#also is it just me or are the pictures kinda grainy when you zoom in

[itsahotminuteinbetween]

earth doodle I decided to color in class last week

[blueprint-han]

Hehewo, I’m the anon that asked about the quality of the banners/headers. Thank you very much for the answers, I will attempt lmao. I’m sorry for this sjsksjjsks but I’m going to ask anyways. I was also wondering, how do you get the pics of the boys so sharp/from where do you even source them lmao😂✨

Sorry for that and thank you in advance. 💗🧡🧚‍♀️

Hello bubs! 🥺 Sorry I'm getting to this really late! <3 Days have been kinda harsh lately, so sorry :( I made this a full blown tutorial SKSJSJSJSJ sorry if this is too long :(

Anyways! Again, the way to get a good quality pic that is sharp is again just to make sure that the picture you're using is of good quality.

But besides from that, I do use the sharpening settings I showed in the last ask when I'm recolouring a picture to make them look more nice and hq. remember not to sharpen too much! If you do, then the picture will look very weird and grainy and u want to sharpen just enough to make it look defined and neat.

As for the sourcing, I have many places I get them from. If it's an official pic (like a photo for an album), then I try to locate the tweets of the photos from stray kids’ twitter acc.

If that doesn't seem to work, then I simply check the fandom wiki page. It will be hard to navigate from the fandom page itself, so simply Google “[album name] photoshoot fandom wiki” and the first things to pop up will contain your pics.

Here's an example for levanter:

The photos are also pretty hq do good for using in edits! Just follow this format and it should work! <3

Here you can see the difference! The left photo is taken from a Google search and the right one is taken from fandom wiki. It may look similar at first glance, but click on each picture and zoom in and you'll see the difference in quality.

If what I want is from like, something other than an album shoot, like a brand endorsement (for eg Clio), then I just go to the Twitter page (or whatever page they post their pictures on) and download it from there, since it will be the highest quality.

See these two pictures? They look identical, but when you zoom in on them, the right one clearly looks more lq than the left one. The left one is from the Clio official Twitter and the right one is from the first result onna Google search. Which brings me to my next point:

If both of these fail and you just found a picture using Google that you wanna use, instead of directly downloading it from Google itself, go to the source website and then download them. Meaning:

Instead of directly downloading from here, click on where the arrow is pointing and download it from there, because I've learnt from personal experience that photos on google are often decreased by quality in the slightest amount compared to the source photos.

And if everything else fails, try searching for pics on deviantart. Or Pinterest. These two are the biggest site for good photos, and if you dog through them enough, you'll find some good quality photos.

Some more pointers to not make your photos look grainy compared to the bg:

Don't zoom in on your photo too much. A reasonable amount is fine, but don't go too much with the difference. What this means is if you want to fit a photo into a bg, then don't zoom it out too much, because the pixels will start turning more prominent, and the pic will look grainy.

Follow the same 1280 px dimension rule I told you about in the previous ask for pics as well. Any less than that and the moment you zoom in to fit the picture it will look bad.

Just do the same sharpening and texturing options I showed on the previous ask! It will give the photo more depth!

In addition to all of these, I also play with the coloring of the picture, which tends to affect how a picture looks, though not a lot. Just make sure the pic doesn't look very out of place compared to the bg and that the colors blend in well, and the quality will show.

That's it! And pls don't worry about it, don't apologise! 🥺💞 I hope your banner turns out well 🥰 this was so long sjndjd I'm sorry ;-;

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The Terror Episodes 1-3

thenightetc 08:41 PM Hello!

highglossfinish 08:41 PM Hello there!

thenightetc 08:41 PM So, that description seems VERY legitimate.

thenightetc 08:41 PM Can't wait to watch the happy boat movie! :)

highglossfinish 08:42 PM It's not often we commit to a series, but this one is such a feel good nautical romp that I couldn't pass it up!

thenightetc 08:42 PM ...It's a series?

highglossfinish 08:43 PM Oh yes.

thenightetc 08:43 PM :o

highglossfinish 08:43 PM Just 10 episodes, but still a series.

highglossfinish 08:44 PM Plenty of time to get attached to these characters that nothing bad will happen to.

thenightetc 08:44 PM Interesting!

thenightetc 08:45 PM Sound and video are working

highglossfinish 08:45 PM Excellent!

thenightetc 08:45 PM OH NO

thenightetc 08:46 PM Arctic labyrinth!

highglossfinish 08:47 PM Where nothing unfortunate ever happens!

thenightetc 08:47 PM Whoops, resolution's gone bad

thenightetc 08:47 PM And it's frozen now

thenightetc 08:47 PM appropriate!

highglossfinish 08:48 PM And that's The Terror in its entirety! And what an adventure it was.

thenightetc 08:48 PM Astounding!

thenightetc 08:49 PM I heard something just now, but the picture's still frozen

TazerAlien joined the party.

highglossfinish 08:50 PM One moment.

Hellloooo

highglossfinish 08:52 PM Alright. Now, let's try this again.

thenightetc 08:52 PM Hello!

thenightetc 08:52 PM Much better!

highglossfinish 08:52 PM Wonderful!

TazerAlien 08:53 PM Look its my friend!

thenightetc 08:53 PM Annnnd the resolution's down again.

enbyblades 08:53 PM hi knockout

thenightetc 08:53 PM Definitely the stream, not the video

TazerAlien 08:54 PM Yeah it's prob the internet connection :/

highglossfinish 08:54 PM I despise kast.

enbyblades 08:54 PM boguss

thenightetc 08:54 PM That looks better!

thenightetc 08:55 PM Annnnd as soon as it starts playing...

highglossfinish 08:55 PM How is the resolution for everyone else?

TazerAlien 08:55 PM Kinda shit

enbyblades 08:55 PM bad :(

thenightetc 08:55 PM I'm just seeing a blank screen now

TazerAlien 08:56 PM Yeah its probably the service being ass

thenightetc 08:56 PM Looked better for a second there but the stuff at the top was still grainy

TazerAlien 08:58 PM looks better!

thenightetc 08:58 PM Much better!

enbyblades 08:59 PM yes !!

highglossfinish 08:59 PM Fingers crossed!

thenightetc 09:00 PM OH so Terror's the name of one o fhte boats

highglossfinish 09:00 PM Indeed!

TazerAlien 09:00 PM That's cool

highglossfinish 09:00 PM It's also a true story.

TazerAlien 09:01 PM Oh how fun!

enbyblades 09:01 PM :0c

thenightetc 09:03 PM :|

TazerAlien 09:04 PM quality is taking another dip :/ damn

thenightetc 09:05 PM This may be as good as we're getting without constantly pausing

highglossfinish 09:05 PM Apparently, it forces you to pay to switch video sources now.

thenightetc 09:05 PM Oh, that's not good.

thenightetc 09:06 PM And neither is coughing up blood!

TazerAlien 09:06 PM Oh fun!

TazerAlien 09:07 PM Btw Sharpwing Anon says Hi! They can't be here rn but I've shared your stream announcement on our discord

highglossfinish 09:08 PM How thoughtful! Tell them I said hello!

thenightetc 09:08 PM Hoooo boy.

thenightetc 09:08 PM I'm sure moving the dying man will be fine.

highglossfinish 09:09 PM He'll hold out until they can pump him full of leeches and cocaine.

highglossfinish 09:09 PM Then he'll be right as rain.

enbyblades 09:09 PM now THAT sounds like a blast

TazerAlien 09:09 PM My friend has yet to respond but they'll be very happy

TazerAlien 09:09 PM Also they should puppet him around ala Weekend at bernie's style

thenightetc 09:09 PM Ha!

highglossfinish 09:10 PM Now that'd be an interesting series.

thenightetc 09:10 PM Ohhh dear

highglossfinish 09:12 PM Bedside manner!

Thebes joined the party.

Thebes 09:12 PM hello!

thenightetc 09:13 PM hello!

highglossfinish 09:13 PM Hello!

TazerAlien 09:13 PM Hewwo

enbyblades 09:13 PM OwO

TazerAlien 09:13 PM Enby thank u

enbyblades 09:14 PM UwO

TazerAlien 09:15 PM more people from my Discord might join! How fun!

highglossfinish 09:15 PM Excellent!

thenightetc 09:15 PM Oh, dear

TazerAlien 09:16 PM He's gonna probably die let's not lie to ourselves

TazerAlien 09:16 PM Yeah he's gonna die

thenightetc 09:16 PM definitely

enbyblades 09:17 PM have they tried essential oils

highglossfinish 09:17 PM Or meditation.

enbyblades 09:17 PM clearly they havent

thenightetc 09:17 PM Oh that finger's coming off, isn't it

thenightetc 09:17 PM :|

TazerAlien 09:18 PM Or crystals!!! Ha! I had a family member try to cure my pains with crystals once

enbyblades 09:18 PM let me guess

enbyblades 09:18 PM u havent been in pain since

enbyblades 09:18 PM lmao

TazerAlien 09:18 PM Lmao I wish!

highglossfinish 09:18 PM Positive thinking will take care of those tuberculous lungs.

enbyblades 09:19 PM obviously!

TazerAlien 09:19 PM Uh Oh

thenightetc 09:19 PM Uh

TazerAlien 09:19 PM That's actually terrifying

highglossfinish 09:19 PM A choir of angels, The Trash Man...

highglossfinish 09:19 PM It's all the same.

thenightetc 09:19 PM ..."Mr Blanky"

SharpwingAnon joined the party.

highglossfinish 09:20 PM Sharpwing Anon! Welcome! You just missed out on seeing a young human die.

TazerAlien 09:20 PM Hello friend!!

SharpwingAnon 09:21 PM AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA HI HI HI

SharpwingAnon 09:21 PM ....is that Hugh Jackman or is it just the sideburns.

highglossfinish 09:21 PM Just the sideburns.

TazerAlien 09:22 PM Those sideburns can be used to hold a whole ass meal in em imagine!!!

SharpwingAnon 09:22 PM Hamster Jackman, Hugh's cousin

Thebes 09:22 PM MUTTON CHOPS

TazerAlien 09:22 PM We're a clever lot aren't we?

SharpwingAnon 09:22 PM mutto-- HOW DARE

SharpwingAnon 09:23 PM ohhhh the pun

SharpwingAnon 09:23 PM it kills

SharpwingAnon 09:23 PM it is deadly

thenightetc 09:23 PM Hehehehe.

Thebes 09:23 PM (that's for real the name for that kind of sideburn too)

TazerAlien 09:24 PM Down he go!

SharpwingAnon 09:24 PM (there are other kinds??)

TazerAlien 09:24 PM Yes

TazerAlien 09:24 PM anyways those are some lovely instruments he has there!

SharpwingAnon 09:24 PM ah, the dead man

SharpwingAnon 09:24 PM hello sir, sorry i couldnt make your acquaintance

TazerAlien 09:24 PM probably not historically accurate but oh well

thenightetc 09:25 PM Jesus the quality makes it look like he's raising his head a little

highglossfinish 09:25 PM Rest in peace, consumptive human. Not only did we not spend much time with you, you did not have any great impact on our lives.

highglossfinish 09:25 PM Is the quality that bad?

thenightetc 09:25 PM Just a bit grainy but it's got this kind of... waver?

SharpwingAnon 09:26 PM rather terrible, yes, sorry to say

thenightetc 09:26 PM When there are zooms

highglossfinish 09:26 PM Give me strength.

TazerAlien 09:26 PM Crunch

SharpwingAnon 09:26 PM i can't tell much of what's going on a lot of the tim-- oh ew

highglossfinish 09:26 PM Let me try something.

SharpwingAnon 09:26 PM EW

TazerAlien 09:26 PM Snap crackle pop!! HAHA

highglossfinishToday at 9:40 PM There we go. TheAlienTazerToday at 9:40 PM YEET LETS GO highglossfinishToday at 9:40 PM Not quite as tidy as Kast, but at least we have a functioning video. TheAlienTazerToday at 9:41 PM Can't hear it tho :/ maybe turn up the volume SharpwingToday at 9:41 PM Oh dear-- uh, I can't hear it? Is that supposed to happen? oh okay it's not just my end original ratboyToday at 9:41 PM yea i cant hear anything either TheAlienTazerToday at 9:42 PM Try going into chrome and turning off hardware acceleration Also Ratboy u gonna share your playlist???? SharpwingToday at 9:43 PM ngl, that sounds like something that happens when you have one too many espressos at Lowe's. original ratboyToday at 9:44 PM WHA here?? :flushed: thenightetc2Today at 9:44 PM OH, another channel? MimicToday at 9:44 PM also hello, this is the Thebes. TheAlienTazerToday at 9:44 PM No Ratboy made a playlist based on a certain someone original ratboyToday at 9:45 PM cough cough knockout i made a playlist based on u.. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1dqR7fqV1QWQwMVDCHHjpn?si=e527in_gT46qyYvGsOv5UQ

:person_running: only when ur not busy heh TheAlienTazerToday at 9:50 PM OKAY WE HEAR SharpwingToday at 9:50 PM I HEAR!! :D highglossfinishToday at 9:50 PM WONDERFUL! TheAlienTazerToday at 9:50 PM At least I do original ratboyToday at 9:50 PM YAY SharpwingToday at 9:50 PM YYYYYYYEEEEEAHHHHHHHHHH highglossfinishToday at 9:50 PM Thank the Allspark! original ratboyToday at 9:50 PM SOUND TheAlienTazerToday at 9:50 PM And it looks much better than Kast ngl original ratboyToday at 9:50 PM so much better highglossfinishToday at 9:51 PM Only the finest quality when it comes to watching these men die. TheAlienTazerToday at 9:51 PM Yes original ratboyToday at 9:51 PM gotta see the squelches thenightetc2Today at 9:51 PM Could you go backa bit, I missed the first part MimicToday at 9:51 PM SUCCESS TheAlienTazerToday at 9:51 PM btw u aint muted highglossfinishToday at 9:51 PM How far? thenightetc2Today at 9:52 PM To wherever we were when we left Kast SharpwingToday at 9:52 PM What's the plot, anyway? I have No idea what's going on, all I know is....divers....and organs...... highglossfinishToday at 9:52 PM He's trying to convince them not to push through the ice. SharpwingToday at 9:52 PM ahhh, i see highglossfinishToday at 9:52 PM And to winter in a safe harbor instead. SharpwingToday at 9:52 PM why would they NOT TheAlienTazerToday at 9:53 PM I have a hunch that many of them will die because they wanna be cocky SharpwingToday at 9:53 PM safe harbors are objectively good things!! that is why they are called SAFE TheAlienTazerToday at 9:53 PM But humans think they know better sometimes SharpwingToday at 9:53 PM hhhhhh MimicToday at 9:53 PM no such thing as digging too deep SharpwingToday at 9:53 PM do NONE of them have anxiety. there should be at least one person with anxiety on every ship, this should be a rule "hey wait maybe this is a BAD IDEA GUYS" thenightetc2Today at 9:54 PM I didn't even realize they were right near land! TheAlienTazerToday at 9:54 PM I wish I had nitro so I could show my server's emotes SharpwingToday at 9:54 PM shdfhdgdhfgd ill be right back again TheAlienTazerToday at 9:55 PM :ok_hand: thenightetc2Today at 9:55 PM I'm sure he'll come out of that grave safe and sound And the quality is indeed MUCH better now TheAlienTazerToday at 9:56 PM 720 60fps usually SharpwingToday at 9:56 PM okay back again TheAlienTazerToday at 9:56 PM We're gonna watch these men die at a lovely 60 frames per second SharpwingToday at 9:56 PM ARE THEY GOING BACK nnnoooooo oh no theyre not REALLY CMON MAN poor Mr. Muttonchops he looks like he knows their fate original ratboyToday at 9:57 PM hes gonna get more than his muttons chopped if they keep making bad decisions TheAlienTazerToday at 9:58 PM I can just feel the burning in my lungs from the cold and it made me dizzy ha! thenightetc2Today at 9:58 PM Oh man, THIS looks safe! SharpwingToday at 9:58 PM hhhhhhhow dare you make me laugh about this:joy: original ratboyToday at 9:58 PM hehehehe highglossfinishToday at 9:58 PM No more worrying about archiving the chat, either. SharpwingToday at 9:59 PM will you still be posting chunks of it, though? ngl, that's what made me want to be here, it seemed so fun and chill TheAlienTazerToday at 9:59 PM Its here forever and there's a search feature too! Handy! highglossfinishToday at 10:00 PM Of course! SharpwingToday at 10:00 PM :D! here lemme change my name then TheAlienTazerToday at 10:00 PM nice nice SharpwingToday at 10:00 PM i need a shorter nickname now that people will actually be calling me that in chat, but i dunno what TheAlienTazerToday at 10:01 PM I think Sharpwing is fine Also I wanna mention popping and crunching again bc I bet we'll be having more of that SharpwingToday at 10:01 PM but that's the character, i'm not actually her ~even if i kinda wish i were, shes really cool~~ highglossfinishToday at 10:01 PM Agreed. SharpwingToday at 10:01 PM wait really aaaaaaaaaa ok then ^- ^<3 TheAlienTazerToday at 10:02 PM yeah it fits!

original ratboyToday at 10:09 PM radioactive TheAlienTazerToday at 10:09 PM I have MORE SharpwingToday at 10:09 PM thank you, now the song is in my head. original ratboyToday at 10:09 PM :o) TheAlienTazerToday at 10:09 PM

I want them bc they r terrible highglossfinishToday at 10:10 PM I'm thrilled that we get to watch that intro in decent quality. It's by far my favorite part. SharpwingToday at 10:10 PM that last one is the most okay... proportions kinda off, though highglossfinishToday at 10:10 PM I've done nothing in my life horrible enough to deserve these. MimicToday at 10:10 PM if you want a different song stuck in your head, this show keeps making me think of Dwarf Fortress (You have dug too deep) and there's a song for that thing called Diggy Diggy Hole that I keep imagining whenever they try being dramatic. original ratboyToday at 10:10 PM that first one looks like if knockout were a beastformer SharpwingToday at 10:10 PM i didnt see much of it but the music is lovely, truly TheAlienTazerToday at 10:10 PM This made me wheeze irl SharpwingToday at 10:10 PM soft and unsettling all at once SharpwingToday at 10:11 PM i think it's supposed to be...? dinosaur or alligator or somethin thenightetc2Today at 10:11 PM Awww. original ratboyToday at 10:11 PM knockout how do u feel about being a weird organic creature alligator highglossfinishToday at 10:11 PM No. original ratboyToday at 10:12 PM heheheh im so sorry SharpwingToday at 10:12 PM "i will always come to you" oh okay i am now aware that this is a ship TheAlienTazerToday at 10:12 PM This Discord is a blessing SharpwingToday at 10:12 PM ...wait, of course it's a ship thenightetc2Today at 10:12 PM A ship ship. SharpwingToday at 10:12 PM theyre on a sh-- okay no bad joke. YES that's how to make it short and snappy thank you TheAlienTazerToday at 10:13 PM ngl the outside set doesn't look... great MimicToday at 10:13 PM kinda looks like they lifted it from the Golden Compass movie TheAlienTazerToday at 10:13 PM YES EXACTLY SharpwingToday at 10:13 PM oh yeah... i forgot they werent really in the arctic ngl i didnt think about it but i see it now original ratboyToday at 10:14 PM looks like they filmed on the snow drifts outside my apartment TheAlienTazerToday at 10:14 PM Okay this looks a bit better original ratboyToday at 10:14 PM yes SharpwingToday at 10:14 PM oh no why is the music angry :( TheAlienTazerToday at 10:14 PM oof ALSO THATS A GRAVE PROBABLY thenightetc2Today at 10:15 PM Well, that took some piling up SharpwingToday at 10:15 PM wait why is there a-- who put that there TheAlienTazerToday at 10:15 PM Either a grave or marker of time NEW PERSON thenightetc2Today at 10:15 PM W... what SharpwingToday at 10:15 PM how is a surgeon NOT a doctor what does the term mean back then?? original ratboyToday at 10:16 PM doctor knockout can u shed some light on this thenightetc2Today at 10:16 PM ?? I feel unenlightened about what that message was highglossfinishToday at 10:16 PM Search me. On Cybertron, every doctor is a surgeon. SharpwingToday at 10:17 PM "anatomist"...?? MimicToday at 10:17 PM a surgeon isn't a doctor 'cause back then surgeons were for removing things that were obviously problems while doctors were more diagnostic original ratboyToday at 10:17 PM human silliness at it again TheAlienTazerToday at 10:17 PM Yeah original ratboyToday at 10:17 PM ohh SharpwingToday at 10:17 PM ohhhh.... huh original ratboyToday at 10:17 PM human silliness at it again SharpwingToday at 10:17 PM i gues that makes a little sense. but still. TheAlienTazerToday at 10:18 PM Like a brain surgeon does the operation but u cant make an appointment to get diagnosed, that ain't his job thenightetc2Today at 10:18 PM eyebrows original ratboyToday at 10:18 PM u learn smthn new every day TheAlienTazerToday at 10:19 PM I'm so glad it's in better quality so I can look at some of these white people and not know who is who original ratboyToday at 10:19 PM nsjhfjshkhsdk thenightetc2Today at 10:19 PM Well, we can tell for sure they weren't looking for pussy back there Ohh dear SharpwingToday at 10:20 PM i have Mr. Muttonchops and Person Who Vaguely Reminds Me Of Hugh Laurie TheAlienTazerToday at 10:20 PM nice SharpwingToday at 10:20 PM aw dangit.... gotta run to supper MimicToday at 10:20 PM "Having no animals to ascribe the features of human women to, as they did with the dugongs, they have now begun to whisper of piles of rocks-women. I fear I am the last sane man among us." TheAlienTazerToday at 10:20 PM See ya friend! original ratboyToday at 10:21 PM aww goodbye friend SharpwingToday at 10:21 PM hopefully i'll be back before it's over, thank you for having me!<3 thenightetc2Today at 10:21 PM See you! highglossfinishToday at 10:21 PM "I won't have our captain's mood brought down by sad facts." MimicToday at 10:21 PM seeya! highglossfinishToday at 10:21 PM Until then! thenightetc2Today at 10:21 PM Oh, ugh. :grimacing: original ratboyToday at 10:23 PM aw no i gotta head out too TheAlienTazerToday at 10:24 PM Ratboy nooooooo original ratboyToday at 10:24 PM thank u for having me !!! forgive me tazer :''( MimicToday at 10:24 PM seeya! thenightetc2Today at 10:24 PM Goodnight! TheAlienTazerToday at 10:24 PM I will be seeing u in my server later then highglossfinishToday at 10:24 PM Goodnight! TheAlienTazerToday at 10:24 PM where I am lord lmao original ratboyToday at 10:24 PM u shall. goodnight knockout :'') TheAlienTazerToday at 10:27 PM Btw I called on my clown they r funny person from my server MimicToday at 10:28 PM excellent TheAlienTazerToday at 10:28 PM How I talk to my subjects in my court ha

They rlly like drinking paint water thenightetc2Today at 10:29 PM So it WAS a bear TheAlienTazerToday at 10:30 PM someone is gonna die bc it's prob a Polar bear and Polar bears are from hell thenightetc2Today at 10:31 PM Ohhh dear TheAlienTazerToday at 10:31 PM uh oh CRUNCH thenightetc2Today at 10:32 PM !! TheAlienTazerToday at 10:32 PM CAULK highglossfinishToday at 10:34 PM No need to wash your hand or anything. TheAlienTazerToday at 10:35 PM Nasty thenightetc2Today at 10:36 PM He washed his hands in a deleted scene.  That's what I'm telling myself highglossfinishToday at 10:37 PM The washed hands were not relevant to his journey. TheAlienTazerToday at 10:37 PM lmao thenightetc2Today at 10:38 PM Couldn't he like... tell her what it is they're trying to do and why? highglossfinishToday at 10:38 PM Of course not, that would be helpful. TheAlienTazerToday at 10:39 PM true SharpwingToday at 10:42 PM I'm back!! I had casserole :3  What'd I miss? TheAlienTazerToday at 10:42 PM DEATH SharpwingToday at 10:42 PM aw :( thenightetc2Today at 10:42 PM ...yikes highglossfinishToday at 10:42 PM An old man died. SharpwingToday at 10:43 PM Most of them are a little old-- is it a new person? highglossfinishToday at 10:43 PM Her father. Who had a mysteriously missing tongue. SharpwingToday at 10:43 PM Given what I heard them saying, was he native to that area?? wait wait, her? i have missed a lot thenightetc2Today at 10:43 PM yes SharpwingToday at 10:44 PM oh she is pretty thenightetc2Today at 10:44 PM They shot the man, thinking he was the bear they'd seen signs of (it was dark) SharpwingToday at 10:44 PM .....ooh. dang. im surprised she's even sitting there talking to them civilly, they SHOT her DAD highglossfinishToday at 10:47 PM I certainly wouldn't be. TheAlienTazerToday at 10:47 PM Death COLONIALISM thenightetc2Today at 10:48 PM ...Really, guys? SharpwingToday at 10:48 PM oh yeah sure. just loot the man why dontcha can you NOT thenightetc2Today at 10:49 PM Happy.  Right. highglossfinishToday at 10:50 PM "Salt pork and rat biscuits, mostly." SharpwingToday at 10:50 PM what's she looking for? they got told to put the stuff they wanted to take back, right? oh wait, she pointed to her neck-- a necklace? that is not the point sir thenightetc2Today at 10:51 PM thenightetc2Today at 10:59 PM Wait, six? oof highglossfinishToday at 11:00 PM "Your insistence on stating the facts makes you hard to love." SharpwingToday at 11:00 PM this guy would hate Soundwave. TheAlienTazerToday at 11:01 PM pfffft SharpwingToday at 11:02 PM good lord that was savage though ripped into him worse than the bear would have thenightetc2Today at 11:02 PM Oh, dear Ohhhh dear. SharpwingToday at 11:04 PM oh. ...i read the wikipedia article. i uh TheAlienTazerToday at 11:05 PM HAHA SharpwingToday at 11:05 PM i might have to nope out of here once it gets worse, sorry. MimicToday at 11:06 PM why aren't there more shanties about hanging strings of rats original ratboyToday at 11:06 PM ive come to be a nuisance again TheAlienTazerToday at 11:06 PM RATBOY MimicToday at 11:06 PM EXCELLENT TIMING SharpwingToday at 11:06 PM hello :) original ratboyToday at 11:06 PM :o) thenightetc2Today at 11:06 PM Sigh. original ratboyToday at 11:06 PM SOMEONE SAY RATS??? MimicToday at 11:06 PM YUP TheAlienTazerToday at 11:06 PM I might sleep soon its late original ratboyToday at 11:06 PM WAHOO SharpwingToday at 11:06 PM .......theyre dead im sorry highglossfinishToday at 11:07 PM We'll pack it in after this one, watch more next time. original ratboyToday at 11:07 PM MNNNNNOOOOOOOO TheAlienTazerToday at 11:07 PM nice! SharpwingToday at 11:07 PM ah okay original ratboyToday at 11:07 PM sounds good !! TheAlienTazerToday at 11:07 PM perfect timing for me MimicToday at 11:07 PM and their corpsesa are on display. original ratboyToday at 11:07 PM NNO mom pick me up i dont like it here anymore highglossfinishToday at 11:08 PM This show is the reason Breakdown and I recommend climbing exercises when one of us is in the mood and the other isn't. thenightetc2Today at 11:08 PM Pfffff TheAlienTazerToday at 11:09 PM that's perfect original ratboyToday at 11:09 PM this guy. thenightetc2Today at 11:09 PM So which one of you is the devious seducer and which one is the innocent led astray original ratboyToday at 11:10 PM "im not  a rat im a man" like its smthn to be pROUD OF psshh wait highglossfinishToday at 11:10 PM Hah! original ratboyToday at 11:10 PM well knockout dont hold out on us..whos who highglossfinishToday at 11:11 PM Depends on the night. thenightetc2Today at 11:11 PM Oho! original ratboyToday at 11:11 PM spicy TheAlienTazerToday at 11:11 PM Nice SharpwingToday at 11:12 PM skdfshfs I See XD nice handwriting original ratboyToday at 11:13 PM H thenightetc2Today at 11:13 PM "But, uh, make sure it is a bear, before you shoot" OH SHIT SharpwingToday at 11:14 PM wow okay oh! hm. TheAlienTazerToday at 11:14 PM Sure! walk away from the group! SharpwingToday at 11:15 PM yeah i'mmmmmm just gonna admit im a weakling i think i will be seeing that in my dreams for a while TheAlienTazerToday at 11:15 PM Oh oop thenightetc2Today at 11:15 PM Oh no D: MimicToday at 11:16 PM fffff thenightetc2Today at 11:16 PM Okay I uh, don't quite understand how he got dragged in there SharpwingToday at 11:16 PM is it okay for me to hang out and be here during streams if I don't watch, or is it only for those who are going to actively watch the video? thenightetc2Today at 11:16 PM Or... pushed? original ratboyToday at 11:16 PM i dont blame u, this is pretty gnarly TheAlienTazerToday at 11:16 PM yeah SharpwingToday at 11:16 PM his face was half gone... :( thenightetc2Today at 11:16 PM Are they implying it was that other man's corpse that came out and dragged him in? original ratboyToday at 11:17 PM he...lost his mind highglossfinishToday at 11:17 PM It's perfectly fine. SharpwingToday at 11:17 PM thank you<3 thenightetc2Today at 11:17 PM Ah :frowning: ...ah. :frowning: highglossfinishToday at 11:18 PM Everyone is welcome here, regardless of whether they enjoy watching delimbed humans fed into ice holes. SharpwingToday at 11:18 PM I am glad :relieved: more glad about being here than about de-limbed humans, but wow, props to the special effects department thenightetc2Today at 11:19 PM okay DID they steal something TheAlienTazerToday at 11:20 PM probably highglossfinishToday at 11:20 PM Forgetting the lines to the song, I'm sure that's not a sign of anything worrisome. thenightetc2Today at 11:20 PM certainly not original ratboyToday at 11:21 PM not at all MimicToday at 11:21 PM this is harrowing. props to the production staff highglossfinishToday at 11:22 PM One day to grieve the man who got them all stuck in the ice in the first place. thenightetc2Today at 11:23 PM The iced-up ship looks absolutely grim. TheAlienTazerToday at 11:23 PM K I'm about to pass out. I think I ate something bad bc I feel like shit have fun ya'll peace out thenightetc2Today at 11:23 PM Feel better! SharpwingToday at 11:23 PM oh no, Not Hugh Laurie died?? Oh no!! original ratboyToday at 11:23 PM aw goodbye tazer ! hope u feel better soon SharpwingToday at 11:23 PM I'm so sorry Tazer:pensive:  that sucks original ratboyToday at 11:23 PM :people_hugging: TheAlienTazerToday at 11:23 PM I'll see my peeps in the server tomorrow original ratboyToday at 11:23 PM farewell lord highglossfinishToday at 11:24 PM Good night, feel better! SharpwingToday at 11:25 PM ooh i tuned back in and niiiice music original ratboyToday at 11:25 PM i was thinking the same thing spooky.. thenightetc2Today at 11:27 PM don't like that original ratboyToday at 11:27 PM id cry whew thenightetc2Today at 11:28 PM I feel like it must still be close original ratboyToday at 11:28 PM D : SharpwingToday at 11:28 PM i have questions highglossfinishToday at 11:28 PM To be continued next time! SharpwingToday at 11:28 PM mainly why does it look like the bear was trying to feed her they don't just leave their prey like that afaik original ratboyToday at 11:29 PM thank u knockout !! SharpwingToday at 11:29 PM Alright, thank you! ^_ ^ thenightetc2Today at 11:29 PM Thank you for hosting!  This has been engrossing MimicToday at 11:29 PM that was awesome! In a very dark and bloody way. thank you very much! highglossfinishToday at 11:30 PM Let me just fetch our light note to end on. SharpwingToday at 11:30 PM :o :D original ratboyToday at 11:30 PM oh?? highglossfinishToday at 11:30 PM Oh yes. We always end on a light note. original ratboyToday at 11:30 PM : D SharpwingToday at 11:30 PM it is scary, but the quiet parts are very nice and aesthetic Oh that's lovely! THank you! :D thenightetc2Today at 11:31 PM Ohhhh dear. SharpwingToday at 11:31 PM akshbjasdhfjgdhjf original ratboyToday at 11:31 PM exceptional thenightetc2Today at 11:32 PM Only the best! SharpwingToday at 11:32 PM no one let this person near a real terraformable planet MimicToday at 11:34 PM indeed highglossfinishToday at 11:34 PM At least not one that matters. SharpwingToday at 11:34 PM how many planets are possible to terraform, i wonder... okay, well, infinite universe, infinite possibilities, i suppose. original ratboyToday at 11:35 PM all of them are if ur determined enough thenightetc2Today at 11:36 PM All of them. And he built houses up there! SharpwingToday at 11:37 PM How's he gonna make it explode...? original ratboyToday at 11:38 PM country roads playing is rlly making this perfect djfsdlg SharpwingToday at 11:39 PM I see skdhfsdghfgh highglossfinishToday at 11:39 PM Majestic. original ratboyToday at 11:39 PM amazing SharpwingToday at 11:39 PM the amount of intricate planning and effort.... masterful thenightetc2Today at 11:39 PM I know, right? MimicToday at 11:40 PM his fucking with the game is always a work of art original ratboyToday at 11:40 PM its damn impressive highglossfinishToday at 11:41 PM And that's all I've got for tonight! original ratboyToday at 11:41 PM thank u knockout !! thenightetc2Today at 11:41 PM And what an all it was! original ratboyToday at 11:41 PM goodnight!! SharpwingToday at 11:41 PM Thank you!! :blush: it was lovely to be here<3 highglossfinishToday at 11:41 PM Thank you all for coming! thenightetc2Today at 11:41 PM Thank YOU for hosting! original ratboyToday at 11:41 PM :two_hearts: :two_hearts: :two_hearts: SharpwingToday at 11:42 PM I hope the next days are good to you and yours<3 highglossfinishToday at 11:42 PM Oh, you all! Likewise! MimicToday at 11:42 PM thank you! good night! highglossfinishToday at 11:42 PM Good night! SharpwingToday at 11:43 PM wait how do i i aready exited the oh hang on i got it there. MimicToday at 11:40 PM his fucking with the game is always a work of art original ratboyToday at 11:40 PM its damn impressive highglossfinishToday at 11:41 PM And that's all I've got for tonight! original ratboyToday at 11:41 PM thank u knockout !! thenightetc2Today at 11:41 PM And what an all it was! original ratboyToday at 11:41 PM goodnight!! SharpwingToday at 11:41 PM Thank you!! :blush: it was lovely to be here<3 highglossfinishToday at 11:41 PM Thank you all for coming! thenightetc2Today at 11:41 PM Thank YOU for hosting! original ratboyToday at 11:41 PM :two_hearts: :two_hearts: :two_hearts: SharpwingToday at 11:42 PM I hope the next days are good to you and yours<3 highglossfinishToday at 11:42 PM Oh, you all! Likewise! MimicToday at 11:42 PM thank you! good night! highglossfinishToday at 11:42 PM Good night! SharpwingToday at 11:43 PM wait how do i i aready exited the oh hang on i got it there.

[whereintheworldismandysandiego]

My Southeast Asia Curse

Southeast Asia Part 2: Not for the faint of heart

On my Birthday we took the night train from Bangkok to Chiang Mai, and I got sick. I’ve gotten sick before, but I’ve never experienced this: literally, in one moment, I felt it come on 100%. In that moment, I felt my body go from not sick to very sick in less than 60 seconds. One of the weirdest things I’ve ever felt. Now that I look back, I think it was brewing for a while, but it hit me like a ton of rocks. In the throat. (And to top it off, I also started my period and had awful cramps.)

Wish I could have enjoyed it more, because it was beautiful to wake up in the middle of the jungle at sunrise!

This made the night train hard and the arrival in Chiang Mai excruciating. I began to feel delirious, like I couldn’t move or keep my eyes open. I could barely remember where I was. That night, Tim escorted me to a Thai Urgent Care. 

If you’ve never been ill in a foreign country, it’s hard to understand. You’re halfway across the world and feel completely destroyed. You don’t speak the language, don’t have a handle on the currency, don’t know anything about their medical system. Can you trust these doctors? Will they even understand you? Will I know what medicine I’m being given? And yet, there you are, and you have no alternative. Thank God Tim was there to hold my hand through it because I literally couldn’t even get to the clinic myself. We got there and the line was long, the bathroom was dirty, and I was scared. I began sobbing in front of everyone in the waiting room, including 4 monks. But I calmed down, the doctor was grea,  and he spoke English enough to help me. I got out of there with 3 prescriptions and a visit for about $20USD.

So when our Elephant Sanctuary reservation came up a couple of days later, I was feeling better and thought I’d be okay. I couldn’t miss the elephants! Unfortunately after that excitement, I took another turn for the worse. I had a BLAST, but a baby elephant hurt me a little bit when he tried to crawl in my lap and suck on my shoulder. I think he was just playing and loved me a lot. But he didn’t seem to realize that he’s heavy even though he’s a BEBE!

It was kinda cute though and didn’t hurt TOO bad, though I did get a bruise out of it. 

I’m going to skip forward for now and come back to Chiang Mai in another post. Let’s continue on my list of toils and troubles.

I made it to Cambodia on my own. My hotel was to include a free airport shuttle, so I didn’t have to worry about currency exchange just yet. Only problem? They didn’t answer their phone or their email. I had $14USD. Luckily, my ride cost me $10. But it was stressful!

Later I went out to get dinner. I stumbled into an alley toward a temple when, out of nowhere, I was hit so hard from behind that I fell. For a moment, I thought I was being run over by a car and I actually thought it was the end. Then I looked up and saw a huge dog sprinting off in front of me. People stared and looked to see if I was okay. I was so shaken up and was shocked to feel tears coming down my face. The back of my legs were on FIRE. I wiped myself down with some antibacterial clothes I always keep with me (gotta have a safety kit), and was really happy to realize that my skin hadn’t been broken. Otherwise, I probably would have had to get rabies shots.

Here’s a grainy, zoomed in picture bruise a few days later (because I’m trying not to show you my whole tush):

I don’t know if he hit me with his paws or his mouth- it was so fast that I honestly don’t know what happened! But the spot where he hit me swelled up into large red welts immediately. It hurt to walk in the coming days. It has been shifting color to deep purple and green and looks nasty now. It’s still swollen even! So that was scary.

Then I got a Tuk Tuk back to my hotel, only he couldn’t find my hotel anywhere. It was a new hotel and a little off the beaten path. We had agreed to a dollar amount (which I had in my wallet), but because he couldn’t find the place, I was worried I wouldn’t have enough to pay him! And worried he’d never find my hotel! Plus, I had no cell phone. Still reeling from the dog attack, I was again in tears by the time I got to the hotel. And it turned out they had given me the wrong map, a map to their sister hotel. I explained to them how frightening that was for me as I am traveling alone!

I curled up into my hotel room, let it all out in another huge cry, then got ready to take a bath. As I was letting the water in, I heard a huge CRASH. I walked out and found a huge plank on the floor by the desk and could not for the life of me figure out where it came from. I looked at the ceiling. I looked at the furniture. Where did this plank come from and why was there a cat meowing at me now?!?!?!?

(A nearby cat sensed my grief and, I think, wanted to comfort me. She started meowing incessantly at all my windows. I think her intention was good, but it just added to the spookiness).

I tried to relax in the bath but I couldn’t let it go. I came out in the room again and realized that the plank had fallen from the ceiling RIGHT OVER MY BED. So, had I been sleeping, it could have fallen on me.

I’m not superstitious, but at this point I believed I was under some curse:

-I was sick.

-I was having cramps.

- I was stepped on by a baby elephant.

-I was attacked by a dog.

- My airport shuttle didn’t come and I barely had enough currency to make it to my hotel.

- I was lost in a strange city by myself.

- A plank fell from my ceiling over my bed.

I had to get out. I called the hotel manager and said that I didn’t feel safe and I wanted to leave. After he called his boss, he told me that they were going to transport me to their sister hotel, which was luxury Villas. I had a huge place to myself, a rooftop pool, a beautiful bathroom, and a kitchen. To make sure I was always safe and sound, they gave me a cell phone and a private driver for my entire stay. They apologized so hard … I’ve never seen anything like it. It was like they were almost crying because they felt so bad. And then they waited on me hand and foot.

Everything went up from there. The curse has been lifted.

(And I really enjoyed that private rooftop pool).

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Update: The curse wasn’t quite lifted. Got sick (stomach) in Taiwan, got a massive amount of shower gel in my eye one night, and then the upper respiratory came back with a vengeance on the way home. :-0 At least now I am home and can rest up!