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[y2kbeautyandother2000sstuff]

Avon mark. Help Wanted Exfoliating Cleanser with Apple and Cinnamon and Mist Opportunity Multi Tasking Refresher with Kiwi and Grapefruit

2003-2005ish

Found on Ebay, user 1quebear

[1vidapoeticando]

Eu sei... que muitos estão triste nesse momento, mas tudo na nossa vida tem um motivo e um propósito, se tem uma coisa que eu aprendi é não reclamar de mais nada e agradecer a Deus por minha vida e a oportunidade de estar aqui nesse mundo, não estamos aqui do nada, estamos aqui pra sermos instrumentos de Deus, e viver a vida da melhor forma possível, ajudando sempre a quem pudermos, críticas, sempre vai ter, sempre vão falar de nós, falatório não paga nossas contas, não devemos viver com o intuito de agradar ninguém, só a Deus e a nós mesmos, olhar com bons olhos foi oque Jesus nos ensinou, essa lição sempre carregarei na minha vida, eu sei de onde Deus me tirou e já sei o quanto devo ser grata a Deus por tudo e por pessoas especiais na minha vida, e agradeço sempre, muitos não sabem oque passamos, só sabem julgar e criticar, deixa pra lá, e vamos é viver a cada dia mais e melhor e agradar a Deus e ser feliz 😊 isso incomoda muita gente...

Lo sé... que muchos están tristes en estos momentos, pero todo en nuestras vidas tiene un por qué y un propósito, si hay algo que he aprendido es a no quejarme más de nada y agradecer a Dios por mi vida y la oportunidad. estar aquí En este mundo, no estamos aquí de la nada, estamos aquí para ser instrumentos de Dios, y vivir la vida de la mejor manera posible, ayudando siempre a quien podamos, críticas, siempre las habrá, siempre las habrá. hablar de nosotros, hablar no paga nuestras cuentas, no debemos vivir con la intención de agradar a nadie, solo a Dios y a nosotros mismos, mirar con buenos ojos es lo que Jesús nos enseñó, esta lección la llevaré siempre en mi vida, Se de donde me sacó Dios y ya sé lo mucho que debo ser. Estoy agradecida con Dios por todo y por las personas especiales en mi vida, y siempre estoy agradecida, muchos no saben por lo que hemos pasado. solo saben juzgar y criticar, dejenlo pasar, y vivamos cada dia mas y mejor y agrademos a Dios y seamos felices 😊 esto molesta a mucha gente....

I know... that many are sad right now, but everything in our lives has a reason and a purpose, if there's one thing I've learned, it's not to complain about anything anymore and to thank God for my life and the opportunity to be here In this world, we are not here out of nowhere, we are here to be instruments of God, and live life in the best possible way, always helping whoever we can, criticism, there will always be, there will always be talk about us, talk doesn't pay our bills, We shouldn't live with the intention of pleasing anyone, just God and ourselves, looking with good eyes is what Jesus taught us, this lesson I will always carry in my life, I know where God took me from and I already know how much I should be I'm grateful to God for everything and for special people in my life, and I'm always grateful, many don't know what we've been through, they only know how to judge and criticize, let it go, and let's live more and better every day and please God and be happy 😊 this bothers a lot of people.....

Je sais... que beaucoup sont tristes en ce moment, mais tout dans nos vies a une raison et un but, s'il y a une chose que j'ai apprise, c'est de ne plus me plaindre de rien et de remercier Dieu pour ma vie et l'opportunité. être ici Dans ce monde, nous ne sommes pas là de nulle part, nous sommes là pour être des instruments de Dieu et vivre la vie de la meilleure façon possible, en aidant toujours qui nous pouvons, la critique, il y en aura toujours, il y aura toujours parler de nous, parler ne paie pas nos factures, nous ne devrions pas vivre avec l'intention de plaire à qui que ce soit, juste à Dieu et à nous-mêmes, regarder avec de bons yeux est ce que Jésus nous a enseigné, cette leçon que je porterai toujours dans ma vie, je Je sais d'où Dieu m'a pris et je sais déjà à quel point je devrais l'être. Je suis reconnaissant envers Dieu pour tout et pour les personnes spéciales dans ma vie, et je suis toujours reconnaissant, beaucoup ne savent pas ce que nous avons vécu, ils ne savent que juger et critiquer, laisser tomber, vivre plus et mieux chaque jour et plaire à Dieu et être heureux 😊 cela dérange beaucoup de gens....

Lo so... che molti sono tristi in questo momento, ma tutto nella nostra vita ha una ragione e uno scopo, se c'è una cosa che ho imparato è a non lamentarci più di nulla e a ringraziare Dio per la mia vita e l'opportunità essere qui In questo mondo, non siamo qui dal nulla, siamo qui per essere strumenti di Dio, e vivere la vita nel miglior modo possibile, aiutando sempre chi possiamo, le critiche, ci saranno sempre, ci saranno sempre parlare di noi, parlare non ci paga le bollette, non dobbiamo vivere con l'intenzione di piacere a nessuno, solo a Dio e a noi stessi, guardare con occhi buoni è ciò che Gesù ci ha insegnato, questa lezione che porterò sempre nella mia vita, io so da dove Dio mi ha portato e so già quanto dovrei essere sono grato a Dio per tutto e per le persone speciali nella mia vita, e sono sempre grato, molti non sanno cosa abbiamo passato, sanno solo giudicare e criticare, lasciamo perdere, e viviamo ogni giorno di più e meglio e piacendo a Dio ed essere felici 😊 questo dà fastidio a molte persone....

أعلم... أن الكثيرين يشعرون بالحزن الآن، لكن كل شيء في حياتنا له سبب وهدف، إذا كان هناك شيء واحد تعلمته، فهو ألا أشتكي من أي شيء بعد الآن وأن أشكر الله على حياتي والفرصة التي أتيحت لي. أن نكون هنا في هذا العالم، لسنا هنا من العدم، نحن هنا لنكون أدوات لله، ونعيش الحياة بأفضل طريقة ممكنة، ونساعد دائمًا من نستطيع، النقد، سيكون هناك دائمًا، سيكون هناك دائمًا تحدث عنا، الكلام لا يسدد فواتيرنا، لا يجب أن نعيش بهدف إرض��ء أحد، فقط الله وأنفسنا، النظر بعيون جيدة هو ما علمنا إياه يسوع، هذا الدرس الذي سأحمله دائمًا في حياتي، أنا أعرف من أين أخذني الله وأعلم بالفعل كم يجب أن أكون، أنا ممتن لله على كل شيء وللأشخاص المميزين في حياتي، وأنا ممتن دائمًا، فالكثيرون لا يعرفون ما مررنا به، يعرفون فقط كيف يحكمون وينتقدون، اترك الأمر، ولنعيش كل يوم أكثر وأفضل ونرضي الله ونسعد 😊 هذا يزعج الكثير من الناس

私は知っています...今、多くの人が悲しんでいることは知っていますが、私たちの人生にはすべて理由と目的があります。私が学んだことが一つあるとすれば、それはもう何も文句を言わないこと、そして私の人生と機会を神に感謝することですこの世界では、私たちはどこからともなくここにいるわけではありません、私たちは神の道具となるためにここにいます、そして可能な限り最善の方法で人生を送り、常にできる限りの人を助けます、批判、常に存在します、常に存在します私たちのことを話してください、話してもお金はかかりません、私たちは誰かを喜ばせるつもりで生きるべきではありません、ただ神と自分自身だけです、良い目で見ることはイエスが私たちに教えてくれたことです、この教訓は私が常に人生で持ち続けるでしょう、私は神が私をどこから連れて行ってくれたのか知っています、そして私がどれだけあるべきかすでに知っています 私はすべてのことと私の人生の特別な人たちに神に感謝しています、そして私はいつも感謝しています、多くの人は私たちが何を経験してきたのか知りません、彼らは判断し批判する方法しか知りません、それを手放して、毎日もっともっと良く生きて神を喜ばせて幸せになりましょう😊これは多くの人を悩ませています

[am-i-the-asshole-official]

AITA For ruining a coworker's "business opportunity?"

For a bit of context this happened in the Summer of 2020. Also I'll be using the term MLM frequently and in this case it means "multi-level marketing" so comapanies like Avon, Tupperware, Monat, Vector-Cutco, LuLaRoe, etc. A

So I have this coworker let's call her T and in July of 2020 I got a FB message from her that said "Hey girl, so I recently started my own business and I thought you would be the perfect candidate to join my team! We'll be selling cooking and bakeware which should be right up your alley given how much you love to bake! So what do you say are you ready to join my team and leave [place of employment] behind?" I was immediately suspicious about the uncharacteristic tone of her message and asked her "What is the company name?" And she responded with "Pampered Chef." (an MLM). For the record, I am extremely anti-MLM, and know from following several anti-MLM YouTubers that hardly anyone makes any kind of money in those comapanies. So I politely declined her offer. And she immediately said "But you would be perfect! It would be just like when you sold Girl Scout cookies when you were a kid! I need you to join my team!" And I told her "I'm not interested in selling bakeware for an MLM. So my answer is still no." (Also bold of her to assume I did any of the cookie selling when I was in Girl Scouts, I gave thr forms to my parents and they did the bulk of the work).

I thought that was the end of it until I got an invite to an IN-PERSON (remember this was July 2020) Pampered Chef party at her house that at that point 40 people had RSVP'd to. I declined again snd blocked the group and a few days later I got another invite which I again declined. And the process repeated several more times. One day I got one at work within earshot of the manager's office and loudly said "Oh my GOD T I'm not going to your Pampered Chef house party in the middle of a pandemic!" Which got the manager's attention (we had already had one incident where an associate's wedding turned into a super-spreader event where 20 other associates ended up missing work due to Covid) and he asked me what was going on. And me being fed up with the near constant harassment, she messaged me several times a week and even went to my dad about it (he worked at the same store we did), I told him everything. And the following day T announced on Facebook "Unfortunately due to the current state of things, I regretfully have to cancel the in-house Pampered Chef party." She had also messaged me "thanks to you I can't hold my party or recruit people from work. Why did you tell management about it?" And I told her I was fed up with the constant harassment and didn’t see any other way of making it stop. I ended up blocking T after that. And thought it was the end of it.

Until her husband messaged me on FB several weeks later "Hi, I'm [so-so] T's husband, she asked me to reach out to you on her behalf to ask you if you would be interested in joining her team at Scentsy (another MLM that sells scented wax melts) she can't seem to message you for some reason." And I responded "Sir, with all due respect I've already had to threaten to file a harassment grievance against T if she continues to try and recruit me for her "businesses." My answer is still no and I will ask you to never contact me about this again otherwise I will go through with my threat." He apologized and I never heard from him again. T on the other hand makes snide remarks about how I ruined her businesses every time we happen to be on the same shift. And how I didn't have to be a narc and go to management about it and I should have just let it be. So AITA?

What are these acronyms?

[thethirdromana]

Blake's costumes, rated

Every time I do one of these, someone asks me for another one. So... I guess I'm doing the set?

Here are my thoughts on Blake's costumes in Blake's 7. Get ready for a whole lot of brown. Screengrabs from here (they prefer their images copied, not linked) and record of what Blake wears when from here. Here's the same for Avon, Servalan and Jenna.

As seen in The Way Back, Space Fall, Cygnus Alpha, and Time Squad.

This is Blake in his normal, pre-Liberator clothes, and wow are they boring. This is clearly a man who was waiting for any opportunity to cut loose. Look how small his sleeves are! This isn't the clothing of a freedom fighter; it looks like the uniform of a handyman at an eco-friendly adventure park. It's not really Blake at all. 3/10.

As seen in The Web, Seek-Locate-Destroy, Mission to Destiny, Duel, Project Avalon, Breakdown, Deliverance, and Orac.

I was going to say that this is a long time to be wearing the same outfit, but at a closer look, Blake does change his shirt. Thank goodness, because the question of who does the laundry on the Liberator has bothered me before, and I didn't like to think of Blake being stinky for most of series A.

Also, this is a great outfit. I feel like the way it has four different elements and textures should be too much, but it's working for me, particularly the chainmail-esque sleeve detail. 8/10.

As seen in The Web, Seek-Locate-Destroy, Duel, Project Avalon, Bounty, and Orac.

Jenna made the pink version of this look cool; Blake looks like a dad in a National Trust car park. There might be poo bags for the family Labrador in one of his many pockets. Honestly, kudos to the Blake's 7 costume designers for this one: obviously functional and yet perfectly of a piece with the more ridiculous outfits in the series. I don't love to look at it but I have to admire it. 6/10.

As seen in Redemption, Shadow, Horizon, and Killer.

In which Blake appears to be wearing an entire cow. Honestly, I love this outfit, from the sleeves to the boots. It's Romantic hero meets Robin Hood, it's ridiculous, it's wonderful. Gareth Thomas must have been so warm. 15/10.

As seen in Shadow, and Voice From the Past.

I got a telling-off in the notes on my Jenna post for not including her in the karate ghi. So let the record stand that I approve of the karate ghi universally for Blake's 7 characters. I particularly appreciate that Avon and Jenna have theirs fastened up, while Blake's is open halfway to his midriff. Quarry chic, you can't beat it. 8/10.

As seen in Weapon, Pressure Point, Trial, Countdown, and Voice From the Past.

This feels to me like the classic Blake outfit. It's like Avon's bajillion studded black leather jackets: green leather and bishop's sleeves are simply what Blakes in their natural environment should wear. But it's not quite as batshit as some of his other outfits and so I can't love it quite as much. 7/10.

As seen in Horizon.

I accept that I'm straining the definition of "outfit" here but come on, I couldn't not include this moment. I love the artfully placed grime; I love the way, it being the 70s, that Blake's trousers come up to his navel; I love the fact that this is, to the best of my recollection, the one and only scene of someone taking their top off in the whole of Blake's 7. 10/10.

As seen in Horizon.

The Romantic hero look is BACK. Here Blake is starring as a rebel version of Colin Firth's Mr Darcy. Get this man a lake to jump in. It is my firm belief that no man has yet existed who doesn't look good in this kind of shirt, and Gareth Thomas is no exception. 9/10.

As seen in Hostage.

This is one of those "who wore it best?" moments and I have to be honest and say: Avon did. The rule that Avon should wear tight things, preferably leather, and Blake should wear loose things, preferably with massive sleeves, is not being disproven here. 4/10.

As seen in Hostage, Gambit, The Keeper, and Star One.

There's just too much stuff going on here. The chainmail effect outfit was also quite busy but in a way that made Blake look bigger and bolder. This is the opposite; he looks almost smothered by it. There's a lot of fabric around his neck. It's brown and there's leather, but Blake doesn't look at home. 4/10.

As seen in Blake.

Normally I rate these costumes based partly on how good they look, and partly on how well I feel they suit the character, and normally those two things are in alignment and it's all good. But here, I'm so torn.

Blake looks like shit. He's wearing some kind of horrific quilted knee-length gilet like a cross between a knight and someone who spends too much money in Jack Wills. It's too big for him and the little grab-handles on the front are... well, they're not very functional without Avon around to be grabbing him, are they? But on the other hand, it would be really weird if he looked good at this point in his story. The costume designers have judged this perfectly, and I hate it. 5/10.

[mayyourshipsbewithyou]

I saw Cursed Child in London this summer without knowing what to expect (never read the script). I fucking loved it. I traveled to Munich, Paris, Euro Disney, Stratford-upon-Avon and London over the course of a month. I saw old friends and spent time with family. Cursed Child was hands-down the highlight of the whole trip. Certainly the thing that stuck with me the longest. Did the plot make sense? No. Did that subtract from my experience even a little bit? Absolutely not.

Harry Potter was never the reason I breathed like it was for some people. It wasn’t even my main fandom. But I grew up with it. I loved it. Deathly Hallows Part II came out the year I graduated high school. Afterwards, I moved on without much difficulty. Thought about it from time to time because nothing epitomized my childhood and growing up like Harry Potter. And then the opportunity arose to see Cursed Child and I took it. Insisted upon it to my family. One of the best things I ever did.

Because sometime in my 20s I realized I was gay. And as I now know, that’s something I have in common with Albus Potter. Harry Potter’s son, my childhood hero’s son, was gay. As far as me and my 65 year old father are concerned, Albus and Scorpius are as canon as Ron and Hermione. And that matters. It’s more than LGBT representation in Harry Potter. The fact that Harry’s own son is in love with Draco’s son matters so fucking much. It feels good thematically and it feels good for me personally. When it comes to that show, Delfini being Voldemort’s daughter doesn’t matter. A cliche time travel plot doesn’t matter. Voldemort/Bellatrix doesn’t matter. Albus and Scorpius matter. Their love story is the only thing that matters.

I’m sad that even post-covid audiences wanted more from them. Could they have kissed? Sure. Would i have wanted it? Of course, but they also didn’t need to. What I was already given was enough. More than enough. More than I ever thought to ask for or dare to hope for. I’m happy for Albus. So happy. Happy in a way that I wish I could be happy for myself. Not just for having a boyfriend but a best friend. I have been lonely in a way that Albus and Scorpius never had to be. And that makes me happy…and maybe a little bit sad.

Anyway, all this to say, I’ve spent the 5 weeks since I’ve been home losing myself in Scorbus fan fiction. I even wake up early so I can read before work. So if any of my fellow shippers have any recommendations, I would be very grateful.

(Yes, this long emotional post is just an elaborate way to ask for fic recs. Life’s too short for reading mediocre fan fiction. 😉)

[lacesconfidences]

Tu es Gay ?

J'étais étudiant et mon éducation avec ma soeur et Christine m'avait permis de goûter tous les plaisirs des deux sexes. J'avais eu le plaisir de faire l'amour avec Christine à quelques reprises lors de nos jeux de l'après-midi, sur leur demande à toutes les deux. Mais… Je n'avais pas encore eu de relation sexuelle avec une fille en dehors de notre cercle intime. L'occasion s'est présentée avec ma première chérie, rencontrée à l'Université. Le souci, vous vous en doutez, était que sous mes dehors de garçon "normal", j'étais plutôt féminin. Dans l'armoire de ma chambre d'étudiant, il y avait peut être deux ou trois slips de garçon mais ils étaient perdus au millieu des petites culottes, des petites jupes et robes, des collants et de mes nuisettes ! J'avais presque autant de vêtements de fille que de garçon et beaucoup plus de lingerie. C'est dans ce cadre, en fin de soirée, que j'ai reçu ma première chérie dans ma chambre. Je ne lui avais rien dit par peur de la moquerie (j'y avais déjà eu droit à la piscine) et j'avais un peu honte aussi. C'est lorsqu'elle a déboutonné mon jean qu'elle a eu la surprise. Elle a découvert une culotte de coton blanc décorée de dentelle et de petites fleurs qui couvrait mon sexe presqu'entièrement épilé. Elle a eu un petit mouvement de recul et elle m'a dit : " Tu es gay !" Non, bien sûr que non ! J'aime trop les filles et j'aime me sentir bien dans mes dessous ! lui ai-je répondu. Craignant qu'elle parte, je lui ai demandé de m'écouter et je lui ai raconté mon histoire, mes apprentissages… ma vie cachée. Cela a pris un peu de temps et peu à peu elle s'est rapprochée de moi et elle a repris son exploration de mon jean. Nous avons ensuite fait l'amour et je pense que je lui ai donné du plaisir. Mes enseignements reçus de ma soeur et Christine m'ont permis de savoir comment m'y prendre. Nous sommes restés ensemble ensuite pendant quelques semaines nous avons partagé beaucoup de choses, à commencer par mes culottes qu'elle adorait m'emprunter !

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You're gay!

I was a student and my education with my sister and Christine had allowed me to taste all the pleasures of both sexes. I had had the pleasure of making love with Christine a few times during our afternoon games, at their request. But… I had not yet had sexual relations with a girl outside our intimate circle. The opportunity arose with my first sweetheart, whom I met at the University. The problem, as you can imagine, was that under my "normal" boy exterior, I was rather feminine. In the wardrobe of my student room, there were perhaps two or three pairs of boy's briefs but they were lost in the middle of the panties, the little skirts and dresses, the tights and my nighties! I had almost as many girls' clothes as boys' clothes and much more lingerie. It was in this context, at the end of the evening, that I received my first sweetheart in my room. I hadn't told her anything for fear of being mocked (I had already been mocked at the swimming pool) and I was a little ashamed too. It was when she unbuttoned my jeans that she was surprised. She discovered a pair of white cotton panties decorated with lace and little flowers that covered my almost entirely shaved sex. She took a step back and said to me: "You're gay!"

No, of course not! I like girls too much and I like feeling good in my underwear! I answered her. Fearing that she would leave, I asked her to listen to me and I told her my story, what I had learned… my hidden life. It took a little time and little by little she got closer to me and she resumed her exploration of my jeans. We then made love and I think I gave her pleasure. My lessons from my sister and Christine allowed me to know how to do it. We stayed together for a few weeks and shared a lot of things, starting with my panties that she loved to borrow!

[selidren]

Eté 1929 - Champs-les-Sims

5/20

Quelque part, cela m'a fait beaucoup de bien d'avoir à nouveau la maison pleine de mon, même si nous nous sommes très rapidement marché dessus. En vieillissant, ma tante Juliette a un caractère de plus en plus acariâtre : un rien l'agace et elle ne se gêne pas pour le faire savoir. Nous avons attendu que Maman et Papa arrivent d'Alexandrie avec les jumelles.

Je n'ai pas pu beaucoup voir Maman, car Jeanne et Julienne lui prennent énormément de temps. Papa est allé immédiatement s'enfermer dans la chambre du grenier, et n'en est pas ressorti avant le jour des obsèques. Avant d'aller s'enfermer dans la chambre de Grand-M��re. Je ne l'ai jamais vu ainsi, il avait l'oeil torve et la mâchoire contractée comme si il contenait une affreuse douleur. Il m'a fait peine à voir, mais une fois de plus, je n'ai pas su quoi lui dire. Il n'avait alors adressé la parole qu'à Rose ou Adelphe et ses phrases étaient aussi froides que laconiques.

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Rose « Tu marques un point. Mais je pense que Grand-Mère aurait aimé que tous ses descendants soient là. Félix n’a que dix-sept ans, alors il ne se rend pas compte qu’il manquera quelque chose d’important. »

Juliette « Dois-je te rappeler que tout le monde n’est pas là ? »

Rose « Oh non, Juliette ! S’il te plaît... »

Juliette « Et pourquoi non ? Nous avons toujours une mère et une tante qui battent la campagne on ne sait où depuis plus de trente ans ! Elles ne se sont pas montrées que je sache ? »

Rose « Il faut vraiment que tu fasse ton deuil Juliette. »

Juliette « J’ai fait mon deuil quand j’avais quatre ans. Je ne m’en souviens même pas et j’ai grandi sans mère. C’est aussi simple que cela. »

Rose « Oui, tu as parfaitement surmonté cette épreuve, c’est évident. C’est pour cela que tu étouffes de colère à la moindre occasion de mentionner notre mère, soit quand on la mentionne, soit quand tu juges le moment opportun de l’agonir. Tu es drôlement bien placée pour juger Constantin dis donc… »

Rose « Tu ne réponds rien. »

Juliette « Je ne vois pas vraiment ce que je pourrais répondre. Comme souvent, tu as raison, et je me sens comme une gamine idiote. C’est juste que… c’était si injuste ce qui nous est arrivé. »

Rose « Oui, injuste. Mais je suis certaine que ce n’était pas de sa faute. Et quoi qu’il arrive, il est trop tard pour regretter. Elle est certainement morte depuis longtemps. De même que notre tante. »

Juliette « Je suis jalouse de Constantin parfois. Que lui ai eu tant de temps de plus que nous pour les connaître. J’admets que quand il parle d’elles avec son petit sourire mélancolique et ses yeux brillants de nostalgie, j’ai envie de les lui arracher. »

Rose « Je… oui je comprends. »

Juliette « Je me demande aussi si ça n’a pas eu une incidence sur mon Félix. De perdre son père si jeune. Comme la perte de ma mère en a eu sur moi. »

Rose « C’est certain. C’est pour cela que tu ne voulais pas de lui à l’enterrement n’est-ce pas ? »

Juliette « Rose, te souviens-tu de l’enterrement de Clément ? Félix avait quatre ans. Il a pleuré et crié tout du long, ça a été atroce de bout en bout. Il était en train de comprendre qu’il ne reverrait jamais son père. Les autres l’on regardé avec ce regard de pitié si condescendante, et moi j’ai senti leur jugement, parce que j’étais trop malade de tristesse pour réussir à le réconforter. Il a peur des cimetières tu sais ? Même aujourd’hui encore. »

Rose « Je ne savais pas Juliette. Tu aurais pu m’en parler. »

Juliette « Je n’ai jamais été très douée avec mes sentiments, mais après la mort de Clément, j’ai l’impression que quelqu’un a anesthésié mon coeur. J’ai l’impression de tout ressentir de façon étouffée. »

Rose « J’ai cru remarquer quelque chose oui. Tu es plus dure depuis. Avec tout le monde d’un premier abord, mais aussi avec toi. Tu es comme Constantin, tu ne parles de rien avant que tout explose. »

Juliette « Sauf que je n’ai pas explosé. C’est en dedans, et ça ne sort pas. Et de toute façon, qu’est-ce que tu aurais pu y faire ? »

Rose « Je suis peut-être médecin, mais tu as été infirmière. Tu sais très bien que parler aide, ne serait-ce qu’un peu. »

Juliette « Moi ça ne m’aide pas. Et de toute façon, je ne veux pas qu’on me voit comme une aliénée. »

[darkbluekies]

I do collect Barbies! This genuinely isn’t me trying to brag or sound arrogant, but all of my 59 Barbies I currently have are collector/special/limited edition. I like them not because of their status, but because their clothing/quality was so well done. They’re from the late 90s to 2000s.

I’m not gonna list them all of course, but I think you’ll like these as a lot listed are historical/time period inspired outfits. Let me know though if you have different/more style preferences and I’ll try to find some to share with you again.

Barbie Cafe Society

Barbie Faberge Porcelain (3 in series)

Barbie Great Fashions of the 20th Century (7 in series)

Barbie Hollywood Movie Star (6 in series)

Barbie Mrs. P.F.E. Albee: Avon (2 in series)

Barbie Royal Jewels (4 in series)

Barbie Victorian Tea Porcelain (2 in series)

Barbie Victorian with Cedric Bear

Barbie Wedgwood (2 in series)

The website I used when collecting is https://barbieguide.sosugary.com/index.php

It’s a great catalog of Barbie releases. You’ll find a lot more historical inspired dolls on there, and Barbie makes excellent porcelain dolls too that I think you’ll like.

And tips if you’re interested in fashion doll collecting…

Don’t buy newer collector/special/limited edition dolls from Mattel. They’re worse quality for outrageously more money. Trust me on this. (A lot of my collector Barbies I was able to get for $30-$40 USD new in box, compared to the $100+ USD price tag Mattel charges now for collector dolls).

Mattel has been declining in quality ever since 2016 (probably earlier) and is still going lower present day. So if you’re interested in good quality play-line or collector dolls, try to get pre 2016.

Mattel dolls most of the time have polypropylene hair, which is considered the worst hair quality fiber as it literally disintegrates over a few years and isn’t easily brushsble/stylable.

Mattel also gives most of their dolls cheap paper-like printed clothing or molded on clothes.

If you want quality, buy MGA. They have nylon hair (easily brushsble, stylable, and won’t disintegrate). Much higher quality clothes/fabrics with intricate details and complex designs.

Mattel=Quantity

MGA=Quality

Thank you for your time!

That's cool to hear :))) it's nice to find someone that shares the interest of dolls, even if it's a different kind! Although I learned a lot, thank you♡ I'll check out the older styled ones!!

I'm not very interested in fashion dolls (apart from those from the 1800s) so unfortunately I'm sticking to my child looking dolls, which is why I kind of like the American girl dolls that are supposed to look like 1900s/1800s

I'm going to take this opportunity to brag about my girls as if they were my children. Here are my some of my older dolls<3

Just like you say about Barbies, these dolls also have limited editions (such as the discontinued one with a very, very uncanny voice box from the 1880s) unfortunately, I don't have any of them. BUT, I do have two from the most famous doll makers, Kestner and Armand Marseille<3 Always have to look for the markings that tell exactly which model they are

And I have one special girl who I call Darling who has human hair!!

And I just have to squeeze this in, when I was in Belfast I got to see a doll I have been such a big fan of for so many years. It's a doll that was floating around in the wreckage and actually seeing her up close in real life made me tear up in pure happiness. She was absolutely stunning, and I think she might (just might) be a similar model to my doll with the red boots, but i could get a good luck of her neck to see the "tag". Here she is!!

I just had to, dolls are one of my biggest interest and i have to take every chance i get♡

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[bookishbethanyerin]

• arc review: fangirl down •

As a fervent fangirl, I will admit that I was nervous about this book, where a golf fangirl gets the opportunity to be her favorite player’s caddie.

I was worried that it would lean into the cartoonishly delusional extremes that fangirls are so often (and usually wrongly) associated with. That even though Tessa Bailey was at this book’s helm, it would be at best cringey and at worst deeply insulting.

But y’all – any concern I had evaporated by Chapter Two.

Though Josephine is a true fangirl – devoted to Wells Whitaker, the bad boy of the pro golf world who is in a downward spiral – she’s never solely defined by just that. And Tessa does an incredible job of not just capturing, but balancing, the reality of being a fangirl of an athlete. Sure, Josephine will admit she thinks Wells is hot, but that isn’t the reason she loyally supports him – she’s a golf expert who loves how he plays and what he brings to the game.

And Wells is a self-sabotaging mess who will take every thought you might have of a preppy, fratty, pro golfer MMC and light it on fire. He is grumpy and brooding and mouthy and really funny and such a fangirl defender and he falls so hard and so fast, and omg, you’ll love him.

With “Fangirl Down,” Tessa delivers a classic sports comeback story in a (very, very steamy!!) romance book package that is cute and clever and sexy and so, so satisfying.

Tropes to expect:

⛅️grumpy x sunshine

🥰he falls first

🌶️spicy bets

🖤touch her and 😵

😈morality chain

If you follow golf or have learned about it through osmosis (like me!), there is a moment in the third act that will have you going, “absolutely no one in the golf world would do this,” but, I mean, it’s fiction, so I didn’t stay too hung up on it.

All in all, I really loved this – in fact, it may be my favorite thing I’ve read from Tessa Bailey. (Yes, really!) And to think, I went in worried!

4.75🌟

3🌶️

⛳️An enormous thank you to Avon Books for the opportunity to read and review an advanced copy! Fangirl Down will be out February 13th!💕

[asdear]

Finally...

Here she is. 👀

I'm also going to post screenshots of what I wrote about her because I'll be honest, I don't feel like pasting everything and then re-formatting the text if it gets all messed up. I will paste her backstory/life summary, though. 🫠

I also used CharacterHub's OC template, but I removed, added, or changed some prompts to fit my character.

My other two fan characters are mentioned in her info, too, and y'all will get some hints about them. So just an FYI. 👀

C/TW: mentions of mental health, different types of abuse/assault, violence, drinking, sexual stuff, non-romantic age gap pairing, divorce, toxic parent, neurodivergent struggles

Backstory / Life Summary

Grace grew up in a lower-middle-class, single-parent household, where she had a mostly happy childhood despite some challenges. She loved riding horses at riding stables and cheerleading in middle and high school, and her dad often took her to a riding stable that offered free rides for people with disabilities. Since she had ADHD, she was eligible for it.

However, at age 14, her dad began to struggle with mental health issues related to his divorce in his past, which led to toxic behavior that affected Grace deeply. Fed up with his behavior, she impulsively fled to Los Santos when she was 16, using her passport and savings for college to stay in a hostel. To avoid being tracked down by her entire family, she deleted her social media accounts and used her own bank account to avoid leaving any evidence of running away. Despite doing everything out of impulsion, she did not regret her decision, even later on.

Only a week after arriving in Los Santos, she met Lamar on the street, who offered her the opportunity to become a gangbanger in exchange for money. She accepted the offer, despite him not knowing her age, and found that she enjoyed the thrill of criminal work.

Lester, another contact, eventually heard about her activity on the streets and reached out to her as an unknown contact, leading to her first big job working for tech billionaire Avon Hertz. Because she was underage and running out of money for her hostel, Lester was kind enough to buy her a temporary house to live in, as well as get an underground facility for her, though he had her pay him back for the facility when she had the money.

Avon initially didn't know her age, but he found out when - after the infiltration of the IAA facility - he secretly asked Lester if she was a “child.” He would even briefly catch her carrying around and playing with a unicorn squishy toy during meetings, making him wonder if she was very young, especially since fidget toys were stereotypically associated with children. Lester told him that she wasn't a child, but she was still underage and was 16 years old. Of course, the billionaire was shocked and in disbelief after discovering her age.

It took Agent 14 and Mrs. Rackman - though mostly Lester - to stand up for her and get him to accept that she was capable of doing such hard tasks. Despite using his narcissism to “protect" her innocence with degrading comments, Avon eventually got used to the idea of working with an underaged employee, though he still rarely made remarks about her age.

All of the jobs Grace did had a mental impact on her, as she struggled to adjust to the shift from casual gangbanging to high-stakes criminal activity. During and after being associated with Avon, she experienced nightmares, dissociation, and insomnia as a result, and often tried to avoid thinking about everything that happened. Despite the difficulty of the jobs, she was motivated by money and insisted on continuing to work for Avon, despite Lester and Agent 14's concerns for her well-being.

A couple of days after killing Avon, Grace went out of her way to steal his Cyclone from his house and keep it for herself, even making up lies to explain how she obtained it to anyone who somehow recognized it.

Nearly a month later, Agent 14 introduced her to the gunrunning business, which provided her an opportunity to get a kickstart in owning illegal businesses. Regardless if she was underaged, he still allowed her to purchase a bunker for her to earn more money and, although not the primary reason, as a sign of gratitude for her and her heist partner rescuing him from Merryweather and Avon.

Grace continued to expand her criminal empire over the years, buying more illegal businesses, taking on new job opportunities, and meeting a variety of contacts in Los Santos. Then, in mid-2019, she met Jordan at the Diamond Casino and Resort, where they were sitting alone and drinking away their pain after a failed bank heist they attempted; they had lost their entire crew and received no money in the end. Grace comforted them and let them spend that same night at her penthouse. She even brought them into her crew, and they robbed the casino together later on in the year with the help of Lester.

In 2020, Grace went against the Kkangpae gang - who were trying to attack and kill her yacht staff members - and she managed to succeed in fending them off, even killing the gang’s boss. As December 2020 then approached, she met Martin Madrazo's son, Miguel, and he introduced her to robbing the world's most notorious drug lord, Juan "El Rubio" Strickler.

Although appearing uninterested in Grace at first, El Rubio seemed to briefly give her flirtatious looks as she was driving him and English Dave to the beach party. She never knew if she was simply seeing things, so she pretended to be oblivious to his facial expressions.

While scoping out his island, Grace was horrified to witness him killing his staff member, Gustavo, with his panther, and Pavel, her associate, was just as equally shocked. However, she quickly did her best to shrug off the moment and continue scoping the island.

In late 2021, Grace met Luca at the Music Locker nightclub, where he introduced himself by attempting to flirt with her; it especially was awkward since they were both mute, and she felt weirded out by it. She didn't show interest in him, though they continued to talk - via texting and using text-to-speech - and clicked almost instantly as friends.

She found out that Luca was a recent legal immigrant from Italy and was also a criminal, but he didn't have much luck continuing his criminal work in Los Santos, as he barely knew anyone. Grace decided to bring him into her crew, now having her, Jordan, and him as a crew of three people to do various illegal jobs and heists together.

Later on, in mid-2022, Grace returned to Avon's missile silo as part of a mission assigned by Agent ULP. Accompanied by Luca - being both an emotional support partner and going with her in case any tasks required two people - she hacked the servers while he fended off the cyborg juggernauts. The juggernauts first activating triggered an anxiety attack for Grace, due to her lingering phobia of robots, though with ULP telling her, “Stay calm, agent," and Luca staying near her, she managed to quickly calm down and stay focused on her tasks.

In early 2023, Grace confessed her romantic attraction to Pavel, and although he rejected her, they eventually decided to become friends with benefits. He preferred not to date while isolating himself in the Kosatka submarine, but he was mainly very hesitant and unsure of dating a much younger adult. He was even aware that, despite both of them looking for something serious if they wanted to date, they were entirely different in terms of their ages and a bit of their personalities - she was a stereotypical young, wild party girl who hated being away from people for too long, and he was an older, laid back man who liked avoiding crowds.

To make things fair, though, he allowed Grace to explore her feelings for him while not worrying about a committed relationship. He especially found her platonically and sexually attractive, though he just didn't want anything romantic with her.

In January 2024, after being unintentionally distracted in his office, she was caught by one of El Rubio's guards during a robbery and was held captive for a few weeks. She had to deal with physical, sexual, and verbal abuse by El Rubio himself - being stabbed, dragged around by her hair, starved to near death, and forced into certain sexual acts were some things she had to put up with during her time on the island. Doing whatever she could in her situation, she would attempt to fight back and resist anything he was doing to her, even when he'd try to hold her down or drag her around.

As a trick to avoid giving him the reaction he wanted, especially if it was risky, she pretended to enjoy the torture, even using her resilient personality to stand up to him and his brutal acts. Secretly, though, she was tired of faking, but she was never sure if she wanted to give in to him either. Even when he found out her trick, he still pushed to verbally, physically, and sexually hurt her to make her give up, but she would still try to act unaffected by the torture.

After being held on Cayo Perico for what felt like a very long time to her, she finally had a way to escape one day. She noticed a guard passing by her holding a knife in his pocket, and she managed to seduce him to let her out of the cage. Once he opened the cage door, she walked up to him and briefly kissed him, while carefully taking the knife from his pocket and quickly stabbing him to death. She then used as much of her strength as she could to drag his body somewhere hidden, stole his clothes, and escaped the island with her disguise.

As expected, El Rubio was enraged and completely snapped when he discovered that she escaped, yelling at all of his guards and even killing lots of them. He would always do what he could to track her down and also kept sending out some guards to try to find her, though he hadn't been lucky.

To protect herself, Grace has taken extreme measures, such as wiping everything on her old phone and getting rid of it, using a different phone number, and deleting her social media accounts. She also bought a new flip phone to use for calling and texting, and a new smartphone only for criminal tasks, like hacking. Even if features and apps were limited on her new primary phone, she also liked the aesthetic and function of it, making her more tempted to use flip phones in the long run.

Shortly after she returned to Los Santos, Pavel revealed to her that he had witnessed the abuse through CCTV feed, and that Jordan and Luca had initially been planning to rescue her, though she escaped before they could move on their plan. Even though he was hesitant about going outside of the submarine, he also thought about going with them to help out.

He especially temporarily stopped their FWB relationship to give her time to mentally and physically heal. He was distraught witnessing what El Rubio did to her and didn't want to make her uncomfortable by jumping back into their sexual moments instantly.

[softnasty]

LISTEN. LISTEN.

@ orelsan you have the opportunity to do the funniest fucking shit right now.

je dis pas que @pigeonneaux et moi avons manifesté l'album de flûte d'orel cet été mais... on a toute la direction graphique et les titres touts prêts... (on à flûté, ah la flûte, etc..... flûtes pour plus tard.....)

PROOFS:

[furrbbyx]

Thoughts on the use of 'member' being used in smut ???

Thank you for this question and the opportunity to speak directly to the public about this issue.

I was weaned on "member" bc my aunt was an Avon romance subscriber back in the dark ages of romance.

I think if the smut is tame or set in a certain time period, it's acceptable to use "member". But if it's fetish stuff, what r we doing? Id rather read "his meaty log" or "his fat dong" than "privates" or "member".

[greencheekconure27]

"Rumours of Death" thoughts

Spoilers

Was Sula/Bartholomew/Anna Grant a genuine rebel or was she simply using them to install herself as a dictator? I'm inclined to think the latter. I don't think she is a Federation agent at this point, but she might've infiltrated the movement as one, seen an opportunity for herself, and gone rogue. Something about how she calls Servalan a "tasteless megalomaniac"...it might've been part of her character as Sula the upper-class politicians wife, but I suspect her disapproval of Servalan is less disapproval of the empire on a political basis and more of a feeling she could do a better job ruling it.

Also: who was she married to back when she was Anna Grant? It can't have been Councillor C. or Avon would've recognized the name, and besides the councillor seems to know her under a different name.Was she planted on him as well? Were either of these marriages real?

Her brother Del Grant seems real enough, so presumably he would've known if his sister was married...but then again the Federation can implant memories. What if his identity was created as part of her cover too and he doesn't even know it? What if Del Grant is stuck mourning a sister that might've never actually existed?

[ash-and-books]

Rating: 4/5

Book Blurb:

#1 New York Times bestselling author Tessa Bailey returns with an all-new sports rom-com about a burly, surly, single dad who falls head-over-hockey-stick for his quirky live-in nanny...

Tallulah is smart, vivacious, and studying to be a marine biologist. She’s also twenty-six and broke. So when Burgess, a battle-scarred hockey veteran and newly single dad, offers her a job as his live-in nanny, she jumps at the opportunity to get paid while living in a super fancy neighborhood and being around Lissa, his cool but introverted tween.

Her tween charge isn’t the only one who could use some help fitting in, though. According to…well, everyone except Burgess, he needs to get back on the dating scene, and adventurous Tallulah is just the girl to show him how. But as boundaries are slowly crossed and Burgess finds himself pulled between his daughter, who wants her parents back together, and his insane chemistry with Tallulah, a huge rift is formed, and Tallulah does the “right” thing—breaks her own heart and walks away.

Though Burgess knows it’s for the best—he’s too jaded, with too much baggage—a chance meeting, and a new push from his daughter, forces him to put everything on the line and fight to prove he learned his lessons well and is worthy of a happily ever after with Tallulah. 

Review:

She's a newly hired au pair to a famous single dad hockey player, and despite living her life scared of opening her heart up he is determined to show her that he's the one for her. Tallulah has gone through a lot and when a well paying job opens up with a guy thats trusted and vetted by her friends in a gorgeous house with a sweet kid, Tallulah wants to say yes, technically she can't afford to say no... and when she finally meets the guy he doesn't make her want to flee. After a lifetime of doubting herself, meeting Burgess, the handsome slightly gruff hockey player and newly single father, Tallulah feels like she can trust him. When Burgess meets Tallulah he feels like he's met the one... if only he can prove to her that he is the one for her as well. Burgess is still dealing with a tween who he's learning to parent, the fall out of his divorce, his career on its last legs, and navigating a very very strong crush on someone who is definitely off limits. Burgess and Tallulah have insane chemistry... but their lives are so different, can they really make it work? This is the second book in the series but can be read as a standalone. I did enjoy this one and I liked Tallulah, she dealt with a very traumatic past experience but was working on her fears and working through her trauma. She held her ground and continued to try and work on herself and grow. I liked that Burgess supported Tallulah so much and worked hard to prove to her that he loves her. It's a fun easy contemporary romance read and I definitely can't wait for the next one!

Release Date: July 16,2024

Publication/Blog: Ash and Books (ash-and-books.tumblr.com)

*Thanks Netgalley and Avon and Harper Voyager | Avon for sending me an arc in exchange for an honest review*