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We're back in the groove of city life, of course. No avoiding that.
I do wanna revisit something I mentioned during our travels last week... which was that in the midst of all that adventuring, we conducted a number of business meetings. That is, during a lunch or a breakfast or some in-between time when we're at Starbucks or some restaurant... we actually talked about a business plan that's in its formative stage. We dug deep, too. We'd even pick it up and toss it around a little sometimes when we were driving from here to there.
Why?
Because the topic was gonna come up. Just as soon as we got back.
So there's a timing issue there that worked its way into our adventure plans.
Even were that not the case, though, away on a trip is not the worst time to consider such things. So long as you put certain boundaries around the effort.
I will say there's something about being out of the normal, daily stream that gives you more altitude to identify all the pieces in play, both good and bad, helpful and toxic. To trace problems and opportunities backward and forward in time. To challenge assumptions. And then challenge the further assumptions that inevitably crop up. To consider the big picture. The really big picture. The view from 10,000 feet. Which includes not only best practices for the business endeavor but also for all the individuals involved in navigating that business. The condition of those people, of course, is the rock upon which success or failure rests.
So when I say "everything"... I really do mean everything.
So no, this was not a business retreat. We didn't let it consume that much time. We were strategic about it. The idea... was to prepare for a conversation.
And yes. The prep totally worked.
Right on time.
🙂
#planning#considering#iterating#business plan#strategic thinking#prep#preparation#business retreat#retreat#daily life retreat#time-out
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"One thing that I've always said about Juan is that every action that he does is heartfelt and genuine. When it was the war against the French, he was there and he was going to go to war, even though he knew he was going to die. He saw them getting ripped apart, but he was there and he was going to do it. I believe if Lucrezia hadn't come over, he would have led all his troops into death. I don't think there's anything that he's done which was through general cowardice. In terms of his survival, he died how he lived, and that's laudable, in itself." — David Oakes.
#it just gets to me that juan is a kid who has no fucking clue what he's doing since his dad gave him a position that's difficult for him#and as much as he was scared to death of the french army and witnessing his troops being torn to shreds...#he was willing to die to protect rome and impress his dad because he's terrified knowing that his dad trusts and confides only in cesare#the family's fuck-up trying not fuck up?#the only reason juan retreated is because of his love for lucrezia and how she would be upset if he died and he can't have THAT#the writing was so biased against him because they were too busy propping up cesare i fear but alas#anyways juan borgia deserved better. being completely discarded by his family is such a tragic fate for a character.#a character who's storyline is trying to impress them but they've always ganged up on him which is annoying#juan borgia#david oakes#the borgias#theborgiasedit#periodedits#perioddramaedit#weloveperioddrama#juan x lucrezia#dailyworldcinema#tvarchive#cinemapix#by jen
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Meditation logo design for yoga project ♡
#meditation#yogadaily#yoga#yoga pose#green#leaf#spa#relaxation#hotel#resort#retreat#bali#indonesia#logo#illustration#artists on tumblr#business#creative#identity
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I know I'm pretty mia lately (life is kicking real hard), but WHERE TF IS ADAMROSS??
(his Instagram is just deactivated)
Snap Snap Boyfriend pls come back 🥺
#“darya you've been gone for a week and now are asking about adam at 4:30am are you okay?” MIND YOUR BUSINESS!#(i am okay 👍 i will not explain the hours and you will be okay with that)#Adam baby where are you. where did you go. come back (yes i do see the irony given i too am doing a disappearing act)#i'm just posting it cus i don't know if I'm the one who has noticed and i am distressed (not really but a little)#(okay i'm retreating back to my shell like the liddol busy snail i am bye love you stay sexy)#sleep token#<- technically#adamross#adamrossi
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It would be really fun to have a Su She time travel story. Because he thinks he’s got a handle on things, he knows Wei Wuxian’s buttons and how Lan Wangji seduced him. When he wakes up as a teenage disciple of good standing in Cloud Recesses, before Lan Wangji had ever thought about giving Wei Wuxian a good dicking and securing the loyalty of the most dangerous man of in three generations, Su She figures he can steal a march on his rival and steal Wei Wuxian for himself.
He did not account for:
*Wei Wuxian’s extremely Lan Wangji only oriented sexuality
*Lan Wangji being an enormous vinegar pot who did not appreciate someone attempting to steal his Wei Ying time
*Jiang Wanyin strongly objecting to someone trying to seduce his dashixiong
*Nie Huaisang’s objection to this interruption to the Wangxian show he’s been watching with melon seeds
It’s the last one that really gets Su She in trouble, not that he realizes.
Basically Su She has dreams of seducing a proto-Yiling Laozu, not reading the room right, and kickstarting Wangxian earlier as Lan Wangji squares off with someone making Wei Wuxian deeply uncomfortable. And in the background, a proto-Headshaker plots against someone actively impeding his romantic drama.
#wangxian#fanfic#mdzs#wei wuxian#lan wangji#su she#nie huaisang#the former Wen Remnants time traveled too!#They are busy in the background prepping fall backs and dead drops#For the inevitable need to retreat to the Burial Mounds#There are more people they plan to drag with them this time#They may actually accidentally end up detailing The whole Sunshot with their prep work#This is partly a defense of my strongly held belief that Wei Wuxian is only attracted to Lan Wangji#And he enjoys the Wangxian dynamic because it’s Lan Wangji#Lan Wangji becomes a lot more comfortable on his Wei Ying-sexual nature#When he can see the way Wei Wuxian doesn’t react the same way to someone else trying the same#This isn’t a Wei Wuxian thing
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If you tracked my eye activity on that bliss promo pic with the tops it would be something like this
Making a major stop at topper
Before crashing into a ditch (yakuya corner)
#i'm having a moment. the only time i'll ever see these two standing next to each other is in a promotional pic for the sfw game version#FOR SERIOUS i was weirded out by this combination of characters in one pic when i first saw it#i was like oh?? they doing a random assortment now? i mean sure! yeah! i guess! spice it up they look great!!#then someone pointed out that this was Tops Only#then showed me the corresponding picture of Bottoms Only#and i felt my eyebrow raise sharply#OOOH.... i didn't even consider... right.... top bottom segregation#(reality does not occur to me. i see them all through switch-coloured lenses and thus ignore information inconvenient to my preference)#then i started thinking more about the . idea of it. that the tops are in a bar's hidden back room with mafia boss dante#and the bottoms are hanging out in the airy beautiful atrium of pure white snow and lilting piano music#tops are like WELCOME TO THE LIONS DEN and bottoms are like HEY COME INTO THE AVIARY AND SIT WITH US 🥰#i dwelt on the fact that i was weirded out by yakumo in this group#and it made me think about how..... yakumo would be scared of all the other tops#all of them are INTIMIDATION 100 to hiim#so i imagine after you get him to pose for this shot with everyone. and the business is done#yakumo will quickly retreat to the room with the bottoms (where all his friends are)#blade being the adaptable little creature he is will be like OH COOL ARE YOU GOING TO SEE THE OTHERS??#I WANT TO SEE THE OTHERS TOO!! MORE FRIENDS!! LET'S GO TOGETHER n_n *links arms* *DRAGS everyone else out of the room*#imagining yaku being first ushered into this dark room with kuya dante and quincy#and he's just nervously glancing at topper for reassurance that there's no danger#just trembling and thinking about how he wants his emotional support wolf/vice captain/priest/earring twin senpai#no yakumo. i wanted you to mingle. and you shall mingle#wear matching outfits with your fellow Tops and (topp) until you build trust and reduce their Intimidation Factors#nu carnival dante#nu carnival blade#nu carnival quincy#nu carnival kuya#nu carnival yakumo
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might not be responding to things as much over the weekend, i'm just saying this now so no one thinks i am sulking about some people are being weirdos. i just am in cram time because i have a lot of writing things i need to do & a lot of books to read. anyways. the queue will still run i'm just saying. if you send an ask i probably won't get to it immediately
#original posts#sorry i was just realizing that i have a lot to do this weekend and that it might look like i am retreating from the punctuation lifestyle#nope! just have like. stuff to write. because two event weeks in fandoms i am in are happening in february#and i did not prepare for them so i gotta do my best here#anyways. yeah. just wanted to clarify since i guess i was worried that might read the wrong way#also i do sometimes queue asks so. who knows. anyways#hope everyone has a good weekend because i will be very busy#(also yeah normal posts are still queued)#not counting
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i miss germany, i miss the euros, i miss june
#the past month has been so overwhelming 😭😭#i miss my life.......#like i am excited for school but i don't feel like i got to say goodbye to what it was before#i think i expected july to be chill time with friends#but i had so much to do to prep#and my friends have been busy or away or dealing w shit#and so i feel like i've barely gotten to spend any quality time with anyone i care about#since june really#and that trip to germany was so so perfect#so much quality time with so many people i care about#(i miss you guys!)#and it's been so fucking hard to find time to even keep up with my messages and phone calls and ugh#i just feel so ungrounded and disconnected from my friends and who i am#which is so frustrating because i know that like a month ago i felt so FULFILLED#so connected to my friends and my family and my passions and my work.#and yeah i guess this is just what life transitions are#it was always going to be hard to suddenly be around so many new people#i just already feel the temptation to retreat into my existing relationships and i don't wanna do that#but how do i already miss all my friends so much 😭😭 it hasn't even started#ugh i just had an annoying evening and haven't been sleeping well and am tired#i should go to sleep. i'll feel better in the morning#bella things
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yet another reprise of the same post i’ve made dozens and dozens of times before but GEEZ! i am so incredibly lucky to be doing what i’m doing! to think i spend hours and hours and days and weeks and months and years and hopefully DECADES pouring over animation history, lauding the masters and studying their work so intently and absorbing it and feeling and identifying with it, and the fact that i get to walk the same turf they did. that i get to be a part of this business that they established. that i get to carry the torch and that, some day, no matter how small or insignificant, my own work and contributions will be regarded as “animation history” because i work in animation and all history is history. i just can’t believe that i’m privileged enough to indulge in some of the same practices that The Greats did, that i get to study their work and, if i’m so lucky, channel and make homages to it where possible.
this isn’t to say “i’m just like Tex Avery because i work in animation TOO!!!!”, but, rather, an expression of my sheer GRATITUDE and amazement that i get to do what i do at all. i’ve met so many nice people. blossomed so much as an artist and cartoonist. get inspired each day by the talent i am constantly surrounded by. and to think that i get to be a part of it!!!!! that i get to carry the torch! i know this sounds so conceited and pompous and i really don’t mean it that way at all because i don’t WANT to be known as someone who people are only interested in because i work in cartoons. i just wanna be known for me! what “me” is i guess is for you to decide! but, regardless, i’m just feeling extra thankful tonight that i’m able to indulge in my passions and SPREAD my passions and have said passions fostered. that i’m lucky enough to tread the same ground as some of the greatest creatives that gave me this ground to tread on. there will never be enough words to properly articulate just how deeply and passionately my gratitude extends.
#not naming names because i feel weird bragging about them behind their back but one person who works on our show i look up to very very#highly. I MEAN I DO FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE. i am literally surrounded by some of the best in the business. but one person i particularly revere#said they were a ‘big fan of my work’ and when i was told that i legitimately went lightheaded for a few seconds#or again Ruth Clampett commenting that her dad would ‘love to see this cartoon live on’ on my art and making me bawl like an absolute baby#IT’S JUST SO CRAZY#i just. man#it’s really beyond words#and so many other kind words from bosses coworkers friends mutuals acquaintances total strangers#i don’t take any of your kindness or even just. awareness for granted#i know i’m not often vreat at responding but i do read every single tag every ask every DM! please know i never take it for granted#thank you for keeping me company and deciding i’m worth the company to keep#okay i think i have officially gone into word salad territory so it’s time to retreat#i’ve gotten much less candid for fear of maintaining some semblance of professionality but sometimes you just need to speak from the heart#(and i’ve gotten much less neurotic about that in recent months thankfully. Tumblr is my little safe haven)#so thank you for making it a safe haven at all
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Replayed Modern Warfare 3 2011 on Veteran tonight and goooooooood night. Blood Brothers never gets any easier to watch no matter how many times you've done it and the ending really never misses huh
I apologize for the amount of yapping in the tags I reread it all on mobile and started giggling because it went on for so long but eh. Blessed are those who won't shut the freak up and all that
#call of duty#modern warfare 3 2011#i just. wow. wow wow wow wow wow#i've played these three games so many times over the last several years and i just.#they literally. never get old.#loose ends and blood brothers will never not make me cry and endgame and dust to dust will never not make me smile so hard#ending it with price smoking the cigar like he did in the first mission in the first game wHEN HE FIRST MET SOAP JUST UGHHHHHH.#i know y'all don't care but i don't care that y'all don't care i could literally yap about this until i shrivel up and die#i have never ever ever in my LIFE seen poetic justice played out so beautifully like it is at the very end#JUST. WOW. WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW. WOW WOW. WOW#they do not frickin make games like that anymore DADGUM#i also forgot how frickin sad down the rabbit hole is?? like jeez louise they didn't have much screen time but gosh#i also have never in my life heard such gut-wrenching anguish from a grown man in my life like price in that one scene#I KNOW Y'ALL KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT THAT MAN MAKES ME FULL ON S O B IN THAT PART HE HAD NO BUSINESS#anyway i'll keep cutely living in denial and pretending literally any of the main characters besides price and nikolai are fine <3#foley and dunn and their team seemed just fine at the end of modern warfare 2 so i will accept that small mercy#at this point these games have taken everything else i love away from me so#y'all probably think i'm wild for how insane i get over these games but the nostalgia bit is a big part of it as well#like they're honestly in my opinion genuinely the greatest video games of all time#but the fact that i have that connection with my dad makes it so special#crazy cause he said he also cried in blood brothers and my dad is 54 and i have seen him cry one (1) other time in my entire life#heck infinity ward but also bless them i hope the devs live long beautiful wonderful prosperous delightful exciting fulfilling lives#Lord bless them and their entire bloodline for the contributions they have made to humanity not even joking#AND DON'T EVEN GET ME STARTED ON THE FREAKING SOUNDTRACKS DO NOT GO THERE OAUSYDJAKAKDN#MW2 AND MW3 CREDITS. EXTRACTION POINT. COUP DE GRACE. RETREAT AND REVEILLE. CONTINGENCY. PARIS SIEGE. PRAGUE HOSTILITIES. RUSSIAN WARFARE.#UGHHHHHHHGHHHH everything about these games is so unbelievably perfect and immaculate#i have got to get over my art block NOWWWWWWWWWW#makarov is also the best villain i've ever seen idc bro he's frickin awesome#i mean obviously he's horrible and a disgustingly evil human being but as a character he's stupidly well-written
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Second Chances
The Carson family is well known to be harsh, cruel and deeply evil family with certain type of agenda set up to hurt family for a lifetime of hell.
I invited them into a home situation after a New York court appointed them to get some sort of rehabilitation for their god awful type of behavior.
They have been on a court order to be lock in their own house to be re-educated to do much better in the world and I have been to task.
I enter their home taking their keys locking the door shut closing the door and I happily face them with this wicked lock on my fav they are pissed.
Collecting all of their keys, wallets, and the whole family in projects throwing them into a side desk and they can’t escape ever this place ever again.
Clapping loudly my hands immediately point to the couch when they drop onto with my instructions and they plop on to with my command.
I felt bad with the windows closed on one end of it flipping on the knob as the central
air conditioner roars on they relief they felt is apparent.
I unfortunately knee this was all according to my plan, I exit the room letting air circle I collect its self and I want to see the effects take place.
First of the father Rob Carson succumbs in a big yawn his head drops and everything else begins to fade out of existence for him for days on end.
Rob has no idea why his eyes open up to be shocked he is in his bedroom the door open but no noise coming from anywhere in the home.
Something is off he feels quite odd now that he thinks about, closet is filled with an entire new wardrobe, his furniture practically gone for some reason.
He did not seem to care sitting down on his bed awaiting something a strange man walk in to his room, triggering the memories of the last night and how all of that horror is now love.
It was a week ago the man behind taps his shoulder holding his head up he can’t help but stare in to the spiral the bed fell from under him.
His body went in to free fall dropping in to an endless pit of darkness his entire life playing before him on huge long length screen he saw his own nastiness.
The contempt he felt for his self is absolute in that is undeniable deep down his souls is jetting off in to a land of pleasure and pain one man save him.
“You are the man from the court I saw you in my dream and I don’t understand why but you are my Master now.”
“What do you have to say to that weakling my dear Rob Carson big man on the worlds campus.”
“No! Please don’t say that feel so awfully and useless.”
“You hate and love this?”
“I do it feels like I am alive.”
“Do you know who I am?”
“Yes sir”
“Say it”
“Master Lawrence “
“Welcome home”
“Ooooohhhh…aaahhhhh”
“Are you ok?”
“Never want to leave “
“The court wanted you to rehabilitate me”
“You promised them to”
“To what? I did help your whole family “
“Forgot about them”
“Yeah”
“They are fine placed in new homes”
“I look about thirty years younger. Did you do this?”
“You de-aged even more so than you think my friend.”
“How are you doing this?”
“Shouldn’t you be alarmed?”
“Why would I?”
“Most would “
“Fuck you!”
“I am yours”
“Everything I say consumes you “
“I conquered you “
“I am at your service “
“Go stand by the mirror”
“Woah! What the hell?”
“You look amazing “
“How far back will it go?”
“Does it matter
“Of course not “
“Just curious “
“Zip it pussy “
“Do I live for you ?”
“You know the answer to that.”
“Face me! I am all that occupies your life “
“Yes Master!”
“Serve me! Accept your place “
“I do “
“Your family”
“Who’s that ?”
“Your friends”
“None”
“Fuck!”
“Do you love me?”
“Oh My God!”
“You are my love”
“My Master”
“My God!”
“Kneel for me”
“Take my hand “
“Kiss me”
“Who am I?”
The end
Second Chances Part 2
Robert Carson’s son Jack is the total hard ass absolute complete jackass who I have lock up in his room for the foreseeable future.
The door cracks open with excitement to his shock, his head lifting in to the air he stood up to stare at me with utter love and respect for me.
The door slams a bit I snap my fingers in an instant turning the lights on with bright light roving on and off covering the room the blinds fall.
His mind goes blank washing over the room spinning in a cycle constantly distracting him in away I knew it is the best way to break him.
I move forward to the bed I shove him on to it my shadow overcomes the wall my hands are in the air and I place it firmly on his knees to me.
Pressing hard it grasp or firmly applying a bit of pressure and even more pressure on to him. I caught his eyes drawing him near to me.
“Do you understand that I am the man of this house?”
“Yes, I am nothing compared to you except a slave.”
“Correct boi, you have been corrupted”
“Yyyeeesss”
“Kneel for me”
“Yes Master”
“Serving you is everything “
“My knight in shining armor”
“Take my hand, kiss it, lick it and suck it”
“Mmmmmm”
“You taste wonderful “
“You are a man”
His eyes fade closing with his back falling in to the bed backwards, instead he hit the airy blue pool washing on to the deck of the backyard. He wakes up rising from the bottom he took the steps at the edge climbing up in wet, skin tight and pumped clothes.
“Hey babe”
“I don’t remember “
“Who you are “
“Yes Master”
“You are aware of me”
“You are my slave”
“My puppet “
“A nobody “
“I love you sir “
“This body is yours to own”
“Break me in half “
“Split me open “
“I am your king”
“You have my life, money and body “
“Sir Yes Sir”
“Sir Yes Master Lawrence Sir”
“I am laying on the ground take advantage of me.”
“Hey dad!”
“What’s up?”
“Who are you calling dad?”
“Daddy”
“Mwahahahahaha “
“You are silly “
“Where’s your dad”
“You are my dad “
“He is your brother “
“Oh yeah!”
“Stop! You are funny”
“Hahahaha”
“What’s so funny?”
“You are dad”
“Kiss me”
“Thank you daddy”
“You are breath of fresh air “
“Nope! “
“Bois come up “
“Both of you “
“Kiss me”
“Hug me”
“You make breakfast “
“Slide down “
“Suck me off”
“Worship me”
“Mmmmm”
“Oooohhhh Gggoooddd”
“Ooohhhh!”
“FUCK!”
“I seduced you “
“Manipulate you “
“Your scent “
“It’s wiping me “
“Oh Sir”
“I love you “
The end
#rob estes#hugh jackman#charlie webber#james marsden#hypnosis#business#retreat#ryan eggold#trevor donovan#matt lanter#dustin milligan
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Infinite list of favourite lyrics: 229/?
Bobbie Gentry - Ode to Billie Joe (1967)
"And Papa said to Mama, as he passed around the black-eyed peas:
'Well, Billie Joe never had a lick of sense; pass the biscuits, please.
There's five more acres in the lower forty I got to plow'
And Mama said it was a shame about Billie Joe, anyhow.
Seems like nothin' ever comes to no good up on Choctaw Ridge
And now Billie Joe McAllister's jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge"
[...]
"Mama said to me, 'Child, what's happened to your appetite?
I've been cookin' all morning, and you haven't touched a single bite.
That nice young preacher, Brother Taylor, dropped by today
Said he'd be pleased to have dinner on Sunday - oh, by the way
He said he saw a girl that looked a lot like you up on Choctaw Ridge
And she and Billie Joe was throwin' something off the Tallahatchie Bridge'"
#favourite lyrics#bobbie gentry#ode to billie joe#1967#jimmie haskell#ode to billy joe#<- as this fairly regularly gets styled‚ tho Billie is correct and the spelling that appeared on the label originally#i overuse the term but i really think it's unavoidable here: this song is an absolute masterpiece of narrative songwriting#Gentry's ambition had only really been to work as a lyricist; she recorded this as part of her first demo‚ singing the songs herself#because it was cheaper than hiring a singer for the sessions. the demo grabbed the attention of Kelly Gordon at Capitol‚ who signed Gentry#and got to work producing her first album. the centre point of the album‚ and her first single‚ was to be Mississippi Delta; there wasn't#much interest in the Southern gothic tinged tale of secrets and 'unconscious cruelty' (as Gentry dubbed it) of Ode‚ and it was regarded#with little interest by Gordon (when arranger Haskell asked him what instruments he should add to Gentry's stripped down vocal and guitar l#the producer replied curtly that it didn't matter because nobody would ever hear it). Ode was assigned as b side to Mississippi Delta as#almost an afterthought‚ but this was the era in which US radio djs frequently chose which side of a single they wanted to play and the#unanimous decision was Ode; here was something special‚ a dark and tantalising mystery of a song obscured by the humdrum idle conversation#of an unthinking family. it ignited a kind of obsessive curiosity among listeners‚ desperate to find out what exactly the unnamed singer#and Billie Joe were throwing off the bridge‚ why did Billie Joe take his own life‚ why do the singer's gamily clearly not know about#their obvious relationship? Gentry‚ for her own part‚ resisted all attempts to glean further information about the actions of her song's#protagonist. she rightly tried to steer interested parties back towards what is arguably the real horror of the song‚ that unconscious#cruelty; a family that can eat and chatter and squabble even as they discuss the suicide of a boy they've known all their lives‚ even as#the clearly affected girlfriend of the boy (their own sister and daughter) sits in dumbstruck silence‚ unable to articulate her feelings#the original cut of the song ran more than 7 minutes and had to be mercilessly hacked down to fit a 45 single suitable length. no one had#expected much of anything from the song but it was to catapult Gentry to almost instant stardom; the forthcoming album was retitled after#the song that was now its focus; Ode went on to top the Billboard Hot 100‚ won a clutch of grammys and ended up selling more than 3 million#copies worldwide. Gentry had captured the imagination of a nation and beyond‚ but her success was tempered by legal challenges (from#producers demanding greater royalties) and a general dissatisfaction with her newfound stardom: it would last a little more than a decade#and include her own tv shows‚ more awards and smash hit singles; then just as suddenly as she'd shot to fame‚ Bobbie retreated from it#retiring from both the business and from public life. she hasn't made a public appearance since the early 80s‚ nor does she grant interview#but so what? if she's happy? i hope she's happy. she left us enough great music to enjoy. let her have her peace and quiet
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// one of those days where all the sounds of the grocery store ambience be triggering a constant startle response and even people talking to me (such as a customer right in front of me) is kinda overwhelming
But how am I supposed to explain "I don't want to help you right now because I can hear absolutely everything and it's hard to be anything but distracted and irritable"
#ooc#not Lucifer#and then i try and retreat to the front office and the store manager comes up like 'what are you working on'#which is basically code for 'stay busy' and like#man I'd love to but I'm about to lose my fucking mind sir
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