#RENT TIME... i'm actually on time this year

[jacks-muses]

Skallagrim laughs "I don't actually know anymore... I think I'm closing in on 2000 or so" he says shrugging. "That's awesome. I've adopted a ton of kids," he says, laughing a little bit. "Hey you know the camp where I have the our family reunion every year is empty a lot of the time, We could do a retreat for the vets, Rent a bunch of horses, do trail rides, enjoy the lake, just relax out away from the city and all the hustle and bustle" he says

OPEN RP

Sam is throwing is annual 4th of July barbecue for the veterans at the Venters Center and decided to go all out with who he invited. He opened up the guest list to basically everyone he knew. He thought it would be nice for the Vets to interact with some other hero’s and exchange stories.

Sam had everything set up. He rented a park. Not a space in the park, the entire park. He had the grill, the food, the drinks, and the music. Now all he needed was the people. He sent out invitations the week before and he hopes people cleared their colander.

He even invited Bucky and people from his team. His lawyer wouldn’t like that but… at the end of the day him and Bucky are friends. He wanted him to be there.

Sam smiles as people start to arrive. He leaves one of the Vets in charge of the grill as he walks over to greet those walking up.

“Hey!” He says. “So glad you could make it!”

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[goneahead]

Ok I don't usually wade into political posts, but its pretty f**king clear @project2028 and everyone else reblogging this and similar posts don't actually gives a damn about preventing camping deaths.

I'm also sure only a handful of people will reblog this post, because talking about NWS alerts and how to actually f**king saving lives won't put any more points on the political scoreboard.

But as a nomad, the misinformation in these posts is p**ssing me off and if I can save at least one life by telling some hard, inconvienant truths, then it will so so worth it. Feel free to unfollow me now.

There were AT LEAST 6 alerts issued from NWS for the Kerrville area. The NWS issued a flood watch on July 3rd afternoon. Flash flood warnings began 1 a.m. CT July 4, with emergency alerts at 4:03 a.m. (Kerr County) and 5:34 a.m. (Kerrville). At least 6 emergencies total, warning of a "deadly flood wave" on the Guadalupe River.

The problem was people decided to camp near a river where a flood warning had already been issued in the afternoon and they a) didn't keep their phones on at night to get alerts or b) make the decision to camp with an emergency radio so they could get alerts.

Trust me, I've been a nomad for over 8 years now -- a weather alert will most DEFINITELY wake you up IF you care enough about your life and the lives of your loved ones to carry an emergency radio and/or make sure your phone is charged.

So let's recap.

1. If you go camping, always make sure somebody always knows where you are. If your plans change, ALWAYS text or call somebody so that emergency crews know where to find you if shit goes wrong. People die every year because they couldn't be bothered to send a text that would have told emergency crews how to find them.

2. If there is a weather warning issued for the area where you decide to camp, always assume this will be the one time that the warning will turn into a serious situation. Write down the address or coordinates of where you are at before you go to bed. That way you are ready to give a good location to emergency responders if needed. Keep your phone on through the night and charged so the alerts can wake you if shit hits the fan. Battery packs for phones are only twenty to thirty bucks and can save your life.

3. You should NEVER camp unless you have an emergency radio and extra batteries. Again, this stuff is cheap and could save your life.

4. Have a f**king plan. I will repeat - have a f**king plan. Have a bag packed that you can grab quickly. Make sure you have meds, your pets stuff, extra keys in this bag, etc. If you are in an RV, keep a tool to break a window. If you are renting a cabin, know where the exits are and have a plan to get to safety.

5. Finally, shit can happen fast in a natural disaster. I had a friend who was camping near a wildfire. He stepped outside for a moment, looked around - and in that moment, the wildfire jumped the road and reached his RV. Fortunately he had his keys with him, so he was able to jump in his truck and drive to safely. His RV was a total loss. Keep extra keys in vehicles, keep your emergency bag close, and ALWAYS be prepared for things to go bad very fast.

Let me recap again. A NWS alert is ONLY as good as your willingness to be prepared, and every NWS warning should be heeded if you go camping.

Again, I know a lot of people will now unfollow me, or start sending me hate messages because how dare I challenge the Very Important Political Narrative that NWS failed, and you know what? I honestly don't care. If I can save one life by this post then all the hate I am about to get will be worth it.

[cintasvel]

Ok, so I got to meet Varada Sethu and Faye Marsay yesterday and actually speak about Vel + Cinta. It was genuinely so lovely to get to tell them both how much they mean to queer Star Wars fans.

I got quite a bit of time with Faye, because her lines were shorter. She was so excited when I picked the Vel/Cinta window image for her to autograph (Faye Marsay saying "Velcinta forever" at my choice lives in my head rent free now) and we spoke a bit about how I was doing, how she was doing and where I'm from (she recognized my accent) and she thanked me when I asked her if she was alright (cons are EXHAUSTING). Then we discussed how it was about time Star Wars actually featured queer characters front and center. Below is a paraphrased and condensed version, as we discussed other topics in between.

Me: I love Star Wars, but never really felt included properly until Andor and Vel and Cinta.

F: About time, innit? We're (queer people) everywhere and I've loved playing Vel.

M: She and Cinta are very special to lots of people.

F: Have you gone and seen V yet?

M: No, not yet! Her queues are huge, but I'm on my way after.

F: Super popular, proud of her!

M: Now Andor's over, we need that Velcinta spin-off.

F: We do! Though V had to make it awkward by popping her clogs, didn't she?

M: A prequel spin-off!

F: Yes! Let's make it happen. Actually, our kiss scene was the first thing me and V shot in season 2, which was funny. Because we hadn't seen one another for a bit, so it was like "hey mate, let's make out!" And it was absolutely freezing in there too. So we were just happy for the warmth.

We then spoke about Pride and other personal topics I will not be mentioning for privacy of Faye/myself, but she wished me a happy pride and thanked me for coming and off I went. She's such a darling and it was really clear to me how much she loves Vel and Cinta.

I unfortunately didn't get a lot of time with Varada, her lines were huuuuuge and full of Doctor Who fans. But even standing in the line and speaking about Andor, it was just nice to be reminded how well-loved Vel and Cinta continue to be. I ended up talking to this lovely woman who hadn't even touched Star Wars for years, but came back after hearing about Vel and Cinta. We commiserated a little about the handling of Cinta (canon, what is canon really?) and she went on her way to meet Varada.

Again, meeting Varada was extremely brief. They were sending people away if you had a ticket number over 200 (I was 199!!!) and she was leaving at 6. I did manage to thank her for Cinta though, and she was excited to see the autograph.

V: My gorgeous Vel and Cinta. They're both babes, aren't they? I'll take wife's lead here and sign it Cinta as well.

And that was it! Really brief and I was a little sad not to speak longer, but I totally understood why. But it was nice to feel the love for Vel and Cinta with other people and with Faye and Varada themselves, because they did A LOT for those characters.

Anyway. It was great. I haven't stopped smiling since.

[natolesims]

Somber announcement

@bastardtrait just posted about this and you know what? What the hell. I've been in denial for weeks but it's time to set myself freeeeee

All my main saves are fried. Yup. Gone. Kaput. I thought the nature of it were mod issues, but the save corruption has been happening to me a little too often (those who follow @dustbon know what's up) and now my long time saves are unplayable, no matter what I do. Lite cc, vanilla, playing in recovery saves and backups, repairing the game, 50/50, following tutorials to optimize the game, you name it. Even some of the sims' tray files from those worlds were corrupted, so my personal gallery was compromised as well. The culprit? Most probably the for rent ep, since those problems practically never happened to me before after years of playing this game with even messier settings, saves and cc. And I know I'm not the only one.

I recently got desperate, deleted my game and reinstalled it. Started fresh. It's been running fine so far, I've been testing it with the very veggie challenge I started posting at @dustbon. I'm so angry and sad my personal save, the stories and legacies I worked on for years and the sims I was so attached to are perfectly unusable now... But this is a game, and I want to have fun with it while playing. Not stressing out after spending hours trying to fix what's wrong when I actually have the chance to sit and relax for a while one day or another.

So... Yeah. No more princess save, not so berry, anything. I think I'll take this as a chance to start from a blank page. Since that means I won't need a sideblog anymore, I'll be moving the gameplay posts from dustbon here. Excuse the messiness since I could probably just keep posting there without problem, but I think it's more of an emotional need. @pixel-bloom @rillabrooke, the sims you sent me are safe and sound, and I'm so sorry for not being able to play with them properly. If you're ok with it, I would like to include them in the save I'm currently playing in.

Whew, that was long. I'm glad I could take it out of my chest because the anxiety and frustration was killing me, tbh. So... Thank you. And those who were asking about the continuity of the stories and gameplay challenges (I got your asks), I'm afraid that's not happening. I'm really grateful you enjoyed them as much as I did, you know? Hopefully the casual gameplay can compensate something.

[walterdecourceys]

from here on in i shoot without a script 🎥!!!!

[mrsmarlasinger]

I WENT SHOPPING FOR MY NEW APARTMENT!!!!!!

[pardonmydelays]

i'm going home tomorrow & i'm so excited to see my family, i really missed them

[accipitae]

Suddenly stressing out so so so much because farrier school starts march 31st and i still need to find an apartment near the school and also buy all my tools and also buy new work boots and also more jeans because i only have like 2 pairs left (???) and also need to get a trailer hitch installed on my car so i can even drive my stuff up to Minnesota in the first place and also-

[agayconcept]

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[familyofpaladins]

You've heard of [person/character/show/story/media/art] living rent free in your head right?

Now get ready for: that, but each is a little bird in the nest of you mind, some birds are there for a long time and some just a little while, as they come and go and theres some you feed more than others And it's not until you realize that suddenly "theres less birds here" "where'd the other babies go?" That the bird you started to feed a couple days ago is Cuckoo bird

[eats-the-stars]

hate my sister's shitty good for nothing boyfriend. can you imagine being a 30yo man with two kids who won't even scramble an egg. Not for his kids, not for his girlfriend, not for himself. literally if my sister doesn't leave out pre-made meals when he's watching the kids he will rip up bread or pour them dry cereal or open a granola bar and make himself microwave dinners. like, lowest effort possible. but if i mention this to my sis, she'll be like "no he's definitely cooked for the kids! he scrambled an egg for them once! i watched him do it!" but it's like...so he scrambled one egg in the last five years. just to like, prove he can? at your direct insistence? should we all clap? like seriously. hate this guy. had to really hold back recently because he had someone over and he was interacting with the kids more than usual for appearances, and he had to keep asking me and my sis what the 5yo was signing because he barely bothered to learn his own son's primary form of communication. i was so tempted to say "that one means 'go home' but you wouldn't know that because you don't take them anywhere." so hard to hold that in. If I had to describe this man in two words they would be these: Low Effort. Not quite bare minimum, but JUST enough to convince my sister that it would be too much hassle to get rid of him. he's stupid as fuck, but just smart enough to quickly stop shit like screaming obscenities at the kids for doing normal kid things. and he once stomped on my headphones and broke them in a fit of rage, but gave my sister money to replace them so it was "fine." Like, my sister thinks that he's just struggling with his anger issues, because he had a bad childhood, blah, blah, and oh he would never actually hurt her or the kids. and like, good for you, but i don't trust like that. genuinely hoping he gets struck by lightning and dies instantly.

[chrimsone]

Fun fact, back when I worked at Dave and Busters and was told I needed to work labor day, I asked if we'd get holiday pay for it and my manager literally didn't answer; he just laughed at me and walked away. I'm glad there are places that at least offer holiday pay since they want retail and service workers to work on labor day.

that's beyond fucked up. it should totally be required by law for working on federal holidays to get the overtime pay??? sorry but if the country considers it an important enough day to give themselves off, the folk who have to work should be properly compensated.

I hope you coincidentally were 'out of town' or 'sick' on holidays cause fuck that manager

[theflyingfeeling]

sorry my only possessions are these stupid blurry pics of this stupid fucking idiot trying to make coffee taste... well like coffee..?

personally I don't think we as a fandom have dragged him enough about this yet

I mean how hard can it be to succesfully make one cup of coffee 😭 he owns a French press but acted as if he's never used one smh, diagnosing him as a disaster 🤲

[thefabelmans2022]

did i mention that i ran around on friday panic buying last minute gifts for our family xmas gathering on sunday alone bc my sister was working (understandable) and my brother couldn't be fucked (less understandable) and then caught something while i was shopping and missed christmas because i was too sick to go.

[running-in-the-dark]

the apartment we looked at today was really bad - like, one room was missing half the flooring and they (the landlord) just put carpet over it. luckily it was only the current tenant there, though - she told us about the landlord and that she's... not great. so even if the apartment had been decent we wouldn't have been interested after that.

[actias-android]

The worst thing about how some of the most known people in the general community have been shitty to me in the past is that...I'm just cut off from the community even on the occasions I do want to interact. You don't get to play in the same pool as everyone else when someone who owns it has decided to invent the most bad-faith assumptions about you and run with them. You just stop having that social avenue, the end.

But then I think, do I wanna play in a pool run by people who think the way they behaved is normal and good and a bunch of people who support their wildly incorrect take on the situation, no questions asked? Nah, not really.

But it's still fucking frustrating.