#white rail lighting

[fauxboy]

Kitchen Enclosed With a double-bowl sink, raised-panel cabinets, dark wood cabinets, granite countertops, a beige backsplash, a ceramic backsplash, stainless steel appliances, and an island, this enclosed kitchen features a large traditional u-shaped cement tile floor.

[furrpurr]

sunday stimboard (⁠・⁠–⁠・⁠;⁠)⁠ゞ

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[istandonsnowpiles]

Catenary Land

[onychespherein]

look what i did

[hamoi]

私はエクスプレスの警備員です

[day-night-darlix]

I. I saw your Masked Fool Aventurine fanart and I absolutely fell in love with the concept gskdgkfkfsa

I'm always so envious of other people who draw well because it's all so impressive!

That specific piece of art sparked something in my imagination and now I have so many ideas gskdgskgsd

I actually rp as Aventurine on a few different blogs on here, and I was wondering if I could make a rp blog based on your art and concept with all credits to you ofc!!!

I haven't felt this inspired in a while kshkhdskhs so it may sound silly but I just wanted to ask!

I hope you're doing well, and no pressure to reply to this whatsoever!

~ Mod of @aventurine-official

asdkfdsk i would be so honored!!! i'd better make some more art and write some more things in that case.... i have more misc thoughts and a small playlist i can drop too if you or anyone else is interested! i love writing and making aus especially so please pick my brain if you want!! but yes, absolutely that would be okay!! thank you so much :,)

[tenderrednet]

[kuratm]

just gonna put this here before i forget, but before penacony's storyline, sayu pretty much masqueraded a harmony unit (harmony physical, to be specific) because she was forcing herself to be something she isn't - because she wanted to run away from reality...because in many ways, she subconsciously tried to be like robin, her best friend since childhood. needless to say, it wasn't working, but sayu kept the charade on - if anything not to worry her newfound family, a.k.a the astral express, whom she joined in means of escapism from the abuse she suffered under the family's watchful eye. there was a burden on her back, the regret she daily felt for leaving everything behind - for leaving robin to suffer all alone, but she continuously pushed it in herself, making her more reserved than ever.

however, after going back to penacon, the events that happened there and many, many revelations she needed to see, by herself? sayu realizes she cannot keep running from the past anymore. she needs to face it, head on, without any fear - she cannot be controlled like a doll, any longer. for that, she becomes her true self and rips the mask off her face (haha, persona 5 reference) and spreads her own, dark colored wings. she embraces her identity as a dark halovian, as a rock-n-roll musician - she accepts herself as a PATHSTRIDER OF NIHILITY - but not for the sake of nothingness, but for its' tranquility and continuous effort to push forward, despite how meaningless it may be.

once sayu faces it all and finally gets some form of closure she, and the rest, deserve, she becomes a 5 star, nihility unit with lightning as element, since rock-n-roll is as flashy and loud as lightning.

[sfmuniphotos]

An L-Taraval train at West Portal Station

[ballroom-stims]

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Robin from Honkai: Star Rail stimboard featuring champagne slime, concert lights, wings, curtains, and microphones.

[grahamjadiel]

Denver Outdoor Kitchen Example of a mid-sized ornate backyard concrete patio kitchen design with a pergola

[hsundholm]

A Lisbon Alley by Henrik Sundholm Via Flickr: Some alley I saw in Lisbon, Portugal.

[hamoi]

同行してよろしいですか？

[thedaveandkimmershow]

Lotta cool things to say about August. The biggest is this:

Kimmer scored an A in her Bio Statistics course.

A very big deal. Like that young American hockey team beating the Russians at the Olympics many decades ago for the first time. 🤯

Kimmer got an A.

In Bio Statistics.

Make no mistake. Statistics has been her kryptonite all the way back to her undergrad years in college. It has always been thus. After college, when it was various graduate studies, she did everything she could to dodge those classes having done them already because they just did not compute for her.

And on and on and on and on 'n on.

So. 

What happened to break that pattern?

YouTube for one. A big one. In which you can absolutely find the people who communicate complex disciplines like statistics in ways that are easily understood by people who don't usually understand them.

The second reason for her success was, of course, her professor.

Can't understate enough.

So yeah. Like I said... this was a very very VERY big deal. 😁😁😁

Also, by the end of the month, this Quarter From Hell was officially over. Done. And by Quarter From Hell I'm taking about a period of educational pursuit that, even as it enables massive professional growth, still manages to profoundly kick your ass and forces you to consider just how long you can keep this up. 🤔🤨

We kicked off August with a lovely dinner at Mod Pizza in Lynnwood with one of Kimmer's custom concoctions that never disappoints. 🤩☺️

Couple nights later it's Joan Jett & The Blackhearts opening for Alanis Morissette's Triple Moon Tour at White River Amphitheater just a stone's throw from Auburn.

The tickets were a gift from Daughter Number 1 earlier in the year, something she knew her ol' mom 'n dad would dearly enjoy.

Which.

We.

Did.

Been a while, I won't lie. Been a while since we attended a proper concert of this scale. Joan Jett was definitely a lovely trip down memory lane atop iconic songs to which everyone still knows the lyrics...

And definitely sung 'um. 😁😁😁

The headliner, Alanis Morissette, produced a wildly big show, taking full advantage of nighttime that fully descended by her first song.

Coupla big screens to either side of the stage masterfully filled by a crew of camera ops. A big screen, back 'n center, onto which was projected imagery implicit and implied by the music and lyrics. A strip of sheer fabric, ten to fifteen feet wide that not only captured lights, shadows, and imagery, but also acted as a wall that could obscure the back of the stage. The lights, of course, highly choreographed. The sometimes frenetic motion of Morissette... so effective at focusing thousands of eyes in rapt and sometimes disbelieving attention.

Yeah. 

She and her band put on a show.

They put on a big show, and, like I said, it's been a while since we've experienced one.

And we very very very much appreciated the experience. 🤪🤩☺️

A small thing in August that's legitimately a very very big thing: we gotta new mechanic to handle the maintenance of our cars. It's been a while, is all I'm saying. During which time we used larger shops that were just fine... just not with the same personal touch.

So HUZZAH!!! 🤩

August 8 kicked off a triple shot of Little Lies performances: MUSIC AT THE MARINA on Thursday at the Everett Marina, SOUTH LAKE UNION BLOCK PARTY on Friday at Denny Park, and TASTE EDMONDS on Saturday at Civic Center Playfield.

The Little Lies is a Fleetwood Mac tribute band with which Linzy's performed since its formation in March of 2022. She plays keys, acoustic guitar, and handles all Christine McVie vocals.

Of the three parts of the triple shot this year, we made it to the Marina show in Everett and the Taste show in Edmonds both of which we enjoyed tremendously and both of which have become a yearly summer family tradition. We even share the Everett tradition with a dear friend of ours so it's extra special sweet. ☺️

A week later, August 16, Linzy's at Woodinville's Wine Alley for an outdoor performance that drew more engagement and requests than performing inside during a wine bar gig. The sound got to be louder, the summer crowd bigger, and a good time was had by all. There was even a group of adults sitting right next to Linzy on the patio of the wine bar next to her who remained right there for the entire three-hour set.

They even sang along to some of Linzy's Taylor Swift covers. 🤩

For myself, professionally, August was the continuation of a creative Renaissance. 

Ummm...

Maybe that's overstating a little.

For sure I'm having a lot of fun on the projects I'm crafting with old tools, new tools, an evolving creative mindset, and a bit of deep diving into all the resources I have at my command. 🤯

August 25 and we're celebrating the birthdays of two of our dear friends who're (conveniently) married to each other. So we have they, their three-year-old and their five-year-old over for the afternoon to just enjoy ourselves.

Relax.

Play.

Converse.

Dine.

Drink.

And enjoy dessert. Sending them home with exhausted children.

Talk about a WIN. 😉

August 29 we're with that same family at the Evergreen State fair, enjoying ride and snack experiences with their kids and hoping they hadn't suddenly made off to Jamaica with the couplehood we just afforded them. 🤣

We were also there for yet another Little Lies performance, this time a shorter set as they opened for a Led Zeppelin tribute band.

Gotta say: since this was technically a school night, the entire experience very much felt like playing hooky. 🤪

The next morning, August 30, I had to be early to work and so missed out on the inaugural ride of light rail from Lynnwood to the UW. At the end of the workday, though, I did take that ride in the opposite direction and it.

Was.

Magnificent.

Twenty-five minutes.

Didn't even have to hop over to a bus at Northgate. 🤯

And then it's August 31st on which I woke up in the morning believing yes, sincerely believing, that this was September 1.

Whoops.

Actually, September 1's today.

So onward!

😁

[transit-fag]

A Weird thing I have noticed people always complain about when a metro and light rail system expansion is proposed is the idea that the metro system will lower property values when typically they do the opposite for cities. Like I get concerns around gentrification but the whole fear of property values being lowered by public transit really seems like thinly vailed racism because white suburbanites tend to associate public transit with black people

[thingswhatareawesome]

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