#December24

[moonstruckfortune]

[888diary]

crazy how drinking coffee makes me feel like a human being

[felipeandletizia]

Felipe and Letizia retrospective: December 24th

2004: “Day of Cirque” (1, 2)

2014: Christmas Message

2015: Christmas Message

2016: Christmas Message

2017: Christmas Message

2018: Christmas Message

2019: Christmas Message

2020: Christmas Message

2021: Christmas Message

2022: Christmas Message

F&L Through the Years: 1105/??

[famousborntoday]

John V, sometimes numbered as VI, bynamed John the Wise, was Duke of Brittany and Count of Montfort from 1399 to his death. His rule coincided with the height o...

Link: John V, Duke of Brittany

[famousdeaths]

Harold Pinter was a British playwright, screenwriter, director and actor. A Nobel Prize winner, Pinter was one of the most influential modern British dramatists...

Link: Harold Pinter

[mynameiseosson]

Mi fanno male i capelli (2024), dir. Roberta Torre

[leaving-anorexia-behind]

14/12/24

For a small time, the thick grey fog eased when the social worker informed me I didn't have to go back to the placement. Of course, it quickly came back and heavier than it lifted when I learnt I may still have to go back, and even if I don't, I'll still have to go to another house-share. The last thing I want.

I can't keep up with this relentless cycle anymore. I can't take the admissions, the building of hope to everyone around me to inevitably ruin it, I'm just exhausted and the fight in me has diminished.

I think of leaving this world all the time, even dreaming about it and I go through it in such detail. The thoughts provide a guilty relief that I can't seem to shift. If only I could restrict, if only I could disappear from this world without hurting a single person, especially my dad.

I'm all prepared, I'm just waiting for the opportunity and the timing.

[wbysydni]

hey december

guess I'm feeling

unmoored

[clickyourradio]

🎅NEW ON🎄CLICKYOURRADIO - ❄CHRISTMAS🤶

[stmonstercalendar]

We start off with KRAMPUS.

BET NONE OF YOU EXPECTED IT.

Post between 1-31 December, tag this blog, and have fun!

INFO | ASK | COLLECTION | UNOFFICIAL COLLECTION

[colleinanbar]

💭 THOUGHT BALLOON — is there something or someone you find yourself thinking about more often than other things? if so, why do you think you do this?

A THOUGHTFUL QUESTION FOR THE WILL

“I actually uh… I actually think of uhm, game nights? It’s when Cyno wants to play TCG, but nobody else wants to, but he drags everybody in the city he possibly can to play a few rounds anyway. And we eat food. It’s like a potluck, basically! Actually, it's less of TCG and more of eating these days. Master says he hates it, but I think he’s just sick of TCG. He definitely enjoys getting together with everybody, though! That’s what I think, anyway.

I don’t know.. It’s just.. It's all just a ton of fun. Madame Faruzan brings over a really good pudding.. Kaveh’s really funny when he complains about Alhaitham… The list goes on, really! I just think over these memories a lot because they remind me of fun times, especially when I’m doing something difficult. Someone said once that that’s just me coping, but is that really important..? If it works, it works…

Anyway, the biggest answer of all I can give you, is that they’ve all helped me adjust to Sumeru, and I’m grateful for that. All these people who are associated with my memories of game night are like family to me, and generally, game nights are times I get to spend with those I care for! I couldn’t ask for anything more.”

Collei had once sobbed for her biological family to save her from the wrath of cold, heartless experiments. Now, she is in no need of saving, for the family to save her now, is one formed with the warmth of home. (And perhaps Genius Invokation TCG.)

[liquidphlogiston]

Turning her head once more to see a very dignified looking woman beside her, Mualani’s a little surprised. Because woah, where did this lady come from! … but then again, Mualani is guilty of going up to random people(, sneaking, some others would say,) and rambling in their ears. Not that this woman is rambling or anything, Mualani was just making an association of how she kinda not really does something similar!!!!

“Ah! Hey! Nice to meet you!” Mualani replies, recovering quickly from her own internal shock. ‘First time in Penacony,’ she says.. Despite considering herself relatively good at reading people, Mualani could never understand how some people could just… tell? How do you even know if someone has been somewhere for the first time?? Did Mualani look super lost?! “Oh yeah, totally! Like actually. This is my first time around! How could you tell…?” she says after a moment of deliberation, looking with curiosity at this new figure.

She turns back to the crowds, remembering the question that was just asked to her. Can’t get too distracted, now!!! (Some people have pointed that out to her, and she should really get rid of the bad habit…) “Hm.. Well! It’s a little hard to get a good grasp of what to feel about the whole thing, since I don’t know much of the context, but I’ve noticed a few things. I think this is a very, very interesting scene!”

The pale haired foreigner(tour guide turned tourist) taps her chin thoughtfully before shrugging. “This is dirty stuff, I’m not gonna lie.” She gestures between the two drink stands and enraged crowds. “It.. it’s just a drink!” she begins to say, but pauses to shake her head and reject her own statement. “No! Actually! The name of one of those drinks is everywhere in Penacony, so it has to be an important cultural phenomenon or whatever. So.”

“‘More than just Glad,’” Mualani quotes, amused. “That’s dirty marketing!”

“SO ARE THESE MADE OUT OF… GLAD SOULS..?”

crystallize: soulglad/souljoy - ruan mei + mualani

[felipeandletizia]

Felipe and Letizia retrospective: December 24th

2004: “Day of Cirque” (1, 2)

2014: Christmas Message

2015: Christmas Message

2016: Christmas Message

2017: Christmas Message

2018: Christmas Message

2019: Christmas Message

2020: Christmas Message

2021: Christmas Message

2022: Christmas Message

2023: Christmas Message

F&L Through the Years: 1322/??

[famousborntoday]

Shim Hwa-jin is a South Korean academic specialising in the history of clothing and textiles. She was president of Sungshin Women's University from 2007 until 2...

Link: Shim Hwa-jin

[famousdeaths]

Adriana Margarita Olguín Büche was a Chilean lawyer and politician. She was the Minister of Justice during the rule of Gabriel González Videla, making Olguín th...

Link: Adriana Olguín

[colleinanbar]

Liyue isn’t quite so a new experience, as Collei often passes through to visit Mondstadt herself. What is new, however, is the extravagant storytelling event she finds herself at. “Uhm… This was advertised as a storytelling competition!!!!” Is all Collei can think, but at the same time.. It was definitely a little foolish of her to think that a significant pastime the people of Liyue would hold the same mundane meaning for someone from Sumeru. Which, not to say that Collei thinks storytelling is mundane at all!!! It’s just that the storytelling she’s used to is definitely mundane in comparison.

The huge crowd on the ship’s deck is also something Collei finds a little surprising. Uncomfortable, even, but that’s mostly because Collei doesn’t exactly want to make physical contact with anybody. Nonetheless, Collei finds herself wandering aimlessly aboard the Pearl Galley, not sure of what to do—mostly searching for the advertised ‘storytelling’. Admittedly, though, it’d be a little rude of her to shriek out at the smallest of touches, so the most Collei can do is stiffly maneuver herself between people, hoping for the best.

When she does feel a light tap on her shoulder, the girl tenses visibly, jerking back.

“Don’t touch me!” Collei snapped, her voice a harsh whisper as to not attract any more attention than necessary. She stops, however, recognizing vaguely the man. Vaguely. It’s not enough to ease her spirits. Brushing at her shoulder hesitantly, Collei looked down at her feet. “S.. sorry, I’m just not comfortable with any sort of physical contact.”

Getting a better look at the man, however, she’s reminded briefly of someone. That red haired man from Mondstadt that Kaeya had pointed out as the culprit of the Black Flame incident? Maybe? That same masked man? Could it really be? “I, uh…” Collei trailed off, debating whether to share her guess of who she thought the man was.

“Oh, er, oh,” she said dumbly, fumbling for the right words as they escaped from her grasp. “Y..yeah,” Collei began. “I think… I think I do recognize you..?”

an old story, from before the tiger got her stripes