#they pay offs were so worth it!

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Burning Rotten Bridges

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[unpretty]

my final verdict now that i am nearing the end of this clusterfuck is that if you are setting up your own website to sell or paywall content you should not bother sending a newsletter unless you're really fucking determined

i am now paying for

SMTP2GO to actually process emails and not have them get sent straight to spam (note that the free version of this works fine for basic account stuff for your users) [this is $10 a month or $100 a year]

MailPoet refused to actually send emails for me but i still have to pay for the creator plan that doesn't include processing emails, because that's the only way to ensure that only paying members get emails (sending emails to nonpaying members would make it even more expensive) [this is $11 a month or $114 a year]

a PO box, because you're required to have an address in the footer of your emails and i'm not giving out my home address [this is $19 every three months or $58 a year]

none of which i would have to do if i just kept saying "if you want emails use an rss to email service like feedrabbit, here's a link, good fucking luck"

[puppyeared]

i wrote this as a joke because I wanted to strangle a guy watching tiktoks without headphones on the bus, but im genuinely disturbed that we've gotten to a point where convenience comes first. and it depresses me even more that its used to justify and monetize greed

[deoidesign]

Look at these stickers my brain is literally so huge. God. I love them so much.

I hadn't tried to do a sticker sheet at home before because I knew it would be difficult, and I was right! Getting the cut lines to line up with the print was super hard and there were many failed attempts, but it was so worth it I'm so happy with them!!!

This sticker sheet is for my patrons this month ^^

[prongsmydeer]

Things I Loved About Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024):

I still can't believe they called it Beetlejuice Beetlejuice. Tim Burton said: I have the opportunity to tell a 36 year long joke and he was right

Considering it's been 30+ years, I think it does a really good job in keeping with the spirit of the first film. I loved the cartoonish changes in storytelling method, like suddenly it's stop motion or dubbed in Italian. Perfect, thank you

Also, I love that even with a big budget, they still used a lot of practical effects!!!

I love the homages to both the cartoon and first film (lots of dialogue and gag references, the waiting room and tilted hallway, Lydia's dress)

Loooove how Delia and Lydia have grown closer, with Delia sympathetic to Lydia's relationship with Astrid, and her actively rooting for Rory to be dumped LOL. It made me giggle when Lydia texted Astrid with the same urgency Delia texted her

A lot of what makes the first film for me is the Maitlands, and how they are inherently nice people, just trying to figure things out. I think they do a good job of having the Deetzes take up that mantle

[qasian-tech-support]

Please excuse the lighting and the messy bg (I'm in the process of moving in), but I got catcalled by a group of 8 dudes at a gas station today (I ignored them but they called me 'catgirl' bc my hat has cat ears. I think it was regular sexism and not transphobia), and when I went to a Ruby Tuesdays to have dinner with my mom, I was told that a couple of the waitresses were checking me out (and one apparently flirted with me which I didn't realize until later!).

So, yeah, I figured I'd post a pic bc I must've chose a great outfit today

[dairyfreenugget]

(Going insane boinkinh one AU in my head)

Hey hey hey

May I interest you in

(Slowly slides my FaaF AU towards you but void just Disappears without a trace one day before the accolade)

Teehee

[madamescarlette]

💐

[guinevereslancelot]

hopefully i'm not getting ahead of myself with the second job idea but i'm v excited abt the possibility

[californiaquail]

i've been getting emails from my university for months begging me to call their toll-free number for their alumni verification project so i finally did to make them stop emailing me and i thought it was just going to be like yes this is my address and phone number and whatever bye but this woman was fully interviewing me and i wasn't expecting to have to pull out my oscar worthy acting skills to bullshit redacted university at 12:30 pm on a saturday when i had just woken up. she was like "what's the story you tell people about your experience here" and i was like Well usually i tell people about my year abroad in england and she somehow was not familiar with the study abroad program and then shes asking me about professors who had an impact on me and i was like.....it's been years i don't remember hardly anyones name i was just trying to get a degree..........and then i bullshat something about how it helped me solidify my own beliefs because i was a non adventist on their shitty shitty adventist cult ass campus. and then she desperately wanted my permission to use the recording of that conversation in their project and i was like no <3 and then she was like you can get a sweatshirt and hardcover book and access to all these recordings for two payments of $299 where would you like it sent? and i was like. i wouldn't. ??????

[dragons-and-yellow-roses]

Had an ADHD assessment a few years ago and the fuckwit that assessed me said, as a direct quote, "You're too smart to have ADHD." Like that's not any type of paraphrasing, that stupid fucking statement is burned in my brain forever and has been since I heard it.

I talked to my psychiatrist about getting a referral to a different psychologist for assessment, and she agreed and sent it in.

Today I got a call that said they don't agree that I need reassessment, and I'm welcome to pursue it elsewhere, but they won't provide reassessment. Which is just.

I don't even know where to start with that one. I just needed to get it out. I'm so tired.

[inexpressiblybeatiful]

Hotel Portofino be like: Bury your gays and also bury your child.

[creations-by-chaosfay]

A thing I pre-ordered months ago has shipped!

What's the thing?

Keepsake Quilting, and several other quilt companies/stores, put a sort of gift box together with fabric, notions, patterns, and gift cards in them. You don't know what you're getting, making it a surprise. I have never purchased one because they're expensive. This was 50% upfront, 50% when shipped, for a total of $150. Considering how much is in it, and what reviews were left the last several years, it's a steal. Plus, I wanna treat myself after having such a stressful and unpleasant year.

My mom and one of aunts have ordered such boxes in the past, but according to my mom, they're disappointing because she has so many of the things in the package, or no use for many of them. Rulers (some of which cost $30), needles, rotary cutters and extra blades (blades can be $10/each, new cutters up to $50), fabric marking tools (chalk pencils, disappearing ink, etc), precut fabric collections (jelly rolls can be $80, fat quarter collections up to $100 depending on number of FQs), and yardage ($12.99-$21.99/yard). She's been disappointed by "ugly" fabric too many times.

I, on the other hand, have significantly fewer tools. I make things for people to buy, and some folks love fabric I cannot stand (like x-mas and patriotic prints). There have been fabrics I consider well and truly hideous, and those I list in my shop or sell to people here. One person's trash is another's treasure, right? I've met people who think pastels are ugliest things to have ever existed. I think baby pink and green military camouflage look fantastic together, as well as turquoise and light hemp brown or terracotta and peacock blue. My mom finds them hideous. I think pink and any shade of brown look terrible together, or red and khaki (likely from working at Target and seeing is everywhere). Again, personal taste.

If any of you ever fancy treating me to one of these random collections of fabric and/or notions, feel free to do so. They're the sort of surprise I enjoy (that and people purchasing my work, especially from my shop). Sure, there are things that may he of no use to me, but others can use them. Nothing goes to waste.

This package will be arriving on November 18th, and has me giggling with excitement!

[callixton]

i love thirteen & find her deeply compelling but i do still think her writing was trash and i can't really be convinced otherwise. & no i don't like timeless child but that's actually not the issue at all, that's really just a taste thing, my problem was the episodic writing was just like. not good. 95% of the time. i genuinely can't think of one non endgame arc storyline of hers that i remember enough to have found it interesting

[polyamorouspunk]

MRI is finished! It wasn't nearly as bad as I thought it was gonna be. The worst part was getting an IV, and that's just cause I have deep veins. And they let me listen to rock hits inside the machine too :3 overall a good experience

-🫐

Oh god I didn’t know there was an IV involved 🤮 nevermind I don’t need an MRI

[hella1975]

i don’t think my mum appreciates my bargain hunting