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details inside the jalali house in srinagar, kashmir, built by agh syed safdar jalali in 1863. one of many "heritage houses" constructed by wealthy denizens of kashmir's cities during a period of architectural renaissance, it uses every kashmiri architecture and craft technique that you could possibly imagine; from taq architecture to resist earthquakes, to the papier-mache decals on its walls. today, it's cared for by jalali's descendants and is open to tourists.

"the vast majority of legal persecution against early queers was focused on men" ARE YOU INSANE

Top 20 most viewed thai bl series on tiktok - from april 2017 to july 2022

Mile liked this video on twitter, he must be so proud❤️

THIS IS INSANEEEE !!! THE NUMBERS ARE INSANEEEE !!!

you have a weak electrochemical bond!

John Egbert doesn't seem like a phone call type of kid, but you know who he IS gonna call? GHOSTBUSTERS. I watched Ghostbusters II tonight, and overall I don't think it's a good movie - the message is glaringly over the top obvious, the characters feel flat, the special effects are awful, and I don't think it strikes the balance between realism and absurdism that I think it's going for - but despite all that, I had a pretty good time watching it. Some individual scenes were fun, and much like John, I love some slime.

Both Con Air and Ghostbusters II deal with family relationships where the mother raises the child and is close to them, and the father is absent - but either the real father or a surrogate father really cares about the kid and wants to be with them. It's a really specific parallel with a few different interpretations - possibly John wishes he had a mother figure and lives vicariously through these characters. Possibly he's commiserating with the kids in these movies about having a dad who's way too over the top, or he wishes his dad was over the top in cooler ways, shooting up a plane or blasting some ghosts instead of going to clown con. Or, my favorite theory - since these are movies from when John was very young or not yet born, maybe his dad showed him movies with positive, loving family relationships to show John that he's loved despite not having the typical two parent family.

The Big Thing(tm) in this movie is that the giant slime beneath New York City reflects the emotions surrounding it, both positive and negative. John's emotions seem so strong and so changeable based on what's immediately around him too - I can see him weirdly relating to the slime. I think this ties into this movie and Con Air both being very fast paced, intense, and action packed, neither of them allowing the viewer much downtime. This and the way he's always wandering around his house poking at things without settling - he really is a small bug looking for enrichment, looking for something to feel and then having extreme reactions to the tiniest things because at least something is happening.

The ghostbusters attempt to take a scientific approach to learning about the slime and how it operates, which really cements that this is the source of John's interest in paranormal lore, as well as ectoBiology. The actual science they try seems like a weird mix of chemistry and psychology, instead of biology, but it's close enough that I think this movie inspired John's chumhandle. I bet in elementary school someone asked him what he wants to be when he grows up and he said "ghostbuster."

Despite Slimer being John's favorite character (judging by his shirt and desktop wallpaper) he only has a couple of brief scenes in the movie. The funniest interpretation is that John has never seen the original Ghostbusters, only the sequel, but has become obsessed with this benign hungry slime ghost based exclusively on these cameos. Someone's gotta tell him this guy is in more movies.

MOVIES WATCHED: 2/11

MOST RECENT MOVIE: Ghostbusters II (1989) - Rating 6/10

job market misery

My job is so frustrating because they won't let me do anythinggg that isn't specifically designing for my assigned clients they won't let me photograph they won't let me edit they won't let me weight in on anything they won't let me participate in any football related clients they won't let me fucking explode!!! and I'd be okay with staying in my lane if the rules applied to literally any men. Like why the fuck is the project manager doing photography why the hell is the cm hosting his own format on the network what is the nephew of the boss weighting in on every single fucking project ever. We literally have YET ANOTHER RELATIVE whose only contribution seems to be sitting at meetings to give his opinion??? it's hell world out here. And we're literally like 20 people tops so it's not like I can ignore it.

Started playing sky children of the light like week ago. So far it's going pretty well. So I would like to share the emotional rolecoaster it's been:

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Awwww...this is so pretty and I can fly weeeeeeeee

Wtf am I supposed to do here???

This is so calming and chill game

Okay so water hurts me

Wait no water doesn't hurt me *confused*

NEW FRIEND!!! :D (that I never talked to again :()

:o racing arena WHAT THE HELL IS THIS SLIDING MECHANIC! THAT'S WONKY AF (also possibility that I am just that bad)

A spooky map interesting (why green tho??)

THE FUCK ARE YOU SPOOKY BLACK BITCH

What am I supposed to do with you??? Why are you different from the other spirits??

thank you random stranger with the vault of knowledge. Very thankful <3

Why are you different different spirit?? Just WHY?? How do you work

Okay time to go again to get more wings/spirits and explore. WHERE TF AM I?? HOW DID I GET HERE?? Oooo... a winged light <3

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That is so far it probably will add after I do the Eden (know nothing about that btw just that it's the end, I think???). Maybe even before :D

i am CRYING the metanarrative of this episode was so fucking funny

I'm actually so sick and fucking tired of people who think covid is comparable to the flu. Just bc you or a family member got it and didn't die doesn't mean it's not super fucking serious and life threatening, ESPECIALLY for disabled people/people with health issues/autoimmune disorders. Every time my father sees me wearing a mask he rants about how covid is just like the flu and that everyone is over reacting and [insert shitty conspiracy theory here] and it makes me so upset every goddamn time. I got covid half a year ago, despite doing everything right, thanks to my parents' stupidity. I was sick for 13 days, entirely bedridden and feverish for 9 of those days. I physically couldn't get out of bed, not even to piss, the entire first day my mother had to half carry me everywhere. Same thing the second day, when she dragged me to the doctor where I tested positive. The first five days, I couldn't even look at an electronic device and had to keep the lights off all the time bc I'd actually vomit. I had a migraine that didn't go away no matter what medicine I took, for the entire the first week. My nose was constantly stuffy and my sinuses were so backed up I couldn't breathe through my nose, which made breathing in general so difficult and painful bc my asthma was also exacerbated. So my chest hurt too. All my normal chronic pain was magnified tenfold. I had a 103 fever for three days in a row, then it fluctuated between 98-100 the rest of the time. Thinking about it right now I still remember the pain and how it felt. I've had strep throat, a lot as a kid. I've had chicken pox, and the flu several times, because my parents never fucking vaccinated us. I have never been more sick in my goddamn life than I was with covid. And this is just me. Yes I'm disabled and yes I'm still being tested for possible autoimmune disorders (my mom and her whole side of the family have them) but even still I'm not nearly as at risk as a lot of people, and I was still more affected than anyone in my entire family, who have all also gotten covid because of their own stupidity. My taste and smell were never affected, but I'm still losing hair from it, which is apparently also a symptom I never knew about.

Wear. Your fucking. Masks. Covid is still around, it's still super fucking serious, it is NOT just like the flu, and you had fucking better take it seriously. Even if you don't care about getting it yourself, at least show some goddamn consideration for others whose health and lives are at risk.

Idea : spin-off where you play as Rosa and you clean and tidy up layton's place/office, solve all the puzzles he left lying around, run errands, discover and solve mysteries by collecting hidden clues and information, talk to flora and learn more about her. At the end of the game, layton comes back, and you get to savagely beat him up with a broom.

Yesterday beba was just not having it, he was fussy and crying and thrashing, he was upset because I took his puffs away so we could have dinner, and I really had a moment where I was so triggered. I had to walk away and take a deep breath. I had to take the time and imagine myself handling this well and not completely losing it. And I did that, I came back to him while he was still crying and thrashing and picked him up and sat him on my lap and hugged him and just tried to soothe him. Telling him I understand and I know you had a long day and it’s okay to be upset and I’m here. This was more for me than him because I know he doesn’t understand. But he calmed down and rested his head on my shoulder, his face was still covered in tears and his cheeks were pink. He was having a hard time and he needed me in that moment to be the solid unshakeable foundation, and I did that, I stayed calm even though I was overwhelmed, even though my childhood experiences pulled at my sleeve, I brushed it off and remembered that he was having a hard time and he needed me.

me: there was a bug in my hands it was so heinous i was crying please comfort me pls i was so afraid im so brave

riley: wHAT TYPE OF BUG WAS IT

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