(i.e., things I hope will merit dedicated write-ups on my journal, should I make enough headway)

Making fanmixes in a post-8tracks era
This is a topic I want to write a proper post about after I've done some more sleuthing. I'm not sure how long that will take, but hopefully I'll have something to show for it by the end of the year.

I adored 8tracks and was devastated when they disappeared, and there still isn't a good replacement for fanmixes. I loved the playlists curated by actual human beings with intention. I would really love to have a Ryuji/Daigo playlist to listen to as I write, but finding songs that actually fit them has been like pulling teeth.

This relates to a larger issue, which is that I find my current music discovery process deeply unsatisfactory. It feels like every method is either too passive, or too glacial. Algorithmic recommendations will just feed you things based on what you've already listened to; picking through databases like Rate Your Music and AllMusic feels very random and inefficient because there's just SO much, and yet they have their blind spots genre- and language-wise; music blogs and forums, as well as indie radio stations, are similarly such a crapshoot and I guess I still haven't found the right ones. And nothing has been all that helpful for locating songs that fit specific themes and dynamics for fanmix purposes. But I'm still testing the waters. And I hope to have more to share about what works and what doesn't for fanmix development today, both when locating songs and when figuring out a place to host and share them.

Kinktober or Schlocktober, using Hello From the Magic Tavern
I'm pretty close to being caught up on this long-ass fantasy podcast. My current hope is that I'll be completely caught up by the end of the month, and that I'll have accumulated enough ideas in the meantime to make a proper go at either Kinktober or Schlocktober. Maybe I'll vacillate between the two. There are so many things in the show that are ripe for cracky PWPs—it's such a huge, silly sandbox to play in. I hope this serves dual purposes: creating more fic for a fandom that has very few, and giving myself a real writing challenge after falling off the wagon for a bit.

Working through my AO3 Marked for Later
Enough! Later is now!
And then relatedly, updating my Calibre fic downloads with any fic I've bookmarked since the last time I did a pass.

Things on the backburner
Topics I've thought about journaling on, but not sure when they'll happen:
- My favorite Pokemon and the merch I've accumulated for it
- Examining the submerged iceberg that is my drawerfic
- Reflections on my time in non-English-language fandom (specifically, trying to do fandom in my heritage language)
- Reviews/reactions to various media I've gotten through in recent months
- How I first got into fandom