#I'm going to see if i can convince them to get an air purifier for the main space i work in but who knows if that will happen

[captain-habit]

I am... too sick and too tired to make a full post to pin, but I can drop my paypal link if anyone wants it.

What's the worst part (or one of them) is being in this house, with how bad the mold has gotten, and having to deal with the nonsense of basically being a caretaker, has left me both too sick and tired to work much on my freelance things at all, let alone properly take care of myself.

I am trying so hard to figure shit out but the longer I stay here, the worse my health gets, and I'm not sure what else to do. Just keep trying and trying and trying..

[seraphinitegames]

Hi! ok so i'm a big fan of rats, I love them, I think they are so cute, and eventually I want to have one as a pet (come on 2019....... let it be the year of the rat!!!) but I still have to convince my mom. so, what would you say is your experience so father as a rat owner? are they good pets?

I have a good amount of experience with all types of animals, but never had any with rats before this :D

When I first got them, they were so small and fast! I didn’t know how best to handle them and a few times I did things very wrong. But WOW are they forgiving, lol!

A couple of times I thought, ‘That’s it, I’ve ruined the bond we’re starting to have’, but nope. They just brushed it off and let me learn at my own pace. It’s incredible.

A lot of people say they are like small dogs, but they’re not. I wouldn’t go into it thinking they are. They are their own type of animal and need to be treated as such.

I’m still in their young phase right now, so a lot of intense activity and trying to keep them entertained, hehe :D They don’t chew as much as I expected, but when they do chew you can guarantee it will be the exact thing you don’t want them too, lol!

I think spending as much time with them as possible is really necessary, so I’d only do it if I could give them my all (which I am lucky to work from home, so they are with me pretty much 24/7 because I have no social life, hahaha…haha…ha…)

They are easy to litter train, but they still need a good amount of cleaning out. If you’re trying to eat something when they’re out, then you gotta share. You gotta. No choice :D

But they are the sweetest, most gentle creatures ever. They have filled my life with love again after losing my dog and given me so much!!

I will say, I got mine from an amazing breeder who handled them daily and was very concerned for their wellbeing. She treated them not just a pets but part of the family. Getting them from a reputable source makes a huge difference to their temperament and health!

Also, you will come to learn their personalities develop so quickly as they grow!

Flint used to be super laid back, but now he’s top dog and likes to busybody about everything, lol. But although he’s bossy with the others, he offers so much affection to me and is always giving me kisses and coming to see what I’m up to and at the cage the minute I wake up in the morning.

Silver used to be very confident, but he’s grown less so and needs more encouraging now then when he was little. This takes a lot of time but as a pet owner, you have to be able to give them what they need, no matter how long it takes. He also likes to eat. A lot.

And Bo…well, little Bo is the most adorable thing ever but seriously not so smart :D The other two have that little voice which tells them ‘I’m curious, but going any further could injure me so I’ll stop.’ Bo doesn’t have that voice :D It has led to some heart stopping moments where he’s fallen off so many things. He tried to jump onto the top of the cage once (they have a huge cage, about 5′ tall), didn’t manage it, and it was darn lucky I was right there to catch him…then he just wandered off as if he hadn’t just had a near-death experience!!! Oh, Bo…

They have short lifespans and weak respiratory systems, so I have an air purifier in my room, as well as changing up their bedding daily, and doing their fleece and absorbent liners twice a week, with a big clean out once a week.

I’m also having trouble finding vets experienced with rats, so you may wanna check that out too before getting them.

They make good pets, but they need to be part of people’s life, not just a convenience as they are social creatures and so intelligent (well, maybe not Bo… lol!)!

So yeah, not sure all that babble was any use to you :D But basically, they do need a lot of care even though they’re small, but what you get in return is unbelievably rewarding and full of love.

Thank you so much for the ask (and I’m sorry I just used it as an excuse to talk on and on about my beautiful boys :D)!

[carrotcouple]

I was thinking this morning about how chibi ebisu interacts with the other gods of fortune (I'm counting yato bc he's a fuckin god of fortune okay) but kofuku and bisha and the others are p used to him reincarnating a lot right? do they have any traditions or like pranks they play on him since he doesn't know? does ebisu leave himself notes about the pranks so he knows they're coming? do the shinki get involved? basically how do the other gods of fortune interact with newly reincarnated ebisu

OK, but this is like a huuuuuuuuge issue for Ebisu. You know the little black notebook he’s always carrying around?

The one. He’s got gazillions of those filled with schedules, appointments, thoughts, doodles, little depressing ‘I wanna sleep forever’s written there and of course, warnings for the next reincarnation cause well shit, we ain’t gonna have Kofuku going around and kissing every new baby Ebisu just cause he’s sweet and cute, it would signal the apocalypse.

Well, obviously when it comes to Kofuku, the shinki intervene as well, always carrying around sacred purifying salt if they get wind that she might be in Takamagahara. Kofuku dealt with right there. 

Then of course there’s Ookuninushi. Listen, this man is a force of nature, the head of Izumo, the people’s favorite and he wears sunglasses with yukatas and rides motorbikes with pet bunnies in tow. Friend or not, Ebisu must have left notes to himself ‘don’t let this is weird af man influence you, although he’s a good guy’. Ookuninushi in normal circumstances, is probably like: big, really strange dad that’s never home for Ebisu. He brings Chibisu treats whenever he drops by, checks what he’s been up to and ‘hey how’s the reading going, wanna stroke my pet bunny’s fur?’ Moreover, Ookuninushi probably also really annoys Chibisu cause he’s always treating Ebisu like a little kid, regardless of his age really.

Look at his face, ‘no sorry, Ookuninushi, I really appreciate you came to see me and you’re like one of my best estranged God friends, but I’m like what - thirty something now. I’m a big boy, stop poking your nose into my business.’ So obviously, Ebisu leaves behind notes like ‘hey I know you want to get mad and pouty cause he’s making fun of you for reading so slow, but don’t take it out on the black scraper fish, kay?’ (reference to ‘picture book lessons’ omake). ‘Also p.s. beware of hugs, there’s big and warm and nice and disgusting. NO HUGS.’

Then comes Bisha, of course. At the top of all the Bisha related pages in those little black notebooks ‘See if she’s tired of her hafuri yet or if her hafuri is tired of her. Lol, steal him.’ Ebisu doesn’t know how to handle women, especially really nice ‘lemme take care of you, I’m mom material’ types. He really likes it, he does, but he’s never wanted to get close to his fellow Gods cause he dabbled in ayakashi naming. So he probably has a note like ‘don’t let your guard down around her, don’t let the walls weaken.’ cause really all his life he’s wanted a mom figure and Bisha is well Bishamom. Bisha brings Chibisu flowers, memorizes all of his favorites, brings by anything that he’s mentioned even once like ‘hey, Bishamonten san, have you heard of taro bubble milk, I hear the humans like it a lot’ and then she brings it to him the next day. Listen, I see Ebisu as the kind of person who grows up really curious about a lot of things but is also so lazy he’s just like ‘no too troublesome to deal with,’ that describes his relationship with Bisha and so he doesn’t get close to her either. In legendary black notebook number 150 ‘she’s not your mom, so you can just hide whenever her mom-side takes over’.

In relation to the others apart of the ‘Seven Lucky Gods’:

Juroujin - Ebisu is a kind kid, he takes care of baby kittens, feeds the poor, helps the eldery. So basically, although no one knows wtf Juroujin is even talking about as his toothless mouth chatters in time to the violent trembling of his spine, Chibisu helps him walk to meetings even though he has perfectly capable shinki and the like. So he probably has notes in his notebook along the lines of ‘find a good day to take Juroujin to the dentist’, ‘get Iwami to check out his schedule for days he needs help crossing the streets’ and the like. Juroujin will give him some really old molasses candy, pat him on the head for anything nice he does and go on his way.

Hotei - Ebisu hates Hotei with a passion. Here Ebisu is working his ass off till three in the morning ‘hey I’m a fifteen year old and I’ve already had like five shots of super black coffee already and the day hasn’t even started’ and Hotei sits there eating pizza with earphones in his ears, seriously this guy was sitting a Kamuhakari with earphones plugged in and not giving a damn about the Japanese Economy like ‘Excuse me, sir, but about your food expenses, I’ve got a pretty long speech,’

So in the end his notes on Hotei amount to ‘seriously, don’t pay attention to him, it’ll itch you for the next thousands of years otherwise.’ Chibisu stares sometimes and Hotei will randomly offer him a bag of chips if he notices Chibisu staring and that remains that. They keep their safe distance.

Fukurokuju - In legendary black notebook 134: ‘old fashioned man, a little over reactive but over all makes sense, having a conversation with him isn’t so bad.’ also added in a little scribble underneath ‘it’s fun teasing him’. Cause face it, Ebisu likes teasing old men, do you even see what he does with Kuraha? Moreover, the rest of the Seven Lucky Gods love teasing him too, so Chibisu actively takes part in pranking him and somewhere along the way, every Chibisu records an elaborate ‘hey I’m back from the dead prank’ and it gets better every time with every new incarnation trying to one over the previous ones and of course, the rest of the Seven Lucky Gods pitch in to help and Fukurokuju is caught in the trap every time.

Benzaiten - Ebisu is proabably kind of wary of her. She gives the ‘I’m a tiger with my claws in only at the moment’ big sister kind of vibe. But he does have notes like ‘be polite to her, if you are, she visits with homemade cookies and fuzzy slipper and sweaters’. He probably has elaborately written notes on how to knit cause if he doesn’t at least know how it works she slams in through the front door like his worst nightmare and forces him to learn without Kunimi’s help (it doesn’t work, she always ends up passing out while driving herself crazy from trying to make him even hold the needles right.)

As for pranks, when he’s younger, they’re much subtler pranks. The Seven Lucky Gods will somehow switch his grey vest with a bright pink one when Kunimi or Iwami aren’t looking, or sneaking into Ebisu’s office and filling it with balloons or convincing Ebisu that helium balloons are normal balloons filled with sweet tasting air ‘go ahead and taste the air while I whip out my phone to record some really good stuff’. When Ebisu hits teenager stage them Ookuninushi starts to legit misplace all of his clothes and drive Ebisu and his shinkis crazy. When Ebisu hits adult stage, all hell breaks forth and all the Seven Lucky Gods are in on these pranks and because it’s unfair to only target Ebisu, they all start forming secret alliances and betraying each other and crawling in through each others windows and into their closets and bathrooms at like four in the morning. It becomes the worst war zone ever. Takamagahara is on red alert and holding it’s breath until the war dissolves. And as expected Ebisu has a secret bookshelf of past notes labelled as ‘War Survival 101′.

And of course this all comes down the most important note handed down to each Ebisu ‘Listen kid, if you don’t learn how to read at the speed of light so you can read all these notes, you’re dead meat. Good luck, my work here is done.’

Bonus:

He’s still compiling information on a certain God.