#HAVE WE LEARNED NOTHINGGGG

[a-realproblem]

there’s no way we spent 2 seasons discussing how much of an unreliable narrator louis is just for yall to believe him when he said armand bite daniel out of spite and fall into the assumption that the writers won’t do devil’s minion justice

im gonna touch y’all’s hand when i say this…louis doesn’t know shit

[smoosnoom]

i wish i could forget about the vld fandom and the ending of that show but i so fuck with this au oh my god

ANON NO 😭😭😭 PLEASE

[norrizzandpia]

The Softest Launch (LN4)

Summary: He tried to be secret, but the eyes never lie.

Warnings: NOTHINGGGG language tho

Note: it was lance’s launch that sent me into this spiral

landonorris it was a good race ❤️

Comments:

mclarenfan22 YO WHO TF IS HE LOOKIN AT

- oscarandlando4ever carlos?

- mclarenfan22 idk abt that one girl

Lando-my-love i refuse to believe he has a girlfriend

- ln4andop81 the red heart is saying something else

oscarpiastri congrats on the podium man!

- mclarennnn what do you know.

- mclarensgirl oscar. spill it.

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landonorris fun day on the karting track! 🏎️

Comments:

ln4andop81 MAX IS IN ITALY WITH HIS GIRLFRIEND AND OSCAR IS OFF DOING PR IN LONDON WHO TF IS THIS.

- oscarandlando4ever we cant even fall back on carlos bc he is with charles at ferrari hq in italy as well

- Lando-my-love guys… i fear this is a soft launch

- mclarenfan22 DONT SAY THAT.

oscarpiastri tell her i said hi!

- mclarensgirlll HER????? PASTRY TELL US WHATS GOING ON

- landonorris will do!!

- mclarennn if this is his soft launch, i. will. cry.

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lando.jpg she’s learning 💋

Comments:

mclarennn WHO?????

ln4andop81 I CANT TAKE THIS ANYMORE

danielricciardo i still can’t believe you let her handle your camera

- landonorris ive given her other things that are delicate too

- danielricciardo shes made you a ball of mush

- landonorris a ball of love

- mclarensgirlll i have never been speechless before until rn

- mclarenfan22 GIVEN HER OTHER THINGS THAT ARE DELICATE TOO???? AS IN HIS HEART???? IM SLEEPING ON THE HIGHWAY ALREADY AND HE HASNT EVEN OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCED IT YET 😭😭😭

oscarandlando4ever hes soft launching her so well and so gently i cant im crying you can tell this one is different i think hes in love guys

Liked by landonorris

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maxverstappen 📸 creds -> lando’s “friend”

Comments:

landonorris i said say friend not “friend” ‼️

- mclarensgirlll BYE MAX IS TRYING TO HELP US OUT

- maxverstappen i think the soft launch is over mate

- ln4andop81 PLZ LET IT BE OMFG MY BRAIN CANT HANDLE IT ANYMORE

kellypicquet and lando said she was bad at taking pics 💀

- ynnnn idek where he got that from i literally have taken his insta pics for years

- Lando-my-love WHO IS ynnnn IS THAT HER???

- mclarenfan22 her account is priv but I THINK IT IS ALSO YEARS???? SHES BEEN TAKING HIS PICS FOR YEARS????

- oscarandlando4ever BRUH IF WE MISSED THIS RELATIONSHIP THIS WHOLE TIME IM THROWING MYSELF IN A WALL

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landonorris I’m going to try and keep this as brief as possible because Y/n is incredibly special to me and I would like to keep the best parts of her to myself, but, yes, I do have a girlfriend. As you can probably gather, her name is Y/n and she’s been my lifeline for the past 5 years. I know this picture doesn’t really do justice to how she looks or how we are as a couple, but I’ve found that I would like to keep it that way. She’s someone I hold very close to my heart and keeping the quiet, intimate moments just for us is a high priority for me. All I ask from all of you is that you treat her with the kindness she deserves and don’t bombard her on social media. I’ve kept her away from the spotlight for a long time and have only made her presence known because keeping her a secret seemed worse than letting the F1 world into that part of my life. I’m glad you’ve gotten to meet my love. I plan on spending the rest of my life with her. Xx

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TWITTER

mclarensgirlll YALL SEEN THE INTERVIEW WITH LANDO????????? BRO IM CRYING HES SO CUTE

- ln4andop81 reporter: “were you nervous to let everyone know about her?” Lando: “well, the drivers, my friends, and family all knew i had met someone because apparently, according to them, i had a different look in my eyes. So, announcing it to them wasnt that nerve racking because they already knew, but, to the public, yeah, I was nervous. More nervous than she was.” Reporter: “so she was nervous?” Lando: “only because she thought no one was going to like her which is and was absurd. She’s the greatest human being I’ve ever met. There’s genuinely no scenario I could think of that someone would end up even slightly disliking her.” BRO.

- Lando-my-love AND THE WAY HE TALKED ABT FIRST SEEING HER 😫😫 “it was like my eyes were glued to her. I guess i was just so in shock someone could be that beautiful and, sometimes, i still am.”

- mclarenfan22 DONT GET ME STARTED ON HIS PROTECTION OF HER BYE “well, she’s just so perfect to me. The world I live in can be ruthless and unfair and messy, all the things she isn’t. I love her that way. I love her for that. She’s my quiet place I can go to when my job and lifestyle get to be too much. She’s like a time out and we both agreed we want to keep it that way.”

- oscarandlando4ever PLZ THE WAY OSCAR EXPOSED HIM TOO “when she’s around, Lando is so much more tolerable. She can calm him in a way I have never seen before. In fact, the engineers and I all agreed around a year ago that she needed to start coming to races because he was always a hot head if it didn’t go well. When we found a way to sneak her in and she did start attending events, he actually started to breathe if things didn’t go his way.”

- mclarensgirlll AND THEN THE WAY LANDO ENDED THE INTERVIEW WITH “But anyways, i could talk about her for hours, something i told myself i wouldn’t do. I’m in love with her and I just hope people understand we want to be left alone for a while. Just until we get married.” CRYING BC I THINK HES RLLY OFF THE MARKET THIS TIME

- oscarpiastri i know all of you want me to “spill” but really all i can tell you is that, yes, norizz officially rizzed his perfect girl and, yes, he is really off the market this time.

[dollmelaniee]

bomika season 1-3 (their development ‼️)

Season 1

bomika season 1 was so adorable. they didnt know each other that much but it seems they bonded quite well even if their opposites (clueless and smart). what really got me was in episode “The Thousand Prank Wars”. the bond went up so many levels especially in that moment. we learn that their relationship is more then just two friends who got their powers together. the trust level was on and off. we saw angst fluff and so much in one part 🤧 they really gotten more close and trustworthy in the episodes that went on and on in the season. halfway in there they were acting like married couple with 2 children like 😭. we saw jealous mika. period thats all i needa say, thats pretty much it , i can do more but its just gonna repeat what i just said sooo

Season 2

oh my gosh YOU DONT UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH I LOVE SEASON 2. their relationship was top tier, literally dating. we saw how they care for each other, literally saving each others backs every episode. like i said in season 1 we saw jealous mika AND jealous bose. literally idk how u say their not in love. it canon confirmed and everything. the finale episodes in season 2 honestly>>. UNCLE HAMBONE WILL FOREVER BE MY FOREVER FAVORITE SEASON 2 EPISODE. they basically got together in that episode. they just carried honestly. (hc: after uncle hambone bose took mika on a dinner date 🤫) UNMASKED. oh my gosh they just ate. the fake dating, flirty bose, acting like a married couple. THEY JUST DID THAT. i swear i loved them so much. HOLDS A SPECIAL PLACE IN MY HEART!! they were so silly i loved them

Season 3

woahh they look so badass in that picture

ANYWAYS season 3 was a roller coaster. i said in my earlier post that they couldve gave us more in the series. i still stand by that 📢📢❗️❗️. they were cute ig in the first episode, but its like they never had anything in seasons 1 and 2. i love bomika and i say that so many times but seriously, where is the fake kiss mentioned 🤨🤨, we did see jealous bose (i hear bapa stans coming for me because i said bose was jealous in episode 4) anyways… they were cute and stuff per usual but it was not the same as it was. the moments they had was NOTHINGGGG compared to season 1 and 2! i know i said this before but we couldve gotten more man 🤧

thats pretty much it honestly, i might do chiles next bc i have so much to say!

[kiawren]

So uhm instead of doing my 8 essays due Tuesday morning I went down a rabbit hole learning about the romance farming sim Fields of mistria. And I adore Ryis so much....I've spent hours finding out about what I can of him becuz I can't play the game before the end of November...

My s/i and him would be perfect for each other... First of all he loves birds like HELLO.! When I learnt that fact I had multiple exclamation marks on top of my head I think. And it's not even a one-off thing he mentioned, I'm pretty sure it's established as one part of his personality. He also builds bird houses. And he has a feather collection. He is just like me for real.

Ok continued with lots of words down here Woops

He's so kind and creative... He does woodworking, and some of the gifts he loves can be carved on as mentioned in the item's description. It's crazy becuz I have an oc (ik I don't post about my oc's but they're always brewing in my head) who also likes to carve intricate patterns on wood (he has a wooden arm he carves on, and likes Batik patterns and the artfulness of Wayang Kulit which is Malay shadow puppetry.) like bro. Okay. And it means he's also an artist of sorts...Um yeah I'm projecting traits of that OC into the art we'd like to do together. I think my s/i would like to carve cool patterns with him... Like what if we carve birds... And they would love to sit outside and watch birds and try to sketch them together. Not to mention that one of the events you can do with him as part of a romance stage is. Planting a tree together. I'm normal. Like hello. Planting a TREE as a symbol of your love I think that's so crazy to me it's having me so whipped. And he's so down to earth I think he moved from the city to the more village setting of the game and also he was important in helping the village recover from the earthquake becuz of his skills and also he's very lovable for his kindness I think. I'm so invested now but my essays 😊 my esssayyss.... Oh yeah he also reminds me of Kiawe becuz he dresses like he works on a farm and it was my first impression... Also I think red is his color (one of his outfits is blue though. My s/i's color but it's whatever it's nothingggg that doesn't mean anything to me) and his personality is similar to kiawe's. They both have creative interests, work with wood in some way (kiawe's staff is wood okay it's more of a stretch but. Yeah haha) they're both hardworking, relatively quiet people but very kind. Help me

[inkywhip]

I just feel like I might be able to send this to you and not fear like super retribution or something similar. Like I might get an actual response with thought (after you come back of course!) It just kind of feels like... liam queer bated. AGAIN, technically, if he's making this a ~thing~. Like I understand Essek and Caleb were with each other for awhile, but there was nothing explicit, nothing to really say "YES they were TOGETHER in THIS way." Like lovers whether it be sexual or not. Idk if I'm just not seeing it or if other people agree, it's just the way I feel. I just feel a bit... cheated. Idk, it's just a strange feeling. That someone was seemingly so obviously heading towards a destination with another character (and, please, there is such build up to so much nothingggg) only to... let you're character die when you literally developed a spell that would allow you to utterly change your being, thus not allowing these characters to truly reach their potential. Its just... frustrating. Honestly, I'm probably just rambling because I need to vent my feelings about what happened. Sorry

Hey, instead of jumping at you, let me enlighten you. After all, we all have to learn.

And, in case you haven't seen, which you probably have at this point:

I can see how you might've been confused and didn't quite understand what they meant by "being together". I personally got the hint, but not so many other people did.

Anyway, CR would never queerbait. Sometimes it's just how relationships work. They didn't queerbait this time, they didn't queerbait perviously. Vax was a bisexual man in a relationship with a woman. Still bisexual. Caleb was a bisexual man in a canon relationship with another man. We're all happy!

[volleyball-dontknowher]

Brat Tamer Kenma x reader

Words: 

Warnings: NSFW, Oral (giving), spanking, degrading, edging, all but the se really

A?N: GUYSSS I JUST GOT A NEW SPELL CHECK AND OH MY GOSH MY OLD ONE DID NOTHINGGGG LIKE I AM SO EMBARRSSED THAT IT ALMOST LET ME POST SOMETHING SO NOT GOOD AND THAT i HAVE BEFORE 

“If I have to wait for you to open your stupid mouth and count one more time I am going to add ten,” Kenma growled before spanking you once again as you cried out the number eight quickly, trying your best to please him and end your punishment. You were splayed over his lap with your head face down in the sheets and your pants pulled just low enough that your ass was completely exposed to Kenma. 

 You hadn’t meant to make him upset with you, it just happened, you had forgotten his rule and now you were paying the price. He continued harshly smacking your ass before giving it a quick rub and doing it again. 

You caught yourself pleading his name over and over in hopes that he would at least take a second to let you breathe, but unlucky for you, he didn’t. Kenma kept spanking you mercilessly, smacking your ass quick and fast so every single one left a new sting. You started to tear up as his hand smacked your ass with everything he had. You tried to turn to face him as you screamed out “twenty,” knowing that it was the end of your punishment. Kenma pushed your head back onto the bed and before you knew it he’d pulled your pants back up and pushed you off of him. 

“If I catch you wearing panties to my office again I will not hesitate to punish you in front of the entire office, got it?” Kenma huffs while looking at you laying at his feet, “now be a good whore and go make dinner.” 

He pulls you into a quick kiss and massages your sore ass quickly before sending you on your way. You got up quickly and hurried to the kitchen to put food in the oven for the two of you. You stopped by Kenma’s work to surprise him today completely forgetting that he wanted you without panties every time you came because if you were going to come to his work and distract him he might as well lift your skirt and fuck you as the distraction.  Anything else you needed to tell him you could while bouncing on his length. So today when you showed up and he lifted your skirt to not only find you in panties but a pair of shorts as well, he was… unamused. You didn’t apologize or try and fix it either, you just sat there and stared at him in shock. In fact, you stood there for several moments just staring at him before he pointed to the door and told you that he would see you when he got home, he had work to do and you were nothing but a distraction at this point. You left his office unsure of what was going to happen next. After an hour or so Kenma texted you saying ‘be ready when I get home’ and you were. He got home and had you help him take off his jacket and shoes before laying you across his lap and spanking you. 

You were now in the kitchen tenderly rubbing your cheeks as you tried to soothe the burning heat from them. Kenma had gone to his gaming room and was setting up for a stream that was right after when dinner was supposed to be ready. You quickly chopped vegetables and got everything together before Kenma came into the kitchen to check up on you. 

He snuck up behind you and wrapped his hand around your throat as he pulls you back to him, “did my whore learn her lesson?” 

“Y-yes,” you stutter. 

Kenma abruptly smacks your cheek, not enough to hurt but enough to give you a warning, “excuse me?” he questioned.

“Y-yes sir,” you respond, trying to turn and look at him as your hands reach up to grab his. He was clearly sick of your antics and decided to push you forwards, chest over the counter, and give you one spanking. 

“Your job is to be my good girl, got it, keep your eyes on mine, or on the floor, and don’t think about trying to stop me. Finish dinner then we’re streaming,” he finishes before letting go of you and leaning up against the counter, eyes watching you intently. You pulled everything out and set the table for you both before plating the food and sitting down to eat. Dinner came and went as normal with idle conversation about what you both did today, plans for tomorrow, and what game Kenma is streaming. When you were done he smiled at you and offered to help with the dishes, you can’t help but smile at him. Kenma washed and you dried all of the dishes and it was cleaned up in no time. When it was time for Kenma to stream you typically went to the bedroom and did your own things, but tonight as you started to part ways he reached his arm out and stopped you. “I said WE were streaming tonight.” 

“Kenma no I’m not wear-” you stuttered. 

“Yeah that’s right, you won’t be wearing anything. I want you sucking me off while I record,” he replies nonchalantly. 

“But what if-” 

“Zip it whore,” he sighs before lifting his hand to instinctively grab under your chin. Familiar with the sensation you open your mouth and stick out your tongue for him, “good girl,” he coos, “now go sit in there on your knees until I’m ready.” You go sit next to Kenma’s favorite gaming couch on your knees for a couple of minutes, not daring to peak at your phone or even at anything that wasn’t the wall straight ahead of you. 

“Maybe you can be tamed.” “I can sir, I promise,” you beg hoping he notices how good you are being for him. 

He sits on his couch and pulls his sweatpants down just enough to expose his hardened length before flipping on the screen and the camera. Lucky for you Kenma was more of a shoulders up gamer so you wouldn’t have to worry about anyone seeing as you crawled over to him and started stroking him. Kenma gave you a quick glance down, showing little emotion, but you could tell he was enjoying it by the way his length twitched below your touch. You continued stroking him through his introduction and right as he pressed play you took him completely in your mouth, tongue swirling around his length. Kenma let out a little gasp before smacking you on the back of the head and continuing his game. You then started focusing solely on his head, alternating between hollowing out your cheeks as you bobbed your head as you swirl your tongue around his thick member and kitten licked his tip as you played with his balls. Kenma was euphoric but never flattered from his game once. You knew you should be a good girl and finish the job before leaving but you couldn’t help yourself from reaching behind him and looping your arms around his waist as you deepthroated him. This locked you in place and pulled his hips forward just enough that you could feel your nose against his skin as you held yourself down on his cock. Kenma let out a little squeak as his hand non-dominant shot to the back of your head and pushed you further onto his length, holding you there until the very last second before you had to come up for air. When you pulled off of his length you took a quiet dep breath before Kenma had a handful of your hair and pushed you back down on his length again, this time he gently rocked his hips forcing his length even further down your throat. Pulling off of him there was a trail of your saliva connecting his length to your lips and you had to restrain yourself from moaning at the sight. Kenma looked down and had to squeeze his eyes shut momentarily to prevent himself from giving anything away. Kenma was typically pretty quiet when it came to things like that but seeing you looking up at him in such an erotic way made him want to let out the deepest gasps and moans. Instead of moaning Kenma grabbed your hair and pushed you down one last time as his hips rolled up into your mouth as he shot hot cum down the back of your throat. You swallowed quickly before licking him clean and sitting back on your heels looking up at him. Kenma cups your face in his hand and rubs his thumb up and down your cheek before snaking his hand to your hair and grabs a fist full, he pulls on your hair and you crawl up onto the couch looking at Kenma expectantly. Kenma barely spared you a glance, instead, he pulled at your pants, clearly indicating that he didn’t want you in them anymore. You pull off your pants and panties and open your legs for Kenma, giving him a clear view of your exposed cunt and he looks down approvingly as his hand reaches to try and pull you closer to him. He scooches you closer and starts slowly rubbing up and down your exposed wetness with his middle finger teasing you slowly. You bite down on your bottom lip in order to keep from letting out a needy whine as Kenma played with your aching core. His fingers slid up and down your wetness a few more times, covering you in your juices before he started quickly rubbing your clit with his thumb and pumping two fingers into you. His eyes never once left the game as you felt yourself rocking up into his hand and biting down on your bottom lip in order to keep yourself quiet as you felt your orgasm coming. His fingers curled perfectly inside of you, hitting the spot he knows makes you scream every time. You felt the pleasure radiating through your body as your cheeks began to flush, you were right on the edge and you just needed him to rub your clit a little faster in order to feel the bliss wash over your needy body. You kept waiting for him to speed up the pace, but he never did, you were pent up and only growing more impatient. You reached one hand down to grab Kenma’s wrist in hopes he would see how desperate you are. Instead, what happened was way worse, he pulled his fingers out of you completely and smacked your throbbing cunt, completely ruining your orgasm. You wanted nothing more than to scream and beg him for your orgasm back, but the warning look he gave you quickly stopped you in your tracks. You dropped your head back onto the couch trying to regain your breath as you accepted your denied orgasm. 

Before you could fully relax Kenma was back playing with your throbbingclit, he began rolling it between his index and middle finger and tugging at it hard. Your body jolted in reaction as you felt yourself clenching around nothing, he knew what he was doing to you and you couldn't stand it. Your hands gripped at the armrest behind you as you squeezed your eyes shut and tried to focus on his fingers in order to cum. You were desperate and wanted to cum more than anything, the pleasure was clouding your mind and all you could think about was the building sensation at your core. You finally get a finger to enter your throbbing core and curl up perfectly to hit the spot and finally make you cum, except for it didn’t. His finger curled inside of you, but only because his other fingers stopped playing with your clit. You started rubbing yourself up into his hand in hopes for any form of friction you can get, but instead he pulls out of you once again and pushes your hips to the couch and moves his hand back to his controller, pretending that it is helping him play. 

You laid there trying to catch your breath for a moment before you sit up and watch as Kenma destroys the final boss and signs off of the stream. You sit there patiently waiting, knowing that he was going to be done soon. You pouted your lips and played with the hem of your shirt until you felt Kenma’s attention switch from the game to you. You gulped and looked at him nervously, you thought that you were good for him, but you could never tell what he wanted. Kenma didn’t say a word and instead pulled you onto his lap and gave you a gentle kiss. 

“You were so good for me doll, now I’m gonna make sure you can’t remember your name,” Kenma purrs before picking you up and carrying you back to the bedroom.

[lightninginabottle0613]

50 questions ⚖️

a scale for libra season - you knew i would!!

thank you to all of these angels for tagging me & giving me a chance to learn more about your precious selves - @yanak324 @watersandwolves @kelleesioverhere @livhatesolives @thelandofnothing

what is the color of your hairbrush? black! with some silver on the handle. 

name a food you never eat? sushi. i don’t dislike it, but it’s just far enough down on my favorites list that i never choose it over something else.

are you typically too warm or too cold? almost always too cold, but that’s exactly how i like it.

what were you doing 45 minutes ago? talking to my brother. he is at sea and bought internet for the day :’)

what’s your favorite candy bar? i don’t think i have a favorite tbh. i like most candy well enough. not really a candy person, though!

have you ever been to a professional sports game? i have been to many major league baseball games, & two minor league soccer games.

what is the last thing you said out loud? “love you, too” 💘

what is your favourite ice cream? ben & jerry’s mint chocolate cookie

what was the last thing you had to drink? lemon la croix in a stemless wine glass, bc nothingggg matterrrssss 

do you like your wallet? i actually don’t, lol. it’s a little dark green designer thing that i splurged on last year, bc i thought adults needed fancy wallets. & it’s very off brand for me. i also broke the inside zipper one hour after purchasing it, when i ripped the tag off bc i was too lazy to get scissors. so that makes me hate it even more.

what is the last thing you ate? omg. loaded sweet potato fries. with cheese & fake bacon & ranch.

did you buy any new clothes last weekend? i did! just one shirt at target. a lil striped guy. as if i needed any more of those.

what’s the last sporting event you watched? the eagles/bengals game last sunday. i didn’t put it on, like ... on purpose. i was hanging out with two straight men who insisted, bc i’m from philadelphia. it was sweet of them i guess

what is your favorite flavor of popcorn? anything cheeeeesy. or just regular. but fuck a caramel corn (sorry)

who is the last person you sent a text message to? one of the aforementioned straight men

ever go camping? yes!!!!!!! camping is so cute. very into it

do you take vitamins? i am actually all out of my multivitamin, so this question has reminded me to add it to my shopping list for tomorrow.

do you regularly attend a place of worship? (don’t make a target joke, don’t make a target joke)

do you have a tan? haha

do you prefer chinese or pizza? my east coast roots all but require me to say pizza. i do love a good sesame NOODLE though

do you drink your soda through a straw? no ma’am

what color socks do you usually wear? i’ve got all sorts of colors!! right now they are white with black polka dots. team fun socks

do you ever drive above the speed limit? i mean yeah, of course. i am a self- and others-proclaimed Great Driver, though. so i will drive above the speed limit a responsible and excusable amount.

what terrifies you? birds. everyone thinks it’s a joke until they see me encounter a bird. (no, not sparrows/robins/little tiny birds that fly away when you approach them. obviously not those. they’re doing amazing.) 

look to your left, what do you see? couch cushion! i have been on the couch for five hours. 

what chore do you hate most? oh like, probably cleaning the litter box lol. that shit sucks

what do you think of when you hear an Australian accent? steve irwin (and the fact that my mom cried when he died)

what’s your favorite soda pop? diet coke, because i am ✨garbage✨

do you go in a fast food place or just hit the drive thru? drive thru!! the drive thru experience is one of my favorite things. i love cradling my lil head in my hand while i talk to the person over the intercom. pretty much flirt with every drive thru attendant i ever come across. they’re so cute. shout out to grace at my local starbucks

what’s your favorite number? another day passes where i don’t have a favorite number

who’s the last person you talked to? out loud, my brother. over text, i am talking to three (3) very cute people! one of them is yana, hey bb

favorite cut of beef? the fake kind!

last song you listened to? whistle while you work. i’m watching snow white

last book you read? lol guys, i’m a disgrace. i haven’t read a book in so long. i just don’t have the energy. all i do anymore is attend zoom meetings, cry about the news, and journal about the moon

favorite day of the week? what is a “day” of the “week”

can you say the alphabet backwards? i just attempted it. i can, but very slowly.

how do you like your coffee? iced 😇 with a splash of oat milk. but i just bought a french vanilla coconut milk creamer today. so i’m really branching out.

favorite pair of shoes? i love my white birkenstocks more than anything, but i hate exposing my feet. so probably my dad sneakers.

time you normally get up? arounnnnnd 5:00 a.m.

what do you prefer, sunrise or sunsets? sunrises these days! usually far too dissociated to enjoy a sunset anymore lolllll i’m fine

how many blankets on your bed? just my main comforter, and my lil pink baby blanket that i still sleep with (balled up under my head)

describe your kitchen plates? they are pink & they are the same as yana’s

describe your kitchen at the moment? clean! except one dish in the sink. but clean, always

do you have a favorite alcoholic drink? i love a light beer! and learning to appreciate a red wine. nothing fancy.

do you play cards? almost never. i cannot stand games

what color is your car? my last three cars have accidentally been blue. the one i got in march (the first one i bought myself!!) is “cosmic blue” :’)

can you change a tire? no!! someone teach me though, i want to learn

your favorite state? pennsylvania, for better or for worse. 

favorite job you’ve had? 2018 me would be dying at current me even thinking of admitting this, but the one i have right now! it has taught me more than any job i’ve ever had, and introduced me to some of my favorite people, and treated me incredibly well during a time when so many have lost everything. cannot complain even slightly (although i most definitely do, and will continue to)

tagging: everyone that i would’ve tagged has already done this lol damn it guys!! @beautifulinsanesanity have you done this? idk. if you’ve made it this far & haven’t done it yet, then please consider yourself tagged.

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🛑 IF YOU LIVE IN AMERICA - HI! ONE MONTH UNTIL ELECTION DAY! are you registered to vote (if you’re of age)? are you aware of how fucked we are if we don’t mobilize to get this ogre out of office? vote early if you can. vote in person if you can. volunteer to be a poll worker if you can. just ... literally please lol. i’m so tired.

love u.

[arobandhan]

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enjoyyyy love youuu @balenciagastones

1. Period cramp prank 

Hannah set up the camera by the window, making sure it captured his bed and what she was about to do. Alex was already laying down facing the other way so he didn't see what she was up to. 

Hannah walked over to the bed and laid down curling up in a ball facing the camera and feigned and “ow” so her boyfriend could hear her. 

“Bug whats wrong?” Alex immediately turned around and scooted closer to Hannah when he heard her.

“I have cramps.” she pouted still holding her stomach to keep the prank going. 

“Aw angel did you get your period today?” he looked at her face pouting, Hannah nodded, he pouted more before kissing her forehead, “Aw bugg,” he whispered, “Do you want some water? Maybe I can get chocolate from downstairs?” she shook her head and let out another “ow!” 

“It hurts a lot.” she continued, alex kissed her before sticking his hand underneath the hoodie she was wearing of his, rubbing her tummy giving her kisses on the cheek. 

“I can run a hot bath for you, I can ask taylor to lend you her hot pad if you need it.” he said kissing her cheek again, but she shook her head, “But angel it’ll help you feel better, c'mon let's go take a warm shower together and then we can watch Ratatouille and I can ask mum to order some chinese for us.” he said rubbing her tummy. 

Giggling Hannah replied, “I love you bub.” 

“I love you too bug.” he said as she turned her head to kiss him on the lips, and then Hannah giggled more looking at the phone. 

“Why are you laughing missy?” he said, still cuddling her and rubbing her tummy. 

“Cuz i dont have cramps.” she waited for a response. 

“Hannahhhh what the hell.” he laughed making her giggle. 

“I’m still up for the shower with you, ratatouille and chinese tho.” 

“Same here.” The both of them bursting out laughing. 

2. ‘Because of You’ Dance 

The two of them were lying on his bed on their phones. They were doing a pamper night, the two of them wearing black charcoal face masks, Hannah taking funny selfies and videos with Alex to send to Taylor, Adri and Emilia. Alex was just trying not to laugh and was scrolling through tiktok. Eventually coming across a dance couples were doing. 

“Bug oh my god this dance is so easy we can definitely do this!” he exclaimed, making her giggle. 

“Which one bub?” she asked and looked over at his phone to see it. 

“Wanna learn it?” he asked and she nodded. He got up and jumped around excitedly waiting for her to get up, the two of them going into his bathroom and setting up the phone so they can look at it and learn the dance. 

The dance easy enough to pick up quickly, the two of them learning it with ease. 

“Okay Michael Jackson you ready to film it?” Hannah laughed asking her boyfriend. 

“Let’s do thissss” he said making a weird move and placing the phone to film them doing the dance. 

The timer ticked down and the music started, the both of them doing the moves they learned but not without having a laugh. 

Alex started singing the lyrics in a funny voice making Hannah giggle the entire way through. 

“MyYyY aDdIcTiOnNnN” he sang as the dance was coming to a close, the end of the video catching the two of them bursting out laughing together. 

“I am definitely posting this one.” he claimed as they both climbed back in bed so they can peel off the masks they had on so they can continue their pamper nights. 

3. Video game cuddles 

Hannah was currently laying on his bed bored out of her mind as he sat in his gaming chair playing fifa with the boys. 

She kept hoping he’d soon get bored of playing so many virtual matches that he’d come and give her attention. But alas the minutes ticked by and she could see he didn’t plan on stopping. So she retreated to going on her phone and scroll through tiktok, coming across a video of a girl trying to cuddle her boyfriend while he played video games and Hannah thought that it was a perfect thing to do in her predicament, getting up and setting up the phone somewhere he couldn’t see. 

It began to film and she walked over to Alex and you could hear him yell over his headset, “Mason that was 100% a foul, piss off with that.” making Hannah giggle. 

She began by wrapping her arms around his neck, he immediately looked up at her and kissed her arm. That's when she felt it was right to continue, lifting her leg to try and straddle him. 

“Buggg what're you doing i'm in a game?” he asked as she finally sat on top of him, making his arms move and go around her torso while his fingers still went clicking on the controller. 

“I wanna cuddle.” she said lowly and put her face in his neck. 

“Aww angel i’m sorry, let me finish this game and then we can cuddle the rest of the night how does that sound?” he asked and she nodded giggling and kissing his neck. She began to try to get out of his grasp but he stopped her. “What're you doing bug? Stay here with me please.” he said kissing her cheek and she smiled nodding cuddling him tighter. 

4. ‘No Air’ 

Hannah set up the timer and the filter to zoom on her face when she looked on the camera, Alex was coming out of the bathroom confused as to what his girlfriend was doing. 

“Uhhh bug what're you doing?” his voice startled her. 

“Oh good baby you’re back, come lay on me in like 5 seconds.” 

“What why?” 

“For a tiktok now hurry.” she said as the timer ticked down. He shrugged and crawled on the bed to lay on top of Hannah. 

The song began playing and Alex immediately knew what she was doing, he began laughing and then the part he knew was about to happen and she saw her turn her head and mouth the words, “How am i supposed to breathe with no air?” the video cutting and the two of them burst out laughing because they knew they had been watching so many of those same tiktoks that they had just made.

Hannah adding captions to it and posting it, both of them still laughing at how it came out. 

“I am not that heavy and you love when i lay on top of you.”’ Alex pouted once their laughter died down. 

“Awww baby i do love when you lay on me, i just thought it was funny.” she responded and he nodded, laying on her again. 

“Good.” he hummed resting his head on her boobs, “wait you didn’t agree when i said i'm not that heavy.” 

“Shhh let's rest.” she giggled making Alex begin to tickle her and that's how the night continued. 

5. Drop them titties. 

Hannah had been dying to do this trend where girls were flashing their boyfriends with their tits and each one made her cackle in laughter seeing the boys reactions. 

She knew Alex would get a kick out of it, but because of his training schedule she hadn't been able to do it with him yet. 

But eventually Friday afternoon came around and Alex came to pick her up to go get some food before they went to his so she could spend the night. 

Hannah was antsy the entire time, so giddy to finally do the trend. 

“What's got you so jittery huh?” he laughed as he was driving towards his house. 

“Nothingggg, i just wanna get homeeee.” she responded calmly, hoping he wouldn’t ask anymore questions. 

When they finally got to his place, they entered and hung out with his family and spoke for a good while before retreating to his room. 

She was setting her bag down as he sat in his game chair just flicking through his phone. 

“Hey bubba?” she called out to him as she walked over to him, he hummed in response looking up at her and reaching out his hands to grab her waist and bring her closer so she could sit on him in a straddle position, “Wanna make a tiktok with me?” she asked and he laughed nodding. 

“What do you wanna do bug?” 

“Just sit here okay?” she told him, setting her phone up so it was angled towards him and she found the song and began filming, lowering the volume so he couldn’t hear the song. She stood up from her position on top of him and he looked at her confused. 

She went out of view from the camera and waited for the part to come before grabbing the hem of her tank top and lifting it up with her bra and flashing Alex. 

She saw his eyes go wide and a smirk appear on his face as he lifted his hands and reached over to cup them. Trying to bring her forward to him while her shirt was still lifted.

“Alex!” she yelled as he laughed and looked over to see that the video stopped and nothing inappropriate was seen. She pulled her top down and went over to grab her phone. 

Alex moved from his chair to the bed looking at her, watching the outcome of the video and gigging. 

“Why don't you do it again and let me have more fun.” he smirked and she looked at him wide eyed this time, before nodding and throwing her phone to the side and crawling to her boyfriend to…. cuddle. 

[lesbianfreyja]

ok i know u hate shameless now but thoughts on the new scenes?

i dont have thoughts since i didnt watch it but from what i’ve seen of gifs, i will be saying something super bitchy under the cut, for several paragraphs

PSA: i’m about to be a huge bitch for awhile. seriously, nothing nice is about to be said. please do not read if you like the show because live and let live but i hate the show itself.

they realllllyyy tossed their 2 gays in jail and it’s meant to be soooo progressive and iconic somehow, and romantic????? even though mickey threatens him with a shiv and theyve been straight up fucking with MAYO this entire goddamn time because we LOVE a dual yeast infection!!!!!! they never have prep and half the time theyre banging with their underwear on 😭😭😭 have the shameless writers EVER gotten laid? and specifically gay sex as well is portrayed so badly sdnflksjdlfkj it’s so weirdd please stop making me look at it

anyway enough of the fixation on the sex because i could literally go for hours but ALSO……it’s taken TEN YEARS for a mutual ‘ily’ like the bar has been buried deep, deep in the earth’s core and people are still lauding it okkkk…..not to mention that apparently theyre getting married? by HIJACKING the wedding of ian’s little sister?? thats so shitty lol and mickey has a black eye because god forbid theres any gay tenderness without the underlying violence that theyre apparently STILL playing with five years later like omg did you learn nothingggg from s4/5 it’s so done it’s so boring. having to undercut love with violence bc toxic masculinity is the most tired thing on earth, and i say that as someone who watches always sunny and yes: im SICK TO DEATH!!! of this happening with mac and dennis too oh my god, but shameless specifically is bad with it because none of the other relationships are treated this wayyyy

also apparently terry tries to burn down their wedding because why NOT….lets throw some more trauma onto this. nobody wants to see terry anymore and hes such a violent homophobe but like. and i cant say if this is still true because i havent watched in several years but last time i checked terry was an ~outlier~ he was like the only one who had a problem with gay ppl and they ratcheted it up to a ten which is soooo disingenuous to the actual gay experience but i digress….the point is why would they have him traumatize mickey at his second wedding was the y*v*g*y disaster not bad enough. i had to sit through so many fics about mickey being a dad to the product of his rape i really cannot do this againnn 

anyways clearly im digressing to problems with sh*meless overall and not just from this season so i’ll stop. and this is just the ianmickey stuff like i can’t even BEGIN to talk about the issues with fiona, debbie, frank, and lip because this post is already stupidly long. i will just say that i hate theyre bringing them back to the dugout, for no specific reason but it just feels like the writers continuing to spit in the faces of fans since we’re the ogs who made the dugout special and they treated it like trash. anyways

tldr; WHY ARE THEY THREATENING EACH OTHER IN JAIL AND HAVING IT POSED AS ROMANTIC.

[lovemesomesurveys]

SEVEN DEADLY SINS Sin 1: Lust 1. Who was the last person you checked out? Did they check you out too? It’s been a looooooong time, honestly.  2. Who was the last person you desired, but they didn’t feel the same? Ty. 3. Ever cheated on a significant other? If so, have you learned from it? No. 4. Do you watch porn? No, not my thing.

5. Do you masturbate? No.

6. Best physical features on your preferred sex? Eyes, smile, hair, jaw line, arms. A nice stomach is nice, too. 7. Who are some celebrities that you think are totally hot? Alexander Skarsgard. 8. Did you ever lust after a best friend’s significant other? How did it turn out? No. 9. When was the last time you had sex? I’m a virgin.  10. Ever pursued someone, even though they were taken? No. Sin 2: Gluttony 1. When did you last eat at a restaurant? What restaurant was it? IHOP a couple weeks ago with my mom after doing some Christmas shopping. 2. When did you last have fast food? Where did you get it? For breakfast on Christmas day we had breakfast sandwiches from Jack in the Box. 3. What was the biggest meal you had all day? Nothing so far today, it’s only 1:54AM.  4. Do you have too many clothes? How often do you go shopping? Yes. I need to go through and get rid of stuff. It’s something I need to do soon. 5. What’s something you have a LOT of? Clothes and giraffe stuffed animals. 6. Do you eat a lot? Not really. I should be eating a lot more. 7. What was the last thing you splurged (spent a lot of money) on? Christmas presents. I always get a little too carried away for Christmas, but I love spoiling my family when I can. 8. What do you spend most of your money on (besides bills and anything necessary like that)? Clothes and coffee. 9. Last time you ate candy? What was it? I don’t remember. I haven’t had candy in such a long time. 10. Last thing you ate too much of? I’ve had Wingstop and pizza from my favorite pizza place a lot lately, but I love it. Sin 3: Greed 1. Do you share things? How often? Yes. I don’t know how often? I share what I can, when I can. 2. Someone asks you for a piece of your cookie. You break it in half, but the pieces aren’t equal. Who gets the bigger piece? I always give the other person more of whatever it is we’re splitting. 3. When you see change on the ground, do you pick it up? Rarely. 4. How often do you lend money to people? I don’t get asked often. More often I treat my family to things when I can, but if they ever needed to borrow money and I was able to lend it, then I certainly would.  5. Do you loooove money? Unfortunately, it’s necessary and I’d be lying if I said I wish I didn’t have a little more of it.  6. If someone offers to pay for you, do you decline or readily accept? If it’s my parents or brother, I’ll accept. I feel comfortable enough to, and I pay for them sometimes as well. If it’s someone else, I’ll decline unless they’re really persistent about it, but I’ll treat them the next time. 7. Which of your friends is the wealthiest? I don’t have any friends. 8. Would you take a high-paying job that you didn’t really like just for the money and benefits? Not if I was just absolutely miserable.  9. Ever stole from anyone? What about stole from a store? What happened? Only when I was a kid. I thought the candy in the big candy bins was free. :X 10. Do you ever have enough money? My family and I have a roof over our head, food to eat, clothes to wear, bills are paid, and we have nice things. Things definitely get stressful, though. Some months tend to be harder than others, financially. I, personally, would like to have more of it, but I’m able to have the necessities.  Sin 4: Sloth 1. Last thing you procrastinated on? Life. 2. When you’re at a strip mall and the next store you want to go to is at the other side, do you drive over there instead of take a short walk? I usually just head over there, but it would depend on how far the next store is. 3. What’s a typical day off of school and/or work like for you? I’m finished with school and I don’t have a job, but a typical day for me consists of checking social media, watching TV, watching YouTube, Tumblr, surveys, and resting. Lately I’ve also been playing my Nintendo Switch because I recently got Luigi’s Mansion 3, which I had been wanting to play since it came out. 4. What’s one talent you have that you don’t really work on, even though you have the ability to be good at it? I don’t have any. 5. How many hours of television do you watch a day? It really varies. Most of the time it’s on for background noise more than anything, but it depends on the day and what’s on. I multitask, so I tune in and out to what’s on unless it’s a new episode of a favorite show.  6. What about the amount of time you spend on the internet a day? I’m always either on my laptop or on my phone doing something, even if just watching YouTube.   7. How many hours of sleep do you get a day? Do you sleep in late? Lately, my sleep schedule has been from like 4AM to 12-1PM.  8. Do you drive to places that are less than three blocks away? I don’t drive, personally, but yeah my family and I take the car everywhere.  9. When was the last time you exercised? Uhhhh. 10. Ever copied and pasted your homework from a website on the internet? No. Sin 5: Wrath 1. If you could kill one person and get away with it, would you do it? No! 2. Is there anyone you honestly and truly can say that you hate? Besides myself, no. 3. Is there anyone you want revenge on, whether you want to get them back big-time or just play a little prank on them for hurting your feelings? No. I’m not a revengeful person. 4. Are you fighting with any friends right now? Why? No friends, so no. 5. Last time you were really angry? What happened? Blah. 6. When you’re angry, what do you do to calm yourself down? When I’m angry I shut down and just cry. 7. “Hate is just the fear of loving someone.” true or false? I wouldn’t say that. 8. What’s the best revenge you ever got on someone? I don’t seek revenge. 9. Was there any hard feelings after your last break-up? On whose end was it on? He broke things off with me, and there was definitely hard feelings on my end. He seemed completely unfazed.  10. Ever been cheated on? How did that make you feel? No. Sin 6: Envy 1. Is there anyone you’re jealous of? Name a person and tell us why. This is the envy section and envy and jealousy are different things. I am envious of certain types of people. 2. List three physical features some other people have that you’re envious of (no need to get specific and name people; you can just say something like “brown eyes” or “having perfect eyebrows”). Blue or green eyes, nice, shiny, thick hair that styles well, perfect shiny white teeth, fit bodies... 3. List three personality features that other people have that you’re envious of. Outgoing, intelligent, witty, adventurous, driven and ambitious, talented... 4. Are you a jealous significant other? I’m single. 5. Could you date someone who was really jealous? No. If they’re the possessive and abusive type, then absolutely not. 6. What celebrity’s looks do you envy the most? All the gorgeous ones. 7. Do you think anyone is envious of you? In your opinion, what characteristics (physical and mental) do you possess that you think someone might be envious of? HA, no. 8. What are a few things you wish you were good at? I wish I could play the piano, sing, draw, be an adult... 9. Did you ever date someone, break up, and then see them dating someone very attractive a few days later? Were you jealous of that person? No. 10. When looking at a love interest’s exes, do you often find yourself jealous of their good-looking exes? It has happened. Sin 7: Pride 1. What’s something you brag about a lot (be honest–we all brag sometimes)? I’m honestly probably the most non-braggy person you’ll ever meet. There, I guess that’s me bragging about something.  <<< Haaaa, same. I have nothing else to brag about. Also, bragging isn’t a cute look anyway. It’s one thing to be proud of yourself and your accomplishments, but bragging is another level. 2. What physical features do you take the most pride in? None. 3. Are you satisfied with what you have? Some things. 4. Be honest… when someone is telling you something, do you often change the subject so it’s about you and your accomplishments instead? Nooo, I’m very much the opposite. I shift the conversation away from me and towards them.  5. Do you like talking about your achievements? What achievements? 6. Do your parents tend to brag about how well you came out? My parents like to share that I went to a good college and got my BA in psych. Sounds all good when just left at that. Too bad I haven’t done anything at all since graduating and that degree is just collecting dust. I don’t even want to pursue that anymore. I have no idea what I want to do. If I’m being honest, I don’t want to do anything. :X  7. Do you strive to be better than others? Do you think competing with others is healthy? Ha, clearly not. 8. What do you do better than most people? Nothingggg. 9. Do you believe in taking pride in things you can’t control (ex. being proud of your heritage, being proud of your skin color, being proud of your natural artistic ability)? Sure.  10. Who are you competing with right now (it could be anything–classmates for a grade, co-workers for a position, other girl for a guy, etc.)? I don’t feel Im competing with anyone. I’m not even in the running.

[onceuponadescent]

Chapter Five: Sit down, No Butts

So 2019 huh?....I can’t believe I’ve been flying the big blue, sometimes rainbow sherbet skies, for 7 years now... I just hit that mark on January 3rd. What a whirlwind it’s been!

And as much as I hate to start out the new year with a wicked witch worthy bitching sesh, I figured I’d lay out a funny/annoying story for you all to enjoy. You know? Just get it all off my chest and start fresh....

If I’m being honest, I hate people. I feel like I’ve told you all this before lol

I mean, that’s gotta be, at this day and age, a more common thing, than not. And y’all are probably laughing right about now like, “Girl, you are really in the wrong profession for that!” But, this is more of a “in general” statement. My job though, does not help that case.

So right before I left for my Christmas break (which btw was such an amazing time, love my family! We always rock it, every year!) I went down to Charlotte to see a friend and her baby boy who’s about 9 months now. And I commuted on an offline flight up to New York to see another friend for the rest of the weekend. (offline means another airline i.e. not the one you work for.)

I’m sitting in the exit row for this flight and to sit there, it’s an extra charge. But, as flight attendants we get that perk for free. Thank youuuuu!

(We are all family, just different tails ;) )

So I’m sitting there minding my business, and then two other passengers jump up into the same row. I grit my teeth in annoyance only because I deal with that all the time on my airline.

“Sir, as it turns out, this seat has an extra fee to sit here, if you’d like to upgrade we can take care of that for you.”

“But no ones sitting here?!”

“Yes I do understand that sir but, it is an extra charge to sit here.”

He argues more, than you say things you probably shouldn’t but, are still professional about it lol like I’m sorry sir but, what the actual fuck? So you think you can sit here for free but, those that are sitting there either now or in the past, have to pay? Take a seat. Take several seats. And make it in your actual seat.

But,... (takes a big, deep, yoga worthy breath) I had faith the working crew would handle it with grace, accordingly.

And sure enough the sweet number 2 came up to do the whole spiel I just told you about and the two passengers were actually very understanding and apologetic in this story but, obviously that’s not the good part.

As the two passengers are gathering their things to move back to their original seats, this man, and I shit you not, two whole rows back pipes in and with a booming voice and smug face says to the flight attendant handling the situation, “No that’s not true!”

“Sir, yes that is the rule. And I just verified with the gate agent that these two lovely passengers are not on the manifest as sitting there.”

“No that’s not true, I asked the gate agent if those seats were extra and they are not!”

The flight attendant literally just stares at him as we all follow suit, our heads turned and cocked. And this kid (I say kid but, he was more like 18. So yeah at this age you’re a kid to meeeeee..Dearrr God where did the time go?!) who btw totally looks like Spicolly, says straight to this man in the most monotone, SNL worthy way, “Prettyyyy sureee she works hereeee......”

And we all start laughing our asses off!

It was just so comical, the whole debacle really but, that made it a perfectly timed punchline worthy one. Then to top it off the other flight attendant in the back was walking up when this all happened and says to the man, “Yeah, don’t be such a Grinch.”

Roars of laughter!! This man sunk down so far in his seat as if his shirt was made of concrete and got so red in the face a lobster would blush! And you know what, I could care less about it lol because who literally does that? Like this has nothingggg to do with you, mind your own business!

The laughter finally died down, we took off and as I deplaned, I commended the flight attendant for how well she handled it and wished her a Merry Christmas.

You know this job can be very hard. Both physically and emotionally. Especially around the holidays, being away from both family and friends. But, it’s stories like these that get you through. To laugh at the small things is one of the most cherished lessons I’ve learned with this career. So in this new year, don’t take things too seriously. Laugh when you can. And please for the love of God, don’t play musical chairs on an aircraft...you may turn out to be the butt of someone’s joke...

Be well and be kind,

E

[neverendingacademicpurgatory]

I did my presentation yesterday and it wasn’t even that bad tbh except for this one part where I had a quiz at the end and I couldn’t say why the statement was false 😭 and rn i am copying out all of my work from September cuz my teacher randomly wanted to check and INHAVE NOTHINGGGG l. I’ve been up all night and my hand just might fall off. And I have a tonne of hw and sm work experience to apply for and I have to find a place to volunteer AND we now do presentations at my school every Thursday and Friday to learn to articulate our thinking better????

[echodrops]

The Promises I Made (2017-2018)

For the past eleven years, I have spent every New Year’s Eve compiling a list of fifty promises I intend to keep or fulfill over the next twelve months. The results have been truly amazing, and I have kept some promises I never thought I could. This year, for New Year’s, there will be a new set of promises for to me keep, but here are the old ones, for review!

The Promises I Made (2017 edition)

1) I will get a(nother) new job. Or probably just curl up and die. Status: Kept! I got a new job and moved to Texas. 2) I will translate at least one more month’s worth of Regenkatze. Status: Broken. T_T I did a few pages, but I didn’t get far. 3) I will repot all my plants that need repotting. Finally. Status: Kept, amazingly. 4) I will buy actual freakin’ curtains that I like for my house, RAWR. Status: Broken. I bought no curtains this year. D; 5) I will continue to utilize Plant Nanny to track my water intake and keep myself from getting dehydrated. Status: Broken. I was okay at the beginning of the year, but then the usage dwindled. 6) I will complete at least one craft project that requires me to utilize a new skill, like working with a new material. Status: Broken. I didn’t do anything really crafty this year… too busy moving. 7) I will repair the mortar on the fence out front and seal the bricks on the window sills. Status: Broken—ditto the above. Moved out and wasn’t able to really keep any of these promises about my Utah house. 8) I will finish at least 26 books over the course of this year. Status: …I read a lot of fanfiction. A lot. But not too many new published books. Made it to maybe ten counting the readings I had to do for World Lit class but other than that, nothing close to 26. 9) I will trim the grape vine and call the city to see about cleaning out behind the house because the water culvert is flooding into my yard and jeopardizing my garage. Status: Actually kept! It needs to be trimmed again, but yes, I was able to trim it down and keep it from flooding. 10) I will successfully pass Horsemanship II. Status: Kept. 11) I will broaden my music tastes this year by getting into at least three new bands that I have never heard of or in genres that I don’t normally listen to. Status: Kept! I got into a few new K-pop bands and also Spellblast. 12) I will do the laundry at least once every two weeks. I swear it!! Status: Uh… Somewhat kept? At the new house in Texas I have to wear nicer clothes to work so I have to do laundry more often, but I don’t know about at least once every two weeks… 13) I will finish my new Anime Expo costume early and not wait until the last moment! Status: Broken—I didn’t cosplay at all this year. D; 14) I will remove all the rocks from in front of my house because they are hella ugly. Status: Broken; see above about moving out of Utah and no longer being able to work on the Utah house much. 15) I will go to a dentist and get Invisalign or some work done to fix my front left tooth. Status: Broken. I swapped jobs and had to wait for my benefits to restart and then by that time it wasn’t a good time to get dental work done. 16) I will have at least a once weekly “game night” with my roommates. Could be fun. Status: Broken… I think that um… we played a few times. 17) I will replace the battery in my watch, finally. Status: Kept! 18) I will pay off at least half my credit card debt. Important adult thing, yo. Status: Broken, sooooo broken. T_T It just got worse, not better. D; 19) I will learn at least 100 new words in German and document them as I go to keep them fresh in my memory. Status: Broken. I totally forgot that I even made this promise… 20) I will keep up with my new book club as long as it is possible for me to attend (I.e., if I don’t move). Status: Kept. The book club kinda fell apart pretty quick, but I kept up with it until it did. 21) I will be better about walking my dog because I have been slacking lately. Status: Broken, I’m so sorry Kinguin… It’s sooo hot in Texas. 22) I will build a new PC to replace the desktop computer that my dog destroyed. SLFSFJNDFG. Still angry. Status: Broken. Moving sapped all my money away, so I could not afford a new PC. T_T 23) I will get the scratched lenses removed from my glasses and change the prescription on the orange pair of glasses too. Status: Broken. See the above deal with the new benefits not kicking in for 90+ days.

24) Also: I will get my black glasses fixed so that they stop FALLING OFF and flying into the every nearby rock and sharp pointy object… Status: Broken. T_T

25) I will obtain at least one six-star hero in Tales of Link. Don’t look at me like that. Status: Broken—I haven’t played Tales of Link in months. @_@

26) I will design at least ten outfits and post them. (I’m still trying with this one, dammit.) Status: Broken. …I guess I should probably just give up on this one…

27) I will organize my closets, especially the hall closet which looks like a bomb went off. Status: Broken. I moved out of my Utah house which did involve cleaning out the closets, but um… the closets at the new house might be just as bad now…

28) I will actually utilize the stupid Paint Tool Sai that I paid for. At least three fully colored artworks this year. Status: Broken. I was able to draw nothingggg this year. T_T

29) I will level all my battle classes to 70 in Stormblood. Status: Surprisingly broken. I wasn’t able to play much at all after July so my time for leveling just plummeted.

30) I will reach 700 followers on tumblr. You should follow me. I’m only marginally a waste of time and space. Status: Kept! I have 861 followers right now! Thanks everyone for the follows! :D

31) I will learn to make a new (delicious) cocktail or two. Status: Broken. I drank a new delicious cocktail but I didn’t make any myself.

32) I will lose ten pounds. Status: Somewhat kept? I don’t think I made it to a full 10 pounds but I did noticeably lose some weight.

33) I will reach at least 300 species on my birding life list. Status: Kept! I’m at 306 currently, thanks to making to Texas and seeing a bunch of new birdies. 34) I will win NaNoWriMo this year. (But pretend that I didn’t, to not disrupt my blue-purple-blue-purple NaNo site pattern. XDD) Status: Broken. I didn’t even get to like 5,000 words. T_T 35) I will obtain the Astrope mount in FFXIV. Status: HA. I think I’m at like 200/1000 for mentor roulettes. Broken. 36) I will see at least one new bird species in the wild that is not native to the United States. Status: Hmmm, not sure what I was thinking about for this one, but I did not succeed.

37) I will put a storm door on the side door of my house because water is leaking in (due to lack of said screen door) and causing damage! Status: Gonna count this as somewhat kept because I did try to get a storm door installed, but they wanted to charge me $300 just to install the door and I didn’t have the money at the time. But I did fix the gap beneath the door so that it no longer leaks. 

38) I will visit Nicaragua. Status: Broken. T_T I had the chance but things were so bad at work I didn’t want to blow my vacation in case I needed it… And I did end up needing it, so things worked out.

39) I will water my plants more consistently and take better care of them—to the point where the one orchid that hasn’t bloomed in years will bloom again! Status: Uh… somewhat kept? Namely, I moved and left my plants in Utah, but they’re being taken care of by others so they’re alive at least still.

40) I will write at least four new chapters of my Voltron fic. Status: Kept!

41) I will get duct work done to bring heat to the downstairs bathroom and side bedroom. Status: Broken… But we did get a bigger heater for the downstairs so at least it was warmer down there this year.

42) I will update my calendar with important dates—holidays, birthdays, etc.—and be productive about sending cards and well-wishes. Status: Uh… broken. I forgot I made this promise too.

43) I will complete my series of posts about Yato/Hiyori. Really. Status: T_______T One day. One day. Broken. 44) I will pamper myself more—spa day at least once a month! Status: Somewhat kept? Maybe like barely kept. I was good at this for the first couple months, but then it tapered off. 45) I will visit my out-of-town friends more often and make better efforts to stay in more frequent contact. Status: I think I’ll mark this as kept. I visited more people this year, anyway, including @rachelwritesstories! 46) I will make sure the lawn stays decently mowed this year instead of being embarrassingly tall and weedy. Status: Hrm… Somewhat broken/somewhat kept? I did move, but apparently the lawn has been at least somewhat consistently mowed since I’ve been gone. 47) I will do some work on my laundry room to make it look less like a dungeon. Status: Broken. The dungeon persists. 48) I will revise TVR, especially the early chapters, and move it to AO3. Status: Broken. I got like maybe 1/3 of the way through revising the first chapter. Um… maybe in time for KH3 or something? :C

49) I will get an electric tree trimmer to make trimming my trees out front much easier. Status: Kept.

50) I will keep these promises. Status: Mostly broken. T_T

Totals Kept promises: 12 Broken promises: 31 Somewhat kept/broken promises: 7

Jesus, I thought I was glad to see the back-side of 2016… 2016 had nothing on the roller coaster of a year that 2017 was. What a literal dumpster fire. While politics and the environment went haywire around me, my job situation grew untenable again (ooh, but hilarious karma—just last month they fired the shitty boss and REHIRED my old awesome boss… Except of course by then I had already, you know, quit and moved across the country to pursue a whole new career field… Well, c’est la vie!) and I ended up packing up everything and completely changing my life once again…

In just the last two years I’ve swapped career fields twice and randomly packed up and moved to Texas of all places. I experienced the drama of prepping for a hurricane and also got to see it snow in Mexico. Life’s weird.

Looking back on these promises, I honestly don’t feel too bad that so many of them were broken this year. I really had no idea what was going to happen in 2017 when I made last year’s promises, and so a lot of the goals ended up not matching up with my reality in the end. At the end of the day though, I feel like I’m in a much better place today than I was at the end of 2016.

I don’t think 2018 is going to be easy, but I do think it is going to be better, and that’s a good feeling to have. Let’s do this! The new set of promises will be up by tomorrow.