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hellenhighwater · 3 months

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Have you taken any pottery classes or were you entirely self taught? I REALLY want to get into it but classes are quite expensive

I took some sculpting in undergrad, but it was in the context of casting and mold-making, not ceramics. So I'm fairly comfortable with clay as a medium but not so much with clay as an end product--not being able to do armatures and having to think about firing is weird. (If I had the opportunity to do bronze casting again, though, I would, no hesitation.) That puts me in the minority of my current pottery peers, who are largely self-taught or only learned in our studio.

I do pottery now at a co-op studio space, and technically that means that I'm taking classes there--but the classes are more like guided lab time? There's not really assignments or anything, and there's only a couple other people who sculpt, none of whom are in my class. Mostly the class just means that the person in charge demonstrates a technique or two once a week and then lets us do our thing.

Personally I think that shared studio space is the absolute best way to go. You spend less in startup costs (kilns are EXPENSIVE, running kilns is expensive, glaze is expensive) and it plugs you directly in to a group of fellow artists who can help and support you at whatever skill level you're at. Yes, classes are expensive--my class is $250 per season. But for me that includes lab space, 50 lbs of clay per season, almost all of the glaze I use, kiln time, and other people doing all the maintenance and kiln loading/unloading etc. Very much money well spent.

Artist-run shared spaces are often not turning a profit on anything with studio fees, just covering operations costs, so while it's pricey, it generally is just...what it costs to do that hobby. And it is sooooo much easier to be motivated when you're going to what is, basically, Grown-Up Art Club.

But if costs are prohibitive for you to do pottery via classes, and you want to learn to sculpt, then get some polymer clay and see what you can do. It's a different game than actual clay, but form is form, and the medium is secondary to figuring out how to translate an idea into reality.

Polymer clay is relatively affordable and doesn't require nearly the infrastructure of ceramics. If you can't spend the money on classes or a shared studio, then polymer clay is a great way to develop technique and an eye so that when you're in a position to spend the money, you already have the skills to make it worth what you're spending.

#most people who have home pottery studios are either in a position to easily afford that #or are selling their work at a caliber to justify the expenses of making the studio space #which is not what will happen when you are starting out.#pottery is far and away my most expensive hobby and that means #that when it's done #the Minotaur series is going to get sold #probably for as much as I think i can get for it #and probably that means I am going to have to Find A Gallery and Submit Work To Gallery and be #in short #in hell. i have not had to think about doing gallery submissions in so long #and i am dreading it.#anyway if anyone knows a gallery in like. michigan or chicago and can hook me up #i have some sad cows that need homes #i kind of want to keep my sad cow mans forever but also where would i even put them? better to be treasured by someone else #and maybe i will make one extra sad cow. for me.

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zishuge · 5 months

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I wrote to you as soon as I had news. Where's the letter? Did it get sent to the dog's stomach? Mysterious Lotus Casebook (2023)

#mysterious lotus casebook #莲花楼 #li lianhua #cheng yi #cdrama #cdramaedit #mlcedit #*gifs:mine #wuliao doesn’t buy it for a second haha #hulijing: 冤枉啊 :(#“bitch i watched you burn it” - hulijing probably #justice for hulijing #she is best girl #but her dad is so annoying lol #between this and #“sorry my dog needs to choose a 上上签 before i can help you heal this dead person”#and “i can't stay for dinner hulijing is waiting for me at home”#how many times has hulijing been llh's convenient excuse to not do things / get out of situations #tbf “i have to go home to feed my dog” is such a Tired Introvert move — i've done the same

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shannonsketches · 15 days

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Why is the anime so weird, it's not even the same series dude?? It's like,

Anime:

GOKU: I have a great idea to bring peace to the universe, and my leadership and compassion alone will unite us all. I have No Flaws and am A True Relatable Everyman :)

VEGETA: NO! I AM THE BEST AND I WILL CAUSE PROBLEMS UNTIL I AM RECOGNIZED AS SUCH!!!!

Manga:

GOKU: Vegeta what's cornmeal made of? I know it's what the corn eats, but what's it made of? VEGETA: Hey Kakarot let's play the quiet game until one of us dies.

#silly hours #I do not understand this writing it's so bad aklsdlkasjd #Toei wants Goku to be Clark Kent SO bad and he SO isn't lmao #they're so good and dumb and rounded and complex in the manga what is the anime so afraid of #Toriyama said 'no no this man is a detached faux-immortal who has a dear pure heart but he's childlike and selfish even though he's kind'#and toei went 'got it goku's never done anything wrong ever in his life'#toriyama said 'Vegeta's gone through a lot and he's finally settling into his more mature leadership role with the confidence he's earned'#and toei said 'got it vegeta has the confidence of a high school bully except now he can interact with his family as a comedy bit'#girl hWHAT #Toei trying to group Goku and Vegeta as two people who would rather train than be with their families and Toriyama said NO Vegeta wants #to be HOME this is the first time in years that he's HAD ONE and it makes him HAPPY to be with his wife and children!!#Vegeta trains so that he can protect the things he doesn't want to lose again and Goku trains because it's the thing that makes him happies #They are NOT the same lmao And yeah Vegeta still wants to beat Goku but he also knows that Gohan could dogwalk both of them if he wanted #He also knows Trunks and Goten are going to surpass them it's not about being the best anymore he's past that he just wants to Not Need Gok #He just doesn't want to have to rely on Goku to save the day he wants to be Enough on his own he just wants to know he can be #because every time it's mattered he WASN'T and people he loved were lost to his inability to protect them and he carries that #Like Whis diagnosed him with anxiety and cptsd out in the open and Beerus said he was self-centered for feeling guilt #+ he lowkey enjoys the rivalry it keeps him goal-oriented so he can't get complacent and lazy which is what triggered his Buu Saga breakdow #realized how Fucked Up it was that having a home and loving family made him feel like he was failing and went 'wait no I won actually??'#now he's chill as fuck in the manga. cool confident leader.#and sometimes he is childish and dumb with Goku as a treat #you know what rocks about his rivalry with Goku in Super though is that it's Playful. Vegeta is learning how to Play.#You ever seen a shelter dog get introduced to a really playful dog and it takes a minute for the shelter dog to understand it's safe here #And then they're both running around the backyard playing hot potato with one braincell?? That's Goku and Vegeta's relationship #and the way the anime sleeps on that dynamic is so fucking criminal especially when it's literally canon it's in print it's out there #you had the playbook how'd you fumble it this bad #anyway that's my 25+ year blorbo thoughts I love Geets a lot okay #And I love Goku in the manga a lot I'd forgotten that he's actually a great character when Toei's not fucking up his whole vibe

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ra-vio · 1 year

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I’m playing re4 (2005)

#resident evil 4 #re4 #leon kennedy #ashley graham #i originally only had them in the normal outfits but then i was like ashley should be in armor #i love ashleys armor. i think its the best thing ever. i didnt have trouble with maneuvering her around #but i love not having to worry about her. we are just friends trying to get home. my friend just happens to be indestructible #im trying to figure out if my laptop can run re4 2023 #i was going to just go through one playthrough and be done #but then i did adas route and then i went through normal again and then i decided i needed all the achievements so now im in professional

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nattousan · 1 month

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whe you, when You were just trying to put i n some extra effort to try adn improve yoursel f and it got misinterpreted as malicious n u get yell ed at

#i'm slow as SHIT at carving the wax when making the dentures #equally bc of time blindness and being meticulous #i am VERY aware of how slow i am and have been working my ass off to try and improve #so when i got told AGAIN that i needed to pick things up #i asked my sis who is also a lab tech how she carves her wax #so she vid called me on lunch to show me how she does it #SO TO TRY AND SHOW MY TRAINER THAT I WAS TRYING TO IMPROVE #i go #oh! my sister suggests i do this and that to improve!#and she gets SUPER MAD AT ME #she GROWLS #LISTEN #you can't keep calling your sister for every little thing #(i'd only done this one other time)#I'M your trainer NOT her #you need to STOP being so damn meticulous and just Pay Attention #and i've tried being patient with you but you need to pick it up #and i was just like #*see above image*#she did apologize later but i think she thought i was like....#trying to undermine her somehow??#by seeking outside help??#bc i'm neurodivergent and asking someone who knows how my brain works??#i know she was just having a bad day probably but having adhd means #Rejection Sensitivity Dysphoria #and so i went home like #aheem aheem whimper #nat chats #moi loif #neurodivergent

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carnivalcarriondiscarded · 10 months

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Weird AU idea: Crossover AU between Minecraft and Welcome Home. Those bitches gotta kill some dragon to get back home IDK. I can see many shenanigans with this concept

Mainly made this up because I had a dream the Warden from Minecraft and Julie Joyful met (Julie was not enthralled for obvious reasons) (tbh it was more a nightmare DX)

bold of you to assume their Goofy Asses could get anything done, let alone kill the ender dragon

#theyd get to the nether after 85 years of trying #only for wally to kill them all & destroy their progress by placing a bed #howdy would somehow have Everything They Need but he refuses to sell it unless they have reallly specific stupid items to trade #he's like a wandering trader but 100x Worse #frank would see something flying and go to look #frank: omg is that a butterfl- *Frank Frankly Has Been Slain By Vex*#barnaby would dig himself a dirt house and refuse to do anything more #eddie would be busy building an elaborate garden #julie'd collect every animal for funsies #sally would master redstone to create elaborate Entertainment Devices #poppy wouldn't leave her house or her 58 furnaces all of which are in use #wally would just sit at a loom and make pretty banners #and Nothing Would Get Done #even if they Tried to accomplish goals you and i both know #it would derail Immediately #theyre too silly.#rambles from the bog #welcome home au #If i get the motivation ill definitely scribble something for this #currently head is empty on what i'd doodle hence the Lack Of Art on this post #i just thought of the effort it'd take to like #scribble minecraft armor... tools... environment things... ouagh too much Too Much #tonight has tired me out :/#but yes... many shenanigans... feel free to share the shenanigans You have in Mind

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inkybinkyboink · 1 month

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urinetown headcanons (under the cut) while i wait for my headphones to charge >:)

there are. so many.

hope is a total plant mom

her place is like. decked OUT in plants. they are her pride and joy

just like. assume that they all have water. for now.

bobby does not get it. at all. but he's so supportive

bobby and hope get a puppy together and the puppy is scared of loud noises but so is bobby so when hope vacuums they hide in the broom closet together

officer lockstock watches drag race like an olympic sport. it's his version of like a laker's game or a yankees game or whatever

avid bianca del rio stan and i will die on that hill

no sorry i just gotta take a second to like.

lockstock 100% lives in like. your grandparents house. it's decorated the same way. blankets over chairs and couches, plants, LOTS of books, antiques, that sort of thing. vintage but like. humble?

officer barrel collects coins

you're gonna look at this man and tell me he doesnt collect coins?

you're lying

ms. pennywise is a tea fanatic

lesbian hot blades harry

little sally's favorite movie is Coraline

and she definitely takes apart toys and puts them back together to make little frankensteinian creatures like sid in toy story

lockstock would make a hella cool university english professor

tiny tom believes that the moon landing was faked

hope sews

ms pennywise's favorite book is definitely like wuthering heights or something

personally. i think. as someone who's played barrel. that were he given the opportunity to come to terms with his own identity, he would go and sincerely apologize to everyone he's hurt over the years.

like he probably wouldn't be forgiven, and i don't know if he deserves to be, but i think he would at least recognize the severity of his actions

lockstock taught little sally how to roller skate

little sally has an ant farm kit

caldwell b. cladwell has an eerie amount of world war 1 and 2 books.

mcqueen and millenium marathon euphoria together

fipp collects rocks and minerals

barrel lowkey knows how to cook a good ass meal

little becky two shoes is the type of person who you run into leaning against a wall smoking a cigarette while it's pouring rain and if you talk to her you're getting unskippable lore

kinda like your wine aunt but on drugs

little sally made lockstock a friendship bracelet once

idk i kinda feel like lockstock had a kid once and then they like. passed away or something. i just feel like lockstock has a tragic backstory but i dont know what it is

ma strong gets migraines and it got passed down to bobby

*chants* sick fics sick fics sick fics

ok i have a theory that the amenity numbers correspond with street numbers. so it's called amenity number nine because it's on ninth avenue. that way the numbers also still correspond to the quality of the toilets.

so the cops would have jurisdiction based on where the amenities are. that way it makes sense that they're the only two cops, because they only have jurisdiction in that particular area.

ok im done :)

#urinetown #k literally. i have upstairs neighbours and they are. so loud. all of the time. and me and my roommates have done everything we can to get #them to quiet down and they literally wont like its fucking sadistic man #anyways #my point is #i had earplugs and headphones on last night so i could sleep #and then my headphones died bc i had them on all night #and i realized that i left the charging cable at home which is like an hour drive away so i cant just go get it #and i need to clean my place and i cant do that without my headphones #so i had to go get a mfing charger from the store #and THATS why i had to wait for my headphones to charge :)

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hella1975 · 3 months

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just think this time tomorrow ill be publicly indecent in a spoons somewhere. i am so strong

#ONE MORE EXAM. WE CAN DO THIS. I WILL BE DONE IN LITERALLY LESS THAN 24 HOURS NOW #AND THEN THE NEXT EXAM SEASON ISNT UNTIL MAY. COME ON GIRL #we have such a fun plan for tomorrow though bc the consensus has just been 'we need to get fucking mangled after this exam'#like i havent been out-out in WEEKS the closest i came was the end of december for a hometown house party of all things #i didnt even go out for nye. let's all take a moment and consider the implications for someone like me NOT GOING OUT ON NYE #so i am OVERDUE a good night out and then on top of that ive had exams be SO fr #and also this is the first year where my main friendship group (i.e not my housemates but my actual social circle)#are ALL econ students like there's about five of us and we all do econ and yeah two of them ive been mates with since first year #(the girl is my best mate at uni and is always who im on about if i talk about a 'girl on my course' and the lad is the one i lived with #in first year and have kind of got a thing with now?) BUT THE OTHERS ARE NEW ADDITIONS AND THAT'S SO FUN #so we're ALL gonna tip out of that exam and then me and her are gonna go back to mine to get ready bc am i fuck doing make-up #before that exam. the STATES i have shown up in these past few days i think the invigilators are worried about me #and then we're meeting the lads at the pub and starting there and THEN going spoons bc it's me and the girl's tradition #(calling her just 'the girl' is so funny. woman 🫵) after exams to buy each other mystery shots at spoons and we HAVE to drink them #and then one of the lads really wants to go to a karaoke bar for some reason?? so that might be in my future #AND THEN we're going clubbing. im so ready. take me home vodka shots. the end is near please please please #hella goes to uni

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radioves · 1 year

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its quite shrimple actually

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puppyeared · 3 months

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for like 3 weeks i was wondering why i was sleeping so much and felt listless. and just now I managed to email 3 people and responded to a month old message in the span of an hour because I got back to TAKING MY FUCKIN MEDS..........

#MOTHER FFFFUCKER #to be fair. my doc said I could stop taking them while im on break since i wouldnt need to be constantly pumped on stimulants #im not sure if it was a side effect but i managed to take like 3 different naps in one day and STILL managed to sleep thru the whole night #at least 2 days into my break. the weird thing is i didnt feel more or less rested afterwards. but mentally i think im in a good place rn #to really put the level of awakeness im at rn i feel weirdly confident i could start one piece. also bc of that sick new opening it BANGS #the song is really good and im in love with the animation style. did some digging and it seems one of the lead animators is masato mori #but i could be wrong. it seems he also did some work on mp100 which could explain a lot lol.. he uses smear frames really well to convey #consistent movement and fluidity!!! someone else might have done color design but it works really really well esp with odas style!!#just love the overall vibe and aesthetic and id really love to study it and incorporate a bit of it into my art.. especially the thick #outlines which i think helps to separate characters and objects on screen. though i have to say the style is definitely more suited to #animation bc of the simpleness and smears. maybe that will help me explore shapes and perspective when i draw... i wanna get better #at drawing poses and angles but i have a hard time wrapping my head around space and using perspective guide lines NGHHHH #i wonder if it has to do with my dogshit ability to judge distance. not depth perception but like. judge how far smth is in metres etc #im also wearing an N95 for the first couple weeks back bc of the wave. absolutely NO BODY is wearing a mask its so fucking over #where im sitting ive heard 5 different people coughing probably not into their elbows!!! and im just. head in my fucking hands #there was a kid sitting a couple seats away in class coughing as he pleases and i wanted to grab him in a chokehold so badly. PLEASEE #ive been annoying my family by asking them to mask up and reminding them to bring masks when they go out and showing them news articles #but at least its working bc we ordered some KN95s and my mom is at least taking me seriously so. please dont be afraid to speak up abt your #health. take care of yourself and others however u can!! wear that mask indoors at your maskless friends house!!! stay home when u can!!#im wearing a surgical mask at home too bc my parents have '''a dry throat cough''' and they are so bad at coughing into their sleeves #also im pretty sure dry throat isnt transmissible bc my brother started coughing too so.. i also tested negative but they havent tested yet #im also not a doctor but i have to keep reminding ppl whenever i can that covid and flu work differently. covid is new and too recent to #have nearly as much research done on it. it seems its also compounding so instead of building immunity it weakens the body and spreads to #to other systems which might explain brain fog and muscle weakness. i remember someone early in the pandemic got infected and it messed up #their smell/taste receptors so bad that they cant eat most foods and that stays in the front of my mind when i think abt covid. christ #yapping

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chaoswillcalmusdown · 2 months

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once again back in the hospital in the gynecological surgery ward and this time i see several more nurses so it looks quite promising ngl

#let's pray i get this surgery done AND i get to go home #and that i won't need an epidural 🤞🏽#time to remove this endometrioma !!

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chibishortdeath · 6 months

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I think about this artwork of Christopher doing a spooky smile and the fact that the boss theme from The Adventure is called “Kill! Kill! Kill!” sometimes. I know his games don’t really give him a whole lot of characterization, but man I’m taking this as a character trait now lol. Serious, wholesome Mr. Dad Belmont himself can be a little sadistic if he wants to, like his job as a vampire hunter a little too much maybe—

Belmonts are allowed to be a little scary sometimes I think :3

#castlevania #castlevania games #text post #art post #my art #christopher belmont #Castlevania the adventure #Belmont’s Revenge #hehehehe I need to draw the Belmonts getting to be a little scary sometimes more often #they are hunters after all #their whole duty in life is to kill things to protect people #I like to think maybe Christopher didn’t defeat Dracula properly because he was just too sure it would work #not in a cocky overconfident way just like #I go do my job the job gets done situation over #probably also when you beat the hell out of something you expect it to be dead for real lol #and he was only the second person to deal with Dracula technically and he didn’t do that last time so #out of all of the Belmonts I think Christopher probably genuinely had a little fun his first time through lol #he probably just did his job and went back home into the family house woods and kept to himself mostly #15 years go by and then it’s like uh oh Drac is back in town—#it’s kinda interesting how every Belmont seems to have some kind of bloodlust or something similar tho #Leon holding a grudge against ‘you and the night’#Trevor and whatever all that was in Curse of Darkness like geez bro chill #Christopher seeming a little too into killing bosses lol #Soleil got possessed oops #Simon idk how to explain him in one tag lol #Juste doesn’t actually really have it he gets a pass #Richter and uh well the everything #Julius being kinda really pushy about that ‘I’ll kill you if you go drac mode soma’ lol #yeah like again Juste gets a pass he is a wonderful pure boy in this instance #anyway Christopher propaganda please spread please please-

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elegyofthemoon · 2 months

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I'm getting the feeling that I'll be seeing a lot of Zionists' comments on my posts unfortunately, but I'll inform everyone about them if you want to block and move on

This was off my strike posts earlier

If you missed the last one I had posted

Let's not forget that Israel refused HAMAS's deal to release hostages, by the way.

And just the other day, I found out that Israel's always had a plan for ethnic cleansing and recommend everyone to look into what's known as Plan Dalet created back in 1948.

Peace was never in Israel's plans -- genocide was.

Reminder: Bisan has called for marches for Ceasefire between today to the 20th, and there is an ongoing strike that started today extending to the 25th.

#free palestine #palestine #free gaza #gaza #ceasefire now #ceasefire #i know syrma and i were talking about it before #about how it sounds like zionists are also getting hired to posts and counter or whatever #which i don't really understand in full tbh #but i thought to use this opportunity also to talk about palestine more #and about how this has been going on since 1948 #if all else i feel like you need to at least know plan dalet #my friend and i from home are listening to an audio book called 'the ethnic cleansing of palestine' by ilan pappe #who is actually an israeli historian but he talks about all of israel's plans for how to conquer palestine #i'm still not done with it and i want to proceed further with it but i've been busy #anyways #i don't exactly have the energy to combat every single zionists comment on my posts #i feel like i only run into them by accident but i'm gonna try to not waste my energy to argue #there's better places to use that energy. like informing yall on some history and talking about marches/strikes #anyways i hope everyone's doing their part the best they can

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kozidraws · 5 months

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Between my two jobs I'm working 17 days straight. I'm on day 9 and I'm already struggling haha.

#transport money is going QUICK omg #much regret that they're both retail jobs #because let me tell you #some customers have been so hostile #last night was the first time I came home and had a mini breakdown #I hate this time of year so much #and like one of my jobs is right in front of a kids playground so I am constantly hearing kids screaming #next year I need to get out of retail #so done

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arsonist-chicken · 7 months

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So my new annoying flatmates added me to a cleaning plan app, which like... I clean when I clean, when it's necessary, not when you two barely-adults moving into a new flat with no respect for the person already living there tell me to, but also.... "clean kitchen (including windows, oven, fridge) and wipe ALL surfaces!!", "dust shoe cabinet, clean door etc." what. what does that mean. why should I clean the DOOR. or dust the shoe cabinet. weekly. NONE of these things are things you do weekly. Or like, they can, I guess, but I sure as hell won't.

#does anyone want annoying as fuck rude respectless flatmates who come home and spend the first ten minutes complaining about something #or another that they deem not clean or not done right or whatever and also think shampoo in the shower and a toothbrush in a cup by the sin #are unhygienic and that you don't need a coat rack by the door? i have two to get rid of #they also have vaccuuming and mopping on the plan which .... i vacuum about twice a week I think when it's necessary #but i definitely do not mop weekly. or even monthly. or ever. i've lived here two years and have never once mopped the floor and it's fine #ALSO ALSO they wanted to do it so that whoever's vaccuuming and mopping is doing that in all the rooms. including each bedroom.#what the actual hell. i'm not going into their rooms and I will stab and maim anyone who even touches my door without permission #this is MY space and no one else looks at it or goes in it or touches anything in there but me or friends i have explicitly invited to visi #mine #jess' flatmate rants #<< because i'm sure there'll be many more posts to come by me about them

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