#Acts 27:1

[villainanders]

what ages do you guys truth for the companions btw (idk which ones have canon ages i forgor <3) sound off in the tags or replies or w/e

[daisybell-on-a-carousel]

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[doulafaith]

Harmony

“He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see and fear the LORD and put their trust in him.” Psalm 40:3 I am sure many of us have witnessed two distinct ways of singing a song and playing an instrument; and one appears to be more of a gift or an acquired gift than the other. There is the soloist and musician who studies the notes and practices methodically until the…

[lover-of-mine]

my personal opinion, based on shannon’s age and eddie’s comments about enlisting, is that buck and eddie are super close in age but eddie is a little older, based on chimney’s comment. i think there’s no more than 1 year between them though, partly bc it makes the bartender in south america vs fighting in afghanistan thing more sad. i think some people see ryan being 4 years older than oliver (which he doesn’t look, that man has a baby face lol) and automatically make the characters reflect that

Yeah, I'm with you, I go back and forth with where I want Eddie's birthday to be, because with Shannon being from October 1992 and Buck is speculated to be from 1992 too, and I know a lot of people like to say Eddie is a Scorpio and Buck is a Cancer, and I like that interpretation, so I put Eddie being from November 1991 and Buck from July 1992, so sevenish months, but because I kept trying to work out a way for all of them to be in the same grade in a universe they go to the same school. I had a bit of let's make Eddie a Gemini and put them a month or so apart moment after death and taxes just because it would make for some funny interactions like: Eddie trying to get Buck to do something: I'm older than you. Buck exasperated: BY 27 DAYS. The thought made me giggle.

But my reasoning even before the tombstone was based on Chim saying they would both be 12 a decade before under pressure, and obviously that's an exaggeration but it is one that puts them in the same age group in my opinion, and also the you're not his elder comment that makes it clear that Eddie is somewhat older than Buck. But the thing that made me put Eddie as at most 28 when he's introduced is the way that enlisting because my girlfriend got pregnant is not a reaction of someone who's been out living in the real world for 4 to 5 years. That's very much a "I've been out of school for 6 months, I'm not going to college, my girlfriend got pregnant and the world got real over a positive sign on a plastic stick" reaction in my opinion, you know what I mean? So if I'm assuming Chris was an accident that happened with Eddie and Shannon fresh out of highschool, Buck and Eddie can't be that far from each other.

And I think you're right, I think most people latched onto the way Ryan is older and just decided that was true to Eddie too. Which is insane because the moment I realized that step up 4 was over 6 years before season 2, my first reaction was what the fuck, does he not age? Lol

[thinkingonscripture]

How to Know Your Call to Ministry

How can you know your call to ministry is from the Lord? In the Bible, people such as Samuel (1 Sam 3:4-10) and Isaiah (Isa 6:8) experienced direct, audible calls from God. These instances left no doubt about the divine origin of call to ministry. However, these cases were unique and often accompanied significant shifts in God’s work in history. Today, God still calls people to ministry, but He…

[pastordin]

The Life of the Apostle Paul: Chapter 8

Chapter 8: Paul’s Sufferings and Martyrdom | The Life of the Apostle Paul | Pastor Aamir Din Home | Portfolio | Contact The Life of the Apostle Paul Chapter 8: Paul’s Sufferings and Martyrdom Published on: May 27, 2020 Introduction Paul the Apostle’s life was marked by relentless suffering and unwavering commitment to his mission. His numerous imprisonments, confrontations with authorities,…

[batim-artists-rewrite-au]

Go on..!

Hmm...

uhm...h...hi...!

Oh! Hello! What's up?

I...uhm...you...uhm...you...! Face...! Pretty...!

Huh...?

You...! Have pretty...!! Face...!! Makes my chest warm...!!

What do you mean...?

Hot...! You...! Make me feel weird in good way..! Give good brain chemicals...!

Aww well thanks?

you...have such a nice smile...

Y-You should do it more!

Hahahaha! Aren't you just a doll?

!!!

[anonymous-witness777]

me! obsessed with your Ananias! he is so coo1l  ! !

also: you drawing Exo art 🥹 prick obsessed with Liam 🥹my boyfriend obsessed with Liam 🥹

You think your fandom is niche, try being obsessed with your besties oc

[when-wulf]

Augh I hope it’s a bug and I can go back and figure it out next time I play but I literally just got to the grove, stood in front of Sazza, and clicked on Gale’s ! thinking it’d be the tavern story and instead he jumped right into talking about his condition. Gotta love the whole “we’ve been traveling for a while” when it’s been less than 24 hours in game, and only having 2 things on his list of reasons to trust me. My guy let me show off some more, rescue some children, then we’ll talk.

[pesterloglog]

Terezi Pyrope, Dirk Strider

Page 26-28

TEREZI: DO YOU... W4NT TO T4LK 4BOUT 1T...?

DIRK: Absolutely the fuck not.

TEREZI: OK4Y

TEREZI: WH4T 3V3N 1S 4LL TH4T STUFF JUST LY1NG 4ROUND OV3R TH3R3 4NYW4Y

T3R3ZI: 4R3 YOU 4RR4NG1NG 4 SH1TTY L1TTL3 4RT G4LL3RY ON TH3 FLOOR

DIRK: Not quite.

DIRK: It's something a bit more important than that.

DIRK: We've made some good progress by now, so here. Let me show you something.

DIRK: Smell this Terezi?

DIRK: This is a panel.

TEREZI: OK4Y

DIRK: Can you tell what it's depicting?

TEREZI: 1... H4NG ON

TEREZI: N33D TO G3T CLOS3R TO TH3 SCR33N

TEREZI: *SLUUUUUURPPPPP*

TEREZI: HM

TEREZI: NO, NO GOOD

TEREZI: 1M H4V1NG 4 H4RD T1M3 M4K1NG 1T OUT OV3R TH3 D3L3CT4BL3 RUG YOUR3 ST4ND1NG ON

DIRK: That's alright. This actually helps me illustrate my point.

DIRK: The panel is a drawing of me showing the panel to you.

DIRK: ...

DIRK: Now, what did I do there?

TEREZI: YOU DROPP3D 1T B4CK ON TH3 FLOOR 4G41N

DIRK: Yeah. But in the panel, I'm still just standing there holding it up.

DIRK: In order to communicate what I did to anyone watching, you'd need another panel to show the result.

DIRK: Or I suppose they could listen in on the conversation we're having right now, and infer that I dropped it from what we're saying. That would also work.

DIRK: In that case, the words provide the information that the picture would have done, without me having to pull a whole new panel out my ass just so that someone could confirm that yes, I did in fact drop the panel on the floor.

TEREZI: TH4TS TH3 ON3 TH1NG 1 4LW4YS FOUND D1FF1CULT 4BOUT M4K1NG COM1CS W1TH D4V3

TEREZI: YOU H4V3 TO DR4W 333333V3RYTH1NG >:[

DIRK: Exactly. But sometimes, visuals are just a more effective way of doing things.

DIRK: So finding the right combination of words and pictures to communicate an idea efficiently is where the artistry lies.

DIRK: And sometimes that means dispensing with one or the other entirely when appropriate.

TEREZI: 4444RGH NOT 4G41N!!

TEREZI: H4H4 OK TH4T W4S PR3TTY GOOD

DIRK: *huff* *huff* See? *huff* I told you,

DIRK: *COUGH*

DIRK: *pant*

DIRK: I told you I could have fun.

TEREZI: Y34H YOU SUR3 SHOW3D M3 1 GU3SS

TEREZI: 1M GL4D 1 GOT TO W4TCH 1T 4LL THROUGH TH1S SCR33N TOO

TEREZI: S1NC3 1 WOULD N3V3R H4V3 B3L13V3D YOU 4CTU4LLY D1D 1T 4LL OTH3RW1S3

TEREZI: 3V3N THOUGH 1 ST1LL... H4V3 NO FUCK1NG CLU3 WH4T 1T 1S W3R3 3V3N DO1NG H3R3 >:/

TEREZI: C4N YOU JUST HURRY 1T UP SO W3 C4N F1N4LLY G3T OFF TH1S SH1P????

TEREZI: HMMM, COM3 TO TH1NK OF 1T, M4YB4 1 COULD 3ND TH1S R1GHT NOW BY TYP1NG TH3 R1GHT COMM4ND >:O

DIRK: I'd rather you didn't.

DIRK: It would be inelegant.

TEREZI: WHY DO W3 3V3N H4V3 TH1S TH1NG 4NYW4Y? 1 THOUGHT TH3Y W3R3 FOR 3X1L3S TO US3

DIRK: Well, normally they are.

DIRK: And normally, those are the only people who would ever use them. A terminal's function is to act as a means of communication between two disparate parts of a time loop, a passage through which information can travel that aids in such a loop's successful completion.

DIRK: And within the context of the game, that's all they're used for.

DIRK: But beyond that, they're a convenient and effective means of subtle psychic suggestion at a distance.

TEREZI: 1T DO3SNT S33M 4LL TH4T SUBTL3 TO M3

DIRK: Well no, it's not.

DIRK: At least, not for us right now.

DIRK: But that's because your presence as a guiding influence has been revealed.

DIRK: Earlier, when I hadn't realized you were there, it was more difficult to discern.

DIRK: I could have gone on for quite a while, not realizing that the instructions were anything other than spontaneous ideas from my own imagination, if you hadn't gotten too greedy.

TEREZI: WH4T C4N 1 S4Y, TH3YR3 C4LL3D SUCCUL3NTS FOR 4 R34SON

TEREZI: 4ND 4PP4R3NTLY TH4T R34SON 1S TH4T TH3Y 4R3 D3L1C1OUS >:P

DIRK: No, I mean you started being too obvious.

DIRK: Your personality bled through to an extent that was impossible to ignore, and so the spell was broken.

DIRK: But if someone with a lot of skill gave it a try, there's no reason why you couldn't keep providing commands indefinitely, with the commandee none the wiser.

TEREZI: HMMMMMM

TEREZI: W3LL ON S3COND THOUGHT, TH4T SUR3 SOUNDS S1N1ST3R 4S SH1T!!!!!!!!

DIRK: In the wrong hands, maybe. But don't worry.

DIRK: It's just part of the plan.

TEREZI: TH3 *3V1L* PL4N?

DIRK: Evil is a very... reductive word.

DIRK: I prefer to think of it as just a regular-ass plan.

TEREZI: 1S 4LL TH3 OTH3R STUFF 1N H3R3 P4RT OF TH3 R3GUL4R 4SS PL4N TH3N?

DIRK: Something like that.

TEREZI: TH3R3S...

TEREZI: 4 WHOL3 LOT OF JUNK???

TEREZI: WOW

TEREZI: 1 H4V3NT SM3LL3D SOM3 OF TH1S G4RB4G3 1N SW33PS

TEREZI: OH W41T

TEREZI: 1S TH4T...?

TEREZI: ...

TEREZI: 4444444444CHH!!!

TEREZI: BL3333CH HOUGHGHGH 4CK!!!!

TEREZI: PFFFFFPTHTH PFFFF PFFTH!!!!!!!

DIRK:

TEREZI: 3URGH

TEREZI: 3V3RYTH1NG 1N H3R3 1S SO DUSTY >:[

DIRK: That's what you get for nosing around in our secret storeroom.

DIRK: I'd ask you not to contaminate the ectobiological equipment with your own genetic material, but,

TEREZI: Y34H TOO L4T3, SORRY >:|

DIRK: Whatever. I was about to clean it anyway.

TEREZI: 1 DONT S33 WH4TS SO S3CR3T 4BOUT TH1S PL4C3 4NYW4Y

TEREZI: 1 M34N TH3R3 4R3 ONLY THR33 OF US ON TH1S SH1P

TEREZI: 1TS NOT L1K3 TH3R3S 4NYON3 TO 3V3N H1D3 TH1NGS FROM

DIRK: ...

TEREZI: OR 4NYTH1NG WORTH H1D1NG FOR TH4T M4TT3R

TEREZI: HMM

TEREZI: WH4TS TH1S TH1NG OV3R 1N TH3 CORN3R

TEREZI: UND3RN34TH TH1S B1G SH33T TH1NG

DIRK: Don't look in there.

TEREZI: OH SHHHH 1M ONLY T4K1NG 4 P33K

DIRK: Terezi.

DIRK: Listen to me.

TEREZI: 1M JUST L1FT1NG UP TH3 COV3R 4 L1TTL3 W4YS!!!!

DIRK: Terezi please stop talking right now.

TEREZI: D1RK HOLY SH1T

TEREZI: W

TEREZI: 4444URGH YOU 4SSHOL3!!!

DIRK: I did ask you to stop.

TEREZI: OK4Y 4CTU4LLY FUCK TH1S

TEREZI: WH4T 4M 1 DO1NG H3R3?

TEREZI: WHY 4M 1 3V3N W4ST1NG MY T1M3 W4TCH1NG YOU RUN 4ROUND 1N YOUR STUP1D ROOM FULL OF TR4SH, T4LK1NG TO YOURS3LF??

TEREZI: 1V3 GOT 4 SH1P TO CR4SH

[jesterjamz]

i know exactly how to pace these next few chapters

[tmcguardianalternateau]

And what was her relationship with Cesar?

Th-They were close! Like...really good friends...

[fatehbaz]

was thinking about this

To be in "public", you must be a consumer or a laborer.

About control of peoples' movement in space/place. Since the beginning.

"Vagrancy" of 1830s-onward Britain, people criminalized for being outside without being a laborer.

Breaking laws resulted in being sentenced to coerced debtor/convict labor. Coinciding with the 1830-ish climax of the Industrial Revolution and the land enclosure acts (factory labor, poverty, etc., increase), the Metropolitan Police Act of 1829 establishes full-time police institution(s) in London. The "Workhouse Act" aka "Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834" forced poor people to work for a minimum number of hours every day. The Irish Constabulary of 1837 sets up a national policing force and the County Police Act of 1839 allows justices of the peace across England to establish policing institutions in their counties (New York City gets a police department in 1844). The major expansion of the "Vagrancy Act" of 1838 made "joblessness" a crime and enhanced its punishment. (Coincidentally, the law's date of royal assent was 27 July 1838, just 5 days before the British government was scheduled to allow fuller emancipation of its technical legal abolition of slavery in the British Caribbean on 1 August 1838.)

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"Vagrancy" of 1860s-onward United States, people criminalized for being outside while Black.

Widespread emancipation after slavery abolition in 1865 rapidly followed by the outlawing of loitering which de facto outlawed existing as Black in public. Inability to afford fines results in being sentenced to forced labor by working on chain gangs or prisons farms, some built atop plantations.

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"Vagrancy" of 1870s-onward across empires, people criminalized for being outside while being "foreign" and also being poor generally.

Especially from 1880-ish to 1918-ish, this was an age of widespread mass movement of peoples due to the land dispossession, poverty, and famine induced by global colonial extraction and "market expansion" (Scramble for Africa, US "American West", nation-building, conquering "frontiers"), as agricultural "revolutions" of imperial monoculture cash crop extraction resulted in ecological degradation, and as major imperial infrastructure building projects required a lot of vulnerable "mobile" labor. This coincides with and is facilitated by new railroad networks and telegraphs, leading to imperial implementation or expansion of identity documents, strict work contracts, passports, immigration surveillance, and border checkpoints.

All of this in just a few short years: In 1877, British administrators in India develop what would become the Henry Classification System of taking and keeping fingerprints for use in binding colonial Indians to legal contracts. That same year during the 1877 Great Railroad Strike, and in response to white anxiety about Black residents coming to the city during Great Migration, Chicago's policing institutions exponentially expand surveillance and pioneer "intelligence card" registers for tracking labor union organizing and Black movement, as Chicago's experiments become adopted by US military and expanded nationwide, later used by US forces monitoring dissent in colonial Philippines and Cuba. Japan based its 1880 Penal Code anti-vagrancy statutes on French models, and introduced "koseki" register to track poor/vagrant domestic citizens as Tokyo's Governor Matsuda segregates classes, and the nation introduces "modern police forces". In 1882, the United States passes the Chinese Exclusion Act. In 1884, the Ottoman government enacts major "Passport Nizamnamesi" legislation requiring passports. In 1885, the racist expulsion of the "Tacoma riot".

Punished for being Algerian in France. Punished for being Chinese in San Francisco. Punished for being Korean in Japan. Punished for crossing Ottoman borders without correct paperwork. Arrested for whatever, then sent to do convict labor. A poor person in the Punjab, starving during a catastrophic famine, might be coerced into a work contract by British authorities. They will have to travel, shipped off to build a railroad. But now they have to work. Now they are bound. They will be punished for being Punjabi and trying to walk away from Britain's tea plantations in Assam or Britain's rubber plantations in Malaya.

Mobility and confinement, the empire manipulates each.

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"Vagrancy" amidst all of this, people also criminalized for being outside while "unsightly" and merely even superficially appearing to be poor. San Francisco introduced the notorious "ugly law" in 1867, making it illegal for "any person, who is diseased, maimed, mutilated or deformed in any way, so as to be an unsightly or disgusting object, to expose himself or herself to public view". Today, if you walk into a building looking a little "weird" (poor, Black, ill, disabled, etc.), you are given seething spiteful glares and asked to leave. De facto criminalized for simply going for a stroll without downloading the coffee shop's exclusive menu app.

Too ill, too poor, too exhausted, too indebted to move, you are trapped. Physical barriers (borders), legal barriers (identity documents), financial barriers (debt). "Vagrancy" everywhere in the United States, a combination of all of the above. "Vagrancy" since at least early nineteenth century Europe. About the control of movement through and access to space/place. Concretizing and weaponizing caste, corralling people, anchoring them in place, extracting their wealth and labor.

You are permitted to exist only as a paying customer or an employee.

[girlwithrituals]

101 ways to improve self esteem

1) Master a new skill.

2) List your accomplishments.

3) Do something creative.

4) Challenge your limiting beliefs.

5) Talk to a counselor.

6) Don't worry about what others think.

7) Read or watch something inspirational.

8) Stay true to your character.

9) Let go of negative people.

10) Set healthy boundaries with others.

11) Care about your appearance.

12) Welcome failure as part of growth.

13) Be a lifelong learner.

14) Face your fears.

15) Become a mentor.

16) Accept compliments.

17) Eliminate self-criticism.

18) Practice coping skills to manage stress and big emotions.

19) Notice negative thoughts and beliefs.

20) Challenge negative thinking.

21) Think about what you learned from negative experiences.

22) Practice gratitude.

23) Exercise.

24) Eat healthy and limit junk food.

25) Get good sleep.

26) Spend time with positive and supportive people.

27) Encourage yourself.

28) Write a list of your strengths.

29) Don't compare yourself to others.

30) Avoid perfectionism.

31) Do at least one positive, enjoyable activity every day.

32) Celebrate small victories.

33) Be helpful and considerate to others.

34) Be honest with yourself and others.

35) Accept your flaws.

36) Don't give up.

37) Practice self-care.

38) Go easy on yourself.

39) Practice being assertive.

40) Practice saying "No".

41) Practice relaxation techniques.

42) Take on challenges.

43) Volunteer to help others.

44) Forgive others and yourself.

45) Set goals and work toward them step by step.

46) Seek balance in all areas of your life.

47) Discover your passions and purpose

48) Groom yourself.

49) Dress nicely.

50) Be kind and generous to others.

51) Practice good posture.

52) Change a small habit.

53) Smile.

54) Don't procrastinate.

55) Don't take things personal.

56) Organize your personal space.

57) Challenge unkind thoughts about yourself.

58) Spend time outside.

59) Notice the good things.

60) Celebrate your successes

61) Write a list of things you like about yourself.

62) Don't take too much on.

63) Do something for yourself every day.

64) Develop daily habits.

65) Remind yourself it's okay if not everyone likes you.

66) Practice mindfulness.

67) Learn to tolerate discomfort.

68) Use problem-solving skills.

69) Take responsibility instead of blaming.

Tell Yourself Positive Affirmations Such As:

70) I am grateful for every day.

71) I am worthy of happiness and love.

72) I am in charge of my own happiness.

73) I love, respect, and believe in myself.

74) I deserve to be happy and successful.

75) I approve of myself, right here and now.

76) I am learning and changing for the better.

77) I accept 100% responsibility for my own life.

78) Every day in every way, I am getting better and better.

79) I can learn to accept the parts of myself that I don't like.

80) I am thankful for my challenges as they make me a stronger person.

81) Write down three positives about each day.

82) Make a collage with your talents, goals, and dreams.

83) Practice laughing.

84) Be proud of yourself.

85) Say mistakes are an opportunity to learn.

86) Show respect to yourself and others.

87) Resolve conflict peacefully.

88) Ask for help or support.

89) Complete a daily task list.

90) Have a growth mindset.

91) Be optimistic.

92) Treat yourself with kindness and compassion.

93) Focus on the things you have control over and can change.

94) Get started on tasks you have been putting off.

95) Practice good daily hygiene.

96) Focus on solutions not problems.

97) Talk about your feelings with someone you trust.

98) Drink plenty of water.

99) Start a new hobby or join a club/sport.

100) Do random acts of kindness.

101) Create a dreams list.

[punkrockisafulltimejob]

So I found out much later that this is actually A Thing! Look up the Pomodoro method, you should be able to find a video that keeps the timer for you, but I have a nifty clock that has prebuilt timers for 5, 15, 30, 45, and 60 minutes! All you have to do is turn it on a different side (it's a hexagon) and it'll do the work for you!

Definitely start slow, and don't beat yourself up! Cleaning is a chore that is rarely taught but often required. If you don't know how to clean, that's okay, me neither!

If all else fails, focus on the Big Three: Laundry, trash, and dishes. You'd be surprised how often just taking care of those three will make the biggest difference.

Okay so here's what I've noticed helps me, a comorbid depressed/anxious/ADHD/Autistic person who has severe lifelong trauma from cleaning (ask at your own risk). This may or may not help you too, but it may help you develop techniques of your own.

Set a timer. Like deadass I start small, I clean for 15 minutes, I break for 15 minutes, I work for 30 minutes, I break for 15, I work for 45, I break for 15, and then I repeat the 45/15 minute alarms until I feel I can stop. I don't go above that because I want to 1, give my brain and body regular breaks and 2, I found working for an hour and breaking for 15 wasnt working for me. It was too long a block of time cleaning.

I tend to try and work section by section, but not in the way you'd think. I'll either work by piece of furniture or I'll clean in an immediate area. I won't do it by chore because I hate thinking I got all the laundry or all the dishes or all the garbage and then finding more. That's frustrating to me, which is why I'll break it down by furniture or section of floor.

I organize as I go along. Don't make organizing it's own chore, it'll make things so much more difficult in the long run. As I'm cleaning, I'll put all my books on or near my shelf, even if I'm not putting them away yet, I'll make sure things are close to where they're supposed to be in bags separated by the "interest" or "craft". Then I can put things away from there. It allows me to stay more in one place for the time being which keeps me more focused and also have less back pain from moving constantly.

Have multiple trash bags open. I don't know why this works but it does. I'll have four or five trash bags around my room, none of them will be close to full, and there's definitely no sorting of the trash.

Music for background noise, especially something with an energizing beat, to keep you going. Don't fall into the trap I did and put the tv on in the background because "it's a show I've watched several times now, I'll be able to tune it out" LIES! you will not be able to tune it out, you will get invested, and you will die (said the gym coach from Mean Girls [2004])

For the love of god do NOT use your bed as a flat surface to collect things. I have done this so many times. You need to have a safe island free from crap so that you can actually rest on your breaks. That is key to this whole thing, actually take and rest on your breaks.

I'm sure more will come to mind as I keep cleaning. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[sobelowstory]

S-shit…*she starts to quickly walk away* - 💗

I wi-i-i-ill tr-y-y-y-y to kee-e-e-ep him at ba-a-a-ay.