hope everyone is staying safe rn w all the riots going on <3 it's so so crazy to be fearing for my safety and sharing advice on being vigilant to fellow poc/muslims rn
I'm back in the state my family lives for a bit and my brother had a seizure while I was driving him to his music class. Had to throw on my hazard lights and jump into the back because the seatbelt was choking him. I was already at a stop light thank goodness so people could just go around us. He's ok, it was a quick one so I'm just keeping an eye on him while he sleeps it off.
But I think I hurt my neck climbing through the car, or maybe when I whipped my head back at the start of it cause now I can't turn my head at all. I'm just lying on the floor trying not to move. Getting older stinks I tell ya what.
Anyway, we're still trying to raise money for his seizure alert dog so to all my new followers~
The amount raised already is the only reason we've been able to move forward the process at all. The dog is currently in training, and we should hopefully get her by the end of the year or early next year. This fundraiser now is to help ease the burden of the debt on my parents since they still have to make several more payments.
Thank you to everyone who hyped this fic and showed excitement for it. And happy birthday to me!! I thought I'd celebrate with a little Bartender!Alex (my beloved). Cheers!! 🥂
Thank you to everyone who hyped this along the way!
I don't know why the repro scene in the UK is so good, but man is it annoying that some of the very very most accurate reproduction vintage would cost me like 50 goddamn dollars in shipping and also would be royal mail so who knows if it would show.
And it's all "straight across." It's 90% straight-up, reproduction of shit that was made from the 1940s to the 1960s. Love that. Most of what we have in the US is a very twee, "pinup" take on the style. There is nothing wrong on god's green and verdant earth with wearing a fit and flare swing dress with a fuckin Fraggle Rock print, but that is not how I want to live my life. I want to look like I could have stepped onto the street in 1954 or some shit. (With some minor styling differences, I'm not a purist by any means, I'm just not into being CUTESY. I'm playing it straight.) And in the US, we just do NOT have the wide variety of options for that--we have shit like Modcloth, Unique Vintage, etc. Which in addition to being cheaply made, mostly, is all that twee stuff, or all fucking black.
I do not mind spending money on my clothes! The secret to my 'success' is I buy very few items of clothing a year and I spend MONEY on them. At this stage in my life, I am looking to refine my wardrobe, not build it. I am swapping out less nice pieces for better ones. But JESUS, does it make me choke to save up 90 bucks and then have 50 bucks in shipping on top of it.
And yeah, you actually can find the stuff I'm looking for at clothiers who do not specialize in reproduction. I got my Kitty Hepburn style pants and vest from Banana fucking Republic, really nice, thick 80% wool blend. Exactly what I wanted. But the trouble is *I* know the words I am looking for, but especially resellers DO NOT. I know what a dolman sleeve blouse is, but does Chaz in Boca Raton selling a silk blend top that I DO WANT? No! Not often!
And GOD, every time I look on ebay and see how AMAZINGLY CHEAP the resale market is on this stuff in the UK, I SCREAM. You are all so fucking spoiled cry cry cry.
As the 18th July draws to a close and my math has (hopefully) tracked the timezone across the world, I would -for the final time- like to express my gratitude for this amazing and talented man by sending him birthday wishes. 💙
Michiel, wherever you are and however you are choosing to celebrate, I hope you have had the most amazing day.
Thanks FEMA for the birthday wishes! Next time can the noise be a little less annoying? It went off while my grandma was at church and now the pastor thinks she's going to super hell.
Brooo naurrr like I did not just add more paragraphs to a fic I posted in JANUARY of 2021. Because that would be super mega cringe on an ultimate level one can not comprehend. I can't keep getting away with this I'm gnawing at the bars of my poorly secured enclosure
Hi guyyys!! I’m finally home from running around all day. I promise I’d do a little meet the artist/face reveal thingy for my birthday and here it is!! So here’s a little bit about me.. and my face ig ^^
(Alt outfit I drew for the sillies…cuz Halloween)
And here’s a little photodump of me from the last couple months!! Also cuz I don’t think I’ve ever posted my face here??? I should do that
hahaha hey you guys guess what. you'll never believe it. got the guy who's in charge of my fraud case on the phone and he was like "who'd you give one-time security codes to yesterday" and i was like "the guy who called me from the fraud department after they noticed a weird login in florida??" and he was like "that was the fuckin hacker. you got got. IDIOT!!!!!!!!!!" i handed my entire savings over to a fucking guy on the phone on a silver platter. like some kind of fuckin rube. bro