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[margindata]

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[justanobedientboy]

A (potential) three part series:

Part1

"No more foot freebies." She wants five viewers commenting below and asking her to clean her soles before she goes any further. If you want to see her soft socked feet, start typing.

part2

Yes, you folks made it to five..so, as promised, this is the second part of the series. I took a few extra days to post since the next limit she set was 15, but I was able to beg her to take it down to seven comments. So, if you want to see the third part of her post, we will need seven comments begging to see her bare feet. It is up to you now...

Part3

She just laughed and said she figured that she could get seven comments by the weekend. She is excited to think of all the sockholders she has at her beck and call now. Happy Friday!

[chibipandaao3]

Fics coming up — Pit Babe edition

When did this Happen? — The final chapter will be up no later than Sunday! It’s about 30% done atm

Charlie cries and Babe loses it — inspired by @themundanedumpling who posted about the idea a while ago. This will be posted tonight, assuming editing goes as planned

Pit Babe KinnPorsche crossover — inspired by @katerinaptrv — Jeff is sold to the family and Charlie is an extra freebie. Babe was rescued much earlier - lots of found family goodness, lots of angst. I’m working on Chapter 4. IF I can get chapter 2 nailed down (it was giving me grief so I momentarily jumped it) soon, I’ll begin posting weekly next week - likely Fridays. This one will likely be between 7-15 chapters 😅😅😅 I sometimes have a word problem.

What the hell am I writing — this is a mystery fic lol which…who knows. I’ll probably post it

After my KP PB cross over — I’m tempted to do a big AU project — ideas are welcome

[nny11writes]

My Beloved Cat - Ginger

This is about my cat who is dying, just a warning for those who can't see that right now.

How do you choose an urn for a pet that hasn’t passed yet?

She won’t care, she’s a cat, there’s no color or shape or material or sentiment for her to say, “I like the idea of resting here.”

She will be ash and finely ground bones. I don’t believe in an afterlife and I’m sure that will be the end of her, of us.

But will her ash and bone, changeable to many shapes, filling the spaces the way she once did cracks in my heart, will they find the space comfortable and comforting? Will they feel closed in and claustrophobic? I know they won’t actually feel. I know. They will be inert in their plastic wrap inside her urn.

But will she find peace and solace?

I won’t.

But like all parents, I want better for my children.

I think I’ll choose ceramic. Earthen and warm between my hands. No risk of damage when I cry. I can cradle her close that way. The blue one with the paw prints will do. (It costs extra. I don’t know how to feel about that.)

It asks for an engraving, 25 characters in 3 lines to sum up the whole of my love. If someone finds it in the future, will they know how important she was to me? What the fuck am I supposed to write?

My Beloved Cat

Ginger

Three steps down, four to go.

What keepsakes would I like? There’s two included in the price, and three of them are free. The ash pendants cost extra.

I know I want the ink paw print. I’ve gotten the sand one before, but it looked unnatural . I had hoped to rest my finger in the dip of her toes and feel closer to her. Instead I felt disappointment. No. No sand. Ink looks softer and I can trace where her fur will smudge and pretend to pet her that way.

I’ve done the fur clipping key chain before too. It looked fake and disconnected and I think I lost it in my hatred of the plastic keeping me from touching her again. But I don’t wear jewelry, so maybe I should get it anyways. But my dad gave me $300 to cover the base service and freebies. The money I saved for this can go to silly extras.

I’ll get the tree of life pendant. The thin metal can warm on my chest or in my pocket or stay cool on the mantel. I can take her with me when I need her support again.

(Did you know I didn’t kill myself so I could keep loving her longer?)

(Will this pendant help me the next time it happens?)

(She meowed at me this morning as she demanded pats in my lap. Cancer doesn’t care that she’s dying at 10 years old. Why can’t you live with me forever baby girl? It’s not fair to miss you while you’re still here, withering or not.)

I added the stupid key chain too.

It said that would be 15 dollars more now. I took it off and the ink print is no longer free.

There is $41.56 in taxes for the services and mementos. I’ve doubled the base cost already and I can't afford much more beyond this.

Step 6:

I hereby certify that I am the owner or authorized agent for the owner of the animal described and I hereby authorize the above specified method of disposition. In authorizing the cremation of animals, I hereby agree to indemnify and hold The Company and their agents, managers, and employees harmless for any claims, lawsuits, or other actions, including damages, costs, expenses, an attorney’s fees, brought against them by a third party claiming that the cremation of an animal was unauthorized.

Please sign below using your touch screen or mouse.

(My name looks like a child wrote it. I feel like one. I just want my kitty.)

Step 7: Legal Disclaimers Dispute Resolution by Binding Arbitration Abandonment Waiver of Jury Trial (this one is in all capital letters, like they’re yelling at me) Severability Attorney’s Fees Initial Here

(I don't believe in god, but god, please, help me.)

They didn’t list an 8th step, but the 8th step is payment.

I double check my bank account and confirm I’ll get paid this Friday so the extra costs aren’t hitting when they shouldn’t.

$586.56 to lose my baby.

They will call me later and I can download steps 6 and 7 for my records.

How do you choose an urn for a pet that hasn’t passed yet?

By crying silently at work, watching the clock tick down to my next meeting, and imagining a future where I can hold her urn ashes close to me in the morning. I can sip my coffee and still watch the birds with her that way.

I hope she likes it. She’ll never see it, her final resting place.

But I hope she likes it.

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5.6.24 Monday

12:06 am

I still have windblow... I wanna leave Cavite... I wanna get Pilot Garret...

I feel so frustrated for 17 years....Too long to be controlled by this negative force...

I feel self-pity...

Hi Pilot Garret...How I wish we can open the door of doreamon...

This is me Pilot Garret... I like your face!

I feel so bitter! I wanna leave Cavite...

For Pilot Garret:

I'm gonna open the door of Doreamon going to that time...

I had yaya, I was innocent... I was just an adoptive....I didn't wash my underwear and clothes... If I had menstruation, I will just soak it in a water just to remove the blood then give to my yaya or assistant....I had intercom or walkie talkie if in case they need me coz I was always in my room... I got my beeper when I was 14 then got my magic diary when I was 15. I had teeth braces when I was 15 until 19... I learned to drive when I was 13....I had a my arch bow in my room,if in case... I had a pepper spray given by my childhood bestfriend named apple... I had a warrior knuckle ring, if in case....I had toe rings and my feet were nice and smooth. I had flinstones vitamins and I always keep my iron sulfate....I had my portable ac that you have to put ice on it to make the air cold before I got my actual ac...I had tamagochi's and gummy bear....My favorite was mint chocolate "andes" or mint... I had my regular derma facial or treatmeant at "Dermclinic"... I had tried air gun coz we had a lot of air guns before... I bought a dance game video where you can step on it and follow the dance step, I always buy microphone coz I love singing....My favorite sanrio character is Hello Kitty... I was a choir member in "Church Of Christ"... I got my roller skate twice when I was 9 years old and 13... I had 2 phone during college, I always had 2 phones... I ate steak at the outback or in Fridays... I used to eat salads... I love Auntie's Aunt --pretzels... I love Haggen Daz ice cream it is the best! I love marshmallow... I used to drink fresh milk everyday, thrice a day...I can ride a bike even mountain bike, I'm good at it but not on my roller skate...

1:26 pm

Still,have windblow... My back is super itchy....I wanna get a bf that Pilot Garret... I feel self-pity... I wanna get some progress...

How can I be an organizer? To get some fresh access on stuff...

6:59 am

I have windblow...I dream of Mitch that she is one of the organizers of the world? What freebies she can have? But Mitch did you give me that "simple battery"??? I think someone needs to be responsible for what they did to me since 2007???

Good Morning Organizers of the world! Mostly are fakers! Can I have a free pandesal?? Free coffee??? Free hotel room or free plane ticket?? Can I have free car coz I'm an organizer of the world....

Hahaha... I pity those fakers organizers of the world!!!

Angels, I want to be part of that organizer, I'm really Portia the white wig of the world!!! I hope they can still remember me...

I forgot to post is it real that King Charles is already dead??? I hope they can still remember Portia,sympathy for the genuine "Royalty of the world"!!!

It's me Portia the white wig of the world...Can they remember me??? I need to get my right as Portia organizer of the world? I hope William and Harry can get this letter....

My deep sympathy for Prince William and Harry... I'm just here and never change my view but I tried to separate coz I have maturity and I need to get my own life but for 17 years these organizers and other big mystery in this fake world wanted me DEAD!

For PrinceWilliam and Prince Harry:

Still,me the childish and angelic soul since around 2010 and so on....I watched TV and had my own apple tablet and still just somewhere but no wifi now but from those years, I was able to do "air drop message" everywhere USA and in Europe??? My "Air Drop Message"...

Trying to find where is the tunnel but I couldn't find it... Are those people good or bad? For a couple of times they tried to steal and smash and planned to kill me... I lost my story... I respect the far away land of Europe... Everything were accidental when I first saw those things just here in our old house... Then, some years later after those 2010 and the time of Kate and William,a lot of things happened and some are stolen even the old magazines and histories of the world.

Even my thoughts they tried to steal or my hand writing??? Or my entire persona...

I know the right maturity but organizers are planning to steal again...Can we kill them on my own verdict???

I need a seal on here... Angels, how can I be the lead of the organizers of the world??? I want an actual seal... Can Prince William or Harry??? Get me some help here... People to help me to be part of that fucking organizer of the world. At least I can have "nose perfection"???

7:46 am

For Prince William and Harry:

Am I replaced??? Can I have the seal of lead of being an organizer of the world??

Am I replaced to be Portia the white wig of the world? I need an actual seal on this... A lot are fakers in this island...

8:21 am

Uncle DD is here now, few minutes ago...

2:12 pm

Still, have windblow....I wanna leave Cavite.... My S-bones are painful....I feel bitterish....

2:16 pm

I wanna leave Cavite... Did you just pass Garret??? No! I have to be with you...

2:28 pm

I have painful and itchy back....I'm mentally pregnant but I'm not... Save me Garret....

I want my serums Garret...

Sound tripping,thinking... Thinking a lot Garret...

2:39 pm

I have windblow... I'm so frustrated....Thinking of money and future... Trap for 17 years just for nothing... Deteriorating alone... I feel ugly and fat and wrinkled... I should be 17,right? But I'm the ugly duckling...

Save me Garret...

3:04 pm

I feel bitter... Too much is too much... Unfair most Filipinos...

Save me Garret...

3:35 pm

Still,have windblow trying to get my momentum back while waiting for Garret...

On my 2nd quizz on subject & verb agreement on my first try got 10/ 11...

The quizz one is somehow tricky, I always forgot so I need to review the quizz 1!

Yey!

3:45 pm

Quizz 3 on subject verb and agreement... Yey! First try!!!

4:13 pm

Waiting for Garret's Love...

How can I resist your armpits??? ♡♡♡

Loving you Garret...

4:25 pm

Garret??? Is there a mind-freak???

Garret,tell me... It is weird...

Still,waiting for Garret's big heart for me...

4:46 pm

It is painful... Save me Garret... I need a big love on me...

5:05 pm

My 2 uncle's are fake most specially this Uncle DD I just asked for 10 pesoses he said he doesn't have money... I have 5 pesoses for coffee supposed to be... I need 15 pesoses...I will ask a back-up from Ely later...

5:59 pm

8:55 pm

Thanks Ely for the back-up today...70 today + 581= 651

Still,far to sing for 10k pesoses 🤗🤗

[leam1983]

Freebies

The best hugs have no definable context.

I'm working my ass off in two Tylenol and three coffees, I know for a fact that I'm crashing from 4 PM to 6:15 PM as soon as I get to clock out - and Walt intercepted me midway to our little Keurig.

Tweed and aftershave, the rounded corner of a plump cheek - and arms framing my back.

"What's this for?" I asked. Walt merely shushed me. I closed my eyes. Next thing I know, I'm coming to on the mezzanine's loveseat. "Oh, honey..." says the big guy, adding nothing else. The subtext is obvious. Again - too much work, not enough rest. There's drool on my cheek and a dark stain on his right lapel.

I protest: there's two hours left on the Friday schedule. Walt gently pins me down, instead. "Your job, right now, is to sleep. So, sleep. Boss' orders."

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[lindsaystravelblogs1]

Here’s hoping!

We are back in Ushuaia after a great Expedition and I hope the internet access here is good enough to post some of what I have written as we went along.  I tried to post from the ship on numerous occasions, but it was so slow that most things, including Tumblr, timed out before I could do what I wanted to do.

So.......

Day 1, Friday, 16 December

We were up before 5am and that was a novelty. I had almost forgotten that such an absurd time existed. Usually, it would be an opportunity to turn over and snuggle down for another hour or two but not today. In fact, I had just been dozing for an hour or so with one eye open on the clock, knowing that we had an early start. At least, my other eye was resting.

Showers, tea and coffee, a last-minute check for things left behind (didn’t find anything) and downstairs to our waiting driver to take us to Tullamarine International (thanks Bev). Getting through the check-in process was quick and easy with no queue at all. Security was the usual schemozzle but we weathered the insanity with our wits more or less intact and on to Immigration (why not Emigration?) and then into the long pointless tramp through the overpriced Duty Free piranhas.

Security have obviously improved their equipment since our last gauntlet because we didn’t have to unload all our PCs, iPads, and so on. We were also allowed to keep our shoes on but I had to almost strip to the waist and still endure the full body pat down, even though I could see on the scanner that I had got a PASS on the walkthrough device. (Maybe the Security drone just wanted to have a feel of me?)  Immigration has also improved greatly from a year or two ago, but we have gone through an identical automated process a couple of times before: once in Oz and a few times OS.

We were boarding at Gate 11a, but it was closed until they called our flight. In the meantime, Heather did an astounding job requesting our police checks as required for our Chilean visas that we need in March. It has been a frightful process, filled with extreme angst, misleading, confusing or simply misinformation all along the way - and many, many hours’ work. We were told last night that we also needed this police check after the police office was closed for the day and we needed to phone them for information in order to complete our applications between them opening at 8am today and our boarding call at 8:15! Despite the phone queue, Heather got the required information and managed to lodge both applications before we left the country - mine done on the plane prior to takeoff! Why is nothing ever easy?  And why didn’t they tell us weeks ago that we needed a police check?

Finally flying to NZ

Up, up and away! as they say in the classics - or do they? Irrespective, we did just that and in a mere few hours (plus the 2-hour time difference), we were in NZ.  Auckland, where I spent a day or so en route to a conference in Wellington on a freebie I won through the Australian Computer Society many years ago - maybe about 2000 or 2001 - wow, am I really that old?

We got a meal on board and I obviously made the wrong choice of meal. Whatever the alternative was, it wouldn’t have been worse than my choice but it came with a wine and I chose a surprisingly good 2021 Pinot Gris. I tasted Heather’s Shiraz (pretty ordinary) and reckon I got he wine choice right even if the meal left a tad to be desired - certainly not up to Heather’s exemplary culinary expertise that I enjoy at least three times a day at home.

It took just over four hours to get to Auckland where we had to fill in four and a bit more hours before our flight to Santiago. There was some confusion as to where we needed to wait due to a lack of information, but it turned out that we were in the right place. I heard very little English spoken in the lounge area but the staff all spoke it very well - even the Kiwis!

Santiago is a very long way from Auckland - 11 hours in cramped and uncomfortable seats but I suppose that is normal for all airlines so suck it up! We flew this leg and the next with LATAM and the meals put poor Alan Joyce to utter shame. I am not saying they were gourmet-class but definitely much, much better than Qantas.

I did quite a few puzzles in the airports and during the flights - as well as writing a bit for this blog. It was an extremely long and painful flight and my poor nether region is quite sore from sitting so long on very hard seats. OK, OK, I’m a wimp but the total flight to Buenos Aires (hereinafter referred to as BA) took 17 flying hours, plus another 11 hours wasting time in four separate airports, all on the same day because we crossed the International Dateline backwards. And after two nights in the BA hotel to recover a little, we backed up for another four-hour flight with total travel time of about 8 hours on Sunday. I reckon we should coin a new word to describe the time it takes to transit long flights - the ‘enduration’ of a flight. I took a sleeping pill a few hours out of Auckland and it slowed me down a little but never looked like obliterating any part of the trip. Total flight time was over 20 hours with an enduration of over 36 hours. We are delighted that we will return home by ship to Christchurch, with a flight time of only four hours and an enduration of about twelve to reach Southbank. (I found generating enthusiasm for breakfast at 1.15 am body-clock time a bit hard but I rose to the challenge.)

On to Chile

Santiago was warm but very smoggy and everything had a slightly brownish tinge but our arrival was quite a big deal for us as we set foot on our seventh and last continent! (It was also the 45th country I have visited and Heather’s 46th!). As the plane approached the city, we flew for some time a little inland with the sea to port and we got our first glimpse of the mighty Andes mountain range to starboard. We couldn’t see much, but it gave me a buzz and we will certainly see more of them in the next few months.

I was looking forward to starting a new South American bird list in Santiago. I saw a half-second flash of a small unidentifiable bird flitting past the corner of a window, but nothing else whilst in Chile. But we are coming back in a few months…….

We had another 4-hour layover in Santiago, followed by an agonisingly slow boarding. By the time we were all seated, takeoff was already more than 30 minutes late. Part of the reason for this was that there was so little room for carry-on luggage. They even tried to bump our hand luggage into the hold as we were boarding - until we told them about all the batteries and battery-powered devices in them. There was actually plenty of space if people were more careful throwing things into the overhead bins. Cases were placed lengthwise and jackets were spread out taking four times the space necessary and we eventually rearranged things and placed our small cases above us with ease.

We have been insistent on both having aisle seats this trip (both for comfort and to mitigate the risk of claustrophobia), either across the aisle from each other or one behind the other but LATAM stuffed up on this leg and put Heather in a middle seat - exactly what we have been trying to avoid. Unfortunately, arguing will get you nowhere (perhaps literally!) and I ended up with one of those obnoxious women in front of me who reclined her seat and stole eight of the standard twenty-eight inches of space that I paid for.  Am I allowed to pair ‘selfish’ with the word ‘bitch’ in a blog?  As it turned out, the woman on the other side of Heather will be on the ship with us so the conversation centred away from the offensive woman.

Once we were all buckled in, with our luggage safely stowed, seats and tray tables upright, and all set to go, we suffered a ninety-plus minute delay, steaming in our seats while the ground crew did something with the sewerage system. No explanations, but lots of people were getting pretty angry by the time we were allowed to take off.

I don’t want to be too critical of LATAM but the cabin crew are a bit slack. Apart from them having little idea of how to board a plane and store hand luggage, their onboard service was not quite up to scratch. At one time, I asked for wine with a meal. White or red sir? Red please. Coming right up sir - and she walked straight away, never to return. On another occasion, I asked for a coffee. Certainly sir. Gone. OJ? Water? By all means. Promises, promises, but nothing to drink until I gave up waiting and headed to the galley to get it myself - and was joined by about a dozen other thirsty equally frustrated passengers.

Buenos Aires next

Immigration and Customs were not too bad in either Santiago or Buenos Aires. We were simply in transit in Santiago but we had to go through Security again. In BA, Immigration was pretty efficient with smallish queues and about six people dealing with the passengers. And Customs was just a walkthrough with nothing to declare although we still had to go through Security again to get OUT of the airport. Interestingly, neither country required any paperwork other than our passports. No Covid stuff, no Immigration cards, no Customs declarations, nothing! We had to prepare all of these things for NZ even though we were only in transit - and of course, we weren’t asked for any of it.

Our driver met us as we walked out into a wonderful cool breeze after more than 24 hours in stifling airless conditions and we were soon on our way to our hotel - would you believe the ‘Dazzler’? It was only about 30 kilometres but it seemed to take about a week. The traffic flowed very fast and there never seemed to be more than about 20 centimetres between cars careening past on either side. The route into the city was all three lanes wide except at the three toll stations where it widened to 20 lanes to speed things up. Once we got closer to the city, all the roads appeared to be one-way streets: two narrow lanes between cars parked on both sides (and often in the middle as well). Everything still seemed to flow well, albeit at breakneck speed with only occasional pauses for traffic lights - far less than the absurd zillions installed for the purpose of crippling the traffic at home. We saw a single road closed for construction, despite seeing plenty of construction in progress. I think our Nanny State could learn a lot by looking at how other places manage things. I reckon our trip took an hour or so and we seemed to be racing through city streets for many miles, zipping left and right and back again, round a thousand corners, with rarely a toot of the horn. Most drivers are heaps better than our Aussie drivers - and more courteous - and there must be some secret code to all the one way streets, because cars fly along across hundreds of cross streets with very rarely even a brief pause but it all seems to work exceedingly well. Take note VicRoads, RACV and VicPol!

We eventually reached the Dazzler, checked in, and wrestled all our luggage up to our room. Fantastic to rip off our masks, slip off our shoes and socks and some of our unnecessary outer clothes, and just relax for a few minutes. We enjoyed glorious well-earned showers and dealt with a few urgent emails before rolling into bed well after midnight local time after 41-plus hours since we got out of bed in Melbourne. International travel is not for faint-hearted Aussies! My bed lamp was flickering with a bare wire touching its metal body so I couldn’t use that! (It was repaired next morning.)

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Camphong Anniversary GO - Friday Jan 21

The order form (currently in beta) for Camphong Anniversary GO will drop tomorrow, Friday Jan 21, time TBD. Please read the below to help me successfully facilitate this GO.

GO Order Form:

Form will NOT limit slot, but will be open for 15 minutes.

After 15 minutes, the form will be taken down. You will be able to EDIT your responses after form submission until Jan 27, please watch this video on how to do that.

On Jan 27, new merch will be announced and added onto the gform. You can order them by editing your response. Reminder will be sent out.

It is important that you don’t share your access to the gform.

I will personally send you an email to confirm your math and collect payment after Jan 27

Blind bag:

This purchase is best fit for people who are in multi danmei fandoms, and want to collect very limited merch (author signature, HiggA and Yu’s signature, badges, mini standee, etc...), or simply want to gamble their lucks in the new year. CP told me personally that this year is their best year for blind yet (I buy their blind bag every year)

I plan to host a group after all the deliveries are made so that we can trade/sell our blind items.

Blind bag this year is actually in small bulky boxes, so their international shipping cost is higher, estimated between $3 - $5/box. I offer the option to unbox your blind bags before the shipping stage and only ship the contents, which significantly reduce costs, to $0.50 - $2/blind. You will receive an unboxing video of your blinds for sake of transparency.

Gifts with purchase: 

Per usual, I hustle in some extra freebie for our group, these are gifts from last year. At the moment, there are 3 gift sets for our GO:

Tết Big Standee: 1 badge with every $20 in purchase

AR chibi bookmarks at random

Exclusive gifts: Camphong always send extra gifts, I will distribute to the group randomly 

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(Merry Christmas! Or Happy Holidays! Or Happy Friday! <3)

Okay, just a few basics first...THEN the new stuff.

Your full name? I only feel like sharing the name Robyn today.

Your hometown? Manila, kinda. I won’t give away the city I currently reside in.

Age? 22, and a waste of a year it was. I’m so tempted to just turn 22 again in 2021.

Now for something different and completely random...

When you're having a bad day, what comfort food do you reach for? It differs per bad day and it also depends if I can afford to get whatever it is I’m craving. Though for the most part, I’ve found myself pining for samgyupsal the most often. It’s just the ultimate problem-fixer and makes-the-sad-go-away-er.

Do you have an item that is your good luck charm? I don’t really believe in those, so no. The farthest I’ve gone with a certain item and luck is how I insisted to use the same paddle that was available in our gym whenever I trained for table tennis back in high school. The reason I don’t think it has anything to do with luck is because I simply thought I had the best grip with that paddle, not because I was convinced I can win any game with it.

If so, what is it? See paddle situation aboe.

Your favorite thing about your job (or school)? It’s in the media/public relations field so there are lots of freebies and treats that come with the job that make what I do worth it, and a lot more fun. The entire team also consists of Gen Z-ers and younger Millennials, so there are practices we follow that bigger corporations might not have, like longer office shutdowns during Christmas (we don’t get back to work until Jan 4th), reminders to take mental health breaks, and a no-video-meetings rule every Friday afternoon.

Least favorite thing about your job (or school)? It’s very, very hectic so I have the tendency to get overwhelmed as early as 10 AM. There’s never any dead air and I don’t get rest for nine hours straight (my shift is technically eight hours, but I work through the allotted 1-hour lunch break as well). OT is also common, but at least I get paid for it. Demanding clients who micromanage and/or ask for too much work to be done from our end also make the job stressful.

Does global warming and the hole in the ozone truly bother you? Of course. My heart sinks every time I come across a new article saying glaciers are melting, that animals living in polar regions are suffering, that sea ice continues to drastically decrease, etc.

Do you have a "funny" toenail? I don’t think so? All my toenails look...the way they’re supposed to look like, lol.

How many times have you moved in your lifetime? The times I can remember, just twice. But my parents moved around a bit when I was still an infant.

Do you watch professional wrestling and is it real? I do watch and keep up with it, just not as much as I used to. I don’t recognize most of the new faces anymore, and I wouldn’t be able to give you a decent breakdown of the current storylines in any promotion, not even in WWE. The angles, results, belts, and characters all aren’t real, but the movesets (especially the submission holds) risks, and injuries very much are. Are we going to debate this in 2020 still? Lmao.

What's your favorite thing to microwave? Don’t microwaves just heat stuff up? I dunno if it heats a certain food better than others lol.

Could Pop-Tarts survive a nuclear attack? I doubt it.

Does anyone know where the UP (Upper Peninsula) is? Can I give you a different UP? That’s where I went to in college, heh heh.

What's the regular unleaded gas price where you are? I have no idea. I never paid attention. I usually just give the gas attendant anywhere between P300 to P700 and see how far up it would fill my tank.

Do you know someone who's been injured in Iraq? I don’t know. Probably not. None of my relatives who migrated ever signed up for the US military.

Do you remember what a Puff-A-Lump is? I’m pretty positive I’ve never heard of it before.

Least favorite TV show? Game of Thrones.

Favorite canned soup? I don’t consume that.

How far does your belly button stick out or sink in? How can I even measure this?

Do you have a particular coffee mug you drink from? Yes, but I’ve described it so many times in surveys from just this month alone.

What does that mug say/have on it? The first line reads “Seattle, WA” then “Starbucks” in big bold letters, then “Coffee Company” below it, and the last line reads. “Est. 1971.”

Your take on declawing cats? I don’t like cats a lot but this does not sound like a responsible thing to do, and it also sounds like a painful procedure for a poor cat.

Do have smoke detectors in your home? No. That’s not really a requirement or standard practice here.

Would it be easy to erase YOUR identity? I suppose it’s technically easy to hire someone who can do that (a la Breaking Bad), I just would not be willing to do it and give up who I am for anything in the world.

Do you know anyone named Sam? Lots. My cousin is named Sam; I also went to school with multiple Sams.

How many drawers do you have in your room/office? Five.

What was your favorite snuggle toy when you were a child? I was happy with a pillow. I was never into stuffed toys all that much.

Great! A few firsts then...

What was your first pet and their name? I had a goldfish that I simply named Goldy. I vividly remember this because Angela’s first pet was also a goldfish; and there was a time we did show-and-tell in first grade and she bought her pet. We had been bickering that day, as 7 year olds do, and I remember being an absolute asshole and snickering when she introduced her fish as Fishy because I thought it was a cheesy name and that Goldy was far superior. Sorry Fishy. You had a great name.

When your mind wanders, where does it go first? My biggest stressor for the day, usually.

Your first knick-knack (item you placed in your room/house)? I have no clue. I was 10 when we first moved in here, and a completely different person.

First "real" piece of jewlery? (This goes for the guys too) I’m going to forgive this survey for being a little sexist because it’s nearly 15 years old; but anyway, I’ve never had any expensive jewelry of my own. All the pricey ones I’ve ever worn are owned by mom.

What did you do on your first date? We went to a museum and had early dinner at an Italian-American restaurant. We also had coffee after, and then she slept over at my place where I let her play GTA V on our PS3 because she wasn’t allowed to play it in her house.

Who was your first best friend? Kaye. I can’t trace her down now because she has such a common name, but I hope she’s been doing well.

When did you first realize that life isn't easy and fun? I was 12, going through puberty and a generally not-nice time of my life, with everyone in the house hating and isolating me.

And lastly...

The last thing you thought about before you fell asleep last night? I briefly thought about how many hours I need to sleep to get a decent rest, but I passed out in like 10 seconds.

Your last argument? Last night my mom and I had an argument about where I last placed my phone because I had already misplaced it two times prior during the day.

Your last words to someone...? “You’re wearing black; it’s not too obvious” when my mom was complaining that she looked a bit big in her outfit for today.

The last place you'd go? I’m not very sure about the wording here. Do you mean the last place I went to (outside the house to pay for a delivery)? Or the last place I’d want to go to before I die (no clue)? Hahahaha.

The last thing you'd find yourself wearing? Again, not so sure about the grammar here.

What will be the last thing that you do today? Trying to doze off.

[theannaredfield]

25 Holiday questions!

1.) Snow or no?

2.) colored lights or white lights?

3.) what color are your candles?

4.) give or receive presents

5.) fake or real tree

6.) fake or real menorah?? (Like is it plastic or pure metal)

7.) what food you like to eat?

8,) to all the girls and the afab lads, did you wear *the dress*

9.) Are you celebrating Christmas because you’re catholic/Christian or because it’s Christmas and you don’t tie it to religion

10.) what color is the tree

11.) does it look like Christmas threw up in your house or nah?

12.) Do you spend The holidays with blood fam or chosen fam? Do you enjoy it if it’s with blood fam?

13.) what’s one thing you’re hoping to get as a present.

14.) who’d you spend the most money/resources on

15.) What Holiday movie are YOU gonna watch. (All answers valid.)

16.) what’s the most expensive present you ever got? (If you know the price)

17.) If you have multiple siblings, which one is the “favorite” (gets the most present and/or most expensive presents)

18.) What Kinda ornaments do you have?

19.) What’s one tradition you do every year, and what’s the backstory behind it?

20.) If you have pets, do they get presents too? If you don’t have pets, do you make your plants or inanimate objects like plushies festive?

21.) Do you have the “holiday spirit” or do you gotta fake it for the people around you.

22.) Do you celebrate the Yule Tide? If so, how?? (Excuse this one I just generally wanna know more about other holidays)

23.) Have you ever been the Black Friday and what was it like?

24.) What are your thoughts on teachers assigning homework over these breaks?

25.) Freebie. Say anything you want about the holiday season!

Happy holidays!

[gdwessel]

World Tag League 2020 & Best Of The Super Juniors 27 Night 13 - 12/2/2020; Tony Khan Says Jon Moxley Will Not Be At WK15; RIP Pat Patterson (1/19/1941 - 12/2/2020)

The tour resumed today, with the 7th round of Best of the Super Juniors 27 taking place today.  Some very interesting results on this one...

- 12/2/2020, Osaka Municipal Central Gymnasium

Satoshi Kojima & Tomoaki Honma d. Yuji Nagata & Gabriel Kidd (Kojima > Kidd, lariat, 8:58)

Best of the Super Juniors 27: DOUKI [SZKG] d. Yuya Uemura (Suplex de la Luna, 12:54)

Best of the Super Juniors 27: Robbie Eagles [CHAOS] d. Ryusuke Taguchi (Ron Miller Special, 13:03)

Best of the Super Juniors 27: BUSHI [Los Ingobernables] d. Master Wato (MX, 13:15)

Best of the Super Juniors 27: El Desperado [SZKG] d. Taiji Ishimori [Bullet Club] (Pinche Loco, 17:18)

Best of the Super Juniors 27: SHO [CHAOS] d. Hiromu Takahashi [Los Ingobernables] (Shock Arrow, 24:53)

We now have four wrestlers tied on 10pts at the top of the table, with 2 matches left to go. El Desperado leads on head-to-head wins over the other three, with Robbie Eagles and BUSHI left to go. SHO has yet to wrestle Ishimori, that will be on the final day of group matches, 12/6/2020, but also gets a virtual freebie with Yuya Uemura, who is assured of finishing winless after losing to DOUKI. Hiromu has Ryusuke Taguchi and Master Wato left to go. Ishimori also has Wato as well as the aforementioned SHO. 

BUSHI gets another win I didn’t expect; honestly thought Wato might actually be contending towards the end here, but perhaps he will shock everyone and beat one of Ishimori or Hiromu. Nobody else is out of contention yet besides DOUKI and Uemura, but that will change on Saturday for sure. 

Despy: 10pts (5W 0D 2L) SHO: 10pts (5W 0D 2L) Hiromu: 10pts (5W 0D 2L) Ishimori: 10pts (5W 0D 2L) BUSHI: 8pts (4W 0D 3L) Wato: 8pts (4W 0D 3L) Eagles: 6pts (3W 0D 4L) Taguchi: 6pts (3W 0D 4L) DOUKI: 2pts (1W 0D 6L) Uemura: 0pts (0W 0D 7L)

The elephant in the room that is “When will Jon Moxley v. KENTA for the IWGP US belt happen?” is getting long in the tusk by now, and it’s gotten even longer after some comments made by AEW owner Tony Khan. In press lead-up to tonight’s “Winter Is Coming” episode of AEW Dynamite, headlined by Mox defending the AEW World Title against former IWGP Heavyweight champion Kenny Omega, Khan said Mox is not scheduled to be at WK15, as the quarantine time would interfere with his Dynamite commitments. He also stated the result of tonight’s match would not affect this one way or another. 

This being wrestling, this could all be bafflegab. However, the situation gets more and more convoluted as time goes on. Last year, Mox was forced to vacate the title due to not being able to make it to King Of Pro Wrestling 2019 due to a typhoon. He would of course regain it at WK14. Now we have a global pandemic, Mox has not been able to be in Japan since February, but the IWGP US title still sits with him. 

In addition, Kenny Omega, whether AEW World Champion at the end of tonight or not, is booked to face Laredo Kid for the AAA Mega Campeonato that Omega still holds, at AAA’s Triplemania event on 12/12/2020. That is taking place in Mexico, where they are under condition Orange, possibly Red again by the time Triplemania is due to happen. Perhaps there are more lax quarantine requirements here, but Omega being allowed by AEW to defend a title in Mexico whilst Moxley isn’t allowed to defend in Japan seems a little sus at this point. 

I can see why NJPW doesn’t want to vacate this, and KENTA is owed a match for the title due to winning the New Japan Cup USA, back in what seems like forever ago now. We all want to see Mox v. KENTA. But if NJPW and AEW are at loggerheads to make it happen, perhaps it’s best to cut bait, have Mox vacate it and we can all get on with life. Still hoping they can resolve this.

As I was starting to write this (which was hours ago, stupid work getting in the way), it was announced that wrestler Pat Patterson had died at the age of 79 after a battle with cancer.

Born Pierre Clermont in Montreal, Patterson is most known for being the inaugural WWF Intercontinental Champion, being awarded the belt, but in kayfabe had “won a tournament in Rio de Janeiro.” He was also the innovator of the Royal Rumble, which of course is a now annual event in WWE. Patterson was also an integral part of the Attitude era, being an on-screen stooge for Vince McMahon, but was also critical in backstage roles, and was one of the prime architects of the WWF going national, and becoming what it is today.

Patterson is also widely credited as being the first openly gay pro wrestler, although this was not officially acknowledged by WWE until 2014. However, it was pretty well known behind the scenes, as Jim Ross made several remarks about it (nothing hateful) during the Attitude Era, and indeed, had worked a “Pretty Boy” gimmick in Portland in the early 1960s.

As for New Japan Pro Wrestling, his Wikipedia entry states he “toured with NJPW in 1979,” but the truth is, he had sporadically toured there several times, starting in 1973. However, that 1979 tour was the most significant one for him, where he lost the WWF North American title to Seiji Sakaguchi on 11/8/1979 during the Toukon Series 1979 tour.  His final listed match in NJPW was on 12/2/1981, a double-countout draw with Yoshiaki Yatsu, having also participated in the MSG Tag League (a precursor to this very World Tag League we are now in), teamed with Bad News Allen.

Our condolences to his family, friends and loved ones.

The tour takes a day off tomorrow, but resumes Friday, with the penultimate night of World Tag League matches. The Empire will try to do a sweep of the Bullet Club on this show!

- 12/4/2020, Oita Beppu B-Con Plaza

Satoshi Kojima & Tomoaki Honma v. Yota Tsuji & Gabriel Kidd

World Tag League 2020: Taichi & Zack Sabre Jr. [SZKG] v. Bad Luck Fale & Chase Owens [Bullet Club]

World Tag League 2020: Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI [CHAOS] v. EVIL & Yujiro Takahashi [Bullet Club]

World Tag League 2020: Juice Robinson & David Finlay Jr. v. Tomohiro Ishii & Toru Yano [CHAOS]

World Tag League 2020: Great O-Khan & Jeff Cobb [The Empire] v. Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa [Bullet Club]

World Tag League 2020: Hiroshi Tanahashi & Toa Henare v. Shingo Takagi & SANADA [Los Ingobernables]

[eviebennetbooks]

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