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tumblr? tiktok did not like this video.

but y'all?

i think y'all will know what to do with it.

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one time this nondescript guy came into my dunkin donuts and ordered a small black coffee with blueberry flavor shot, and for some reason that peculiar order stuck with me so much that when, seven months later, i saw him in the parking lot walking towards the door, i quickly made a small black coffee with blueberry flavor shot. he ordered it and i was already holding it. 

i would describe his demeanor that second time as “incredulous”

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reblogging again because 1) please look at my beautiful son's face. he comes home in two more sleeps

2)it's been........a lot lately. new job stress, personal life stress, im working 6 days a week for a small stretch here, etc etc. i'm still alive, just working at the alive thing a little harder than usual these last few days. i promise i'll be back to cheering you all on soon!

haven't been around much because this has been taking up all my time

and he hasn't even come home yet.

(and new job and helping friend move etc etc. but mostly kitten)

once things settle back down, i'll be back to my usual Activities but for now, enjoy these lovely pictures of my new son

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haven't been around much because this has been taking up all my time

and he hasn't even come home yet.

(and new job and helping friend move etc etc. but mostly kitten)

once things settle back down, i'll be back to my usual Activities but for now, enjoy these lovely pictures of my new son

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Cherries Under the Sun

a chapter one snippet: find the full chapter here; join the cherrylist.

She waited until the last handful of eager bodies made their exit, trailing behind into the early autumn night. The stock of campus was mainly empty, the few street lamps lighting the stone pathway in five feet post. With only a few of the student buildings lit with fluorescents, Grace walked along the dipping stones that led to a row of connected storefronts. Only a short half-a-mile journey, it’d be a brisk fifteen minute walk so long as nothing stop her for conversation. Or as long as a distracted driver made sure to shift their attention to the road. In fact, anything that came her way would be more acceptable than the hellscape that was about to be entered. Upon the chiming ring of the front door, the burning scent of coffee beans washed out the wet grassiness of the outdoors. Lining the walls of the coffee shop were clusters of studying students and overtimed office workers typing away on the fading keyboards of their laptops. And half empty mugs were scattered among the tables, no longer steaming and watered down with lost time. Tall lamps blushed the crowded room in an array of orange and pinkish light, mimicking the cozy fall sunset for as long as possible. Dark brown stools were squashed by aching bodies along the bar, cluttered with open notebooks and drying pens.

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the cherrylist: @seastarblue, @cain-e-brookman, @leahnardo-da-veggie, @rumeysawrites, @bellascarousel

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i’ll only make a couple of characters and they’ll all have something important to do with each others plot!

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(is this meme still a thing? like, reblog, reply, etc etc etc if you wanna be on my tag list)

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(is this meme still a thing? like, reblog, reply, etc etc etc if you wanna be on my tag list)

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Love the energy brought, but I regret to inform you all that Bran is, indeed, the asshole here

okay, slow on the draw cuz the last few days have been nuts BUT

i was tagged by @illarian-rambling for the

OC AITA Tag

Rules: Write about something your oc has done in the format of an AITA post

so without further ado!

AITA for trying to sabotage my coworker?

Look, I know this already sounds bad, but hear me out. I (50 M) have been working towards this job my entire life. I dreamed about it when I was a kid. I was told all through my life I was made for it. And when after years and years of dedication and work and the culmination of all of my effort finally bore fruit, I was ready. My boss, laid it all out. I was set. And then right before my first day, I found out my coworker (45 M) who has never been a team player, went around chain of command, and got the father of our founder behind him, and he's now doing my job. And I find this out because when I showed up for my first day, after a whole (unpaid) orientation, all the equipment had been signed out to him. So I followed and went to give him a piece of my mind, and he doesn't even want the job?? But he says he can't just bow out?? I think he's lying. I think he's playing for glory--MY glory--while also trying to get sympathy points! So I've been "mentoring him" while watching like a hawk for any sign of weakness. As soon as he slips, this is my show again. His little assistant is on to me and said I'm a vulture for thinking this is some game. Like this whole thing isn't a giant burden. I know it's a burden. It was supposed to be my burden. So tell me.

(edit: oops forgot to tag people.)

Lets dooooo

@eternalwritingstudent @dearunreliablenarrator @topazadine and @seastarblue

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deeply obsessed with the salmon edit by _olive_ridley on TikTok

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10 Sentences Tag Game

Thanks to @sunset-a-story for the tag! soory i'm so late getting to it!

Rules: Include a sentence with the number of words specified, so for 1-10 you include 10 sentences in total with an increasing word count each time.

Odd.

"Don't try."

Crucius was silent.

“You keep feeding me.”

Couldn’t even reliably summon fire.

“My realm is that of shadows."

Uthyr turned irritably and shook his head.

“I know how to knock,” Crucius replied, flatly.

That shortcoming followed you well into your forties, evidently.

The world Uthyr woke to didn’t attempt to make sense.

if you're reading this, youre it! i'm trying not to spam

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WIP Meme Tag!!

i was tagged by @seastarblue! this was a stupid amount of fun!

tagging: honestly, whoever would like to do this. i feel like i'm spamming yall lol

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Last Line Tag !!

thanks for the tag, @seastarblue!

the last thing i wrote was for Super Secret Project 2024 sooooo

"Ugh, you’re impossible." "I know." "Authoritarian, even." "Glad you’re putting Vergil’s vocabulary banks to use."

thats not the format, but even the format is a secret

tagginggggg @illarian-rambling @topazadine @spideronthesun and @dearunreliablenarrator

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okay, slow on the draw cuz the last few days have been nuts BUT

i was tagged by @illarian-rambling for the

OC AITA Tag

Rules: Write about something your oc has done in the format of an AITA post

so without further ado!

AITA for trying to sabotage my coworker?

Look, I know this already sounds bad, but hear me out. I (50 M) have been working towards this job my entire life. I dreamed about it when I was a kid. I was told all through my life I was made for it. And when after years and years of dedication and work and the culmination of all of my effort finally bore fruit, I was ready. My boss, laid it all out. I was set. And then right before my first day, I found out my coworker (45 M) who has never been a team player, went around chain of command, and got the father of our founder behind him, and he's now doing my job. And I find this out because when I showed up for my first day, after a whole (unpaid) orientation, all the equipment had been signed out to him. So I followed and went to give him a piece of my mind, and he doesn't even want the job?? But he says he can't just bow out?? I think he's lying. I think he's playing for glory--MY glory--while also trying to get sympathy points! So I've been "mentoring him" while watching like a hawk for any sign of weakness. As soon as he slips, this is my show again. His little assistant is on to me and said I'm a vulture for thinking this is some game. Like this whole thing isn't a giant burden. I know it's a burden. It was supposed to be my burden. So tell me.

(edit: oops forgot to tag people.)

Lets dooooo

@eternalwritingstudent @dearunreliablenarrator @topazadine and @seastarblue

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these last few days have absolutely kicked my ass so i prommy i will do the tag games i've been tagged in but i just had a big bowl of curry udon and i'm fucking fading fast

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Whoops, forgot to put this up here

The Pash/Anarac vibes are peak

@amandacanwrite @elsie-writes @riveriafalll @kosmic-kore @kaylinalexanderbooks

@bard-coded @carrotsinnovember @patternwelded-quill @somethingclevermahogony @whatwewrotepodcast

@the-angriest-author @mk-writes-stuff @frostedlemonwriter @vyuntspakhkite-l-darling @watermeezer

@leahnardo-da-veggie @mr-orion @televisionjester @ray-writes-n-shit @evilgabe29

@trippingpossum @tragedycoded @halfbakedspuds @ominous-feychild @cain-e-brookman

@wyked-ao3 @thecomfywriter @mysticstarlightduck

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Very low effort pajama meme of the main MG trio

Honestly, it freaked me out to draw Ivander without his hair slicked back

@amandacanwrite @elsie-writes @riveriafalll @kosmic-kore @kaylinalexanderbooks

@bard-coded @carrotsinnovember @patternwelded-quill @somethingclevermahogony @whatwewrotepodcast

@the-angriest-author @mk-writes-stuff @frostedlemonwriter @vyuntspakhkite-l-darling @watermeezer

@leahnardo-da-veggie @mr-orion @televisionjester @ray-writes-n-shit @evilgabe29

@trippingpossum @tragedycoded @halfbakedspuds @ominous-feychild @cain-e-brookman

@wyked-ao3 @thecomfywriter @mysticstarlightduck