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Uh...help please? And also hi...

*crawls back out from lurking* *waves shyly*

Um, eh, so...hi everybody! I’m not actually dead or what, just super-busy with life and mostly just lurking around on here. Hope some of my old pals are still around? *waves* Now, as of recent I’ve been doing a binge re-watch of Almighty Johnsons. I’m about to start season 3 now, nut as it turns out, I’m missing one episode. s3 e12 is mysteriously nowhere in my files, and all the fancy online links are either PayTV Netflix Sky Hulu whatever modern crap that I don’t have, or “We’re sorry but [every country but mine] only”, or fishy download links that will possibly haul a load of crap onto my hard drive. Sssooo. Any chance that any of you lovely people out there could send me this episode? Via we transfer or whatever...? That’d be great, although I must confess I don’t have much hope here...still it’s worth a try?

Hope you’re all doing good & are safe! xxX Blu

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incredible how some people scream for tolerance but are not willing to exert it themselves.... So. If youre biphobic or hate bisexuals, fucking unfollow me.

This is why I don’t tell 99% people im bisexual

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what! You haven’t seen season 5!!! You have to! You just have to! It’s the George show. Jack Farthing’s acting is outstanding. George in season 5 is so different from anything you’ve see before. And the scenes between him and Dwight and him and Uncle Cary will blow you away. It will change your perception of the character. It’s only 8 episodes in season 5. Just do a binge watch. It will give you so much to work with in terms of storytelling. At least watch episodes 3, 4 and 8. You will be blown away. And you must watch the final episode of season 4 as it is what leads into the season 5 arc. Oh you don’t know what you are missing! Don’t deny yourself this glorious version of George. Masterpiece actually nominated a Jack for an Emmy award his work was so good. And the surprise twist in the last episode is wonderful. You will love it, trust me!

I’m pretty sure I won’t, I’m afraid. I’ve never liked all the additional crap that D. Horsfield has written into the story. She sucks at writing tbh. The scenes that were her doing always stood out like a sore thumb, so that’s why I’m not going to watch the entire George-falls-into-madness-and-depression story arc. I saw the worst of that (ep. 2 I think it was) and it physically hurt to watch that - mainly BECAUSE Jack Farthing is so good that he can make the crappiest script work on screen. I know most of the George scenes through little video snippets and that’s quite enough for me. You know how Demelza has been getting on my nerves like forever, and I’ve hated Morwenna and the Carnes for all of s4, and s5 has even MORE of that, so no thanks^^

But mainly it’s because I think D. Horsefield has totally butchered the George character and turned s5 into her personal ego show. I can’t watch my favourite character suffer needlessly (guess who still hasn’t seen the third Hobbit because Fili and Kili....), so yeah. Season 4 was okay when George was on screen, and I loved the interacting between him and Elizabeth, and also some of Ross’ parts, and the final scene was just so heartbreaking....I think I’d better leave it at that instead of getting angry and frustrated at s5.

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lashbrook11 replied to your photo “Thank you so much for these amazing drawings!”

@blu-b oh, we’re still reading your stuff alright. And re-reading and re-reading, hoping for an update. Let’s take The Wind And The Sea for example. Poor George Warleggan has fallen down the stairs and has been waiting 3 years and 4 days for Dwight to come tend to him. I know Dwight’s a busy doctor, but that’s a long time to wait even for him! And poor Demelza, do you know how hard it is sweeping around a body lying on your floor? But seriously, this is one of my favorite stories ever and you...

It’s been 3 years already?? Oh wow...holy eff LOL I didn’t even realize. Funny thing is, the next chapter is already half written...has been for three years and four days ^^  Okay, I’ll see what I can do, also about the one with the blue room and the sm...romantic part ;-)

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lashbrook11 replied to your photo “Thank you so much for these amazing drawings!”

to see what you do with season 5 George. Especially because he is so vulnerable in episodes 3 and 4. It’s funny you mentioned taking up writing again, because I was going to write you a message a couple of days ago asking if you would be taking it up again in the near future, and here you are talking about it! Yay! You are an extremely talented writer and need to continue writing!

-blushes heavily- Thank youuuuu aaaw :O <3

Actually the Poldark / George fics are the ones I never really lost interest in, so I may take them up soon and try to update. Although I won’t be doing anything with season 4 or 5. I didn’t even see season 5. I saw one episode and it was so full of bullsh*t that I angrily quit watching it. But there’s always season 1-3 to come back to, right? ;-D

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Thank you so much for these amazing drawings! <3 I didn’t think that people were still reading my stuff tbh....but, on another note, after lurking around for 4,5 years I am in the mood to tackle some of these stories again and possibly even finish them. Nothing promised, but I may get back into the writing mojo... Also: *waves to all those old friends that are still around* :-D Please give this amazing sweet artist here some likes and reblogs! 

For @blu-b ,I totally fall in love with your incredibly beautiful and lovely story! Your works are the reason I became very fond of those two adorable guys and britchell 💕💕💕

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Etsy is somehow being even worse, do not click etsy ads

Etsy is now forcing shop owners to be part of their ads. We can not opt out.

To anyone who buys from etsy: DO NOT EVER CLICK THEIR ADS

They are rolling out a program where if you get a sale from an ad they put out, they’re taking 12-15% of the profit(probably on top of the like, 5%ish+ they already take). Even worse, if you have clicked an Etsy ad in the last 30 days ANYONE YOU BUY FROM ON ETSY IN THAT PERIOD WILL BE BILLED THAT FEE. 

So please, if you see an ad for something you like off etsy, do not click it. Just go on etsy and search for it.

This is somehow worse than what storenvy used to pull. 

Please go directly through an artist or see if they have their own storefront (I use bigcartel) instead of purchasing off etsy. And if you must, just please, please, never click an etsy ad.

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Would anyone be interested in any of these Lord of the Rings and/or Pirates of the Caribbean doujinshis? All are in pristine condition. $12 each including shipping to anywhere in the world.

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Hilarious Cat Snapchats That Will Leave You With The Biggest Smile (part 2)

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Loki™ + Textposts™

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Last one of my valar series. Check out the others! This is Varda, queen of stars and light. For the elves she is the most important of the Valar.

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Why "doing something relaxing” does not help your anxiety

A lot of the time when people give advice intended to relieve anxiety, they suggest doing “relaxing” things like drawing, painting, knitting, taking a bubble bath, coloring in one of those zen coloring books, or watching glitter settle to the bottom of a jar.

This advice is always well-intentioned, and I’m not here to diss people who either give it or who benefit from it. But it has never, ever done shit for me, and this is because it goes about resolving anxiety in the completely wrong way.  

THE WORST THING YOU CAN DO when suffering from anxiety is to do a “relaxing” thing that just enables your mind to dwell and obsess more on the thing that’s bothering you. You need to ESCAPE from the dwelling and the obsession in order to experience relief.

You can drive to a quiet farm, drive to the beach, drive to a park, or anywhere else, but as someone who has tried it all many, many times, trust me–it’s a waste of gas. You will just end up still sad and stressed, only with sand on your butt. You can’t physically escape your sadness. Your sadness is inside of you. To escape, you need to give your brain something to play with for a while until you can approach the issue with a healthier frame of mind. 

People who have anxiety do not need more time to contemplate, because we will use it to contemplate how much we suck.

In fact, you could say that’s what anxiety is–hyper-contemplating. When we let our minds run free, they run straight into the thorn bushes. Our minds are already running, and they need to be controlled. They need to be given something to do, or they’ll destroy everything, just like an overactive husky dog ripping up all the furniture. 

Therefore, I present to you: 

THINGS YOU SHOULD NOT DO WHEN ANXIOUS

–Go on a walk

–Watch a sunset, watch fish in an aquarium, watch glitter, etc.

–Go anywhere where the main activity is sitting and watching

–Draw, color, do anything that occupies the hands and not the mind

–Do yoga, jog, go fishing, or anything that lets you mentally drift 

–Do literally ANYTHING that gives you great amounts of mental space to obsess and dwell on things.

THINGS YOU SHOULD DO WHEN ANXIOUS:

–Do a crossword puzzle, Sudoku, or any other mind teaser game. Crosswords are the best.

–Write something. It doesn’t have to be a masterpiece. Write the Top 10 Best Restaurants in My City. Rank celebrities according to Best Smile. Write some dumb Legolas fanfiction and rip it up when you’re done. It’s not for publication, it’s a relief exercise that only you will see. 

–Read something, watch TV, or watch a movie–as long as it’s engrossing. Don’t watch anything which you can run as background noise (like, off the top of my head, Say Yes to The Dress.) As weird as it seems, American Horror Story actually helps me a lot, because it sucks me in. 

–Masturbate. Yes, I’m serious. Your mind has to concentrate on the mini-movie it’s running. It can’t run Sexy Titillating Things and All The Things That are Bothering Me at the same time. (…I hope. If it can, then…ignore this one.) 

–Do math problems—literally, google “algebra problems worksheet” and solve them. If you haven’t done math since 7th grade this will really help you. I don’t mean with math, I mean with the anxiety. 

–Play a game or a sport with someone that requires great mental concentration. Working with 5 people to get a ball over a net is a challenge which will require your brain to turn off the Sadness Channel. 

–Play a video game, as long as it’s not something like candy crush or Tetris that’s mindless. 

THINGS YOU SHOULD DO DURING PANIC ATTACKS ESPECIALLY:

–List the capitals of all the U.S. states

–List the capitals of all the European countries

–List all the shapes you can see. Or all the colors. 

–List all the blonde celebrities you can think of.

–Pull up a random block of text and count all the As in it, or Es or whatever.  

Now obviously, I am not a doctor. I am just an anxious person who has tried almost everything to help myself.  I’ve finally realized that the stuff people recommend never works because this is a disorder that thrives on free time and free mental space. When I do the stuff I listed above, I can breathe again. And I hope it helps someone here too. 

(Now this shouldn’t have to be said but if the “do nots” work for you then by all means do them. They’ve just never worked for me.)

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Holiday Fairy Lights by Georgianna Lane  

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This is a reminder that you are on the right path and everything is coming together. Trust your intuition and please don’t be so hard on yourself. You are deserving of rest, love, and joy; never forget that.

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being a woman is just constantly hating your immediate present self and then looking back and hating your past self for not appreciating your beauty and opportunities at that time and it just goes on like. forever