#2019-Aug
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k-i-l-l-e-r-b-e-e-6-9 · 10 months ago
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Volbeat - Immortal but Destructible
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another-dra-anew · 2 months ago
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...Hm.
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sage-nebula · 5 months ago
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Book Review: The Faceless Old Woman Who Secretly Lives in Your Home - Joseph Fink & Jeffrey Cranor
Rating: 5/5
The Faceless Old Woman Who Secretly Lives in Your Home is a swashbuckling adventure that is, ultimately, a ghost story. Told from the point of view of the titular Faceless Old Woman, we go back to her childhood, when she was (at first) an ordinary girl living in the Mediterranean. After the death of her father, she swears revenge on the ones responsible, and is willing to go to any lengths in order to get it, even if it costs her her life (and her face) in the process.
Although this is a Welcome to Night Vale novel, knowledge of the podcast is not necessary to understand this book. While it may help readers to know that the Faceless Old Woman is an entity that secretly lives in the homes of Night Vale residents, in that it will let them know ahead of time the direction the book is going in, it isn't necessary knowledge to enjoy the core elements of the novel -- the plot, and the character work. Indeed, one may even be able to ascertain that detail themselves from the jumps the novel makes to the present day, where the Faceless Old Woman talks to the man she is presently haunting. While these may seem pointless digressions at first, the reason for the haunting is made abundantly clear by the end.
The character work in this book is masterful. Not only are all of the side characters vibrant and interesting, but the novel takes a character who was previously just a humorous side character in the original podcast and turns her into a compelling, gripping protagonist. It takes skill to write a protagonist a reader feels truly invested in, and abundantly more to write one that the reader roots for even as they commit increasingly heinous acts. Yet the authors succeeded in both in this novel; even when the Faceless Old Woman is at her worst, and you know the story isn't going to end well for her (it is a ghost story, after all -- happy ghosts don't haunt people), you still long for things to change, for her to turn around and get the happy life that was denied to her through actions both others' and her own.
The plot itself is perfectly paced and executed as well. I wouldn't go so far as to call it a mystery, per se, but there are twists that, while they stun the reader, also make perfect sense if you look back through the novel to see how we got to the point that we did. At no point did it feel like a twist was being pulled out of nowhere for shock value; instead, it felt like all the pieces were finally lined up, and it just took time for them to get there, both for the reader and the Faceless Old Woman herself.
This is a book that has stuck with me, and that I feel will stick with me for years to come. I felt breathless by the end of it, in the way that comes only after being struck with enormous emotion. As a ghost story, it's obvious that the ending won't be a happy one. But the swashbuckling adventure makes every moment, even the painful ones, worthwhile.
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anthonycrowley · 2 years ago
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i'm at the neil's a liar about canon azcrow. i'm at the mcr5 rumors. i'm at the combination neil's a liar about canon azcrow/mcr5 rumors.
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wonderxshows · 2 years ago
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i cant believe ive been on discord for :checks calendar: 7yrs
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acircusfullofdemons · 2 years ago
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💫. ┊    WAIT omg I don't think I ever shared EGS' "official" website??
💫. ┊    ok so for context, in Phantasmagoria there's this company called "ElectroGear Software" (EGS), and it's been there since the beginning, it's a VERY important part of INtO actually. Anyway, it's a gaming company that's supposed to have really advanced technology, specifically in the VR department.
💫. ┊    so yeah this silly fictional company means a lot to me and I've had this website for it for a while. It's changed a TON since I've first made it (the original was...so ugly and also lowkey out of date, like I made it back when Phanta was called Viyrus that's how old we're talking here). But yeah I don't think I ever publicly shared it so here:
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btslittlecorner · 5 months ago
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NEWSIS 2019 K-EXPO - Hallyu Star Daesang Award
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oh god
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valancedbreakfast · 10 months ago
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Rando to friend, getting on elevator: ... scoundrel has nine cards, but the healer has twelve. Some alchemist or something, can't remember.
Rando turns around and looks me dead in the eyes: do you know?
Me: ... tinkerer?
Random: Yeah! Damn I love GenCon!
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235uranium · 11 months ago
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just remembered the year I tracked my psl drink purchases after one of my friends pointed out how often I buy them in the fall
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lestis · 11 months ago
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(main of trelldraws) just ran across your tag comments about my comics and wanted to say thank you, you're very kind! i haven't drawn in so long but it's always really nice to hear that my old stuff still resonates with someone ♥ (and the one about doflamingo's death was surely just CRUCIALLY NECESSARY it may well be four years later but DEF STILL MAD ABOUT IT)
this only showed up NOW im sorryyyyyy (a bunch of asks appeared out of nowhere so im addressing them all now) i never knew u saw my tags!!
but also im in some ways glad i saw this now bc it prompted me to read your comics again and they rly are SO GOOD THE KILLING DOFLAMINGO ONE WAHAHSHFHF Man.
the way you do emotion, the panelling… i love it. all of your works are SO lovely and are such an inspiration to how i want to do comics. if i can get someone to feel half of what i did (and i still remember the doflamingo one!!!!!) i will be so happy.
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99electronicsworld · 11 months ago
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electricaljournals · 11 months ago
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tkhkisi · 6 years ago
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Sayonara (means Good bye. "サヨナラ") rocks. I may return again.
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I think it was a very nice mountain trip.
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After a long soak in the bath, I took a bus back to Tokyo.
Kita Alps (Northern Japan Alps) trekking.
Day6. Aug. 6, 2019.
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tabslabs · 1 year ago
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Galois: vampires aren’t real, here’s the math Gigamaree: damn guess I’ve just been biting people for no reason then huh
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queen-littlebird · 1 year ago
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Tumblr can't force you to pay to use it if you queue all your posts in 2019.
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sweetellafontaine · 2 years ago
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((Polaris)) 💗 Someday | Timothy [18 Aug 2019] ((Do not reply))
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She was beginning to feel the weight of summer. Summer meant no classes, it meant working at the magic laundry and working on the household. The Fontaine mansion wasn’t built for one person to do all the work yet that was exactly how the household was arranged. And all of it was put on Ella Fontaine who, if her father had not remarried would be the master of the mansion.
After her shift at the magical laundry, she barely could stand on her feet. Blisters prevented her from moving quickly and she barely could bite back her tears.
“Someday, I will find my happiness.” She whispered to herself as a weak attempt to cheer herself up, she found herself sitting down on the pavement removing a shoe to see the damage on her feet. It was worse than she imagined. And she sighed. “When will kindness repay me, mother?” She whispered to herself, surprised to see a butterfly landing before her. She decided to dry her tears and put back her shoes but got started to see she no longer was alone.
“Oh, I apologize.” She kindly smiled before offering the other a bow.
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After two back to back washes Timothy let out a sigh of relief when he sniffed his clothes. While working at Jumbo’s was fun his clothes tended to smell like pizza more often than not, even spreading to his home clothes. Stuffing everything away into a gym bag he hoisted it over his shoulder, hearing the bell jingle he watched a blonde girl duck out with a wave goodbye presumably to her coworkers. 
Following not far behind her he blinked when he saw something flash on the ground, feeling the light bounce off into his face. Bending down he picked up the small case looking vaguely like a card holder, glancing back up he figured it was more than likely the girl’s. Seeing her a bit to his left he blinked in surprise wondering if she was waiting on a ride or taking a small break, though she’d picked an odd place. Too lost in thought he’d walked up faster to her than he’d anticipated, hearing her mumbles he almost missed the tears she was quickly drying.
His brows shot up at the bow, ok now that was a new one he mused. Clearing his throat he shook his head, “You’re fine, honestly my bad for walking up without saying anything,” he apologized. Remembering his whole point of walking up he held the case up for her to see, “By any chance is this yours?”
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She took notice of the case she was holding, and a fond smile carried on her lips. It was one her mother had made when she was still alive. “In fact yes, that is mine.” She opened the case to see a picture of her former family and smiled as if it was a sign of her dear mother herself. “I must have dropped it during my shift.”
She softly hummed for a moment before giving him a tiny bow. “Thank you, what can I do to repay your kindness?”
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Timothy let out a sigh of relief when she confirmed his assumption. Handing it off to her he smiled as she looked at it fondly. Jimmy would be proud of him he thought, maybe he’d bring up the situation during drinks just to get him to relax for a bit. “Found it outside actually probably just slipped out your bag.”
At her second bow he raised a brow in surprise, her mannerisms reminded him of Duke. Clearing his throat he shifted the bag resisting the urge to make a quip, Jimmy was rubbing off on him more than he liked. Shifting his bag again he paused before smiling sheepishly, “Actually could use some advice, any tips for how to get pizza smells out of clothes? You could probably save me a couple hours a week.”
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She got quite startled, and yet she had been extremely tired so it wouldn’t be too odd that she had lost it outside. Part of that filled her with dread. She could have lost such an important memory of her parents. “Thank you, truly. This means a lot to me. I wouldn’t know what to do if I lost it to never have it returned.”
Pizza smell? She pondered for a moment. “Mix 1 cup distilled white vinegar and 1 cup baking soda with just enough water to cover the clothes. Soak for 4 hours. Then put the clothes and vinegar/baking soda mixture in the wash and launder as usual.” She smiled. “Do you work in a pizza place?”
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“Hey no need to dwell on what ifs,” Timothy said feeling a little self conscious from all the praise and using his best method to deflect. Jimmy usually said similar things trying positive reinforcement on him. He shot her an easy grin, “Sure anybody woulda done the same thing.”
Nodding he typed a quick note onto his phone making a mental note to forward it to all the kiddos working for him. “Jumbo’s actually, your run of the mill friendly neighborhood manager,” he said cheerfully. “You’re gonna have a lot of grateful teens on your hands, pizzas great for lunch not so great during the off hours.”
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He made a fair point, the most important part was knowing that she had her picture returned. She could remember well when this was taken, she could remember her mom hugging her close and her father’s fond smile before trying to look like a stern father. He was way too softhearted with Ella. She nodded. “Yeah.”
“Jumbo? I haven’t been there yet. Maybe I should.” She chuckled. “I’m happy to help in any way. I do hope it helps in the end.”
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Patting his body with his free hands he dug around his pockets before he found a card with Jumbo’s logo and his name underneath. “We’d be happy to have you come in,” he said holding the card out to her, “bring some friends in sometime this week. I’ll get you guys a half off deal on food and games.” 
“Honestly you’re a bit of a life saver right now for them, we’ve been trying a lot of different detergents. You’ve been working at the laundromat long?”
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“I’m happy to pay you a visit, but you really have no reason for repaying me after all this is my job.” Though it felt a bit rude to reject his kind offer. “Well, it won’t be too many people. My friends are very limited.” Mostly due to the fact that she didn’t get to get out much aside from going to work.
“I’ve been working here ever since my father died after remarrying. My stepmother felt that I shouldn’t burden her by having her pay for my tuition. And that I should be happy I’m still allowed to live with her. I guess she has a point since she is the mistress of the house.”  Ella didn’t mind having to work hard. “So it’s been a couple of years already. Everyone is very kind here, so I don’t mind it at all.”
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“Technically you’re not on the clock right now,” he replied shrugging a bit, “Actually speaking of which I’m not keeping you from anything am I?” This girl was too nice he mused, he hated to think he was inconveniencing her in some way. 
Burden? His brow furrowed in confusion at her words the wheels clicking in his head. He had to bite back the urge to argue, she reminded him a bit of Duke when they first met. “She sounds like a..,” don’t say it that voice that sounded like Jimmy in his head snapped, “very old fashioned woman,” he said settling for a more neutral term. “Does she..usually talk like that about things?” he questioned trying to be as casual as possible.
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“I work after hours to generally clean up.” If she didn’t she couldn’t afford college. “Don’t worry, my boss isn’t that strict with me. She is very kind and she allows me to breaks when I need one.” She truly was blessed to work in such an adorable place like this.
Her smile faltered for a second. “I suppose she would be in the eyes of others, she, however, considers herself to be a rather…modern thinking woman.” Almost instinctively, her hand moved to her sleeve, tugging to hide the bruises. “Well…” She wasn’t quite comfortable with the question. “I mean…It’s manageable you know.” But was it?
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Least her work life seemed healthy enough he mused quietly to himself. He himself was fairly laid back in his workplace letting the kids do homework while he finished closing up on slow nights. “Careful you keep telling me how good of a worker you are and I might try to poach you for Jumbo’s” he teased playfully.
Resisting the urge to snort Timothy fiddled with the strap on his bag thinking over his words. He averted her gaze when he saw her fiddling wanting to give her some semblance of privacy. Shrugging he for one of the few times in his life picked his words carefully, “You know manageable looks good on a resume, not sure how well it fits towards home stuff.” Pausing he shook his head, “Sorry I’m probably overstepping just…you remind me of a buddy of mine.”
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“Well I could always use an extra job, but I fear my body won’t let me.” She already lived on three to four hours of actual sleep. If she were to take another job, she might get overwhelmed with the house chores. She pondered over it. Maybe she could reschedule how she did her chores and her laundry job.
“We don’t get to pick our homes.” She muttered. It wasn’t very kind of her to say, but she didn’t like lying either. Her home was in the hands of a woman who despite her. “I understand your concern, but I’ll manage.” She would manage, saving money to the day she could leave that house filled with memories of her real parents. Secretly her heart broke a little over the idea.
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Timothy resisted an urge to frown at her words, that hadn’t been his intention at all. He’d met less adults that were less workaholic than this girl was, though he doubted it was just because she enjoyed it. Still there wasn’t much he could do without overstepping he thought, he was a stranger after all. 
“No we don’t,” he agreed thinking back before his adoption and the less than stellar home life he’d had. Swallowing he knew he should probably let her go off he’d held her up long enough and he very much did not want to come off as creepy. “I’m sure you will but,” he grabbed one of his business cards out of his wallet. He rarely used them but for once grateful the owner had made them, “Listen if you ever wanna talk…or just need someone to make you laugh. Call me alright?”
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