#24 October 2022

[louisupdates]

It’s so interesting that you approach the album by visualizing playing it live.

I’m lucky enough to have these incredible audiences so it was just about trying to meet them in the middle with their energy that they bring to every single show and creating an album that kind of shines in that context.

Realtalk with Louis Tomlinson

[minecraftrelatedrandomness]

Headcanon: The notes passed back and forth through the Rift were thrown into the portal after being folded into paper planes.

[sunshineandlyrics]

Louis speaking Doncaster English

[autumnal-blonde]

October 24, 2022

Long time, no posting, I know.

Honestly life just gets so overwhelming you have to intentionally take a few steps back and look at things introspectively. I’m glad I didn’t post for the past two weeks because it would’ve been so depressing.

Broke up with my boyfriend again. And it’s for good this time honestly. There’s things that happened that I know are unforgivable. I guess I just need to write them out so I can process the emotions I feel and move on.

My bf was excited about getting a phone interview for a new job. I was happy for him. He’s hated where we work for a while now, and he deserves to be paid better and be happy. The only thing was is that it was going to involve travel. I got upset that he didn’t think about how it would affect me or his cats or even his plants. It was also a week before my surgery was scheduled and I was not handling the stress well at all. Constantly anxious and sweating through my clothes everyday with worry. He hugged me and then called me stinky and I just lost it. Stupid thing to get upset over I know but it was the cherry on top of all the insensitivity he was giving.

He got mad at my reaction, and of course what does he do? Starts grabbing his stuff to leave and go to his house which always triggers me - the abandonment whenever I’m upset instead of trying to soothe me and work through our issues, he would just leave. I grabbed his shoes and begged him not to go. He keeps trying to snatch the shoes from me, and my pinky was caught in the shoestrings and he nearly dislocated it. Idek why after that I even tried comforting him, but I was crying and just needed to touch his face and he shoved me onto my bed.

I know deep down if the relationship continued that the violence would escalate. Throwing stuff and snatching things is the first step then comes shoving and slapping and worse things. It scared me truthfully, but not enough to cut him off completely. He left and I told him that I couldn’t take him leaving anymore so if he did then we were done. I just wanted him to be genuinely sorry for hurting me, but he swept it under the rug saying it was my fault for working him up.

He gets asked to go on a voluntary work trip starting the same day as my surgery which he agreed to go on. Asked me to take care of his cats for two weeks while I would be struggling to take care of myself post-op. I told him no, but I feel so bad for the cats. They deserve better than him.

After he said he was going, we didn’t talk for almost a week until the night before my surgery where I begged him to stay the night with me because I was so scared. We had sex, and then he left that morning. I made it through my surgery but he only sent a couple texts asking how I was. It hurt that he didn’t FaceTime me. The next day was when he was supposed to have taken off from work to be with me, I ended up alone just popping my pain meds constantly. Called him that night asking him to keep me company on FaceTime, but he said it was more important to go swim in the hotel pool and drink. I asked him if he would call me afterwards and he said no. Haven’t heard from him since.

I understand that everyone goes through rough times, so I give them the benefit of the doubt. But the person I described above doesn’t give a single fuck about me or the stuff I was going through. It’s not like I was asking him to spoon feed and bathe me for a whole week. It was one day. Then it was one FaceTime call. And he couldn’t even do that. That’s straight up just a terrible human being. The bar absolutely could not get any lower.

Ultimately the message is if anyone reads this: If they show you what their priorities are and they don’t involve you, believe them because you will never come before their own personal interests. If they throw things and shove you, please believe they will find ways to justify their escalating episodes of violence towards you. If they won’t show up for you in a time of need, please believe that they are only there for the easy and convenient times because it’s enjoyable for them and they benefit from it. They will not be there if they’re not gaining anything. Please don’t have sex with them without knowing where you stand in the relationship because they will tell you afterwards that they regret it and that it didn’t mean anything to them. Reiterate this to yourself. You. Deserve. Better. You deserve more than scraping the bottom of the barrel. To get more than the breadcrumbs that this narcissist is dropping for you. Real love or even just genuine friendship means that they’ll show up for you when times are rough. And they’ll do it without being begged or even asked.

On to better things.

[canylmazz]

[icedbatik]

The SportsNet broadcast just noted that Andy O’Brien told them Sid’s resting heart rate is around 35 to 38 beats per minute. 

According to MayoClinic.com: A normal resting heart rate for adults ranges from 60 to 100 beats per minute. Generally, a lower heart rate at rest implies more efficient heart function and better cardiovascular fitness. For example, a well-trained athlete might have a normal resting heart rate closer to 40 beats per minute.

And Sid is at 35 to 38. (As one of the commentators said, “Are you even still alive?”)

[dogstomp]

Dogstomp #2848 - October 24th

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[mermaidinthecity]

October 24, 2022

[card-of-the-day]

Today's Card Is: Homunculus the Alchemic Being

[dewitty1]

Leslie Jordan, the Emmy-winning actor whose wry Southern drawl and versatility made him a comedy and drama standout on TV series including “Will & Grace” and “American Horror Story,” has died. He was 67.

“The world is definitely a much darker place today without the love and light of Leslie Jordan. Not only was he a mega talent and joy to work with, but he provided an emotional sanctuary to the nation at one of its most difficult times,” a representative for Jordan said in a statement Monday. “Knowing that he has left the world at the height of both his professional and personal life is the only solace one can have today.”

The Tennessee native, who won an on outstanding guest actor Emmy in 2005 for “Will & Grace,” appeared recently on the Mayim Bialik comedy “Call me Kat" and co-starred on the sitcom “The Cool Kids.”

Jordan's other eclectic credits include “Fantasy Island," “The United States vs. Billie Holiday.”

[louisupdates]

Realtalk with Louis Tomlinson - quitting music, first time on stage without One Direction, new album

[dmwrites]

Who takes over the body of a castle when the crown is no more? Who walks the halls of stone cracked with vines and water damage, not a king, just a peaceful presence in the land of ghosts?

Etho often found himself in such places, a kind of restless wanderer. He had his homes, and then he had the wonder that came with that which is abandoned.

The castle on the hill, the one Bdubs, the maker, called the Crastle, was recently abandoned, and Etho felt a tugging need to go there, look around. He hardly went to the main parts of Hermitcraft, except to shop, but he’d always seen the castle on the snowy hill. It had been inhabited by a king, he’d recently learned after accidentally walking into the mini-game revolution against said king and helping to kill Rendog, who had turned out to be the king in question. But the kingdom’s time had come to a close, which meant the castle was nothing but a skeleton, no beating heart of the king inside it. So, he explored it, and kept coming back as it struck him to. It became one of his haunts.

He was alone in that place, for the most part. A few hermits came and went. He saw Bdubs once or twice, running in to get something he’d forgotten to take back with him- Etho found himself hiding away when Bdubs came by. It wasn’t that he didn’t want to talk to him, but it felt oddly like talking to someone at a funeral. Bdubs usually didn’t stay for too long. xB, another quiet explorer like himself, would sometimes come around- Etho assumed he had a similar interest in this empty place. xB and Etho only cohabited the castle once; Etho had been walking down a long corridor upstairs, and xB, as it turned out, was walking the other way. They’d passed one another in terrified silence- neither one had known the other was there. Ren came by a lot after his dethronement, but less and less as time went by.

So, as with all that is dead, the castle, cold and still, continued to wither away into the mountain, aided on by the snow and wind. And Etho, as well as the few others who tread down its halls, were the final observers of the castle’s gentle and silent demise.

[mexashepot]

October 2023 was obviously and absolutely the worst month in my entire life, but January 2024 unfortunately did not lag behind.

[seniouesbabes]

Lily Maymac 🌸💋🍒🌸 A shawl you never knew you needed @alo #AloPartner

[nightwonder7]

OCtober 2022 - Day 24: Vampire

When you get caught eating leftovers from the fridge at 2 AM.

[larrylimericks]

24Oct22

LA 2’s wardrobe wasn’t the yoozh, As Harry forwent Gazelle shoes; For Vans, they were swapped Cos Ye hadn’t been dropped From Adidas for bigoted views.