#I've got the dentist tomorrow

[frenchfriedgiraffe]

babe wake up new autistic dirk fanart dropped

dirk being autistic gives me life. no one understands how much it means to me

[gay-jesus-probably]

Update on how my life's going, still sick, but the worst of it was just those first few days where I was all shaky and weak; now I mostly feel fine, I just have a god-awful cough. And with my asthma, whenever I have a cough, it's what a normal person would call god-awful. I don't mean it like that, I mean I have a cough that's horrible by MY standards, which are extremely fucked.

Anyways, I'm like 90% certain I managed to bruise my own ribs by coughing yesterday, so that's a fun new development. My lungs are still trying to violently expel themselves from my body of course, just now it's also incredibly painful.

Did I mention I've got like 3 weeks before I have to do a physical assessment for my new job, because that's a thing as well. Here's hoping my cough goes away and my ribs feel better by then, cause I really want this job.

[dragon-spaghetti]

Completely forgot to wish everyone a happy Halloween!! Was really busy today so sadly have no art to share, but I hope yous are having fun 💖

Also who else's countries have fireworks for the holiday because holy shit they haven't stopped all week here (as is every year) and apparently fireworks for Halloween is not much of a thing for America?? Wild 😭 cannot imagine it without the pretty exploding lights

[risingsunresistance]

feels weird to not have much to post, i feel like i basically disappeared off social media compared to how i used to post but. there is simultaneously so much going on (things that are boring/heavy and not fun to post about) and nothing at all going on (i have not been able to play anything very much and havent been watching anything besides random documentaries i stumble across), leading to me having nothing to say lmao

i did finally write down a bunch of hypixel worldbuilding headcanon junk instead of having it only be word-of-mouth between me and ark lol. only 1700 words, i can do better 👍 it was literally only about admin magic, what exactly it means to "hack," what a server is, and limbo kjgfhk. i might make a big post about the limbo section one day :]

[hotchocolateandpillowforts]

Today has been the most stressful day at work since starting the new position.

I felt defeated since I came in to my area looking like shit as well as having a mountain of things added to my plate because the closers didn't do their job and left it all for me to do when I got in this morning. Plus it was basically a truck day that was actually 1.5 trucks since the team breaking everything out didn't finish yesterday and we had a new truck today. I also got snapped at by a supervisor because I didn't hear her call for me on the radio (thanks to being stupidly stressed out and in my head).

A handful of times I started to cry at work. And when I wasn't almost crying I was in a rage. So. What a day.

[shotdownbutstillalive]

I hope to be getting to replies at some point this week because the rest of April is filling up frightfully fast

[peony-pearl]

Finally managed to get out a bunch of built up trash and junk that had been lingering in the spare room; a lot of it is packaging and boxes. I should honestly cull my wardrobe so laundry isn't some big to-do.

[pflanzidiezimmerpflanze]

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[acecasinova]

I like that we do early Fridays in the summer but JEEZ this is my week and it lined up with my boss being MIA so I've been fielding a looooot suddenly and working late and ya boy's brain is FRIED

[unholyeverything]

I just realised tomorrow marks the 7ths week of me being sick and feeling like garbage lol It's some ups and downs but generally it's been a while since I've been healthy and none knows whats up which is nice.

[ladykailitha]

A Love For Christmas Part 4

Just moving right along! We have hit the halfway point! And I've got 6/8 chapters done! And with any luck the whole story will be finished by the end of the week, allowing me to go back to writing the other stories full time.

Tomorrow I will be releasing "The Last Dragon Slayer" So that should be fun. And WIP Wednesday will be a little different, too. Here's the link to the full explanation for that! Come join the chaos!

In this we have more trauma dumping from Steve and I had too much fun naming the horses.

Part 1 Part 2 Part 3

~

The next task I chose for the dear little elf I thought would be easier on them. After all just because they had trouble with people and wanting things to be perfect, surely they must be good with animals.

Surely.

Surely not as it turned out.

I had just come from my workroom where I had been meticulously going through my list as new kids made the list and others would swap lists, when I noticed that door to the reindeer stables was flung wide open and multiple reindeer were milling about the field, moving only when the elf drew near, to run away.

But once the reindeer spotted me, they trotted peacefully into the stable and the elf sank to the ground with a choked off sob.

“I was brushing Donner when Vixen managed to open the lock to her to stall,” the little elf wailed. “So I rushed to grab her, but that was when Donner decided she wanted to be free too and bolted. And...”

“And in your rush to catch those two,” I said with a sigh,” the others made their escape.

The elf nodded sadly. “I’m just no good at this.”

I got down on one knee and lifted their chin slowly. “No good at what, little one?”

They swiped at their eyes with the back of their hand and hiccuped another sob. “Being an elf. I’m like that stupid dentist in that really creepy kids movie from 1960s.”

I chuckled. “Even if you were, it just means you haven’t found your vocation yet. We’ll get there.”

The elf nodded slowly and I helped them to their feet.

~

Steve felt dread settle in the pit of his stomach as he drove out to the Sinclair farm. He hadn’t seen a single deer, much less a reindeer as he drove the narrow pass up to the house. Nope. So far only horses. Lots and lots of horses.

A whole herd of the skittish, four-legged tanks on fragile sticks they called legs.

He was tempted to just back up out of the road, turn tail and call in sick or something. Because this was not going to go well.

At all.

But as he was slowing to a stop to do just that, someone pulled in behind him. Cursing up a storm and berating himself for this, he sped back up again, not stopping until he pulled up along side a 1974 Ford F150.

As Steve got out he realized the other driver was Claudia Henderson with a ragtag group of teenagers in tow. And it looked as though she had almost the whole set.

“Where’s Max?” he asked about the missing member as Will, Mike, Dustin, and Ellie all piled out of Claudia’s car.

“She got here earlier,” Mike said with a whine. “Perks of having a boyfriend whose dad owns horses.”

Steve gulped and nodded.

Just then Eddie’s van pulled up and Steve relaxed a little, not really wanting to reason why he thought that. Somethings were better left alone until 3am on a random Saturday three sheets to the wind drunk.

Eddie got out of his van with a cute little hop and slammed the door behind him. He came bounding up to Steve with the perfect dimpled smile and said, “Hey! You beat me here. I thought for sure I would be the first to arrive!”

“You’re literally last, dude,” Dustin said rolling his eyes. “My mom made thermoses of hot chocolate for everyone.”

Everyone mobbed Claudia for their hot chocolate when Max and Lucas came out of the house, a man following close behind, Steve assumed was Mr. Sinclair.

“Great!” Mr. Sinclair said with a bright smile. “It looks like everyone is here. I have my daughter Erica and Robin out hooking up the horses to the sleigh. So if everyone will follow me.”

Steve started picking at the skin on his nails as he trailed behind. Intrusive thoughts spiraled around in his head with every step he took.

“Hey,” Eddie said softly. “You okay? You look a little green.”

Steve ducked his head sheepishly. “I didn’t realize it was going to be horses. The one sleigh ride I’ve been on it was reindeer.”

“You have a problem with horses?” Eddie asked tilting his head to the side. He looked around at the all the horses milling around in various paddocks.

“When I was eight my mom wanted to learn horseback riding because she was a polo champion when she was in college,” Steve explained licking his lips nervously. “It didn’t go well. The horse was supposed to be even tempered and great with kids.”

“I’m guessing not so much?” Eddie asked gently.

“Went off on a tear,” Steve mumbled, “and then started trying to buck me off, but foot was caught in the stirrup so I was shaken around like a ragdoll until someone could calm the horse enough to let me down.”

Eddie let out a low whistle. “Damn, I’m sorry. Well, at least it isn’t Christmas related trauma. Because seriously, dude you have a lot of that.”

Steve looked him dead in the eye and said in all seriousness. “The horse’s name was Noël.”

“Shit, really?” he asked with a grimace. Steve nodded grimly. “I think Christmas might be cursed for you. Sorry.”

Then Eddie took Steve’s hand in his and Steve looked up at him in awe. “You’re going to in the back of the sleigh with everyone else, but you get nervous, just give my hand a squeeze, okay?”

Steve nodded and they walked all the way to the barn hand in hand.

They had barely reached the barn when the doors burst open and one of the horses flew past them, causing them to leap back to avoid being trampled. Then another came dashing out, and what happened next would live in Steve’s dreams for a very long time.

Eddie grabbed the bridle of the second horse and hauled himself up on it’s back, instantly calming the animal. Then he urged the horse forward into a gallop, chasing down the other horse. Once they were neck and neck, Eddie reached out and grabbed the bridle of the other horse and brought them both to a stand still.

Robin came running up to Steve just as Eddie managed to catch up to the other horse and get it to slow down.

“That was hot,” Steve said, never taking his eyes off of the other man. “Please tell me you saw how hot that was.”

Robin rolled her eyes. “I’m a lesbian, I can’t comment on his hotness. Sorry, not sorry.”

Steve turned to her with his eyes wide. “Well, speaking as someone who is into both. Trust me that was very hot.”

Eddie trotted back up to the barn, cheeks rosy from the exertion and the cold, biggest grin on his face. He stopped in front of Robin and Erica, who had also come out of the barn looking sheepish.

“Erica Jean,” Mr. Sinclair admonished her, both hands on his hips. “What are Fili and Kili doing out? I told you to get out Merry, Pippin, Samwise, and Frodo.”

Steve giggled at the names and Eddie gave him a surprised kind of smile when he realized he recognized the names of the horses.

“Fili conspired with Kili to escape,” Erica huffed mirroring her dad’s pose. “They weren’t anywhere near were we were harnessing Pippin and Samwise, but Kili managed to lift the latch on Fili’s stall and the little bastard did the same for his brother.”

Mr. Sinclair sighed, shaking his head. “I’ll make sure to get a couple of padlocks to keep the little escape artists from getting out.” He turned to Eddie. “Would you mind holding onto them until we get the other horses setup in front of the sleigh?”

Eddie grinned. “Sure thing, boss.”

“I didn’t know you knew how to ride,” Dustin said, staring up at Eddie like he was some kind of superhero and he wasn’t the only one. Most of the kids were doing the same thing. The only ones that weren’t were the Sinclairs.

“My grandma had horses when I was growing up,” he said with a sheepish grin. “But I haven’t been on a horse in almost a decade, so um... don’t try that at home. It could have ended very badly for me. I did it without thinking.”

Mr. Sinclair chuckled. “It was probably a good thing, actually. Had you thought about it, you probably would have mistimed the jump. You did good, son.”

He walked into the stable and motioned for Robin and Erica to follow him, Lucas trailing behind.

Eddie gathered up the halters and slid off the horse. He started patting the other’s nose as Steve crept closer. Eddie spotted him and hid his smile in the mane of the horse he had been riding.

“These aren’t the horses that will be pulling the sleigh?” Steve asked when he was close enough for Eddie to hear him.

Eddie shook his head. “These are riding horses and aren’t really suited to pulling sleighs. They can be used like that in a pinch, but when you see the other horses you’ll know what I mean.”

Steve inched forward a little bit more. “They won’t hurt me?”

“I promise,” Eddie murmured. He held out his hand and Steve took it gingerly. He brought Steve’s hand to touch the horse’s nose. The horse snorted but stayed still under Steve’s touch.

Steve giggled. “He’s so warm.” He let Eddie use his hand to stroke the horse’s nose. “Who’s a good boy?”

Eddie pointed over Steve’s shoulder. “Those are the horses that will be pulling the sleigh.”

Steve turned around to Erica, Lucas, Mr. Sinclair, and Robin all came out each with a massive horse.

“Big boys,” he muttered as his eyes continued to move up and up. “They could step on me and they wouldn’t even notice, you’d have to scrape me off their shoe.”

Eddie chuckled. “Probably, but they are unflappable. Come on,” he said, tugging the two idiots forward. “Let me put these two away and I’ll have Robin introduce you to the draft horses.”

Steve nodded nervously.

Eddie whispered something to Robin as he passed and she nodded. She came up to Steve and handed him an apple.

“They’re sweet boys,” she said gently, “but you really want to win their hearts? Apples. Keep your hand flat and let them munch away.”

Steve walked up to the horses and stopped in front of the closest one.

“That’s Sam,” she said, “he loves apples.”

Steve held up his hand and let Sam take the apple. Sam happily munched away and then sniffed around Steve for other apples. Robin pushed his head out of Steve’s space with a laugh.

“You greedy guts,” she said brightly, pulling out another apple. “Can’t have just the one.”

Sam huffed his agreement and munched away at her apple too. “Horses are better than reindeer,” she muttered darkly.

“That hasn’t been my experience,” he said rolling his eyes as he pet Sam’s nose.

“Yeah?”

Steve told her what he told Eddie and she nodded. “Yeah, that sounds rough. I do these type of gigs every year and there is always a reindeer or two who thinks being an ass is more fun.”

He chuckled at her animal joke and she grinned back at him.

“Yeah,” she declared, “you’re sitting next to me on this ride.”

Steve smiled at her. “I’d like that.”

Of course that meant that he sat between Eddie and her, but that was okay.

As they were getting settled on the sleigh he noticed Eddie slapping his neck and looking around.

“You okay?” he asked as the sleigh jerked forward.

Eddie’s lips were pursed to together. “Yeah. I’m fine.” He bumped their shoulders together. “I promise.”

The horses led them through the town and forests and every gasped and pointed at the lights strung up along the way, drinking Claudia’s hot chocolate and listening Charles Sinclair’s, as Steve found out his first name, stories about the town and the different places they were going through.

They stopped at Lover’s Lake and there was Mrs. Sinclair with buttered scones and hot apple cider. As they ate their fill and watched the moon on the lake, Eddie bumped shoulders with Steve.

“You still afraid of horses?”

He thought about it for a moment and then shook his head. “I don’t know what happened that day, but I learned that everyone can have bad days. So, thank you.”

~

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[notmorbid]

things we lost in the fire.

dialogue prompts from things we lost in the fire: stories by mariana enríquez.

my family thinks i'm crazy.

if you know the neighborhood, it's not dangerous. or it's less dangerous.

it's a question of not being afraid.

i wasn't a sweet or innocent child.

there's no such thing as witches.

you shouldn't believe everything you hear.

what do you know about what goes on around here?

you live here, but you're from a different world.

you've always been a little freak.

please don't smoke in the car.

in my family, no one prays.

i saw it in a movie.

tomorrow, you're telling me everything.

our parents will never even know.

i just wanted to piss you off.

i hated innocent people.

i don't know why i keep calling it an accident.

the truth is, i don't know which stories were made up.

you're getting morbid.

those movies are a bad influence on you.

the house tells me the stories. you don't hear it?

you've never been afraid of anything.

you seem like some sort of metaphor.

is it a story you like to tell?

i guess we'll never know, huh?

everyone smokes here.

i don't want you to read cards for me.

you citified little prick.

i almost always believe you.

i don't know if it already happened, or if it's going to happen.

that's your family?

i don't love you anymore.

you've got on your 'tough guy' face.

death is the only problem without a solution.

i don't even feel like crying anymore.

i see everything, but can't do anything.

i hate when people call them 'lightning bugs'.

i'm sorry. sometimes i'm impossible.

things take longer to disappear out here.

you listen, but you never answer.

we all saw it, but we tried to ignore it.

don't you see him?

dentists are steeped in bad taste and sadism.

i couldn't just leave you there.

i've never thrown a party in my life.

i detest birthdays.

i want to be alone.

let whatever has to happen happen.

i'm not dreaming. you don't feel pain in dreams.

i don't want to be beautiful. i want to be strong and razor-sharp.

you shouldn't have come.

in his house, the dead man waits dreaming.

i've tried, but there's no getting out. you're not going to get out, either.

don't play dumb. you were never stupid.

i believe sleep and death are the same thing.

the problem is, what god are we talking about?

sad people are merciless.

how do you know it's me?

how can someone live like that?

no one can watch you 24 hours a day.

everyone has a price.

[dresupi]

Hey guys

Our rent is due tomorrow and we're still about $220 shy of having the full payment, and after that, we've got a week to pay our electric bill or they shut it off. That's $283. We got our food stamps fixed from the ordeal last month, but not before we had to spend $$ on groceries because we were out of everything, hence why we're short. Along with an emergency dentist visit each for both me and my youngest. My partner's been doordashing for about 14 days straight, and it's been rough because barely anyone is tipping anymore. He got a callback and two levels of interviews in for the same position, and he'll be starting next week as long as everything goes to plan, we'll be in a much better position once he starts getting regular paychecks. Unfortunately, our rent is due tomorrow and like I said above, we're short. If anyone could spare a few dollars to narrow the gap, it would be so helpful. I've got relevant information below: Even a share would help with getting this in front of eyes. Please and thank you! Paypal || Ko-fi || venmo: @babrittsy $0/503

[dottybot]

In need of emergency dental work

Hi, I am poor with still no job and would really appreciate any help. I've been in pain since thursday and all weekend, a healthy molar suddenly got infected Bad so I had to visit an emergency dentist.

I've already had to reschedule to Halloween now due to my credit card being disabled after too many late payments. I am in so much debt on my credit card alone, but I am hoping this time that tomorrow it will at least accept the credit card as payment..

also, after finding out the damage it has come to a total of $1,900 for just the root canal, which is much more than originally estimated otlll

So if anyone has any money to spare, anything is much appreciated!!

C*shapp / V*nmo : dottybot

Ko-fi ❤

Also any donation of $8 or more can get a 3"x3" doodle in return of pretty much whatever you want, if you would like as well!! Just make sure to message me 🥺

[yakuzabrainrotlive]

Yakuza 5 starting.... tomorrow! Probably. If not, on Saturday. Just came back from a trip, so am too dead tonight. And I have a dentist appointment to wake up early for.

From the limited access I grant myself to any fandom stuff at any given time, I've heard this game is.... an opinion splitter. I'm very eager to see which side of the spectrum I fall more towards. I'm going in completely open-minded for now.

Expectations and thoughts on what I wanna see from the game below!

Akiyama seems to be in the game based on the art on the disc. Cool, love the guy. I wonder if we get to play as him again; I really like his fighting style. I don't know how his character arc could go forward, though - unless The Ex™ makes an appearance. Or maybe he'll have a role closer to that of the Florist - more of a consultant than a protagonist? But he wouldn't really be on the cover art if that was it, huh?

If the girl depicted in the artwork is Haruka... maybe a slightly bigger time skip than one year this time? I don't recall Haruka looking quite that old in Y4. Not like, old person-old, just... you know? She looks more like an older teen!

Kiryu's fit looks sick. I hope he has a bigger role in Y5. LOVED 4, but Kiryu's involvement was kind of minimal since he was sharing the spotlight with 3 other guys. The fit does make me wonder if Okinawa has been put on the back burner for now? Will he start off in good ol' Kamurocho this time?

NO idea who the other two lads in the disc's artwork are. I kinda really hope we don't get another 4-protagonist game. I adored 4 and liked that system in it, but twice in a row with 2 new dudes in the mix? Ehhh😬 I'm gonna trust the writers, but I'm worried.

I do have a feeling we'll see more of Saejima. Why would he be made a patriarch if he was just gonna be tossed aside? All that potential for interaction with Majima too! ....IF they don't toss Majima into a random void of inaction in the mid-game this time around, that is. Not too hopeful about that one, not gonna lie. But as long as we see his face, I'm happy enough, I guess.

As for Tanimura.... I'm guessing he's gonna end up in the Side Characters We No Longer Need Void™ . I dont want him to end up in there, but that's the vibe I got. Idk, maybe he'll join Date in the "makes phone calls in the background and keeps morale up" squad instead?

Plot-wise I'm totally blind once again. I do get the vibe that Kiryu's character arc will be reaching a significant point, maybe? I feel like stuff has been building up, especially with the way he was talking about his role and stuff at the end of Y4. I just hope that won't require Morning Glory Orphanage Destruction 2: Electric Boogaloo to happen. Kinda worried about Morning Glory, not gonna lie. But then again, I'm ALWAYS worried about Morning Glory.

[tsfennec]

(cut for whining)

Sometimes I'm just like, well, saying that I may or may not be able to help extensively with the Thanksgiving meal our church will be serving feels kinda melodramatic, I'll probably be totally fine. And I will definitely look fine, so if I don't it'll just look like I'm flaking out for no reason.

And then I have a couple of weeks that're just like. Two nasty falls in the course of a few days, manage to nicely even things out by injuring both sides of my body.

But okay, I think I've got both my arm and my hip back in place enough now that they'll heal without medical intervention, it's not that bad.

Have an inexplicable out-of-the-blue nausea/panic incident at the dentist and spend a few minutes convinced I may throw up on the spot. (Literally have never been afraid of the dentist in my life. Was the sudden panic because I was starting to feel nauseous and hadn't really registered it yet? Something else entirely? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯) Second incident in a week of flipping from "fine" to "going to throw up Right Now" and back to "psych, never mind" within a few minutes, tho. Happened before (yay, Unknown Stomach Issues) but usually more spread out.

Discover that a tooth that had previously broken for no apparent reason has broken further and now needs proper repair to keep from getting even worse. (Yay, $$$)

Then sitting at my desk and make a slight movement to reach for something and my entire right shoulder does some awful crunching tearing Thing and now it is Pain.

Supposed to be helping with the food and cleanup tomorrow, so l o l. Still feels melodramatic to say I can't do much, though. 🙃

If my body could just Not for a while, that would be great.