#that was a few weeks ago the first time she opened for p!atd

[rextheravenous]

An Analysis of Blue Bayou and Dixie Landin

I've been SUPER fixated on this park and its issues since I went with Batz a few weeks ago, so here's a glimpse into my neurodivergence at its finest <3

Blue Bayou and Dixie Landin is a theme park located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Opening in 1999, the park boasts 20 water rides- previously making the park known as ‘Land of the Giants’ for sporting 5 of the world’s largest waterslides-, 3 coasters (currently), and 24 more fair-style rides. Blue Bayou and Dixie Landin currently has a few major recorded incidents and I’m here to discuss those combined with the underhanded shady business practices going on behind the scenes because 🤷 what else do you do on a sunday

Blue Bayou and Dixie Landin has been a huge part of my childhood. I went there for the first time when I was 6 or 7 years old, and ever since then I have had a massive hyperfixation on theme parks. However, happy memories turned sour as I went there recently for a family vacation; the entire Dixie Landin half of the park was completely shut down, Blue Bayou was severely understaffed, and the most horrifying part of it all: the ticket prices (/hj). When you went in, it was five dollars for parking, fifty to get into the park (twice as much as full price used to be even with half the park shut down), and overpriced merchandise all throughout the waterpark. From what we could see of Dixie Landin, the rides looked worn down- like nobody had cared for them for years . We had a great time with what was open, but I couldn’t help but wonder: who or what made this once-great park end up in such a state of disrepair?

So there’s a lot to unpack here, I will be honest. I will go over the labor and pay violations last, as it still happens to this day and is getting worse each year. To start this analysis of the park’s flaws off, I will start with the thing I found the funniest in my research: a failed P!ATD concert.

In July 2015, Panic! At The Disco had a scheduled performance on the Coca-Cola concert stage. Thousands of people traveled from several hours away to see this concert, only to be met with a park that was not prepared for the overwhelming crowd of fans. The park was packed, the event gates opened an hour late, and there was no easy access to drinking water which left a multitude of folks dehydrated, some passing out, and one even having a seizure. Looking at BBDL’s reviews online, this was the start of the park’s bad reputation to the public. However, an incident in 2010 trumps this and is horribly overlooked, in my opinion. This is where we get into less-funny territory.

Around 4 PM on July 11th, Lindsay Zeno rode her last roller coaster in DIxie Landin. The 21 year old woman was riding on the ‘X-treme’ coaster with her friends when a restraint bar supposedly failed on the ride. There is no clear reason as to what happened, but stories vary from the locking mechanism not pushed in fully to her somehow tampering with the restraint. No matter how it happened though, she plummeted 30 feet to her eventual death after she was seen trying to pull the restraint down before a sharp curve. Experts were brought in and several critical investigations were performed on the ride, but no conclusion could be reached. This was the park’s first fatal incident. In 2006, there was another incident, but the victim survived and his family sued the park for it. A 2-year old (4-year old according to wikipedia) boy named Kobe Carter fell at least 25 feet on June 9th off of the ‘Over the Rainbow’ ride, breaking his arms and legs.

Surprisingly, those are the only two major injury/death related incidents. The final issue I would like to discuss is all of the financial issues surrounding Blue Bayou and Dixie Landin. This includes prices, employee payment, and how they spend their money regarding the park.

As I mentioned in the first bit of this analysis, the ticket prices are insane. Only half of the park is open, but the tickets are full price (and even higher than they used to be due to inflation). This was even more insane in early 2021-22, when they were only able to open a few of the rides at Blue Bayou, and only offered a small discount to make up for it. The staff were- and still are- being severely underpaid, causing a ton of negligence (Surprise! People don’t like to work for free!). Further research led me to one of their shady business practices: employees (who were mostly high school age just looking for summer jobs) work for minimum wage with the promise of a big bonus at the end of each season. Sounds great, right? It would be a decent payment plan, if it weren’t for the higher ups cutting the employees loose right before the bonus can be issued. (I don’t have an official source for it, but read this in a few of the park reviews and overheard it from some of the lifeguards on break).

The park owners also overcharge for everything with none of the earned money going back into the park, and will find any way to make and keep money they can. A few reviews from 2021 even said that they were in the waterpark for ten minutes maximum before a weather warning stopped the entire park for the rest of the day. This would be understandable if guests would get some sort of compensation for the $40-50 they just spent to get in, or if they would let them back in after the weather is clear, but they did nothing of the sort. No refunds, extremely rare price decreases, and cutting corners where they can manage it. The park need serious work to be done on it, such as repainting and making rides safer (some of the other guests while we were there had said they had been scratched up and injured by the waterslides as screws had come up and the sharp edges of the piping had come up in some spots.. And.. um. I can vouch for them because I too was a little beat up after some of the rides) and it has needed these repairs for a while now, but the owners want as much money as they can flowing into their pockets so they spare every expense they can.

Sad to say it, but if the park keeps raising prices with no improvements the way it has been, people will eventually just have enough and stop going, making Blue Bayou and Dixie Landin the eventual next star of a Defunctland video. If you look at the reviews online, it’s not hard to find people who have sworn to never go back. I personally hope the park gets new owners and can return back to the greatness it was when I was a kid, but I’m not sure how many more years it can hold up.

I’m tired after writing all of this (it's been like 4 hours now) so I hope it all makes sense. This isn’t a critique or a report or anything, just an analysis of what I’ve been hyperfixating on for the past few weeks because I was going to explode if I didn’t infodump about it <3

[purplespacecats]

that is a /fantastic/ quote oh my god i love her 😭and also i had really wondered how she felt now having had the fear that being out would mean she'd only be known for being gay--and god that's such a great and accurate way of understanding it, that she /is/ known for her art--we call her lesbian jesus /because/ of her art and how we connect with it

.....but tbh the author of this article. should not have been assigned to this story

like throughout i had qualms bc they led by describing curious as an "ode to a complicated crush on a woman," which is ????? like, did they listen to the wrong song ???

because the song is certainly about a complicated relationship, but def not a "crush" it amounts to "my ex needs to get over me bc i sure tf ain't gonna be her side chick"--so mis-describing that as a ~complicated crush on a woman~ seems like just not being able to conceptialize what hayley is so adamant about expressing: women having feelings for other women and /not/ being conflicted about it

so then i already had qualms when i got to them describing her fans as mostly middle schoolers and high schoolers, which. wouldn't be a bad thing if it were true, but i mean. when i saw her perform she said it was the biggest show she'd headlined, & it was sold out, so i feel like that's a decent representation of her fanbase, and it was like 90% millennials. i'm sure that's partly because obv adults have an easier time going to concerts than teens (and the fact that younger queer girls have her to look up to during middle and high school fills my heart with boundless joy!!!) but just given its inaccuracy, that description of her fanbase... kinda seems like shade, tbh???

then they ran with that and said hayley's fans put her into the role of "elder statesman" of the queer community ???????

-deep sigh- god anyways like i don't mean to derail; the fact that tswift invited hayley to perform is wonderful and i'm so happy for her

@VanityFair: “I wanted to be known for my art,“ says @HayleyKiyoko. "And what happened was that I am known for my art, and the art is gay”

[tackyink]

TAG GAME TIME. Tagged by @lyebrarian right when I was having a stroke about the new Saiyuki adaptation! Thank you. <3

name/nickname: Tacky

gender: Uhhhh, let’s go with female for practicality’s sake. That’s it, that whole sentence is the gender.

star sign: Aries

height: in the vicinity of 161 cm (5′3″)

birthday: April 8th

fav bands: Queen, P!ATD, Genesis, Fall Out Boy, The Corrs

fav solo artists: Sara Bareilles, Ingrid Michaelson, Phil Collins

song stuck in my head: Final Bets, a character song from an otome game, because my artist choice looks fine on paper until you glance at the trash I actually listen to. I love jazz and the casino vibes

last movie: I rewatched Bohemian Rhapsody a few weeks ago. If I had to say the last film I watched for the first time... The Hustle, I think?

last show: Good Omens. Again. I find excruciatingly difficult sitting down to watch a screen without doing anything else.

when i created this blog: October 2015, I think? Shortly after posting the first IoS chapter.

last thing i googled: "nightshade hanzo age” because nothing compares to buying an otome game and immediately finding out that the only love interests that aren’t cousins or siblings are at best a decade older than the 16 year old main character (he’s 33)

other blogs: I ran another blog circa 2012, but I abandoned it after I found out someone I knew was using it to stalk me. Now I have this one and the very recently opened @tokyo-lockdown sideblog to dump all my gaming stuff without flooding this one.

do i get asks: Sometimes! And they make me very happy, whether they have anything to do with my writing or are just random questions or comments. It’s just nice to feel remembered.

following: 403. The vast majority are people who also follow me and the rest are mostly artists.

why i chose this url: Because Law’s finger tattoos in Sabaody were shit and I’ll never let him live them down.

average hours of sleep: 6

lucky number: I like the number 3, but it has never made me have luck at anything ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

instruments: None, and it’s one of my regrets because I love singing and I’m pretty decent at it. I have a guitar, but without someone to teach me I just can’t get the hang of it.

what im wearing: Black velveteen pajamas. I just rolled out of bed.

dream trip: There are many places I’d like to visit, but I especially want to go to Kyoto with a friend of mine who lived there so she can show me around.

favorite food: I’d sell a bit of my soul for a good plate of risotto.

nationality: Catalan, or Spanish if we’re going by the official documents.

favorite song: Killer Queen. It’s such a good song. The bells, the layered guitars, the glam, Freddie’s fur jacket, the decadence and campiness.

top 3 fictional universes: To no one’s surprise, One Piece, Yu Yu Hakusho and Pokémon (game verse)

Tagging @supergeekynerdfighter, @nya-vivi, @glowssary, @mercurialvoid and anybody who feels like doing this.

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Collar Full

Gold has... a girlfriend?

No. No way.

[AO3]

Title's a P!atD song btw

“Hey, Gold,” Jefferson greeted as he answered the phone. His mood soured quickly. “What’d you mean can’t come over tonight? It’s Boy’s Night! You can’t just leave me with these guys; you’re the only one in town who has a decent taste in liquor!”

The guys in question turned to look at one another. 

“Wonder what’s up with him,” Leroy fished unabashedly. “He’s usually the first one here.”

“Well, I hope he’s alright, whatever he’s doing,” David remarked.

“Nah, he’s fine. Jeff’d be halfway to his place by now if he wasn’t.” Victor countered. 

“Hmm. Whatever. Pour me another one, sist-”

“What!?” they all jumped. “What do you mean you have a date? Since when have you been dating anyone? Do you even remember how to date? Why didn’t you tell me!? Wh-”

The other three leaned in, trying to decipher Gold’s staticky voice through Jefferson’s grumblings. Gold? Date? they mouthed to each other, unable to recall anything that hinted at that in the last few weeks.

“Yes, fine,” Jefferson said finally. “Fine. But you owe me a story, Gold.”

 .

“So,” Jefferson said as he dropped onto the cot in the backroom of Gold’s shop the next day. “Tell me everything.”

“Her name is Belle,” Gold smiled shyly. “She’s from Australia and she is absolutely wonderful.”

“That’s great! How many times have I said that you needed to get back out there? How did you two meet anyway? Was it on your last business trip?”

“Over the internet, actually.”

… Well, shit.

 .

“Him? Having a girlfriend? Yeah, right,” was the first thing the newly sworn Sheriff Swan heard when she walked into the morning rush in Granny’s Diner. 

She moved to the bar where most of the discussion seemed to be taking place. “What’s going on?”

“Gold,” Leroy said gleefully. I overheard Jefferson— y’know, that guy from up on the hill?— he was on the phone with Gold last night and guess what? The guy had a date!” 

“Really? Gold? A—” she trailed off as the man himself walked into the diner. 

They kept quiet as Gold waited for his drink, trying to sneak surreptitious glances when they thought he wasn’t looking and the din rose again as he walked out. 

“Maybe she’s one of those mail-order brides?”

“Maybe it’s a green card thing.”

“Wait, no one said his date was with a woman, did they?”

“Gold? Really? Well, I guess he does dress up really nicely. And the hair— it’s was too nice for a straight guy.”

“Don’t be ridiculous. Doesn’t he have a kid in UF? No way he’s gay.”

“I never said he was gay. I just said that I don’t think he’s straight.”

“You know what? I bet it’s one of those escort services. I’ve heard they make ‘em pretty high end.” 

“Oh, I know! His name’s Gold, right? It’s probably just some gold-digging college dropout or something. Happens all the time.”

“Pfft. Yeah, Gold can be our version of that Playboy guy.”

 .

“Dad, you can’t just date some girl you’ve never even met.”

“How do you even know about that?”

“Jeff texted me.”

“Of course he did. Regardless, we’ve met, son. How do you think we got to talking?”

“I meant in person. Papa? Papa!”

 .

“Gold, have you heard of the term ‘catfishing’?”

“I have and I do appreciate your concern, Madame Mayor. Now if you’ll just get out of my way, please.”

 .

Gold left him without a proper drinking buddy. Again. Jefferson barged to the pawnshop to give Gold a proper Talk, but it was his assistant standing behind the counter.

“Good afternoon. I’m afraid you’ve just missed Mr. Gold. He’ll be gone for a while, I’m afraid.”

Oh no. “Did he say where he was going? It wasn’t Australia or something, was it?”

“No, I believe he mentioned a conference in Florida, though.”

“Oh. Good. That’s good.” It was good. The sooner this whole internet girlfriend thing was put to rest, the better. “Thanks, Dove.”

“Of course. Have a nice day, sir.”

 .

It was the middle of summer when Gold— tanned, jacket-and-tie-less, with the collar unbuttoned and sleeves rolled up— came back from his trip with a tall, scruffy man and a beautiful, petite brunette.

“Hey, Gold’s back. Wait, what happened to him? He’s practically naked! Ugh, I can't believe I just said that. I’ll have to go wash my mouth out now.”

“Never mind that. Who’s with him?”

“Isn’t that his kid? School’s over for him too, I guess. I wonder who she is, though. The kid’s girlfriend, maybe?”

“Yeah, maybe it’s a ‘meet-the-parent’ thing.”

“Ugh. Poor girl. Poor guy. Hope he doesn’t run her off o- actually, no. I kinda hope he does. That way she wouldn’t have to deal with him anymore.”

The younger two were talking animatedly as they entered the diner but petered off self-consciously when they realized that the patrons’ attention was trained on them. Gold shrugged it off and waved the other two into a booth in the corner, his son on one side and Gold and the woman on the other.

“Wait. No. No way.”

“Oh my god.”

“Holy shit.”

“D-did he just… do the yawn-and-stretch move?”

“Couldn’t have. He’s just, like, asserting his dominance, or something. He’s gotta be.”

“Oh. My. God.”

“No way she’s the kid’s girlfriend.”

“But then that’d mean…”

“Holy shit. That’s her.”

“No. I don’t believe it.”

“Ohmygod.”

 .

They waited until the woman went to the bathroom while Gold went to pay the check. 

“Screw this. I’m gonna go for it,” Ruby announced decisively. 

“Ruby, no.” 

“Don’t listen to her. Go for it, sister.”

Ruby stride toward the back purposefully and waited at the doorway, pretending to be startled as the door opened. 

“Hey! I’m Ruby. My granny runs the place. I haven’t seen you here before.”

“Oh, nice to meet you. I’m Belle. It’s my first time here, actually. I’m, um, new in town.”

“You’re… British?” Ruby hedged tentatively as they walked back out. 

“No,” Belle looked amused. She waved in Gold’s direction, apparently in the middle of arguing with Granny about something. “He is, though. I’m Australian.”

‘’Oh.” They stopped awkwardly as they reached the group eyeing the newcomer. 

“So,” Ruby began. “This is Belle.”

“Huh,” Emma said noncommittally. “So you’re dating Gold?”

Her smile faltered. “Pardon?” 

“It’s just that Gold mentioned that you were his girlfriend a few months ago,” Mary Margaret interjected kindly.

“Really?” Belle asked. “How odd.”

“Right?” Ruby interjected smugly. “That’s what I’ve been saying!”

“He proposed quite some time ago.” She turned to where Gold was still arguing with Granny, frowning. “Um, you haven’t changed your mind about getting married, have you?”

“Of course not, sweetheart. We agreed on an autumn wedding, remember?” Gold answered as he moved away from the older woman. 

“I know. I was just checking, darling.”

Emma turned to them, eyes wide. Oh my god, her eyes seemed to say. No way. 

“Now if you’ll excuse us, Belle and I are going to head to the shop. She works in art restoration, did you know?” Gold proclaimed proudly as they turned to walk away, waving to his son— enjoying his sundae while he was watching them make fools of themselves, apparently— as they passed. 

“Huh,” Emma repeated. They all watched as the pair strolled down the street, arms linked and snuggling despite the heat. She turned toward Ruby and Mary Margaret. “Do you think we’ll be invited to the wedding?”

.

Note: I'm still, like, trying out diff writing styles and stuff, so idk if I like this or not lol. Sorry.

[insertedgyfangirlname]

Vent post ahead!!!

You don’t need to read this post, I just wanted to have my thoughts written down somewhere in the world and out of my head.

(This post is about my first time coming out to anyone and does contain aphobia, specifically arophobia, so please don’t read if you are sensitive to this!!!!!!!!)

July, 2019 (yes this is very recent). I’m at a mission trip with my church and we have completed all the tasks for the day so everyone is hanging out around the church we are staying at. Some people are downstairs where all of our beds and luggage are but me and my closest group of friends (with some mutuals) decide to stay on the main floor.

We are sitting in some couches that we have arranged into a circle and there are about 5 different conversations going on. Me and my best friend (who for the sake of anonymity we’ll call Sarah) are just talking to each other one on one. There is a pause in the conversation where the thought that nearly every LGBTQ+ kid has enters my head..... should I come out to her?

Sarah knows me really well, so the second that thought comes into my head she notices and asks if I’m ok. There’s a long pause. I tell her that I have something important to tell her. Keep in mind that she had told me that she’s bi only a few weeks ago. After what felt like the most excruciating few seconds of my life, I told her “I’m Asexual!!”. she looks shocked but also understanding. There is a knowing smile on her face and she offers some comforting words. She puts her hand on mine in comfort. “So, who are you romantically attracted to?” are the next words out of her mouth. I wasn’t quite planning on coming out as aromantic as well as asexual but the feeling of acceptance she was giving me gave me the courage to say “Actually, I’m aromantic, so no one”.

The understanding smile on her face is immediately replaced with something else. it takes a couple seconds to pinpoint what it is and this is where things go downhill.

Her face was one of pity. She pitied me for being aromantic. Something I couldn’t control and was perfectly content with being.

SERIOUSLY???!!! THIS ACTUALLY HAPPENS??? I’d always heard stories about people being belittled and pitied because they don’t feel romantic attraction but I thought she would be different. She should’ve understood!! She has to understand!

“Oh my gosh! That’s so sad! Don’t you feel lonely? You have no idea what you’re missing out on”. She gave me every line in the aphobic book.

At this point I’m trying to hold it together. My body is shaking from her words and how she felt SORRY for me!!

I quickly explain to her that “No, I don’t feel lonely” and “No, I don’t think I’m missing out”.

Her hand of “comfort” feels like it’s there to console me for losing a loved one instead of saying she accepts me.

I’m not sure she ever realized how hurtful her words were but I do hope that one day she sees the pain she caused in my heart. I had never! ever! told anyone! about my identity and she was PITYING ME FOR IT!!

We continue the night with me feeling like crap and her probably thinking she was completely supportive. I end up telling one of my other friends (his name can be Jack for the story) about my aroace identity and he just said “Oh, ok. That’s cool. That means you don’t like anyone, right?” “Right” “Alright, cool.” and with that he resumed his conversation with some of our other friends. We almost told one more of my friends but he was saying some very homophobic things so we didn’t. A few minutes later, Sarah says she was heading to bed early.

I’m sitting there stewing in my thoughts and how I was probably never going to come out to anyone else. So far I’d had one negative reaction and one indifferent reaction. Not great.

One of the freshman girls (I’m a sophomore so I didn’t know her) who was on Jack’s team and kinda knew him was sitting on the couch next to mine. She had obviously overheard me and my friend’s talk because she called out the words that were probably what stopped me from never talking about my orientation and pretending I had made it up.

“I’m asexual too”.

I was snapped out of my thoughts of unintentional rejection. I stared at her in shock because A. I didn’t know her and she just straight up came out to me and B. she had said it loudly and everyone else in the circle momentarily glanced at us but ultimately ignored it.

She moved over to the couch I was sitting and we started talking. I learned her name was, for the story, Jenna. She was (and still is) asexual and biromantic. We quickly ended up bonding over other things we had in common (like P!ATD, MCR, Umbrella Academy, etc.) but the conversation remained mostly on us being ace.

Turns out Jenna had been rejected by people in the same way that I just was. She also talked about how she thought that what my other friend had said was wrong and that I was valid, aromantic or not.

Her openness and willingness to share made my confidence shoot back up. My pride was back.

I’ve only come out to two other people in my life since then (I know, soOoOoOo many). One (her name can be Lily) had just told me she was a lesbian earlier that day and was talking about how much she hated aphobia and how they should be allowed to live how they want and don’t need romance or sex. I told her that I was aroace pretty quickly after that.

At a party where I knew no one, there was a mutual friend that I was chatting who slipped she was pan accidentally. She had a brief moment of freak out but I told her I was cool with it and would keep it secret since I knew how it felt. I never talked to her after that.

I’m still friends with Sarah, Jenna, Jack, Lily, and even that one homophobic kid (but he’s changed a lot since then and is much more accepting towards LGBT people).

The reason I’m posting this is because 1. It is important that people realize how hurtful they can be with aphobia and 2. my mind has been torturing me with that moment all week.

I never fully recovered from Sarah’s words and they are often a source of doubt for me.

She still pulls that same pitying face when my aromanticism comes up in conversation and I try to ignore it but my heart breaks more each time.

All I want to say is that aphobia sucks. Jenna has gotten threats about correctional rape and one guy even tried to follow through on it. I’ve had guys try and forcefully kiss me since I had told them I don’t like boys.

It’s things like this that makes me so mad that people are trying to block aces and aros out of the community.

we are real and our pain is real

alright. I’m finished.

[canaryatlaw]

Okay so I’m currently in a car on a potentially periled freeway somewhere in Wisconsin driving home from the P!ATD concert with Jess in the snow, so that’s fun. Today’s been pretty good though. I was glad I was actually able to get my ass out of bed when my alarm went off at 8 this morning because I was tempted to sleep in but I knew that was stupid when I get to sleep in all damn week because I’m not doing anything with my life right now. But I got up and got ready, took the 8:41 bus off to church. The temperature when I woke up and looked at my phone was precisely 1 degree, so I went ahead and retrieved my single digit weather monster coat that I save for these circumstances when it’s really really bad because it’s fucking huge and a pain to deal with (but actually rather successful at staying warm, so that’s good). Made good time despite the weather and got to church like ten minutes before the service started (which is like optimal). The service was very good, as always, but our female pastor was preaching and I always love her messages, lol. She was preaching about being redirected in life and used the time when Moses was stuck in the wilderness for 40 years with the Israelites and particularly the use of his staff (because God would be like “hit this rock with your staff and water will come out” when the people needed water) as a way of leading and just like trusting God and listening when things do not go according to our plans for them. So that was good and the music was really good too. After the service I went to the kids volunteer lounge (where I was late for our little powwow since I didn’t sneak out of the service early because I was sitting more in the front than usual) where we chatted quickly to hear what the game plan was and go from there. Once we had that figured out I went to the babies room and we started getting babies. We only had a few when the service started but then it picked up and we ended up with like 15 lol but we had five people helping so our ratio was still okay. Overall things were actually really calm, only really had like one kid crying at any given point so that was pretty good, I bounced around between a few kids, had a very cute little boy that I was handed when his parents dropped him off who seemed snuggle-inclined at first so I thought he might be clingy but he steadily worked his way off of me and into playing. He was like 8 months old so he was doing a lot of crawling and like turning himself over and such. One little girl had a diaper blow out that looked real bad but thankfully I didn’t have to deal with that. Then I had a little girl for a while that wanted me to sit on the chair in the corner with her on my lap so we did that for a while. But yeah, overall it was pretty good, no real complaints. It was slightly warmer when I was getting ready to leave but I didn’t have enough patience to do public transit an hour home once again so I opted for an Uber pool that was not badly priced. Got home at like 1:50, at which point I retrieved my almost completed Italian rainbow cookies which I had to cover in chocolate still. So I got them out and melted the chocolate candy coating I’d bought for this purpose because it melts really smoothly and is easy to deal with, which it was, and spread it over the top then put it in the fridge to harden for half an hour while I changed and grabbed stuff to get ready. Depending on how snow turned out we wanted to be prepared about the possibility of getting stranded in Milwaukee overnight if it were snowing because Jess’ windshield wipers have been frozen to her car for a few weeks so if that wasn’t remedied and it snowed we could’ve been fucked, so I grabbed a bag and packed pajamas/meds in case we needed to drive back early tomorrow morning. Half an hour later I took the cookies out of the fridge and cut them into actual cookie pieces because it was just one giant cake like thing that had been assembled in layers and now has to be cut. The chocolate cracked a lot on top while I was cutting it despite my efforts to warm up the knife some so that wouldn’t happen, which I was semi-frustrated about but I also knew it was inevitable up to some point because these cookies just tend to be very messy and difficult to keep assembled, but overall I wasn’t that mad. I put them in two Tupperware containers, one for my fridge and one to take with me so Jess can take them to work with her tomorrow (her coworkers are definitely under the impression that we’re lesbians and this will not help that at all but it’s funny). Shortly afterwards Jess came and picked me up and we were off on our way to Milwaukee. So we made most of the drive ok, we were seeing if we could unfreeze her wipers by keeping the heat and the defroster on for the like hour we were driving up to the first Culver’s when we cross over the Wisconsin border (because cheese curds) but they were still frozen in place. So we got food/ice cream (I got ice cream and cheese curds, Jess just got cheese curds and a coke) which we ate there and talked to a few teenage employees who noticed our P!ATD shirts (that we bought yesterday) and asked if we were going to the concert. When we were ready to head out we looked up where there was like an auto shop store of some sort in the general direction we were going and headed there to see if the windshield wiper issue could be fixed. Jess’ little brother had said to get some de-icer fluid to pour over them that should help and we found that but then we talked to an employee who brought us this can of spray (which was much cheaper than a like, gallon of wiper fluid) that was for that specific purpose and had like a scraper at the end of it to assist in removing ice. So we checked out and returned to the parking lot to do this thing. We turned the car on (because heat) and started spraying it everywhere and trying to remove ice where we could. They were pretty solidly frozen so at first them were just like not moving at all but we kept spraying and trying to get them to move and idk if it was something in the spray or just like prolonged exposure to ice but both of us had like, the most painfully frozen fingers while trying to do this, like ohmygoodness it was SO BAD like my fingers have gone numb before but this was just like raw pain and SO COLD so this was truly torture but we kept spraying (and like we were wearing gloves but neither of them were waterproof because we got the same ones from forever 21 in like October when we were freezing in NYC so they were just getting wet and not helping) but we kept fucking spraying and slowly, painfully, we got the wipers free and felt very victorious and then returned to the car to drive the rest of the way and try to unfreeze our very frozen fingers which took like 20 minutes to regain full feeling in our fingers. So we drove the rest of the way to Milwaukee and to the concert venue which when then parked a bit down the street from for the venue that was $15 because the attached parking garage was $40 and we ain’t about that 😂 so we parked and walked and got on a relatively short outdoor line to go through the metal detectors and get our tickets scanned. When I got the tickets from stubhub they were like “must print! Don’t just have it on your phone!!” so I printed them and then we got there and the lady was like “do you have them on your phone? We don’t actually do printed tickets at the venue at all” and I was on top of my shit and had them pulled up on my phone (and because Jess was pestering me to have them ready to go) so we got through without issue. We were up in the nosebleed seats way at the top that had a very steep incline with concrete steps which I am so not about after watching a woman fall down such steps at my cousin’s graduation like two years ago and it was absolutely horrifying so ever since that I’ve been very paranoid about such steps so I was not happy about those but I managed to get to our seats which I was mostly okay with as long as I wasn’t looking directly down and at the stage area instead, lol. So when we got in there there was a girl with a not-excellent blonde wig on singing with two male dancers, so they did that for a while, apparently her name was Betty Who and she was Australian, to her credit she was definitely u Sent from my iPhone

so that was me getting home and emailing my draft from my notes on my phone to my laptop where I will continue typing it now. I just bought like 6 songs off iTunes that I knew but didn’t own lol because the same one is stuck in my head, but now I write. but singer lady to her credit was definitely singing live so that is good. they had a second opener then, two feet, who was fine, they were just...not P!ATD.....and that went on till like 8 so we’d been there for an hour and we’re like....can they just come out now please? but then they’re offstage for a bit and then a ten minute timer appears and that counts down to when they actually get onstage. The musicians were like on three slightly elevated squares in the back of the stage, three brass instrumentalists, a drum set, a set of stringed instruments (two violins and a cello, I believe) who were only onstage for some songs, and then there were there two guitar players (one female, which was cool) at the corners and then there was a front triangular stage area coming out from that (because it was like the symbol of their new album or some shit like that) and then finally as the timer hit zero Brendon Urie popped up to the stage from a little circular area and he like came up relatively fast and jumped as he did so it was just like he was shot out onto the stage, lol. I know they're a band and not just a singer, but he was definitely doing at least 75% of the work. There were some backup vocals from the guitarists but most of it was just him. He had really intense stamina, I know doing a tour like they’re doing takes a ton of energy and he was on top of it the whole time, and his voice was very strong, he used his falsetto a lot and there was never like, a sour note or anything (I know he was in Kinky Boots for a bit and you could tell he had a Broadway-caliber voice). But they started with the newer stuff of course some of which I knew and then brought a piano up and did Nine in the Afternoon which was fun. Then he made his way through the crowd which took like an enter song because he was stopping to hug like every person on the way and it was really cute, at one point there was apparently a nun in the audience and he was like “sister, I’m so glad you’re here!” and he found a kid at one point and talked to him for a few moments which was cute. But he eventually made his way to the back area where there was like vocal equipment and such and there was a piano, not sure if it was the same one or not, that’d been lowered down on a circular stand onto which he got and then he proceeded to play a song while they lifted the piano on the stand up into the air and flew it over the crowd all the way back to the stage and like. I was having so much secondhand anxiety watching him lol which is literally ALL PHANTOM OF THE OPERA’S FAULT because this never used to be a thing but now I’m always like “what if that falls????” and I’m not great with heights sometimes too so I was cringing a bit at that lol but it was overall very impressive. All of the music was very good, prior to when they came onstage they had passed down the row these little pink paper hearts which said on them to put over your phone light during the song “Girls/Girls/Boys” so when that came on we did it and like, whoever organized this whole thing (apparently her name is Leah, so thanks Leah) did a really fucking good job because each like second had the same color hearts but all differed from each other and then the floor seats had a bunch of random colored ones that created a very rainbow effect whereas the other seating areas were more of the blocks of color on the other LGBT flags (or that’s what I thought of it, at least). I’m pretty sure he ended up with like, three pride flags by the end of the song from the audience, he was holding one, had one on as a cape, and then had another one somewhere and like, it was honestly really touching and I was basically on the verge of tears lol it was just so sweet and well done, it was a really good moment. I was happy to see that I did recognize at least a majority of their stuff, I didn't like, follow them super closely over the years but I knew their major stuff and some of their new stuff, so I was satisfied with that, and a lot of the new stuff I’d heard around enough to have a general idea of what it was (the whole thing that started this was the song “High Hopes” because back when we were trying to win Jingle Ball tickets by calling into radio stations every single time the song they’d play to signal the time to call in was High Hopes so it kinda became our joke and then we ended up at the concert, lol). Then when the concert “ended” they of course came back for an encore, during which they sang the classic “I Write Sins Not Tragedies” which he described as “the song that started it all” for them and they had like shots from the music video on the screens at the back of the stage which was definitely a blast from the past lol but it was very fulfilling to see in concert all these years later. He was saying that he’s pretty much been doing this for 15 years now since he was 17 and just like how thankful he is for all his fans that come out and make all this possible and I was feeling very soft about all of it, lol. But yeah, I think that’s the highlights, the whole thing was really very good and I enjoyed it a lot. Once it ended for real we headed out, we were both thirsty but of course all the food vendors had closed up by then and we opted to skip the very long bathroom line on the thought that we’d hit up a gas station or mcdonalds once we get on the freeway. We managed to find the back staircase which was much less crowded than the escalators/main stairs so we managed to make it down relatively quickly. Walked back to the parking garage and made it to the car, only to be stuck in a very long line to check out because the people running the parking garage decided to have people pay going out instead of coming in, and then we discovered they were only accepting card and not cash, so this all resulted in a very, very long and slow moving line that spanned several floors of the parking garage and we had to have spent a solid 25 minutes waiting to get out of the damn place, and Jess was getting nauseous at this point so we just really wanted to get out of there. We finally made it to the front and had to scramble to get a card instead of the exact change we had ready for them in cash 🙄 but then at least we were free and got to the freeway relatively quickly. It had started to snow at this point so visibility in general and especially seeing the lane dividers on the road were getting very difficult to see and like I’ve dealt with that before driving and it’s really fucking scary so Jess was definitely starting to panic, at one point we tried to pull off and run to a gas station but the road was like that we couldn't get to the damn thing from where we were and she was just so anxious at this point we said fuck it and just powered the way through the rest of the way home. Once we got off the freeway the visibility was a lot better since there are like, streetlights and shit, so we could relax a bit after that. But yeah, made it the rest of the way home, Jess dropped me off and I got inside my apartment, changed into my pajamas and then continued writing this and now I am here. It’s just past 2 am but I didn’t take my meds until like 30-ish minutes ago so they’re just really starting to kick in now. I should probably at least try to go to sleep though, not that I have anything in particular I have to do tomorrow but staying up too late is never really a good idea, so I’m going to attempt to go to sleep now, we’ll see how that goes. Goodnight loves. Hope your Monday doesn’t suck.

[theirtheretheyre]

ok yeet lets go

name/nickname: lexa is what i use on here; not gonna share my irl name. i dont have many nicknames, but my mom used to call me Roo.

gender: she/they havent found a term i vibe with right but def not cis

star sign: i know im a cancer but i wasnt even aware people have multiple signs until recently like what????

height: five two -ish

current time: 9:27

birthday: july 19

fave bands: queen, bastille, p!atd, wallows

fave solo artists: lorde, troye sivan, david bowie, girl in red, king princess

current song stuck in your head: swEET CAROLINE BAH BAH BAH

last watched movie: ??? i think it was wonder woman 1984

last binged show: criminal minds

when you created your blog: made it maybe a year ago, but never used it til a few months ago

last thing you googled: foo fighters medicine at midnight (my parents fave band’s upcoming album; i was looking when it came out to see which parent’s b-day it’s colser to)

other blogs: none

do you get asks: uh nope lol

why i chose my URL: i find the thought of a limitless fountain of knowledge/ideas to be funny. i also feel like the internet is this huge pool of knowledge and ideas, and people blogs are just a little tap of that and you can decide what you want to get. so i this weird internet water analogy, i am a shitty little faucet whose handle is kinda stuck and sometimes you get cold water instead of hot and it’s a bit metallic tasting but whatever not gonna fix that.

how many blogs you follow: 17(??? i swear i followed more im going to be following more tonight lol)

how many followers do you have: 2? 3? (i had my followed blogs open in a tab on my phone already, dont feel like checking followers)

average hours of sleep: most nights, about 5 to 8, but when i dont take my meds, none

instruments: none, but if theres a piano, i will press every key

currently wearing: a nasa sweater and christmas pajama pants

dream job: an author, or something with kids(special ed/school social worker)

dream trip: travel the whole world kinda! there’s a whole bunch of beautiful places i would love to visit for a week; i love looking at pictures but i think it’s be great to watch without having to look away,. wanna see the smoky mountains, alaska, hawaii, the rainbow mountains in both china and peru, hot springs in iceland, take a sunrise hot air balloon ride in bagan, among other places.

fave food: frosted flakes, sushi, and culvers chicken sandwiches.

nationality: american

top three fictional universes you want to live in:

RWRB can you imagine waking up sept 27 2020 going online and the first thing you see is not tr*mp but alex and henry and everone with wifi going holy shit i’d also probably have a blog pez stan blog(not me being in love with him, he’s just iconic and wild enough for me to want to document what he does)

ATLA hhhnnnggg i could have a firebender girlfriend who’s warm bc i am freezing all the time

MCU the superheroes are all in new york i am not so i dont have to deal with them fucking up my entire city but they still exist. thank you superheroes for just avoiding the midwest entirely

uuhhhhh tagging @kouje​ @wayward-fairchild​ @homosexual-having-tea​ and everyone else on this site

interview tag

tagged by @dorianthespider ri (that’s my nickname for you deal with it) what the fuck? dude this is way too long

name/nickname: noëmi and fun story in my 17 years of existence i did not once receive a nickname and then i got 2 in the span of 10 minutes and now i can’t get enough of them. mimi, tuna, em, nyoom, nom (nom), emi oh and bubbles. there are also some petnames that zee (@yeeharley, i tagged you here already now do it🥺💕) gives to me (oh and they also used to call me sunshine a while back)

gender: she/they

star sign:

sun - libra/scorpio (was born on the cusp)

moon - virgo

rising - capricorn

height: 1.66 m (i think it could be taller but im not sure)

current time: 23.08

birthday: october 21

fave bands: ac/dc, queen, black sabbath, fob, p!atd, against the current

fave solo artists: lizzo, pat benatar, janis joplin & ruth b.

current song stuck in my head: on my way from brother bear

last watched movie: the godfather part III

last binged show: the flight attendant

when you created your blog: some time before my birthday in 2018 i think

last thing you googled: exhale lyrics it was to check if i got the lyrics right for an ask that @whoispotatoe-s (tagging you too😌💕) sent in from an ask game earlier today

other blogs: @stunningsilences, my sweet and innocent child with a love for photography, and one other that i won’t talk about

do you get asks: i do, usually it’s just when i do an ask game tho or when it’s sparky my daily anon who tells me i'm sweet for sending a good morning ask to zee every day

why i chose my url: GWENMJ RIGHTS!!!!

how many blogs you follow: 118

how many followers you have: oh damn i have 95. since when? from where did you guys come?!! and more importantly why the hell did you stay??

average hours of sleep: ha we do not talk about this

instruments: none, i am not talented like my friends

currently wearing: a pink tank top and black sweats

dream job: don’t know don’t ask, maybe photography, maybe chemistry, maybe screenwriting

dream trip: i wanna travel everywhere and do photography maybe overthrow a few corrupt governments here and there you know the usual

fave food: uhh idk i love a lot but saoto soup is great, but i do love a good pad thai. probably those two, i would kill for both of them

nationality: dutch

top 3 fictional universes you wanna live in:

the mcu

ouat

atla

tagging: besides the two i already tagged, @michellejones-stacy, @shadedrose01, @lilacsandlilies4, @smallkindofdisaster, @peachy-keener & @favreaus

[andruwminyrd]

tagged by @allisonreynolds​, thank u <3 tagging; @camerongoodkn, @jasovtodd, @sirousblack, @brondonurie, @kgrants, @lsaks, @gansaey, @minrd, @asteriea, @vildes, @victorvalc, @sithobi & @noelfmilkovich (u can totally ignore this if u don’t wanna do it)

rules: once you have been tagged you are supposed to write 92 truths about yourself. at the end, choose 25 people to tag! LAST… 
[1] drink: solo 
[2] phone call: don’t remember 
[3] text message: think it was @jasovtodd about got 
[4] song you listened to: novocaine by fall out boy 
[5] time you cried: ......reading a fucking fluff phan fic 1 or 2 days ago or something

HAVE YOU EVER… 
[6] dated someone twice: nah mate 
[7] been cheated on: nah 
[8] kissed someone and regretted it: nah haven’t kiseed anyone 
[9] lost someone special: not yet 
[10] been depressed: i think so but idk 
[11] gotten drunk and thrown up: nah

LIST 3 FAVOURITE COLOURS: 
[12] black  
[13] pale pink 
[14] grey

IN THE LAST YEAR HAVE YOU… 
[15] made new friends: oui 
[16] fallen out of love: nah 
[17] laughed until you cried: oui 
[18] found out someone was talking about you: i don’t think so 
[19] met someone who changed you: maybe i’m not sure 
[20] found out who your true friends are: nah i know who my friends r 
[21] kissed someone on your facebook list: no 
[22] how many of your facebook friends do you know in real life: almost everyone  
[23] do you have any pets: sadly no 
[24] do you want to change your name: not anymore 
[25] what did you do for your last birthday: stayed home, had some family members over, ate some waffles, oreo cupcakes and hanged out (read: we were both on different mac not talking to each other) with my cousin since she was sleeping over 
[26] what time did you wake up: 12:25 or so 
[27] what were you doing at midnight last night: talking to @brondonurie about dan howell  
[28] name something you cannot wait for: DAMANGED LIKE US but also båtfestival that is 2 weeks away 
[29] when was the last time you saw your mother: a few mins ago, she went out to the balcony to read and smoke 
[30] what is one thing you wish you could change about your life: one thing??? uh, for myself to get myself together and figure out my life 
[31] what are you listening to right now: a p!atd @brondonurie made for me (how kind) 
[32] have you ever talked to a person named tom: don’t think so, talk to someone named tomas or thomas idk tho 
[33] something that is getting on your nerves: ppl who eats with their mouth open & there’s many more stuff but i can’t remember rn 
[34] most visited website: tumblr (i probably need a life) 
[35] elementary: done with 
[36] high school: done with tho i’m waiting on my diploma  
[37] college: don’t think college is for me 
[38] hair colour: brown 
[39] long or short hair: short 
[40] do you have a crush on someone: do dan howell count 
[41] what do you like about yourself? i have some nice lips i guess [42] piercings: my ears  [43]blood type: no idea [44] nickname: as3, astried/astired sometimes, mostly ppl just call me astrid 
[45] relationship status: single not ready to mingle  
[46] zodiac sign: aries 
[47] pronouns: she/her 
[48] fav tv show: from dusk till dawn 
[49] tattoos: maybe one day 
[50] right or left handed: right

FIRST… 
[51] surgery: nope 
[52] piercing: my ears 
[53] best friend: do not think i have any??? i got close friends i guess but no best friend 
[54] sport: exy (jk i hate sport) 
[55] vacation: i think it was to rhodos with my dad and that fam 
[56] pair of trainers: uh, no idea 
[57] eating: how do i remember that 
[58] drinking: i don’t know 
[59] i’m about to: nothing 
[60] listening to: more p!atd 
[61] waiting for: me 2 get my life in orden (never gonna happen) 
[62] want: 2 visit studio ghibli 
[63] get married: if i find the right person but i’m not that hyped for it 
[64] career: bye [65] hugs or kisses: neither??? hugs from rlly rlly close ppl [66] lips or eyes: eyes   [67] shorter or taller: def taller  [68] older or younger: older  [69] romantic or spontaneous: romantic [70] nice arms or nice stomach: jesus i don’t know [71] sensitive or loud: shdhsd loud maybe??? i don’t know [72] hook up or relationship: relationship [73] troublemaker or hesitant: troublemaker maybe

HAVE YOU EVER… 
[74] kissed a stranger? N EVER KISSED ANYONE STOP 
[75] drank hard liquor? uh, don’t think so 
[76] lost glasses/contact lenses? not yet 
[77] turned someone down: unsure 
[78] sex on first date? nah mate 
[79] broken someone’s heart? hope not 
[80] had your own heart broken? by fictional characters yeah 
[81] been arrested? nah 
[82] cried when someone died? fictional characters yeah  
[83] fallen for a friend: no

DO YOU BELIEVE IN… 
[84] yourself? funny 
[85] miracles? depends 
[86] love at first sight? depends 
[87] santa claus? i want to 
[88] kiss on the first date? guess so 
[89] angels? not rlly

OTHER… 
[90] current best friend’s name: do not have one so sorry 
[91] eye colour: brown 
[92] favourite movies: BUT THERE R SO MANY GOOD ONES. i’m gonna go with power ranger 2017 & beauty and the beast 2017. but i also love tangled, heathers and psycho

[canaryatlaw]

alright it’s late and I should get writing. today was pretty chill. Alarm went off at 11 as we had planned, got ready and ran over to the bagel place where we got some food (cinnamon raisin bagel with light butter for me, veggie omelet for Jess) and took home a dozen bagels to shove in my backpack to take back to Chicago with me 😂 can’t ever have too many New York bagels. So we ate our food there before heading back to the house, where we decided we wanted to watch The Greatest Showman, which is something we’ve wanted to do since the first P!ATD concert a few weeks ago when they did their cover of “The Greatest Show.” I hadn’t watched the movie again since I saw it in the theater for the first time. It still has a great soundtrack and several parts made me emotional, but I definitely didn’t feel like the story was as strong as I did the first time (though the Anne and Phillip plot I still think was done remarkably well, and their scene at the end in the hospital always gets me) (and now I’m listening to Kesha’s cover of “This is Me” and I fucking love it). So that was enjoyable. After that we hung around for a bit before going with my mom to pick my sister up from her SAT tutor and then take us to get our nails done since my sister wanted to do that. Whenever I’m like going to actually get my nails done I have to resist getting colors I already own because every time my brain is like GET NEON PINK and I have to remind myself I already have like 6 shades of pink at home and should go with another color, lol, so I ended up going with a kind of darker blue for a gel manicure since normal ones never last more than like, a week for me. So that was good. After that we walked over to the pizza place next door and got some authentic New York pizza (and a rice ball because I’ve been craving a good one of those for like 2 weeks now). So that was fun, my mom came and joined us and then drove us back home where we did some packing and hung out for a bit before driving to the airport with my parents. Alone, my parents are already not very good navigators, but somehow when they’re together they become remarkably worse, which led to us having to drive around the airport (that they’ve dropped me off at dozens of times before) about 3 times before actually getting to the right place. At that point I was just glad they were cool with just dropping us at the curb because when they insist on coming inside it’s even worse lol, like I know what I’m doing on my own I've done this many, many times, please just let me do this lol. so we said goodbye to them and then had to check in starting at the kiosk and then moving to the real people because we were flying United on their basic economy fare (which is basically the cheapest you can possibly fly) which doesn’t allow for carry-ons, just a personal item, so they had to check us in person that we only actually had one bag with us (which is why we only brought backpacks). So we got that figured out and then went through security which was relatively uneventful, we thought my bag was going to get pulled because it was stuffed with bagels and it looked like they were trying to figure out what the heck was in it when it was in the machine, but then they just passed it on so we avoided having to have them open it and a dozen bagels fall out 😂 so that was probably for the best. We walked down the terminal to the last gate (because we’re always, always at the furthest away gate) and then once we had assessed everything we walked back to the Auntie Anne’s Pretzel stand and got some food from them. The flight had already been minority delayed up to that point, and they were asking people to take the option of switching to tomorrow morning’s flights if they needed to have them do so for a voucher and flight transfer which we figured was due to earlier flights getting cancelled and having people from those they’re trying to get on flights, but since it was no longer snowing in Chi we didn’t expect and actual trouble. We did end up getting backed up a bit from the airplanes being behind schedule, and then once we boarded we had to sit for a while to actually get to the runway, so our take off time ended up being about 10:35 instead of 9:00 (it was supposed to get in originally at 10:35 Chicago time, but it only would’ve been 9:30 there at that point) so a bit of a delay, but nothing terrible. The flight itself was fine, I played sudoku in the magazine for most of the flight, solved the easy and medium puzzles without much trouble and got about halfway through the hard one before getting bored and giving up. We were both kinda hungry so when they came around with drinks and snacks we got one of their snack box options which we’d gotten before when I convinced Jess to eat a piece of salami for the first time (non-kosher salami, anyway), so we were joking and teasing about that and she was trying to get me to eat it so it didn’t go to waste and I was like “I’ll eat one if you eat one” so she did and she definitely regretted it as soon as it happened and I laughed very hard, as this now puts her at a total of two pieces of salami for lifetime pork consumption (we then joked about it being two strikes against taking her kosher powers away ala Brandon Routh in Scott Pilgrim). so that was amusing at least. After I gave up on sudoku I just played various games on my phone until we landed. We were fairly far back (row 30) so it took us a while to get off the plane, it was about 11:30 Chicago time at this point and the airport was mostly deserted. After a lot of walking we managed to make it to the ridesharing pick up area and got an uber, it was apparently “busy” so the prices were super inflated which was really annoying but like, we didn’t really have any other choice to get home, the buses wouldn’t be running at this point so our only option would be to take the blue line all the way down to the loop and then take the red line back up (and then have a 20 minute walk home in the cold from there) which would’ve taken at least 2 hours to do and yeah that just didn’t make sense to do, so we dealt with the expensive uber. Once we got in the car it smelled pretty strongly of b.o. which was unpleasant and made it somewhat difficult to breathe, so that was unfortunate. but yeah, dropped Jess off then me, I was trying to dig my keys out of my backpack and somehow broke two keychains doing so due to me trying to pull the keys up with them, but thankfully I was able to reattach both of them (especially since one of them was the new avocado one from forever 21). Got into the building and sorted through some various packages I got which was good, then changed into pajamas and took my meds before coming here and starting to write this, and now I’m here. That took longer than expected and it’s just past 2:30 am now so I really should be getting to bed now if I don’t want my sleep cycle to get any more thrown off than it already is, so I’m going to do that now. Goodnight loves. Have a lovely Tuesday.