#the mobile app is being a little bitch rn so sorry if the formatting is weird lol

[karmilleryn]

Thank you @its-exy-bitch for tagging me!

I also got tagged by @sig66 (so thanks to you too!) in a different tag thing that I actually already got tagged in/did, except one question got added since then lol, so I’m just gonna answer that one here real quick:

Relationship: single as fuck 😂

Now onto the new set...

15 questions, 15 mutuals:

Are you named after anyone? Yes: two different great aunts, I think, that passed away before I was born.

When was the last time you cried? Probably when I read The Song of Achilles fairly recently. I mean I knew I would cry, but when it came down to it, I didn’t just cry, I fucking SOBBED. But it was so good! (I know I basically said the same exact thing on the last tag thing but it’s so true lol.)

Do you have kids? Nope. I’m 26 but I still feel like a child myself.

Do you use sarcasm a lot? For sure. More often than not actually lol.

What’s the first thing you notice about people? Their accents. I live in the South, and have for 17 years, but I’ll always be a Jersey girl and Southern accents still/will always grate on me, I def notice/appreciate when people have a Northern or other non-Southern accent here and enjoy it more when I still go visit up north, etc.

What’s your eye color? I got my dad’s hazel eyes, and they’re my favorite of my physical features.

Scary movie or happy ending? Happy for sure. I am THE biggest wimp, so I can’t do anything remotely scary.

Any special talents? Well in college I took badminton as one of my PE credits, and I found out I’m really good at getting really high/far tosses that even get over my head/behind me and serving back the same kind of shot (I don’t remember the proper terminology lol)... I never actually played legit games, just the little matches we had in the class (bc we did have a club team but they were super serious, and except for those shots, I wasn’t that good), and I haven’t done it in a long time so I’m really out of practice, but yeah. (I’ve looked to see if there’s anywhere around here you can play casually so I could get back into it, but no luck so far.) I also have a knack for getting rid of something just before I actually, finally NEED it 🙄😂

Where were you born? New Jersey! The garden garbage state 😬😂 (I still love and miss it but I AM self-aware lol)

What are your hobbies? Watching TV, honestly. I know that sounds dumb because most people like to watch TV, but like I watch/continuously follow (not just watch casually like some people do... even when there’s not that much plot carry-over, how can you just drop in and out/come and go as you please?! I will never understand that lol) so many shows that are like actively on right now with new episodes coming out on the reg. And reading, but I don’t have that much free time, so usually watching all my shows takes priority. So I really only ever get to read on vacations now, which I rarely take 😔 and sleeping 😂 and badminton if I ever get back into it (see above) and I’m actually learning Norwegian right now on Duolingo! Because Skam 😂🤷🏻‍♀️

Do you have any pets? No. I’m an aspiring dog owner though 😂 I’ve always wanted one but have always lived with people who are allergic/don’t want them 😔 and still do as of right now, so it’ll be a while before I can actually do it. But one day!

What sports do you play/have you played? I don’t have an athletic bone in my body 😂 so other than badminton (see above), which again I never really PLAYED played, and it barely counts anyway lol, and marching band, which I think should count but most people don’t, none.

How tall are you? 5’7”... youngest but tallest of my siblings, and have been for a while, and am constantly used for my height in my apartment 😂

Favorite subject in school? I’ve been done with school for a while now (thank goodness lol) but it was English, which was my major in fact.

Dream job? Writing for TVLine, which basically does online articles all about everything related to TV. Bc I like writing but am very picky about what kind of writing I like, and that would fit the mold, and then I’d get to literally watch TV for a living(!). But I have done absolutely nothing so far to help me get anywhere within the realm of possibility of someday achieving that dream... Mostly because my actual current job is slowly killing me lol.

I am tagging some more recent mutuals and some not so recent lol:

@tiredslytherclaw @giucorreias @hugeclearjellyfish @aneternalfangirl @tinyshootingstar @hammysquirrelstuff @curvedyellowfruit (i know you just did a few of these recently, but this one does have different questions if you feel like doing another one!) @doodlebeare9 @soulumen @idontwanttodream @wertigous @maelillie @isisisak @harmonicalock @lesbiandemissy

[karmilleryn]

Foxes have become very “in” in the last few years...

At first I found helpful because my friend got married right as it was starting to become a thing and her married name happens to be Fox. So I was able to find her so many random gifts and shit just based on that. It was great.

Then she had a baby, so then I was able to find all these cute fox things for him. Even better.

But now I’m obsessed with AFTG and I just want to get ME everything fox-related instead of them, and it’s a problem 😂

But sometimes it works out. Like this fox plush. My sister had it (got it for free from Hallmark a while back) and decided she didn’t need it and gave it to me to give to the baby, and I half just wanted to keep it because it was so damn cute (and duh, the PSU Foxes!). Obv I gave it to him. ...

Then a little while later my mom got one for free from Hallmark and forgot my sister had gotten one and given it to the baby, so she gave this one to me to give to the baby. I didn’t want to make her feel bad by reminding her because she was so excited about it, so I just nodded along, and then I got to keep it 😂

But just look at it, isn’t it so cute?! I feel like any of the (half-)Fox couples (canon or not) that aren’t Andreil lol would give/get this for Valentine’s Day 😭:

But the upside is that now I get reminded not only of my friend and her cute baby, but also the PSU Foxes, whenever I see anything fox-related. Which is like all the time because they’re seriously everywhere now!

Like we celebrated my sister’s birthday the other day and she wanted to try out this cocktail bar, and it was literally called The Fox and was fox-themed. And I died. But it was super hipster and cool so I had to stay chill and only snag a few subtle photos lol:

And it felt like somewhere maybe Allison would find and drag the rest of the Foxes to, or the setting of like a speakeasy AU where they run the cocktail bar because it had a ‘20s, Gatsby-vibe plus the fox theme.

Anyway, I just can’t get away from it, but I’m not at all complaining 😂

[karmilleryn]

Thank you so much for tagging me, @tinydemondragon! Rules: Tag 9 people you wanna know better.

Fave color: purple

Top 3 ships: this is so hard because I’m so indecisive and use the term “otp” so loosely (the o literally stands for “one” but I have so many, but I do still differentiate between those and regular ships 😂 it’s kinda like best friends - to paraphrase my fave quote from The Mindy Project: it’s not a person, it’s a tier! Lol) so I’ll just go with the ones I’ve gotten invested in most recently: Patrochilles from The Song of Achilles, Andreil from the All For the Game series, and Evak from Skam

Lipstick or chapstick: chapstick

Last song: um the ENTIRE Ben Platt album, Sing to Me Instead - I’ve had it on a constant loop since it came out 2 weeks ago lol (but really)

Last movie: Set It Up (on Netflix) - I know everyone raved about it and I did like it overall but... I have mixed feelings

Currently reading: nothing at the moment because I’m so busy that I only ever get to read on vacations anymore (and I like never take vacation 😔 so I’ll go with last book, which was The Song of Achilles (I knew I was gonna cry, but I fucking SOBBED HYSTERICALLY! But it was so good!)

I’m just gonna tag the last 9 people in my notes (partially because I’m lazy, but also because I really do wanna get to know you all better!)

@twink-biwalker @bambijay96 @aeilde-light @not-all-that-sure @nikothespoonklepto @adamparrishisastar @macfic22 @mybestfriendsarefictional @iranau

[karmilleryn]

Reason #394 why the Oxford comma is important and necessary

At work I learned that we got screwed out of a whole bunch of money for therapy literally due to lack of an Oxford comma.

The law about it was written as “occupational, physical and speech therapy,” instead of “occupational, physical, and speech therapy,” so OT has its own dollar cap but PT and ST forever have to share.

And the cap goes up slightly every year, so I can’t tell you the exact amount of money we got/get screwed out of bc it’s actually always changing. But for example, this year it’s $2040. So instead of getting $2040 for PT and $2040 for ST, we get $2040 for both combined. So that’s $2040 we miss out on.

And people do use up that cap all the time - even the cap for one type of therapy, with OT, gets used up so fast for neuro patients. It’s a constant/genuine/serious problem.

Also, when I say they raise it “slightly” every year, I’m literally talking $30. They literally raise the caps $30 a year. Which is better than nothing, but still not nearly enough. And that makes it slightly better bc it gives you slightly more to use toward both, but also it makes it more money that we’re getting screwed out of.

Sorry for the rant... obviously I’m overly passionate about this since it hits close to home as both an English major and an admin for a PT/OT/ST department, and I know that’s just the tip of the fucking iceberg of what is wrong with our healthcare system, but still. It’s an issue that I have to deal with the consequences of almost daily.

But at least I’m not the neuro patients who we have to break the news to that they have to either stop therapy way earlier than they should or start paying out of pocket (and I work for a not-for-profit hospital, so we are able to help with the self-pay cost a lot for everyone and offer further financial assistance to some when applicable, but that cost still fucking adds up fast).

TLDR: We’re missing out on $2040 a year and counting (+$30 per year) for therapy simply bc some asshole didn’t use an Oxford comma when writing a healthcare law. So yes, the Oxford comma is still important and necessary.

[karmilleryn]

Newest addition: When visiting my sister in Dallas, we went to this candy-themed exhibit thing called Candytopia. We ended up being older than the target audience (we’d figured a bit, but even moreso than that), so it was a little bit of a letdown and overwhelming bc of all the young, hyped-up kids there, but I’m still glad we went, and it was cheap and we at least got a little bit of free candy out of it.

But the coolest bit about it for us was that they had some art things made out of candy, and this one caught my eye of course:

(Sorry this shot of the sign is really bad because the lighting in there was awful, but you can at least still read the cool details about it:)

And I couldn’t help but think that Andrew would’ve loved the candy (in the fox, but also in the whole exhibit... although he would’ve hated the crowd, particularly all the terribly behaved children lol) and Neil would’ve loved the fox lol

Foxes have become very “in” in the last few years…

At first I found helpful because my friend got married right as it was starting to become a thing and her married name happens to be Fox. So I was able to find her so many random gifts and shit just based on that. It was great.

Then she had a baby, so then I was able to find all these cute fox things for him. Even better.

But now I’m obsessed with AFTG and I just want to get ME everything fox-related instead of them, and it’s a problem 😂

But sometimes it works out. Like this fox plush. My sister had it (got it for free from Hallmark a while back) and decided she didn’t need it and gave it to me to give to the baby, and I half just wanted to keep it because it was so damn cute (and duh, the PSU Foxes!). Obv I gave it to him. …

Then a little while later my mom got one for free from Hallmark and forgot my sister had gotten one and given it to the baby, so she gave this one to me to give to the baby. I didn’t want to make her feel bad by reminding her because she was so excited about it, so I just nodded along, and then I got to keep it 😂

But just look at it, isn’t it so cute?! I feel like any of the (half-)Fox couples (canon or not) that aren’t Andreil lol would give/get this for Valentine’s Day 😭:

But the upside is that now I get reminded not only of my friend and her cute baby, but also the PSU Foxes, whenever I see anything fox-related. Which is like all the time because they’re seriously everywhere now!

Like we celebrated my sister’s birthday the other day and she wanted to try out this cocktail bar, and it was literally called The Fox and was fox-themed. And I died. But it was super hipster and cool so I had to stay chill and only snag a few subtle photos lol:

And it felt like somewhere maybe Allison would find and drag the rest of the Foxes to, or the setting of like a speakeasy AU where they run the cocktail bar because it had a ‘20s, Gatsby-vibe plus the fox theme.

Anyway, I just can’t get away from it, but I’m not at all complaining 😂