365 Days of Certified Cuteness ~ *Chifuyu Matsuno*
Summary: You have no idea what to get Chifuyu for his birthday. Luckily Pete J has you covered.
Pairing: Chifuyu Matsuno X Fem!Reader
Genre: Fluffy Drabble
Word Count: 760
Warning: Mentions lingerie
Masterlist
Chifuyu’s birthday was coming and for the longest time, you had no idea what to get him. He always claimed he didn’t need anything, that being yours and spending time with you was a gift enough. However, your love language is gift giving and you were determined to find the perfect present for your hard-to-shop-for boyfriend. You just needed to trust your skills, which was easier said than done.
That’s when it struck you; literally.
Chifuyu was out with the rest of the gang and you offered to cat-sit for him. It wasn’t a problem, as Peke J loved you almost as much as he loved Chifuyu. As you were playing with the adorable kitty, he struck the most adorable pose you have ever seen in your entire life. You were reaching for your phone to take a picture to send to your boyfriend when you paused. What better present could you give him for his birthday than three hundred and sixty five days of guaranteed adorable photos of his beloved Peke J? It was an absolutely genius plan!
As soon as it entered your head, you got to work.
First, you went through your camera roll of old photos of Peke J to use for special events and the occasional Throwback Thursday. When that was done and you had a good start on the collection of photos, you scooped up the sweet cat and started taking staged pictures of him that looked like candid shots. Chifuyu would never know that these pictures were pre-planned in the first place.
At first, Peke J was a willing participant. He flashed the cutest eye and always angled his head just right to get the best shot. But after the first thirty or so pictures you decided to keep, he started to get grumpy. You couldn’t blame him, so you called it a night and fed him lots of yummy treats to quell his temper. He warmed up to that idea and took full advantage of your generosity until Chifuyu returned from his night out. He was none the wiser about your present idea and thanked you for cat-sitting.
In the week leading up to his birthday and subsequent party, you could tell he was getting suspicious of you. He was especially suspicious when you asked to borrow his cat on more than one occasion. You knew it sounded weird when you asked to spend time with Peke J instead of him. When you weren’t taking photos of the rambunctious cat, you were editing all of the photos together in a half-calendar, half-photobook. Everything had to be perfect, from the pictures, to the colors, to the layout of each page. You were not going to mess this up!
Finally, after eight days of preparations, and just three hours before Chifuyu’s party, you were putting the final touches on the wrapping that would hold your present. The package was immaculately wrapped and you used a fluffy bow to tie it all together.
With pride filling your chest, you made your way to Chifuyu’s apartment. His birthday party was a simple, intimate affair. You expected nothing less, as he was never one for big flashy parties. Upon your arrival, you were pulled into the fray. You mingled and joked with the rest of his gang of friends, and even gave Peke J some scratches for good luck.
As he opens his presents, you insist he wait until everyone leaves to open yours. Of course, this opens the door to the idea you bought skimpy lingerie just for him. You neither confirm, nor deny it, which makes Chifuyu blush like crazy.
When the party begins to wind down and everyone leaves, you take the last bottle of wine that’s half-finished and pick up your present. Taking a deep breath to calm your nerves, you sit next to Chifuyu on his couch.
“This is for you.”
He looks at it for a split-second before glancing back at you. “It’s not really lingerie is it?”
You roll your eyes. “No. It’s not. The boys were benign stupid. Just open it already!”
When he did, his jaw dropped to the floor. On the cover was his favorite photo of the three of you. “Is this…?”
You nod and scoot closer. “It’s both a calendar and a photo album. Each picture has a little description too. I made it all by myself. I hope you like it.”
“Like it?” Gently setting the book to the side, he pulled you into a tight embrace. “I don’t know how I can ever thank you.”
“Just being yours is enough.” You toss one of his usual lines back at him.
He laughs and the two of you spend the next couple hours drinking and flipping through the photos. He compliments Peke J on his fine modeling skills and you swear you saw the cat puff up with pride at his words.
Then Chifuyu grabs a pen and marks the date in between your birthdays and you frown.
“What’s that for?”
“You’ll just have to wait and see.” He winks.
When that day came, he paid you back for the book tenfold, in the form of a luxury vacation and a little velvet box. Of course you said yes.
A fragile, seven-day truce came to an end on Friday morning. According to Mondoweiss counting, Israel killed at least 20 Palestinians in Gaza, the West Bank, and East Jerusalem during the temporary ceasefire, while detaining more Palestinians than were released during the hostage swap that took place during the same period. Throughout the ceasefire, Israel repeatedly stated its intention to resume the war, but ultimately accused Hamas of breaking the terms of the truce today.
Qatar, which has led mediation efforts between Israel and Hamas, expressed “deep regret at the resumption of the Israeli aggression against Gaza” on X (formerly Twitter), while adding that negotiations were still ongoing to return to another temporary pause in fighting.
[...]
Senior Hamas spokesperson Osama Hamdan told Al Jazeera that “every day in the past seven days of the temporary ceasefire, Israel was acting in a way to undermine the whole process.” However, he added that “the solution is not to have a truce. The real solution is to find mechanisms to put an end to this occupation.”
Israeli forces resumed their relentless pummeling of the Gaza Strip on Friday, with at least 109 Palestinians killed by airstrikes since Friday morning. Israeli bombardment pummeled the tiny Palestinian enclave, and WAFA reported airstrikes in Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza, in the Bureij, Nuseirat, and Maghazi refugee camps in central Gaza, in the Shuja’ya, Assqoula, and al-Zaytoun neighborhoods in Gaza City, and in Rafah, Khan Younis, Abasan, and Yibna refugee camps in the southern Gaza Strip, as well as along the coast.
Meanwhile, aid is no longer entering through the Rafah crossing with Egypt.
The Ministry of Health spokesperson in Gaza, Ashraf al-Qidra, warned on Friday that the health situation was “extremely catastrophic” due to Israeli forces’ targeting of medical facilities and severe shortages in medical supplies, particularly in northern Gaza, where very little aid has been received during the truce. “The remaining three hospitals in Gaza and the north are small and not qualified to receive large numbers of wounded,” Qidra stated.
[...]
Intent on showing the world its magnanimity as it restarts bombing a traumatized, injured, and starving people, the Israeli army made public on Thursday a map of Gaza divided into numbered zones, which it said were individual areas that it would use to notify Palestinian civilians of active fighting, calling on Palestinians to follow their instructions and evacuate said areas when requested.
While Mondoweiss could not individually count the zones identified on the map, it saw areas labeled as high as 2,280. If there are indeed this many numbered zones mapped out in Gaza, which is only 365 square kilometers, it would make the average zone a mere 160 square meters — making it difficult for Palestinians to keep track of where they are on this map, while making it easy for Israeli forces to argue that civilian deaths are justified if Palestinians do not comply with their evacuation orders.
[...]
Al Jazeera reported on Friday that Israeli forces had dropped leaflets over Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, where hundreds of thousands of Palestinians have been internally displaced, calling on civilians to evacuate even further to Rafah. Israeli authorities have made no secret of their desire to ethnically cleanse Gaza and force Palestinians into Egypt, an option Cairo has rejected.
-- From "‘Operation Al-Aqsa Flood’ Day 56: Truce ends, Israel kills over 100 in Gaza" from Mondoweiss, 1 Dec 2023
🔹 Note: this is a claim from Israel, and cannot be trusted. I haven’t found a confirmation or a denial from the WFP or similar sources. If anyone does, please let me know or add them in reblogs.
‼️🇵🇸🇮🇱 Israeli military claims 365 aid trucks entered Gaza on Thursday
Israeli military claims 365 aid trucks entered Gaza on Thursday
On the 5th of August of 2022, Neil Gaiman blessed us with the TV adaptation of one of his most beloved works, The Sandman. 365 days later, the Sandman fandom has blossomed into a beautiful, brilliant and unhinged community. This week, we celebrate this community, the show that brought us together, and all the amazing creations that were born from it! 💖
We want to dedicate each day from August 5 to August 12 to the Endless and all the great fan creations they’ve inspired. For this event, we’ve come up with a list of activities and prompts, so everyone can participate in their own way! Wether you choose to share your own works, your favourite fics and art or to create something entirely new, this celebration is for you!
We look forward to celebrating together and wish you a wonderful Sandman Anniversary! ✨
✨THE EVENT✨
5/8 - Saturday - Death
share the first post/creation you saw in the fandom!
6/8 - Sunday - Desire
share your favourite smut creation!
7/8 - Monday - Despair
share your favourite song/playlist/video!
8/8 - Tuesday - Destruction
share your favourite pairing (non dreamling only)!
9/8 - Wednesday - Delirium
share your favourite meme/crack post!
10/8 - Thursday - Destiny
share your favourite meta and/or headcanons!
11/8 - Friday - Dream
share a fic rec list with your favourite fanfics!
12/8 - Saturday - Hob
share your favourite side character!
✨PROMPT LIST✨
5/8 - Saturday - Death
ankh / darkness / “come with me”
6/8 - Sunday - Desire
kiss / longing / “I need you”
7/8 - Monday - Despair
sadness / hope / “I’m afraid”
8/8 - Tuesday - Destruction
endings / new beginnings / “let’s do it together“
9/8 - Wednesday - Delirium
drugs / imagination / “what are you thinking about?”
10/8 - Thursday - Destiny
fate / book / “that could change everything“
11/8 - Friday - Dream
story / dream / “am I dreaming?”
12/8 - Saturday - Hob
trust / friends / “what would you do without me?”
✨tag us and use #DNSandmanAnniversary and #1st Sandman Anniversary to be featured on the blog! ✨
how does one get a job telling people they can't come into a building? is there something i need to put on my resume (very contrary, good at sitting, etc) to make hiring managers find me more appealing for the role?
So my actual day job is as a security officer; I'm the supervisor for my shift.
Telling people to go away has been an integral career skill for me. Telling angry people who are screaming to leave and not come back is a job skill. The best part of my job is that it is an express part of my job to NOT BE NICE TO RUDE ASSHOLES.
Now, tbh being a contrary asshole won't make you automatically good at the job. You still have to get along with your co workers, the clients at the site you work, ect. And for access control, a good deal of it is perfectly innocuous service providers or deliveries who have all the proper permissions and training and you just make polite small talk with them as you contact their site contact and direct them back to wherever they're going.
When I applied for the job....fuck, was it 8 years ago? No, fuck, 9...when I applied for the job nine years back, the things I put on my application that caught the hiring manager's eyes were
Customer Service skills
Willing to work nights and weekends (we don't get weekends or holidays off; sites are usually manned 24/7/365. Schedules vary, but I work 12 hour shifts and that works out to 3 days on/3 off, 4 days on/4 off. I do often work holidays. Holiday pay is higher.
Multitasking skills
Can keep calm in chaotic situations
Not easily intimidated
Basic computer skills. This last one is huge. You would be amazed how many people I've had to coach step by step through saving a word document during training.
MOST of the time, I am perfectly nice and pleasant. I've received regular commendations and bonuses from the security companies I've worked for because so many people comment on how nice and helpful the security lady was. Most people who show up at sites have a job to do there and want to do it and get paid, same as me.
HOWEVER, despite that at least weekly I deal with an asshole. My shift lets me. My boss jokes that it's like rolling a pumpkin full of ground beef into a lion enclosure. Best part of my job. I once worked retail, and telling asshole dudes to get off company property before I have them removed and/or banned from every other location of the huge multinational company I am stationed at is SO excellent.
Now. The important thing to remember as well about security is that yes, a lot of it is sitting for hours watching cameras or doing rounds through the same place over and over. It can be monotonous and boring.
HOWEVER, then sometimes you get a call like "PLEASE SEND HELP THE ENGINE IS ON FIRE" from a driver getting loaded in the plant. The plant which is filled with explody shit and human lives. This happened last Thursday. That, friend, is where I earn my pay.
I did my job. Sounded alarm, notified fire team, locked down the plant to keep anyone else out, ran accountability to make sure everyone in the plant had checked into shelter areas, all that stuff. Fire was out in 5 minutes. But you have to be able to not panic in that moment when you get that call, because otherwise everything can go to shit VERY fast.
Okay, I'm tallying up the last of the #vlad daily screencaps and I'm coming up with 367 days/caps. Which is impossible. There are only 366 days in a leap year.
Details: I began posting Vlad Daily on April Fools' Day 2023 (April 1st). I haven't missed a day—I went through my archive and checked, painstakingly (so can you). Every single month, each day, is accounted for. No doubles.
Now... I number each and every Vlad screencap. I rigorously checked to make sure I didn't skip any numbers (see image below; I have yet to select the final week's caps). 001-366 is what is should be. But I keep coming up with 367 caps.
In my queue, Sunday March 24 is screencap number 360. However, to reach March 31st, I'm going to have 367 screencaps. Observe:
Monday March 25: Cap number 361
Tuesday March 26: Cap number 362
Wednesday March 27: Cap number 363
Thursday March 28: Cap number 364
Friday March 29: Cap number 365
Saturday March 30: Cap number 366
Sunday March 31: Cap number 367
I've gone through and checked it all twice, three times. My queue, everything. My numbers are correct. Dates are all accounted for. But there's an extra day/screencap. THERE SHOULDN'T BE.
I feel like I crossed the event horizon of a black hole and fell out the ass end of an alternate dimension.
Space Shuttles Enterprise, left, and Discovery meet nose-to-nose at the beginning of a transfer ceremony at the Smithsonian's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, Thursday, April 19, 2012, in Chantilly, Va. Space shuttle Discovery, the first orbiter retired from NASA’s shuttle fleet, completed 39 missions, spent 365 days in space, orbited the Earth 5,830 times, and traveled 148,221,675 miles will take the place of Enterprise at the center to commemorate past achievements in space and to educate and inspire future generations of explorers at the center."
another stupid today and tomorrow
no doubt will be worse and
we will fight through that
as well because at some point
presumably we will have proven
the stupidity should stop
even though admittedly
as the years go on it does seem
rather vanishingly unlikely
Thursday, 10/5/23. Snapped for you, gramma! Our team came in second in trivia tonight, but a bouncer took our group photo, so this is what we snapped that follows our “rules”.