#spilt milk willow

[cokalee]

Winters at the office 🌨️

[cokodee]

October: spooky season

[possiblu]

wandering through an art gallery alone

summertime the gershwin version - lana del rey

pink + white - frank ocean

illicit affairs - taylor swift

in the woods somewhere - hozier

fuck it i love you - lana del rey

fish - billie marten

telescope - cavetown

the man with the axe - lorde

california - lana del rey

georgia - phoebe bridgers

dark but just a game - lana del rey

this love - taylor swift

mariners apartment complex - lana del rey

werewolf - fiona apple

lovers rock - tv girl

i stay away - alice in chains

black dog - arlo parks

4am - girl in red

this song is you - frank sinatra

there is a light that never goes out - the smiths

wild at heart - lana del rey

wasteland, baby - hozier

the path - lorde

i want you - mitski

sad eyes - mini dresses

chelsea hotel #2 - leonard cohen

cowboy like me - taylor swift

i don’t believe in the sun - the magnetic fields

wild world - cat stevens

old money - lana del rey

kinky love - pale saints

but not for me - ella fitzgerald

wash. - bon iver

after the zero hour - wolf alice

peace - taylor swift

male fantasy - billie enlist

silent movies - aquino

she’s my baby - mazzy star

daybed - fka twigs

fade into you - mazzy star

louise - camille jansen

cinnamon girl - lana del rey

champagne problems - taylor swift

california - lorde

always forever - cults

make my bed - king princess

chemtrails over the country club - lana del rey

sedated - hozier

alley cats - hot chip

its u - cavetown

stargirl interlude - the weeknd

lipstick on the glass - wolf alice

pale blue eyes - the velvet underground

andromeda - weyes blood

the archer - alexandra savior

she dances - billie marten

all my little words - the magnetic fields

ill make cereal - cavetown

all of me wants all of you - sufjan stevens

sappho - frankie cosmos

when he’s done - tei shi

mystery of love - sufjan stevens

watercolour eyes - lana del rey

tomorrow never came - lana del rey

randy - big thief

the rain - joe hisaishi

norman fucking rockwell - lana del rey

my future - billie eilish

idle town - conan gray

let down - radiohead

osmosis - origami angel

tiny dancer - elton john

try to be hopeful - the spook school

she tastes like summer - spilt milk society

bartender - lana del rey

ride our bikes to school - origami angel

mice - billie marten

crimson and clover - tommy james and the shondells

my one and only love - john coltrane

graceland too - phoebe bridgers

coffee - beabadoobee

venice bitch - lana del rey

how big, how blue, how beautiful - florence + the machine

run - hozier

this night has opened my eyes - the smiths

hope is a dangerous thing for a woman like me to have - lana del rey

bite the hand - boygenius

state of grace (acoustic) - taylor swift

strawberry fields forever - the beatles

ivy - taylor swift

cherry - harry styles

pale september - fiona apple

a sunday kind of love - etta james

you are too beautiful - john coltrane

black bathing suit - lana del rey

sky full of song - florence + the machine

love - lana del rey

the rules - illuminati hotties

northern downpour - panic! at the disco

seven - taylor swift

young and beautiful - glass animals

tokyo - matt maltese

fast car - tracy chapman

into dust - mazzy star

overthinking it - willow

blue light - mazzy star

femme fatale - the velvet underground

how to disappear - lana del rey

my romance - ella fitzgerald

soulful strut - young-holt unlimited

death of the phone call - whatever, dad

lullaby - simi

cherry blossom - lana del rey

the lakes - taylor swift

greek god - conan gray

johanna - suki waterhouse

like real people do - hozier

lookalike - conan gray

silver girl - fleetwood mac

seagull - aquilo

my tears ricochet - taylor swift

prettygirlz - willow

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7o1Y9RwCBHQPZCMvtj28YS?si=kvRrYPbyRfmlaG9Vx0-f4w&pt=702bd5e9551cee3d401b3ee1912becc4

[bodycountgame]

hiii nell :chinhands: so sorry if it's been asked before but who would the ROs romance from other IFs?

please know that i spent more time on this than i will ever be able to justify and also that each RO's list was like 10 characters long until i pruned it to a more sensible size

(but thank u for the opportunity to shout about some excellent IFs and some pairings that live rent free in my lil pea brain xoxo)

adegoke: sam from love and friendship (@salty-stories), berhane from the eight year revolution (@eight-years-revolution), the healer from the nameless (@parkerlyn), R from a tale of crowns (@ataleofcrowns), B from a comedy of manors (@sviyaginthegreat)

arthur: dreamwalker from attollo (@attollogame), vanator from the black river (@theblackrivergame), zophiel from greater than gods (@greaterthangods), cían from faith of gods (@faithofgods)

atticus: nash from project hadea (@nyehilismwriting), nikke from the exile (@exilethegame), bautista from greenwarden (@fiddles-ifs), alessa from the golden rose (@anathemafiction), clémence from to the whistling winds (@tothewhistlingwinds)

avery: matt from you live and fern (@beetlebethwrites), lea chen from the northern passage (@northern-passage), eris from event horizon (@if-eventhorizon), lorcan from the golden harp (@thegoldenharp)

charlie: operator from attollo (@attollogame), fatima from when it hungers (@roast-ifs), n from when twilight strikes (@evertidings), vethna from the exile (@exilethegame), collins from secrets of swatheford (@swatheford)

ellis: eva from sentinel (@nyehilismwriting​), sterling from nevermoore (@asteristories), s from fernweh saga (@lacunafiction), aliya from blackwood (@blackwood-if), hadrian from the golden rose (@anathemafiction)

florrie: marco from blood moon (@barbwritesstuff), mal from snakeroot (@cerberus-writes), maddox from red sugar society @redsugarsociety), a from when twilight strikes (@evertidings), sophie from the spirited: origins (@yuveim)

griffin: ajmal from the eight years revolution (@eight-years-revolution), b from golden (@milaswriting), rory from speaker (@speakergame), owen from hollowed minds (@shai-manahan), leon from a mage reborn (@mage-parivir)

imogen: the sage from the nameless (@parkerlyn), natalie from event horizon (@if-eventhorizon), danny from when it hungers (@roast-ifs), flor from faith of gods (@faithofgods), charlotte from willow creek run (@willowcreekrun)

nyra: enarra from the black river (@theblackrivergame), li cowles from speaker ( @speakergame), oliver shen from scout: an apocalypse story (@anya-dev), mars from to the whistling winds (@tothewhistlingwinds)

rowan: sinclair from virtue’s end (@virtuesend-if), winston from ear candy (@earcandy-if), dominic from larkin (@larkin-if), shaw from sentinel (@nyehilismwriting)

syd: simon/e from OFNA (@ofna), imxa from project hadea (@nyehilismwriting​), gage from scout: an apocalypse story (@anya-dev), vethna from the exile ( @exilethegame​), X from a tale of crowns (@ataleofcrowns)

vinh: jordan from you live and fern (@beetlebethwrites​), penrose from virtue’s end (@virtuesend-if), ed from blood moon (@barbwritesstuff), syfyn from the exile (@exilethegame​), hawthorne from spilt milk (@spiltmilk-if)

[cryssisaverted]

Loboto's kid reimagined

Psychonauts OC named Willow who got really messed up as a kid and now she's a fish kid

As the caption says, she got adopted by the funny dentist man but Willow is TERRIFIED of that man because she thinks he made her a fish [which is a very wrong assumption]

Willow doesn't have any particularly special psychic powers, but she can kinda manipulate water, though it's a bit wonky. She also has a LOT of emotional overreactions and will probably cry over spilt milk

She's friends with Raz who found her in the camp's lake, and may or may not have snuck her into the Psychonauts Headquarters but they got caught, and that's the only story I have for those two rn 💔

Anyways currently imagining Loboto telling Willow she's adopted and she starts sobbing for hours

[scatteredastrology]

songs for the sun + moon combos

Aries

aries sun, aries moon: catfish and the bottlemen-cocoon

aries sun, taurus moon: ocean alley-knees

aries sun, gemini moon: sublime-doin time

aries sun, cancer moon: hippo campus-sophie so

aries sun, leo moon: declan mckenna-make me your queen

aries sun, virgo moon: anna of the north-leaning on myself

aries sun, libra moon: circa waves-t-shirt weather

aries sun, scorpio moon: big theif-paul

aries sun, sagittarius moon: catfish and the bottlemen-homesick

aries sun, capricorn moon: st. vincent-cruel

aries sun, aquarius moon: mako road-the green superintendent

aries sun, pisces moon: arcade fire-keep the car running

Taurus

taurus sun, aries moon: ocean alley-happy sad

taurus sun, taurus moon: the paper kites-paint

taurus sun, gemini moon: sticky fingers-gold snafu

taurus sun, cancer moon: angie mcmahon-pasta

taurus sun, leo moon: cavetown-boys will be bugs

taurus sun, virgo moon: bon iver-re:stacks

taurus sun, libra moon: vance joy-georgia

taurus sun, scorpio moon: current joys-a different age

taurus sun, sagittarius moon: the front bottoms-the plan (f*ck jobs)

taurus sun, capricorn moon: tash sultana-free mind

taurus sun, aquarius moon: glass animals-cane shuga

taurus sun, pisces moon: phoebe bridgers-demi moore

Gemini

gemini sun, aries moon: wallows ft. clairo-are you bored yet

gemini sun, taurus moon: hippo campus-violet

gemini sun, gemini moon: COIN-talk too much

gemini sun, cancer moon: florence and the machine-st. jude

gemini sun, leo moon: the night cafe-felicity

gemini sun, virgo moon: arctic monkeys-mardy bum

gemini sun, libra moon: harry styles-golden

gemini sun, scorpio moon: hunny-vowels (and the importance of being me)

gemini sun, sagittarius moon: the maine-(un)lost

gemini sun, capricorn moon: COIN-cemetery

gemini sun, aquarius moon: spilt milk society-she tastes like summer

gemini sun, pisces moon: arcade fire-suburban war

Cancer

cancer sun, aries moon: the band camino-berenstein

cancer sun, taurus moon: glass animals-season 2 episode 3

cancer sun, gemini moon: FKA twigs-pendulum

cancer sun, leo moon: glass animals-cocoa hooves

cancer sun, cancer moon: cavetown-lemon boy

cancer sun, virgo moon: daughter-candles

cancer sun, libra moon: current joys-fear

cancer sun, scorpio moon: sharon van etten-serpents

cancer sun, sagittarius moon: daniel caesar-superposition

cancer sun, capricorn moon: coldplay-a message

cancer sun, aquarius moon: grimes-life in the vivid dream

cancer sun, pisces moon: the neighbourhood-honest

Leo

leo sun, aries moon: the kooks-rosie

leo sun, taurus moon: six60-the greatest

leo sun, gemini moon: san cisco-about you

leo sun, cancer moon: lime cordiale-naturally

leo sun, leo moon: the 1975-shes american

leo sun, virgo moon: broods-peach

leo sun, libra moon: chloe moriondo-ghost adventures spirit orb

leo sun, scorpio moon: the vaccines-young american

leo sun, sagittarius moon: lana del rey ft the weeknd-lust for life

leo sun, capricorn moon: manchester orchestra-the gold

leo sun, aquarius moon: ocean alley-yellow mellow

leo sun, pisces moon: st vincent ft. bon iver-roslyn

Virgo

virgo sun, aries moon: arctic monkeys-snap out of it

virgo sun, taurus moon: rainbow kitten surprise-first class

virgo sun, gemini moon: the 1975-sincerity is scary

virgo sun, cancer moon: ruby fields-dinosaurs

virgo sun, leo moon: billie marten-lionhearted

virgo sun, virgo moon: phantogram-bill murray

virgo sun, libra moon: lance joy-georgia

virgo sun, scorpio moon: unknown mortal orchestra-so good at being in trouble

virgo sun, sagittarius moon: del water gap-high tops

virgo sun, capricorn moon: lana del rey-mariners apartment complex

virgo sun, aquarius moon: alt-j-in cold blood

virgo sun, pisces moon: holy holy-sentimental and monday

Libra

libra sun, aries moon: cavetown-sweet tooth

libra sun, taurus moon: frank ocean-chanel

libra sun, gemini moon: cake-short skirt/long jacket

libra sun, cancer moon: billie marten-cursive

libra sun, leo moon: bleachers-lets get married

libra sun, virgo moon: charlie burg-bookstore girl

libra sun, libra moon: wallows-1980s horror film

libra sun, scorpio moon: vampire weekend-diane young

libra sun, sagittarius moon: ricky montgomery-my heart is buried in venice

libra sun, capricorn moon: jorja smith-i am

libra sun, aquarius moon: tyler the creator ft. frank ocean-where this flower blooms

libra sun, pisces moon: paramore-last hope

Scorpio

scorpio sun, aries moon: lime cordiale-temper temper

scorpio sun, taurus moon: sam fender-leave fast

scorpio sun, gemini moon: mako road-ride

scorpio sun, cancer moon: M83-solitude

scorpio sun, leo moon: between friends-affection

scorpio sun, virgo moon: billie marten-mice

scorpio sun, libra moon: tame impala-love/paranoia

scorpio sun, scorpio moon: coldplay-x&y

scorpio sun, sagittarius moon: the neighbourhood-female robbery

scorpio sun, capricorn moon: arctic monkeys-dance little liar

scorpio sun, aquarius moon: FKA twigs-fallen alien

scorpio sun, pisces moon: willow-samo is now

Sagittarius

sagittarius sun, aries moon: zayn-sour diesel

sagittarius sun, taurus moon: rex orange county-sunflower

sagittarius sun, gemini moon: milky chance ft tash sultana-daydreaming

sagittarius sun, cancer moon: ben howard-old pine

sagittarius sun, leo moon: the new pornographers-the bleeding heart show

sagittarius sun, virgo moon: agnes obel-smoke & mirrors

sagittarius sun, libra moon: the kooks-taking pictures of you

sagittarius sun, scorpio moon: mt. joy-i’m your wreck

sagittarius sun, sagittarius moon: beach house-myth

sagittarius sun, capricorn moon: louis tomlinson-fearless

sagittarius sun, aquarius moon: the front bottoms-wolfman

sagittarius sun, pisces moon: rainbow kitten surprise-cold love

Capricorn

capricorn sun, aries moon: franz ferdinand-this boy

capricorn sun, taurus moon: king princess-upper west side

capricorn sun, gemini moon: the smiths-bigmouth strikes again

capricorn sun, cancer moon: syml-girl

capricorn sun, leo moon: tame impala-elephant

capricorn sun, virgo moon: alex lahey-dont be so hard on yourself

capricorn sun, libra moon: phoebe bridgers-motion sickness

capricorn sun, scorpio moon: cage the elephant-cold cold cold

capricorn sun, sagittarius moon: hippo campus-buttercup

capricorn sun, capricorn moon: the shins-caring is creepy

capricorn sun, aquarius moon: sir sly-astronaut

capricorn sun, pisces moon: dope lemon-uptown folks

Aquarius

aquarius sun, aries moon: willow-wait a minute

aquarius sun, taurus moon: the neighbourhood-west coast

aquarius sun, gemini moon: peach pit-peach pit

aquarius sun, cancer moon: beach house-space song

aquarius sun, leo moon: lorde-green light

aquarius sun, virgo moon: willow-overthinking it

aquarius sun, libra moon: kacey musgraves-rainbow

aquarius sun, scorpio moon: still woozy-goodie bag

aquarius sun, sagittarius moon: dreams we’ve had-perfectly out of place

aquarius sun, capricorn moon: cage the elephant-shake me down

aquarius sun, aquarius moon: superorganism-something for your mind

aquarius sun, pisces moon: declan mckenna-in blue

Pisces

pisces sun, aries moon: gang of youths-the deepest sighs, the frankest shadows

pisces sun, taurus moon: bon iver-holocene

pisces sun, gemini moon: bea miller-bored

pisces sun, cancer moon: chloe moriondo-waves

pisces sun, leo moon: vampire weekend-oxford comma

pisces sun, virgo moon: videoclub-what are you so afraid of

pisces sun, libra moon: agnes obel-dorian

pisces sun, scorpio moon: wallows-ok

pisces sun, sagittarius moon: julian casablancas-11th dimension

pisces sun, capricorn moon: cavetown-home

pisces sun, aquarius moon: billie marten-vanilla baby

pisces sun, pisces moon: harry styles-fine line

[seven--secrets]

Clicking puzzle pieces | Trial 1.6 | Koune | RE: Alibis | ATTN: Willow and Chioko

Her inability to really see the world around her keeps landing her in a place where everyone quickly turns around and tells her how preposterous her ideas are. It hurt....this was why she never tried to be smart in school and always resorted to being the class clown. But being laughed at doesn't solve the murder of your friend, so she bites down whatever feelings she's having and then clears her throat. 

Think. Think back to what everyone has said. Most were cleared by another group, it was rare that someone was...completely unchecked the entire time. That was, unless you were her herself. That was, until she got to two am, in her mental timeline. The last time she tried to get a clarification she was attacked so maybe she shouldn't speak. No. No she had to brace for it, not for herself but for Miyu. Miyu was her friend...is her friend, and she can't let this go without who did this not being found. Even if it hurt. Even if her mind is still telling her no one could possibly do this. It's...it's clear someone did. She can't stand here and cry and cry and cry over it. The milk is spilt and she needs to take off her tinted glasses and see this for what it is. 

"I'm...I'm exhausted. We're all exhausted. So maybe, I misheard, or I'm misremembering but... Willow-chan you said you left the bathroom at 2 AM to head back to the sports hall right? And...a-and Chioko-chan you left the sports hall to head to the canteen at 2 AM. Leaving through the exit that's pointed near the bathroom is the only way to get there within that time frame. So... if you left through the garden exit, yes you wouldn't have seen Willow-chan but it would have taken you probably, 5 or so minutes. So...did you two misremember your own alibis? I...I don't think one of you is lying I'm trying to just clarify it so we can figure out where everyone was. Because at the moment, the only people who could be out and about at 1:30 AM, is Yuyu-chan, Yaldabaoth-chan, you two, and me. Yuyu-chan is cleared because her baking couldn't have been done while also..you know... Yaldabaoth-chan is...still a possibility...and then there's....this....I...."

Despite trying her best not to cry. Trying her best not to break down. The prospect of one of her friends actually doing this sinks it's horrible fangs into her, biting down hard as she clutches her chest. Be strong, for Miyu. She internally keeps repeating but it's not working.

"I don't want to accuse one of my friends of fucking murder!" She pleads, not caring about the fact that she just swore in front of everyone. "I don't want to...think about this anymore. I want to go home. I want Ena-san and I want Akima-chan and Fuha-chan and I want to be okay and I want Miyu-chan to still be alive and I want us all to go back to our families and loved ones! I want this to stop so maybe we shouldn't vote. I...I don't want anyone else to die but I don't know if I can stop th-that and I'm...I'm scared."

[uwulix]

Inheritance | CH 1

↬pairing: reader x woojin

↬word count: 2.2k

↬author’s note: so uhh i tried writing something and honestly i don’t know why i just. wanted to dsjjasja i mean this is just the beginning i actually have the whole plot in my head i just wanted to try it out and see if you like it and i might continue writing?? jsjasj let me know what you think!! also it’s half past eleven so i’m sorry if there are any grammar mistakes and i’m not feeling that well also constructive criticism is always appreciated

the last few days you spent hunched over your desk, looking at the bright screen of a laptop, not eating anything and trying to find a way to sell your parents’ house. You graduated college, but you didn’t find a job and you were in need of money. Your parents were wealthy people, but sadly, they died. All the money was given to your older sister, and you didn’t inherit much. Even though that the house was incredibly big, your sister didn’t want to live in it and so you two decided to sell it someone and split the money; a bigger amount going to you. And so, for the last few weeks you’ve stayed up countless nights, trying to find a person interested in buying the house.

You heard a loud ring coming from the other side of the room. Trying to open the heavily closed eyelids, you saw rays of the sun peek from the window, lighting up your bedroom and lightly falling onto the white, cotton sheets of your bed. There were birds, happily chirping outside, gathered together on a big willow tree. As you lazily rolled out of the soft bed, you went over to your table, hunched over, and turned off your alarm. All of a sudden, you felt something soft wrap around your bare ankles, just to see it was your cat. You started mumbling something, and the cat purred in response. Making your way over to the bathroom, you felt your stomach hurt. You needed food ASAP. As soon as you finished showering and getting yourself ready for the day, you went over to the kitchen. When you opened your fridge, you noticed it was empty. With a long sigh, you threw on a coat and started heading out to buy some food before your cat stopped you. “Aah! I forgot I had to feed you as well!” You quickly ran to the kitchen and put a big scoop of cat food in a white, ceramic bowl. Satisfied, the hungry cat purred and started eating.

You head out of your apartment and locked the door, rushing to the nearest supermarket. When you went out of the building you noticed it was starting to rain. “Well great” you thought to yourself. You didn’t have an umbrella or anything to protect you from the rain, so you just made a run and hoped for the best. You felt relieved after you saw the flickering neon light of the supermarket. You opened the heavy doors and went into the crowded store, panting and half-soaked. All of the people in there were looking at you in shock. Trying to brush it off, you grabbed a shopping basket and started roaming around the halls like nothing happened. You grabbed a few eggs, milk, an avocado and some toast. More and more wet and soaked people started coming into the supermarket, looking for a shelter from the heavy rain outside, which made the checkered tiles wet and slippery. The place was becoming more and more crowded.

When you picked up everything necessary, you stood in the queue of people waiting to pay. As you patiently waited for your turn, two kids ran past you and one of them hit you, which knocked you off-balance. You tried not to fall, but the milk fell out of the basket and spilt over the black tiles. You were absolutely embarrassed and humiliated. Trying to bend down and somehow scoop the milk in a smaller puddle than it already was, you saw two hands wiping the milk with a paper towel. As your eyes wandered around to see who it was, you saw a young man with silver blue hair and sparkling sepia eyes. You stood there, looking at the boy for a full minute, until he realized you were staring at him. When his eyes turned to you, you could feel them piercing right through you and making you shiver. “Are you going to help me or not?” he asked, with a serious voice. Flustered and embarrassed, you quickly broke off the eye contact and focused on cleaning the milk, before you realized you were still scooping the milk with your bare hands. “C-could you-“ you started to mumble before the boy cut you off “Yes, you might need something better than bare hands to clean that milk with” and handed you a paper towel. You didn’t know if he was being sarcastic or serious before you saw a big, bunny smile lingering on his face. After you cleaned up the milk, you went over to the cashier and handed him the money for the spilt drink, paid for your food and started heading out. As you started pushing the heavy door, you stopped and stood by it, to wait for the silver haired boy to thank him. You were thinking about his eyes, the way they went right through you, like a knife through your stomach.

When he paid for his food, you walked over towards him, still flustered. “I just wanted to thank you”, you quickly blurted out. “It’s nothing, I love helping people clean up spilt milk” he said in a cheerful voice, which made you laugh. “If you don’t mind me asking, what were you doing here, in the middle of a storm?” he asked, after a short moment of awkward silence. “I ran out of food and I had to make a quick run to the store, the storm started not so long after I headed out.” Now, still a bit flustered, you managed to speak properly without mumbling. “Take an umbrella next time, okay?” He smiled brightly and grinned, which made you giggle. The two of you stood there for a while, talking, before you realized you were still in cold, soaking wet clothes. “Do you need a ride home?” the boy also noticed that you were shivering, “I don’t want you to catch a cold.” Even though you politely declined and told him that you can’t get more soaked than this anyway, he insisted on driving you to your house. He seems like a nice guy, who knows.

You hopped in his car, and told him where your apartment was. You tried to take as small seat in the car as possible, not to make it wet. While he was driving, you talked about the storm outside and how you almost died trying to get to the supermarket. Talking with him relaxed you, and after some time you didn’t stutter when talking to him and let loose. When you saw the big building made out of bricks at the end of the street, you felt bad, like a knife striking right through your chest, because you know there was a big chance you’d never see him again. You hid how you felt and just continued smiling to him. “Ah, this is where my apartment is!” you quickly exclaimed, as you started picking up the shopping bag from the grey car seat. As you started opening the door, you know you at least had to ask him what his name is. Taking a deep breath, you turned to him “Oh yeah! I didn’t catch your name!” you asked, regretting instantly. The boy was caught by surprise and turned around to face you. Once again, the only thing that you could focus on were his beautiful chocolate eyes and star-like silver hair. “I’m Woojin! And you are..?” You started to stutter again, but managed to mutter your name out. “M-me? I’m Y/N!”. “Well, it was nice meeting you Y/N! I hope to see you again soon!” he said with joy in his voice. “Yeah, me too” you quietly muttered, making your way out of the car and closing the heavy door.

The car started driving off. You were still in the eye of the storm, rain falling on your shivering body, blankly watching the car drive off into the fog. You stood there for a minute, hoping to see the lights of the car again, but nothing came back. Once you assembled yourself, you quickly ran to your apartment and started unlocking the front door. You took off your shoes and put them on the doormat, not to make the carpet wet. You also took off your coat and quickly hopped to the bathroom and put the wet coat and the dirty shoes in the empty bath tub. You looked at the mirror and almost screamed at the sight of you soaked to the bones in water. With a loud sigh, you started taking off your clothes and putting them on a pile, one by one. Afterwards, you hopped in and took a long, hot shower, in need of relaxation.

Going out of the shower, you took a warm towel and wrapped yourself in it. Once you got out of the bathroom, you instantly noticed the sudden temperature change and started shivering. Quickly, you made your way to your bedroom and took some pyjamas from the big, wooden closet to change. You put on your PJs and went back to the bathroom to dry the wet, tangled hair. After some time of drying, you put all your dirty and wet clothes in the washing machine and finally felt at peace. Firstly, you looked around the small apartment to find your chubby cat. When you got into the living room, you saw the feline spread across the big, grey sofa. You just smiled and went to the pick up all the ingredients you bought at the store and made your way to the kitchen to make breakfast. Once you made the meal, you put the plate of food on the marble counter and started eating. After you finished filling your empty stomach, you cleaned up the plate and put it in the dishwasher, and lazily walked over to your bedroom. Plopping yourself on the soft chair in the room, you opened the close laptop, as its light lit up the dark room with closed curtains. You started unlocking the laptop, and started searching through your emails, in hope of finding a house buyer. Not expecting much, you quickly scrolled through your inbox, before you saw a highlighted email. To your surprise, it was a potential house buyer. Excited, you didn’t want to read the email first, but call your sister and tell her about the buyer. Quickly searching through your room to find your phone, you hopped in excitement. As soon as you found it, you dialled your sister, hands shaking. When the phone stopped ringing and your sister picked up, you told her everything, slightly screaming into the phone. She was also very hyped about the fact that there’s a big chance that you’ll be selling the house, but she told you that you need to stay professional. “Keep a straight face and try to look as professional as you can, and stay serious with the customer, otherwise there’s a big chance that they won’t buy the house, I mean, I wouldn’t want to buy a house from an unprofessional fool that doesn’t take anything serious.” You nodded at her words and told her everything is going to be okay and that you’ll sell the house without any problems. After some time you spent discussing some things about the house with your sister, you wanted to catch up with her. Listening to her talk about her oh so amazing and beautiful life made you feel sad, and a tad jealous. She had a well-paid job she loves, a big house and a caring girlfriend, while on the other hand, all you had was a small apartment and a cat, which you loved with your whole heart. You never showed it, but you were always somewhat jealous of her, even since you were kids. When you finished talking, you threw the phone on the white, soft mattress of your bed and threw yourself on the chair at your desk. Once you opened your laptop and the screen lit up, you went to check the email from the person interested in buying the house. You opened it and started reading. You started reading the email and so far you were pleased with the letter. They seem like they have good manners. The only wish you had is that a good person buys the house and you felt like the person emailing you was nice. You finished reading the email and your heart was beating like a drum, you were excited and you’ve never been happier in your life. They also offered a good amount of money and you were happy that now, you could get a decent job and live a decent life and not live off ramen noodles and microwave dishes. Then, at the end of the email, you saw a name written which made your eyes wide. It couldn’t be him, could it? You squinted once again, to check if you were, by any chance, not seeing properly, and read small letters in the corner, Kim Woojin.

[killbukowski]

Like a lamb sent to slaughter, like silence swallowed, like the moon kissed gravity that grinds your teeth-

Meet me beyond the willow tree.

Like the chemicals in your kiss, like the stars on your skin, like the violence that breeds victims-

Meet me beyond the willow tree.

Like the milk you spilt the day you met me, like the honey you gave me when you tried to hold me, like the fear that makes us fold and the rejection that rips through us-

Meet me beyond the willow tree.

- Meet Me Beyond the Willow Tree (S.L.) - NaPoWriMo Day Two

[cokalee]

SUMMER PICNIC: ft. Walk on, girl! and 13 other tracks

[robertkstone]

2019 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 First Ride

I got a ride in the 755-horsepower Chevrolet Corvette ZR1. Yup! A couple of hot laps around the big track at Willow Springs in the passenger seat with one of Chevy’s factory hot shoes. Neener-neener-neener! Before I tell you what it was like (hint: not bad!), let me address a few points the Corvette team would like you to know as well as a few concerns you all might have.

First and foremost: is it gonna overheat? In case you’re not up to speed, when pushed hard pre-2017 Corvette Z06s heat soaked/overheated. Chevy addressed this by redesigning the Z06’s hood, fitting a different supercharger cover, and upgrading the cooling system. All of the changes are backward compatible, so current Z06s do not overheat and older ones can be fixed. Case closed. However, if the internet has taught us anything, it’s that nothing is as fun nor as satisfying as crying over spilt milk.

Chevrolet invited us to be drive in 2019 Corvette ZR1 prototypes like the one pictured here — check out the gallery below for photos of the non-camouflaged car.

As for the ZR1, based on what not only chief of Corvette Tadge Juechter but also small block guru Jordan Lee told us, there’s a better chance of polar ice caps staying in one piece than there is of the LT5 getting too hot. For one thing, they changed their internal certification. Long story short, the car must be able to do whatever the given certification tasks are at 100 degrees. The previous certification temperature was 87 degrees.

Moreover, in addition to the primary radiator there are two auxiliary radiators for the main cooling system. There’s an intercooler and two secondary intercoolers. See the big chipmunk cheeks below the ZR1’s eyes? Each cheek holds two of the auxiliary coolers. There are also two intercoolers just for the supercharger. All in all, the ZR1 packs 12 heat exchangers (13 of ‘em if you get the eight-speed auto). A Bugatti Veyron had 10.

The intercooler itself spins more slowly than the one found on the Z06—around 16,000 rpm versus 21,000 rpm. That keeps things cool. However, the 2.65-liter supercharger (internally nicknamed BAS—see if you can figure out what that stands for) is over 50 percent larger than the one on the Z06. Is the entire aftermarket clamoring to be first to slap on a smaller pulley, thereby increasing the supercharger’s speed and sending power over the moon? Oh yes, absolutely. Lee, however, says doing so will (duh) hurt the LT5’s long-term reliability.

The LT5 also marks the first application of dual fuel delivery on a GM product, both direct and port injection. Basically, if Lee and his team made the DI pump any larger, it would damage the cam lobe that powers it. Lee then admitted that one of the issues with a cam-in-block motor is that you only have so many cam lobes. So to get enough fuel into the cylinders, there’s a secondary port injection fuel rail. Problem solved. Another problem they ran into with the ZR1’s LT5 powerplant is that Lee and his team kept breaking dynamometers. No, really. I think they’re still solving that last one.

One of my big problems with the Z06 is that the rear end of the car cannot handle the 650 lb-ft of torque that the LT4 produces. I will never forget going down the Corkscrew at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca passenger window first. We’ve complained about this fact over the years, but once you run out of tire in a Z06, good luck! The ZR1 addresses this not only through chassis recalibration but also with aero. At top speed, should you opt for the $2,995 ZTK package, the front underwing and major league rear wing provide about 950 pounds of downforce—that’s about 750 more pounds than the Z06. Does that fix the problem?

Well, from the passenger seat things seemed pretty good. Alex, the Chevy engineer who gave me my laps, blasted out of the pits. Yeah, yeah—it’s quick. But it feels ferocious. Torque plus traction equals go, go, go! Chevy’s claiming 0-60 is less than 3 seconds and the quarter mile is in the high 10s. I have no reason to doubt their claims. One more note: Chevy says the ZR1’s top speed is 212 mph. Interestingly, Corvette chose to go with a two-way average 210.20 mph in one direction and 214.88 mph in the other. Meaning 212.54 mph. At 212.56, they could have called it 213 mph.

As for my laps, it’s tricky to gleam a whole lot from the passenger seat. I’m lucky in that for the last few years I’ve spent a ridiculous amount of time riding shotgun around Big Willow with Randy Pobst at the helm. I’m pretty used to the experience and was perhaps able to look for things other folks might miss. For instance, entry speed into Turn 8 was an indicated 140 mph. Fast, but I’ve seen Randy dip into that corner with a speedo indicating 150-plus mph. Does this tell us anything about the ZR1’s abilities? No, Turn 8 is one of the world’s more insane corners. Alex and I were talking, and he is a very good driver for an engineer, but he ain’t a pro racer.

I can say that while turning right at 140 mph, the rear end of the ZR1 seemed planted and calm. I’ve driven a few different Z06s around that corner (a C6 ZR1, too), and they were anything but what I just described. The ZR1’s retuned magnetic dampers seemed able to handle the notoriously bumper surface that comprises the bulk of Turn 8 into (terrible) Turn 9. The ZR1 seemed calm through 9, as well.

However, I did see 156 mph indicated (I keep saying indicated because speedometers are notoriously optimistic) down the front straight. That’s a big number. Again, I’m an extra 230 pounds of dead weight, Alex and I were talking (meaning he’s not going 10/10ths), and based on what I’ve seen Randy do, he braked early. If the ZR1 can crack into the 160-mph zone on the front straight, it has a decent shot of putting down a lap time in the 1:23 range. Currently, the best lap we’ve ever seen at Big Willow is 1:23.54 set by Randy in a Porsche 918 Spyder. Although, semitruthfully we’ve tested a handful of cars recently that—well, stay tuned.

There you have it. I can’t tell you much. Chevy did tell us they’re launching the mighty Corvette ZR1 in March, and we’ll be able to get our hands on one for testing and a video by late April/early May. Until then, the one thing I can tell you is that the ZR1 sounds glorious. Full throated, burning red, searing white, and blaring blue awesome. Did I mention loud? It’s loud, too. Like insanely, how-can-it-be-legal loud. I dig it. I can’t wait to drive it. Here’s to Chevrolet for having the intestinal fortitude to release such a monster.

[possiblu]

a playlist for lovesick artists

//aguardiente y limón - kali uchis

love is like jazz - the magnetic fields

tender - blur

under the sun - diiv

kiss me - sixpence none the richer

i’m not in love - 10cc

shrike - hozier

val-hala - elton john

fall right in - beach fossils

blue you - the magnetic fields

somewhere in my heart - aztec camera

meet me at our spot - willow

wasteland, baby - hozier

i know the end - phoebe bridgers

i want to kiss you - the spook school

beltway - solange

life on mars? - david bowie

she tastes like summer - spilt milk society

silver girl - fleetwood mac

love songs on the radio - mojave 3

delicious things - wold alice

no choir - florence + the machine

bear claws - the academic

crimson and clover - tommy james and the shondells

then - willow

wild at heart - lana del rey

i love you - billie eilish

i think i’m in love - spiritualized

big star - lorde

the sun goes down and the world goes dancing - the magnetic fields

homegirls - king princess

slomo - slow dive

trying - cavetown

arcadia - lana del rey

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6a3h5MrvU38BIbSuGZNfMJ?si=XM2YvFSoRQ-7owXOYTDsVg&pt=10aa60207608d30f7ed36e3fe2c6addc

[cokalee]

Your warmth in midwinter

[cokalee]

Looking back, that summer

[cokalee]

Flos.

[cokalee]

The answer to love is...!