#vacation over

[things-arent-what-they-seem66]

I'm back sinners! (Not that I really left lol)

Okay! So, I'm going to work on Drag Queen Adam au cause it has be by the throat.

Then I'll finish Freshly Brewed.

Then whatever comes to me lol

[twistedtummies2]

I HAVE RETURNED!

Ahoy there, comrades and knaves! As of last night, I have officially returned from my trip out of state. I'm going to attempt to continue commissions this week, starting on Wednesday. We shall see how things go.

During my trip, among other events, I saw the stage version of The Lion King (twas glorious), and I also got to see "Kung Fu Panda 4" in theaters. (It grieved me to see how empty the seats were.) Not sure what the general opinion of the movie is, but I think it's good. It's a bit different, in some ways, from the past three, and I personally think the first two films are still the best two of the bunch, but it's not a bad entry at all: the returning faces, even if a lot of them don't actually do a whole lot, are nice to see back in form. As for the new faces - most notably the main villain and our deuteragonist - they are fun and interesting additions. The animation is also still top notch.

Also, we get Tenacious D covering a Britney Spears song over the end credits. This is worth celebrating.

ANYWAY...like I said, I'll hopefully resume commission writing in a few days. I want to take this weekend and the early part of the week to try and finish a personal piece I've been working on, then I'll get back into comms, as well as a gift story for someone. If you're reading this, you know who you are.

Thank you for your patience, comrades and knaves alike.

[fabulous-gabulous-theartist]

Me contemplating if I really need to go back to work.

End of vacation blues.

[unfriendlyamazon]

feeling high key stressed and i just want to shut down but i gotta do a bunch of stuff today

[clovermoonspell]

What is he doing. 🥴

[milksugarhunnie]

I’M HOME😭😭 Now I can get back to getting this witch house together 🫡

[bobbydearest]

Hey yall I made it home late last night from holiday but was back in town mid afternoon yesterday but it was nice the bnb we stayed at is haunted not prepared to bolt out the bathroom Saturday night. I would recommend conditioning yourself mainly the knees and legs before hiking hocking hills because they show no mercy, I have shin splints in my right shin and 2 semi swollen knees (I have goofed up knees from previous injuries to my patellar tendons) but still it's gorgeous even though the falls were almost bare but plan to visit in the fall when it's cooler out. Plan to post photos once my bf transfers them off the cameras.

[garbage--account]

Vacation's over : i come back to France tonight 😭😭😭😭😭

[evildeadfan102]

The Sims 4 (Nick x Amy) Day 99.

(Image set 1 of 2).

[londongirl]

And back with cliché

[bixels]

In the past, people in the Animal Crossing community would make fun of Tom Nook as a sleazy landlord. Since then, he's really rehabilitated his image as this 'heart of gold' businessman (he's the one who puts bells and furniture in trees for you to find! he adopted orphans! he donates to charity!), but New Horizons genuinely paints the most devious version of him.

He's successfully privatized settler colonialism: you pay HIM to move to a "deserted island" (which apparently the oceans in the AC world are just full of) and start a colony that he is directly invested in. At best he's running a weird vacation package scam (you arrive on the island with no money and in debt for "using his services"). At worst, he's using you to set up company towns. For god's sake, he literally has his own fake currency that he forces you to use to pay off your debt. But don't worry, he's repackaged it in a way that definitely doesn't sound like an MLM scam: the Nook Mileage Program!

You're no longer just his tenant or his temporary part-timer, you're his business lackey. The entire tutorial section of the game has you spending actual weeks running around completing tasks and doing hard labor to set up his colony. You're even tasked with preparing his properties and finding buyers for them. No, you aren't a tenant anymore. You work for the landlord. You are directly responsible for finding tenants for him. And he doesn't even fucking pay you. Not for setting up town hall and museum, or his nephew's shop –– which is the ONLY store on the entire island that sells necessities –– or bringing KK Slider to town, or helping populate his town. Not a single cent. No, actually, you have to pay HIM to BUY infrastructure like bridges and stairs and park benches. And all the while, he's telling you're the "resident representative"; you get to call the shots! That the reward is the community's progress. That what you're doing is in everyone's best interest (but most importantly, his).

Since NH's release, people have done a lot of legwork to say that Tom Nook isn't a capitalist while the game shows him at his very worst. He owns the only general store in town. You're forced to use a phone that he modified and branded as his own. Buy Nook-branded furniture and merchandise at the self-serve kiosk in the town hall, a governmental building! There's no conflict of interest here!

But hey, if you're tired of being the landlord/business mogul's goon, you can also find work as a deluxe resort home designer for a company that also pays you in their special company currency that can only be used to buy their products instead of a real salary! Because that's what the Animal Crossing franchise needs! More vacation homes!!!

[biggest-gaudiest-patronuses]

anyone else have multiple traumatic memories associated specifically with holidays/family vacations? because that is a topic I never see discussed in all the So You Had A Shitty Childhood, Now What? self-help books i've been reading. but for me, it was a significant thing. and the more i think about it the more it seems like this would be an (unfortunately) common experience. would be grateful to hear if this matches other peoples' experiences...

[thatbuggygirl]

Well

We're back

[morika]

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[grimelius]

i don’t want to go back to work tomorrow...

[ionomycin]

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