#christmas day 2021

[acquiescest]

irt the lrb what would you say if i said liam & noel spent new years 2023 together in paris

what would you say if i said liam bought the house in france (the one with noel's name carved into the walls) in march 2023 and that month noel talked about wanting to spend several months in paris

which could mean nothing

[theonethatyaks93]

Happy 28th Anniversary to A Pinky and The Brain Christmas!!!

If you want to find the quickest way to make me cry, look no further than this episode. I watch this every year around Christmas and it gets me in that happy holiday mood. It's funny, it's emotional, it's in my opinion the most important episode in Pinky and The Brain's history. The plot seems so simple, yet it has layers of complexity that make it so much more interesting. The ending, holy crap the ending. When Brain reads Pinky's letter to Santa, the sheer raw emotion in this scene is unbeatable. The animation, writing, and voice acting all come together in harmony to craft the most pivotal and emotional moment in not only PaTB history, but in Animaniacs history. The globe keychain is an important symbol and it's very sweet how Pinky was so considerate of Brain. Just seeing Brain sob his eyes out is a powerful image, especially for such a usually uptight character. I'm convinced that "A Pinky and The Brain Christmas" was the episode that not only changed Brain's personality in the writers' eyes and overall, but it was the episode that shaped Pinky and Brain's relationship into the way we see it today. Whether you ship Brinky or not, it cannot be underestimated how important this episode was and still is to fans, the people who worked on the show, and even to the voices of Pinky and Brain themselves, who actually cried while recording the ending bit. Happy Anniversary "A Pinky and The Brain Christmas!" I hope to continue watching this for many more years in the future.

[simplydnp]

absolutely thriving with gamingmas but yearning for festive-themed content

[sivunas]

i found the kayn tweet. i like the implication that the eastern part of the noxian empire is central asia coded, be it because it's always been like that, or if it was ever ( or still is ) part of ionia and it's something noxus acquired through conquest and expansion; because runeterra takes a lot of heavy inspiration from our world and geography ( as many fantasy elements do, because where else could it come from, you know. as we all know, fantasy geography and politics are very much inspired from real life things ).

but given michael and odin wrote him to be half white and half asian ( i choose to not say hapa here because i want to say hapa is exclusive for hawaiians, similarly as hafu is like for half japanese folk ), geographically it makes sense.

anyways i'm yapping and no one cares but my point is that ethnic representation in league of legends is actually so important to me and i will be very loud about any champion but sivir reminded me of this tweet too because like wdym people are using indian actresses for an egyptian character's face claim. yikes! when i say soo la voo this is not what i mean!

[schmedterlingfreud]

🍬 Day [31 of 100] of Productivity🍬

Writing: - Effetto Luna; Chapter 22 (... completed and posted!)

Last chapter and last update before the end of the year.🍾​ Chapter 22 was very hard to put together, because it is rich in dialogue, and because the conversation between Luca and Alberto concerns all those conflicts that our two boys had to face during the previous stages of the story and the narrative. The ideas for this big dialogue grew in my head one after the other, fleeting wild like soap bubbles. That's why, at first, I simply wrote down everything that came to mind, without order, without connections, just emptying my head and filling the blank page. Then, like it was a matter of putting a puzzle together, I had fun playing with the pieces, I attached them, I detached them, I put them in order, and there I got -- hopefully! -- a coherent image. A rather hard job overall, but very fun and stimulating! And this big boy came out huge: 18.983 words! In short, it was about bringing to light all those feelings and motivations that I had sown but left a bit in the dark in the previous chapters -- I had to be very careful not to leave any piece behind. Facing the finished work, I can say I am satisfied with the final result. Considering all the chapters of "Effetto Luna", I can say that Chapter 22 is easily placed in my personal Top5. I hope you will like it too. (ᵔᵕᵔ) Only two chapters left to go to the end of "Effetto Luna", dear readers and friends! But, with stories updates, I'll see you in 2025. (˵ •̀ ᴗ - ˵ )✩

Reading: - The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by Lyman Frank Baum - Il Vaso di Pandoro, by Selvaggia Lucarelli (... completed!)

Listening to: Playlist Mix by Chernikovskaya Hata

Snacking on: Lindor Chocolate Pralines

Extra: My Christmas/New Year vacations are going… okay, I guess. Draining all the last months' fatigue is not as easy as I believed; there are certain days when all I want to do is bury myself under the covers and stay in bed all day long, just sleeping and recharging. Despite it all, I'm happy and satisfied to have finished one last chapter before the end of the year, as I promised. For this Christmas, I received one Sabaton hoodie and one Nanowar of Steel t-shirt. Exactly as I wrote in my Santa's letter! 🤘💚 But the best present of all was cutting my hair extra short. I'm not exactly bald, but I do now wear a very fresh buzz cut in which I feel very well and at ease (I look like Jesse Pinkman in El Camino movie, lol). This is my special way to say goodbye to 2024 and to welcome my 2025 feeling new and refreshed. I hope it will bring me luck! 🍀

[jencsi]

I've put up a good fight with this over the past 2 years, but my brain simply cannot get over the trauma of being so sick on Christmas Eve/Day 2022. It has consumed every aspect of my life since then. Every single odd feeling in my gut, every food that "tastes weird" every recall I read about, every time someone says they feel sick or confirm that they or their child is actually sick, sends me spiraling into a contamination OCD nightmare.

I was smart and careful with handwashing, food choices, avoiding restaurants, take out etc. I don't gather in groups much anyways even prior to the pandemic, the very limited family gatherings I do have during the year, are the ones I am trying to stay healthy for.

I requested Christmas Eve off last year and everything went smoothly but my anxiety was high. It triggered an IBS flare up and some issues during the party (I was starting my period early and didn't know it so I panicked and thought I had norovirus again) I barely survived that night.

For 2024, I requested December 20th-25th off so I could hole myself up at my home and avoid people and places so I could be illness free for the big family Christmas Eve gathering. Everything was going smoothly with this until my boss's kid contracted a stomach bug and was sick on Monday 12-16 through Wednesday 12-18. Despite having 0 contact with her prior to this, I have been spiraling ever since. I feared she would get sick next (she didn't) but it's only been 5 days. I worked with her for two and a half hours on Thursday 12-19 and I avoided her like the plague. I got to leave early and start my PTO. (I would not be spiraling so hard these last few days if it wasn’t for this event) Every day since then I have sat here stewing in my own anxiety, eating only "safe foods", making my last trip to a store on the 20th, refusing to eat any of the food my parents made out of fear of illness.

All of this has been incredibly draining and difficult to maintain. This is the worst PTO I have ever used. I can't even enjoy it. Trying to avoid the most contagious, most violent, distressing sickness has been a battle. And I'm still not 100% safe in my crazy OCD brain. Thinking back to 12-24-22 and how things were so good and how quickly they spiraled into madness, the acute timing of it, hour by hour, how fresh and vivid the memory of that night is, and how my health has not been the same since is adding to the stress and anxiety. You do not simply "get over" a stomach bug these days. You are never "out of the woods" no matter how many days have passed since you think you've been exposed. I would trade so much to have the life back that I had prior to this.

It is frustrating to watch everyone around me eat restaurant food, eat more food choices than I can without a care in the world in regards to their health.

I should love the holiday. My regular depression was getting better before health anxiety consumed me. I should not be living like this. As a society we need to do better at curbing the risk factor and spread factor for gastrointestinal illnesses, especially around the holidays. I would even go so far as to say this is worse than COVID I had twice. I would rather have that!

All of this, all of this to deal with, to be exhausted by daily. I feel like I have been running a marathon at the start of every year and the finish line (if I am lucky) is a sickness free holiday. In parallel, I feel as if my entire life has been leading up to Christmas Eve and Day and I could be doomed or I come out unscathed.

The unknown is the bitch of it.

[thrilling-oneway]

bro seeing the old sekai ao3 stats made me weirdly nostalgic which made me realize sekai has existed long enough to be nostalgic over things and i am not mentally ready to think about that

ensekai released when i was in my last year of high school and now i'm in my last year of college i don't want to think about that. what do you mean it's been almost two years I still consider Same Dreams Same Colors to be a recent event

[bluebellthesponge]

i completely forgot that my own copy of the communist manifesto includes historical artwork to illustrate the ideas and talking points with artwork

obviously reading material it’s not necessary at all but i just think it’s neat that the copy 16 year old me found at a half price books happened to be this one

[kinda-daily-warriorcat]

Going back to my roots and drawing on MS Paint

[the-gayest-tree-you-ever-did-see]

I GOT SCRATCHED ITS GONNA BE A GOOD 2024 BOYS

[readingwriter92]

Like I’m glad whatever weird illness I’ve caught in the last few days has been very mild. Like. Most basic common cold symptoms. But also it’s been like a year or two since I’ve last been sick so this shit just sucks?

I slept for fourteen hours yesterday. Super rough throat in the morning. No appetite.

Today it’s literally just runny nose and a bit of a cough.

I’m glad it’s clearing up fast but also lord runny nose is so obnoxious

[faillen]

idk why but 911 is a deeply fall show to me

[colorblindmess]

the good thing about having a small tumblr account is the fact i can post shit like "happy dsmp christmas may" and no one is around to question me

[holyviolence]

just reflecting on my past and realizing how shit everything's been. tw for lotsa things in tags or you can just ignore and go on with ur day <3

[romqnticstylez]

wouldve been so silly if the decade ask was sent on 17 november