paraka
@parakapodfic.bsky.social
Elder fangirl, queer, Canadian, with a disability. Most well known for my time in the podfic community.
Your AO3 user ID is from before they started randomizing the numbers, I think we're officially fandom olds. :P
November 14, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Your AO3 user ID is from before they started randomizing the numbers, I think we're officially fandom olds. :P
I mean, I totally use TTS apps too, but that's clearly not what the person was asking for as it's not podfic. Especially since they had named their favourite podficcer in the post.
November 14, 2025 at 4:35 PM
I mean, I totally use TTS apps too, but that's clearly not what the person was asking for as it's not podfic. Especially since they had named their favourite podficcer in the post.
Anyway, I've now added 20 recs and discovered that reddit has a character limit for comments and it's not very long, actually.
I can't believe the requester got mostly TTS suggestions when asking for podfic recs when the fandom has more than 4400 podfics!
I can't believe the requester got mostly TTS suggestions when asking for podfic recs when the fandom has more than 4400 podfics!
November 13, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Anyway, I've now added 20 recs and discovered that reddit has a character limit for comments and it's not very long, actually.
I can't believe the requester got mostly TTS suggestions when asking for podfic recs when the fandom has more than 4400 podfics!
I can't believe the requester got mostly TTS suggestions when asking for podfic recs when the fandom has more than 4400 podfics!
However I did go home, lie down in the dark and immediately fell asleep for about 13 hours. I didn't even change before lying down so I woke up this morning still in a bra, yesterday's clothes, even my nametag still on. 🤦
November 13, 2025 at 3:11 PM
However I did go home, lie down in the dark and immediately fell asleep for about 13 hours. I didn't even change before lying down so I woke up this morning still in a bra, yesterday's clothes, even my nametag still on. 🤦
I have a few pairs of long johns I occasionally use, but actually prefer fleece-lined leggings, they work under trousers for extra warmth, or I often wear skirts to wear them instead of tights or nylons (tights or nylons under trousers also help with warmth, depending on how cold you are).
November 12, 2025 at 7:11 PM
I have a few pairs of long johns I occasionally use, but actually prefer fleece-lined leggings, they work under trousers for extra warmth, or I often wear skirts to wear them instead of tights or nylons (tights or nylons under trousers also help with warmth, depending on how cold you are).
Thank you!
My family plays wordle competitively everyday so I was sure I was going to win yesterday but then my mom *also* got it on her second guess! Also with just one yellow letter from her 1st guess.
My family plays wordle competitively everyday so I was sure I was going to win yesterday but then my mom *also* got it on her second guess! Also with just one yellow letter from her 1st guess.
November 6, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Thank you!
My family plays wordle competitively everyday so I was sure I was going to win yesterday but then my mom *also* got it on her second guess! Also with just one yellow letter from her 1st guess.
My family plays wordle competitively everyday so I was sure I was going to win yesterday but then my mom *also* got it on her second guess! Also with just one yellow letter from her 1st guess.
I am very relieved!
October 30, 2025 at 9:38 PM
I am very relieved!
I guess something can be technically true while not being true to how people culturally feel or think about something. This is making me think about the time someone described Baffin Island as being off Canada's east coast and the brain wrinkle it gave me.
October 29, 2025 at 6:09 PM
I guess something can be technically true while not being true to how people culturally feel or think about something. This is making me think about the time someone described Baffin Island as being off Canada's east coast and the brain wrinkle it gave me.
It makes sense that it's not part of the cultural west coast. If he had just said "the 3 west coast states" I wouldn't have blinked. But I guess it's also fair to think of Alaska as the only north coast state.
October 29, 2025 at 5:48 PM
It makes sense that it's not part of the cultural west coast. If he had just said "the 3 west coast states" I wouldn't have blinked. But I guess it's also fair to think of Alaska as the only north coast state.
I definitely got more than one convo about sex, mostly from my mom, though dad would answer questions if I had any. Most memorably from my grandfather who had dementia at the time. His talk was... awkward and not very educational but did leave my uncle confused as to why I got one when he didn't.
October 28, 2025 at 5:42 PM
I definitely got more than one convo about sex, mostly from my mom, though dad would answer questions if I had any. Most memorably from my grandfather who had dementia at the time. His talk was... awkward and not very educational but did leave my uncle confused as to why I got one when he didn't.