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"VIEWS FOR DAYS"
-real estate brochure making me do a double-take
#vfd#lemony snicket#asoue#a series of unfortunate events#all the wrong questions#views for days#reader#with advertising like that it was like it was calling to me#it was lovely but Not For Me#but I wish it had been#can you imagine#views#for#days
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"This was just the sort of thing he imagined the Vickers family discussing over dinner, in their calm, clinical manner."
-from A Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins, pg. 256.
#vfd#lemony snicket#asoue#a ballad of songbirds and snakes#suzanne collins#vickers family discussing#book#this was a good book#quick read and enjoyable#however I have to say#when I looked at this picture#I had NO recollection of which book I read recently that had a character named Lysistrata#did I read Aristophanes recently???#the hunger games came out when I was studying classics and it was Very Fun to Discover the allusions#vickers#family#discussing
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"Ingredients: [...] Artificial Vanilla Flavoring, Dipotassium Phosphate..."
-from this package of horchata mix
#vfd#lemony snicket#asoue#a series of unfortunate events#vanilla flavoring dipotassium#horchata my beloved#not sure we've ever had an ingredients list before#vanilla#flavoring#dipotassium
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"On the very first day, when I’d achieved nothing and had felt sad and slow all day, I went to put a notch in the Bad Day column before stopping myself"
-via this tumblr post by @narcissistcookbook
One of the many weird things about depression is that it retcons your life. Not only are you lying in bed feeling like a piece of shit and that everything is awful, but you start projecting those feelings back along your own time stream - you start low-key believing you’ve always felt this way, that nothing good has ever happened, or if it has it happened a long time ago.
On January 1st of last year I decided to start keeping a tally of good days and bad days, because I stopped trusting my brain to report on that accurately. I expected to come and look at the tally when I was depressed and go “oh, I had a good day only a few days ago. this hasn’t always been like this.”
What I didn’t expect was that the process of asking myself whether a day had been good or bad would radically shift my perspective on what a bad day was and what a good day was. On the very first day, when I’d achieved nothing and had felt sad and slow all day, I went to put a notch in the Bad Day column before stopping myself:
wait, i thought. has today actually been bad? not bad enough to write it off. i played rummikub online with my partner. i drank some water. i had a long bath. no, today wasn’t a bad day.
And so I put a notch in the Good Day column and went to bed. The next day I did the same thing, and the next day, and the next day. Just the process of going over my day every day meant that I found at least one good thing that happened every day. I had a good meal. I went to the pub and was around people, albeit quietly. I went for a walk. I saw a duck. There were days where truly awful, terrible things happened, but even on those days there was always something - even if the something was a simple as We Were There For Each Other or We Reminisced.
On December 31st I put the final tally down. Not a single day had been so bad that I could justify writing it off as a bad day. The bad day column was completely empty.
I’m still depressed, occasionally deeply, but I think I have more perspective. Depression is a physical feeling, and an emotional feeling, but even without trying *something* comes along every day that makes me glad I’m here despite that feeling.
#vfd#lemony snicket#asoue#a series of unfortunate events#all the wrong questions#very first day#tumblr post#very#first#day
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"this is the uncanny valley for ducks"
-via this tumblr post by @todaysbird

can’t stop looking at this mallard with a gray beak…this is the uncanny valley for ducks
#vfd#lemony snicket#asoue#a series of unfortunate events#atwq#valley for ducks#tumblr post#this is a Good Duck#valley#for#ducks#massive continuity of ducks
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"Vectors Free Download"
-found attached to this star image on Google Images
#vfd#lemony snicket#asoue#a series of unfortunate events#atwq#vectors free download#google#vectors#free#download
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"I get a CSA vegetable/fruit delivery every week."
-from "how do you romanticize your life ?" on Reddit
#vfd#lemony snicket#asoue#a series of unfortunate events#all the wrong questions#vegetable fruit delivery#reddit#this sounds enjoyable#good ideas in this thread#vegetable#fruit#delivery
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"Virtual front desk"
-Menu option on the Envoy app
#vfd#lemony snicket#asoue#a series of unfortunate events#all the wrong questions#virtual front desk#in the running for most original#the unfortunate part of having a virtual front desk and not an actual front desk with a receptionist#is that the person sitting closest to the door is the de facto front desk#that is me#dayjob bleed#envoy#virtual#front#desk
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"GVFDXVFGAK"
"GVFDXVFDAK"
-the coded riddle text from Taskmaster 12.4 "The customized inhaler", 28:15.
#vfd#lemony snicket#asoue#a series of unfortunate events#taskmaster#this is probably my favourite season of Taskmaster#which is my favourite show#this is a good task as well#VCM my queen#it's all free on youtube if you yourself are looking to try
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"the head of the nonprofit I volunteer for doesn’t know what a budget is"
-via the Ask a Manager column of the same name
#vfd#lemony snicket#asoue#a series of unfortunate events#ask a manager#volunteer for doesn't#blog post#if you are looking for sensible job advice and WTF workplace stories: ask a manager is it#volunteer#for#doesn't
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"On the very first day he was left alone with the baby, it began to cry, and he found himself suddenly flooded with unbearable images of dying children in Vietnam."
-from The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel Van Der Kolk, part one (34:18).
#vfd#lemony snicket#a series of unfortunate events#all the wrong questions#very first day#bessel van der kolk#you know when you read something and have a flash of recognition?#yeah#book#very#first#day
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"They'll never accept it, but everyone who cast a vote for Donald Trump did real, generations-long damage to the United States and the west in exchange for essentially nothing of value."
-via this tumblr post

Mark Carney, Prime Minister of Canada.
Generations of damage. For Putin.
#vfd#lemony snicket#asoue#a series of unfortunate events#mark carney#vote for donald#i wish we were done with 'vote for donald' guys#tumblr post#tbh no idea what the social media platform this screenshot originates from#vote#for#vote for#donald
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Arches National Park, Utah photo: Elliot McGucken
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"She was kind to me from the very first day: she had seen so many other like this one, staggering in from Siberia, baffled by comfort."
- via Us Conductors by Sean Michaels, pg. 310
#vfd#lemony snicket#asoue#a series of unfortunate events#all the wrong questions#very first day#book#sean michaels#I reread this book recently and enjoyed it#it's quiet and beautiful#very#first#day
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"Painted eyebrows, vases full of dried flowers."
-from Us Conductors by Sean Michaels, pg. 221
#vfd#lemony snicket#asoue#a series of unfortunate events#atwq#vases full of dried#book#non-linear phrase#sean michaels#vases#full#dried
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"POV: You've finally found a vintage furniture designer who doesn't just 'paint it white'..."
-via an Instagram reel from user auldehome
#vfd#lemony snicket#asoue#a series of unfortunate events#all the wrong questions#vintage furniture designer#instagram#I feel like this blog is a weird chart of my interests over the last 10+ years#from destiel fanfiction and doctor who gifs on tumblr#to furniture restoration and friends' babies on instagram#look it's been a long decade#something something witness the aging tumblr userbase#vintage#furniture#restoration
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is there a gimmick blog for accidental VFD phrases???
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