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insp.

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Please forgive me for ranting, but...I am so tired of AI. Just so tired. I don't want Microsoft Copilot, or Google Gemini, or Meta AI, or whatever other energy-sucking, water-wasting, mediocrity-spewing LLM is currently being thrust upon me. I just want to be left alone to create in peace.

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the fact that i'm no longer the same age as the protagonists of novels and films i once connected to is so heartbreaking. there was a time when I looked forward to turning their age. i did. and i also outgrew them. i continue to age, but they don't; never will. the immortality of fiction is beautiful, but cruel.

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Katniss is such an unreliable narrator. She says "Then something unexpected happens. At least, I don't expect it because I don't think of District 12 as a place that cares about me" girl you deliver strawberries to the Mayor, you hunt and trade for the district, when you fell at Prim being chosen someone caught you, when you went to Prim people parted for you, when you volunteered EVERYONE stopped. Idk how to tell you but I think you're a pillar of the community.

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The urge to look up a new book you're reading to get The Content but knowing you'd have to deal with The Spoilers

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people will read books they Do Not Like™ and then wonder why they hate reading

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Xingyin and the Venerable Dragons

📚 Daughter of the Moon Goddess by Sue Lynn Tan 🎨@_artjake_

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It’s practically 2014 and you guys still don’t know how to google if an article is real or not before giving it 100,000 notes

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As for dressing Fraser as Rick O'Connell, Bloomfield wanted a very striking look. Something slightly laid back, but very heroic. For the character of Evelyn, Bloomfield went for absolute extremes. She starts off as a museum librarian, looking quite sedate but still very beautiful. Then she removes her glasses and lets her hair down.

THE MUMMY RETURNS (2001) >> Costumes dir. Stephen Sommers costume design by John Bloomfield

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A few of the more creative spellings of Christmas I’ve come across while looking for Dear Santa letters in old newspapers this year.

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feels so wrong that itll be 2025 soon. fake year. science fiction year

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With Juniper and Amber busy decorating the barn, Oliver wastes no time to take advantage of having the house to himself and invites Xochitl over

And even if he really doesnt like dancing, he makes an effort just for her.

He really likes her, and it seems like the sentiment is shared

Oliver is finding out what an adult relationship can be like and he is loving it

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reno is finished

Oliver, excited about becoming an uncle, decided to hurry the project and got the barn ready for Juniper in record time. She absolutely loves how it turned out, and can't wait to move her things and make the space truly hers

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Juniper wastes no time to share the news with Amber and Oliver