#posted earlier on my fb page

[tiostranslated]

The Interpretation of Shadows TRANSLATED

An archive of fan-made translations Some links go to translated images sent to me, others may be links to slideshow/video-formatted translations!

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COVER - START HERE

Ukrainian [UA] version by Halyna (IMAGE POSTS) or search tag "tios ukrainian cover"

Thai version by shinadean_524 (IMAGE POSTS) or search tag "tios thai cover"

Thai version by shinadean_524 (FACEBOOK) or check the "The Interpretation of Shadows แปลไทย" FB page

EPISODE 1 - BUILD RAPPORT

Brazilian Portuguese version by @lekothemon (IMAGE POSTS) or search tag "tios portuguese ep1"

Brazilian Fandub by Inari Plague (YOUTUBE VIDEO) or search "A Interpretação das Sombras" on Youtube

Russian [RU] version by @cemga_7 (SLIDESHOW): [Cover and Part 1-2] [Part 3] or search @cemga_7 on Tiktok

Ukrainian [UA] version by Halyna (IMAGE POSTS) or search tag "tios ukrainian ep1"

Thai version by shinadean_524 (IMAGE POSTS) or search tag "tios thai ep1"

Thai version by shinadean_524 (FACEBOOK) or check the "The Interpretation of Shadows แปลไทย" FB page

Spanish version by socksasgloves (IMAGE POSTS) or search tag "tios spanish ep1"

EPISODE 2 - THE HOUR EARLIER

Russian [RU] version by @cemga_7 (SLIDESHOW): [Part 1 and 2] or search @cemga_7 on Tiktok

Thai version by shinadean_524 (FACEBOOK) or check the "The Interpretation of Shadows แปลไทย" FB page

Spanish version by socksasgloves (IMAGE POSTS) or search tag "tios spanish ep2"

EPISODE 3 - INTERVIEW GUIDE

Thai version by shinadean_524 (FACEBOOK) or check the "The Interpretation of Shadows แปลไทย" FB page

Spanish version by socksasgloves (IMAGE POSTS) or search tag "tios spanish ep3"

EPISODE 4 - THE AFTERMATH

Spanish version by socksasgloves (IMAGE POSTS) or search tag "tios spanish ep4"

FULL FAN TRANSLATIONS

Russian [RU] version by Zyabr on Mangalib

Vietnamese version by Exist In This World on Otakusan.net

Turkish version by Shiho on manga-tr.com

If some links don't work, please remove " https://href.li/? " in the beginning of the URL! I don't know why Tumblr does that :/

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I (@nyoomian) did not make these translations, these are not official translations and there may be typos/errors that I cannot fix myself. These were made purely by fans or volunteers that wanted to do them for fun and asked for permission! Maybe I'll eventually make a Filipino translation with my mom just for fun (she does translation work herself)!

If you make/see a translation of my comic online that I haven't archived yet here, you can contact me at nyoomian@gmail.com :D

[spikeisawesome456]

I realized I didn’t post this earlier. But I saw Alex Hirsch the other day! He was at a Barnes and Noble in San Diego (which I’m in for Comic Con, ha) and while I sadly was unable to get a ticket for an autograph, I did stop by to see him at least. And then, the next day, I went back to pick up a copy of The Book of Bill that he’d signed, since I know Barnes and Noble sometimes has extras they sell the next day. It’s a little disappointing it’s only his initials, but I get he prolly didn’t want to sign hundreds of stickers with his full signature, ha. And I have his full signature on a Stan and Bill toy box that someone who was a fan of my FB page sent me years ago, so it’s not like I don’t have anything with his signature.

(Which is here, if anyone wanted to see)

Overall, it was neat to see him, even if I didn’t get to interact with him. :-)

[nocompromise-noregrets]

five good things

Because I still have a cold and I'm feeling sorry for myself, so let's see if I can cheer myself up...

It's not Covid, at least! I did a test earlier and it was nicely and solidly negative.

Two more days at work and then I'm off for two and a half whole weeks! I'm taking Wednesday as a flex day because I've built up a lot of flex time and I could do with an extra day for packing/hair dyeing/sorting myself out/etc etc etc, and then Thursday I have my coach up to London, crashing at a hotel near Heathrow overnight and then flight at stupid o'clock on Friday morning - I shall be in Helsinki by lunchtime, YAY.

Japa's band have cancelled their show next Saturday, boo (and hadn't announced that it was cancelled - I only found out because I was checking the FB page for the bar where it was supposedly happening and they suddenly had a different event on for that night, so I commented on the original show announcement to ask, and no, it's cancelled, next show is on 8 November, by which point I shall be at home) - but I still have two shows to go to, Japa's old band on the second Saturday, and Michael Monroe my absolute HERO on the second Friday so that's still good!

I have my itinerarerarerarery well and truly sorted - I have an app and also a very colour-coded spreadsheet (I am indebted to @wauryd for the revelation some ten-odd years ago (HOW LONG?) that one can colour-code one's spreadsheets) to help me work out what's open when and what to go to on each day, and I also have a Museokortti (museum card) which cost me about €70 but will get me in to pretty much every museum and gallery in Finland for free and will probably save me about €300 for the amount of places I'm planning to go to (50-odd over the eleven days XDDD )

I have finished (npi) the Finnish course on Duolingo - only two sections and nowhere near enough language, but along with the previous bits of learning-Finnish I've done, I could probably now do more than order a beer and a coffee and apologise for being English XD but we'll see how I get on. At least I should be able to understand a bit more, even if I don't actually manage to be brave enough to actually speak. And I've really rather enjoyed it. The funny phrases and cultural references (there is a woman in the song who is running up that hill, the grey wizard is walking in the forest etc) have really ticked the old intertextuality boxes, and I wish there was more! Might have to go back to Danish or Czech next, or maybe pick up something new!

@mihrsuri and I have been pinging ideas back and forth again, this time in a Rings of Power AU in which Sauron captured Galadriel and Elrond as well as Celebrimbor, but they eventually managed to escape; so far it's been the twins who've been talking and I love them so much, they're always so delightfully feral. :D I so enjoy this sort of writing, I used to do it so much with friends last time I was in the fandom and I've missed it enormously. Lil I wish we lived closer so we could go sit by a river or somewhere and just talk it all out in person!

It's @sigrielweek! I have been spectacularly bad at posting the last couple of days, thanks to the cold of doom and destruction, but I am so enjoying collaborating with @thatonetimetraveller and other people are posting too (thank you so much @verecunda and @myeaglesong and @unendingwanderlust!) and our tiny little liferaft of a ship is getting more content and I am DELIGHTED for our girls! <333333

My new OU course has begun and so far I'm really enjoying it! It's definitely harder than what I've done before, but in a fairly-easy-step-up sort of a way, and it's introducing us to external academic writing in a way that the previous courses didn't, and there is some fascinating stuff going on out there. So far I've been meaning to read more about the history of women in linguistics, and a few other things - haven't quite had the brainspace yet, but I'm about five weeks ahead with the course (gained access to it in mid-September and got started straight away, although it only began officially last Saturday, because I knew I was going to have to take two weeks out) so I've got time. Also my favourite person from the English Grammar course two years ago is on the course and in my tutor group and I'm so looking forward to his contributions - he's the sort of person who asks the really interesting questions and gets the complicated stuff explained, and he also draws the most adorable cartoons to help him (and us!) get his head round the points that are being made, featuring two lions called Lexis and Rexis and a whole load of dad jokes, and I absolutely love them. I hailed him in the forum when we were all introducing ourselves and he came back with a Lexis and Rexis cartoon and I just instantly felt at home again. :D

Aaaaaaand it is just over two weeks until I finally FINALLY meet @lemurious IRL and I cannot wait! So much nerdery and squeeing awaits!

Oh yeah, and someone very lovely is working their way through Empty Vessel at the moment and leaving lots of awesome comments :D :D :D I am hoping to have the spoons this weekend to have a proper comment-answering spree ( @seagull-energy I have been wanting to respond to your lovely comments on the TRSB fic for ages at this point and the mental energy keeps eluding me >.< but thank you SO MUCH! <3333333 )

Oh yeah and I have been bonding with lovely James at t'pub (one of the bar staff) over Rings of Power, and persuading equally lovely Amelie (another of the bar staff) that she needs to watch it - James and I have basically been tag-teaming her XD and she also hasn't watched the films (I think she maybe wasn't born when Fellowship came out, but then again neither was James XD ) so we're thinking that it would be super interesting if she started with the series, to see how different an experience it might be...anyway it is a joy to have someone to flail with IRL! I miss lovely Tom (also bar staff at t'pub) who has moved on, who I used to flail with about series 1, but James is just as keen and it is just as much of a joy :D :D :D

Right then. I think that will do. Time to sink back into the plague pit. XD

[arpeggio-the-parrot]

It’s been one week since Sam Mowry, Arpeggio’s voice actor, passed away, and I just wanted to say some things. Apologies in advance for my incoherent rambling.

I love Arpeggio SO MUCH and while I still very much do as much as I have for the past 15 years, loving him has felt a bit strange this past week knowing his voice actor has left us. A part of why I love Arpeggio is his voice, which I always found so intriguing and very fitting for him from the moment I first heard it.

I actually conversed with Mowry via email in 2014 to tell him that I’m a fan of his work (him providing Arpeggio’s voice got me to look into other works he lent his voice to), and I even told him that Arpeggio was my favorite fictional character and that his voice for him was so perfect and part of the reason why I started liking him as a character. He was so kind in our short conversation, and though I feared I was being weird or cringe reaching out to him, he assured me that I wasn’t bugging him and expressed his gratitude for my kind words. A month ago, I had thought about reaching out to him again, and of course I’m really regretting not doing that now. However, I’m satisfied with the interaction we did have all those years ago, and that he received my praise and was so kind to me back then. Interacting with the voice behind my favorite fictional character like that was so special, and I’m glad I at least have that email convo to look back on.

I followed his Facebook page (he didn’t seem to have any other social media) which is how I found out he passed that day. I had literally just started sketching my art for Arpeggio’s 20th anniversary just the day prior, and my heart was absolutely shattered upon opening FB and the first thing being a post from his page by his wife announcing his passing earlier that day, the post itself being only 25 minutes old by the time I saw it. Now, I didn’t know the man personally, but I still cried really hard that night. There’s been so much death lately, including one close to my personal life who was a dear friend of the family, and losing my favorite character’s voice actor really was the final straw of this month for me.

Rest in Peace, Sam Mowry. Thank you for gracing many works with your talent and providing the voice of my favorite fictional character of all time. ❤️

[jerzwriter]

Are We Dating the Same Guy? Tobias Edition

There are Facebook groups called "Are We Dating the Same Guy?". They exist to "expose" cheaters and guys who are just creeps in general. Women will post a photo/profile and ask if anyone has any tea or red flag alerts. The other day I was scrolling through a local one and saw a friend of mine. Talk about a WHOA moment. A few days later, the "AWDSG? Boston" group was recommended to me, and my mind automatically went to... what if Tobias and/or Ethan were on this? I ran the idea past @lucy-268 and @genevievemd and asked if I should do it for Ethan or Tobias. Their answer was, "Both is good." So, in honor of them, I'm doing both. Here is Tobias's version.

Book:              Open Heart (Post Series)

Pairing:           Tobias Carrick x F!MC (Casey Carrick)

Rating:            Teen

Words: 1,428 plus edit

Summary: Casey & Tobias are both on parental leave following the birth of their first daughter. When Tobias steps out for an errand, Sienna notifies Casey that she found Tobias on "Are We Dating the Same Guy? Boston/Cambridge", and apparently, he has a Tinder account. Here's what happens when Tobias returns.

A/N: The story precedes the FB post of Tobias on the "AWDSG?" page. *** Participating in @choiceschallenge-may2023 | ex-crush/lover, bedroom, love. *** @creativepromptsforwriting - Cute Interactions - 23. putting their chin of the other's shoulder

Ethan Edition found here.

Parental leave was a good thing. That’s what Tobias was thinking as he rushed up the stairs to his daughter’s nursery. He was only gone for an hour, rushing out when they realized how low they were on diapers, but that was 60 minutes too long away from his wife and new baby as far as he was concerned. He couldn’t imagine being away from them longer than that.

Casey promptly shushed him when he stuck his head in the door. She had been trying to get little Samantha down for a nap since he left, and she had finally succeeded. Tobias tiptoed over and rested his head on his wife’s shoulder, they both lovingly gazed at their precious little creation fast asleep in her crib.

“You’re a natural,” he whispered into her ear.

“If I was a natural, this wouldn’t have taken a full hour,” Casey whispered back, motioning toward the door. 

With the baby monitor in hand, the couple headed to their bedroom across the hall and collapsed into bed together. Their mothers had offered them sage advice… when the baby sleeps, you sleep. That’s how you survive the first few months. For the most part, they listened, but unbeknownst to Tobias, this wouldn’t be one of those times.

“I missed you,” he sleepily muttered. “I hate being away from my girls.”

“Mmmh,” Casey yawned. “Do you now?”

“Yep, I do.”  

He expected her to snuggle closer like she normally did, but Casey sluggishly sat up and twisted in her husband’s direction. A smirk was on her lips, but he was too exhausted to determine if it was a playful or one of annoyance.

“You sure about that?” She yawned again. “I mean… I suppose you’ll need some time away from us if you’re going to meet up with the women you find on Tinder.”

He rolled his eyes with a chuckle and motioned for her to return to his side. “Yeah, sure, hon. That’s what I need.”

But Casey didn’t return. She took out her phone, opened an app, and flung it in his direction.

“Really, smartass? Then explain this?”

Tobias’s eyes popped open. It was the Tinder profile he had created nearly three years earlier in retaliation for Casey creating one of her own after they split.  

“Case!” He exclaimed, suddenly wide awake. “This isn’t new, OK? This is the profile I created back when… I thought… I thought I had taken this down! You don’t seriously believe I’m on Tinder, do you?”

Casey bit her lower lip in an attempt to prevent her laughter. Was that actually sweat forming on his brow?

“I don’t know, Tobias? You tell me! Because apparently, you also have a little fan club on the Are We Dating the Same Guy’s Facebook page.”

“I’m sorry… on what?”

Casey defiantly folded her arms before her chest, pouting for effect. “Don’t act all innocent! Like you’ve never heard of it.”

“Casey!” He said far too loudly. “I have no idea what you’re talking about. And, oh my God, do you seriously think I’m out there looking for a side piece? Is that really what you think of me?”

“Sshhh!!!” She said, placing her hand over his mouth as her smile spread. It was going too far now; besides, she would not have him waking Sammy up. “Of course not!” She insisted, pushing him back against the pillows and laying on top of him. “You’re a smart man, and you know damn well you’d never find better than me.”

“Damn straight! But where the hell is this coming from? Are you trying to give me a heart attack so you and your younger lover can run off with my money?”

“YES! That’s it! You’re on to me!” she nuzzled her face in the crook of his neck to muffle her laughter. Still bewildered, Tobias turned her chin toward him in search of an explanation.

“Your Tinder profile is still up,” she said. “Buts so is mine, apparently. It looks like neither of us idiots took it down.”

“Yeah, well, this was right around the time of the attack. My focus was on you, and I didn’t give a shit about Tinder or much else back then.”

“Same with me. And since I had notifications turned off, I never even thought to take it down.”

Tobias took out his phone and opened his old Tinder account. He pulled up Casey’s profile and let out a long, slow whistle. “Look at her… you know, I’d love a piece of that.”

“Well, according to Dr. Garcia, you’ll have to wait another four or five weeks,” she smiled. “But we probably should take them both down.”

“Yeah, given that we’re married with a new baby… it’s a bad aesthetic,” he smirked.

Casey’s finger slid over her phone, about to click deactivate, when Tobias grabbed her hand.

“Wait!” He teased. “Before you do that, are you sure you don’t want to, you know, add a third here?”

She pulled his phone from his hand and pressed deactivate on both devices simultaneously. “You’re such an ass!”

“You love my ass!” He grinned, pulling her into a kiss.

“Always.”

“But wait, what was the other thing you mentioned… something about a fan club?”

“Oh, that’s how this all came to be! Sienna belongs to a Facebook group called ‘Are We Dating the Same Guy?’ Women in the Boston area go on it and post pictures if they think they’re dating a two-timer, or they’ll post a guy they want to meet on a dating app to ask if anyone has any info on them.”

“OK… and?”

“And,” she handed him her phone, “You’re on it!”

“I’m what?”

“Relax,” Casey laughed, “It dates back to 2019, so I don’t have to start divorce proceedings or anything. But someone was about to swipe right on Tinder, and they thought they’d consult the page first. Looks like a bevy of your conquests had a thing or two to say about you….”

The color drained from Tobias’s face. 

“Lisa… Amanda… Celia… though she had nothing good to say. Even Audrey had something to add.”

“Audrey?! She knew about this and didn’t tell me!”

“Don’t worry. It looks like she had your back, babe. Though… I was right all along… she did want my title all along. At least she sees reason now!”  

Tobias only half heard her, too busy reading all the comments. “What is Celia talking about? I never once led her on!”

“Mmm hmm, and Audrey backs that story. But Amanda and Lisa give you rave reviews, dear. Who knew you were Yelp! Certified 5 stars… and I do mean Yelp!” She giggled.

“I mean, it makes sense,” he boasted. “But you see here… it took you to get me off the market. You’re something special, Mrs. Carrick.”

“You better believe it, Mr. Carrick,” she grinned.

“What are you typing there?” he asked.  

“I’m just adding my review,” Casey deadpanned.

“Casey, are you….”

“Relax! I’m just posting an off-the-market notice. You are all mine, buster! Well, mine and Sammy’s.”

“Damn right! And thank God you know that! This could have gone down a very ugly path, even though I didn’t know this existed.”

“I know,” Casey smiled, gently caressing his cheek. “But I know you, baby… and I trust you.”

“That means more to me than you’ll ever know. Now, how do we get this shit taken down?”

A notification popped up on Casey’s phone, “Looks like you’re in luck. The admin just read my comment and asked if she should remove it.”

“YES!” Tobias said, typing furiously. “Hey, do you mind if I thank the women for their… reviews… first?”

Casey shot him a look with a raised brow. “Just keep it brief… we probably only have an hour before Sammy is up again.”

“And what do you want to do with that hour?” He winked.

“In four or five weeks, I’ll have a different answer, but right now…”

“Please say sleep in my arms, please say sleep in my arms, please say sleep in my arms….”

“I was going to say sleep in your arms,” she laughed.

“Yes,” he cheered, pulling her beside him; he held her close and placed a kiss atop her head. “You see, you’re just perfect for me.”

He was waiting for a reply… smart alec or sweet… he knew one would follow, but it never did.

“Case? Casey?”

But her only reply was a soft, barely there snore.

“That’s OK, baby,” he chuckled, pulling the blanket over them. “You have the right idea!”

Personally - I agreed with Morgan. lol

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[blueskiesandwindchimes]

Dreams Can Become Reality

I know I said I'd have some good news earlier in the week. Before I get to that, I'd like to share how much I really do appreciate my day job. I get to make my own schedule. That is the biggest plus in the column of perks. The second biggest plus is being told by clients how much they feel I've helped them without judgement. One time, a client called our office and left a wonderful voicemail for me, gushing over her experience.

The downside is that I am in the middle of getting my post grad client hours before I can become fully licensed. I have been doing that for almost three years now under a supervisor. It wouldn't be so bad except that until I am fully licensed, I could only take cash clients, until recently. Insurance panels do not accept provisionally licensed clinicians. Because of that, it has taken me way longer to get my full license than I ever anticipated. Before October, I was working maybe 7-8 hours a week with clients for the last several months, making less than minimum wage in the process. Thank God for my husband being the breadwinner. But now, my hours are starting to pick up because the state of Louisiana has decided to let provisionally licensed clinicians start to see Medicaid clients. Yay! I may actually finish getting my post grad hours before next summer now.

The pick up in business has been mainly what's kept me from updating this page. I had to retool my schedule. I stopped seeing clients on Friday and decided to use that day now to write out all my official notes for all the clients I saw that week. In doing so, I get to do it at home with no distractions and as a result, I learned something. At work, my average for writing notes was 3-4 per hour. At home, it was 5 per hour. Less anxiety over the secretary walking into my office needing me to do something else or sending me a text for the same reason allowed me to focus and make better use of my time.

NOW, onto the good news. We had a young woman here in town decided to open up her own little bookstore and coffee shop. Previous to this, all we had was Books A Million. Anyway, so I went into this new business and talked to the owner because I saw on her FB page that she was doing local author signings on the weekends and had someone signed up already. So now me and my book are signed up for December 7. That's part of the good news. The other part is that this inspired me to start sitting down last weekend and start outlining a new book. I am about a third of the way through outlining, and once that's done, I expect writing the book itself will only take maybe 3-4 months. I spent my free time at work during the week not typing up work notes, but instead creating a preliminary book cover idea for this new story. I want to share it here now.

Take of that what you will. And while I'm at it, I also retooled the book cover for my original book, Sealed In Silence. Here's what it looks like now.

Here is the link again to check out my first book on Amazon.

[yaminerua]

nearly 5 in the morning and I’m feeling sad about the person who ran the Patrick Troughton fanpage on fb that was linked in those gif sets I reblogged earlier

I clicked through to see what other clips or things they had posted and saw that the owner of the page’s last post was from 2018 where they talked about their cancer and how they were deciding to keep the page up and it just made my heart ache for a person I’ve never met or spoken to, who has likely been dead a good few years now. Like they’re gone but their page is still up and I’ve stumbled upon it all these years later to see this little space they’d made to appreciate something they loved and wanted to share with others ;;

[leothil]

people think tim posting that video means bucktommy endgame, i just think much like when he posted eddieana and bucktaylor on his FB page back in S4 he likes all the ships he creates because they help tell the story he's telling but we all know how much he LOVES Buddie. Also apparently the only reason he posted that vid is cause some BT fan kept on sending it to him so he probably was like OMG fine I'll post something, leave me alone.

People can think whatever they want, I just wish they were less brash about it lmao. I stand by my earlier opinion of him wanting to show that the gamble he took by making an established popular main character come out has paid off, and people are invested in the story.

Also every time I see BT I still read it as bucktaylor.

[newduckcity]

Attention MK fans who were on Tumblr around April-June 2015!!

I need help finding a post I made around that time !

On a now deleted old blog of mine I posted a photo of a screenshot. This screenshot featured a post made by a FB page called “Mortel Kombat X” the profile pic was that one Scorpion render doing an action pose. This page posted a status that said “can’t what for mortel Kombat”

I’ve been searching for this screenshot for YEARS as it’s been an inside joke between my friends and I. I’ve searched all over my old laptops hard drive to no avail and the page itself seems to have been deleted. None of my friends seem to have it saved either.

I remember the post got a decent amount of notes. I even remember at some point someone from Tumblr went on the page and commented on the status saying “me too can’t what”

As stated earlier, my old blog had been deleted (by accident, right as I had planned to archive stuff from it) and I can’t seem to access that time frame on Wayback Machine either. The URL for that old blog is duckydeathly. NOT to get confused with my current blog of the same URL.

Thankfully, tumblr posts can stick around even after a blog deactivates so I’m hoping someone out there who may have reblogged it then may still have access to it.

I’d be forever grateful if someone found this post/screenshot and shared it with me! Such a classic image that I regret not saving properly. Thank you in advance ;w;

[sugdenlovesdingle]

this cousin of my mum's added me on fb a while back and to this fb group of people with the same last name who are technically also related to my mum (I think - i don't know any of these people) and for some reason this über conservative, über religious (and probably also über racist) woman from that group added me as a friend too.

I posted something earlier about the gas prices going down but costs of food/living in general still being through the roof (I went food shopping earlier - one packet of grated cheese is fucking 2.99 at aldi!)

and this woman comments on my posts and goes "DO YOU THINK IT WILL BECOME ANY CHEAPER WITH ALL THAT SWEARING??"

I said 'fucking' twice. and it's my fucking page, lady. i deleted her comment... but i'm really tempted to post an eminem song or something - something with A LOT of swearing. just to piss her off.

old people and facebook, man...

[shythalia]

As someone who only had Facebook as my social media site before joining Tumblr (I still use FB tho), it always annoys me when the posts on the Home page are always out of order and that I end up missing a few posts from earlier or days prior because they never bothered to show them to me. I don't know if there's an option to be chronological. I've never seen it.

I also hate it when they show me posts from pages I don't follow all because my friends & family commented on them. That shit feels like I'm spying on them, and it makes me paranoid to know that my friends & family could also see my comments on random posts.

So, Tumblr is better in that regard.

Because @staff is too cowardly…

[darknoonbitch]

Im trying so hard to not give my energy to people that don't deserve it but damn it's hard. I'd love to hear if I'm actually wrong for not wanting to pay someone $40 for 20 mins of his time.

I hired a guy over the weekend to scoop snow off my steps and in front of my door with a snowblower, I said I live in a downstairs apartment and that it was a drift as tall as me (around 5') that I had to climb to get over or walk around. I had to work when he was going to come so I left him $40 cash (I know it was stupid). He even sent me a pic but it was angled as to not show where my steps went down, and when I got home he had cleared up to the step. My front door area wasn't touched. Maybe a 5' square patch in front of our apartments mail boxes was all that he did. But my steps were still buried. I messaged him and he said it was a misunderstanding, he got the money off my door by walking around the building bc he thought I just wanted the common walkway done. He offered to make it right the next day.

The next day I'm at work again when he says he will stop by and fix it. I said ok thank you sorry for the misunderstanding. 10 mins later he says "it's more snow than I thought it would be another $50 to finish." So I told him I don't have more money thanks anyway. I asked how he found my door but didn't think I wanted to be able to walk to it and he didn't answer, so I made a post on the local fb page without naming him, saying I was disappointed that people would take advantage of someone for wanting snow removal. I posted a pic of the work that was done and what was left and people were agreeing that the small square he did was not what was asked. I still didn't name him. Like 3 different random ladies jumped in the comments saying I wasn't clear about how much snow it was (he offered to fix it after the misunderstanding) and that I should just scoop it myself (I broke a shovel trying to do it myself, hence why i wanted a snowblower) 😂 and that I was just being a brat because it wasn't done exactly how I wanted (I asked for steps and a front door, not an ice sculpture) and posted a pic of our convo where I said "ok thanks for doing what you can I thought I had said it was a 5 ft tall drift but I'll be clearer next time" but not earlier before he ever came to do the job and I had said it was in front of my door and was 5 ft tall.

Instead of going back and forth I just said "it's ok I got it finished myself and I hope you needed that cash more than I needed the work done" and they literally all blocked me except the og guy, who messaged me and let me know he didn't appreciate what I just did and he could just give back the money, then he blocked me. So far I haven't gotten any money back.

[thelatestininsomniacs]

I couldn't make it to my dad's 70th birthday surprise party, because money is super tight, especially with 2 shifts a week and a dental bill of about 3K$ and one more appointment to go. I know it sounds like excuses but I don't have savings to dip in. My step-mother didn't even invite me to the fb group, my sister did after she inquired if I knew about it. I was going to post about trying when I was invited by her, but I saw that it was created a month earlier. Even though they might suspect that I wouldn't be able to attend, but at least I would have been aware of it to try to make plans; I might have been able to at least try before the whole dental thing happened.

So the day fell on one of my work nights. The party wouldn't start till the evening, so it gives me a chance to call during my break. I tried to do a facetime call, when he finally answered, no visual from him. He moved to a quieter place. I wished an advance birthday and all that and apologized that I couldn't make it and that I would call him again on his actual birthday. That's when I heard laughter from him and a few others, so it made me regret that I even called. I want to give the benefit of the doubt that it was happenstance of a comment at the party, but maybe it's because I was in a mask and uniform on screen. I tried another conversation, another set of laughter where I said nothing funny. I had more time that I could chat, but I wanted to hang up before I got upset. So I said that my break was over. The laughter made me think of past scenarios where I would hear my step-mother comment condescendingly but in a humorous tone. ie: "Oh that Insomniac, it's too bad that her work wouldn't let her book off. Ha ha!" Sometimes it's from another family member from that side. I feel like a fucking idiot. Why did I even bother to try? I should've just sent a text apologizing for the missed event and another one on his birthday, today. I keep trying and trying and trying, and I should've just continued to do as I started a few years, do the bare minimum as he had done. But no, I had to make an exception for a milestone birthday. That is more than what he did for mine. He tried to contact me at 8pm. A full day has passed. Although he posted on his page, wasn't able to tag me for some reason, wishing me a happy bday. I laughed about it and continued my night hanging out with the Roomie. They come down here for hockey and baseball games often and sometimes they contact me to find out if I'm available the day before (not enough time to make plans), if not I find out by a fb post that they were in town.

Yes. I'm bitter. I've ranted about him before. I'm trying hard to leave this energy. It does not serve me in the slightest!

I'm still going to give him a call because I promised. I hate that I have to be the better person. The empathy. All of it. And I'm angry at myself for it.

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Before you can start selling to your audience, you need to know who your ideal customer is, where they are, and what they will buy.

So here are five ways you can boost Facebook reach

      1. Post awesome and relatable content

It’s okay to have a little fun, show off your creativity and become relatable to others, but putting humorous and funny post is the best way to attract the target audience. Before posting anything ask yourself  why would I share this with my friends? How can It be useful? And remember content is king on Facebook. Take full responsibility for yours.

       2. Timing is important

If a post appears on Facebook and no one is there to see it, does it make a sound? No, so post when your supporters are online. Early morning and nighttime are generally the best time to post updates, particularly around 8 PM. To see when your fans are online, check out the Posts report within Facebook Insights. Post on weekends, because during the weekends, most people have more free time to see what’s up with their Facebook friends.

      3. Using trending topics

You may have noticed that Facebook now features a ‘Trending’ panel? This has been used by Twitter for years (#hashtag), but earlier this year Facebook decided to introduce it on their platform. It’s the section of your page that displays the latest news or “what is trending”. When you click on that section you will see a page full of mixed content on the topic related to your brand.

      4. Use Images and Videos

Facebook is a visual place for storytelling, just like movies and picture books for kids, nothing tells a story quite like imagery. Text matters for sure, however images and videos grab attention as your followers are scrolling through their News Feeds.

      5. Engagement

 At the end of the day Facebook’s ultimate goal is to keep as many people as possible to the social network for as long as possible. If you have engaging posts that keep people on the site then you will be rewarded with further reach. If your posts are full of rubbish, have no relevance to your fans and don’t get any likes, comments or shares then your reach will decline rapidly, your posts will drop down people’s news feeds faster than an ice cream melting in the sun. So make sure your offering relevant content that attracts user engagement.

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PC-Selfie & Jesse Reyes

PLAYING GOLF ON A WARM WINTER DAY IN CHICAGO NEAR SUNSET.

 By Jesse Reyes

As I drove back home from the bank on the 17th of February, 2017, they announced on the radio that the temperature of 64 degrees Fahrenheit on this day broke the record of 60 degrees set on this day in 1880 (137 years ago).  Hurriedly, I ate lunch and decided to hit some balls at the driving range near my home, even just for a half-an-hour or so, before I picked up my grandson from school.

I had to take advantage of this spring-like weather.  I had never played golf in winter in Chicago (or anywhere else for that matter!) and there is still a month left before winter ends and spring begins.  After I hit some balls in the driving range, I proceeded to pick my grandson up from school.

On another day this week, temperatures were again in the mid 60's.  It was raining earlier in the day, so after it had stopped raining, I went to the driving range once more.  It was nearing sunset, so I got my camera ready and took some pictures as I enjoyed watching the awesome sunset with its exquisite hues of reddish orange, gold, pink and fuchsia.  

I was glad to be able to "shoot two birds with one stone"--playing golf and watching the sunset almost simultaneously, although I had to look back after each shot, since I was facing east when I hit the golf balls.

Ellen G. White in the first page of her book Steps to Christ affirms, "Nature and revelation alike testify of God's love.  Our Father in heaven is the source of life, of wisdom, and of joy.   Look at the wonderful and beautiful things of nature.   Think of their marvelous adaptation to the needs and happiness, not only of man, but of all living creatures.   The sunshine and the rain, that gladden and refresh the earth, the hills and seas and plains, all speak to us of the Creator's love.  It is God who supplies the daily needs of all the creatures.

.In the beautiful words of the psalmist--'The eyes of all wait upon Thee; And Thou givest them their meat in due season. Thou opened Thine hand, And satisfiest the desire of every living thing.' Psalm 145:15, 16 KJV"

Written on 2/24/17 in Chicago, IL.  Posted in FB on 2/23 and reposted on 2/23.  Other writings and poems of Jesse Reyes can be found in his blog: anadventurecalledlife.com.