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Closed General Store
The Loneliest Highway series
Lincoln Highway (Nevada)
Hasselblad 500c/m
Kodak Tmax 400iso
#Closed General Store#General Store#abandoned#The Loneliest Highway#nevada#Lincoln Highway#highway#road trip#road#on the road#abandoned buildings#photo#photography#hasselblad#film#photographers on tumblr#original photographers#photographerslife#120#hasselblad 500c/m#film is not dead#photographers directory#william mark sommer#kodak#medium format#loneliest road in America
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she’s like if the virgin mary smoked a pack of pall malls every day 🚬
#sims 4#the sims community#simblr#ts4#sims 4 edit#mysims#drawing/editing these tears took actual years off my life#editing this in general did but the tears were my hell#her name is norma jean named after her grandmother but she goes by either jeanie or jj#she works at the local convenience store and bartends at night when shes able to pick up shifts#shes the worst bartender in existence and refuses to lift anything over 2 pounds#she once convinced a customer to buy her a sweater because she looked a little cold while working#she lied and said her manager never lets them turn on the heat and casually mentioned pennys was selling her favorite sweater#and then described in detail exactly where the sweater was in the store#all she had to do was blink her big brown eyes and call them baby a few times and they immediately folded#she goes to church 7 days a week even though she hates it because that's what she did when her mom was still alive#and its one of the few things that helps her feel close to her mom#her mom died after she had to drop out of highschool to take care of her#she holds a lot of resentment for having to give up such a big part of her life#but at the same time blames herself for not being able to make her mom better#she doesnt believe in banks and hides money around her house to store it but she's also super forgetful#she'll randomly find money around the house and then treat herself like it was present she meant to leave for her future self#she loves crosswords but treats it like a fun game and refuses to check if her answers are ever right#there's ur fun little facts about jeanie 🫵🏼
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#We've had our yearly secret santa gifts exchange at my dorm and I've been gifted the first volume of Beast 😭😭😭😭😭#I'm crying forever. This december marks three years since I've watched the first b/sd episode#and yet this is the first time I actually own a b/sd manga volume. Like I own it and I can read it whenever I want!!! How cool is that!!!!!#Like there's so many Akutagawa images in it!!!! It's insane!!!!!!!! AND IT'S BEAST AT THAT#I'm deeply moved because I never spoke about it to virtually anyone here (at my dorm)?#Like I suppose a bunch of people vaguely know I like anime but only a couple of close friends know I like. Like-like reading manga lol.#And the person who gifted it DEFINITELY didn't know I like anime in general much less b/sd specifically much less Beast in particular!!!!!#I'm 100% sure (they just arrived this year and we hadn't even had that much occasions to talk to each other).#Which means they went through the trouble of gathering intel from my close friends about what I like and actually follow through‚#seek for the specific manga in a comic store etc... It's such a nice gesture I'm so heartwarmed.#And of course I'm glad for every gift I've received in the last years (genuinely)‚ but the fact that this was the most *specific* to what–#I like. It makes it so special! They were so kind.#There must be one (1) person in this whole 60 people dorm who knows I like Beast–#(that would be the girl who introduced b/sd to me in the first place) and the fact that they asked them for it...#I feel both very grateful and lucky lol#When I unwrapped it!!! Like I thought it was just a random book which would have been nice but like!!!!!#When I actually saw through the thin paper the cover!!!! The scream I screamed in my head#Anyways!!!! I own a b/sd manga now!!!!! I've only got time to go through the first chapter so far but it's suchhhh an experience.#It's like reading it for the first time again 😭😭😭 Half because the translation is so much different than the English one lol.#And I basically know the English version by heart. Half because I never saw this kind of high quality!!!!! It's!!!!! Insane!!!!! Like!!!!!!#I'm crying 😭😭😭 The drawings are so sharp and crisp (in the good way). The lines are so clean there's no disturbance at all#I literally never saw anything so good in my life I'm crying a little. I'm so so glad they blessed me with Beast specifically#The takebon edition is pretty cheap (it's just planet manga so there's no color illustrations or dust cover or anything unfortunatelly.#But to make up for it the volumes are significantly cheaper then let's say J-Pop)#There's also some unique typesetting choices? The text from the book-like boxes is in lowercase which is interesting!#Initially I thought I wouldn't have liked the translation (opening it randomly there was Akutagawa saying “crepa!” (“die!”) to Dazai in ch1#Which was kinda jarring since it's very low register and everyone knows Akutagawa has very complex speech patterns.)#But actually reading it I'm really enjoying the translation so far!!!!#There's so many choices that made me grasp details I actually missed all the times I've read the English translation.#That is to say! Very excited to read it!!!! Will probably make a review / translation commentary if I can find the time!!!!!
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maybe this isnt true in the city but at least here it seems like skateboarding/longboarding is NOT a big thing
#we have a skate park really close by but ive only ever seen like. one guy on a skateboard there#its all scooters... and then the bmx bikes on the track next to it#no but greater sydney area generally theres like. idk one chain that only really does skateboard (no longboard)#maybe cruiser idk. and then like 3 independent shops#and this is a big area this isnt like cbd. even worse for rollerskates so ive heard lmao#huh. just had a look at our local chain and it turns out they Do sell a couple of longboards#but theyre advertised as cruisers..../???#like. theyre definitely not lmao but#they still dont do longboard wheels tho which is the pertinent part for me rip#ONE set on the site. and u cant get them in shop anywhere its online only#at which point there are other shops lmao..#oh i wasnt counting city beach but maybe i should have LMAO theyre at least carrying globe#well. on second thought their better brands dont seem to be available anywhere in store. so
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you might not think it’s hard to be a soc fan artist on tumblr, but let me tell you about the time I called someone out for drawing inej with light skin, so they blocked me and then wrote a long post about me that I couldn’t see, along with colour samples taken from my art as examples of how inej is “too dark” in them, and then they end the post with “I’m disappointed in you” 💀
#girl 😭#inej ghafa#book accurate crows#mine#post contains g slur#the g word is a racial slur for romani people and a word used against them during the 500 years of chattel slavery they endured#which wasn’t even that long ago#english isn’t this person’s first language and so it was google translate who automatically used that word#but they have decided to stand by it#for a lot of my family their first language is greek#that isn't an excuse for them or me to say racially charged english slurs and if I did so by mistake I would correct myself.#you sound like someone who took an ancestry test discovered they had a#minimal percentage of a particular ethnic group in their genetic makeup#and then assumed they could speak on and represent that group without understanding its history or culture.#my racist right-wing aunt has a non white grandparent but that doesn’t give her the right to talk on matters from that ethnic group#we are all very mixed if we examined our genetics very closely#but that doesn't mean you can decide whether or not that word is a slur if you haven't lived openly as a romani person#and been called that while you were denied jobs education and even being allowed to go into stores.#you are undermining the lived experiences of individuals within the roma community.#my friend's ancestors have been saying that is a slur call us roma since the 1930s. that was only one or two#generations after the abolition of slavery.#and like any ethnic group of people they have varying skin tones?#it's actually stupid to say they all have light skin when they were in fact ostracized#dehumanized and forced into racially segregated ghettos on the outskirts of society#because of the very dark colour of their skin.#inej ghafa is romani coded#she happens to have dark skin#tw racism#tw colourism#tw g word
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I am given so much godsdamned china.
#i gave a whole set (lovely; white and gold) to a dear friend this summer which was great#but it just keeps coming#i don't know how much of this is my own specific sociocultural position#(+ my partner becoming very close to multiple single elderly gay ballet teachers who leave him many of their possessions)#and how much of it is a common generational experience#anway. that was a pretty miserable visit#but this is some very pretty china even if i don't know where we're going to store it#family stuff
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middle TN is prepping for 4-8" of snow tomorrow and i am enjoying my first Winter Weather Event as a lifelong northerner
#yes it should be big news when your city has as many plows as they do major interstates#and yes schools should be closed if you cannot safely travel to school#but the store shelves being empty and panic-buying generators is so entertaining to me#it's going to be like 40 on sunday. and above freezing most of next week#talk to me when ice keeps me from leaving my driveway#also someone at work called it a 'polar vortex' ...... it's gonna be like 29º#the last polar vortex i remember it was -29ºF before the wind chill (then -52ºF)#29ºF is downright balmy in january lol#anyhoo until then i'm gonna eat soup and enjoy the show
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Made it home safe 👍
Today is not a good day.
#speculation nation#negative/#not bc of me making it home safe. but bc it was even such a question.#having it snow literally 2 days after buying my car was Not what i wanted to happen.#i stopped by the store tho to pick up some car stuff. including a scraper. and ended up getting a few other things.#have to finish up my data governance shit. still have to email my other professor.#i have dnd in 2 hours and i feel like such a miserable sod idk how im supposed to. do that.#i'll try. but it's also cutting it close with everything else too...#idfk. i might message i'll be a little late if my presentation stuff takes too long. idk.#in general tho my nerves are shot and im still upset about earlier.#stressed from school and the stress raised thru the Roof at my first fucking day of driving in snow.#i hate winter. i hate winter i hate winter i hate winter SO fucking much#not even xmas is enough to make winter worth it to me anymore. i barely even like christmas anymore.#which is particularly upsetting considering how much i used to love it#also god DAMN IT i couldve gotten egg nog while i was there 😭😭😭 i literally passed thru the milk isle 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭#oh fuckin well. i'll get it another time.#for now... i need to focus on schoolwork. this is due Tonight.
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A bit of a stranger post, but: Has anyone learnt that ears in general just...aren't even really noticed? Besides earrings, ears just wind up being hidden to the average person's awareness.
I haven't exactly met enough people to really know the truth behind it, but from the few people I have known beyond meeting them? It's something they just don't genuinely think about unless prompted about (and that includes anything around them, excluding earrings).
No wonder people don't know anything about deafness.
#hear here#actually deaf#deafness#hearing aids#Seriously.. a close friend of mine warned about his mother maybe mentioning my having hearing aids (and they have bright orange ear molds)#But just...nothing. Even with a “deafness” book in her store.. just... nothing that spoke of her even noticing#And that's nothing of people I've met just saying (and seemingly seeing!) nothing#Humans are weird*#*Then again.. life is weird in general.. let alone a brain's capacity to think
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1/ this bout of comms almost done and 2. spawndate in 3 days so I have! been fixin up some stuff for the itch store. that'll go live on the 29th! right now there Is a pack of the lineart stuff I did last year for folks who found that agreeable, still free to grab! for practicing coloring, or if you wanna mess around with colors when ur not feelin like doing lineart, or if you wanna try to figure out colors in a drastically different style than what you usually go for. or if u just wanna look at it that's cool too. small announcement that is all see u in a few
#bakuspeech#update on the situation: is mostly contained. it'll take a fair bit to make up for how much it's kicked us in the nuts#but it's doable. just Very annoying and tedious and sudden and overall it just sucks#esp. like right up close to my birthday lmao. like if it happened earlier this year I'd be like alright. sucks shit but par for the course#this year has already been so fucked up. this might as well happen#but since it's happened in december it really brings on the feeling of like. fr bitch?#right in front of my cake? me the birthday boy? the specialest fucking boy?#but well. theres a Thing around here that's ur birthday usually being the unluckiest day#but also we're the kind of folks who track death dates rather than birthdays. like up until very recently#all four of my grandparents have unspecified birthdays. their birth years aren't even correct. on paper they're like#a few years older than they actually are#and my granddad on my dads side was even from a family of some means so it wasnt even a class thing#man. last year Something was happening around this time too. idr what but it also sucked#mmm. well. what is really just is. and I've already taken a hammer to it anyhows#I'll do the same for the birthday thing. it Will be fucking good. I take a hammer to it#I'm very glad I still get some commissions even tho it was practically right up to noel#you guys are very generous. I don't say it as often as I should I think but I'm very very thankful for the support#glad to hang out around here still. glad to have the folks I have here. thank u for chillin with me#please look forward to the itch store update. got a new thing along with the old things ported over. stay tuned
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may or may not have voiced my. strong. disagreement about the store policy of "absolutely no earbuds during ur shift no matter what" with the general manager. may or may not have said that if he insists on taking such a hardline stance on the matter i would escalate it as a disability accommodation thing. help. 💀
#THE RULE DOESNT MAKE SENSE I WILL DIE ON THIS HILL#not even when the store is CLOSED!! or were exclusively in the warehouse!!!! its B U LL S H IT#anyways. i didnt say it like that i said it had no impact on the performance of my job duties or the quality thereof and would he pls#explain the reasoning for the rule. he rather failed 2 do so satisfactorily. so here we are.#guess ill dig out my $3k adhd diagnosis paperwork 2nite :|#honestly tho i shouldnt even need 2 make it abt that its a general QoL thing in an otherwise fairly shitty underpaid retail/warehouse job
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#every day things get easier and things feel a little bit better than the day before#I feel like i'm thru the worst of it thankfully. over the biggest hurdle of 'feeling bad and sad and everything reminding me of him'#which is good!#i was prepared for the sadness and disappointment that came with the heartbreak#it also came with a general feeling of... oddness? feeling very off kilter?#it's like when you get used to a certain food at a store you grocery shop and it's just one of your staples#and one day you show up and find out it's been discontinued. it's not like you won't find something else.#but there's just kind of that absence and a familiarity you're missing?#many many thoughts lately about things.#a lot changes when you no longer have that 'person who you always wanna tell all the little things'#there's just a certain kind of closeness that i let a partner have with me. and it leaves a bit of a gap behind when it's gone.#it's like one of those tidal caves that's only open under certain right conditions.#everythings gotta line up just right for that to be explored. and now i'm just waiting for the tide to finish coming back in to cover it up#til everything is just right again to try and explore that with somebody.#hoping somebody someday just. wants a very passionate and committed guy who really likes gasmasks rocks roadtrips and being outside#im an imperfect simple man who loves and cares very deeply. i got learning n growing to do but that part will never change#personal stuff
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just gotta say even part time jobs that are currently only offering like 12$ an hour: You are a joke and should be ashamed of yourself for trying to hire people on for that little in this day and age
#i recently walked into like some sort of dollar store or 99 cent store or what have you#cause they had a hiring sign up and i was curious#and the district manager was there so i talked to her.#they were looking for a general manager who would have open availability+ weekends+ closings or openings+ holidays they would have to work#and i was like wow thats a lot of responsibility and hours worked how much does it pay#and she deadass looked me in the eyes and said 12 an hour. when i tell you i laughed at her#no wonder u cant get any employees if thats what ur offering for a management postition#for the record hiring rate at mcdonalds where i live is about 13 an hour for crew#so like girl. no
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denki cypress / aisha still is friends w dayoko i think but she's like a lot more subdued than normal. probably still works for takahashi as well but she doesn't really want to and he can reeaaally tell.
#txt#her working for takahashi i picked honestly bc i wanted her to interact with totty more#even if it was an au#bc i dont think she really wouldve interacted with him much in general#barely at all in hs bc she kept distance from most people anyways#there's very little reason for them to cross paths in daily life bc i dont think totty wouldve ever approached her store#unless like.... someone gave him a reason to#If anything they couldve interacted online. but cys social media is an idol stan account#if todomatsu was on stan twt then theyd probably witness each pther but never speak#and cy probably debated trying to doxx him at least once for saying something she didnt like#but then she didnt care enough so didnt bother looking him up#<- unaware of how close she is to The Creatures#Ok i think im done being freaky *skedaddles*
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Going through the horrors (unable to find a song that I Think vibes with my kid)
#really am imagining myself in a store trying to pick out the perfect song#deco why must your discography generally not be my taste AHHHHHHHHH-#this close to putting poison apple down as a T1 song for them for reasons though#oc nonsense
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i will write a whole thing about this to go along with my official silver quill verse post. but, typically, in the bookstore, you can expect to see quite a few people! so, irri and jhiqui work in the cafe and sometimes even help dany out when the store is busy. or, if the cafe is slow, you can find them hanging around the store or sitting behind the counter and chatting with dany! barristan has like an unofficial-official seat right by the counter, where he can see the door and keep an eye on dany. he's almost like the unofficial-official security at the bookstore, but really, he just wants to protect dany; between making her rounds, dany will pause to bring barristan coffee and tea and pastries and lunch from upstairs just because she adores him! she keeps whatever book he's reading on the counter for him. and . . . the cushion on dany's chair is from barristan. her three (very spoiled) rottweilers can sometimes be found standing behind the counter with dany or napping at her feet or curled up in the little office/storeroom behind the counter. they're super well-behaved, and dany loves having them with her 🥹. you've probably seen missandei, who is a classics student at the local university, working with dany! she very faithfully helps to run the counter! she's just excellent at everything she does in the store, and her recommendations are superb; some even think she's read every single book in there (she probably has). sometimes, jhogo, aggo, and rakharo come to hang around in the cafe or lean against the counter, volleying jokes and stories with dany and the girls. when they get too rowdy, dany will drop books into their hands and send them off to stock the shelves (with the promise of something yummy from the cafe). they don't mind. and of course, there is daario, who swaggers in and flashes grins and his gold tooth at dany and makes her heart flutter (and barristan huff from his seat).
#;; I HAVE . . . SO MANY THOUGHTS ABOUT THIS VERSE I LOVE IT SO MUCH 🥹🥹#;; barristan being there from the time the store opens to the time it closes makes me wanna cry 😭😭😭#♕░░ daughter of death ; slayer of lies ; bride of fire ( GENERAL )#♕░░ v. keeper of the silver quill ( MODERN II )
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