#i love that you asked what's your favorite MP lyric and why to the most indecisive person ever

[burnmywholelifedown]

We can call it even, tis the damn season!!! Hello from your secret santa!! I hope your day was good today, just wanted to pop in and introduce myself 💜 I figured I'd ask you a question a day until reveal so here's today's : what is your favorite maisie song lyric and why ?

hello!! ugh YES ttds is my favorite Taylor chrismtas song I think. looks like my secret santa has great taste 😉 oh boy this question is so hard man. It's so hard to pick favorite lyrics cause there are the ones that you personally relate to and then the ones that are super well-written and sometimes those are the same thing. I don't know how to pick so you're gonna get a few. These are the ones that came to mind first:

Okay let's start with Personal Best: August was two blue bikes we don't use now you drive Mm-mm Apple juice, tipping wine Oh, what's yours is always mine

it's so concise, it sets up the song perfectly - in the midst of change and transition this relationship has constants. Gosh I love it so much (just like I love my sister, my ride or die).

Also: And the months flew like swallows to sea Now you're calling my phone instead of my street Are you dancing whilst I am asleep? Do you miss having me beside you.

the months flew like swallows to sea? I mean… it's gorgeous, stunning describing the passage of time as movement when she's also singing about her sister going to uni and them having life experiences apart.

I ADORE the pre to Tough Act:

Everybody knows that a breakup Is better when there's someone to hate but You were my favourite way to stay up And I'd say that still

You were my favourite way to stay up?? are you hearing that??!?!? the pure simplicity of the ache?? like DAMN. I've been there and it hurts like hell.

every line of The List but especially: I need to stop my excuses and put my feelings in order Need to look in the mirror and stand a little bit taller Need to stop getting drunk as a reason to call ya I need to stop letting myself down

So can you talk? You know I'm stacking up Until the night I'm not enough And you're just someone else I disappoint

I should stumble in love instead of running and hiding

Put your hand up if I've let you down again

man this song was one of those 'wow did you read my diary' type songs. I love it because it helps remind me to fight the physical and mental posture of anxiety and be brave - to fight that urge to slouch/be tense and self-deprecate. Also from a writing perspective I love her turning that fear of letting others down on it's head and reminding you that actually you need to stop letting yourself down. it's fantastic.

Worst of You is another song that I love lyrically: Give me your lips that taste of her, I'd kiss them again I'd rather you walk all over me than walk away Give me the worst of you 'Cause I want you anyway

I mean... the sheer angst of it all undoes me every time I hear this song. Cause sometimes being treated like shit is worth the illusion of being appreciated.

JHM: 'Cause if you don't want me Then you're not the one

cause I think this is a life lesson and Maisie putting it in a song so we can all enthusiastically chant it has helped me so much

Volcano:

Thought I'd be a cool girl but turns out I'm livid I'll cry you a river then I'll drown you in it Bet you hope I'm done but there's no way I'm finished

cause this is Maisie at her most feral and I love it. big Vigilante Shit energy

mkay I'm gonna stop myself now but I could go on indefinitely. hope that answered the question lol. what about you?

[coloringmysensescherryred]

2017

1. What did you do in 2017 that you’d never done before? I went to Japan, graduated college, started teaching English in South Korea, and dated a Korean guy - a year full of traveling and adventures! 

2. Did you keep your new year’s resolutions, and will you make more for next year? Last year I had two resolutions - eat better so I didn’t feel like I was gonna shit myself so often, and to stop looking for love and let it find me. TBH I followed them both - shoutout to Korea for helping me with them! Korea’s food is just much better on my internal pipes in terms of health, and the boyfriend thing kinda just happened. I’m more proud of myself for ending it when I wasn’t happy but I wasn’t forcing any sort of relationship, it happened organically; so I’m pleased that I stuck to my guns.

3. Did anyone close to you give birth? Nope! Most of my friends aren’t even married yet! (Not that you can’t have a baby without being married but ya know.)

4. Did anyone close to you die? No, thank god.  

5. What countries did you visit? Japan and Korea! 

6. What would you like to have in 2018 that you lacked in 2017? I would like to have more confidence to straight-up tell people when they are doing things that make me mad or irritate me or that I don’t like. That is my new years resolution this year. 

7. What dates from 2017 will remain etched upon your memory, and why? March 23rd - the day I got my email saying I got into Fulbright! and June 7th - the day I left for Korea for a full year. 

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year? Fucking picking up my entire life and moving to Korea on my own. Like I have so many friends here in my program, but I was basically coming alone because I knew that I would be separate from them when we went to our placements after six weeks. 

9. What was your biggest failure? I don’t know, I felt like I succeeded in all the ways that mattered? I guess my biggest “failure” was confessing my feelings to my crush and him having to let me down because he had just gotten out of a serious relationship and wasn’t ready (altho I think he did like me tbh). So all things considered, that is a pretty good track record for an important year. 

10. Did you suffer illness or injury? Nope! 

11. What was the best thing you bought? Netflix?? I had had it for like six months before Korea buutttt it has been a fucking lifesaver for me abroad. It’s a way to hear English from native mouths when I live in a homestay and don’t get to speak English with native speakers that often. It’s also great to do on traveling (like on trains and buses). Bless up to a great monthly investment. 

12. Whose behavior merited celebration? BURG, aka @officialff7remake. Homeboy was there for me when I was freaking out about MP or thesis or boys and just to pal around and drink with. The tightest of homies and I can’t thank him enough. <3 

13. Whose behavior made you appalled? I guess my Korean ex, Huijae? He literally had never dated ANYONE before me, Korean or otherwise, and he while he meant well, he had no emotional intelligence and really did things that bugged me and patronized me and was trying to be manipulative? and I didn’t need that shit? So I got out of that relationship after holding back my own feelings for too long and I’m so much happier and I don’t really talk to him anymore (he has texted a few times after we broke up to ask if he could come visit my host family because he “missed them” *eye roll* but i haven’t let him and he goes off to military service in like two weeks so I think i’m in the clear). 

14. Where did most of your money go? FOOD. I literally just buy food in Korea. Oh, and train tickets to go to Seoul or wherever. 

15. What did you get really, really, really excited about? IT by Stephen King. I was fucking so hyped about it and luckily its release date in Korea was the same as in America so I saw it the night it came out! Also, obvi Fulbright and teaching in Korea. :) 

16. What song will always remind you of 2017? 빨간맛 by Red Velvet and DNA by BTS! Two songs that I have heard OVER AND OVER in korea and I still love them. 

17. Compared to this time last year, are you: a) happier or sadder? b) thinner or fatter? c) richer or poorer? I’m a. happier (or about the same - I was done with first sem and my thesis and had gone to Japan so I was probs p happy back then too), b. thinner! (I have lost like 10 or 12 lbs in Korea - wasn’t trying to but the food is just less fattening I think, and I walk more and go to an aerobics class like 3 or 4 times a week!), and c. richer! I’m not rich rich by any means but I have more money from fulbright than I was making as a waitress. :) 

18. What do you wish you’d done more of? Idk - I did really what I wanted second sem of school, like hanging with MP and drinking and having spontaneous fun, and saw all the people I wanted to before I left for Korea, but I guess I wish I had done more solo trips in Korea? I want to do more before second sem starts too, and I want to visit my friends in their respective cities more because I didn’t get to do that so much in the fall because of my stupid fucking ex always coming to my town and taking up every literal weekend. I wish I was joking about that but it was bad. 

19. What do you wish you’d done less of? Spend less time napping! I like naps but then I feel like i miss out on things, as well as have trouble falling asleep at decent times on school nights. Also, I wish I had spent less time being miserable about my relationship and ended it earlier. I gotta put myself the fuck first this year. 

20. How did you spend Christmas? I spent an early Christmas on the 23rd with 6 Fulbright friends in Gwangju, and ended up getting drunk and dancing at the airbnb with all the other tenants for the night! It was really fun. I then spent actual Christmas eve and day at a hotel with my host fam and close family friends, just seeing the ocean (in the freezing cold) and eating seafood stew. I was glad to be with them but I missed home SO fucking much during that time. I did Skype my fam on Christmas eve morning so I saw them a little! 

21. Did you fall in love in 2017? I don't know if I can call it love, but I had a serious crush that was more than just infatuation with a guy in my last sem of college. I didn’t know what I wanted because I was leaving America and he was still a sophomore but I just knew that I could see us together, and it didn’t work out but I still have hope for the future. And with my Korean ex, it wasn’t love at all but I did like him so there’s that? 

22. What was your favorite TV program? In terms of things that I watched in 2017 that I really liked? Breaking Bad, Dark, Stranger Things season 2, and Rupaul’s Drag Race!

23. Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year? My ex? Yeah, it’s petty, but whenever I talk about him or see his picture I get mad. I guess that only half counts on this bc I didn’t know him this time last year? But I don’t hate anyone else. 

24. What was the best book you read? It by Stephen King. That thing is a fucking masterpiece. 

25. What was your greatest musical discovery? Sam Smith, biiiiitch. His newest album is all amazing and I slept on him for too long! Like I knew he was good but this new album is amazing.

26. What did you want and get? I wanted Fulbright and I got it! 

27. What did you want and not get? I wanted to be with aforementioned crush but it was bad timing. Win some, lose some, live & learn. 

28. What was your favorite film of this year? I CAN’T CHOOSE

29. What one thing made your year immeasurably more satisfying? Going through second sem of senior year knowing I had a job after graduation? 

30. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2017? it has changed a little since coming to Korea in order to try and not stand out so much? I have switched to more solid color tops rather than lots of prints, and I dress more demurely? Like less cleavage showing because that’s how koreans do (not that I am against it, but I’m just tryna fit in). 

31. What kept you sane? Sydney, my best friend in the entire world. (This was my answer from last year and the year before that and the year before that AND THE YEAR BEFORE THAT but it still holds true) also everyone in the sv discord chat still AND natalie of course of course

32. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most? All the drag queens from Drag Race but especially Trixie & Katya? Ummm also BTS but what is new. ;) 

33. What political issue stirred you the most? everything trump and his administration do and the net neutrality repeal. :( 

34. Who did you miss? I miss my dogs and my mom and my sister and Brian and Cannon and grammy and my MP friends. <3 Being in Korea away from them has been really hard sometimes.  35. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2017. If you really want something, strive for it. Keep your expectations low, but believe in yourself and what you are capable of shining through and getting you what you really want. <3 

36. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year. “don’t you get lost in nostalgia, no” - Lost in Nostalgia, The Maine

“take me with you / cause even on your own, you are not alone” - Portugal, Walk the Moon

[hopethisdoesntawakenanythingnme]

Space Asks!

Comet- What are you currently frustrated about? 

The angle and positioning of my bed is very awkward and i can't wait to move it 😒

Black Hole- What are you most afraid of?

Uh, the sun exploding 5 million years earlier than expected.

Galaxy- Do you have any nicknames? What are they?

Nope!

Star- What song(s) do you feel describes you?

The finale to Swan Lake

Moon- Are you currently reading any books? If so, what book(s)?

Still trying to get through "Dracula"

Planets- If you could go anywhere, where would you go?

The timeline where tr*mp is dead

Mercury- Describe your aesthetic.

Lazy lesbian witch who loves cats and socialism

Venus- What’s your favorite tv show?

Hannibal, Penny Dreadful, AHS

Earth- If you could be anyone else for a day, who would you want to be?

GWEN STEFANI

Mars- If you could change one thing about yourself, what would you change?

That dumb thing that happens when you almost aspirate food

Jupiter- If you had to pick one color to use for an entire week, what color would you choose?

Lime green

Saturn- How far would you go for those you care about?

I'd go on a "Milo and Otis"-type journey

Uranus- What would you say is your greatest achievement?

Being alive

Neptune- Describe yourself in one sentence.

I love cats, ice cream, socialism and my mom.

Pluto- If you could meet anyone, alive or dead, who would you meet?

Seth MacFarlane

Constellations- If you could have one talent, what would you want it to be? (can be magical or not)

Either glamour or transfiguration

Asteroid- When you die, what do you want to be done with your body?

Shoot me into space

Aquarius- What’s a topic you enjoy learning about?

Drawing

Aquila- Do you prefer to read books or watch movies?

Movies, lately

Aries- What is something you enjoy doing?

Sleeping 😭

Auriga- If you had to pick one villain from any media, who would you rather have to face and why?

Tr*mp in a street fighter scenario

Bootes- If you could have any animal, wild or not, fake or not, which would you want?

Hippogriff !

Cancer- How do you want to be remembered?

As someone who exemplified empathy and compassion

Canis Major- How many friends do you have?

This feels like a threat

Capricornus- What’s a song lyric that you relate to?

I AM NOT AFRAID TO KEEP ON LIVING

I AM NOT AFRAID TO WALK THIS WORLD ALONE

Cassiopeia- What’s your favorite quote?

"G note"

Cygnus- If you could go back to any time period for a couple days, when/where would you want to go?

I'd like to live as a wealthy vampire heiress in the early victorian era

Gemini- Do you have any siblings? How many?

In what dimension?

Leo- If you could change the way any movie was made, which movie would you change?

OH MY GOD the complete DESECRATION of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. What in the FUCK did Alf*nso C*ron do to it?!??? That freeze frame?? 

Libra- If you could talk to your past self, what would you tell yourself?

Whatever you're thinking of doing or saying: don't do it.

Lyra- Would you rather be feared or loved?

Loved

Orion- What’s your favorite type of weather?

Late autumn,early spring

Pegasus- What’s your favorite music genre?

A lot of indie/electronic stuff like PVRIS

Perseus- What’s your favorite movie genre?

Horror!

Pisces- Describe someone you love without saying their name.

Fur, whiskers, toe beans, swishy tail

Sagittarius- What do you do when you don’t feel well? What do you eat/drink?

Wish I were dead. Gatorade for 2 weeks straight

Scorpius- If you had to pick someone to betray you, who would you pick?

Jesus

Taurus- What makes you feel comfortable?

Food, music, and my bed

Ursa Major- If you had to pick any job to have, what job would you want?

Television comedy writer

Virgo- What do you value the most- artistic ability/creativity, musical ability, athletic ability, intellect, or work ethic?

Artistic ability/creativity, and intellect

Neutron- Are you more of a leader or a follower?

Depends on the situation

Supernova- How do you feel about yourself?

Like a supernova

Supergiant- What’s something you like about yourself?

My ability to laugh at just about anything

Red Giant- Would you get into a debate/argument with someone if you heard them saying something you disagree with or know to be wrong, or would you stay silent?

Depends the situation, and if it were safe to do so.

Red Dwarf- What’s your favorite smell? What smell makes you feel most comfortable?

Petriture (sp?), cinnamon and nutmeg

Protostar- Give a random fact about yourself.   I was an extra on "Ted 2"!