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nxmuzluv · 3 years

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ariana birthday hcs !! —

it’s september 1st in south korea & japan rn,,,, so you know what that means

26th birthday hcs 👁👁

(this post is long as hell so brace urselves lmao)

on the morning of her birthday, ariana is woken up by either twitter and message notifications or her husband

her fans are blowing up her mentions with birthday wishes and her family & friends are doing the same, so bet that she has about a million notifs

since byakuya gets ready for work before ariana, he usually comes back to wake her up (even if she’s already up lol)

he hands her coffee (a caramel macchiato with a shit ton of cream and three sugars), tells her “good morning” and “happy birthday, love,” and kisses her on the forehead

(SOBBINFGMNBKJHBMK)

they usually have a short lil conversation about whatever (what they’re going to do that day, ariana’s birthday, other random topics) before byakuya tells ariana to go to work lol

but before she does, she usually opens twitter and scrolls down her birthday hashtags (which are already trending with about 100,000 or so tweets lmao), and responds to her text messages

three hashtags i came up with are “#AutumnFairyAri,” “#26WishesForAriana,” and “#아름이하트27개” (#27HeartsForAhreum) 🥺

(the last one is because ariana is 27 in korea lol)

guaranteed that she’s smiling like an idiot at those tweets lol

if her fans are lucky, ariana might like their post. if they’re extra lucky, she might even respond-

(cue the combustion of her fanbase)

then she posts a lil morning selfie, thanks her fans for all the birthday wishes, complains about how she has to go to work on her birthday, and then she finally gets ready for work lol

as ariana does, her fanbase is literally in flames lmao they’re screaming at her new selfie (“LOOK AT HER HAIR OMG MNJSHFJFMNGJ” - one of ariana’s fans, most likely), flooding her comment section, and taking over the trending page

ari and byakuya usually leave together, and ariana gets dropped off first, so when she does, they usually say goodbye to each other & byakuya gives her another kiss on the head

ofc they say “i love you” to each other, and if anyone around them has sumn to say about it, then byakuya can just make their jobs disappear !! 😗✌🏽

once ariana gets to work, she’s immediately greeted by another round of birthday wishes and the occasional gift (because oh my GOD she gets so many from her staff)

the best gift comes from her manager of 22 years, yoo miyeon. that woman is literally like ariana’s second mother it’s so cute-

miyeon usually says something along the lines of “remember when you were shorter than me ???” (it is now the other way around lmao)

near the end of her day, ariana sits in her company’s conference room, goes live on vlive, and opens the shit ton of gifts, cards, letters, and bouquets that were sent to her by her fans (and god damn doesn’t she get a lot-)

(ariana loves the bouquets,,, she literally squeals every time she sees that she got another one :(( she’ll be making flower arrangements with all of them later on lol and she’ll probably go live again 👁👁)

her birthday lives are one of the things ariana loves the most. she gets to speak to her fans, speak to her staff all casually, and her fans get to see her again. it’s a win-win :))

(bet, byakuya is watching that live when he has the time and has sent a message to ariana. when she spots his message, knows it’s him, and gets incredibly happy is one of the best moments of the live)

she also speaks to her family (they’re all in korea and america while she’s in japan 😕) during the live !! near the end, ari blows out the candles of the cakes that were bought for her by her staff and her family, and she answers questions from her fans

(lol remember back in 2011 when ari’s fans thought she was gonna finish high school & come back to korea, but instead she met this tall blond mf, fell in love with him, moved in with him, and then ended up marrying him 10 years later so now she’s really not coming back ??? lmao good times 🤣🤣🤣)

it’s a v nice moment & if you miss it, that’s such a loss lol ariana rarely goes live since she’s always so busy

after well over 12 hours, ari’s work day is finally over. on those types of days, she gets home before byakuya at around 7 or 8pm

after work, both of them go to dinner !! :))

while byakuya is coming home, ariana just gets ready. there’s a dress from byakuya that was hung by his staff in ariana’s closet (it’s black and designer, ofc 🙄✋🏽), and all ari has to do is shower, do her hair and makeup, pick out her shoes, and pick out a bag from the literal hundreds that she has

say it with me, y’all !! bag hag

ariana goes live on instagram while she does that as some kind of “get ready with with me” thing. she gets to talk to her fans again (especially her stan twitter ones lol), ask how she should style her hair & do her makeup, and ask what accessories she should choose

she also plays music in the background (especially britney spears, christina aguilera, the pussycat dolls, rihanna, nelly furtado, gwen stefani, lee hyori, or hyuna because they make her feel hotter than she already is lmao) !!

and ari sings to whatever’s playing and she gets haruka-

(am i allowed to put her here ??? i’ll just put here here lol 🤪)

-to say hi & help with her hair and makeup, so ariana’s lives are just a gold mine worth of content lmao

byakuya comes home just a lil while before ariana’s finished, and ofc, she forces asks him to say hi to her fans

lmao all that man does is silently wave with the world’s straightest face, and the chat is just yelling about how fine he is (“GO OFF RICH BOY” - one off ariana’s fans, probably). like HE’S NOT DOING ANYTHINGFGDHMBK

but as they should 😩☝🏽

ariana asks her fans if she should leave or stay on the live for a while longer, and ofc, they usually say that she should stay,,,, but that woman rarely listens tbh ASMNKHJFMNJK

she might stay for like,,, 5 minutes, but usually, she just leaves lmao

a lil while before she and byakuya leave, they talk to each other and to haruka for a while, and haruka probably most definitely takes polaroid pictures of ari and byakuya before they leave lol

(ariana def posts those on twitter later and all byakuya does is retweet them)

(but ofc he’ll tweet out a post wishing his wife a happy birthday,,, okay byakuya, look at you making progress !!)

the restaurant ariana and byakuya go to is of course very fancy and luxurious (it probably serves french cuisine too lmao). ari insists that they get a table on the rooftop, and since it’s her birthday (and since he loves her sm), byakuya complies :))

they talk the entire night, and if she can, ariana reaches over to hold byakuya’s hand most of the time :((

(taking a bit from rae’s hcs on how byakuya would celebrate his s/o’s birthday,,,,, like i’ve kinda been doing the whole time 🚶🏽‍♀️)

after dinner, the two of them will take a walk through tokyo. ariana would love it (well, not really, because she’s wearing literal heels lmao), especially since she and byakuya rarely get to do things like that. she’ll be taking pictures of things she finds interesting and would 100% ask byakuya to take pictures of her (and vice versa)

(she’s posting those on twitter too,,, ariana nation is getting fed well lol)

and then they can finally go back home and stay home, and ariana can finally open the rest of her gifts !!

they’re gifts from her family, her close friends, and of course, from byakuya and haruka !! ari’s literally smiling the whole time as she opens her presents (especially the ones from her family,,, hayley’s homemade birthday cards are always so cute 🥺), and haruka has that polaroid camera out again

(ariana: does anything)

(haru: you’re doing great sweetie !! 😀📸)

idk exactly what ariana would want for her birthday (tmw you don’t even know the preferences of your own character 🧍🏽‍♀️), but most likely, it’s either something homemade or a designer item lmao (mainly another purse-)

fun fact: her aunt josephine spoils the shit out of her lol like ariana could see a bunch of bags from chanel, louis vuitton, and yves saint laurent and automatically think “yeah, that’s my aunt lol”

ariana facetimes her family again, as well !! they get to speak to byakuya and haruka, they sing “happy birthday” to her in korean, they ask her if she liked their gifts, and it’s just a very cute family moment :))

it’s like,,, 11pm by the time ari finishes opening her presents, so she really has to go to bed

before that though, she spams her followers with the pictures that were taken, and posts one last “thank you” tweet before her birthday inevitably ends 😕

(well not really since it’s gonna be september 1st in other parts of the world lmao)

“everyone! thank u sooo much for all the birthday wishes u gave me today! it wouldn’t have been such a great one without y’all, my family, my best friends, my husband (@ByakuyaTogami), and my no. 1 fan, my sister-in-law lmao (@harukaonice). i love each and every single one of y’all with my entire heart, and i’m so glad u love me just as much 🥺 i saw as many of ur posts as i could, and i just wanna thank y’all for reaching over a million tweets! can’t believe y’all think that i’m that important lol (i mean, ofc i am 🙄✋🏻) anyways, once again, thank y’all smmmm! love y’all lots!! <3 ari <3” - ariana’s tweet 🥺 (that she posts in four different languages lol; english, korean, japanese, and french !!)

(SHE’S SUCH A SWEETHEART IM LITERALLY CRINGHMNHJDJGKM)

then ariana and byakuya finally go to sleep (it’s like 1am now jesus christ-), and ariana’s twitter notifications are still blowing tf up lmao

n e ways, that ends this behemoth of a post !! happy birthday to my baby, ariana park and even though she doesn’t exist (😕), i hope she enjoys it to the fullest !!

bonus !!

if she has a public appearance scheduled before or on her birthday, if fans are allowed to attend, they sing “happy birthday” to her whenever they see her !!

like, she could be entering a building and they would sing it, and then she could exit a few hours later & they’ll sing it again lol

ariana’s just like, “babes, you already sang this to me earlier !!”

when it comes to her “more important” birthdays (although her birthdays are always important)—such as her 18th, 20th, or 21st birthdays—ariana will throw quite a big party. like there would be a bunch of celebrities and popular society figures on the list,,, it would be a whole spectacle that the average person could only dream of getting into lmao (like me, ofc 🚶🏽‍♀️)

when ari was a child, her parents would throw a birthday party for her nearly every year lol,,, and while they were living in korea together, they would have dinner with nearly their entire family, too

(she always got two cakes, too,,, like it’s just kinda tradition for the park family at this point lol)

since ariana and jungkook (from bts) share the same birthday, either one of them message each other to wish each other a happy birthday !! ari also sends him a gift, while jungkook posts said gift on twitter and probably fanboys,,, i have a feeling that he would be a fan of her and her dramas,,, as well as the rest of bts

(they have each other’s numbers because ariana is a korean celebrity and they’ve attended events together on multiple occasions,,, ofc she and bts know each other lmao)

and i forgot to mention, but haruka would totally watch ariana’s birthday vlive if she didn’t have practice or something,,, probably sending as many messages as she can & aggressively hearting the live lmao,,, that girl really is ariana’s biggest fan SKJMNNFJMK

i also forgot to mention that JH entertainment (ariana’s agency) releases photos from a birthday photo shoot that they did with her !! they have different themes every year and they’re always so cute :((

they’re also taken prior to ariana’s actually birthday, especially since she’s always in japan now lol (but like,,, how do people not notice her going back and forth between korea & japan sometimes-)

(also, big verified accounts and celebrities on twitter & instagram wishing ariana a happy birthday >>>>>)

(celebrity tingz 🤪)

n e ways, now i’m done !! happy birthday, ari ilysm <3

(the character of haruka togami belongs to @raes-ramblings, btw !!)

#this took ALL FUCKING DAY #i started this when i was going to school & now school’s almost OVER #oh GAWD 🧎🏽‍♀️#i’m so glad i finished this tho !! it was so fun to write :))#once again happy birthday ari ily with all my heart !!#(and congrats on ur marriage 👀)#cece speaks :)#cece writes :)#danganronpa #danganronpa oc #headcanons #trigger happy havoc #danganronpa 1 #dr1 #trigger happy havoc oc #oc headcanons #byakuya togami #byakuya x oc #oc x canon

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jsmnutami · 4 years

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Kyoto: day 01

We were going to Japan agaiiiin, yay!

After went back and forth between many places, we decided to step on our feet one more time in Japan, a country that we all know and love. On our previous trip (https://mydiaryofthemoon.wordpress.com/2018/12/06/tokyo-day-0-and-1/), we only got a chance to visit Tokyo, so this time we were planning on going to Kyoto, Osaka, and Nara.

Wed, Feb 26th 2020

We headed to Jakarta since our flight was from Soetta airport at 8.20 pm. On those days, Jakarta was facing a flood issue. We were so concern about the access thru the airport and decided to took a train and crossed our fingers. It turned out just fine, we arrived safely, just on time at Gambir, took a damri bus and 1 hour later we were on the airport safe and sound.

The ‘freshly baked’ issue here is the Corona Virus or COVID-19. It pictured on the less crowded airport and almost everyone here wore a mask. Honestly, my parents once considered to cancelled our trip regarding this issue (we bought the tickets on December, how could we know this would happen) but I said to them not to worry and be cautious instead (eat properly, exercise more, sleep well, take a vitamin, and step up your hygiene level). By the way, despite the issue, the immigration and health check here were not quite detailed i supposed. They were just checking your temp by using thermal scanner and that was it.

Anyhow back to the topic. We flew with SQ this time, so we’ll be having 9 hours layover time in Changi Airport before departed to Osaka. 9 hours at midnight must be a pain in the ass right? well. we’ll see.....

1,5 hours later we were arriving at Changi, well being the 7th straight year voted as the best airport in the world, I’m sure they must be having the best spot to sleep and rest well, and I’m not even lying. If you’re having a long midnight layover at Changi airport, esp Terminal 2, you have to go to their snooze lounge near gate E4, thank me later. Later around 2 am, some of the airport’s employee gave us free travel kit (towel, brush, toothbrush, pouch). Changi is really something, right?

Thu, Feb 27th 2020

Our flight scheduled at 8.20 am, without any delayed we flew to Kansai Int Airport or KIX and arrived at 3.40 pm later that day. As usual, the immigration was smooth and fast, again, no detailed health check here, just another thermal check camera. One thing I noticed about Japan’s airport was how fast the baggage claim is. Once we cleared with immigration, our baggage was already appeared in front of our eyes (compare to airport in Indo which could take ages).

Next quest: Get out and find a train to Kyoto.

A little information, Osaka has 2 airport; Itami Airport and Kansai Int Airport. If you’re planning on flying to Osaka, you’re most likely arrived in KIX since Itami is for domestic only.

The central train station at KIX is located on 2F. There are so many trains (or buses) you could take from here. Since we were heading to Kyoto first, we decided to took JR Limited Express ‘Haruka’ which costed us 2900 yen (400.000) per person for 90 minutes ride. The train was comfortable and warm. Oh, I forget to mention it was 8 degree celcius in KIX when we arrived. It was a nice 90 min rode to Kyoto station. I did like the view which was vary from seaside Osaka bay, Kansai residential area, to a small farmland.

Once we arrived at Kyoto station (huge station with a modern architecture which i like), we were heading to our airbnb’s reception office nearby station. It was around 6 pm, light rain, 7 degree celcius (I wore clothes that only suitable in indo’s weather) and 4 big luggage. about 500 m, we arrived at the office thanks to google maps (my loyal servant here in Japan).

First, I want to talk about our Airbnb in Kyoto. I booked an apartment thru airbnb called RESI STAY and turned out this was a self-service hotel not an apartment per se. So we have to take out key at the office before actually check in to our room. I must said I’m very satisfied by their services. The friendly and responsive staff, and most importantly, they provide free shuttle to our building. What a service, right? and its fairly cheap! What a worth it purchase.

Our room was a large 1 bedroom apartment consist of 1 bathroom with its own dresser room, 1 separate toilet, 1 kitchen, 1 common room, and 1 bedroom with 2 large bunk beds. The flooring was carpet which was nice on cold winter days and most importantly, the room has 3 heater. 3 heater, i mean, it was more than enough! Our building located in Gojozaka street, a quiet neighborhood in Kyoto. But, its only 7 min to nearest station (Kiyomizu-gojo st), 1,5 km to Kiyomizu-dera, and 1,5 km to Gion district. Told you, so convenient right?

After a brief rest, we decided to grab some food at convenient store nearby which is a must whenever you visited Japan. Its around 9 pm, 4 degree celcius, We were heading to nearest 7 eleven. I must said Kyoto was less crowded than Tokyo, I barely saw people at that hour there. And another thing, I felt like there was more cars in Kyoto than Tokyo for some reason? idk for sure.

7 eleven time, did bought some beverages (lemon coca cola and royal king milk tea as usual), couple onigiri, some snacks, and yakitori. Strolling around randomly while traveling was my fav part of travel. Seeing other culture, different people with different habit fascinating me. And those night was one night I enjoyed for sure.

We still had 6 more days to explore and we were more than thrilled!

(to be continued)

#travel #traveling #japan #japantrip #kyoto #winter

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irockmountains · 6 years

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From Now On. (Tokyo Dome Fan Account)

So, here is my account of SHINee's Feb 26th concert at Tokyo Dome. You may or may not know it, but I attended the 1st concert of this mini-dome tour, the Feb 17th one in Osaka, and here is my account of that.

I won't go into detail anymore about the setlist etc since we already saw that in Osaka.

First things first: CONCERT GOODS. Here's why it's included: I STOOD IN LINE FOR FIVE HOURS. From 10:00am to 16:00. WHAT IS LIFE. I couldn't even grab all the goodies I wanted because of course, by then they were sold out.

I just barely recovered from the flu two days prior so I was still sniffing and sneezing in line, and I looked like trash. I was beginning to contemplate the meaning of life.. It's winter btw, and also the sun is shining brightly. We couldn't even sit down, the line was freaking long! Was it the sheer number of fans lining up? Was it because Japanese customer service is so detailed and careful that they took their time? (Well no, because it did not take that long when I lined up in Osaka). Anyway, I ended up buying more than I should because I was so annoyed at the time it took me to get there.

And by the time I finished buying, the concert venue has opened! Well screw you all, I am not going to see SHINee looking like trash, so I ran home and changed and put on red lipstick and looked like a poster girl for SHINee goods. (I also had to grab my uchiwa, penlight, and fangirl concert paraphernalia).

Once I got back, wohooo, more queues. SHINee, you are quite something huh?

Now we are at our 2nd most important point: MY SEAT! I've only joined the fanclub and been in Japan for a year, so my seat lottery fortune has been rather mixed.. BUT I GOT ARENA SEATS!

It was SOOO CLOSE TO THE STAGE!

Thank You Lord for this wonderful blessing.

I got to see them all in their full gorgeousness. Onew was with us for Diamond Sky, and he gestured us to start clapping the way Jjong does for his verse. Taemin was with us for Sing Your Song and Downtown Baby urrrgh so cute this boy~ Minho did Everytime in front of us I am shookt (he was also facing my side during I'm With You), and Key also spent some time with us (let me get back to you on the song haha)

I gave Taemin the last concerts' prize but this one goes to Key. He's so amazing guys ❤ I want him to be my BFF. I want him to make my life decisions for me. I like his new hair, his outfits~ He looked so radiant..

The only downside to sitting so near the stage is 1) I did not see Onew's fluorescent boots and 2) It's hard to see things when they move to the stage up front. I also wasn't able to take any stolen shots of the Pearl Aqua Ocean, because I was sitting in an aisle seat and the guards were pretty hawk-eyed watching us.

I guess I'll just always be a crying mess for the first song, Colors of the Season. I just couldn't believe my luck. Out of all the songs in the world, of course, they'd sing the song I listened to repeatedly last 12/18. I think it's good that I cried everything out for the first song because afterwards, I am okay and I didn't cry anymore.

All my thoughts could probably fit a novel right now. I miss Jonghyun so, so much. There were times (especially in Osaka) that I stood there numb, asking what's the point, envying the others who still have their biases to cheer for. I'd say, I even felt worse after the concert in Osaka. The reality just punched me hard in the gut. It was bad enough to cry with thousands of other fans; it was worse that I had to see the four crying and doing their best onstage.

But while standing there a week later in Tokyo Dome, I felt so much love in my heart. It definitely got better after every stage. And it’s not in a way that’s disrespectful to Jonghyun’s memory. The tributes were touching and the heart-wrenching moments, solemn. But the fun parts were fun and upbeat and I felt energized by the collective love of 50,000 Shawols dancing and having fun and our boys smiling.

I still miss him soooo much, and I still wake up with a stabbing pain in my chest knowing it’s another day in the world without him in it. But, there is still enough space in my heart and love in store for Onew, Taemin, Minho and Kibum. I am not yet done with SHINee and I will do all my best to cheer for them loudly and show them my love and support. I know Jjong would've wanted the same. And I know we could all help each other to keep his memory forever.

SHINee will always be FIVE.

#shinee #shinee world the best 2018 #jonghyun #concert #key #taemin #minho #fan account

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narakid · 6 years

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i was tagged by @happiest-nuclear-weekes to do this so thanks

Rules: Answer 28 questions and tag at least 20 blogs you would like to know better

Name: kal

Nickname: scoob, velma (yes from scooby doo, also unrelated to the last nickname), bean (not like”smol bean!!1!” or whatever, there’s a reason behind it)

Gender: male

Starsign: sagittarius

Height: 5′4 (thanks for hating me @ my genetics)

Time: 8:55 am

Birthday: december 9th

Favourite bands: fall out boy, panic!, the 1975, the brobecks, my chemical romance, idkhbtfm, all time low, twenty one pilots (i mostly just like regional at best and vessel, i might be kinda growing out of their music?? i dunno), the vampire weekend (i just started getting into them and wow), new politics

Fave solo artist: cavetown, borns, hellogoodbye

Song stuck in my head: trade mistakes (as always), hum hallelujah, and take her to the moon for some reason

Last movie I saw: spiderman homecoming? i don’t really watch movies often

When did I create my blog: december 26th 2017? i finally got a new laptop so i made this

Last thing I googled: “boba near me” lmao

Do I have another blogs: nope

Why did I choose my url: just fuckin smashed two of my favorite albums together and bam there you go

Following: 47

Followers: 7

Average hours of sleep: four or five maybe??

Lucky number: 7, 8, and 12

Instruments: i can play ukulele, guitar (very poorly), and i used to play violin ?? i’ve forgotten by now but yeah i did that

What I’m wearing: basketball shorts and my fall out boy mania tour hoodie

Dream job: architect or something in the engineering field (maybe something in music but that’s pretty unlikely)

Dream trip: i want to go back to japan, i want to visit cape cod (i love it there oh my god), washington, oregon, spain, just a lot of places

Nationality: i’m japanese american !!! (both my parents are japanese woohoo) it’s pretty cool aside from the occasional very uncomfortable racist comment

Favourite song: i don’t think i can really pick but i really like trade mistakes, all the boys, boring, disloyal order of water buffaloes, bike ride, clusterhug, hum hallelujah, and stall me (what a list)

sorry if you’ve already been tagged but i tag:

@dj-spooky-jim

@anyoneiknow

@penceywreck

@summertimeweekes

@dallas-weekes

@superstarshowcases

@futctvevo

@maniacardigan

thanks !!

#ask game #happiest-nuclear-weekes

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kellyzeagman · 4 years

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G’day

So, about once or twice a month we do practice drills for emergency situations. Mostly for fires but also security threats, man overboard, evacuations, etc.. It’s always a pain in the butt to do them because they take up to two hours sometimes and you have to participate even if it’s your time off. It also often affects time off at ports. If I had the day off to go to an island, I can’t get off until the drill is done. ANYWAYS. Practice drills are all fun and games and laughs and everyone complains about them but they are important because truth be told, no one knows what is going on ever, so it’s important to prepare people if there actually was an emergency which just so happens to have taken place on Jan.18th for REAL this time. We are always given a warning when there is going to be drills, or it’s put in our schedule, but this one came as a surprise to everyone at 1:30 in the morning. The emergency code for fire on a ship goes as followed on the announcement- “Bravo... Bravo... Bravo... “ and then is followed by the location of the fire on the ship and then in practice drill situations is always followed by “this is a drill for the crew” so we know it’s all chill and not a big deal. BUT on Jan.18th it was far less chill as it came as a surprise to everyone and was not a drill.

So, after we had all gone to bed and had started falling asleep, we were all abruptly woken up to a REAL bravo. Announcements never come on in crew cabins unless it’s a real emergency, which is 99% of the time a medical emergency. So, while it’s still shocking to hear the PA system come on in your room, it’s always just for medical reasons. When I heard the announcement turn on, I just laid there with my eyes closed waiting for them to say “Alpha.. Alpha.. Alpha..” which is code for medical emergency because it happens quite often. HOWEVER. When the words bravo, bravo, bravo came out of the persons mouth at 1:30am, shit got REAL. I had never sprung out of my bed so fast. Every department has certain duties for a bravo, and ours is to go up to the kids club and wait for further instruction. You have to get to your location in 7 minutes or less. As I was frantically changing into my uniform, my co worker down the hall knocked on doors around her to make sure we were all up. I dashed out of my room and met up with 2 others on the way and were about to boot it up 12 flights of stairs until we saw the chief engineer taking the elevator so we went in with him hahaha. (You aren’t supposed to take the elevator, but I figured if he was taking it we could as well). Crew were all sprinting down the corridors to get more info/to get to their locations. While people were keeping their cool, everyone was definitely panicking. My team of 12 all waited at our spot for further instruction, all confused and experiencing minor panic as we had no idea how bad the fire was. After about 10 mins, the captain came on the system and said there was a small fire in one of the food prep areas but that it had been contained and we could all be dismissed. Absolutely mental. Because, my first thought as soon as I sprung out of bed was that the ship was gonna burst into flames and sink, or we would have to get everyone onto life boats and evacuate the ship. The process of getting 3,000+ guests on life rafts is just hilarious to think about, it would be SUCH a mess. If a real emergency happened, god I just can’t even imagine the chaos. I was expecting it to be a really, really long night, but alas, just a small little fire that was put out easily. As we waited upstairs for our fate, a big part of me was hoping that a good chunk of the ship would get damaged by fire (no injuries of course) and that we would have to shut down for a few weeks to rebuild and we could get put up in hotels in Sydney. However, no such luck. Once the drill was over, I couldn’t stop laughing just because of how much of a gong show it was and how crazy it could have been. It was hard for anyone to fall asleep that night after the adrenaline rush of knowing there’s a fire on a floating vessel. So that was just a crazy, stressful, intense but hilarious situation. My friend has worked 5 contracts and had never experienced a real bravo, so it’s crazy for a lot of people.

Speaking of getting people on life boats, I have quite a funny situation. Some people at home actually already know because I told them when I found out but for others, here’s a nice laugh for you- crew and staff are all assigned to over 25 different life rafts in case we ever needed to evacuate. Out of all the possible ones I could have been assigned to, my friend Laura and I are assigned to the same life raft as the captain, chief safety, chief security, hotel director and staff captain. Aka, this is the last life raft to abandon ship. What is our luck. So, allllll of those important people, a few restaurant staff, a few maintenance guys, other random departments and two youth staff will all be the last to evacuate. Cheers! I’ll just be waiting till absolutely everyone gets off the ship until I’m allowed to leave with the captain. Good stuff. (Obviously I’d try to sneak off earlier). Hopefully we never have to :)

I’ve been quite lucky the past 2 weeks because I have had the shoebox room to myself. Unfortunately, my roommate Lucy had to be signed off in Sydney at the hospital/a hotel during the last 12 day cruise because the doctor feared she had German measles. In the end, there was never a complete diagnosis, but she stayed off the ship for those 12 days and she completely had to move everything out of her suitcases in case she got sent home. After she returned, she ended up getting placed in another room and I was assigned a 55-60ish year old sports staff from Poland. She completely cleaned my room, vacuumed and bleached and cleaned the bathroom, amazing. However, when I woke up in the morning she was gone without a trace. Completely packed up like she was never there. It turns out she requested to move cabins because mine made her too sea sick?? Strange considering everywhere on the ship rocks. Anyways, I know am on day 19 of having my own room and will more than likely get a new roommate when we get back to Sydney and a bunch of new people sign on.

Speaking of the 12 day cruise, what an absolute shi* show. We had our highest kid count so far (1,200) and we were already one down with my roommate being signed off. Then on the second day, we were two down because another guy on our team got confined to his room for 48 hours because he got the flu. I worked multiple 11/12 hour days. We were absolutely exhausted. The sports team was down 2, the cruise entertainment staff were down 2, and then mid cruise the cruise director aka the face of the ship who is responsible for all entertainment on board cut her foot on coral and had to get 20 stitches in her foot and couldn’t walk for a few days. Needless to say, everyone was overworked and had to help out in extra ways over those 12 days. Still managed to get off a few times and enjoy some beach time though. Feeling #blessed that those 12 days are behind us. I’m hoping that is the craziest it will ever get. Australian summer is now officially over as of yesterday (the 26th) school started today (27th) so the kid counts should go down. But there’s still a cruise coming up in 2 weeks with 800 kids so I don’t understand. Apparently aussies don’t care about having their kids out of school. I’m sure it will go down as soon as I leave on March 7th with my luck.

On the topic of leaving, if I was Chinese, I probably would not be able to go home. This Coronavirus is obviously being taken very seriously, even with royal caribbean. As of now, they aren’t flying home practically any Chinese employees. For example, a friend of mine is supposed to fly home on turnaround day (tomorrow as I write this) but is allowed to extend his contract because they aren’t letting people fly into parts of China and royal is letting them extend to keep safe. Same with the other way around, the process of getting them on board is difficult and has changed. Originally, they weren’t going to be sending any Chinese citizens onto ships, but now some are allowed depending on where they are from/when they start. There are 3 girls leaving my team on feb.5th, meaning 3 new ones are coming. One of them is Chinese, and we didn’t think she would be able to come. However, it turns out she is now coming, BUT has to be confined to a room for TWO WEEKS. All Chinese staff coming on board must be confined to a shoe box room for 2 weeks to make sure they are fine, how CRAZY. No window, sunlight or fresh air for 2 weeks. It seems a bit stupid to me that they just wouldn’t decide to send them at later times rather than make them do this. ANYWAYS, we will see how it goes. This is her first contract, so she has no idea what to expect and will start off her journey by being confined for 2 weeks.

On a side note, Spectrum of the Seas sails out of Hong Kong and the crew received some amazing news. Even though the circumstance is obviously horrible (the virus), they are cancelling all cruises for at least the next 2 weeks and all the crew will sail to japan with no guests and stay there for 2 weeks, no guests. I believe they will be able to get off and tour around as long as the coronavirus doesn’t make its way there. Those employees are living the absolute dreammmmm.

This virus will have a big impact on ships because many, many employees are Chinese. However, the Chinese employees do not even come close to the amount of Filipinos and Indonesians. There’s probably about 60 Filipinos for every non-Filipino. Filipino, Indonesian, Indian and Chinese are for sure the top 4 most popular nationalities on board. There’s also a lot of Ukrainians on this ship. There’s maybeeee 10 Canadians? Not a lot, but more than Americans I think. I think there’s only about 5 that I know of. Lots of English and Romanian people as well. I’ve said it before, but my team is made up of 2 Canadians, 1 Russian, 1 Ukrainian, 1 from Chile, 5 English, 2 Brazilian and my boss is Filipino.

We went to Lifou, Loyalty Islands a few days ago and I experienced perhaps the craziest story I will ever have experienced/ be able to tell in my entire life. After missing out on some cool tourist locations due to lack of money, my friend Vera from Russia and I decided to test our luck at the beach. We walked far down a path to bring us to an area where there were no crew or guests. Just a tiny, tiny little beach that had about 15 locals swimming at it. My friend Vera has never snorkelled before and last time I was at this exact spot I found a really nice area that had a bunch of nemo fish about 80m out from the shore. All of the locals were chilling about waist deep just cooling off, whereas I was going out decently far to go find this coral/the fish. I told Vera that I would wave her down once I found it and she said she would come swim out to me. So, after making it out there and somehow miraculously finding the exact location I had stumbled upon before, I turned around to start waving to Vera to make her way out only to find out that I am now quite literally the only person in the water and all of the locals are now standing on the sand. Not only are they now all standing out of the water, they are frantically WAVING me down yelling at me to swim back to shore and giving me the SHARK FIN symbol and yelling “SHARKKK SHARKKKK” So at this point, I am the only person in the water, with 80m to swim to safety and swimming with a shark. I pretty much blacked out and tried not to think about what was happening and just swam with my eyes facing towards the shore. I didn’t dare look under water with my goggles because if I saw a shark I would have absolutely lost my shit. Sharks have never scared me and I saw them at mystery island and wasn’t bothered, but the fact that I was alone and decently far out and was not expecting it, I definitely panicked. The whole time I was swimming back I was just WAITING to feel a chomp. My friend Vera waiting for me on shore was definitely freaking out as I swam back. Once I got out, I laid on the beach for a good 5 mins like a beached whale trying to process what had happened and for my heart to stop beating so fast. Anyways, I’m alive and it made for a great story. On the way back to the ship while waiting for the tender boats to pick us up, we saw 4 sea turtles by the docks too, perfect way to end the weird day.

Australia Day fell on our last cruise, which is just like Canada day but for Australia. It was also India’s national day the following day, so we had a huge party at our crew bar area to celebrate with the hundreds of Indians that work on board. I didn’t see much of the Australian festivities, but it is definitely unique to see people so patriotic for countries (India and Australia) that you aren’t a part of.

The next two cruises are going to be quite interesting. They are 3 day and 2 day “tasters”. We did one after the crossing. The boat literally just goes out to sea and back, how silly. The kid count drops to 500 which is nice going from 1200 and 800, but it’s still TOO high. At least these will go by fast and we will get to go to Sydney 3 times over 6 days. Then, we have a 2 week cruise which we are all praying has a small amount of kids. Australians went back to school a few days ago after their summer break, so one would assume the counts would drop a bit. After that 2 week cruise is done I’ll only have 17 DAYS left. Absolutely insane. I’m finding it rude that this year decided to be a leap year and February has 29 days instead of 28 like usual, as I’d get to have one less day on my countdown to coming home. Still having a good time, but the countdown is most definitely on. “Sign off” mode is setting in.

Well, I must go now as I have to go participate in “waves”. This is a farewell event for guests which consists of a special guest show, and then a royal caribbean song performed by the singers and dancers about thanking the guests for cruising and that we will see them again soon. It’s quite literally the corniest thing you will ever see, then people from each department (me) walk along the stage and wave goodbye to everyone.

Final thought- I’ve seen so many birds flying around over the last 2 sea days which makes no sense to me- how do they survive on the open ocean without any land near them? Where do they sleep? The closest land was hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of miles away.

That’s all from me :)

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nordicicequeen · 7 years

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Tagged!

Rules: Answer 30 questions and tag 20 blogs you are contractually obligated to know better.

@misskiku tagged me! I love you honeybun! I miss you!

1.Nicknames: In high school I was called Sunshine, because I was just one big fucking ray of sunshine. My mother used to call me Ladybug. My sister calls me Hedor, it wasn’t a nickname at first as it was just how she said my name Heather as a child, but it’s a nickname now.

2.Gender: Female

3.Star sign: Libra

4.Height: 4’ 11”

5.Time: 12:36 PM

6.Birthday: September 26th

7. Favorite bands: Too many to list! But to name a few Breaking Benjamin, AC/DC, Queen, Evanscence, and MCR.

8.Favorite solo artists: I don’t really ever listen to solo artists. At least not enough to have a favorite.

9.Song stuck in my head: Nothing right now. I do however have my Pandora on since I’ll be doing homework after this and this is playing: https://youtu.be/7zEm-U1hC7E (Always by Saliva)

10.Last movie I watched: Ummm Halloween (original)

11.Last show I watched: The Good Doctor

12.When did I create my blog: Last year sometime I think, maybe the year before.

13.What do I post/reblog: MysticMessenger mostly, but anything that catches my fancy.

14.Last thing I googled: Guide for Turing Test, I downloaded the game last night and got stuck because of an unexplained game mechanic.

15.Other blogs: Don’t have one.

16.Do I get asks: From time to time. I love them and wish I got more.

17. Why I choose my URL: It’s a call back to a Hetalia OC. I made up a personified country for a country that doesn’t exist. She was a Nordic country, female, and had ice magic. So Nordicicequeen was born. She was also created before Frozen came out.

18.Following: 97 blogs.

19.Followers: 106!? How even? Like I’m an idiot with an internet connection, why you people following me? Still I love you all and would like to get to know you.

20. Average hours of sleep: Depends. There are days I don’t sleep, there are also days that I sleep upward of 16+ hours. But an average day would be like 3-6 hours.

21: Lucky number: 17

22.Instruments: I can play the clarinet. I can also kinda play the piano, meaning I have no training but I can play by ear a bit. Well enough to find middle C at least.

23.What I’m wearing: Graphic tee, pajama pants, and my glasses. I just woke up.

24.Dream job: Video Game coder. I love code and video games so yeah.

25.Dream trip: I’d like to see the Nordic countries, Japan, England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, New Zealand, Australia

26.Favourite food:Medium Rare Steak! Hot Cinnamon Candy! Chips, Burgers, Fries, Tacos, Chinese!

27.Nationality: American

28. Favourite song right now: Ummmmm... it’s not a recent song, but I heard it again recently and I was like: YES!!! The song is: https://youtu.be/WPpDyIJdasg (Change (In the House of Flies) by Deftones)

29.Last book I read: Not a Fan by Kyle Idleman. He’s a teaching pastor at one of the branches of my church. The book is about the difference between being a fan of Jesus and a follower of Jesus. How we should strive to be followers instead of fans.

30. Top Three Fictional Universes You’d Want to Join: Pokémon. 💯 I want to be trainer. Like yes sign me the fuck up!

Hetalia. I already mentioned I have an OC for the show, but also politics would be so much better if it was done with the characters from Hetalia.

MysticMessenger. Cause seriously who doesn’t want to be MC?

oh gosh now I have to tag people??? not going to tag 20 but… @casualpastelgay @yoosungshoodie @fromthedeskofelizabeththird @anyway-i-love-vanderwood @akimbo628 @promiscuous-jalapeno @juminssi Do it if you want.

#happy to be tagged #i need to be here more #shitty friend #no time #when is the semester over

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samanthasroberts · 7 years

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27 Of My Most Cringeworthy Moments From My Early Twenties I Will Recount Here For Your Entertainment

If you are my mother or my father or are in any way affiliated with them, please stop reading right here. Unless you’re Aunt Julie. Because you can hang, Jules.

1. I once locked myself into a bathroom with several cases of beer, because the cops showed up to a college party. I declared it my throne and proceeded to continue to drink cans of Coors Light for over an hour BY MYSELF until I decided it was safe to emerge.

2. After my 21st birthday party, I fell asleep on my staircase with my tights midway down my legs cradling my then baby dog and assuring her over and over, “You’re so beautiful.” I woke up to her chewing on my hair.

3. I played Peter Pan in college and had some sort of weird virus that resulted in 85% of my body being covered in hives. I was released from the ER after my school’s health center sent me there post thinking I was going into anaphylactic shock, but I had to do press and several photo shoots for the show. So now, there are photos of me (that yes, you can find) dressed as Peter Pan, flying around, while on several milligrams of Valium. Gives a whole new meaning to “flying high.” (sorry I had to.)

4. Once I got drunk in a field solely so I could hang out with a goat named Penelope. Here’s a picture:

5. My boyfriend for the latter half of my early twenties was around a year younger than me. So he couldn’t drink with me (in public anyway) at my 22nd and instead had to take care of me, bless his heart. On my 21st birthday a friend had challenged me to take a shot of SUPER cheap whiskey and I’d managed to do it. On my 22nd I tried to complete that same challenge and ended up puking into a cloth napkin, and sneakily throwing it away in the trash. My boyfriend promptly took me home after.

6. Another throw up story (let’s just stick with the theme) involved a pint glass. A party was being thrown at my ex’s house and naturally, I didn’t want to attend. One of my best guyfriend’s offered to accompany me to a bar near said ex’s place called “The Town And Country Lounge” which is a bar in a refurbished double wide. We sat there for approximately two to three hours, drinking cheap beer and shooting whiskey. The last shot of Jameson I did didn’t sit well, and I ended up methodically vomitting into the pint glass next to me, filling it straight to the brim. Surprisingly though, I didn’t spill.

7. At 25 I got so heated with a cab driver after a long night that he ended up calling the police on me. From my own phone. Saving that whole story for my eventual Lifetime movie. But it happened.

8. I went to a One Direction concert and a stranger who was drunk and talking animatedly with his hands clocked me straight in the face. I told him it was okay, I missed Zayn too. Again here’s a photo from said evening:

9. At 25 I sent presents to some dude who wrote for the same website as me, because I thought it meant we’d be friends. Now I’m pretty sure he just wanted to have phone sex (never did) because he was lonely as he stopped talking to me the SECOND there was a possibility of us hanging out IRL. Learn from my mistakes kids: don’t send flat-brims to people just because they’re sad. Save that money.

10. I left my number on more coasters and napkins for cute bartenders than I can even remember. It’s not really a cute move though, and I fully shake my head at myself now.

11. I sort of notoriously trolled a guy on Tinder and wrote about it. It made a lot of people really mad. I still stand by my original intent of writing the piece, which was/is that it’s kind of fucked up that we laugh when people threaten us or harass us or even just get rude, but I didn’t execute this well at all. Like honestly, I am linking to it and saying, “I think this ispoorlywritten and I am the one who wrote it.” BUT – I don’t believe in deleting work even when I don’t really relate to it anymore or even when it doesn’t garner the reaction I was hoping for. Instead I just shake my head when I get random messages about this piece (yes, even over a year later) and use it as a reminder to always do better.

12.After my first big breakup I decided to get out of a dodge for a bit and flew home to be with my parents and my childhood best friends. Only problem, I was flying out of my college town on my ex’s birthday. And apparently, his parents were also flying out on the same flight to go on vacation. I was in first class (not bougie – just the only ticket that was available) and they had to awkwardly stand beside me waiting to get to their seats. One of my absolute least favorite memories.

13. I impulsively got a tattoo with a sort of boyfriend one day on my ribs. I didn’t really WANT a rib tattoo but this dude told me it was “so sexy” so I caved. I also made the mistake of not going to a reputable artist, and frankly the tattoo looks like shit now. Eventually I’ll get it covered up but for now, the scratchy quote stays. Here’s another a picture so you can see visual representation of my mistakes!! Yay!

"curiosity often leads to trouble."

A photo posted by Kendra Syrdal (@kendrasyrdal) on Apr 6, 2013 at 4:58pm PDT

14. Once I went out on a date with a guy who actually, seriously quoted that fucking AWFUL book about picking up women called and I didn’t leave. Not only did I not leave, but I let him stay the night at my apartment (didn’t hook up with him because I maintained SOME level of self-respect) AND let him shower in the morning. He used my brand new, pretty spendy Sephora bubble bath as body wash, and opened brand new shampoo. He wanted to have a “discussion” after I told him I wasn’t interested in seeing him again. Yeah…I pick winners.

15.For my 20th birthday party I threw a joint birthday party with my friend Nicki that was “P” themed. This meant everyone who came to the party had to come dressed as something that started with the letter P. (Best costume was this dude Kyle who came as the preamble. It was gold.) The only other rule was that no one could come as a princess because that’s what Nicki and I were being. I dressed like this:

16.I was so in love with a boy that I bought him Decemberists tickets for literally no reason. Actually, come to think of it, a lot of the moments where I look at my younger self and go, “What the actual fuck were you thinking?!” have to do with spending money on boys who didn’t appreciate me. My therapist told me that I show affection through material goods because I have difficulty expressing emotions. Whatever, I’m working on it.

17.I have written so many prose pieces about guys who I knew were pulling away from me in a sad, pathetic attempt to try and make them see that I was worth their time and attention. Spoiler alert: If a guy doesn’t even read your stuff to begin with, this will literally never work.

18. At 23 I went to Las Vegas for my best friend’s 21st birthday and the two of us go so lit up before going to the wax museum that we found a karaoke machine (it’s next to the was figure of Simon Cowell) and started serenading the entire museum with renditions of Celine Dion hits like “Taking Chances” and “The Power of Love.” We attempted to shake his hand after. We cleared the room of 70+ people. What I’m saying is, it was embarrassing.

19. I was really bad about remembering to renew my tags for my car in college and was pulled over for said offense one summer, and still didn’t renew my tags. 7 months (yes I know, I was/am the worst) later I was pulled over AGAIN for the same thing. Apparently there was a warrant out for my arrest and the officer decided midnight was the appropriate time to lecture me about this. Catch? I had just finished a performance ofwhich, if you’re not familiar, is set in Japan. So I was in FULL kabuki makeup while this policeman decided to lecture me about my fuck up. I was sobbing, Ben Nye makeup was smearing everywhere, he felt pretty bad. It was overall just a mess. But I didn’t go to jail. Thanks, Missoula Cop who didn’t take me in while I was still rocking the geisha makeup. I really appreciate it.

20.Iwas feeling vulnerable and sad one Halloween and decided the cure to this was hooking up with my friend’s much younger, VERY hot, trying to be a stripper friend. It was fine, it was whatever. But we hooked up on the floor of an apartment which was basically concrete. I ended up slipping a disc, bruising my tailbone, and having to spend the next 3 months getting chiropractic work to make my back okay again.He was hot, but not hot enough to justify that amount of back pain. #srynotsry

21.I got violently ill once from antibiotics and promptly shit in my leggings after trusting the fart. There is more to the story but again, saving it for my future bestseller.

22. I thought this was a good look. And also did this in public.

23.In college I played Columbia in the live musical version of where, for the midnight shows only, we were topless. I debated about it, but it was a paid gig and I felt fine about it so I decided sure, why not. My boyfriend at the time was NOT okay with it. I later found out he adamantly REFUSED to let his friends come to the show, even going so far as to pay them back for the tickets they had already purchased. I didn’t find this out for years and it still makes me super embarrassed for his behavior.

24.A guy broke up with me when I was 25 because I didn’t make enough eye contact. That was his honest to god reason. (Still bitter.)

25.I went on a mini vacation with some friends to Austin, Texas for my 26th birthday and decided to really just GO for it when I was there. This meant doing one of the ultimate “why not” moments: the Tinder one night stand. Only problem? We didn’t know our way around Texas and I didn’t bring any condoms. So my solution was to have Postmates deliver them. I didn’t even try to play it off and ordered like, chips and gum to make it better. I straight up just ordered a box of 16 Trojan’s to the AirBnb. The delivery man was loling, my “date” was loling, my friends were loling. It was lols all around. 10/10 recommend.

26. A friend of mine came to Seattle for an audition and I took her out one night to blow off some steam/show her the city. We ended up drinking all night with a professional indoor soccer team from Vegas, and I definitely got naked in a photobooth with a bunch of them. Somehow though, I still didn’t get laid. Only I could be one of two girls surrounded by a bunch of guys who were hot, professional athletes, show them all of my tattoos that required me taking my clothes off, and end up going home to eat queso in bed.

27.I lived. I made memories. Or I had those memories told back to me because I didn’t really…well… them. And even though sometimes that makes me all “god dammit smdh” I honestly think it’s pretty dope that I have all of these stories – cringeworthy or what have you.

Plus I once peed on my neighbor’s lawn furniture because she was threatening to call the cops on my Harry Potter themed party. And you can’t pay money for those kinds of stories.

Source: http://allofbeer.com/2017/08/30/27-of-my-most-cringeworthy-moments-from-my-early-twenties-i-will-recount-here-for-your-entertainment/

from All of Beer https://allofbeer.wordpress.com/2017/08/30/27-of-my-most-cringeworthy-moments-from-my-early-twenties-i-will-recount-here-for-your-entertainment/

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adambstingus · 7 years

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27 Of My Most Cringeworthy Moments From My Early Twenties I Will Recount Here For Your Entertainment

If you are my mother or my father or are in any way affiliated with them, please stop reading right here. Unless you’re Aunt Julie. Because you can hang, Jules.

4. Once I got drunk in a field solely so I could hang out with a goat named Penelope. Here’s a picture:

7. At 25 I got so heated with a cab driver after a long night that he ended up calling the police on me. From my own phone. Saving that whole story for my eventual Lifetime movie. But it happened.

10. I left my number on more coasters and napkins for cute bartenders than I can even remember. It’s not really a cute move though, and I fully shake my head at myself now.

“curiosity often leads to trouble.”

A photo posted by Kendra Syrdal (@kendrasyrdal) on Apr 6, 2013 at 4:58pm PDT

21.I got violently ill once from antibiotics and promptly shit in my leggings after trusting the fart. There is more to the story but again, saving it for my future bestseller.

22. I thought this was a good look. And also did this in public.

24.A guy broke up with me when I was 25 because I didn’t make enough eye contact. That was his honest to god reason. (Still bitter.)

Plus I once peed on my neighbor’s lawn furniture because she was threatening to call the cops on my Harry Potter themed party. And you can’t pay money for those kinds of stories.

from All Of Beer http://allofbeer.com/2017/08/30/27-of-my-most-cringeworthy-moments-from-my-early-twenties-i-will-recount-here-for-your-entertainment/ from All of Beer https://allofbeercom.tumblr.com/post/164769835047

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