#fixing things

[furiousgoldfish]

For those who need it: MercuryStardust on tiktok does a lot of videos teaching you how to do things yourself at home. Specifically in regards to fixing things. Please don't ever worry about how hard it can be to manage a house by yourself- as someone who had been told all his life I can't do anything, using YouTube tutorials and listening to creators like MercuryStardust helped me gain independence!!

Thank you for the resource!

[sharry-arry-odd]

Sam's grandfather had two core beliefs: (1) all things were knowable by anyone, and (2) anything was fixable if you took the time to figure out what was broken.

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, by Gabrielle Zevin

[god-of-expression]

hi - just wanted to check in and ask if you’re doing better?

- @x-malitae-x

Eh.. a bit? Maybe?

Someone visited, his name's Oscar.

I want to try to fix things..

[calcedon79]

I had planned to write this afternoon. No children, no appointments, time for me. Yeah, sure 🤦‍♀️ Instead, I just spent two hours taking the washing machine apart, replacing the rubber seals, draining the floor pan, cleaning the drain pump and putting everything back together again. What was the biggest problem? My youngest likes lollipops… and Lego. (I found half a Lego set and four lollipop sticks.) Well, still nothing written, but at least I now know how to repair a washing machine. That's something.

[planningficmemes]

[agentsquirrelsgotrobots]

Visible mending for the win! It's not pretty, but it works.

[furygirlmp3]

Repairing myself

[captin-demi]

Fixed the busted toilet. Turned on the water it works starts to celebrate look over and now the faucet is leaking. 🤦‍♂️ it's too dark to go to the store again and start a new project. So I just shut the water off to it and called it a night. Still love this schooling life though 🚌 ❤️

[popcorn-plots]

i fixed my binder, and I found my skirt :3

the necklace is a bit suffocating though but it looks cute

[thestudentfarmer]

November 2, 2024

October came and went like a lightening bolt, my apologies it's been a bit since I posted, things have gotten a bit crazy this way with some personal things. With luck now the October shuffles just about done and the November tubslide will be a bit gentler.

Onto some urban homesteading and otherwise~

I'm going to have to restart my fall seeds. Unfortunately, there was a bit of a situation which killed off my seed table and started plants entirely. For the most part, it's sorted, but I'll have to begin my fall and winter crops from scratch and hope there's time for em to grow. Otherwise I'll need to figure some other crops instead. Probably more chicken food or flowers/peas instead.

Thankfully, the already established in ground crops were okay for the most part. Some a bit stressed or stunted from lack of consistent watering.

Sweet potato has already started flowering now, i really didn't get any greenery from it so far (mayby a pound), so I'm just gonna let it keep going for now. When it msotly dies back I'll dig them out.

The sunchoke has now begun flowering, it's rather different than the last flowering I thought it did. Mayby a regular sunflower got mixed in? I did plant them around the time the regular sunflowers started sprouting.

I'm pretty excited to try the Tubers out, if there's enough for a decent harvest. Otherwise I'm taking them and spreading to another bit of the garden for fill in and propogation.

I can confirm, we do have a rooster. His name is Heihei. He's not gone through full second molt, but we've seen his curly feather, now hear his crowing and have caught him doing what roosters do lol.

Looks like I may get to try out hatching after all :)

No new layers so far, but hoping soon :)

Spotted this feather, which i believe belongs to one of the local woodpeckers. (I didn't take it, not allowed where I live)

Also have started spotting hummingbirds more locally and regularly. The parrots have returned again, though they aren't currently visiting us (no sunflowers yet ) and I think we've had a few female cardinals visit the lambs quarter plant I'm letting go to seed. Haven't noticed much in new bug species.

I got to learn how to change tires on a dolly this month. It was quite a bit easier than expected, cost less than $30 and gave new life to a good tool.

Thats it for now, ive got some chores to do and hopefully some time to get garden set up a bit :) new photos and updates coming ASAP!

🌱🍊Happy Urban homesteading🍊🌱

[akariarda]

I love you, but not like that

Love doesn't always have to be romantic, and Misako knew that. Somehow it seemed to her that Wu didn't agree with that.

Misako and Wu relationship in the past (if you want I will add one with Garmadon later)

@46674332-Thank you for the request and patience.Hope you have more requests! I would love to write them!

Misako stood in the waiting room of Ninjago City Hospital.

Opposite her was Wu, with his innocent face expression and blue hair. He was staring at something behind her.

She could confidently say that she liked Wu at first sight. But not in that way.

She was attracted to his childlike innocence and naiveté in many things. Without hesitation, she could say he was her favorite among friends.

But recently, things had started to change in their relationship...

"Are you okay?" she asked when she saw him nervously shifting from one side of the chair to the other.

"I'm a little scared," he looked at her with the gaze of a wounded animal.

That was Wu. A man who could jump into any battle against anyone but couldn't receive an injection at the hospital without someone holding his hand.

It only attracted her to him even more.

"It will be okay," she comforted him. "You'll see."

He looked at her again.

Those looks were the reason why she began to feel unsure in their relationship.

Until a few months ago, they were just friends and nothing more. Then he started looking at her like that, and everything changed.

Almost as if he liked her?

That's when she began to doubt her feelings towards him.

Was it really just friendship, or did she not see something more?

"Garmadon...he teased me again today..."

And every time he mentioned Garmadon. She had a good relationship with him, but not as good as with Wu.

He was someone she could easily argue with, someone she could get mad at more easily. She could also confidently say that she really liked him.

Although Wu was more her type, Garmadon attracted her much more. Whenever she thought of him, she could say for sure that Wu didn't like her in that way.

"Don't worry, I won't tease you," she said when she remembered what Wu had said.

He looked at her again.

"But I'm embarrassed."

"There's nothing to be embarrassed about. For example, I'm afraid of spiders and I can't even kill the tiniest one. We all have those fears."

"Garmadon is rude," Wu sighed. "He doesn't know how much his teasing hurts me. He's just...a bad person."

"Don't say that," Misako said, surprised at herself. She felt no hatred towards Garmadon for teasing Wu. She felt only understanding.

"Why do you always defend him?" Wu asked angrily.

"I'm not defending him," Misako defended herself, and Wu looked at her skeptically.

"I sympathize with him. I also enjoy teasing people. Just tell him that it hurts you. I'll tell him if you want."

Wu looked at her as if he wasn't happy about talking to Garmadon about it.

As if he wasn't happy that she and Garmadon were getting closer.

"I don't like doing these things..."

"I know, Wu," Misako said with tenderness. "That's why everyone loves you, because you're a good person."

******

"See, it wasn't scary," Misako said as they were leaving the doctor's office.

He was still ashamed that she had to see him scared like a little child.

"It wasn't", he said quietly, still stealing glances at her.

"Thank you for coming with me." As he looked at her, he wondered if she felt anything towards him like what he felt towards her.

"No problem," she said as she turned to leave. Wu could only watch as she walked away.

"And Wu.."She started unsurly."I love you.i really do,but not like that."

He didn't need to say anything; she read him herself. He was just afraid that he had jeopardized their friendship.

He truly loved her and wanted her to be happy.

He just hoped that they could still spend time together.

He was just afraid that it wouldn't happen for a long time.

He had created a gap between them, he knew.

He would be alone because he would never be able to love anyone else the way he loved her.

And she didn't love him; she had told him that herself.At least not like that.

But maybe there is still a hope?(If dose thing that he started to see between her and Garmadon stop)

Garmadon and Misako talk is coming soon

[notbrokenjustfake]

Head Canons:

-Not so much HC, more so actual canon. He is a construct built from stolen Kheanri'ahan's knowledge. He doesn't need to eat, sleep, or drink. He can, but it isn't necessary for survival. For me, he is male with male anatomy.

-He is a divine puppet! He will never be human. This isn't fucking Pinocchio, and you will not love him in to becoming a real boy.

-That time is spent in research pertaining to Nahida's missions and his desires. He also pokes around in the Abyss, which currently is probably the only place he feels whole.

-Not a player per se, but I wouldn’t put it past him to manipulate randoms into bed, use them for what they are worth, and ghost them… If the mood ever struck him. It would not be pretty or nice in the least.

-There is just nothing soft about this man. He is toxic, selfish, vengeful, hateful and power-hungry. Until he decides to give a fuck about something other than himself and vengeance killing this will remain the case.

-Weaknesses will be exploited. He is not a good person.

-If he’s nice it is because he wants something, or he simply is bored and wishes to toy with someone because he can. We have seen this behavior in the meteor event where he played the good guy to get close and attempt to kill the Traveler and again in Irminsul. It is a mask and a role; he can slide right into it for any reason he chooses.

-On offering his memories back, Nahida specifically states that he will revert to his previous incarnation (The Balladeer). During this cut scene, he specifically says, “All worthless dross will be purged that’s why this won’t be the end.” While he is less antagonistic towards them and he does take responsibility for his actions, he does not regret them. He assists them because he feels like he owes them both and it's better than being worthless.

-He is also an injustice collector. The “betrayals”, outside of Dottore, could be explained to any reasonable being. However, he clings to them like a blanket. It’s not only HIS INJUSTICES he collects. It’s everyone’s, every misstep of every human he has ever met is a mark against humanity. After 400 years of watching humanity doing the awful shit they do, he has simply determined they are inferior.

-He doesn’t stay in Sumeru. He is in contact with researchers due to assisting Nahida. He is not “the popular asshole college/high school guy.” Nahida wants badly for him to see the good in humanity, so I would not put it past her to leak out his birthday and encourage interaction.

-He doesn’t even consider his “birth” day to be anything then another day… and I don't see Nahida being good for him. You don't help a person get better by forcing them to do something they hate; this is only going to breed more hate.

-Wanderer’s clean slate isn’t to fit into humanity, it is to learn to accept himself and to be himself, and going along with that he'd want to be accepted for who he is by the people who claim to care. Which is the dual meaning behind the finches. Rebirth and find your true north. This is your path, stay on it.

-He still hates humanity and still believes that they are inferior. All of this is made clear in his voice lines on his playable character, and all of this combined with his story so far indicates that he's not changed all that much. Sometimes, broken things are just too broken.

-He's been tortured by Dottore twice.

-He’s tried to kill the Traveler on 3 occasions. This ship is not something I am going to write. Is cool if you are into it, it's just a lot for me to get past to even feel anything.

-With that being said he considers the Traver to be a dull naive waste of time. A mewing kitten with a hero complex accompanied by an equally moronic screeching garbage disposal. His somewhat tolerable attitude toward them being nothing more than a shred of respect and repayment.

-Due to spending a lot of time in the Abyss, he's met the Abyss twin, and this would be a preferred interaction.

-On EI. This is easy to write off as abandonment issues and it may have even started off that way. However, over time it's become more anger about being denied his birth right.

[god-of-expression]

The Fog can come get your horns.

- @quixis-midas

Are- are you sure you're ready, Midas..? I don't want to push-

[windsails]

🌊 the problem with too much repetition

say for example you have a ritual of wishing someone peace, you say "peace be with you" every single day upon greeting someone on the street

but if this ritual becomes too common and is repeated too often it eventually gets taken for granted, it becomes unconscious and therefore loses its conscious meaning and eventually people forget what it was originally adopted for in the first place

this is dangerous! because if the ritual exists for a reason, it's important to preserve the reason for the solution just as much as the solution is important

in other words, documenting problems is just as important as documenting solutions!!!! if all you do is document solutions you're going to end up creating a situation where all the solutions get taken for granted and then you're set up for a huge fall from grace

beware of documenting all the solutions, but none of the problems...! this is when people start to take all the solutions for granted until one day somebody decides to say "ok i've had enough of these boring old solutions" and then they literally created a bajillion problems nobody could remember how to solve anymore

THIS IS WHY IT IS NECESSARY TO REINVENT SOLUTIONS AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN

because if you don't they will get taken for granted and eventually someone blind to the value of what they have in front of them will make the mistake of throwing away paradise in favor of some more interesting looking disaster

so it's safer, to intentionally explore fictional disasters constantly specifically so you can learn from them and so you can keep everyday solutions fresh and new in everyone's eyes

[caitofcaithall]

does anyone else ever feel just... unreasonably guilty for shit that they truly, honestly, cannot control?

my faucet is leaking. it's been leaking, but it hadn't reached like, critical leakage, but it did tonight.

in the middle of the night.

and my ass is sat here feeling insanely guilty that i cannot Fix This Immediately even though i have

1 - identified the problem 2 - looked up how to solve the problem 3 - took steps to initiate solving the problem (eg ordering a kit that should be here later today) 4 - prepared to fix the faucet by cleaning the area around the sink

what the hell else does my brain expect me to do? drive around to find a 24/7 walmart? (afaik there's not one near me). babes. it's 3:30 in the morning. chill. literally no one is expecting you to get this handled tonight.