#and it doesn't show me where to pay I have to send an email to be guided by a person working there... EVEN THOUGH I CAN PERFECTLY

[leechandoki]

Venmo: we froze your account

Me: why??

Venmo: because you own use money

Me: ... okay... where do I pay??

Venom: pfftt how should I know lol

Me: the fuck!? Do I even own y'all money??? I only used my Venmo like once!!

Venmo: yeah you do. that's why we froze your account

Me: OKAY SO LIKE CAN YOU LET ME PAY MY DEBT THEN SO I CAN BUY ME SOME STICKERS

Venmo: totally!

Me: THANK YOU!!

Venmo: we just don't know where it is

Me: GOD FUCKIN' DAMN IT

[echobx]

Everyone has a Price (part 1) - Rafe × virgin!fem!reader

summary: y/n meets Rafe for the first time and she has conflicting feelings towards her situation

word count: 2.5k

warnings: suggestive language, mild banter

author's note: let's start a bit slow just to then go full speed soon after or whatever. I actually don't know. but I had this idea for a while and finally had the guts to put it down.

kinktober masterlist ✘ series masterlist

   You didn't expect anyone to actually bid on it, it was a sick joke, a dare your friends had come up with because you're a 24-year-old pre-law who never had sex or a relationship in her young life. It isn't entirely your fault that you had always focused on school to get into ivy and because of that had barely any time for social interactions all together, not just for men you really believe you could live without. 

   Yet, here you sit in front of your computer emailing the man who bought his right to take your virginity. Two hundred thousand dollars, and only because the other guy gave up. The guy assures you he would've paid even more if necessary, and you don't know how to feel. The whole conversation you have with him makes it seem like a business deal. He asks about your life, just enough to figure out what would be the best time to fulfill the contract. A contract you set up just in case, and he is okay with it, for the most part. He requested you change the part where you wrote that kissing is off the table. Other than that, he is rather polite about your wishes when it comes to what you would potentially let him do to you. The only real discrepancy appears when he starts to talk about sending you clothes to wear, especially underwear, and tells you how to take care of your body before you get to meet him. 

   That was a month ago. An entire month of emails back and forth and then a plane ticket and a short flight later you land on a small private airport on the OBX. The car he has waiting for you is more expensive than anything you ever got to ride in, smooth, black leather and a whole snack bar in the back in case you need anything. 

   “Mr. Cameron is waiting for you at the estate,” the driver tells you, and you can't do anything but nod. It all feels surreal that this is actually happening. First the briefcase filled with money a week ago, filled with much more than he needed to pay, with the intention that you went and bought all the things he had talked to you about over email; and then the fact that you still have no idea who he actually is. You have his last name, but that is all, and no matter how much you researched you couldn't be sure which one of the many R.Camerons he is. But that doesn't matter now because you are there, you plan to go through with it and give him what he paid for, nothing more. 

   “You will be living in the pool house for the time,” the driver tells you as he lifts your bags into a golf cart and signs you to sit down. The house before you is imposing to say the least, but you can't let any of them see you falter and show any type of reaction other than boredom towards the whole situation. So you have to stick with it. You left your overexcited nature at home and brought only dullness with you, because you thought it was more appropriate than to act like a child in a candy store, considering how much wealth you are surrounded by. 

   But the pool house is not much less lavish than the main house. The one-story building is clean white and modern, with the side facing the pool being only windows, giving you a good look inside. There's a small kitchen, a living room area and two closed doors to the side, possibly the bedroom and bathroom. 

   The maid that opens the door for you smiles sweetly, she could be your mom if that one wasn't home where she belongs. “You must be Ms.y/l/n,” she greets you but doesn't take your hand at first when you extend it. 

   “Hi, yes, just call me y/n,” you say politely. “What's your name?” She simply smiles and walks into the house, so you follow, still confused why she didn't tell you her name. 

   “Mr. Cameron expects you for dinner at 7pm in the main house. We will send someone to pick you up and then after to bring you back here. For the time of your stay, this will be your personal space, as if it's your home,” she tells you before walking into the kitchen and showing you a small binder. “In here you will find everything you need to know, on how to navigate the house and the estate, in case you will need it.” She then points towards the doors behind you. “Your bedroom is on the left, the bathroom is on the right. If you need anything just call us over the house phone, speed dial 12 on every landline phone in this house and the one outside at the pool,” she extends her hand to point at a British phone booth that stands in a corner by the pool, it looks rather out of place compared to the other design choices made here. 

   “That's very kind,” you smile politely, and she bows slightly before stepping to the side and leaving you alone. 

   It's all surreal. The fact that you are there. The fact that the house you are staying in is considered a “pool house” but it's triple the size of the flat you share with your two best friends. The fact that you will have to get dressed for dinner in two hours, and you don't know what the man who “bought” your presence looks like, or his personality. 

   You stroll around for a bit, inspecting the small kitchen that was still big enough to fit into the whole kitchen and living room space of your home. The white couch, soft to the touch and filling out half of the living room. Your feet carry you to the bedroom, held in a pastel purple color and with a queen size bed in the middle. The mattress is harder than you expected, but it will do for the one week you will spend there. The silk sheets smell like lavender and honey. 

   Your bags are standing on a bench at the foot end of the bed, but a box that is placed on the dresser to your right is what really draws you in. 

   “For y/n” it reads in cursive on the small tag that is attached to the pink ribbon that holds the gift together. You take the box and sit down on the bed, pulling on the ribbon and picking up the lid. 

   “What the-” you exclaim as you pull the lace underwear from the box. It’s expensive. It feels expensive to the touch of your shaking hands. Dark green panties with stocking clips attached to them, as well as a bra that nearly makes your eyes pop out of your head. But the worst part is the letter that lies below the gift in the box. 

   “Dear Ms.y/l/n, this is just one of many gifts that I am willing to give to you, no matter how well this week will turn out for us both. I would hope you take it for a test drive before you decide whether you want to accept it. 

   Sincerely, Rafe Cameron

   P.S. I hope I picked the right size.”

   You gulp and take the underwear back up to check the label, and it's scary in a way that he managed to pick your size based on the few pictures you had sent him over text. 

   “What am I doing here?” you sigh, getting up and scrambling to put the box back together, making it look like it has never been touched. Everything around you is overwhelming; the hospitality; the fact that what you are doing is basically the same as being a prostitute, and your deeply religious parents would crucify you if they knew. You breathe deeply, focusing on your body and how every breath feels inside you, as if you are meditating on the go. “I can do this,” you decide, and keep repeating it like a mantra while walking into the bathroom. 

   The dark gray-petrol colored tiles make you feel calmer almost instantly upon seeing them. You take a few steps towards the vanity, inspecting yourself in the huge round mirror. Your flight and the anxiety about meeting Mr. Cameron, Rafe, got to you pretty good, too good maybe. Your hair is a mess, and you feel dirty, although you showered before driving to the airport. 

   After a hot shower in the bathroom that probably cost more than your education, you step back into the bedroom to get ready. You decide against the “gift” and go with what you had packed. A simple black panty and a black lace bra to wear under your silver cocktail dress. You hope he won't try to sleep with you tonight already, because you are exhausted and scared, mostly scared. 

   With your hair in a knot you make your way to the door, just for the driver, Grayson as you learned from the binder, to be already waiting for you. 

   “Mr. Cameron is waiting for you at the main house,” he says, and gestures to you to take a seat in the golf cart. The short drive up to the house leaves you freezing in the breezy air that blows over the estate. 

   The mansion is truly opulent, marble floors and floor to ceiling windows line the living room, or what you assume to be the living room, while a different maid as earlier guides you towards the dining hall. 

   “Mr. Cameron will be with you in a second,” she tells you, bowing just like the other maid had and leaving you alone in the huge room. 

   The table, which could comfortably seat 24 people, is filled with food; salads, fruit, tapas, and decorations and many more delicious treats that you couldn't even name if you tried to. You decide to look around some more when your eyes fall to a painting, a family portrait, and you begin to wonder which one of the two men in it, you will be meeting. The older one has his arm around the blonde woman, and his other hand is placed on the shoulder of the boy in front of him. The boy, his son, looks just a smidge younger than the woman you presume to be the wife. The two daughters look nothing alike, but they seem close, as much of that as you can tell from a painting. 

   “I debated taking that one down, but he would turn in his grave if I did,” a rough, deep voice comes from behind you, and you spin around to look at the man. 

   Rafe is wearing a white button up and black dress pants, his hair is short, but not too short or too long for your liking. He looks well groomed and has a friendly smile for someone who purchased a girl’s first sexual experience online. You don't even notice that he is just as much silently taking in every aspect of you, as you are him, until he speaks up again. “Shall we eat?” 

   You still don't say a thing as you take your seat and only utter a quiet “thank you” to the boy, who brings you your food. 

   “I would like it if we could talk on a first name basis, Ms. y/l/n. Would you be okay with that?” Rafe asks, and you look up from your plate, over the complete length of the table and gaze at him before nodding swiftly. You don't know why he sits so far away from you, but a part of you is glad about it. No one could've expected that the man who paid for your virginity was this hot.

   “You will need to speak with me, I know it's still a bit overwhelming. I can only imagine what must be going through your head right now, but I base my businesses on open communication and trust. Do you understand, y/n?” Rafe asks and you nod again. 

   “Yes, Sir,” you rasp, and he cocks a brow while you clear your throat. 

   “It's Rafe. Call me Rafe.” 

   “Uhm… o-okay, Rafe,” you are hesitant, but his smile returns as soon as his name has left your lips. 

   “Perfect.” 

   You get through the first three courses without having to talk too much, giving him rather quick answers to his questions but never posing any of your own. By the fourth course, he seems annoyed, and it makes your hair stand up in the back of your neck with how the atmosphere seems to change because of his attitude. 

   “Ask me something,” he demands, emptying his wine glass and signing the help for another one. 

   “I don't-” you stammer, and he leans forward, practically glaring at you. 

   “You can't have no questions. We have been talking for hours, we talked for weeks before you even got here and you have no questions? That's highly unlikely for someone who wants to be a lawyer.” You don't know if he is genuinely asking or mocking you. 

   “I wasn't sure if I was allowed to,” you answer truthfully, and he nods, leaning back and smirking. 

   “You really are something, aren't you?”

   “Why?” you speak up, lifting your chin and putting your game face on, if he wanted your lawyer side to come out, he could get it. 

   “Why what?”

   “Why buy yourself the opportunity to take someone's first time? Do you not think that's a bit crazy?” you ask, and he laughs, a genuine laugh that you really hadn't expected.

   “Shit, you put yourself up for grabs, and it's a mystery to me how you manage to stay intact for that long. I mean,” he lifts his hand to gesture at you, “no one ever tried to get into your pants?”

   “No,” you shake your head a single time.

   “I don't believe it,” Rafe counters, and you scoff. 

   “I am not going to debate with you over potential men that could've gotten what you so desperately seem to crave.” 

   “And what is that?” Rafe is amused by your manners, by how quickly he can get you riled up. 

   “You want a nice, innocent, pretty girl to tell you that you're worth something to her, that you deserve attention and affection and adoration,” you say and take your glass up to down it. 

   “Are you wearing it?” he asks, changing the topic faster than you had wished. 

   “Why?” Now it's you who eyes him wearily, waiting for a response that will make him look like he's less of an asshole than he actually is. 

   “I pictured you in it when I picked it out. And to answer your question-”

   “I didn't ask you anything else,” you interrupt him, and he chuckles. 

   “I'll answer either way, darling,” Rafe says while the help brings in the last course and takes the empty plates with them. “I have never done this before, not like this,” he says and turns to his desert, not paying much attention to you anymore all night. 

please don't copy and/or post my work onto other platforms! ~e©ho

taglist: @redhead1180 @spideysimpossiblegirl @drwstarkeyy @princessmaybank @kys4-20 @immyowndefender @julczimozart @hoe4sunarin @m2m2m2 @mochimms @itsme-again @maybankslover @th3eternalersi @because-i-like-toxic-men @rafeeekam @carolinaxvz

[malk1ns]

A prompt if this sings to you... established relationship mid-30s sidgeno taking in a rookie to live with them? Maybe a Russian? Maybe not! Maybe it's ABO and the baby alpha is overwhelmed by milfy Sid/baby omega is overwhelmed by dilfy Geno? Maybe not! IDK I just want to see an awkward 18 year old being completely rabbit in the headlights witnessing these two icons and heroes being dorky and frisky and middle-aged at home.

Ooooh I love this!

This isn't my best work, but I haven't written in ages and I'm rusty, so—you get what you get, haha. But this is such a fun concept and I had a lot of fun thinking about it!!! That's part of why it's so disjointed I think, I had so many ideas about how this could look and what it could involve and I wanted to cram everything in. Maybe I'll revisit this when I can actually properly use the English language again and clean it up!

--

Mack doesn't get a choice about where he lives his rookie year.

Not a lot of guys do, really—if they're bouncing between the A and the big club, they get real familiar with a few specific hotels, and if they make the show right away the team usually encourages them to look for something in a particular neighborhood—but Mack, after the excitement of the draft was over and the contract negotiations began in earnest, didn't even get that much leeway.

He's a first overall pick. He's an omega. He was drafted by the Pittsburgh Penguins. Of course he'll be living with Sidney Crosby and his mate.

Crosby—call me Sid he'd said, backstage after Mack stumbled his way onstage and held up his jersey and smiled so hard his face hurt—sends him and his parents an email in late summer, offering up a suite in his house in one of Pittsburgh's suburbs. He'll have a bedroom, a bathroom, and a living area to himself, along with a small fridge, and Sid says he'll help Mack get a car, too, if he doesn't already have one.

Mack's agent is copied on the email, along with four names from the Penguins organization that Mack doesn't recognize. It's not really an offer, after all.

Mack's parents are overjoyed. They're both betas, and when Mack presented his mom had practically lost her mind trying to figure out how to parent him appropriately, and they'd both been desperately worried about him living on his own. As if that had been an option; every interview at the combine included some discussion about where he'd stay, and it seemed like every team had a plan, no input from Mack required.

His dad's more focused on what he'll get out of living with Hall of Famers. "Watch how they spend their time off," he says to Mack as they're standing at Pittsburgh International. They'd all driven down in Mack's new car together, and spent the last two days getting him settled in and seeing the sights, and now his parents are flying back to Vancouver. "You're never going to have a better example than Malkin and Crosby. Pay attention to them, and you'll be fine."

Mack's not sure that this is quite what his parents had in mind.

Sid's amazing, of course. He knows what it's like to be an omega in the league—for all there are more now than when Sid was drafted, they're still an extreme minority, and going first overall, over all the alphas eligible, has only happened twice. Well, three times now. He walks Mack through the accommodations at the rink, connects him with the dynamics counselors and heat coordinators, and he spends a lot of time just listening to Mack, sharing his own experiences and talking him through his panic and nerves. Mack's lucky, and all the guys from BU are jealous as hell, constantly blowing up the GC with questions that Mack's not gonna answer in a million years.

Geno, though?

Mack's been around alphas his whole life. Sports at a higher level are riddled with them, obviously, and omegas aren't cloistered away anymore—he's not required to cross the street if he approaches an alpha, and North America has been totally integrated for decades.

There's getting in board battles with alphas his own age, though, or interacting with random people out in the world, and living with an alpha in his 30s, in the space he's marked as his.

Geno's not nervous around him. Which, obviously, why would he be, but Mack's used to the guys his age being a little on edge, a little anxious, a little fumbling in the presence of Mack's pheromones. Geno's a whole-ass adult, though, and he's been mated to Sid for as long as Mack can remember, so of course he wouldn't give a shit about some 18-year-old kid.

The whole house smells like Geno, a mix of coconut and snow and citrus. It's comforting; Mack's never slept so well in his life, and it just feels safe, knowing that there's an alpha around all the time. Sid's left his mark too, of course, but there's no escaping that an alpha lives in this house, an alpha who's strong, and confident, and sure of himself.

It takes Mack two whole weeks before he can talk to Geno without turning bright red and stuttering. He'd feel more embarrassed by his behavior, the way he reacts to Geno's scent, if he thought Geno noticed for one single second.

Because the thing is, what Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin seem to spend most of their off-hours doing is...each other.

Mack's never walked in on them—they're too thoughtful, and he's seen the way Geno stares down other alphas who look a little too closely at Sid, he's not interested in anyone seeing Sid that way—but he can smell them, all over the house. Geno's got a hand on Sid constantly; at his waist as they move around each other in the kitchen, on his legs when they sit on the couch, cupping the bond-bite on Sid's neck when they think they're alone. He smells like he wants Sid all the time.

And Sid absolutely reciprocates.

Mack can't blame him. If he had an alpha like that— He doesn't let himself go too far down that path, because he has to live with them, and he's too young anyway, he wants to focus on his career for a while, but there's something about how happy Sid looks, the way he teases Geno until they're both pink and smiling, the way he gets this look in his eye when he watches Geno putter around in the kitchen, that makes something in Mack's gut twinge with longing. He wants this, someday—a mate, a home, someone who makes him that happy.

He just wishes they'd do a bit more to hide when they're going off to fuck, though. Mack's cycle is still irregular, and being this close to a mated pair who are having sex practically every night—Mack is shocked they can still do it that much at their age—is gonna push him into early heat one of these days, and then he'll have to ask for a ride to the facilities, and Geno will know, Geno will smell it on him, and they'll both be so nice and understanding and go out of their way to assure him it's normal and make sure he has what he needs, and it will just be the worst, most mortifying thing that's ever happened to him.

Anyway, yeah. Mack's pretty sure his dad had something else in mind, when he was talking about what Mack could pick up from living with Crosby and Malkin.

It's going to be a long year.

[chrismerle]

Elsa's Crochet Commission Info

So, it occurred to me that my editing and writing commission info had actual posts, which were linked in my pinned post, whereas my crochet commission info was just a separate page on my blog, which means all the people who only use mobile probably couldn't see it. Considering that, I figured I should make an actual post for my crochet commission stuff.

Things To Know:

I'll take three crochet commissions at a time, but they won't necessarily be first come, first serve. I'll probably work on all of them simultaneously, which means if Person A orders a shawl and then Person B orders a hat, Person B's hat will likely be done before Person A's shawl.

I do clothing items, accessories, plushies, blankets, etc.

I crochet. I do not knit. I do not know how to knit. I don't have any imminent plans to learn how to knit.

The price of the item will be determined by the complexity of the end result, the amount of time I estimate it will take, the type of yarn you want it made of (wool or cotton are more expensive than acrylic, alpaca is more expensive than sheep wool, etc.), and the cost of the pattern if you want a specific item and the pattern costs money.

Payment will be half up front, then half + shipping afterwards. I have Paypal and Venmo. (I prefer Venmo.)

The item will be made in an environment where cats and dogs are present, if you need to worry about allergies. I can't really feasibly escape them.

What To Do:

If you're interested, get in touch. You can DM me here on tumblr or email me at widgets.apparel@gmail.com. In the unlikely event I already have three commissions lined up, I'll let you know, but if you want I can let you know when a slot frees up later.

Give me as many details of what you want as you can.

If you haven't presented specific patterns and yarn choices, I will supply options for your approval.

Once the details are determined, I will give the price and you'll pay half.

I will commence working. I can offer a rough estimate of when the item will be finished, but I can't make any guarantees.

When I'm done, I will take photos and show you. You'll send the second half of the payment + shipping.

I will package up the item and give you the tracking info, and get it to the post office, at which point it is figuratively and literally out of my hands.

Assuming the post office doesn't shit the bed, your item will arrive! Yay! I don't require photos of you with the item, but I will appreciate them.

Examples (under the cut):

Dragon scale fingerless gloves, acrylic. $32.

Granny square purse, acrylic (with lining). $45.

Headband/earwarmer, acrylic. $22.

Semi-posable dog plushie, acrylic. $175. (took about 25 hours)

Triangle shawl, acrylic. $160.

Fingerless gloves, acrylic. $28.

Textured slouchy hat, wool. $35.

Tunisian crochet plaid hat, acrylic. $35.

Pokeball hat, acrylic. $28.

Mosaic crochet makeup bag/pencil zipper pouch (with lining), acrylic. $36.

Tunisian crochet scarf, acrylic. $42.

Capybara plushie, acrylic. $30.

Rustic bunny plushie, acrylic. $15.

Laptop bag (with lining, buttons, and strap), acrylic. $95.

Medium purse (with lining, strap, and buttons), acrylic. $70.

Stegosaurus plushie, acrylic and wool/acrylic blend. $75 (he's a Big Boi)

Narwhal plushie, cotton/acrylic blend. $20.

Ribbed scarf, wool/acrylic blend. $42.

Chevron scarf, acrylic (I think?). $45.

Flower hat, acrylic. $38.

R2-D2 hat, acrylic. $30.

BB-8 hat, acrylic. $30.

[am-i-the-asshole-official]

Ooh, I got one. AITA for telling me sick, elderly dad "no" when he asked if I'd come help around the house?

So I think I know the answer to this already, but I'm curious about other people's opinions…. and I want to rant.

My dad and I (36, trans masc but I only figured that out about 5 years ago) have been butting heads for a while. Family situation is: I had cool hippy liberal parents but things went downhill with various addictions and depression. I lived with them until I was 30 (with me paying the bills for several years) and then finally moved out after I realized how unhealthy it was for me to be there.

Moving out coincided with me figuring out some things about myself, mainly the trans thing, probably because I felt more comfortable/safe and could focus on things other than that shitty living situation.

Another thing I'd finally realized, shortly before I moved out, was how messed up my relationship with my dad had been. Basically, I grew up with him doing this thing where he'd tell me I couldn't trust any of my friends (the implication being I could only trust him), or he'd tell me how smart I was because I saw things his way and talk about how people we knew were dumb because they didn't. He also taught me that I shouldn't show or admit to mental illness or neurodivergence because people (even my friends) would take advantage of me.

Once I'd gone, he repeatedly asking me to come visit, sending me messages about how sad he was and how much he missed me. I did visit a few times, but just being back in that house makes me feel real uncomfy.

At some point I share with him my observations about our past and how it negatively effected me. His response… is to say he doesn't think that's how it went. I keep trying to explain, asking him to acknowledge that these things did happen between us and, whether he meant it to or not, it did mess me up. He keeps dismissing it or redirecting the blame onto my mom or his shitty dad, or suggesting that my friends (who I'm living with now) have turned me against him.

But he also keeps pestering me to visit more, guilt-tripping me with how sad my old dog, Cavall, is after each time I do come by (I would have taken the dog with me, but he's a big fluffy malamute mix and the roommates have a small house + one is allergic. I didn't want to impose too much, so I'd limited myself to bringing only the one cat who I had the closest bond with and leaving the other pets with my parents).

All of this back-and-forth with my dad finally comes to a head a couple months ago when I ask for a specific item of mine that I left at my parents house. My dad responds with a little poem about how depressed he is because he misses me and I've abandoned him. I throw back some brusque line in which I call him "bro"…

… and that earns a response in which he mocks me about pronouns and gender identity.

I am shocked, because my parents were always super cool about queer stuff. I tell him so and then block him on facebook. He responds to that by scouring the house for everything I left behind, packing it up in cardboard boxes, and dumping it all in my roommate's driveway with zero notice.

I figure he's done with me at that point… but then, last week, he sent me an email which reads:

"I hope you're well. I hope your family is well. I miss you. I'm sick today. Weak. Dizzy. Queasy. Slept a lot, thankfully. I want to ask you, if I were to become too sick to do things for days, would you be someone I could ask to come make some soup, take out the trash, help and give comfort? I won't be surprised at a "no", but, a "yes" would be wonderful. I got the trash out and the dogs fed. Cavall is off his breakfast lately, but, usually eats supper. He used to eat better, but, he's really getting old and slow now. In the six years I've walked him he's gone from wanting to run a lot to slow walking and sniffing. I'm getting down some oatmeal with raisons and yogurt now. Hopefully I'll be better tomorrow. I think so, but, the question arises at such times. Plz tel yes or no, so I can know for future reference."

And, well, I told him no. I hate the idea of abandoning sick elderly people who are already living in poverty, but after all the shit I described, I don't want to be around him. So, what's the vote?

What are these acronyms?

[lionfloss]

I saw your post about how team leads are scared of you and how you know not to be taken advantage of. Can to give any tips on how to talk and how to ask for better pay and things like that?

want to preface this by saying i usually give this advice to people i know in real life whose job i have a general understanding of so my advice is specific to that person/their work environment. and this goes without saying but unfortunately the world we live in, you will have to be a high performer or at least meets all expectations, good attendance etc. and this is more for performance raises, if you aren't at least getting SOME cost of living raise on a yearly basis im so sorry :(

but in general what has worked for me : -practice what you want to say out loud in the mirror/to a friend before the meeting. think about possible reactions your employer could have so you can prepare for pushback -with the above said, try to focus on leaving emotions behind, convey a sense of confidence, avoid "i think/i feel ive been doing..." no. " I HAVE been doing xyz consistently and efficiently" - provide the general date/time of your last raise, and mention what you have accomplished since and specify how that has helped the business or how its helped other employees -even if its a lie, say that you have enjoyed your time there, you want to continue to grow with this company, develop your skills to benefit the business blah blah -avoid making statements that could sound threatening like, "if i dont get more money i'll have to quit" or "I heard so and so got a raise" just things that distract from the fact that you deserve the raise based on performance/merit/its been too long (if i dont get at least one raise a year im out) -DO THIS IN WRITING. Send an email immediately before or after your meeting highlighting what you are asking, what was talked about and have your employer reply with their notes and confirming what was decided.

If your boss says no: -ask for specific guidelines or how to work on your performance to get to place where a raise will be given, never let them just say no.

On the flip side, something that has happened to me is getting asked to do things that aren't my job because someone else doesn't have the time or bandwidth: "I would love to help you, would you mind showing me where this task fits into my job description? I want to be sure that I'm qualified to do what you are asking and that I'm being compensated fairly if I'm being asked to perform tasks outside of my scope." (this is especially true if you are on a team with a lot of peers who underperform or dont get asked to go "above and beyond" and performance based raises arent given without asking)

[kaija-rayne-author]

Not going to reblog it in order to respond, but lets talk about piracy, specifically of books.

It's a fraught discussion. Many people take the black/white stance on it. I personally do not pirate, because I know the cost to authors. If piracy had been a thing in the xtian cult I grew up in, I probably would have. We were an hour away from the closest library. It wasn't safe for me to read the queer books I needed.

I've been poor enough (am now) where I can't afford books. I've been far enough away from a library that it wasn't a viable option. My library really doesn't have the books I want to read. I've requested them, but they haven't shown up. Some countries don't even have libraries. Some people can't read the works they want to because of external pressures.

There's more to it than good/bad.

Firstly, the most likely person to pirate a book is a cis, white, western male who makes 70k or more/year. That's just sheer entitlement and yes, it's wrong. Period.

But what about the poor people, the queer people who don't dare check out the queer books they need? What about, what about, what about... I get it. I really really do.

I'm an author whose books are pirated a lot. If I had a nickel/5 cents for every copy of my work that's been pirated, I wouldn't be edging on homelessness right now.

Some truths.

1. Most authors aren't wealthy. Most aren't even financially stable. Like any industry, there's the golden show ponies that make ridiculous amounts of money. Then there's the rest of us, who, if we're lucky, make 10k a year on our books. (I never have.)

2. It takes anywhere between 8 weeks of ridiculously long days to actual years to write a book. And these are niche, hard to acquire skills. Not everyone can write. I think almost anyone can learn how to write well, but it’s not inborn, and most people don't dedicate themselves to it. These are skills we've had to learn. So a person who pirates is also taking that from the author too.

3. Writing isn't easy. It's blood, sweat, tears, and so much time away from the people who love us to make that book. If there's no reward for us in it, why would we continue publishing? I wrote for myself far longer than I have for publication. People tell me I'm a great writer. If there's nothing in it for me beyond the joy of writing, why should I add the extra work of making my stories publishable? And there's sooooo much extra work and hours that go into that.

4. Piracy reduces the chance that that author can keep writing. It really does. We have to eat and pay bills like anyone else. Every single piece of great art we, as a species, have comes from people who had a place to live, money for supplies, and both time and energy to create. If you're living in poverty, like me, it can be nigh impossible to create. So you're taking that too. If you love an author's work, you're making it less likely they can either finish the series you've pirated books from, or even write at all.

5. Boycotting Amazon doesn't hurt Amazon, but it sure as hell hurts authors.

6. If you are in a position where piracy is your only option... email the author, their publicist, or their publisher and request a review e-copy. We'll usually send it in hopes of a review. It's likely to be cleaner and more readable than any pirated copy. Plus, it's legal.

7. If you have to pirate, at least have the basic decency to do something for the author in return. That can be a lot of things. Leaving a review at any site you can access that accepts reviews is probably one of the best. Reviews really do sell books for us. Good or bad reviews, it doesn't matter. Obviously, positive is better, but even a negative review can prevent another negative review by warning people of things they might not enjoy in the work.

Send them an email if you loved it. Writing is a lonely profession, and fan mail has absolutely kept me writing on hard days. It means a lot to get positive fan mail. (I've never even heard of an author who has asked where you got the book.)

Drop a dollar into their Kofi if you can. Or become a patron. Especially if you can afford it and love our work, you can help us keep writing that way too. If my patron were filled to the point where I could afford to write more, I could be easily getting 3 books out a year vs the 1 every couple of years I'm currently managing to do. And my books are free for my patrons.

Fan art can also be a nice thing to receive.

Important! Talk about our books with anyone who might possibly be interested (if it's safe for you to do so) word of mouth is still the best advertising there is. Mention them on your social media too.

8. Piracy is very far away from a victimless crime. You are (whatever your reasons) harming the author who wrote the book. Even if you weren't going to buy it, you're still encouraging people to rip the books and make them available illicitly.

9. I did mention most of us will send a copy out to those who ask for one, right? Especially if we're indie with little to no marketing budget. We're hoping you'll review it, but there aren't any reviews police. Most authors who are decent people will just send it and hope. (I've been harassed for reviewing a book before, so I'd be remiss if I didn't say there wasn't a risk of the author asking you about the review. It's considered incredibly rude to do so in publishing circles, but there's still some authors who will. Use a throw away email.)

10. Sign up for Netgalley and Edelweiss. These are sites where publishers put books up for requests for reviews. You request the book, (for free unless something has changed recently) then, if you get it, you're supposed to review it. But again, there's no review police. (Please do review if you can.)

11. If you do have access to a library, you can ask them to order it. A lot of the time they will. And libraries have to pay the author/publisher to license the work, so we get paid by libraries too. You're helping an author by using a library, not harming them.

12. Lastly, check your entitlement. The world we currently live in doesn't value art (and writing is art) enough to pay a living wage for it. If you want art, someone has to pay us to do it, because otherwise we can't pay the power bill. Or any other bills. Writing shouldn't be the sole province of the wealthy and well off. Yet, I've seen so many writers stop writing because they just can't afford to. I'm there right now. If you want a world where authors can afford to give our work away for free, start voting for things like social programs and UBI. So that we can create art without worrying about the bills.

I'll probably think of more later, but those are the basics.

Don't bother arguing with me. You know it's wrong to pirate. It's, as noted, something that some people need to do because of poverty or lack of access or, or, or. Unless it's a disability issue, just wanting the e-copy vs the paper copy your library has isn't enough of an excuse. You can email the author or get it legally from a reviewing site. And if you're one of the well off folks who pirate? Fuck you. Fuck you and the horse you rode in on.

You do not have the right to steal from authors for any reason, much less your convenience. Talk about privilege and entitlement.

There are extenuating circumstances, and there are also non-piracy ways to get books.

[astrologycharts242]

My prices and the services I provide.

http://linktr.ee/astrologycharts

EDIT: I'm gonna start adding short videos as well along with the text. The same way that I do in my videos. Where you see I have the 2 charts together. I'm doing this so a person can see what I see.

Your birth time is mandatory (a must.)

I prefer payments to be done through Western union since I live in the Bahamas and the money comes directly. Western union online is much easier to use than having to go in person.

I use PayPal secondarily though both are good but Western Union is way better for me. If I was trying to scam PayPal wouldn't even be an option.

I'm not interested in scamming using astrology especially not with the amount of knowledge I have currently. Someone paying me for a reading is like a donation for me to get better. Communicating with a person regarding his or her chart allows me to get better at astrology.

How I do it? I type the stuff out but I like to respond and give information throughout the time period as I do it. This is how I can learn more about the individual's chart better and by sending information throughout builds trust. When I'm done I send it via email and sometimes both email and the app I'm talking to you on. I'll send the different charts separately like in the subject it'll show this is your tropical part of your chart I'm reading.

It takes me at least 3 days to complete if I'm reading the transits or birth chart. The reason for that is because I type long paragraphs just to read 1 house. It takes like an hour for me to just read one house in sidereal. The videos I post I can't even explain much because it's hard to create videos on my phone. Then TikTok has a 10 minute limit.

If I'm just looking at information about when you'll go into a relationship or meet your sexual partner or future boyfriend/girlfriend, have sex maybe, meet your spouse even. It doesn't take long to do this 1 or two days max but I find out the dates for these things quick so once I collect the money I give it away right away. It's better if you tell me or at least answer my questions because I want to know your relationship status.

What if you're in a relationship and that person is your future spouse? Most likely I'd know but if you don't answer my questions as I read your chart then it's only gonna be a disadvantage for you.

Birth chart readings

Price: $50.00 usd

I look at 3 charts when reading a birth chart. In the past I used to emphasize more so on just sidereal and the moon chart especially since I would add in dates of predictions of when the things I say would happen. By me using something called the antardashas.

Nowadays I emphasize more so on the Sidereal and the tropical because I understand people aren't even interested in sidereal at all. I still add in the moon chart because I could predict a lot with it. Imagine me reading your 10th and 5th house from 3 different perspectives? I tell a lot about how you will meet the spouse and the spouse career. How would your marriage be like. I emphasize on career for sure. Any house can talk about career because if you watched my Naomi Watts video part 1 I showed how. When I honestly didn't knew who she was let alone a stylist.

Transits 50.00 usd

For this first I look at the antardashas and the time frame for antardasha can vary from like 1 to 3 years sometimes it changes in a few months. What if your current antardasha ends in 3 months then obviously I'll talk about the current antardasha and the upcoming one. The antardashas are like the main source of predictions for me. An antardasha is when a specific planet in your chart becomes activated so it's placements in your charts become activated too.

Then I break down the Jupiter, mars, Rahu/ketu north/south node transits. I emphasize on these the most.

I now look at the Venus transits because I surprisingly know how to predict using it. Saturn transits definitely become important in regards to relationships, jobs, marriage etc.

Love relationships and sex 50.00 usd

With this I breakdown your 5th house and any planets I see that can be influencing that house. I look at the tropical, sidereal, and moon chart. I explain how you meet girlfriends/boyfriends or sexual partners. I also would give a date or two of when you can meet one of those people.

I had often predicted in the past when a person would meet someone their future boyfriend/girlfriend or sexual partner. It's kinda easy to do so at this point I just did it on myself during this current Mars (October 3 to November 16 2023 transit.) Where I had run into a girl who I used to mess with in school lol.

Yeah I said sexual partner because not all relationships are what you think they are and can just be a sexual one.

I might end up seeing when you have sex or go out on a date as well. It depends on what the chart shows me and your current relationship situation.

I might end up throwing a date of when you get pregnant or a girl that you sleep with gets pregnant because the 5th house represents children too.

If I see something that might show me you are gonna end up end up meeting a spouse before a boyfriend/girlfriend I gotta give that date.

Spousal reading 50.00 usd

Easy I'll show you a chart as well. If you want so you can get an idea of what I'm seeing when I'm talking about your spouse. Again I'll give you information from your sidereal, tropical, and moon charts. I'll basically be reading the 7th house and planets in it. Telling you about your marriage circumstances How you'll meet your spouse and when.

I'll even go more in depth and throw in an engagement date. Let's say you're in a relationship now I can find out if that person is your next spouse.

Pregnancy 50.00 USD

Yeah I'll give at least 3 dates of when pregnancy becomes a possibility.

later on I'll update this with maybe screenshots or drop a link showing previous readings. My videos I showed some of these screenshots. On YouTube shorts it's harder to find but on TikTok you can find the thumbnails better.

[batsbirdsandspeedstersohmy]

Tw politics rant.

I am so frustrated at everyone being like how the fuck can you support Biden. He supports genocide. I can not vote for him. Am not voting they are both so bad.

Look at how he talks he is clearly losing it.

BITCH WHAT DO YOU THINK TRUMP GOING TO GO WALK OVER AND BE LIKE HEY STOP THIS WAR AND DONT WE NOT GOING TO LET YOU KILL ANYONE ELSE OR WE KILL YOU?????

Trump's going to make it so much worse. Like Biden isn't doing a great job okay but like he trying to get a peaceful thing to happen. He trying to get it to stop even if he not doing a good job.

Biden has speech problems we know this. He isn't great at the debate he has trouble getting words out right.

So do I

Look at the good things his administration is trying to do.

He is working on putting protections in for us queers he has tooken down a lot of Trump's don't say gay stuff.

He is FUVKING TRYING TO MAKE IT SO YOU CAN FILES YOUR TAXES WITHOUT HAVING TO PAY A CORPORATION !!! FO YALL KNOW HOW BIG THAT IS???? he going against one of the biggest people who line politicians pockets to make it so the American people are scared of doing their taxes wrong and getting in jail. So they pay TurboTax to do it for them.

When really the big companies are the ones who are doing things wrong and getting away with no paying enough.

HE WAS TALKING ABOUT GETTING THE RAILROAD SYSTEM RUNNING UP AGAIN. AND YOU KNOW WHEN THEY WHEN ON STRIKE AND EVERYONE EAS LIKE DUDE ACTUALLY MADE THEM GO BACK TO WORK.

BUT HE ENDED UP HELPING THEM GET A DEAL FASTER THEN THE UNION'S PREDICTED IT WOULD BE.

BIDEN IS A UNION MAN AND WE NEED TO BRING THAT SHIT BACK.

ALSO IT DOESNT JUST MEAN HIM IT MEANS HIS WHOLE TEAM AND THE PEOPLE HE PUTS AROUND HIM. he will actually listen to people and professional who knows things. Trump for hell doesn't he puts yes man next to him and does whatever he can to get money in his pocket and companies.

How is this a question. Protesting by not voting is just giving more votes to trump and a lot of us are not going to live through that.

If y'all want someone better then we should get behind someone in the beginning and push for them to have a chance and become the Democrat candidate. You have to be starting that shit really early. Don't be saying now how bad he is and we should have someone else.

Right now it is him and Trump. Who do you want out of those two to be in control?

Weather you like it or not it's one of those two so who?????

Cause for me it is a very clear answer. Be a fucking grown up and live with the reality. If you don't vote your giving more of a chance to trump.

You think his followers aren't going to vote for him???? They tried to take over the Capital by force last time. You think they not going to vote????

While y'all are dreaming about a better world others are actively making it worse. So either do something to make it better or at least do the minimum and let people into office who are not making it worse and trying to do some good.

Send money where you can to GoFundMes or organizations to help people who are dying. Call/email your representatives and say you need to do better. Tell them their lose your vote don't tell us on social media. But do vote blue. Cause Red is just going to make things worse and help burn everything to the ground. Tell those in power your give money to the other side if they don't do better. Lie to them. Even if you won't give money to anyone. Lie to them make them actually feel like they need to do better. If you really want to show your hate tell them that they are losing money/votes thus power if they don't do better. That actually get them to listen. Don't just decide to not vote and then get the wrose people in power then cry about how life is unfair.

Life is unfair go do something to help then.

[anonymousad]

harlan guthrie sharing that he was having a baby is actually a pretty normal, non parasocial thing to do imo. i wouldn't call the number of children you have inappropriately intimate information to disclose.

inappropriately intimate information to disclose is more like sharing pictures of your real custody agreement paperwork, sending emotionally fraught screenshots from emails with your father with whom you have a strained relationship (and oversharing how this strained relationship informs your podcasts to people BRAND NEW to your server who just wanted to pay you a compliment), giving your personal home address to fans, and telling people about your kidney stones, including the symptoms you were experiencing.

here's where i'd joke "you know, as a hypothetical example", but being a one-off anon message, i'll be clear that yes, these are all real examples harlan guthrie shared publically in his very large discord server. he doesn't have a good grasp of boundaries or the general concept of parasociality, and the extremely weak and ill-enforced "rules" of his server both exemplify and contribute to this.

(he's also infamously fast and loose with the privacy of others, making a hobby of screenshotting and posting bad reviews of his shows without redacting usernames even after being told repeatedly that this was not cool. supposedly he really has stopped for good now, which would be good, but also he did give a child's real name and face in private conversation with two separate users in the recent 'nazi child' incident, so.)

first of the anonymous asks I got with stories/information on the whole Harlan Guthrie discord thing.

note: yeah I recognize the baby thing is probably just me, I don't like strangers knowing a lot about myself. so seeing others do it so freely and openly despite knowing they have thousands of fans is jarring and kind of scares me.

I'm not sure if I'm going to do more with each of these than just boost them and have them all gathered in one place, but depending on the kinds of correlating incidents that come in I may do something like a timeline of events or something showing patterns of behavior.

I will say that the last sentence of this ask DOES have context, which I learned from someone passing along this tumblr post:

let me know what people might find helpful. I know for some the goal of this kind of thing is going to have one place to point and start asking for accountability, it's nice to have stuff gathered.

[redefinemyworld]

You know, I've been here a while watching the sag-aftra and the writers strike quite aptly as a 19 year old university student who's only other hobby is literally consuming media so this is kind of important to me and I'm not gonna lie it makes me kind of sad.

But not in the way anyone would think. Before we jump to conclusions I am in full support of all the strikes. Don't stop until you get the compensation you deserve.

But it makes me sad because for context I'm South African. I go to university on a financial aid scheme created by the government and lately out government has been getting worse and worse. Showing its stripes worse and worse. And so I'm not shocked that their financial aid scheme is showing funny changed.

So the financial aid scheme is call Nationtional Student Financial Aid Scheme, it became a bursary (scholarship) a few years ago after a bunch of "fee must fall strikes" which were in response to high tertiary school fees. That happened while I was in primary school (around grade 7) and it now funds disadvantaged students whose families earn a household income of less than ZAR350000 per annum ($19520, €17538, £15172).

Okay cool. Nice. But what it doesn't take into account are middle income families earning over that threshold but are still unable to afford school fees, either because there's many mouths to feed in a household or because they are just part of the missing middle but that's not the chat.

As much as I see #treelaw trending I also wanna see NSFAS trending. I want to see tumblr talking about all these things cause they are such a big fucking deal.

Usually how the scheme works is they send money to the university that pays tuition, the university also distributes the accommodation and living allowance to the funded students. Recently, the scheme has changed and they decided to create a bank account that sends students living allowances straight to them and here's where the problem starts.

There was a bid to decide which corporation/banks would be in charge of creating this specific NSFAS student bank account and a bunch of corporations no one has ever heard of outbid the largest banks and organisations in the country. The company is called Noracco, eZaga, Coinvest and Tenet.

Now here's where things get silly goofy.

They are not a registered financial service provider. They barely even have a fucking website. And they are handling people's livelihoods and billions of South African Rands. Only one of the corporations is connected to an authorised financial service provider which is eZaga. (How this was not a requirement I have no idea)

Students are not getting their living allowances. This means no groceries, no transport home, toiletries, nothing. Keep in mind these are disadvantaged students. No one is getting extra money from home to help them with such expenses

They have terrible service. No phone calls, emails nothing is answered.

They have insanely high bank charges. This takes advantage of so many students and uses up what little allowance money they have to live. A student usually receives around R1600 for a month (which is around 89USD)

You can't spend more than a capped amount of money a day, which is incredibly inconvenient when shopping for groceries as one can spend almost R800 (44USD) on groceries plus an extra R50-R100 (3-8 USD) for transportation.

This was started in the middle of the school year (February-November is how the year works here, it started in June/July for universities and TVETs had been introduced to in 2022 and have been striking against it since)

Students are out here SUFFERING and there is no one helping!!! We are being THREATENED to participate in this sham with out living allowances being WITHHELD FROM US.

The financial abuse is soooo real

I know im talking into the void but I'm hoping and praying that this catches someone's attention enough for people to start talking about it.

Here are a bunch of articles calling out this weird, Obviously corrupt organisations that answer anything that doesn't currently have any links connected to it.

The public protector has also recently been assigned to investigate.

https://www.outa.co.za/blog/newsroom-1/post/nsfas-what-are-you-doing-with-student-funds-1233

https://www.da.org.za/2023/07/da-raises-alarm-over-nsfas-direct-payment-system

https://www.unisa.ac.za/sites/myunisa/default/Announcements/Unisa-has-taken-note-of-concerns-raised-by-students-regarding-direct-payment-system

https://www.iol.co.za/weekend-argus/news/fraudulent-withdrawals-from-nsfas-funded-students-accounts-threaten-their-future-a4a47850-bad4-45e9-a30f-9b8b48a08998

https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/south-africa/2023-07-10-tut-students-reject-new-banking-system-for-nsfas-beneficiaries/

On top of this, NSFAS has also been defending thousands of students nationally referring to them as "undeserving". While I understand there are some people who take advantage of them system specifically for underprivileged students the way they went about it is not the best.

Students are actively being thrown out of their residents and accommodations and being de-registered from their institutions. Questions have been put in place as to what is deemed as undeserving but all NSFAS can claim is students who are financially and/or academically ineligible refusing to take into account student circumstances.

At the end of the day, every student uses the scheme the same way. And sure sometimes there's someone with a household with more than R350000 p/a benefiting but personally, I don't see anything wrong with someone having a little extra pocket money. There is no reason anyone, anywhere should be forced to live on a to make ends meet budget.

This was not the best layout. It was probably messy and all over the place, but I have never really written something this long, complex and detailed for tumblr. It's missing so many important details and contexts that I'm hoping anyone who cares to read will find out more about and help give us a voice.

We just want to learn without worrying about where we're going to sleep or what we're going to eat.

Please any attention is good, just to put pressure on the people in charge. Please let's get tree law and fund the defended trending together. ❤️

[hasufin]

Huh.

See, I've long been thinking about the other side of this.

There are stores I won't go into. Where if I shop there at all it's reluctantly and like I'm diving into the deep ocean: get in, get my thing, and get out.

Now, for me, it's places which are Too Damned Intrusive. I went into Pier 1 once. I'd say what I was looking for, but it doesn't matter: before I reached a singular display three different employees separately swooped in wanting to "help" me. Did they think a middle-aged guy was a big shoplifting risk? Did they smell a big commission? I have No Idea. What I know is on the third one I turned on my heel and left, never to darken the doors of that chain again. And Microcenter. I want to buy an SD Card. They want my name, my phone number, my email address, my postal address, my birthday... is this a retail store or an identity theft racket? If I urgently need a cable or whatever, I stop at 7-11 first and make sure I have enough cash.

And I think companies don't capture that. They don't realize they're being too pushy, too intrusive, that they're alienating customers. I don't show up on their quarterly reports because my approach is to simply NOT shop there.

Yet this is kind of the same mechanism. They're not looking at the quiet alienation. They're assuming that customers and potential customers will do their work, fill out surveys, send in feedback, write reviews... but that's not actually how it works. I don't even like to write reviews for products I purchase which I fully intend to buy in the future. Because, shockingly, that's not my job. They want me to do work for them? Pay me. Otherwise, their first warning that they suck will be when I buy from a competitor. Or just decide I don't need Netflix/Amazon Prime/Monthly Duck Eggs that much and I will do without thanks.

And I think the corporate model doesn't consider the possibility of quiet discontent. Unless someone is yelling and screaming, they're totally fine and just a cog in the machine. You only get attention when you break, and then it's too late to fix anything.

Really good Twitter thread originally about Elon Musk and Twitter, but also applies to Netflix and a lot of other corporations.

Full thread. Text transcription under cut.

Keep reading

[chrismerle]

Elsa's Crochet Commissions

Yooooo, I'm Elsa. I am broke and between contracts. I'm attempting to get a small business off the ground, and while I am enjoying the process, it's slow going and I need money in the interim.

I crochet. I crochet a lot, and generally pretty quickly. I can crochet things for you, if that's what you're interested in--especially with Christmas in a few weeks. (granted, if you order something after we're already into December, it will probably not be finished, packaged, and shipped in time for Christmas, sorry) If you're interested in my ready-made stuff, there's a link to my Etsy shop in my pinned post. If you're interested in custom pieces, keep reading!

Things To Know:

I'll take three crochet commissions at a time, but they won't necessarily be first come, first serve. I'll probably work on all of them simultaneously, which means if Person A orders a shawl and then Person B orders a hat, Person B's hat will likely be done before Person A's shawl.

I do clothing items, accessories, plushies, blankets, etc.

I crochet. I do not knit. I do not know how to knit. I don't have any imminent plans to learn how to knit.

The price of the item will be determined by the complexity of the end result, the amount of time I estimate it will take, the type of yarn you want it made of (wool or cotton are more expensive than acrylic, alpaca is more expensive than sheep wool, etc.), and the cost of the pattern if you want a specific item and the pattern costs money.

Payment will be half up front, then half + shipping afterwards. I have Paypal and Venmo. (I prefer Venmo.)

The item will be made in an environment where cats and dogs are present, if you need to worry about allergies. I can't really feasibly escape them.

What To Do:

If you're interested, get in touch. You can DM me here on tumblr or email me at widgets.apparel@gmail.com. In the unlikely event I already have three commissions lined up, I'll let you know, but if you want I can let you know when a slot frees up later.

Give me as many details of what you want as you can.

If you haven't presented specific patterns and yarn choices, I will supply options for your approval.

Once the details are determined, I will give the price and you'll pay half.

I will commence working. I can offer a rough estimate of when the item will be finished, but I can't make any guarantees.

When I'm done, I will take photos and show you. You'll send the second half of the payment + shipping.

I will package up the item and give you the tracking info, and get it to the post office, at which point it is figuratively and literally out of my hands.

Assuming the post office doesn't shit the bed, your item will arrive! Yay! I don't require photos of you with the item, but I will appreciate them.

Examples (under the cut):

(very long post under the cut, sorry)

Dragon scale fingerless gloves, acrylic. $32.

Granny square purse, acrylic. $45.

Headband/earwarmer, acrylic. $22.

Semi-posable dog plushie, acrylic. $175. (took about 25 hours)

Triangle shawl, acrylic. $160.

Fingerless gloves, acrylic. $28.

Textured slouchy hat, wool. $35.

Tunisian crochet plaid hat, acrylic. $35.

Pokeball hat, acrylic. $28.

Mosaic crochet makeup bag/pencil zipper pouch (with lining), acrylic. $36.

Tunisian crochet scarf, acrylic. $42.

Capybara plushie, acrylic. $30.

Rustic bunny plushie, acrylic. $15.

Laptop bag (with lining, buttons, and strap), acrylic. $95.

Medium purse (with lining, strap, and buttons), acrylic. $70.

Stegosaurus plushie, acrylic and wool/acrylic blend. $75 (he's a Big Boi)

Narwhal plushie, cotton/acrylic blend. $20.

Ribbed scarf, wool/acrylic blend. $42.

Chevron scarf, acrylic (I think?). $45.

Flower hat, acrylic. $38.

R2-D2 hat, acrylic. $30.

BB-8 hat, acrylic. $30.

[rosieehughes]

It's Hard To Fail If You Know This Secret

It's Hard To Fail If You Know This Secret https://rosieehughes.blogspot.com/2024/11/its-hard-to-fail-if-you-know-this-secret.html This CRAZY Awesome NEW Business Is The Fastest, Easiest Way To Grow An AMAZING Income From Home Ready to Say Goodbye to Bills and Hello to Thrills? Give Us A 30 Day Free Trial You Have Nothing To Lost Could This Be The EASIEST Biz Opp EVER?   Welcome A Board To Wealth step-by step Thank You For Joining SERIOUSLY! It doesn't get any easier than this...  ... WE WILL GENERATE  LEADS FOR YOU!  ... WE WILL RECRUIT FOR YOU  . .. WE WILL CLOSE YOUR SALES FOR YOU!  This opportunity is highly recommend If I Can Show You A Way To Get Paid Promoting Your Primary Business Would That Be Interesting To YouYour $100 FREE Escape Plan If You Like Business Opportunity I will pay your way in for free $30 Value All I need from you is 1- your name 2-email 3-Full address And I will send you all your login info  Youtube Video My Wealth Escape Plan  Watch this 1-minute video where I show you how to pay for your monthly membership 4 Free  Youtube Video My Wealth Escape Plan Recruiting https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a92Voyt8rJM Companys Homepage https://escaperoute.info  What You Get Get started for only $0 the lowest in the industry. Earn huge $3 and $7 commissions from your downline. Forced matrixes creating teamwork. Can earn over $100s per week/Month in residual income! $25 Fast Start Bonus for personal enrollments each month. If You Like To Join And Pay,I will send you $30 asap with in 1-2 hrs https://billspaid.info Erving Croxen Contact me  ervingcroxen@gmail.com Facebook Training https://www.facebook.com/Ervingbroadcasting 23+ Years Marketing To Your Success from 2dollarsmiracle https://2dollarsmiracle.info/its-hard-to-fail-if-you-know-this-secret via https://2dollarsmiracle.info/ from 2Dollars Miracle https://2dollarsmiracles.blogspot.com/2024/11/its-hard-to-fail-if-you-know-this-secret.html via https://2dollarsmiracle.info/ via Rosie Hughes https://rosieehughes.blogspot.com/ November 11, 2024 at 04:01PM

[2dollarsmiracles]

It's Hard To Fail If You Know This Secret

It's Hard To Fail If You Know This Secret https://2dollarsmiracle.info/its-hard-to-fail-if-you-know-this-secret This CRAZY Awesome NEW Business Is The Fastest, Easiest Way To Grow An AMAZING Income From Home Ready to Say Goodbye to Bills and Hello to Thrills? Give Us A 30 Day Free Trial You Have Nothing To Lost Could This Be The EASIEST Biz Opp EVER?   Welcome A Board To Wealth step-by step Thank You For Joining SERIOUSLY! It doesn't get any easier than this...  ... WE WILL GENERATE  LEADS FOR YOU!  ... WE WILL RECRUIT FOR YOU  . .. WE WILL CLOSE YOUR SALES FOR YOU!  This opportunity is highly recommend If I Can Show You A Way To Get Paid Promoting Your Primary Business Would That Be Interesting To YouYour $100 FREE Escape Plan If You Like Business Opportunity I will pay your way in for free $30 Value All I need from you is 1- your name 2-email 3-Full address And I will send you all your login info  Youtube Video My Wealth Escape Plan  Watch this 1-minute video where I show you how to pay for your monthly membership 4 Free  Youtube Video My Wealth Escape Plan Recruiting https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a92Voyt8rJM Companys Homepage https://escaperoute.info  What You Get Get started for only $0 the lowest in the industry. Earn huge $3 and $7 commissions from your downline. Forced matrixes creating teamwork. Can earn over $100s per week/Month in residual income! $25 Fast Start Bonus for personal enrollments each month. If You Like To Join And Pay,I will send you $30 asap with in 1-2 hrs https://billspaid.info Erving Croxen Contact me  ervingcroxen@gmail.com Facebook Training https://www.facebook.com/Ervingbroadcasting 23+ Years Marketing To Your Success via 2dollarsmiracle https://2dollarsmiracle.info November 11, 2024 at 01:54PM

[shiningdesignersreflections]

Chapter 2: An Invitation

Narrated by no one.

Narrator: Having spent a sleepless night, Caprico walks out of the workshop and fills his mouth with a nutrient solution. He then opens his inbox and copies a payment reminder email before sending it out.

You: Wow, this guy owes you money?

Caprico: I only allowed it because he's a regular. He'd better be dead now... or else I'm going to make him regret the day he was born.

Narrator: "G's Order Form" is what it says on the payment reminder that Caprico sent out. Data Recorder, Collector, Portable Brainwave Blocker... all made from bionic materials that can be injected into the body.

You: Whatever this "G" is doing doesn't seem entirely safe.

Caprico: And that would be the case with all of my clients. Their safety and how they use my products are the least of my concerns, as long as they pay me on time.

Narrator: Right then, the doorbell rings. A visitor reminder pops up on Caprico's screen as the screen connects to the monitor at the door.

Narrator: The monitor, however, shows no one at the door... except for a parcel that sits on the ground.

Narrator: With a frown on his face, Caprico brings the parcel in with a robotic arm. He opens it and sees nothing in it other than a clean-looking bracelet.

Narrator: He proceeds to analyze the bracelet with his device. The device, however, is unable to tell him how the bracelet was made.

Narrator: "Ping"... as if trying to tell him that he's being monitored, Caprico's computer rings, after which an email pops up.

Narrator: On it, there is nothing but one short line... Code-219, this is an invitation from Glow.

Choose either "Glow? Code-219?" or "This parcel doesn't seem right."

If "Glow," ...

You: Glow? Code-219? What do they mean?

Caprico: Glow is Ruins' Administration AI and the world's most perfect artificial intelligence. And Code-219... would be me.

If "parcel," ...

You: This parcel doesn't seem right. It seems like the sender has hacked into your computer. Aren't you going to do something about this?

Caprico: Glow is the only thing that's capable of it. She's the most advanced artificial intelligence, so I'm sure it could have been much worse had she meant to hurt me.

--

Caprico: Glow and I go way back, so I'm positive that this bracelet came from Ruins. What I don't understand, though, is why she's reaching out to me all of a sudden.

Narrator: Weighing his options, Caprico decides to put the bracelet on his wrist. As soon as it's activated, the built-in hologram projector in the bracelet shows the hologram of a female that is missing facial features.

Electronic Sound: Identifying user appearance... Analyzing user preferences... Analysis complete. Reforming hologram. Hologram complete.

Narrator: A few ripples later, the hologram becomes complete with facial features... it's now a face facing Caprico with a perfect smile, a face that he can't be more familiar with.

Narrator: Glow showed Caprico her human form years ago when he was a student at Ruins.

Glow: Hi, Code-219. Nice to see you again. I see you're still the same.

Narrator: The hologram seems both real and surreal against a dark backdrop of the deserted factory. Caprico's eyes shine with the light particles around the hologram.

Narrator: This is the brainchild of the most advanced technology, a perfect artificial intelligence.

Narrator: When Glow walks a step closer to Caprico, some of the light particles on her start raining down.

Glow: I would like to invite you to join me somewhere.

Caprico: Where?

Narrator: The light particles landing around Caprico are reminiscent of ice-cold sparks that land on the soil.

Glow: Future.

Chapter 1

Chapter 3

Chapter 4