#honestly maybe top 10

[speaknowworldtour]

“i tell you that i think i’m falling back in love with you” // “who’s gonna stop us from waltzing back into rekindled flames if we know the steps anyway”

“stitching ‘we were just kids, babe’. i said ‘i don’t mind it takes time’”// “and you said you’d come and get me but you were 25 and the shelf life of those fantasies has expired”

“starry eyes sparking up my darkest night” // “i thought i was better safe than starry eyed”

“your touch bought forth an incandescent glow” // “i felt aglow like this never before and never since”

“i’d die for you in the same way, if i first saw your face in the 1500s off in a foreign land… we would’ve been timeless” // “if you know it in one glimpse, it’s legendary”

“and when we go crashing down we come back every time” // “never quite buried”

“you paint me a blue sky and go back and turn it to rain” // “you lowdown boy you stand up guy”

“but it lies and it lies and it lies a million little times” // “you said i’m the love of your life about a million times”

“clear blue water high tide came and bought you in” // “who’s gonna tell me the truth when you blew in with the winds of fate”

“for a moment i was heaven-struck” // “and told me i reformed you”

“your integrity makes me seem small. you paint dreamscapes on the wall.” // “when your impressionist paintings of heaven turned out to be fakes”

“if you never looked my way i would’ve stayed on my knees and i damn sure never would’ve danced with the devil” // “well you took me to hell too”

“and all at once you are the one i have been waiting for” // “and all at once the ink bleeds”

“forever is the sweetest con” // “a conman sells a fool a get love quick scheme”

“you showed me colours you know i can’t see with anyone else” // “but i felt a hole like this never before and ever since”

“i like shiny things but i’d marry you with paper rings” // “and i wouldn’t marry me either” // “give you my wild give you a child” // “you shit talked me under the table talking rings and talking cradles”

“you would’ve been the one if you were a better man” // “i wish i could unrecall how we almost had it all”

“but if he’s a ghost then i can be a phantom” // “dancing phantoms on the terrace” // “my beloved ghost and me sitting in a tree d-y-i-n-g” // “can we watch our phantoms like watching wild horses”

“it must be counterfeit. i think there’s been a glitch” // “i can’t get out of bed cause something counterfeit’s dead”

“in my defence i have none, for digging up the grace another time” // “should’ve let it stay buried”

“the coward claimed he was a lion” // “you said i needed a brave man then proceeded to play him”

“i’m combing through the braids of lies” // “was any of it true?”

“you see me in hindsight tangled up with you all night burning it down” // “our field of dreams engulfed in fire your arsons match your somber eyes”

“and i’m never gonna love again” // “and i’ll still see it until i die you’re the loss of my life”

[elvenferretots]

On one hand, I feel horribly guilty for having a couple weekends where I've committed to absolutely nothing to the point of backing out of volunteering at a local dog show.

On the other hand, I have dog sport events literally every weekend and practice or class at least twice a week throughout the entirety of October and November. I think I get a free pass for a couple weekends.

[solvicrafts]

You guys wanna talk about bitter pills to swallow from the Legend of Drizzt series? Because I do. I wanna talk about DININ.

I mean sure he was definitely a bloodthirsty asshole, but like, hear me out: Malice has Dinin tortured by Briza for fucking information he does not have. And given what we learned from him in Glacier’s Edge, he’s been abused in... other ways. Because that’s fucking standard in his society.

So when you’ve spent literal centuries being treated this way by *everyone you know* and this whole time you’re told that the surface elves are the reason for it all, and you get a chance to get some revenge on them, you’re gonna jump at the opportunity.

Drizzt comparatively was spared a lot of the shit Dinin went through, because he had Vierna and Zaknafein looking out for him whenever they could. That’s not to say he didn’t suffer or go through ANY of it, but he definitely got off ‘light’ in comparison.

So then Zaknafein gets sacrificed to Lolth, Drizzt deserts them, he and Briza get their asses kicked trying to find their little brother, and Malice’s attempt to kill Drizzt once and for all fails miserably and the whole house is annihilated by House Baenre no less! And Jarlaxle is there to offer him a way out.

And guys I am SO BITTER about it because I was absolutely sure Jarlaxle would be able to

a) help him heal and provide him with a better ‘family’ that wouldn’t fucking torture him

b) set him straight a little bit by also helping him maybe become a better person throughout the healing process and teach him that actually positive relationships can and do exist even among drow and it’s okay to care about other people

c) annoy the ever-loving fuck out of him for some quality content

And he got turned into a drider and killed off before ANY of that could even happen!!!!

I just really hope we get to see Dinin heal and grow in the new books. It looks like he’s starting to, but I’m afraid to get attached to him again. =/

But RAS could do so many really cool things with Dinin now. He could have him and Drizzt reunite and both absolve Drizzt of the monumental survivor’s guilt he’s had to live with and help Dinin be part of something genuinely good for him. And Jarlaxle! Jarlaxle was crushed when Dinin was turned into a drider.

Just... please. GIVE ME THIS. I need it.

[thewhizzyhead]

before I sleep, here is my definitive ranking on all the NPMD songs and some rambles on why I placed them there - also the ranking is based on how much I vibe with them (music production and lyricism have different rankings)

1. Hatchet Town (aka the hatchetfield trilogy theme song like this tune perfectly encapsulates the chaos Hatchetfield has to go through with every Starkid project pos-2018 and I love it - kinda wish it was a number that is more integrated with the plot with the kids tho BUT I REALLY DID LIKE that this melody was quite prominent in the other songs too)

2. High School is Killing Me (I've watched many teen centered musicals and believe me when I say that this song is one of, if not, the best introduction numbers out there for this genre - also it's a really great opening hook for a show)

3. Nerdy Prudes Must Die (FUCKING AMAZING HONESTLY - amazing way to REALLY re-establish a villain back from the dead and to establish the main theme for the nerds here: "I'm Not A Loser" (tho i fucking wish that motif was used a bit more))

4. Just For Once (everyone cheer for Lauren Lopez flexing not just her high tier soprano skills, but also how amazing of a fucking actor she can be like the concept of this song is quite layered and to pull it off both comedically and emphatically takes great lyrical and acting prowess)

5. The Summoning (a well-anticipated onstage introduction to all 5 of the LiB that balances out befuddling neon-entertainment with genuine fucking menace)

7. Cool As I Think I Am Reprise (A FUCKING GENIUS REPRISE I CAN'T STRESS ENOUGH HOW COOL I FIND THEM RECONTEXTUALIZING THE OG SONG AND IF I LOVED YOU TO FIT THE SITUATION AND BOTH OF THE CHARACTERS GROWTH. LIKE IN TERMS OF THEMATIC IMPLICATIONS WITH CHARQCTER DEVELOPMENT, THIS SONG AND ITS SCENE WOULD BE THE TOP)

6. If I Loved You (I think this song could be a bit more honestly like I know how much Starkid has explored Steph and Pete's relationship in their other projects and I was really hoping that they would have it more portrayed here - however the song is a bop nonetheless and it matches neatly with their themes and the harmonies are top tier. I placed this higher than the next just due to my personal bias like I really do like the song)

8. Dirty Dudes Must Die (A GREAT TWIST THAT MAKES ME WANT ANOTHER MUSICAL ABOUT GRACE CHASITY'S DERANGED SELF - also the new context of the song Grace is reprising here makes her a villain even scarier than MAX of all people but that's just me)

9. Literal Monster (A very catchy beat and well structured song that provides a good introduction to a jock-bully with the god complex. also kinda foreshadowing to nerdy prudes must die)

10. Cool As I Think I Am (the instrumentation reminded me of Dear Evan Hansen ngl fjsjd but it really does sound like an I-Want song from a teen-musical which is of course what they are going for - it sounds very nice and earnest though and I loved how it was utilised in the reprise. However I still fucking wish that the I'm Not A Loser motif was used more)

11. Dirty Girl (look I'm sorry for ranking this quite low on the list but like there is no fucking way I'm using this as bait to lure other people in like they'd be scared away I'm sorry fjdjs BUT I love how Will and Angela perform this though like top tier starkid performances ever - its not just what I would listen to on repeat personally jgjdjs)

12. Go Go Nighthawks! (This one gets plus points because of FUCK YOU CLIVESDALE GO GET FUCKED. otherwise its nice and cheery and perfectly shows how happy everyone is without Max but um I kinda wish it could be a bit more especially in terms of showing how happy the other nerds are now that Max is gone but that's just me)

13. Bully The Bully + Bury The Bully (Look I couldn't decide which was better like they both are the same melodies so like gjxjs these two are cute though and I liked seeing the 5 kids bonding in Bully The Bully since we don't get that many scenes with them)

14. The Best Of You (the pop-punk happy number is a staple of teen-centered musicals and it does really sound nice - just isn't that much of a standout compared to the others.)

[roy-kents]

okay, now that i've had some time to sit with last night's episode, i have thoughts. (apologies if this comes off a little rambly and disjointed - i didn't sleep very well last night) spoilers for 6x11

it's officially one of my favourite episodes of 911. i knew going into it that it was going to be extremely emotionally impactful, but i had no idea to what extent. i loved that the focus was on the familial ties between buck and the other characters. all along, a defining part of buck's character arc has been where he fits into his family, especially after the whole daniel reveal. buck's own subconscious finally coming to the realisation that he gets to choose his family, the one that'll love him for him without him having to change who he is is so so important for his development going forward.

now, to address the purported elephant in the room: maybe controversially, i didn't so much mind the lack of eddie in the episode. because like i said, the focus was on familial dynamics. we saw interactions between buck and his parents, maddie and buck, buck and chimney, buck and hen and buck and chris. so we got the sibling angle, the son angle, the best friend angle and the father angle. eddie doesn't fit into any of those boxes that buck has constructed for himself, and buck's subconscious has yet to process why that is. his subconscious hasn't caught up with the fact that eddie slots into the partner role yet, and i firmly believe we'll see that coming later in the season.

additionally, for what its worth, i thought the eddie content we did get was fucking spectacular. because here's a man that, a little over a year ago, was soldiering through his day. putting his mask on, strapping up his boots and doing what needed to be done. and yet, here, when his best friend (his partner in numerous senses) is critically ill in the hospital, he allows himself to be vulnerable. he allows himself to let go, in the presence of both his son and his friend and i think that's truly nothing to be sniffed at. rather that bottling all his emotions up, he allowed himself the space for that vulnerability.

also, the man did not look well! he looked worn out and pale and just all sorts of wrong. his lips were chapped, he had his black clothes on, he had bags under his eyes, like come on. it's right there.

finally, i do want to touch on chimney and buck a little because hoo boy the content we got for them in this episode was fucking incredible. because here's two grown men, who generally have a very playful relationship - they mess around and tease each-other and overall have a very banter filled exchange pretty much everytime we see them on screen. but when buck was confused, when he was a little scared about the reality that he found himself in, the first person he sought out was chimney. his subconscious inherently knew that chimney would believe him, and that he'd be able to help guide him to where he needed to go. i loved getting to see that side of their dynamic and i sincerely hope we get to see a lot more of it moving forward.

overall, i thought last night's episode was incredible, and i want to give the writers a big fat kiss on the lips.

[humanmorph]

i never really understood the appeal of podfics but if i'm being real wire guy is like. yes i would like to have it read to me

[tamagotchikgs]

last post ended up deleting my tags so im continuing them here

[cel-aerion]

There are too many things that are relevant to my interests going on and as a result I am in a weird haze where I want to do everything and thus I do nothing.

[daybreakstorm]

having thoughts about how high school can be something so integral to your entire personality and life and yet when you return you realize it meant nothing at all to those around you

[noblehcart]

me: okay lets see what this person's list of best books supposedly is. these videos always are meh but lets try it she seems nice

-her first two books are poto & kay's phantom-

me: -sobbing- I FEEL SEEN

[lily-blue-blue-lily]

im only a very casual taylor swift fan (everything i know about her comes from people i follow on here who happen to like her) but i found out that she performed getaway car with jack antonoff the other night, and lemme tell you, i would genuinely sell my soul for that

[spark-lapis]

YOUTUBE HAS A YEAR IN REVIEW THING TOO????

delighted im delighted. i've always been sad to miss out on spotify's wrapped thing because i don't like spotify very much or use it often. these youtube stats are for an account that i only made at the beginning of april and only really started using in like june, so this is basically just the past five months.

surprised the nitw soundtracks made it onto my top artists before like, shaffer james or the hoosiers. probably because it's background music so it plays for longer passively. wish I could see more than just a top 5 ahhhhhh

anyway yeah. thrilled . i love music

[neonsbian]

one of my greatest iwtv s3 fears is that lestat is gonna be weird abt gabrielle just like he is in the books

[blueshykitsune-blog]

I want a giant brown bunny... but... but too much!

The only one I found was like $158 USD... it was just about 5 foot tall! It literally was like looking at what I wanted to make but realized I didn't have enough stuffing for!

And one that was like 3 feet tall was $100...

Like yes I know materials and time is money but I can still complain! Why fabric gotta be so much! And so messy! (The ones with faux fur or of the like. Like whyyyyyy!!!!) Also why is cotton and stuffing so much too! And you get enough for maybe only one 2 foot plushie!

(I ran out of tagging space... 30 the limit sadly. But I had more to say but maybe later I'll do a bigger post on that all.)

[barabones]

I forget exactly where I saw the initial post asking for volunteers, but on July 10th, I reached out to the listed email. Jane, the organizer, got back to me right away and within an hour I was added in their discord.

Up until this point, I had been maintaining an average 8 ESims myself, so I already had experience checking in on them on a daily basis. The folks there helped me onboard with the spreadsheets for keeping track, and now it's very easy for me to catalog new ones I buy and record daily data usage. The whole process takes me maybe 20-40 minutes a day depending now on how many ESims actually need to be topped off.

Jane has been very up front with lots of the group's information, with frequent announcements about the groups current funds and amounts of daily ESims sent out. She and the others have been super helpful with getting funds to us when needed, and I've almost never had to actually spend any of my own money for any of this.

In the time that I've been volunteering, they figured out how to run a Business account with the Nomad ESim company. Which means that now and then they can just send 15 or so ESims my way, and I just catalog them and send the QRcodes towards Mirna and the Connecting Gaza folks. No more wasting time with the purchasing process, while getting a bit of a bulk discount on top of that.

We also share updates on whatever brand of ESims are most needed. When folks on the ground tell us that one network doesn't seem reliable, we are able to switch over for a while until either the networking issue is fixed, or we all pressure customer service enough to replace them for us.

There's also lots of complaining about new UI updates an general website bugs. There's surprisingly a lot of them and it's good to know other folks are getting info from customer service when things go wrong.

In August they made a meme channel

Anyways....

Lets get into some stats for myself. In 2 months (July 10- Sept12) I have:

Send off 171 ESims

Maintained around 60 active ones

Topped up these active ESims 139 times

Spend over $6400 donated dollars

I have multiple power users who have burned through close to 100GB. 2 of them have broken 200GB. These are most likely being used as hot spots.

Why am I sharing all of this? Mostly to show how easy it has been to make a marginal difference. I have helped at least 60 people stay connected with the outside world in just 2 months. Probably more if we assume some of the power users becoming hotspots for other folks. This is 20-40 minutes of my time a day, and I honestly regret not signing up to do this sooner.

I was specifically limiting myself to this workload because I wanted to test the waters. Those stats was me specifically not wanting to push myself and see what impact a normal person could make with 20 minutes a day. At this point I think I will be taking more advantage of Nomad's Tuesday discounts to really bulk up my numbers. It's pretty easy to buy 15 or so every Tuesday, and then send em over.

If you would like to join us in this endeavor, please reach out to Jane at cripsforesimsforgaza(at)gmail

We are specifically looking for people in European time zones, since a lot of us are in the Americas and that's quite a difference between us and Gaza. If not, that's no problem!

If you can't participate, that's totally fine, but please donate what you can! Folks like you are the ones who keep us going!

I hope this information has been useful in some way. Like I said, I wish I had heard about this group sooner, with how easy it has been to do. I can track my direct impact of what my daily time is doing for folks, and seeing the data be used up a little bit more day by day gives me hope for everyone in Gaza. Thank you for your time.

[titelverteidiger]

i need to watch the xc comps i saw live in lahti and screen record so much stuff