#how to live on shoe string budget

[no-psi-nan]

Haha no worries! It's downplayed a lot in the series because it's supposed to be a comedy, but when you start looking more closely at the stuff Kuniharu does, it paints a picture of a terrible father and a bad husband too.

It's been a topic on the blog several times, so I'm sure people can chime in with more evidence, but here's what's off the top of my head...

Raised Kusuke. Nuff said tbh lol.

Kuniharu calls Kusuo a monster multiple times and is almost certainly the reason why Kusuke and Kusuo himself believe that Kusuo is an inhuman freak. This attitude is certainly not coming from Kurumi, and nobody else knew about Kusuo's power. From the beginning of the series, Kusuo genuinely believes he's unable to connect with other human beings, and it's mostly because of this attitude inherited from his father.

Kuniharu is never seen attempting to prevent Kusuke from constantly picking fights with his brother, and only attempting to discipline Kusuo for behavior that Kuniharu considers disrespectful to him. This is mostly a fact by omission, but we do see him belittling Kusuke when the kid obviously already has an inferiority problem.

Kuniharu is one of the worst performers at his job and the first to be let go in the case of a crisis. When he loses his job, he's unable to find any others because his only real skill is shoe-licking. This was a parody chapter though so questionably canon. He's always running late for his job though and we see him trying to make a manga artist rip off Naruto, so honestly it makes sense that he's that bad at his job. The only time he's shown as slightly competent at his job was during a parody chapter too hsfjdlshfks.

However what's definitely canon is that he either doesn't make much money or mis-spends most of it. In an area where Nendo's mom, a single woman, and Satou's family, the exact average family, can afford to live, Kuniharu had to take out an 80 year mortgage to pay for a similarly sized home. For context, most mortgages are for 30 years, 15 if you git gud. Btw, the house was literally a gift from Kusuke, Kuniharu insisted on paying out of manly pride or something. Sir, Kusuke is a freaking billionaire and this is like the only single no-strings-attached genuinely kind thing he's ever done hsfjdlshfks

Completely irresponsible with money: has a huge Valentine's day budget for his wife's gift ($3,000 iirc?) and then spends it all at the bar paying for his coworkers' drinks (the same guys who abuse him at his job and think he's garbage). He also spends huge amounts of money on his model figure collection, and has a whole room of gym equipment he never uses. As a result, Kusuo has a very small allowance and for some reason, his one favorite food (coffee jelly) is not included in the grocery list. Even though Kusuo canonically gets insane rock bottom prices for literally everything that gets bought in the household. How do you fuck up so badly financially that you can't buy your clinically depressed son the one (inexpensive!) thing that brings him joy??

By the way, Kuniharu started dating Kurumi when he was a college student and she was in high school. Kusuke was born like a year after they met, so you can do the math about how little time he spent before knocking her up 😬 They basically had a shotgun wedding. No wonder Kurumi's dad is NOT a fan of Kuniharu...

Literally one of the first chapters is Kuniharu and Kurumi domestic violence but make it funny. They're throwing furniture, Kuniharu is breaking the windows, Kurumi is yeeting her husband, and all this shit is over a single coffee jelly, which again, should be a normal part of the groceries for their household. They constantly bring their son into this drama too, which I'm sure is fantastic for his mental and emotional development btw.

There's a manga exclusive chapter that's a parody, so questionably canon, but in it Kuniharu physically attacks Kusuo multiple times over differences in opinion.

However, it IS canon that Kuniharu takes any opportunity to try to physically harm Kusuo. Ex. Hitting him in the massage episode and trying to step on him when he turns tiny.

Canon tries to redeem him a bit by showing moments where Kusuo is a baby and Kuniharu is trying really hard to make him smile because he wants his baby boy to be happy. Unfortunately that just makes it seem like he tried to be a good father for a bit when Kusuo was a baby, and then as soon as Kusuo's powers developed enough to make him miserable (the time when he needs the MOST familial support!), Kuniharu just gives up, and starts using Kusuo as his personal genie in a bottle. While also trying to fix his own fragile ego by attempting to establish dominance over his son. ????? Get therapy bro.

Canon also shows that Kuniharu's love points for Kusuo are the same as for his wife, however, not even Kuniharu believes that, as he tries to run away to evade it hsfjdlshfks. And even if he does love his son that much, he certainly doesn't show it in any meaningful way, because his literal MIND-READING SON doesn't know that. There are plenty of parents who truly love their kids and still abuse them like hell because they think that's the right thing to do (see Kaido's mom being overly strict because she wants to see him succeed in life), so the love points don't mean much imo.

Kuniharu does dole out a couple of pieces of wisdom (at Kusuo's wrong date birthday party and in the volcano arc) but that really doesn't make up for anything and even his wife thinks he's childish so... 🇫

Kuniharu is definitely funny as a character, and like I said, most of this requires digging into canon a little more, but once you start looking, it becomes clear that Kuniharu is just not a good person, father, or husband.

Like, I totally get that having a genius and a god as your kids would not be easy for any parent, but Kuniharu really doesn't try to make life better for either of his sons, preferring to get into petty squabbles with his wife and play video games/build models the rest of the time. I'm not saying dads can't have hobbies, but the only times we see him spending time with Kusuo is usually when he's begging for a favor, and he also clearly does zero housework whatsoever, so...

Anyways, I think Kurumi deserves a better husband and Kusuo deserves a better parent (or at least a break from being used as a magical favor vending machine lol) so I often joke on here that Kurumi should get a divorce and run polls about who she should marry instead and such!

Hope this helps! 👍🏾 Thanks for the question!

[momentsbeforemass]

Secret sauce

He was kind of a legend.

He was one of the most successful lobbyists I ever worked with. Not in terms of making money, but in terms of getting bills through the legislature.

Which was amazing. Because his clients were mostly small-time not-for-profits. Stuff like youth services, after school programs, access to mental health care.

Good causes. With shoe-string budgets.

They couldn’t field an army of volunteers to help a friendly legislator. Much less write a check.

And yet, year after year, he got their bills passed. With support from both parties.

When I asked him how he did it, he laughed. Then told me, “I don’t do anything. I just make sure they never forget us. Because if they remember us, they’ll do the right thing.”

As I learned, that wasn’t spin.

Whatever was happening, whatever the issue was – even if there wasn’t an obvious connection to the small-time not-for-profits he represented – he kept his clients visible. He made sure they were part of the conversation.

That really was his secret sauce.

I bring this up, because it reminds me of what Jesus shows us in today’s Gospel.

Jesus is explaining the way that He does things. Jesus is modeling for the Apostles (and for us) how to make sure that you do the right thing.

What’s the constant in today’s Gospel? Jesus is always looking to God, thinking about God, following God’s lead.

“The Son cannot do anything on His own, but only what He sees the Father doing. For what He does, the Son will do also.”

That’s the point of it, the thread that runs through it all.

Jesus isn’t all about Himself. And yet, Jesus never loses sight of who He is. That sounds like a contradiction, but it isn’t.

Jesus never loses sight of who He is, because Jesus never loses sight of Whose He is.

Jesus is always looking to God, thinking about God, following God’s lead, defining Himself in terms of God and His relationship with God.

Which is both a glimpse into the inner life of the Holy Trinity, and the recipe for our lives.

How do you and I do that? We follow the model that Jesus gives us.

We make a habit out of looking to God, thinking about God, following God’s lead, whatever the issue is – even if there isn’t an obvious connection – defining ourselves in terms of God and our relationship with God.

That’s the secret sauce, the recipe for doing the right thing in all things.

Today’s Readings

[soft-persephone]

Jake Johnson Bonus Facts

Girl dad of two twin girls. The inteview playlist will go into details for you.

He was married his whole acting career!

Very sweet.

He built this log cabin during the pandemic and even did some of his zoom interviews in it.

We now know, I don’t remember if it from an interview with another podcast or on his own, he revealed that the photographers asked him if he wanted to put on shoes first before they started and he said no.

They are in his backyard and he’s one minute away from a pair of shoes, and he said no, for no reason at all.

That’s why we love him. (Or me at least. I can’t actually speak for you guys.)

I forgot three movies for part one, but also, tumblr won’t let me add any more photos to part one, so it’s fine. However, So sorry!

Ceremony

One of the first big movies he’s done. I don’t have all the facts on it, but it does have the earliest release date of most of his movies, so it’s safe to assume.

He’s not the main character, but he does have somewhat of a large role to the plot of the movie.

I’d argue it’s still worth watching!

Lee Pace is in it! As well as Uma Thurman!

It’s about this young guy who’s in love with this married woman and somehow he ends up at their wedding retreat and keeps trying to win her back, but she’s kinda leading him on. . . Or maybe she isn’t and he’s delusional.😏

Maybe it’s trying to be deep, maybe it’s not, but Jake Johnson is funny and he does drunk wacky uncle brother so well.

It’s not as intense as I’m making it sound.

It’s actually a joy with sentimental moments.

And also like watching a car wreck level of drama.

No Strings Attacthed

Mid 2000s typical romcom with Ashton Kutcher and Natalie Portman.

Ludacris and Mindy Kaling is also in it!

That’s it. That’s the movie.

Jake Johnson is the wacky guy best friend of the main guy and he doesn’t have a lot of time in it, but it’s not a super long watch and he has a horrible goatee in the first few scenes. So that’s pretty fun to see.

And his character has an odd nice guy side quest romance going on with another girl.

It’s supposed to balance out how assholey the main couple gets to each other sometimes, but not really.

Imagine if hallmark was fancy and had a bigger budget and wasn’t afraid to say fuck and show sex.

Also!

This movie got him Nick Miller on New girl.

I think the writer of new girl was working on this movie and she liked him in this and it played a part in him getting picked for his audition!

Safety Not Guaranteed

A wacky movie about these journalist trying to find a bug story and the woman of the group deciding if local crazy guy actually can time travel or not.

Despite how wild the plot is, it is oddly super romantic and endearing…….or maybe it’s the part of my brain that finds the oddest things romantic because it wasn’t presented in a typical romcom formula.

Jake is a little mean in this one if I remember correctly, but I think that’s something we all like about him. He’s fun to watch when he’s angry or mean or yelling or maybe I’m just telling on myself.

It’s not my favorite, but it was a super fun to watch. It’s well made and if nothing else gets you, the suspense of knowing if the guy is really crazy or not will.

More fun facts!!!

He loves talking business so there’s more in common with him and Doug Renetti than you might think. It’s a bit of his. He does this a lot on his podcast We’re Here to Help.

He loves doing indie movies.

He has love for everything he does and truly won’t take a role if he doesn’t like it in some way or feel like he would enjoy the experience from working on it or working with the other people there.

He lives for collaboration and a group effort and team work. Which he talks all about in some of his interviews.

He likes having a say so on his character and trying to do as much as he can with it, and if you ask me, it shows in everything he does, and it’s a part of why all of his charters have a certain Jake Johnson feel to all of them. However, he is still a good actor and they are very distinct in their roles and purposes for each and every show.

He’s just, very good at his job.

He also talks a lot about his life in certain interviews and I tried to compile them in a playlist that you can find on

This post.

If you are a sports fan, go to YouTube and search Jake Johnson Chicago Bears or Cubs or ..sports…

I’m not sure tbh.

He looks homeless sometimes, especially during the pandemic interviews, but I am used to this and find it endearing. If you’ve never seen him look like this and are weirded out or disgusted, I am sorry and not sorry.

I only watched them because i can listen to him talk about anything. I just like hearing his voice and looking at his face.

It’s amazing background noise when you have to work or study. Some of these sports podcast are so long and go on forever.

If you want help finding access to some of his more hard to find movies, please let me know and I will help as much as I can. Do not hesitate to dm me for any additional information

Thank you for reading, and I really hope these two posts have helped!

[separatist-apologist]

Totally agree that nonprofit work is not really all it’s cracked up to be. I’m currently working in a position that college me would have thought was my dream job, and despite fully believing in the mission, the office politics and sexism can really drain away all enthusiasm for the work.

Fully understand how hard it is to walk away but I’m so glad you found another exciting opportunity. You deserve all the best and I hope this new job is everything you want. Also hope you have some time to decompress before you have to start! ❤️

Working for non-profits is sold to passionate, bright-eyed grads as working for a cause. They don't mention that the cause is capitalism dressed up like social justice. I don't regret my time at one, but I wish I would have known what I was getting myself into. Not that for-profits are any better, but they're honest, at least. Non-profits operate on shoe-string budgets and are designed to suck as much out of underpaid people (often who need the job in order to gain licensure, which they take advantage of) and then spit them back out, burned out and disillusioned while they continue the cycle.

It used to frustrate me that we spoke so often about ending cycles of violence for the community, when the community made up the non-profits staff to begin with. We could start ending those cycles IN our organization and instead upper leadership (who makes over 6 figures) created the most abusive atmosphere. On paper we'll say we respect transfolks, in the office people are endlessly misgendered and there is no accountability because its the CFO/CEO who are constantly doing it.

I thought becoming a manager would make me a more effective advocate for my staff and instead I sat in meetings where our CEO would tell us that she wanted our staff members to be scared and feel like they were being watched 24/7. I sat in board meetings where our lowest paid staff member (who was not making a living wage even in the Midwest where cost of living is low) was told she was greedy for wanting more staff members to help her fulfill a grant that tripled her caseload.

I think I did good things during my time here- I negotiated pay raises for my part time staff who were making $13 an hour when I started when both the fastfood place across the street AND the gas station advertised paying their staff more for a job that was a lot less traumatizing.

I expanded our programming and brought us into the vastly underserved, rural parts of the state where I grew up. And I kept my department consistently fully staffed by creating a culture in which (I hope) people felt respected and valued.

I still believe in the mission. I still think the work is important, necessary, and worthwhile. And I would never advocate for anyone to work in these places unless they absolutely had to. My advice will always be to stay just as long as you have to, and prioritize yourself first. Don't answer the phone when you're off work, don't take it home, don't let them put their deficits on you because they'll take and take and take and it'll just never be enough.

[autisticandroids]

been reading various discussions on the genuinely thorny issue of ao3 moderation - mostly what to do about racist fanworks, but also the eminently plausible possibility that due to having lax content policies, ao3 could become a safe haven for white supremacists.

my first takeaway so far has been - it seems like having some level of content moderation would be a good idea, if only to deal with the hypothetical nazis who could use ao3 as a place to post their manifestos. like, i am in general suspicious of content moderation on ao3, because it's both hard (ao3 is big and has a shoe-string budget; moreover, the ethics of content-moderation in general are thorny, as most content moderation is done exploitatively and it can even be traumatic for the moderators) and likely to be abused. but i am coming around to the idea that ao3 has to at least be prepared to defend against the people who tend to show up on "free speech platforms" if nothing else.

my second takeaway is that it would be really easy for ao3 to have better anti-harassment policies, and its failure to do this much is pathetic. it's one thing to host fictional stories with arguably reprehensible content; that's a complex issue both in terms of whether it's worth doing anyway and in terms of who decides what's reprehensible (and in fact, who decides where the line is re: what's reprehensible enough that it's not worth doing anyway). however, it should be easy to simply temp-ban or permaban users who do things like use racial slurs in their comments or incite harassment in their author's notes. that's actually pretty simple and inarguable. ao3's failure to do this is embarrassing.

my third takeaway has been that i think people are just entirely failing to note one of the biggest likely problems with more content moderation - spurious mass-reporting. lots of these arguments take into account that people might do things like "report fic with sex between an eighteen year old and a twenty five year old as pedophilia" in good faith because they're stupid, and i agree that that will definitely happen because fandom is fandom and online is online. however, it's also common to use intentionally spurious mass reporting as a form of harassment on platforms that are more trigger happy with a suspension or ban than ao3. and that's not something i really see brought up? this seems like one of the most obvious problems to be tackled on a more moderated ao3.

my fourth takeaway is that these calls for action against racism tend to use examples of homophobia and misogyny in their hypotheticals in order to seem more neutral/cater to people who don't care that much about racism. but i think that's a bad source for hypotheticals because imo trying to ban homophobia/misogyny on ao3 is way more obviously bad than trying to ban racism. like, ao3 is a porn site. it hosts things people want to get off to, mostly. and because we live in a patriarchal society, a lot of what people get off to, regardless of their own gender, is going to just be eroticized misogyny. that's what happens when patriarchy inevitably shapes people's sexualities. this is nearly ubiquitous in porn. and i think homophobia kind of piggybacks on this both because a lot of homophobia is also a result of patriarchy. and patriarchy... well, it governs how people fuck, and what turns them on. plus, if you mix the whole eroticized misogyny thing with most of the porn on ao3 being slash you're going to get a lot of homophobia as a result. so i don't think this hypothetical really works the way people want it to. (also homophobia and misogyny are simply less salient given that fandom spaces are already mostly set up to cater to a very female, very queer demographic, because fandom of the sort ao3 caters to skews female and queer. but this would hold true even if that wasn't the case, imo).

[sleidog]

17 and 3 for commander ask hi! @avaeeart

17. How many people truly know your commander? i think for the most part, Slei wears his proverbial heart on his sleeve, he's very open and is absolutely awful at lying he loves his friends/guildies very much, and i'd argue the only people who don't 'truly' know him are probably the people around him who don't make equal effort slei for me was my idea of taking a character who wasn't destined for a greater purpose and was just in the wrong place at the right time when things went down regarding the commander before him quitting, and he happened to read a note he left that basically said 'if you're reading this, you're commander now, congrats' in a snarky tone slei is a character to me who has a complicated stance with his morals, i usually place him somewhere on chaotic good spectrum because he's very robin-hood like in how he conducts himself and lives by a shoe string budget himself :') he's very much 'just some guy' he has no unique power beyond being very in tune with animals, and treats his guildies no different than his friends, he doesn't really see himself as this big shot guy i suppose so providing you meet him half way, he'll be your friend for life [even if he might hide how he feels a little from people who aren't directly in his inner circle, it's a morale thing more than anything] 3. Who was your commander closest to prior? slei is lucky that the people he's closest to haven't really changed! in his normal canon, his best friends [teo and treab] are right there alongside him through most of the campaigns he goes on in AU terms, those two don't appear to make more room for others in this story, so i'd call them as his closest buddies there as well :> slei is 1 year older than teo and treab, but they're his best buddies, even if he has disagreements sometimes with treab in particular

[ifuckinglovedinosaurssomuchjesus]

GODZILLA MOVIE MARATHON: Godzilla vs Megalon (1973)

Oh hey, remember when I was doing this? I am at the whim of my hyperfixations and, luckily, I'm in a Goji mood again. So it's time to pick up right where we left off a year ago and keep this marathon going.

We're deep in the champion series, where Godzilla movies were made every year for Toho's annual movie festivals, which meant cookie cutter scripts and shoe string budgets.

The script is pretty standard by this point, except with the aliens replaced by hilariously incompetent Atlantians. It gets the job done ok, it keeps itself relevant and is relatively entertaining, even if you're still spending most of the runtime waiting for a rubber suit monster to show up.

Speaking of monsters, the plot mainly revolves around a little robot by the name of Jet Jaguar. He spends most of the movie getting yanked around by whoever is in control of him till he inexplicably against consciousness and joins the battle for good. He's an obvious Ultraman rip-off, but he's also a cult favorite for his goofy design and his antics. He gets a lot of love from fans, Evangelion even references him in the Jet Alone episode, and it's easy to see why. He's not the strongest, but he's got spunk, character, and a catchy theme tune. You can't help but love him.

The same goes for the other debut creature, the titular Megalon. The Kaiju in this movie have so much personality, Megalon especially is super expressive. I love his child-like personality, where he gloats and taunts when he's winning but throws a tantrum when he isn't. He cackles and claps and slaps his butt, and despite having no facial expressions, he might as well be talking with how well the suit actor portrays his thoughts. My favorite is his obvious "what the hell" pose when Jet Jaguar and Godzilla escape his fire trap. He's also ridiculously pathetic, dumb as bricks, he ultimately gets knocked down by swallowing one of his own bombs. I love how he just lays there while Goji and JJ just stare at him with contempt. Even his final departure is hilarious with him face planting into a hole as it collapses onto him.

Gigan also makes his return, as cackling and sadistic as ever, and he matches Megalon's energy perfectly. They really do make a perfect duo, real team rocket energy of bumbling bafoons thinking they're badder than they actually are. Gigan's justification for being here is the best, the Atlantians straight up just call the cockroach aliens from the last movie and ask to borrow their monster. Sure, why not?

And of course, Godzilla is here too. He's a full on children's hero, accentuated by the goofy circus music that plays as he walks up to the battle. He's got some cool moments, like singlehandedly stomping both Megalon and Gigan when he first arrives and of course the iconic tail-slide kick.

Overall, many people lump this movie in with vs Gigan as the bottom of the barrel when it comes to the franchise, which I think is unfair. They're both similar movies in that they both live and die by the final battle. While vs Gigan had a really slow, boring fight that really didn't justify having to sit through the rest of the movie, vs Megalon has one of the most fun final battles in the series. If you can sit through the rather tediousn, but not all bad first hour of human plot, you get 20 minutes straight of some of the most expressive and enjoyable Kaiju action of the Showa era.

Interestingly, for some reason a US executive decided this was going to be the Godzilla movie to grab that American demographic, and it was marketed and distributed far more than nearly any film before it. While not an immediate success, it did result in this easily becoming the most common Godzilla outing in video rental stores and late night TV reruns. It shaped Godzilla's image in America more than any other film, for decades the name was synonymous with cheap costumes, goofy effects, and bad dubs. Even to this day, the Monsterverse's take on a heroic Godzilla fighting evil monsters has its roots going back here. Some people may hold resentment towards it for that, but for me personally, I really enjoyed it. It's not the best the Showa era has to offer, but it's certainly up there, so 7/10 seems fair to me.

[13thdoctorposts]

Another TLDR DW rant from me.

I’ve started to see hot takes that the reason Chibs wasn’t given a bigger budget (im guessing in regards to marketing) was because BBC had lost faith in the show… do these people live in the real world?

The job of every business is to do more for less money, budgets are often tight and stagnate, and often places don’t even raise budgets in line with inflation. The BBC isn’t printing its own cash, and Doctor Who isn’t the only product they are concerned with. The BBC has multiple arms of its business, I’d bet most are under funded not because BBC has lost faith in its whole business but because it only has so much money and that money needs to be stretched. Thats why they needed Disney.

It makes financial sense that they would bank on Doctor Who’s name recognition to help get viewers and put more money behind marketing newer shows and newer products in their business. I know it’s hard to believe but Doctor Who isn’t and never will be the biggest focus for the BBC just because Doctor Who fans think it should be. Scifi is niche… I said it… it doesn’t have broad appeal… it’s amazing it still does as well as it does, especially after 17 years on a shoe string budget after years of economic instability and a crushing cost of living crisis.

Oh and for the people saying they should have just put more stuff on social media because they personally would have done that for free… thats not how businesses work… social media requires a social media manager and a graphic designer at minimum to run, thats probably over 100,000 pounds a year for those 2 jobs at least. If running social media was cheap agencies wouldn’t earn hundreds of thousands of dollars running campaigns, and in a lot of the western world working in social media can actually pay a lot of money. I would guess the BBC, at least previous to Disney, probably have a team that works on all their social media channels for all their shows and other arms of the business and so every channel is treated equally which probably isn’t enough for hard core DW fans but thats just reality.

[cyarskj1899]

I sing this all the time. Michigan winters especially Detroit,Michigan winters ain’t no joke

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"It's So Cold in the D" turns 15 — the truth behind the accidental Detroit anthem we can't stop singing

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January 20, 20234:56 pm

DETROIT (WWJ) -- When it comes to Detroit artists who have made an impact on music and culture, there are truly too many to name.

But there’s one local rapper that Metro Detroiters quote regularly — especially during the winter months — who has never really gotten her due.

We’re talking about T-Baby, who had a massive viral hit 15 years ago this month with her now-iconic song, “It’s So Cold in the D.”

And if you tell us you didn’t just sing the hook as you read that — we don’t believe you.

The unbelievably catchy and quotable song was originally penned as a tribute to T-Baby’s late friend Mason Graham, who was fatally shot while trying to break up a fight at Universal Coney Island on Detroit’s east side in 2006.

The music video, was made with a shoe-string budget of just $300, hit YouTube in January of 2008, and went on to rack up an impressive 11 million views.

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In the years that followed, variations of the “It’s So Cold in the D” catchphrase have been included in tracks such as Eminem’s “Detroit vs. Everybody” and Big Sean’s “Story by Snoop Lion,” and the song has been performed in-concert by the likes of New Kids on the Block and Usher during tour stops in Detroit.

"It's So Cold in the D" received new life in 2011 when it was included in an episode of MTV’s “Beavis and Butthead” reboot, and the resurgence later resulted in a 2015 remix of the song (though nothing beats the original.)

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But even with all of its popularity, T-Baby says she received so much online hate after releasing the tribute — which she intended to be a commentary on violence in the city — she took an extended hiatus from YouTube and music to avoid the negativity.

Additionally, the rapper and artist, who grew up Latonya Myles on Detroit’s east side, has never really been given much in the way of compensation or credit for her original song.

Most artists who perform or reference it do so without permission, and despite holding a copyright on the “It’s So Cold in the D” phrase, it often appears on t-shirts, mugs and even candles with little to no money going back to T-Baby.

Though she has continued to have a social media presence and create music through the years, T-Baby says she still keeps mainly to herself, and doesn’t put a lot of trust in others.

But regardless of how people feel about the song itself, T-Baby created something that most artists have a difficult time achieving: staying power.

The song is now used on platforms like TikTok and Instagram, meaning a whole new generation is discovering the viral hit.

In another 15 years, you can bet that on a freezing winter day, Detroiters will still be turning to one another and uttering the phrase, “It’s so cold in the D.”

But if we don't start to give T-Baby the credit she deserves right now...well, there's really nothing colder than that.

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[variousqueerthings]

after 3 straight days of queer movie-watching at the festival (with an interlude to play some football) and my brain being overloaded with Stimulus, feel like I need to compile my thoughts on the experience overall: 

1. lotta DIY work, which is a great reminder that if you want to make, you can + opens up conversation around how institutions do not fund this kind of work (in the UK especially there’s a limit to spaces one can go for funding). the real experimentation/cinematic bravery isn’t happening for half a billion dollars, it’s being done on a shoe-string budget. that being said, one really wishes there was more money to be had in this, simply because it would make people able to live off the work and make much more

2. lot of sports-related stuff, both fiction and documentary, which is funny considering where a lot of my own focus is these days. also got to meet Verity Smith, which was a bit of a hero-moment, and he gave a lot of great info on the state of sports nationally and internationally. and yeah, I got to play football for the first time in 10 years!

3. generally met a lot of great people. I think the idea about “networking” as it’s been presented to me as an artist (including the word itself) is still a big problem, and will always be. it’s got too many concepts baked into it that don’t gel with the kind of work I do in the communities I do it in + my particular flavour of brain, but that being said -- once I realised that there are spaces where meeting/connecting with people in your specific field of work, where this aligns with queer practise of shared needs for what that work represents and is for, then yeah, I kind of got what networking was all about. So I could talk freely about my own work + listen to theirs, and not feel like we were just sussing out how we could use one another to get ahead 

when I was studying, there wasn’t this kind of... idk, discussion of ways that working in an arts industry -- with all of its [waves hands at the microcosm of any and all industries and life that is in the mainstream run by capitalist colonialist patriarchy] many many issues -- can be interacted with from different perspectives, so it’s neat to be able to find ways to do that by simply being in spaces like these

4. watched both wildhood and set it off as my main two fiction features (the others I either couldn’t make it for or missed parts of due to overlapping events). the former feels like a wonderful breath of air + fits into a space of both canadian first nations cinema that I’ve been lucky enough to get to watch, and queer cinema. the movies are getting made and they are good -- one does have to look for them/be active in spaces where they would likely be disseminated, which tbh is also an ethos of artistic engagement + community engagement that I’m very in favour of anyway. in order to get to the deeper stuff, it doesn’t do to simply sit back and wait for it to arrive. it does exist! go find it! 

also the sex scene in it was 👀👀👀 smthinsmthin water as metaphor belongs to the queers

also I’d been wanting to watch set it off for ages, as (only?) the second lesbian crime movie, next to bound. set it off isn’t technically centred on lesbians, but one of the leads is openly shown to be a stud/butch, and she’s respected/liked by her friends. I’m curious about how this film feels to the Black lesbian community and perhaps Black film-goers as a whole, since [spoilers] it’s got a fair bit of police violence and very little in the way of happy endings. 

where I sit with it, is that it’s criminally (ha) underrated and oughta be discussed in the same breath of compelling characters that exist in heat and dog day afternoon -- the bittersweet-at-best tragic ending fits with the general tone of this specific take on the genre (the non-oceans-movies versions tend to have mixed-to-tragic endings), although the violence does hit closer to home/more realistically than in most other heist films. and all the main characters are So So Cool, which is important for a good heist film! 

5. also got to watch two documentaries about older queers, one about the history of the Chicago bar “sidetrack” and the other about older queer people in Ireland. These connections and stories are so vital, and queer-cinema-as-documentation feels like one of the most queer things one can do. We love a documentary, because we’re trying to make sure those connections are built, that we don’t forget our pasts, that we have roots. there are people from whom we have these torches passed, and they’re our elders, even across continents.

also thank you to that lesbian couple acknowledging that young people are really struggling with money in this modern capitalism. definitely feels like it puts the work of the festival I was at into perspective -- with spaces closing and difficulty in renting (especially in cities), we need to find ways to open up spaces for one another

6. also I had a little curated archive piece up there and people said nice things to me about it 😭😭😭

[the-fiction-witch]

Dec 5 Gingerbread... first apartment

Media Lewis 

Character Adam Douglas

Couple Adam X Reader

Rating Cute 

5th of December 2022

I laid on our bed already bored with my textbook, while y/n was sitting at her desk working away on her paper for class.

"babe"

"Yes?"

"I'm bored"

"Okay"

"You wanna go do something?"

"Like what?"

"you wanna go to the Christmas market?"

"Nah. too busy"

"go to the coffee shop? get a nice festive brew?"

"No, too expensive"

"A walk in the snow?"

"Too cold"

"Did you wanna... make some Christmas cookies?"

"Maybe, what kind?"

"Gingerbread house?"

"....Yeah okay"

"Woooo!" I smiled jumping off the bed and grabbing her hand pulling her out of her chair and out of our bedroom into the kitchen "Let's pop on some festive tunes and get baking"

"Alright, Peppermint gingerbread?" she asks getting her little cookbook and tieing her apon around her wait

"ummm you know me well my love" I smirked cuddling her closely as she baked the dough for the cookies

"Would you like to make the shapes?"

"Yes, I would! what are you going to make?"

"A little house, just some basic house shapes, two people, and a few 3d trees"

"Oohh getting fancy" I smiled making her the shapes "I think... I'm going to make a mansion with a garage, pool, bulter and small dog" making my own shapes

"Alright adam, if your sure" she giggled "Now I'll watch those cook, you go and get our decor" she smiled

"Okay, anything specific?" I asked her grabbing my coat and shoes

"I'd like Maltesers and caramel buttons for sure"

"No problem. won't be long" I smiled giving her a kiss before grabbing my wallet and heading out of our little house heading down the cold snow-covered streets the snow still battering me as I walked luckily it wasn't far to the local corner shop quickly ducking inside "Afternoon" I smiled

"Afternoon, cold out," He says at the counter

I wondered around collecting up everything into my basket, Laces, buttons, Maltesers, kinder, gummy bears, Smarties, candy canes, chocolate coins, gumdrops, and basically everything else they had in their sweet confectionary section and taking it all over to the till he looked at everything as he scanned it and then looked at me

"What did you do to her?"

"Nothing. we're making gingerbread houses"

"Ohh, I thought you'd just really pissed her off."

"Well. not yet" I laughed handing over some cash and taking my bag scurrying back out into the snow before arriving back home and quickly coming inside snaking the snow off me "I'm back my love!"

"did you get the sweeties?"

"I did, how's the bread?"

"all baked, and the icing is sitting in the mixer"

"excellent. then it's time to decorate!"

I worked for what felt like several hours while the snow fluttered outside the window my plans had uhhh... downsized a little given my... skills. not being helped but y/ns sweet perfect little house it was a cute little cottage with caramel button shingle roof, little iced trees, chocolate coin path, little gummy bear string lights, a little pink waffer door and all manner of other perfection.

"All done" she smiled putting her last bit of icing sugar snow dusting on her house "How about you"

"I uhhh I think so"

"what do you think?" she asks

"it's... beautiful. seriously it's perfect. this is what like M&S would use in an advert. it's beautiful my love"

"Thank you adam" she smiled giving my cheek a kiss "what have you made?"

"well... due to planning boards and budgets, and overall handy work we had to downsize. from a mansion with pool, dog, and butter to.... gingerbread... first apartment. his bed is in his living room. and the shower is so close to the toilet you could realistically pee while in the shower." I explained "But still little ginger dog. he may not have all his legs but he is still a ginger dog"

"It's adorable adam" she giggled giving me a cuddle

"Mine looks really shit compared to yours doesn't it?"

"No, it's just as perfect. let's be honest adam if this apartment was in central London it would be six figures a month"

"True, at least we can eat mine. and keep yours beautiful"

"Sounds like a good plan" she smiled taking my wall and heading to the sofa so I took a wall to and went to join her.

[digitalvibesinfo]

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[birchshutter]

Painsomnia sending me through a rabbit-hole. How do you celebrate a birthday? Last time I tried to arrange a birthday party was in 2007 (when invited about 20 people and four showed up. Had cake for days afterwards. Did not feel that uplifting). And my birthday parties as a kid with classmates never really felt like they were about me (the last one I had as a kid ended up with everyone else watching mars attack, a movie which had given me nightmares a few years prior, and thus did not watch, i was in another room looking at everyone else, wishing things were different).

I am a student with a shoe-string budget, it is in the middle of autumn (so snow/slush/rain/wet weather up here) and on a weekday. I also live in a 20m² student apartment, so I cannot really have people over. My family currently lives 10-13 hours away, so visiting them is out of the question.

So, how do you celebrate your birthday as an adult, as cheaply as possible, without sounding desperate for your acquaintances, when your family lives too far away? Do you invite co-workers? Where do you go when restaurants are too expensive and your living area is too small to host any people?

I genuinely want to know, because I want to try it. It seems so fun when others post about their birthdays.

[androgynousmiracledonut]

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9. Women are utilizing the power of the Net to generate customers and conserve up to 90% of the normal price of generating a brand-new or repeat client.

10. Finally, females do a far better job of tracking advertising campaigns than males do. This reality alone supplies them with the evidence they require to go down conventional advertising methods that are not working and also broaden the use of unusual dining establishment techniques that are working.

This information is from Jerry Minchey, editor of Marketing Your Restaurant.

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[yermes]

When I was young dumb and stupid I use to violently disassociate and disrespect new aged practices. But I realize that theres many things “New Aged” that I do without realizing it and honestly growing as a chaos magician it taught me to understand and respect it more seeing as we are living in a diff paradigm than say John Dee or Crowley.

Heres some examples I shall put a stereotype next to it.

Modern nature practitioner esk things

- using reusable shopping bags (its bc Idk how to use the shitty plastic ones without them breaking and I just love to overload them)

- taking care of plants bc most people I am around neglect theirs so I am like the plant step mom

- picking up trash (I always do this my parents have made me jump out of a moving car to pick up a plastic water bottle)

- composting

- recycling

Home/hearth/kitchen practices

-Baking and cooking and being aware of what goes into it (mostly bc I am on a shoe string budget and I want it to taste good but its also good for being practical

-Keeping my space clean and using different rooms for different workings based on the significants

New aged divination

- asking questions that specifically relate to magic now in this paradigm and coming up with new systems and spreads

Usually I don’t really put names to what I do or anything bc I move around and do a little bit of everything with anything but reflecting back on my edgy asf mean bitch days I realize that true new aged magic is just using what works within your paradigm to do magic. Shit is always changing and shifting and while new aged can and has earned some negative connotations I think this is a much more healthy way of looking at it.

[abovebelowetherington]

Bendy and the ink machine is a pretty interesting game to discuss in terms of its actual artstyle as despite it being one of the games most defining aspects of it’s identity I feel kinda gets undermined.

The game from a more technical level is somewhat basic with the actual 3D models being somewhat simplistic from a technical standpoint however however this is where BATIM’s artstyle comes into to make the game as good looking as it is despite the limited budget, almost every 3D model in the game is detailed with outer 2d sketching on the models themselves to create more detail, for instance stuff like crates walls and even character models use this style of detailing to give further distinction to the world itself, this in paired with the games excellent lighting create an incredibly unique atmosphere that’s all this games own, the sketchy style of the game makes you almost feel as if your walking through a living breathing three dimensional storyboard.

Another strong aspect of this games aesthetic is it’s character design, after all when it boils down to it bendy and the ink machine is about a former animator returning to an abandoned studio in which his old creations have taken a terrifying life of their own as distorted and unhinged monstrosities, some of the strongest designs in that regard are the trio of the butcher gang who look as if their quite literally being held together by shoe string and duct tape with multiple aspects of their body being poorly put together, mangled or replaced with assorted items found around a construction site, it culminates in their designs looking incredibly revolting and unpleasant but also somewhat pathetic and pitiful considering how painful their existence looksa, another notable highlight in terms of the designs is the end boss of chapter 4, brute boris who was originally an ally to the games main character in chapter 3 before being captured and mutated by one of games antagonists into a hulking unstable monster with you even being able to see his organs hanging out due to how poorly put together he is which only adds to the tragedy of their mutation.

Colouring is also an interesting area with bendy as the game aside from a small section near the end is entirely black and yellow, similar to have a nice death the game uses this limitation to its advantage and helps the abandoned studio your traveling through feel just that bit more aged and decrepit, as well as further add to the three dimensional storyboard aesthetic and further goes to give the game a look of its own

As well a it’s excellent aesthetic Batim has an incredible varied amount of locations despite taking place in an old animation studio, starting out with the actual animation and music departments but the further you go in the studio the more wild and stranger the locations you visit, an in built toy department, a miniature build of a planned amusement park filled with concepts for rides and uncanny mascot costumes, before literally reaching the bottom level containing a society of lost souls, despite this the game still manages to have this all blend together without feeling jarring or immersion break due to the games atmosphere and general look of being run down and corrupted being consistent throughout.

also I just want to take a second to talk about some of the official comics made about bendy and yes you heard me right there are bendy comics a couple of 2-4 panel gag comics similar akin to a silent Garfield with how most of them are structured it’s a small short story or scenario that ends on a punchline, art wise it kinda looks like a flatter versions of the newer mickey mouse shorts these ones are just fine 

the second segment however is where things start to get real interesting, the comics and plots are much better bendy and co can talk and damn the art for these look really nice, the art itself feels fresh and new while capturing a very cartoony and fun vibe you’d expect for stuff of that era with the proportions and expressions , not gonna lie these comics are probably some of the best bendy media we have out there, the art is great the stories are fun this is probably the best and most fleshed out iterations of Bendy Boris and Alice as well as the butch gang as characters 

While I may take issues with bendy and the ink machines gameplay (as well as some past actions from the studio who made the game) I cannot deny how well done and unique it’s aesthetic and world design is and how much it benefits the story and game it’s tied to, not to mention its ability to take cute or cartoony designs and make them unsettling and creepy in the best way imaginable, also as I mentioned the weird comic spin-off is also a really good homage to that old style of cartoons with it’s art and stories so that’s also worth a mention here