#update on my behalf

[fraternum-momentum]

apartment hunting lead me to a job interview tomorrow, wish me luck 🙏😭

[anarchythephoenix]

OH

OH NOOO

OOOOHH FUUUUUUUUUUUCCCKKKKK

[dawnthefluffyduck]

Drew ralsei while looking at some pious guys in a middle ages art history class

[pendragaryen]

Hello, dear sunflowerkru. I'm not online very often anymore, but when i get here and it's a tuesday i always read your posts when you tagged me. Thank you for being such a constant in my life. You still ROCK, Blarkes! <3

Thank you for your tags, dearies. I'm using this opportunity to give you a little update on my behalf. My own life is a f...in' mess right now, so i don't want to talk about THAT today. BUT... And that is a HUGE BUT... There are SOME good news to tell you for once today! Finally some light at the end of the dark tunnel i'm feeling i stuck in since december...

My sister (you know, my little sister that was diagnosed with breast cancer right before christmas...) just had her first ultrasound scan since december. And after that she was sending me THIS today:

Translation: "Unfortunately, no new size information about my bastard (she calls her tumor that way) today. (<- I could've basically slapped her, for at first this message sounded SO bad in her words... >.< But then:) Because: He can no longer be adequately represented on the ultrasound image. From what used to be 5 cm to no longer clearly recognizable is a huge step in the right direction." !!!!!!!!!!!

When i read this message i was... i YELLED! I jumped around! THis is the first good news in MONTHS! THe chemotherapy (that is really taking a toll on her...) is WORKING! She's on a good way and knows now for certain, that ALL HER SUFFERING IS NOT IN VAIN! I know, it's not the end of the way, it probably never will be over for her bc she'd always have to be cautious in the future, BUT IT'S A REAL CHANCE! Oh god, i can't even begin to tell you how much this means to me, how important she is to me. I couldn't imagine a life without her in it. She's my best friend... I'm so moved right now i'm almost crying while typing this.

I am so sorry that i couldn't be around here more often. I didn't have the strength for that, or even for the The100-rewatch i was SO looking forward to. It's so sad but I had to put my priorities straight. I don't know if i'll be able to catch up or not. I think i'll rather do the rewatch at my own pace. Even when it'll take YEARS to do it. ;) I still love our delinquents very much. I don't want to be without them or their story.

Thank you for all your amazing edits, gif sets, metas and live-bloggings! My dash is so much more filled with The100-related things again, it makes me so happy! Thank you for all these awesome distractions! ;)

Lots of hugs and love and much fun with your watch-along of the S1 finale next week!

@togetherkru @carrieeve @natassakar @geekyogicheese @bellamyblake @ninappon @roguetwelve @immortalpramheda @heartbellamy @okmcintyre @kizo2703 @its-tea-time-darling @igotbellarkeforthat @jeanie205 @isweartobreathe @travllingbunny @infp-with-all-the-feelings @otp-armada (If i forgot to tag you it's not on purpose, i just can't remember all the names at once anymore haha... i am OLD... )

Hi Sunflowerkru! It's already tuesday ! Here I am again in the Paris area, after a few days in the center of France where I could see my son, whom I had not seen since Christmas. I can tell you that it was good to see him ! I'm taking care of my baby plants, I just repotted them, and some of them look a little bit bad, but they will probably get better soon. I'm going to rewatch a few episodes of The 100 and look forward to seeing your news and photos. This too makes me feel good every week !

Tagging / sending love to : @pendragaryen, @natassakar, @geekyogicheese, @infp-with-all-the-feelings, @kizo2703, @carrieeve, @ninappon, @roguetwelve, @immortalpramheda, @jeanie205, @bellamyblake, @gaiagalit, @isweartobreathe, @travllingbunny, @gabbagabbadoo , @okmcintyre , @heartbellamy @astridandoddsandends and a special thought to @julibernardo

[stevie-petey]

A 13k chapter in a matter of days while a senior in college!?! You amaze me I'm so impressed by you. Every update you remind me I need to lock in. you are too good to us💗💗💗 I'm so excited!! Thank you again I'm sure it'll be perfect 😘😘

AH THANK YA !!! i truly just write idek how or why but i do. me and my headphones against the word fr

[anon-apple]

Hot Soup and Soft Bread 12

Table of Contents and Synopsis <- Chapter 11 Read on WordPress here

Chapter 12: Instant Noodles with an Egg VI

Zhong Qiuyan held Zhou Cunqu’s hand and the two of them walked out a bit further from Breadfruit Street. That day, Cunqu told Qiuyan that he had a cousin named Zhou Pianyan who was the editor of a children’s magazine. He wanted to help A’Shan submit his story to be published.

But after Qiuyan contacted this cousin on behalf of Cunqu, she said: “Tell him to come see me himself.”

Cunqu didn’t say anything to that. Qiuyan held his hand and said: “No rush. It’s not like A’Shan’s in a hurry. He writes stories to pass the time anyways.”

Their midnight walks felt increasingly more like a date rather than a session to help with Cunqu’s recovery. After the date, Qiuyan always walked Cunqu back to the fifth floor. He would cling to him, hugging his waist and pressing him into his embrace as they kissed. Only after the kiss would he let him go.

Sometimes, Cunqu worried that Qiuyan didn’t have enough time to sleep and might have an accident at work so he would let him stay over in his room. But Qiuyan never just obediently went to sleep, instead, he stuck by Cunqu’s side and pinched and rubbed him here and there.

Because of how early he needed to get up, he sometimes would walk out of Cunqu’s room and run into Liu Xiaoying who was heading out for her morning exercises. He’d quietly sneak out of the condo, wait for Xiaoying to get downstairs, sprint up the stairs with the breakfast he bought, then open the door with Cunqu’s keys. He’d place the food on top of Cunqu’s nightstand and send a text message: Darling, breakfast is on the nightstand, don’t forget to eat it~ 

When Cunqu read the text upon waking, his first reaction was to find it both amusing and endearing. 

When Qiuyan was at work, he didn't text Cunqu much even during the breaks. He didn’t want to get distracted. After finishing his shift in the evening, he carried a bag and went to buy new books for Cunqu. The latter sent a text: Grandma said it’s almost dinner time, are you coming?

Qiuyan replied: I’m buying new books for our clever little bookworm. 

Cunqu laughed as he read the text on the phone screen. Qiuyan was capable of giving him hundreds of nicknames in a single day. Cunqu thought for a bit and texted back: Thank you Dudu baby.

Qiuyan cackled when he read the reply. 

That night, when they went downstairs for their walk, Cunqu said that he had made up his mind to meet up with Zhou Pianyan. Pianyan had a young child and couldn’t come out to see him at night. So Cunqu could only meet her during the day. To Cunqu, this was another challenge. 

Qiuyan said he would accompany him. That way if Pianyan did anything rude, then he wouldn’t be polite either. Cunqu smiled and said: “Yan-jie[1] isn’t like that.”

They decided to meet at Pianyan’s home. Qiuyan planned to drive Cunqu there. He watched Cunqu change his clothes and stand in the bathroom tying up his hair. He tied it, untied it, then tied it again. Cunqu finally asked Qiuyan, a bit exhausted: “Don’t I look quite awful right now?”

Qiuyan closed the bathroom door with his foot and hugged Cunqu as he replied: “You look great.” He then kissed Qiuyan’s cheeks and continued, “Don’t worry.”

That day was the first time Cunqu saw the staircase in the daylight. Grandma’s home was in fact quite old. Rust was prominent on the bars underneath the staircase handrail, and the walls were mottled with small advertisement leaflets. Qiuyan stood a few stairs below him and held out his arm as he said: “The pumpkin carriage has arrived downstairs. Let’s go, little princess Zhou Cunqu.” Cunqu couldn’t help but laugh.

When they reached the first floor, the “Double Yolk Egg” Grandpas turned their heads in tandem. One of them said: “Who is this? Someone from our building?” “From our building?”

“You’ve seen this person before?” “Haven’t seen this person before.”

The two got into Qiuyan’s car together. The two grandpas were still doing question and answer. “Is this new resident a guy or a girl?” “Was that person just now a guy or a girl?”

The car drove through the daytime streets. Cunqu felt that his eyes were having a hard time adjusting to the bright summer afternoon sunlight. Qiuyan played some gentle music in the car and then said: “Look ge. The little ducks in Moonlake Park are finally awake. We’re going to pass by the city’s art museum soon, then we’ll arrive after one more turn.”

Cunqu squinted his eyes and didn’t say anything. When they arrived at Zhou Pianyan’s home, Qiuyan said: “If it’s too much, let’s not go up. It’s not like you are responsible for helping A’Shan submit his story.”

Cunqu stayed silent for a bit, then he turned and smiled at him. He said: “The ball is about to begin, help me down from the carriage.”

As they entered the elevator, Qiuyan could feel that Cunqu was trembling. Twenty-nine years of someone’s life would be filled with countless restless, stuffy, stretches of daytime. Unfortunately in Cunqu’s case, those daytime meomries are anything but pleasant. 

When they reached the 10th floor, Qiuyan led Cunqu out of the elevator. The door to condo 1001 was open. When Pianyan settled down, bought this place, and did the interior design, she asked for and followed Cunqu’s advice. So he was rather familiar with the layout of the place. Pianyan was leaning against the wall at the entryway. He smiled at her. Pianyan suddenly covered her mouth and started crying. She couldn’t stop crying. She reached out and hugged Cunqu as she repeatedly said: “You are so thin now, you are…” 

The baby in the stroller in the living room also abruptly started crying. Qiuyan ran over and held her. Pianyan finally let go of Cunqu and turned to look at her child. Qiuyan held the five-month-old infant and grinned as he said to Cunqu: “Ge, you want to try holding her? She’s so warm to hug.”

Even by the time Pianyan came over and sat down on the couch she was still ruminating over this, mumbling: “He didn’t say she was cute, or that she feels so light to hold. He said that my daughter feels warm….?” 

Qiuyan said: “Hold it hold it, jie. We didn’t come to have a philosophical discussion on this.”

Pianyan took a look at A’Shan’s draft and agreed that the story wasn’t bad and they could try publishing it. She placed down the papers and once again stared at Cunqu. Her eyes reddened again and she lightly said: “I was scared that you wouldn’t be willing to come. In the past two years, I was afraid to even think about you. In the past, was there anything I did wrong?”

Cunqu smiled and said, “Don’t think that way.”

When they were heading back out, Pianyan hugged Cunqu and wouldn’t let go. Qiuyan pried at her hands and said: “Ok that’s enough, enough. He’s about to break.”

Pianyan held her daughter and walked them downstairs. Qiuyan started up his car. Cunqu had his head lowered all the way until they were about to exit this residential community. Then, he turned and looked at Pianyan. His tears suddenly started falling. This was the first time Qiuyan had seen him cry like that and hurriedly drove to a stop at the side of the road.

They stopped there for a long time. Cunqu cried until he was almost out of breath. He trembled as he stared at his own hands which were basically only skin and bones. Qiuyan held his hand with one hand and helped him wipe away his tears with the other. He lightly said: “Don’t cry anymore. Let’s go home and eat something good. What do you want to eat?”

Cunqu kept his head lowered. After a while, he lightly let out a sigh. “Let’s go,” he said.

Qiuyan started up the car again. The scenery outside the car windows rewound itself. They passed the art museum, Moonlake Park. Cunqu stared blankly at the row of pig bobbleheads. He suddenly said: “I want to eat instant noodles.”

Qiuyan glanced at him and said: “No problem. Whatever flavor you want, we have it.”

Cunqu wiped away the tear stains on his face and said: “And I want to add a fried egg on top.”

Qiuyan laughed, “Even if you wanted to add my heart, I would be ok with it.”

-> Chapter 13

Footnotes

[1] Zhou Pianyan is his older cousin, and it’s perfectly normal to refer to older female cousins that aren’t your actual sisters (or any slightly older female you’re close to) as “jie” aka older sister. Same concept as “ge” aka older brother. Also Qiuyan shortens “Pianyan” to “Yan.” Side note, while I translated all the names in the anglicized fashion of a single string as the first name, it’s more accurate to Chinese to actually write them as separate syllables because each Chinese character maps to one syllable. For example, Pian Yan instead of Pianyan. Same for Qiu Yan, Cun Qu, Xiao Ying, etc.

[joelletwo]

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): i dont want it back at this point but ive been SLANDERED

[3-aem]

I love when ppl put a Christmas hat on their icon. Idk why it brings me such joy to see that lil hat.

[godkilller]

out of character. I'm headin' to Japan! I'm so excited! I've always wanted to go 'n I've never actually left the country before. I'll be gone for 10 days, more likely than not I'll be too swamped with activities 'n sight-seeing to be on here. I'll be doing my best to be the least obnoxious American tourist on this trip, wish me luck!

[andtheirmoonlight]

what on earth is this abomination i don't want it

[twistedappletree]

my client literally had to call the pharmacist a ‘bitch’ for no reason while i was on SPEAKER and she hung up on me so I’m at the pharmacy rn waiting in line and probably about to get chewed tf out even tho it wasn’t me who said it lmao literally fuck my life

[danydarkly]

Red wolf winter h2?

If you want in on the progress regarding the status of the next part of Red & Wolf, that's what Patreon is for. Otherwise, it'll update when it updates, so don't ask me please.

[alltimefail-sims]

Putting the finishing touches on build #3 (woooooo!!!) and I realized that every build I've done so far has some variation of a sun room/greenhouse. So... I'm sorry if that isn't your thing! Turns out it's my thing, apparently! 😂

I promise I will not include a sunroom, screened-in-porch, or greenhouse in build #4! I actually have no idea what I'm going to build for build #4, but I will have to figure that out in the morning!

[handsomegentlebutch]

Life update:

First of all, ty for ur patience and ty to anyone and everyone that helped me at all, even if it was just a kind word. You kept my sanity in tact tbh

so! I'm going to be doing better financially soon. I'm not paying for that fucking trailer again lol which is part of what hurt me sm, tho Prince's vet bills didn't help. The trailer park gave me a notice to vacate AND said they wouldn't give more tours till I gave them my keys despite the fact they were giving tours just fine without me keys before lmao. And the fact they made me pay for the month of May on a place I AM NOT living at? Fuck em. On June first I'm gonna email explaining I won't pay for something I don't even have access to, point out the notice to vacate, etc. I'll go to court w them if I have to 😊 I'm not playing any fucking games with them anymore :3

Also im gonna stop doing uber eats. They pay is so shit. But I got approved to do regular uber so I'm gonna clean my car out and start doing that for events n stuff to try and pad my savings account. Cuz damn... she needs to eat something she's starving rn (the savings account)

Prince is also doing sm better!! Im gonna take him back to the vet next week but from the looks of it, he's just anemic. Bc if it was something worse (leukemia, cat aids, etc) he wouldn't be recovering like he is. He'll probably have to be on meds for the next several months (or even years, we'll see) but the drug he'd need is only like $20 so... small price to pay for more kitty time

I also seriously can't thank every one who helped me or shared my donation post enough. Seriously, you kept my head above water there. Esp 🧶🐈 anon. I appreciate u more than I could ever say

[izzy-b-hands]

got back from tax place a lil bit ago and found out:

i overpaid enough before i quit my job so even tho i emptied my retirement acct

I dont have to pay anything. we thought for sure it would be over 1k to pay in at least, but the accountant that does our taxes confirmed it for me! I don't owe the IRS anything!!! (at least for this year lmao)

and. and. the thing that made me almost happy cry in their office

im getting some back from fed and state. not a huge amount, but enough to help me out for a few months at least and keep my accts from being drained completely

it's not entirely getting me out of the hole im in, but i feel like the universe just tossed me a rope to start trying to climb out. if i can get to ct, get a job, and pay back ct friend and my mum?

then i will happy cry all over everything and everyone. even all of you, ur in on this happy cry with me bc you've all listened to me bitch abt this stuff and lose my mind over it for months

[chussyracing]

The funny thing about the Alpine designs is that the designer now works for them and has been part of the design team for last years and this years car. Shows how much they're limited in their work.

i'll be honest with u i don't see any difference between last year and this one, besides one patch of black along the side pods. it has the same energy as me submitting the same project for two different subjects