#doing chores

[welldigger62]

Stuck inside 🙁

It’s still raining here, but now it’s a light misty rain.

Being as the cleaning fairy never showed up last night, I have been doing vacuuming, mopping and other fun stuff. 😬

Someone has to do it and I’m the only one here

[milniar-problemsolved]

I did TWO chores yesterday AND made cookies and today I've mended THREE pairs of pants so they won't lay around on my floor and gather dust and be usable instead!!

wahoo!!! I'm being so Productive! It's amazing!

[dinosaurcharcuterie]

Today I'm trying to keep myself from making more dresses by doing household chores. Like creating Tumblr's favorite substance, on account of how we only have a tablespoon or so of it left in the house.

Step one: acquire the finest German vodka you can find for under six euros and (optional) filter it to remove a bit of the harshness. Repeat (or not) for up to three times. You'll lose some volume, but you're not getting all the vodka back in anyway, and this was not the biggest economic investment, so that's okay.

Step two: while the bottle is empty, get out 8-14 of the cheapest vanilla beans you can find on the day of making and halve them. No need to scrape anything.

Step three: place bean halves in the empty vodka bottle.

Step four: put vodka back in bottle with the beans in it. (Optional: absolutely forget what you said earlier about not all of it fitting in the bottle anymore and cover your kitchen in cheap booze.) Tightly recap bottle.

Step five: if you're the tidy type or have spilled vodka over your entire kitchen counter, have a bit of a tidy up before vigorously shaking the capped bottle until the clear liquid is slightly tinted brown.

Step six: (not optional) clearly label your creation and place in fridge. Shake occasionally for the next 6-12 weeks (the more vanilla beans you used, the quicker it'll be done), before removing vanilla pods and using as storebought vanilla extract.

[soapver4]

Romance Mushrooms Statistics

Platform Bubble: Pile on the foam! A store of nerve-soothing appliances that turn never-ending housework into a fantasy game à la the healing, humbling psychofantasy drama Eternal Night Star River, which cheesy official English title captures neither the humanistic significance nor the poetic quality of the native title's allusion to a transmigrating soul lighting up a stream of bright spots in [spoiler caution] another wandering soul's life. By the way, let's spell it out for this really unobvious instance: Romance Mushrooms Statistics is the renegades headquarters' store's name.

The store concept hails from the series' denouement: All along you probably think that the percentage values shown by mushroom-like dust demons as part of the in-show conquest game foisted onto the corporate-rat-trapped-in-novel heroine are the percentages of her its snarky demon-catcher hero loves, when in reality they are the degrees to which he is willing to do all that is necessary for her. The final push [spoiler] completing the dizzying journey from -200% to 100% is his newfound self-love that gives him the confidence to take a literal plunge back to real life for her, giving up his world guardian identity and magical powers and waking up as a bespectacled convalescent so that he, the novel's author, can rewrite the desolate ending.

Each appliance features a progress bar which mushy but hopefully motivational readings ranging from "-200% In Love" to "100% In Love" speak to the mundane reality of spousal and familial love, to the heroism we need more immediately from romantic partners than other forms of heroism most of the time. Users can set a frequency at which they aspire to operate the appliance (e.g. clothes washing once a week, dishwashing every 24 hours) and a buffer time window (e.g. one hour from an expected dishwashing time of 9 pm). The readings drop from 100% to 0% as the time window closes, and rise from 0% to 100% as appliances complete their runs, operate continuously or discontinuously for some aggregate amount of time (in the case of appliances like stoves), or get filled up (in the case of appliances like vacuum cleaners). Readings drop below 0% when appliances are damaged or under-maintained. The bars and numbers are rendered of course in sparkly bubbles. Lean into the mush!

Appliances are also renamed as follows:

Stove → Tummy counselor-demon academy (Remember? Not all demons are bad.)

Oven → Crust aroma demon abode

Dishwasher → Grub illusion demon slayer

Clothes washer → Fabric demon bathhouse

Clothes dryer → Water demon reincarnator

Vacuum cleaner → Dust demon herder

Buttons of the appliances are styled as images of spiffy, neat gray talismans like those in the story. The thematic approach can be extended to button captions too by, for example, rewriting the Start button as Begin Spell. All designs must be tweaked or discarded, however, where they compromise legibility or safety. Red emergency stop buttons will not be touched by invisibility spells anytime soon.

The mystical feel can be enhanced further, while maintaining sleek, clean looks in general, by selectively decorating side panels, vacuum suction pipes and appliance outlines with subdued depictions of the iridescent, gassy energy streams [spoiler] our bumbling but ultimately brave heroine learns to wield in the game to protect the many people she loves. Translucent, glassy panels or stripes are adopted where possible in incorporating these depictions. It is a buoyant balance between emotional immersion and practical functionality, just as the screen protagonists, tragic side characters turned power couple in the game, lift up and fight alongside each other.

To up the motivation factor, songs from Eternal Night Star River (can't we just forget the other title?) and other ancient romantic fantasy series are played, under licensing deals, from each appliance as it is put to use. New songs can be downloaded over the years to keep experiences fresh.

If all that sounds too fluffy and mawkish to you, here's mathematics to the rescue. Users have the additional option of downloading regular podcasts about mathematical ideas in ecology onto the appliances. Sample episodes: J-shaped (exponential) growth versus S-shaped (logistic) growth in microbial "demon" populations depending on resource limitations, density-dependent egg production of giant intestinal roundworm "demons," count distribution (specifically, the nature of Poisson distribution) of bacterial "demons" in diluted cell cultures. You'll at least want them for your little future Charles Darwins as they help out with the chores.

One downside of these appliances is their higher energy consumption. We need those next-generation solar roof tiles. What we also need: soul transmigration into some tech billionaire's life story to speedily make the store a reality. That's a new-year resolution: Scout for a mossy stone panda.

[grand-zammy]

Sorry I didn't post much on here today.

Big Cat and I were taking it easy today; catching up on chores, talking about making improvements to our personal habits, giving the kitties some quality time and trying to get extra sleep tonight.

Posting will resume as normal tomorrow.

[amousewithnocheese]

the notes i have to take for my music history course are staring at me very loudly…

@low-selfesteem-and-god-complex i believe in you

Reblog to give the person you reblogged it from the energy to do one (1) chore or maybe many

[confinedinthisflesh]

merlin dvd box set make me focus please make me focus

[goldensunset]

advice i think we should tell children is that when adults say stuff like ‘now that i’m an adult i get really excited about stuff like coffee tables and bathrooms and rugs etc’ they don’t mean ‘and now i don’t care about blorbo and squimbus from my childhood tv shows anymore’ bc your average adult still loves all the same pop culture stuff they always did; they just have a greater appreciation for the mundane as well. growing up just means you can enjoy life twice as much now. you can get really excited about a new stuffed animal AND about a new kitchen sponge. peace and love

[itslenagain]

I introduce my neighbors to so much sapphic music during my cleaning sessions it's like cultural education tbh

[transgender-catboy]

hell exists

[miraclemaya]

MADOKA - “I’m thinking I’ll order a beef udon bowl, since Sayaka-chan told me that they make those really good here. What about you, Homura-chan?”

CONSERVATION OF ENERGY - Food needs can be met with an expenditure of 1.23% of total magic. Proceed?

GRIEF SYNDROME [Trivial: Success] - MAGICAL GIRLS THAT IGNORE FOOD ARE OFTEN MORE PRONE TO GRIEF ACCUMULATION. MY ARMS WILL ALWAYS BE WAITING FOR YOU, HOMURA, BUT IT’S IMPORTANT TO BE HAPPY UNTIL THAT DAY. BESIDES, MADOKA WANTS TO EAT WITH YOU. DISAPPOINTING HER WILL FILL YOUR SOUL GEM WITH A HALF A GRIEF SEED WORTH OF DESPAIR.

TEA WITH MAMI-SAN [Legendary: Success] - Sayaka says the beef bowl is good? Maybe go for that. She knows Madoka’s tastes better than anyone — and if Madoka likes something, you will certainly like it too.

“I will have the same as you, Madoka.”

“I’m not feeling very hungry.”

[CALL AND RESPONSE - Medium 10] Come up with an order on your own

CALL AND RESPONSE - [Medium: Failure] - You’ve eaten here before, you’re pretty sure. Was it Loop 32… no, Loop 12..? No, wait, it was on the first Friday of Loop 68. No… that’s not right. You’ve never eaten here before. In a stunning display of incompetence, you have taken Madoka on a date to a restaurant that you have never experienced before.

THE ANGEL - It’s okay, Homura-chan! I don’t mind if you haven’t eaten here before. Remember what real me said, Sayaka thinks this place is good! And even if it’s not perfect, that’s okay, just spending time with you makes me happy.

THE CRAVEN MASSES - Sayaka has raised her blade against Madoka 16 times before. You should leave this restaurant and kill her. It would only take-

FALLING SAND [Trivial: Success] - 1528 seconds on average.

CONSERVATION OF ENERGY - It can be cut down to 1243 seconds with an expenditure of 2.7% of total magic pool.

THE CRAVEN MASSES - Exactly. Do it in front of her family and make it bloody. Kyoko would likely try and stop you, but even she isn’t immune to bullets. And if Mami comes for revenge, well, you know the exact words you could say that would destroy her, don’t you?

THE ANGEL - A-Ah, I think that’s a bit of an extreme reaction, Homura-chan!

HUMAN SHELL - Your heart rate is increasing. Stop that. You have absolute control over your flesh. Act like it.

MOE INSTINCT - AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH WHAT ARE WE GOING TO ORDER MADOKA IS GOING TO LAUGH AT US

WITCH’S NIGHT - Is… is this a trap? Walpurgis may be defeated, but you know that the stage witch never truly ceases its show. Perhaps this restaurant is a part of the stage?

MADOKA - “Um, are you okay, Homura-chan?”

MOE INSTINCT - OH GOD SHE HATES US

“I’m going to kill myself.”

“I’m so sorry. Would killing myself make you feel more comfortable?”

Isn’t there anything else you can say?

YOU - Isn’t there anything else you can say?

THE DEVIL - Come on, Homura. It’s high time you do it. Really, this is just another in the long, long chain of failures that make up your life. The only way to fix it is to kill yourself.

CLOCKWORK PRECISION - Target: Located on right ring finger. Target is not moving. Chance to hit: High. Plan: Retrieve pistol. Aim pistol at ring. Pull trigger.

THE ANGEL - Oh my god, please do not do that!

"I am going to kill myself."

"I'm so sorry, I'll kill myself if it makes you feel better."

"I'm so sorry. Should I kill myself?"

There. There has to be better options than this.

YOU - There. There has to be better options than this.

MOE INSTINCT - I CAN’T TAKE IT ANY MORE. THE ONLY RECOURSE IS IMMEDIATE SUICIDE. THAT’S THE ONLY WAY MADOKA WILL LOVE YOU AGAIN.

"I am going to kill myself."

"I'm so sorry, I'll kill myself if it makes you feel better."

"I'm so sorry. Should I kill myself?"

YOU - “I’m going to kill myself.”

MADOKA - Madoka’s face twists, her eyebrows raising slightly in shock. Whatever response she was expecting, it was clearly not this.

GRIEF SYNDROME [Challenging: Success] - IF MADOKA WAS A MAGICAL GIRL, HER SOUL GEM WOULD FILL BY A QUARTER HEARING YOU SPEAK THOSE WORDS. THAT WAS CRUEL, HOMURA.

MOE INSTINCT - WHY DID YOU SAY THAT?

MADOKA - “I’m so sorry, Homura-chan. Please don’t do that. I… I really care about you and so does everyone else.” Madoka’s eyes fill with tears as she speaks. She hugs you.

DAMAGED MORALE -4

CALL AND RESPONSE [Trivial: Success] - Quick, tell her you were making an edgy joke that didn’t land. You’ve gotten away with that before, you’re pretty sure.

SPACE-TIME MASSACRE - Twelve quarter shifts left and two up from your current space-time position, and there’s a Japan that it’s actually illegal to not commit suicide in.

FALLING SAND - You’ve been seated for 5 minutes and 32.5 seconds already and still have not ordered. Mami has requested your presence at her apartment in 3.4 hours from now.

TEA WITH MAMI-SAN - She wants to help you find a hobby. She’s really worried about you, you know.

STRINGS OF FATE - You can feel Madoka’s heart beat in sync with yours as she holds you. Everything will be alright, as long as you follow the beat.

THE ANGEL - Yeah! It’s okay Homura-chan. Just explain what’s been going on and Madoka will understand. And then order something, it’s important to eat a full meal!

YOU - “Ah, sorry Madoka. I was… overwhelmed with choice, and my… brain spit out the first thing it thought. I am not planning on killing myself.”

MADOKA - “Um, I think we should probably talk about this more, Homura-chan….”

CALL AND RESPONSE - Ask her a question to change the topic. It’s worked in three different loops, it should work here.

RATIONALITY COMPLEX [Trival: Success] - Ask her if she wants to try anything else and then order that for yourself. This will accomplish your goal of deciding on what to order, as well as showing Madoka that her desires are important to you.

YOU - “Is there anything else you’d like to try, Madoka? We can share our dishes.”

MADOKA - “Uh, okay Homura-chan. Maybe get some tempura?”

Order 10000 yen worth of tempura

Order 1000 yen worth of tempura

Order 100 yen worth of tempura

YOU - “Excuse me waiter, give me 10000 yen worth of tempura.”

HUMAN SHELL - Calories and magic are just two different types of fuel. Feed me and control me.

THE ANGEL - T-that’s probably too much, Homura-chan. Maybe you can sneak some into your cool shield, though!

MADOKA - Madoka doesn’t say anything, but her eyes do bulge out slightly. She gives you a gentle pat on the shoulder and smiles at you.

HEALED MORALE +1

RATIONALITY COMPLEX - Displays of wealth like this can broadcast value to potential mates. This will increase your value in Madoka’s eyes, furthering along one of your goals.

THE ANGEL - I think you should just focus on enjoying the food, Homura-chan. Take a break, everything is okay.

Thank you.

Why don’t you hate me?

YOU - Why don’t you hate me?

THE ANGEL - Because I care about you, Homura-chan! And besides, you hate yourself far too much already.

Thank you.

THE ANGEL - You’re welcome! Now, please, enjoy your meal with real Madoka. She loves you a lot too, you know.

[biggest-gaudiest-patronuses]

i actually get so much satisfaction out of mending and repairing my stuff. like yeah it's a chore but also it's almost a religious ritual: bending my head gritting my teeth squinting my eyes at the thing i'm fixing all the while chanting fuck you capitalism fuck you consumerism fuck you i ain't buying jack shit

[sarahthecoat]

if i'm knitting, usually podcasts. if i'm sewing, then i go to the music programs, because if part of a tune/song is drowned out by the sewing machine, nbd. mostly stuff on bbc sounds, lots of science podcasts, some comedy/games (im sorry i havent a clue, and unbelievable truth, both starting up this week!) sometimes i poke around with the search function for radio plays or documentaries, etc. and there is every kind of music you can imagine, including some request shows.

i also have a list of non bbc sounds podcasts, but i usually only have time for a few of them.

librivox is also great for audiobooks of public domain books. find someone whose voice you like and binge.

Leave some suggestions if anyone wants, like playlists/musical artists, or any good podcasts/gaming channels.

I might be missing some, so feel free to reblog with another answer if this post does well.

Edit: Noting a lot of y'all are listening to Audiobooks. So sorry for forgetting that! If you want, leave some recommendations for any of them!

[seenthisepisode]

no offence but the reason tumblr is “dying” is, well, yes, of course the cursed like/reblog ratio and the change in user behaviour (because of people being used to how instagram and tiktok work) BUT also the lack of weekly shows. i say it with my whole chest, they don't produce captivating and engaging stupid weekly tv shows anymore because streaming killed that so you have spikes of activity here when Something happens in general fandom or up to three days after a new season of whatever drops and then it's a wasteland. this is obviously an old woman yelling at a cloud missing supernatural and the vampire diaries and pretty little liars and all these other shows type of post but honestly give me back weekly tv shows where i have something to watch for 40 minutes almost every day of the week after work so then i can read and reblog it on tumblr give it back for the sake of my sanity

[dapper-lil-arts]

Can we talk about the kind of woman Applejack attracts.

[puttingwingsonwords]

Dracula scrambling around the castle pretending to be his own servants is so important in showing that aside from being a super powerful evil vampire-sorcerer he is also a huge loser