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(also, stop buying art from target and ikea and Home Decor stores.
please just stop.
if you want a basic something or other for your home, and you have one person in your life who knows how to draw/make/paint things. Ask them if they wouldn't mind painting a picture of a sunset or creating some abstract squares etc for you. and pay them. not target.
i can almost guarantee they will say yes.)
#like oh you need a beach for your bathroom???#please let me make one for you#do not go to ikea or whatever and get a BEACH photo#please don't.#i know its convenient#but like.#support artists!#in all shapes and sizes!#i have a collection i put out every september called The Basics#so people have an opportunity to buy Basic stuff and not my weird stuff#and half the money goes towards pediatric cancer!#and i guarantee almost all other artists you know too will do this#or something along the same vein
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Car Maintenance
My personal rules for my car:
NO eating in the car. First, it is lame let's be honest. Go somewhere to sit and eat while enjoying the view. The dashboard is not a nice view! Secondly, it produces a LOT of smells and dirt and mess, no matter how careful you are.
If I pick up takeout to eat, I never pick at it and wait till I'm home or somewhere else appropriate to eat. If you worry about it going cold, put it in a lunchbox. It keeps stuff cold but it also can keep stuff hot!
ALWAYS leave the backseat completely free. All stuff goes to the back. You never know when you'll have people hopping in your car! And you'll not feel embarassed!
Always be mindful of what maintenance to do. Changing oil, changing filters, changing the tires etc. You never want a issue rolling at 100kmh on the highway!! Basic maintenance is essential and gives you some peace of mind.
Keep an emergency kit, in the back! Mine has a good blanket (winters here are cold!), Some waterproof matchsticks, some dry food, a few water bottles, a first care kit, a foldable knife, candle and some jumper cables.
Car care routine:
Every two weeks, I check the doors the under-seats, the back for stuff that should be thrown away or restored elsewhere. I like a nice car that's free from clutter! That generally takes me 5-10 minutes. I also take this opportunity to shake out the car carpets, if need be.
Every month, I vacuum everywhere, from the front to the back. I clean the windows, I clean the dashboard, the handles, everywhere hands can touch. Then, once done I go at the car cleaning station, so the outside is cleaned and polished. I dont have the time nor energy to do that, so the small 10$ price is an excellent deal!
Again, every month I buy a drawer scent pocket at my local florist to place in my car. It is intended for drawers but I think they work wonderfully for cars, and there's no weird chemically scent that turns me off. The small trees are most guilty of this!
Every year, maybe twice a year, I loan a carpet shampoo machine and deep scub my seats, all the dirt and dust baked in gets lifted off. The car feels SO fresh! Leave the windows open afterwards so the excess humidity evaporates off.
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Okay, okay! I'll tell you why I went to Hope's Peak in the first place. Just... promise me you won't tell anyone about the reasons why I wanted to attend there, okay? It's kinda sensitive for me to say.
Absolutely. I swear that I won't tell any part of this to anybody besides you and me, alright? Now what are the main reasons of why'd you decided to attend Hope's Peak in the first place?
Well, it's not that complicated. I mean, I first started out as a mechanic cuz my family ran a bike shop. We didn’t have a lotta work or money, and oftentimes, we were balancing between makin' a decent living for ourselves, and almost on the verge of going broke. So I just spent time taking stuff apart and puttin’ it together to impress potential customers, to help my folks with the expenses that we'd often had to pay for buying stuff.
I always just kinda made stuff for me, y’know? I had my own ideas and I wanted to make ‘em. But my folks always got pissed at me over it, calling ‘em "worthless toys," and saying that I ain't gonna make a career buildin' anything besides bikes. And that's not to mention the issues going on at home.
Family issues? No offense, but I'd never taken you for a guy who has parental issues, considering how laidback you seem to be.
It’s a lot to go into, but…well, my mom wasn’t a great…anything
She was kind of a stalker who followed Dad through high school, but nobody else wanted to date him, so the two of them just sorta ended up together. And when they did, she didn’t even let him look at other women. Not even ones he wasn’t interested in.
And she didn’t do much to help him around the house or improve our situation. He ran the bike shop, did the cooking, cleaning, and just…a lot of things for me. He was stressed out a lot of the time, and so…he kinda took it out on me. I don’t blame him though.
Mom hardly gave a shit about me anyway. If I was a girl, maybe she’d be better to me, maybe she’d have been worse. I dunno.
However, they finally got divorced back in 2008, and since then, things started to improve for me and Dad. We ended up makin' more money than we used to thanks to a genius advertising campaign I'd come up with for the bike shop. The amount of money that we've raised was sizeable enough that we were able to move out of the cruddy apartment we'd been living in since I was a child.
So, we settled on making a livin' in the countryside, bought this gorgeous, summer vacation house, and even started up our own automotive repair shop to pay off the expenses that came up when we'd moved in. At the same time though, there was this nagging, weird feeling in the back of my head.
I couldn't quite put down what I was feeling, but then I realized that I felt obligated to owe my dad something in compensation for all the hard work and sacrifices he'd put in to make sure I had a healthy upbringing, even if it means dealing with my crappy excuse of a mom. The problem is, I didn't know how to repay him for all of that. After all, he'd always exclude me from doin' most of the work, calling me young and inexperienced when it came to handling bigger projects.
But, when I overheard that a talent scout from Hope's Peak was searching for people with skilled talents like me, I decided to sign up for the opportunity to attend not only because I like makin' and fixin' things, but also to prove a point to my old man that I'm capable of taking over the family business once he retires, and trying my hardest to impress him. I was excited to be enrolled there... sorta.
Oh?
Hope's Peak... isn't what it's cracked up to be. Behind this mask of politeness and sincerity, the school is packed with racist, selfish, rotten, jerkasses who'll basically do nothin' more than betray each other for the pettiest of reasons. And the teachers aren't any better, teaching us that talent is everything we're supposed to live up to in society, or how commies are the new Nazis or something comparable to that.
At the same time, I didn't really bother to pay attention to all of that political crap and occasionally ignored it whenever I could. All I was concerned about was impressing my dad and creating some sweet, radical, gadgets for everyday use.
While we're on the subject of Hope's Peak, how exactly did your dad officially react to you attending Hope's Peak? He must've been overjoyed to hear that you got recognized as being part of an elite group of talented people, right?
...!
S-Souda-kun? What's with that terrified expression on your face? Did something happen between you and your dad?
... See, my old man's really not a bad person, but he's not what I would've liked to call the calmest person that I've known. Even though he and Mom had been divorced for four years now, he hasn't really recovered from the aftereffects of the divorce. Probably affected him a whole more than I'd thought. But when he figured out that I was attending Hope's Peak... it wasn't gonna end well for both of us.
The moment I'd arrived home, he started yelling at me to my face, gettin' pissed off over how I'd never explained to him that I was attending the academy, which is understandable. What wasn't was when he started to insult and mock the rest of the student body, calling them "low-life bigoted freaks that only embody the absolute worst of society" and how Hope's Peak is nothing more than a school shoving down vile, shitty propaganda about talents and white supremacy, while being run by corrupt, greedy assholes.
Looking back, it's perfectly clear to see that he wasn't wrong about this school and how it works, but back then, I was too stupid and naive to even listen to whatever damm reasons he'd had, and I certainly wasn't going to take his insults laying down, after I just built a career for myself. It all escalated into a full-blown argument about me attending.
However, I took it one step too far when I called him a drunken coward, calling him out for all of his crappy mistakes as a father, and then... I brought up the whole divorce situation that happened a while back. Out of all the stuff I've said to him that day, bringing up the divorce was the last straw for him, and he...he...
He slapped me... hit me so damm hard that I collapsed to the floor, holding my cheek, all red. My dad kinda always had a particular habit of taking his anger out on me whenever he was stressed... but this hurt way more than the other times it'd happen... at least back then, he didn't directly call me a failure... an embarrassment... and wished that I'd never was born...
#danganronpa#sdr2#super danganronpa 2#kazuichi souda#hajime hinata#a tale never told#DR#twlight syndrome arc#ask#spyrkle4#anonymous
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My Personal Evan Buckley Headcanons
Part 1/?
He’s a public menace to society when showing how much he loves you. He will grab your face and kiss the life out of you when you’re in the middle of a conversation with Hen at the firehouse, he’ll scoop you up and carry you bridal style when you’re just trying to find almond milk at the grocery store, and if the opportunity presents itself, he will 100% be grabbing your ass in plain view of everybody when you’re out on the town together
Buys duplicates of his favorite hoodies but still in the same size so you can still steal them without leaving him without one. Sometimes you’ll both wear the same hoodie accidentally, and the entire Fire Fam pretends to vomit at the domesticity
He loves dancing in the kitchen with you to “Put Your Head On My Shoulder” by Paul Anka at 2 in the morning when he can’t sleep, because holding you as close to him as possible and swaying back and forth helps him calm his crazy trains of thought enough to go to sleep
He buys little cheap trinkets when he’s out because he thinks you’ll like them. You have an entire memento box full of the little doodads he brings you, from mini slinkies to tiny snow globes to tiny stuffed animals that are meant to be hooked on a backpack
You convince him to start journaling to get all of his thoughts out of his head and onto paper, and whenever you see him scribbling away in the little journal you got him, you can’t help but smile to yourself
He tries to take you roller skating for a date exactly once because he almost ends up in the emergency room with a concussion. The poor man is absolutely terrible on skates, and he ate it multiple times until you finally put him out of his misery and made him take you to get milkshakes
He’s just the teensiest bit touch-starved, so if there is an opportunity to put his hands on you (in both everyday and nsfw scenarios), he’s going to take it. Hugs from behind, putting an arm around your shoulder or waist, peppering kisses all over your face, trapping you in a cuddle session on the couch, all the physical affection
He’s allergic to llama wool, but he didn’t know that until the first time he went to a petting zoo in LA that had llamas and he broke out in a rash after petting one. He can do alpacas though, which he thought was weird because he thought they were basically the same animal until he googled the difference between them
He loves doing matching couples costumes on Halloween with you. One year you guys went as Jack Skellington and Sally from The Nightmare Before Christmas, and it was a big hit (the amount of time you guys spent doing and then taking off your makeup should be a world record)
He’d never admit it, but he loves a good session of “hate-watching”, where you two sit and find the worst show you can think of to just sit and talk shit about the entire time you’re watching. The most recent victim was Dawson’s Creek because he can’t stand how annoying all the characters are. He does love the memes though, and uses the GIF of Dawson's ugly crying face all the time
He desperately wants a dog, but his apartment complex doesn’t allow them. Once you two get married and move to the suburbs (Hen and Karen are your two-doors-down neighbors), he finally gets his dog. You guys adopt a little golden retriever puppy from a nearby shelter and name him Doug, and that dog becomes the goofiest guard dog to your future kids you could ever ask for
He throws things at people when he's bored, but they're usually very harmless things that are more annoying than anything else. TicTacs, chips, pens, socks, balled-up straw wrappers, popcorn, stuff like that. One time he absolutely beaned you with a boba pearl, and it very nearly exploded all over your face. He slept on the couch that night
Everytime he sees you interact with a kid, he gets INTENSE Baby Fever. The younger the kid, the more intense it is. Like, if you guys are watching Christopher for Eddie, and Buck looks over from the kitchen to see you and Chris doing a puzzle or something, his heart swells a little and he gets that fuzzy feeling in the pit of his stomach. When you guys are on a call and he sees you holding a baby while the mom is getting examined by Hen and Chim, it takes every ounce of self-control he has to not whisk you back to your place away from prying eyes, if ya know what I mean *wink wonk*
He is a firm believer in Lazy Sundays, so when the both of you have Sunday off, it takes no convincing from him to stay in bed until noon snuggling (or doing something else *cough cough*). When you eventually drag yourselves out of bed, you don’t bother getting dressed and just veg out on the couch the rest of the day
He knows how to play the guitar, but the only songs he can play are “Wonderwall” by Oasis and “Good Riddance” by Green Day. He’s working on learning other songs, but right now that’s it
Sometimes he accidentally uses your hair products in the shower when he’s still half-asleep and not paying any attention, and then you tease him all day because “I’m the one with the good hair in this relationship, Buckley, quit trying to steal my thunder”. You play with his hair all day though, so he considers it a win
He knows he messed up when you call him by his real first name, because like everybody else you always call him Buck, Buckley, or some goofy variation on “Buck”. But when you call him “Evan”, he knows he’s in for it
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February
Hello, February was stressful but okay. The last months I picked a song to listen to parallel to reading but I literally didn’t listent to new songs this month.
Book
Krabat from 1971 is a short novel by Otfried Preußler based on an old sorbian story. It describes 3 years in Krabats life in which he originally wants a summer job at a mill but then accidentally does dark magic. The audio book is only 3 hours long, one for each year, and is on youtube for free. It’s narrated by the author who describes scary or fantastical moments is such a casual manner that sometimes makes me want to scream at him, but also really adds to the mood of the books and Krabats seemingly dead-end situation. After finishing I found out that they built some sort of themed area in the place the story is set. There you can find all sorts of fun attractions for kids like a haunted mill, places of deaths of the characters, a sunken carriage and a graveyard. You can also rent the location for company events or weddings so you already know what I’m gonna do.
Movie
This month I went to my first cult movie screening. I saw a very cleaned up version of Rocky Horror as a play before which was also filled with audience participation but seeing The Room in a small old Viennese theatre with drunk students for its 20th anniversary was just so much better. I love the concept of audience participation and am kind of sad so few movies got the cult status needed for it. For this movie there are a bunch of callbacks pointing out weird details, famous lines you can quote, props like spoons or footballs you can throw or you can just scream at the characters for being so fucking stupid. Some people even came in a suit. I think after like two decades of going to the cinema this was my favorite experience. In an age of Netflix I really think this is how you keep cinema and communal watching alive.
Game and Videos
A double feature category! I started playing Animal Crossing: New Horizons again. I already had like 300 hours in this game and thought I was through with it, but then I started watching the Amanda Files and she got me hooked. The first video of her I saw she visited some horror themed island and described the plot of Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 in her valley girl voice and it’s the funniest thing I ever heard. She could talk about literally anything for 2 hours and I would listen to her while playing animal crossing.
Website
I didn’t know what to call the category because it’s not really about the website but more about the concept of buying second hand directly from people. The vintage fashion thing got so big over the last few years that especially in Vienna second hand stores are selling the stuff so overpriced that even if you only do it for environmental reasons you just can’t afford it anymore. But after I got two harmonicas second hand earlier this year I really started looking through willhaben religiously. This month I picked up a table only like 4 minutes away for 20€ and two days later I sold my old one for the same amount. If you live in an area where a lot of people are using it and you have a friend to carry stuff this is such a cool opportunity to basically just swap your stuff for free if you play your cards right. Now every few weeks on my lunch break I go somewhere, pick up a picture for 3€ and get in a little walk. Highly recommend it!
#february#february favorites#krabat#otfired preußler#the room#tommy wiseau#cult cinema#animal crossing#animal crossing new horizons#second hand#neue deutsche welle
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Okay kiddos, it's time for another round of The Babbit Overthinks stuff. AKA, Babbit Rambling.
Today's subject: The scene in Reunion: Providence The Sound of Thunder season 2 where everybody gets shot but Wu Erjing.
Interested? Follow me below the cut.
The basics of the scene are simple enough. Jiao captures several of the resistance fighters, including Bai Haotian, at least one of her fellow Warehouse 11 people, Wu Erjing, Huo Daofu and Liu Sang. And he proceeds to demand the traitor to Wu Erbai reveal himself so they can be rewarded and the others killed. In a moment of craven cowardice, Liu Sang tries to claim he's the one, only to have Wu Erjing speak up and take that role for himself. After which, everyone else gets shot and left sprawled in the sand.
Now, of course, we soon find out that the whole thing was a setup intended to force the traitor to reveal himself to a disguised Wu Erbai. Our gang is still alive and just fine. Jiao manages to turn the tables on Wu Erbai, unfortunately, and Wu Erjing uses the opportunity to paralyze his former boss so he can go back and claim, heh, no, it wasn't me. I knew what was going on all along. (Sure you did.)
And the gang accepts this and just moves on because, well, time's wasting and there's lots of other things to be done still.
My problem is that this scene doesn't make a lot of sense. The only two really likely traitors are Wu Erjing and Liu Sang. The other captives were all with Wu Xie and in no position to betray information to Boss Jiao. So why were they even there, except as tools to prove to the traitor that 'Jiao' was serious? It also elides over a certain character's specialization.
Or does it?
Later in the same season, when the gang are back in the land of OSHA violations, Liu Sang tells 'Jiang Zisuan' that he knows the man is Wu Xie because he knows Wu Xie's heartbeat. This means he can identify people just by listening. Moreover, he's been with Wu Erbai's team for some time now, long enough to know what Ershu's heart sounds like. In other words, Wu Erbai's Jiao disguise is useless around Liu Sang.
This means Liu Sang either thinks Wu Erbai has gone gaga and really is going to murder everyone to find the traitor, or he understands this is a ploy to force the traitor to talk.
Now, he has to know it's ridiculous to assume anyone from Wu Xie's team are the traitor. Boss Jiao would know better, because the traitor has to be close to Wu Erbai to be effective. So they're there to provide verisimilitude to an otherwise weak and unconvincing narrative.
More importantly, he knows the people 'Boss Jiao' shot aren't dead. Their hearts have to be beating and their lungs still drawing air. And that means he knows he probably won't die if he gets shot.
So why does he try to claim the loser spot of traitor? I think he did it to nudge Wu Erjing into speaking up. Wu Erjing isn't talking because he's suspicious of the whole setup; it is weird of Boss Jiao to be doing this, after all. But Liu Sang might come up with a convincing lie that would mean Wu Erjing would be the one killed. So, in a moment of panic, he speaks up and everyone else buys a paintball.
Another clue to Liu Sang's attitude comes after Wu "Mr. Smooth" Erjing comes back and pretends that he and Wu Erbai were working together and everything's fine, really, totally not the traitor. He watches the man with a distrustful expression. One that strongly suggests that he suspects, possibly knows, Wu Erjing is the traitor. That he doesn't speak up may be to protect Wu Erbai, whose life is in Wu Erjing's hands now.
So, yeah. I don't think he was being a craven coward in that scene. I think he was trying (and succeeding) in playing along.
(I also think that wasn't the best way to get Wu Erjing's confession, but this is a Lost Tomb plot. One can only do so much.)
#dmbj#reunion: the sound of the providence#dmbj adjacent#the babbit rambles#scene analysis#for fun and no profit#this is why I wrote the latest QYHL!Sang chapter the way I did though#honestly by then I think Wu Erbai probably guessed the truth and didn't want to believe it#too convoluted a trap 3 out of 5#they're just lucky Wu Erjing panicked and talked
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Hey there! Emma-Chan here :D
I just saw your Milestone 10.0 options and I‘ve been searching for an opportunity like this for so. Damn. Long. You won‘t believe it! Anyways: Idrk how it works like- do I just have to tell some things about myself and then you‘ll pick a character? I hope I got it right, if not I‘ll message you about it to inform myself better! :] Okay so, my personality is kind of weird tbh 😅 I‘d say that I‘m a very kind person at times, also very generous. If I see a lost kid in a village (or an adult that seems lost) I‘ll go to them and ask if they are okay, hoping I can help in some way. I also greet a lot of ppl to make their day a little better, because it also makes me happy, knowing I made others happy. Even for a split second! Anyone could use some extra happiness…
On the other hand I sometimes tend to get angry quickly as well. For example when I‘m training and would be breathing heavily due to exhaustion, I‘d be very close to screaming and just tearing everything apart in my reach because I want to be able to do so much more, I want to have better stamina, be stronger and be capable of so much more than now… And my rage is often mixed together with sadness or frustration so I start to cry rather quickly as well. If I bump into someone while running, I‘m the one that ends up on the ground, trying my best to not cry.
I am fucking touch starved yet very affectionate. If I had a partner (hoping for Tanjiro) I‘d definitely jump on their back sometimes, hold hands, hug them at least 20 times a day and give them kisses in their face, on their hands- anywhere!
I like dancing and singing (Not a flex but I can swing my body like a snake like- it‘s such a smooth motion and I‘d love to show my partner my Dances from time to time) and can act childish at times. If I accomplished something I throw my hands up in the air and shout „YAY!!“ not caring who‘s watching because nobody gives a shit about it anyways. Or when someone says I‘m wrong I either get angry at them or (when I‘m calm which happens rarely) I say „you‘re right, sorry for assuming wrong“ and just go on about my day. I‘m spending a lot of time overthinking stuff so I‘d probably end up going to my partner for comfort or train or make something for my partner. Like a poem, some lyrics of a song or just buy something from a town nearby.
If my partner accomplished something, for example during training, I‘ll run up to them once they are done and give them a big hug and smooches on the face 😌
Ofc there are moments where I am worried when we aren‘t on missions together (bc I‘d totally be a demon slayer) Basically all the time when we don‘t see each other.
My partner would probably have to be around me at almost all times because I don‘t like loud noise and get scared of them easily, I mean like- I panic when I see a balloon and I‘m walking around it at the fastest rate possible (and also very far from it if I can) Another fear I have are spiders. Someone just has to say the word and I get images of them, having some black outs and my body shakes uncontrollably. I also am unable to communicate in these moments. I tend to sweat whether quickly and much so I often tend to avoid holding hands while walking around unless it‘s winter because I don’t want to make my partner‘s hands wet :( When together with me: Expect me to give you compliments at all times! 🤗 If my partner is up for that: I‘d definitely take them out sometime. A nice stargazing date or just a calming walk under the sun. I want to give my partner as much affection as I want to revive, if not even more! I tend to make friends quickly whenever I speak to someone and find them nice, we‘ll end up chatting the whole time. (One of my friends said that I‘m famous because I know multiple people from a different class-) I also tend to have a crazy side, only with my bestie tho. We‘d definitely be making crazy sounds, I‘d be the one cussing everyone out and she gets some weird sounding ideas which we end up doing. The two of us are great entertainment honestly xD. I also show my partner a lot of stuff like: Look what I did, A poem! What do you think? (Then comes their opinion)
If someone talks about me behind my back, I‘ll definitely notice at some point but won‘t say anything to the person, unless I‘m mad at them. Then I‘ll be like: „Oh yea? Game on b*tch. Say it to my face.“ So my partner would also have to keep me from getting into fights:,) I feel like a puppy because I am fucking clingy and would 1000000000% cling to my partner whenever I see them.
Guess I‘ll just also say my sexuality and gender cause why not? 😅
I‘m pansexual and trigender! (Female, male and non-binary) and my pronouns are also all of these pronouns (he/she/they) 😁💞
Anyways, I pretty much think that‘s it if you need more, just text me! And I really hope this isn‘t to detailed or specific… (God how badly I‘m praying for some Tanjiro Headcanons 😩🙏) But ofc no pressure, though that doesn‘t sound like it, I mean it. I‘m just saying what I‘m hoping for. I‘d rlly love to receive either Tanjiro, Zenitsu, Nezuko or Kanao! So Imma go off now and hope for it :D
Byeee, Hope you have a great day/night and sry for writing an awful lot 😭🙏
~Emma-Chan<3 (Also an anon from now on! 😁💞👌)
MILESTONE 10.0
💞: Kamado Tanjirou
does his best to fall asleep after you — out of affection, protectiveness, and sheer competitiveness. The one time you thought he fell asleep first, he'd actually set an alarm to wake himself up an hour later (he does his best to wake up before you too, because how else is he supposed to take adorable photos of you drooling?).
blushes any and every time you compliment him. From winking playfully at him to outright telling him, "You're wonderful," he swears his cheeks are stained a permanent pink (of course, yours are stained too, "Hello lovely sweetheart," being his favorite way to greet you).
researches elaborate recipes for your Friday date nights — oftentimes ending in spaghetti or peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, because turns out preparing puffer fish isn't fit for a novice chef... Not to mention your neighbor politely ringing your doorbell midway through the evening (they thought something was Seriously wrong, when in fact you were simply screaming as Tanjirou chased you with a spoonful of mystery sauce that, "I promise it's edible!").
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I’ve had a hard time finding cute blogs or YouTube channels that are homemaking while also being chill? You know? I thought I found some but always ended up leaving because they’ll make comments against liberals - being political or go full on “I believe race mixing is unethical :) god bless!” - or something similar. I followed this one girl on youtube and at first she was cute about homemaking. I don’t care about “improving femininity” cause I think that’s a scam tbh. But while she did talk about, it was her homemaker stuff I loved. Then I found out that she was featured and like a lot of white supremacy/“save the white race” content online. A lot of it. I don’t k ow what makes domestic communities like homemaking/sewing/cooking/etc attract really awful hateful people and even fetishists
Yeah, that's something that I noticed. Many Western go to the trad lifestyle as some sort of political cope rather a genuine interest for a more simple authentic lifestyle.
Which is pretty weird because traditional lifestyle is the most.... politically neutral statement ever? Like, most people on this earth live traditionally regardless of their race. Trad lifestyle is pretty much the defaut. Sure people will have TV and electrical appliances, but they still go to the market everyday to do their grocery bc they hardly have a fridge, cultivate their own food/have their own cattle for subsistence, and have a very simple lifestyle circling around family and religion. My mom bought a fridge for my family in Congo and they hardly used it because they didn't see the point lol they preferred going to the market, and buy the food they needed for the day. It's a whole different mindset actually.
Back to White supremacists nationalists: they're really delusional to think that going trad is remotely going to have any impact politically. Since I'm from Europe, it's a well known thing that the European parliament (which is not elected by citizens lol) is now more powerful than our own president and they pretty much can do whatever they want. They're for example responsible for the encouraging mass immigration (regardless of what the citizens of countries want) so basically popping pure White™ babies and living recluse in a farm isn't going to help in any way to keep Europe White... That's why supremacists are bounded to fail.
And that's precisely why I've always said that stockpiling guns was stupid and pointless. Like, what's their end goal? Living their life in fear of having a darkie getting too close of them? There will be a war anyway, it's unavoidable. And as Christian we shouldn't be involved in that mess. Going trad is pointless if you're not spiritually yoked with God. Only God will grant you the serenity of feeling good in your life and peace of mind (despite trials and hardship).
Don't you find interesting that as removed from society (and darkies) they are, those people ALWAYS have a tip on their shoulder and seem always bothered and anxious about anything? (the survival of their race, of their culture, mass immigration, shoehorning their obsession with the Blacks/Muslim at any opportunity...) NONE OF THAT MATTERS IN THE EYES OF GOD. Actually God is very cheeky; He might actually Save a bunch of these "invaders" to make His point ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (Nebuchadnezzar anyone?) That's what's so funny with Christian White supremacist, they somehow think they have the monopoly on Christianity....when Europe itself has been converted. Do they think Europeans woke up and suddenly accepted Christ? No, it happened through the migration of population (apostles traveled A LOT), and yes, race mixing (the apostle Timothy was mixed FYI, half Greek half Jew). Even in France churches are surviving thanks to the Christian subsaharian populations who are attending in masses. There are some Whites of course, but you'll notice most of the time they are friends or relatives of Black believers. In France, many White preachers are married with Black women.. it makes sense bc Christian subsaharian African communities are a HUGE driving force into Chrsitian conversion and fellowship in France. And I think God knows what He's doing by making it happen through this migration movement.
Meanwhile, where are the White Christians who have to protect the uwu Christian White Europe? NOWHERE. They talking about "preserving White culture" day and night when on the practical field they do nothing. They're only whining on the internet and thinking growing apples in their garden and selling merch makes them political activists. Give me a break.
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9 May 2247
What exactly am I supposed to spend money on?
I live in one of the garden habs in Earth's L2 swarm. My basic income from the city has always covered my real needs and left me with enough to buy drinks and go to the occasional show. The robots do almost all the work anyway, so pretty much all the stuff I could ever want is basically free.
So when I took a job at a new company a few years ago, I agreed to take my pay in shares. I mean why not? Well the boss did something right, or maybe wrong, and our little company got bought. My share's pretty big. Like over a decade's worth of my stipend big.
So what exactly am I supposed to spend it on? My old boss says I should invest it, but that just kicks the problem down the road. I feel like it's this weird lump of money that's either going to swell until it bursts or just start leaking all over the place.
- good problems
Well you could hire an advice columnist to solve your personal problems for you.
I assume you already know the traditional answers to your question, but I'll go over them anyway. Money's mostly for things that are rare or limited. We're living in what used to get called a post scarcity society, but there are always going to some things that are scarce.
So in general, there's: Paying actual people to do things for you. Buying original artwork. Buying a licensed copy of a work still under copyright. Buying tickets to live performances. Booking passage for physical travel somewhere outside of your community's normal commuting range. Buying or renting more living space, or a living space in a premium location. Buying any physical goods that aren't part of your community's normal trade.
And then you can get into things like donating to causes or funding research.
Really there's no upper limit to how much money you can spend once you get in the habit of buying more than your daily bread.
Your boss has the right idea though. Money exists to help you solve problems and pursue opportunities to make your life or someone else's life better. If you can't think of any problems or opportunities, then it's not a bad idea to let someone else pay you to use your money for their own problems and opportunities. Don't just hoard your money, or grow it just to have more, but try not to feel like you need to put it to some grand use right this second either.
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24/10/2023 - Sleep Deprived Adventures Part 2
After I've captured the pipe in the most artistic way I could I actually went to that job fair I said I'll go. I went in the direction of the Complex, but didn't used any sort of maps, I just went where my eyes and my bike took me and vaguely in that direction. My mood was severely influenced by the movie like experience of chasing the Colterm pipe and I felt like I was in a film. The air had a different feel, the colors were more pronounced and my state of mind was very aware of every passing second. I wished I could've stopped and wrote something, but it wasn't the moment.
When I finally got in the front of the building that was hosting the job fair, I felt a deep and severe disgust about the whole thing. I was tired and I didn't want to talk about jobs and to ask about them to random people and I especially didn't want to deal with the false veil of amiability that hid the transactional nature of the whole deal. When I entered the building I was hit with a big wave of boredom and bitterness. I felt so uninterested by everything there. My inner radical marxist was in pure agony. "And I walked around town and felt like I was in Sodom", that's what was in my mind while I was walking in the big hall full of stands of different firms handling flyers and useless objects with their logo on them. The only place where I actually wanted to go was the Nokia stand. I always had a fascination with Nokia. In every stage of my life their products were present. The phones my parents had, how I mindlessly played with them and how step by step I learn their functions and secrets and how I found a game in every application built in them from Settings and Calculator to actually cool ones. Some old Nokia phones had an app in witch you could create ringtones. From 1 to 8 it was a note and '*' I think changed the tone of the note. Later in life when I owned phones, most of them were Nokia Phones. Some had access to internet. I didn't have cable internet until I was 12, so my gateway to the world wide web was on a 128x128 screen with 2G speeds. But it was enough for me, I manage it make it work. That's how my computer knowledge become fruitful I think. For me, my first experience with Java wasn't as a programing language, but as an OS. But I digress. When I entered the university, the Idea of working at Nokia seemed interesting since their buildings are the closest to me from every Multinational in my city. Later my hatred for cars and the automotive increased exponentially. Most of the companies that search for Polytechnic students are automotive firms. So Nokia is basically the only place that seems interesting to me.
Their stand had some cool stuff I guess, a robot that had a very small delay and worked with 5G technology. One thing that I liked, even thought it might be weird or rude, was their directness. They asked me what year I am and what Faculty, and based on my Answer they started to talk about some internship they have there. I liked this directness since it wasn't masked into any performative subtilty about the whole scenario. I'm interested in a job and they are interested in cheap labor. After I got the info about their job opportunities, I considered leaving. I really wasn't interested in any other stands from there, but because I met a colleague from my Summer Practice there, I decided to see what other firms had to offer. Atoss had a stupid spin the wheel game, ZF had a pretty cool break model and they explained it to me. I did understand most of it even thought I never pressed a break pedal in my life. At Huawei the people didn't know how to talk, they just gave me a flyer and that's it. I was also pissed at them because I wanted to root my P30 lite but I can't because they stopped giving the code for bootloaders or something like that. After that I decided to leave. Went to a store to buy something to eat, they didn't have anything that I want so I was pretty pissed (when I'm tired I get irritated easily), eat at my mother's workplace, talked with her about a book, and after that I went to gym. The traffic was abysmal and that made even more irritated. I felt a hatred for everything that was around me basically. I've calmed down after talking a little to a friend and seeing some info about Ciprian Porumbescu in the Bastion. The big poster that I read talked about the relationship between him and a woman whom he deeply loved, but they couldn't get married because their parents didn't approved of it. Even thought they didn't get married, he had a deep love for her his entire live, writing passionate letters to her. That dedication and the whole subject of impossible love is one that started to deeply fascinate me lately, for reasons I will discuss another time.
When I was close to the gym, on a public trash bin there was a book. Naturally, I stopped to investigate it. Every time I see a book or everything book shaped I stopped to look at it. It was an old white hardcover without anything on it. I opened it. The first page was a black page, but had a message:
Translation: "I hope that your life steps to be crowned only with success and happiness, and that on the last step you'll find the wonderful bouquet of accomplishments. Happy Birthday! With love P... 7.II.1969"
It hit me like a truck. My heart started to dismantle. Every cell of my blood was filled with sorrow. 'How could anyone throw this living piece of history away?' I get emotional when I see two things thrown away and / or abandoned. Teddy bears and books. The first one represents to me the loss of childhood. What's more sad than a child negating his innocence and its wonders by tossing aside his toys, action that they will most like it regret it later? And how can such a soft and pure object be treated like that? No filth or degradation should touch the cozy texture of a teddy bear in the same way trauma and hardship shouldn't corrupt the innocence of a child. So I've always imagine the loss of innocence as a teddy bear thrown away, tossed in the trash. The latter represent the beauty of life, the tool that gives meaning to existence. "The gateway to eternity, our bridges from past to future, from pain to joy", beautifully said by Anya's mother in The Orchard by Kristina Gorcheva-Newberry. Books are the strongest pieces that stand the test of time.
So why would someone commit such a heinous crime like that? That page alone deserves to be framed and put in a museum. That page alone holds the entire life of two persons. The reader and P. who are probably dead by now. Their spirits are forever linked with this book, by the unseen fingerprints, microscopic pieces of skin and the ink tattooed in the page.
That signature is older than my mother. And someone decided to throw it away.
I hoped it was a good book, so I could take, but I'm sure I would've take it just for that first page. Luckily (or bafflingly) for me, it was a copy of Wuthering Heights.
'And such a great book!' I thought.
I had to take it. Not only it's a great book and a living piece of history, a continuation of lives. Now the anonymous birthday haver and P. continue to live, in my brain and heart and in my library, until both of those turn to dust. I put the book in my backpack and went to gym.
The gym session was great. Worked my back and biceps. I felt really good after it. No more sings of mental irritation! My plan was to go home, do some chores, take a power nap in order to be fresh when I see my girlfriend. I had to buy something for my dad's chainsaw.
When I enter the front door, I see my dad in the yard, with a lot of logs cut. I already knew my nap plans were obliterated. I wasn't mad tho. I just helped him with them. He is in a wheelchair for a few months because he injured his heel heavily. I basically did another working out session but a vintage one. We finished with enough time for me to eat something and prepare to go.
While I wasn't annoyed or extremely sleepy, I was in a high state of euphoria, like I was drugged or something. I was high on tiredness. My mind jumped to silly thoughts a lot. I was a little scared that I will be moody and won't have a great date, but not so much to get affected. I waited for her in front of the Church from Balcescu Square, which was open and the evening Mass was held. I listened a little bit to it and admired the inside of the Church. I was surprised that it was in Romanian and not in Hungarian or Latin. The vibe was very somber. I think I'll go to a Ceremony there someday, to compare it to the Orthodox one.
After I met with my girlfriend we talked about our day and other stuff. It was an extremely pleasant talk. My tiredness didn't affect me in any way. We walked to her place, cuddles for a while and after that we prepared snacks and finished Arcane. We started it in September but only now we finished it. After that we laid in each other arms. The moment was enhanced by the tiredness we both felt.
But I had to go home. I was incredibly tired and didn't have the stuff that I needed for the next day of uni. Did I mention that I start at 8AM and that I have a lab, so I can't miss? The walk home was miserable. Delusional thoughts were boosted by my aggravated tiredness. I almost got myself to tears. I will analyze them another time.
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It's been a while since I started to frequent Panini Manga MX's fb and twitter account, and I can finally say that I got my pace of muting content from them that I don't particularly care for (which is basically animanga youtubers/tiktokers and other stuff that kinda makes me cringe, lol) in twt.
Tbh I have been way out of date in getting to know which series they have been releasing or licensing and since I started to get into my manga buying habit again since past April, well. I cannot say the same for other publishers, tbh... and I think they are the ones that carry more variety of JPN publishers these days? but that's still pretty minimal in comparison to what the US does these days, but... you know... I don't think our economy can sustain much of that (still a big difference when it was the mid 2000s, however), so... well.
Sometime around the late 2010s Panini (or their social media managers, tbh) realized that there were TOO many people asking for x or y titles on their posts so, to avoid the traffic of those suggestions on posts that CLEARLY are not about that, they started to do suggestion posts, once per week, in their social media accounts.
I am definitely not sure if they TRULY 100% pay attention to them... maybe they do, who knows... at least they aren't shooting them down like certain others in public asks of tumblr circa early-to-mid 2010s... (and I mean, I did see a couple of series being shot down due to reasons... but never in a condescent manner of "you are already reading this on pirate websites, and I'm SURE you aren't going to buy these no matter what").
I'm not sure... point is, I do see suggestions that range from "anime adaptation is actually airing this season/available in streaming for a while", "other series by already published authors in Spanish", "license rescue" and so and so. I don't have to bet that some of those are "already reading these but I want to own them, too" suggestions, too. Sometimes it's a little obvious given the culture we live in, lol.
I dunno.
However, I do have a wish list of stuff that I REALLY, REALLY want to have on my hands and some of these, I have already suggested in their twt account :)
Week One
Principal, Ikuemi Ryo
Look, from the stuff that I have read of Ikuemi... I love it. Some are a little weird, ngl, and tend to have a somewhat "dark" tone in them so, if I had a more introductory series that might not scare someone because "old" (because Ikuemi's first works are from the late 70s or very-early 80s)... I would put more "newer" stuff like Principal or her more "adult" series. Also, Principal is not exactly "too" typical school life romance, and the cast is loveable to a certain degree. (Also the covers. I want to see how the publisher's graphic design team adapts these into Spanish?)
Cousin, Ikuemi Ryo
ORRRRR... there's Cousin. I think this was Ikuemi's only licensed series in the States, until the publisher went kaput, and I think the series is interesting on its own (and short!) about body image issues, some family trauma and a little too taboo-ish "romance" of sorts. It's complicated, just like every other Ikuemi series, I guess. So, I think of either this or Principal, lol (better be both) as introductory series of hers.
Dame na Watashi ni Koi Shite Kudasai, Nakahara Aya
Lovely Complex has already been concluded for a little while, and somehow... somehow, that gives them the perfect excuse to publish DameKoi, which is basically the other "famous" Nakahara series. It's a fun series, from the little I have read, lol. The characters are silly and all that. It would be fun to read it all through, that's what I'm saying. More adult comedy romance series like Wotakoi, please, lol.
Honey and Clover, Umino Chica
I haven't gotten the opportunity to read or watch this series... and somehow I THINK March Comes in Like a Lion could have a better chance (as it more known, more recent, still being published? but I say, test the waters with Umino's previous work (especially more if you want to enjoy the characters' cameos in a latter part of 3gatsu?). I know this is also licensed in English, but the physical version is out of print these days and I am not going to spend THAT much money on them.
Minegishi-san wa Outsu-kun ni Tabesasetai (also known as Manly Appetites), by Mito
...Yeah.... I know this is licensed in English right now, too? And I could potentially get it this way... but I don't want to basically spend the double of what it may cost in Spanish? You get where I come from with this, right ;A;? (says the one that has basically spent a lot in manga in one month alone, but that's because series are now costing what an imported volume from Spain or the US might have cost me 10 years ago) I recently started to buy BL series that caught my attention, and to be honest, I just... this one is definitely under my radar of tastes, lol. I also want variety in the leads' bodies, because I do like chubby/fat guys and food, lol (and truly, I wish shoujo/josei and other romance series had diversity bodies in their leads, tbh).
I'm going to make these posts some kind of series because I don't have time to explain on Twitter WHY I want these to get licensed in physical in my country, lol. They say the sky is the limit, but I try to pick out 4-5 series each week, and sometimes I just feel like repeating my suggestions because they get drowned by other popular series (like, sure, I might want to get Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun in Spanish, too... heck, as much as I suffer with Karekano... a license rescue is also valid for those that were younger and didn't get the opportunity to collect the Vid edition from over 15 years ago, I want to get Maison Ikkoku, too? and so and so...). I also want to throw a few manhwa/webtoon suggestions here and there that, afaik, have physical versions because the missed opportunity of this market too (I think Tower of God is the only one getting published in Spanish?).
But... I sometimes feel this IS silly. It feels like screaming into a void. And there's a lot that I could suggest, just because I read something, I was moved by it... and my god, I wish I could grab it anytime I could. I know plenty might be hard to be published for one reason or another... and sometimes I don't feel like collecting over a 30+ volume series either these days (Ranma being an exception... that's the hole I dug myself into and I didn't reach half of the series, either... been on hold up for a while until they do more reprints of oop volumes) especially for space in my room.
I'm still amazed in a way how this whole manga industry situation about licenses here has changed... essentially because I have been collecting manga series since the early 2000s when there was not many options than "comic book format" and "half a volume for 20 pesos" until they FINALLY gave into the "full tankoubon"-like format. There used to be some kind of monopoly before it also went kaput in 2009, a sub-publisher also went kaput because tbh I don't think they seemed to know how to manage comics and manga licenses (and physical distribution of them, too!) a few years ago... and now there's two big book publishers that are also trying their hand at this (although their physical distribution kinda sucks because book stores and not many of them carry them as a whole; especialized animanga/comic book stores MIGHT, though). We definitely don't have the same level of economy as, say the US or Spain, but, I suppose something is something.
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Overwatch 2 is getting a lot of well deserved scrutiny. however the one criticism I don’t understand is that people are angry that new players need to unlock part of the hero roster by playing the game.
Guys, I hate to break it to you but unlocking characters in a game through gameplay is normal. In super smash bros ultimate you start of with just 8 characters and you need to play quite a lot of matches to unlock the characters. In Melee, unlocking mewtwo required you to either play 700 vs matches or play 20 hours of vs matches yet no one complained because in games like this it is expected that you’ll play them for a long time and once you’ve unlocked them. that’s it.
If Blizzard had made it possible to buy the old heroes to unlock them (like they do kiriko) that would have been much worse.
Meanwhile TF2 doesn’t start you out with all the unlockable weapons and instead hands them out through a random drop system OR you can buy them from their in game store for 1000 times their actual worth. Yet you don’t hear anyone about that. Not only that but with the default backpack size you can’t even hold all the weapons in the game, forcing you to spend money to expand it.
The weird thing is that a lot of the problems people have with the monetization is that getting stuff for free is too grindy. This is however standard for free games. It’s basic skinner box exploitation. The thing is that there are plenty of paid games that do the same thing. The whole reason I didn’t play OW 1 is because it was effectively free2play that you had to pay for. People are so fixated on the idea of a free2play game being bad that they forget to look at the specific mechanics that are causing the problem.
Final fantasy 7 is game where a large amount of the fanbase agree that the combat sucks and the only reason to play it is to watch cutscenes which means it is a paid game where you essentially grind through tedious gameplay to get the reward you actually want. Basic skinner box stuff. Compared to that smash and overwatch at least have intrinsically fun gameplay with smash costing money up front and giving you rewards at a fast rate while OW 2 is free upfront while making you play far more for the extrinsic rewards.
I guess my point is that it’s important to look at the specific mechanics that are causing the problem and that if you focus too much on certain companies and games that you hate it gives others the opportunity to screw you using the same tricks.
I’m not asking you to stop criticizing OW 2. I’m asking you to broaden the scope if your criticism to all guilty parties.
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Living with Losing You - 10/2/2022
KY has Assassin bugs. WHY!?
Okay, so I jumped ahead a bit. I will explain that later on. I slept TERRIBLY last night. I really am not sure why I was so anxious, but for whatever reason I could not stop my anxiety. I tried so many things. I guess it was just one of those nights. I slept for maybe 4 hours or so.
I ended up laying / resting in bed until about 8:30am, and saw that your dad had texted me about church at 11:30am and then grilling at the house. I figured it would be nice to hang out with him, so I agreed to go. It was funny because I showed up in a nicer outfit, and your dad literally wore sweats to church (lol). I mean, he did say casual, but I did not think it was that casual. The outfit I wore I would wear generally though, so it wasn’t a huge deal. It was really nice to go to church though. We went to Southland, where you and your family grew up going. It was also the same church (just a different location) that you went to the weekend before you died.
I liked the message though, there were a few things that stuck out to me. It was really about how society has shifted, and how corrupt things have become for the younger generations. As young people, we need to focus on our speech, conduct, love, faith, and purity. I agreed with a lot of the sentiments in this message. He said “we don't age like fine wine, we age like milk”. I felt that.
After the service, we went back to the house and started cooking. It is not as difficult to be in there as it was the first time I came back. I think since I have had some time to process it all, it helps. I do not know how your dad stays in the house though, I could never sleep there. It would be too painful (just personally). We had really great conversation, and he made an amazing meal. I am grateful for the time that I am getting with your entire family, and having the opportunity to connect with your parents as we all continue to process and grieve. I feel incredibly grateful for all of them. If any of Jake’s family (and honestly even friends out here) are reading this, from the bottom of my heart, thank you for taking me in and making me feel like family.
Afterward I quickly went back to Beth’s house to drop off a steak, then headed to the local Goodwill. It’s the one that’s across the cemetery where you are. I still need to visit you, I just do not know when. In a weird way, I feel like I have been avoiding it so far. Though I also have been busy, so. It’s mix to be honest. Anyway, I went to that Goodwill (James and I actually stopped here last time we were in town too) and I ended up buying a bunch of stuff. I even grabbed a few things for your mom that her and I had discussed. I was glad that I could find them there. You’ll be not surprised but proud to know I found the coolest Christmas sweater there. Last time we were there I bought a pretty cute holiday turtle neck. I got a couple of shirts and a jacket for myself. I may need to post pictures tomorrow since I am already in bed. I was very excited about this haul. I plan to check out the other Goodwill that’s a little further away in the near future. I checked a bag, so I have some space to bring some things home!
I headed back to the house since Beth had a few events she had to attend tonight, and needed the car. I had no plans, thought I tried to make some. I think that it’s healthy to be here with my thoughts to a degree. I did end up singing a bunch in the stairwell, and was practicing belting. It’s something I have always struggled with a a vocalist. I feel like I ended up using my throat too much. Anyway, I was practicing that, then just started drumming and jamming on the staircase itself. I posted a little video on my socials cause why not?
I ate some leftovers and then basically snacked for the rest of the night. I played with Biggie too of course. He has a habit of going in and out onto the back patio. It’s on the first floor, but Beth has a screen around it so he can’t escape. One of the times that I went to head out there, I saw this nasty looking bug. I actually almost sat on it because it was on the chair cushion. I took a poor quality picture, but investigating and researching it further, it looks like an Assassin bug. University of KY talks about this bug a bit, and apparently their bites hurt. So, naturally I was back inside and got Biggie back in as well. He was not having it. He kept meowing / chirping at the door, and glaring at me. At one point he started trying to attack my ankles. He is such a stinker. When your mom got home I asked her about it, and she said she had never heard of them. We went outside to look for it together, but we couldn’t find it. Who knows where it is, but all I know is I need to avoid the patio.
In between all of this, I facetimed my friend Erika, and also did laundry. I was trying to be productive at least. It’s interesting because I have definitely cried less since I have been out here, but feel like I am not “feeling you” as much. I feel like you can kind of sense when a spirit or an angel is watching over you.
It was kind of nice that today was an overall chill day since I didn't sleep much, and I am still very much adjusting. I have to take Beth to an appointment in the morning, so I need to go to bed soon. Tomorrow is my day off, and then I work Tuesday - Thursday. I have a busy week ahead of me with plans, work, and then music! Still need to finalize some logistics of when exactly I am coming onsite to record. I am excited in a bitter sweet way.
There were a few things I wanted to add onto this blog: I mentioned in yesterday’s blog that I needed to track my activity from the day. Well, I went to log my activity into the tracker and I realized that it didn’t allow me to. At least I was already over 150 miles. Also, when I was at Kroger running an errand yesterday, I saw that they had A BUNCH of lego kits for sale. I was so sad that you missed this. I loved building legos with you. I loved life with you, in general.
I love you, James.
Rest in Peace, James Burton Nichols.
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Professor Booty
| Repost: Originally posted by Steve "Slurms" Lichtsinn on December 28, 2009
It’s still hard to type with all these bandaged paper cuts on my fingers from opening toy after toy after toy that my kids received over the last four days. If they were awake this weekend, they were asking me to unbox or play with one of their new additions to the house that has no room for such things. That’s not to say we’re pack rats, I get rid of more stuff than the wife would like, we just have very generous families that love our children more than we do with all their hearts. As I type though, my lady is off shopping to buy some shelves to organize all the goodies.
I can’t complain though, I made out like a bandit. I got a few non gaming toys such as a car cleaning kit from Griot’s, a Nerf Vulcan machine gun, some Blu Ray movies, stuff for my camera, a new coat, and much more. But this is a gaming site, so what did I get that you care about?
½ Assed reviews will be coming for each of these as I get more time with them
Borderlands (PC) – So far I’m really at a toss up if I like or love this game. It bleeds style out of every edge and I love the character advancement and the Diablo-esque loot drops. But while I find it oddly addictive, I also find myself getting bored with it after playing through three or four missions (quests). The boss fights are great and challenging, but everything in-between is pretty meh so far.
Sennheiser wireless headset – My house is not large, it is adequate for two adults, two kids, and a couple small pets. No complaints from me, if it was bigger, that would just be more places where things could be bought and stored and more things to clean. One problem with my size of a home is that my normal speaking voice can be heard easily from wherever. So naturally, a television blasting the sounds of any video game or movie at a volume which I find acceptable is too loud for when the kids are asleep. That’s where these babies come in.
M-Audio AV 40 Studiophile speakers – Studio grade PC speakers. It was a toss up a few months ago if I was going to get these or my Sennheiser PC-350’s. I went with the headset because I really needed a better mic. I’ve not been disappointed in the least, but there are those times when the kids are away that I would love to crank some music, or not be required to cut off all outside noise. I have not got the chance to really test these babies out, but playing a few tracks once I got them hooked up made my ears very happy. There is no sub with them, but only after I get some free time with them this weekend will I be able to tell if it’s even needed.
Logitech G13 Gameboard – It’s from the future! Well, at least that’s what I was told by Jason when I showed him what I went to buy. This thing is slick as hell, and I got it on sale for fitty bones at Best Buy. I’ve been jealous ever since ShadowWar got his n52, but I’m a Logitech man. So with Xmas money in hand (well, wallet, hands can’t be trusted) I ventured off to the big yellow tag to get one. Weird getting used to so far, more on this later once I get more hours on it.
New Super Mario Brothers Wii – While at Best Buy yesterday to pick up my G13, my four (in a month) year old daughter wanted to play some games. After finishing off a couple plays of Madden where she got schooled something fierce (very embarrassing for her in front of all those people), we jammed on Rock Band, and then noticed New Super…Mar….NSMBW. She didn’t want daddy’s help, and actually did quite well given that she’s used to playing various flash based PC games. I thought this was a grand opportunity to introduce her to basic console controls (and I really wanted it to), so I spent the rest of my gifted cash on a copy.
DJ Hero (PS3) – I won’t speak much of this one so far, because it will be the first review I do. I’ll just say opening this on Xmas morning made me want to jump my wife’s bones. But “nooo, think of the children” she always says. We have a play room for a reason I say. Guess it goes back to being able to hear everything in the house.
This is the first time in a long time that I truly enjoyed the holiday, and it wasn’t just because of the great gifts I received; it was mostly because my kids had a blast. It was worth the paper cuts.
So did you get anything that made your day? Bring on the loot in the comments!!
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@cloud-ya mentioning dislike of rita and elysia’s flirtiness actually got me thinking. because i do enjoy this trait of theirs a lot
of course most of this is personal taste but part of the reason I enjoy it is because in media most of the confident flirts are guys (who I am not into) or, occasionally, women who exist exclusively to be a villain seducing some protagonist dude
Rita technically falls under an adjacent category due to being an assassin herself, but she’s not a villain anymore, and she has quite a bit of development that makes her more interesting than an evil pretty face anyway. while it was funny (Tesla’s ongoing bondage hatred should get more jokes!!) I didn’t like Rita all that much until she showed vulnerability in Arc City. Like that’s when I got really sold on her— she’d been so confident up until then, but she got depowered and wounded and her friends started dying
Really a bad day for Rita and my whump loving ass was thriving. she recovered quickly, and she certainly didn’t break down, but she was really in a tight spot and that was a really fun moment. That CG where she’s on the floor? Hell yeah baby.
Anyway so Elysia it was completely different!! And I find that interesting.
I adore Elysia. Not because she’s easy on the eyes (though I understand the plethora of seeeeeeegs jokes, she IS very pretty) but mostly because of her absolutely shameless attitude. The flirting is hilarious, not just because she doesn’t hold back at all, but also because it’s put in contrast with Mei’s very firm “no” attitude. The writers really got a good dynamic going, with Elysia being completely out of control and paired off with more calm/stoic straight man characters to contrast her bullshit.
(for those who don’t know the straight man in comedy is the role of the normal guy in a duo, who’s going to give opportunities to make jokes, react to stuff normally to provide contrast etc etc. often the voice of reason used in a comedic manner, usually the butt of the joke but sometimes funny BECAUSE they have a good point. has nothing to do with lesbians)
Even better, Elysia in all her ridiculous attitude sometimes surprises you by being down to earth herself. Like the recollection where she tells Kevin mid angst monologue that if he dramatically hits a street sign he’ll have to pay it off. She always makes herself sound very reasonable but actual role reversal is hysterical.
Elysia, for all intents and purpose, is a Mary Sue. She’s good at everything, she’s well liked by everyone but villainous-seeming characters (Mobius), she’s basically perfect in both body and actions, she never fails anything and seems to find all of it easy. Even when she loses against Mei, she does so gracefully— and she’s quickly noted not to have given it her all anyway.
But she’s a Mary Sue the writers are very, very aware of; and she’s put in contrast with characters who don’t buy her charm because of that. It’s good writing, man.
Her archive entry is a good example of this:
If you really like tropes, you might have seen meta jokes of Mary Sues actually being terrifying eldritch entities seducing everyone. That’s basically what Elysia is. We don’t know her true nature, but her charm and talents don’t seem fully natural, and she’s DEFINITELY hiding something.
In summary, she’s a largely beloathed character archetype but actually written competently, and frequently subverted by her own environment to offset how insufferable the type of character she is would otherwise be.
To go back to Rita— Rita was mostly just underdeveloped early on. She was outwardly seductive, the maid thing was kinda weird, we had zero insight into any deeper motivations… she basically existed to be a hot, perhaps even fetishy obstacle. Most people do not like Rita upon meeting her, because she’s very shallow at that point. Early Rita even shares some of those insufferable Mary Sue traits— effortlessly tricking the heroes or murdering Gray Serpent— but there’s nothing to contrast it, so she remains a hot obstacle instead of a deeper character.
And of course, a significant bit of her character development is locked in the Dudu VN, so if you haven’t read that you don’t know much about her from playing the game, especially before she starts investigating Heliopolis.
So yeah! There’s just nothing solid to like!
Elysia can be interesting and likable from the start in part because she’s incredibly funny if that’s your sense of humor, and because you quickly realize she’s suspicious (mysteries are fun! mysteries get you to pay attention!). Obviously you CAN also dislike her, but most people seem to enjoy her. It’s less a matter of writing and more personal tastes or bad personal experiences clashing with how she was designed to be. I have a friend who really dislikes her because they’re wary of her and protective of their favorite characters, so they see her as sort of an enemy. The flirtiness and suspicious behavior can also be points against her, if that’s not your thing, etc etc. But for MOST people, Elysia is funny, mysterious and likable, as a bit of a parody Mary Sue who the writers are exploiting the archetype’s uncanniness of.
Rita on the other hand suffers from her fetishy design (both appearance and personality) and shallow early characterization, if you’re first impressions kind of pal you’re probably not going to like her easily. Her early writing isn’t great, so there just isn’t much to like. Even the development she gets later, the vulnerability, while I find it delicious, may not be your thing either… and she was even retconned to appear earlier in the story, like Hua, so she originally had even LESS build up. There just aren’t too many reasons to get attached to her, especially around her first appearances.
So yeah. In conclusion, I think comparing these characters mostly just shows how far the writing of Honkai has come! They’ve gotten really good at introducing characters in a way that makes most people WANT to know more about them, and then disseminating clues in the rest of the story. The visual-novel-as-a-reward format of ER is really suitable for it, too, so they played really smart on that.
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Cute moments with Young Frenemy!Sapnap
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A.N: This scenerio is based on a personal experience with a middle school frenemy of mine :)
You two never had a reason to why you hated eachother
You didn't even go to the same school, you just to happened to go to the same after-school centre
He just sometimes got on your nerves with silly comments and teasing jokes, and you did the same to him
But from time to time things just... happened
One time, as am after-school activity, you got to mold chocolate into flowers for valentine's day
Needless to say that you all ended up getting very dirty
You and Sapnap happened to be one of the first few ones to finish your chocolate roses, so the teacher told you guys to go wash your hands
You quickly ran to the only bathroom downstairs to wash your hands, before the e other boy could get his turn
As you were done and were about to leave, Sapnap starts randomly complaining about not being able to get the chocolate off
"Ugh... it's not coming off. How did you do it?"
"With my hands...?"
"Haha, very funny"
"Dude, you asked. Don't be a baby and wash your hands"
"If you're so good at it, wash them for me"
"Huh?"
"... please, it dried and it's hard to get off"
You hesitated at first. This was so out of nowhere, and why would he ask you out of all people
But he did say please so...you gave in
It was weird, caressing the boys hand as you wash away the now melted chocolate
And you could have sworn that you saw a small blush
But you just let it be and quickly finished the job before anybody came in and started teasing the both of you
After that "intimate moment" everything seemed to go back to normal
You both continued to fight over stupid things and everybody else around you always saw it as "childish love"
You never thought that things between you two would ever elevate to something else
Until summer
You both still went to the same after-school, cause they would bring th kids that go there to the beach
Basically they babysitted the kids there for half the day lol
During those days you would bring candy that you stopped to buy before going there
And you'd always give the candy to everybody but Sapnap
He was stil getting on your nerves and you loved to see him pount at you when he wouldn't get any
But all that went out the window once you two walked back home togheter
You two would always stop by the park nearby to talk about random stuff and you'd use that opportunity to give him the candy that you saved for him
Those little moments of staying there just to hang out ended up leading to some... interesting conversations
"I find you quiet handsome"
"Hm?"
"You complained the other day that you didn't like how you looked. I think you look fine and you're pretty attractive...I guess"
"Thanks...you're beautiful too, y'know? You should also stop thinking so lowly of yourself"
"I'll try...hehe"
That turned out to be your own way of saying "Hey, I like you"
And you both knew that
For anybody wondering what happened to this sweet boy, he became a douche in highschool. He threw around a rumor that I liked him which caused his friends to always scream after me arpumd the city about my "crush" on him. But that was a lie, cause at that time I was in a 2 year relationship...lol
#dreamsmp#dsmp#mcyt#dream smp x reader#dsmp x reader#mcyt x reader#dreamsmpblurb#dsmpblurb#mcytblurb#sapnap#sapnapblurb#sapnap x reader#beeblurbs
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