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rimouskis · 4 months

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How do u make your yearly budget ? I remember you posting about your budget spreadsheet once. Pls I am v interested on how you set it up

I simply must ask if you're the FBI agent in my phone, because I genuinely just sent a message to a friend saying how excited I was it's the end of the month, meaning tomorrow I get to start with a fresh new slate in my budget hahaha

alright let's talk:

I don't do a yearly budget, technically! I budget month-per-month. There are lots of styles of budgets—some allowing for a yearly/more Long Term view—but what worked for my income level was a month-based system.

I lurked on r/personalfinance on reddit for a long while and actually pilfered my budget template from there!

I use this one, which I like both because I've used it for five years and because it's just plain ol' simple. I don't need charts to automatically populate and I don't want to categorize every purchase I make. I just want to see how much money I have per month and how much I'm spending.

That's also crucial to how I personally do budgeting. I don't set aside $X for food and $X for activities and $X for going out or whatever every month. That isn't productive to me; my life looks different every month depending on what's going on. I don't use my budget to be prescriptive; outside of my fixed expenses (rent, utilities, etc.) I just use my budget to track 1. where my money is going and 2. how much of it I have left.

If you want something with a bit more frills, there are lots of other options (one, two, three) on reddit, but I've [personally] found all their bells and whistles overwhelming. If they have useful features you want to use (like, some will have tabs for you to track debt and payments toward it), you can experiment with them, but I don't recommend them for someone new to budgeting.

...I also don't inherently recommend my preferred spreadsheet, either. It doesn't work for everyone. I've shown it to some friends and they almost immediately knew it wouldn't work for them. The reason it works for me is because I am kind of neurotic about budgeting.

To me, "peace of mind" is maintained by having a really close eye on my finances. That means that I track what I spend daily. I manually input every purchase into the spreadsheet. I manually put every paycheck into the spreadsheet. I keep the Google Sheets app on my phone for this very purpose.

That isn't something everyone's willing to do, and there's no shame in that—we all find the different tools that work best for us! But if you don't think you're able to keep up with manually tracking every cent you make and spend, I don't think that this method will be good for you.

If you need more automation in your budgeting, where you can get things autofilled and so on and so forth, I would have pointed you towards Mint, which I've heard good things about, but it's sadly shutting down this March. The article I linked provided an alternate recommendation, but I can't personally vouch for any of those services.

I've been tempted by YNAB a time or two — I like the idea that they intentionally work you towards living off of old paychecks instead of the money you earn month-of [which is a financial goal we should ALL strive for, even though it can be very hard], and I like that they encourage giving every dollar a "job", but you don't NEED their service to do either of those things. I don't like paying money to save money, you know? lol

I keep a secondary, simple spreadsheet with my "rolling funds" in it — money I set aside every month (which I input as a monthly "expense" in my normal spreadsheet) which I allocate to specific funds, like car funds, travel funds... I even had a "hockey game fund" for a few years, haha.

I prefer that method to paying for a service to do it for me. I'm sure YNAB has some nice bells and whistles, and it's clear MANY people love being integrated into their system, which has some automated bits that definitely make budgeting "easier," but I like Ye Olde Spreadsheet. Having to input every purchase keeps me accountable, I feel. Also it sometimes discourages me from spending money, haha, which is probably a good thing in the long run.

idk. I'm a huge advocate for budgeting. I know it can be really hard for some people, but I sincerely think there's some budgeting method out there that will work for you, you know? I credit my budget spreadsheets for keeping my head above water during the many times where money was/is tight. Knowledge is power and all that.

Not to sound like a #girlboss shilling my financial advice on tiktok (of which there are too many), but being aware of where your money is going is sincerely the biggest, most important step you can take towards building financial safety for yourself. My budget saved my ass this last year.

If you have any other questions, shoot them my way. I know it can seem daunting, but I totally think it's worth it! <3

#long post sorry lol #money cw #I suppose?

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anachronistic-falsehood · 2 years

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homestuck penis ouija: tntduo edition

QUACKITY: Ok8y, look, it’s perfectly simple. KAHRRL: oh NO you ARE not DRAWING another SHIPPING grid DUDE QUACKITY: No no no, it’s not 8 grid, just 8 schedule. KAHRRL: look WE’VE already ESTABLISHED that YOU’RE going TO end UP flushed FOR everyone JUST deal WITH it QUACKITY: No no no I’m gonna m8ke this WORK WILBUR: No, that’s a grid. You’re drawing a god damn grid. This is a shipping grid. QUACKITY: Ok8y LOOK HERE QUACKITY: These 8re the d8ys of the week. We e8ch h8ve rows for those d8ys 8nd we c8n dr8w 8 he8rt, sp8de, or di8mond for 8ny given d8y. QUACKITY: M8ybe even 8 club since K8hrrl 8nd I 8re in the m8rket for 8 new 8uspictice KAHRRL: OH my GOD QUACKITY: Th8t w8y, we know wh8t’s up in 8dv8nce 8nd c8n 8void 8ny possible conflicts.

WILBUR: Put the fucking pen down. QUACKITY: Hey, cut it out! Don’t touch me! WILBUR: Do not draw a shipping grid, do NOT do it. QUACKITY: It’s not 8 shipping grid, you bulge ch8fing fuck8ss! WILBUR: You are not drawing a shipping grid to organize our fucking dating lives. WILBUR: That is— that is some bullshit, man. WILBUR: Absolute bullshit, I will not stand for it

QUACKITY: This is not 8 shipping grid, this is 8 schedule to org8nize our qu8dr8nts! It’s 8 useful tool! WILBUR: You’re not drawing anything that even REMOTELY resembles a grid. WILBUR: Do not draw an arrangement of squares or otherwise interlocking polygons QUACKITY: LET GO!!!!!!!! KAHRRL: oh MY god WILBUR: You will not draw a spreadsheet for the purpose of allocating mine and Kahrrl’s time spent with a potential mutual boyfriend. WILBUR: That is exactly the shit I do not want to see QUACKITY: Oh look, I just drew 8 squ8re! Get re8dy to see 8 lot more of those! WILBUR: No stop WILBUR: Do not draw any more squares I swear to god! WILBUR: Do not draw any quadrilaterals or trapezoids or rectangles or fucking n-drangles and especially as fuck not any god damned RHOMBUSES WILBUR: I don’t want to see your lines making ANY right angles, do you understand? QUACKITY: Oh look 8nother squ8re! 8 bit wobbly but it’ll do. WILBUR: That is the perfect example of what you should NOT be drawing. QUACKITY: W8 here it comes! My first “ship” going into the squ8re! WILBUR: Put the fucking pen down! QUACKITY: OW! Wh8t is your problem? WILBUR: Does Sapnap know you’re doing this? QUACKITY: He will! WILBUR: How presumptuous of you to think he might be okay with being tossed into your bullshit shipping grid just because you decided to be “normal human boyfriends” now QUACKITY: Well I h8ven’t put his n8me on the grid yet, h8ve I? WILBUR: I am absolutely stunned that he understands human romance better than you do. Put the pen down, you’re messing up Ranboo’s book.

QUACKITY: No! WILBUR: Do it QUACKITY: You suck! WILBUR: I haven’t sucked a single thing in my life what are you on about QUACKITY: You smell! WILBUR: Don’t talk to me about rank smells when you smell like a— like a fucking barn! WILBUR: Yeah, I said it! QUACKITY: My lusus dr8gged in things th8t smelled better th8n you! QUACKITY: 8nd everything he brought home w8s either 8 de8d 8nim8l or liter8l feces! WILBUR: Yeah well that’s dumb and stupid just like you now gimme the pen QUACKITY: No, it’s mine now. I’m keeping it. WILBUR: Quackity! Whoa, man what are you doing? WILBUR: Why are you drawing all these human dicks? WILBUR: How do you even know what they look like? What have you been watching?? QUACKITY: I 8M NOT DR8WING THOSE! YOU’RE M8KING ME DR8W THEM, STOP TH8T!!!!!!!! WILBUR: No way, this book is now like… WILBUR: Our fight fueled ouija board of cock QUACKITY: 88888888RGH STOP! QUACKITY: DON'T QUACKITY: NO FUCK QUACKITY: OK NO QUACKITY: YOU DREW TH8T ONE QUACKITY: YOU DREW TH8T ONE!!!! DON'T PRETEND YOU DIDN'T! WILBUR: Are you sure man? WILBUR: See, that’s the spooky thing about penis ouija. You can never be sure who did the dicks. WILBUR: Was it you or me or maybe a ghoooost??? QUACKITY: GIVE ME B8CK THE PEN! WILBUR: What? No, this is a fucking masterpiece. WILBUR: We have to see this through. WILBUR: We’re running out of room. Hey Kahrrl, can you turn the page for us?

QUACKITY: 88888888HHHHHH!!!!!!!! QUACKITY: This 8lterc8ion is becoming uncomfort8bly physic8l, get the FUCK 8w8y from me!!!!!!!! WILBUR: What the hell are you talking about? QUACKITY: You know EX8CTLY wh8t I’m t8lking 8bout!!!!!!!! WILBUR: Oh, shut up and draw another penis. QUACKITY: You don’t even underst8nd the soci8l implic8ions of 8ll this hostile touching 8nd gr8bbing, do you? QUACKITY: THIS IS SO CLE8RLY C8LIGINOUS SOOT, JUST 8CKNOWLEDGE IT!!!!!!!! WILBUR: Well, if you want to look at it that way, then be my guest. WILBUR: This is a common human ritual, don’t you know? It means we literally couldn’t give less of a fuck about each other. I don’t care about what you think is happening here. QUACKITY: GO FUCK YOURSELF!!!!!!!! WILBUR: Stop biting my jacket. QUACKITY: FUFCK NYOUF. WILBUR: We’ve really made a masterpiece here today, Quackity. You should be proud of yourself QUACKITY: OK8Y, TH8T’S IT. I’M FUCKING SICK OF THIS!

WILBUR: What? WILBUR: WHOA SHIT QUACKITY: His Honour8ble Tyr8nny h8s sentenced you to life in j8cket prison. WILBUR: HNFNGMGNHNFN WILBUR: KAHRRL HELP KAHRRL: SORRY man IM not MEDIATING this F*CKING trash FIRE youre ON your OWN

#dream smp #dsmp #homestuck #tntduo #dreamstuck #<- might as well make a tag for this if i’m gonna keep posting panel edits

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anthrofreshtodeath · 1 year

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Oooh. For the prompts 22. Playful arguments please!

Let's do it! I'm being romantic about summer and baseball rn so here we go.

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Children splashed in the Talucci pool with alternating shrieks and giggles, the displacement of water creating cool air where the July sun had been only oppressive when everyone had first arrived. Jane hadn’t been around that many Italians since her cousin Rita’s wedding three years prior, and she was drunk on familiarity, on culture comforts.

And also, honestly, on beer.

And when Jane was drunk on beer, in the summer, surrounded by Italians, she liked to argue. Good naturedly, of course, and with anyone that would give her the time of day. Tommy was up flirting with the roommate that Marisa Talucci brought over, two med school girls he had zero chance with, so it wouldn’t be him, and Frankie sat right next to Jane, but he was also drunk and when drunk he liked to laugh. So he was a no go.

That didn’t matter, however, because this Independence Day, while cousin Danny and his kid stuffed their faces at the table next to her, Jane had the perfect interlocutor right across. She pointed the rim of her half-drained bottle in that direction. “I think you’re nuts,” she said, continuing the banter she’d started a few minutes before.

Maura, who had indulged Jane because she too may have had one too many beers and one too few glasses of water, gasped. She folded her arms over her bikini top and leaned in, tossing one of the peanuts in the bowl near the center of the table at Jane’s face. It landed, and Jane’s reflexes were too delayed to stop it. Frankie bellowed out a laugh. “How could you possibly counter? OPS combines two of the most basic offensive metrics in one to provide one of the strongest predictors of production! Only the top one half of one percent of the league has a superior OPS. Every single one of those players are perennial all-stars!” Maura shouted, though the din of family fun and sizzling barbecue tempered the sharpness of it.

“I dunno Janie, I think she’s got you. Remember when Mookie led the AL in OPS? MVP caliber year,” Cousin Danny said around a mouthful of hot dog.

“Who asked you?” Jane whipped around, motioning for him to zip it. But when she turned her sights back on Maura, she grinned wickedly. She wore her navy road alternate jersey, the one she didn’t mind getting dirty, unbuttoned over her own bikini top, simple black to Maura’s deep, rich red. She leaned back when Maura leaned in, and probably on purpose: it showed off all the musculature she worked so hard for, the musculature that often set Maura off-kilter. “Anyway, here’s what I’m saying: you have a stat that has been around since the beginning of time that basically tells you the same damn thing.”

“Oh?” asked Maura, dripping with superiority. She held back a scoff only because she wanted another sip.

Jane sucked her teeth at the daintiness of that sip. At the pink pout cradling the lip of the bottle.

“Yeah - total bases,” she said as if Maura should have thought of it before. “The more total bases the better. Ya don’t need equations or averages or any of that. Ya just need to know how many knocks a guy got and how many bases each knock counted for. I guarantee ya that tells ya as much as a guy’s slug.”

Maura paused, blinked, clearly unsure if she saw Jane’s point or if the alcohol was seeing it for her. “Well, I…”

At that moment, a particularly large twelve year old kid cannonballed into the deep end just a few feet away, and the water on everyone’s feet at the table gave Jane a wet idea. “Wanna bet? Let’s go inside. I know Carla’s got the family computer in Marisa’s old room. We can do a whole spreadsheet right. Fuckin’. Now.”

Maura dropped her mouth open at the audacity, and then at the implication. They’d be alone. In a bedroom. Collecting data sets. Arguing. “I do want to bet. Lead the way.”

Frankie only rolled his eyes when they shot up from the table and burst through the sliding glass door to the house. Another beer it was, then.

#ask anthrofreshtodeath #otp prompts april 2023 #rizzoli and isles #lauren writes rizzoli and isles fanfiction #will the rizzoli and isles tag swallow my posts like it has in the past? we shall see 😂

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facedock · 2 years

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Calling All A-Team Fans – Help Preserve Fic from Fanfiction.net

I recently reblogged a post warning that Fanfiction.net could soon be lost to us forever. In the interest of preserving fandom history, many people are taking action to save fics before the site goes down (which, as far as I can tell, could happen at any moment – could be days, could be months, could be years... could end up being totally fine, I have no idea, but I’d rather not risk it).

There are 64 pages of A-Team (TV) fanfic on Fanfiction.net.

That’s about 1,600 individual stories.

They could all be lost to us at any moment (if the author hasn’t uploaded them elsewhere, like to AO3).

In the interest of preserving our fandom’s history, I’m rallying y’all to help save these fics.

To quote from someone on that other post:

“Do it comprehensively—start on the last page and save every. Single. One. Make sure you include the header and any author’s notes. EDIT NOTHING, ONLY DOCUMENT. Yes, if that means someone misspelled something or you spot a misnamed character, you need to keep that error. If you can form a “network” with friends to save all of a fandom’s works, DO IT.”

I’m taking care of the first (er, last) page right now. I’m not sure if I’ll have the energy to do more tonight. But I’m getting started archiving just in case we lose the fics.

I’ve been copy/pasting the fics into individual Google Docs, storing them in a folder I’ve titled “Fanfiction.net A-Team Archive”, and titling them as suggested below:

“I strongly recommend using the following format for whatever you save, so it can be indexed later: fandom_fictitle_author_datefirstposted.fileextension. So for example (I’m making this fic up for demonstration purposes, don’t bother looking for it), naruto_blessing_ichigo98_07192009 would be Blessing, by ichigo98, posted in the Naruto fandom on 19 July 2009. This provides all the information needed to see if a fic has been cross posted to the AO3, and to run a search engine to see if it’s archived elsewhere.”

I’ve also been copy/pasting the fic stats from the top of the fic, and putting them in the “summary” section of the Google Doc:

I’m not saying it needs to be done this way specifically, just as long as fics are getting saved.

If you wanna join me, I’ve set up a Google spreadsheet to mark which pages have been covered.

Feel free to tackle a page and put your tumblr @ or nickname or initial it or whatever you’re comfortable with.

If you’re going to use Google Drive/Docs to save the fics, I would recommend using a spare Google account if you have one (I’m using an account I have for getting spam emails lol), so you have plenty of room in the Drive.

Note on copy/pasting: Fanfiction.net’s interface doesn’t let you copy/paste on the desktop version. So, when you open a fic, change the “www” part of the URL to “m” to bring up the mobile version. This should let you highlight and copy the text without issues. I’ve also found that, on my computer at least, scrolling to the bottom and highlighting and then dragging the mouse back up to the top of the page highlights the text a lot quicker than starting at the top and scrolling down.

And, remember, this isn’t about saving only the fics you like. It’s about preserving the creations of our fellow fans and creating an archive. So.

I don’t know what we’ll actually do with these fics later... upload them to Ao3?? That seems like something we shouldn’t do without permission from the authors, right?? But many of them may be unreachable, given that some of these fics were posted all the way back in 2000. So. Idk.

But for now, the important thing is just to make sure we have them saved.

If you have some time to spare, tackling a page or two would be cool.

Just remember to check the spreadsheet so you don’t waste time saving fics that have already been saved.

If you want to add your saved fic Docs to the same Google Drive folder, I’ve made it public and editable, so you should be able to put your Docs in there. Please don’t abuse this power lol this is about preserving fandom history, and I happen to think that matters.

EDITING TO ADD: Someone pointed out that Fanfiction.net automatically filters out “M” rated fics when you first go to a search page, so if you’re helping archive the fics, remember to go to “Filters” and change the “Rated” filter to “Rating: All”, so we’re not missing anything.

#the a-team #the a team #a-team fanfic #the a team fanfic #a team fanfic

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justoneofthoseghosts · 1 year

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Granted I got excited for the Chenford train but I'm slowly coming down from the high with how the writers choosing to go forward with their writing. I'm not sure about you but I don't think taking a desk job like Tim is doing is romantic at all. Granted there are sacrifices and compromises that need to be made in relationships but when you make those sacrifices that affect your career, I don't find anything romantic by it. What would people say if it were Lucy who agreed to take a desk job so she could continue to see Tim. I'd hope there would be an uproar.

I'm a WOC fan so I was actually excited for two POC leading a romantic pairing with Chris and Lucy. Something we rarely see on tv.

Okay, get ready for some potentially hot (and likely unpopular) takes.

I’ve been slowly transitioning to being a more casual viewer of The Rookie. It’s still a fun show that I watch because it offers me some mindless way of decompressing after a long day of eye rolling and glaring at spreadsheets but I haven’t been all that invested in Chenford anymore. I mean, love that the fandom finally gets canon Chenford after years. Good for everyone who waited so patiently. To each their own, right?

Honestly, I kind of found the writing last season to be a bit wishy washy. There weren’t any really any big Chenford moments (outside of the premiere) until the finale and even then, it sort of came out of the blue. I like my slow burn piled on with a lot of feelings, pining, anticipation, stolen looks - you know, the works - so I was a tiny bit disappointed in how the writers developed the relationship overall. Introducing love interests that weren't really needed in my opinion. Ashley was a barely fleshed out character and while Chris had some potential, the writers didn't really think of him that much. I felt like both the LIs lacked purpose and even how both relationships ended felt off.

Also, don’t really like how they seemed to have retconned Tim’s character. He basically refused to write Lucy up for “losing” the earrings because he couldn’t remain objective. IDK but that doesn’t seem very Tim circa season 1. I don’t find it romantic. It feels a bit patronizing.

Lucy is and will always be my favorite character on this show. I hope she gets better storylines that revolve less around her and Tim. Also, they should write in Oscar more often. I enjoyed him in the last episode!

I do hope we see more POC pairings not just on this show but in others. I agree that there is a serious lack of it and it's something that writers, networks and producers could do much better on.

Now, let me duck back into my cave before I get pelted with tomatoes by the fandom ✌🏻

#the rookie #anon tag #answered #please don't come after me #I come in peace

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incandescentflower · 2 years

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~ reveal your watch & rewatch drama list ~

Tagged by @stickers-on-a-laptop! Oh boy. Here we go.

Watching (in the order I threw them on my spreadsheet and my descriptions) 😂:

KinnPorsche: Bonkers Mafia bodyguard/mobster love story/so fucking rapey (Look, I am not telling anyone else to not like it, it just hasn't been good for me, despite my high hopes it would be, but yeah PeteVegas are the most interesting part by far)

To My Star 2: My babies are back and saaadddd - I want this over with, which is kiling me since I looked forward to it so much. I didn't expect to receive contact therapy from this show, but here we are.

Old Fashion Cupcake - Boss/subordinate form a sweet relationship. I WOULD DIE FOR THEM. I have so many long fics I should be writing and yet, I just think of them.

Check out - Two men who meet at a getaway villa and have a fling end up meeting again later and it looks very rich and trashy. I liked episode 0, I am meh about the rest except the lead's chemistry.

Sky in My Heart - Brother from other show has to be doctor in a small village and meets a teacher to fall in love, second tier ATOTS. Okay, but this has been a very nice watch. Low bar investment. Fah is ridiculous but also says heart breaking things sometimes.

Tomorrow - Reapers try to prevent suicides. I was like, this looks so cool from the gifs. And it is. But also very sad. And well see above. Already too much sadness.

Ultimate Note - Tomb raider, familial destiny meets shipping of lead with mysterious amnesiac. This has been fun so far. But lots of bugs. Why.

Rewatching randomly:

Bad Buddy, The Devil Judge, Word of Honor, all for fic purposes. I have loved them all for various reasons for a while now.

Plan to Watch:

Hrm, I have a long rec list and I pull from it sometimes. But ones I am looking forward to most immediately:

Moonlight Chicken: Earth and Mix with P'Aof again, what's not to be excited about?

Viceversa: I am looking forward to Jimmy in a lead drama and small roles by Ohm and Nanon.

Most of my really anticipated stuff has already come out this year or is going now, so I guess I am looking forward to being surprised!

Tagging @mineonmain and @cbayeeeeee and anyone else who would want to do this.

#watch list #tag games #don't come at me about KP #I am not trying to be a jerk #just saying how i feel about it #Next week is gonna be a big week for finishing out the things I am most emotionally connected to #i hope i survive it

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bi-lunita · 1 year

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When I was a kid my mother told me “your dad is a chameleon” because he could make friends with almost anyone. But these friendships he made were mostly surface and were about him figuring out the things he had in common with those people and really leaning into. As I get older I realize that I too am a chameleon. I can get along with many different types of people by putting many different types of traits on. By fitting into certain molds and seeming more appealing. My dad and I don’t do this on purpose. I learned to do it to survive, because a friend and ally is always better than an enemy. But being a chameleon only works for so long. I do not hold friends groups and instead bounce around. My surface traits really on working on keeping surface level relationships. I don’t remember who I was or who I’m supposed to be. The things I do that come naturally aren’t “normal”. Kids don’t find new ways to organize their Pokémon cards every time they get a new pack. Teenagers don’t normally wait to join a game and start by making a spreadsheet of everything they think would be perfect. Adults don’t fidget or impulsively rawr or have to reorganize the way their folders are placed or have to wait until the clock strikes that :00 mark on any hour to start a task or drop things even though they were holding them two seconds go or a million other things that I do. That I’ve been told isn’t normal. But my dad lets out a high pitched squeal when he’s excited. My dad is blocked and can’t start anything when he’s stressed. My dad likes to keep all his old documents organized in perfect files and if you break his organization than it’s a hoarding issue cause he doesn’t know how to classify it. My dad can get overly angry about what is right and what just doesn’t make sense. My dad is kind and made us breakfast everyday. My dad smiles even when things go wrong. My dad tells you it’s gonna be okay. My dad ends every call with “Are you happy? Good. That’s the only thing that matters”. My dad isn’t perfect. He’s a chameleon. He’s never fully himself and got lost somewhere along the way. My dad isn’t always normal or nice. But my dad loves us, he cares for us. My dad wants to do the right thing. He isn’t perfect, but he’s trying. So maybe it’s not such a bad thing to be like my dad. Maybe instead of hating being a chameleon, instead of feeling like Im never me, maybe I should remember that every shade of color I express is still me. Maybe a chameleon is me expressing every color inside.

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meanwhileinstasiville · 1 year

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SNES9x

Back when I was a computer geek, for real, in the late 90s, I used renaming all the registry keys as a sort of defensive measure. Some enterprising hackers know how that works (or worked, I should say, because of how long ago that was), but they couldn’t ever hope to get around the entire system. I named them according to an internally consistent system, known to me. And beyond. But...and this is important to people today; agents of government aren’t phased by this stuff. Any FBI agent worth their salt would lookup the MBR and file table to see where all those things were still located in machine code, and how the APIs were call/answering. A long time ago. When dial-up was “fast internet”. Notably, “someone” managed to remote corrupt the TCP/IP stack, which was all the more impressive because my machine was running a winmodem (look it up, sort of beyond the scope here). Also, aggravating.

As I was seriously involved in working with emulators (because they were experimental at best, and not so reliable), it’s possible “one of those guys” in the development community, took something out for a test drive pathing networks (I used UDP (again, look it up) because my connection was slow and rural and unreliable; a port scan wouldn’t care, but that’s a pretty complicated thing to be doing after “following” a lot of unrouted packets that were running into other packets. There’s a moral to this story, that I’m getting to. Whereby “back doors” (often installed at the behest of government, but not always) were all the rage, and kind of the standard back then, they call that system “rainbow tables” now days.

A friend who was years later consulting for some certain letter agencies, sort of broached that particular subject in discussing, “rainbow covers most internet traffic, except for a tiny area, and so they’ll just look there” as a sort of “I can look at anything you can do remotely” for any or no reason at all (it was my best friend, so I didn’t much mind). After I had stopped doing the kinds of things those “implementations” are seeking to find, ironically. Screengrabbing and keylogging was the “poor man’s rainbow table” back in the day, but we never talked about that. (A movie called Sneakers begged the question of “who was going to be who” among us, a long, long time ago).

And the moral??? Ok, ok. America today is really big on something called “bittorrent” which needs no introduction, and has also been mentioned on this blog a time or two. We’re not fooling anybody with file sharing. After “Usenet” (also, look it up) was used by *extremely privileged whites* to circulate software, extrajudicially I might add, because computers cost 5k or more and internet was a super exclusive privilege within that privilege, of people for whom many “registered users” (if you can imagine that, because there was a fee, not unlike demonoid) were developing the software themselves. What became the biggest names in software. Microsoft, Apple, Adobe, Norton, and too many to name over a decade or so. Sharing software among people that they thought could “give it a once over”, for beta-testing/free debugging purposes. And so, a list of releases ended up being circulated and forgotten among people who were always the “leading edge” of the technology in question. Of course there are leaks. Some kids share some cool toys with other kids, because they’re all wealthy, so who cares. Software gets traded for drugs. Sexual favors. Becomes a sort of ubiquitous free-when-circulated underground. And open secret.

(any FTP protocol becomes a means for “everyone to be on the same page” with current software because nobody can afford all the important kinds)

A network of file traders is how some (perhaps most) computer users for a solid couple decades, came to have word processors AND spreadsheets. And databases. And “Multimedia” development skills and capabilities. And multiplayer computer games (from handing out disks at LAN parties and then going home).

>A digital distribution system for media could never have existed without file trading<

Audio gets small with compressed sound files. Somehow (this was my experience) cracked (look it up) executables allow CD-bound software to be executed without the CD in the drive. I wanted to play Mechwarror 2, which had a GREAT soundtrack, while listening to Metallica after I’d been playing it for a long time. Cracks (not “hacks” of course because they thought a different word would fly under FBI scrutiny) allow some software where one of the “songs” is the data track, to be run flawless with no disc. Cracks give way to greater “warez” (I call it juarez) no-CDs. A distinction without a difference, except a so-called “no-CD” allows a software accustomed to running from regular disc access, to be copied to hard disk and run from there (Mechwarrior 2 was designed to be “installed” that way by the developer “but the movies look incredible” they said of the 300-odd megabyte installation in the days where a gigabyte drive was respectable). Some time after, DSL gives way to cable “broadband” circa 2000, disk drives get huge, software stabilizes around 650mb compact disk, size. This marks “when the dotcom boom” was OVER.

When only corporations paid for software, and media for the most part, even after napster (that I never used for reasons close to the beginning of this story) went down, because napster gave way to like a hundred alternatives. And usenet was still around. Americans who couldn’t suddenly afford to buy a used car (what computers were going for in the dotcom era) every year or so, still can’t do it even after the dotcom era ends and everything cheapens. Cellphones are like a thousand dollars, when a “dime-store” as I had discussed in another post, computer runs 5-700. Additional dollars. And they don’t become true computers for like fifteen years. Apple makes iPod in the intervening years (internetPoliceOfficerDetective) a company now headed by Time Cook. Apple doesn’t understand why selling music at a dollar (or so, it was a long time ago) doesn’t amount to how people want tens of gigabytes in iPod storage.

Those napster alternatives I had mentioned, for all kinds of files.

Apple doesn’t go on to *ever acknowledge* that Creative Nomads were sold to the *same people* as Apple Ipods. As of a *couple years ago* they took the iTunes store offline to create a subscription service in its place; the public action that admitted (confessed???) that Ipods had long been “populated” with music from file trading networks. Because Ipods are expensive, and come empty. After Steve Jobs had been dead for some time. Even Microsoft, long fence-rider in the “computers in the home are for rich people, software needs to be circulated for free outside corporate sectors”, confessed to knowing about Wine Is Not Emulation, the Microsoft Windows API translation system, the *whole damn time*. In the vaguest way possible, to avoid being forced to legal action by the government against a technology that they wanted to exist but couldn’t develop.

A moral of this story is two-fold. A lot of poor people are crafty. Americans by and large, cannot afford computer ownership, and also mobile phone ownership, at the same time as software required to be “plugged into” the digital world. They can’t afford physical media containing digital media (hence Apple’s open admission that iTunes was a pipe-dream at worst, and imperfect solution at best). Subscription services are all the rage among corporations, since “apps” and similar dollars-for-executables create a divide worthy of a digital fiefdom, which, at present, looks to become a digital landed gentry. Colonial American founders circulated what (*cough* contraband *cough* privateering) in order they become a sort of landed gentry worthy of a revolutionary war of independence?

A long read, yeah. The story is still going though.

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Inefficient Bookkeeping: Ultimate Reason behind the downfall of your business!

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Rambling ahoy.

I went to work yesterday, but they sent me back home due to me having COVID. I thought I'd be fine because I was 6 days out from onset of symptoms and felt okay. I hadn't tested until we got back home from vacation Saturday night, for a lot of reasons but mainly 1) I thought it was a cold and 2) on the off chance it a) was COVID or more likely b) we'd picked up COVID somewhere during the vacation and were asymptomatic; I didn't want to be trapped in a foreign country in quarantine or whatever. Plus the complication of 3) I didn't speak the language of the countries I was in and 4) was having a lot of trouble making phone calls with the e-SIM program I'd bought. So if we did end up stranded, my ability to communicate with health care providers, my work, my daughter's school, etc. was compromised. Anyway, I tested when we got back /just in case/ and whelp, we were positive.

I thought I was over it yesterday, but then in the afternoon I crashed, was tired all day, slept 9 hours last night, woke up tired, am still tired. But I've drank a little caffeine and that seems to be perking me up. Not that this is super helpful, because most of my actual work requires me to know what I'm doing, which requires learning it from the people I'm now isolated from.

Speaking of which, HR was clear that I was 'working from home'. And then my boss, who I spoke to yesterday, was equally clear that I should take it easy, rest up, and come back to work on Thursday ready to hit the ground running. I'm uneasy about these mixed signals. I'm supposedly being paid ... and I'd be happier working but all I can do from here is call a few suppliers about late deliveries (which I did yesterday and will shortly repeat). And stare at some spreadsheets that I don't have the context to do anything about.

I'm also suffering from the usual conundrum that when I'm sick, my brain doesn't work well enough to write (or usually, read much) and so my primary leisure activity is hard to do. I vaguely want to watch Yellowstone, but I don't think I'm up to following anything with a plot for the same reason.

In the course of scrolling FB, I ran across a post where someone was asking for a kitten for her 'girls' because she'd lost the one they had. I have no problem with people owning cats. I also have a very low bar for animal treatment. Anyone who knows what 'gamebird' means in terms of my alias should know that. But WTF, woman? She wants a 'kitten' that is free. Absolutely free. Won't go to the shelter because they charge a small fee and provide an animal that's spayed/neutered and vaccinated. She doesn't want to pay that. I'm not saying 'I think she doesn't want to pay for that', I mean she's explicitly posting she doesn't want to pay anything, no matter what she's getting, even if what she's getting is bog standard, required care for baseline quality of life of the pet. It really, really sounds like she wants a disposable pet with no vet care whatsoever. Given her last 'kitten' was 'lost', I ... I mean? Fuck, lady. I used to fight chickens for a living and I wouldn't inflict you on some poor cat. I'd be happier if she was asking for kittens to feed to her snake (which I've seen posts about that before and that's marginally fine with me because a feed animal is not going to have a life of deteriorating health and slow misery before dying; on the other hand, I'm suspicious of anyone willing to feed their snake rando pet animals they got for free off FB, instead of purpose-bred feed animals bought from someone with standards; I feel sorry for the snake in this situation, not the cat).

Anyway, I said nothing about this on FB but it bothered me.

Okay, this is what happens to me when I have caffeine.

Speaking of which, I'm curious if it will effect me differently now than when I had ovaries. Back then, it gave me panic attacks and anxiety.

I started back on this stuff accidentally by getting coffee flavored gelato in Italy two weeks ago, thinking my boyfriend (who loves coffee-flavored ice cream) should share it with me. He did not, so I ate it all myself and was wiredly awake for a very long time. I think it was 36 hours from time of waking to time of sleeping. Hard to tell exactly because we crossed like 8 time zones. So either 28 hours or 44. Which is why I drank some this morning. I figured it could kick COVID's ass and it's doing okay, but my logic center isn't working right and I can't string more than two or three things together in sequence. After all, I'm here on Tumblr instead of doing my work.

Speaking of which, I'm off to bung up some work!

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BL 2021 STATS & TRENDS BY COUNTRY

I keep a pretty detailed spreadsheet of everything I watch in BL each year including tropes, runtimes, origin country, etc... for the purposes of statistical analysis. However, I don’t watch/track a whole lot of Pinoy stuff, so be aware it is underrepresented in my meta analysis (erm, actually, I don’t talk about it at all).

Data note: There’s no question projects were cancelled, curtailed, shortened, and delayed because of C19. We have to assume 2021 numbers were heavily impacted by struggles containing the pandemic.

Nevertheless, I think we can safely say that we are experiencing the golden age of BL right now. Lucky us!

THAILAND

Thailand stuck to it’s pattern of putting out mostly longer running series of 9-13 episodes or so.

Last year, 2020, it produced c. 21 BLs with an average run time of 5.6 hours (skewed low by 1hr specials + short spin offs). These had a mean run time of 10 hours (13 eps @ 45 min ea) and earned an average rating from me of 6/10.

In 2021 Thailand produced 38 BLs (+ 4 microfilms), with an average run time of 6.5 hours, skewed by shorter pulps and the lack of GMMTV content.

Only Manner of Death was 12 episodes, the old standard. 2021′s mean run time was 7 hours with most actually being either 10 or 6. It earned an average rating from me of 6/10.

By the end of July it had already beaten the previous year’s record of 21 BLs. Thailand dealt with civil unrest and refugee influx in addition to C19 lockdowns, not to mention fundraising in a country that depends on tourism for c.13% of GDP so I think we can assume we should have gotten MORE from them in 2021.

This number of BLs under normal circumstances is INSANE. But I do think quality is now being seriously impacted.

We got three sets of sampler packs this year, Y-Destiny, Close Friend, and Seven Project. I wasn’t wild about any of them. I think Thai BL just does better long form although I’m not against this as testers to then give a pair a longer series (which it kinda felt like The En of Love was dong). Do I want to see more SantaEarth and ToruFirst? Who doesn’t? Was I happy to get bonus OhmFluke, BounPrem, BoomPeak, and KimCop? Of course I was. Did I want more time spent with them? Of course I did. So yeah, I guess I am okay with this trend but I’d rather they just gave us new long form.

Aside from sampler packs, 2021 Thai BL split pretty cleanly along the lines of pulps on the one hand (poor quality + flimsy narrative structures in a mostly high school setting at about 4 hours) versus better quality (but way fewer) university set stuff (coming from more prestigious studios at about 10 hours).

If there’s a trend we were all hoping for, it’s that Thailand successfully moved beyond those two models towards more sophisticated BL in other settings and with a wider ranges using mature characters. They did this in 2021 with 1000 Stars, Top Secret Together, Hometown’s Embrace, Bite Me, and a few others. But not many. And while I don’t think it’s technically BL, Manner of Death utilized MaxTul beautifully and pretty much transitioned BL into gay romantic suspense in a way we are all hoping will spur on similar shows.

I think this will continue, although with the current wild success of Bad Buddy I don’t anticipate them leaving uni or high school behind. (GMMTV is like that popular kid who peaked in school and will never let go of the glory days.) Thailand has always sporadically produced quality narratives: 3 Will Be Free, Until We Meet Again, I Told the Sunset About You and He’s Coming to Me spring immediately to mind, but none of those started trends. Honestly, for Thailand it’s all about cost of production and the moment it’s moved out of a school setting things get expensive. Still, we will absolutely see them explore cheap alternatives like cafes, but I don’t think they’ll stretch their wings much further.

VIETNAM

Pretty much just started up its BL industry in 2018. They didn’t really do much in 2019, had a smattering in 2020, but went all in for 2021.

Since Vietnamese BL isn’t in MDL and I’m not actively watching it all I can’t really keep stats. Sorry.

I can tell you that I watched 9 of them with an average rating of just under 6/10, which means for me, they are almost up to Thai level. Pretty much all their BLs are under 4 hours.

Vietnam puts out student-quality production values using small casts and low budgets. But it’s pretty serviceable BL of 1-3 hr run time. The acting and chemistry tends to be decent and they are getting progressively better about both story and queer rep (more to come on that). However, they’re stymied by lack of a robust adaptation industry.

Tonally they feel like a combination of Pinoy + Thai, but they have lower heat levels and runtimes like Korea (although not as low). They stick to lighter-hearted HEA but and give consistently good kisses. I feel like they are slowly establishing their voice in the field, I’m just not quite sure yet what exactly that voice entails. I am very excited to see what it will be and if Mr Cinderella (will be assessed in 2022) is any indication it’s DELIGHTFUL.

TAIWAN

Since 2017 Taiwan has brought out 2-3 BL series a year of consistent quality, if inconsistent story structure and length. I really thought 2021 was going to be their year, since they weathered C19 so well (initially).

And my precious tiny island DELIVERED! 10 BLs & 2 microfilms!

Not 1 but 2 seasons of We Best Love (one of my favorite BLs ever), plus HIStory 4, Papa & Daddy, See You After Quarantine? AND Be Loved in House: I Do. Not to mention a few indie microseries, several movies, some dark stuff, and a fantastic BL sub plot in Love is Science?. The average run time was 2.5 hours with H4 & BLINID throwing the curve.

I can only hope this is the start of a trend for them. But honestly, I’ll take anything I can get from Taiwan if We Best Love is one of the things I get. And I will revel the joys and miseries of the HIStory franchise like I always have.

CHINA

The number of BLs out of China has dropped since its heyday of 7 projects in 2016. It’s now down to only 1-2 a year but those projects are SUPER long by comparison to other BL series and censored bromances.

They settled over the last few years into not gay (but really hella gay) fantasy historicals with amorphous endings.

Perhaps because they could get away with more swish in robes and fans than they can in a contemporary setting? Regardless, it happened, it was censored, and it was a sensation.

Unfortunately Word of Honor seems to have been too much of a sensation for the government homophobes. There are rumors out of Mainland China of actors and writers are now being persecuted and hounded. I can only advise keeping expectations under control for this market, so as not to be disappointed. I hope to be proved wrong but I don’t think we will get much from China for a while.

JAPAN

Our heritage BL nation produced 7 BLs in 2020 (I know, right, more than I thought, too (Sei no Gekiyaku, The Cornered Mouse Dreams of Cheese, Love Stage!!, His, Life: Love on the Line, Restart After Come Back Home, Cherry Magic). In keeping with a decade long tradition they ranged in style and story; were mainly movies; and still played with amorphous endings, suicide, and the murder gay. Say what you like about Japanese BL, it will never let go of the yaoi that started it all. Very consistent in their taste and execution is Japan.

In 2021 we got 5. And 2 weren’t really BL at all: Absolute BL was a commentary meta analysis spoof of BL and Pornographer Playback was a continuation of that aptly named hot mess of a queer neurosis kink-fest (emphasis on HOT).

However, Given, Kieta Hatsukoi, and Utsukushii Kare were returns to form for Japan: adapted from a popular yaoi mangas and just different enough in filming style, story structure, and quality to SCREAM “Japan made me, I am not like other BLs.” Which I happen to truly love and feels rather special since it happens so rarely. These all reminded me of Seven Days, and I will move mountains to get that feeling.

However, 2021 was not a return to Japan’s style of production. Most of Japan’s 2021 shows were short series of the K-BL style, which is new for them and live action yaoi. The average run time was slightly longer than it has been in the past: 2.2 hours. I like this for them and I think they do too. I suspect we are going to see more like this and fewer movies.

After Utsukushii Kare‘s spectacular ending, I feel like we are experiencing a Japanese BL renaissance. For you K-pop fans out there, it’s like the BTOB rediscovery that happened because of Kingdom. So if you’ve just started delving into Japanese BL now, be aware, there’s a huge back catalogue for you to choose from and aren’t you a lucky duck?

KOREA

Korea has found its stride, what started as a surprise victory last year is now a trend. They’re churning out high quality short run BL targeting a 1.5-2 hour running time (for movie conversion) and it’s consistent and consistently GOOD. Color Rush wasn’t only my favorite BL of 2021, it’s one of my top BLs of all time. And then Light On Me came along and casually blew my mind. Also To My Star = GAH!

Historically, there hasn’t been much Korean BL each year (except microfilms), but it went up from 3 to 11 in 2021!

ELEVEN with an average run time of 2hrs (plus 5 microfilms), which is a HUGE spike in output. And they still managed to stay on point with quality! I think we can safely say, Korea is consciously and intentionally gunning for BL fandom.

I am so grateful. I might be alone in this, but I enjoy that K-BL has a shorter run. I like a tight narrative arc. I appreciate the simplicity and brevity required to make something this high quality work financially. No drifting or waffling allowed. Pacing must be stellar. I understand that it’s a cost saving measure to keep quality BL coming, and I enjoy the results all the more for that. However, Tasty Florida did make me reconsider this stance - it felt underdeveloped and abrupt.

So, it’s 2022, and it’s about time Korea let their gay babies breathe a bit. It’s okay Korea - people will watch it, it will make money, give our boys a little more screen time, please? Drop us the 16 eps of that Decedents of the Sun BL - we all know you can do it.

At the very beginning of the year, when I was prepping the draft of this post (based on last year’s numbers, it’s my system) I typed that I wanted Korea to “give us the True Beauty of BL.” Well Korea answered my unpublished plea with Light On Me and BL’s first great love triangle. It was utterly painfully and gloriously yearning in a way that K-dramas do best. LoM was also longer than normal for Korean BL (double their average run time) and I hope it heralds good things to come.

But frankly it was Nobleman Ryu’s Wedding that firmly put Korea’s unique stamp on BL. That stamp is high production value, subtle acting, superior AV, decent story, and a VERY light touch. And no one is looking back. We even seem to be getting some second seasons and more historical set stuff.

You do you, Korea. Or specifically, you do you Korean sweet boys (in a very civilized low heat way) and we’ll continue watching.

2022 BL Trend & Growth Expectations

THAILAND will produce the same kind of thing as they did in 2021 with perhaps a few darker offerings, better queer rep, and a fall off in the pulps as money dries up. I don’t see how they can possibly keep up this level of exponential growth, their overall quality is seriously suffering. If we’re lucky, we will get at least 6 experimental pieces with stronger story and atypical setting (like KinnPorsche). ANNOUNCED? 73 BLs for 2022 (many of these are seed project fundraisers, I expect about half to die in pre-production or move to 2023.)

VIETNAM should continue to improve steadily, and give us as many as it can, I’m just hoping it doesn't fall down the Pinoy rabbit hole of no story. They are evolving quickly, if Mr Cinderella is any indication, good things are coming. ANNOUNCED? 2 BLs for 2022

TAIWAN has increased steadily over years but I think they’ll go down from 2021, and 6 is the max we can expect in 2022. I want them to do a gay spoof on Boys Over Flowers but they don’t have the funds. *sad sigh* (This is assuming China doesn’t carry out its political threats, in which case the world’s got more serious problems to worry about.) ANNOUNCED? 5 BLs for 2022

CHINA nothing but a few heavily censored bromances. ANNOUNCED? 1 bromance co-project with Thailand for 2022

JAPAN, look I have cried out for years for ninja/yakuza yaoi adaptations and something more adult domestic like Our Dinging Table, and Japan has announced both. BOTH I tell you. I am SO EXCITED for Japanese BL in 2022. Come on Japan, you can do eeet! ANNOUNCED? 4 BLs for 2022

KOREA. I expect them to double their BL output next year (from 11 to 20+), perhaps including something a little longer after the success of Light On Me. Of course, imma pipe dream Yuri on Ice staring Enhyphen’s Park Sung Hoon and you can’t stop me (but Japan probably will). ANNOUNCED? 15 BLs for 2022

2022 BL line up (announced projects, trailers, etc) as of the end of 2021 is here.

2021 audience analysis and thoughts here. I discuss growth in terms of audience, investment, and international market penetration. How I think pandemic viewing #s figured into it. Possible new production models. And changes in BL actors and their pairs. (Pure speculation since I don’t have access to these numbers.)

2021 BL Wrap Up - Top Trends analyzed & discussed

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