Kintsukuroi//A Change of Heart, Sonali Dev//It’s Your Time (paraphrased), Joel Osteen//Black water, Of Monsters and Men//Hold the girl, Rina Sawayama//Hwaa, (g)i-dle
Is Eric’s jacket older than some of you reading this? Is it so sun faded that the black colour looks closer to rust? Has it been patched up multiple times?
Well, yeah.
But does it still jacket? Absolutely.
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This happened to us recently and it kind of just made both of us laugh! Still not completely sure why we were snubbed.
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Oh hey unrelated: Have you gotten my book yet? Pick up “How To Completely Lose Your Mind” wherever you find books (or directly from us at one of our live events).
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MUSIC IS NOT MINE! CREDITS: SHPONGLE - DIVINE MOMENTS OF TRUTH
beware of sped-up ASMR sandpaper sounds :D
kintsugi
2020
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a faux kintsugi project i did back in 2020. since it is not a dish, but a tea light holder, i used regular universal glue. This is a process video.
meditative…
💛REPAIRED💛 thank you!!
In few words, the screen was broken (like inside! Don’t ask me how because we don’t know. They told me the connection with the system and the screen was broken).
So, they replaced the screen!
My battery it’s still not very good (it’s a pretty old phone) but I will wait for the iPhone14 and continue the goal for a new photo shoot and lingerie!
The pain I feel because of my parents is the kind that makes my skin go numb, my eyes go blank, and makes me want to cry the kind of incoherent wailing and screaming in pain until I vomit or pass out.
My work boots are the most expensive shoes I’ve ever owned.
Also the most comfortable. I chose them after trying on several different brands and comparing lifespan vs usage vs comfort - I needed them for a physically demanding job, not the weekend hiking trails. I could have easily chosen cheaper boots that would have lasted long enough to be worth their low price, but I know the Sam Vimes Boot Theory and knew weaker, less comfortable boots would make my life harder in the long run.
So when the outside edge of the heel started wearing down after three years of heavy use I went to the shop I got them from and said “hey this is a common problem for me with how I walk but now it’s affecting my ankles and knees and I don’t wanna have to buy a new pair, is there a way to fix this?”
The salesman at this very fancy upscale boot store said “oh yeah, there’s a shoe repair place that can give you some heel guards - it’ll keep the rubber from wearing out.”
So at 8am this morning right after my 9hr shift ends I went to the shoe repair shop and it is the most hole-in-the-wall, is-this-a-real-business-or-a-mafia-front, am-I-gonna-get-shot tiny cinder block cube I’ve ever seen in my life. I grew up plenty poor and love me a good hole-in-the-wall business, but going from upscale store to this cash-only repair shop gave me whiplash. Wasn’t expecting this when a guy who wears three piece suits to sell boots said it’s the best place to go.
The skinny kid behind the counter looks somehow 16 and 25 at the same time, but when I tell him this place was recommended he smiles and says to hand over my boots. I hand him the vaguely warm foot-smelling boots, and stand in my socks in the 3’ square entryway surrounded by every color leather polish you could buy and watch as he turns my boots around in his hands, sizes up a crescent moon bits of plastic, and unceremoniously hammers tiny nails through them before handing them back.
The heels are perfectly level again. I can walk without almost rolling my ankles. They don’t clack loudly on the pavement or feel different. This is gonna fix my knee pain. It cost $10.
This kid had every tool he needed within arms reach, worked fast and smoothly, I was in and out the door in less than 8 minutes, and it only cost $10.
I didn’t think anything could cost only $10 anymore. I’m so used to hyperinflation prices I was spiritually thrown back to the 1400’s visiting the cobbler in town square. This kid might have been that cobbler and just decided to never die.
I’m still reeling from the whiplash, and gobsmacked at the price, and thrilled I didn’t have to go buy new, worse work boots (cuz I don’t have that kind of money for a second pair, I’m expecting these ones to last a decade) and it feels like I just experienced one of the rare little chunks of magic that floats around our world.
The trick to Israels counter attack would be to hit borders of Irans infrastructure ! ! Streets, railways, airfields that are used to enter or leave Iran that are NOT populated to be stricken and disrupted for days or even weeks to let nothing in or out of Iran along with the sanctions should send a message to Arab Leaders with minimum casualties ! !