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courtofmatchups · 4 months ago

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໒꒰ྀིᵔ ᵕ ᵔ ꒱ྀི১ MATCHUP TRADE W/ RYLAI !!

౨ৎ i am 17 going on 18 ! i'm a girl, and i don't really care much for pronouns — i'm also pansexual, and have no specific preference on the gender.

. i don’t have a character i don’t like, and I'm open to any options !

𓈒ㅤׂ 𝜗𝜚

i am a filipina w/ american blood.

i take a lot after my father — his face, his height, and even his personality ! i'm 173cm tall, with very light complexion. i take very good care of my body by maintaining healthy routines, eating well, and exercising frequently !!

i have curly, layered, dark brown hair at my waist. i take especially good care of my hair, though same applies for all parts of my body. my other features aren't very special — brown eyes and fair skin. though, i have a looott of beauty marks littered around my body, but the most noticeable one is the one on my right cheek !

i am very feminine, and enjoy dressing in whatever's trendy and cute. i am also known for always wearing pearls — and i am easily recognizable from the pearl headband i always wear.

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for starters about my personality, i am very awkward in person (｡´-д-)。。i have a monotone voice and am often regarded to have a „resting bitch face” most of the time huhu. i am usually much more open and friendly online or over boardgames ! but i will always have to wait for someone else to talk to me first before opening up.

i'm a person who always looks at the bright side of things; i am also very much a hopeless romantic with my head in the clouds. i tend to be more of a listener, but ask the right questions and i'll be a lot more talkative !!

once you get to know me, i take on more of a big sister role !! i'll often act as a shoulder to cry on, and someone who will always support their friends no matter what. i'm usually the go-to person whenever you need any kind of advice ! even if i don't have any experience or don't even listen to my own advice, i always have something to say !

very much "oa" humor hehe. especially around my friends !! despite my shy demeanor at first, i will open up rather quickly. i'm also very affectionate ! i enjoy calling my friends by terms of endearment, flirting jokingly, and i am veryyyy cuddly once i get to know someone better.

since i was young, i've always had struggles with saying 'no' and standing up for myself. even though i appear confident now, it's really just a facade for me to be more likeable. this could be something i inherited from my mother, her meekness must've been passed onto me (ᗒᗩᗕ)

ꔫ INFP 2w3 , scorpio sun , cancer moon , sagittarius rising

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— hobbies and passions

first of all, journalism !!! i wanted to be a journalist as a child, but due to certain circumstances, i switched career paths. in jhs ( gr 7 - gr 10 ) i was a part of the journalism club and wrote for the school paper. i was the associate news editor in grade 7, news editor in grade 8, and i got to be the editor-in-chief for the school paper in grade 9 and grade 10. i was able to bag multiple awards for my school, and i am still openly very passionate about journalism and writing.

i am also into martial arts, and am currently a red belt in taekwondo. i also do ballet, but recently i haven't been able to attend the studio due to my classes and frequently booked schedule (ᗒᗩᗕ) in my free time, i play badminton and volleyball with my friends !

i also don't know whether or not this counts as a passion, but i do love to help people. i am currently taking the humss strand in order to become a psychologist ! i love to analyze everything, and i love being able to help those around me. （☆/＞u＜/） apart from those, i enjoy reading, art and many more !!!

— likes and dislikes ( also including my love lang here !! )

as i stated up above, i like to read !! i read a lot of psychological horror, mystery, thriller, fantasy, etc. my favorite authors are jane austen and lewis carroll — i am very fond of classical novels. my obsession has gotten to the point that my family and friends will forcibly tear me away from the bookstore whenever we happen to come across one.

i also genuinely enjoy cleaning and gardening. since i was young, i've always been helping my grandma around the house, and i picked up her hobby of gardening. my dad owned a farm as well, so that only played into my interest of gardening. i also enjoy cooking and baking, other traits i picked up from my grandmother !

i'm a big makeup enthusiast. ever since i was a child, i really enjoyed doing my mother's makeup ( i did my dad's too ) so it kind of just grew on me huhu. i especially like whenever my male friends would let me put makeup on them and dress them up so i can make fun of them afterwards hihi ♡ ～('▽^人)

now when it comes to my dislikes, i totally hate when people take advantage of my shyness ,,who wouldn't bro !? i also dislike getting touched by anyone who's not someone i trust, so when i decide to randomly cling onto someone it's just a sign that i trust them.

my love language is definitely quality time, as i find it the most genuine love languages of all five. others' gifts and words may be insincere, but spending time with my loved one ( in silence or not ) is what i love most, and it really shows that i'm comfortable enough around them.

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when it comes to my ideal type, looks really don't matter !

i'm usually more into nerdy people who share the same interests as me so we can talk about them all day, BUT their patience is the most valuable trait. i can't handle an impatient lover, and i would need someone that's able to understand when i need time alone or when i need comfort.

i would also do well with a more extroverted lover ! we could balance each other out and help each other grow ! though, i tend to date introverted people a lot huhu, judging from my exes.

the most attractive physical feature to me is a person’s smile.

preferred dates: having coffee at a small, unknown cafe,, watching horror movies and making fun of the badly edited scenes,, going out on walks at night,, stargazing,, etc.

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౨ৎ i am the youngest of seven, all of which having graduated when i was very young. ( i ended up being spoiled by my brothers and sisters growing up hehe )

౨ৎ im a cat person, and i own two very adorable cats !

౨ৎ i have a small obsession with collecting things i find cute/pretty. ( plushies, figurines, perfumes, antiques, and so on. )

౨ৎ i have glasses, but i refuse to wear them.

౨ৎ there's a saying in my country that if you wear pearl earrings, you'll be single for a long time, and i started wondering if that was the reason for my hopeless romanticness ! ( not relevant at all, just found it funny hihi )

It seems to me, you've captured the heart of...

Vil Schoenheit!

When reading through your description, I knew he would be a great match for you. Hear me out:

You and he both appreciate beauty and elegance. He appreciates the fact that you maintain a healthy routine. He does as well, so he'll be more than happy to give you pointers to up your skincare and hair care routine. And as for you liking to dress in trendy and cute outfits, he'd love to spoil you with cute clothes and accessories. His love languages involve dolling you up, so please let him adorn you in the things he picks out for you.

That aside, he also appreciates a person with a good work ethic. Your accomplishments in journalism, martial arts, and ballet reflect your driven personality, which Vil would respect. Your passion for writing and helping others (through her psychology career path) would intrigue Vil, as he’s drawn to individuals who pursue excellence and growth in their endeavors. And since you've captured his heart, he'd love to help you achieve excellence.

He finds your romantic side quite endearing too. As driven and intense as he might be, he can't help but find that side of you to be quite alluring. And seeing how you can bring light and warmth into relationships, that can balance out his perfectionism. More often than not, Vil would need a shoulder to cry on, as his career can be quite overwhelming.

He's also a lot more nurturing than people understand, and he just wants people to achieve the best they can, so he'll be supporting you whilst growing alongside you

Together, you could create a dynamic relationship built on admiration, mutual growth, and shared passions.

#court of matchups #matchups #twisted wonderland #twst matchups #twisted wonderland matchups #twisted wonderland x reader #vil schoenheit

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arwainian · 6 months ago

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Reading This Week 2024 #33

As warned, I come to you a day late because I was out of my house from 7:20am to 9:20pm. That time out was planned but also along the way my car battery died so I've sent it to the shop to get it looked at

I've really been in the zone with audiobooks this week, and I also worked on reading through the comic books I've had languishing on my shelf

Finished:

Blue Box, Vol. 1 by Kouji Miura, translated by Christine Dashiell cute manga about some students at a very sports focused high school, badminton playing boy protagonist with a HUGE crush on basketball playing upperclassman girl. pretty cute, great art

Stone Butch Blues by Leslie Feinberg I am so glad that my library system had a physical copy of the 20th anniversary edition. It felt like an honor to hold this book in my hand. As expected, I cried at several points reading this. I have to say though, the mythos that has sprung up around this book (on tumblr but I'm sure elsewhere) as a Lesbian Book really really undersells how much this book's perspective is just as much if not more Working Class. it's a book about labor and difficulty making ends meet while butch: Jess' decision to pass as a man is certainly a gender-identity based decision but crucially it is also a financial one in hopes of getting a better job. Anyway. read the actual book

Remina by Junji Ito, translated by Jocelyn Allen read to keep up with Shelved by Genre. didn't like this one

Boys Weekend by Mattie Lubchansky recommended by a friend, graphic novel where a transfem attends the bachelor party of their old college buddy while the casino town they're in is taken over by a tech-startup-cult

The Empire of Gold by S.A. Chakraborty, narrated by Soneela Nankani okay yeah I spent like the last 2 hours of the audiobook jumping up and down my hallway. this was pretty rad, thanks for the rec dad. if you, like me, are put off by the YA characterization vibes in the first book, the characters do grow up

only fooling yourself by volefriend on ao3

System Collapse by Martha Wells, narrated by Kevin R. Free the murderbot diaries are always great

Jonny Appleseed by Joshua Whitehead, narrated by the author recommended to me by a friend! interesting and matter of fact perspective on racialized sex work from a two-spirit person

The Marlow Murder Club by Robert Thorogood, narrated by Nicolette McKenzie I'm going to come clean, I read this because I forgot the title of The Thursday Murder Club. however I really enjoyed this band of middle aged and older british ladies becoming friends and solving murders

Good Deeds #1-2 written by Che Grayson, art by Kelsey Ramsay, colors by Ronda Pattison comic about a small Florida town with unsettling supernatural stuff happening. I will be tracking down the other issues

Washed in the Blood #1 written by Kevin Roditeli, art by Rob Cannon, Kostas Pantoulas, and Vivi Ekhart the art and the lettering in this comic is crazy fun, but the story might be too "ooh so edgy" for me. I'll keep an eye out for the other issues but wont prioritize it

Crashing #1-3 written by Matthew Klein, art by Morgan Beem, colors by Triona Farrell miniseries focused on a doctor treating superpowered patients. absolutely going to find the other two issues of it, I need to see where this ends

What Feasts at Night by T. Kingfisher sequel to What Moves the Dead. it wasn't as good as the first one but it was still pretty enjoyable horror

Started/Ongoing:

The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch, narrated by Michael Page so excited to be reading this for the sff bookclub. too clever for their own good con man scoundrels are a favored character type of mine

Invisible Kingdom, Vol. 1: Walking the Path written by G. Willow WIlson, art by Christian Ward scifi comic that looked cool! a comic book shop employee recommended it to a friend, and I remembered I'd seen it at my library so I picked it up to check out (gorgeous scifi art)

little warrior by kathkin on ao3 read the next chapter :)

chapter 9 of follow the sun by verdantstars on ao3 new chapter out of a fire emblem three houses fic i like!

DNFs:

The Collected Poems of Audre Lorde this is hopefully just a temporary dnf. it was due back at the library and i did not have time to finish reading it before then. with any luck I'll check it out again when i have a bit more poetry reading motivation

Ragnarok by A.S. Byatt, narrated by Harriet Walter

Portrait of a Thief by Grace D. Li, narrated by Eunice Wong and Austin Ku

Reading Plans:

obviously The Lies of Locke Lamora is on my reading plan list bc its the sff book club pick for september! and I'll be reading Sensor to keep up with Shelved by Genre

other books I have out from the library and want to try out but may not finish reading: Bloom Into You Vol. 2 by Nakatani Nio, The Sprite and the Gardener by Rii Abrego and Joe Whitt, Female Husbands: A Trans History by Jen Manion, narrated by Kate Harper, The River of Silver by S.A. Chakraborty, narrated by Soneela Nankani

and I want to read more of the books that exist on my physical bookshelves. some of that I've been doing by borrowing the audiobook versions of them (like Jonny Appleseed and System Collapse above) but others dont have that option

#cal reading log #arwainian princessoid decrees #cal reads comics

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trombone-minivan · 7 months ago

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Hiiii! <3

11, 12 and 41 (and if not coffee, any other drink) for the ask please

11. favorite extracurricular activity?

There was a badminton club for a couple years at my high school, which was nice. However, I was in an "Hercule Poirot club" in 9th grade. The main activity was watching the Hercule Poirot series and guessing who was getting killed and who was the killer, and there was a scoreboard. I loved it. Although, as I was literally the oldest kid here (80-90% of attendees were younger kids)... it wasn't very fair.

12. what kind of day is it?

Well a productive one so far, I've managed to run a couple errands I had been putting off. I'm feeling good about myself. :)

41. how do you take your coffee?

This kind of goes for any kind of drink, including coffee: cold and sweetened. Sugar or honey in my tea or (rarely) coffee, and I don't mind it going cold. Although, I am rarely patient enough to let the beverage get really cold (unless, of course, I forget about it :/).

Thank you for the ask :D

#ask tag #waywardwizzard

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queer-crusader · 2 years ago

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I'm gonna talk about weight for a sec. I don't like to do it or focus on it bc I don't think it should be a focal point of my thoughts or conversations (in fact I viscerally hate it as a topic most times bc I've seen what obsessing over it can do), hence me never talking about it, but I'm gonna do it now anyway bc I had a dawning realisation.

During my childhood and teen years, I played badminton. I played it three times a week, including regional competitions. It is a big stamina sport and I was FIT. I was also young so I probably had a naturally faster metabolism just due to my age.

But when I moved out and went off to college and uni, I stopped playing. Access to local clubs was harder, or it collided with other things I gave priority, I didn't know the other club members, had a whole new life routine, etc etc etc. Many different reasons. But I stopped exercising. I tried the gym for a little while, but. Well. ADHD. Routines are a BITCH and there is NOTHING compelling about the gym, not in the way badminton is. There is a vast difference between playing a game without even thinking of exercise, and exercising for the sake of exercise. Boring. The brain won't allow it.

On top of this, my diet changed from homemade meals from scratch with plenty of healthy ingredients, to ready-made meals, takeout, and eventually some alcohol a couple of times a week when I started drinking (took me a while to start drinking, but I got there in the end - student life in Scotland caught up to me). Processed foods, burgers and chips and pizza and beer etc all became a more regular part of life.

And when I tell you I gained weight in my student years, I mean it. I went from 65kg to close to 90kg in the span of 6 years. I wasn't very happy about it, but I didn't often make it a massive focus in my mind, bc I didn't want to focus on weight (and I'm kinda glad for it - it's easy to hyperfixate on things like that, and that could've gotten mentally very unhealthy. In my most depressive period, my weight and stress eating did get to me, and I was mentally beating myself up on the regular for a brief period. It hurt. It sucked). I did try especially during my later uni years to be a little more healthy every now and then, but again, little to no exercise + intense study/work load and an increase in anxiety (when I tell you Brexit fucked me up a little mentally I'm not joking) did not help me to have the energy to cook for myself several times a week.

Now here's the kicker. I've graduated and gone home again, back to my parents. I'm still not properly exercising (aka no gym or badminton), but I am walking and cycling more, and my diet has gone back to what it was - cooked meals that are almost guaranteed to be healthier than junk food, not too many snacks, less alcohol intake now that I'm doing better mentally. I'm not actively trying to lose weight. I'm not dieting, I'm not hitting the gym three times a week. I'm just living my life in a way that is better for me mentally and I'm taking things easy.

And in the 2.5 years that I've been home, I've dipped under 80kg. I rarely check my weight - again, I don't like to preoccupy myself with it - but this morning the scales said 78.6kg. Basically a 10kg difference from my heaviest point in life during my student years. (I don't think I weighed that much when I came home, I think my weight was already slowly going down during those last uni years). And while I don't want to conflate weight and numbers with health, especially not generalised health (what may be a "healthy" weight for me is either far too much or far too little for someone else), I am glad to see it.

Why?

Because I'm not burning it off. I'm not pushing my body through starvation and intense exercise. I'm not forcing any yo-yo effects or whatever. I'm simply seeing the result that comes from a healthier lifestyle, and I am happy to see it happen so gradually. Life is a marathon, not a sprint. I don't need to be skinny tomorrow. I don't WANT to be skinny tomorrow (or in a year's time). I just wanna be healthy. I know I was healthy when I was 16, and while I know I'll likely never go back to physically being how I was back then (which is okay), sometimes I do wish I was a bit closer to those days. And knowing I'm closer now than I was 4 years ago is nice.

But the number on the scales isn't a goal for me, and it never will be. Nor is my circumference or size or whatever. My goal is to feel fit, rejuvenated, healthy. The number on the scales is just a more visible sign that my patterns and self-care have changed. That, spread over time, bodies change. That even little things have an effect on us. That I don't have to put my body through hell to be "healthy". And that is quite a soothing thought.

I intend to live a calm and (for me) healthy life. And for that, I've got all the time in the world.

#anne speaks #tw body image #tw weight #no but seriously. i have time. life is longer than you think. some things are simply gradual and that is okay #of course this doesnt go for everyone - some people have conditions that make losing or even gaining weight impossible #this post is not about people with other bodies or chronic illnesses. this post is about ME. MY body.#if anyone takes it out of that context and decides to give me hell for it: COMPREHENSIVE READING. IM BEGGING YOU.

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lunaekalenda · 2 years ago

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a/n: more dad aus because i can't go on omfg. fembodied reader, pregnancy mention, they're married, etc, just finished ryman's club and there's no content so i'm making the content B) i will be probs writing about them (about him likely i'm so sORRY) but still i'm open to all of them cause i just-

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"I think we should have a baby." your words fill the kitchen and the only sound that follows your voice is the open sink on the other counter. Your husband has still his hands under the stream, freezing. He didn't move for what seemed ages, still with his hands under the cold water, eyes fixed on the plate he's cleaning. You release the drying rag, walking towards him, and closing the tap, making him react when you speak again. "I get it was sudden, but water still costs money, love." You can't really decipher Tatsuru's expression. You don't know if he's happy, sad or angry. If he likes the idea, if he hates it. He stays silent while you give him a rag, drying his hands for a second. He finally seems to react.

"A baby?" He repeats, more for himself than for you. You see his eyes shining softly as his lips slowly change to a soft smile. The expression is so subtle that you're afraid it isn't more than your imagination, but he repeats it for himself again. "A baby. Our baby." His hands tremble softly as his eyes now search yours.

It's true that, for the time you've been dating, and for the time you've been married, you never spoke about kids. He was so busy with office stuff and the badminton team, and you were so centered on your work that you weren't really thinking about children. Although, whenever you went to any of his matches, sitting close to Usuyama's family, it kinda made you think about holding a children and cheering on your husband together. Still, you were too new on your work to have some liberties, as well as he was too busy to take care of a kid. But now, due to his promotion and your stablished schedule, it didn't seem as an impossible anymore. None of you would need to sacrifice anything you wanted to do, from his team to your classes. You feel like it's the moment to bring the topic, talk about it and find a common solution. Tatsu fixes his gaze on you, soft and tender, before taking you on his arms, hugging you tightly and burying his face on the crook of your neck. "Are you alright, Tatsu?" you ask in a whisper.

He takes a time to answer as he keeps his soft breath on your neck. "I'm really happy... I've been thinking we... We could never bring a kid to our family." He whispers. "I've been so selfish for wanting to have it all. I've tried so many times to left the team, to take a time to raise a baby. But I failed, and I'm so sorry."

"There was no need to rush things." you softly caress his blonde hair, reaching his cheek. "The right time always arrives."

"It does." he murmurs. His heart beats quickly against your hand when you rest it on his chest, getting on your tiptoes to kiss his lips softly. He takes your face between his hands before speaking against your lips.

"I love you." his words make your legs weak and your body feels warm, butterflies fluttering inside as your lips peck his again.

"I love you."

The kitchen was in complete silence, only your breaths could be heard. His hands were tangled on your waist and yours rested on his chest. He seemed thoughtful. Resting your chin near your hands, you look up at him. He seems to be talking to himself, mumbling in soft voice as he plays with the ring on his finger behind your back.

"Maybe we need to search for names... I can ask Mikoto if he's free next week to get some furniture... Should we buy already a bed?"

"Tatsu, love. Don't rush things up. We have plenty of time to prepare when we know we're waiting." He nods and kisses your forehead.

"It's true, sorry." he says. "But, do you know about what we should think now?" he asks. You feel the subtle change on his smile, the right side of his lips arching way more than the rest. His hands caress your sides, caressing your figure covered with one of his old badminton t-shirts, the ones you loved to use and the ones he loved to see you on. He walks softly, taking you with him.

"About what?" you ask, slowly walking backwards, until your legs reach the counter. He smiles from all his height before getting closer for a kiss. He whispers all his ideas against your lips, before pressing them shut against yours, as if they were promises sealed by a kiss.

#rymans club x reader #salarymans club x reader #miyazumi tatsuru x reader #tatsuru miyazumi #miyazumi tatsuru fluff #dad!au #tatsuru x reader #tatsuru x you #miyazumi tatsuru x you #salarymans club x you #rymans club x you

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outoftheirdifferences · 1 year ago

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15 Questions For The Writer

1. Are you named after anyone? Nope; my parents chose my name specifically for its meaning, rather than anything else.

2. When was the last time you cried? Yesterday. I was watching CinemaTherapy's video about Wreck-it Ralph on Youtube, and they showed the Broken Karted scene and OH MAN that scene ruins me emotionally every time, I was just sobbing over here xD;;;

3. Do you have kids? Nerp. I'd kinda like to adopt someday, though.

4. Do you use sarcasm a lot? Only in contexts when it's clear that I'm joking. I don't like to be misunderstood, so I try to only use it when I can be obvious about it!

5. What’s the first thing you notice about people? That's going to be their clothes, probably; not necessarily in great detail, but at least the basics of what kind of shirt or whatever they're wearing. I'm not always great with, e.g., faces - and even less so with maintaining eye contact! - so details of those don't tend to stand out to me right away.

6. What’s your eye colour? I don't even know anymore. Mostly a kind of off-grey, I think? Though there seems to be a tiny splatter of brown in there too; and I'm sure they used to be closer to blue when I was a child. So...?

7. Scary movies or happy endings? I do not do scary movies at all. As a kid I was easily upset and so wouldn't consider even touching them with a ten foot pole, and even now I'm too squeamish for guts and gore xD Happy endings - or at least endings with an aspect of hope to them even if they're not fully happy - are definitely my scene.

8. Any special talents? I am absolutely great at memorising movie scripts. I could recite the entirety of The Lion King, for example, word for word at the drop of a hat, and the same is true of several other movies too if I've watched them at least a handful of times. Toy Story 2 is another good example; and as a kid I had both Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins and Bionicle: Mask of Light - two childhood favourites! - committed to memory as well... though I'm a bit rusty on those two these days, I can probably still recite a fair chunk of either of them. There are even more movies, mostly animated ones, where I can do something like 85% of them for memory but just stumble on certain specific details.

And I have absolutely no idea what to do with this ability. I'd love to find some context in which this was actually USEFUL; but that degree of excellent memory doesn't necessarily apply to other things, it's very specific to movie dialogue, so it's kind of... a very limited usability?

9. Where were you born? Ascot, UK.

11. Have you any pets? Nope. I'd love to have a dog, but I can't really afford it at present... and am not sure I'd be up to taking responsibility for one all by myself, either. In the future once my gf and I are in the same place together long-term, maybe!

Otherwise, I haven't had a pet in the family since my parents took on looking after my grandma's elderly budgie, after she could no longer care for him, when I was really young.

12. What sport do you play/have played? NONE xD Sports have never been for me; I'm not particularly athletic anyway and even watching them has doesn't appeal to me, much less participating!

Okay, not strictly true, although the sentiment still stands! But I recall I did take part in rounders club in my last year of primary school (rounders has some similarities to, and derives from the same roots as, baseball, although is kinda a lower-intensity British version without the signature gloves) but that was just for a little bit of fun. In secondary school we had to play some sports in PE classes, but I avoided the action in those as much as possible. And I've very occasionally played casual badminton with my mum or with friends; but again never competitively, only for fun.

13. How tall are you? 1.73 metres, a.k.a. roughly 5'8".

14. Favourite subject in school? DT Graphic Design. You'd think Art, wouldn't you... but I could never really get into that, I preferred to just draw on my own terms than study different styles or whatever. Graphic Design was all about designing our own stuff, though, and that was the part that really drew me in and was a lot of fun.

Also kinda Maths, not that I especially enjoyed it but I was good at it - which made it satisfying, if not exciting!

15. Dream job? ANIMATOR! In the distant future, that is, as far as it being a job goes: for now I'm not ready to try for it as a career but I am focusing on working on animated projects in my own time. I'm pretty much entirely self-taught, so for now I just want to focus on practicing and getting good at it before I pursue it on a serious level... but that's the eventual dream, at least!

tagging: Anyone! tagged by: taken from @storybounded

#ooc #tagging meme #about the mun #mun rambles

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normalsdotheolympics · 2 months ago

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A Lot Better than the Last Time

It's been a busy couple of weeks, but we managed to keep up with our routine for the most part. Katy started getting some blisters from her beloved Hokas, so we went to a running store, and she decided to try their "fit testing" for shoes. I've been somewhat skeptical of this process, but I guess it's free at least? The shoes, however are not. They take some sort of 3D imaging of your foot and create an insole that is supposed to compensate for your arch and other issues with your step. To be honest, it just seems the same as orthotics. I'm not honestly sure how they're different aside from the fact that my orthotics are firmer and theoretically were made from a mold. They also cost about 5-6 times more so there's that too... Katy gave it a try and decided the whole thing felt magical, since she's never had inserts or orthotics or anything of the like. While we were there, I decided to try some wraps for my knees to see if I could stabilize the patellas a little bit, hoping that might help with my pain. Theoretically what I'm dealing with is patellar tendinits, so this SHOULD help, if the random people on the internet know what they're talking about (again, skeptical). The store also had a 90 day refund policy on the inserts and shoes, so I decided to try some new shoes as well and see if they felt any better. I'm not gonna lie...I really felt like I was floating. The cushioning was so amazing, you barely feel the impact when you're walking at all. I've only tried them out on the treadmill once, and I used my knee wraps, and I'm cautiously optimistic that these things may actually help.

All the while, we've been back at the pool a few times, and I think the drills are paying off. Something sort of clicked the other day with the motion while doing my "catch-up drills", in which you're supposed to have one hand catch up to the other in front of you before doing your pull back. I realized I was pausing at the back of my motion, and if I just eliminated that pause, I could actually do the catch-up pretty well, and the motion seemed much more fluid and efficient when I integrated it into my normal freestyle. Finally, a breakthrough, and some progress! I know Katy has been doing this a long long time, but it's still somewhat demoralizing to see how easy she finds it. Katy is running 2-3 miles now, so she's really making great strides (literally) on her running. I'm hoping a few more weeks of PT, more quad strengthening, and my new gear, and I might be able to cautiously give it a try again. We signed up for the Turkey Trot this week for Thanksgiving Day, but I don't think I'm going to risk jogging it yet. Oh well...

We went back for another badminton session, and honestly, I couldn't have imagined how much better it would go. Just a massive difference from the first time out. At least we weren't swinging and missing constantly! It still is hard to figure out the right motions, but there have been tons of helpful folks there willing to give tips. It's a really great club there. Apparently Wednesday nights there are much less busy, so we might give that a try now that our curling season is on hiatus for several weeks, giving us some more free evenings.

The goals for the end of November were 500m freestyle, 2km jogging, and 40km on the bike. I think the bike is the only one I might achieve, though I'll have to put in a good one this week to get there. I'm close on the swimming, but I'm not sure I can do 500m consecutively without stopping at the moment. Still just get a little out of breath after 250-300m. I do better if I don't do the flip turns, so maybe that's something we need to work on. Katy is still cruising along at her 1500m freestyle without stopping, so she's miles ahead there and I'd say she hit the running goal for the month! Now I've just gotta get her back on the bike. In theory, we're supposed to do our first real events next month, so we'll see if that's feasible. We have the three shorter swim distances on the docket. The biggest barrier will be trying it in a 50m pool. A new one just opened near us, but we'll have to talk to them to see if we're allowed to use the starting blocks and when they open the 50m lanes, since there's usually a barrier in the middle I think. Something we'll have to investigate over the next few weeks. I think if we can get the events done in January along with our badminton games, that would be a great successful start to this venture!

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obsoleteozymandias · 4 months ago

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໒꒰ྀིᵔ ᵕ ᵔ ꒱ྀི১ matchup trade w/ rylai !!

౨ৎ i am 17 going on 18 ! i'm a girl, and i don't really care much for pronouns — i'm also pansexual, and have no specific preference on the gender.

. i don’t have a character i don’t like, and I'm open to any options !

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i am a filipina w/ american blood.

i am very feminine, and enjoy dressing in whatever's trendy and cute. i am also known for always wearing pearls — and i am easily recognizable from the pearl headband i always wear.

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skibidi brainrot humor ( i actually love annoying my friends with this, and i easily get along with those that have similar humor hehe ) once you get to know me, it’s only then i show my more talkative and oa side !! i absolutely love teasing my friends, it’s sooo funny to me whenever i make them mad

i'm very hardworking and can be persistent when needed. it's something i picked up from being a journalist, and it's come in really handy in certain scenarios ! it's taught me not to give up and persevere through tough times.

ꔫ INFP 2w3 , scorpio sun , cancer moon , sagittarius rising

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— hobbies and passions

first of all, journalism !!! i wanted to be a journalist as a child, but due to certain circumstances, i switched career paths. in jhs ( gr 7 - gr 10 ) i was a part of the journalism club and wrote for the school paper. i was the associate news editor in grade 7, news editor in grade 8, and i got to be the editor-in-chief for the school paper in grade 9 and grade 10. for contests, i participated in copyreading and radio broadcasting. i was able to bag multiple awards for my school, and i am still openly very passionate about journalism and writing.

— likes and dislikes ( also including my love lang here !! )

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when it comes to my ideal type, looks really don't matter !

i would also do well with a more extroverted lover ! we could balance each other out, and help each other grow though i tend to date introverted people a lot huhu, judging from my exes.

the most attractive physical feature to me is a person’s smile.

preferred dates: having coffee at a small, unknown cafe,, watching horror movies and making fun of the badly edited scenes,, going out on walks at night,, stargazing,, etc.

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౨ৎ i am the youngest of seven, all of which having graduated when i was very young. ( i ended up being spoiled by my brothers and sisters growing up hehe )

౨ৎ im a cat person, and i own two very adorable cats !

౨ৎ i have a small obsession with collecting things i find cute/pretty. ( plushies, figurines, perfumes, antiques, and so on. )

౨ৎ i have glasses, but i refuse to wear them.

౨ৎ i'm very quick to fall in love !

Hey there ryyylaaaii! I hope this lives up to your expectations, as I had a lot of fun writing it and experimenting! I can’t wait to see what you write for me!! :D

== Twisted Wonderland ==>

I match you up with…

Vil Schoenheit

Pre-relationship:

This is a slowburn, strangers to friends to soulmates kind of situation.

He doesn’t notice you at first; he’s a busy man with a busier schedule and he rarely has time to look after students from other dorms when he’s already up to his neck looking after his own.

But I imagine he sees your fashion taste one day, maybe while you were out of school, and he’s taken with the way you dress. Like him, you seem to value your appearance, and have a good sense of fashion.

And thus; you’ve captured his attention. He keeps his eyes on you when he sees you across campus, and always notes your new outfits. He comes to appreciate them, seeing you as another beauty-minded individual, which is rare on campus.

However it is that he comes around to speaking with you, he finds himself charmed by you.

He is quick to move past your more reserved personality, breaking down your walls with his honesty and pragmatic attitude. He’s a reliable person who you trust to understand you better than most.

For all that he isn’t sympathetic per say, he is a problem solver and a dependable friend. When you can’t stand up for yourself, he’ll give you support until you can, whether through gentle nudges or shoves in the right direction.

And he can rely on you to listen when he talks, and see past his perfectionist persona to the person who lies beneath.

You two talk often about the latest fashions and makeup styles, and can both be found tending to plants together in the atrium chatting away, or exercising while discussing the latest books you’ve read.

In short: you’re getting plenty of quality time with this guy.

He finds that he sees you in everything, even the things he doesn’t always like. He sees your optimism and passion in sunny days, and your humor in Epel’s crass manners.

Soon, he realizes, he sees your beauty in himself - in the parts that he loves and even the parts he doesn’t, and he suddenly realizes, oh, I’m in love.

Confession:

Vil isn’t one to take confessions lightly, whether that be a confession of his faults or of his feelings. And so he spends months agonizing over how to best confess to you.

Part of him knows that you’d appreciate a confession to him in the most simple manner, but he also wants to show you just how much he cares.

I’d like to imagine that he takes you out on a fancy all-day date, starting at a spa, then clothes and makeup shopping, and finally a late night date in an open field where you can see the beautiful night sky.

And that’s when he asks you to be his.

And when you say yes, he lets slip that he has actually been incredibly nervous this entire time.

And, just for a touch of magic, imagine that in that moment, your pearl earrings fall off. You get them fixed of course, but Vil later borrows one, so that the two of you have one each.

Relationship:

I think you’re just the kind of person to bring complete authenticity out of Vil. He isn’t afraid to be himself around you, even when he’s in a bad mood. He knows he can rely on you to listen to his problems and let him lean on you.

And similarly, you can let him know whenever you need time alone and he won’t even fathom taking offense. He’s a really mature and understanding partner in that sense.

While he may not share all of your passions, he’ll absolutely sit through them and give them a try. Have a bad horror movie you want him to watch? You two laugh at it while painting your nails. Have a good book to read? He’ll do your hair while you read it to him.

He might not say it often, but he enjoys every second spent by your side, even if it’s just sitting in silence and enjoying eachother’s company.

He also enjoys peppering your face with kisses at random moments, just overwhelmed by his own affection for you.

You two ABSOLUTELY have cats together! He’s a bit off put by their fur being everywhere initially, but once he comes around to them, he’s constantly pampering and sweet talking them, treating them as if they were his own children.

I see a wonderful life together in your future, filled with challenges, sure, but always a loving hand wrapped around your own to guide you through them.

#oz’s requests #twst #twisted wonderland #twst matchup #twisted wonderland matchup #vil schoenheit

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tetrisfinished · 8 months ago

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i get it now

for years i've heard about how women who try to have it all can't....or don't exist.

that some level of their lives must be sacrificed or dropped.

and by "have it all" i mean run a household, have a family, and have a career. and i used to think - maybe that's not totally true. isn't it just all a juggle of time?

and partly - yes. but mostly - no. because i get it now.

before i dive into what i mean, let me just be very clear - i am not nearly as ambitious as the women who's company i hold. i am not seriously aspiring to be anything beyond a manager at work and i am not aspiring to have many more beyond 2 kids (second one is obviously non existent yet, but we've been trying - unsuccessfully - for almost half a year now, so there's that).

but still, most days i feel like i'm drowning. and i mean, in fairness, i don't push myself all too hard to keep up with my life and my surroundings and i readily give up my time to indulge in time with esa but especially in my own activities (participating in book clubs, joining badminton, staring at my phone etc).

but things are dropping off. i get a cleaning lady every other week. i've just received my first of what i feel will be fairly regular meal services today. my kid has been in full time daycare since he was ONE year old. i push and push and push yasir to be involved and help me out in the household. despite my beef that an equal partner should never "help" - they should take responsibility, initiative, and only DO. but that's neither here nor there - gotta live in the reality we're given and this is just not mine.

and from the outside, this may feel like me affording luxuries for myself. and maybe part of it is that - that i work so i can afford these things.

but the other part of it is a very real - i work so i cannot dedicate big portions of my time to these things either.

i mean, maybe i can, but i just am so tapped out most days that it feels unrealistic for me to do!

and today...with the food delivery. it's just made me really sad. that despite firing at par or sub par levels in each facet of my life, i am still so consumed by it that now i can see my dream of cooking and feeding my kid homecooked daily meals as a distant thing floating away. and that. fucking. sucks.

my mom made us daily meals (she also didn't re-join the workforce until we were a fair bit older) but i have so much love and gratitude towards her daily efforts.

i don't believe she needed to, but making us food and giving us...our health, was of course, part of her love language towards us. and what can i say - it's stuck that way.

and here i am, extremely average at most of my life and i can't do even this little bit.

when does my sacrifice or the things i'm letting go of to continue my lifestyle the way it is become no longer worth the effort? at what point do i say enough is enough and resign from my job. why won't my guilt about being a sub par parent leave me alone. why am i so thoroughly incapable of giving esa the love and attention that i was so abundantly given from my mom since my birth.

sometimes i will jokingly drop that i don't know what it even feels like to be a "full time" parent anymore but the reality is - that's not a joke. it's the real and honest truth and i loathe myself so fucking much for it.

that's it. i'm feeling melancholy as i realize that shit is dropping off, and maybe if i had better career prospects or more ambitions work-wise, i wouldn't be so sad about it. but i'm (at this point in my life) working simply to pay the bills i acquired when i thought i would be working for more than just those bills.

and it's sad. but i get it. i get why women can't have it all. i get why it's an unreasonable expectation. i allow myself my "luxuries" (read: necessities) so that i can value the time i do have with esa more. or at least i hope that's what i'm doing.

anyway.

that's all.

-k

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pastryleclerc · 1 year ago

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hello everyone! ✨️ below you will find the most important information about the author and the links to tagged games, etc. which will offer a little deeper view into the author's head (and life) 👀 if you wanna know more, you can always send me a dm or ask 🥰

name

i have a classic german name which i won't post publicly, but just call me anne or annie for short :)

age

at the time of writing this i am 21 years of age and i'll start my taylor swift year on december 12th 🎂

looks

i am a brunette girl with shoulder-length hair and green (and a hint of grey) eyes (side fact: i have the same eyecolor as charles leclerc and it's the rarest eye color), my height is 162cm or 5"3', i have three tattoos (bound to become more) and a lip piercing at the same place luke hemmings used to have his, i am absolutely not thin but i'm currently trying to loose weight 👩

job

i'm currently a trainee at our district administration in the system of the dual education (1-2 days of school per week and the rest in the office) with the intention to get my bachelor in public administration afterwards! 👩‍💼

places i've been to

the netherlands 🇳🇱, france 🇫🇷, italy 🇮🇹 and greece 🇬🇷 and - of course - germany 🇩🇪

interests

obviously f1 and football, but also: movies, tv shows, cooking, baking, singing (fun fact: i sing in our local choir), dancing, playing handball, playing tennis/badminton, hang out with my friends, going to parties/concerts/etc., travelling, reading, listening to music, swimming, riding the bike, inline skating, ice skating, talking about history (there's more that i can't think of right now but will definitly add) 💛

favorite movies/tv shows

movies: i will watch anything from marvel and dc, the golden age of barbie (aka the early 2000s-2010s movies), mamma mia 1 & 2, top gun 1 & 2, the m:i movies, dirty dancing, pretty woman, titanic, pearl harbor (judge me as much as you want i liked the movie), more that i currently can't think of - tv shows: hawaii five-0, gossip girl (og), pretty little liars, supernatural, desperate housewives (again, judge me as much as you want), bridgerton, more that i currently can't think of

football favorites

clubs: bvb and man city / players: basically all of the bvb squad, john stones, stefan ortega (my friend knows him lmao), christian pulisic, ben chilwell, cesar azpilicueta, kdb, erling haaland (there are probably more haha) ⚽️

motorsport favorites

charles leclerc, sebastian vettel (side fact: he's from the same state as i am), george russell, lando norris, oscar piastri, michael schumacher, daniel abt, nico hülkenberg - teams: ferrari (and mercedes, due to my family) 🏎

artists/genres i listen to often

first things first: i normally describe my taste in music as "everything i love" which is actually such a weird mix / artists: taylor swift, abba, katy perry, the weeknd, ariana grande, lana del rey, måneskin, dua lipa, 5sos, wet leg, wincent weiss, lady gaga - genres: musicals, indie, edm, house, pop 🎶

fun facts

we have a dog at home, my favorite animals are penguins, i have been to the first ever bvb vs. chelsea game, i've been to concerts of 5sos and wincent weiss, i like to build legos, i am an only child, i don't have a favorite season, there also isn't a color i don't like but i prefer beige pink and yellow, the glass is half full when you intentionally fill it up half way and half empty when you drink from it, my favorite quote is "even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise" from victor hugo's "les misérables", my english level is c2, my french level is b2, my spanish level is b1, i once had ancient greek in school, i hated the sciences (math, biology, science and physics), i'm bisexual ☀️

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#about the author #fun facts #movies #tv shows #actors #football #soccer #f1 #formula 1 #marvel #dc #pretty little liars #top gun maverick #music #taylor swift #german #barbie #bridgerton

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mara-and-its-the-same · 2 years ago

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Hi again mara!! Could I also get a Coraline for stranger things please?

I'm a straight female and my pronouns are she/her.

Physical description - I'm 5'9 and I have long and curly dark brown hair and brown eyes. I have a fair skin tone, I'm slim and I've got full lips and fairly large eyes. I also have these dimples that I really like!

Hobbies/likes - I love reading, my favorite genres are poetry, Russian lit, and mysteries! I love learning about new things and knowing a little bit of everything. I adore adventures, witty and playful banter, joking around and having indepth discussions on anything and everything! I adore all forms of art and I have quite a few creative hobbies! I enjoy working out and I love playing badminton! I listen to a lot of modern/indie rock and I love watching films of all kinds.

Personality description - It takes me a while to feel comfortable around new people but once I do, I become really talkative and outgoing. I love helping out and I'm the therapist friend, people come to me to vent or for advice and comfort. I'm smart and ambitious; I love being the best at everything I do, but I'm deathly afraid of failure and disappointing the people I love. I'm quite the hopeless romantic and I love being in love! I adore small and big romantic gestures and I love domesticity sm! I also daydream a lot and I can get lost in my own world for hours. I can be quite dramatic and stubborn and I tend to be withdrawn and distant at times. I get frustrated easily and I'm quietly competitive. My love languages are acts of service and quality time.

Thank you very much!! I also checked out a bit of newsies and found it really nice! I couldn't complete it because I have loads to study and I've been up all night catching up with my workload 😭. I watched the 1992 version and I was wondering if it's a good version to watch?

HAAHHAAA yes i knew it! You said you reread the other pairing i gave you so i was wondering which it was and i had an inkling that it was the russian classics one and i was RIGHT and i’m so happy. Also my collection has grown and now i have the collected Chekov and The Brothers Karamazov to work through <3

Well obviously domesticity=Steve Harrington, of course there are others out there, but i don’t think they all yearn for such a life.

OH MY GOD WHATVIF YOU MET AT LIKE THE COUNTRY CLUB AS TEENAGERS!!!! Ok so like you’re just playing badminton with your friend whatever but then he comes over to the next court (i’m sorry i don’t know how badminton works) and your friend/opponent is like raising their eyebrows at you and looking at him like “ooohh check out that guy, he is so your type.” and you’re like “ugh, knock it off you silly goose” so then they keep seeing him looking at you. Like just sneaking glances and missing the birdie because he’s so distracted by you and then whoever he’s playing with makes a bad serve/hit whatever and it lands near you because they’re just so sick of watching you two glance and flirt with your eyes and all that. So you go to be nice and pick it up for him but you reach for it at the same time and then you look into each others eyes and it’s love 🥹🥹🥹

I think you’d both make great conversation and you’d connect really well. Your personalities are similar enough to get along, but there’s enough differences that you’d help each other grow as people.

I think that you’re both afraid of failure and disappointing others so that you’d be really reassuring to each other and make sure that you both feel loved and respected in your relationship.

He would looooove your ambition, and how smart you are. He’d go crazy for it. He’s your #1 cheerleader 24/7. And while you’re out there doing your thing, being brilliant and winning badminton tournaments or whatever it is you aspire to, he’s always in your corner. Ready to be there for whatever you need and have all the domestic gestures waiting at home.

And with your love of movies, his job at family video sure comes in handy <3

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And i love love love that you found newsies 🥰🥰🥰 personally, my favorite is the 1992 movie version, however i do have a solid appreciation for the musical, Jeremy Jordan is such a darling always and forever.

Also i’m so sorry this took so long, i lost it in my drafts i’m so sorry but i hope you like it <3

#mara’s mmmmanons #mara’s inaugural celebration✨

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journeytodrawiii · 10 months ago

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Are you named after anyone? Well, yes, kind of. My first name is the name of the siren of the river Rhine. My middle name is also an amalgamation of my grandmother and godmother's middle names.

When was the last time you cried? Last week. Grades and various assignments stressing me out, mostly.

Do you have kids? No, I don't. But I would love to one day, I think. Either way, I won't have to worry about that for a long while. My dog however is like my little baby and I love him very very much.

What sports do you play/have you played? When I was a wee thing I did ballet for a while, and then — after all of my friends went away — I tried gymnastics, which I happened to really enjoy. They wouldn't advance me however, no matter how good I got, because I didn't speak Dutch at the time. Now I'm fluent, take that suckers. Anyway, after quitting that I joined a swim team (for racing). I eventually left because my fellow teammates were rather cruel to pick up snorkelling before encountering eye issues and having to get out of the water for a while. Then along came a tailbone issue I needed a surgery for and by the time I could get back in the water two years had passed. I haven't joined any sports teams since, it's been four or five years (I forget). But I enjoy playing badminton with friends, I walk often, I go to the gym on occasion and if I'm feeling really brave I go for runs.

Do you use sarcasm? No. Never. I totally, one hundred percent of the time am suuuuper serious. ;)

What's the first thing you notice about people? Their energy, like their vibe. Not just in that moment, but from their overall mannerisms and outward appearance a rough idea of who they could be. I also notice shoes. Shoes can tell you a lot about a person, I think.

What's your eye color? Bright blue. I'm like that meme where people with blue eyes stare at you all the time like: O.O

Scary movies or happy endings? I LOVE me a good scary movie, some of that really freaky psychological stuff is toe die for. Happy endings are great, but I also love it when a story ends terribly. It just leaves a bigger impact most of the time.

Any talents? I'd say I'm really quite good with anything visually creative. Painting, designing, fashion, drawing. I do pretty well with that kind of thing, interior design too. I've been told I'm a good writer too. Languages come a bit easier to me than to others as well, words just stick easier and my feel for language is rather keen.

Where were you born? Maryland, U.S.A.

What are your hobbies? I love drawing and painting. Sometimes I make mini sculptures out of clay, but that is seldom. I write poetry and I'm working on a novel I've named "Exodus; Prologue" . On top of that I enjoy journaling, writing my accounts of any day I feel needs to be recorded. I collect materials for a scrapbook I've barely started... unfortunately. 😂 I just never make the time. I ADORE thrifting, and I like to go at least once every three months. I listen to music every second I can, exploring new artists and discovering new feelings. Speaking of the discovery of feeling, and self, I am part of a little philosophy club where we discuss whatever we like and occasionally debate topics of excerpts from famous philosophers. I play the piano, and I'm also learning bass and electric guitar. I enjoy singing, although I'm not great. Knitting is also something I've been interested in lately, but I haven't really made anything. Oh, I'm also in the process of making a short film starring myself and a few dear friends, and watching films and learning and absorbing is another passion of mine. And I've been learning Welsh and Spanish for a few months now. So, you know, I keep myself busy.

Do you have any pets? I sure do! My baby boy, Loki! He's a toy schnoodle (poodle and schnauzer mix). He'll be turning eight years old this year, he's becoming a grumpy old man, but I love him to death.

How tall are you? Pocket sized: 5'2" or as I'd say 160 cm

Favorite subject in school? Art and philosophy.

Dream job? I'd love to become a widely appreciated author one day, writing books. I'd also love to write and direct movies or TV shows. If given the opportunity I'd love to spend the rest of my life making art or acting, embodying art. That's who I'd like to become one day.

@echeveriaaa thanks for tagging me on this lovely post! It was fun to do!! Sorry for getting back so late, I've been absolutely swamped with tasks.

15 Questions for 15 Friends

Thank you @serpent-and-seraph for tagging me!!

Are you named after anyone? My first name is just something my mom liked, but I got a middle name after my aunt's (who was one of the kindest people ever and who means a lot to me, so it's nice to sort of have something from her with me at all times)

When was the last time you cried? Some time last week due to being stressed by exams. And watching the last episode of Inside Job. (Leave it to me to only be able to express sadness with the help of animated sitcoms)

Do you have kids? No, but I have a niece and a nephew who I adore unconditionally

What sports do you play/have you played? I've done martial arts for most of the last 10 years and enjoy the occasional football/volleyball game for funsies. At the moment I mostly do solitary exercise for my zoomies and mental health though

Do you use sarcasm? Noo, never. (wink)

What is the first thing you notice about people? I thinkkk the way they look at me. Also, hair.

What’s your eye colour? brown

Scary movies or happy endings? Scary movies that end happily.

Any talents? I have an affinity to Visual-Artsy-Stuff (even though I'm not the most skilled at it, but I suppose that is not the most important thing about it) and people tell me I'm good at listening

Where were you born? Northern Germany

What are your hobbies? drawing & painting, sports, reading, caring for my plants, walking around in nature and staring at cool animals/clouds/trees, singing (badly) when I'm stressed, going feral over movies/shows/other people's art, hiding in my room and get cozy (that counts right)

Do you have any pets? I have plants ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

How tall are you? 5'4" / 1,65m

Favourite subject in school? Art and Biology

Dream job? Partly working as a neuropsychologist and partly in research (and secretly writing and illustrating insane little books)

Since I haven't been back on Tumblr for long, I don't really know that many people yet/anymore, so I'd like to use this to get to know some of you a little! If you're feeling like it !! :)

@deansgapjacket @secretlywingedphantom @marikacrea @chenfordsrollisi @journeytodrawiii @skylightangels

#15 questions #questions #ask tumblr #questionaire #little facts about me #get to know me #get to know the artist #get to know the writer #get to know the person behind the blog

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normalsdotheolympics · 3 months ago

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Flight of the Shuttlecock

It's been a couple of weeks since my last post (sorry). In that time, Katy and I have been working diligently on our triathlon training. I've still been rehabbing my knee, walking on the treadmill four days a week, trying to steadily increase my time by 5-10% each week. Katy has been making great strides though in that regard. A couple of months ago, she wasn't able to really jog at all, but as of this week, she was able to jog for 2 miles! Such a huge improvement over the last month or so. For the triathlon, we'll need to get up to 6.2 miles or 10km. I'm hoping that by my next PT session in a few weeks, I can start some light jogging again. I've been doing a lot of strength training for my quads and hamstrings to try and strengthen the knee enough to be able to handle the running load.

In the meantime, we've been continuing with our cycling and swimming goals. I'm up to 35km on the bike and trying to get Katy back on the bike more. We took another swim lesson this weekend, working on some new drills. The past few weeks, I'd been working on some side swimming with the flippers, so I was pleased to hear that the instructor thought I was doing much better with my rotation and balance in the water. For some reason, I've been having more trouble with my flip turns the last couple of weeks. I think there are just too many things on my mind in the water, and the additional rotation on my strokes is leading to some rotational issues on my turns. Something to work on over the coming weeks. I've also been experimenting with some new goggles, since I've been having issues with eczema around my eyes, which I thought might be related to the latex in the goggles. I've been testing out what are called "Swedish" goggles, which are entirely plastic and without latex. They seemed like they'd be super uncomfortable, but actually they've been pretty nice. I kept expecting them to dig into my eyes since they're just plastic. The nice thing about them is that they have much more range of vision, which is why they're recommended for open water swimming such as a triathlon. However, I'm having a little trouble with keeping them on properly when doing my flip turns - they seem to get dislodged a little. During this week's swim lesson, we got some new drills. The most torturous one is called sculling, in which you somehow attempt to propel yourself through the water by essentially flapping your hands about in a back and forth sideways motion. It is brutal on the arms and lats, and it is SLOOOOOW. It's like I'm barely moving. But Katy told me she had the same experience last month, and now she's moving much more efficiently with it. So I'll push on.

And now to the biggest news of the day! Today, Katy and I ventured to the gym to try our hands at badminton. Our local rec center has one of the biggest and most organized badminton clubs in the state coincidentally. They meet twice a week and while most of the folks are paying members of the club, they do allow for drop-ins and newcomers. They have some sort of peg system in which you get a clothespin with your name (or a number if you're not a club member), and you put the pin on the board in a queue. As games finish on the six courts in the gym, you move along the queue. If you're next up, you become the "picker", and you can pick which other people in the queue you want to play with. It moves fairly efficiently really, but was a little hard to understand for newbies like us. We paid a $5 fee, which apparently goes to replacing the shuttlecocks, as they go through A TON of them every day. I couldn't believe how beat up they get just from one game. They also have to buy some sort of premium shuttlecocks to account for altitude. We borrowed racquets from the club and put our names in the queue. As we moved along, we were paired up with two very friendly young guys, who graciously showed the both of us how to play. We were inept to say the least. I figured out the service motion pretty well, but beyond that, it was ROUGH. I don't think I had properly appreciated how hard badminton is. I mean, forget playing at the high level that some of the folks were in the courts around us, but just making contact with the damned birdie was such a chore. It's like I couldn't quite figure out the length and size of the racquet. So many swings and misses at shots right there on the forehand. It was painful. After one game, we thanked the poor souls paired up with us for their tutelage, and we went into one of the nearby racquetball courts to practice a bit and get more comfortable with the game. It was fun though. We will definitely be back at it in the next week or two to practice more! It's a fun, fast paced game, and hopefully something that we can get better at over the next few months. The goal is to be able to play a proper game by the end of the year, or maybe in January depending on how often we can get out to play.

Otherwise, over the next few weeks, we'll just keep working on our triathlon training and strength training. We'll probably book another swim lesson in 2 weeks. Once we've gotten to a good place with our swimming, we need to start on the other strokes. We were supposed to have done so already really, but I think we sort of decided to postpone that a bit to make further progress on our freestyle. We'll also have a month break from curling for the holidays which will free up time for some of our other activities. I'll update again soon!

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drawnecromancy · 2 years ago

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thinking about that twilight parody i wanted to make again. obviously it's not a project i work a lot on considering i have a lot of other things brewing that just interest me more than going haha vampire book hehe, but it's... interesting how i just warped a lot of things immediately and it's almost its own thing.

It's absolutely just a "girl gets to new school and there's a hot vampire or whatever" story, but also not really at this point. I'm not making the vampire fall in love with her, despite him looking like a 17 year old he is very much an adult and like. okay hold on let me attempt to collect my thoughts on this.

Twilight : Bella lives with her father who she does not seem to like in a town she does not seem to like. Parody : Mirabelle goes to live with her father that she doesn't really know at this point because the last time she spent a lot of time with him was maybe when she was 13 and she's like, 17 now. she doesn't really like the town either because it's "ah yeah, the place where i spent a lot of time in my room crying because mom just left. and then she came to collect me and i had a cool life in the south." there's feelings that she will get to work through throughout the course of the writing. Things that i never got from Bella ? And that i just somehow implemented in Mirabelle.

Twilight : hot vampire dark broody blahblah. Parody : he only does high school because he wanted to get a new doctorate but people have been asking questions about why he looks so young if he has 4 doctorates already and he thinks that it's easier to just, re do the last year of high school, then fuck back off to university for another 7+ years. He's very much some adult who doesn't really enjoy being here, and accidentally adopts a group of teenagers (and does not fall in love with a 17 year old).

i KNOW i'll include the "almost killed by a van" scene and the "i know what you are" forest scene, but even as she kinda gets a crush on the guy he's just like "oh no. not doing that". From his POV, the van scene is just "i can't let a kid die while i watch??" and the forest one is "oh wow i just do not feel like talking about being a vampire. but she seems to be very into it. so i will just have to go. Yes I Am 100 Years Older Than You. I'm Older Than Your Dad. It Would Make More Sense For Me To Date Your Dad."

Mirabelle is interested and stays with her human friends, who instead of being just... there sometimes, they also accompany her on dumbass vampire hijinks. I accidentally made her hang out with all the school weirdos, and they're all so invested in the vampire thing.

Honestly some of the things i've planned are like, kinda cute and emotional ? And the rest is just shitty jokes and funny shit. The PE teacher is a vampire and all the badminton club is the werewolves from That One Village an hour away in bus.

The werewolf kid is a warrior cats kid, except that in this universe warrior cats is warrior wolves. He writes and draws fic for some reason. i don't KNOW why i did this I just did that. he's also half british.

In conclusion : ??? is this even a parody anymore. the bones are here. but is it.

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