#he will be lucky if I don’t leave a 1 star review tbh

[aethelredism]

Just got out of the worst ghost tour in my life. I had to invent an excuse to get us out of it early after THREE AND A HALF HOURS (it was advertised as being an hour and a half) and the guy still had the audacity to ask for a tip

From one (former) ghost tour guide to another…eat shit and die

[sippin-on-red-wine]

No. 6 Collaborations Project: A review!

It’s been a week since this fabulous album has dropped into our hands. Click “Keep reading to hear my thoughts on each track!

Track 1. Beautiful People Khalid ★★★★ Favorite Lyric: You look stunning dear/So don’t ask that question here

Thoughts/Reflection: Ed keeps referring to this song as ‘cozy’ and I completely agree. The vibe is cool. I love the tone of his voice here and I think it meshes really nicely with Khalid’s. The content isn’t super relatable, but I think we can all take something away from this one. It’s a good note on self-awareness and being able to see the reality in things that may look glamorous on the surface. 

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Track 2. South of the Border feat. Camila Cabello, Cardi B ★★★★★ Favorite Lyric: So join me in this bed that I’m in/Push up on me and sweat darlin’/So I’m gonna put my time in/Won’t stop until the angels sing

Thoughts/Reflection: This track is literally freaking scorching hot fire. TBH I’m surprised that they led the album with IDC and not this one. It feels like big radio potential to me. Regardless, this song is an absolute BOP - so catchy and so fucking sexy. 

I know Ed’s Spanish leaves something to be desired ☺ But I feel like we can cut him some slack after singing (yet another) song dedicated to going down on a woman. The ginger is forgiven! Five stars for him! And I’m going to have SOTB on repeat all summer (or for the rest of my life).

Oh, I also really like Cardi on this song. IDK if she’s problematic or w/e, I don’t really follow her in the media at all. But her verse is fun. (I think Ed got a lil jungle fever AY) bahahahah

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Track 3. Cross Me feat. Chance the Rapper, PnB Rock ★★★★★ Favorite Lyric: Know she gonna slide anytime you bitches talk shit/Keep a lil blade in her fuckin’ lip gloss kit 

Thoughts/Reflection: Love love love LOVE this one. It just makes you want to get up and DANCE the damn thing! I have to laugh a little at the thought of Ed being hard & tough, lol, but it’s a cool concept nonetheless. Like he said in his Charlemagne interview, it’s kind of a love song…. but a different tempo. It’s catchy as all hell and Chance’s verse is fucking cool. 

Full points. 

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Track 4. Take Me Back to London feat. Stormzy ★★★★★ Favorite Lyric: Coz you can win BRITS (it don’t stop)/And you can do Glasto (headline slot)

Thoughts/Reflection: Fuck. This song, though. IIt’s the first one that jumped out at me when I did my first full album listen. And I haven’t stopped listening since. The chorus is so syncopated. Stormzy is sick on this track, I love his voice so much. And it just feels like the two of them really play off each other nicely and probably had a blast making this song. 

Also, Ed flexing “Grossed half a billi on the Divide tour/No I’m not kidding what would I lie for” is BDE and I’m personally really here for it.

This song is a banger and you should dance in your kitchen to it while baking pastries. FIve stars for you, Big Mike and Teddy.

(Dear God please let Stormzy guest live in Ipswich)

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Track 5. Best Part of Me feat. YEBBA ★★★★ Favorite Lyric: it’s not a lyric but that part when Ed & YEBBA are harmonizing perfectly in the whoooaaAAaaaA 

Thoughts/Reflection: I love the sound on this song! His voice is so raw and tender here. It reminds me of Plus era, but grown up. I think it may be how delicately he approaches the syllables in his verse and the chorus. YEBBA’s tone is super rich and lovely, and they sound great together.

I’m taking a “star” off here because I don’t love the lyrics. I get that he’s being vulnerable and showing insecurities in verse 1, but then YEBBA follows that up with lamenting about misplacing things and being late for the train? It doesn’t seem to match up with admitting physical/bodily insecurities. Also, it could just be that I hate that Ed thinks of himself this way.

DUDE IS HOT AF

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Track 6. I Don’t Care feat. Justin Bieber ★★★★ Favorite Lyric: I don’t like nobody but you/I hate everyone here

Thoughts/Reflection: Oh god. When did this song come out? I’m trying to think back to my first impressions of it, LOL. It’s bright and poppy and of course it went and stayed #1 all summer (thus far). I remember thinking it was so cool that the melody is super mainstream and upbeat, but the underlying theme is around social anxiety. “Crippled with anxiety/But I’m told I’m where I’m sposed to be” 

I mostly skip this one now that the full album is out, but I think I listened to it for a full 48 hours on repeat when it first dropped. Bieber is problematic and shit, and honestly I don’t think he adds much to the song. I really like Ed’s acoustic version where he does the whole thing solo.

The bridge slaps. Literally. I love that clapping bit behind it. I wish that Ed hadn’t fucked up the lyrics to the bridge in the acoustic version lolololol

Four stars, will bop along for many moons to come

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Track 7. Antisocial feat. Travis Scott ★★★★★ Favorite Lyric: So antisocial but I don’t care/Don’t give a damn I’m gonna smoke here/Got a bottle in my hand bring more tho

Thoughts/Reflection: DID YOU SEE HIM GUEST AT TRAVIS’ SHOW LAST NIGHT? This song was already one of my faves but holy shit. In interviews, Ed talks a lot about feeling awkward on stage without a guitar - but it didn’t look like that last night. He was bouncy as all hell, sounded great, looked great. Looked like he was loving the crowd’s energy too.

And the music video? That deserves a post all on it’s own.

This track is pretty short but it’s packed with good stuff. Ed’s intro is really strong here, the chorus is interesting despite the repetition. I physically can’t help but groove along to this tune. I’m sorry. I have no say in the matter

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Track 8. Remember the Name feat. Eminem, 50 Cent ★★★★★ Favorite Lyric: 20 years old is when I came in the game/And now it's eight years on and you remember the name/And if you thought I was good, well, then I'm better today

Thoughts/Reflection: YES. YES. YES.  The song intros with a reference to Ipswich, bitch. I love how Ed makes those connections back to his upbringing.

It’s a little unreal that these three iconic voices/styles can flow so well on a song and still sound so balanced. 

I’ve got this one on repeat too. I’m determined to learn all of the words damnit!!

Five stars for a tune that I would love to see performed live someday.

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Track 9. Feels feat. Young Thug, J Hus ★★★

Favorite Lyric: See you wigglin’, jigglin/If I have a bite will it taste like cinnamon?

Thoughts/Reflection: This song is fine. I like the feature verses. The song just doesn’t stick out that much for me.

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Track 10. Put It All on Me feat. Ella Mai ★★★

Favorite Lyric: I try to be strong but I got demons/So can I lean on you?/I need a strong heart and a soft touch

Thoughts/Reflection: Falsetto. Falsetto everywhere. I love that! Ella Mai’s voice is so rich. Unfortunately, I don’t have a lot more to say on this one. It’s not a song I’m playing on repeat, but I don’t skip it either.

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Track 11. Nothing On You feat. Paulo Londra, Dave ★★★★ Favorite Lyric: You and I/Whisky on ice/Maybe later we can turn down all the lights

Thoughts/Reflection: This song is SEXY and cool…. ‘smoke clouds and the scent of perfume’.... the imagery. Man. More falsetto here. Also, please go look up the translation of Paulo Londra’s verse. Thanks. I’m sweating. Is it hot in here? This album is *sexual* 

ALSO THE ‘BRRRP’ AFTER “they keep ringing my phone”  bahahahahah 

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Track 12. I Don’t Want Your Money feat. H.E.R. ★★★★★

Favorite Lyric: I need you here for the good times and the bad times/Yeah the pullin’ out my hair gettin’ mad times/Not just the when I’m in your bed on my back times

Thoughts/Reflection: THIS IS SUCH A GODDAMN TUUUUNEEEEEE!!!!!!! I love this song so much. 10/10 jamming out to this in the car at every opportunity. Finger snappin’ cool r&b vibe. I love the super quick tempo (but not quite rap?) in Ed’s verses. And I always appreciate the little double-meaning-references in Ed’s songs - like ‘diamonds, silver or gold’ means $$$ of course, but also just success in terms of album sales performance.

TBH when I saw the title on Ed’s tracklist reveal, I totally thought this would be a slow mushy love song about how Ed’s lucky to have found someone who wasn’t into him for his money. This was a pleasant surprise!! I love that it’s a little angsty.

Five STARS bitch I love this song and y’all are sleeping on it

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Track 13. 1000 Nights feat. Meek Mill, A Boogie Wit da Hoodie ★★★★

Favorite Lyric: Birds eye view/Pay my dues/For a two-mile queue

Thoughts/Reflection: i been ON for a thousAND NIGHTSSSSS NEW YORK TO LONDONNN DIFFERENT CITY EVERY DAYAYYY

1000 Nights: a flexy bop and I love it

This song is about the Divide tour which has been going for approximately 572 years. Not that I’m complaining.

But it’s cool (how many times have I said ‘cool’ in this post? don’t answer that). Ed loves touring and that comes out in this song. And Meek’s verse is so fun to rap along to!

Four stars.

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Track 14. Way To Break My Heart feat. Skrillex ★★★★★

Favorite Lyric: I can’t stop thinkin’ bout her/And her lips on mine, so soft/Feelings I don’t know the name of

Thoughts/Reflection: biiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitch.

This song is NOSTALGIC and I simply adore it. It has that same… “cozy” feel that Beautiful People does. Which is strange, considering it’s a song about heartbreak. But it’s just so. Soft. And warm. 

We’re back to super soft placement of words and such pure tone. 

It’s hauntingly beautiful. And yet uptempo! Bless, Skrillex. I especially love the drums that come in during the chorus, after “you’re still gone, and i’ll say”

PS, the soft sound of mouth smacking at :13. Use headphones.

Some of my favorite Ed songs are ones about heartbreak, and I appreciate that he included one here. About an imaginary heartbreak 👀

Take another five stars from me, bud

- Track 15. BLOW feat. Chris Stapleton, Bruno Mars ★★★★★

Favorite Lyric: Hot damn/Pop it like a pistol mama/You got me down on my knees/Baby please?

Thoughts/Reflection: *laughing nervously*

Again, definitely not what I expected out of this track when the titles were all revealed. I LOVED release day on this one. The world collectively lost their shit. I need nothing more in this world than to see this song performed live, especially with a full band and Ed on an electric guitar. 

I’m still not over this loud, full, energetic song full of men bellowing about wanting to, well, fuck.

Bye

(five stars from me and also my 62 year old coworker Jan)

:::OVERALL:::

This album is SO GOOD MATE and I already cannot wait until the next collabs project! Ed blessed us with 15 amazing tracks to tide us over until Subtract comes out. They’re so different from his normal album stuff and I really love to see him try new sounds and get to create/collaborate with artists he admires so much.

it also has me real hot and bothered lmao

Thanks for coming to my tEd talk.

[allthefilmsiveseenforfree]

The Secret Life of Pets 2

This is gonna be short and sweet, just like I would prefer this movie to be. I know *I’m* the weirdo because I go see all these kids’ movies when I have no kids, hang around no kids, and have less than no interest in kid things. so is it really my fault if a kids’ movie doesn’t grab me? No. BUT, I think we can all agree, there’s a sliding scale that exists from Pixar’s best to The Emoji Movie, and it makes a big difference which end of the scale you end up on. So where does The Secret Life of Pets 2 end up on this scale? Well...

Somewhere below Cars 3 and above your lesser Land Before Times probably. I wanted to like it, I really did - it features Patton Oswalt, my literal comedy hero, as main character Max (replacing Louis CK from the first film, and good riddance) plus a great supporting cast including Harrison Ford(!), Tiffany Haddish, Kevin Hart, Jenny Slate, and Eric Stonestreet. But a lot of it feels kinda...soulless? The overall feel is the kind of easy-to-swallow sugary sweetness of a Saturday morning cartoon paired with a bowl of Lucky Charms. There’s nothing WRONG with it, for sure! But I was hoping for something a little more emotionally resonant and what I got was a barely related A, B, and C plot that felt disjointed and evaporated as quickly as your hearts, stars, clovers, horseshoes, and blue moons. 

Like the first movie (which I admit I haven’t seen), this one follows the adventures of Max and the various pets that live in his high rise in NYC, including rabbit Snowball (Kevin Hart), floofy pomeranian Gidget (Jenny Slate), and aloof cat Chloe (Lake Bell). Max is super anxious because of all these new changes in his life - his humans have a kid now and he wants to protect him from EVERYTHING, which is stressful for a little guy! But when he heads out to the country for a family vacation, he meets tough dog Rooster (Harrison Ford) who teaches him a little something about getting in touch with his wild side. Other, completely separate and unrelated things are also happening with Snowball and Chloe + Gidget, but they are pretty lackluster tbh.

Some thoughts:

Right away I’m gonna say it, I feel very superior simply based on the way this film presents cats vs. dogs. Like maybe it’s because cats are just not really my jam, but this film does NOTHING to promote positive cat propaganda. These cats are horrifying nightmares.

While I don’t love the animated character design for everyone, I do have to confess, I find Max’s design so unbelievably charming and cute.

Of the supporting cast, Jenny Slate is by far my favorite, taking what could be a twee, ridiculous part and infusing it with a lot of warmth and humor.

Who leaves their windows open all day in Manhattan?? When they’re NOT HOME?? Is that a thing? That can’t be a thing. 

Also what building are these people living in that they can all afford to 1) live in an apartment by themselves and 2) own a car in the middle of Manhattan? I know rent control is a thing but I am side-eyeing hard here.

As in all underwhelming movies, there is one moment that made me laugh upsettingly hard, because even in the darkest places you can find gems. The noise that the turkey on the farm makes, which is CLEARLY just a person making a fake turkey noise, was so face-splittingly funny to me, I’m still not over it.

The one really great aspect of the film is everything about the Max and Rooster interactions. Harrison Ford is pitch perfect as the gruff, begrudging mentor figure for an overwhelmed and anxious Patton Oswalt. Ford’s lines are by far the funniest in his deadpan grandpa voice, and Oswalt’s vibrating energy playing off that is a delight. Plus, this plot thread is the only one that is focused on a character actually growing and changing, so there are some actual emotional depths to plumb here. Basically I loved this A-plot and wish that it had been the focus of the entire movie. You could have easily done a full fish-out-of-water city dog in the scary countryside thing for 90 minutes and had the growth and change occur a little slower. 

There’s an entire subplot with a tiger that makes not a lick of sense, wastes a very game Nick Kroll who’s trying to inject some amount of liveliness into the proceedings, and barely even delivers on a resolution. It feels very “we’re running out of ideas in the 11th season of a CBS sitcom.”

There is a series of dog and kid videos in the end credits of the film, taken from Youtube presumably, and they are funnier and more charming than at least half the movie. That’s not a great sign. 

Did I Cry? Yeah, no.

Even for pet lovers like myself this was pretty disappointing. I’d watch the 30-minute version of just Max and Rooster’s scenes on repeat every Christmas, but other than that, you’re probably safe to give this one a pass.

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[sleepytoycollection]

SpacePops: A Review Part 2

Part 1: Here

Well, here I am again, this took me longer to get around to than I intended, but hey, I had four times as many dolls to look at. Not to mention how much drawing I’ve been doing for my main blog lately, so yeah I’ve been busy. 

Anywhoozle, as my first review can tell you, I found my Luna doll to have a certain amount of charm through all her cheapness, and if you can still find one from your local TRU; you might be lucky enough to snag them for round $2 bucks each as I did. And I def recommend getting one if you can, if nothing else for a nice, articulate spare body and some MH sized shoes. Just don’t let your self pay for than $5 for one. They’re not that fun. 

I was lucky enough to manage to get a hold of all five characters, so let’s see how they measure up to Luna. To avoid being too repetitive I’ll try to focus on their unique features only.

Let’s start with Rhea:

Rhea was actually the one I liked the best from her art work. I mean look at it, she looks amazing here, the boots, thigh high stockings, the layers, gloves and chains would’ve made for an amazing doll of the effort had been put in. 

I won’t ramble forever about the what-ifs, but it’s just so much of a punch to the stomach to know we’ll never see the real potential these had realized.

I’m not gonna go through the all the profiles, but if anyone’s interested I could scan them in for better visibility. 

Gremlin #2.

Getting her out of the box, the first thing that struck me was her hat.

And I mean that literally as there was nothing helping it attach to her head. Much as I’m grateful these dolls lack those plastic ties shot into their heads that mattel’s become so fond of; I don’t think a rubber band would’ve too much to ask for.

Here she out of the box:  

She’s...something.

After how much Luna has surprised me by simply being less bad than I feared; Rhea on the other hand was everything I’d worried these girls would be. 

Her hair is terrible, it’s the cheapest, nastiest of all the dolls, it’s literally the same stuff the Midnight magic dolls used. It had a gross, greasy feel and wants to pull away from the scalp if I dare try to run a comb through it. 

Ugh. On top of that, it became quickly clear I’d gotten a Rhea with a defective hand. Instead of the normal back and forth movement almost every other doll has, she’s got side to side movement. 

Except, her hands still have the dents in the molding indicating it’s not meant to turn that way. I’m at a loss. I really can’t tell how this happened, or how her hand isn’t falling off. 

It could’ve been worse in that regard, but there’s not many good uses for side to side movement that look natural. 

At this point I’d only opened the one doll prior, and so was extremely worried I’d simply gotten lucky with Luna. 

sigh. 

Her outfit is super cheap, made cheaper looking by how complex a design they were trying to emulate. It’s all one piece and gives the impression of a store bought Halloween costume in miniature. 

I will grant however, all the dolls having their name on their tag is cute. 

But it’s a wasted detail on something this cheap. The black band on her waist is a sort of flimsy, felt-like material, and the knit of her shorts is thin. I feel like I could easily tear a run in it if I pull just a little too much, especially being unhemmed as they are. 

She’s got a slight blue tint to her pale complexion, as you can see her here next to Catrine. 

The socks are made of paint, and I’d have rather they be left off entirely. Her left knee also doesn’t bend, and I have not been able to fix it yet.

As you can imagine, after Rhea I lost a lot of energy for these girls. She was the doll I’d wanted the most, and was just disappointing in every way, despite me already having incredibly low standards. 

Still, I was going to have to open these girls up eventually. So this time I decided to go for the design I’d liked the least with Athena: 

Every time I look at her dress I can’t help but think of the Flintstones. Not in a cute way either. 

It’s like if, after their crossover, a member of the Jestons universe tried to make a fashion version of their cave clothing as a cheap cash in, and just doesn’t work for me that much. Maybe it’s partly the colors used. 

It’s a little better art wise, but eh. Maybe if she wasn’t he same color as Rhea..?

Blah blah profile. 

Gremlin #3.

Despite my opinions on her look, out of the box she struck me as a pleasant increase in quality if nothing else.  Nothing falling off, no visible defects.

It was around this time tho I was starting to realize there seemed to be a decided aversion to hair gel. Her spiked updo’ is translated as a short ponytail here.

Can’t say I mind too much, but lack of gel means her hair gets pulled pretty easily, especially where her glasses are. She’s got nothing on Gilda Goldstag that’s for sure. 

Her tie is made of the same cheap fuzzy stuff Rhea’s belt was made of, for that matter her gold belt is the only new fabric type here. 

But to my great surprise her skirt has a separate over lay! 

And it’s even lined, I’ll admit it improved my opinion of her a good bit. It feels sturdy.

Her netted sleeve too is competently made. 

..but left a stain on her arm. 

With out the overlay her outfit looks a bit less flinstone-y, so I’m just gonna leave it off. 

Under her dress she has some pink tights, which I appreciate as they become less and less common in the doll world. Even if it makes me wonder why Rhea couldn’t have had socks. Just one of those things I guess.

Her glasses are held in neatly with, of all things, the help of tiny plastic bobby pins! 

!!! I’m sorry but that’s adorable, tiny pins! And they work! Amazing. 

Her hair is the same quality as Luna’s, thank goodness, and is easy enough to brush out.  

But to my dismay, her glasses don’t fit her face. If you put the arms over her actual ears, they set waayyyy too low. I can’t get them to twist so the bridge will set on her nose. But if I place them high enough so the lens can cover her eyes, they get stuck from her head being too wide and wont’ touch her face. 

That said, I like the shape and look of these, and I’m sure I have plenty of other dolls who can rock them. But it doesn’t say much for your line if your accessories can’t be used for the doll they were made to be used on.

Still, Athena was a huge improvement to my energy for these girls, so let’s hop over to Hera. 

I wanna take a sec to apologize for the quality of several of these pics, my camera’s very old and staring to kick the bucket. 

Hera’s pretty cute, if you like Draculaura. Which I do. The fact the lime green specifically reminds me of Snow Bite, which is my fav version of Ula helps make it a pleasant comparison. 

Gremlin #4. 

Yay! A different fabric! And hemming! It’s a dream come true~

Now if only I had the same excitement over her hair.

It’s the standard for these dolls tbh, but being curled has not agreed with it. I’m kinda afraid to touch it. She’s got a head band in there, but it’s very hidden.

even if it wasn’t, it’s just a plain ribbon, no where near the flower crown of her art.  

The dress is really the star here, of all the outfits so far it’s the one that feels the sturdiest, and no printed details. 

Her tag. 

Her tights are different fabric to the other ones we’ve seen. It’s not as stretchy, which is why you see it sagging around the knees. It’s the kind of netting you’d see as a tulle petticoat. 

It looks alright, but it makes me concerned with how durable these would be in the long run.  

Now,you may have noticed me not making any comments on the shoes. Well I have a very good reason for that:

They’re all the same. They reused the same shoe mold for all four of these girls, leaving only one who doesn’t have these heels. 

That girl being of course, Juno. 

She was my second favorite of all the girls when I saw their art all that time ago. 

Aside from how much I love the colors used, she has pants! And a shaved head! 

...And another Gremlin.

And last but not least, here she is:

Of all the girls, she’s the one who comes the closest to looking like her boxart. 

So not too surprising her outfit is to be my favorite of the bunch. 

She’s also the only one to use any kind of styling product. Fairly lightly, but it’s on there. Yet, despite how little there was used they still managed to get a good bit on her face. 

 Can’t have it all I suppose. 

But the flocking looks good. 

I also appreciate how she has the most unique face paint of all the ladies.  It’s not much by usual standards, but with every girl using the same face mold, they can use all the differences they can get.

Without her Jacket you can bein to see just how had that top is, but she can put her hands in her pockets, so if there had to be a trade off, I’ll admit they made the right one. 

Her jacket is nicely sewn, only her collar sporting an unfinished hem, but I don’t know how you’d really hem those jagged edges anyhow. It’s usable and looks alright. 

Her boots tho, no complaints there. By Spacepop standards these are the best shoes you’ll ever see. By normal doll standards they’re still not bad. 

I very serious when I say I love these pants. I feel like most of their clothing budget went into that fabric. Almost like someone was trying. 

Sigh. But then you get this. 

It’s garbage. The worst piece of all the clothing I’ve seen here, and there’s no way this would’ve held up to a child.

Now what else have I not covered..oh yeah. The gremlins. 

They suck. 

Like the shoes, the reused the same mold 4 times. Unlike the shoes, I never thought they were cute. 

Only 1 dared to use a different mold, Athen’s gremlin: 

...Who might be the only one that comes close to being endearing. The combo of a cute hair style, cute paint details, side glancing eyes, make Roxie almost a nice accessory. 

Whew, well, now I’ve gone through everything I could think to talk about. 

Having gone over every doll just cements that the execution of this line was a huge misstep on the part of Madame Alexander. Tho I can’t be sure.I get the impression they made these to compete with Monster High, but they company simply waited too long.  

By 2016 MH was going into the reboot, and with Mattel’s sales and quality going down MA seemed to lost faith in these ladies and gave up before release. It’s a shame too, Maybe the weren’t the most original idea on the market, but They could’ve been a nice solid competition. Instead we got these; and it leaves me with a sense of melancholy the more I think about the ways things are going. With new lines and experiments coming to a standstill nowadays, doll collecting has been less and less exciting. 

And now, less than a year after their debut Spacepops have gone the way of Pinkie Cooper and Novi Stars. In their own way, the last remnant of an era of collecting that’s now gone as styles shift to something else.   

Still, I plan to have fun my new new set of ladies, I haven’t completely decided how far I’ll go, maybe leave them as-is for posterity. Their flat face ups have grown on me. Maybe I just miss the bright, harsher colors that are going out of style. 

All that said, I bought a spare Athena to experiment with, so I’ll def have some follow ups with how these ladies look with a good repaint. 

Anyway, I’m tired and out of thoughts for now. Hopefully you found this somewhat informative, and as always thanks for reading. 

[currently-lurking-brb]

Boy, do I have a story for you

This is a very petty story and I'm not sorry. So, I am writing this while I have a movie on the tv in the background, I am checking my phone every so often when I receive a message, and I am talking to my dog at a sensible volume whenever I wish to do so. Why am I able to do all this, while watching a film, you ask? Well, I can do this because I am watching it in the comfort of my own home. You see, while at home, you can do whatever you please while watching films, as you do not need to worry about disturbing others. If you wish to watch a film with no disturbance, lights off and phone away, you can do so, or if you wish to multitask like I am doing now, you are also able to do that - because it is your home, your viewing experience, and you can do whatever you like. A cinema, however, is somewhat different. It is a shared viewing experience, and that can sometimes be fun. There are stories of people cheering together in the theatre when the Star Wars theme blared through the speakers during the premieres of The Force Awakens, which I imagine was a wonderful shared experience. Because a cinema trip is a shared experience, it is incredibly important to show a little decorum, and consideration for your fellow cinema-goer. As you can likely tell, I am about to tell you a very frustrating, but somewhat satisfying story. So, today my family and I took a trip to the cinema to see the positively-reviewed Dunkirk. As the trailers started, I turned my phone onto airplane mode, so it wouldn't buzz during the film. Because I'm nice like that. As the trailers were starting, I happened to notice a group of lads come in. It was hard not to laugh, as it was genuinely impossible to tell them apart. All three had bleached blond hair, shaved at the sides and plastered like a solid brick towards the backs of their heads. For the following piece I shall call them Lad 1, Lad 2, and Lad 3, as there was very little else distinguishing them, apart from approximate age. Lads 1 and 2 are clearly teenagers, can't be much more than 16, can't be less than 14, while Lad 3 seems older, possible late 20s/30s. Maybe he's a dad or an uncle, either way, he dresses like he wished he was the same age as Lads 1 and 2. However, I did try not to laugh, because even though I thought they looked like idiots, there are a lot of kind, genuine people in the world who have silly haircuts, and it would be wrong to judge someone by their fashion choices. It was a little harder to not judge when the moment his arse landed in the expensive VIP seat, Lad 2 (seated in the middle, in the row directly in front of me so I could see them very clearly) opened FaceTime to call a mate. You're in the cinema?? Why are you FaceTiming someone? Random, but I push that thought away because it is still the trailers, and not even the trailers based on the movie you're about to watch, so there was a good twenty minutes of adverts before the film was actually due to start. Then, Lad 2 puts his phone away and they all sit very quietly in their seats, watching the adverts just like everyone else. I stop noticing them because I am also watching the adverts. That is what I'm here for. For a little reminder, cinemas are designed so you have very little peripheral vision. You cannot see anything of the row behind you, because of how high the chairs are and the positioning of the rows. However, you can see a lot of whatever is happening in the rows in front, which is why kids used to go to the back row for a quickie in the olden days. If you wanted to see something going on behind you, you would need to twist and crane your neck right back. Any sort of phone/bright electronic-based activity is clearly visible to someone in the row behind you - I thought most people knew this, but apparently not, so there it is, explained. The adverts go wholly undisturbed, until the film actually starts. Lad 2 pulls out his phone, and films a little bit of the screen announcing that we would be watching Dunkirk that afternoon. He then proceeds to add a caption: 'at the pics with @followmyfriend and @followmyotherfriend.' I can see this clearly because he is directly in front of me and his screen is on full brightness. It's annoying. The opening credits are starting - and those who have seen the film know it starts stating some facts and statistics on the true event, which is important to read - and he is still on his phone, attempting to tell all his insta-fans that he's at the cinema, when he had twenty minutes of not-film time to do so. It's really bright, he's taking twelve years to post it and is starting to disturb the whole full row behind him. My mum leans forward and says: "Excuse me? Hi, could you turn your phone off please? It's really bright and right in our eyes." Fair, yes? There's a whole advert asking you to refrain from using your phone during the film, because it's disturbing. That advert happened about three minutes before this event occurred. Lad 2 turns around and snaps: "In ten minutes." ???? Ten minutes is the main exposition of the film. You'll miss a shitload of plot and I'll have to try and watch it while your screen is flickering away?? Nah. My mother retorts, "No, now please." (Teacher voice: activate). The film is starting, the actors are looking dramatically into the middle distance. Instead of watching the film, Lad 1 starts to join to defend Lad 2, whose ego is clearly bruised after being called out by an adult, and starts huffing and puffing generalised 'yeah what are you gonna do hahahaha,' and they are quickly accompanied by Lad 3 telling my mother not to start on them, as he puffs up to look hard as nails. So my dad just says "Don't start," because ya know he's gonna defend his wife, and it's all getting very annoying. My mum correctly points out that they can be removed from the theatre for disturbing other cinema-goers, and they laugh at this. I tell Lad 2 he can tell his insta-fans about the film later, let's just watch it. Tbh I'm probably not the nicest person for that but a literal teenage boy was trying to give lip to a couple of strangers for being asked to be more considerate, and the most fun way to jab at someone after that is to be patronising as shit. I'm from the posher end of Oxfordshire, I can be patronising. The film continues and the Lad collective settles down, and I think: yay! Time to enjoy the film. Wrong! Ten minutes later Lad 1 whips his own phone out, to send a text. I honestly don't understand how it could be impossible to go to a movie theatre and leave your phone undisturbed for a relatively short period of time. Seriously - ten minutes??? I've had farts last longer. Anyway, after the text, which he angled away so my mum couldn't see - but I could - he proceeds to stare at my mother. Lad 2 joins staring at my mother. They're smirking and staring, as if waiting for something to happen. I am directly behind them and tell them not to stare. I'll smugly admit they jump a bit, as they didn't realise I was looking at them, and I may have spat it a little meanly, but fuck it, they were rude and childish, and waiting to be called out on. It's weird to think you'd need to tell someone not to smirk and stare at people, were they never taught it was rude as hell? They proceed to whine: "We just want to watch the movie!" "Then turn around and watch it." Imagine being thick enough to prod and poke to try and start a little drama, and then get upset when someone calls you out on it? Bless. The film goes on, and Lad 3 huffs and puffs every now and then, at first I assumed he was attempting to seem tough and strong in front of the other Lads, but I was corrected later. He was vaping away. In a cinema. Charming. I continue to watch the film, and see little blond plastered heads bobbing away, chatting to each other, leaning close to whisper for a solid twenty minutes. You just wanted to watch the movie? With audio commentary maybe?? By the time we're hitting about the 40 minute mark of the film, I've noticed the solid gel-brick head of Lad 2 twisting around as far as his scrawny neck will take him to stare at me. I am not editing the truth to make myself the hero of a story, I was literally sitting, trying to watch Mark Rylance's beautiful acting. I couldn't have been doing anything to bother the row in front, because of the peripheral vision I mentioned earlier. Regardless, Lad 2 turns around to watch me no less than four times. Why? Are you struck by my ethereal beauty? Fat chance. Can you hear me breathing and is it somehow annoying? Nope. Are you a little shit? Yep. This continues and it's beyond creepy. Like, let it go, little boy. We've hit 45 minutes, it's starting to get really good. This film is intense as hell and I'd highly recommend it. Out of nowhere, I get the eeriest feeling. I already know what it's going to be. I look down and there they are; Tweedle-Fucking-Dee and Tweedle-Fucking-Dumb. They have both craned their necks around as far as they can to look up directly at me. I feel like an acorn that's been spotted by two competing wannabe-alpha squirrels. Squirrels don't even have alphas, so that says a lot, really. By the way - this is REALLY FUCKING CREEPY. What business do you have staring at a random girl??? Is this how you think you get them to like you? It's not. It's predatory and beyond gross. You literally disgust and repel me. I look down at them, they look up at me. Lad 2 smiles, as if he's somehow accomplished something. Then again, he's blessed with my attention, so he should feel lucky (sarcasm). I lean forward, I smile, and very sweetly say "I'm sorry, I thought you said you wanted to watch the film?" Lad 1 sits back and huffs, while Lad 2 has a brain fart. I don't think he managed to comprehend what was going on. He started wildly gesticulating, furiously whispering random babbled words that didn't really made sense. Something along the lines of: "Oh my god!!!! Why are you would you stop this is so I can't believe-" Poor kid can't even pull together a single sentence. No wonder staring was the only weapon in his arsenal. Gormless shit. Again, I find myself wondering: Why would you attempt to start a drama or pick a fight, and then act so surprised and offended when you are called out on it? I don't know, maybe they haven't been taught about cause and effect in school yet. Anyway, while Lad 2 is having his tantrum, Lad 3 gets all guffaw-y, and my dad just gets out and leaves. Lad 3 stands up, and follows shortly after. He is puffed up like an overweight pigeon that's holding in as much vape-shit as possible to attempt to seem big. The next part I wasn't privy to, but my dad filled me in after the film. According to dad, Lad 3 walks straight up to the manager and goes off on one. He claims my dad is picking on 14 year old boys, that he's disturbing him, that he wants his money back, swearing and raising his voice, blah blah blah. The manager stays quiet, as does my father. At the end of Lad 3's tirade, the manager appears confused. She says: "I thought you said they were 15?" OOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH Honestly I lost my shit when my dad told me that. Apparently Lad 3 shat himself, and the manager followed procedure. From my viewpoint, Lads 1 and 2 left their seats and never returned. The rest of the film passed by in a breeze of clever cinematography and wonderful acting. On coming out of the cinema, my dad went over to the manager who had taken over from the previous manager, and thanked her for how they dealt with it. The lovely manager then said she was sorry for the disturbance, and offered us free cinema tickets to use. Brilliant. Some may read this and think: 'Hannah this is so mean?' But you know what? If a couple of teenage boys are going to try and act all tough, high and mighty, and think they're really clever, they deserve to face consequences. They thought they were so big, so hard, and we very pettily ruined their Sunday afternoon. My favourite little kick to the teeth for this story is: they facetimed a mate to announce they were watching the film, they texted to announce they were watching the film, they posted on their instagram to announce they were watching the film, and they even forked out more money for the expensive, fancy VIP chairs to sit in to watch the film, and they didn't get to watch the film. This was because they were removed for behaviour that goes against policy - which is clearly stated right before the film starts. Got no one to blame but themselves. I wonder how this afternoon will be twisted, maybe they'll go home to mum and cry that a mean lady was sarcastic to them, and they were wrongly pulled out of a film because a mean old man made up terrible lies about her darling children. Ha. My question is - why? Why do teenage boys like to prove themselves? Why must they show everyone how big their dick is? Why do they feel the need to tell everyone how tough they are - that they could take on the world if they wanted to? I'll tell you why, because they're victims to toxic masculinity. What's that, you say? It's a set of societal conventions that show men are only tough, strong, with washboard abs. They never cry, because emotions are weak and they must punch their way through their sadness. It's the alpha-beta complex that so many men and boys fall for as they learn what a 'real man' is through the media. That's right, boys, not only are you pricks, you're daft enough to fall for mainstream media tricks. I feel sorry for you pricks. Until you carve that chip out of your shoulder, you'll forever live a half life, restricted and you may never feel truly happy and free. You poor, poor things. This is my message to all lads everywhere, or boys/men with the aspirations to be 'one of the lads.' You don't need to be rude and inappropriate to prove how cool you are. You may think you're hard as nails and beyond cool, but you'll likely end up embarrassing yourselves, or being kicked out of a cinema. Trust me, no one thinks that you being a twat is cool. Leave picking fights to the schoolyard, not the real world. Ironically, this happened during the showing of a film that actually defies a lot of tropes that toxic masculinity requires. There are no big, manly heroes, and they never refuse to show their emotions. Dunkirk is a new kind of war film, that acknowledges that you don't need to be the hero to be a compelling character in a story, you don't need to take unnecessary risks to show that you're a real man, and it's okay to be afraid, it's okay to be upset, because to feel is to be human. With the likes of Batman V Superman, Wonder Woman, and Spider-Man: Homecoming, Hollywood cinema is slowly turning around to remove the traits of toxic masculinity from their stories. Of course, this isn't an excuse to the Lad collective, they're still awful. Maybe as films show more realistic expectations for men - as they are currently doing for women - the next generations to come will be kinder, and less likely to huff and puff to try and show the world what big boys they are. I'm petty. I'm not sorry.

[turtlekz]

Annual Writing Self-Evaluation 2016

Saw this going around and then next thing I knew, J, @paynner tagged me! Thank youuuu (you had a great writing year!)

1. List of works published this year:

Behavioural Ecology

Anthropology, Sociology, Psychology

Day 13: Relax, Take It Easy

2. Work you are most proud of (and why):

Definitely Behavioural Ecology! I’m just really proud that I actually finished a fic to be honest. Especially one that had a deadline (what with it being part of the Big Bang). I was very surprised I was motivated to write it, I for sure thought it was going to be daunting!

But I really loved how everything came together with this fic regarding primatology, ecology, and of course the 1D boys. It somehow just all slipped in place in terms of structure and the order of the scenes. I wasn’t lacking ideas for it, which is something I’m currently struggling with right now.

3. Work you are least proud of (and why):

It’s funny, I’m sensing a theme from other author’s who completed this, and I’m going to say the same: My 30 days of smut, and it’s because I struggled getting in to the mindset of Harry and Louis already being together, having kids, careers, and etc. It’s difficult throwing yourself into the middle of a story and trying to keep consistency with other author’s. Was definitely challenging.

4. A favorite excerpt of your writing:

Gotta go hunt for this one...from Behavioural Ecology:

Pebbles of silver sparkled at him in clusters all throughout the black canvas. There were no city lights obstructing the view, no light pollution to cover up the brilliance of the natural light. His breath hitched, and he suddenly felt dizzy at the enormity of the sky. Even in the countryside away from London, nothing had ever been quite like this. He had never known that the number of stars up there almost cancelled out the blackness. You could never see this much down in the city, you were perhaps lucky if you could spot a constellation or two. You almost didn’t need the moonlight, as the stars here were overpowering, with light radiating off of them onto the landscape below.

 Harry suddenly felt small, standing there on the dock of boat that was gliding its way through arctic waters to location rumoured to be a spot where a sunken ship could be hidden down below the ice.

-Raise your hand if you hate re reading your writing!- Ahem, anyways.

5. Share or describe a favorite review you received:

Definitely the one’s where people commented and said they learned something! A few people stated they learned a lot about primates, which was definitely my goal! I wanted to teach a little bit from what I had learned in school without it being too boring or overbearing ya know? I’m glad there are those who felt I accomplished this, and that makes me feel warm and fuzzy.

6. A time when writing was really, really hard:

I’m-struggling-right-now-tbh. Honestly, anything after publishing a fic. I find there’s a lull of time where I truly cannot go near a blank document.

7. A scene or character you wrote that surprised you

My 30 Days of Smut chapter. I didn’t think it was possible to write that many orgasms in one go!

8. How did you grow as a writer this year:

Definitely learned a lot about myself and how I write. Reading through Beta’s commentary opens your eyes to not only all the little mistakes you make, but also to the lines or quotes that they really enjoyed which you may have not put much stock into.

I also pretty much learned how to post fic to ao3, making your photo board, the editing process, all about it.

9. How do you hope to grow next year:

I! Hope! To! Publish! Two! Of! The! Three! Fics! I’ve! Started! But also, I’d like to get better at incorporating my main POV’s inner dialogue. I definitely struggle at this, and I’m in awe when I read other fics and the author does it so ~flawlessly. *whispers* teach meeee.

10. Who was your greatest positive influence this year as a writer (could be another writer or beta or cheerleader or muse etc etc):

Amber,

@loveloveolivia

​ (she’s going to kill me for this just watch), but I HAVE to mention you. I find you’re my biggest inspiration because I always, always, read excerpts of your writing and say to myself, ‘damn, I want to write like that.’ I want to be as descriptive as you are, and make the readers feel the way you make your readers feel.

You’re also a phenomenal cheerleader, and you give the best constructive criticism that I take and (try to) apply. Thank you for being here to bounce ideas off of <3

11. Anything from your real life show up in your writing this year:

There’s a little bit of me in every fic (maybe except for the 30days of Smut...). But whether it’s character’s mannerisms, or hobbies, or jobs, or etc, I take things from my real life and incorporate them. (There’s a lot more of this in my three unpublished/unfinished fics - whoops!)

12. Any new wisdom you can share with other writers:

Make friends! Just tag people in headcannons, or drabbles on tumblr. I love bouncing ideas off others, and I find it helps tremendously when feeling blocked in your writing.

13. Any projects you’re looking forward to starting (or finishing) in the new year:

Well my three working titles are as follows:

Tinder!AU

CowAU!

Baseball!AU

-Maybe one dayyyyyy-

14. Tag three writers whose answers you’d like to read. ;)

Not sure if I’ve seen @loveloveolivia , @karamelised do this yet?!

*All answers should be about works published in 2016. Also, you can skip any questions you hate or don’t want to answer, but please leave them on the list so that others can do them if they want. :)

[surveysonfleek]

556.

5000 Question Survey Pt. 33

3101. Would it bother you if your priest, rabbii or other religious leader (teacher if you are not religious) started wearing a plain black mask all the time? If yes, why? i’d wonder why they were doing that but it wouldn’t bother me. 3102. Where do you look for the answers? google most of the time. 3103. If you are driving and someone honks at you does it ruin your whole day? no. 3104. If you are driving and you get angry at another driver do you yell at them through their and your closed window? open the window and yell at them? throw things at them? stop the car and start a fight with them? do something else? if it’s really bad i’ll just do a long honk.

3105. I’m in the right lane on the parkway. There is an exit only lane on my right. A car pulls out from behind the pack into the exit only lane. When that car gets to the exit he is right in front of me only one lane to the right of me. Instead of exiting the parkway he tries to creep back in in front of me. I get pissed and honk the horn. He (I keep saying he but I couldn’t tell) throws up his hands as he slides in front of me. I think this is funny and toot again. He throws up his hands again. I do this about three more times and each time I toot he throws his hands in the air. Then my exit clomes up and I have to get off. From the time he got in front of me until I got off the parkway we drove approx. 20 feet. What you think about this situation? i’m getting confused coz we drive on the other side of the road but whatever. i kinda lost interest halfway through anyway lol. 3106. Do you live in reality or in your ‘own little world’? Which one is better? i believe i live in reality which could also be my own little world but meh. i don’t see one as being better. i just go with the flow. 3107. Who’s your favorite soprano? i think beyonce is one. 3108. Why is there porn geared towards straight men, gay men, lesbians but none really geared towards straight woman? i feel like there is? 3109. Is there more to being human than chemicles and impulses? If yes, what? life. experiences. memories. 3110. What if all the boys in jail could get out now together? depends what their intentions are. 3111. If your shoes could talk what would they say? replace me. 3112. How many windows are in your house? too many to count. 3113. Did you walk around your house and count them all? hell no. If not what did you do? sit here and answered lol. 3114. Do you think people store memories as pictures or words? i’m sure there are people that do both. 3115. If you got sent to jail who would your one phone call be to? my mum. 3116. Pick a movie you have seen: i haven’t seen one in awhile. Give a 2 sentence review about it using the word 'go’: 3117. Pick a song you like: no. Give a 2 sentance review of it useing the word 'come’: 3118. Pick a person you like: no. Give a two sentance description of them useing the word 'lunchbox’: 3119. What do these 3 words have in common: hippo, camp, us? they are words lol. 3120. If you could save time in a bottle, the first thing that you’d like to do is.. save every good memory i have. 3121. Who is the most powerful person in the world that you can think of? not sure… different people are obviously more powerful in different countries. maybe the queen? idk. 3122. If you were designing a mini-golf hole what would it be like? a lot of hills lol. 3123. Why do you think certain people become targets for teasing in school or exclusion at work? idk. some people are just bullies. 3124. Why, in essays, is the word 'I’ not allowed to be used when it is our own PERSONAL thoughts being expressed? i guess it’s more formal to not speak in first person idk. 3125. What song would you like your doorbell to play? something funky. 3126. Would you rather watch MTV or play GO FISH? haha depends what’s on mtv i guess. 3127. What is an itch? the urge to scratch something. 3128. Why did the holocaust happen? tbh i don’t know. i should read up on it. 3129. Would you be capable of torturing another person? no way. unless they did something that bad to me or people i love. 3130. How did Hitler’s army do this and still believe they were good people? i’m sure they were either fearful, brainwashed or promised a better life. 3131. Do you like poetry to rhyme? sometimes. 3132. Does 'jewish’ describe a race or a religion? both. 3133. How tall are you? 5′4″. 3134. If Hitler was capable of such cruelty to others, and he is human, does that mean that all humans are capable of this cruelty? not all, some humans definitely have more goodness in their hearts. 3135. How long have you ever gone without sleep? over 24 hours easily. 3136. Is a mouse a miracle? sure. 3137. there are alcoholics, chocoholics, shoppoholics, practically anything can be an 'oholic. What’s your 'oholic? sleep. 3138. Does heaven have a phone number? probably not. If it did would you call? Who would you ask to speak to? What would you say? 3139. Fortune time!! 1,2, 3, or 4? 3. if 1: 5, or 6? if 2: 7 or 8? if 3: 9 or 10? 9. if 4 11 or 12? Now pick a letter between A and G: if A: 13 or 14? if B: 15 or 16? if C or D: 17 or 18? if E or F: 19 or 20? 20. if F: 21 or 22? if G: 22 or 23? ——— you should now have two numbers. look at both numbers below and combine the sayings to get a fortune. 5: you are a very loving person 6: you will become very rich 7: you are too hard on yourself 8: cats will bring you bad luck 9: gremlins will eat all your cheese 10: you are going on a trip 11: someone you don’t know will be watching you 12: you will get what you want — 13. and your life will be filled with romance 14. but you will fall in love with a babboon 15. and salt is lucky for you 16. or you will inherit a cough medicine factory 17. and you will not come back 18. and you will lose the remote 19. or your favorite team will win 20. and you were born under a lucky star 21. but the next person who leave you a note is attracted to you 22. and you will have a stalker soon 23. or your best friend will take you to a movie 3140. Do you vote? yes. we have to here. you get a fine if you don’t vote. 3141. Are you always honest with yourself? sure. Were you honest when you answered that question? i guess. 3142. What kinds of diary names or entry titles make you specifically NOT want to read that diary? no. 3142. Is writing an online diary more about being honest about yourself or entertaining your readers? idk. 3143. What are you the last of? the last person to come into my room lol. 3144. Who do you really appreciate and what have you done lately to show that you appreciate them? my boyfriend. i guess we both take care of each other. 3145. When people do good deeds are they really doing them because they are a good person or because they want to feel like a good person? Or both? both. 3146. Somewhere far back in the survey I asked if Bill Gates or Mother Theresa was more successful. The most popular answer I have seen is 'it depends on how you define success’. Well, this survey is about YOU isn’t it? So how do YOU define success? i’m pretty sure this question has already been asked. 3147. Are people making up reality as they go along? idk. 3148. You may need a calculator for this one. Think of your weight. Divide it by 2.2 multiply the answer by .8 What do you get? That is how many grams of protein you need to eat every day to stay healthy. Do you think you eat enough? 3149. What is your feeling about republicans? idk. we don’t have republicans here. either liberals or democrats. 3150. What do you need to do? clean my room. What do you need to stop doing? lazing around. 3151. If you were to start a club, what club would you start? board game club lol. 3152. Are your hands and feet always cold? no. Maybe you have bad circulation. 3153. Have you ever been prank called? probably in high school. If yes, what was the situation? i forgot. 3154. Have you ever prank called someone? not in like over 10 years. If yes, what was the prank? i forgot. 3155. Have you ever gotten into a conversation with someone when they or you have dialled a wrong number? not really. 3156. Have you ever just sat alone with no distractions for a whole hour and thought about things? before i go to sleep, yes. If yes, does the universe open up when you do this? not sure. 3157. Are you a genius? i wish. 3158. If you were going to design the PERFECT signifigant other…what flaws would you give them? i would never want to design a ‘perfect’ person. 3159. If you answered NO to 3157, why do you doubt yourself? i didn’t exactly lol. 3160. RARRRR!!! Scared ya, didn’t I? yep. 3161. Do feelings and ideas come from inside the mind or outside in the culture? both. 3162. When you have a feeling or an idea: do you trust it? usually. Even when people are telling you that you are wrong? i’ll still think about it. Even when people are laughing at you for it? yep. 3163. WHAT IS YOUR SOAP OPERA NAME? (YOUR MIDDLE NAME BECOMES YOUR FIRST NAME AND YOUR LAST NAME IS THE NAME OF THE STREET OF THE HOUSE YOU GREW UP IN): hahaha i’d rather not. 3164. What is the differance between spirituality and religion? i don’t knowwww. 3165. What is the speediest way you know of to get over a cold or flu? rest, meds, fluids. 3166. Who is your favorite comedian? i don’t have one. 3167. What do you think of Winona Ryder’s court case? this must be super old. 3168. What was your last nightmare about? i forgot. 3169. Who are the people in your neighborhood? they’re all from different walks of life. 3170. During what decade was popular music the most emotional? 90s. During what decade was popular music the best? each decade have good hits i guess. 3171. How did Frederick Douglas, escape slavery against all odds? idk them. There were thousands and thousands of slaves around him, why did only he manage to learn to read and write? idk. 3172. Do you download porn? (be honest!) nope. 3173. Why is 'go suck an egg’ or 'your grandma sucks eggs!’ an insult? it wouldn’t insult me, sounds stupid. 3174. Life is: beautiful. I am: alive. I am not: doing anything. But I want to be: more motivated. And I wish I could: be motivated lol. 3175. What is the highest achivement anyone could ever achieve in this department? spiritual: physical: emotional: with their humanity: honestly by who’s standards? anyone can reach the highest achievement according to how they perceive it. 3176. Can you give step by step instructioons on how to think deeply? no lol. it’s different for everyone. 3177. Did you ever see the Wizard of Oz with the sound all the way down while listening to pink Floyd’s The Wall? nope. If yes, did you see what everyone says goes on when you do that? 3178. Let’s say you were writing an application for potential new friends. What three questions would you ask (and what would you want the answers to be)? i would never ask for friends lol. 3179. Which two words of the following words goes together the best and why: mullet, brocollii, community, blue, phosphor, hammer, ocean, hand blue ocean. it just works. 3180. Are you dyslexic? no. 3182. Are you overwhelmed? no. By what? 3183. 'My natural elasticity was crushed.’ What does that mean? idk. 3184. What is humanity evolving towards, do you think? technology. 3185. Are you good at cracking codes? ,t y dsud yp Ftoml upit ,o;l I’ll give you a hint. Y really means T. idk. 3186. How many holes do you have in your body (ex. mouth)? ten i think? 3187. Now there are ads on taxi cab hubcaps. Is there ANY free space LEFT to put more ads onto taxis??? all over the windows. 3188. What’s the worst place to have a scab? ass. 3189. Do you pick your scabs? yeah sometimes. 3190. Who’s goin’ chicken huntin’? not me. 3191. post 'it’ note what does 'it’ stand for? anything! 3192. What is a tragedy? idk. 3193. Where is guam? in the pacific i think? idk but i’m pretty sure we have the same timezone. 3194. Are you bubbly? not anymore. Do you drink bubbly? no, i hate it. 3195. Do you have caller ID? yes. If you do then do you only answer the phone after looking at it? yes. 3196. Bewitched or Jeannie? bewitched. 3197. When will you be able to just do what you want to? i do that now. 3198. How do people live with the fact that their time is short and priceless yet they get paid too little to waste too much of it? it’s all about the grind. 3199. OOGA! Make your best cave-pperson sound! no. 3200. Who tells better gossip, your best friend or your answering machine? best friend lol.