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joezworld · 4 years ago

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Looking back at the Scotsman on WTYP thing, it'd be great to see the resulting transcript of at least the highlights of that bonus episode.

Transcript highlights of Well There’s Your Problem Bonus Episode #11: “British Rail (Derogatory)”

33:09

Justin Roczniak - And before British Rail started we had all of these other different railways-

Flying Scotsman - I think you mean the LNER and all the other, inferior railways?

35:19

Alice Caldwell-Kelly - These railways, they managed to set a number of speed records using locomotives like City of Truro,

FS: Prick

[Snorting laughter from hosts]

ACK: Mallard,

FS: Cunt

[Laughter Intensifies]

ACK: Uh, Flying Scotsman,

FS: Whore

[Laughter Intensifies and continues]

JR - Don’t forget that all of these records were beaten by the New York Central 999, which managed-

FS - Oh that fucking little wankstain NO HE DIDN’T!

57:22

ACK: And uh, this is what BR wanted to turn all of its steam engines into.

Liam Anderson - Oh I hope the next slide is a bunch of happy steam engines totally living their best lives.

Next Slide:

LA - Oh

FS: Hey I think I knew that guy.

[Horrified laughter from the other hosts]

FS - Also, can I just point out that this is a brand of razor blades that is telling you to do it best? Imagine how terrible you’d feel if you screwed that up?

[Horrified Laughter Continues]

1:22:09

ACK: - and here we have, the end result of all of BR’s supposed modernization.

FS: Is the next picture a class 17?

Next Slide:

FS: I knew it!

[Rest of hosts laugh uncontrollably]

1:44:01

FS: You know, one time I actually did a railtour that ended uh, ended near the Cashmore’s scrapyard out in Monmouthshire, and they wanted me to actually go out there and pay my respects to the engines who had died there.

JR: Did you?

FS: No!

[Laughter from other hosts]

FS: Why would I do that? They were still open! It’d be like a mouse going back to the trap and asking for another go with the spring!

[Laughter intensifies]

2:07:22

ACK - And then we have engines like the class 58, which were replaced very early because of the advances made by the class 59 and 66.

Slide Change:

FS - Y’know, now that I moved to the United States, I feel even worse for those guys than I did before - because we all thought that the 59s were some technological wonder and in reality they’re just an SD40 in a tube.

JR - Uh huh

FS - And SD40s are just so puny compared to all the other engines here - like, I imagine that most of the 58s and 60s who got replaced, if they knew what cuckolding was they’d have to be into it because that’s basically what happened to them

[Hysterical laughter from hosts]

FS - and imagine being cuckolded by an SD40 in a tube and then finding out that the SD40s were being pulled off of main line duties because of the guys like the GE Evolutions and the SD70s, and, and it must be somehow even worse - or maybe better because I don’t know what being cuckolded feels like -

[Laughter intensifies - Justin Roczniak is making a strange noise now]

FS - to find out that the guys who come in and take your work and do your jobs and are good in the sack are only here because they got replaced at their jobs by someone who was bigger and better hung?

[More Laughter]

FS - Like, you’re their sloppy seconds and that’s just awful.

[Laughter continues - laughter is also heard from Scotsman’s audio feed]

FS - I’m sorry, everyone else is making noise, excuse me. (Quieter) Shut up!

Background voice: Why is that your line of thought? Who thinks like that?!

[Laughing continues]

#ask response #flying scotsman #well theres your problem #podcast #headcanon #background info

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agape-28 · 3 years ago

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Thanks @swimmingleo for tagging me <33333 !!

👯‍♀️ What do you prefer to be called?

Well, it says right there in my bio. My name is Virgil, but you can also call me Virgie.

👯‍♀️ When is your birthday?

June 16!

👯‍♀️ Where do you live?

The Philippines. *cries*

👯‍♀️ Three things you’re doing right now?

Eating breakfast, messaging my friend about Don't Worry Darling, and scrolling through Met Gala pics on Twitter.

👯‍♀️ Four fandoms that have piqued your interest right now?

Oof I mean the only thing I'm deeply invested in right now is Larry 😭. But I guess I'm interested in It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, and Brooklyn 99... sort of.

👯‍♀️ How is the pandemic treating you?

Well I stay at home most days and don't go out. Mentally taxing, but I'm privileged enough to not be at risk.

👯‍♀️ Song you can’t stop listening to?

Oh man, I've been listening to The New Girl in Town from Hairspray SO. MUCH. I just love the transition from the poppy white girl to the more soulful original.

👯‍♀️ Recommend a movie:

2 Cool 2 Be 4gotten is a queer indie Filipino film. I'm sure it has subtitles... somewhere.

👯‍♀️ How old are you?

I'm immortal.

👯‍♀️ School, university, occupation, other?

I'm in arts school! I study as Creative Writing major :) We had our first class back yesterday.

👯‍♀️ Hot or cold?

Well the Philippines is a tropical country so you'd expect me to be used to the heat, but I prefer the cold! I can just put more clothes on. I can't strip if it's hot or something.

👯‍♀️ Name one fact others may not know about you.

I am genuinely terrified of rings. Back in eighth grade, I got my friend’s mood ring stuck on my finger and I had to be taken to the seniors’ dorms to have this gigantic razor blade cut it off. Now I don’t wear rings anymore. (Harry has to wear the rings for me ASDFGHJKL)

👯‍♀️ Are you shy?

Yes, not so much online (well, kinda), but IRL I get really nervous speaking to people.

👯‍♀️ Do you have any preferred pronouns?

Just she/her!

👯‍♀️ Any pet peeves?

Americans?

👯‍♀️ What's your favorite "dere" type ?

My friends say I'm a tsundere in real life, so... There.

👯‍♀️ Rate your life 1-10, 1 being really crappy and 10 being the best you could ever be.

6, like. I hate myself but my life is pretty chill.

👯‍♀️ What's your main blog?

This one. Used to have a different blog, and a side blog for the Larry stuff, but I decided to just make a new main blog overall.

👯‍♀️ Is there anything you think people need to know about you before becoming friends with you?

Hmm, not really! People can approach me at any time tbh. I'm a little scared to start the first interactions but once we start talking and we become friends, I don't shut up lol.

Anyway that seems like everything in order! Feels like everyone’s been tagged here haha so I’m gonna tag @sheiidiotda @saintqueer and anyone else who sees this as an invitation. <33 (if y’all already done it i’m sorry)

#tag games

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mareonadarkheart · 5 years ago

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A Brief and Incomplete History

Skeletons in the closet? Yeah, I’ve got a few.

BASICS-

1. Height?

5’5”

2. Eye colour?

Green

3. Do they need glasses?

4. Scars and birthmark?

No birthmarks, she does have two prominent scars, one that runs across the right side of her back and ribs for about 12 inches and one on her left wrist that she keeps hidden under a leather wrap bracelet.

5. Tattoos and piercings?

Several piercings in both ears. No tattoos.

6. Right or left handed?

Right.

7. Any disabilities? Physical or mental.

No.

8. Do they have any allergies?

Strawberries and dead leaves.

9. Favourite colour?

Lavender, grey, sage green.

10. Typical outfits?

More often than not she is her armor:

But on the odd occasion that she’s more relaxed it’s something like this:

11. Do they wear any makeup?

A little, she likes dark eye makeup.

12. What weapon do they use, if any?

A glaive, not very fancy, just an oak stave set with bands of iron and obsidian. It’s got a slightly curved steel blade that has been honed to a razors edge.

PERSONALITY -

13. Are they more optimistic or pessimistic?

Pessimistic for sure, but she’s also very practical, she doesn’t have a habit leaping to the worst case scenario, but she also doesn’t trust much at all.

14. Are they introverted or extroverted?

Introverted. She spent almost 300 years in an extremely secluded location and very little outside influences. In a lot of ways she’s still really young.

15. What are their pet peeves?

Secrets. She is so tired of secrecy, she tries to be totally honest in her life, to honest sometimes.

People who talk over other people.

Being late.

16. What bad habits do they have?

She’s blunt, and not terribly empathetic at times.

She can be an impatient person.

She drinks too much sometimes.

17. Do they have any phobias?

It’s not a phobia exactly but she is terrified of losing the few people she cares about.

18. How do they display affection?

Poorly. She’s very very bad at both physical and emotional shows of affection. If someone else is affectionate with her she’ll open up a little, if she trusts them, but that’s rare. She’ll fight to the death for people she loves though.

19. How competitive are they?

Extremely. She likes to be the best, she takes comfort in her own strength.

20. If they could change one thing about themselves, what would it be?

She’s love to be more fun. She really admires people can be funny and charming. She’s not good at either.

21. Do they have any obscure hobbies or routines?

It’s not super obscure I guess but she writes and sketches in a journal every night. She has a hard time sleeping if she can’t.

BACKSTORY -

22. What are the names and ages of their close family members? Parents, siblings, etc.

Varo Elitihne-Father-578 years old at the time of his death.

Dahana Elitihne-Mother-603 years old at the time of her death.

No siblings or other family that she knows of.

23. Is their family alive and are they still in contact with them?

No.

24. Where are they from? City, nation?

Hegaehend, In a secluded wood and series of caves about two days journey north of Emell.

25. Did they have a childhood best friend?

No. Mareona’s parents kept her secluded from the rest of the children of their commune, they told her she had more important things to worry about than having friends. It wasn’t until Mare met Joone that she really had a friend.

26. Have they had any pets?

No.

27. Did they grow up rich or poor? What were their living conditions like?

Her family was in the inner circle of The Body Undying, a necromancy cult masquerading as a religion. She grew up with everything material thing she could want.

28. What is their educational background?

She always had good tutors and she had a good education. She always preferred the physical lessons though, she’d rather be in a practice ring than a classroom.

29. As a child, what did they want to be when they grew up?

To be honest she never really though much about this. She just always assumes she follow in her parents footsteps.

30. What advice would they give to their younger self?

Run.

31. Growing up, were they ever bullied or were they the bully?

No. She wasn’t really around other people enough.

32. Who do they look up to/who is their role model?

It use to be her parents. Now it’s Commander Alford, leader of the Obsidian Lance.

PRESENT -

33. Do they currently have a place of residence?

She’s rented a small room in a tavern in Khaggon. It’s called The Lucky Goat and it’s a total wreck but it does what she needs for the moment.

34. What is their most treasured possession?

An amulet carves of bloodstone. It has the emblem of the Obsidian Lance carved into it, crossed lances set on a sun in eclipse. She wears it on a leather strap around her left wrist, she never takes it off. It belonged to Joone.

35. What is their drink of choice?

Whisky, neat.

36. Which king/queen are they loyal to, if any?

None. She is in Khaggon because Alford asked her to come here and she will do anything the Lance asks.

37. Have they ever killed anyone?

Yes. Many members of The Body Undying including her own father.

38. What was their last promise and did they keep it?

She promised Alford she would find Lord Crayhorn. She is trying to do that now.

LOVE -

39. What was their first kiss like, if they’ve had one?

Hurried. It was the night the Lance strike force took out the cult. She let the Lance into the inner sanctum and before the strike Joone took Mare’s face in her hands and kissed her. They never got to talk about it.

40. Are they in a relationship/have a love interest?

No.

41. Have they ever been in love?

Maybe. Probably. It was all so new and there was no time. But. Yeah.

42. Have they ever had their heart broken?

Shattered. She lost her parents, her entire way of life and her best friend in one night. She watched her father kill Joone and then killed him in response. It was a lot of terrible all at once.

SPIRITUALITY -

43. Do they follow a god, if so who?

Absolutely not.

44. What do they think happens to them after death?

With any luck not a gods damned thing.

45. What is their spirit animal?

Probably a snake. She likes how calm and quiet they are.

#romtask #codex #getting to know you

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deanismypie0876-blog · 7 years ago

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Summary- When Katrina (Kat) attempts suicide will Sam and Dean find her in time? Warnings- Mention of blood, cutting, and suicide. I'd been quieter than usual and had quit eating. I had hoped that no one would notice, but I could tell Sam and Dean were getting suspicious. I fell into a deep depression. I couldn't handle the emotional pain so I found a more bearable pain, cutting. Using a razor I cut almost everyday, creating fresh cuts. I also did it to punish myself for being so weak. It was so hard to just get up in the morning, and I hated it because it made me feel lazy. I didn't even want to go on hunts with Sam and Dean anymore. I had begged for them to let me go in the beginning, but, after I spiraled down this dark hole, I just didn't feel like it anymore. Year round I wore long sleeves to hide my deep scars from everyone. Even in 90 degree weather because I couldn't risk anyone noticing. Sam and Dean always asked how in the hell I could stand the heat in a flannel, but I just responded with "I get cold easily." Today I couldn't take it anymore, I had to do it. I ached to slip the blade across my already scarred arms, to end it all. I loved dean. I loved my boyfriend so much, and it hurt me to know that I didn't care about how much this might affect him, but the pain was too much. I loved Sam and Cas like brothers. They cared for me and protected me. Which is why I didn't tell them about my depression. They didn't need the extra burden, they already had to deal with enough monsters in the real world. They didn't need to worry about mine. I knew if I had told them they would try to help me instead of helping people who could actually be saved. But my love for them wasn't enough anymore. I stopped eating about a week ago and gave up on trying to help myself. I was beginning to lose more and more weight everyday and was beginning to look unhealthily skinny. I went into one of the bathrooms while Dean and Sam were out on a hunt. I wrote out a note on a piece of paper quickly, running out of time before they got back to the bunker. They had called me ten minutes earlier letting me know they were almost home. I run downstairs to put it on the counter before rushing back to the bathroom. Grabbing a fresh razor out of the cupboard I lean against the wall, sliding down to sit on the floor. 1, 2, 3, 4 cuts. "Kat we're home!" I hear before hearing the door shut. "SHIT!" I mutter before hurrying and slicing a few more times wishing I could bleed faster. I begin feeling dizzy and slump down to lay on the floor. "Kat where are you?" Dean's POV: As I walked in I called out to Kat thinking she would come down to greet us. When I don't get an answer I walk into the kitchen hoping she was in there, but getting a really bad feeling about this. Lying on the counter is a note. It reads "I just can't do this anymore. I love all of you. Don't miss me please. You will find someone new Dean." Signed by Kat . "NonononoNONONO. Kat?! WHERE ARE YOU!?" I say running up the stairs as fast as my legs could take me, Sam right behind me. My POV: I hurry up and slash a few more times knowing I don't have much longer. Next thing I know is Dean knocking down the door. He marches over to me, tears forming a river as he cried. All of a sudden I feel myself go completely limp, but still conscious. Dean pulls me into his lap, holding my wrists with his hands hoping he could, with some miracle, stop the bleeding. I couldn't hear but I read his lips screaming for Sam to call 911. "Dean n-no. I'm getting blood all over your shirt." I whisper, trying to do all I could to get him to let me go but failing terribly. He was too strong. "Kat why? Why did you do this?" I read on his lips. And that's when I blacked out. Dean's POV How did it come to this? Why didn't I notice before? How come I didn't prevent it? I thought as the ambulance showed up outside the bunker to pick Kat up to take her to the hospital. I stared at her wrist noticing scars, fresh cuts, and healing cuts up and down her arms; the fresh ones still spilling blood. Wait...scars? What the fuck?! How could I not have noticed before. She's been doing this for months maybe even years, judging by her arms. She's been hiding them and I never noticed. Even when we slept in the same bed, when she was changing, or any other time she showed skin. How could I have been so ignorant?! I have spent 33 years around blood, from both dead and alive, from monsters and humans but nothing affected me this badly. Kat meant so much to me. It scares the shit out of me to know that she might not make it. --- Dean's POV At the hospital: I've always hated hospitals; they've just always smelt and looked too clean. Yet, here I sit waiting for news from the doctor about Kat, unable to sit still. Sam is sitting on the white chairs, crying, with his head in his hands, almost as much as me, with Cas right along side him. About ten minutes later I spot the doctor coming down the hallway. He seems to be taking his time, causing me to become increasingly impatient. Sam, Cas, and I all stand up and rush to meet the doc halfway. "She'll be ok." We all let out a breath of relief. "30 stitches. But she will need to be on bed rest for a few weeks. And don't let her out of your sight. You may go in and see her now." We all scramble to get into her room first, and cram all three of us through the door at once. Y/N's POV: I hear pounding feet on the tiles outside of my room and, right before my I eyes, all three of them manage to somehow fit through the doorway. Sam being Sam, falls and get a mouthful of polished tile. I let out a little giggle, the first real laugh in months. I can feel that my eyes are puffy from crying and I'm unable to move my wrists. Tears fall down my face dampening the skin on my neck. Cas makes it to me first and, being careful of my wrists, pulls me into a bone crushing hug. I didn't even think he had the strength for this, but he proved that theory wrong. He pulls back his eyes full of sadness. "Why Kat? Why would you do this to yourself?" He asks. There's the question I were hoping to avoid for as long as possible, but I knew there wasn't a chance in hell they would skip over it and jump to the hugs and shit. I sigh, leaning back into the bed searching my brain for the simplest answer. "I couldn't take the pain anymore. I always felt so lonely. I hate myself more and more everyday. I didn't feel that I deserved my life." I'm crying by the time I finish. "I'm sorry." I mutter. "No Kat. Just no. This is not your fault. You can't blame yourself. I'm just really sad that you didn't want to tell us. Don't you know we love you? Why didn't you tell us sweetheart?" Dean says slowly and quietly, moving towards you. "I didn't want to burden you. You didn't need an extra person to worry about. You all don't deserve that. Of course I know you love me. I just wasn't thinking about everyone else at that point. I was too focused on my pain." I finish, unable to look them in the eyes, ashamed. "Kat, you can come to us anytime. It won't be burdening or bothering us. You matter too much to us. You're a Winchester. You're family, ok? We can't afford to lose you." Sam says, firm but caring. "Yea Sam. Of course. I'm just not strong. I don't feel like I can do this." I begin crying again and the boys attack me in a bone crushing group hug. "We'll be here for you to help you through it, ok?" Dean says in a hopeful voice. "Just please tell us everything." And so you begin explaining to them, and afterwards they begin to tell you stuff to make you laugh for the rest of the night. They make jokes about each other and random stuff and you think to yourself, 'man I'm glad I didn't die' before falling asleep, genuinely smiling for the first time in forever.

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tiredbiplantlady · 7 years ago

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bipolar ask posted by loloren69

General:

1. Type 1 or type 2?

I don’t really know. I could speculate as a psych master’s student, but I don’t feel comfortable making that call. I only know my therapist told me I was bipolar, said I was manic, and described mania to me and specified my behaviors that fell in line with that, no doubt about it, which would indicate bipolar I

2. Self-dx or professional dx?

Self-suspected, professional confirmed

3. Are you currently hypo/manic, depressed, mixed, stable, or not sure?

Hypomanic at the least, but it feels like I’m coming down because I’m exhausted for the first time in a while and 6 or 7 days of barely sleeping

4. Do you have any other mental illnesses/disorders?

I’ve had a diagnosable form of nearly every anxiety disorder in the DSM at different times since childhood and was diagnosed with various disorders from ADD to dysthymia and adjustment disorder. I consider my only other still-valid diagnosis to be PTSD, but it’s in remission.

5. When did you first start having symptoms?

In retrospect I’d say the mood problems started around 15, but it got way worse in 2014 and worse still in 2015. the depressive symptoms were out of control and may have been a mixed episode (age 22)

6. When did you realize/learn that you have bipolar?

I suspected it briefly as a teenager even though I didn’t know shit about it, but didn’t think about it again until the past year and then the past few months my therapist identified symptoms I described as hypomania and in the last week as mania

7. Have you ever received a misdiagnosis?

I don’t know if my former diagnoses were necessarily “misdiagnoses” - I think symptoms change over time, new things come up, other things trail off. I think one professional can see symptoms and call it one thing and another professional can call it something else. It’s complicated and subjective.

8. How self-aware are you on a scale of 1-10?

LMAO I am the most over-analyzing, self-aware person - easy 9 or 10

9. How many people know about your bipolar disorder?

Couple people. I’m skeptical about talking about disorders, especially new diagnoses because I’m insecure about what people think because I’ve received several from different professionals, and outside people tend to just see a shifting diagnosis and think I’m making shit up “new year, new diagnosis” always gotta have “something wrong with me” to talk about. Which isn’t how I feel and labels don’t really mean shit, it’s the symptoms and their treatment I care about. A label is just a fast way to describe something complex. sorry it took a while to figure out what was wrong and i went thru many labels before landing here

10. Are any of your family members bipolar?

Two formal diagnoses/very related diagnoses that I know of (grandma - MDD w/psychotic features, highly likely undiagnosed bipolar based on past behaviors (delusions, hallucinations, yelling on top of a roof, etc. police called, institutionalization), uncle - bipolar I w/psychotic features). some others I suspect, imo

11. Name three fictional characters you relate to and/or headcanon as bipolar.

Uhhh Ian Gallagher. I’m not creative with this right now and I haven’t thought about this at all.

Hypo/mania:

12. When hypo/manic, do you get euphoric, dysphoric, angry, creative, social, or several of the above?

It depends. It seems like I get euphoric, creative and social sometimes, and euphoric, agitated (not angry), and dysphoric other times. But those cluster together

13. What has been your longest hypo/manic episode?

I think it was from November 2016 to January 2017, so like 3 months, but it was the first “episode” I noted and kept even some track of after the fact. I may have had others in the past.

14. Have you ever had a psychotic episode? What symptoms did it include?

I’ve had two depressive episodes that I can specifically certainly note that included delusions (lasted just over a month to two months) of the somatic variety.

15. What kind of impulsive decisions have you made?

Where do I start? Over-spending, over-eating, drinking to excess, impulsive risky sex/sexual situations/hypersexuality, getting tattoos/piercings (kinda goes with spending, but I mention it specifically because it’s permanent), long-distance travel without telling anyone where I was going, cheating, lying, not thinking ahead and it hurting people, falling in love, ending relationships, general recklessness and selfishness. I’m sure there’s more and I’m not proud of it in the slightest, so please don’t think I am.

16. What’s the most money you’ve spent in a single day while hypo/manic?

$200-300

17. What’s the longest you’ve gone without sleep?

Period...um. I couldn’t say. Probably 2 with NO sleep and with minimal sleep (3-4 hours) over a week

18. Are you a creative type? Have you ever made a poem/song/other artwork about being bipolar?

I’m creative, but I don’t write about being bipolar because I never fully considered myself to be so until recently. I’ve written about mood instability and trauma a TON tho. And much of my art work is and always has been about duality, mixed emotions, extremes, and highs/lows.

Depression:

19. When depressed, do you get suicidal, bored, anxious, guilty, or several of the above?

It depends, but I’m mostly unmotivated as fuck and empty. I start feeling worthless and unlovable and I hate myself. Sometimes I feel suicidal, but have never attempted and won’t. I’ve self-harmed and planned how to kill myself, but was never intending to do it. I’ve spent the majority of my life in a state of constant anxiety so there’s that, especially when depressed. Irrational guilt and sluggishness are common for me with depression. Once in a while my mood dives along with my energy, but my mind is over-worked and highly anxious, which is when the delusions I’ve had occurred.

20. What has been your longest depressive episode?

Fuck...months upon months. I couldn’t tell you. Maybe even a year or more, which is why I was misdiagnosed as dysthymic as a teenager

21. How do you cope with depression?

In the past, I didn’t. I suffered massively. Now, I’m still not so great with it. I talk in therapy and I write, but even still I tend to stay in bed and feel numb/mope/distract myself with anything I can. I tend to be able to function enough to go to school because I feel like my life and future depends on it, am anxious as fuck, and do my best but end up with late work, being withdrawn and feeling doomed to fail, believe I’m doing far worse than I am and that I’m awful and don’t deserve to be there

22. Are you a sleep-all-day depressive or an insomniac depressive? Do you overeat or lose your appetite?

It depends, but in the most recent past, sleep-all-day and overeat. But I’ve been sleep-all-day and no appreciative and I’ve also been insomniac and overeat (2013-14)

23. When is the last time you cried or had a breakdown?

Tuesday August 1, 2017 (9 days ago)

24. Have you ever self-harmed?

YUP. Razor blades/cutting, punishing binge-eating, starvation, and abusive risky BDSM/relationships/sex

25. Have you had problems with substance abuse?

Not really, but I’ve drank a little lately

26. Have you ever attended AA/NA/etc?

27. Have you ever attempted suicide?

28. Have you ever written a suicide note?

Yes, but it was just to get it out. I threw it out after I wrote it.

Other symptoms and treatment:

29. Do you ever dissociate?

Y U P

30. Do you ever have hallucinations? If so, what are they?

No hallucinations. I’ve thought I’ve heard shit before, but I’m pretty sure it was a fluke and I want to believe in ghosts so. Call me crazy if you want, but what the fuck ever. I’ve had delusions only

31. Do you see a therapist? Do you feel like it’s helping?

Yes and yes

32. Are you on any medications? Do you feel like they’re helping?

No, not anymore, and I fucking hate anti-depressants, refuse mood-stabilizers and anti-psychotics and maybe want to keep having some anxiety meds

33. Have you ever been hospitalized?

No, and I want to keep it that way

34. Have you ever attended group therapy?

No, but I’ve conducted roleplay group therapy baahaha

35. Have any of your symptoms gotten worse over the years?

Yeah, I think the manic shit has gotten worse over the last 2 years

36. Have any of your symptoms gotten better over the years?

I think the depressive stuff has gotten a little better, or maybe just less frequent

37. Do you have a favorite coping method?

What does that mean...healthy or unhealthy...I guess I like meditation and I fucking miss working out A LOT. I like drinking as an unhealthy thing, but I’m sure I’ll hate it as much as I hate binge-eating once it catches up to me if I let it get that far. I’m tired of gaining weight after the 80 pounds I lost, and it’s really fucking with my self-esteem, makes me feel frustrated and sick

38. If you could choose to be neurotypical, would you?

#meandmine #mental illness///#general tw #self harm tw #alcohol tw #drugs tw #suicide tw

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Ask game

Because I’m a weirdo

1) Put your iTunes on shuffle. Give me the first 6 songs that pop up.

East by Sleeping At Last, Letterbox by Magic Castles, Levels of Light by Sleeping At Last, Ragged Wood by Fleet Foxes, Runaway by The National, and The Fall by Imagine Dragons.

2) If you could meet anyone on this earth, who would it be?

Even after 4 years, probably Tom Hiddleston. I feel like we’d have some good conversations.

3) Grab the book nearest to you, turn to page 23, give me line 17.

And there is a third factor, furthermore, which has everywhere exerted a pervasive influence on the shaping of mythologies, a third range and context of specifically human experience, of which the developing individual becomes inevitably aware as his powers of thought and observation mature, the spectacle, namely, of the universe, the natural world in which he finds himself, and the enigma of its relation to his own existence: its magnitude, its changing forms, and yet, through these, an appearance of regularity.

....yep, that’s one line. Gods above. From Myths To Live By by Joseph Campbell.

4) What do you think about most?

These days? How much I fucked up my first intimate relationship.

5) Ever had a poem or song written about you?

Yep.

6) Do you have any strange phobias?

Starfish. Don’t even ask.

7) What's your religion?

Hard polytheistic Druid is the most accurate label I’ve found.

8) If you are outside, what are you most likely doing?

Looking at a bird or the sky! Or a tree.

9) Simple but extremely complex. Favorite band?

Sam Roberts.

10) What was the last lie you told?

That it wasn’t personal.

11) Do you believe in karma?

I think so, yes.

12) What does your URL mean?

aspen-aura: For aspen forests, which are considered to be the world’s largest organism. Every tree is genetically similar to its neighbour, making them technically one individual. Also, the wind through their leaves is my favourite sound. Aura, for my online moniker, and for the Northern Lights, to which I’ve always had an affinity.

13) What is your greatest weakness; your greatest strength?

Weakness: I let fear rule my social life. Strength: my ability to accept things.

14) Who is your celebrity crush?

For my asexual and possibly aromantic ass, keep in mind that this means that all I’d want from them is a hug and a good heart-to-heart conversation: Tom Hiddleston, and Adam Driver.

15) How do you vent your anger?

I listen to angry music or if I’m seriously pissed, I go for a run or punch things that won’t be hurt by the blows. The most upset I’ve ever been left a mark: I bit a piece of metal and chipped a piece of tooth off my molar. (I was pretty young)

16) Do you have a collection of anything?

....Mega Bloks Dragons. DON’T JUDGE ME

17) Are you happy with the person you've become?

All in all? Yes. But I don’t like the things I’ve done recently.

18) What's a sound you hate; sound you love?

I hate the sound of utensils scraping on plates, and love the sound of wind through trees, specifically aspens.

19) What's your biggest "what if"?

What if my dad had stayed?

20) Do you believe in ghosts? How about aliens?

Yep and yep.

21) Stick your right arm out; what do you touch first? Do the same with your left arm.

My little General Hux bobblehead. My case of Prismacolour pencil crayons.

22) Smell the air. What do you smell?

Dust caught in the furnace vent.

23) What's the worst place you have ever been to?

I’m pretty sheltered, so I’d say the hospital. Or a nursing home. Those places just feel like death and desperation.

24) Most attractive singer/s of your opposite gender?

Singer? Oh dear...well, Sam Roberts ain’t hard on the eyes.

25) To you, what is the meaning of life?

Was just pondering that today. To experience beauty, and to feel it, and to produce it and be a part of it. In whatever form that may be.

26) Do you drive? If so, have you ever crashed?

Yes, and only in minor scrapes in the parking lot...x.x

27) What was the last movie you saw?

Brooklyn! Re-watched it tonight with me mother

28) What's the worst injury you've ever had?

A pretty serious cut on my thumb when I was an ignorant child and grabbed a razor. Ever since then, razors fucking terrify me. Single blades are the worst.

29) Do you have any obsessions right now?

...Star Wars <3 and Kylux, my trash ship. shhhh. It’s what’s keeping me sane atm

30) Ever had a rumor spread about you?

Yep! That me and my bff were lesbians. I didn’t bother to deny it. Wasn’t true, but it wasn’t offensive, so I wasn’t upset.

31) Do you tend to hold grudges against people who have done you wrong?

Nope. This has never happened in my 22 years.

32) What is your astrological sign?

Leo! If you couldn’t guess by my “meaning of life” answer...

33) What's the last thing you purchased?

Dr. Pepper and Pizza Pops.

34) Love or lust?

Love. Never had experience with the second, and from what I’ve seen, it just messes things up.

35) In a relationship?

Nope.

36) How many relationships have you had?

None. But, if I was any other human being, my recently-deceased friendship would have been one.

37) What is your secret weapon to get someone to like you?

I don’t have one? I don’t need people to like me, but if they do, sweet! Really I just make bad puns lol

38) Where is your best friend?

At work, probably.

39) What were you doing last night at 12 AM?

Playing Skyrim, I believe.

40) Are you the kind of friend you would want to have as a friend?

Yes. I need someone who can go straight to heart-to-heart, but understand if I don’t talk to them for months on end. Doesn’t mean I like you less, I just need my space.

41) You are walking down the street on your way to work. There is a dog drowning in the canal on the side of the street. Your boss has told you if you are late one more time you get fired. What do you do?

Save the dog. Duh?

42) You are at the doctor’s office and she has just informed you that you have approximately one month to live. a) Do you tell anyone/everyone you are going to die? b) What do you do with your remaining days? c) Would you be afraid?

Tell them I am so they’ll let me do what I had to. I’d ride all the horses I could, and go to Ireland. And yes, I’d be afraid.

43) What's a song that always makes you happy when you hear it?

Closer To Fine by The Indigo Girls.

44) In your opinion, what makes a great relationship?

Trust, honesty, and openness. Also, passion is essential. You gotta have two interested parties.

45) How can I win your heart?

By letting me go.

46) Can insanity bring on more creativity?

Absolutely!

47) What is the single best decision you have made in your life so far?

To stop being a pretentious asshole about the music I like. Seriously, allowing my hipster ass to enjoy pop music changed my LIFE.

48) What would you want to be written on your tombstone?

brb

49) Give me the first thing that comes to mind when you hear the word "heart."

Someplace green, illuminated by a campfire, with stars and Auroras dancing overhead.

50) Basic question; what's your favorite color/colors?

Greeeeen!

51) What is your current desktop picture?

A screencap from Song of the Sea <3

52) If you could press a button and make anyone in the world instantaneously explode, who would it be?

....given that I have a certain distaste for fascism and capitalism, take a wild guess.

53) What would be a question you'd be afraid to tell the truth on?

Well if I told you, you’d know the answer.

54) You accidentally eat some radioactive vegetables. They were good, and what's even cooler is that they endow you with the super-power of your choice! What is that power?

SHAPE SHIFTING

55) You can re-live any point of time in your life. The time-span can only be a half-hour, though. What half-hour of your past would you like to experience again?

Sitting by the fire in a log cabin in the wilds of BC when it’s -40, dark outside, with my dad and brother beside me as we welcomed the new year.

56) You can erase any horrible experience from your past. What will it be?

Nothing. All of it makes me who I am.

57) You have the opportunity to sleep with the music-celebrity of your choice. Who would it be?

Like...beside them? Maybe hugging? If that’s the case, well, Neko Case. I love her and don’t know her personally, but I trust her.

58) You just got a free plane ticket to anywhere. You have to depart right now. Where are you gonna go?

Ireland!

59) Ever been on a plane?

Yes. I hecking love air travel

60) Give me your top 5 hottest celebrities.

Tom Hiddleston, Adam Driver, Daisy Ridley, Blake Ritson, and Dan Feuerriegel. (Hot to me = aesthetic attraction)

#personal #ask game #about me

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10 Strange (But True) Facts About Facial Hair & Shaving

Shaving. Did you know men have been doing it since 30,000 BC?

And did you know that the hair on your face is on average x4 thicker than the hair on your head?

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Shaving Fact #1. Beard Tax Was A Thing

Apparently King Henry XIII introduced a beard tax, despite having a beard himself.

In 1698, Emperor Peter the Great of Russia imposed a tax on beards. Police enforced this law and collected the tax at the entrance to every town. And what if you didn’t comply? Well, men who refused to pay had their beards publicly shaved off!

Men who paid the tax had to carry a ‘beard token’ (a copper or silver coin with a picture of a beard) with them as proof of payment.

It is said that King Henry VIII also imposed a tax on beards – even though he had one and presumably didn’t tax himself – and his daughter Elizabeth I of England continued this legacy by taxing every beard of over 2 weeks’ growth. This was not a good time to grow a beard!

Shaving Fact #2. Alcohol Can Make Your Facial Hair Grow

Testosterone in the body creates a hormone called DHT which plays a major role in the development of body hair.

Drinking alcohol increases the conversion of DHT into ‘3-alpha diol’ – the main hormone responsible for hair growth speed and this can lead to your facial hair growing more quickly than normal.

And beer contains silicon which is believed to increase circulation and stimulate facial hair growth. This is great news for any beer drinkers out there – you’re not going to a bar, you’re going to work on improving your beard! (Remember that one!)

Shaving Fact #3. Mini Facts

Your eyebrows protect your eyes from moisture and sunlight.

Eyebrows help keep our eyes clean and clear – they keep sweat and rain water away from our eyes so we can keep focused on what’s in front of us.

Ever wondered why some people have curly hair and some have straight? It’s all in the hair shaft. Hairs with round shafts are straight and hairs with oval/oblate shafts curl up.

The average man shaves about 10,000 times in his lifetime!

Shaving Fact #4. Fidel Castro’s Beard Wasn’t All It Seemed

Fidel Castro grew a beard to symbolize the Cuban Revolution… at least that’s what he initially claimed…

Cuban Revolutionary Fidel Castro is famous for many things: some see him as a hero, others a tyrant. He was also synonymous with his long, unkempt beard. Castro’s official line was that his beard was a symbol of the Cuban Revolution; that he and other guerilla fighters let their beards grow while engaged in jungle warfare.

To quote the man himself,

“If you save 15 minutes a day by not shaving your beard, you gain about 10 days a year that you can devote to work, to reading, to sport, to whatever you like. And you save on razors, soap and hot water, too”.

Makes sense…

…but, later on in life he reportedly told Journalist Barbara Walters that the real reason he grew his beard was because his supplies of Gillette Razors blades were cut off by the US Embargo on Cuba at the time!

Here’s a bonus fact for you – In an operation known as ‘The Cuban Project’, the Kennedy presidency included a plan to contaminate Castro’s clothing with thallium salts which would make his beard fall out.

Shaving Fact #5. Men & Women Have The Same No. Of Hair Follicles On Their Face

Hair follicles on a man’s jaw are stimulated by the hormone dihydrotestosterone. And this is the reason men grow beards (and women don’t). There are about 30,000 beard hairs on the face of the average man with the greatest concentration being on the chin and upper lip and the average man’s face contains anywhere from 5,000 to 25,000 hairs.

The average man’s beard grows at around 1/2 inch per month and it is believed that historically women came to find men with thicker beards more attractive because it implied the bearded individual was more dominant than his lowly friend with poor growth.

Shaving Fact #6. Some Animals Also Have Beards

Lions grow long manes whereas lionesses don’t.

It’s not just us men who have facial hair.

The Lion-Tailed Macaque, the Bearded Emperor Tamarin (looks like a monkey and is native to Brazil and Peru) and Scottish Highland Cattle also sport impressive beards.

And did you know that only lions grow manes? A lion’s mane color is indicative of the lion’s strength and health. The darker his mane – the more important he is in his pride. And get this – lions with manes treat lions without manes differently.

The poor animals with little or no manes are attacked more often and have less success with the ladies – this suggests that beards have survival and reproductive benefits. (Remember that one when you’re impressing a woman with your facial hair.)

#7. Beard Growing Contests Exist

Yes, that’s right! The World Beard and Moustache Championships is a real event and it is taken very seriously by those in the business of growing facial hair.

The World Beard and Moustache Championships came to Texas in 2017 and had 738 competitors from 33 countries and 27 categories. It’s for men AND women.

Categories include best partial beard, full beard, full mustache, and a freestyle category. The competition was dominated by the USA. who took first place in 27 different categories and in case you want to go – next year it’s being held in Antwerp, Belgium.

Shaving Fact #7. Hair Removal Isn’t A Modern Trend

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Egyptians shaved their beards and heads. And the Greeks and Romans adopted this custom around 330BC, during the reign of Alexander the Great.

It is believed this was to distinguish themselves from brutish barbarian peoples who were hairier. Some Roman men had a servant to shave them (it’s alright for some!); otherwise they’d start their day with a trip to the barber.

Roman soldiers were encouraged to shave as a defensive measure to stop enemies from grabbing their hair in hand-to-hand combat.

The oldest known remaining barbershop in the world is Truefitt & Hill in Mayfair, London, which was established by William Francis Truefitt in 1805.

And this one is my favorite – Anthony Mancinelli is the oldest practicing barber in the world – aged 107! He was born in Italy in 1911 and at the age of 8 moved to Newburgh, New York with his family.

Shaving Fact #8. In the USA, Beards Are Banned by Militaries & Police Departments

The US Coast Guard allowed beards until 1986, when Commandant Admiral Paul Yost banned them. The U.S. military also prohibited beards because they prevent a tight seal for gas masks.

The majority of police forces in the United States still ban their officers from wearing beards but Dallas PD is one of the few police departments that have recently allowed police officers to grow facial hair.

Shaving Fact #9. Shaving Your Facial Hair Does NOT Make It Grow Back Thicker

This is a common misconception.

Shaving facial hair gives the hair a blunt tip; this means it feels stubbly or coarse and may look darker but it is no thicker.

Shaving Fact #10. Beards Can’t Commit Treason

Sir Thomas More was an English lawyer, philosopher, and philanthropist. In 1533 he refused to attend the coronation of Queen Anne Boleyn. This did not impress King Henry, who ordered More arrested for treason.

The court found More guilty and sentenced him to death by beheading. As More laid his head on the execution block, he told the executioner his beard had not committed a crime and should be spared his punishment, before positioning it out of the way of the executioner’s axe. His beard lived on! (Although the head it was attached to was dead, so it actually died too.)

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Massive, Menacing Lizard Terrorizes South Florida Family

‘Terror in Davie’

That might sound like the title of a B movie, but it’s a real-life nightmare for a family of four in South Florida who are being harassed by what looks like a prehistoric reptile on amphetamines.

“Dude, he’s big ― real big,” Zach Lieberman, 33, told HuffPost of the massive creature that’s been slinking around his house. “He’s every bit of 6-feet and every part of 100- to 150-pounds. He’s a monster.”

I thought, ‘Wow, we got quite the lizard problem.’ Zach Lieberman

Lieberman’s wife, Maria, also 33, spotted the behemoth outside their Davie home on Sunday.

“My wife was walking by our sliding glass door and let out a pretty loud scream,” he said. “I ran over and looked out the shades on the door and, lo and behold, Godzilla’s smaller cousin was right there. It was alarming to me and terrifying to my wife and kids.”

Davie isn’t Tokyo ― and the lizard in question isn’t related to Godzilla (that we know of), but to show they weren’t losing their minds, the Liebermans took several videos of the giant lizard. It’s since been identified as an Asian water monitor.

At one point, Lieberman said, he decided to lure the monitor away from his door. That’s the moment, he said, that he realized just how big of a problem the lizard could be.

“I was trying to lure it into my garage, so I could contain it, and it got a little aggressive,” he said. “He apparently got hip to my idea, turned on me and took off running. It was a full-on sprint. I’d thought this was a slow creature. Man, it’s not! That really frightened me because we have two small kids, 2 and 4 years old. They can’t go in the backyard now because this thing could dart out in an instant.”

The Liebermans contacted the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, which has been trying for the past several days to capture the slinky monitor. So far it has proved to be one slick lizard. It’s not falling for the dead rats they’re using as bait.

Mike Kimmel, owner of Martin County Trapping & Removals and Martin County Wildlife Rescue in Indiantown, got wind of the problem and traveled to Davie on Tuesday.

“Originally, they were going to euthanize the animal, so that’s why I got involved,” said Kimmel, who’s known as Trapper Mike and is typically out capturing large snakes. “I knew I could find a home for him, and I really wanted to preserve his life.”

According to Kimmel, the lizard is a water monitor whose native habitat is Southeast Asia.

“There’s been some discrepancy as to whether it’s a Nile or Asian,” Kimmel explained. “I think the media wants it to be a Nile because then it’s a little scarier, but it’s an Asian water monitor.”

However, the expert trapper warned that a water monitor, no matter the size, shouldn’t be taken for granted. They are, as Lieberman discovered, extremely fast, and their teeth are like serrated razor blades. Their bite can be vicious, but, because they eat dead flesh, the parasites that line their jaws can be even more deadly, causing dangerous infections. Add to that some very long and very sharp claws and there is potential for serious injury.

“Their teeth can rip you apart and do a hell of a lot of damage,” Kimmel said. “But, in general, most of them don’t want anything to do with us. If they are handled every day, they can basically be like a puppy dog. It’s mainly when they feel cornered that they can absolutely be dangerous.”

No one initially knew where the monitor came from. Although such lizards are sold at pet shops, it’s illegal to release any exotic pet in Florida, whether accidentally or intentionally. Officials said they had no record of anyone reporting a lost or stolen monitor.

But on Tuesday, a neighbor claimed it was his lost pet, according to Lieberman and Kimmel.

“I spoke with the supposed pet owner,” Kimmel said. “He told me its name is Bamboo and it escaped a few weeks ago. He said he kept it in his pool and that he has three others as well. He will most likely not be getting this one back. What he described ― how he was housing it and why he didn’t report it ― shows he’s not a responsible owner.”

As luck would have it, it rained in Davie on Tuesday. According to Kimmel, monitors prefer sunny weather, so the conditions weren’t ideal. “I didn’t see him. If I had, that thing would be caught right now.”

Lieberman said he and a group of friends came close to catching the monitor on Thursday, but then it ran into a nearby lake.

“People need to leave it to the professionals,” Kimmel said. “I’ll be back this weekend, and I will locate and remove him.”

And so it’s yet to be seen whether Bamboo will be rousted from this once peaceful residential area or if he’ll take a cue from his big cousin, Godzilla, and lumber off into a nearby waterway, biding his time until his next adventure.

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Source: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/massive-lizard-terrorizes-florida-family_us_5b895941e4b0511db3d7b0f3

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Got a NES tucked away somewhere safe? Well get ready to dig it out, dust it off and play on it once more!

Independent video game development studio Mega Cat Studios, (who specialise in creating games form old school consoles, PC and current generation consoles,) are pleased to announce the creation of three more games for the gold old Nintendo Entertainment System and provided the following details and photos about each one, along with a video for Expedition:

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Log Jammers: ($49.00 US dollars)

Log Jammers is a fantasy-lumberjack-sports arcade game. Become one of eight trash-talking log athletes as you chuck razor sharp axes at your opponent’s goal. Catch blades out of the air and quicktoss them back, upgraded with a variety of lumberjack power-ups. Couch co-op is recommended for anybody with some flannel-minded friends.

https://megacatstudios.com/collections/nes-games/products/log-jammers-for-the-nintendo-entertainment-system

Almost Hero: ($49.00 US dollars)

For those that have always dreamed of training with a local bonsai-tree master to rise up and face the bullies of their city, Almost Hero is for you. Available for one or two players, this side-scrolling beat ’em up has demanding combat, knock-off nostalgic cartoon bosses, and hidden ninja tactics you can learn through some questionable VHS tapes.

https://megacatstudios.com/collections/nes-games/products/almost-hero-for-the-nintendo-entertainment-system

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Expedition: ($75.00 US dollars)

Expedition is a unique set-up. It is designed to offer a streamlined table-top RPG experience, eliminating the four hour time commitment and stacks of paperwork. The NES companion cartridge simplifies things further, and adds animated graphics and fantasy soundscapes to your exploits. It comes loaded with some fully-fledged quests, and also a system for running your own original adventures!

https://megacatstudios.com/collections/nes-games/products/expedition-for-the-nintendo-entertainment-system

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Now I know we had the NES Mini last year and have the SNES Mini arriving next month, but there really is nothing like playing on the old, chunky NES, so if you feel like checking these games out a little bit more, then be sure to click on the link beneath this paragraph as each of the NES games complete with a working NES cartridge, box and game manual:

https://megacatstudios.com/collections

Or you can just click on the links that are seen beneath each game description. The choice is yours!

Source: Mega Cat Studios PR

Let Your NES Live on! Mega Cat Studios Reveal Three New NES Games! Got a NES tucked away somewhere safe? Well get ready to dig it out, dust it off and play on it once more!

#Almost Hero #August Feature #Expedition #Log Jammers #Mega Cat Studios #NES #news

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fesahaawit · 8 years ago

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Thoughts on Owning a Lexus After 9 Months

Ever wondered what type of cars us financial bloggers drive? If so, you’re in for a treat today :)

My man MP from MustachianPost.com just collected data from over 20 different bloggers on what they’re riding these days, and why, and was kind enough to let us debut it on Rockstar Finance yesterday. Check it out when you get a chance!

The Cars of Personal Finance Bloggers

Some of the bloggers featured are Joshua Becker from Becoming Minimalist, Brandon from Mad Fientist, Justin from Root of Good, Jesse from YNAB (his car was my favorite surprise, especially considering he founded a budgeting company! ;)), the Financial Samurai, Mr 1500 Days, Paula from Afford Anything, The Frugalwoods, Physician on Fire, and Jason Fieber from Free At 33 – formerly Dividend Mantra.

You may be surprised what frugal people rock ;)

And if you haven’t been reading this blog for more than 9 months, you may be surprised what I drive too. In a nutshell, I went from this:

(1993 “Frankencaddy” – 90,000 miles, fully paid off, side hustle king!)

To this:

[2008 Lexus RX-350, 80,000 miles, car loan]

All in a span of a couple of weeks and totally unplanned, haha… I wrote about the whole thing in depth here (Bye Bye Frankencaddy, Hello Car Payments!), but the short version is that I needed a bigger, more reliable, car as I was taking over responsibility of driving my little nuggets around every day, and out of all the cars we looked at this was the only one that *excited me* enough to want to spend any money. I don’t really care about labels or how fancy/expensive things are, but stuff I consume DOES need to make me happy. And as long as I can afford it, it’s fair game.

The beauty of personal finance, eh?

Anyways, it came down to picking up a used minivan or a used luxury car (both around the same price, interestingly enough) and, well, for once I splurged and picked up the fancier one. I did wish I had more time to search for a cheaper and privately owned model vs snatching it from Carmax, but outside of that I’ve surprisingly had little regrets. In fact, I’m actually MORE in love with it than the day I took it home!

It’s been about 9 months now since owning it, so today I thought I’d share my thoughts so far. While hopefully not losing any more of you in the process :)

(The day I blogged about this purchase broke the record for the most unsubscribes ever here! HAH!)

We’ll start with the items that shocked me the most…

#1. A luxury car feels damn good to be in!

I know everyone (including myself) likes to say “a car is just a car and it gets me from point a to point b”, but the truth of the matter is that some just feel nicer to be in! You may not need or want a luxurious ride, but they’re definitely not all made the same. And never again will I assume people are buying them simply for “status.” I know many are, but there’s something to be said about the quality too. I’m just hoping I haven’t screwed myself from ever owning a hoopty again, haha…

#2. I’ve got more swagger than usual.

I don’t know if this will shock you as much as it did me, but I actually feel more confident riding around in this thing. I don’t know why that is, and I know I probably shouldn’t, but in all honestly I do. I just feel GOOD driving it around town, and even more so when I step into it for the first time of the day! Now granted, I also felt pretty pimp’ish rolling out in my Caddy too, but there’s a nuanced difference in the type of swaggership going on here, haha… How do you put a cost on that when factoring stuff in? ;)

#3. My charitable giving has skyrocketed

Tell me the truth: if you see a fancy car rolling up to a street corner and a homeless man is there asking for money and the driver turns a blinds eye, what’s the first thought that goes through your mind? Be honest! Mine? “What an a-hole!” “You can afford that car but can’t afford to dish out a few dollars? Come on now….” Haha… Now what if this same car that rolled up was a beater? ;)

Obviously there are a TON of factors as to why someone does or doesn’t give out money, and I’m clearly in no position to judge, but for me personally, I just find it MUCH harder to *not* give when I’m sitting in a car that’s not at all a necessity. And if I had to guess, I’d say my charitable given has at least tripled since buying this car. Whether on the street corners or in life in general. Who would have guessed that??

In fact, this same period of ownership has also seen me finally get our philanthropy project up and running too after all these years!! Which has already helped give out over $5,000! Now perhaps it’s purely coincidental, but then again who knows… All I do know is that I’ve become much more charitable since picking up this ride and it’s nice.

#4. Expensive $hit still breaks :)

Going down to the not-so-shocking list, no matter what car you drive – old, new, expensive, cheap, fancy, boring – all cars require maintenance. Now some are more quality made and will last longer than others, but at the end of the day no car stays alive without some good ol’ TLC. And not surprisingly, TLC costs a lot more on luxury cars vs standard ones.

I’ve already had to do oil changes, regular scheduled maintenance, and lately all new tires due to some bare threads I knew about when first picking it up, as well as a nice tire popping when some asshat left razor blades in the middle of the road, ugh. All things that come with the territory of car ownership, but all things that cost more typically with a luxury car than not. This area I don’t like so much ;)

(Also – as VIP as they treat you at the Lexus dealerships, and they def. treat you well!, it’s definitely not worth the mark up as I found trying to experience it for the first time… yikes)

#5. Expensive $hit has too many fancy buttons!

If I gave you a dollar for how many times my dang tire pressure light comes on, you’d have $15 already. I’m all for smart technology and keeping me in the loop, but my goodness does it seem a bit too much at times. Anytime the temperature changes drastically that tire gauge goes bananas over here… It even goes off when my *spare* tire needs air! Haha…

I miss the days where I just chalked it up to the car “being old” and carrying about my business ;) Though that’s probably not the smartest route to take either, and leads us to the next thought…

#6. I’m taking MUCH better care of this car than any others.

I’ve only owned one newish car before – a new-to-me Toyota Highlander back in the day, with chrome rims and all! – but even then I only did the bare minimum and was stressed any dang time new car repairs needed to be done. Which actually tells you something good right there – if you can’t afford the repairs, you can’t afford the car!!

But in this more-mature phase of mine, over 8 years since owning that car, I’m quick to act like an adult now and actually face the music anytime something needs attention. I still cringe every time and don’t enjoy it, but these days the precious cargo I drive around are much more important than the cash. So I suck it up and get stuff taken care of in a more timely manner. I’ve also since learned that I require a mechanic who I can ask a billion and one dumb questions too and not get laughed at! ;) I hate not knowing if I’m getting ripped off or not!

#7. Lots of you reading this right now also have a Lexus RX :)

The last thing I’ve learned was that, despite oodles of people hating me for this and leaving my site, many others shared that they HAVE THE EXACT SAME CAR!! Which is fantastic! And I appreciate all of you who reached out to tell me so during the apocalypse too. (Though more of you emailed me on the side vs publicly stating it ;))

I started a tally so I could share the total numbers, but it seems I lost it all and could only find one of the messages I saved which coincidentally also came from a $$ blogger! Per Grant from Millennial Money:

“I have a 2007 and I love it. Best car ever. I bought mine off someones lease and it only has 61,200 miles on it. I live in the city and only drive like 1,200 miles a year, so I plan on driving it for at least the next 20+ years! One of my life goes is to never get rid of that car”

BOOM! So frugal or not, it always feels good knowing you’re not alone, haha…

And that’s where we stand at least now with the Lexus experience :) Will I regret it later and come back singing a different tune? Perhaps. But so far so good, and I look forward to seeing how many miles I can rack up on this thing before it runs into the ground…

I’m going for 218,000 so I can bet out the attendees of Camp Mustache! (Nice find, Gwen!)

What car you rollin’ in these days?

********* PS: Here’s that list of bloggers’ cars again if I haven’t scared you away yet: What 21 financial bloggers drive. They’re def. more in line with what you could expect, haha…

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heliosfinance · 8 years ago

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Thoughts on Owning a Lexus After 9 Months

Ever wondered what type of cars us financial bloggers drive? If so, you’re in for a treat today :)

The Cars of Personal Finance Bloggers

You may be surprised what frugal people rock ;)

And if you haven’t been reading this blog for more than 9 months, you may be surprised what I drive too. In a nutshell, I went from this:

(1993 “Frankencaddy” – 90,000 miles, fully paid off, side hustle king!)

To this:

[2008 Lexus RX-350, 80,000 miles, car loan]

The beauty of personal finance, eh?

It’s been about 9 months now since owning it, so today I thought I’d share my thoughts so far. While hopefully not losing any more of you in the process :)

(The day I blogged about this purchase broke the record for the most unsubscribes ever here! HAH!)

We’ll start with the items that shocked me the most…

#1. A luxury car feels damn good to be in!

#2. I’ve got more swagger than usual.

#3. My charitable giving has skyrocketed

#4. Expensive $hit still breaks :)

(Also – as VIP as they treat you at the Lexus dealerships, and they def. treat you well!, it’s definitely not worth the mark up as I found trying to experience it for the first time… yikes)

#5. Expensive $hit has too many fancy buttons!

#6. I’m taking MUCH better care of this car than any others.

#7. Lots of you reading this right now also have a Lexus RX :)

BOOM! So frugal or not, it always feels good knowing you’re not alone, haha…

I’m going for 218,000 so I can bet out the attendees of Camp Mustache! (Nice find, Gwen!)

What car you rollin’ in these days?

********* PS: Here’s that list of bloggers’ cars again if I haven’t scared you away yet: What 21 financial bloggers drive. They’re def. more in line with what you could expect, haha…

Thoughts on Owning a Lexus After 9 Months published first on http://ift.tt/2ljLF4B

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workshopaddict · 8 years ago

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Woodworking Tool Storage

Storing and organizing your various woodworking tools and gadgets can be a little tricky. We have always been a big fan of square feet versus volume of storage. More drawers rather than a few larger (deeper) drawers. Just like other professions, woodworkers have tools and gadgets that vary in size, shape, and frequency of use. We need to set ourselves up with storage that promotes efficiency in accessing those tools while keeping our space aesthetically pleasing. We are not sure about you, but we don’t work well in a messy shop. If everything had a home and things were put away, the space is more enjoyable and we can find the tools we require to complete the job.

Dewalt Tool Chest Storage

Usually, we have cabinets and cupboards that we jam our tools and supplies in. If we are lucky we may have some sort of organization within those drawers or cabinets, but most of the time we don’t. We recently brought in a couple Dewalt storage units to the shop. One of them is dedicated to woodworking items and a few items we struggle to store in cabinets or drawers. We enjoy using tool chests as they provide a lot of storage in such a small amount of space in your woodshop or garage. Some tool chests offer larger drawers for larger items while others offer more drawers for smaller items. Having one of each would be the best, but we have selected a tool chest with smaller (not as deep) drawers, but it does have more of them!

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Upper Tool Chest

The upper tool chest has a flip open lid with a power strip that can be turned on/off. This is an excellent location for chargers and items that needs power, maybe your phone charger as well! In addition to a charging station, this location is great for anything you use often. Drills, impact drivers, drill bits, glue bottles, super glue, etc. Anything that you use on a daily basis should be located up here in a nice organized fashion. We have yet to nail down exactly what we want up here as it changes from time to time, but a sheet of Kaizen foam with cutouts will always maintain a properly organized space.

Items we currently have in the open lid: Two battery chargers, K.I.S.S. drill bit storage system, glue bottle, CA glue and activator, phone charger, drill driver and impact driver, and a utility knife.

Let’s take a look into the upper chest drawers:

Top Left Drawer – This drawer is dedicated to precision woodworking. Anything that relates to laying out joints is in this drawer. It also has a cabinet scraper and a couple Lee-Valley corner radius tools. All the items are neatly organized in Kaizen foam.

Bottom Left Drawer – This drawer is a combination of plastic templates that were picked up at a large craft store, the three hand powered staple guns that we use, and some additional staples. We use the templates for designing projects to help to layout curves and joinery. We don’t use the staple guns too often, but enough to justify them sharing a spot here.

Top Right Drawer – We have two sets of chisels, this top right drawer is dedicated toward the Stanley Bailey series set. They are the nicer ones of the two. With quality steel, the Tormek T8 sharpener provides a razor sharp cutting edge. These chisels are used for more fine woodworking.

Bottom Right Drawer – This drawer is dedicated to an off brand set of chisels. They are also sharpened on the Tormek T8 and have a razor sharp edge, but don’t keep that edge for very long. We use these chisels for a little bit rougher work.

Both sets of chisels are in Kaizen foam for fast and easy identification.

Bottom Center Drawer – This drawer is dedicated to various cordless tools that are used frequently. The two main drill drivers and impact driver are kept in the lid portion as they are used more frequently. But with larger projects, more tools make the project go faster. Various drill drivers and impact drivers are stored here, each with a specific bit. This saves of time from changing bits multiple times during a project. We also keep our 24 volt MAX Kobalt reciprocating saw here. We were really surprised how often we use this tool for rough work.

Ryobi’s 18volt hot glue gun and a couple woodworking mallets are stored here as well. With a deeper drawer, it’s perfect for these types of tools.

Lower Tool Chest

The lower tool chest is made up of two columns of drawers with varying depth, and a full width upper center drawer. We store both woodworking and “non-woodworking” types of tools here. The different depths of these drawers make it very easy to get small, medium, and large sized tools. Let’s take a look at what we have put down there.

Top Center Drawer – As mentioned previously, this drawer runs the full width of the unit and has a medium depth. Being it offered a lot of room for tools, we decided to put all our “cabinet” style assembly items here. Most of the items are from Rockler and consist of Right Angle Clamping Jigs, Three Way Clamps, and Drawer Slide installation guides for both the carcass and drawer. There are also 3-4 jigs that are dedicated to installing the hardware on cabinets for both hinges and drawer/door knobs. We decided to include most of these items here so when we are assembling a cabinet/carcass or installing hardware, we can simply keep this drawer open and rotate between the jigs and items we need.

Top Three Left Drawers – The top three left drawers are dedicated to the “mechanic’s” style tools that we have in the shop. Now we don’t work on vehicles or anything like that, but we surprisingly use the sockets and wrenches quite often in our woodworking shop. From assembling new tools to maintenance, these items have found an essential spot in our woodworking tool chest. These are a set from Kobalt and came in a nice and neat tool box that was somewhat cumbersome to store. It was on the floor next to our drill press, but we decided to get it up off the floor and get it into the tool chest where we could easily identify what we needed without having to bend down. All the loose items that didn’t have a hard storage tray were put in Kaizen foam.

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Bottom Left Drawer – This drawer is the largest drawer of the Dewalt unit. We use this drawer to store some of our larger corded and battery operated tools. From a power hand planer to a couple circular saws (one cordless and one corded), this drawer has proven adequate to getting a handful of larger items off the shelf and in a dust free drawer. We also have Ridgid’s 18volt light that we use from time to time to light up the interior of cabinets and darker spaces.

Top Right Drawer – Back to a skinner drawer and smaller depth, this drawer is perfect for our set of files and rasps. They are sitting on a sheet of Kaizen foam and will eventually be cut into, but we are going to make handles on the lathe for each tool. We want to complete that before cutting into the foam so we can prevent any ugly mistakes.

Middle Right Drawer – A medium-large depth drawer is perfect for our hand planes. We have 4 hand planes that range from a small block plane to a larger bench plane. We have a Stanley shoulder plane and a wooden coffin plane that was Andy’s Grandpa’s. In addition to the hand planes, we have a can with some shop rags that are soaked in oil. We give our planes a quick wipe down each time we grab them. This drastically reduces the friction and keeps the plane from rusting. We got this trick from Paul Sellers!

Lower Right Drawer – This drawer is just as deep as the lower left hand drawer but a little less wide. We decided this was a perfect location for our two cordless Bosch jigsaws. At first, we would lay them in the drawer on top of each other but quickly realized that was horribly inefficient and not the safest, as we keep the blades in the tools. We built a small platform with a slot in it for the blade to go through. The platform is high enough so the blade won’t touch the bottom of the drawer. We didn’t make it the full depth of the drawer, so we had room for our extra blades. This has been one of our favorite customizations to the Dewalt storage unit. We can grab the jigsaws and go!

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Exterior

The exterior of the tool chests are often overlooked. With store bought magnetic tool storage solutions, you can increase the capacity and also the readiness of these tools. We decided to attach a couple of our Woodpeckers framing squares to the side, without the handles. We are still trying different things for the remaining exterior of the space but have yet to make a decision. Our simple word of advice is: anything that’s put on the outside, make sure it is secure. We have done this in the past and have had issues with bumping things off.

Conclusion

Often times we think tool chest types of storage are only for the garage, but that is far from the truth. With some effort and some customization, we can quickly load these storage chests with our woodworking tools, gadgets, and miscellaneous items. These types of storage units offer a ton of storage in a small amount of shop space. We are not huge fans of the opening lids as it will take up additional wall space and prevent shelving or cabinets from being placed above the units. Our units are being placed in the middle of our shop so there is no concern.

Our first suggestion is to review the items you would like to place in a tool chest, then decide what drawer sizes you will need. Review the options out there, and select something that fits your requirements.

Organizing a Dewalt Tool Chest For a Woodworker Woodworking Tool Storage Storing and organizing your various woodworking tools and gadgets can be a little tricky.

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