#Turns out I would have had time to make a perler today because of that but also I wanted to mess around with my new internet xD

[paladincecil]

Finally having good internet after so long feels so good \o/

Sticking 4k youtube videos on with zero buffering or delay loading the page while also downloading games on my ps5 and steam while playing runescape on my phone just because I can xD

Compare that to my old internet where it'd struggle to do 1080p video if I was trying to download anything and that was if it didn't cut out and mess the download up xD

[xxcynicalxcuriosityxx]

so tell me what does taylor do in a day lol

Well, you know the usual waking up at 6 AM getting EJ ready for school I actually just paid $6500 for her to have contacts because she was one point away from being legally blind. She couldn’t see so I’ve been making parlors out the Wazzu I recently did a Subtronics Kalab with Caleb, who owns day tripper Inc. he basically does a lot of festivals, trying to make friends, you know, cause I am bored and lonely, but that doesn’t seem to work out. I mean I did make a friend but it’s like awkward kind of because she’s friends with people that I don’t associate with, but it is what it is and you know I play with Rezz do you laundry clean up the house maybe take a nap I was cooking Courtney dinner every night. She came over every night for two months straight and I was cooking her dinner but I haven’t done that in a while. Dartainian likes to mess up all my perlers, so I’ve been working on this one perler, it’s a mermaid cyclops. And right now I’m trying to figure out who keeps texting me. Oh and they obviously know who I am because they texted me again today saying hey damn taylor taylor so that’s like a usual day in my life I don’t really eat anymore I don’t have an appetite. I haven’t really eaten anything since my granddad passed away, I cry a lot locked myself in the bathroom crying on the bathroom floor crying in the shower lol and right now I am prepping for my disability hearing. Hopefully that goes well because I don’t know if you remember but the first time I filed for disability they told me I couldn’t because I had that job at Florida Blue in 2018 so if I do get approved for disability I’m going to get backpay since 2018. My disability rate that I would get is around $1600 but I rounded it down to 1000 and if they’re giving me back pay since 2018 that’s $48,000 and I want to buy a bus lol and I want to turn it into a tiny home and I don’t know where I’m gonna put it yet but yeah and right now I’m trying to get EJ scholarships I think I’m gonna send her the bolles if I can get her in or any other private school for that matter because she’s in fourth grade about to be in fifth and I don’t know where she would go to school over here so I’m gonna try to get her into a private school so it’s like a normal day in my life right now lol what’s a normal day in your life tell me about you I’ve missed you. What have you been up to?

[babydinolove]

Why some regressors NEED a caregiver

Many people that regress do so due to trauma. And the regression is not 100% pastel rainbows Etc. The regression is a coping mechanism it's not an aesthetic. So they may have involuntarily regressed, and then it becomes unpure. Flashbacks, depression, anxiety attacks in that space. And sometimes out of panic your brain tries to regress even further and you are unable to take care of yourself. You may need somebody save to turn to.

Trigger warning on further text (mentions of abuse)

For example:

Earlier today I did not realize how regressed I was. I was doing perler beads and I ironed my creation on my own. Well I didn't do it right and I ended up melting the board, not only that I also didn't spell the word princess right. Well me being me I did tell my caregiver that I broke my board. We don't have all the money in the world. And my brain starts having flashbacks to previous caregivers. These caregivers would you yell at me or even hit me if I did something wrong. I have flashbacks of that and I was panicking and worried that my current caregiver would do that.

Now I know that my current caregivers would never hurt me. The times that I have upset him he never raised his voice. We got in a car accident and I got hurt, and he beat himself up over it for weeks. He blamed himself and was even crying because I got hurt in a car wreck. Something that was not his fault. I reminded myself of that in the middle of my panic. But that didn't help. I was in a childlike state and one of my little Alters kept trying to front. I was to unstable for her to take control because I was literally pushing her away because I was afraid she would get hurt.

Now she will be taking over for a few days well I take time to recover. I May front but the main person in control is it going to be a little alter.

So besides the fact that I had to turn to my caregiver in the middle of a breakdown I also will need my caregiver to constantly do check ins to make sure that my little alter is okay because she cannot take care of herself. She doesn't do good with doctors appointments she just doesn't do good with stress.

Trigger warning over

So many age regressors need a caregiver 12 take care of them and times that they are unable to take care of themselves. They need somebody to turn to who knows about the little side of them. They need somebody to remind them that it'll be okay, and somebody who is willing to walk with them through good and bad. Someone who will help them when they need it.

Many people argue that having a caregiver makes it kink, but it doesn't. Because we don't ask for all of this. We don't ask to relive trauma while in a childlike headspace. We don't ask to be dependent and someone else the way we have to be. So please respect that many people need someone to look after them.

DNI if anti agere, anti LGBT, NSFW, ddlg /cgl/ abdl or variants, MAP or supporters, or thinspo

[saccharineomens]

I want to know all the answers from your 100 question meme

Something you find romantic? Answer whichever #'s you feel comfortable answering; I want to know all your inner musings 😝

cat why do you do this to me

i’ll be sticking them below a readmore, then!

1.  Is a kiss considered cheating? Yes! Unless you’ve communicated with your partner that it’s okay.

2. Have you ever faked an orgasm? Nope

3. If you could have one superpower, what would it be? Hmmm this is a really hard decision. I usually say telepathy, but I like shapeshifting, too. I loved the Animorphs books as a kid, even though I didn’t read them all.

4. Do you think you are going to be rich in 7-8-9 years? Monetarily? Nah. But I like to think I’ll still have strong, rich friendships and I think I’ll have enough money to live comfortably alone. 

5.  Tell us some funny drunk story. I just don’t really have one rip. Drunk people are hilarious but normally I’m the DD. I’ve got several pleasant stories, though! There was a time me and my best friend went to a pub and drank cider and played board games and video games until closing time. Afterwards we stopped at an Insomnia cookies, a storm caused the electricity to go out, and we got a half dozen cookies for free. (well, I felt guilty, so I left them a very large tip.)

6.  Why are you no longer together with your ex? I was going through college, it was long distance, and I felt he deserved better. We keep in touch, though.

7.  If you had to choose one way to die, what would it be? Well, painlessly, of old age, in my sleep, of course. But if that’s not an option, out of all the ways of dying, freezing to death seems the most humane. You just get tired, cold, and sleepy, and then you just...don’t wake up.

8.  What are your current goals? Graduate, mostly. Long-term I’d like to live with friends in a big house and my cat, and have enough free time to garden and craft at my leisure, and have the ability to travel wherever I’d like. I’d like to work on a game or movie I’m really passionate about, and I’d love to become a director someday.

9.  Do you like someone? I mean, I like a lot of people, but I assume this means romantically. So, kind of? I find a lot of people attractive and have a ‘if they wanted to date I’d be down’ feeling, but I don’t have serious feelings for anybody specific.

10. Who was the last person to disappoint you? Hmmm I have a terrible memory. Myself, perhaps? I have a really hard time with getting up when my alarms go off. Sleep inertia’s a big problem for me. This has led to me being late to classes and rushing to get ready, which is stressful.

11. Do you like your body? Ehhhh. I guess. It could be improved, like by not having health issues. 

12.  Can you keep a diet? Ha! No.

13. If the whole world listened to you right now, what would you say? I hope you have a wonderful day. The universe doesn’t care about us so be excellent to each other!

14.  Do you work? Constantly, every day. I work to learn new things, accomplish school assignments, make money, feed myself...All my life is is working, right now.

15.  If you could choose only one food to eat to the rest of your life, what would it be? Salad! Because anything can be a salad. Tuna salad, fruit salad, salad with salmon...

16. Would you get a tattoo? Oh, absolutely. The only reason I don’t have any is because of money. I have like five small ideas and one very large one that i’d like across my back. 

17. Something you don’t mind spending all your money on? Food, my family, and my friends.

18. Can you drive? Yes. Do I have a license? No.

19. When was the last time someone told you you were beautiful? Probably sometime in the past month by my mother, but she’s just about the only person who does.

20. What was the last thing you cried for? asdfjal;ksdjfs it was Treasure Planet. Jim and Silver’s relationship is just [clutches chest] so beautiful.

21. Do you keep a journal? Sort of, sporadically. 

22.  Is life fun? Yes!

23.  Is farting in front of people irrelevant? I mean, I prefer you excuse yourself, but more or less yeah.

24.  What’s your dream car? My sib got this really nice Prius used at a good price, and it has a lot of room and it’s a hybrid, so Nice. I don’t tend to pay much attention to cars, as long as they’re comfortable and low-waste.

25. Are grades in school important? I admit that they’re important to me, but that’s something I have to unlearn. My worth isn’t determined by other people.

26. Describe your crush. Ugh. I’m bi, guys. I get crushes on people all the time, every day. Saw this really pretty redhead in the cafeteria over a month ago, and I saw her again yesterday. She’s a couple inches taller than me and has really pretty curly hair, but I didn’t really, like, stare, so I couldn’t describe her face well past ‘cute nose’.

27. What was the last book/movie that really impressed you? Nothing jumps to mind. I guess I’m still falling over myself after seeing Mad Max back in like 2015, that was just the coolest experience ever. I find delight in just about every movie I watch, though. The second Jumanji-sequels movie was just as fun and amazing as the first. Klaus was just incredible in so many ways. 

28.  What was your last lie? I...really just do not remember. Probably telling myself “I’m gonna do my laundry today” a few days ago? Whereas I DID do my laundry today so HA

29. Dumbest lie you ever told? I saved this question for last and it’s late and I honestly can’t remember anything, asdjls sorry. My memory’s awful y’all. 

30. Is crying in front of people embarrassing? Oh absolutely. I mean it wouldn’t be if they weren’t uncomfortable with it, but they always are.

31.  Something you did and you are proud of? I did my laundry today? washed dried folded and everything. I also braved the nighttime neighborhood around my school to solo a Pokemon raid, which was cool. I’m proud of my animation done at the end of the last semester, and of how my teddy bear modelling is doing this week.

32. What’s your favourite cocktail? How am I supposed to choose this? How can you ask me to choose this? I’d have to line them all up and try one by one, honestly, before I could tell you. 

33.  Something you are good at? I’m pretty good at drawing anatomy and expressions, I think. I’m good at baking/cooking, although I lack creativity in the kitchen. I also think I’m a pretty good listener, and a good friend? 

34.  Do you like small kids? Most of the time!

35.  How are you feeling right now? Frankly, a little drained with all these questions, but determined to finish them. I’m a little hungry. I’ve got a lot on my mind, and wish I was doing homework, but I also can’t get myself to do it right now. 

36.  What would you name your daughter/son? Not sure! Every once in a while I’ll be like “ooh, that’d be a great name” and then don’t remember to write it down. Besides, I plan on adopting, and most kiddos already have names.

37.  What do you need to be happy? Money, friends, family, good food, and a place to explore. 

38.  Is there some you want to punch in the face right now? Not particularly. No one other than, well. The rich people I’m pretty sure everyone knows I dislike.

39.  What was the last gift you received? Well, anything my mom cooks for me is a gift, but the last Proper gift was from my friend @ wefflebugs , who got me a blu-ray copy of Into the Spiderverse and some coffee for Christmas  c:

40.  What was the last gift you gave? I gave my sibling @ aconfusedbird a keychain of one of the two Bubble Bobble dragons and kept the other for myself, for their birthday. Handmade from Perler beads. We’d play that game for ages as kids, and we always fought over who’d be the blue one.

41.  What was the last concert you went to? I think it was The Shins? They were so awesome!

42.  Favourite place to shop at? Well, I quite like Target. But I also adore small resale shops. They always have some really awesome things hiding there.

43. Who inspires you? Oogh, a lot of people. Like a million and a half artists I’ve met online, ones I only know their screenname for, inspire me to get better at art. James Baxter and Sergio Pablos inspire me to get better at animation. Wefflebugs’ art always has such lovely colors, which I adore. featherdragon15′s art has gotten a lot better lately, and that inspires me to keep working hard too! Not to mention they’re working for nasa which is rad af, and also inspires me to keep working toward my dreams. My sibling aconfusedbird inspires me a Lot in a lot of personal ways, like to be more kind to myself and to keep moving forward. My mom inspires me to keep gardening. roachpatrol/roach-works inspired me to get into welding, lizardlicks inspired me into wanting chickens and a small homestead. My teachers inspire me to keep working hard in school. 

44. How old were you when you first got drunk? 19, I think? I’ve only gotten properly drunk once. I don’t think I’ll ever be able to eat another boiled peanut, but other than that it wasn’t a problem lol.

45. How old were you when you first got high? I haven’t, actually. I don’t have a reason not to or anything, but it’s just never felt like the right vibe yanno?

46.  How old were you when you first had sex? I guess it really depends on your definition. Personally, I’d say I haven’t yet.

47. When was your first kiss? Well, I played spin the bottle when I was seventeen, which was technically my first kiss, but if that doesn’t count then it was about a week before I turned eighteen, and I kissed the guy who’d become my first boyfriend.

48.  Something you want to do until the end of this year? Play video games....I wish I had infinite time to play video games and watch movies and draw and just...enjoy my time on earth, you know? Without feeling like it had a deadline.

49. Is there something in the past you wish you hadn’t done? I try not to live with regrets. 

(50 is ‘post a selfie’ but im on a computer)

51. Who are you most comfortable around? Either aconfusedbird or featherdragon15, i think. 

52.  Name one thing that terrifies you. asdkfjal;sdf i’ve been listening to too much magnus archives and got recommended to ‘not be too scared of one thing’ if i want to avoid the creatures, so uh. hard to decide. I guess I’m scared of...hm. people who just lack the ability to create bonds with people? people who don’t care about other living things. humans can be fucking terrifying. 

53. What kind of books do you read? Oh, just about anything. Fantasy, realistic fiction, romance, mysteries, thrillers, scifi...all are great. I didn’t used to enjoy nonfiction but it really depends on the nonfiction.

54. What would you tell your 12 year old self? You’re going to have a best friend someday, and it will be everything you wanted. Things with your mother will improve when you’re in your last few years of high school. You’re going to become a great artist.

55.  What is your favourite flower? Not sure! I like many. There was this one flower i found in high school that smelled incredible, but I’ve no idea what it was. I should find it again.

56. Any bad habits you have? ...Well. Not waking up when my alarm goes off is pretty annoying. My procrastination in general’s frustrating. And, well, just between you, me, and the rest of the internet, (tw: self harm) my trichotillomania causes me constant distress and anxiety.

57. What kind of people are you attracted to? People who want to learn new things, are kind and compassionate, respect me, and have a good sense of humor. Someone I can be adventurous with.

58. What was the last thing you cried for? Well, i answered a similar question earlier, so I’ll answer for the second most recent time I cried. I was in Pennsylvania, the day I had to fly home, and when I went to check in for my flight, all the seats were taken, and I needed to pay for an upgrade if I wanted to guarantee a spot on the flight. This wouldn’t be a huge problem, except that for both of my flights to get home, an upgrade cost $70. And seventy dollars was a big chunk out of my budget for, you know, food. So I cried out of stress and frustration with the airport companies for charging me seventy bucks for ten more inches of legroom that I didn’t want nor need.

59. Is there something you don’t eat? Some food that truly disgust you? Not really! In terms of what’s normally accepted as “food” in American society, that is. I don’t care much for worms or insects. Other than that, I’m interested enough to try almost anything once.

60. Are you in love? In love? No. Am I full of love? Yes, for many, many, many things. 

61.  Something you find romantic? Oh man, anything could be romantic if done by someone I care for. I think gentleness is romantic. Quality time is my love language, so if my partner cancelled plans to spend time with me, that’d be romantic. I find romance in trying new things and going to new places.

62. How long was your longest relationship? Four months or so. It’s the only relationship I’ve been in, though, and I hadn’t intended for it to go past summer, so that was longer than I’d even planned on haha.

63, 64. What are 3 things that irritate you about the same sex? Opposite sex? Uhhh kind of hard to answer this one. I mean, i hate the culture in which men are raised to be, but I’ve heard that ‘male’ and ‘female’ brains aren’t particularly predisposed to anything in particular? Like, both men and women are capable of emotional intelligence and compassion, it’s just that our culture doesn’t encourage it in men. 

65. What are you saving money for? Food, college. I might treat myself to a school trip to Disney, but I don’t think I have the budget rn. As a student I’m kind of coasting by on the bare minimum rn, I don’t have anything i CAN save up for.

66. How would you describe your bad side? I mostly just avoid you or try to not spend time with you. 

67. Are you actually a good person? Why? I think I am. I care about other people and try to make other people’s lives easier and happier. I try every day to become more sensitive to other perspectives. I do what I can to benefit the earth for those who will come after me.

68. What are you living for? Ooh, deep stuff. I’m living for helping other people. I’m living for my friends and family. 

69 (nice).  Have you ever done anything illegal? Pfft, guys, jaywalking is illegal. So yes. I’ve also drank while underage before. But nothing really big, no.

70.  Do you like your body? Wait a second. This was number 11, too. Well, I guess I’ll change it to What don’t you like about your body? Which is my under-chin. It’s kind of a double chin, kind of not. But while most things I could change about my body, I don’t think I could change that without surgery. And yeah, I’ve thought about it. Not that I have any of the cash for it. I also wish I didn’t have (tw: self-harm) trichotillomania, so I’d have more eyelashes and eyebrows.

71. Have you ever made someone feel bad about themselves intentionally? I think I probably have, to douchebags. Like “hey, that’s inappropriate”.  

72.  Ever sent nudes? Nope!

73. Have you ever cheated on someone? God, no. Big #1 no no for me.

74. Favourite candy? I RECENTLY DISCOVERED TAKE 5′S AND REESES HAVE COMBINED INTO ONE GLORIOUS CANDY BAR, SO, THAT.

75. Is there a blog you visit every day, or almost every day? Tag it! Agh, okay. @ aconfusedbird, @ busket, @ loreweaver-universe, @ orange-plum. The four blogs I don’t actually follow, but whose blogs I visit every day. It changes around every few years. It used to be a different bunch back when I first got on tumblr. I really have no idea why I haven’t followed them. Habit, I suppose? Also, it still won’t let me tag my sib for some reason. (nvm I removed the tags, i don’t want to bother them)

76. Do you play any computer games? What is your favourite game? lmao uh, that’s kind of an understatement. I can’t list all my favorite games, but I’m very fond of The Last of Us. I have played. So many video games. I’ll chat about them anytime!

77. Favourite TV series? Avatar: The Last Airbender, I think. It’s really hard to top that.

78. Are you religious? Does God exist? Not really religious, no. I do think that there’s probably a god out there that sparked the Big Bang. I don’t really follow the Christian God because despite what every church service said, I never felt like He loved me. Jesus was a super cool guy, though. If there’s a god out there, I think they pretty much keep to themselves. Maybe have some fun watching creation, but don’t really interact with it at all.

79. What was the last book you read? Did it impress you and why? asdkfj;as i don’t remember. probably my textbook Directing the Story by Francis Glebas? It was a pretty cool book about moviemaking.

80. What do you think about vegetarianism/veganism? I’ve reblogged a lot on the subject. I respect those who practice it, but it can cause a lot of environmental harm. In theory, it’s not bad! 

81. How long have you been on Tumblr? Like eight years or so? Maybe nine? wild. I visited blogs daily before the number got high enough i was like ‘okay i’ll just make an account’.

82. Do you like Chinese food? Oh, yes!

83-85. McDonalds or Subway?   Vodka or whiskey? Alcohol or drugs? Subway, whiskey and alcohol.

86.  Ever been out of your province/state/country? Yes, yes, and no!

87. Meaning behind your blog name? I’ve had this one for many years now. I really like the word ‘saccharine’ -- inspired by @ saccharinesylph back in the old days -- and i couldn’t just name myself ‘saccharine’, so i needed something else. and I was pretty big into Good Omens at that time, and I was like ‘haha! saccharine, good, omens. saccharine omens!’ Plus, it feels like a very positive and comforting name, and I strive to be a comforting person. 

88. What are you scared of? ok i def answered this moving on

89. Last time you were insulted? uhhhhhhhhh no idea. oh, wait! i know. i was getting graded on my performance at my job late last year and i disagreed with the grade my boss gave me. It was like ‘person shows considerable care of their community and goes above and beyond to educate others’ and i was like ‘oh yeah that’s, like, my whole Thing, my whole Goals and Personality and Ideals’ and then my boss came in and was like ‘2/4′ and i was like ‘wtf??’ Apparently she felt that i just wasn’t really applying that part of myself to my job, and i was like ‘you serious? i’m doing a lot!’ but also she’s my boss.

90. Most traumatic experience? A series of emotionally/mentally abusive things my mom did during my childhood. It’s definitely had the longest lasting effects of any trauma. Permanent anxiety problems, ptsd, my self harm, the whole shebang. Don’t worry, though, like. Things are way better between us, and she’s apologized many times.

91. Perfect date idea? Going on a hike! Maybe walking on a beach. Just spending time together and talking. Eating some delicious food. Spending the entire day with each other, then curling up and cuddling at home and watching a movie. then talking some more. lots of handholding and kisses. im a super hopeless romantic.

92. Favourite app on your phone? the internet, ofc lmao. But other than that I use Animal Crossing Pocket Camp and Pokemon Go an awful lot. 

93. What colour are the walls in your room? At school a boring white, although I’ve taped some art up. At home a really pretty light blue color that I did all myself.

94. Do you watch Youtube? Who is your favourite youtuber? I do! And I like so many channels, honestly. I really like Rachel and Jun, and I really like Pop Culture Detective. I’ve seen a lot of jackscepticeye’s stuff, too. Proko, Vox, and Sinix Design are all good too.

95. Share your favourite quote. “Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who matter don’t mind and those who mind don’t matter.” -Dr Seuss

96.  What is the meaning of life? To be happy, enjoy yourself, and love others!

97. Do you like horror movies? Ha ha ha, not really. I liked A Quiet Place though. 

98. Have you ever made your mum cry? What happened? She’s cried sometimes over how she treated us in the past. Sometimes it happens because I talk about how she’s hurt me. She always expresses regret and apologizes again. 

99. Do you feel lucky or special in a way? I feel lucky with how I met my best friend. We’d had band together and kind of both thought each other as a cool person, but we didn’t really hit it off until a couple years later and she saw me drawing Homestuck fanart in Psychology lmao. The rest is history. Love you so much, Haley. I feel lucky my mom realized she was being abusive and stopped, too. Not everyone gets that. 

100. Can you keep a secret? Oh, definitely. But do tell me what needs to be secret, otherwise I won’t know. For example, my sib asked me to keep their gf busy while they bought her a present, so I tried, but then she was like ‘oh, where’s your sibling? we should find them’ i was like ‘oh no, i think they’re just buying something, it’s fine’ but she was stubbornly moving toward the checkout and i was like ‘stop, i think they’re buying something for you’ so i. kinda told a secret? i didn’t tell her what the present was though.

JESUS THAT WAS A LOT OF TYPING, LMAO. IT’S THREE AM. GOODNIGHT

[libraford]

So I am no longer in charge of Slime, which if you’re not familiar with that story I would get yourself a snack and give it a read because.... it’s long. It’s a long, long saga of slime. Instead, they’re having me do the Saturday morning kids classes. Or rather, they’re continuing to have me do the morning classes because... why train someone else to work with unattended small children when we’ve already broken this one’s spirit? 

And if you were internetting at the same time I was last night, you were probably aware that my girlfriend and I were making friendship bracelets. Which is very cute, but the reason we were doing that was because today I was supposed to teach little kids how to make them. I’d never made one successfully before and the directions were super unhelpful, so she was showing me how. (Well... it’s still pretty stompin’ cute in the context). 

So what I learned last night was that they really are a labor of love because if you tried to sell them at the fair cost of labor, no one would buy it at that price and you really gotta like that person to put in all that work and then give it away for free. 

“Oh, how shall I, a mere child, show the bonds of our unending friendship? I shall develop early stages of carpal tunnel syndrome as a symbol of our platonic love!”

This is a childhood experience that I never had. Ostensibly because I was the crafty person in the school and I had all of two (2) friends and ... eh. Eh. It was the 90′s and my homework already resembled a mountain, so... eh. 

Anyhowdy. 

The bracelet that I was supposed to make was a chevron, but it looks more like argyle. Which is a look I dig but I’m mentally preparing dialogue for when someone is upset it doesn’t look like it should.  

There is no way in the squishiest layers of Hell that a four-year old is going to figure out how to make this. I’m 30 and I’m screwing up, so I figure I’ll have a couple of simpler options.  Basically, I would have them braid their colors together and put beads on it. Seems simple, right?

... ha... haha... oh. 

I’m sure that my plan would have potentially worked if there were different circumstances, but here we are... 

I had... no students. 

Until... 

11:45, fifteen minutes before I was meant to close up. And then I had two. Then five. Then seven, nine, ten. As soon as I gave kids instructions to pick out their colors, more would come in. So half the room was bored and waiting for me to start and the other half was spending a lot of time trying to decide which color pink they want. One of them has her arm in a cast. Something wasn’t thought through. 

It is 11:55 when I finally get started. 

“Measure the length from your wrist to your elbow, and then double it.” 

Three adults failed this part. 

“Fold it in half and tie a knot at the top.”

One kid failed this part. 

“Do y’all know how to braid?” A mix of nods and shakes. “Okay, if you know how to braid, go ahead and braid your colors together.”

Three adults failed this part. I had to teach one kid how to braid because his mom refused to show him and eventually just took over herself. None of the parents were willing to help their kids learn, because they insisted that they already knew but clearly did not. I had to teach some of the adults. 

About halfway through this, a kid says “when are we going to make the slime?”

...

“Slime isn’t until one-o-clock.”

“We thought this was the slime thing.”

How do you get halfway through a friendship braid tutorial and realize that it isn’t slime? Did you think we were going to put it in the slime? Did you think that we were going to dip it in borax and it was going to suddenly be slime somehow? Did you miss the part in the beginning when I said ‘are you here to make friendship bracelets?’ Because I said that to literally everyone that came in through the doors. 

“Okay, now you’re going to put your beads on.” This part they knew how to do. “And when you’re done, you’re going to put a bead over one end and tie a knot around it, then do the same on the other side.”

All of the adults failed this part. 

Around this time, three girls abandoned the craft for their mom to finish in favor of watching whatever mindless children’s entertainment was being played in the baby carriage belonging to a completely different family. So they’ve just left the whole thing to their mother, who is frantically trying to finish because these kids have already learned the age-old art of ‘make someone else do it.’ 

We’re down to seven people and one of the youngest says ‘face painting.’

“The ad said that there’d be face painting.”

“Face painting?”

“FACE PAINTING YAY!”

Suddenly they all want their faces painted. It is 12:25, the class ended 25 minutes ago, I’m supposed to clock out in five minutes, and seven kids are now under the impression that we’re doing face painting. 

“Face painting isn’t until next week. Next week.”

And now... tears. 

The one that brought it up knocked over a bucket of perler beads. The mom is now screaming at her, everyone is upset and I am now ten minutes late to clock out. Some of them are still asking about slime, so now they’re alternating between slime and face painting and the truth is that they want both, but I’m giving them neither and oh man... toddlers are not a pleasant sight when you tell them that they don’t have any choice in the matter. 

They finally figure that the best thing to do is leave, no one is happy, and I’m pretty sure the little one is grounded. 

All of this- all of this

All of this could have been avoided if you’d shown up fifteen minutes later, but sure- Zerg rushing the teacher seems like a way better plan, doesn’t it?

As I am cleaning up the string mess, a line is forming at the door.

“Is this the slime thing?”

“It hasn’t started yet.”

“I’ll wait.” Haha. I’ve played this game. You’ll wait, but you’ll complain to my manager that we made you wait for the event to open before letting you in. 

I finish cleaning up, I get out the door, and the same woman jumps to get into the classroom.

“It doesn’t start until one, ma’am.”

“It said noon!”

“One to three. The event is one til three.”

I know that the color ‘puce’ is hotly contested in terms of it’s actual definition, but her face turned the puciest color I have ever seen. Her son is tugging impatiently at her pant leg. She tells her tiny human that he has to wait longer. 

Haha, don’t care. I’m out, kiddos!

This post is brought to you by Children’s Tears. 

[sommer-rain]

When i was home on saturday to dad and he had my door open to the corridor as i was in my room pottering with the iron/perler bead stuff (i like the door to be open so my room won’t be so cold since it’s only open when i’m on visit and the younger cat had come up to the second floor and came in to mine, well i had some things spread out on the floor so it was a bit messy, so i think i stayed a bit right inside the entrance and wondered how to go further in i guess.. but i thought he would pretty much come barging in almost running and destroy things out of curiousity and clumsiness.. But he didn’t really.    I Guess he was about to try go further in (was about in the middle of the room with my back pretty much turned against him) and told him a bit irritated that i didn’t really like him come in further and he’s not suppose to come to my room. Well he kinda understood and but didn’t really want to leave as long as i was there and i went out to the corridor making him follow me and close the door and thought he was kinda silly.. Like, sure cats like to had a need to explore rooms they aren’t used to go into because they want to be know every centimeter of a room and apartment/house they are in/live in, and i opend some of the other rooms doors in case he wanted to another room.. He likes to be in my dad’s sleepingroom when they are there but he wasn’t interested in the rooms that he isn’t usually into  either. He promptly wanted to get back in my room. We were on the outside of my door in the corridor and i said that he should stop with this silliness..well guess i was bit silly..

He mewed and looked at me and the door and really tried to squeeze his head against it in hopes it would get open if he did it enough hard and maybe even almost screatched it a bit too, well not like he would get and scratches on left on my door. I don’t remember what we did after that..if my dad said somethiong from downstairs to come down or anything completely different..

I happened to watch..well more like listened to while finishing off with some other tabs before shutting off the computer, about cats when it comes to spirits and such and what’s good with having cats in such cases.  That if a cat senses and/or sees one it will protects and chase out the spirits from the house.. and then they have a urge to go and get rid off it. That kinda seemed a bit too much like that thing about the younger cat. He doesn’t even usually come in to my room any other time i’m home and happened t’o have it opened. And he doesn’t usually be like that either. That’s why i thought he was kinda silly. And oh how it creeps me out when i realized that! >_< Now it doesn’t stop creep me out. There have always been some sort of ghosts stuck on the second floor and rather more on the side of the floor where my room is..   I let him him today but he kinda left at the door until i just read “yeah, just come in, you’re allowed” and there’s no question he understood me as he went further in to me, but also actually very carefull. More than i thought, and he was all like “um..okay if you say so..however i feel kinda awkward here..not sure if i actually wanna stay but i come in i’m coming in”   He seemed kinda awkward and weary  whern he checked around my small room. Also kinda asked me if it was okay to jump on the bed but didn’t even try it before i told how “it’s all okay, just do it if you want, i don’t mind”, and rested for a while there. But he liked me to cuddle him a bit more thn i thought when i went back to the iron-beads.  Still, he doesn’t usually act like that in anyway.

Maybe that’s why our cats like to get me out and away from my room always now and then when i don’t really get why they do it.

Damn, how am i going to sleep now? I’m too creeped out now.

[frogsandfries]

For anyone who's curious,

A while ago, when I tried perler beading (which was mostly just a pain because I bought a giant container of random beads and then had to sort them into large enough quantities of a color before I could pull off my images), I bought this hard plastic container. When that turned out to not be enough space, I reflexively bought a second container made from a more flexible plastic. I think maybe at the time, I thought I would still like to use the perler beads, but then I switched my interest from perhaps maybe someday returning to perlers to definitely confident that I could make money off all this polyclay I had sitting around mostly just taking up space. I cleared out the perler beads, storing them in simple baggies twisted shut and crammed into cheap tupperware. I replaced the perler beads with my handmade charms. I'd bought a whole box of baggies so that I could have a few for all the colors of the perlers. I had pretty much a whole box left. I also ceremoniously refused to paint any of my charms before I had a hundred. I seriously have no idea what I was fucking thinking because I'm absolutely awful at painting. When I finally pulled it together to start painting, I looked down at over 150 charms, felt overwhelmed, didn't know where to start, and decided to procrastinate further on painting. Oh, and that hard plastic container I have my charms in now? Well, I found personally, that leaving the lid off made the container more accessible to me. However, somehow the lid ended up cracking in the middle. Oops. I guess it couldn't be helped, and the lid isn't entirely necessary given the way I use the container. I think if it does break the whole way, I'll just duck tape it. Anyway. I figured that instead of continuing to push off the task of painting my charms because I'm overwhelmed, I would break them down into more manageable groups of twenty. The good news is, I'm getting painting done. I sorted my charms using the aforementioned plastic baggies. So far though, excluding the two I painted last time, I've only finished painting three, and I have a handful more in the mix. It should be a rather quick thing to bust out all the strawberries I have baked so far (but it still isn't enough for that photo). That would get my numbers up quickly, although only a fraction of them would get the ATC I'm including. Today I ended up buying another container like the one I currently have my perler beads in. I want to get the perlers out of that container, but I don't really have anywhere else to keep the mixed beads. So I figure I might as well leave them in that container until the excess is sorted. Currently, I have six bundles in the new container. *sigh* Plus I still have a bunch of new charms in the old container. You know what's another nightmare, besides painting? It's twofold: The first part is all the flipping clasps I have to order. Then, if I run out before my next order arrives, I still have to bake the charms sometimes, so then I have to open the pin and add a clasp. I don't want to think about all the charms that I have to add clasps to, but I usually do it when I'm ready to glue the pin. I've resumed adding them to the new charms, which probably means I'll need more soon. I'll also need either 20/0 wire or more eye pins. Can I just place a massive bulk order on clasps, get like a thousand at once? Might as well, since that's the direction I want to go. I live in a tourist region (I don't fucking get it but oh well), and there are loads of shops in the area, that I think could sell my charms for me, but I don't want to get eager and then have four shops wanting a thousand charms from me, each, in a month. I also kind of don't want to get shut down, but I really really don't want to go into the shop/s with nothing to show, no way to back up my talk.....