#rexys-little-angel

[lethalrexie]

so a lil bout me if anyone wants to be moots: (i also have a backup in case i lose this acct, it’s the same username but the “e” in lethal is 3)

you 1,000% do not need to read all of this, however i truly think it is super helpful considering i was raised by a dietitian.

im pro-recovery JUST BY CHOICE NOT FORCE. so PLS JUST BLOCK DONT REPORT. we all have backups and backups for our backups. so it’s pointless. you’re breaking up a community where we get support. so fvck u if u report.

my “rexie tips n tricks” losing weight healthily yada yada yada is below the cut if you’re interested!

cw: 180lxs 81kg (i know it got out of hand 🥲)

gw: 130lxs 58kg (doing everything i can to get here by christmas)

ugw: not sure, just wanna see my b0nes. maybe 111lxs (50kg)? (gimme that angel number baybeee)

lw: 145lxs 65kg

so basically, if you do these things i can guarantee you 100% will lose weight. if you’ve plateaued, if you’re just starting out, if you’re trying to take it slow after relapsing, even if you’re petite and need a metab boost to start loosing lxs again, i’m not saying it’s good to be apart of this community but im along this ride w ya so. here u go.

1. keep your e@ting window as small as possible aka eat to live don’t live to eat (the r3xie motto 🤪). i’m f@sting minimum 16:8 and i try to extend that. but major thing is don’t beat yourself up if you can’t make it 16hrs and be happy the days you can make it longer!! esp if your just starting out.

2. stay low c@l. i’m trying my best to stay under 500 c@l/day. and consume that how it works for you. if five 100 c@l snacks over 8 hrs work best some days that’s ok. if OMAD works best, great! my mom is a dietitian and i promise, eating a little of each food group (dairy, carb ik scary, protein, veg & fruit) will help your metab which in the long run will help you l0se more weight. sometimes just having one protein bar mid day works 4 me. others i need a full meal. fuel your body or you will burn muscle which leads to organ damage.

3. don’t do LONG term fasts. i’d say up to a week with heavy liquids is okay. and not just water, incorporate broths, mio, even sugar free jello is good (if it’s clear typically it’s ok) but long term fasts can lower your metabolism, deplete electrolytes, and sodium, which long term is going to bloat you, keep weight on (or make you gain it back quickly), and overall make you feel like shit (which could lead to hospitalization)

4. don’t eat refined sugar or refined foods. do literally AS MUCH AS YOU CAN to eat sugar free and whole foods. i have a major sweet tooth so i turn to sugar free jello/pudding, sf caramels, halo top ice cream if i REALLY need it. otherwise i do sweet fruits and veggie based substitutions for carbs. i use cauliflower rice, zucchini noodles, or there’s these great hearts of palm noodles.

5. eat tons of fiber!! laxatives will help momentarily, consistent fiber will keep your 💩 regular thus keeping your body from holding onto it aka extra lxs. i add unflavored benefiber to a lot of my drinks (the flavored ones have added sugar). i honestly could promise you that fiber will help with shedding !bs.

6. drink as much water as you possibly can. yes you can become over-hydrated so add electrolytes or legit just a lil salt to your water here n there. but your body is going to retain water (!bs), and bloat if you are dehydrated. #1 thing to remember is you are depleting your body of what it wants. finding a way to basically trick it makes it easier and quicker to lose fat.

7. stay distracted! discipline and hunger may hurt now, regret and guilt are going to hurt 50x worse later. a grumbly tummy is not worth it. get some motivational phrases, tactics, distractions, that work for you and RELY ON THEM. water, i use mio in mine when i’m desperate, gum, diet soda, bubbly water, reading, tv, ANYTHING. i have other reblogs with some good motivational tactics. i also look at th!nspø as well as pics of my own body multiple times per day to keep me on track. YOU ARE NOT ALWAYS GOING TO BE MOTIVATED SO YOU MUST BE DISCIPLINED. i repeat that to myself 100000 times a day.

8. incorporate foods/drinks that speed up your metab. coffee, green tea, spicy foods (pepper, cayenne pepper), cinnamon, B12 there’s sooo many. and this goes hand in hand with making sure you’re getting your vitamins. picking up a general multivitamin will help make it so your body doesn’t want to cling onto every last cal it’s fed.

9. exercise if you are mentally & physically able to. i have some other limiting factors which make me unable to go to the gym or get as many steps in as id like. an avg day is 2k-5k steps for me rotting on the couch. i PROMISE like 100% money back guarantee (srry bad joke i swear im not a damn ana coach 🙄) your diet is 1,000,000x more important than any exercise you’re going to get in. exercise will help with toning so i try to get some laying ones done on the couch but dude you burn calories just existing. so if you eat lower than that which is 1k-2k (you can look it up it’s your TDEE) you will lose weight. it may be slightly slower than if you walked 20k steps/day or worked out 5 hrs every day but give it time.

literal str8 up proof of this^^^ is my father. he’s a gym junkie like going every morning at 4am (insanity but not my kind), but was eating a lot, and garbage. high carb and sugar intake. and even though he was working out A TON with a lot of steps/day he was gaining fat. he came to me and i told him str8 up to eat less and stop treating his body like a dumpster. eat healthier. homie is shedding lxs.

so besides all that, if you wanna be moots ill probs just vent and post th!nspø

SORRY IM A CERTIFIED YAPPER

[daenerysvaleryon19]

Jaxson (lockwood) Grady Dearing

Appearances: Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous (2020 - 2022), Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018), Jurassic World: Dominion (2022)

Species: human

Gender: female

Portrayed by: Hayley Marie Serkis Weiz

Role: Camp Cretaceous camper (formerly), Lockwood incident survivor

Status: Alive

Family: Charlotte lockwood (mother deceased), Benjamin lockwood (grandpa deceased), Claire Dearing (adoptive mother) Owen Grady (adoptive father) Maisie lockwood (younger sister), Karen Mitchell (adoptive aunt) Scott Mitchell (adoptive uncle) Zach and Gray Mitchell (adoptive cousins)

Born: 2004

Friends / allies: Darius Bowman, Kenji Kon, Brooklyn, Yaz, Sammy, Ben, Roxie, Dave, Bumpy, Rexy, Hap, Dr. Mae Turner, pierce, Angel + Rebel, big eatie + little eatie, firecracker, Kayla Watts, Ramsay Cole, Dr. Grant, Dr. Sattler, Dr. Malcolm, Dr. Carla Russell, Blue, Baby Beta, Reese (boyfriend)

Enemies: Torro, Indominus rex, Eddie, Mitch + Tiff, Henry Wu (formerly), Hawks, Reed, Spinosaurus, Kash, brads, Brad-x, Daniel Kon, Lana Molina, Mr gold, Cyrus, Lewis Dodgeson (kidnapper), the gignotasaurus, Soyona Santos,

[calicoconstellation]

──── ʚ ᓚᘏᗢ 𐑂 ────

❥・🎨 ❛ The Calico Constellation ❜

We are the Calico Constellation, an odd lil family of nonhumans who share a physical body. We are primarily a traumagenic UDD system with a couple endogenic median headmates. Collectively: Calico or Cali

❥・🐾 Quick info

・Collectively uses all pronouns

・An adult

・ADHD autistic synesthete

・Physically disabled

❥・🌈 Identities

・Plural system

・Queer as fuck

・Transpecies & alterhuman

❥・🎶 Boundaries

・Treat us as separate people

・Do not debate us on our existence

・Do not debate us on syscourse

・Respect our individual boundaries

⋆＊⋆ ˚°•̩̩͙⋆✩⋆•̩̩͙°˚ ⋆＊⋆ ˚°•̩̩͙⋆✩⋆•̩̩͙°˚ ⋆＊⋆

❥・💖 ❛ Evren Fae ❜

❛ The most anxious ball of fluff I’ve ever met (affectionate) ❜ -Jace

❥・🌈 Quick info

・Any pronouns (neos and it/its preferred)

・Nonhuman shapeshifter

・Circus performer and theatre kid

・Collects and is obsessed with alpaca stuffies

❥・🫧 Identities

・Genderqueer trans enboy

・Ace and some shade of gay

・Toothless fictionkind

・ Luz Noceda fictionkind

・Alpacalink

・Winged cat therian

❥・☁️ Boundaries

・Always ask to touch unless close

・Ask once before using petnames

・Don’t use the tone tags “/nm” or “/npa” with me please, it triggers paranoia

❀ ~ ♡ ~ ❁ ~ ♡ ~ ✿ ~ ♡ ~ ❀ ~

❥・🦋 ❛ Saffron ❜

❛ The definition of a cottagecore lesbian ❜ -Fae

❥・🌼 Quick info

・She/her and petal/petals pronouns

・An elf angel

・Obsessed with flowers and nature

・Loves yoga and mindfulness

❥・🧚🏻‍♀️ Identities

・Woman

・Lesbian

・Faekind

・Has many clicks - feel free to ask!

❥・🕊 Boundaries

・Okay with petnames

・Ask once before touching

・Uncomfy with medical terms, please don’t medicalize

・Don’t use the tone tags “/nm” or “/npa” with me please, it triggers paranoia

♤ — ♡ — ♢ — ♧ — ♤ — ♡

❥・🐾 ❛ Jace ❜

❛ His DND alignment is true neutral. Not because he’s ever nuetral on anything, but because he switches between every extreme so rapidly none of us can keep track ❜ -Fae

❥・🍬 Quick info

・He/him pronouns

・Catlike demon boy

・Proud protector and caretaker

・Enjoys cleaning, looking after others, and philosophical questions

❥・🎃 Identities

・Agender

・Aroace

・Black cat hearted

❥・🕸 Boundaries

・Do not touch

・Do not petname

・Only headmates get to call me nicknames

･｡ﾟ. ✧ : . ☽｡ﾟ✧ﾟ: . ☽｡ﾟ✧ﾟ: .･

❥・🌙 ❛ Catra ❜

❛ I’m the catboy girlboss from your nightmares ❜ -Catra

❥・🐾 Quick info

・He/she pronouns, alternating

・Spiritual Catra fictive

・Extremely passionate

・I don’t do respectability politics. Get over it.

・I love talking about my homeworld, feel free to ask me stuff

❥・💫 Identities

・Bigender tranny

・Demi-aroace dyke

❥・🔥 Boundaries

・No touch

・No petnames

・Don’t disrespect my spiritual beliefs

・Don’t separate me from my source to make me less “problematic”

・Do tell me if you think I’m hot, it’ll make my day

──── ⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ ────

❥・⚔️ ❛ Adora ❜

❛ You’re such an idiot <3 ❜ -Catra

❥・🦄 Quick info

・Any pronouns just not it/its

・Lawful good

・Loves horses and swords

・Still figuring out this whole system thing

❥・🗡 Identities

・Lesbian

・Girl…?

❥・❤️‍🔥 Boundaries

・Ask once before using petnames

・Always ask to touch

・Not comfortable answering personal questions

꒷꒦︶꒦︶꒷︶꒷꒦︶꒷꒦︶꒦︶꒷︶

❥・👑 ❛ King Rexie ❜

❛ My sunshine <3 ❜ -Fae

❥・🌟 Quick info

・He/him pronouns

・King Clawthorne fictive

・Syskid

・Loves royal aesthetics and Pokémon

・Extremely extroverted

❥・🐾 Identities

・Fox therian

・Boy but in a nonhuman way

❥・🏰 Boundaries

・Okay with petnames

・Always ask to touch unless close

・Not comfortable answering personal questions

꒷︶꒷꒦ ₓ ˚. ୭ ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ ୧ .˚ ₓ ︶꒷꒦

❥・☀️ ❛ Summer ❜

❛ my little sister!! <3 ❜ -Rexie

❥・🧸 Quick info

・ Goes by Summer, Sunny, and Honey

・Testing out pronouns

・Nonverbal and nonscribble

・Syskid

❥・🌻 Identities

・Grizzlybear-hearted

・Vee fictionkind

・Not quite human..?

・Shrugs

❥・🐻 Boundaries

・Nicknames welcome

・Ask every time before using petnames

・Ask every time before touching

──── ʚ ᓚᘏᗢ 𐑂 ────

[vs-redemption]

*He frowns slightly when you mention the situation with your high school friends and tugs you closer to him* “I’m sorry to hear that... I hope that you have some new friends here. I mean, there is Tooru, right? And that silver haired guy from Karasuno... Sugahara? Sugawara?” *He hums as he tries to remember the other man’s name. Guided to a back table, he’s glad for some privacy; not wanting an audience while having a nice dinner with you. He sets the bag with Dino-chan and Rexi-kun and the rest of your things in it next to him, giving the plushies a pat on the head, then grins over at you but is blocked by the menu. A pout sets on his lips, but it doesn’t stay long when you agree to some culinary help* “It’ll be fun and hey, don’t worry about impressing me. Whatever you cook, I’m gonna like it. Promise!” *He says and beams when you give him a grin before looking over the menu at what to get* “Let’s get two of those, okonomiyaki with pork, and some agedashi!” *He points to the deep-fried tofu, mouth watering slightly at the sight of his favorite food* “Aaaand maybe some kimchi? How about you? Anything else you wanna have?” *Looking up at you with some eagerness sparkling in his eyes*

- Zumi babe

(heheh probably something difficult that even had Iwaizumi checking google 😶 maybe that’s how the caught fire lol)

Yep, Sugawara, that’s right! I know him from my days at Karasuno, but now we’re actually both teachers at the same school. *I shake my head, laughing lightly as I think of Suga and our shenanigans at work with our other teacher friends. There was already excitement building up inside me to tell them about how well this blind date had gone and show them the pictures we’d taken in front of the museum* And of course I could never forget about Tooru. *I poke him gently in the side as we get to the table* It’s a little strange though, I never thought I’d be involved with so many people from Seijoh. *His smile and reassurance that he’d love my cooking no matter what just proves to me that he is someone worth trying to impress. I nod my head in understanding before looking at the items he showed me on the menu* Oh, I love kimchi. Maybe we can get some gyoza too? That’s probably enough food, and if not, that’s just an excuse to order dessert, right? *With a cheesy grin, I lean over to press the button to call a server over to the table.*

(BFF Suga! I’m here for that! And thank you as always mod for bringing me so much happiness in the form of Zumi babe 🥺 you’re an angel)

[devilsrecreation]

Hc that Cluless has nicknames for all the other muppirates and they absolutely hate it (except Sally)

The nicknames:

Pew- “Pew Pew”

Black Dog- “BD”, “Lassie”, “Rexy”, “Doggo”

Old Joe(he counts even though he’s not part of the crew)- “Joey”, “Grandpa”, “Spiderman”, “Spidey”

Polly- “Polls”, “Babe”, “Honey”, “Sweetheart”, “Pollykins”, “Polly dolly”

Mad Monty- “Sweetheart”, “Babe”, “Darling”, “Monty-bear”

Walleye- “Fish man”, “Walls”, “Wally(he HATES it)

Mudwell- “Muddy”, “Mudman”, “Mudster”, “Mudbud”

Sally- “Sis”, “Sissy”, “Sally wally” (I never said they were GOOD nicknames), “Little S”

Begoony- “Little B”, “Bunny boy”

Calico- “Cal”, “Brit boy”(which Calico gets annoyed about), “Monocle man”, “Old chap”, “Gov’ner” (Clueless doesn’t know what it means, but he calls him that anyway)

Spotted Dick- “Spotty”, “Dicky”, “The croc”, “Tick tock” (after the croc)

Angel Marie- “Angie”

[forgetfulfrost-blog]

Memory Fragments from the Mist: A Child of the Snow

[[ A little drabble for that memory Rexis recalled during this lovely RP. A smol Rexis in the snow and/or with a pet is a happy Rexis. Enjoy~ ]]

Rexis grumbled in his seat as he stared out the window. Despite being born and raised on Venus, the ten-year-old hated how hot it was for the most part, save for the places that the Orokin had made cold. Why couldn’t he have been born on a cold planet like Pluto? Or among the water cities of Neptune? He loved visiting those places with his parents on business trips.

But Venus or Mercury? He hated both places but that was where his parents worked most often. Earth and Mars were hit or miss, but that depended on the location. Lua was also nice, but he was never allowed to wander there. Then again, he wasn’t usually allowed to wander anywhere. The only times he could was if invited by someone to wander with them when his parents made a house call.

He knew house calls meant someone was quite ill, but he liked them because he usually got to interact with other children his age. At least, he was usually allowed to explore and play with them in their home and the immediate area around while he was there. Unfortunately, this time the one who was ill was the only child of the family. He felt bad for the other child, but he was bored out of his mind.

Rexis was trying to behave himself as instructed. The only thing that encouraged the ten-year-old’s discipline at current was the promise he had made his dad and the one his dad made to him in return. That if he was good and didn’t cause a fuss, they would go to visit the snowy hills of Venus during the warm cycle that afternoon.

If there was one thing his parents could bribe him with, it was going there. He loved way the snow felt, the way that the coolant glimmered like liquid crystal, and he especially loved finding and watching the Virminks and Bolarolas wander around.

In his boredom, he started humming a song that his mom had recently started teaching him, trying to distract himself from the heat that radiated through the window. He wanted to get up and move to someplace cooler, but he was told to sit there. So he sat and waited.

After what felt like an eternity to the child, Rexis’ patience was finally rewarded when his parents came out to the sitting room. The mother of the other child thanking them for their help as his dad gave her final instructions for helping her child recover. Rexis’ mom came over to him with a warm smile.

“I heard you humming, sweetie. You’re getting better with hitting the right tones~” Melia praised her only child.

Rexis lit up. “Thanks mom!” He hopped up from the seat, eager to get going. But he knew his manners in front of others, especially others of the high class and nobility. “Will he be alright though?”

Melia ran a hand over Rexis’s soft, blonde hair reassuringly. “He will be fine. Don’t worry, sweetie.”

“That’s good!” The ten-year-old cheered as his father came over.

“Well, we’re done here for now. We’ll come back in a few days to follow up on his condition.” Kevir informed Melia as he led the way towards the door. Once outside and headed for their Liset, he then looked to Rexis with a smile. “Thank you for waiting patiently, Rexis. I do believe there is now a snow-covered landscape to visit after lunch.”

“Yes, please!” Rexis’s cerulean eyes sparkled in excitement and his parents laughed lightly as they headed for home.

That afternoon, the Glaciras made their way to the area designated for the public among Venus’s frozen terraformed landscape. Melia barely managed to get Rexis’ gloves on before he sprinted down the Liset’s ramp and into the snow, laughing the entire way. Melia and Kevir followed more slowly, her arm looped around his as they happily watched their child play in the snow.

“Rexis!” Melia started running towards Rexis when she saw him fall face-first into the snow.

Rexis quickly raised a hand with a tiny thumbs-up before flopping over onto his back, laughing as he made a snow-angel. His laughter stopped when a snowball landed on his stomach. He sat up and looked around, spotting his father putting together another one. “Hey!!” Rexis scrambled to his feet and attempted to put together a snow ball with his tiny hands, keeping an eye out for the next one to be thrown his way. He barely ducked under it before tossing the one he made. Unfortunately, it fell short and he stomped forward to be closer, scooping up more snow to make another.

“If you two are going to get rough, count me out!” Melia stepped aside while laughing, putting some space between herself and her husband, who was making another snowball.

Kevir waited until Rexis’ next snowball hit him before gently tossing the one he just made. Rexis didn’t move in time and it landed on the young boy’s head, dusting his blonde hair in more snow crystals.

“Brrrrr!” Rexis shook his head to shake off the excess snow before rushing towards his dad. He reached down and scooped a bunch of snow with his hands and flung it into the air at his dad, creating a mini cloud of snow.

Kevir laughed as he was dusted in snow before returning the favor. The two continued this for a few minutes, Melia laughing lightly at the scene, before Rexis suddenly stopped.

“Hmm? What’s wrong, sweetie?” Melia asked first, worried.

“Did you hear that?” Rexis looked around, searching for the source of the noise he heard.

Kevir and Melia both stopped and listened, the faint whistle of the wind was all that was heard until what sounded like quiet whimpering reached them.

“There it is again!” Rexis commented before running to where he believed was the source. Kevir and Melia followed and after a few minutes, the three found an injured Red-Crested Virmink cowering among the shelter of some rocks, the snow around it stained a brighter red than its fur.

“Aw… Hey little buddy…” Rexis said gently as he started to kneel nearby it. He kept a distance away just in case it lashed out, but he slowly reached a hand out towards it.

“Rex-!” Kevir started to scold him for getting near the injured animal but Melia placed a hand on her husband’s arm, silencing him.

The Virmink whimpered and shrunk back against the rock.

Rexis paused his movement, letting his hand linger in the air in front of it. “Shhh… Shhh… It’s ok. I’ll keep you safe. Let me help you…” He honestly didn’t know if the Virmink understood as he had only watched them from afar. But he kept his tone light and quiet, trying to show the Virmink that he wasn’t going to hurt it.

After sitting there in tense silence for a moment, the Virmink rewarded his patience by sniffing his hand a moment before shifting positions, exposing its injured hind leg. Very slowly, Rexis pulled off his scarf and slowly shuffled over to the Virmink close enough to gently wrap its leg. He paused every time the Virmink seemed to flinch, gently reassuring it before continuing until he had wrapped as much of the injury up as he could with his small scarf. The Virmink sniffed at the scarf when he pulled his hands away before it tried to get up. As it flopped back down into the snow, Rexis gently scolded it.

“No, no. It has to heal before you can walk around. I was just stopping the bleeding… Um…” He looked back to his parents worried. “Can… can we bring it home? Erm… just until it heals?”

Kevir furrowed his eyebrows while Melia put a hand to her chin in thought.

“Alright, we’ll bring it to a vet and see what they have to say.” Melia answered.

“Melia! It’s a wild animal! Let nature take its course.” Kevir said in a hushed tone, frowning deeply at her.

Melia shot him a look and kept her tone hushed as well. “How can you say that when it’s our family’s occupation to take care of the sick and injured? It hasn’t harmed Rexis and it seems to be one that is more docile than other Virmink. That’s probably why it got injured. See the trail?” She pointed to red-dotted snow that lead all the way back to a distant cave. “It must have run instead of fighting back.”

At the harsh hushed tones, the Virmink shifted slightly such that it pressed against the young boy’s back. Rexis felt it shaking against him, whether it was in fear or from the cold on its injury, he wasn’t sure. Trying to reassure it, the boy reached back and gently pet its soft fur. It froze for a moment at the unfamiliar touch before it pressed gently into his hand, eyes closing slightly from the nice feeling.

Kevir grumbled. “Fine. Just until it’s recovered.”

Melia smiled. “Thank you, honey.” She turned to Rexis and the Virmink, a look of surprise crossing her face as she watched Rexis pet it. She gave her son a gentle smile. “We’ll bring it home, Rex, and make sure it gets the care it needs.”

“Thank you!” Rexis chimed before looking to the Virmink. “We’ll take good care of you. Mom and Dad are amazing doctors.” He gave it more reassuring pats before slowly standing as to not startle it. It tried to stand again but before it flopped back down, Rexis gently steadied it. “Come on, Minky.”

“You named it already?” Kevir gave his son a dumbfounded look.

“I gotta call Minky something other than ‘the Virmink’ or ‘it’ all the time. I don’t know if Minky is a boy or girl yet.” Rexis countered as he encouraged his new furry friend to take a few steps forward towards his parents. The Virmink resisted a bit and Rexis gave Minky a reassuring smile and pet it again. “It’s ok, they won’t hurt you.”

After hesitating a moment longer, the Virmink finally moved with the young boy as he guided it to his parents and then on to their ship. Rexis held it close the entire ride to the vet’s and then stayed close, reassuring it as the surprised vet examined it.

“Nothing life threatening, but the ligaments are damaged. She won’t be able to run or walk properly for a long time. I could do a quick surgery to help with that, but since she’s a wild animal I don’t know if it’s worth it to you or not,” the vet, Christine, explained.

Rexis looked to his parents with quiet, pleading eyes as he pet the sedated Virmink on the table.

“You know, we have been talking about getting him a pet to keep him company…” Melia gently reminded her husband with an amused smile. “And since she’s so docile and the possible runt of a litter, per what Christine said earlier, she may not survive being put back out to the wild.”

“But it’s a wild animal, the wild is where it belongs.” Kevir countered. “It could have some disease for all we know, and we’ve let our child handle it this entire time.”

“Other than the injury she seems to be clean and in good health. While rare, you are not the first ones I’ve seen with a pet Virmink, probably not the last,” Christine answered the unsaid question.

Kevir looked between the vet, his wife, his son, and then the Virmink in question. With a sigh, he shrugged and chuckled. “I seem to be vastly outnumbered here.” He then looked back to Christine and gave a nod. “Alright, we’ll go through with the surgery. And give her any shots she needs.”

Rexis gave his dad a bright smile. “Thank you!” He then turned to the half-asleep Virmink. “You hear that, Minky? You’ll be better soon.” He kept gently petting Minky until she was taken away for the surgery.

Rexis sat in the waiting room with his parents as they discussed his new responsibilities as a pet owner. With the recommendations of the secretary nurse, they also created a shopping list of things to get from the pet store later. After the surgery, they borrowed an empty carrier to bring Minky home. Leaving Rexis and Melia to get Minky settled in to rest, Kevir went and returned the carrier before getting the pet supplies.

Minky was bright-eyed and actively looking around when Kevir returned, but she tucked her ears down and whimpered from her makeshift pet bed of soft blankets upon seeing him.

“Dad, come say hi to Minky. You gotta show her that you’re not gonna hurt her.” Rexis piped up from the living room as Kevir put all the pet supplies down in the kitchen. He had stayed next to Minky the entire time, gently petting her and finger brushing her fur as it had dried slightly matted from the quick rinse-off at the vet’s.

Kevir chuckled. “I should, shouldn’t I? Seeing as how Minky is now a part of the family.”

As Kevir came over, Minky coward a bit more. She was immobile with the cast on her back leg, so she tucked her face under Rexis’ arm.

With as gentle a tone as his baritone voice could muster, Kevir knelt beside his son. “Hey, Minky. It’s alright… I may have been upset earlier, but it wasn’t towards you.” He carefully, gently pet the soft fur of the Virmink, stroking down her neck to her back. After a moment of this, she slowly moved from under Rexis’ arm and the man stopped petting her, unsure of what she was doing. He held his outstretched hand still as she sniffed it before she pressed her head to his palm. He chuckled softly and continued petting her. “She really is a beautiful creature,” he commented, taking a closer look at the coloration of her fur.

“I’m glad we found her and not something or someone else.” Rexis commented as he gave her a hug, nuzzling his face into the soft fur of her neck before pulling away a touch, wrinkling his nose. “Though she could use a bath. Mom and I wanted to give one to her once you got back cus we don’t know how she’ll react.”

“Let’s get her settled in a little more before we surprise her with something like that.” Kevir pointed out. “We can get everything else set up for her in the meantime.”

“Oooh, ok!” Rexis beamed and followed his dad around the house as they prepared it for their new family member. 

The ten-year-old was excited to have Minky as his first pet, promising his parents over and over that he would take good care of her. In turn, he promised Minky that as soon as she could move again, he would take her out to run around in the snow of Venus together as often as their hearts desired. 

A few weeks later, the blonde young boy and his red-furred virmink were playing in the freshly fallen snow among the hills of Venus, as promised.

[thesongoftheirlove]

Are we talking about our mildly disturbing parental figures??

Our syskids (Rexie and Allay, our beloveds) are some of the sweetest kids we know, and just by looking at them, you'd never be able to guess their dad was a homicidal ghost trapped in the body of a mii he created in a drunken haze.

It's like, ah yes, the little demon hybrid, his twin sister who's an angel hybrid, and their dad eteled, an el wiwi lookin MFer that can't go 5 minutes without being gay and/or plotting murder. He loves his children dearly, though, he let's them slap his bald head 💕

(Sorry if this is annoying or irrelevant lol, just thought it would be a nice addition to the scp asks)

SHCVANCBAKHF- nono we love it!! I think everyone's parental figures vary and its fun to see chskhcakdh-

I absolutely love that description btw BFKSJV- el wiwi will never leave my mind /j

[pxrifiedmxniac]

This isn't meant to be an insult, but compared to the likes of a vampire, a ghost, a girl with an alien symbiote, a succubus, two demons, an angel, an android, do you ever feel more or less mundane compared to what they experience? Like, compared to what they've witnessed, you think it makes encountering you look normal?

"I mean... kinda? It's hard honestly. It might be because those I talk to don't always know just who I am of what I am for that matter. So, maybe it's more my own fault? But, I think I... kinda understand what you're talkin' about? I'm guessing you're saying that compared to what others experience or who they meet, meeting me seems... normal, mundane, or even boring? That's what you mean, right?"

"Like I said, I might chalk it up to just me not really making it known what I am and not just who I am. Because some of the things you brought up seem to be more based on appearance. And aside from... well, this outfit, nothing about me necessarily stands out. But I'm gonna bring up an example. Let's take for example, Andi; the girl with the alien symbiote your talking about. If you didn't know about the symbiote, then you'd think she looks relatively normal. Another example, the angel you mentioned. Since you didn't specify which one, I'm just gonna say either Panty or Stocking since they're the only angels I've met. If you didn't know about them being angels, you'd think they look normal, right? In that case, it's not like we're gonna go out and say what we are right then and there. Well... not always."

"Like I said, I do kinda get what you're saying, but it's a bit more... complicated so to speak. Again, I just chalk it up to me not being that transparent about what I really am. If they figured that out, then there'd be a different story."

"By the way, for that little topic of discussion, I ain't gonna feed you to Rexy. Just don't push it."

[mossartbyrishstudio]

Sentiment and Roses - Romantic Rose Names

The Rose has been a long-standing image of Romance and Love. Its excellence has enhanced manors, nurseries, and bungalows the world over. For quite a long time, it has dazzled through its excellence and

oft-appealing scent, beguiling and captivating darlings. This article records the absolute most

heartfelt rose names ever!

As per Greek folklore, it was Aphrodite, the "goddess of adoration", who gave the rose its name. William Shakespeare in Romeo and Juliet expressed: "What we call by some other name would smell as sweet". A Swedish Proverb pledges: "In the event that I had a rose for each time I considered you, I'd pick roses for a lifetime."

Here are some superb rose names that catch the quintessence of unadulterated sentiment:

Paradise on Earth?

Heaven, Cloud Nine, Secret Garden, Lovers Lane, Cottage Garden, Boudoir, Camelot, Eden Rose,

Garden Party, Memory Lane, Crystal Palace.

Be Mine

Holy messenger Face, Wild Thing, Sweetheart, Casanova, Special Angel, Baby Love, King of Hearts,

My Valentine, Sweetie Pie, White Angel, June Bride, Valentine, Olde Romeo, Olde Sweetheart,

Blushing Beauty, Orange Sweetheart, Dream Girl, Sleeping Beauty, Old Fashioned Girl, Sweet Butterfly,

Brave Heart, Darling Flame, Dream Lover, Baby Darling, Dream Baby, Dearest, Red Sweetheart,

Created Sweetheart, Cupie Doll, My Girl.

My Sentiments Exactly

Short of breath, Burning Desire, Simply Irresistible, Bedazzled, Rapture, Obsession, Amorous,

In the Mood, Romance, Charisma, Cherish, Sultry, Puppy Love, Sheer Delight, Sensation,

Wonderful, Sweet Dream, Summer Blush, Bliss, Scentsational, Scentimental, Purple Pleasure,

Purple Passion, Sweet Sensation, Thinking of You, Tenderly Yours, Remember Me.

A Prelude to Love

Sweet Valentine, Wild on a basic level, Sexy Rexy, Pure Poetry, Belle Amour, Captivation,

Lost in Paradise, Love, Unforgettable, Young Love, Rose Romantic, Love in Bloom,

Careless Love, Young Hearts, Red Love, Spice, Loveglo, Over the Rainbow, Something Special,

Bit of Paradise, Bride's Dream, Red Hot, Enchanted, Endless Dream, Enduring Love,

Fond Memories, Forbidden, Irresistible, Forever Mine, Forever Yours.

Pin it on the Moon

Love Potion, Passionate Kisses, Ruby Lips, Cupids Charm, Candlelight, Song of Paris,

Bouquet de Venus, Butterfly Kisses, L'Enchanteresse, Little Flirt, Moonlight and Roses,

Apricot Kisses, Cupid, Pillow Talk, Love, Valentine Heart, Kiss of Fire, Lipstick 'n' Lace, Coral

Kisses, Velvet Touch, Tropical Passion, Star Twinkle, Sunset Song, Secret Obsession,

Smooth Romance, Victorian Lace, Stardance, Inspiration, Starlight Fantasy, Starlog, Torch,

Pucker Up, Snuggles, Touch of Venus, Kisses, Intrigue, Seduction, Gold Heart, First Kiss,

Chantilly Lace, Flaming Torch, Impulse, Emotion, Double Date, Cuddle Up.

Love Notes...

Kiss the Bride, You 'n' Me, Dolce Vita (Sweet Life), Rose d' Amour, Love Knot, Just for You,

Purple Heart, Bride, Promise, Bridal Pink, Wedding Day, For You, Bridal Shower, Fondly,

Bridal White, Especially For You, Bridal Sunblaze, Wedded Bliss, Near You, Kiss 'n' Tell, Memories,

Sincerely Yours.

Enchanted Rose that Lasts Forever in Glass Dome Inspired By Disney Beauty and the Beast.

This is a replica of the Enchanted Rose from Beauty and the Beast, perfect for a valentine's day gift. The removable glass dome is placed atop a base, encasing a single magical Everlasting rose, moss, and butterfly.

This gift is exactly what you need for Valentine's Day, Christmas, birthday, wedding, or anniversary.

These products are safe to be used by adults for display purposes only. They are not toys & should not be given to use as they may be a potential choking hazard.

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[gammaprimesmw]

MUSIC MONDAY - 10 Super Sonic Remixes You WON'T Find on OCRemix

This year marks the 30th anniversary of Sonic the Hedgehog. Yeah, it's been around THAT long. Where did the time go? Did I run too fast past a FUTURE sign? Either way, one of my favorite aspects of this franchise is the music. It's one of the few things that has been consistently good in this franchise, barring a couple exceptions. I'm far from the only one who loves Sonic music though. OCRemix.org is full of fan-made arrangements of Sonic music, and I've downloaded plenty of them. I have a pretty massive collection of Sonic remixes on my computer and smartphone. OCRemix hasn't been my only source for these arrangements though. I've done some digging around sites like Newgrounds and YouTube in search of even MORE Sonic remixes, and I found some that are way past cool!

ZINEB - THE FLYING BATTERY

Let's start with this chilled-out soft rock-ish arrangement of Flying Battery Zone from Sonic 3 & Knuckles. It kinda gives me James Bond vibes, and I don't even watch James Bond.

SHADOXVIRUS - CHEMICAL RUSH

if that Flying Battery remix was too slow, this Chemical Plant remix should be more your speed. It's not called "Chemical Rush" for nothing! It always makes me think of the sense of speed I get in Chemical Plant...at least until I hit the rising Purple Water of Doom segment of Act 2. I don't wanna know the chemical composition of the stuff. Neither does Sonic. We just wanna get out before that drowning music kicks in.

PAUL STETICH - SKY CANYON ZONE

The Advance Trilogy is rarely covered by the remixing community. This is a hidden gem not only for its quality, but for its choice of source material.

SONICMARIO - SONIC & KNUCKLES DON'T STOP

This one just makes me happy. I don't think I've ever heard ATB's Don't Stop, but I've heard the S&K theme plenty of times. This arrangement chooses to go with the expanded version of the song heard on one of those Japanese arrangement albums Sega licensed in the 90s.

TREY COWHERD - PANIC PUPPET 2009 MIX

Sonic 3D Blast is a great example of a not-so-stellar game with a great soundtrack, or rather, 2 great soundtracks. This industrialized techno arrangement covers the Saturn version of Panic Puppet Zone, which could've just as easily been a club banger in its original form.

DJ MAX-E - POPPIN' METRO-FACTORY

This'll make you wanna dance like it's the 1980s. I wouldn't try it in Metropolis Zone itself though. The sound from your ghetto blaster is likely to set off the Asterons. *gets hit by Asteron spikes* GAH! BE GLAD I CAN'T KILL YOU, STUPID ROBO-STARFISH JERK!

REXY - SONOROUS DISCHARGE

Advance Trilogy remixes might be pretty rare, but they've got nothing on Sonic Chaos remixes. This is one of only TWO really high-quality remixes I found from that game. I remember when I first heard it on Sonic Radio. I immediately had to see what it was called so I could find and download the mp3.

BLUE WISP & APTIVA - STRANGE SIGHS OF RELIEF

This has become my favorite fan-remix of Marble Garden Zone, a title that originally went to Rayza's SonikElektronik. Like Sonorous Discharge, this is on one of Sonic Stadium's Music Adventure collaborations.

NOTBLOCK - ANGEL ISLAND ZONE REMIX

I stumbled across this while trying to find a fanmade Game Boy arrangement of Angel Island Zone, as it was one of the themes bootlegger Yong Yong absolutely butchered in one of their Game Boy Sonic bootlegs. They probably didn't care about faithfully recreating the song...or their music people were tone-deaf. After you inevitably YouTube search footage of those games, you'll wanna play this to cleanse your palate.

KINGTIGER - AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE OF WHAT EGGMAN TECHNOLOGY CAN DO FOR YOU

Yeah, that title's a mouthful, but it's a great arrangement of Sonic 3 & Knuckles' Death Egg Zone theme that even seems to work in a little Crystal Egg from the 8-bit version of Sonic 2.

[myrcury]

Meme

Lifted from @trelobita

rules: answer these 85 questions and tag 20 people

— what was your last…

1. drink: Water

2. phone call: Called for movie ticket info for Isle of Dogs

3. text message: from the boyfriend: “I’m glad I managed to make you feel even a little bit happier today. :D”

4. song you listened to: Score from Passengers, specifically “Spacewalk.” It’s so beautiful. <3

5. time you cried: A few nights ago. Just feeling lonely and blah. :/

— have you ever…

6. dated someone twice: Not... really? Technically. I guess. We dated and then became FWB for a long time, so. :/ 

7. kissed someone and regretted it: Nah, not really regretted. Thought I probably shouldn’t have, but easily let it go lol.

8. been cheated on: Yup.

9. lost someone special: Yes.

10. been depressed: Yes. For a long time. Doing a lot better these days though.

11. gotten drunk and thrown up: Threw up the morning after, not during the actual drinking uh... event.

— fave colours

12. All shades of pink

13. Rainbow

14. Black and white together

— in the last year have you…

15. made new friends: Yes

16. fallen out of love: No

17. laughed until you cried: Yesss so much XD  

18. found out someone was talking about you: Yes. :P

19. met someone who changed you: I’m a bit more self-conscious and less stingy with my time because of the bf. It’s a good thing, really.

20. found out who your friends are: Sorta? 

21. kissed someone on your facebook friends list: Nope

— general

22. how many of your facebook friends do you know irl: A good number of them.

23. do you have any pets: Two dogs live here but I’m not particularly fond of either of them. They’re my sister’s Shih-Tzu and my mom’s Pug. They’re okay. I miss -my- dog though. :( 

24. do you want to change your name: Not officially but I do prefer to go by my nickname. (Steph vs. Stephanie)

25. what did you do for your last birthday: Had a weekend of birthday since my birthday fell on a craft show day. Had dinner at Golden Corral and spent time with the family at home.

26. what time did you wake up today: at noonish.

27. what were you doing at midnight last night: Drawing and listening to music in my room.

28. what is something you can’t wait for: Convention weekends with out-of-state friends that I don’t get to see very often.

30. what are you listening to right now: Closing credits for Thor: Ragnarok. What a weird movie. Hulk was adorable though. <3 

31. have you ever talked to a person named Tom: I went to school with two boys named Michael and Thomas. Their dad went by Tom, as I recall. So yes.

32. something that’s getting on your nerves: Blissfully not this exact moment, because they’re both asleep, but I can’t stand the sound of these two dogs licking. They do it almost constantly. .-.

33. most visited website: Facebook, Tumblr... Mostly use the apps though.

34. hair colour: Dark purple, lighter purple, blue, faded pink, and neon green. At the moment. XD

35. long or short hair: Short hair on the left side which is taking an annoying amount of time to grow out... longer on the right. Thinking about shaving it back down again.

36. do you have a crush on someone: Only on my adorable boyfriend. :)

37. what do you like about yourself: My eyes, my glasses, my creativity, and how far I’ve come in accepting myself warts and all. 

38. want any piercings: Not really anymore. Used to want an eyebrow piercing.

39. blood type: I have no idea.

40. nicknames: Steph, Rexy

41. relationship status: Dating someone. “Taken” I guess? Hate that word though. Haz a boyfriend. XD

42. sign: Virgo

43. pronouns: she/her I suppose, though I do identify as genderfluid.

44. fave tv show: I’m most recently in love with Shameless. Gallavich is going to break me, I just know it. ;_; At least it’s canon. Anyway I also love watching Jeopardy. 

45. tattoos: I have one just above my right ankle. Little winking star with devil horns and tail and angel wings and halo. Little thing I drew when I was 15, and got it inked when I turned 25. I want more though.

46. right or left handed: I’m a righty. 47. ever had surgery: Yep. Several. 

48. piercings: Are cool? Meh. I only have my ears done twice.

49. sport: Not my jam.

50. vacation: All my life is one big vacation. >_> *shrug* I’ll probably never get to travel anywhere awesome. Would love to go just about anywhere though.

51. trainers: Are we talking about shoes or people? ... Yeah leaving with Trel said cuz. Eh?

— more general

52. eating: Nothing at the moment but I broke my “no bread” rule for only like the 3rd time so far this year, earlier. *shrug* I was hungry and a PB sammich sounded good.

53. drinking: Water

54. i’m about to watch: The rest of Shameless without my family who are all also hooked on it as well but who knows when we’ll all be able to sit and watch together again GRRNNNGHineedit. >_> 

55. waiting for: This list of questions to reach it’s end so I can go to bed XD

56. want: To ... do a lot of things... To know why my brain is so foggy these days, for one. 

57. get married: I think it might be nice. I saw a thing the other day that said marriage is like a neverending sleepover party with your best friend, or something like that. I’d love to think that’s true.

58. career: Art for life.

— which is better

59. hugs or kisses: Depends on the person and the situation...

60. lips or eyes: Again, depends on the person and situation.

61. shorter or taller: Taller than me, ideally. But the bf is an inch shorter and we make it work.

62. older or younger: I wish I was younger. :( 

63. nice arms or stomach: Armssss... I have such a fetish D:

64. hookup or relationships: Relationships. Hookups and me don’t mix. I’m demisexual.

65. troublemaker or hesitant: Always so hesitant. Inner Steph is an upstart though for sure. XD

— have you ever

66. kissed a stranger: Yep. See #7 lol

67. drank hard liquor: Yes

68. turned someone down: Yes

69. sex on first date: Newp.

70: broken someone’s heart: I don’t think so.

71. had your heart broken: Yes, and it hurts like no other pain in the world, let me tell you.

72. been arrested: Nope.

73. cried when someone died: Yes.

74. fallen for a friend: Yes

— do you believe in

75. yourself: I do, after all this time and a lot of struggle to get to a place where I do. It’s hard and it’s being tested real bad lately but... Hanging in there.

76. miracles: I do.

77. love at first sight: In terms of romantic love, I only believe in attraction and infatuation at first sight. However,  the feeling you have when you hold your baby for the first time or your new puppy gives you a kiss for the first time…. both of those qualify as very real love at first sight. <3 ... Trel. That’s such a great answer I’m just gonna leave it. XD <3 

78. Santa Claus: I do sort of still believe, in a way. I think we all become Santa Claus when we do generous or helpful things for one another at holiday time. And the rest of the year if we’re good people like that, then we’re just good people without seasonal connotation lol.

79. angels: I do believe, yes.

— misc

80. eye colour: Very dark brown

81. best friend’s name: I’ve got 3 best friends and they know who they are.

82. favourite movie: I can’t name only one. I’ll name the most recent ones. The Shape of Water, Passengers, Chappie, TMNT lol

83. favourite actor: Doug Jones. He’s amazing and such a wonderful man. :)

84. favourite cartoon: “Rick and Morty” at the moment lol

85. favourite teacher’s name: LIFE the greatest teacher of all 

if you’re reading this, consider yourself tagged <3

[shiisilns-toybox]

My Figure Collection

Well, since it’s been months since I last posted, I figure it’s finally time to introduce you to my slowly growing figure collection!

C’mon, I’ll give you the full tour.

In the front right corner is my stash of animal erasers. I believe the company is called Iwako? They were all over the place in the late 00s/early 10s. I found them in a Dick Blicks (the best named art supply store in the history of the world) and had to have them.

Left to right in the back we have Brown, Yellow, Pink, Purple, Blue, and Green the Hamsters, with Pinkhat the Penguin in the center. (you can thank my brother @mortimerblue for that joke.)

I also have a little plastic figure of Bijou from Hamtaro I used to put with these guys... she’s a little worse for wear but I may put her back on this shelf eventually.

The Pokemon section. Definitely something I want to expand in the future; I especially want Charizard X and Meowth. But Eevee is my eternal fave, and Pikachu- well, who can resist Pikachu?

Here’s an edgy angle on Captain Phasma. Yes, Yes, I know Funko Pop figures are public enemy #1 at the moment, but I desperately wanted some Phasma merch after watching the movie, and this was the only thing I could afford.

And here’s my favorite angel boy! @tucker-draws-things bought him for me sometime last year. I meant to get the Shinji side of this an AnimeIowa but forgot to look for it. ^_^”

He’s very handsome from this angle, but from the front..

heeeee’s a bit derpy. What does this remind me of?

Oh, right.

Oh? What’s that thing in his lap, you ask? Why, that’s his boyfriend, of course!

This weird little shinji came with my Unit 01 kit. He’s not to scale with her at all, and doesn’t really seem to be made out of a readily paintable material, and there were no decals for him, sooo... I have no IDEA what he’s supposed to be for. But Kaworu loves his strange, nude little BF anyway.

Here’s Char’s Zaku that I got at AnimeIowa last month. @mortimerblue helped me assemble him when we were bored in the hotel.

The OG Gundam (Rexy as I call her) was my first gunpla kit, another gift from @tucker-draws-things . Pictured here with her girlfriend Yui. They’re very much in love.

I won’t dwell too long on my Digimon collection, since they got their own little spotlight last time. But gosh, aren’t they cute? ^_^

This little guy is just something I picked up for like $5 at Wallgreens because I wanted a reference for drawing cars. He may not stay on the collection table once I need space for more stuff, but he’ll probably migrate to my drawing table at that point, so don’t feel too sorry for him.

GROOT

I’m not going to let ANYONE hate on baby Groot, no matter HOW vile you think funo pop is. Not only is he a gift from my dear friend @damepounce, just look at him! He’s Groot! How could you possibly hate his sweet little face?!

Alright, that’s enough for now. I’m hoping to be more active on here soon- I’m buying some cools stuff for my brithday~ I’m also considering doing a similar spot on my plushies, but I have fewer of them (that are nice enough to photograph, anyway,) and they aren’t all in one place like these guys are.

Anyway, thanks for reading!

[katesattic]

My last assignment went to a really weird place. So we were doing a group writing assignment with a three-act plot. And each act is written by a different group member in a different character's pov. We chose to base our story on the biblical account of Adam and Eve. So our setting was Eden, but the characters were altered to have ideals opposite of our own (as per the instructions). So Eve became a pessimist and was renamed Appel, Adam became a liar and was renamed, Kale. Now, I missed the day where this was set up, so I got thrown into this group with that plan in motion. My character was a shit disturber, as that is a trait/ideal that opposes me, and I ended up with God. Yup, the atheist's gonna write in God's point of view. Just as the other character, God was renamed. God is now Barry. 

And Barry's a weird one. He forbids the human from eating the fruit from the tree but transforms into a serpent to try and tempt them, and when that fails, he offers them a pie (with the fruit baked inside) instead. That succeeds. He gets mad that his plan succeeds and kicks them out of the garden for eating the fruit (even though he basically forced them to). He blames the whole serpent thing on Lucifer when other angels ask. Punishes Gadreel for no real reason and leaves the garden in Joshua's care.

 Also, the section opens with him grieving the loss of Karen and Rexy, his t-rex pals who he accidentally killed when he last visited the earth because he visited in the form of an asteroid (how was he to know they were flammable?). And he gets annoyed with the angels all the time. Hates being a father, thinks the angels are whiney little babies. And basically, misses the Cretaceous period. 

He also makes reference to wanting to name the fruit pomegranate rather than apple as he mistakenly believes Kale suggest. But goes with it. Basically, this God is a dick. Is nothing like the Christian-Judeo God. And is a bit more like Zeus, minus him wanting to "put his dick in it". 

Anyway, so I read Act 2, which another student wrote, and it's pretty normal. Then you have act 3, my act, where all hell breaks loose, and we enter bizarro world. 

Am I sorry? 

Ask me tomorrow.

[lukegoestoolivegarden]

Visit 11 - Travis Rex

I was on a first date back in, oh, let’s call it 2002 or so. We had met through Match.com, the initial “How you doin’?” turning into a string of emails before we finally met up at the Highland Grill (and just to be clear, it’s called that because it’s in Highland Park not because the kilt-clad wait staff only serve haggis while they make disparaging comments about the English).

Online dating was perfect for someone like me in the pre-swipe right era of the early 2000s. After the initial “How you doin’?” I had the opportunity to write my way into a courtship though it wasn’t exactly Victorian “My Dearest Krystyn, I hopeth this electronic mail reaches you well. I have returned from my journey to the far off land of ‘Target’ where I obtained a box of pressed fruit sold by the foot. Imagine my surprise my dearest, to unroll one and fine not one foot, nor two but three! Thrice the feet of Razzamatazz I had been expecting, nearly a full cubit! I was nearly overcome with surprise and had to rest upon the chaise for a moment.”

So Sarah and I had been messaging for a while. She was a doctor, or nearly a doctor, I forget which, and we sat in the dusky restaurant. I reached out to take a sip of wine, as she talked about going to UW-La Cross, my hand visibly shaking like I was caught in an earthquake or like that one guy in the parade scene of Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.

“I’m not really nervous,” I said noticing her eyes had darted to my outstretched hand.

“Oh I know. I had you diagnosed within the first couple of minutes. Let me guess, other members of your family do this too?” She was right - an evening meal of soup left the table looking like it was the front row of a Gallagher show. I nodded and she went on explaining what benign familial tremors are, smiling patiently at my questions about these tremors involved underground snake looking things that could only be killed by the dad from Family Ties and Reba McEntire (answer: no)

We went on a few more dates before parting ways. “You’re just such a different person when you write than you are face-to-face.” She’s not wrong, and it certainly wasn’t the first or last time I would hear that. In person, I’m shy, anxious, and awkward. The type of person who will find space along the wall at a party and put down roots, hardly moving the entire night. I lurk at the edges of social circles, shunning opportunities to be the center of attention whenever possible.

Which is why so many who know me are fascinated that I’m also Travis Rex.

Travis is the name adopted for the inflatable T-Rex costume that’s become a constant companion on trips and running adventures (and yes, he has a twitter account)

Travis does things like this:

And this:

Today was the “T-Rex Trail 10k” a trail running fatass (which isn’t as inflammatory as it sounds - it basically means a low-key, non-competitive run) an event that was NOT focused around Travis. Oh sure, he showed up, but he was there as a secondary dinosaur. And Travis did what Travis does. Playing on the swings in the playground. Going for a run. Directing traffic with a light saber. You know, standard dinosaur stuff.

I peeled off the costume, the heat rolling off in steamy clouds in the still chiilly morning and grabbed a cup of coffee and a donut. And stood around awkwardly making small-talk. Minutes earlier I had been chasing children on the playground debating if I could cross the monkey bars, but realizing that my arms are more SpongeBob, less Lou Ferrigno. (I also learned trying to dunk a basketball on a 7 foot hoop that there’s very little arm extension). My working theory of why T-Rex went extinct involves all the T-Rex Chow (slogan: “T-Rex Chow makes your mouth say Wow.” The slogan for T-Rex Chow Lite, in case you’re curious, is “Make Your T-Rexy T-Sexy!”) being on the top shelf in the kitchen.

As Travis, I had been high-fiving people and standing in a clearing doing Vrikisana (tree pose) though when you’re doing “T-rexisana” you can’t really get your arms above your head. As Luke, I spent several minutes selecting a donut so that way I wouldn’t have to talk to anyone.

And at Olive Garden, as Luke, I sat at the bar, scrolling through Facebook, shoveling in angel hair pasta and waiting for the bartender to come back so I could ask for a to-go box.

Visit 11 - Salad, bread sticks (2), angel hair with five cheese marinara.

[limey-blue-arty-do]

Hannah Thirteen stuff

also Reina riding with Hannah and things going wild

[just--kay]

mikeysfavoriteslice tagged me for the hand writing thing.

I tag rexys-little-angel, randomshit-that-i-like, and datoverlord