworks at this point), Life Is Strange (1 & Before The Storm). Fannish Interests: Playlists, writing, art, moodboards, theory essays, character studies, fan-OC discussions, psychology OTPs and Ships: Halsin/Astarion (BG3), Gortash/Durge (BG3), Severus/Lily (HP), Tom/Bellatrix (HP), Harry/Draco (HP), Ganondorf/Zelda (LoZ), Jayce/Viktor (Arcane) Favourite Movies: Kiki's Delivery Service, Spirited Away, Pan's Labyrinth, Death Becomes Her, Shaun of the Dead, Forrest Gump, The Witches of Eastwick, Practical Magic Music: Classical, classic/hard rock, symphonic metal, folk music, grunge Before you follow: I write lengthy annotations of novels I'm reading that may be intended for 18+, and some of my creative works veer in that direction as well, so PLEASE no minor interactions! 🙏🏻 I also curse a lot, and talk about some heavy subjects that occur in my own life (under cut and with content warnings in the Reason for Age Restriction field, like a civilized netizen), so if that's not your cup of tea, we might have issues connecting. - Tags:animation, anime, baldur's gate 3, books, d&d, dragon age, fallout, fanart, fanfic, fanfiction, fantasy, gaming, harry potter, horror, life is strange, slash, the elder scrolls, the legend of zelda, the sims, the witcher
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"I know what it's like to feel you have something to prove."
MCU | Captain America: Brave New World.
 250 | Sam Wilson (Anthony Mackie).
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| I have bought more dirt though I'm not sure if there will be further plant hijinks this weekend or not.
Back at the beginning of the month, it was announced that there was going to be a Gundam Pop-Up Shop this weekend down in Kentucky and I thought 'well that's only seven hours away' and took a day off- but got talked out of it and a closer location has since been announced... I kept the day off mostly because I've barely used any, the year is half-over, and an extra day off sounded nice. ^^;;
Worked out well because I'll admit that finding out my ancient site was finally going offline did throw me for a bit of a loop. Did I then spend the night frantically archiving? Nope. I finished up HG Sazabi, who is a seriously big boy filled with Yearning, and noodled with some other stuff. And sprawled on my bed and let a cross-breeze blow through my place...
Saturday was mostly fussing around, looking for notes and building a little non-Gundam kit from Sheik Mainland, called a Yunque. Cute little critter, and while I'm not without minor complaints, it was a good build. Started on Starfall, finally, after what, two months of being utterly intimidated?
Going to try to get through a bit of my inbox. It's amazing that no matter what I do, I just don't seem to get anywhere. But, I suppose, it's not getting actively worse, either? |
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Open to: Access List, detailed results viewable to: Access List, participants: 25 How are you doing? I am okay 11 (45.8%) I am not okay, but don't need help right now 13 (54.2%) I could use some help. 0 (0.0%) How many other humans are you living with? I am living single 8 (32.0%) One other person 12 (48.0%) More than one other person 5 (20.0%) Please, talk about how things are going for you in the comments, ask for advice or help if you need it, or just discuss whatever you feel like. |
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