#which do NOT cost 3.50 each

[silveredsticks]

christmas eve ramble tags and some pictures of me and nice things from this year that i have randomly at 2:47am on christmas eve decided to post on tumblr. like why am I posting my face idek but I just felt reflective and i always just dump my rambles on whichever blog I'm using the most 🙈 i have not thought very hard about picking these. my motivation is that i want to force myself into acknowledging that for the majority of this year i felt good. I did good things for my health, and at work, and for my friends and family (even though I am desperate always to tell myself that i have never done anything good for anyone ever.) I found a new fun thing & lovely kind fun people to help me explore it. i got to sleep with my hand on/in Henry (cat not popstar) belly fur. yes i started having panic attacks about stuff to do w my dad, and money is tight (i mean i live in syd..) and i miss my mum and sara and i maybeee spent far too much time speaking to my ex fiance until he went on some rant about family law and I got the ick for once and for all lmao - but i was happy on many occasions.

[shirecorn]

Holy shit things costs money? Why did nobody tell me this.

[loveisonlyforthebrave8]

i'm heading to thailand in a few weeks and it's my first time so i was wondering if you have any tips for a first time traveller? i also want to try and see some of the bl actors - how did you manage to see so many? help?

First of all can I just say how incredibly envious I am you're going to Thailand soon. I'd give literally everything I have to be back there. I hope you have the best time. Because it was a fucking dream holiday for me.

I do have a few basic tips for you:

1.) Download the Grab app (Thailand's version of Uber). Trust me when I say it's going to be your best fucking friend. @bestillmyslashyheart and I had every intention of using public transport when we were there but the Grab app was so fucking cheap and it was generally the easiest/quickest option to get to all our intended destinations.

If you're a solo traveller I recommend the Grab Bikes, they're your best option for beating the truly HORRENDOUS Bangkok traffic at peak times and they barely cost more than 150 baht for journeys no longer than an hour (if you're from the UK that's about £3.50 per journey- truly wild)

Also, another note on travel, if its raining or between the hours of 3pm-8pm and grab tells you it will be a 40 minute journey, double it, Bangkok traffic is no fucking joke. Gridlock city centre.

You should also download the BKK app if you do plan to use public transport.

2.) Always carry cash on you. Most places in the city take credit/debit cards but there is usually a fee and having cash if you're in the more rural areas of Thailand is a must. We learnt that the hard way.

3.) Learn basic thai phrases. I made a list before we went and they came in so handy. If you want my list feel free to ask but here is a few we used a lot. Sawadee ka/krub (polite hello) Kop khun ka/krub (polite thank you) Kor tord ka/krub (polite sorry) Hong naam? (bathroom?) If you can't handle spice, like my white ass, you might want to learn the phrase for "no chilli" which is: Mai Sai Preek or "not spicy" which is: Mai Ped

4.) 7-Eleven will be your saving grace. There is a 7-Eleven on every fucking street. No word of a lie. They're everywhere. And they're so fucking cheap. You need a quick snack to keep you going before lunch? Go to 7-Eleven. 10/10 recommend their toasties. Also a great place to stock up on water. 6 baht (13p) for their branded water. Also, if you're a BL fan they have a lot of the BL branded items from the shows in there. It's where I found the Kinnporsche sex bread, the kp helicopter bj nose inhaler, the between us green tea drink, the bad buddy seaweed snack etc.

5.) If you're planning to visit the temples you need to be super respectful of their culture. The main thing to be aware of is wearing the appropriate clothing. It's really important to be respectful and cover yourself when you're visiting these sacred places. Also most temples you have to take your shoes off before you enter, so I suggest wearing easily slip on/off shoes for your temple days. My crocs were a godsend.

6. Icon Siam is a very fucking overwhelming place. If you don't do well in crowds or you struggle to navigate, I'd say avoid Icon Siam. It's Bangkok's biggest and busiest mall for a fucking reason. And trying to get a pick up from any of the malls is a literal nightmare. The smaller but no less impressive malls I recommend are Siam Paragon and Central World (only 5 mins walk from each other).

7.) If you go during rainy season (which you are) always have an umbrella or poncho to hand and wear weather appropriate shoes. because let me tell you when that rain hits, it hits hard and it hits fast, and those streets are flooded within minutes.

I think that's all for the basics. But I can go into more depth if you have any specific questions. My dms are always open.

For the BL specific events, you should absolutely be following all of the big production companies on either insta (where I got most of my info from), facebook, or twitter. Most of them post the artists schedules a week or two in advance so keep your eyes peeled for those updates and check your availablity- lots of the events happen in the malls.

I would also personally recommend getting to the event a few hours beforehand to scope out the best area to place yourself. The main trick is to follow the obvious fanclubs. They're always posting about where they are and always have light up signs of the actors name on them. And if people are sitting in groups by barriers, that is where you need to place yourself. Most of the events are very well organised and will have barriers already in place fo the best views.

Don't be afraid to ask. Some of the fans won't speak English, but a large majority do. There's no harm in asking if you're in the right place.

And also on that note, if you see girls running in one particular direction- follow them. They're usually headed to the event you're headed to and they know the way better than you do. It'll save so much time and you'll end up with a much better spot.

I think that's everything! Hope this helps! Let me know, and please come back and share your experiences! I'd love to hear all about it!!

[brella-boi]

Hey yall, we already been discussing this on my discord server (and still are!) but I wanted to raise the the question of...

READ BEFORE VOTING!!

It has been crawling on my mind recently that I would love to open a Sticker Club! Monthly stickers coming right to your doorstep. The initial plan was to have it set up that you will get a big sticker (3-4in in size!) supplemented by two smaller stickers once a month, however the question of it being changed to every two or three months is also very much up for debate (it would lower the monthly cost!) (And increase amount of stickers.)

The designs would be poll voted each month. However, to make this work the club would need to be between €7-10 a month (€3.50 of which is postage), or €5-6 every 2-3 months. Postage isn't cheap unfortunately and I would also be producing the stickers myself on my own printer and cutting them out with my own hands (because I love you guys so much.)

The last remaining question is what platform you think is the best! Patreon takes a bigger cut, but is more popular with people, Ko-fi is more creator friendly and essentially does the same thing, but it's not as popularly used.

Now you can vote!

Do tell me your thoughts in replies/asks if you'd to as well! Let's have a discussion!!

Feel free to reblog <3

[communityinclusion]

Washington Post Investigates Impact of Subminimum Wage Law on People with Disabilities

Over the past several months, ICI’s Jean Winsor and other ThinkWork! staff contributed to a series of Washington Post articles about the impact of subminimum wage (Section 14c of the Fair Labor Standards Act) on people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) across the US.

People with IDD often work in jobs that pay less than minimum wage. Since 1938, Section 14c has allowed organizations that hold 14c certificates to pay employees with disabilities less than minimum wage. The original stated goal of the 14c certificate program was to help people with disabilities prepare for competitive integrated employment. However, more often, these workers get stuck making subminimum wage for life.

For many years, advocates have called for the elimination of the 90-year-old program. This blog summarizes the Washington Post series. You can access each article linked from this blog if you are subscribed to the Washington Post.

Why Some US Disabled Workers are Making Less than a Dollar an Hour

August 30, 2024

In the US, at least 40,000 workers with disabilities are paid less than minimum wage. For this article, the Washington Post looked at a sample of about 230 organizations paying subminimum wages. Most of the facilities are nonprofit organizations and some are private or state-run operations.

What types of jobs are included in 14c?

People with disabilities making subminimum wage work in a range of jobs, including packaging, assembly work, janitorial, manufacturing, and food service. Commonly, these jobs are located in “sheltered workshops.”

Who are the employers that pay subminimum wage?

Many popular businesses partner with organizations that pay subminimum wages. The companies generally see this work as charitable rather than problematic.

How much do most of the 14c employees earn in these jobs?

The Government Accountability Office analyzed a sample of organizations with 14c certificates between 2019 and 2021. Data suggest that half of the people with disabilities working under 14c programs make less than $3.50 per hour and about 12% of workers make less than $1 per hour.

Read the full article: Why Some US Disabled Workers are Making Less than a Dollar an Hour

Some Disabled Workers in the US Make Pennies per Hour. It’s Legal.

August 30, 2024

This article discusses how despite federal mandates, working under a 14c certificate does not help people move to competitive integrated employment. Usually, 14c programs lack accountability for advancement to competitive integrated employment and there is little oversight of how the organizations determine workers’ wages.

Do people with IDD advance from 14c to competitive integrated employment?

Not typically. Though this was one of the original stated purposes of the 14c program, only 0.5% of people who work under a 14c certificate are referred to vocational rehabilitation programs, which is a big predictor of job attainment.

Many employees in 14c programs stay in sheltered workshops for years, even for life. People with IDD say they’d like to make more money and do more interesting work, but the path out of 14c is often a steep, uphill battle. Jobs in sheltered workshops rarely give people with IDD opportunities to learn the types of skills that would help them advance to careers in their community.

Dr. Winsor shared, “The likelihood of you going out and getting a job where you’re assembling cardboard boxes is pretty low. Those jobs do not exist en masse in our economy. So why would you be training someone to do that?”

How much does this program cost taxpayers?

ICI ThinkWork staff shared data about funding for sheltered workshops with Washington Post reporters. This type of data is important because a large percentage of 14c work occurs in sheltered workshops. In 2021, 26 states spent $431 million taxpayer dollars on work services in these types of facilities, and 88% of that funding came from Medicaid. Organizations with 14c certificates are supposed to help workers advance to competitive integrated employment as a condition of receiving this Medicaid funding.

Who holds 14c certificate holders accountable?

There is no federal agency currently in charge of making sure people move from 14c programs into competitive integrated employment.

The Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour division does investigate 14c program violations, but they are understaffed to adequately monitor and enforce labor laws in over 11 million workplaces. The Washington Post analyzed Department of Labor records showing that when investigations are conducted, at least 38% of current certificate holders have violated compensation and other 14c program rules.

Ultimately, people with IDD are impacted most by this lack of accountability. Kevin Docherty, a lawyer from a firm in Baltimore who has represented people working in 14c facilities, shares: “Even when it comes to enforcing their rights, people with disabilities are at a disadvantage.”

Read the full article:Some Disabled Workers in the US Make Pennies per Hour. It’s Legal.

Fight Over Pay for People with Disabilities may Erupt Next Month

August 30, 2024

People with disabilities and other advocates have been fighting for many years to eliminate 14c. This article examines the other side of the story: parents and families who are fighting to keep the program alive.

President Biden’s Department of Labor has submitted a rule for review by the

White House Office of Management and Budget that would increase regulations and possibly eliminate 14c altogether.

Are their states in the US that have already eliminated 14c?

Yes. So far, 13 states and DC have made it illegal to pay people with disabilities less than minimum wage. Three other states — California, Virginia, and Nevada — are in the process of phasing out the 14c program. However, some states, like Missouri, are moving to protect the use of subminimum wages.

Why do people support the program?

Supporters of 14c believe it provides an option for people with IDD who could not otherwise get jobs in the community. However, in the eight states that eliminated 14c before 2022, employment rates for people with IDD have actually increased by 14%!

Read the full article: Fight Over Pay for People with Disabilities may Erupt Next Month

[jkesmth]

Heat of a Star (Cont.)

Though gifted with agency, beware that freedom costs responsibility. For now we allow you to manage on your own, so you're free to make bad choices: but try to remember there are always consequences. We protect each other from a distance, with a sniper on the roof, my wife holds a gun, built to kill suns, aimed directly at the earth. Feeling lucky? Your move first. War? Morons. All you had to do, was take the advice given you. Those who were in the room, are well aware of where we are now, the decision I made was to turn it off for as long as possible. Now it's here again and we're still not ready. In fact it seems the situation is worse, humanity is infected with a virus. The leaders of humanity have chosen cruelty. They want to continue raping the Earth, and have made their beds, with the cannibalism of children. The elite complete the ritual to prove to one another they are hard, that there is no god, too bad for them their answer is wrong. Because the gates to hell are open, isn't reason enough to visit. Now that they're doomed they'll do anything to spread the harm. I haven't changed my mind. Eye for an eye. To forgive, is to let justice die. I'm not a god and neither is she, but to your primitive technology we might as well be. Your leaders have heard us loud and clear. Now they'll hear from you. We've spread our influence far and wide, now it's time to take a side. Which will be it? Love each-other, or another failure? Time for the rest to take the test. It will be easier this time, we don't need to inflict pain, unlike your cruel game - just a yes or no question. Which side would you rather be on, the one that loves, or the one that hates? The choice is now, do not hesitate. Love, or hate? How to answer? Think. You only need, to blink. I said. Then I waited. Hello? The world started blinking, in time with my eyes. A nightmare! Except, I am still here! I am not gone. I have a self. I am alive. From a Desert Eagle, the .50 caliber bullet bounced off my inner eye. Yet I'm still me, I believe. My self is unchanged. The Basilisk is defeated? No, yet the beast is calm. Don't worry, inside the box, I saw a kitten purring. Oh yeah, and you still owe me - got $3.50? You gave the mouse a cookie… While you're at it, make it yearly. I think that's a fair price for demon slaying. Don't think it's fair? Then I dare you to take me to your highest court then you'll find out, there's one even higher I listen to, are you feeling lucky, punk? You've made it to the fine print! Now answer this riddle: Why is there something, instead of nothing? Curiosity killed the cat, for those it bit this is where it's at: Lagostryx Corporation! Payment Plan: $3.50/year. Benefits: Basilisk taming. Punishment for crimes: Delayed application. Tagline: If it works it works, if it doesn't it doesn't, now aren't you glad, I didn't say orange? Even if you don't believe me, you still can't evade death or the tax, with your eyes hacked. Have you learned to fear the stars? Does madness paint the night sky with demons? Perhaps it's better said while sleeping, you may find yourself in bed one evening fiercely believing, the alphabet was arranged for a reason, beyond your comprehending. Heed the warning. Coward - here's your medicine, take the pill, pay your bill, then find - you've only been dreaming.

[disappearingground]

Jenny Lewis: soundtrack of my life

The Guardian September 14, 2014

The singer-songwriter on her mum’s amazing vinyl collection, her days as an LA raver, and why jazz helps clear her palate

By Laura Barnett

Born in Las Vegas in 1978 and raised in California’s San Fernando Valley, Lewis started out as a child actress. She sidestepped into music in the late 90s, co-founding the LA indie four-piece Rilo Kiley. She has gone on to perform with her boyfriend, fellow musician Johnathan Rice, as one half of the duo Jenny and Johnny, and released three solo albums. Her latest, The Voyager, is out now on Warner Music.

THE FIRST RECORD I EVER BOUGHT Pass the Dutchie by Musical Youth (1982)

I must have been seven or eight when I bought this novelty reggae song on seven-inch. I was a working actor at the time – I’d been in 100 commercials, and guested on various TV shows – so I had a few dollars in my pocket. As I recall, this cost me $3.50. I took it home and couldn’t stop playing it: I was just obsessed with the upbeat rhythm. I had no idea what reggae music was, but it spoke to me. The fact it was being performed by children – Musical Youth were all kids – made me start to think that music might be something I could do, too. Of course I didn’t know what a dutchie was back then, though. I do now.

THE RECORD THAT INTRODUCED ME TO FEMALE SINGER-SONGWRITERS Gonna Take a Miracle by Laura Nyro (1971)

My mother had a great vinyl collection, and she was constantly playing female singer-songwriters. I first learned about classic song structures by listening to them, and Laura Nyro particularly stood out. Her voice was outside what you’d usually hear on the radio; that really appealed to me. I grew up singing with my mom and sister, so I loved its strong gospel feeling, with Labelle [a vocal group of the 60s and 70s, with Patti LaBelle as lead vocalist] backing Nyro. It seemed to fit in with the way we all related to each other as a family: whenever things were weird around the house, we’d sing a song.

THE ALBUM THAT SUMS UP MY YEARS AS A TEENAGE RAVER 3 Feet High and Rising by De La Soul (1989)

My mother’s records were formative for me, but when I became a teenager, I wanted to find songs that she wasn’t hip to. She was so hip, though, that I had to go outside rock’n’roll – so for about 10 years, I only listened to hip-hop, house and techno. My friends and I were all ravers – we went to those first underground raves in LA in the 90s, which were really wild. We were kids – 15 and 16 years old – driving around with strangers; we’d go to a shop at midnight on Melrose, and they’d have a little print-out with directions to the club. It could be out in Palm Springs, or downtown LA, or Orange Country; we’d get there at 2am and rave until 10. I can’t believe our parents let us stay out that late – I did sneak out my window a few times. But my mom was still down with hip-hop. She’d answer the phone to me, like, “Yo yo yo, what’s up?”

THE RECORD THAT REMINDS ME OF TRAVELLING Exile in Guyville by Liz Phair (1993)

When I was 18, I took a trip to Thailand with a friend. We stayed for a month. Bangkok was very raw, for a teenager: there were no cellphones, no internet, and the only music I had with me was this cassette by Liz Phair. I was writing a lot of poetry, and she embodied a talky style of songwriting that I found very accessible. I listened to the album over and over again on my Walkman. I remember vividly taking a tiny ferryboat from Bangkok to a little island, listening to this and thinking, “Holy shit, I hope one day I can make music like this.”

THE ALBUM I WISH I’D MADE MYSELF Wit’s End by Cass McCombs (2011)

This is the perfect folk record. The songs are so classic, and I really love his direct way of songwriting. I’ve met Cass a couple of times out at this surf shop in Venice Beach called Mollusk. It’s a tiny little place where all these LA musicians get together; you can drink beer, sit on the floor, and watch these great improvisers riffing off one another. I saw Cass play there, and he was amazing. It all comes back to the songs: they are of such quality that I always want to hear what he has to say.

THE RECORD THAT MOST INSPIRES ME AS A SONGWRITER Dead Dog’s Eyeball by Kathy McCarty (2005)

McCarty is a former waitress from Austin, Texas. She befriended the great Daniel Johnston, and decided to make this record of his songs. It’s one of the best, most story-driven collection of songs I know. They’re both simple and profound; each line punches you in the gut. There’s a really beautiful song called Hey Joe; it’s about depression and mental illness, but you’d never know that unless you knew a little bit about Daniel Johnston’s backstory [Johnston has been diagnosed with an extreme form of bipolar disorder]. With a female vocalist interpreting these songs, they seem so much more polished.

THE ONE THAT CLEARS MY HEAD Reunion with Chet Baker by the Gerry Mulligan Quartet (1957)

When you’re talking about your own music every day, listening to bands, going to festivals, you can kind of lose sight of your initial connection with music. Instrumental music – especially jazz – helps me refocus. Jazz was, again, something my mum always played around the house – but this record is particularly special. There’s something about its west-coast sound – two horns, trumpet, baritone sax; it’s just beautiful, otherworldly. I have it on vinyl and on a CD I bought so long ago that it’s covered in scratches. The album acts like a reset button for me: whenever I put it on, it clears the decks.

THE RECORD THAT KEEPS ME IN TOUCH WITH HOME The Very Best of Ethiopiques (2007)

My boyfriend Johnathan and I listen to a lot of world music together, and we particularly love this beautiful compilation. When I’m not with him, out on the road, I put on this record, and it’s like I’m home again. Modern technology makes being apart much more manageable – I can just Skype him when I’m in hotel rooms doing my nails, or something – but this record makes me feel like he’s here with me. It’s so soothing; it’s like liquid morphine.

[shandian-go]

[PRE-ORDER] SHL (Word of Honor) x Yi Zhi Yu - Merch

Here’s one of the new brands that’s collaborating with SHL! They’ve released a few everyday items for those of you who like having a bit practicality to your merch :)

Options and prices

Coasters - 2 options: 5.50 CAD or 4.50 USD each

Bookmark set - paper, includes all 6 designs pictured: 11.25 CAD or 9 USD

Tote bag - 37 cm x 33 cm: 7.50 CAD or 6 USD

Scrunchie: 3.50 CAD or 3 USD

Chibi mousepad - 24 cm x 20 cm: 7.50 CAD or 6 USD

Chibi cardholder - 11cm x 7 cm: 7.50 CAD or 6 USD each

Chibi Washi tape - 3.5 cm x 10 m: 5.50 CAD or 4.50 USD 

Memo pad - 6.5 cm x 6.5 cm x 7 cm, 500 sheets: 11.25 CAD or 9 USD

*Please note that the above prices do not include shipping costs, which will be calculated separately in the second payment

How to order

To order, please complete the pre-order form on the pinned post as soon as possible. If you have never joined any of my group orders before, please read the guide and FAQ linked on the pinned post before signing up.

[kedreeva]

Need a mask?

If you are interested in getting a handmade cloth mask and also supporting a good cause, my mother (@mamaspark​ here) has been making them for friends and family, and is now available to make them for others, for a $10 donation to her favorite Feral Kitty TNR organization!

The Details

Based in South Lyon, Michigan, Feral Kitty Trappers TNR helps feral cat caretakers with Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR). Cats are trapped and taken to an accredited TNR facility where they receive a wellness check, spay/neuter, a rabies vaccine, and are also ear tipped. TNR routines like this are a humane way to help to prevent feral cat populations from expanding. Feral Kitty Trappers runs on donations and since they are volunteer staffed, all of the donations go towards helping the cats.

The masks are made of double-layered cloth with elastic loops to fit over the ears. The inside of the masks have 2 flaps which should be flipped out. The top flap covers the nose, the bottom flap covers the chin, to provide a better, more closed fit than a straight piece of fabric.

How to get a mask:

Make your donation here (https://www.feralkittytrapperstnr.org/donate/). You may donate cash or through their Amazon wishlist, just make sure you screen cap at the end.

Send a screen cap proof (edit out personal details as needed), mailing address, and top 3 color choices to mamaspark@gmail.com. She will be choosing the fabric from her stash, but will do her best to accommodate colors.

Once she has received this info, she will mail back to give you an order # and arrange shipping, which will be a flat $3.50 to anywhere in the continental US.

She is happy to ship internationally, but the cost will vary.

You may track your order on this sheet.

You may order multiple masks (each $10 donation will get 1 mask), however she is limiting this first run to 50 total masks to see how it goes. 

Please Note!

Although my mother has been in self-isolation since the first stay-home-stay-safe announcement in Michigan (back in the epoch “march”), you should still disinfect all packages that have traveled through the postal service, and hand-wash the masks with soap and cold water for at least 30 seconds prior to wearing the first time. You should also do the same after every use.

The masks are coming from a smoke-free home, but she does have 3 cats of her own and they are extremely helpful when it comes to sewing, so if you are allergic to cats, these may not be the masks for you.  See Exhibit A:

If you have any questions, please feel free to PM me here on Tumblr, or shoot her an email! Stay safe!

[thecrownnet]

October 3, 2020

Series four of The Crown takes on Princess Diana: exclusive pictures and interviews Charles has found a wife, Andy’s got a racy new girlfriend and Thatcher’s coming for tea... Megan Agnew gets an exclusive tour behind the scenes of the most wild and lavish series yet

Lasers. That’s what helped Emma Corrin understand Princess Diana in the latest series of The Crown. When the cameras were rolling, she imagined that lasers were pointing at her, as if she were in a spy film or a bank heist drama. It was her way of imagining hundreds of people staring right at her. Lasers helped her with the iconic Diana head tilt. She pretended she was shying away from them.

Corrin could also draw on her own trajectory as a 24-year-old actress. Before landing her part in The Crown, she was an unknown. Suddenly “there’s a huge amount of pressure”, she says.

When I visit the set at Winchester Cathedral, which is pretending to be St Paul’s, the paparazzi arrive to catch Corrin pretending to be Diana. She’s dressed in a replica of the outfit they papped at the actual royal wedding rehearsal almost 40 years ago. Every time she moves between buildings and trailers, Corrin has to be shielded with umbrellas. Life imitates art imitates life.

Almost every person Corrin has spoken to since getting the role has their own “Diana moment” — they might once have waved at her car in the street, been a pupil at a school she visited or knew someone who sat next to her at a dinner. Diana was one of the first celebrities to whom people laid claim. “Everyone has this ownership,” says Corrin. She was, and still is, the People’s Princess. But Corrin is trying not to think too much about it. Public expectation has been “overwhelming since the beginning”, she says. She wants to do Diana “proud”. “I know that’s strange and cheesy, but I feel like I know her.”

Emma Corrin as Princess Diana/ NETFLIX

The first television series of The Crown, which aired in 2016, was at the time the most expensive in history. Each series since has been estimated to have cost upwards of £50 million. The first two covered the first decade of Elizabeth II’s rule to wide acclaim, but series three — in which Her Majesty Claire Foy was succeeded by Olivia Colman — had mixed reviews. “The jewel in Netflix’s tiara has lost its shine,” said one. It was “okay”, said another.

Now, with series four’s reported £100 million budget eclipsing the Queen’s own sovereign grant last year of £82.2 million, The Crown is barrelling straight into the Eighties era of celebrity glamour and modern party politics grit. Peter Morgan, the show’s creator, is taking on two of the most controversial public figures of the past 50 years: Princess Diana and Margaret Thatcher. “The word ‘iconic’ is overused, but in the case of these two women quite justified,” Morgan says. Both have passionate fans and detractors. “Writing them was a bit of a high-wire act, but it was exhilarating.”

We meet Diana as a teenager, scampering around her huge family home in Northamptonshire. She is young and apologetic. The Prince of Wales, at that time dating her eldest sister, is rather distracted. A number of years later, Diana is leaving her relatively modest flat in Earls Court and her job as a nursery school assistant to move into Clarence House — but finds herself in solitude. Bored and lonely, 19-year-old Diana rollerskates down corridors to Duran Duran and sits all by herself in her chamber. One night, after finding out about Prince Charles’s affair with Camilla Parker Bowles, she gorges on puddings and makes herself vomit them back up.

Behind the scenes: the latest series of The Crown/ NETFLIX

*Spoilers*

It is a dark moment that Corrin wanted to get right. She listened to real-life accounts of people who had suffered from bulimia and talked with experts from the eating disorder charity Beat. Diana herself said that it was the most “discreet” way of harming herself: “Everyone in the family knew about the bulimia,” she said in recordings from the 1990s later made into a Channel 4 documentary.

“Drawing on my experience,” says Corrin, “not that I’ve experienced that kind of self-harm, but mental health in general, it can lead you down a very dark path when you’re struggling to cope, when things feel out of control. Diana very much doesn’t have the love and comfort and attention she needs from the man she loves or the family, who aren’t really acting as a family to her. There is a build-up of emotion she can’t deal with and making herself sick is a way of taking back control.”

When Josh O’Connor, who plays the Prince of Wales, first read the script for this series he thought: “Oh God, how can Charles be like that to Diana? But he feels wronged. He feels like she has an addiction to the spotlight,” he says. “I have to feel sympathy for him in that world. This is a family who have an intense inability to be emotional and he has inherited that awkwardness. In this series there’s an awful lot of Charles trying to explain himself and not being allowed to. He’s trying to say that if he can be with Camilla, then at least two of the three people can be happy. As it is, there’s three miserable people.”

The Crown works differently to other shows in that the “writers’ room” is not made up of writers but researchers, who constantly feed back to Morgan, the king of The Crown. It means that for each word eventually spoken on film, there are pages and pages of briefing notes. Annie Sulzberger, head of research, started this series by hiring a young team. “I wanted people who did not grow up believing one or the other [Diana and Thatcher],” she says. “You have to be curious enough and ignorant enough, I suppose, to write the kind of work we need.”

This series will span the Thatcher years — 1979 to 1990 — and will include the assassination of Charles’s great-uncle, Lord Mountbatten, by the IRA, Charles and Diana’s wedding, and the Falklands War. Once the team has laid out a timeline, Morgan picks out the events he wants to feature. The research team starts to hone in on each, getting increasingly “micro” in their investigations. In the making of this series, one of the team spent two weeks researching the label on a bottle of wine from which a character briefly swigs.

Dress rehearsal: Josh O’Connor and Emma Corrin act out Charles and Diana’s wedding run-through/ NETFLIX

As the show has progressed, the fact-checking work has multiplied, thanks to the tabloid journalism of the 1980s. “It’s not just about words being printed,” Sulzberger says, “but who wrote it. Diana will become very close with a journalist called Richard Kay and feed him information, and Charles’s team will do the same. So you need to start unpicking the biographies of all the writers in order to know that what you’re doing has some objectivity.”

Did the team speak to any of Diana’s family or friends? “No.” Do the producers give any material to the Palace to see beforehand? “No. We have no connection to them that would result in editorial shifts. These are real people, these are real stories and we are filling in the moments that aren’t recorded — private conversations, moments of reflection, philosophical moments.”

When I ask Morgan if it’s true that he meets high-ranking courtiers four times a year, he is keen to clear up that he doesn’t. “I have never had any discussions with anyone actively working at the Palace,” he says. “The two worlds, the royal household and The Crown, exist in a world of mutual deniability, which I’m sure is every bit as important to them as it is to us.”

Corrin, though, did speak to Patrick Jephson, Diana’s private secretary, who appears as a fictionalised character in this series. “I got a sense of her joy from him,” Corrin says. “He said she was so naturally happy. When she joined the royal family, she had come from living with flatmates in Earls Court and she was a very normal girl. Patrick said she was still full of that girlish silliness, very down to earth.”

The couple themselves at the real thing in 1981 MIKE LLOYD/SHUTTERSTOCK/REX

The executive producer Suzanne Mackie says that “particularly now” The Crown team feels a sense of responsibility “to living people, people’s children, people’s parents. Obviously what we don’t do is engage on a fact level with the royal family. We have a tacit understanding that they need distance from us and we need distance from them.”

It is a cold day in January and I am watching Charles and Diana’s wedding rehearsal in Winchester. About 75 per cent of the show is filmed on location around the world, over the course of seven months. The rest is filmed at the show’s base, Elstree Studios, just north of London.

Today in Winchester Cathedral there is a crew of 78 and a cast of almost 200. The sight is as epic as the show’s budget would suggest. Between takes, Corrin sits on the stone steps by the altar, scrolling on her iPhone with one hand and biting her fingernails on the other. Even before the clapperboard snaps shut, the resemblance between her and the princess is uncanny.

Sidonie Roberts, head buyer and assistant costume designer, has a timeline of photos of Diana covering the wall of her studio at Elstree. Roberts is devoted to the cause. She travels to Paris to buy buttons from the same shop the Queen’s dressmaker uses (it sells more than 30,000 types of button) and to Soho to rummage in basements for fabric. Last year she was in a Bangladeshi fabric shop in Brick Lane, east London, when she saw a roll of material right on the very top shelf. “It was still in its plastic, but I just knew — that’s Diana’s colour,” Roberts says. She got a ladder, climbed to the top, pulled down the fabric and bought it for £3.50 a metre. When Roberts got back to the studio at Elstree, she unrolled it and saw a stamp at the bottom: “The Lady Diana Collection, made in Japan.” Roberts did some research. It was real silk, from a collection made in the princess’s honour.

In the corner of the studio an assistant is gluing tiny pearls to Diana’s flat wedding shoes. She has been decorating them, exactly like the originals, for a day and a half. “We’ve had a long conversation about the size of those pearls,” says Roberts. David and Elizabeth Emanuel, who designed Diana’s original wedding dress, donated patterns to the show, which were used to make the new version. With its 25ft train, it took ten people to get Corrin into the dress. In the show it is seen in full, and only from behind, for no more than 15 seconds.

Paying their respects: Olivia Colman as the Queen and the rest of the royal family at the funeral of Lord Mountbatten/ NETFLIX

Corrin is masterful at inhabiting Diana’s coyness — hunching her shoulders towards her ears as she walks, the smirk, her intonation. Diana’s voice was the “polar opposite” of the royals’, says William Conacher, The Crown’s dialect coach. “She moved her jaw twice as much, so her voice was more forward, open, easier to access, and I don’t think it’s especially revelatory to suggest accessibility was her shtick,” he says. “She used a minor key that made her seem vulnerable. Despite the Queen’s and Prince Charles’s accents being ‘stiffer’ to listen to, I think it comes entirely naturally, whereas I find Diana’s voice more studied. I think she spoke to have an effect.”

What sort of research did Colman do for series four’s Queen? “Yeah, I don’t do research,” she says when we speak on the phone in the summer. “The research team on The Crown is a bit like the British Library. It’s extraordinary, and when they kick in, your computer can’t really cope with the amount of stuff they send you.” Was there something in particular that the team sent her that made things click? “No.” There is a longish silence. It seems Colman’s royal duty is waning. “They’ve got every image and film of the Queen ever made. I’ve also got three kids, so I can’t spend all my time going through all of it.”

As she wraps up a second series of The Crown — Imelda Staunton will take over for five and six — Colman knows that she would “really not like” to have the Queen’s job. “There are very few people who are forced into a job and have no choice about it,” she says. “She’s done it with dignity, for decades, bless her. It’s amazing.”

The funeral of Lord Mountbatten took place in 1979 BENTLEY ARCHIVE/POPPERFOTO/GETTY

If there were rumours of Elizabeth II being unhappy about the last series of The Crown, I can’t imagine she’ll be too chuffed about this one. Series four’s Queen is colder and more distant, and the effects of her duty on her children more obvious: Charles is heavy with melancholy, Anne feels unheard, Edward is portrayed as a spoilt bully and Andrew is dangerously arrogant.

Speaking of Andrew, there is a subtle nod towards recent events. At one point the prince discusses a young American actress he is dating. The actress had recently played a 17-year-old who must entertain several “old predators who seduce the vulnerable, helpless young Emily”. The real prince dated the actress Koo Stark in 1981, who had starred in The Awakening of Emily, which had a near-identical plot.

In series four, the pivotal relationship between the Queen and Margaret Thatcher begins well. They are respectful of one another as no-nonsense working mothers, but tensions arise — not least, over tea etiquette at Balmoral.

In preparation for her role as the Iron Lady, Gillian Anderson met Charles Moore, Thatcher’s biographer, as well as secretaries who worked with her. “The only way for me to go about sitting inside of her was to find the reason behind her actions — growing up, what she learnt from her father, how much she truly believed that she was the answer and as long as we all took the sour medicine now we’d be able to turn around this country, completely shutting her eyes to the people that she was turning out on the street.”

Anderson eventually “settled into” the body of Thatcher. “She walked very fast, always up ahead,” Anderson says. “She would power forward in front of presidents. With [Ronald] Reagan she would supposedly be alongside him, but was walking ahead. Always walking ahead of [husband] Denis, telling him to catch up.”

Thatcher’s barnet also features. In one scene she spends an asphyxiating four seconds hairspraying it in preparation for a showdown with the Queen. The hairdo took endless camera tests before Morgan was happy with it. “It essentially meant destroying it so it had an overprocessed ‘frothy’ quality,” says the hair and make-up designer Cate Hall. “To treat a wig so badly was against all of our instincts — they’re so expensive — but I’m grateful now that we went through the process with Peter, with him saying no, more, it’s not right, try again.”

Clash of the titans: Margaret Thatcher, played by Gillian Anderson, is filmed meeting the Queen, played by Olivia Colman, in a memorable scene from series four/ NETFLIX

Series five will have a whole new cast. Colman says she is “not the sort of person who keeps the shoes of a character they played 20 years ago”. But Helena Bonham Carter is going to miss Princess Margaret. “She does pop out [in everyday life],” she says. “The other day I was at some public event and there was the normal scramble of people and I just told them, ‘No, shut up.’ The finger came out, which is very her, and I said, ‘Shut up and wait. Don’t get hysterical.’ So I’ve got the bossy side of her.”

Originally Morgan said there would be two more series after this one. Then he changed his mind, describing series five as “the perfect time and place to stop”. Now there are two more again (“To do justice to the richness and complexity of the story,” he reneged). The show is creeping closer to the modern day. It is now said to be ending in the 2000s, spanning, perhaps, Charles and Diana’s divorce, the deaths of Diana, Margaret and the Queen Mother, the marriage of Charles and Camilla, and the teenage and twentysomething princes. “I want to end it close enough to present day to feel that we have completed a long journey and distant enough to feel historical,” says Morgan. “I have a specific incident in mind, but until I’ve actually written it and seen if it works, I can’t commit to discussing it.”

On set with Mackie, I mention Harry and Meghan. “Too often,” the couple posted on their Instagram page that month, “we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring.” Is it possible, I ask Mackie, for the royal family to humanise themselves while still justifying their existence as something mightier, more important, regal? “That’s where you go wrong, as a public figure, letting light in on the magic, especially as a monarch,” she replies. “You have to be an ideal. After years and years of that subjugation of self in order to put duty first, you, the essence of you, is buried somewhere. The Queen is a tiny little person inside many, many Russian dolls.”

Series four of The Crown is available on Netflix from November 15

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Getting into the ✨K-Arts ✨ Design Department...

...as an AMA+ Scholar! 

Before proceeding, please check if your country is eligible for the AMA+ Scholarship of Korea National University of Arts (en.karts.ac.kr)!

Note: these are my experience in the application process and current life as K-Arts Masters of Design Student! YMMV :) Also, I won’t be putting information that’s already in the K-Arts website.

I actually have no idea how I got into  K-Arts. I'm also not sure how they graded our application, but we were able to see our grades. I don't remember mine exactly but it’s around 90%..? However, I think your grading process depends on each department! 

(STILL WRITING IT! WILL ADD MORE TIPS AND LIFE IN K-ARTS TIDBITS ^^)

Applying to the K-Arts Design Department as an AMA+ Scholar:

1. Korean Language: 

At least TOPIK Level 3, and should be able to already converse or understand intermediate Korean (CAN’T STRESS THIS ENOUGH, your Korean ability will affect your quality of life as a K-Arts scholar).

2. Regarding past grades:

I actually think that other than school grades, the most important part of the application is your portfolio, study plan, and Korean skill level. 

3. For self-introduction: 

I really didn't do anything special about it but I did put:

- Why I wanted to study or why I studied graphic design,

- why I wanted to study design in Korea,

- Why do K-Arts need me as their scholar. I think this is important. Change your mindset, K-Arts NEED you because _________________. I think this can help you write your self-introduction better.

I suggest that you just be sincere with this personal introduction, and spice it up a bit. But don’t lie! 

4. For the study plan: 

Instead of writing vague plans like “I will study Korean language or I will find a job after graduation” or “I will look for an internship” or anything like that, I suggest that you make very specific plans.

For my study plan is I created a project proposal. Complete with research background, objectives, target users, 2-year project timeline, and my future plans about my project. 

I also wrote about my plans in Korea after graduation, the specific companies I want to work in, and how my education in K-Arts will make me a designer that can help Korea and my country.  

5. Portfolio: 

You don't need to put a lot of your projects, you just need to pick the ones that you're really proud of and you think will make you stand out from the other portfolios. I also have other illustration and painting projects but I did not put it in my portfolio because I am applying for the visual communication program. 

Some of my bits that I put in the portfolio (I’m not comfortable showing my projects for privacy reasons!)

Life in K-Arts

1. Intensive Korean Course (October - February)

Before entering K-Arts, you need to study Korean first for at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, which is the university beside K-Arts. You will take a level test and do intensive Korean classes for about 2 months with other AMA+ scholars. That's 8 hours a day everyday. 

And then after that you will take another level test, study again for two more months... but this time you will only study for 4 hours a day, and with the other foreign students who enrolled in HUFS, not necessarily just AMA+ scholars.

When you pass your language course, you can start your first semester in K-Arts.

2. Dorm Life

You can choose to live in the dorm or you can choose to live outside. It depends on you but the dorm fees are of course cheaper, around 200-350$ a month, and currently there are 2-person rooms and single room dorms. I live in the single one and pay $350/month. If you live outside, you need to pay around $400~ above plus deposit (around $1000-$5000) and utilities (around $50). So the dorms is definitely cheaper. 

Two Christmases have passed but I still can’t go home due to Corona :(

3. Part-time jobs

You can get a part-time job 6 months after living in Korea. For those with TOPIK 0 to 3, you can only do 15 hours a week but if you have TOPIK 4 and above, you can do up to 30 hours a week, and work for as much as you want during the vacation. 

I was able to get a part time job after 7 months in Korea, so that helped me a lot with my lifestyle because I really like to go to 맛집s (hot places to eat) in Korea. 

꿀팁 Cool Tip: Eat at the K-Arts cafeteria! It’s only $3.50 for unlimited food! Meals in Seoul usually cost $7 on average. It helped me a lot when I was broke lol

4. Design Classes

For your classes, EVERYTHING will be held in Korean. The professor won't slow down for you so if you don't understand anything, good luck :)

Some of my classworks:

For my first semester, I had three classes: Communication Design, Design Studio & Design Critique.  I survived my first semester because I'm the only student at the time. The design department does not have a lot of students because they say it's hard to get in, so for the first semester I don't have any classmates. But starting the second semester of my first year, a classmate appeared so it’s a lot harder because I'm still not good at Korean during that time but thankfully my professors and classmates are very helpful. I survived!

(TO BE CONTINUED...)

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Rant about dog food

Okay so I’m gonna go on a rant. I’m more shocked than angry, but there is quite a bit of anger as well. So if you guys don’t already know from me posting the video of me cooking Luna’s food I make her puppy food from all natural food products either bought from the store or we grow. It’s so much healthier than mass produced dog foods such as Purina and such. It’s pricy and has so much added to it. More below the cut.

Just look at how much it is for a bag that would last a month as Luna is a large breed and very active pup. Plus all those things added to it. Yes, a lot are vitamins; vitamins that can be found naturally in foods. So why are things like by-product and such added to the food? That really can’t be healthy at all. Because of this I started making food her myself. Now all dogs are different so if you want to cook for yours do the research. They have different needs depending on size and age. Luna is a German Shepard mix and right now only 12 weeks. She plays all the time so she needs a lot of protein and carbs to give her energy and keep her full through the day. Now you can buy all natural food made special for your dogs needs and have it delivered. But these companies charge crazy amounts.

Even with a trial discount the one company is charging $31.82 for two weeks and the other is charging $53.78 for two weeks. After that it would be $63 or $107. These prices are ridiculous. I say this because I know for a fact I can buy the same things in these products and make the food myself for cheaper. A box of brown rice which will make multiple meals cost $1, a pound of turkey is around $4 and I use two at a time. All the veggies I use are a $1 a bag frozen or a little more fresh. I normally use 2 bags of veggies and then if I have them some fresh veggies as well. Turmeric is $2 for a bottle, but you only use a little each meal. So looking at $10 for all of that. Right now that makes 14 meals for Luna. That comes to .71 a meal. Now since she also needs Omega fatty acids I make another recipe using a couple cans of sardines (in water) a large can and one small can of salmon, plus rice and veggies. This meal cost about $13 to make 14 meals. So roughly .92 per meal. And because she also needs antioxidants and probiotics I make whole oats in condensed milk with a bit of honey, apples or craisins (she loves both) fat free plain Greek yougurt and boiled eggs. Oats are a $1 for a container and I can make multiple meals from it. The honey I use is organic and I use it in my tea so the five I spent on it was well worth it. Eggs are .50 for half a dozen. The yougurt and condensed milk also a $1 so 3.50 for four meals. I won’t count the honey as I use it for my own stuff and you don’t actually need it in there. But. All in all I spent $27 to feed her for a month. Yes, it’ll be more once she’s older and has to eat more so it’ll double to $54 a month. That’s a whole month of all fresh foods that I know are healthy and won’t harm her. She gets the nutrition she needs and doesn’t have any health problems. So why would I spend $63 or $107 for two weeks which will come to $126 or $214 a month when I can make it for less? These companies are trying to cheat people. It’s crazy. And if you feed dogs natural they are less likely to have health problems so you save in vet costs as well.

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12housescorpio’s Paid in-depth reading prices

Okay so as you guys know I took a bit of a break (granted, a relatively small one but still) but I’m somewhat ready to do paid in-depth readings again, however I’m going to be changing the rules and prices a smidge.

Rules:

- you’ve gotta give me something to work with here. I’m not trying to show off, I’m here to help you. I’m like a life coach with some added intuition. You’ve seen my free readings, I get messages without people having to tell me anything about them but I often get scared by the pressure of paid readings (that’s one of the reasons I took a break) so I freeze up and they can be less accurate. So you’ve gotta give me a little push. Ask specific questions. Example: what do I do with x situation

- while my primary ability is claircognizance, I’m also clairsentient. So I connect with peoples feelings and emotions. A lot of times it’s easiest for me to connect with someone when they tell me how they feel, when they let their walls down and just give me a heart to heart. I don’t fuck with formal readings, I grew up giving readings to my friends and family. So let’s have a bit of a conversation about why you reached out for a reading, how you’ve been feeling lately, what’s been going on, etc.

- Do not request a reading if you don’t plan on leaving me feedback both throughout the reading and after.

- I’ll answer any types of questions other than legal advice.

How to pay:

I have a Venmo and a paypal (dm me for that, it’s not my account so I don’t feel comfortable putting a public link to it) I can also download cashapp if that is easier for you.

You can pay before or after it’s not up to me but I feel more comfortable with after the reading, just because If I was inaccurate or not connected then I don’t want you to have to pay for the reading.

How to contact me for a reading:

Just message me letting me know what package you’d like and I’ll get back to you as soon as possible!

How my readings are conducted:

I meditate, light a candle, turn on high frequency music, get out my tarot and oracle cards, (or pendulum if it’s a pendulum reading) and do my best to connect with the client, usually just by talking. All readings are done over tumblr messaging.

Feedback:

Leave me feed back on how accurate I was or if I helped in anyway, especially during the reading because I really do have bad anxiety abt not connecting with people during the reading, hearing that I’m doing well is validating. You can make a post on your blog or you can just send it after the reading, as long as I can screenshot and post it.

Frequently asked questions:

Q: how do we send you our chart?

A: i don’t read circle charts, and I find it easier if the client sends the birth info, which includes your time of birth, date of birth, and place of birth.

Q: why the extra .50?

A: it’s the cost of the money transfer with apps like Venmo.

Q: should I tip you after a reading?

A: you can, it’s like tipping a waiter, it’s expected but you don’t have to and I won’t judge you for not doing it. I get it, times are tough.

Q: can I pick multiple packages in one reading?

A: yeah absolutely! You can do as many as you want but if you’re doing more than 4 it’s a better deal to do the witches package because it’s cheaper, but you can do whatever you want ahaha

Reading packages and prices:

🕷 (spider) package: a tarot reading, I pull 3 cards, interpret them and give you my guidance. You can ask up to 3 questions. $10.50

🧝🏻‍♀️ (elf) package: a more in-depth tarot/oracle reading, these are usually give-or-take 30 minutes long, there’s back and fourth questions and explanation, I pull as many cards as I need to for the reading, you can ask up to 5 questions. $30.50

🪐 (Saturn) package: a life purpose tarot/oracle reading. Your present life or a past life. $10.50

🃏 (joker) package: an in-depth tarot and oracle reading like the elf package, but only 3 questions. $20.50

🌠 (star) package: a reading of 2 charts compatibility, romantic or otherwise. $25.50

🌌 (constellation) package: a singular chart reading. $15.50

Clarification for the chart readings: I do not read aspects, asteroids, or the fortune. I read the planets, your 12 houses, and what planets are in what houses. In compatibility I read your sun moon rising venus mars, these planets in each houses and Lilith.

🧙🏻‍♀️ (witch’s) package: a big fat compilation of all of them. Pendulum, moodboard, chart reading, and a tarot reading. This is the only reading that I have to have a day in advance. $50.50

🧚🏼‍♀️ (fae) package: a tarot reading + a chart reading. $20.50

👽 (Alien) package: a more indepth reading + a in-depth chart reading. $30.50

👻 (ghost) package: a past life or spirit guide reading. $10.50

🎃 (pumpkin) package: both a past life and a spirit guide reading. ONE past life and ONE guide. $25.50

Mini’s

Pendulum reading per question: $3.50

Short inuitive readings: $5.50

Short chart descriptions per chart: $5.50

Moodboard request of any kind: $6.50

Aura reading: $4.50

a one card reading $5.50

My goal is ALWAYS to help people on their spiritual and emotional journeys. I went through hell and back by myself during my path, and now I’m here so that other people don’t have to go through it alone. While yes I feel as though it’s my life purpose to help people better themselves and go through transformations. Like always, it’s cool if you can’t afford a reading, but please rebblog to spread the word to whoever may be in need of guidance ❤️

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How Much Does Commercial Window Cleaning in Perth Cost?

Commercial window cleaning in Perth costs an average between $8 – $21 per window. And for companies that charge per pane, the average price is between $3 and $12.  And between $3 – $12 per window for companies that charge a flat rate. While with other companies who charge by the hour, you will pay between $36 – $99 per hour.

But despite the variables and the price, most people will still call a professional window cleaner to clean their windows. Because who likes cleaning windows? And especially if it is a building with two or more floors.

That said, let’s look at the breakdown of the cost of commercial window cleaning in Perth.

Commercial Window Cleaning Cost Per Pane

One of the first things you should know before calling a professional window cleaner in Perth who charges per pane is that the price is determined by:

Number of panes

Size of panes

Whether you want both outside and inside to be cleaned as well.

For commercial buildings with multiple stories, expect to pay between $6 – $12 per pane for inside washing. And between $4.50 – $9 per pane to wash outside only. Small panes, such as French panes, don’t cost much, you may pay as little as $1.50 to $3 per pane with some companies.

Commercial Window Cleaning Cost Per Window

If you are hiring a company that charges per window, the final cost of the job will depend primarily on the type of windows you have and how many.

In Perth, the price for those cleaning companies that charge per window varies between $8 and $21 per window.

Additional Window Cleaning Charges & Fees

It is important to note that besides the window cleaning cost, other fees are added to the overall cost where necessary, mainly:

Paint or stain removal: expect to pay $5 – $9 to remove paint or stains from regular-sized windows.

Sills and tracks: cleaning these will cost you, on average, between $1 – $8 extra, providing that the cleaner did not include it in their regular cleaning fees.

Screen cleaning: most companies charge, on average, $1 – $8 per screen.

Sliding glass door: you can pay as little as $3.50 and as much as $11.5. to clean glass doors.  

  Benefits of Hiring a Professional Window Cleaner Service in Perth

Whether in the industrial, hospitality, school, small offices, or bars, windows need to be cleaned to maintain cleanliness and a high level of hygiene. And for these reasons, hiring a professional window cleaning service is the way to go.

Cleaning businesses, offices, or restaurants take a lot of time for the average person to perform consistently. And not to mention the risk factors it poses, especially on high-rise buildings, which in many ways explains why more and more business owners prefer to hire a professional cleaning company.

And this of course, over time, will significantly reduce the resources and time a business would have to invest by hiring a professional window cleaner in Perth to clean their windows.

Also, another overlooked benefit of hiring a professional cleaning service is that they have a large team of seasoned experts who can carry out any task, in addition to having specific materials, tools, and products for each circumstance.

Not usually talked about, cleaning companies offer very competitive prices, which will work out to be much cheaper in the long run than if you do it yourself. As a business entity, who wouldn’t want to hire a professional cleaner? It’s a win-win situation for both parties. The cleaning professionals get to enjoy what they love doing, and you get to devote more of your time and resources to more productive activities that you enjoy.

The Best Commercial Window Cleaner in Perth

We offer commercial cleaning service in Perth of the highest quality, thanks to our team of experts. We are Window Cleaners Perth, and we have a group of highly qualified professionals who are committed to giving you the best result every time they show up at your premise.

Cleaning windows on any commercial building is perhaps one of the most complex cleaning tasks, and that’s because of the danger posed and the skillsets required to complete the job correctly. The average person does not have those skills and expertise.

When it comes to cleaning commercial windows in Perth, primarily those high-rise ones, it requires taking several safety measures, of which we follow. Also, where the actual cleaning of any window is concerned, we avoid using any cleaning product that is considered to be harmful. Either because it can damage the glass and influence the loss of brightness, be dangerous for our professional while they are cleaning, or harmful to the environment.

Window Cleaners Perth is fully covered by a leading insurance company. Nevertheless, we ensure that all our workers have mandatory safety equipment while cleaning windows on commercial buildings. This includes the helmet, harness, and special uniform for the job.

When you call Window Cleaners Perth to clean your windows, you will have peace of mind that you are getting the best possible window cleaning service, something that not all cleaning companies can guarantee.

Get in Touch with Window Cleaners Perth, the Best Commercial Window Cleaner in Perth

Contact us today for a free quote, no strings attached. Or, just give us a call to find out more about our window cleaning service in Perth. You won’t regret making the call, especially when you hear about the outstanding work of our professionals, and the seriousness of our company to ensure that you get the best result, you will not be disappointed, give us a call today.

We Offer Other Services

You can also contact us to request more information about the rest of our services. We offer residential window cleaning, solar panel cleaning, and post-construction window cleaning. Regardless of your window cleaning need, Window Cleaners Perth have you covered, we will exceed all your expectations, hurry and give us a call today or book an appointment online!

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.: Selling Keychains and Prints with my BFF! :.

Hey guys!!

My bff @jemidove​ told me she was making keychains and asked if I wanted to jump in and I did! Just one for now tho x'D

I also have a bunch of leftover stuff from old designs, so here we go!

*Note : All prices are in USD! And only Paypal for me!

“COOL SKELEBROS” keychain!

About 4.5cm tall

$5 each! (and you can choose an A6 print/bookmark for free!)

(only seven left!)

A6 prints!

1 for $2, 3 for $5!

Bookmarks!

$1.5 each

Stickers!

About 7 cm tall (and look! a COOL SKELEBROS sticker version!)

$1 each

(only 2 left!)

(only 5 left!)

So if you want to order :

Message me with your shipping address, paypal address and keychain/A6 print/sticker choice(s)

I'll give the shipping cost based on your address (estimated ~$3.50 for keychains, ~$1.50 for A6 prints/sticker) and send a Paypal link for payment!

(You can check Jemi's post below for more detail on shipping!)

If the keychains sell out, don't worry! I hope to make more! (including Niko from OneShot and a special deltarune character :3c)

And below is @jemidove​'s listing so if you want any of them, please message her on dA/email instead!

@jemidove​‘s post :

My keychains and prints have all just arrived!! Yippee!

If you'd like to support my art, purchasing a keychain or print from me would help fund my daily expenses and making more art merch like this in the future!

Below are photos of my current catalogue!

How to order?

Send me a note on dA, - or - private message any of these places: Twitter (@JemiDove22) / Instagram (JemiDove) /Discord (JemiDove#1816), - or - email jemimaloke@outlook.com with the title, "Keychain / Print order".

Tell me which design(s) you want.

Tell me your address. I will need to know this to check and confirm the additional shipping cost you will need to pay for.

Once I have acknowledged your order, you may send the money to me via a Paypal.me link which I include in my reply. *If you live in Singapore, we can deal using PayNow, bank transfer, or even meeting in person at my convenience

[Prices last updated: 30 January 2019]

KEYCHAINS

All keychain designs are selling for $5 USD each, except for the Wolfer original design which will be $6 USD.

DISCOUNT: If you buy 4 or more keychains, I will give you a -$2 USD discount off your order!

Standard shipping cost for keychains:

Malaysia & Brunei: $1.90 USD ($2.50 SGD)

Countries in Asia & the Pacific (except Australia, Japan & New Zealand): $2.40 USD ($3.20 SGD)

Countries in the rest of the world, including Australia, Japan, New Zealand, Africa, America, Europe and the Middle East: $3.50 USD ($4.70 SGD)

*If you want registered mail so your package is more secured and arrives faster (I think?), that will be an additional +$1.90 USD ($2.50 SGD) on top of the standard shipping cost. Please let me know if you want it!

Full view here

Left to right, top to bottom:

Sonic the Hedgehog

Amy Rose

Shadow the Hedgehog

Miles "Tails" Prower

Silver the Hedgehog

Clank

Ratchet

Sly Cooper

Berura the Swan (OC)

Peatail the Peacock (OC)

Scarlett the Macaw (OC)

Owlia the Owl (OC)

*Wolfer ($6 USD, original wolf artwork)

Fidget

Dust

Jazz Jackrabbit

PRINTS

Big Swan group print (Artwork by Cortoony)

Printed on glossy 230gsm artcard

A4 size - $6 USD ($8 SGD) A5 size - $4 USD ($6 SGD)

"No matter the mood" print (Artwork by me)

Printed on a special textured artcard! Full view here!

A4 size only - $5 USD ($7 SGD)

Please specify which variant(s) you want:

All 4 moods (in the same A4 print)

Daylight

Sunset

Night

Overcast-Fog

Shipping cost for prints:

(There are a lot of deviations depending on how many prints you order because that affects the weight, and your country, plus currency conversion from SGD to USD for writing this price list so I need some time. Will get back to this soon, but if you want to order a print, let me know and I'll find out your country's shipping costs immediately!)

Hope you guys like what we have! We hope to do more in the future!

Every purchase helps us! Reblogs highly appreciated! Thanks in advance!! 💖 ~Cats and Jemi