#i hope it works out

[our-arospec-experience]

I'm aromantic and I have a wonderful queerplatonic marriage, but I have this persistent fear that someday I'll fall in love with someone and it'll ruin our lives.

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[fawfulydoo]

i've got!! the art and everything done for the superstar saga shaker charm!!!!! i just have to learn how to set up a shop and produce the charms!!!

[therefugeofbooks]

Cried so much in my first session back to therapy that I'm feeling dehydrated 🥴

[behindthesefangirleyes]

“As much as I — and everyone else — wants the final installment to come to the screen as soon as possible, there are a lot of moving parts to account for that make it hard to solidify anything. But we’re doing our best, and will let fans know as soon as we can.”

— Alice Oseman for Netflix Tudum

[bestpuppydisorder]

have a vetting date with TWO doms next week :3

[dafukdidiwatch]

"I was build to advice the world on mathmatics, objects, and how they relate to the world"

"Cool ok, so there's this girl, right"

[giiyus]

tubbo wants to make a board game night show with fit and pac!!

[cold-neon-ocean]

short-ish vent/explanation as to why things have been so slow sobs

I don’t really feel the passage of time anymore but it’s crazy how much time I’ve lost just since February to just one after another dealing with the house pets. First our puppy’s neuter, then my sister bringing her cats into the house, her cats tearing things up and needing to be watched constantly (by me of course bc I’m the only one here), her cats then giving everyone ringworm which was a nearly 2 month ordeal that we’re still recovering from physically and financially, and now both puppies (one has seemed to recover now) are having some sort of intestinal issue the vets don’t know the cause of, but I’m just cleaning bloody diarrhea (its not parvo, the vet tested) and doing laundry all day.

I never really got the chance to recover from the introduction of the puppies back in September last year. I feel like my life has been overtaken by all these animals completely against my will and out of my control. Mom is just hemorrhaging money from all these obligations and vet bills she never planned/asked for, and I’m trying to help (despite none of these pets being mine) while also barely having the time to work that I used to. I used to be able to sit at my desk nearly all day without being interrupted but now dealing with all these animals by the time I get to sit at my desk I’m exhausted and it’s like 7pm but I gotta get up at 6am to give out medications and make breakfast for 5 pets.

Its starting to calm down but I’m just really upset over how all this affected my ability to work since these extended wait times reflects on my business very poorly and it’s just been killing me because this is not how I normally conduct things but I just had the rug completely snatched from under me and haven’t really been able to get back up. 

I also want to make clear that none of these animals are mine, nor did I have anything to do with the decision making to get them. I was told by my fam that it was expressly kept secret from me- literally until the animals came through the front door, because they knew I’d be upset because I’d have to watch them since I’m the only one home. The only pet that belongs to me is my leopard gecko who is a perfect angel boy who I’ve had not one issue with since getting him (he just turned 2 last month). 

Things are (hopefully) starting to stabilize, I’m praying that we can have just a little time without an animal having some sort of health crisis. I’m really sorry this has been such a long running thing, I never could have anticipated for any of it. I’m so grateful for the patience of my commissioners and am especially sorry to them, this isn’t normally how my business handles and I’m really ashamed of it.

[kirirez]

moodboard for my new OC ★

[florida3exclamationpoints]

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[i-am-the-unicorn-triumphant]

one last deeply personal post before i go to bed, i have started a new job and there are some red flags but also i have been told i shouldn’t be worried.

i’m working at a local flower shop (which jesus h tap dancing christ is such a relief after two years of working for a corporate chain i’m so glad to be back at a small business). i am still doing sales but honestly its not the worst. its not like im upselling medical equipment to low income people anymore. these fucking rich people are coming in with their amex to spend hundred of dollars on flowers. (i literally have never seen this many american express cards IN MY LIFE. and flowers are EXPENSIVE). this just feels so much more ethical.

but small businesses can get away with more sketchy stuff and ik that. and i keep getting sketchy stuff vibes even though im not the one sketchy stuff is happening.

i know i am part of a restructuring attempt after layoffs but im still holding my breath incase shit hits the fan.

i will say i am very happy to be at our second location even though it is farther from my house (a 25 min commute instead of a 10 minute commute. i really dont mind it tho.) because its a lot more chill and not as crazy busy as the main location. and im less at risk to be a part of the fuckery.

from what ive heard its mainly delivery drivers being lazy and trying to get sales people (my job) or others to do their routes so they can leave early. and at the second location we dont have that. it feels more cohesive here. (i trained at the main location and i just like the vibes at where i am so much better. its also i smaller team. its a family dynamic but in a good way if that makes sense and not a ‘were a family here’ sketchy way).

uhh tl;dr i think im happy at my new job even tho it is sales but i am wary of things ive heard about sketchy management

[tswaggie13]

Okay so I had two phone screenings for 2 different positions at the same company. The first I am more interested in, but I would be taking a significant pay cut. The second, is a senior position, aligns with what I currently do, but I’m not as interested.

I had the second one today. After he’s like “I wanted to also talk to you about this other position that we haven’t posted yet.” And he sends me the job description……. It’s a literal combo of the 1st and 2nd jobs…….. MEANING I would likely have the best of both worlds—INTEREST AND NO PAY CUT!!!!!

[cloud-has-fallendown]

Good luck!

I’ve got some pretty busy days this week, so next stream will be Thursday the 21st! I swear all of these days off will make sense 😭😭 just workin on some fun things

[emjaydoubleyou]

this post is fearmongering. the results of this study are concerning and should definitely be a matter of public discussion, but this is certainly not the conclusion the researchers came to.

the point of the study was to assess the risks of exposure to toxic metals- something one of the co-authors notes are “ubiquitous” fwiw- via menstrual products. Their research confirmed that these metals are indeed present in tampons, but no further conclusions are drawn. it is possible the metal entered into the cotton from the soil, which is a well-known phenomenon; cotton is so good at lifting heavy metals that it has actually been suggested as a part of the solution for revitalizing polluted ground.

the authors conclude with an acknowledgement that the study should be repeated- their sample size was 60 tampons- and a suggestion that further testing ought to be done to indicate whether or not these metals can even leech out of the tampon in the first place, let alone whether or not such leeching could occur at levels deleterious to human health.

there is, in fact, a body of research- too small, for sure, but much larger than this single study- indicating that long-term proper tampon use has no observable negative impact on health. i am grateful and thrilled that more research is being done and i hope that this study is the first of many on this line of questioning, but i am really frustrated at this post and the response it got.

obviously, if this study alters your approach to menstrual health, more power to you. consumers should be informed-risk-takers, and menstrual health is double-obviously a very personal choice. but it definitely wasn't the researchers concluding that you ought to “avoid using tampons at all cost," only this tumblr user did. the lead author of the paper, in fact, specifically says that she hopes people do NOT panic about the results.

(the notes of the post were disappointing. people affirming that they knew they were right to be suspicious of tampons all along, or even recommending alternatives that actually have very little to no research regarding the safety of long-term use, etc. it’s a different conversation, but categorical distrust of tampons is old-school misogyny. you certainly shouldn't wear them if you don’t want to, but there is nothing inherently scary or wrong about them, and people who prefer them are not being reckless or crass.)

((if you're really worried about exposure to heavy metals, you may want to turn a critical eye to fast fashion, as an aside))

[emo-and-emo-adjacent]

I didn't realize how many songs i stopped listening to even thought i loved them because they reminded me of someone but now i slowly get to rediscover them

[wallflowerglitter]

Buying a rotating pen holder because I had one attached to my desk when I was a kid and it just feels right to honor that.