#i wanted to buy it in person but by the last 2 weeks of october at this rate I'm sure it'll all be gone :(

[thatgothicfairy]

I can already see halloween stuff selling out (in fuckin july ffs) so I panic ordered the crafting stuff I wanted to my parents house in the us lmao.....

[yumeka-sxf]

I would have included this scan with my recent miscellaneous collab scans post, but I decided it deserves its own post, not just because it's one of the loveliest official Twiyor illustrations I've seen, but also because the story of how I got it is...interesting 😅

This image is from the chara fine graph (which is basically a framed picture) that was included as a preorder bonus for buying the complete season 2 blu-ray set from a shop called Rakuten Books (together with badge pins of the same designs). I briefly mentioned it back in October of last year when season 2 was airing, along with preoder bonuses from other shops like Animate and Amazon. I only wanted to get this one though, so as per my usual process of trying to secure rare SxF goods, I made a note to myself to keep an eye out for when it released. Rakuten, which I believe is the main company for Rakuten Books, has their own proxy buying service, and as the season 2 blu-rays were released, I saw them appearing there. But as noted on their main site, the condition for them to send you the chara fine graph is that you must preorder all of the three season 2 blu-ray discs from them. Once you buy the third one, if they know that you've already bought the others, then they'll send you the preorder bonuses along with it.

I was concerned that if I bought the discs via proxy, they wouldn't know that I bought all three and would cancel my order at the end! I would be devastated if that happened after waiting months and spending all that money on the complete set. I knew people would sell the chara fine graph second-hand as soon as it released, so I decided to wait until then and try to find it on Mercari.

So the months went by and eventually I found out that the final blu-ray volume of season 2 would release on April 17th, 2024. I made a mental note to check Mercari for it then, but unfortunately something else released around that same time...CODE: White in the US, which had its first screening on April 18th. Admittingly, I got distracted by the CODE: White release and had seen it twice by the following weekend. I did do some preliminary searching for the chara fine graph, but not with my usual refined search terms. It wasn't until the 21st that I finally sat down and really started searching for it. And while I did find a few listings, they had already been sold.

I was hopeful that more people would sell it, since it had only been less than a week since release. But I guess I underestimated how popular this chara fine graph was because, after the initial five listings I saw that were sold within the span of a few days, none appeared after. I had, like, ten Mercari tabs open on my browser with different search terms that I refreshed many times a day, but nothing was showing up. I would groan whenever I'd see the preorder bonuses for the other shops like Animate and Amazon pop up, but not Rakuten Books. I did finally see one new listing of someone selling just the badge pins, but that was sold within a few minutes, which made me even more nervous. I would also be nervous getting up in the morning since I didn't want to see that a new listing was posted and sold while I was sleeping! Thankfully I work from home so it wasn't too much of an inconvenience for me to refresh the Mercari tabs on my personal computer whenever I had a minute. But as the days went by and I didn't see any new listings, I started getting mad at myself that if I had only started seriously searching for it right on release day, I would have had at least five chances to get it and could have saved myself this hassle. I even sent a message to Rakuten Books via their online form, asking (in Japanese) if they could somehow sell it to me and ship internationally, etc. But their response was pretty much what I expected...a polite "no."

But then, on the evening of May 4th, I found a new listing and immediately bought it! What should have been a red flag though is that the person was selling it for $30 (with the badge pins included), while everyone else had been selling it from around $80-$100. The title they gave to the item was weird too; they simply called it "Spy Family" instead of "Spy Family Chara Fine Graph" or "Spy Family Rakuten Books Bonus" or something descriptive like that. But the seller had a decent rating so I didn't think there was a problem. After I got the email from Buyee (my proxy service) that they successfully bought the item, I thought I was all set. I closed out all my search tabs and went to bed feeling satisfied.

However, when I got up the next morning, my heart sank when I saw that about an hour after I had gone to bed, Buyee sent me another email saying that they refunded and cancelled my order! The reason they gave was "due to the convenience of the seller" 😫

But what was most frustrating about this is that, when I checked the searches again, I saw that the same seller had relisted the item, with a higher price and more descriptive title, and it had been sold already. What probably happened is that the seller realized they made a mistake with the title and price of the listing and wanted to change it, which Mercari apparently allows them to do even after it had already been sold and paid for!

I was furious with Mercari for allowing this. The least they could do in a situation like this is give the original buyer, like, one day to buy the item again with the increased price before the seller is allowed to relist it again. I wanted to write to the seller and/or Mercari, but I wasn't able to make a Mercari account since it's restricted to Japan. I was also internally yelling at myself that if I had just started searching for it within a day or two of release instead of procrastinating, I could have avoided all this. So it was back to square one, but I wasn't going to give up! I opened up more search tabs with even more refined search terms. I also expanded to other proxy-supported shops like Surugaya and Yahoo Japan Auction. I even got my mom to help me, since she's often up in the middle of the night and can check in case anything is listed during that time while I'm asleep. I downloaded the Buyee app too so I could check listings even if I was away from my computer. With all this, I was hopeful I'd be able to buy it again, though it was more of a question of "when" than "if." With second-hand collectibles, you never know when they could pop up...I could find a new listing the next day, or not for a year or two. But I just kept up the searching, and finally, after another month went by, on June 3rd (June 4th in Japan, so technically Twiyor day 😁) I finally found it again...on Yahoo Japan Auction of all places!

I had never bought via auction before so I was a bit nervous I'd get outbid or something. But I immediately clicked the "pay buyout price option" (which was only a few dollars more than the original price) and, thankfully, a short while later Buyee informed me that I successfully won the auction! But after what happened before, I was still paranoid that it could get canceled for whatever reason. But that didn't happen, and after waiting for shipping, it finally came~

I always like to add a "lessons learned" in these situations, so I'd say the lesson here is don't be blasé or procrastinate when it comes to something you really want. And of course, being persistent pays off more than not!

[ladyyatexel]

Friends, Romans, Tumblrites, lend me your reblogs.

I'm Xel and I live in a society! I think there's a solid chance you do also! So you may relate to the profoundly crappy thing that happened to me and that I once again need a community assist.

I lost a temporary job that was supposed to turn into a permanent job in June because no one there felt safe enough to retire. Only two of us in the apartment were under 50. One of the crew was over 70. Three were chronically ill/disabled. No one felt safe enough to leave in order for me to stay, so I was trained for basically 6 months for nothing.

I have survived on savings from that job until this point, but I'm at the point where I cannot pay rent. I'm looking into getting help from sources more local to me but the internet has always felt like people who cared about me more than the people I share DNA with, really.

Many of the social services that I was signed up for expired the day that I was supposed to be told that I would be a permanent hire, and since that didn't go down, now I have to start it all again from the beginning, and there are gaps in my security net.

I tell you all of that just to say that I am actually trying to do things, I'm not here to just beg and coast along on some sort of lavish lifestyle where I, uh. Keep living in this dodgy apartment with my cat.

I don't want to bore you with an itemized list, but like 2,000 US dollars would get me through September and October without being worried about it like every 3 minutes. My rent is 700 and change, if you would like to know that. So I'm looking for like September and October rent and money to renew my driver's license, pay a few utility bills, buy a bag of cat food, and refill my medications.

If you have the notion to toss help at an internet pal or the extended reblogged acquaintance of an Internet pal, as is more likely the case, probably, that would be super rad of you.

I'm an artist! You could get things with images on them from me! I sell buttons, prints, and commissioned illustrations if that's your thing. My commissions are going a bit slow as of late - I only recovered from being not really able to walk like 2 months ago, and so I'm doing a lot of catch up like everywhere else in my whole life and trying not to spend too much time at a desk since it aggravates the spine thing that was the problem in the first place.

To be honest, it would be a greater help to me to just receive some Aid rather than full-on commissions, but I completely understand feeling fishy about people getting something for nothing and also feeling bad for being a charity case on the internet, so I'm not opposed! If you want to chat about that, I have a commissions post on the side or top of my blog depending on where you're looking at this!

Ko-fi contains my buttons and is a good place to toss digital dead American presidents if that suits you. I will get hit by some PayPal fees in this process but, I'm willing to call that a call for help on the internet tax.

I promise I'm a real person and not a bot who has made up a cat and is pretending to have interests. My blog has been here since 2010! I've met people on this website in person and everything. I've had embarrassing obsessions no bot would bother coming up with. Speaking of:

Similarly to times before, I would like to be able to do something in order to feel like I have earned some kind of support, and as of my birthday last week I have resolved to try very hard in the next year to conquer my fear and absolute mortification about many of the things I make, so I will once again go digging into my archives for things I can post for you to enjoy as thanks and tribute! I also have a poll running right now to see what kind of buttons people want!

Thanks for taking a look! Be nice out there, take care of your spines!

[mi6-cafe]

It's Newspaper November!

Specifically, it's Agony Aunt Column November. From November 1-5, we encourage you to submit an in-character letter to our inbox, where it will reach MI6's very own agony aunt, Grievances Goodnight!

Submit your ask (it can be anonymous) and begin it with Dear Grievances Goodnight.

Maybe your letter will be signed Quintessentially Quirky and it will wonder about the best kind of nerd-wear to buy a gentleman used to something more traditional. Or maybe you'll write in as I Have Top-Notch Range Scores Honestly and have a question about working with a coworker you killed injured with an Olympic Arms K2B3 rifle.

From November 6-12, we'll post the letters and ask you to take on the character of Grievances Goodnight and write a reply to someone else's query!

In case you miss out the first time, we'll also run the agony aunt event in the second half of the month as well.

Last Drabble Writer Standing Entries

Thank you to everyone who participated in last month's LDWS competition! It was a pleasure to have people writing for the prompts and reading, giving feedback, and voting on all the entries.

You can read all of the drabbles now with the author’s names in the original docs here. (week 1, week 2, week 3, week 4)

Many of the stories are now on AO3 in our LDWS collection. Even if you’ve already read them, we encourage you to go leave lovely comments and kudos to the authors there, too!

Saturday Cafe: Every Saturday in November

To help those who are doing NaNoWriMo, our Saturday Cafe is every week this month! Come join us in the fandom Slack as we write, draw, sprint, plot, brainstorm, cheerlead, and generally have a good time trying to get things done together. If you’d like an invite to the Slack, go ahead and message @castillon02 or @spiritofcamelot!

Long Fic Readalong (new fic starting this week!), Saturdays at 9pm ET

Join us in the Discord while we read a fic together. This is a chance to enjoy the fun of reading a chaptered work in weekly installments with all the laughter and shared suspense that that involves. The group is starting a new fic this week, so it's a great time to jump in and join!

We’d love to see you there. You are welcome to listen if you don’t or can’t read aloud!    

When: Saturday, October 1st at 9pm eastern/6pm Pacific (your local time here)

Where: We’ll be reading on discord in the readalongs channel. (Invite to discord here)

Please join us to read, to just hang out and listen, and to generally enjoy a good story together!

Weekly events:

WIP Wednesday: You can post an excerpt of your WIP on our post or make your own post and mention the @mi6-cafe. Either way it’s a fun way to show people what you’re working on, Bond fandom or otherwise.

Weekly Bond movies: Hosted by womble every Sunday at 8am Pacific time, join us in Discord to watch one of the Bond movies. Keep an eye on the watch party calendar linked below for updates.

Want to host your own event in the Discord or elsewhere? Let us know about it so we can add it to the calendars!

Calendars

Watch Party Calendar MI6 Cafe Calendar   If you need help adding these calendars to your personal one, check out this post.

[gcantread]

November 2024 reads

[loved liked ok nope dnf bookclub*]

Sundown in San Ojuela • Wuthering Heights* • The Scorpio Races • The Serviceberry • Graveyard Shift • Saga (Vol 1) • Shubeik Lubeik

"Fingers crossed I'll have more time to read in November," she said.

What happened instead was that I had a busy month of grass-touching and then, in the last few weeks, panicked about how little I had read (compared to how much I wanted to read) and brought a huge stack of novellas and graphic novels on my road trip to Santa Fe. This turned out to be exactly the right move because I read them ALL and there was not a single flop!

Sundown in San Ojuela ★★★1/2☆ - A book that is a lot confused, but got the spirit (and vibes.) Great prose, but it definitely suffers from that debut novel condition of "way too much going on." Oh well. We may not have killed our darlings, but we killed a lot of cop characters in assorted gory ways!

Wuthering Heights ★★★1/2☆ - Had to use the hilarious Scholastic Twilight-esque cover, of course, because I read it for @bellasbookclub! I think I liked it better this time around. These characters are so delightfully ridiculous—scenery chewed swallowed digested. (Yes, Cathy, I do have queer dreams.)

The Scorpio Races ��★★★★ - I half expected this book to let me down, and it DIDN'T! The characters? Compelling. The burn? Slow. The horses? Killin' folks left and right. I should probably write up a longer review because I have so many fun notes on this one.

The Serviceberry ★★★★★ - Robin Wall Kimmerer is an auto-buy for me (I can't wait to see her speak in person this month!) and this short and beautiful book is a great example of why. An especially lovely read if you're familiar with the fandom gift economy and want to ponder how one might work in the offline world. Also it contains the recurring phrase "I store my meat in the belly of my brother" and homies I'm snickering childishly

Saga ★★★★☆ - Has been much raved-about to me and now I can see why. Extremely gripping beginning to a series I didn't realize is up to 72 volumes?? That can't be right. Anyway, fantastic intro to the world and its "scifi dirtbag Romeo and Juliet" characters. Did this book just babytrap me?

Graveyard Shift ★★★☆☆ - Not so much a novella as "the first two thirds of a novella that suddenly cuts off" (insert Zuko gif here.) But a very suspenseful, well-executed and page-turning two thirds. Turns out "A bunch of smokers in a graveyard witness some guy burying a small mountain of dead rats" is a pretty ironclad concept.

Shubeik Lubeik ★★★★★ - The more I think about this one, the more I like it. The worldbuilding ("wishes are a commodity that can be mined and sold to the rich") was interesting and perfect for class commentary, the three (really four) main characters were well rendered (Shawqia my beloved!) and I loved the subtle and non-subtle interconnectedness of their stories.

DNFs: I have officially put The Wise Man's Fear on hiatus. I'll finish it eventually, I just need to be in the right mood and/or steel myself, I think.

November superlatives

Next up:

It's only December 2nd, but I've already finished A Memory Called Empire and made a dent in Jade City. So... sci-fi epics and finishing ongoing series month, I guess? Cheers I'll drink to that bro

previous months:

july august september october

[purplesurveys]

1895

How are you doing today? I think I'm doing okay. I felt terrible heading into the weekend and still feel it lingering to an extent, so I'm trying to recalibrate as much as I can because it's Monday again and I don't want to bring in my personal emotions to my work.

In any case, I'm still up (it's 12:40 AM) because Jin is going to be a torchbearer at the Olympics and he's slated to come on at ~2:30 AM hehe, so I'm using the waiting time as motivation to do some work early. I've already finished one Powerpoint I didn't need to do until Thursday, so I feel great about that!

What is the last song you listened to in a car? A Milli by Lil Wayne. It was on the radio and that particular station has a hip-hop and R&B lineup every Sunday, and they're usually able to kill it with the throwbacks.

Do you like prefer apple cider warm or cold? I've never tried that.

When did you last feel misunderstood? Friday.

Have you ever visited The Louvre or would you like to? I haven't, and I would like to.

Have you ever accidentally locked yourself out of your place of residence? Just once, and I was around 10. I had a roaming security guard help me back in.

Do you remember your favorite songs as a kid? I was obsessed with Avril Lavigne's Girlfriend because it had profanity in it and 9 year old me used to get a crazy adrenaline rush from saying "motherfucking" whenever no one was there to hear.

Do you currently feel calm? Yes, and it's such a wonderful feeling to have. I wish I can feel calm all the time, haha.

When did you last lace up a pair of shoes? Today.

What’s your go to comfort meal? Spicy tuna salad.

Do you enjoy cloud watching? When I'm in the mood for it, which admittedly doesn't come up often. It's calming when I do it, though.

Do you currently have any candles lit? Nopes.

If applicable, what’s your favorite sports team?

How many cardigans do you own? I have one, which funnily enough has gone missing. I haven't seen it for a few weeks now, come to think of it...

How much is too much for clothes? Idk, it's subjective for me. I don't typically bat an eye at how much luxury clothes can cost because...idk like it's always been that way I guess. But, and this is just one of very many specific examples, if a brand is going for a tattered, grubby aesthetic and sells a worn-out looking shirt for thousands of dollars, that's when I start to kind of make fun of it and the people who buy it.

How soon do you normally decorate for holidays? We only ever decorate for Christmas, and in our case and because my family is Filipino, we usually have our tree up by early October.

Are there any important things happening this week? We're dropping my dad off at the airport on Friday and it fucking sucks but we gotta do it. 

Do you know anyone who is terrified of dogs? One of my uncles.

What scent was the last soap you used? Just normal soapy soap smell. No added scents to it.

How old were you when you made your first big purchase? I was 24 when I bought my phone. Important disclaimer: I did use my dad's credit card to do the initial payment but only because I don't have my own cc lol; but I paid back the amount the same day and paid for the subsequent installments.

What last made you angry? Being talked down to.

What’s a color you think is underrated? Olive green.

What are you usually doing when midnight comes around and you can’t sleep? I just put a video on and put my phone on low brightness and I can be knocked out in like 5-10 minutes.

What is your favorite way to eat rice? (white, steamed, fried, brown, sweetened…) Steamed, white. In every meal. Eating in Vietnam was such a struggle because it was so hard to find rice anywhere lol. We ended up getting Jollibee on Grabfood and even that was a challenge + culture shock because they also barely had rice in their menu.

What color is the top you’re wearing? Dark green.

When did you last laugh so hard you cried? This afternoon when I was playing card games with my relatives.

What’s your favorite horror movie? The Shining.

What’s your favorite and least favorite fast food restaurant? Favorite is KFC for making the best fried chicken ever. Least favorite, Chowking – I just find their food so blah. Super oily, and their branches are also notoriously gross and poorly maintained. I have yet to see a clean Chowking.

How many pictures can you see in the room you’re in? One – my photobooth photo with my sister when we were in Saigon.

When did you last sign your signature? Around a month ago for my driver's license renewal.

What cover do you think is better than the original song? This is saying it loosely, but I do tend to listen to BTS' cover of Yoongi's So Far Away more than the original. I just feel like it was made more special when the whole vocal line covered it. That said, I love that Jimin and Tae got to do the song for the live performances since their takes didn't make the cut for the studio version.

Are you currently listening to music? Well, yeah, the last question made me want to look for the vocal line's version of the song haha.

What is something you’ve been working on? Being the best leader I can be for my team.

What’s something that excites you about the future? Earning more money and traveling the world.

How often do you drink smoothies? Never.

What’s a TV show you have gotten into recently? Continued from Sunday. None. tbh. It's very rare for me to get into shows.

Have you ever had to have a tooth cut out? Nope.

When did you last rush for something? Last Friday when I left 10 minutes later than I should've.

How many blankets do you own? I think it's around 5.

Have you drank enough water today? Lots and lots of it.

Do you prefer apple pie or pecan pie? I've never had pecan, but I'd go with that as I don't like apples.

What color takes up most of your wardrobe? Blacks and whites.

What makes you feel alive? Crying.

Who is your last missed call from? Just my mom.

Do you have any unusual pet peeves? When people only message "hi" and will type their actual request only after you acknowledge. It's one of the most annoying things Ever and I'm having none of it, so I don't reply whenever that happens and just wait for them to either spit it out or never message again.

What is a food you think is nasty that most people enjoy? Fruits.

Would you rather never be sick again or be rich? I'd take the money.

Do you have a specialty dish that you’re really good at making? Haha, nope.

What video games did you play when you were growing up? Sims 2 is definitely high up on my list. I also played GTA III and San Andreas – did none of the missions; I just really liked the open world concept and spent the whole time driving and following traffic rules, lol. Mario Kart Wii, Super Smash Bros Brawl, and Warioware, too.

Are you good at making big decisions alone or do you tend to seek approval from others? I seek inputs, not approval – just for other perspectives. Otherwise the choice I make is usually what I want to go for or what I think would be best for me.

Does your town or city have good public transport, or is it easier to drive? Neither of those work out for us tbh. The public transport definitely sucks and will suck the soul out of you, but it's no better having your own car because so do 400,000 fucking people. It just sucks having to go anywhere here which is why I'm so grateful to still be WFH.

What was the last cocktail you drank? Ooh I can't remember the name or what was in it, but it was this quirky drink that was topped with some kind of matcha latte or something and it tasted really good!

Are you good at keeping running counts and tallies in your head? Usually yes, but just to be safe I like to keep my phone nearby so I can track there too.

Does your country have its own edition of Big Brother? It does.

How often do you take a nap during the day? Almost never these days.

What social media platforms do you use? Facebook, Instagram, Twitter.

Are there any foods you hate the smell of but like the taste, or vice versa? Longganisa smells really good but like 97% of time tastes like shit. I can't think of any example for the other way around.

Do you have a dishwasher? Not a thing here.

Who do you live with? Parents, siblings, two dogs and a cat.

Are you listening to anything right now? No.

What is one of your favourite sitcoms? Friends :)

Do you make to-do lists? I do.

If you could magically become fluent in any language, what would it be? Korean.

Have you ever tried vegan ice cream? I don't think so.

What pet names do you use for your friends/loved ones? Sis, siz, sizt, sissymae, mars, sissymars, mare, mum, ate, mima, mumsh, mumshie, mother, motherhood, sissycakes, marecakes...in the Philippines, you can make any word a pet name lmao. You can also make up words and make them a pet name hahaha.

What pet names do you like to be called? Any of the above is fine, hah.

What was the best concert you’ve ever seen? Paramore during their After Laughter tour, or Agust D!

Do you have any hobbies? Sure.

What is your favourite pasta shape? Fettuccine.

Have you ever developed your own film? I have not.

When was the last time you stayed in a hotel/motel and where was that? Tagaytay, around a month ago.

What breed was the last dog you saw? Beagle and Yorkie.

Do you watch the Super Bowl? Nope.

What’s your favourite Disney movie? Toy Story and Tangled.

What’s the most stressful job you’ve ever had? I've had just one so it wins by default.

What was the last text message you received? I don't know and please don't let me check, it's 100% related to work.

Should you be asleep right now? If so, go to bed! Little bit, yeah. Hahaha it's fine, I think I'll hold out for an hour or two more.

[thestarsmakemedream-art]

Hi!

So I disappeared for a while. (Not like I have many followers who is interested in my shenanigans :D but mainly it's disappointing for myself because I really want to make this learning project to work.)

These last two months... but actually the last three were crazy. I am working in the film industry so production is usually couple of months (max. 2 years) long. And at the end (or 2/3) of the production is super busy. Overtime, even through the night... 4-5 hours of sleeping for weeks.... you get it. This was the case lately. In the beginning of October I managed to do inktober for almost 12 days but then multiple shit happened (mostly work and some other problems) and I was engrossed with them. Which is sad because October is one of my favourite months and I had big plans drawing-wise. Which I failed clearly.

But now. I finished my job one week ago (next starting on this thursday) and spent the last week with recreation (sleeping and reading) and making christmas presents (huge idiocracy but I love to make personal gifts for everyone and I have a huge family and kind a lot of close friends so for example this year I am making presents for 19 people (okay-okay, for some of them I am buying stuff but otherwise diy). Which is.... a clear sign that I am stupid.) Slowly but surely I am making it through the list. I'm gonna share a few of them here too, because only one of my friend is here on tumblr so the exception of her present I will show them. We just need some decent sunlight for photos....

Back to the four project per month system. I am not sure what to do. There was a plan for every week til March so now that I messed up I don't know if I should get back to the plan or like a madman try to do every failed October-November prompt. I am inclined for the latter because even if I like christmas, the autumn vibe is closer to my little soul and I was so hyped for making those drawings. So it's a huge possibility for me to share gothic vibed stuff in the middle of December We will see. I am sure I will finish the abandoned ink learning project and the remaining inktober prompts. I will also participating in two supernatural-themed bangs/fests (@dcwildwestfest and @mitskinaturalbang , also they're looking for artists to join to Mitskinatural, so please participate, it will be fun ;) ). Which is pretty exciting. They have priority. (I am really happy for these bangs.)

Enough of rambling, I just wanted to sit down and make a mental check up after I am not exhausted all the time. (Surprise.) Now I get back to creating stuff.

[alarrytale]

No one has seen that dog at all all that time she’s been in London and now all of a sudden Harry and brad are out with them and 2 days later we get pics at soho farmhouse with that same dog?? And why is Harry walking it again and not her? Funny how some PR person saw him in a pub in London on Sunday around 4pm so they just drove up to that farmhouse for a photo shoot and then he came right back to London. They’re so predictable and pathetic and now again use Deuxmoi instead of pap pics

More dog asks and Hussell shenanigans under the cut.

I really do think Harry and Taylor will hard launch this.

Sadly we Larries were wrong and it is Taylor's dog. The UAs have a new pic of Harry & Taylor walking it on their own.

1. Tay was at vogue office met the editor. Days later, her and Harry were with the vogue designer and Harry lambert. For a vogue photoshoot. Her meeting the editor already means they did an interview with her.

2. Harry with JW Anderson again. Deuxmoi confirms they had lunch earlier last week. Which confirms he’s most likely will team up with Loewe He’s probably going to Paris fashion week.

My theory he will attend the Loewe fashion week at Paris with Taylor. Which will hard launch their relationship. And that will be the perfect timing cause Vogue October issue will release around then.

Again, I don’t think they have a joint photoshoot together. But I do think she’ll talk about their relationship for the interview.

No one is buying his stunts anymore. After the Holivia disaster, everyone called out his playbook. And no one believes his relationships are real anymore. So, what do u do to convince fans and the gp? You hard launch the relationship. Ppl well believe it more cause Harry has never done that before.

Hi, everyone!

We were talking cats just days ago, and now dogs? What in the world...

I don't know if's her dog or not, but we are probably supposed to believe that it's hers and the effect is the same either way. Of course deuxmoi is involved. I'm totally surprised *sarcasm*.

I don't know if they will do a 'hard launch' as you call it. They might, but I don't care. It's a stunt. I've been here too long and seen too much to be convinced otherwise. So we just got to endure it as long as it lasts. I also can't answer asks everyday about what shenanigans hussell are up to or speculate on what their next move will be. I simply do not care, why would i, and want nothing to do with it. Everytime someone types her name it's registered as engagement by their teams statistics nerds, and she earns money and gets more opportunities from it. I'm not contributing to that, and neither should you if you can help it. I get that there is not much else going on in the fandom right now, and this is a hot topic, but please refrain from sending me hussell asks. I'd rather talk about anything else and i'm happy to answer asks on any other h or l topics.

[boyenthusiast]

okay master post of all the Guys in my life that i post about kinda often. both cause it can be confusing and also i like talking about these guys

vinyl guy- his real name is matthew and we met through a post i put on my college's snapchat story about how im selling my vinyl collection. he's from my hometown (went to my rival high school!) and he's buying two of my beatles vinyls on saturday morning and when i researched the history of these albums and my specific vinyls, i told him about it and he seemed excited :)

micro econ guy- he's also in my science and critical thinking class, but i didn't realize until later cause they're both huge classes. his real name is pierce and he's tall with the like middle part longish hair that's popular now. he has nails painted light blue and he sits next to me in micro econ but across the room in science and critical thinking. painted nails on a guy who's a business major is like. unheard of. and thats why i first noticed him. i do not know how to talk to him lmao.

ive referred to him as "brba j guy" cause there used to be two breaking bad guys but the other one is just kinda meh to me actually- the first breaking bad guy, k guy, is named kaden, and j guy is named john. he went to my high school and we had english class together senior year (thats when i first met him) and also last semester (we go to the same college). he plays keyboard in a band and has good tastes in music and fashion. he also has cool longish hair and always has v cool outfits.

sam- he's not really a Guy, he's my most recent ex. i'm over him but there are aspects of our relationship that still affect me and he's the reason behind like 11 of the poems i wrote in late november if that gives you any idea. a few days ago i sent him a "i dont think i want to be friends again or even talk with you because of these reasons" text but he has yet to read or respond to it (i know because snapchat has read receipts). i dont really have negative feelings toward him, but i just dont want him in my life anymore because personal and complicated reasons

ethan- again, not really a Guy, but they're my second-to-last ex and the partner i was with the longest (2 1/2 years). they broke up with me the last week of august and both the breakup and relationship obviously affected me a whole lot. while i have no negative feelings toward them, i havent talked to them since early october and we dont want to be in each other's lives.

matthew, pierce, and john are all maybe potential crushes?? idk i'd have to hang out with them one-on-one before i can tell for sure. however, idk how i'd get with any of them. matthew has a girlfriend, i dont know if pierce is gay (but he has painted nails 👀), and john is pan but i'm not sure if i like him just yet. like 95% of my journal (that i started in late december) has been about these guys. also i've referred to them as ___ guy in the past because i didn't know id post about them as much as i have also to protect their privacy, but tbh you cant tell much from a first name so

[hotarutranslations]

Non-no-san Series, Tomorrows Ara Ara Kashiko, Hulu Live Stream Announcement

Evening

non-no-san's graduation commemoration series💎

"Morning Musume '24" Ishida Ayumi Graduation Commemoration Series #2 ""Connection" With Dance"

Please definitely read #2 is here as well

I talked about dance🕺

I really think,

I'm glad I have dance I'm really glad I didn't slack off towards various things Thank you tomyself you has liked dance for forever Thats the kind of environment I was in, Thank you, Hello! Project

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non-no=san, Thank you very much, for the opportunity to talk this time as well

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PyokoUltra dress (that's what I'll call it) It seems you're able to buy the film photos online now!

here

This, will more goods be released of it…

I want to release more…🫣🫣

I was wondering if everyone would consolidate the shipping at this time--! lol

Towards the performance on December 6th, Goods are available for preorder, It may be better..to get it early!

Here

Please make sure to order it in time for December 6th since its special🥲🫶🏻

Morning Musume '24 Ishida Ayumi Graduation Commemoration "Graduation Memorial CD"🍀

Preorder Deadline is November 22nd🍀

With this, it wont arrive until December 6th That's right, there is still a lot to look forward to

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When it was Rairi's birthday, I, Thought that I would use this photo, And I found it in my data folder today⚡️

Its precious so I'll post it

Since we were in Taiwan for Rairi's birthday, Everyoen in Taiwan, Also said congratulations to Rairi, She seemed really happy about it🤎

When Rairi was talking about bubble tea, The people in Taiwan seemed really interested in it, A lot of it was in the news, actually lol It was fun listening to her next to me 🤎lol

Also! We at hotpot on the 2nd day,

Somehow a surprise cake appeared!

Waa!

It was a purple yam cake, While being taught, the Taiwanese way to cut a cake..?

The birthday person had the knife, The person next to the birthday person had a knife (me), Normally it ends at 2 people but, Since it was special Homare also had a knife, We sliced the cake, and shared it with everyone🤤💜

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Tomorrow, on Sendai Broadcasts "Ara Ara Kashiko" Ishida Ayumi Goes! ~Sendai Copper Vase ver.~

is airing🥉

Thank you for waiting!

A few days have passed, since what I learned that day!

Making a Sendai copper vase..

Since it was certainly fun, I hope that was conveyed, I'd like for everyone, To definitely try it yourself, so you can experience it

Look forward to the show tomorrow📺✨

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Today as well,

I can't believe I just got back from Taiwan yesterday, I had a lot of work to do but,

I had a really wonderful time💙

I cried and laughed😂🎈

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💎December 6th Yokohama Arena Performance

Nationwide live viewing

Live viewing in Taiwan

Hulu Live Stream

By all means, please watch the last of the 13 of us

Well! Tomorow is our concert in Aichi! Since I'm already missing it from last week, I'm looking forward to the fresh experience in Aichi!

I wonder if there will be a continous LOVErin---🩷ྀི🩷ྀི🩷ྀི

Photobook On Sale🤍

Play▶️List

Morning Musume '24 Ishida Ayumi Graduation Commemoration "Graduaton Memorial CD"🍀

Preorder Deadline is November 22nd🍀

Also, older photos are being rereleased

📚 Released October 30th "Gekkan Entame" Ishida x Oda

→Thank you very much to the many who have already voiced having read it🎈

Releasing November 9th "BOMB" Ishida x Oda

→It has the atmosphere of loungewear~ so by all means🎈

Releasing November 15th "EX Taishuu" Ishida x Inoue x Yumigeta

→We had a talk about the album release, and towards my graduation🎈

Releasing November 22nd "Up To Boy" Ishida x Oda x Makino

→Everyone is wearing a blue outfit, There was dancing, emotions, and fun🎈

Preorders Ongoing Please Definitely Check It Out

On non-no-san, The first in my commemorative graduation series released

🌙"Tohoku and "Connection"" Love for my hometown, becoming a beloved idol

Please definitely read it

📺Morning Musume Happy Daisakusen

Show titled as such on Hulu-san👑 Streaming starts on October 19th

📺Sendai Broadcast "Ara Ara Kashiko"

I appear once a month as part of the AraKashi Family

The previous shows, and makings, are on OX VIDEO STORE!

📺Hello Pro Dance Every other Thursday at 11:30PM~

Season 12 will start airing, On October 17th (Thurs)🕺

Thank you for following.. Instagram💙🩵

💿 August 14th new single✨ "Nandaka Sentimental na Toki no Uta/saiKIYOU"

Thank you very much 🏅 For Oricon Weekly Chart #1🏅

💿November 27th New album✨

Professionals-17th

This is the last CD release for Ishida "Yuukan na Dance" is being performed at autumn tour It Includes 8 new songs, with a total of 13 songs

Look forward🕺

🪩"Morning Musume '24 Concert Tour Autumn WE CAN DANCE!"

Its Ishida Ayumi's last tour💙 I'm looking forward to seeing you

📻Morning Musume '24 Morning Jogakuin ~Houkago Meeting~

Airs Every Saturday, On Radio Nihon at 12:00AM~

Past Broadcast Episodes Are Available →Program Details

see you ayumin <3 https://ameblo.jp/morningmusume-10ki/entry-12875151229.html

[darlingdoora]

(I express myself better in english)

alright, I'ts been a couple weeks or months since the last time I wrote something here, but, here is some updates

I'm slowly getting all worse again, last year was pretty tuff cs all that happen on the last bimester, the terapy, my head notebook (fuck I miss this shit), all the stuff with my classmates, food troubles, depression (never got diagnosticated at least) and the worst, leo.

well, I thought i was getting better since I wasn't having food problems, but recently all food was getting that "how many calories this thing have?" taste, and I'm not going to the gym frequently or even having the desire to go. My room is a mess again (I think it never stopped but) everytime I try to clean up, I do only put it all on the drawers and it does continues to be dirty or messy

I'm not reading books, the last book I read was one of the school that I thought it was pretty nice but it was really short so it doesn't count, so the last time I ACTUALLY read something was twilight (and I ended like on june☠️) I'm lazy for everthing, not hangjng out for a while, not crying, and I waited the whole fucking year for the beach trip on october, and I didn't even enjoy, actually it was pretty boring LOL

beach is just.. beach

it wasn't like "omg i love the sea" like the last peruibe time, it was like "its just this?"

and at least and the worst.....

clepto is back☺️

alright first of all I am NOT PROUD of coming back, but what could I do? *stop stoling shit is a good option, dirtbag*

it was like 2 weeks ago and before that I didn't steal anything for MONTHS. it was just a relapse cs I didn't have money to buy a beach magnet and it was so cute😭

honestly i wasn't stoling shit cs I was actually trying to follow budism "rules". cs I don't believe in nothing and can't be at any intense religion so budism makes me at least try to be a better person

It was just one relapse and istg that I'm not gonna steal anything again, promise. I DO NOT want to be a little thief who calls this fucking shallow brat problem a disorder

but in my defense the seller was jackass and were so rude with my aunt that he kinda deserve it (not justify my crime)

and I got really worried about this stoling-shit-problem, I asked my friend carol if she ever stole something and she said no cause she would probably get so regretted that she would probably give it back, then I started to think that I NEVER felt guilty and this is one of the symptoms of cleptomania. damn

I really want to get better again on the next vacations cause I'm not even going to school a lot recently and this is rlly bad, it happens the same last year

dude sometimes i got msf thinking that every year happens the same shit on the same months, october was messed up

October and November are always the worst months, and the beginning of the year is always good, december, january, april, may, june and july are always good and august, october, november and december are fucked up

september and march are useless every year and and never remember this months

well, I think that's all, see you next year 🤘🤘🔥🔥

[renjunluvr119]

I’ve always lived for my family never myself. Was gonna die at 16 but wait the family who left you in the system needs help paying bills. So you say okay i will get a full time job and help. But no actually they are buying drugs with said money. Or when you get kicked out of your adoptive home at 18 bc you’re friends were drinking but you weren’t but they wont listen bc you come from a family of addicts. So at 18 you think okay maybe now but then you move in with your birth family bc the older sister you protected in foster care is now pregnant so you move in to take care of her. You raise her kid, she parties, she gets pregnant again and the cycle repeats. All the while you are taking care of your other niece bc her mother is too busy doing drugs and men. To the point where she calls you mother. You get accepted into college finally. How exciting oh but no you must drop out care for them. Then you are 20. You get evicted bc even tho you were giving money to pay bills they weren’t. You move in with a fiend for 3 months when you come back they have lost your niece to the system. This is your fault. Not theirs. Your sister is pregnant again you are working 2 full time jobs while being a full time student to keep your aid. Something has to give. So you drop out again. You are 22 she finally leaves but no now your oldest sister needs somewhere to live. She doesn’t work and she doesn’t clean or help at all but yet she complains. All the while your mother is there latched to you like a leech draining anything you have to give. You almost kill your self get locked away oh but now they have no money you must cut your stay short so you can provide. You are 24 your grandmother moves in from the nursing home bc she wants to be with family. Your sister says she will care for her you don’t have to worry. This is a lie. You are now here primary caregiver. You switch two a weekend job so you can care for her, the only thing you ask of your sister is to care for her on those days as you are working 12 hour night shifts. She cannot as she also has a job. It is October she has lost her job and is going on vacation. You sit and think you almost relapse you almost off yourself. You don’t only bc who will take care of your grandmother. She has done nothing wrong but give birth to your line. She was the one taking care of everyone for years. Now it is your turn. Has been since you were 16. Your sister tells you she is pregnant. There is no room for a child she does not have a job. She can do nothing to help with grandma or the house bc of the baby. You find yourself wishing she doesn’t come to term. You can’t be a mother for the 5th time when you’ve never given birth. You think does this make you a horrible person. Who knows you have long lost the idea of emotions. You have a mega fight you feel nothing the whole time as you try to argue your point. You talk level, she yells over you. You start to remember you turn 25 in December. You had plans to finally give up to finally let them handle to yourself, when your grandmother moved in you decided not too. But this reminds you for what? For why? Maybe i shall stick to my plans. I do nothing for them anyways? Surely she will be fine after i die. But who know i will not be here to see it. Ah December a wonderful month for me. When i was born, when i was taken into the system, when i became a mother to my sisters child. When she got out of jail and everyone forgot about my birthday, the month i spent alone working 10 hour days every day to pay bills and care for them in jail while leaving myself with 100 dollars for two weeks to eat and have gas and essentials, the month i got kicked out from my adoptive family and when i had to drop school. Fitting it should be the month to give me my last big hoorah. But you know… better luck next time i suppose

[fantasticcloudcreation]

Lil rant about goals and future plans 😇

Ok so I've been here for a week and it's been a really nice time visiting family and I'm grateful to be living this life that gives me all this free time and opportunity to do whatever I want, back when I had an apartment and a "real job" I could only visit my family for holidays and it never felt like enough, but now I get like any significant time off work and I feel guilty if I'm not spending it with my family, even though there's other things I want to be doing... (Like what? Camping alone in the woods? /Kinda but there's always time for that between gigs etc) - enjoy this time and relax about it. Just feeling antsy bc I've been here a week and I'm kinda feeling like I might need to get out and go somewhere, but where, idk. I still need to visit my brother and my grandparents, I desperately need to clean the van, gotta make a mechanic appointment for next week, etc.

Also feeling antsy about going back to work which is hilarious bc like March, April, May, had barely any days off work besides driving all day traveling between gigs; was begging the universe to give me some time off to relax and vibe and whatever and now here I am with 2 months straight which was unexpected and I'm still kinda salty about it haha. But I'm one month down, one month to go, maybe I should be using the time a little better... I mean I'm working on projects which are mostly done, and I think next week I'll take care of the van things (cleaning, organizing, mechanic) and then D will be coming to visit so I'll either be here where he can meet my dad or I'll be at my brother's where we'll have more space/privacy to ourselves; we'll see!

I think the main thing is, I gotta get focused on my goals. What exactly are my goals?? I'm feeling a super lack of confidence lately and it's hard to know how to direct my energy right now. (I say that as if it's ever been different in my entire life lmao.) Usually I just focus on losing weight as if that'll somehow magically get my life in order Oh Yeah I'm Doing That Right Now 😅

Thinking ahead: July is free. August should be at least half filled if all goes well, and then some time to explore/camp in the northeast where it hopefully won't be too hot. September?? Who knows, but making my way towards Texas. October will have work in Texas, November December January should be full of work in Florida. So this is like my last solid free month and I should be getting my van situated, getting my business off the ground, working on my confidence and organization and planning and whatnot. I've been dilly dallying on that bc I lack the confidence and it's easier to avoid everything than to try something new, but it feels so good once you get past that and get started !!!

Maybe I'll lose 10 pounds and cut my hair and start wearing makeup again and get my clothes worked out where they all look cool/good/not like a hobo dad lolol. Maybe that'll give me confidence. Maybe it's time to reinvent my image and personality and break up with this guy I've been low-key ghosting and start putting effort into myself again. Maybe I need to focus on spirituality and prioritize wellness (how boring). Maybe I need to dive into a new skill and get really good at it over the next couple years. Who knows!!!!

I want to build things and paint things and make fun wearable crafts and make YouTube videos with my own music and vibes. I have enough work to pay the bills, if a side business can make enough money just to buy supplies to keep itself going, that's all I need. I want to go out west again, maybe I'll do that in February. Maybe I'll upgrade to an RV. The point: I have ideas and dreams and goals and this is my time to start working on them while I have the space. I have 4 weeks left....... I have money in the bank to get these things started. Make a plan, one step at a time, check things off the list. Clean the van and get it back in shape to start fresh this season. Call that guy and tell him it's not working right now. Stop avoiding. Relax and enjoy the ride!!!! Be grateful for this space and time with my dad. Use this time to your advantage, ask for help with business planning.

Tomorrow I'm going to paint my lil pottery pieces from the garden clay, they didn't turn out great but I have another batch that I'm trying a different process and we'll see how it goes, it's a fun experiment and at the very least I'm gonna make some decorative charms for myself to remind myself that it's fun to make things and try new things just for the heck of it :)

Priorities: exercise, taking care of the van, getting the business first steps rolling. 4 weeks left until the next chapter launches! Stop wasting days! (No days have been wasted but you know what I mean). Stop avoiding and start living.

Above all: life is really good!!! I'm so glad and grateful that I created this life for myself, imagine 3 years from now when my business is rolling and work is flowing and things are just like this except 10 steps better! Plant the seeds now and let the trees grow and in 5 years we'll have plenty of shade!!! Reminding myself that I've been dreaming about all these things for years and it's time to start working towards them. Reminding myself of where I was 3 years ago and how far I've come. Everything is working out, literally, and this is just the next step. What's the motivation? (PLJBF). Living a full and fun life. Feeling good about myself when people ask "what do you do"/"where do you live" ; offering gifts to the world for the sake of the process. Embracing the challenge, trying something new, giving myself the space to see what happens when I actually put myself out there. Is it an ego thing? Maybe. Is it for the sake of the challenge? A little bit. Is it just another girl in pursuit of happiness and a life on her own terms? Absolutely. There are many ways to show up in the world and I'm ready to be a confident independent strong smart capable leader. I'm ready to actually try and succeed. I am good enough and I know I can do it, getting started is the hardest part, staying focused and organized is the second hardest part, I know I can work with those challenges and make something happen. Let it flow. Relax. First: I'm here and I'm grateful and I'm ready to make the most of it.

Thank you, I love you ❤️

[cheolhub]

update 2: friend group shrunk by one and it wasn't me that was unfriended by everyone girly got what she deserved for making a gc and trying to talk shit ab me thinking all of my friends are a shitty person like her lol

I never once came at her in a disrespectful manner and if anything I was wayy too nice about the whole situation. I never even talked bad about her to any of my friends because I was trying to keep the peace but everyone has their breaking points.

I'm glad we don't have to go through any weird interactions now trust me I think that's what I was dreading most about this but she did everyone a favor by trying to be a sneaky bitch.. she got her karma real quick

anyways I hope you're doing well & that you have a good day tmrw sar!! <3

ALSO YOU'RE GOING TO SEE ENHYPEN?! you're so lucky I wish I could go to the one here in Anaheim but my uni schedule is so packed this semester I wish it was on a weekend bc then I would be able to go but oh well :/

- 🧸

OH MY GOD????? I WAS GOING TO REPLY TO YOUR OTHER ASK SAYING BLOCK HER BUT I DIDNT WANT TO COME OFF TOO HARSH 😭😭😭 nonnie, im so happy they all saw what kind of person she was and im glad you (hopefully) never have to interact with her

honestly, kudos to you because my anxiety would’ve made me suffer in silence. im proud of u for standing up for yourself and talking to her hurrah!!!!!! she got what she deserved fr 😁

YESSSSS, im flying to seattle and seeing them on the 28th and bc my birthday is the 30th, im spending a few more days there to celebrate 🥹🥹 im súper excited bc i wanted to see them here back in October but the tix were SOOOOO expensive for nosebleeds and they arent my ults so i wasnt willing to spend that much (i say this as im planning a whole trip to an expensive ass city like seattle TO see them 😭 but the concert tix were actually so cheap so its fine)

I HOPE SOMEHOW UR WEEK ISNT TOO BUSY SO U CAN BUY SOME LAST MINUTE TIX. if not, dont worry. i will send you vids. whos ur bias so i know who to get a fancam of

and i hope you have a great day too bff 🩷 thank you for sending me updates and im really happy it all worked out <3333

[bimbosymzs]

TYSK: Hey Buddy, you're on the news!!

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Hey y'all, It's Bria again. I know I´ve been on a bit of an hiatus but I am back and hoping to build an audience and repertoire of essays and journalistic insights. I am an artist and in a state of growth and transformation. I've given myself time and am ready to grow again. So, this is my new segment THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW. I found difficulty in understanding my place in the world after the onslaught of attention brought to the Palestinian, Congolese, and Sundanese struggles. I wasn't sure what to do, but I found sharing information is always the most important thing you can do.

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Insight: I find as the new Black and brown adults we have to find non-neo-fascist ways to teach our children discipline and composure. We have to teach them to want to learn and to want to be supported. We have to help them overstand, that you are not being subdued but elevated. How do we do this when we are suffering ourselves? Many of us are left struggling to differentiate between the auto policing of ourselves enforced by a childhood of strict ethnoreligious parents and white teachers/peers who misunderstood us. How do we liberate the children and our children from the same fate? How do we liberate ourselves? 

2. News and Literature sources:

PLEASE, run don't walk -or scroll vigorously- to Haymarket books and pick up a copy of Light in Gaza: Writings Born of Fire. You can pick-up a free ebook copy or support these writers in their struggle and buy a physical copy.

I have fallen in love with the writer Candice Marie Benbow. She is a Christian theologian who wrote the book Red Lip Theology: For Church Girls Who've Considered Tithing to the Beauty Supply Store when Sunday Morning isn't Enough. This book is probably not for me, but I think it'd be a benefit for Black women experiencing the Black church and honoring their space in it. I have followed her on Twitter for a while, but I recently started watching her interviews and felt the need to share.

YOU SHOULD KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON IN PALESTINE. This is a genocide. Many news sources aren't picking it up and telling the true story of the suffering of the Palestinian people. the US is funding genocide and Israel is carrying it out. I will share more sources but @Wizard_Bisan1 and @Amotaz_azaiza are two young journalists on the ground sharing their experiences and bringing light to the truth. Please follow them and continue to uplift and share their stories. They are targeting journalists as over 90 have died during the over 2 months of violent attacks.

3. Art I´ve fallen in love with:

Back in October, I dated this wonderful person who put me on to so much Black Art History. It was nice to finally date a person with interest. Two names they gave were Kerry James Marshall and Mikelene Thomas. I found their names continue to come up for me. Here are two pieces that brought me an inner guidance of sorts.

Amongst visual art pieces, I found a new love for ¨Pyramids¨ by Frank Ocean. I saw someone on TikTok try to explain it, and while they piqued my interest, I found their analysis to be lacking... in sense, and that's okay. We gotta blame Bush for that one. So, whichever you do, bust a move or throw a shoe, let us have a toast to an oldie but a goodie.

I found this poem on Warsaw Shire's Instagram -she has recently been shadow-banned- and I thought it was important to share this piece by Najwan Darwish.

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4. Personal life update edition:

I recently moved out to LA. I've been fighting for my life trying to survive financially, but your girl just got 1.5 jobs. So, I soon will be doing great. If any of yall are from LA or know folks out here. Let's meet up or lmk where I can hang out. I stayed in the house. I tried to go to Beverly Hills last week. It was a 1.5-hour bus ride. Needless to say, I'm green as hell.

Thank yall so much for reading.

[missguomeiyun]

I AM BACK!

Hey everyone!!!

I remember saying I'll be posting a Sept-Oct homecooking post but look, it is Nov 29th already! So instead, I'm working on a Sept-Oct-Nov post :P

So . . .

I was back from Korea on the 3rd week of October. I had a blast there, as usual. I can say everything went smoothly - with minor hiccups regarding the flights. I don't know when I'll share those or IF I will share those. .. maybe here? I don't know! Anyway, it was so much fun!! I didn't want to come back but by the end of the 3 weeks, I was getting kind of tired towards the end bcos I had 12-13 hr days, all day, every day lol out around 8am & back to hotel about 8-9pm, with no rest in between besides coffee time, basically. It was go go go everyday! I didn't get sick so that was awesome. I purchased another umbrella -.-" every time I go to Korea, there's like 1 day (or 1.5 ish) where it rains & I'm like. .. should I buy an umbrella or not? I end up buying one every time! Currency exchange rate was good; even with credit card service fee, so I feel like I went at the right time. Umm. .. what else? Oh, I checked off a bucket list item haha actually a few. My fav place remains to be Busan! Weather was soooo hot & humid in the beginning of my trip but cooled down the last day >.< lame! As a result, about 1 week into my trip, my skin turned terrible. I visited a pharmacy on Jeju Island bcos the mosquito situation was bad- had to get kids mosquito 'lotion'. It's basically a cooling liquid that you rub onto your mosquito bites & it has a mint-y effect to relieve itchiness. I really like the smell & it worked really well, so I was gonna buy another one to bring back but forgot!

The main concern for me was. .. things were not as cheap as they used to be. By "things", I really mean the food & coffee. In particular the street food - omg! It's rare to find items that are <4000KRW (~$4USD). Coffee was also very pricey! I mean, they were already pricey but numbers are higher now :O It hurt but it was great! haha

So yeah. .. I'll be getting on that 3-month summary post so I will end the post here =]

This is what I made earlier this week at home~ I'm putting my milk frother & milk pitcher to use. I have had the frother for a while now but haven't used it. .. until I got a pitcher during Black Friday. Anyway, will elaborate on what this is in a later post~

Good night, all~

Actually, changed my mind. .. I will keep writing bcos I kind of miss this =D

PS: about the flight hiccups. ..

My flight itinerary was Edmonton to Vancouver to Incheon, you know, the standard route. Having roughly 4 hrs left on the long flight from Vancouver to Incheon (hovering above Japan), there was a medical emergency on the flight; specifically, cardiac arrest. I was like. . . "this kind of thing happens in movies!" I didn't think I would witness CPR on a flight & potentially experience an emergency landing (if the situation didn't improve). Thankfully, everyone was okay & flight landed in Incheon. EMS had to assess & deal with the patient first before anyone on the flight can move, which ultimately ended up delaying the whole 'arrival to hotel' schedule. (Ended up staying in for the 1st night bcos it was also Chuseok/Korean Thanksgiving so most places were closed really early besides convenience stores)

Coming back.. . again, the same long flight from Incheon to Vancouver. .. it was such a bad experience =( this may be controversial or viewed negatively but I'm sharing anyway bcos. .. This is my space! lol I was window seat, there was a middle person, & another person in aisle seat. 3 strangers. The middle person, unfortunately, was a bigger lady & her arms were in her 2 neighbours' space for the entirety of the flight. The only way/time when it wasn't was when she was physically not in her seat or when she was pressing stuff on her screen (so her arm was straight out). But in 'resting position', her arm was like above mine OVER MY SIDE OF THE ARM REST. It was very uncomfortable- for everyone, I'm sure. The Air Canada economy seat was clearly not a suitable seat for this lady. There wasn't anything I could do - I hated meal times the most bcos I felt so cramped. This, of course, can't be the only example; I am not sure what ppl do or what they think.. . maybe choosing an aisle seat would be better so you only have 1 neighbour if you're not gonna get non-economy seat. OR I dunno. .. can you buy 2 seats? But that's more than 1 business class probably? *shrugs* I felt it was a little inconsiderate but what can you do? Pls share your thoughts on this matter. I've never encountered this before.

Okay, I'm going for real now~ BYE!