#generally applicable

[penig]

I want to die like a Sims 2 sim.

I want to see the lifebar getting shorter and know the time is coming, but suffer no diminution of ability once the elder birthday is passed.

I want some green juice to give me a little bit of control over whether or not I get this or that project done before I let the bar fill up.

I want to spend those last days fulfilling my wants. Visiting. Going out into the community to have one last good time. Having old friends suddenly want to see me and dropping in.

I want to paint or garden or read or dance just as I like. I want to eat my favorite foods. I want to go on one last date with my favorite person and have a firework time. I want to learn to cook just one more meal, see just one more star, finish up and publish one last novel.

I want to vanish quietly off the portrait line as the pets wail and my loved ones cry softly and a nonbinary spectre greets me, while a chorus of hula girls gyrate to ukelele music. I want to accept a drink with a little umbrella and pick up a suitcase and walk happily away to discover a new, idyllic way to be, with my loved ones who have walked off the same way and the cats who have chased their catnip mice to that good unknown place.

I want to leave money out of nowhere to my friends and family.

I want to die like a Sims 2 sim.

[penig]

Today we honor Dr. Martin Luther King.

My husband has taken the week off.

It is very cold all over the U.S., cold enough that unnecessary travel should be avoided.

Nothing else of importance is happening at all. Let us rejoice that some of the Israeli hostages have been released and hope that the rest will follow soon, and stay all warm and snuggly with your loved ones.

i for one intend to drink a lot of hot chocolate today.

[penig]

I was just spammed an ad for Grammarly with the tagline: Write as well as you think.

Dude, I write better than I think and I know a lot more about grammar than whoever programmed that crap.

[penig]

Getting a lot of new followers from various places, so:

If you came here from the Good Omens tag and are confused by all the reblogs of cartoony people, the tags you want to block are widespot at large, land grant university graduates, and land grant university. I've got a lot of it to reblog today because I just found a new Widespot blog, but it should calm down in a day or two.

If you came here for sims and are confused by all the fandom and literature content, the tag you want to block right now is Good Omens season 2, but you may want to block literature or specific author, fandom, or substack tags in the future.

Anybody who wants to get away from current events should block the I am so angry tag.

And feel free to block anything at all on here you don't enjoy. I try to tag everything. Let me know if I screw up - but keep a face on to do it. I will never turn on anonymous messaging, but the ask box is open.

If you came here hoping to find new things to enjoy, I hope you do too. Welcome aboard.

[penig]

Nobody knows what they're going to do until they do it.

one of the most important things, perhaps the most important thing I have learned in my life is that nice people can fuck each other up in monstrous ways. people can be bone deep kind and loving and self reflective and still lash out under pressure. people can be earnestly neighbourly and charitable and hospitable and generous and still find themselves in situations where they become selfish. people can be well meaning and easygoing and gregarious and hold deep seated opinions that turn them into vicious little bullies under the right conditions. nobody is just one thing, and nobody stays one way. every person is a kaleidoscope and they will surprise you. you will surprise yourself. it's not a warning and it's not a judgement and it's not an excuse, and it's certainly not a reason to stop trying or to stop trusting. it is just a fact.

[penig]

What Inspires your blog?

What an odd question. Who needs inspiration to keep a tumblr?

[wackywatchdotcom]

those are her HOOVES

[runemyth0]

Oh, that's a terrible idea. You should totally do it.

[penig]

It's okay to bother me even if you're not my mutual, as long as you're not being mean. I bother total strangers on the internet all the time.

REBLOG IF IT'S OKAY FOR ME TO BOTHER YOU IF YOU'RE MY MUTUAL

[knifearo]

“there are always more fish in the sea!” babe no offense but i just really sincerely do not want to go fishing

[the-agent-of-blight]

also, i really find it interesting how people can genuinely go about saying "Well this group isn't attacked for their identity so they can't be queer " while then turning around and. attacking said group. for their identity. and exemplifying classic __-phobic tropes. It's really dumb. You are being the thing that you claim does not exist

[lacystar]

The Maruki Labs Psychological Assessment - a Persona 5 fanfic formatted into a Uquiz. Answer honestly so we can tailor make a reality that best suits you!

Just like a real intake forum!*

Based on the psychological test puzzle in Maruki's palace!

21 questions to assess your mental wellbeing!

One fabulous free-write question to share your biggest dreams with Dr. Maruki!**

10 possible "endings!" (1 for each Phantom Thief!)

*Not at all like a real intake forum

**im not dr Maruki please dont actually look to me for therapeutic advice. actually, dont look to maruki for therapeutic advice either 😭

Inspired by the Jubilee Line Satisfaction Survey by @/peninkwrites

[penig]

And yeah, even in your 60s you'll wake up with a sick twist in your stomach because of that time when -

But then you wake the rest of the way up and remember that it doesn't matter. That you're the only person in the world who even remembers that. And you go back to sleep, with all the past layers of you that built you up into who you are.

everyone is embarrassed of their fourteen year old self trust me if you’re fourteen right now you will regret whatever it is that you are doing at this moment

[orcinus-veterinarius]

I remain baffled and disturbed by the sheer number of people who genuinely believe a zoo animal can survive, let alone thrive, in the wild. Animals that are bred for reintroduction programs are handled completely differently than general collection animals, and even with all that preparation, many will not make it. To think a random animal in a zoo can be set loose and do just fine is more ignorant than I can comprehend.

"Freedom" is a human concept. And projecting your very human desire for freedom onto animals is one of the most gross froms of anthropomorphism.

[polarmoon]

this is a post to feel out for potential interest: if i opened up a bachelor/ette challenge style application for sims to be featured in gen 2 of my occult legacy, would anyone be interested in applying?

i'm gonna need around 7 sims for what i have planned and i always love the idea of having sims from you guys in my game! i just don't wanna post a big application thing and then have no one submit or get less than i expected

if interest is like... low, but still enough that i can fill the slots i need, i'll prob just reach out to mutuals who were interested instead as like a sim request thing lmao

[penig]

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Check your subscription if you need Word for work! Don't get duped into paying for something you might not even want