#1/17/24

[mikeywayarchive]

mikeyway: New year- new closet! I wanted to thank @ModularClosets for getting us all dialed in, we are loving our new closet system! Their team will hook you up with free design quotes, and the process is incredibly seamless. The closet system has truly transformed our closet making Kristin’s organizing dreams come true. What’s that saying? Happy wife, happy life? 😎

#modularclosets #iwantamodularcloset #closetorganization #closetsystem

[Jan 17, 2024]

[onedragonaday]

1/17/24 Ember from Little embers series 1

[monster-every-day]

day 17 - 1/17/24 - bell sprite

this one's in a bit of a panic and trying to alert people nearby however it can! it's glowing brightly and ringing its bell wildly. it seems like it thought i was injured and is trying to call for help! i was able to calm it down and communicate to it that i was not injured, but not without snapping a photo first!

[remembertheplunge]

A community event

January 17, 2024

Re: my 1/13/2023 Blog: I can’t save them, but I can buy them coats:   I bought the coats and took them out to Mac and friend.

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January 17, 2024. Wednesday 9:09pm

Just drove 2 coats out to MAC. One was XXX size for his friend, who I didn’t meet.

But, I did meet Mike. Mac asked if Mike could use my address to get his mail. I said ok.

Mac said Mike is one of the only guys who won’t steal from him.

End of this part of the entry

Note:

1/22/2024

Mac and Mike are staying out in a strip mall parking lot in South Modesto. 

The night I drove out to deliver the coats, I could see maybe 8 other homeless people huddled up against a store wall across the parking lot. It was really cold.

The photos I included with this blog show Mac modeling the coat that I gave him. His coat came from a thrift store and cost $18.

When I arrived , he was wearing a pink girl’s coat. That’s all he had to wear.

He and Mike and I had a good conversation. I gave Mike about $10. I gave Mac enough to buy a faster phone charger plug than one that I previously gave him.

I learned that the phone I had given Mac money to buy had been stolen. He could play his games on that phone. Huge loss, but, taken in stride out there.

The coat that I bought for his friend was new and cost over $100. That’s the only way I knew of to obtain a XXX coat. I told the clerk at the store  where I bought the coat that I needed a coat for a homeless friend. He asked “Are you asking for a donation (of the coat?). I said no.

Why would he ask that? Why would he think that I would not pay for a coat for a homeless man?

I told him no, that I would pay. I told him that I was concerned that the coat would be stolen out there. I told him about Mac. He asked how long I’d known him? Me  “Since 2010” and that Mac became homeless in part because of drug addiction. We talked about drug addiction and how the gym can be the cure.

In the end , re: homelessness he said “We each take our own path”.

So, buying the coat for Mac’s homeless friend opened a pathway of discussion about homelessness in the clothing store. It became a community event.

[hazelplaysgames]

i remember why i clipped this one, there was a challenge at the time that put the Rainmaker into turf war. and like, of the four ranked gimmicks to put into turf rules, i think clams might be better. there was a Shifty Station in S2 that used zones, which was all right because it was fairly massive, a tower doesn't work particularly well as we recognize it, but clams? don't those actually do damage and ink turf? do some special charge stuff? DOESN'T kill you after a while?

[theswandragon]

Daily Poem 1/17/24

Swinging from star to star Holding tight to quasars As I'm flung across the galaxy Perch for a moment above it all Secured by my asteroid belt And I see the planets like pinpricks Forming constellations of their own

~Swan

[kind-soft-complex]

You confuse me. Why do you still have your clothes at my place? You could have easily taken it with you before you left. Also why do you still have my jacket? If you were done wearing it for that day and I saw you multiple days after, you could have easily given it back to me like you did with my hoodie? We hung out with each other consecutively and yet you tell me the most you can go out is 1 or 2 days. Why do you tell me that and then be the first to text and call me after for two days since the last time we saw each other?

I’m being very patient. You just found out I like you like barely 3 weeks ago, so I know you prob need some time to take it all in. Think, process and assess. You mentioned that you had a crush on a girl before. Maybe internally you do like girls. No wonder whenever you’re drunk you just love kissing and cuddling female friends. Idk if you remember but at one point when you were drunk you cuddled with me too.

If I could turn back time, I would kiss you when you were super close to my face and neck. You know I like you yet you still make plans with me and call/text me. Maybe this is your subtle way in showing me that you’re interested too? Or a sign for me to step up my game? Idk but I am very invested in you. I just can’t give up yet. You caught my eye since October.

[ancientcatbuddy]

[thegoldenratio-4]

"Venk had chemo up in Miami today and it turns out that mom also has to do a work thing in Miami so we finished at the oncologist and are now camped out in a swanky hotel together!" | via TheGoldenRatio4 on 1/17/24

[f1archives]

Valtteri Bottas’ special ‘Keep Things Weird’ helmet for Austin 2024

[mikeywayarchive]

Instagram story by kristincolby

[Jan 17, 2024]

[sunshine-zenith]

I see your “Viktor was raised by Vander” and “JayVik are Jinx’s dads” AUs and I raise you this: AU where Viktor was one of Benzo’s boys and takes in Ekko after Benzo’s death

Benzo loved Zaun and was ready and willing to step in for Vander, while also working and saving and trading so his boys could go to a school where there were resources available to foster their talents. Plus, he knows that with Piltover’s doctors and lack of pollution, Viktor likely has a better chance of long term survival there. He made sure to get two uniforms for the Academy and knew his boys could handle the rest — both Ekko and Viktor had a knack for sneaking into places they shouldn’t be. Viktor jumps on the opportunity, seeing it as a way to help Zaun by taking advantage of Piltover’s resources. Ekko secretly hates the idea, not wanting to leave Zaun (or his friends) at all

After Viktor starts attending, Ekko occasionally follows him Topside, just in case Viktor ever needs help/backup. Ekko doesn’t trust anyone up there with his brother’s well being. When Viktor finds out, he’s furious. While following Viktor, Ekko learns that Viktor was found out by the Academy, and that he’s technically no longer a student there, but an employee thanks to Heimer. Viktor makes Ekko swear into secrecy and Benzo never learns the truth

Ekko learning a handful of words in Viktor’s first language, enough to swear and communicate short messages, so he and Viktor could have secret conversations in front of Powder, Mylo, and Clagger (Vi knows they aren’t actually saying anything, and that at first Ekko’s probably making up half the words he’s saying while Viktor plays along). Powder ends up learning the language as well and for a period you could find the three of them bent over some cobbled together invention, rambling on in it. Eventually, he even teaches a handful of words to the Firelights, just in case they need to communicate in front of Enforcers (they learn quickly not to use the language in front of anyone from Silco’s crew — Jinx doesn’t teach anyone it and quietly doesn’t tell them it’s even a real language they can learn, but she’ll still share/react to important info if she hears it)

When Benzo dies, Viktor insists that Ekko come to Piltover with him. Ekko fights him at first, but when it becomes clear that Powder, another long and traumatized child, considers herself Jinx now and insists on staying with Silco, Ekko goes. He still makes his way over the bridge frequently, forming the Firelights in the process, and Viktor never stops him. Ekko tries to hide as much of this from Viktor as possible, knowing Viktor would want to join and not wanting to force his brother to choose between helping them and his dreams. Ekko also doesn’t want to do anything to risk shortening/ending Viktor’s life, deep down afraid of adding Viktor to the list of people he’s lost. He accepts loss as a fact of life early on, but the thought of adding Viktor to his memorial terrifies him, and Viktor occupies a similar part of Ekko’s heart that the memory of Powder does (the part that makes him hesitate with her, and, eventually, almost makes him hesitate with him)

Powder never told Ekko about the gemstones she found. Occasionally, he sees an overlap between her bombs and Viktor’s inventions, and he wonders though

Here, part of why Viktor works so hard, pushes himself past his own limits so often, is because there are nights where he’s haunted by the wounds Ekko sometimes shows up with, by the nights Ekko doesn’t come home.

Jayce, meanwhile, has a soft spot for Ekko, and even occasionally plays a big brother/stepparent role. Ekko even finds doodles of Viktor in Jayce’s notes and is torn between how actually good the art is and rolling his eyes in disgust. Ekko plays a bit of an assistant role when he’s in Piltover, and some of HexTech’s breakthroughs are thanks to him. Every time he sees Jayce’s face on a blimp or hears some variation of “Man of Progress” he rolls his eyes in disgust for a different reason. Ekko also grows up knowing Caitlyn, and is floored when he finds both her and Vi near Jinx. Knowing how down bad Caitlyn and Jayce are for Vi and Viktor respectively both reassures Ekko and brings out the protective little brother energy in a big way

From S1Act2 onwards, Ekko is technically old enough to attend the Academy. He’s more torn than ever, especially when he realizes he’s finally grown into that uniform that Benzo worked so hard to get him

Both brothers want similar things — Viktor wants to give Ekko a better future. Ekko just wants Viktor to have a future at all

[jtl-fics]

oh i have to know what’s new with TBD <3

WIP Wednesday 4/17/24 | TBD

Andrew, for the life of him, still doesn’t know why exactly he decided to become a professional Exy player. He goes through the reasons that it isn’t the worst thing in the world once again in his head.

He was paid ridiculously well which meant he never needed to think about money again.

He had the flexibility in his schedule to do whatever he wanted during the off season.

It’s not like Exy is hard.

He thinks for a few more minutes on what other reasons there might have been for signing to play this stupid sport professionally and comes up empty. He can admit that part of the reason he may not be able to think about positives is the constant interruption to his thought in the form of camera flashes.

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[hazelplaysgames]

Kricketot is a repeat i don't need at all, however. i was tempted to end up not catching it.

[ghosthoodie]

lessons in octarian <:)

[kits-ships]

hi im kit/angel! im 25 and use they/she/ze pronouns! dni: proshippers, zionists, maps, zoos, terfs, etc. (sometimes i just block off of vibes alone btw!)

i'm currently fixated on neopets and pokemon! my main f/o atm is taelia (neopets) :3 (i <3 sharing f/os + source material- pls talk to me if we share + ur ok w/ that!!!) my carrd has my full dni, byf, and f/o list w/ tags!

other info: ♡ i love my ocs/self inserts <3 i adore posting way too much about them ♡ i consider this blog 75% selfship, 25% oc x canon ! ♡ i have a physical husband as well! he doesnt selfship but he knows abt it! ♡ lmk if you need anything tagged! i do my best to tag stuff but i forget a lot!