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[ratherembarrassing]

2024: weeks 36 through 38

here are some things i had thrown into a note

beetlejuice beetlejuice (2024). cute! enjoyable but not mindblowing, but representative of a the middle class of films that no longer exists and which i miss dearly.

corridors of power (bbc, 2024). i'm still making my way through it, but if you're excited by seeing formerly powerful people say absolutely batshit crazy things about the exercise of that power, this might be for you too.

maria abramovich's this or that for GQ germany.

and now: LONDON (a chronological series of happenings)

airplanes: still miserable. i do think that we need to rethink international airtravel, because 23 hours in a plane is just ridiculous. nonetheless, in keeping with tradition, i had a pretty good 8-9 hours sleep, which i measured by having hotd on and every few hours waking up to wonder what all the screaming was about.

immediately spent money on clothes: it could not be helped. i've been staying walking distance from brick lane and these things happen. now i own a levis jacket that's as old as i am that fits me perfectly, as god intended.

food: part 1. took my cousin, who is also in london on holiday rn, to dishoom, per literally everyone's recommendation. you were all entirely correct.

food: part 2. abuelo in marylebone, served me some vanilla fig jam on a plate of random other foods that was, without exaggeration, the most delicious thing i have ever eaten. i literally asked if i could buy a jar. i could not, and i will feel sad about this for the rest of my life.

punished for the crime of being interested in a crime: the british museum. the parthenon room was closed, so what even was the point. anyway, i was generally unimpressed, with some exceptions (who amongst us is not moved by the existence of the rosetta stone, also a very good prints and drawings exhibition). but also my god, would it kill them to install some aircon (a sentiment i have felt applies to almost everywhere i have been in london thus far)?

very far away: kingsmeadow. opening week for my beloved chelsea, i could have wept from happiness. sat next to a local woman and her husband who come every week and talk about the team like they are each girl's parents and biggest stans, and it was entirely perfect.

did i mention: CHAPPELL FUCKING ROAN. yes, i queued for like five hours. i was 68th in the priority queue, which is behind the vips but in front of everyone else. all i did to get in that queue was buy an o2 sim card for £20, which i needed anyway. it was fun, everyone made friends, you could come and go as you pleased and we all made sure everyone got their spot back even as we were repeatedly shuffled up the side street behind the brixton o2. it was nice and wholesome and exactly what you would expect from the 99% of people who aren't assholes and also into this lovely woman. the rest is just a blur of askldhjalsk. objectively, she's not the best performer going right now, the show's not overly produced beyond a set list of songs and a bit of banter, and absolutely none of that matters in the face of how quietly charismatic she is and the absolutely insane set of pipes she's got. it was fucking intense, man. zero regrets about the time and money (oh my god, the money) it took to make this happen, delighted to have corrected my grievous mistake of choosing not to go to her show in melbourne last year.

i don't think my insurance covers this: ebiking across north and east london. first attempt was, uh. ill conceived, and i will never recover from seeing my phone go flying in one direction into the street as i went skidding along in the wet, still in the bike lane. phone's fine, i'm fine, not sure why i decided today was the day to ride a bike for the first time in 15 years. second attempt went much better.

sportsball 2: this time bigger! like the absolute turncoat that i am, i also went to arsenal's opener at emirates with 40k other people. sat next to a woman with her 13 year old daughter who come every few months and who noted early on, pointedly, that it was unfortunate we weren't sitting on the other corner, where we would have been closer to the WAGs. love this mum for this kid.

food: part 3. i just ate the most delicious burger i've ever eaten, wtf???

coming up: i fought a battle with booking.com, and i won, and tomorrow i'm off down the south coast for a few days. LA's roads didn't kill me, but london's might.

[gravesung]

*  ANSWER  TWENTY - ONE  QUESTIONS  ! some questions may be ‘ ??? ‘ instead of answered.

01.    NICKNAME  :  raine 02.    REAL  NAME  : emma 03.    ZODIAC  : gemini 04.    HEIGHT  : 5′9′’ 05.    WHAT  TIME  IS  IT  ?  : 10:54 am. 06.    FAVOURITE  MUSICIANS  /  GROUPS  :  lately it's been hoz.ier, air traffic controller, hal.sey (thanks hol), brick + mortar, the neighbourhood, zack hemsey (underrated, listen to him), and then just 100000 other artists that i only know 1-2 songs by because of character playlists 07.    FAVOURITE  SPORTS  TEAM  : uhh hh h (sweats) the sportsball sportsballers (nodding. i'm so cool and know a single thing about sp 08.    OTHER  BLOGS  :  @/huntershowl, my main blog! beloved oc, writing whom has changed my life in so many ways! also elizabeth bioshock at @/cewyll but the activity there is super low rn. she sleebin. once dragon age comes out she'll wake back up 09.    DO  I  GET  ASKS  ?  : HAHA. (TAKES A LOGN DRAG OF A CIGARETTE) bOY DO I MISS GETTING NICE ONES 10.    HOW  MANY  BLOGS  DO  I  FOLLOW  ?  : 133 (wow? goddamn) 11.    ANY  TUMBLR  CRUSHES  :  oo. i haven't been here super long (since The Resurgence at least) & pre-anime boy takeover this blog was more just a friends-only sandbox zone, so i don't do a lot of outreach still. —but also, who are we kidding, yes 100%: @vzmky's geto portrayal & art has me in shambles. same goes for @brazenlystrong, ur art and portrayal is so [chef kiss]??? (& lbr you two are a package deal SDHSKJDH) —@sasouken we've only written together a little bit so far, but i'm already like !!! EEE whenever i see a message or reply from u. such an honor honestly. —also silly but needs to be said, despite literally being mains @chaoslulled is STILL fuckin awe inspiring in every way. i still get a little thrill when i see ur replies AND I DO STILL READ EVERY ONE THREE TIMES 12.    LUCKY  NUMBER  : 4 (thanks artemis fowl) 13.    WHAT  AM  I  WEARING  RIGHT  NOW  : pjs... though im about to change into some kinda cuteass fall outfit for a walk outside & the gym 14.    DREAM  VACATION  : prollyyyyyy italy to visit mine papá... although tokyo & amsterdam sound very fun too i just love cities 15.    DREAM  CAR  : a solid public transport system 16.    FAVOURITE  FOOD  :  curry. any kind of curry 17.    DRINK  OF  CHOICE  : coffee (flat cappuccino or just drip w/ cream), spicy black teas (dont get me started ill talk forever), or if we're talking alcohol, i always gravitate toward floral gin drinks 18.    LANGUAGES  :  english but i am learning welsh for fun. at some point i GOTTA start learning italian but i'm putting it off because i'm lazy 19.    INSTRUMENTS  :  cello & piano, a ttteeeeeeeny bit of guitar, took vocal lessons for a while, but honestly cello is my main bitch forever and ever 20.    CELEBRITY  CRUSHES  :  c.ate blanchett, d.aniel henney, k.eanu reeves, j.anelle monae, k.ing princess, uhhh kaoru kobayashi has real hot scarred dad vibes in midnight diner (this answer has not changed since 2019 when i last did it) 21.    RANDOM  FACT  : i just started an art mentorship!! gonna be commissioned a custom mural (themed on isolation, there will be hellhound & lighthouse themes involved most likely lbr) & later this fall, doing some inking for a mecha comic under guidance of a local artist i admire so much. it's gonna take an entire year but i'm so excited about it, especially because i want to eventually make my own webcomic/GN about mx houndcreature eventually (soonish) 

TAGGED   BY  :  thiefed it.

TAGGING  :  y'all know by now that i barely have enough confidence to tag the earlier ppl. THIEF IT. TAG ME SO I CAN SEE. but also @tewwor because you tagged me in this 5 yrs ago

[vertumnanaturalis]

so uh. arts not been arting for me the last few months, lots of complicated issues at play with that, but my exo brainrot is unending and I've taken to designing npcs in the sims when I feel the design need but art is shrimply not happening. These ones are of varying degrees of canon-ness and importance, pretty frequently picked at random or because I previously made a family member or partner of theirs.

I tried to group them together by family or age or work relation but god does Tumblr not like large images so forgive me for the spam. I'll add names/pronouns/relevant ages under them; Strato-side kids closest to Sol's age will have 3 designs, each while Strato-side teenagers between Tammy and Kom's ages will have 2 each.

Under the cut if you dare (warning! Spoilers mentioned & extremely image heavy)

Also uh. you will notice that a few of these people aren't on the current npc list or don't match with it's info. Long story short its getting some refining and that included some new kids and other changes that required a lot of pulling things out from the roots. one of those things playing into why arts not been arting while.

Anywho;

Arroyo - he/him - ages 12 / 16 / 19 - The younger son of the Stratospheric's original Chief Steward, a future member of expeditions, a convienient and accidental scape goat for people to reason away Dys's crush on an unseen pretty boy, though they don't actually have any strong opinions on one another

Simplicity "Plic"/"Lis" - she/her - ages 12 / 16 / 19 - Lazy girl born and raised in the creche, supposedly she helps out in the depot, she might "date" Nomi down the line (but by date I mean "we say we're dating but I think we might just be hanging out because neither of us know what to want or expect from a romantic relationship", there's no hard feelings after it ends) if Nomi doesn't end up with Rex or Sol

Peregrine "Penny" - she/her - ages 11 / 15 / 18 - A perfectly nice girl, but fades away in the crowd, she likes to tease the other kids a little too much, one of the passionate romances referenced in the endings where Cal doesn't settle down with Sol Tammy or Anemone, it is not a pretty breakup

Evanescence "Evan" - he/him - ages 11 / 15 / 18 - The spoiled only child of two older parents, a prolific momma's boy in childhood but a heartthrob with a bad reputation later down the line, another one of those passionate romances mentioned in Cal's ending text, with his being the last before Cal settles down with the farmer from the Heliopause

Philosophy "Sully" - they/them - ages 10 / 14 / 17 - The only child of a single father who works in engineering, loves a good game of sportsball but has no interest in the rest of what the garrison offers, the middle of Cal's three passionate romances and the only one to end on good terms

Opulence "Opal" - she/her - ages 14 / 19 - Friendly and absentminded, she can never resist a good piece of gossip, she dreams of starting Vertumna's first offical news source, her oldest child is born about a year after Echinacea (and Sol might even deliver him!)

Vertex "Tex" - he/him - ages 14 / 19 - The older son of the ship's original Chief Steward, a punk who likes to get dangerous with the wildlife and a tendancy to take things too far

Tempest "Pem" - she/her & they/them - ages 13 / 18 - Rebellious older girl whos behaviors only gotten worse since losing a father during the Stratospheric's crash, rude and obnoxious to the adults but always has a soysweet on hand for the kids

Chrysocolla - they/them - ages 13 / 18 - creche-born kid and resident class clown, the smart kid who doesn't put in the effort after seeing the younger geniuses around them, takes a painfully long time to confess to their best friend

Coriander "Cory" - he/him - ages 13 / 18 - Quiet and plain-looking boy who helps out in the kitchens, he struggles to stand out next to his sisters, feeling like the lesser triplet for not being identical

Scallopini "Pina" - she/her - ages 13 / 18 - A cheerful girl who both has more energy than the rest of her family combined while still remaining total chillax, started dying her hair blue so people could tell her and her sister apart

Amaretto "Ame" - she/her - ages 13 / 18 - A meek but passionate girl, she feels like she was born in her sisters contrast, struggles to find her sense of self when the most unique thing about her is that she's got nothing unique at all

Falchion "Kion" - he/him - ages 13 / 18 - Teenager who seems desperate to find his place in life, often making dangerous mistakes in the process

[Left] Hyacinth "Cici" - she/her - age 17 - A young sniper from the Heliopause, the future Chief of Security in timelines where Sol and Anemone are not and Vace hasn't handled his issues yet

[Right] Lunation "Luna" - she/her - age 19 - Previously the Heliopause's current doctor-in-training, a catastrophic brain injury during the crash has drastically changed her life and put her on indefinate medical leave

[Far Left] Champagne "Champ" - he/him - age 9 - a young boy who starts out eager to grow up and become a soldier, but might find a different calling in life with help [Middle Left] Schnapps - he/him - age 40 - A cook from the Helio who takes the culture shock better than most, has a weekly card game with Nomi's dad [Middle] Crocus "Cro" - she/her - 38 - A cook from the Heliopause who prays in secret that her children do not die child soldiers [Middle right] Affogato "Affie" - she/her - age 13 - One of the teenage soldiers who follows Vace around, she's desperate to impress the older kids and will cruelly treat others like stepping stones to do so [Far Right] Meringue "Meri" - she/her - age 6 - The last child born on the Heliopause, she's destined to become a doctor when she grows up, she first gained an interest in medicine during gene therapy like Tangent

[Left] Harpsicord "Harrie" - They/them - 51 - An actual rocket scientist that ensured the rocketship got to Vertumna, Saga's doting wife and Evan's adoring Mada

[Right] Sagacious "Saga" - She/her - 46 - A sweet and loving auntie from geoponics who remains painfully oblivious to most well-known gossip, her casual tendancy to spoil and coddle her son drives Flulu up a wall

[Far left] Hibiscus "Hibi" - she/her - 35 - One of the surveyors in charge of rescues and it's acting emt, a control subject born from the same series of augment tests as Tonin, she's suited more to space than the planet the same way he is, Vertumna terrifies her daily and she fears for the futures of her teenage triplets

[Center left] Rumination "Rumi" - he/him - 46 - A talented guitar player who enjoys lying to children and is in a committed relationship with the bit, works in rescues with Hibi, holds the technical title of "Former Chief Surveyor" as he was the presumed next-in-line when Imbroglio abbruptly retired a decade prior, although he only held it long enough to laugh himself sick and walk out the door, he's the sole reason Utopia's accent is like that

[Center right] Paprika "Prika" - she/her - 37 - Mechanic in charge of expeditions equiptment and transports, has a hair trigger temper with certain subjects and a habit of spraying offending teenagers with the hose, the irony of her student/trainee Thicket being the biological-via-donation child of her partner and later her own biological-via-donation child joining expeditions are both frequent source of jokes for awhile

[Far right] Brassica "Braz" - she/her - 39 - One of the construction workers who had trained for that job specifically, has a lot of pratice mediating problems that her partner's anger issues cause, got on the ship by pretending to be in a relationship with a friend and convieniently "breaking up" once it was clear they were never going to form a family unit

[Far left] Revolutionary "Lulu" - she/her - age 28 - primarily a geoponics farmer, an on and off member of the greater geoponics area wlw polycule, in a queer platonic relationship with Blip

[Middle left] Sorbet - she/her & they/them - age 27 - a steward who primarily works in the kitchens, another on and off member of the greater geoponics area wlw polycule; she was the egg donor and surrogate for Benji (the young doggy boy npc)

[Center left] Habitation "Hab" - he/him - age 26 - one of the ships dedicated creche parents; part of a closed chain polycule of 4 people (no overlap with the greater geoponics area wlw polycule); loves his job but resents ship administration for passing him and his family unit over during the last round of children born in space, yet making him feel pressured into agreeing to surrogate one of the other children

[Center right] Oblivion "Blip" - he/him - age 26 - an engineer in space but shoved into more general work after landing; loves his best friend but her polycule stories scare him a little, you will never see his entire face, but if you did he could easily pass as Dys & Tang's relative despite not being related at all, the fourth youngest person to leave on the Stratospheric

[Middle right] Optimism "Tim" - he/him - age 26 - stuck to janitor duty in space but also shoved into other jobs after landing, one of the few people guaranteed to live to Sol's 20th birthday, the third youngest person to leave on the Stratospheric

[Far right] Jubilation "Jubee" - she/her - age 26 - same deal as Blip; she was the surrogate for the last child born in space (Enigma, the girl with the rainbow hair), and is still recovering physically and emotionally when the game starts; her twin sister Jamboree died before she left, but only one of them was ever going to be picked for the ship, she can't remember her sister's face anymore; the second youngest member of gen 2 after Utopia

[Far left] Coralline "Cora" - she/her - age 28 - the ships fourth dedicated creche parent on paper, she's frequently pulled to help on the farms after landing, a consistant member of the greater geoponics area wlw polycule

[Center left] Pyromania "Sparky" - she/her & they/them - 29 - Originally just a part time security officer, her soldier duties quickly begin outweighing her cultivator ones, she started dying her hair like that when she found out the meaning of her name and keeps it another month every time someone calls it tacky, it's been 12 years; another consistant member of the greater geoponics area wlw polycule

[Center right] Curarine "Curie" - she/her & they/them - 32 - A pharmacology researcher doomed by the narrative, the youngest person on the Stratospheric chosen for her skills rather than genetic diversity, she quickly disapointed Instance with her undriven personality, another consistant member of the greater geoponics area wlw polycule

[Far right] Unity "Nita" - she/her - age 31 - The only one here who exclusively works in geoponics, she was four seperate farming wlw until the latest revamp forced me to compress her down into one, the last consistant member of the greater geoponics area wlw polycule

[Left] Mangosteen "Maggie" - she/her - age 30 - Maggie's death when the Strato lands is unavoidable (as her infant twins Whimsy and Praline fill the role of "orphans from the wormhole crash" during babysitting), once a frequent member of the greater geoponics area wlw polycule but had been avoiding the dating scene after a really messy & very public breakup of her throuple with Yuzu and Cinnamon, she was a creche parent and a hydroponics farmer on the ship

[Right] Yuzu - any pronouns - age 31 - Yuzu doesn't 100% use the term wlw but does work in geoponics and either is currently or has previously been dating the same overlapping circle (though they've also been avoiding dating, but mostly because the rest of the polycule "doesn't want to pick sides"), they avoid Maggie's children like the plague

and that would be it for tonight lads, it is now night'o'clock and my hands are starting to hurt, I think I got all the right info down but if not I'll fix it tomorrow or whenever I notice theres a problem. If you've gotten this far I hope you've had fun looking at some of my little guys

[lady-lostmind]

I actually managed to do a prompt for every day of @steddielovemonth! Thank you @oh-stars for betaing all of these!

Feb.1-- You Jump, I Jump

Feb.2-- Making Love Feb.3-- Bored Feb.4-- Why is it called Back to the Future? Feb.5-- Soapy Water Feb.6-- Couch & Bullshit Feb.7-- Diner Feb.8-- Safe Feb.9-- Bites Feb.10-- Bittersweet Feb.11-- Barbarian Feb.12-- Dreams Feb.13-- Warm Metal Feb.14-- Late Feb.15-- The Wall Feb.16-- Five Minutes Feb.17-- This Way Feb.18-- Sportsball Feb.19-- Rub Feb.20-- World's End Feb.21-- Mixtape Feb.22-- Icicles Feb.23-- Sorry Feb.24-- Ramble Feb.25-- Sick Feb.26-- Get Into The Groove Feb.27-- Fuck Feb.28-- Cherry Feb.29-- Coffee

[mostlyinthemorning]

Random Pics of Noah - Master List - Part 1

Here is the list of each of the 100 posts of random pictures, in order. In two parts, because tumblr. Part 2 is here. Enjoy.

1. big smile

2. with Dan

3. with his accordion

4. in New York

5. in an independent film that no one saw

6. playing sportsball

7. at the gym

8. stompy feet

9. fire

10. why is he like this?

11. on a boat

12. wearing a weird hat

13. at the piano

14. "dancing"

15. backwards ball cap

16. in black and white

17. wearing a hoodie

18. making a face

19. hands

20. on a beach

21. behind the scenes of Schitt's Creek

22. sunglasses

23. backstage

24. at a sporting event

25. with Seater

26. curls

27. in winter

28. wearing a sweater

29. wearing plaid

30. in the recording studio

31. that's not how you wear a hat

32. wearing a party shirt

33. hands in pockets

34. blonde

35. travel Noah

36. surprise me!

37. kisses

38. mostly bicycles

39. jorts

40. what are we doing with our hands

41. hugs

42. big dork energy

43. drinks

44. surprise me!

45. up close and personal shows

46. wearing a bow tie

47. in New Mexico

48. a guest star on a TV show

49. playing guitar

50. eating food

[variablejabberwocky]

Getting to Know You Meme

Tagged by @texasdreamer01. been a while since i did one of these so i guess imma do one again.

01) Are you currently in a serious relationship? no. which i've learned the hard way is a good thing rn. i am A Mess and i need to be less of one before i can contribute to a relationship

02) What was your dream growing up? i'm assuming this a "what did you want to be?" question and not something else ( i may be too autistic for this). in rough order: a paleontologist, an archaeologist, an astrophysicist. alas i was born chronically ill and Shit Happened so none of that panned out.

03) What talent do you wish you had? i have adhd. there are a LOT of "able to take care of self" skills/talents that elude me because i have the attention span of a concussed goldfish.

04) If someone bought you a drink what would it be? non-alcoholic. could go for a french vanilla icee or a chocolate shake tho

05) Favorite vegetable? none. they don't like me and the feeling is mutual. (due to Weird Health reasons they rip me up inside so i have to be VERY moderate with them and plan in advance for Misery Time)

06) What was the last book you read? i've been reading online stories almost exclusively for so long now that i don't actually remember. i THINK it was either a dresden files book or a godstalk series book.

07) What zodiac sign are you? *cackles* cancer sunsign, leo moonsign, geminai ascendant. so yes my sunsign is THE moonsign and my moonsign is THE sunsign. and my ascendant is very "this malarkey might as well happen". its very funny.

08) Any Tattoos and/or Piercings? no, unfortunately. i tried a long time ago to get my ears pierced and was only given the option of the little stand at a grocery store or not at all. so i HAD pierced ears (badly) and let them heal up because no earrings would actually fit (they pierced SIDEWAYS wtf)

09) Worst Habit? no clue but from what others in my life tell me one of the most annoying/funny habits is getting uppity when the color of the food clip doesn't match the color of the food packaging its used on. *false innocent tone* why yes my family DOES have a history of ocd, why do you ask?

10) What is your favorite sport? i am not a fan of sportsball. but to watch: ice skating. to play: badminton

11) Do you have a Pessimistic or Optimistic attitude? both. both is good. (no but seriously im usually an optimistic pessimist. in that i plan for the worst and hope for the best. considering my... everything thats actually progress for me)

12) Tell me one weird fact about you. *looks down at my autistic ass* where do i even begin???

13) Do you have any pets? no, unfortunately. i used to but then my allergies got worse.

14) Do you think clowns are cute or scary? both? depends on the clown. they all have a bit of Creep to them but some also have some cute thrown in. and i like cute and creepy so...

15) If you could change one thing about how you look, what would it be? *stares flatly at you in Trans* take a wild guess

16) What color eyes do you have? internal heterochromia green and brown. which means genetically they count as a Weird Green. and i have the most common type of heterochromia. so like Spicy Normal.

17) Ever been arrested? no. i did get escorted by the cops to a suicide watch place once tho. that was...not a great experience.

18) Bottle or can soda? neither, unfortunately. (same health issue that makes vegetables a pain also makes carbonation the bane of my existence)

19) If you won $10,000 today, what would you do with it? give it to mom to pay the bills. i'm unemployable and rely on freebe shit so i can't use the money directly. (and i live with her so its not like it won't benefit me in some way either)

20) What's your favorite place to hang out at? home. creature comforts and all my meds are here in case of Health Issue Flairups

21) Do you believe in ghosts? *shrugs* eh. i'm kind of in a similar place to joy bibliosphere on this. check your carbon monoxide detectors and house for mold and shit first.

22) Favorite thing to do in your spare time? *~*WORLDBUILDING*~*. either reading about it or figuring it out myself. other people's settings or my own original settings. canon adjacent or full on aus. worldbuilding WORLDBUILDING WORLDBUILDING!!!

23) Do you swear a lot? *cackles* not as much as my teen years but yes. i'm still compared to a sailor at times.

24) Biggest pet peeve? hypocrisy, yes even in myself

25) In one word, how would you describe yourself? alien

26) Do you believe/appreciate romance? ??? like believe in? like think its real? buddy im not about to shit on other people's experiences just cause mine might be different. i LIKE romance but im not good at it and unsure if i'm somewhere on the arospec or not. doesn't mean its not real tho goddamn

27) Favourite and least favourite food? CHICKEN! i very much had a liaos moment when in my lifetime they were all "yeah all birds are dinosaurs" and realized my fave food was also one of my fave types of animals. least fave: greenbeans. i will throw up if i so much as smell them. even in a can i can detect them. not sure if its an actual allergy or just a truama response but its STRONG and NOT GOOD.

28) Do you believe in God? i'm an agnostic athiest (please for the love of fuck be chill about this. i WILL block even longstanding mutuals if they give me hell over this. do not test me.)

29) What makes you happy: special interests, good sleep, good food, fun time with people i care about, a break from health flairups, nice interesting weather, a well told story with a premise/characters i find interesting, unexpected good news

30) Currently listening/the last thing you listened to: uhhh. in general? a boatload of asmr white noise videos. music wise? a shortlist of 80s songs from my very early childhood (heads will roll, in for the kill, anything eurythmics, that kind of thing)

31) Favourite place to spend time: bed. im an insomniac. i HAVE NO CIRCADIAN RHYTHM. i don't GET rem sleep except in tiny less-than-a-minute bursts. any time in bed that im not in pain is blessed blessed REST time. and i need all i can get since i don't get as much out of it as most people do.

32) Favourite lyric: ??? at the moment no clue. i'll come back and change this if i think of something.

33) Recommend a film: the mummy movie with brendan fraser in it

34) Recommend a book: the coldfire trilogy (its fantasy! its scifi! there are two key ladies and a little girl with speaking lines and Very Important To The Plot powers! its got a gremlin of a man! it takes a cold hard look at some fantasy tropes and turns some on their head! it talks about the importance of redemption and the price you have to pay for it! it doesn't let a bad guy just DIE to get redemption! an asshole faces the consequences of their actions! there is a fairly strong Colonization Is Bad thread to the whole story!)

35) Recommend a band, a song, or album: you're gonna make me choose??? fuck that noise. in no particular order (and just going of of music): eurthymics, my chemical romance, matchbox twenty, imagine dragons, enya (if you want soothing), loreena mckennit (for soothing and narrative)

36) Recommend a TV show: i dont really watch tv. i cant handle all the ads, much less the noise difference is overwhelming.

37) Where are you from, and do you still live there? Where have you lived? SoCal. still live here. have only lived here. but i have visited a few spots on the coast and in nearby states.

38) Do you have any pets or animals in your life? How did you find/get them? not at the moment, but i used to. grandparents had an oldman bastard cat i adored as a kidlet. had guppies there for a while no clue where we first got them, they were cool but not really my interest (and was sad to watch them eat their own babies). had a dog i didn't want that bit me there for a short while (gave them to a good home). had a snake that died and we suspected foul play so stopped with the pets until we were somewhere safer. now im too sickly and prone to allergies to afford a pet.

39) What's the most unusual thing you've ever eaten? a cursed mixture of peanut butter, chocolate milk mix, cheeseitz and something else i forgot (garlic powder maybe?). i think i had some kind of nutritional imbalance because it actually tasted good to me for the first several bites and then it tasted like garbage. thank fuck that particular craving never happened again.

40) How did you 'find' fandom? looked up ferngully (it was new at the time) on the early internet and found my first fic (lol, oh boy!) got a little traumatized by not understanding what i stumbled upon and not knowing how to even begin to process it and backed off. a couple of years later went looking for gundam wing official art because that was my fave anime at the time and found a webring by accident. they had official art, fanart, and FANFICTION! they also very helpfully TAGGED THEIR SHIT so i learned what stuff meant and had in it and could make choices on what i could handle. and i've been in "fandom" ever since. although the current hyperfixation has changed several times since then. part of why finding a gundam wing fic from that era on ao3 (that DID NOT EXIST AT THE TIME) kind of jumpscared me, but in a good way

41) Make a list of 5 things that you see without getting up. phone, tea, stim toys, pill cutter, mints

42) How do you style your hair? i don't. i buzz it to less than a centimeter when i get annoyed by it then wait for it to grow out. when its long enough to annoy me i buzz it again.

No pressure tags: anyone who wants to do this.

[mikelogan]

15 questions, 15 mutuals

i was tagged by @danieljradcliffe (tysm!)

1. Are you named after anyone? my middle name is the same as my mom's middle name, and i had a great-great aunt and a great-great grandma (on opposite sides of the family) that had it as a first name. my parents chose my first name bc garth brooks had recently named his daughter that after james taylor so i like to think i'm indirectly named after james taylor lol

2. When was the last time you cried? i teared up during a specific part of tfothou, but the last time i actually cried was when my parents and i finished rewatching bly manor and i sobbed on the couch

3. Do you have kids? abso-fuckin-lutely not

4. What sports do you play/have played? i do not enjoy the sportsball, but my parents made me play basketball in middle school and in my freshman year of high school, i made it through half a season of softball before permanently injuring both of my feet! i do play disc golf now with my dad, maybe once a week?

5. Do you use sarcasm? it's my native language

6. What's the first thing you notice about people? honestly, probably what they're wearing? and then i pay more attention to their face lol

7. What’s your eye color? blue

8. Scary movies or happy endings? right now, scary movies. but scary movies can still have happy endings! but i also don't mind unhappy endings either.

9. Any talents? define talent... i can wiggle both of my ears (and my right one on its own), i sing, am outstanding in the category of "how many chronic illnesses can we shove into one tired bitch," and uh idk i can't think of anything else

10. Where were you born? in my hometown, where i still currently live

11. What are your hobbies? wasting my life away on tungle dot hell, making gifs, bingewatching shows and movies, hyperfixating on old television shows no one cares about anymore, handlettering, disc golf, writing, etc.

12. Do you have any pets? i have two cats that are the loves of my life and my family has a dog that barks at everything all the time and tears my last little bits of sanity to shreds (i still love him)

13. How tall are you? 5'4"

14. Favorite subject in school? english/creative writing

15. Dream job? i do not dream of labor but boy would i sure like to get the ball rolling on long-term disability and ssdi

no pressure tags (as always): @laurabenanti @laurensgraham @jackharkness @divorcedmalewife @thatsjustdandy @matttheratking @sculien @azrphales @antlerqueer @heroeddiemunson @lucydonato @j0el-miller @swiftispunk @sophiedevreaux @natscatorrcio

[iwanthermidnightz]

Taylor: "Uh... Sportsball!"

Straight People: *Gives Taylor a 13 minute long standing ovation*

😂

[notmybabies]

15 questions, 15 mutuals

1. are you named after anyone My Dad

2. when was the last time you cried? Today while watching The Fourth Kind, I got scared

3. do you have kids? No thank you

4. do you use sarcasm a lot? I dabble

5. what sports do you play/have you played? Sportsball? I played T-ball but was too short to hit the ball and basically had to walk to first all season, one year of soccer before discovering I have Exercise Asthma. One year of trying to do Shot-put and Discuss and failing.

6. what’s the first thing you notice about people? Their looks, usually their eyes and smile. I love to stare at a face.

7. what’s your eye colour? Blue

8. scary movies or happy endings? Scary movies. Even better if they end with a "Based on True Events," and I had no idea.

9. any special talents? I can type fast, but can't everyone now? I am pretty good at making people laugh, and I make a great pumpkin pie from scratch--crust and all.

10. where were you born? Texas

11. what are your hobbies? Fanfiction, Tumblr, Binge-watching series, Writing, Walking my doggo, Crafting and Painting

12. do you have pets? A dog named Jaxon

13. how tall are you? 5'3"

14. favourite subject in school? I loved my Women & Gender Studies major classes, my fave was Gender & Terrorism

15. dream job? Writing novels and queer shit, maybe a movie, and making enough money to be comfortable

i'll tag (no pressure!) @frogsdontcry @allhappyandgay @magentamee @masterdisastre @casualcarnage @ohfallingdisco @brydeswhale @loudsnapdragon @somekindafairy @peachcardinal @cuethemulti @foodiewithdahoodie @elhaspowers @emily-tumbles-on @dont-open-dead-inside-25

[cacodaemonia]

Hey! If you're still doing the character asks: 13 and 27 for Rex?

Hey hey :D Sorry it took me a while to get to this, I could not think of anything for #27 XD;

13. Dumbest thing they’ve ever done Keep following Krell's orders after he pulled a lightsaber on Fives, etc. I love you Rex, and I get that you're brainwashed and there's not much you can do anyway, but it was still dumb (especially when everyone around him was like "wtf captain??") 😔

27. Their guilty pleasure Watching sportsball once he's been off Kamino long enough to learn about it. I think in one of the novels, he really likes bolo-ball/limmie, so I imagine he's one of those annoying people who shouts at the screen when he's watching XD

[eridanidreams]

oh that ask is for any of your ocs you see fit

Two asks, two sets of answers! This one is for Adam and Sloane!

13. What is something they find hot about their S/O?

Sloane, as a much younger woman, used to joke that she was a fan of Newton's fourth law: Bodies in motion are really fucking hot. When Adam loses the self-consciousness and moves like the predator he can be? That really gets to her. Adam's a challenge; he's a match for her in strength, in speed, even in lethality. She likes to see him become completely unhinged, knowing that she can take it. Knowing that he can take it in her.

Adam wants to believe that what turns him on the most about Sloane is her vulnerability, the tenderness hidden beneath her sharp edges. But deep down he can't escape the fact that he needs Sloane's sheer vitality—and though he doesn't quite want to admit it, her ferocity. Her absolute refusal to stop. Her outward strength, her well-hidden passion.

47. If it ever came down to it, who is turning to the darkside to save the other?

Author starts to answer, only to be shoved aside by 5'11" of aggressive augmented redhead. "Okay. Here's how this goes. Someone fucks with Adam, they fuck with me. Something happens to him, I will not stop until I get him back. And you had better pray to whatever misbegotten gods you worship that I get him back intact, because if I don't, I will find the ones responsible, I will burn their works to the ground, I will sow the ground with salt, and they will think that Carthage got off with a warning when I am done with them."

54. What's something that they don't really care for but tolerate because S/O has an interest?

Sloane pretends to be indifferent to what she calls 'sportsball', and yet somehow she always knows when the Tigers are playing and shows up with snacks.

It's just Adam's luck that Sloane is also something of a bioscience nerd; usually she's pretty good about not going overboard, but they have a safe word in case she gets too close to something that might trigger him. Fortunately, most of the time she's talking about the latest novel pathogen, and he can just let that go in one ear and out the other.

[ratherembarrassing]

2024: week 13

birthday week!: part one: becco for lunch until people started arriving for dinner, good heavens until it was definitely bedtime. part two: walrus for a very needed recovery pancake, poodle for a parade of deliciousness, at a table on the street somewhere on brunswick street listening to the band upstairs.

tv(1): extraordinary (hulu/disney+, season 2). not a lot of shows make me go i love them all sfm these days, but I LOVE THEM ALL SFM. last year someone sat me down and said WATCH THIS and put season 1 in front of me, and i doubt i ever would have had that not happened, but this show is just so charming.

tv(2): girls5eva (netflix, season 3). i wish i loved this show more. i wish this show was produced by anyone other than tina fey. i wish i could watch sara bareilles and renee elise goldsberry do five million other things together.

tv(3): silo (apple tv, season 1). there is this one thing that happens in episode 3 that is going to drive me insane for the rest of my life. that said, this show is fascinating for eleventy million reasons and also rebecca ferguson is hot as fuck covered in dirt. i'm gonna rewatch it and say more things.

music: c*wboy c*rter (b*yonce, 2024). i listened to this thing, and i don't want to lose my life or get doxxed or whatever, so.

sportsball(1): happy opening day to baseball! i'm not so naive as to think the red sox winning their opening day game means anything, but it sure did feel nice.

sportsball(2): i'm a couple of weeks late to remembering to care, but afl is back so my extended family has something to talk about to each other again, hooray!

sportsball(3): emma hayes should shove the other manager after the final whistle every week when chelsea lose. as a treat.

[humblemooncat]

Know the Mun

I still love this shot of Ki'to. I've dubbed it "Sagittarius"

1. Are you named after anyone? I was as far as my deadname's concerned, but the current name I use isn't really after anyone. I just liked the meaning.

2. When was the last time you cried? Last time I had a good cry was at the end of Endwalker. I didn't expect to love a bunch of pixels as much as I do, but the Scions, Ancients, and Meteion are a special bunch.

3. Do you have kids? If you count my cat, yes. But I am only ever going to be a cat dad. xD

4. Do you use sarcasm a lot? Oh, no, not at all. Heaven forbid. (It's my mother tongue at this point)

5. What sports do you play/have you played? I used to play softball back in middle school, but I was definitely not made for sportsball. I would much rather be creative and make things.

6. What’s the first thing you notice about other people? The way they treat people and interact.

7. Scary movies or happy endings? I enjoy the adrenaline rush from scary movies, but I'd have to say I'll take a happy ending over a scary movie any day.

8. Any special talents? Not that I can think of, but I'll edit this if I do think of something.

9. Where were you born? Born and raised in Massachusetts

10. What are your hobbies? Doodling, gposing, gaming, and the occasional baking.

11. Do you have any pets? I do! One long-haired orange boy whom I love dearly. <3

12. How tall are you? A cool 5'1. I am baby.

13. Fave subject in school? Art & Music (When my schools had it), but also any and all language classes I could take (Spanish, French, German, Mandarin Chinese, & Latin) Have I retained those languages? Not really, but it's because I never got the chance to keep practicing.

14. Dream job? I would love to either own a cafe, or take up a job as a translator.

15. Eye colour? Hazel

Another tag from the lovely @mimble-sparklepudding Thanks for always thinking of me in the tags, buddy. <3

I would like to tag anyone who either wants space to talk about themselves, or needs something to do for Munday!

(I always feel like I'm gonna be a bother if I tag people, which I know isn't true, but if you're cool with me tagging you in these types of things in the future, let me know! I'm a vampire and need permission. xD)

[kmlaney]

tag game whee!!!

I was tagged by @clevermird! Thank you! Haven’t done one of these in a while.

1) Are you named after anyone?

No. I recall my parents specifically chose my name so it had no obvious handy nicknames, but not that it was after anyone in particular.

2) When was the last time you cried?

Couple weeks ago over irl stuff that I’m not getting into.

3) Do you have kids?

I have one child. He’s 19.

4) What sports do you play/have you played?

I am terrible at most every sport. Certainly nearly everything offered at school. You know, all the standard sportsballs, tennis, track, you name it. I was on a swim team ages ago and I enjoyed that and was good at it. I’m good at archery and shooting; those are both fun. I have done equestrian stuff (trail riding, intro to show jumping and dressage) but I never had a horse so those were either rentals or classes.

5) Do you use sarcasm?

Constantly. I think it is my native language. Or dialect.

6. What's the first thing you notice about people?

Eyeglasses. I was an optician for a long time; it’s still the first thing I notice. Then earrings/piercings/tattoos. Or funky-colored hair.

7. What's your eye colour?

Dark brown.

8. Scary movies or happy endings?

Depends on what I’m in the mood for. They’re also not mutually exclusive. When I get attached to a character in a scary movie I want them to get their happy ending. Aka survival. They’ve earned it. Unless it’s Samuel L, Jackson’s character in Deep Blue Sea. Best moment in the movie from a meta standpoint imo. IYKYK.

9. Any talents?

In videogames I have the unique ability to find edges to fall of, things to get stuck on, and freak ways to glitch out of the terrain. Not the fun, youtubeable ways. The annoying, have to alt-F4 and start over kind. And hope I haven’t died in the interim. Seriously, I should test games for terrain flaws. It’s a gift.

10. Where were you born?

In a hospital. Lol yeah ok recall the sarcasm question earlier? USA.

11. What are your hobbies?

Reading, writing (not so much a hobby as an obsession), drawing, TTRPGs where I get way too attached to my characters and write elaborate backstories and playlists and fics for them. I want to get back into guitar; I haven’t played in a while and the bass is calling me. 

12. Do you have any pets?

I am down to one cat and three houseplants. The cat is smaller than two of the plants.

13. How tall are you?

5'4" (if you're American, Liberian, or Burmese) or 163cm (if you're anywhere else in the world.)

14. Favourite subject in school?

History, science, choir, and this one math class that was all word problems. That one was fun.

15. Dream job?

Writer? That’s the one constant career I’ve always wanted for as long as I can remember. If not that then a paleontologist specializing in dinosaurs, which is probably way less awesome than I think it is. Oceanographer and geologist were in the running too. 

Dream job would be one where I get to do the parts of that job that I really enjoy and none of the parts that I don’t.

tagging uhh... @depizan, @serialephemera, @kodrevas, @knamil (I think you got double-tagged, sorry!), and anyone else who wants to play! No obligation to participate whether I tagged you or not.

[cruxymox]

15 Degrees

( tagged by: @artymys - thank you! )

1. Are you named after anyone?

my dad always used to say i was named after doubting thomas. but i ... doubt that.

my middle name is my grandfather's first.

2. When was the last time you cried?

when my dad passed.

3. Do you have kids?

oh hell no. those things are too expensive & are terrible devourers of energy.

ain't nobody got-- etc. etc.

4. Do you use sarcasm a lot?

not very often.

sometimes.

maybe.

5. What’s the first thing you notice about people?

i think ... whether they're extroverted or introverted.

generally their behaviour, so i know whether i need to avoid them or not?

6. What’s your eye color?

dark brown.

7. Scary movie or happy ending?

hmm. it really depends on the specific movie, i think.

how is it supposed to be scary?

is the happy ending corny, or moving?

i'm not a movie person in general. the only movie i've seen in a some time is everything, everywhere, all at once, & that was ... a bit of both? i liked it quite a lot.

8. Any special talents?

not really, unless you count being able to work overnights on a regular basis.

maybe being able to recognize an actor/actress in one thing from another thing, but most of the time not remembering from what nor their name?

9. Where were you born?

fairly close to where i live now, in massachusetts.

10. What are your hobbies?

poetry / prose poetry, reading ( i need to do more ), sometimes a bit of prose, playing skyrim ( & morrowind, oblivion, & enderal ).

& sleeping ...

11. Do you have any pets?

i have an 8 year old doggo named lily ( short for "little-one" ) & a 19 year old cat named madison.

12. What sports and activities have/do you play or participate in?

i don't do the sportsballs.

13. How tall are you?

3.722222 cubits.

14. Favorite subject(s) in school?

i enjoyed all of my creative writing classes, & most of my computer programming classes.

15. Dream job?

realistically? writing / editing.

what i do now ( & have been doing forever - retail ) is nowhere near that, but i'm pretty happy with what i do. it's rewarding in its own weird way, & it keeps me active.

___

i'm supposed to tag other folks now?

oh.

if you see this, & haven't already been tagged, consider yourself so.