#it's even an aldi box

[bagofpikachus]

absolutely losing my MIND because someone mailed my ebay order in a cheese stick box

this is now the only packaging standard i will accept

[nintendont2502]

I don't know how to phrase it but like. There's something about living in a place that's only represented in media when it's media *ABOUT* that place yk

[diejager]

Puppy reader who is teething and her teeth feels very itchy so she constantly needs to chew on something and monster!Konig tentacles are her favorite things to chew on bc they're kinda rubbery, soft and taste funny...

- 🐮

Cw: teething, biting, sea food???, tell me if I missed any.

Ghost had been your handler for the past year, having to train and teach you everything you’d need to work with them. He’d seen your lows as often as your highs, from a whining pup, moaning about not receiving enough pets or kisses or treats, seemingly almost missing something, to an energetic mutt, bouncing off the walls and running laps at the prospect of praises and affection. 

He’d seen it all, every little moment you had that had him strain against the limit of his patience as a competent handler. And despite your age, far from being a young puppy with frail limbs and limp ears, you could act as on: whining, crying, barking until something - someone - gave you the attention you needed, but he’d never seen you do… this.

It was unusual for you to be this mouthy, teeth itching to sink into something, your teeth bared and snarling when anyone tried to take the object from your mouth. Ghost had bought you toys, boxes filled with softer chew toys rather than the hard plastic of a shoe or the metal bite of utensils, but you worked through them faster than he could provide. Perhaps you were bored of the repeated drills despite dogs being creatures of habit, or you were lacking activity, he was getting busier with all the reports and paperwork he had to fill in for Price. Especially with another PMZ being called for a joint alliance.

He worried that they’d pose a danger to you, so young and naive to how others could treat you as a hybrid, he had both Gaz and Soap follow you —or rather, you follow them; but when he saw you perk up at the sight of a giant man and another hybrid, a scarred tiger, Ghost felt his shoulders tense. You just had to find interest in a man - could he even be a man with how big he was? - heads taller than him, broad and dangerous. You had completely forgotten his orders, trailing behind the giant like a lost pup, tail wagging and eyes bright. 

You’d go missing for hours upon hours, leaving the Task Force as worried as they were confused, lost without the small ball of sunshine around them. They would go looking for you, asking around until they eventually found you curled up and asleep on your bed, your snoring echoing softly in Ghost’s room. It went on like that for the week and the next, only finding you in the Mess Hall or your bed, not knowing where you went during these long breaks. 

Until- until Gaz had found you straddling the giant’s - König’s - lap, you face covered in a thin layer of mucus and gnawing on a tentacle, long and dark and viscous. Ghost was livid, König being an octopus hybrid - however odd that sounded - and how at ease you both felt to let each other be so physically close to one another. Granted, you were a sociable hybrid, which seemed to bother him less than the sight of you biting on a König’s tentacle.

He knew you were somehow teething, but it bothered him how you were dealing with it with someone else instead of coming to him for a solution. Ghost would have to talk to you later.

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[chasing-rabbits]

Start my new dose of Lamotrogine today let’s hope it’ll help ease up the depression. I know it’ll take awhile to actually see if it’s made a difference so it’s just a waiting game. I had a few good days, more than a few actually but my mood has started dipping again. The sunny weather helped with my mood and I know I felt relief and just I felt good after my last psychiatrist appointment. I don’t really remember how my therapy went I know I didn’t get a lot of sleep that day before therapy and I know I usually have that issue along with intrusive thoughts and I know I have had intrusive thoughts last week I just can’t remember if it coincided with therapy. It doesn’t really matter I suppose. Probably doesn’t help the weathers not as nice today it’s overcast and apparently it’s meant to rain. I haven’t got therapy now until the 2nd week of May due to issues with schedules. It doesn’t help over the weekend I was at my parents which was nice but I had to go into my granddad annexe that he was living in after he got ill during Covid. It’s the first time I’ve been in there since he died and it was, well it hit me harder than I thought it would. He died end of last May so it’s almost been a year. But I recently got back from Spain because my other Granddad died in March so I guess everything’s hitting harder because now I have no grandparents left and his death just brings up my Granddads death and my Grandmas, she died during Covid from cancer and she was in Spain so I didn’t get to see her at all and it was really fast. Faster than even the doctors had expected I mean they gave her a wide range of how long she could live but shortly before she died they’d said the chemo was working well and seemed hopeful she’d make it to the longer end of their estimate which was from a couple months to up to a year. I don’t think she even made it to a couple months tbh or maybe just about idk.

[kedreeva]

There are good things in this world still

Today, I went grocery shopping to pick up a few odds and ends of cooking, and I stopped by Aldi, where I picked up the fruit strips my nephew likes for him and his sister. I got them a box of fruit snacks as well, and I will send them along with my brother as a christmas present for them.

Today, I got to talk to several artists, and look at many pretty pieces of artwork.

Today, my peahen that was injured (hit her head REAL hard at night) and unable to feed herself took some banana from me this morning, and had a full crop of feed and seed by the time I went to tube feed her in the evening. Since she can move, perch, and eat/drink on her own now, she should make a full recovery!

Today, my fly spikes arrived in the mail for my mantis, and Bug got to eat a few. She REALLY likes them, but they're on the expensive side for bugs, so she doesn't get them often.

Today, my quail laid some really beautiful blue eggs, that went right into the incubator. They're the first eggs for my wild type celadon project, so fingers crossed they are super fertile and start me off in the right direction!

Today, SEVERAL people sent me nice messages on Tumblr, and it really made my day :)

There are good things left in this world, however small. This is your opportunity to reblog this and share your good things with each other, or check the notes if you need a reminder.

[lightgaswaterelectricityrent]

It's not that hard and I would say depending on how much dessert you typically eat it's not even really that extravagant

I've spent too long just wondering if the two pound tiramisu from Sam's club is too big for one person to finish before it goes bad. Life is for the living

[mrsarcherofinfamy]

●Grayson Waller x Austin Theory x Logan Paul x Reader●

Summary: They all fight over your attention being the newest, biggest signing to Smackdown.

_________________________________________

*Y/N's POV*

"Everyone please welcome.... the newest member of the Smackdown roster....."

The lights go out and I walk onto the top of the ramp looking down. A spotlight comes on, my music hits and a camera guy is right infront of me as I smile pulling my sunglasses down and wink at the camera. The crowd erupts with cheers as all the lights comes back on and I walk down to the ring. I high-five some of the fans than climb into the ring with Mike Rome. I walk over next to him pushing my sunglasses onto my head and grabbing the extra microphone from him.

"Heyyy Mike. How are you doing?"

"I'm doing great Y/N. How are you?"

"I am fantastic now that I am out here infront of all of these beautiful people!"

The crowd cheers loudly.

"Well you are Nick Aldis' newest superstar on Smackdown. What can we expect from you going forward?"

"Great question Mike. You can expect me to be.... Women's Champion. So whoever is women's champion after Wrestlemania, better be ready because I am coming after you."

I throw the microphone down on the mat, put my sunglasses back over my eyes, pull them down a little, winking at the camera. My music hits and I exit the ring heading up the ramp and to the back.

_________________________________________

*nearing the end of Smackdown*

I am leaning on one of the production boxes backstage playing on my phone when two guys come walking over to me. The one leans on the box next to me and the other sits down next to him looking at me. I look up at them and smile.

"Hello!"

"Hello there beautiful. I'm Austin."

"And I'm Grayson."

"Ahhh A Town Down Under. I love watching your matches. Very entertaining."

"Thank you. Can't wait to see your matches."

"Thank you. I gotta get going but it was nice meeting you two. I'll see ya around."

I boop Austin's nose and pat Grayson's leg before heading down the hallway towards my locker room. I get to my locker room door but before I can open it, someone comes running up to me. I look up seeing a fluffy, blonde haired man holding the U.S. title on his shoulder.

"Hi! Y/N right?"

"That's me!"

"Logan Paul. U.S. Champ."

He puts his hand out and I shake his hand smiling up at him. He looks at me and smiles making my heart skip a beat.

"Nice to meet you Logan. What can I help you with?"

"Just wanted to come introduce myself. Get to meet you. You are even more gorgeous in person. Like. Woah."

I giggle looking up at him.

"Thank you Logan. Would you like to come into my locker room? I was getting ready to leave."

"Yeah! I got my bags! Do you need a ride back to your hotel?"

I walk into my locker room as he follows me.

"Would you do that for me? We are staying at the same hotel right?"

He tells me his hotel which is the same as mine.

"Sounds good. Let me grab my stuff than we can head out."

I throw all my stuff in my duffle bag and my backpack. I throw my backpack on my back than the strap of my duffle bag over my shoulder.

"Alright! I'm all ready!"

"Let's go!"

He opens the door for me and lets me go first. I walk out and he follows me closing the door. We walk next to each other down the hallway when we happen to run into Austin and Grayson leaving their locker room.

"Hey Austin! Grayson!"

They both turn and look at me and Logan.

"Where are you two going?"

"Oh Logan is giving me a ride back to the hotel. How about you two?"

"We are going with you two. Logan said he would give us a ride too."

Logan is shaking his head no at them behind my head so I can't see him.

"Oh man Logan! That is so sweet of you!"

I turn to look at him and he is smiling really big.

"It's not a problem guys. I gotchu!"

"Let's get going than boys!"

I start walking and they all follow behind me. Logan runs up and walks next to me while the other two stay behind us. We walk out to the parking lot and up to Logan's car. He runs up to the passenger side door, opens it and motions for me.

"You first, my lady."

I smile, take my backpack and duffle bag off and he takes them from me. I climb in and he closes the door. I look in the mirror seeing Grayson, Austin and Logan arguing. I open the window a little trying to hear what they are arguing about.

"No dude. Shes mine. Me and her would make a perfect couple. In and out of the ring."

"No Logan. She would be great for our team. Shes mine."

"Wait Austin, you want her just as much as I want her."

"Yeah and?"

They continue arguing when I climb out of the car and look at them with my arms crossed, shaking my head. They all stop and look over at me, faces getting red.

"I am not an object you can just claim as your own. I am a human being. I have feelings, emotions and thoughts. You should be acting like men and getting to know me. Not just saying she's mine like you are claiming me as a prize. Now...."

I grab my backpack and my duffle bag out of the back of the car.

"You three think about what I said and I will see you next week."

I look over seeing Naomi and Bianca standing at their taxi putting their bags in the back and they motion for me to come over to them. I walk over looking at them.

"We heard what happened. Get in the taxi with us. We are going to the same hotel."

"Thank you."

I put my bags in the back and close the hatch looking over at them one last time before I climb into the taxi.

[angel-liftr]

a masterlist for lifting UK shops 🏋‍♂️🏋‍♂️

thought id give some love for fellow UK lifters (i will update this regularly)

Sup3rmärķets (TESCO, Aldi, Lidl etc): easy pickings, great for beginners. often LP and beeping gates. cart walk outs are quite difficult because they tend to have the exits blocked off to only if u buy stuff 🏋‍♂️

br@ndy mel1ll (covent garden): mayhem. so busy. workers dont even care so do it on shop floor because they THOROUGHLY check changing rooms. they have LP. nothing is tagged so just sneak it in your shopping bag.

f0rb1dd3n plan3t: slipped a manga under leather jacket EZ

gl0ss13r: impossible because all items u have to ask staff to get from the back. only stuff out is testers and alot of LP. dont even try.

bandai namco camden store: quite easy got so much japanese stationery and figures. the figures were tagged but the alarms didnt go off. got at least 100 in there and staff didnt give a damn! sleeve conceal most and hust drop in bag for rest (i was beeping in other shops LOL)

muji: quite easy, some lp and stationery is just a sleeve conceal!

Sûp3rdrug and Bóöts: multiple LP on medium alert but SUPERSUPERR easy as long as u conceal in a blind spot. my first lift was here 😭👍 sleeve conceal for small items like lipsticks and eyeliner but i like to kneel and pretend to look at products then shove one in my tote for bigger items like shampoos and hair gels!

ĥ&M: easy. most cheap clothes aren't tagged and fitting rooms are only monitered on busy weekends. staff are pretty chill.

Prîmãrk: slightly chill staff, tons of LP and fitting rooms HIGHLY monitored. they search through clothes super thoroughly and will get mad if u try to hide anything. however, their makeups accessories are sooo easy great for beginners.

Süp3rdrỳ: all clothes is tagged, multiple LP around the store and unmonitored fitting rooms but the fitting rooms tend to be near the checkout. only lifted once from here because its not normally busy but staff was definetly suspicious of me. dont reccomend for newbies.

ĥmv: multiple LPs and staff but the staff are so chill someone saw me and did nothing. i normlly sleeve conceal small blind bags or knick nacks and just stuff it in my bag at a blindspot for bigger boxed figurines and manga. some items have rfdi. sliipped a cd under armpit under jacket so EZ

wâterst0ņes: never busy, normally no LP and only staff are at the till or shelving. some items have rfdi.

sp0řțs dîrêct: unmonitored changing rooms and busy staff helpinf customers 24/7 most items have tags. always prettu busy

uřban oûtfittēřs: monitored changing rooms, LP and staff. all items are tagged so bring tools. some have magnet detectors. always busy

urban outfitter tag: (no clue what this is but my magnet wasnt strong enough, howver someties their buzzing machines dont work so u can just walk out with it)

Lûsĥ: no rfdi, pretty busy. lots of staff who will ask to help you out. no LP. no buzzing machines

Tỳpö: no LP, rarely rfdi, few staff, pretty easy to sleave small items like washi tape and pens.

The flying tiger: really easy, no LP, no rfdi and few staff. however normally busy and its full of millenials who WILL rat u out if they see.

miniso: quite easy but lots of staff. just drop in bag and come when its early.

[autumnslance]

FFXIV Write 2024: 26 Zip

C’oretta zipped up the loose Alexandrian-style jacket, then leaned down to put the shoes on her feet, delighting in the ripping sound of the velcro fastenings a few times before securing them and bouncing out into the hot, sunny streets of Ul’dah.

Hamon gave her a side-eye as he took in her latest eye-searing outfit—the Alexandrians knew how to get a fantastically bright neon pink—and then shook his head before handing her a hefty basket. “We’ve got just enough time before the matches start, so run your little butt up to the top box and make sure all the refreshments are set out for the VIPs.”

“Yessir!” C’oretta cheerfully replied. Violet did not follow as she used her dancer skills to zoom up the coliseum stairs to the fancy boxes where the wealthy gathered.

Coming to town at the same time as a major match meant she would get press ganged by Hamon, Mylla, or both, into helping ensure the stadium was ready for the crowds their fighters drew in. C’oretta truly didn’t mind, as it reminded her of times in her childhood when she had done the same, initially while her father was a contender.

She swiftly set out the ice crystal-chilled drinks and fire crystal-warmed pastries in the royal box. Her Majesty and some of her Royalist supporters on the Syndicate would be attending today’s sport, and several of Nanamo’s known favorites had been prepared. C’oretta also left a hastily scribbled note, letting the Sultana know she was present and promising to drop in close to the end so they could visit and Nanamo could get news of Tural.

Also fashion information. She and the Sultana, along with Tataru, were part of a particular club of specific color enjoyers, and just had to keep each other in the loop, after all. And Nanamo would share with her in return so when C’oretta did return to Tural and met with Aeryn and Dark again she could let them know…

The bells dinged and she cursed and sped back down the stairs, ignoring shouts of concern from various coliseum staff as she skid to a stop in front of Hamon again. “All finished!”

He sighed. “Gonna break your neck like that one of these days.”

“Nah I know what I’m doing oh hey is Aldis participating today or Mylla since there’s an exhibition before the actual blood sports?”

Hamon laughed. “Sure are. There’s even an open spot if a certain zippy lil’ miqo’te lass wanted to get in on the fun!”

C’oretta thought about that. “It has been awhile I suppose and it’s usually fun I can definitely run rings around anyone they set me against not too many know how to deal with a combo of the Fist of Rhalgr and the kriegstanz.”

“Indeed, indeed,” Hamon said, exaggeratedly stroking his chin. “We know what the professor will say, if he deigns to attend, but wonder what your dance instructor’d think of our games here. Say, I don’t suppose you could introduce me to—”

“Absolutely not she’d eat you alive and not in the fun way,” C’oretta cheerfully said, giggling as Hamon sighed again.

“Can’t blame a man for trying to get a meetup with a pretty lass like that!” he laughed. “Go on and get ready, Oretta.”

“Violet stay with Uncle Hamon and I’ll be back after I’ve kicked everyone’s arse in the exhibition okay!” And she took off again to prepare for the first match, a pink and blonde blur of excitement on an already exciting day.

[toshidou]

oddly specific british hcs . . .

characters // the 141 (simon "ghost" riley, john "soap" mactavish, kyle "gaz" garrick, john price)

an // don't ask me what this is, because i really don't have an answer for you. my brain just spat this out at me mid walk and for some reason i decided to post it here. i am so sorry.

Simon "Ghost" Riley

He's scared shitless of Year 7s, despite knowing full well that he was one of those little bastards when he was a kid. Not much puts the fear of god into him, yet something about a group of little shitheads who think they own the world has him crossing to the other side of the street at the sight of them.

Got suspended from school one time for stealing one of the dildo's from the RE classroom and supergluing to the seat of the kid who tried to bully him.

Got good grades at school. Not because he put in the effort, but because he stole all the exam answers from his teachers desk and spent the night before the exam memorising it all. "Work smarter not harder" was his motto.

Once got lost in a Primark. He was only looking for some cheap sleep wear, and ending up somewhere stuck between rows of Disney clothes and screaming children on leashes.

Has an unhealthy obsession with Monster energy drinks, he once drank so many in a row he went temporarily blind in his left eye. Still drinks them to this day.

John "Soap" Mactavish

He once had a full on mental breakdown in ALDI because the cashier was scanning things too quickly and he couldn't keep up.

Has started several fights in pubs because someone insulted Iron-Bru, both Simon and Price have had to drag him out of nearly all of them kicking and screaming garbled Scottish insults.

Used to dip his sherbet dib dab in dirt as a kid.

Once got in trouble in maths class for spelling "80085" on his calculator and laughing so hard he pissed himself.

The only time he laughed that hard again was when the Queen kicked the bucket. Price looked nothing short of disturbed.

If one more person comes up to him and yells "DISGUSTANG" in an exaggerated and shit Scottish accent, he's going to commit serial arson.

Kyle "Gaz" Garrick

Went to private school, and gets bullied for it by the entire 141 as soon as they find out. They rib him even harder after they find out he was head boy.

Got invited to a night out in London by one of his rich acquaintances from school, which ended up being The Box. That night single-handedly gave him more PTSD than any mission he's ever been on.

Has personal beef with Percy Pig after he almost choked to death on one, and to this day he will never live it down that Ghost had to give him the Heimlich.

Has an unhealthy addiction to the Spice Girls. Sometimes he forgets he lives on a military base and still sings "Wannabe" at full volume in the showers. He's had to swear Soap to secrecy on numerous occasions.

His favourite Spice Girl is Scary Spice.

Captain John Price

His biggest guilty pleasure is listening to Take That. He'd first heard them first thanks to his mother being worryingly obsessed, and started mockingly singing along to their songs on brief phone calls from his barracks after he'd first joined. Little did he know that soon he too would unironically love their music. And yes, he cried when Robbie left the band. It's a secret he's taking to the grave.

Hates Waitrose with a burning passion, he once threw a fit over the price of a packet of peanuts and scared the middle-aged woman and her baby two aisles down.

Saw Gaz choking on a Percy Pig, and then proceeded to buy him every available Percy Pig related merchandise for Christmas.

Loves vinegar on his chips from the chippy, and when he found out the smell makes Soap gag, suddenly he loves his chips drowning in it.

[serendertothesquad]

Seren's Studies: Odd Squad UK -- "A Dicey Situation" Episode Followup, Part 1

Captain O origins episode! "Totally Odd Squad" Mk. II! Call it what you like, I'm just hoping this is good. After the hell that was "Mission O Possible", I like to be prepared. Almost anything could surpass that, really.

Let's dive in below the break! (Pun unintended.)

...It's another Tasha episode.

I can hear that stupid "oh no" TikTok song playing as I fucking type this. I'm not confident after "The Triangle Sisters". I'm praying to Don't-Fuck-This-Up-God.

Hey. Hey. You guys remember when Otis threw a fit because Rebecca was exploiting Odd Squad for moving services?

This is just as egregious and yet will go entirely undetected. You don't need two pseudo-government agents to pull up Google Maps and punch in the location of the nearest Aldi's, for God sakes.

I see this milk came from the same cow that the Town Baker's milk came from.

I'd go investigate that cow, really.

You guys also remember Otis giving therapy to a plant?

THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT THIS IS BUT IT'S MILK. And it's just as amusing here as it was there.

"Breakfast is the most important meal of the day!"

Thank you, edutainment overlords, for this obligatory healthy eating message.

Asshole cereal box is making up lies for himself, methinks. Dude just tipped over on his own the second his owner picked up the milk pitcher.

hhhhheeeeeeeeeEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEY THIS AIN'T MY SWAMPS 'N GATORS. WHERE'S MY SWAMPS 'N GATORS YOU CHUCKWADS.

...No but seriously what is this game and why does it look like Odd Squad Risk to me.

I remember when there was a brief shot of Oona failing at chess and Oprah telling her that's not how the game is played.

That was fun.

This is fun too, and nice to see, but it doesn't hit the same.

Good segue. Not as good as Oprah calling everyone out on their RPS strategies.

(You will see me make a lot of TOS cracks and references. I will not regret a single one of 'em.)

Hot damn, she can dim the lights with her mind! That's craaaaaaaaaaaazeeeeeeeeeeeeee-

So that would make her ship the Odd Squad Odd Squad.

Instead of Screw Steamer Odd Squad, or Steam Ship Odd Squad, both of which sound much better.

And are actually canon in the franchise.

(No, really. Go listen to the Squadcast. The S.S. Odd Squad is a 100% canon ship.)

Honestly, if you had told me about a year ago that that sailor in that promo picture SSE put out was a chef named Osgood, I'd have laughed at you.

RIP to the days when I thought that sailor was an assistant of Captain O's and not her first mate.

Ohhhh, a wavy flashback effect! Standard in a ton of shows, but Odd Squad has never really employed it as far as I'm aware. Nice to see they're going to effect basics!

Aside from that, wow that is...a tiny ship. Tinier than I was expecting. I was expecting something huge and not...y'know...a little BB thing.

I'm sorry, I just did an entire fuck-ass wheeze at her saying SHE KNEW OSGOOD SINCE NURSERY SCHOOL.

These two ARE FUCKING CHILDHOOD FRIENDS.

Genuinely fucking flabbergasted, because it's rare that we get childhood friends who were main characters in this franchise and joined Odd Squad together. Not even Olive and Otto can attest to that! Or Olympia and Otis!

Best bit in the entire episode so far bar nearly none.

I mean...on the plus side, at least he only has two mouths to feed.

That being said, I will once again raise the issue of there being couch cushions in a ship like that.

...Goldfish.

Huge-ass Goldfish.

You can't fool me.

They're Goldfish.

If there is one thing I utterly despise about Captain O as a character, it's the stupid euphemisms.

They're not amusing. They're not funny. I've heard better from other characters.

Okay, a shell phone is actually pretty clever. One point to Tasha, and don't make me revoke it as quickly as I did last time.

(Choosing to overlook the fact that there's an Admiral because...I mean...pretty standard sailor stuff. And me and other fans can work with the lore.)

Definitely not the intent, but I can't stop reading this line as utterly sarcastic since Captain O did a hard aversion off the "Newhart Phone Call" cliff.

"So this look isn't a fashion choice?"

Osgood, you poor Ohlm-like sonuvagun.

No, sir, actually those are holes. They got depth to 'em. Swiss cheese is not made with polka dots.

"See? You're a fashion trendsetter."

Ohhhhh it's like...the woman in "Double O Trouble"...but 's...fuckin' polka dots...

Great, I hate it, thanks.

*squints*

*more*

*even more*

...Bitch that is a cluster of fucking trees. That is not an island. Now how and why would you spend pounds on a fucking CLUSTER OF TRE-

THIS IS HOW THEY CHOOSE TO REMIND US THAT ORLI AND OZZIE ARE STILL HERE?????? WITH THE OBLIGATORY MATH LESSON?!?!?!?!?!?

Oh piss ALL the fuckin' way off.

If this is gonna have a lesson at the end, like in "The Weight of the World Depends on Orla", I'm going to lose my fuckin' mind.

Because, for all that Season 3 sucks, that episode was actually pretty solid.

it was just her and osgood

this guy shows up

not even the two canon characters from the odd squadcast they could've used

...I get it. You need someone to steer the ship. Fine. But for the love of God, just include the one driving the boat in your roll call!

I'm...I'm so tired. We are halfway into this episode. I am tired.

I honestly can't be bothered to ask why this woman has a rotary phone and how the fuck it can get service out here where there would, in most other instances, be no phone lines. Or electricity. OR FUCKING SPEAKERPHONE.

I do like the pirate getup Dottie here has going on, though.

Well, the last time a villain alleged to not have a pattern...they had a pattern.

I don't expect Dottie to be much different in that regard.

ohhhhhh oodelallyoohdelally it's the chekhov's gun wheeeeeeeeeeeeee-

She spun in the chair for all of time, bored out of her wits.

(On to Part 2!)

[bowlsbowlsalltypeabowls]

Ugh my mom is driving me crazy with xmas gifts for A. She asked what he wanted for xmas and I said he was really into fire trucks, bluey, and magnatiles. And that we were specifically getting him magnatiles brand so look for some that were compatible

First, a week before I was due with B she sends a large package from Target and asks me to wrap it for her. Again, a week before my due date! The present is addressed to A [mylastname] when she knows very well he has my wife's last name. Gift turns out to be a scooter. I swear I told her we got A a scooter for his 2nd birthday. I returned it.

Yesterday, I got a couple more boxes. First is a winter coat. As I told her last year when she did this, I buy him coats in the fall. By the end of December, he already has a coat that he is wearing. I'm probably going to donate this.

There were also some cheap magnetic tiles that the internet tells me are from Aldi and not compatible with magnatiles.

Lastly, some candy and an outfit that are both fine. All tags came with a request for pictures that grates on me because I know she shows them to her coworkers and friends to feign involvement in our lives.

She also sent some pretty gendered clothes for the baby.

Why even ask me if you're going to do your own thing anyway?! My mom's birthday is tomorrow so I probably will text her some pictures but I really want to avoid talking about these presents.

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have you guys ever tried to sell things? commerce nation every weekend my neighbor sets up the most involved racks of clothes and tent canopy yardsale i've never seen anyone attend and on every corner there are popup mountain of junk sales everything must go and it's like who even buys a lawnmower from the empty lot across from the perpetual mixed use five above one condo construction down the street from the bridge that's been closed all year? how are they even getting any foot traffic in that location location location? i don't know

take a box of books to half price but they open an hour late on weekends for some reason so you buy a coffee but the drive thru's full and you need (ground) coffee anyway so in you go and there goes $20. the pickled garlic at menards has in fact been on your grocery list for over a month and aldi is right there so now you've got half-frozen raw chicken too, and while-u-wait you check the one shelf that houses the $6 books you sold last time and at this point you don't even remember what all of them were but they've got 5 priced for $53, a "whopping" $15 for the youtuber who turned into a transphobe, probably by virtue of unfortunate research practices in order to pick up her video production turnaround, because it was hardcover, and $9 for the second book in paperback by the new york times bestselling harvard professor who went out of style because all her theories turned out to be undetectable at experimental regimes

and despite the capital outlay required to buy community college textbooks at the outset, they're able to make you an offer of a "whopping" $2, apologizing for it while they say it out loud, because it was obviously the wrong place to sell textbooks and you knew that. and resignedly you're like well it is an everything must go sale but i know i can do better for this one and you pull out kroenke database processing 14th edition even though it's realistically less useful than mcconnell code complete, because you found the receipt when you unshelved it and it was $200. not a price you paid because it was a certification -- to which you're considering setting fire -- that was paid by a federal program

and it's like what are we even really doing here. commerce nation but unless you have the capital outlay to establish a network of bricks and mortars, where you can just ship books in between each, anytime anyone at your convenience in the commerce nation asks for one of them (they've got brazilian portuguese in mississippi), you're not going to get a fair price for resale without patience and possibly a warehouse lease. deck stacked against the consumer at every turn, buck sure does stop here by which i mean the end user is buried in a mountain of junk they can't resell. anyway they had lauryn hill so i think all told it cost me $53 to get $2 back. but it's fine. i paid credit

[dumpster-divers-unite]

The last finds for 2024!

Like it or hate it, 2024 is coming to a close. I went dumpster diving for the first time in a long time with a new friend, August, and we found lots of goodies!

… it’s too bad my camera didn’t want to focus, because I would have hit the limit with the amount of pictures I would have taken.

an Aldi’s large reusable bag (pictured!), porcelain small statues of Buddhas, a newborn’s blanket, child’s Minecraft long sleeve t shirt, HUGE sleeve of sweet kettle corn pop corn, smaller sleeve of Carmel kettle pop corn, mini ‘instant’ sandwiches, pre-sliced pepperoni and cheese pizza, donuts, cookies, and wrap burrito snacks! (I think that’s the whole list of stuff)

We found the first half of the stuff from the apartment units around the unit where I live. The Aldi bag still had that tiny plastic tag holder on it, and someone had used it to toss out some loose trash. The Buddha’s kind of made me mad because a lot of Americans/westerners use and abuse eastern culter(s) and religion(s) and ‘consume’ figures like the Buddha as an aesthetic, so figures will be bought and discarded when the next aesthetic comes along.

The newborn blanket made me mad too. A mother really tossed one of their child’s very first belongings they receive as soon as they are brought to this world and you just toss it away like it’s nothing. I’m only so heated about it because I’ve kept my very first blanket in a small box even if it’s nothing but knots and little rags because it’s so damn sentimental. My second original started to wear out, and when I got replacements I lost one to the apartment’s dryer. I was devastated and still am, to keep my story short. My mother felt endless guilt when we had to replace my backup because I cried, and even if I’ll never be a parent I would never ever throw my child’s very first blanket out. We don’t make fun of people who still sleep with their childhood toys around here :). The Minecraft shirt was a bonus because I love making patches and the design is A-1 for a back patch for an adult.

The food we found was super abundant, sadly. All that we produce as humans never gets appreciated, food or material. The pizza slices were the main corse of my dinner for that night! We got super excited for the cookies. They’re the thick kind with huge chunks of chocolate in them. Oh, if only I was a kid who knew about dumpster diving and who knew about the UDF so close to me. There are no cameras pointed to the back areas where we were and someone left that little latch thing open. No locks and no stupid bar in the way, unlike the dumpsters where I used to live ;). I’m pretty sure my diving activities was the main cause of the locks in the first place.

Get out and dive when you can! I forget sometimes how good the feasting can be when you prevent food waste!

[eldritchxembers]

Walking through the picturesque streets of Cardinal Hill, you find Sebastian Davis, the 34 year old bookbinder/book restorationist originally from Cardinal Hill, WA. Living alongside them in such a small town, you know that they're welcoming and stubborn, but what you might not know is that they are a human, and that they’re hiding something… ― Aldis Hodge, pansexual, man, and he/him.

Name: Sebastian Marquis Davis

Nickname: None

Family: Etienne (grandmother, deceased), Clara (mother, deceased), Sebastian (father, deceased), Marie (ex-wife)

Likes: rare and antique books, classical music, stationery, rainy days

Dislikes: computers, beepers, fax machines, bending the pages of books, improper book opening...

Pet: A temperamental but loyal tabby cat named Fitz

Favorite Song: "The Sound of Silence" by Simon & Garfunkel

Theme Song: "Dust in the Wind" by Kansas

Character Inspirations: Eddie (IT by Stephen King), Ginko from "Mushishi", Professor Remus Lupin (Harry Potter)

Sebastian Davis stands to the side and not ever in the center of attention in the soft-spoken landscape of Cardinal Hill, his hands rebuild stories, his mind remembers different days. At 34, he moves through the town like a living memory, his presence both familiar and slightly ethereal - a man who seems more comfortable with the whispered histories of aged pages than with the immediate noise of contemporary life.

Born and raised in the small Washington town, Sebastian was primarily shaped by his grandmother Etienne, a formidable woman whose stern love created the complex tapestry of his inner world. Her book restoration workshop, nestled in a sun-drenched corner of their family home, became Sebastian's sanctuary and classroom. From a young age, he learned that objects carry narratives far beyond their physical form - a lesson that would define his entire existence... some would say to his detriment.

His childhood was marked by a profound solitude. While other children chased each other in neighborhood games, Sebastian would be found in corners of local libraries or beside his grandmother, carefully learning the delicate art of book preservation. His imagination wandered constantly, creating entire universes between the lines of text, making him appear perpetually distant even when physically present. She never encouraged him to make friends -- instead, she reminded him that his mother had died - that he was her only family. He had few friends. His grandmother made sure of that.

How he came to meet and marry Marie was an interesting story that no one would believe. They were fifteen. She was an amateur boxer. He was sitting crosslegged outside the gym when she tripped over him. She thought he was nerdy -- but cute. He thought she was standing in his light. Yet, Marie got him out of his shell, encouraged him to live in the world of people and not just stories and histories. They fell in love.

Sebastian's marriage to Marie was a brief, passionate interlude that felt almost like a deviation from his natural rhythm. They moved away from Cardinal Hill when he was 28, seeking something undefined - perhaps connection, perhaps escape. Their divorce, which occurred a few years later, was amicable but carried a sense of inevitable separation. Marie understood, perhaps better than most, that Sebastian carried his guilt ... his grief ... quietly and without drawing attention to himself.

Upon returning to Cardinal Hill, Sebastian seamlessly resumed his grandmother's book restoration business, as if he never left, bringing with him a reputation for meticulous craftsmanship and unexpected generosity. His pricing strategy became something of local talk - charging nothing for children's books and double for religious texts, a practice that seemed to carry a personal philosophy that he wouldn't explain.

Physically, Sebastian moves with a deliberate grace - he has taken up boxing. Mixed martial arts. His hands, strong and precise from years of delicate restoration work, contrast with eyes that seem to hold entire libraries of unspoken stories. He dresses simply - often in soft, muted colors that blend with the paper and cloth of his workshop, reinforcing his sense of being slightly removed from the immediate world. He once again keeps to himself.

Those who know him understand that Sebastian is not just a bookbinder, but a kind of custodian of memory. Each book that passes through his hands is not just repaired, but honored - its history respected, its future secured.

The townspeople of Cardinal Hill regard Sebastian with a mixture of affection and mild curiosity. They recognize his brilliance, his gentle eccentricity, and the sense that there's something just slightly mysterious about him - as if he knows secrets hidden between the lines of the books he so lovingly tends.

Beneath his calm exterior, Sebastian harbors a rich inner life - full of daydreams, half-formed stories, and a deep, abiding connection to the written word that transcends mere profession. He is a keeper of stories, a quiet dreamer who finds more companionship in books than in most human interactions.

He doesn't want to let the world in again...

[chappell-roans]

Do you think fame is like Pandora’s box in a sense where once a person becomes famous even if they’re not like Taylor Swift levels of fame they can never go back and they can never retreat into obscurity?

With some exceptions, yes. I think it's not 100% black and white, also. I think you can never undo it, yes, like there is always the chance someone will recognize you for being famous, just like someone might recognize you from school (but way weirder because you're strangers, as Chappell Roan and many others before her have talked about!). But like there are child actors and screamo band guys who are like... IT support people now. And someone might say "Oh you did that thing?!" but not at the same levels as someone who is actively maintaining their fame through their public-facing career. But I do think there's a point of no return. If you get to a certain level of fame, you're never going to pass in a crowd (or rarely will, vs. this hypothetical IT person). If Taylor Swift halted all her life's work and went and worked at Aldi's tomorrow, she'd still be Taylor Swift. If one of the non-Selena Gomez members of Wizards of Waverly Place did the same, yeah, they'd be recognized (Jennifer Stone works in an ER as a nurse and gets recognized, but people let her work) but not the same frenzy. It's possible but not like, completely reversible.