#choir was fun :3 i will miss....choir so much actually

[spaciebabie]

love how i said "guys my queue is going to run out when i dont post for days dont be alarmed" b/c i was expecting to still be deep w/in the confines of my depression for a solid week and then the semester ended and i got like 3 days of a full nights rest and all of the sudden i feel better and have added like 300 posts to my queue in the short time i have been on here. gee i wonder what the problem was

[sol-draws-sometimes]

shuffle your favorite playlist and post the first five songs that come up. then copy/paste this ask to your favorite mutuals <3

Me: Why don’t people send me asks

Also me: Takes weeks to respond cause I can’t answer a question normally

Okay here’s the thing, I don’t really listen to playlists and the only one I do is a shuffle playlist I have(tho I’m pretty proud of it). What I normally do is pick a song and go to radio, or go to my likes and press one of the genere thingys

However I think I’ll do 2 things, show off my shuffle playlist(since I actually do use it a lot), and then shuffle my liked songs NOT w/out any categories for full chaos. Actually I also have a shuffle playlist I did for Spanish music, but that one’s more recent and hasn’t gotten that much use so I won’t do the shuffle thingy.

Anyway this my oldies shuffle playlist:

It’s over a day’s worth of music, cause it’s meant to be shuffled(full disclosure started adding a shit ton of songs before the shuffle because I wanted to make sure it was accurate to my taste and there was a lot of music I added to my likes before making the playlist so they were missing(big chunks of abba,Fleetwood mac,queens, EWF, ELO, etc.) While the playlist is inspired by dad, and so is my taste in oldies music(actually a mix of him and my older sis), there’s stuff on there that I like that he doesn’t( stuff like Simon and Garfunkle and Elton John). It’s mostly 70s, but I’d say it’s 60s-80s. Also it’s English music, so no city pop or older hispanic music like Jeanette(most of my older spanish music is 90s anyway).

Anway these were the first 5 songs

1. At The Rainbows End- The Osmonds

2. Unercover Angel- Alan O’Day

3. Lady in Red- Chris Burgh

4. That’s All- Genesis

5. Wouldn’t it be Nice- Beach Boys

Also screenshotted 5 more and I think these are more indicative of my tastes in oldies(it’s missing a bit of my classic rock but it’s not like that’s what I listen to the most)

6. Roxanne- The Police

7. Oh Daddy- Fleetwood Mac

8. I’m Gonna Be(500 miles)- The Proclaimers (ngl got jumpscared with this one)

9. Wild Word- Ysuf/Cat Stevens

10. Fernando- Abba

Fun fact: Most of Rumors is on the playlist and the whole Xanadu Soundtrack is on there! I’d say may fav artists from the 70s would be ELO and ABBA, tho EWF was my fav band as a kid so that’s still nostalgic to me. Also Doobie Brothers are pretty good! Oh and Hall and Oats! On the more rock rock side of things, I’d say Aerosmith is the one know the most. Or Kansas, I think I like them more idk. I mostly listen to soft rock.

OKAY TIME FOR CHAOS SHUFFLE TIME

1. Sex w/ a Ghost—Teddy Hyde(I think this is more of my sister song?, tho it’s not bad song)

2. Esto les Digo— Kiney Lange, performed by Messiah College Concert Choir (yes this is a choir song)

3. Rata De Dos Patas—Paquita La Del Barrio

4. マイ・ボーイ(My Boy)- Lisa Ono (The title is Japanese but the song is in English)

5. Shun-ran— John (THIS IS IN JAPANESE, specifically vocaloid)

Bonus 6 incase 1 wasn’t me

6. L-O-V-E—Nat King Cole

Honestly, this is actually a good mix of the music I listen to, indie/soft, spanish, and j-pop, and oldies it’s just missing musical theater(also I listen to more early 2000s latino music). Also I don’t really listen to choir/classical music all the time but I do LOVE singing it so sometimes I will try to find new choir songs. Tbh, most playlist on Spotify lowkey suck and have very same-y repertoire, the best playlists I’ve found are Choir Classic-Spotify(a bit same-y but it is the classics™), Choir music that makes me crumb(great variety! I recommend this one the most), and I think Choir songs me that give me chills is also pretty good and it has more musical theater on it (THOUGH IT’S MISSING NORTE DAME).

Okay, I’m done yapping

[la-galaxie-langblr]

6 Week Challenge Week 3 Day 6 23/11/24

Today I:

Had a lie in

Made extra delicious porridge - I did a mini grocery shop yesterday and got more bananas and some raspberries :D

Tidied my room - the piles of clothes are now back where they should be and I can actually use my desk again!!

Went to an Irish song session!!! The teacher gave instructions in both Irish and English, and we sung one Irish language song (Bog Braon, see video) and one English song about Ireland (The Boys from County Armagh), I had so much fun!!

Made dinner, finally got around to cooking Rice With Ingredient this week (tin of chopped tomatoes, red and yellow pepper, peas and some chicken nuggets on the side for protein)

Cleaned a little

Chatted with my housemate about our days

Watched Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure!! First time viewing, it was indeed excellent 😌 and had a couple mugs of hot chocolate too

Daily joys:

I LOVE SINGING IN A GROUP SO MUCH

Last year I went to my university choir every week, but this semester it wasn't practical with my schedule and I wasn't a fan of the music anyway, maybe next semester I'll go back but the point is that I haven't learned/rehearsed music with a group for a couple of months and I really missed it (hymns at church still have the fun singing with others experience but since everyone knows the music already it's not quite the same and there's very few moments of connection with others)

I was one of the youngest there and had some nice conversations with the other participants during the break - had a lovely convo with a retired woman from Derry and a woman from Dublin walked me to my bus stop afterwards cus it was quite dark

I never felt particularly proud of coming from NI before uni but now that I only know 2 others from NI (only 1 of which I'm friends with/talk to regularly) it was nice making connections with a group of other Irish people/people with Irish heritage

We had extra time at the end of the session cus we'd learned both songs so quickly, so we decided to sing Bog Braon through a couple times and experiment with harmony, I made up a descant that fit quite well and when the teacher asked after that sing through who was singing the harmony everyone pointed to me and she made me demonstrate and teach it to a couple others 🙈 so that's the harmony you can hear in the video!!

Goals progress:

Huge day for getting out of my comfort zone :)

And the event got me out of the house on a weekend too, so double win!!

Did some reading - slowly continuing with Ace by Angela Chen!!

Lyrics and rough translation of the video under the cut, @cris080799 @kirbymybeloved I think yous would be interested in this, tragically the vid is too big to send over discord but it's here if yous want to listen!!

Context: this is a lullaby, seanduine means old person but it's a joke about how both old men and babies are bald

Bog braon, bog braon, bog braon don tseanduine / bog braon 's blais féin, is é a thabhairt don tseanduine

Curfá:

Cuir à chodladh, cuir a chodladh, cuir a chodladh an seanduine / cuir a chodladh is ní a chosa, bog braon don tseanduine

Ubh circe, ubh circe, ubh circe don tseanduine / ubh circe is blúire ime is é a thabhairt don tseanduine

Curfá

Feoil úr, feoil úr, feoil úr don tseanduine /feoil úr is braon súip is é a thabhairt don tseanduine

Curfá

English translation (ish):

Warm drops, warm drops, warm drops for the old one / warm drops, taste it yourself, is given to the old one

[warm drops probably refers to milk]

Chorus:

Go to sleep, go to sleep, go to sleep old one / go to sleep and don't wash your feet, small drops for the one one

A hen's egg, a hen's egg, a hen's egg for the old one / a hen's egg and a little butter, is given to the old one

Chorus

Fresh meat, fresh meat, fresh meat for the old one / fresh meat and a drop of soup is given to the old one

Chorus

[osaka-lilac]

okay i’m finally free and can do this tag game cause i was busy sorry for the wait lol

tagged by @killingevie @arodynamics-xo and @formula-red <3333 i love u guys

1. are you named after anyone?

yea! i’m named after my great aunt and she’s pretty cool and she’s super sweet. my full name is a different spelling of alison krauss, she’s a bluegrass singer that my parents like, bonded over. she’s pretty cool actually

2. when was the last time you cried?

uhhh probably when i was still getting over my ex and it was still raw. i got close to it during a rush at work literally today and i had like 5 orders to do alone and i got scared and i just like. profusely apologized for the wait and they were like “well you shouldn’t be alone anyways” and i was like idk sorry i guess

3. do you have kids?

no and i don’t plan to for a long time. i’m literally 19

4. do you use sarcasm a lot?

not really? i’m bad with detecting sarcasm a lot when it’s subtle but when you do the whole fake voice thing, then i get it. idk if it’s just the social anxiety in me or what

5. what sports have you/do you play?

so i dabbled a bit in elementary school and middle school but sports have never really been my thing. i did basketball camps in elementary school but i was not good at it, and then i did volleyball camps from fifth grade to seventh grade. i was part of the volleyball team in seventh grade but i wasn’t good and i wasn’t like already part of their crew so i wasn’t treated very well. but i joined tennis in eighth grade and i loved it and i played it up until my senior year of hs when covid cancelled our season. i was more into music, i did band and played french horn in middle school, and have done choir and theatre from fifth grade all the way up to my senior year.

6. what’s the first thing you notice about people?

i’m good at reading people’s faces. i can tell if someone doesn’t like me even by the twitch of an eyebrow. but usually i notice their eyes and smiles first. windows to the soul, am i right? i’m really bad at eye contact when people are also looking so it’s a bit awkward lol. i also love people’s smiles, and i’m able to match emotions p well

7. scary movies or happy endings?

so i used to be big into happier movies, like i would actively avoid movies that made me feel bad cause i didn’t want to feel like that. but once i took my film class in my second year of college i’ve appreciated movies that make me sad and uncomfortable. there’s so much i missed on by being afraid of feeling bad. i really enjoy psychological horror/thrillers, but i’m not into super gory or jumpscare-filled horror movies. think like full metal jacket, ones that make me feel scared in a tense way rather than just violence, although fmj has both

8. any special talents?

depends on what you call special. i did art for two years for college so i’m not too bad at that. i can sing but i haven’t sung in a non-private manner since high school so i’m pretty rusty. i’m not really that special when i think about it and i’m pretty ordinary. but i can make good coffee i guess.

9. where were you born?

north-eastern wisconsin and i barely have left the state in my life other than week-long vacations to florida as a small child that i barely remember.

10. what are your hobbies?

i still draw in my free time, even though i’m still working through my burnout. i like walking around town and driving for fun, i read and play video games but i’ve kinda been falling out of that. i like animal crossing, minecraft, destiny 2, and f1 21 (the only good one on xbox game pass). but i’m not very good at racing games yet cause i don’t have a wheel, i’m on controller. if you consider my hyperfixations hobbies, im big into f1 rn but in the recent past i’ve been really into total drama island, and mcyt (but i barely talk about that anymore)

11. do you have any pets?

yes! back at home i’ve got two cats named rudy and hermey, they just turned 19 in may and they may sound old but they are still kicking it and oh so sweet. they’re brothers and i’ve had them all my life and i love them. i also have a corgi who’s like 7 and she’s super sweet and bouncy and i love her

12. how tall are you?

5’4.5” ~ 162.5 cm [i tell people i’m 5’5” to fuck w them >:) ]

13. fave subject in school?

i liked art, choir, and english a lot. i actually loved writing papers about things i read and my teachers kept them as “examples” to show future students if they were confused so i take that as a personal W

14. dream job?

if you had asked me this like. 8 months ago i would have told you i would like to be a storyboard illustrator for movies or tv shows and stuff like that. however i am so burned out of everything except mindless sketch studies that i don’t know if i want to do that anymore. i’ve been oddly into engineering lately (literally only because of F1) and even though i didn’t enjoy math as much i’m willing to put it aside and work at it for the sake of a possibility of working for F1 one day.

15. eye color?

green with like. brown highlights. it’s not hazel but it’s also not fully green. i’ve been told i also have blue around the outside which idk about that. it’s like the dark blue ring with green and very little brown highlights.

uhhh i’m a little late to the party for this so idk who’s been tagged and done this already but i’m gonna tag @toffee-and-tandoori , @racingliners , and @tinyweltmeister as well as anyone else who wants to do this :)

[eric-the-bmo]

eep I'm bad at thinking of questions, any fun facts about your characters??? ooh or actually I've just been discussing music, what kinda music do your characters listen to?

[this might be rambe-y im so sorry lmao]

oooh!!! yes i like this one, Music Time

John listens to folk punk and whatever genre Lore Huron and Hozier are. (also a bit of vocaloid, solely because of Shelby)

Theodore listen to like. Cool electronic music. Haven't determined the exact genre but its very Computer

Once again I don't know the genre but I think Leo doesn't quite have a favorite genre? Since his memories got blasted he's not quite sure anymore, but in my brain I associate him with Matt Maeson a lot since I was listening to his songs a bunch when creating him.

Annabelle's setting has a 1920s kind of vibe (at least the kingdom she lives in does), and so she enjoys that kind of old-timey jams!

Ven and John actually have like, really similar music tastes, sans the vocaloid bc it doesnt exist in Ven's universe. Folk Punk is Ven's guilty pleasure

I... I don't think Apollo listens to music. Like I dont think the City has any save for idk, Latin choirs or whatever.

....has Rhidian even heard music since he became a Nothic. bro does he know what that is /hj

Murmur listens to like. So much vocaloid/pop/electronic music. They love it sm they blast it near 24/7 into their earbuds

hmm Fun Facts (a mix of Character and Developmental):

Theodore admitted during the White House Heist (have I even told yall about that) that he's been thrown out of a window before

Theodore's got a roommate named Steve and like. He was only around for the first session and I miss him sm, that guy was great

Theo please stop skipping your fucking classes

Ven likes peppermint tea. Peppermint tea is also known to help with headaches, which he gets a lot!

Shelby was 22 when she met John (aka hit him with her car)

Shelby was also intended to be a self-insert when I first made her; she was the Mundane for MoTW, but then I got to wondering "what if she and John were friends" and the rest was history

She's also a twitch streamer solely bc i realized she needed a job and that was the funniest option to me

John's limbs are very long in proportion to the rest of his body! His arms are like, Super Long

Rhidian dislikes touch; not only because it's been a Very Long Time since anyone's touched him, but also because he wants the first person he touches to be his girlfriend- once she gets a physical body, of course (they are going to hold hands and kiss <3)

Annabelle is So Adamant in the fact she's not part of Warrick's family; she's his secretary, and not his daughter, thank you very much- but she always participates during Family Game Night

She also would like collecting vinyls :-)

Leo's heterochromia happened because I couldn't determine which eye color he should have, and so I gave him Both

His eyes have become my Favorite Thing about them, and there's like. So much symbolism in them dude. I'd ramble more but my fellow VtM players follow me here.

On the subject of Leo, he was originally created in 2020 as an entity that lived in TV static and would try to drag people in, as he was desperate for company- as you can see, he's changed A Lot from his original concept

Leo's original concept has since been recycled for a potential Rapture Heights monster that I've taken to calling Hijack.

Apollo and Leo both have a habit of holding their hands together when they miss their partner/exes- and it's actually a habit I myself have picked up.

John's whole NotDeer thing started because I had told a librarian about him, and admitted I didn't know what kind of monster he was yet- and she asked if he was a deer monster due to his last name. Thank you Ms Librarian u changed his entire trajectory thank u <3

Did you know there's a visual novel about a character also John Doe? He's eerily similar to mine in terms of visual, I think

Valentine was created after/ while I was reading the DIE comic series- the main character's scene in prison was the main inspiration for him.

Due to enchantment magic having the potential to be used for Awful Things, I explicitly made Valentine to be a sex-repulsed asexual, and intended for him to be aromantic as well.

Valetine killed Velma (yeah, from Scooby Doo) during his one-shot

Oh, and fun fact about me: in my dnd server, I'm the reason there's a rule stating that one-shot characters need to be able to breathe <3

[msweebyness]

Weeby & Sparky’s Song Ratings!!!

Hey, y’all! This was something me and Sparky did, where we rated the hero/villain songs of the characters we used for MirrorVerse! @imsparky2002 @artzychic27

Villain:

Weeby:

1. Be Prepared- God Tier. Everything about this song is amazing. It’s memorable and has a great sound. Just the most epic villain song, and Jeremy Irons absolutely kills it.

2. Oogie Boogie’s Song- Loved this song since I was a kid and that’s not changing. Catchy as all hell, and so creepily entertaining. Also, Ken Page can SING!

3. Friends on the Other Side- Fun, jazzy and that ending hits SO hard. Gotta love Keith David.

4. Poor Unfortunate Souls- Just so much fun to listen to and sing along as dramatically as possible. The perfect song to introduce us to Ursula.

5. Shiny- Tamatoa is just such a fun villain and this song always makes me get up and dance. SHINY~!

6. Gaston- Never fails to make me laugh and just an all around fun tune. So overblown and conceited, it’s Gaston as a song! Also the meme parodies are fun.

7. Hellfire- An epic and dark tune, love the choir backing and chants. Not one of my top, but still awesome.

8. Mother Knows Best- Disney managed to take gaslighting and make it into a catchy tune. Props for that.

9. Cruella De Vil- A classic that you can’t help but hum every once in a while, but not one of my top.

10. Snuff Out the Light- It’s an okay song, I just don’t see Yzma as a villain to sing, I guess.

11. You’re Only Second Rate- So-so. It’s catchy enough, but the lyrics feel a bit too…silly for Jafar.

12. Hi Diddle Dee Dee- Eh. It’s a song that exists, kinda annoying to be honest.

Sparky:

1. Hellfire - SUPREME GOD TIER. In my opinion not just the greatest disney song, but the greatest villain song of all time. Absolutely gothic, epic, suggestive and fits Frollo's character to a T. The ending gives me chills EVERY time. I would sin for Tony Jay.

2. Poor Unfortunate Souls - Now I admit I prefer the Annapatsu version, but overall it's so delightfully bombastic and dramatic. You really feel like you're being manipulated by Ursula.

3. Friends on the Other Side - Keith. David. Is. Amazing. Oh, and Randy Newman killed it with the ending.

4. Mother Knows Best - It's like the friendlier version of Poor Unfortunate Souls and really nails the manipulative horrible parent feeling.

5. Shiny Gayest song and a great tribute to David Bowie, so you know it's amazing.

6. Oogie Boogie Song - A awesome ragtime halloween bop and Oogie's got some pipes!

7. Gaston - So hilarious and perfectly arrogant, just like Gaston.

8. Hi Diddle Dee Dee - It's a joke song and it's short... but goddamn it I find it hilarious. I feel like it's the perfect sort of fake conjob song for John.

9. Be Prepared - I love Jeremy Irons performance... but overall the lyrics and tone just feel too goofy for Scar? I actually would've loved if it sounded like the 2019 version, even if Scar never sang, the orchestrals sounded awesome.

10. Cruella De Vil - Eh... it's alright. A small little jazzy tune, but man we missed out on a frantic rocker for Cruella.

11. Snuff Out the Light - Eartha King nails it but overall it's mid.

12. You're Only Second Rate - Feels like them trying to capture the magic of Friend Like Me, except Jafar isn't Robin Williams by a longshot.

Hero:

Weeby:

1. When Will My Life Begin- Whenever this song comes on, I am singing the lyrics at the top of my lungs. So bright and fun and really tells you who Rapunzel is.

2. Just Can’t Wait to be King- Such a fun and spunky tune, I’m always dancing and singing with baby Simba.

3. Almost There- Inspiring and catchy as all hell. I’ve always loved Tiana and this song really reflects her determination.

4. Go the Distance- Just a sweet, beautiful and kinda dorky song, perfect for Herc! Love this one to death!

5. Evermore- SO. FREAKIN. EPIC. Favorite song from the remake. Was…on the fence about them giving the beast a song, but they knocked it out of the park!

6. A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes- SO underrated, and just an all-around beautiful and sweet song.

7. Reflection- Such a gorgeous song, Lea Salonga’s vocals are on point and you can’t help but feel for Mulan.

8. Let it Go- Epic power ballad that I can’t help but sing to. Not my fave but I love it!

9. Friend Like Me- Robin Williams is incredible, so is the Will Smith cover, this song is just a bop.

10. Part of Your World- Jodi Benson is an amazing singer and this song is super fun for karaoke.

11. What Else Can I Do?- Love my girl Isabela and seeing her come into her own in this song!

12. Out There- A sweet and hopeful song that makes my heart hurt for Quasi. It gets me every time.

13. One Jump Ahead- Upbeat, frantic and fun, the perfect intro to Aladdin’s life.

14. Nobody Like U- Catchy as hell and SO 2000’s nostalgia.

15. Bibbidi Bobbidi Boo- So fun and makes me miss my childhood, pretending to be the fairy godmother!

16. Once Upon A Dream- Lived this song as a kid, but now…it’s just average. Vocals are beautiful but it just doesn’t stick out.

17. Belle- Eh, the song is catchy but I always felt so bad for Belle. Like, they are essentially *singing* about how weird she is TO HER FACE.

18. Someday My Prince Will Come- Beautiful vocals but just never grabbed my attention I guess.

19. I’ve Got No Strings- Just eh. Pinocchio’s part is cute, but the rest…just eh.

Sparky:

1. Reflection - Amazing vocals, absolutely tearjerking lyrics and instrumentals. It's one of if not the only hero song that's truly depressing. Also the part where she belts as she takes off her makeup... soul shattering and beautiful.

2. Someday My Prince Will Come - I know that it isn't exactly empowering but.... oh my god this song is absolutely gorgeous. It is sort of hard to understand what she's saying, but the orchestrals are phenomenal and the singer gives it everything she's got. I genuinely feel like tearing up everytime I hear it.

3. Part of Your World - This goes entirely to Jodi Benson. My god what a singer. Such an epic "I Want" song.

4. Friend Like Me - Both Robin and Will knock it out of the park. There's so much bouncyness and explosive music in this and it totally fits the character.

5. A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes - Just... beauty in auditorial form. Reminds me of a Sinatra song for some reason. My god is it beautiful.

6. Once Upon a Dream - It feels like a waltz and a lullaby at the same time. Reminds me of a Paul McCartney track.

7. Almost There - A very determined tune and subtle and grounded, perfect for Tiana. Randy Newman once again nailed it.

8. Go the Distance - Roger Bart perfectly fits it and you really feel for young Herc. It's very Broadway but I love it for that reason.

9. One Jump Ahead - Such a punchy and frantic track and really makes you feel like you are running alongside Aladdin.

10. Nobody Like U - GODDAMN! Easily the catchiest song for me and such a nice fusion of modern pop and 2000s boy bands.

11. Out There - Like you said, sweet and hopeful, though I don't really like Quasi's vocals.

12. When Will My Life Begin? - Perfectly fitting of Rapunzel, and a great pop song... but I feel like it's a bit too 2010 Pop song rather than Disney opener.

13. What Else Can I Do? - Eh... I just found the song to be sort of forgettable. Nothing against the character, the song just didn't stand out to me. Felt too much like a generic pop song.

14. Belle - It's just a song about how Belle's "odd". Not much else to say.

15. Let It Go - In my own opinion, extremely overplayed AND overrated and only saved by the fact that Idina Menzel is an amazing singer.

16. Just Can't Wait to be King - The child singer is amazing, but overall I guess I just found it to be a bit forgettable?

17. Bibbidi Bobbidi Boo and I've Got No Strings - Both of these are joke songs to me. Perfectly fine little ditties but just that, little ditties.

18. Evermore - This is entirely because they absolutely BUTCHERED Dan Stevens' voice with autotune. I mean... my god he sounds like a malfuctioning vocaloid! Pianos and strings are nice but the voice is just too horrendous. A shame, it could have been decent.

Leave your own rankings in the comments and reblogs!

[pbandjesse]

We just left Jess's Halloween party! It was so fun and I loved hanging out with her and meeting some of her coworkers. It was really nice to put faces to names.

Today was really nice. Literally the only thing that went poorly was it was stupidly hot for October 28th. It was around 85 degrees at one point?! Horrible. Thankfully most of today was still good.

I went to sleep way to late. I ended up staying up until 2 reading. Oops. But I slept alright once I did go to sleep.

Waking up sucked though and I was very very miserable. I was unsure about our costumes. I was uncomfortable. My throat didn't hurt as much but I wasn't doing well. I wanted to go back to bed. But I couldn't. I didn't feel like I could miss the market. So even though I was wildly unhappy I felt like I had to hold it together.

I know I can't expect James to fix everything all of the time but it doesn't stop me from wanting that. And so after I was dressed and had my bag and we were in the car we sat in silence for a while. Until finally I told them I needed them to talk through everything. And honestly it helped a lot

They said they were excited to be pretty in their dress. And everyone is going to love our costume and if we wanted to swap later we could. They then stopped for us to get hash browns and a soda and it helped. I felt not amazing for a while but I didn't feel like the world was falling apart.

And really the market was such a good time. Not only was it beautiful out, we had the children's choir so there was a ton of people there. And Callie was there. And also Meril was there!! She set her table up next to me and she had a button maker so we were hanging a blast.

I would slowly feel better. Working on my knitting was good. I would run out of my scrap yarn by the end of the day. It was nice to have something to do with my hands. Talking to my friends helped. James would help me set up and sat with me for a few minutes until it was time for them to start their day. Ann was also fun to talk to today. Things got better.

I made a good amount of sales today. I actually sat down and went through my book for the market and I have already surpassed my sales form last year! I'm pretty proud of myself. And there are still 3 markers left, and then I have the holiday one. I'm pretty thrilled.

I would have some really nice chats. Some returning customers. Auni bought her baby one of my bears and you should have seen him when she said it was for him. Huge smile, hugs the bear, and flops his little baby head on her chest to say thank you. Auni said that while they have a lot of toys, they are almost all her older sons, and this bear is the first tou he has that it only his. That's amazing. I'm so glad I could be a part of that.

Meril was manning the table to talk about the new exhibit so she had the button maker out and she loves making buttons. We had some trouble getting it going and I couldn't get it to work. But Auni came and fixed it. And then we were rolling.

Meril let me use some small petals to and it worked so well. She would not let me make a pin out of a lantern fly. Cruel. She did eventually relent and let me do the wing of a moth. Redeemed and forgiven.

Stanley loved the button maker so much and went inside to print his favorite picture and then had Meril write his name and it was so cute. He was so excited.

I found a jumping spider on my table. He kept being all over me and Meril's tablecloths even though I kept moving him. He was very cute but I didn't want him on me and also didn't want him to be squished. I moved him away best I could.

The music today was contentious. The choir practiced for a while and that was a lot of warring sounds. Plus the musician that was playing at the market itself. It was just a lot. But once the actual performance started it was nice.

And once the performance was done it was much quieter. Even with the sort of screechy music from the jazz musician. It was still a beautiful day. James came outside and got me a quesadilla. Best husband.

Right before 1 I packed up. No one else was so I felt goofy but I also very much wanted to go home so no time to waste. I cleaned out the back of the car and went inside to say goodbye to James. And then home.

When I got back home it was already warming up and I was pretty uncomfy. But a fan helped

I cleaned up and felt alright. Put stuff away and went to lay down. I would stop and make sure all our costume stuff was together. And then I laid down.

I watched videos for a while. Sweetp scared the hell out of me by putting a moth on me??? Terrible. But I was able to fall asleep.

I woke up at 4 and started getting ready. I wasn't having fun, I was to hot and dehydrated. But as I was sitting at my vanity I remembered we were supposed to bring soda for Jess's party. So I put on my sandals and walked to the store.

The walk was incredibly hot but it helped honestly. I got home after getting the soda and drank a bunch of water before making a lemonade and sitting on the couch. To wait for James to get home.

When James got back I let Callie know so she could head to us when she was ready. James took a few minutes to cool down and change their shirt. I had already put all of the stuff we needed to the side. So once Callie was heading to us we got Sweetp and the aquatics fed and went to meet her downstairs.

We had an hour and a half drive. Which was fine. We had nice talks about highschool and all going to very different systems. From a friend's school to my nonsense evangelical to James fancy public science highschool. It was very interesting.

And the moon was crazy. As the sun set and the moon rose in front of us it was absolutely giant and red. There is a lunar eclipse tonight and it was just so cool to see the moon looks so huge.

I finished my ball of yarn in the car when we were about twenty minutes away from Jess's. But then we were basically there.

I was excited for James and Callie to see Jess's adorable house. And honestly it's only gotten better since the last time I was there

She has so much more furniture!! And her decorations were super cute. But this was mostly about the food.

She made 6 drips. She made two kinds of sourdough. She had chips and veggies and candy and drinks. Deviled eggs where she made the mayo too?!? It was awesome. I loved showing her the silly shrimp we made out of the Chex rice crispies. She got shrimped. The bit of yelling that at each other continues. And honestly it tasted pretty good.

We were the first ones there and we all are and talked and I was so happy to be there. I was feeling a lot better.

And the her work friends started coming. It was so nice to meet them. And then Dante and Allie were there too! I was a chill hang out party but that was perfect. I loved seeing people is costume and being silly positing up like an f-boy with James and being really silly. I had a little to much caffeine and was talking very fast for a while. I showed Jess's friend Rex my tree PowerPoint and talked about how there are just to many goddamn trees. But it was fun talking about my programs and I got to show off my mushroom pictures. I was having a great time.

I sat on the ground and talked to Allie about jewelry for a while. And just bopped the top of Jess's head a bunch. I got to tell stories which I always enjoy. And I got to see James shining and talking and smiling big and that made me really happy.

We were there until right around 10. Jess made Dante and James decaf coffee while I used her fridge magnets to spell "#jesse superiority". And then there was hugs all over and it was time to go.

The gps thinks well me home in an hour and 15 minutes. Amazing. We are all quietly listening to a podcast nice. I am very much ready to sleep.

We should be home around 1130. And I hope to get a shower and go to sleep quickly. I would like to wake up at 9 tomorrow and clean a bit. Then I would like to do some art and download a book. And then I'll have my awah class. I hope it's a fun couple hours.

I really hope I can feel better tomorrow. I hope you all sleep well and tomorrow is beautiful. I love you all. Goodnight!

[madwickedawesome]

first day of junior year has been completed yippee!!!!! i had 2 teachers ive had for years and then a new one and the new one is SO nice. shes my apush teacher and she doesnt give us hw past notes bc she knows all the apush kids take at least 1 more ap (i am taking. 4 aps this year i think ?😰) AND SHES SO NICE. I LOVE HER. and her class is lecture based which is where i thrive (last year our history teacher did NOT lecture AHDHAJDHA) and uuughghgjhhjhyht🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰also in asl (BEGINNING MY 3RD AND FINAL YEAR OF ASL IN HIGH SCHOOL. GGGHHH SCARY) we made spaghetti towers?? we won due to our Suspension System using tape (idk . my friend is really good at engineering stuff and he did all of it) and also via my friend Um Actuallying our teacher (people werent making Free Standing Structures) . also choir was so much FUN i love choir i missed singing so much <3333 also we have WAY more ppl than last year which is so good!!!!! we have like 18 this year and we had 3 (who actually sang)LAST YEAR LIKE !?!?!?!? also im alto section leaderbhehehehe😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊also i only take 7 classes this year so im out an hour earlier than i got out last year so this is CRAZY. im so happy with today i hope tomorrow is just as nice

[xnchxntmxnt]

HI HI OMG I've been putting off submitting for your event but I'm finally doing it lol AND CONGRATS ON 700 I know I'm super late but I wanted to say it

—my name is Jack and my pronouns are they/he

—my date ideas are going to a mall (indoor or outdoor), going to an empty fast food restaurant right before it closes (I consider it a date I want to do this SO BAD), and going to an art museum

—I'm very much a shy and introverted person but when I'm with people I'm close with I'm actually quite chaotic (especially on caffeine oops). I'm actually hilarious and very creative but also kind of pessimistic and judgmental. my hobbies are seeing/being in musicals, listening to music, writing, playing video games, daydreaming, watching tv/movies/anime, and singing (especially in choir).

—I'm going with yuri on ice for the fandom this time (very excited lol)

—I'd prefer if my match-up was male

—pics in a separate ask <3

thank you so much and take your time!!

aaaa jack this was fun i need to write for him more actually. u give me excuses to write yoi and i appreciate it so much <3

your valentine's date is... VICTOR NIKIFOROV.

Alright look

It’s a late flight and he’s whiny and complaining about how he’s tired of airport food

He’s finally back to you for a little while until he has to go for another competition (but this time he’s bringing you with him ok <3)

It’s the day after valentine’s day and he insists he has to do something with you right now because he missed the day (the travesty!)

So. you drive to some fast food joint down the road a bit

And he’s ecstatic and very animatedly talking to the barely-above-teenage kid at the register who is just. Very slowly putting your order in (it’s late, they have no energy and this dumbass just walked in)

But victor is happy to be back to you and nothing will stop him from telling everyone so

He finally relaxes when he gets his milkshake and you both get your food, so he begins to tell you all about his performance and how he did (you already know because you watched it, but let him tell you anyway)

For the sake of not inconveniencing anyone we’re saying this is a 24hr open place

So he spends a while talking about how his competition went and all the lovely people & fans he met while he was out

And he makes this little shocked face and is like. Oh dear! He hasn’t asked about your time at home. 

Poor kid at the register

Anyway you guys go home after what feels like forever and he drives because you're sleepy

Keeps his hand in yours the entire time while hes driving and very carefully brings you up to bed 

[translucent-at-best]

Scatter-brained...

My roommate bought me some lingerie for Christmas since she knew I didn't own any. I'm a big t-shirt or commando kind of girl, so I was never pressed to buy any, but now that I have some? I get it. This shit got me feeling sessy.

I threw my back out in the most un-exciting and unnecessary way yesterday. I was too pissed. This was not the way I'd planned on spending my last free weekend before the kids start back at school... I know I'm gonna hear it from them when I go back on Tuesday.

Not exactly mad I get another day at home to myself though. And I'm SO glad I still have leftover muscle relaxers from the last time I threw it out (oooweee I feel like that sounded old), so this isn't nearly as bad as that first time.

Due to the muscle relaxers, I've been sleeping on and off all day, so now it's almost 3 in the morning, and I'm wide awake watching old gospel choir videos from undergrad.

Damn, do I need to try to find me a church home out here? I'm realizing how much I miss being apart of a choir.

Visiting Pittsburgh over winter break was exactly what I needed. And returning to LA afterwards was exactly what I needed too. I loved seeing my family and friends, but experiencing them trying to plug me back into the roles they knew me to fill 2 years ago was... less than fun. Had to gently remind some of them I was on vacation. And for whatever reason, my skin and locs really love the LA climate. The Pittsburgh climate dries them out terribly.

I know it's not going to happen anytime soon, but I really want these Black female influencers to stop putting filler in their lips. I may or may have not mentioned that in a previous scatter-brained post before. Oh well, it's still true.

Folks back home and here want me to start selling my cookies. I'm on the fence about it. Those who know me know they can get them if/when they ask, but turning it into an actual business? I don't want to not love it anymore. And I'm a staunch believer that every hobby doesn't need to be turned into a side hustle. But at the same time... extra money is extra money and extra money ain't never a bad thing (especially in this city).

I'm not a believer in astrology, but a pattern I've noticed is that I'm often really attracted to Capricorn men, but communication (at least with me) between meetings never seems to be their strong suit. In-person it's always great vibes, but outside of that, we can't seem to stay in sync. It's not something I'm even necessarily mad at, just, like I said... peeped.

Kind of related to that... one thing I've got to get better at doing this year and going forward is not going radio silent on people when I'm going through something. They don't deserve that. But me not wanting to "burden" people with my problems (because I'm very familiar with people heaping theirs onto me without my permission) turns into me not saying anything at all and that's not fair. To them or to me.

[iridescentis]

I often think about THE scene In chapter 18, but also miscellaneous scenes before they get together where they are very adorable, especially during chapter 23 I always think about the touchiness, I also think about Noel’s breakdown in chapter 14, AND how could I forget the entirety of chapter 22, (i am a fan that oceans birthday was on the 22nd chapter) the scene where mischa asks Noel to hang out after school in chapter 9 is also something I think about a lot, the specific line in chapter 3, ‘That nickname alone could send Noel into cardiac arrest, and he didn’t like his chances of survival now with how sweet Mischa was being.’

There are more that I can’t think of off the top of my head but I will certainly update you when (inevitably) I think about one of them during school

-🧊

AWH 🥰😭

this is so sweet and so cool wtf??? also I can't believe I never noticed Ocean's birthday lined up with chapter 22 so perfectly that went right over my head LMAO but that one is definitely one of my favourites to write, its so fun writing a fluffy casual chapter but sneaking in a bunch of little details and foreshadowing :D

I went back and looked through these moments and chapter 23 might be one of my favourites I have written?? like damn i got choir fluff character development nischa and time travel stuff all in one chapter and i actually like it??? honestly i do miss the earlier pre-nischa getting together cuteness, i miss them being silly :')

chapter 9 i do have a soft spot for because i think that's the first time i directly reference a scene from life is strange (the whole blackwoods scene with noel showing mischa his powers happens in LiS) and it was so much fun to write COMPARED TO LAST CHAP 😭(the train scene with noel figuring out how to divert the train is also from LiS, a direct scene rewrite basically)

what's THE scene in chapter 18? when mischa comes over drunk or? because i do love that scene, i absolutely looooove doing fake outs like you thought this chapter was done? NOPE hehe >:D

THE FACT YOU REMEMBER LINES i am in shambles that is so sweet even i don't remember my own lines 😭 i go back and reread sometimes and im like damn i wrote this?? LMAO

[my-chemical-wheaties]

Albums That I Listened to in April 2024

This month started out a little slow and then went wicked fast in terms of how motivated I was to listening to albums. I largely attribute this to a depressive episode that I was dealing with starting in late March and going through part of early April. Once I had the energy to actually listen to music, I went through albums in pretty rapid succession, and I was done with listening to all twelve by about halfway through the month (So much for saying that I needed to pace myself in March's post. 😅). Hopefully, I actually take my time more with this project in May.

Here's what I listened to this past month:

Crashlanded - Madeline Edwards (2022)

Love in Constant Spectacle - Jane Weaver (2024)

Spirit of Eden - Talk Talk (1988)

Speaking in Tongues - Talking Heads (1983)

Trail of Flowers - Sierra Ferrell (2024)

Oracular Spectacular - MGMT (2007)

Pamyu Pamyu Revolution - Kyary Pamyu Pamyu (2012)

The Colour of Spring - Talk Talk (1986)

Cheese - Stromae (2009)

Fabiana Palladino - Fabiana Palladino (2024)

Under the Pink - Tori Amos (1994)

Come Around and Love Me - Jalen Ngonda (2023)

If I were to rank these albums, here's how I'd do it:

Spirit of Eden: As someone who tends to gravitate towards art pop, I had always meant to get into Talk Talk, but never really delved into any album of theirs until now. Oh my god, was I missing out! This album is an absolute journey from start to finish and the instrumentation and transitions, both within and in between songs, is incredible. I just know when I listened to this that these tracks sounded amazing performed live. On top of that, Mark Hollis (Rest in peace) is a phenomenal singer and lyricist. The emotionality in his voice is palpable and really adds to how powerful these tracks are. Talk Talk is truly an underrated band and anyone who is interested in art pop or is trying to get into more 80s music absolutely must listen to this album. 10/10

2. Under the Pink: Tori Amos is an artist of whom I highly respect and adore, but I also haven't really gotten into a full album of hers before. Only her sophomore album, Under the Pink manages to be sonically cohesive without sacrificing any of the unique personalities of each track. I thought it was interesting how the album goes back and forth between telling fictional stories as vignettes and giving the listener glimpses into Tori's own life. Based on what I've listened to so far, this is definitely among her most underrated albums. 8/10

3. The Colour of Spring: Since I absolutely loved Spirit of Eden when I listened to it, I decided that I should give another one of Talk Talk's albums a try. I think that Spirit of Eden is the better of these two albums, but The Colour of Spring is phenomenal in its own right. I love the little details like the children's choir on "Happiness is Easy" or the harmonica on "Living in Another World." On top of that, tracks like "April 5th" and "Life's What You Make It" are incredible. To me, this is just about at the same level as Under the Pink. Between their two albums, it's clear that Talk Talk were on top of their game in the 80s and are a truly underrated band, at least in North America. 8/10

4. Speaking in Tongues: Talking Heads are revered among both other artists and music enthusiasts, and for good reason. The melodies are solid and all have their own unique grooves to them. I also think that David Byrne's voice complements the instrumentation, too, which sounds like differing types of squiggly lines. I don't really know what else that I could say about this other than it is just bop after bop and a fun album to put on every once in a while. 8/10

5. Come Around and Love Me: I had never heard of Jalen Ngonda before until he was recommended to me on Spotify and I've got to say... this album is really good. Its sound kind of reminds me of Marvin Gaye or something that Motown would put out, which makes the fact that this came out just last year a little shocking. The only real critiques that I have are that it gets a little redundant having nearly every track begin with a drum fill, and I thought that the track "Lost" was kind of half-baked. Overall, listening to this album was a pleasant experience and I hope that Jalen's work gets more exposure. 7/10

6. Trail of Flowers: Sierra Ferrell appears to be a fairly new artist who is combining folk with country music and honestly, I'm here for it. She brings a lot of energy to this album, and I appreciate her ability to paint pictures with her lyrics with the backdrop of some truly beautiful strings-based baroque instrumentation. Even tracks that I felt like needed more work like "American Dream" and "Chittlin' Cookin' Time in Cheatham County" still have a lot of potential. I think that Sierra has the prospectives to become a wildly successful artist, and I am eager to see what she puts out in the future. 7/10

7. Pamyu Pamyu Revolution: For the longest time, I only really knew Kyary Pamyu Pamyu for her song and music video for "PONPONPON" that went viral online in the early to mid 2010s (And also for somehow knowing Charli XCX), but I had never really sought out the full album "PONPONPON" is on until this month. I wouldn't necessarily call it groundbreaking, but each track is loaded with infectiously catchy hooks. This album is really just bop after bop. If you're looking for something in the same vein as Carly Rae Jepsen with a touch of eccentricity, this is definitely a project worth checking out. 8/10

8. Oracular Spectacular: MGMT seems to be a popular band with people around my age (Gen Z-ers), so it only made sense to explore their work more; especially since I listened to their sophomore album Congratulations back in December. I had already heard the three singles from this era before and they're all as phenomenal as always, and the deep cut "Of Moons, Birds, and Monsters" is a lovely acoustic guitar-centered track. I really didn't care for "The Youth" and "4th Dimensional Transition," though. All in all, this is a pretty decent indie album that has held up pretty well. 8/10

9. Fabiana Palladino: Apparently Lorde was recommending this album to people, and it appears to be getting positive reviews, so I thought that I would check it out. There are some great tracks on here, but there are also some that are pretty boring and were kind of a chore to get through. Overall, this album is pretty hit or miss, I would only suggest checking it out if you're curious to know what producer Jai Paul has been up to lately. 7/10

10. Crashlanded: I've been meaning to get around to listening to this one for a couple of months now, and I'm glad I finally did. The production on this album is exquisite and in all honesty, is probably a large part of the reason why I enjoyed listening to it. Madeline's voice is also great and overall, this is a strong country album from one of the genre's newest artists. The only track I didn't care much for is the title track, mainly because it's one of those songs that wants to have a message, but doesn't necessarily have one, and it consequently comes off as a little cringey. Otherwise, a lot of these tracks clicked with me immediately upon listen. "Forehead Kisses" is a particular favorite of mine. 7/10

11. Cheese: Stromae is one of those artists that I keep hearing people praise a lot online, but I haven't heard much from him or heard very many people talk about him in person. This is his debut album, and it sounds so different from the couple of his songs that I have heard. I was kind of expecting a more experimental pop sound, but this is more of an electronic/dance record. It's not bad at all, but I do think this is a situation like Waxahatchee's Cerulean Salt that I listened to earlier in this challenge, where it's clear that this only sounds rougher compared to what I imagine their future albums to sound like solely because it's their debut. Overall, though, it's a decent listen. 7/10

12. Love in Constant Spectacle: I had never heard of Jane Weaver prior to listening to this, I just stumbled upon it while looking for something to listen to on Album of the Year and decided upon cursory glance, that it's something worth checking out. I was kind of under the impression that this was going to be an art pop album, but it's more like an alternative/indie rock album in the same vein as some of Feist's work. Sometimes it can get a little boring while I'm listening to it, and I feel like Jane is trying to have a Julia Holter moment with this album at points. While the aforementioned Julia Holter/Feist-esque aesthetic doesn't really land at all here, I will say that there are still a few good tracks on this album. 7/10

I already have a few albums lined up for next month, so it will be interesting to see how that plays out. I think I will be skewering more towards indie and older artists, which should be an interesting listening experience for me.

[j-restlessgeek]

normally I am not sure if and how I can respond to tags but yours have been so consistent and sweet for the old song videos I felt like I had to find out one way to do it :'D

Thank you so much for these wonderful words, I'm so happy to know my songs have been able to resonate with you 🥹also sorry for posting them in the middle of your works I can almost feel the frustration and that's on me x'D

With the break down well... it was not the song itself

Story time!

I had had a few days by this point to write a song which normally is more than enough time for me but this year (2020) I hadn't felt inspired to finish the song I wanted to work on. That morning I'd just vented about how I might not have anything done until the presentation that would happen two days later if this kept happening. So I scrapped everything and sat down near a bonfire (unlit) to just breathe for a moment. While sitting there a butterfly flew by me and I felt inspired enough to write Butterfly within 30-45 minutes after that.

As mentioned in the post in hindsight the song is kind of a call out to myself about the dangerous part I'm walking down repressing my identity as a nonbinary transmasculine person. That made it so in the moment the song felt raw and vulnerable yet I didn't know why. For this reason and because I got people to sing choir on it I might not have practiced it as much as I should.

Past forward to Friday where we had to present it to the whole school (60-70 people). I was playing with the first act on our little set so I hadn't had time to think about my own song at all so when it suddenly was my turn I went blank. The microphone kept falling down as well making it hard for me to concentrate on getting the words and guitarplay right so after restarting the song twice I ran out of the room visibly crying.

One teacher I have a strong bond with found me and calmed me down yet I was sure this was it: I'd missed my chance to perform my song.

But luckily that was not the case and I got a slot inbetween two other classes' presentations. However most of the women that sang choir on the song originally didn't get to perform this time given how rushed the whole situation was.

It went pretty well all things considered. Just funny to think about in retrospect how this break down might have been triggered by something else other than the situation itself :'D

This got very long, my apolegies :'D

Sorry about the late reply had to finish work first :(. But also thank you for sharing this with me. The story behind the song is in its own way beautiful. A butterfly; a sign of rebirth and a new chapter (in my mind at least). Am so glad the teacher was able to calm you down and that you still got to perform your song. It’s a banger of a song.

And oh I get the repressing until you break so well. I used to be my biggest bully for almost a decade. Agreeing with the people around me that would say that I was a waste of space, not worthy to live, that no person would ever love me that am not worth anyone’s affection or love. That I had no reason to cry or they would give me one. But I also had a bully that was outside of my own mind. Used to kick, hit and yell at me. That am a stupid bitch, that my place in the world is wasted, etc. used to aim balls at my face. (was fun in 3.-4. grade) now I feel sorry for him, his home live must had been hard.

I would reject people cause I was so low and filled with self hatred and believed that people deserve to be actually loved and not tricked into it. I still believe that you have to love yourself first before loving someone else unconditionally. (Teenage me had no idea that the answer no to having a type or crush was valid)

Nowadays I wish I could tell my younger self that she is worthy to be loved, that she isn’t broken or a waste. And that the people who think so aren’t worth a second thought.

But I also know that my younger self wouldn’t believe me. Big trust issues.

Anyways it got really bad and I broke a few times before getting to the point where I am now. I found music and my passion plus one of my favourite people at the same time. He was so free in his own being, was pleasantly loud and proud of me. He was funny too and soft. (We don’t work together anymore but I work towards it) (maybe one day I will see and work with him again).

I am in a much better place now, I know more about myself. I worked out most of my self hatred, I haven’t been absolutely horrible in a year. Of course with small flare ups. But there were more good days as there were bad days. I have accepted that am weird and not fit for the norm.

I hope this wasn’t too depressing.

[pick-em-pool]

WEEK 17

EVERYONE, Don't PANIC 🚨🚨🚨 But we only have ONE MORE WEEK 🤯 to crown a CHAMPION 👑 of the 3rd annual Pick-Em-Pool tournament of stars ⭐⭐⭐ It's a new year, new you, and anyone can win some MONEYYYYY 🤑🤑🤑 We're giving out cash prizes for 1st place, 2nd place, 3rd place, and 10th place, so DON'T despair if you don't have a shot at the TITLE 💲💲💲 I know for me my New Year's resolution is to get a little bit of cash 😎 let's see how our contestants stack up heading into the final week.

VAL - 12 POINTS

LOTS of excellent picks this week from people, and none more so than Val, who called both the Pittsburgh and Jacksonville upsets 🔥🔥 Everyone is proud of our future Law & Order costar. A reliable source tells me that upon passing the BAR exam Val's New Year's resolution is to become a lobbyist in Pennsylvania focused on marriage reform law. She hopes one day to legally wed her one true love - Rocky 🐕 The reliable source is me after I saw her lick Rocky's leftover Crème Brulee bowl 🤢 I wouldn't even do that with a HUMAN, much less Rocky "The Thong Thief" Daigneault!

JULIETTE - 12 POINTS

The cactus choir singer proves to be a wildcard YET AGAIN 🃏🃏🃏 putting up a stellar 12 points heading into the final week 🏁 will she be able to navigate her way into that 10th place spot, and earn some closing cash? 🤔 I don't think she's going to grab first place, that would be too "mainstream" for her 🧔 After getting the CD player, our little hipster is looking into everything "you've probably never heard of". her search history is rather telling:

GABBY - 12 POINTS

Our current leader has herself a vice-grip on FIRST PLACE heading into the final week 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️ Will she be the first person to dethrone the mighty Janie??? I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE. Gabby's New Year's resolution is to roll the dice and see if she can WIN some money! She didn't actually make it home with me, I think she is still rolling craps dice at the Venetian right now. She doesn't know how to play craps 😬 but she does know that drinks at the Venetian are free, and she's moving in 🏠🏡🏚🏘

RUSTY - 12 POINTS

Another rock-solid performance puts Rusty squarely into second place with a fair shot at the title 🏆 a HUGE change from last year's last place performance! How has he moved from worst to best in almost a year?! 😱 If I'm him, my New Year's resolution is to just try everything I'm bad at again, see if I can just suddenly become the BEST somehow.

Faceplanted wakeboarding last year? Triple backflip incoming

Bad vegetarian cook? Michelin Stars coming your way

Can't do a backflip? See you at the cirque du soleil

JANIE - 11 POINTS

Janie and Peyton are locked in a cage match for that final 3rd place spot 🥊🥊🥊 who is going to win the brawl and emerge with some MOOLAH? 💸💸💸 That's going to be much needed after hosting a 6'13" boyfriend and a human garbage disposal husband for 3 weeks. I think Janie's New Year's resolution should be to just toss Peyton and Logan a 60 lb bag of lentils when they arrive and call it a day before they eat all her food and start gnawing on her furniture 🍔🍕🍖🍗

PEYTON - 11 POINTS

Does Peyton have the heart to CRUSH Janie this week and take the third place spot for himself??? 😫 I'm not sure, but if I'm him I'm going to 'strategically' miss a couple more games than usual this week 🤐 or I might find myself run over by a vintage Mercedes that was "lost" on the disc golf range by an anonymous mother heading to pick up her daughter from swim practice 🏎🏎🏎

ABBY - 9 POINTS

With another 9 point finish, our beloved blondie holds the ignominious title of "LAST PLACE" going into the final week of the season 😭😭😭 If I'm Abby making my New Year's resolution, I'm expanding my boyfriend pool. Don't drop Brady! He's great for many things:

Tall

Dark

Handsome

Valentine's date

Fun as heck

But Abby needs a BUB - a Back-Up-Boyfriend 👨👨👨 Someone that's going to score more than 9 points a week and get her that DUB 🥇🥇🥇🥇 she can store him in the closet when he's not making any picks 💼💼💼

JJ - 9 POINTS

A tough week DROPs JJ out of the money and into 4th place for this week. EVERYTHING rides on his final round of picks 😨 can he scrape together enough points to win some cash?!?! 😳😳😳 For my man JJ, I have to recommend a New Year's Resolution: He needs a pair of glasses! 👓👓👓 I don't know why he won't go see the eye doctor with his terrible vision 🤷‍♀️ I even hear him around the house shouting I WANNA KNOW. HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THE RAIN??? Glasses could fix that my man!!!

Alright people, thank you all for another wonderful football season 🏈🏈🏈 Nothing is certain so make you FINAL picks and get ready to win some MONEY 💰💰💰💰 LAST ONE FAST ONE

[cheese-in-space]

Yeah random percussion parts are strange sometimes. I got to play congas at the choir concert on Tuesday and my girlfriend was there because she’s in choir so that was really fun :}

And as for gifts I crochet a lot of them! I can also knit but not as well. I used to see animals out of felt and stuff a lot when I was younger but those are super time consuming and I freehanded all of them on the fly so I don’t really do it anymore. I’ve been wanted to get back into sewing but crocheting is fun in the meantime

And that choir trip sounds awesome!!!! I’m glad you had so much fun :} and that’s awesome that you guys have that many people again! I love bus rides so much. I swear there’s nothing like the chaos of a long bus ride with other music kids. It’s great :}

And guhhh I hate missing school so much because it always ends up with so much more homework than you would think is even possible. I know people that just don’t show up to school regularly and I don’t know how they do it because I would go insane.

I’m sorry you’ve been having such a rough time lately with your friends. I hope you guys are able to work through it and that you get your much needed break when Christmas break comes <3

And those picture ideas are great! I’ll try to get a picture of a sunset or sunrise if it’s not cloudy this week (the time of endless clouds has arrived which I actually enjoy but makes it hard for sunset pictures ajdhsjd)

Always fun to talk to you as usual and no worries about the long reply! I love to hear your thoughts on things always :}

I FORGOT AGAIN OMG im setting reminders from now on

anyhoo. behold my shitty moon pictures.

both taken outside of my job on. i think? the same night- the first one is joined by two lovely warriors of light and the other has a really cool juuust visible ring around her- that’s the super moon i believe!

also hi marty i missed you this week how have you been :} <3333

Oh my gosh they’re so beautiful!! I didn’t manage to get another picture of the moon besides the last one I sent to you so here’s a picture with rabbits from my camera rolll

And hello Reese I’ve missed you too :}}

I had a nice week this week since I was able to keep up with all my schoolwork. I didn’t get very good sleep though so I was glad to be able to sleep in today. But I’m on thanksgiving break now so I’ve got a whole week off :}}

I also had to play percussion at a bunch of concerts this week and I’ll have to again in two weeks. Lots of playing random percussion parts for me I guess.

Also we’rr hosting thanksgiving again this year so we’ll have to prepare a lot for that this week. It’s fun to see family but always super tiring.

Hmm and I also have been getting in gear to make Christmas gifts for people but I still have a lot more stuff to do in that regard

And my rooms a messss so I have to clean it and fold all my clothes before I can really start to do anything else productive ahaha.

Anyway, how are you? And what should are picture be this week?

[supercantaloupe]

sleepover saturday talk about your biggest beef during any music rehearsals

anytime my instrument decides to go out of adjustment in the middle of a fucking rehearsal. last year a bridge pad fell off right before the fucking solo in tchaik 1 and NOTHING would speak whatsoever. fucking half a millimeter thick piece of cork ruined my entire night. or that time i had to play english horn on romeo & juliet overture and they gave me an instrument with a massive crack in the top joint. like what exactly do you expect me to do with this? hum my part?

UH but actually most of my shittiest memories in music rehearsals were from student music directing the shows at my high school. because when you're the only kid in the school who can play piano well enough to accompany an entire show's rehearsal process you get put in charge of running shit in 10th grade. but also when you're in 10th grade literally nobody respects you, including your classmates, so even when the actual directors tell everyone to listen to you when you're running the music rehearsals and trying to teach the ensemble their parts, fucking nobody pays attention, and you waste 10 hours of your life every week for three months wondering why you subject yourself to this bullshit every year

and the show/music was never worth it either lol. like i wasted so much of my life on fucking hairspray. never doing that again! call me when there's an oboe part or don't call me at all

[ask meme]