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Singing companion

What if the egg it had as a crocalor hatched into a torchic when it evolved? Nghhh

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daily kpop song recommendation! - 23/12/2023

"don't sugarcoat me baby, complex is overrated"

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daily song recommendation! - 23/12/2023

"i wanna be with you everywhere~"

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Arcanine ko-fi doodle for Unithecorn!

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daily song recommendation! - 21/12/2023

"you know all my dreams, you were one so it seemed"

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daily kpop song recommendation! - 21/12/2023

"put all your worries away in the falling rain, so that i don't get immersed in my self more deeply"

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Espeon ko-fi doodle for rhi!

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Shiny Shinx ko-fi doodle for Dylan!

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so judging by how astonished people are by it every time we explain it to anybody, it seems like my wife and I might really be onto something here

during the pandemic, we invented something we call "astronaut time."

when it's astronaut time, it's like we are two astronauts wearing the big helmets, moving around the station on totally separate tasks. one of us is outside the space station and one of us is inside the space station. our radios do not work and we have no way of communicating with each other. we might see each other through the lil porthole windows, but we ignore each other because we both have different things to do.

"astronaut time" is how we get total privacy when we live in the same apartment. I will pretend you don't exist. You will pretend I don't exist. we have a nonverbal, zero-contact signal for when astronaut time is over (usually "I'll draw a smiley-face on the whiteboard in the kitchen when I'm done"). No talking, stay out of each other's line of sight, we are actively avoiding each other, unless you are currently experiencing a medical emergency goodbye.

it has been. a godsend. imagine living with your partner and being able to close every single tab in your brain related to social interaction. no fear of being interrupted by a "hey, quick question--" or "sorry to bother you, but do you know where the scissors are?" or "did you want something to eat, too?" Once or twice a month, we look at each other lovingly, hold hands, and say "baby I think I need some astronaut time tonight," and the other person goes "okay cool. bye! have a nice night!" and nobody's feelings are hurt and we both go and have a lovely evening completely by ourselves.

like idk it's a small thing but it's made our lives so much nicer, so if you and your partner/roommate are both people who sometimes need total privacy in order to recharge, maybe try it

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Shiny Pincurchin and Slowpoke ko-fi doodle for Annie!

I'm accepting pokemon ko-fi doodle requests here! ✨

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Eevee is ready for Winter! I can't wait for some snowy weather!

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What a great way to spend a Winter evening!

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Six of Crows Duology Review 𓄿

Six of Crows - 5/5 ☆

Crooked Kingdom - 4.5/5☆

Leigh Bardugo is simply never going to create anything as beautiful as these books ever again. I absolutely loathed having to get through the original Shadow and Bone trilogy, but I'm convinced these books were written by two different people. You cannot create something as beautiful as the relationships between these 6 characters (no Kuwei you aren't included, sorry bro), and then just continue to destroy the readers' emotional states regularly.

The reason why I keep coming back to this duology is because of how real and human the characters feel, it's to a point that I forget these are 17 to 18-year-olds. I wish I could give everyone the biggest hug (apart from Kaz, he would have a mental breakdown) and let them know that they don't have to struggle this much. I'm so sad at how the show botched these characters and the overall story, but I remember that the producers cast each character so perfectly that I can't imagine any other casting for them. If you haven't already, READ THESE BOOKS! A blueprint for young adult heist fantasy novels, and an example of how an author can go from writing hot garbage (*cough cough* Seige and Storm *cough*) and going on to creating masterpieces.

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my inner child is healed everytime they upload <3

DAN AND PHIL ARE HERE TO GET YOU THROUGH DECEMBER

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