#I don't survive the hot weather without these unfortunately...

[erebus-luckycharm]

Annoyed that I had to replace some worn out items in my closet. I hate that brands are making their items less durable and more expensive every year, fuck them soooooooo much actually

I don't follow fashion trends, I have some closet staples(is this the right word lol??) that I wear until the item starts falling apart. And I HATE it that I have to spend my money and time to find similar looking items every year or so. It's terrible for the environment too...

[iwasneverth3re]

u get a wholesome ask too! 😌 which lookism characters give off spring, summer, fall, and winter vibes?

HELLO JANNNN!!!💙💜💙💜💙

Thank you for sending me a wholesome ask! I'm not the very best with character takes/characterization so I'll do my best with pointing out which character i associate with each season^^

Spring: Daniel, Johan, Zack, Gun

Spring is about new beginnings and starting fresh. Just like Daniel and Zack both of their characters went through character changes by starting fresh and starting new. Daniel quite literally started anew by moving away from his old school in which he gained a new body and mindset. In Zack's case, we watched as he changed his character goes through cages throughout the story. He went from being a bully to Daniel (and ofc other characters as well) to being one of Daniel's ride-or-die friends and an overall better person.

In Johan's case, he reminds me of cherry blossom season. Cherry blossoms are said to symbolize rebirth, renewal and new beginnings. Johan has gone through multiple new beginnings. However, they're not necessarily positive ones. Johan had a new beginning when he disappeared from Pungsan and began living homeless and surviving on his own. He also ended up meeting Gun - which triggered a different chapter to his life in which Johan begins to dirty his hands more for money and so on and so forth. Cherry blossoms are beautiful yet, they have a short life. Kind of like how whenever Johan gets a moment of happiness in the story, it doesn't last long. Another thing to add, just like cherry blossoms, your 'youth' is also transient- so cherish it and make it last as much as you can. However, these three, especially Daniel and Johan have almost or completely lost their youth or had it taken away due to their unfortunate circumstances.

Gun is a catalyst for new beginnings - whether it's negative or positive, he has helped trigger a bunch of character's new 'start' because again, look at characters like Kenta, Daniel, Johan, Big Deal, Olly and so many other characters like this man has a hand in so many character's backstories which helped change the trajectory of their lives. I don't see Gun as the same kind of Spring that Johan, Daniel and Zack are though. I see Gun more as rainy weather- like maybe spring during April. Gun's like dark, grey, rainy skies where it's pouring heavily - a sign of you to stay inside and go out another day. If Daniel, Johan and Zack are the excitement you feel when it's the first day of spring or the first day of the weather feeling warm enough to go out wearing a tshirt and shorts, then Gun is the gloom you feel when you're stuck inside while there's heavy rainfall or the feeling you get when you're walking through a downpour, umbrella in hand but it does nothing to keep you warm because it's so cold out.

Summer: Jake, Sinu, Vasco, Goo

These four all remind me of summer. Jake and Vasco reminds me of summer. Summer is said to represent youth and innocence. To me, these four represent summer. Those summer days where you spend the day at the beach or those hot summer nights where you're at the amusement park, doing nothing but hopping from ride to ride and stuffing your faces with carnival eats. Or when you go on spontaneous adventures in the middle of the night and go driving around or going to the supermarket or ordering food in the middle of the night and spilling your guts to your friends while cracking jokes the next. Or when you and your friends are all surrounded around a campfire while talking about anything and everything without a single care in the world because you don't have to worry about class the next day or the following months. I just associate summer being a time where you're just always having a fun time with your friends and all around good vibes lol

Autumn season: Jay, and Crystal.

Autumn season is said to symbolize harvest, abundance, and change. I won't lie, this one was a bit tricky to pick and choose. For these four, they all just give me 🍁fall vibes🍁. Whenever I try and picture Jay and crystal all I see are just them wearing trench coats?? Anyways, autumn is said to be the time of harvest because of all the crops that were planted back in spring, are now ready to be ✨️harvested✨️. Jay and Crystal were both born into rich families where they have an abundance supply of money. But instead of using it selfishly like their fathers do, they use their money for good (I.e Jay buying Daniel a whole ass wardrobe).

Winter: James, Samuel, Eli and Zoe.

Now this one was hard because I could've moved any of these characters into different seasons. But I put these 4 in the winter section. I associate James with the harsh cold winter season. James is not the warmest person, and just like Samuel, they give me very cold vibes - quite literally. There's no way of getting close to these two because they're both very self-serving people. Winter also symbolizes misery and death - which is something that i associate James, Samuel and Eli. Mostly with Samuel and Eli because hello, they're workers and we all know what kind of horrible businesses workers are running. Winter is also a time where things can't flourish, the same way Samuel's inferiority complex has helped benefit him but also helped him negatively. Eli was kind of screwed over from the beginning. This dude's life has been riddled with misery and unfortunate things happening to him. I have more to say about them but my brain is just not working rn aldhskalnsa

Now, I hate the fact that I lumped Zoe in with all these men BUT I associate her with winter (and summer too) but for different reasons. To me, Zoe is such a good character - like she gives some feel good vibes and I like she's not afraid to stand up to anybody and she's so kind as well (love to see her character development!). How does she relate to winter? Well to me, Zoe's like the excitement you feel when you see that it's snowing during the first snowfall fall of the season. I always have fond memories during this time because that means the holiday season is coming and good vibes are coming our way! Idk if any of this makes sense bc I'm dizzy and my brain isn't working but here's my wacky lil list!

[abubblingcandle]

i saw your recent post and i haven't read the snippet yet bc i got distracted by you saying it was hot and i think you're european right? so no AC? as someone who lives in the southeastern US, allow me to bestow some comfort tips for unreasonable summer temperatures without air conditioning. apologies if you know all this already or anything, but i'm currently surviving one of the worst heat waves i can recall in my 40+ yrs of living in the ass end of the devil's swamp so i'm a little zealous about making sure nobody is dying of heat

(my credentials are that the heat index was over 110F - 43C - every damn day for over a *month* even central air can't keep up my house hasn't been below 80 since early june)

at night, open at least two windows. put the fan in front of one of the windows, with the back facing the window, so it'll suck in cooler air. warmer air will get pushed out the other window. even better if you have two fans, have one sucking in from one window and one pushing air out the other window

during the day, keep the windows covered as much as possible and overhead lights off. i have blackout curtains for this. i have also put aluminum foil (shiny side out) on the windows like those windshield covers before. it worked but was a pain in the ass to put up and take down

wet several t-shirts and stick them in the freezer. rotate accordingly while lazing about indolently like a freeloading lion (seriously those mfers are thee worst)

ice packs on pulsepoints. wrist, groin, neck, wherever you can strap a bag of frozen peas i don't judge

keep ice water in a spray bottle and mist yourself in front of your fan for evaporative cooling. un-iced water will help too but obviously iced gets you maximum relief

the bowl of ice in front of a fan has never worked for me because it's way too humid here but depending on your humidity you could try it

i sleep with ice packs and a towel covering my pillow because the pillowcase getting sweaty is a sensory nightmare and the towel is somehow less horrifying

popsicles (i'm assuming that's what an ice lolly is?) are excellent keep it up. also to counteract the effects of sweating your balls off, you can sprinkle a little salt on the popsicles. i do this with the watermelon ones

if you are subject to the horrors of boobs in a heatwave, my remedy for swamp tits is to adhere panty liners to the part of the bra that goes under the boobs. because nobody wants swamp tits (i might also have been known to put a bag of frozen peas in my bra you do what you gotta do)

liberal and self-indulgent amounts of whining. it won't make you any cooler but at least you're sharing the misery

You are an absolute angel. Yeah I'm a northern Brit so no AC (I have taken to hiding in coffee shops where there is AC but unfortunately they ... you know ... close) and my body functions on the belief that anything above like 12C is t-shirt weather and anything above 25C is dear god no weather so I am truly not built for this 🙈 I once spent one day in 40C and it was the worst experience of my life so I could not do what you're going through!

So tips from someone who has to endure worse than this and regularly are super appreciated 🧡🧡

Some of these I did know but some of them sound like real good shouts. Unfortunately the damn health and safety of my flat means my windows open only a teeny tiny and I have slatted blinds but foil over is a super good shout.

I don't know why I hadn't thought of freezing wet t-shirts. Cause the problem I was having was wet tshirt then just turned into warm and still wet tshirt. Hence sitting in front of the fan because it then stayed cooler but frozen ... yes

And omg yes for wet pillow sensory nightmare, just had to say, yes makes my skin prickle.

Popsicles are ice lollies yes! I'm currently on a mix of strawberry frozen yoghurt ones and these absolute nostalgia on a stick

And the whining is required. Me and my dad have a daily chat and today's was talking about how shit England were in the football and both of us going "what did you do today?" "Sit about because it is too fucking hot" "Yeah me too"

[poltergeist-coffee]

We all miss insaneduo, Fantasminha

They will be together again eventually and all the problems in the world will disappear

Cucurucho is missing... duck, this means he's brazilian now??????

He went to Brazil!!!! 🇧🇷 🇧🇷

I'm happy I will probably will be able to see whatever the event tomorrow will be:D

Holidays how I love you(unfortunately, I don't remember any other on this month right now:(

I just... have been noticing how much holidays we have here...)

Also, update on that rp where I threw a table

I ate a fairy.

Also, how's the weather where you live? Because it's has been hot as hell on Brazil, I've seen some people talking that rained

But where I live? drizzle of rain(I have no idea if that's The Word, I just put that in the translator) at max on the middle of the night

Northeasterners suffer

I don't wanna think about how December will be(I'm going to melt)

While on fit's chat the other day, someone said they melt at 20 c

...

Firstly, how??? THAT'S COLD TO ME

Secondly, that person shouldn't come to Brazil in summer, not where I live at least (maybe South is less hot but I don't know honestly)

- 🍽

sobbing wailing theowing up can we get one (1) insaneduo interaction before the end of the year please :"(( please it's all i ask i miss them so much TTTT

BRAZIL NUMBER ONE!!!! CUCURUCHO GOT ITS ASS KIDNAPPED LET'S GOOO!!!! (orrr the sillier idea is that cellbit returned to the island really hungry and ate it :3) (maybe cucurucho is busy trying to rescue jaiden from purgatory who knows u-u

my birthday is coming up actually!! it's on the 26 so hopefully it wont be busy on the qsmp so i can actually celebrate it without worrying im missing something on the qsmp XDD

good job :thumbs up: i hope the fairy tasted yummy lolol

it's been very gloomy and lots of rain where I live recently :OO i live in California and normally where I am it's very warm even in the winter lol... it barely rains here (we are always at risk for droughts lmao) so the rain has been nice ^^

JNDVAKS i wouldn't survive in Brazil i am so weak to heat i just suffer and then die avmakskas

[kindacruelandmean]

Drink up.

Minors and Ageless Blogs DNI

*Summary: Dabi makes you drink his spit.

*A/N: This one is for me, yall. Really one of my nastiest desires 🥺. Tbh I was going to write it with Hawk's, but Dabi hits different. I'm a fan now.

*Tags/Warnings ⚠️ : Spit-kink, Degradation, Kidnapping, Forced Dehydration, 20 different pet names. Teasing. Patronizing language. Choking

"Did you know that the mouth produces 1 litre of saliva a day?" the scarred man sat at the other side of the table, his posture and attitude relaxed as if he was discussing the weather. "The more you know, right Cutie? This won't be your recommended 3 liters, but it should be good enough. "

Your only response was a furious glare from tired, dry eyes. Your throat felt like sandpaper when you swallowed, but you didn't want to give into his teasing. It was hard enough to ignore your pounding headache without his taunting voice.

You had been captured a few days ago. You were able to save your teammates from Dabi's blaze, but was unfortunately left behind. Exhausted, you were unable to defend yourself from being captured.

He forced you into a hot, muggy room and chained you to a wooden chair that sat on the wall-side of the heavy oak table. Placed on the table was a glass filled with his viscous spittle. Periodically, he would enter the room and make a show of spitting into the glass. This was one of many sick games that he subjected you to while you were held here.

"How long has it been? Surely you'll need to have a drink of water."

"Go fuck yourself," you croaked, throat pained.

"Mmh maybe that can be tomorrow's game, Dollface." He beamed with delight at your fear-fed reaction.

"It's just like a stuck up hero bitch to act like she's too good for hand outs from a lowly villain like me, huh?, Guess you don't want it. It has been a day or two, but you don't need water, right?" His cold, icy eyes bore into yours as he gauged you're reaction, looking for cracks. You tried hard not to give up, give in.

The scarred man rose from his seat. His finger trailed the rim of the glass for a moment, gooey strings followed his fingers.

"Last chance, Babydoll. After I leave out that door you might not see me for days, if you survive." He took his time picking up and inspecting the glass. "It'd be a shame if that Bakugou brat found your dehydrated husk." He lean legs strode towards the door, closer towards sealing your fate.

"W-wait... please... please!" The mention of your lover pushed you to your breaking point. You shook with anguish, unable to even cry out. "C-can I just have water, real water. I...I-ll do anything, please. I can't take this." You tried to reason.

"Finally come around? Well I got all the water you need right here. Its 99% water, after all. That and various enzymes. What more could you need?" Dabi was bubbling with mirth.

"You know...what I mean... please."It was hard for you to contain your dry sniffles.

Dabi sauntered back towards the table. "You're being awfully selfish and pushy." Coming over to your side, he lifted himself to sit on the table top. His heavy boots landed on your thighs and pushed down hard. You wailed in pain as his steeled ankles grinded against your thighs. Taking that opening, the scarred man shoved his free hand towards your chin. "How about some gratitude?" His grasp was tight as he shoved his thumb into your mouth, loudging it behind a row of teeth. Your mouth was fixed open. You gasped and cried at the intrusion, fighting to free yourself.

"Oh Toots, you're making some cute noises for me now, huh? You must really want it. You're my thirsty little bitch, right? Well, I won't keep ya waiting. Here it comes, fresh from the source!" With the drama of a show man, Dabi deeply exhaled, gargling the frothy contents of mouth, then leaned forward and launching the glob onto your tongue. It's took a snails pace to side down your throat.

"Drink up, Gorgeous! C'mon, it's what you wanted!" His palm squeeze tightly around your jaw. It caused you to gasp and choke down his spit. "There ya go, Baby. Lap it up, just like the filthy, nasty dog you are! Want more? Here ya go."

He brought the glass over your mouth and tipped it. "Steady your breathing, Bitch! Don't go choking just yet!" Dabi was reeling with laughter. Tossing the glass away he slapped his now free hand over your mouth. "Can't have you spilling a single drop." He was patient and gave you a few moments of struggled breathing and trying to reject the the fluids in your mouth.

"Aw need some help, Angel?" His pointing finger and thumb closed over your nose. The man smiled down at you, still patiently waiting for you to give. It took your eyes nearly rolling to the back of your head before you could take no more. With no other choice you took a gulp, struggling to swallow your mouthful. He kept his hands still, through your retching and only removed his palm after he was sure you were finished. You puffed out cute little exhausted huffs and had drool stringing down your chin.

"Now wasn't that refreshing?"

[starswayv]

date’s ending, night’s starting (johnny suh)

pairing johnny suh x reader

theme suggestive, a little crack? a little fluff? But it’s all suggestive, the end is a smut i cut before it happened really

word count 2.1k

author’s note so, I’m a sucker for teasing, so don’t come at me for the ending. also, i loved writing this at first but then i re-read it today and i’m hating it, sorry it is bad.

The rain poured so hard outside the building lobby you wondered how you phone survived it dried inside of your date’s leather jacket. Well, maybe because it’s leather, right?

“Ah, I'm so sorry cause the night’s ruined and we’re all soaked up.” Johnny utters, letting out a frustrated moan while you laugh.

“You can’t control the weather, stupid, it’s all fine. My hair, on the other side, it’s not, I must look horrible…”

“You still look gorgeous, don’t worry. We should head upstairs to dry out, come on.”

Johnny smiles over at you and grabs your hand to guide you both to the elevator doors, not paying attention to the water trait you left on the floor all the way from the entrance to his building to the elevator doors. Someone was going to have a lot of work keeping up with all the dripping people running inside looking for shelter from the enormous flood outside. Shame of you, rainy Seoul in august.

The doors open up in front of you, a gladly empty elevator, and Johnny still doesn't let go of his hand when you climb inside.

You met Johnny in one of those friend’s get together your college friends invited you too, and since he studied for a year or two in the same university before dropping out to pursue a career in music, he knew a lot of you veterans, so you got to know him a little better with every social or party they would throw. A couple of months in this i-know-you-but-not-that-well thingy you two were on, he finally asked you out for a casual date, and since you had a little crush on him, no reason to say no to that.

Even though it’s just your first date with him, the fact that you’ve known him for a couple of months due to your similar friends circle made the mentioned date all so smooth and fun, picnic in the park near his apartment, good talks and loud laughs. You’ve talked about everything, from your college course and hobbies to your family and funny drunk stories, and he told you about his time living overseas and all kinds of embarrassments he had lived in parties and friend’s get togethers. Halfway through the date you wondered why it took you both so long to go out together, just the two of you without any of your other friends together since you obviously hit it off so well for a great first date.

That’s it, until the sudden rain arrived and ruined the whole thing.

It was so sudden you didn't even have time to pack up the dinner back, just grabbing the backpacks with what you could gather around and running off back to his place.

"Ah, I’m sad now. I planned everything so well, this was supposed to be a perfect date..." Johnny breaks the silence, leaning against the elevator door to face you, waiting around for it to land on his floor.

You were hoping really hard that the pouring rain didn't make you look an absolute mess, and when glancing at yourself in the elevator mirror you let out a sigh of relief. Yes, your dress was completely soaked in water and shoes that once were white now were just brown and grey (for that you were trying really hard not to cry, you weren't going to admit it, white converses that stay white are a bit of kink to you), but the way your hair was still falling in little waves on your shoulders were kinda cute, and God bless you for using the good quality make-up today, so everything was kinda alright in your looks.

"C'mon, don't be sad, it was perfect. The picnic, the candles, everything was so adorable and I loved it."

"Yeah, but soaked from head to toes and probably waking up to a very bad cold wasn't on the plan for a perfect ending to this night, you know..."

It amazes you how Johnny can say everything with a gorgeous smile on his lips like being that gorgeous is the easiest thing to just be all the time. Even drowning in water from head to toes and cold as hell.

"I don't know about you, but a pretty hot guy with black t-shirt glued to his body is not that bad for me." You joke around, smirking at him and he smiles, bringing his hand to his hair to brush the soaking strands off his eyes, just proving your point. Johnny Suh soaking wet in rain water is definitely not a bad sight for the eyes.

You realized you were staring for a little bit too long than the normal and a little bit south of his face, so you decide to nonchalantly play a little with his previous line.

"But how were you hoping for it to be? The ending of the perfect date?"

"There’s really no more polite way to put this rather than, if it was up to me, it just wouldn't have an end."

Saved by the bell, he winks at you by the end of the phrase just when the elevator door cracked open, him grabbing you by the hand once again to lead you to his place.

Once inside the apartment, your body starts to shiver really hard due to the soaked clothes, and without even thinking about your actions, you strip the dress and sneakers off and Johnny does the same with his shirt and shoes too.

He tries to not look at you with anything but an innocent glare on his eyes, but the smirk you already had in your lips did no justice to how good you were looking, so he smiles along.

The whole “already kinda friends so there’s no big deal” kind of situation helped a little to ease the half-naked situation you were both in, so you were distracted thinking of where to put your dress when Johnny suddenly leaned into you, his tall figure ghosting over yours so close that if you took one step behind you were going to be pressed against the living room door and still be just inches far from him.

His stubborn hair falls back on his face, and Johnny’s hands touch your shoulder, slowly travelling their way to your hand, fingers leaving a trace of chills down your arm, fingers closing around the fabric of your dress in your hands, taking it to put over his shoulder.

"I’m going to get you some towels, go take a hot shower in the first bedroom in the hallway so you don’t get cold." Johnny said, and then disappeared somewhere past the kitchen door, leaving you breathless, partially dressed and completely amused. This is shaping to be a pretty great end of date, if you will.

As soon as the hot water came in contact with your body, the cold feeling started to ease and you relaxed. You had been inside of his bathroom before, only on a totally different occasion, so as you let the water wash over your body you decided to don't think much of how it was a first date, not a friend-stay-over, as you’d shower.

And keeping Johnny out of your mind in that way was working just fine until he knocked in the bathroom door, his voice coming out muffled behind the door.

"Hey, I swear I’m saying this in the most innocent and good-intentioned way I can, but do you mind if I come inside? Again, I swear to god I’m not trying anything, it’s just that I’m so cold here my lips are turning purple. I’m not exaggerating"

You let out a loud laugh that Johnny hears through the door, and the sound the door unlocking is heard too. If it wasn’t for your months being friends with each other he would never ask you something like this, but you already shared some type of intimacy, and it’s not like you weren’t going to see each other naked some time along the dates, so he thought it wasn’t a big of a deal, and so did you. Plus, he was really cold.

Johnny opens the door after a while so you have time to go back to the shower box and comes in, shivering a little less once his cold body gets in touch with the sauna you build in there, the bathroom so steamy you barely could see each other past the shower glass (unfortunately to you both).

"Wow, is it warm in here. I’m really sorry, I just asked because I was already sniffing because of the cold, and sniffing Johnny is not the sexiest Johnny, I guarantee you."

He couldn’t see you, but knew you were hiding you smile and repressing a little laugh.

"I highly doubt that, but it's okay, I don't mind you here."

You tried to say it nonchalantly, but as soon as you heard it you realized how Johnny might have heard it, and, well, the situation just didn’t present itself from the most innocent one ever, and neither did your statement.

But, oh well, the damage was already done, so why not play along with it and see where it goes?

You hear Johnny laughing low at your response and you do too, feeling the tension dissipates a little. You two just stay in silence now, you washing your hair calmly, and Johnny watching you thought the blurry glass, just admiring the silhouette of yours the steam allowed him to see.

He breathes in deeply, making you more aware of his presence, and turns to the door, opening it ready to leave.

“I'm a little more warm now, you can finish your shower, pretty."

You hear him almost going away from the bathroom, and the words spill out before you really think them through.

"Wait, where are you going?"

Johnny stops midway out of the bathroom, a little confused with your words, but not hiding the excitement from his face. Lucky him you couldn’t see him right now.

"Going to put on some dry clothes, can’t stay naked and cold like this forever, princess."

It was your cue, it’s now or never.

"Without showering? Get in here."

A moment of silence followed, and you wondered if it was the best idea, if you sounded silly or if Johnny just wasn’t interested and you embarrassed yourself.

Not wanting to face him if he ever decides to join you or not, you turn away from the shower glass door, back facing it instead while you let the hot water pour in your back. The sound of the shower door sliding open announces itself, and you smile widely facing the wall.

Johnny had already seen you half-naked just a couple of minutes ago, but the sight of your naked back with panties still on, water dropping off your body but the steam making it hard to see much of your figure, did something to him he wasn’t capable of putting into words. The way your body teased him just like that, staying still, not saying a word nor moving at all, made him want to tease you in every possible way too.

He slowly approaches you, making his way towards your body but never touching it, never too close, and you raise your head to look at him from the side of your eyes when he rests his hand on the wall in front of you, his toned arm going over your shoulders.

"Only if you promise not to steal the whole shower head for you."

His head comes closer to yours, lips ghosting over your ear, words coming out so low it's almost a howl.

You smile widely, thinking his words and finding an even better way for the teasing game he just started. Shaking your head, you straight up your body, making his entire body crash into yours. Ops, not your fault he was this close to you.

And, still smiling, you take a step ahead, getting out of the showerhead’s reach, coming closer to the wall. Spinning on your heels, you turn to face him, naked body leaning against the cold wall behind you, the temperature mix sending shivers down your spine, your entire body on display for him and only him to stare. You watch his eyes fall shut, smile getting lost in a loud whine, the hard composure getting dropped as soon as he catches sight of your body, neck, clavicles, breast, stomach, everything just for him.

Still not getting closer to him, keeping up with the game to see who would break the gap first, you measure your next words, knowing it was your winning card.

"You can have it all for you if you want to."

And with an almost animal groan, Johnny loses, stepping forward to the water and attaching his body to yours.

[ehall34]

Computer Log: Mr Handy

By: Erika Hall

This is a short story I wrote. It is based off of the fallout games

October 31, 2276

My name is Mr. Handy. I am a robotic

butler for the Johnson family. They have

been a wonderful family to serve.

Unfortunately I do not know where they

are. Ever since the nuclear war my

family has not come back. That happened

on October 31st, 2076. According to my

memory core, they went to a bomb shelter

to survive the blast. The fallout came

and went and the family has not showed

up yet. I search for them every day, but

in my travels all I encounter are wild

animals. I also see fellow Mr. Handies

who are looking for their masters as

well. Once night falls, I begin the journey back to the house. Throughout

the night I continue my duties and clean

the house. There is so much filth! Dust,

rust, spider webs, and plants. Dust

covers the furniture, floors, and

counters. Once I clean it, it comes back

the next day. Rust has begun to inch its

way onto every piece of metal in the

house. I am not sure why? The family I

think has been gone for a week so there

should not be rust in the house! I

cannot be 100% certain since the blast

from the nuclear fallout damaged a part

of my circuity that gives me sense of

time. Spider webs are not as much of a

problem, I can burn those away with my

flamethrower. The major infestations are

the plants that are invading the house.

I try to burn those as well, but they

always come back.

November 31, 2296

Sunrises are still beautiful here in

Concord, Massachusetts. Every time it

has a hint of red and orange that helps

brighten the sky. It is a pleasant sight

to see when I leave the house every

morning to search for the Johnson family

in Boston. Today I am moving on to a

different district of Boston, the

financial district. The roads are full

to the brim with cars and trucks. I hope

their owners come and move those

vehicles. Although it looks like the

vehicles will be hard to start. Nature

seems to have taken over Boston rather

quickly. Plants are sprouting from the

cracks in the pavement of roads and

sidewalks. Right now all I see are

shadows of what used to be a human.

There are occasional skeletons of humans

on the street, sidewalks, and in

buildings. It is quite sad what has

happened to some of these humans. I just

hope my family did not meet the same

fate.

December 25, 2316

Winter has arrived in Massachusetts.

Snow current blankets the ground

everywhere. The children would enjoy

playing in it. I recall they would form

the snow into balls and throw them at

me. I did not enjoy that. I am not fond

of the snow because it could fry my

circuits. The cold is also not good for

my propulsion system. If it freezes up

then I can't move and so far I have

found no humans that could oil it. So

right now I am staying inside the house.

It has been quite boring, cleaning for

this long. I long for the cool

temperatures of spring. When the leaves

on the trees sprout again and animals

come out from hibernation. Curiously I

have found few animals either. Mostly

small rodents, who were able to create

burrows in the ground where they were

protected from radiation. I will have to

wait to continue my search for my

family. Oh I hope they are safe...

January 18, 2336

Massachusetts is quite beautiful, but

when the snow begins to fall is when I

loath this state. When winter comes

around, this snow is all around. I can't

seem to understand why humans enjoyed

this time of year so much. All snow does

is cause problems for society. Sorry for

my ranting, I have been trapped in the

house it seems like forever. I sure wish

I could repair myself, because I have no

sense of time. Maybe I should begin

counting how many winter's come by, then

I might now what year it is. Oh no that

won't work, since I have no idea how

many winters have gone by thus far. Once

the snow begins melting I will begin my

search once again. Shortly after my

entry before winter came, I went

searching south of Boston and went to

New York City. I saw no signs of human

life.

February 14, 2356

Cold is my bitter enemy. My propulsion

will sometimes freeze up because of it.

Not being able to move is quite

annoying. I can’t do anything when the

cold seeps into my gears and freezes

them.

March 20, 2376

Spring is coming to Concord. The sun is

beginning to shine more here.

Unfortunately rain has become a common

occurrence. I have noticed something odd

about the rain storms. There is a slight

green glow to them. My sensors do

indicate an increase in radiation levels

whenever it rains here. I wonder if the

radiation is impeding the growth of the

flora here in Concord as well as the

rest of the state. Flowers don't bloom

like they used too, now plants are a

dull green. It is as if the plants are

sick and dying. I'm not sure how long

ago the war was but nature has not

recovered yet. Maybe in the next month

or two, I'm sure of it!

April 5, 2398

I think my internal clock may be broken.

The probability is quite low, since

part failure in my model has been proven

will not and can not happen. This is

just a thought since I'm not sure what

month it is, I know that it is spring. I

also know that it is currently the year

2077.

May 31, 2418

Good news! My internal clock is not

broken, well it was for a short while.

While roaming around the state I found a

fellow Mr. Handy on the ground. I

decided to scavenge it for parts and

found essential parts for myself. I was

able to fix my clock with those parts.

Without that clock 400 years could go by

and I would not notice. My clock says it

is May 31, 2077.

June 25, 2438

Boiling hot would be an excellent

description of the temperature here in

Concord. My sensors detect it is

currently 150 degrees. Normally I would

suspect that my sensors are wrong, but

there has been a lot more wildfires this

summer. Spring would bring life and

color back to the world and then summer

comes and strips it away from Mother

Earth. I know one thing and that is

this, the weather has changed

drastically since the bombs fell in

October. I hope the Johnsons are safe

where ever they are.

July 4, 2458

Independence Day! What a wonderful day

for a backyard barbecue with the family.

It is also a beautiful day, the sun is

shining and there are no clouds in

sight. Happy Birthday America! On this

day in 1776 the great founders of this

country declared their independence from

Great Britain. Since then we have had

the war of 1812, the Civil War, WWI,

WWII, the Korean War, the Vietnam War,

and the Iraq War. Each time our country

pulled through and the union stayed

together. This great country will

perceiver through this struggle. Oh

while I was telling the history of the

U.S.A I almost forgot I need to decorate

the house. Mrs. Johnson would expect

the house to be adorned with red, white

and blue. Hopefully this year they will

have fireworks. God Bless America!

August 19, 2478

For some reason my battery is halfway

gone. I better send a report to Robotics

Inc. Then they can get my battery

replaced, since my charger does not work

for some odd reason. I have tried to

find a replacement battery in Mr.

Handies that are scattered along the

state of Massachusetts. Unfortunately

none of them have fully charged

batteries. Clearly their owners did not

take care of them since their dead on

the street. It has only been almost one

year since the bombs fell. A good

quality battery should last much longer

than one year. When the Johnsons return

I will request that they file a

complaint with Robotics Inc. The

batteries in Mr. Handies according to

Robotics Inc. "will last up to 500 years

on one charge!"

September 9, 2498

My battery is almost gone. There are

dozens of charging stations for robots

such as myself, but they seem to be

inoperable. So I have not been able to

charge my battery for a while, not sure

how long it has been though. I’m not

sure how long I have, maybe days, hours or even minutes. Then all of a sudden my

propeller begins to slow. “Oh no no

please no.” I say as my joints begin to

stop moving. My propeller shuts off

completely “Its not

possible..my..baatteeryy cann’t diee

yett....!”

[niminjapan]

6月3日

It's ten more days until I leave Japan, and today was a solemn day indeed. I'm actually typing this the same day for once. We had some extra time on the Shinkansen towards Kyoto.

The weather this morning was beautiful. I only have a t-shirt on and the breeze was enough to make me feel above the temperature outside without it being freezing or me being hot. I stopped by the playground across the street with my roommate and went on a seesaw for the second time in my life. If my legs weren't weak, I would have stayed on for a little while longer.

Things are going to get pretty grim now. Being in Hiroshima means facing the town that was hit by our atomic bomb. Yes, I do say ours because we have yet to truly take responsibility for what happened, in my opinion. We never talk about it, and I had no idea there was a peace museum built around, and on, the site of thousands and thousands of people's deaths. To have the opportunity to be here and learn about the aftermath is eye-opening, and I would strongly, strongly recommend you take the chance to go here and see it for yourself, especially as an American. Our system does not shed light on this matter, and our government does so much less. To know that our country resorted to such a violent weapon makes us no better than our ancestors that we try so hard to differentiate ourselves from, and I don't really want to make my blog so political, but after seeing it? I can't help but want to help Hiroshima in their mission to remove all nuclear weaponry from the world.

We were nice enough to have a volunteer tour guide, as there were many monuments without something for us to read, but what stayed with me was the children's memorial, the river, and the burning flame. I could go on and on about this place, but I'd only be scratching the surface. The children who only survived because they were sent off in hopes of providing for their families, the stories of survivors who only made it out of sheer luck, and the explanation of how the river was not seen because it was overflowing with the bodies of people who jumped in to try and extinguish theirselves- All of that is unbelievable, but it happened to these people, and the town still mourns and has a ceremony every August 6th.

Lastly, there is a flame that will continue to burn until there are no nuclear weapons in the world, and I hope that can happen eventually.

I found out that we didn't get to go through the main hall, but sensei explained that the portion through there is gruesome to the point that some cannot get through all of it. It's a little unfortunate not to be able to see the full damage, but that didn't make this visit disappointing and I hope I can come back again in the future.

After this, we left Hiroshima and went to Himeji castle, and let me just say that this place is beautiful! Its exterior is massive, and the path wasn't just a straight way. There were slopes and turns as well. The biggest thing here was the interior's steps. They were extremely steep and going back down felt like I was playing with fate.

When we arrived at Kyoto, we had to move into our B&Bs, and it is so nice! The neighborhood is an actual residential area, and I love getting a glimpse of how it would really feel like to live here.