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derinthescarletpescatarian · 2 days ago

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This is not an "I stayed up all night and ruined my life over your story" message. No. I bought myself the printed copies of TTOU as a Christmas present and promised myself I would not fall victim to the siren call of the Good Book All-Nighter. I did not want to suffer the consequences (migraine) that would bring, and even more, I wanted to enjoy them. A good book, I have always felt, deserves to be savored.

So I began Book 1, and savor it I did. I took my sweet time with your book, Derin - so much time, in fact, that I fucked up the tendon in my left (that is to say, dominant) thumb from holding such a heavy tome open for so long.

Do you know what happens when you fuck up the tendon in your dominant thumb? I'll tell you: Nothing. Everything uses that thumb, you see. By avoiding a few days of pain, I have, in fact, doomed myself to a lifetime of misery, for it is only by avoiding anything I might enjoy that I maintain the thumb strength to do the mundane shit I hate but must do anyway. Dishes. Laundry.

This is my villain origin story.

Which is all to say, excellent book. Thank you for putting out the print copies, because I can't read on a screen. Can't wait until I'm recovered enough to re-injure myself on part 2.

Making doctors and nurses late isn't enough, I'm resorting to disrupting the healthcare system by physically injuring people.

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linolinoing · 1 month ago

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Paddington (2014) — dir. Paul King // As we are (2024) — dir. Soze Yoon

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hauntjester · 28 days ago

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‘I am Eleanor,’ Theo said, ‘because I am wearing blue. I love my love with an E because she is ethereal. Her name is Eleanor, and she lives in expectation.’

#my art #art #the haunting of hill house #hill house book #the haunting of hill house fanart #hill house book fanart #eleanor vance #eleanor hill house #this was a fun one i started as a page in my sketchbook and then made digital #im kinda obsessed with hill house (the book) rn #i think it's safe to say it is my favorite book #but anyways this one was fun im trying to do less like. fully rendered stuff #and was playing with some brushes in #procreate #that i got for myself as a post-christmas pre-surgery present #but yeah #wanted to make my eleanor design look like her from the original movie #which i still need to finish watching #anyways #fanart #hauntjester #tags are hard #artists on tumblr #procreate art #digital art #most of these tags are for archiving purposes anyways #might also post this one on instagram #we will see #and yeah 'i am learning the pathways of the heart' is one of my favorite random phrases that eleanor thinks to herself #bc its like babe i don't know if you are

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risingsunresistance · 2 months ago

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the day i got this thing compared to today is just a bit funny

#i know i got it A WHILE ago but i've only had the time to use it four times so. crazy difference considering that lol #see this is a ''new'' ''christmas present'' that will be put under the tree. so i need to use it only when my dad cant see me #my mom knows about it but my dad gets pissed when christmas ''doesnt look like it used to'' so we just. fake a bunch of presents lmao #yea christmas doesnt look like it used to bc my toys arent cheap plastic now and we dont make that much money-#anyways! i havent used this new brush to draw him yet it's sooooo fun #but my creative well has run INCREDIBLY dry with him so i dont really have any ideas :V tragic #i think i might actually take that wip i have and completely start over lining it #as cool as it looks in pixel art. i just really love this brush #and i just cant see myself doing super precise pixel art like this anymore... at least not BIG pixel art #that's one of the biggest drawings i've made TO DATE. no way in hell it's getting done on a new device 😭#so i think that will be my project for the next few days >:)#that and drawing more m&l stuff kjfhkg i've done sooooo many doodles of the final boss #i need to draw him playing balatro...#awa

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isa-ah · 2 months ago

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ok i narrowed it down

#i guess i could always buy myself whichever one i dont ask for for birthday/christmas present =m=#in which case the coveralls are on sale for half off which is why theyre the same price #i just think theyre neat. imagine my little faggot ass running around in either of these #i have big water proof hunting boots that match my camo hat so like. the vibes either way. w my wedding flannel?#i went thru a period of time where i tried to not dress like a hick bc i didnt want to look like. yknow. while we live here #but then i decided fuck that -> do it anyway #and so here we are...

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orcelito · 2 months ago

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Snow is canceled forever and ever bc it's so so scary to drive in. I don't want to drive in snow ever again. It was not even an inch though. But it was still SoScary. Unfortunately I am a Hoosier, so snow driving is inevitable.

#speculation nation #me just barely starting to get comfortable with driving my beautiful Tesci then WHAM #just 2 days after buying her im hit with Snow Driving (for the first time in my life!!!!)#i went to walmart after my failed appointment to buy some shit for my car. bc i went Oh Fuck sitting in there with snow on my windshield #bc i bought this car Two Days Ago so i didnt have a fucking scraper or brush yet 😭😭😭😭#i changed that tho. also bought a winter emergency kit. complete with jumper cables flashlight and blanket. plus some other stuff #oh SHOVEL. apparently. idk how they fit it in there. i just kinda left it in my car lol i did not care to open it yet.#i also got some air freshener stuff for my car. bc it has a bit of a scent to it.#used to belong to a smoker i guess. tho it's not too bad + i actually kinda like lingering smoke smell #But Also i wanna have my car with a scent i chose. so i bought... Leather Scent (???) air freshener #'hearth. pepper. and bourbon' idk how thats Leather but it smells good. so i got it.#ALSO bought some gloves im gonna keep in my car as driving gloves. theyre kinda sleek.#and ummmmm i bought some christmas lights. ill hang them up Somewhere. no energy for that rn but they were cheap and i love string lights #so i got them anyways. i'll come up with smth to do with them eventually.#i also bought a few food things. as a way to cheer myself up. ate some cream puffs after dinner today... mmmm #and it felt rly nice to leave the store and load up a car and not have to haul all of that back by hand.#even if i was also Very Scared of going back out in the snow hfmshfmsbd #it's supposed to be a bit warmer today than it was yesterday tho (by today i mean tuesday. bc it is in that realm now)#but ahhh. i might have a presentation today. i need to rest up so i can get ready for that.#sleepy time for me time. yes

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raifuujin · 3 months ago

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Secret archives arrived. Which I won't be scanning for another day or so because it happened to get delivered on my b-day, but I have seen some people really interested in seeing it, so. Soon.

Who knows about the other handful of books that need to be added. I have them, but some digital versions have been shared for some that might be better to link than my physical ones, and motivation can be hard when I have to provide it. Also I got a used copy of Animal Crossing Switch months ago and keeping up with that mostly-daily has taken a solid chunk of attention in my off time. And then there's this 1000 piece Pokemon Ditto puzzle--

#It's been busy around the house this year in ways it. Normally isn't #Mostly good stuff. Its just been more socializing and being up and out of the house #I need a very large amount of time of nothing going on for me to focus and do stuff #And instead i get two sometimes three sit down moments most days #...Which atm has been directed at the puzzle i knew was going to be a pain to work #(Because I have a pile of Pokemon puzzles I was trying to get through so I could put them all away together)#(And at the time i had three options and my hubris chose Ditto)#(Now i have 12 in the wings because impulse buying on good value puzzles)#(And i know I'm getting another one for Christmas.)#(Help)#But yeah; anyway; secret archive came in that I do want to make available #And because it's my b-day: To anyone who might get jealous: I got the two fluffy Zorua plushies #The original black one for a present; and the white one i bought from Pokemon Center myself and it happened to arrive today

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asparklethatisblue · 1 year ago

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kinda cute to be raised on “only your family will truly love and support you, and they will show their love via money. Physical and emotional abuse means nothing because at least you will never want for anything!”

and then have your parents randomly and smugly tell you to never ask them for anything ever cause you have a job

#i asked for the equivalent of a Christmas present which I didn’t get last year fyi #and now they keep reminding me to not expect anything from them #and the thing is? I don’t NEED anything #but what about emotional support cause my rent is increasing? I just want to be told it’ll be ok I don’t want money #but i can’t even bring up money anxiety cause they WILL be cruel about it #or tell me to move back home which yeah ok I’d live there for free but I’d also kill myself so haha #anyway when you were taught to measure parental love via money…#Not to MENTION that we were poor when I was little and my baby brother gets??? So many fucking expensive toys now??

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cesium-sheep · 5 months ago

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oh shit I forgot a package was delivered today. do I want to get out of my comfy bed to get it.

#the answer is no but I'll do it anyway #it could be a birthday present #the window doesn't close on birthday presents until arin visits next week #(even then something might turn up late on time from a friend)#(presents are always on time for their intentions even if they don't arrive when expected)#(like the year I kept getting late christmas presents on otherwise terrible awful exceptionally bad days)#(but most of my friends either don't do much for birthdays or tend to stay in specific lanes)#(so it's not the same like. embargo on buying myself certain things for risk of duplicates.)#(that's a significant function of the present window.)#(anyway I'm gonna get the mail now.)

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g4rchomp · 1 year ago

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I'm looking into noise cancelling headphones and there are Sony ones below 150$CAD that look good but idk anything about noise cancelling headphones I'm a bit lost.

wait why does the best buy website says '150$ - save 100$!' when they're already priced at 150$ on the sony website... what am I missing....

#if u have any experiences with noise cancelling headphones I'm all ears #anyways im gonna figure out if it's actually a good deal or not. there seems to be a sale but it's the normal price so wtf?#also not sure if I would buy them myself or suggest it as a christmas present from my mom #it's a big gift so she wouldn't have to get me anything else and spend time being stressed out about what to buy

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steviescrystals · 9 months ago

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considering like 80% of the conversations i have with my dad are about all the concerts i go to and all the ones he went to when he was younger i’m kind of shocked it’s taken this long for us to go to one together

#he took my older sister to her first concert bc she was 12 and i will never stop whining about it bc it was one direction with 5sos #so my DAD has seen one direction live and i never got to </3 #but anyway i didn’t get to go to my first concert until i was 15 and then i didn’t go to any for almost 2 years bc of covid #so by the time i started going to a lot i just would always go with my friends or by myself bc why would i bring my dad to like… sabrina…#he tends to like most of the bands i listen to when i play their music for him but idk we’ve just never considered going together #BUT the one thing we’ve talked about since i was like 12 is how if and when ac/dc does a north american tour again we have to go #bc they’re my favorite classic rock band ever and my dad is a dad so of course he loves them #and then like a week after we’d been talking about this again the rolling stones announced a tour #and it was right around thanksgiving so i was like wait tickets for this would be the perfect christmas present #and now here we are and it still hasn’t fully hit me that i’m seeing the fucking rolling stones live #like that’s bucket list shit #lj.txt

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talkfastcal · 1 year ago

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#got sad because i thought about how lonely i am and then that triggered me to think about [redacted] and that put me in a BAD MOOD-#especially since its christmas eve it was not a good combination #and then i had to go be with my family and not act like i wanted to disappear and so as im battling that every little thing is making me-#upset (because i get very irritable easily especially when in a triggered/anxious state)#i accidentally spilled my drink all over the floor and that just set me off right there #calmed myself down by watching some videos and then i started feeling better enough to go out to the living room to attempt to get-#some cookies (key word ATTEMPT) and as im walking into the kitchen to put my plate away (i finished eating in my room its just tragic reall #i tripped on something glass and it fell over on the floor #....i was SO done after that i put my plate in the sink and slammed my door (not my brightest move im sorry)#and so then my mom talks to me later (when were on our way to church) and shes like 'im not surprised you slammed your door honestly'#and then i started feeling better after i realized she wasn't mad at me at all for this (because im still trying to deal with new triggers)#so anyways then i went to church came home watched white christmas and finished wrapping presents #and now im ready to celebrate christmas #no one cares kristen

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diogoatjota · 1 year ago

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Mfw my friends send pics of their xmas eve outfits but because my parents are so alienated from catholic culture we simply dont celebrate it

#I JUST WANT TO CELEBRATE CHRISTMAAAAAS WERE ALREADY CULTURALLY CATHOLICS. WHAT IS THE PROBLEEEM?MM #the devilish combination of being poor immigrants (HOWEVER. IN A COUNTRY WITH VERY SIMILAR TRADITIONS/SAME RELIGION) and lowkey agnostic #I NEVER GOT TO CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS BECAUSE MY PARENTS CANNOT BE FUCKING ARSED AND HALF OF MY LIFE I DIDNT EVEN GET PRESENTS!#damn... i sound like a disney villain lmfaoo 😭😭😭#anyways! id like to have the option to get annoyed at my families xmas dinners! but WE DONT HAVE ANY #BECAUSE WERE SPRAWLED ACROSS THE CONTINENT #ALSO fun fact MY GRANDPARENTS DO IN FACT CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS. SO DO MY AUNTS AND UNCLES. SO WHAT IS OUR PROBLEEEEEEEMMMMM IM SO MAD #ill have to do all the christmas cooking (except... the steak my dad bought i think) ALL BY MYSELF! IIIIIIII GIFT WRAPPED MY PRESENTS FOR MY #PARENTS! AND GUESS WHAT IF I HADNT TOLD THEM I DID THIS. I AGAIN WOULD NOT HAVE GOTTEN ANYTHING FOR XMAS 😐😐😐#PLEASE GOD I JUST WANT TO BE IN A LOVING FAMILY THAT CAN ACTUALLY SHOW LOVE 😭😭😭😭#sham!s rambles

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aberooski · 1 year ago

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Every day I tell myself "all I have to do is make it through today" and I'm realizing that I don't know how I feel about the fact that I feel like I have to tell myself that every single day.

#a lot of times it's because I hate my job and I'm miserable #I literally cried in the car on the way home today because I got so stressed during my shift #never work at a movie theater kids it's awful #I wish I didn't #I wish I could have a real job because I fucking went to college I got my fucking dgree #and yet this was the best I could do because I've never had a job in my life so no one would give me the time of day #I feel humiliated every single day I walk into the building #I feel like such a failure and an embarrassment #and that's not to say everyone who works at the theatre ahould feel that way that's now what I'm saying #but that's how I personally feel about myself and the situation that I am in #and we're entering the busiest week of the year so it sucks even more than usual #but also I'm just so tired from this year it's been a really bad one for me and my family #just abysmal in every way #so I have to remind myself I have to make it through the day every day right now #but you know what it's fine I have a chapter done and ready to go on Christmas and it's been almlst 4 years in the making #so in that case I have a present for some of you and I'm really excited about it #it's gonna be a sad Christmas for us because everyone in my family is broke but I hope you guys all have a better holiday than I will #and as someone who adores Christmas like it's my favorite day of the year type adore I'm just really down in the dumps right now #just feeling very sad #but anyway sorry rant over I have to go to bed #I don't get saturday's off and those are my lingest shifts so 🙃#I get christmas eve and christmas ofd tough 😊#but not the day after 🙃#anyway bedtime for me sorry to rant guys #abby's self deprecation hour #abby after dark

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lil-cherubb · 1 year ago

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I made 2 crochet snowflakes today as Christmas tree ornaments for my mom. Kinda sad I didn't work on the amigurumi stuff but I mean bro I'm getting fucked in the ass by school rn so ill just be a bit sad I'm not gonna be hard on myself

#I keep having my moments of like “I'm never going to get anything done at this rate” and then I'm like #wake up you stupid bitch its the middle of October you have until end of December!!!!!!!#literally I'm so hard on myself about it :(#I'm doing good and I'm actually motivated to be crocheting for once #I do need to find a newer pattern to make for my dad tho #I might make three things. but prob two for my dad #bc I'm making two for my sis #and one for my mom + blanket for my mom #and two for my grandma #And then I'm trying to finish a couple projects I have in the works for myself so I can like #make myself Christmas presents lol #and have them all done so I can open the presents and show them to everyone #Which by that I mean my knit blanket and POSSIBLY MAYBE A CARDIGAN #bc I got some new yarn and I rlly rlly wanna make a cardi with it :)) a knit cardigan specifically #Anyways gn I'm just ranting in the tags now lol

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officialrapunzelfitzherbert · 21 days ago

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guys look @ this garfield watch i got on ebay

#its garf o clock babey!!!!!#it came w a lil bell on it like a cat collar it was rly cute but i took it off bc im wearing this to work and it was gonna bother me #i can put it back on whenever i want tho. anyways. Him #i feel like i dont garfpost enough on this webbed site. i love him sooo much #im slowlyyy becoming a garfield collector but i dont have money so it is hard #this is the first time ive had Any expendable income in. a frickign while #and by Any i mean enough to get myself a christmas present this year and this guy in january #BUT !!! i have made myself a few garfs #i also got a free garf mug of the Mcdonalds Lead Variety on my local buy nothing he lives on my shelf by my tv #ill post a garf tour eventually when i have better lighting

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