#but this is HER grad party

[thatbeluga]

i just spent a full HOUR mixing possibly every food dye we have in this godforsaken house to make black frosting, only to find out after my sister got home that we HAVE. BLACK. FOOD. DYE.

I usually refrain from joking about suicide because I find it distasteful but I think in this moment it is appropriate to say I wanted to kill myself

#it was so much #my hands were stained #my other sister cooked three sheets of brownies in that time #i was stuck in personal hell #i got it to a dark gray/brown #and called it a day #my fingers are still purple #it literally changed the texture of the frosting there was so much dye #i was dying #and the puppy took a shit on the floor halfway through #my little sister usually bakes #but this is HER grad party #so the twin and I had to step up #we are not good

[weareamarvel]

i’m on a boat

#hashtag lake life LMAO #it was for my friend’s grad party that was thrown for her by her boss who’s an older white southern lady lmao #she was very sweet and made her husband take us on a boat ride lmao #me #my face #selfie #pink eyeliner #graphic liner #girls #cute girls #asian #wlw #wlwoc #bi #nonbinary woman

[pendraegon]

missing the taste of jungle juice so bad it's unreal

#i wont her....... #me and tori are reminiscing over frat parties.. #anyways. grad school woes are BEGINNINGGG WOOOOOO

[liverpool-enjoyer]

i truly deeply dont even wanna think abt where i'd be academically if it werent for this bitch

#n her cat ofc!!! #theyll be getting a shoutout at my grad party mark my worms #lofi girl

[allthegothihopgirls]

thank you fanfiction writers for drilling it in, that just like how stan falls far from meeting broflovski expectations but can always go to gerald for anything no judgement. ike, although a complete genius with insane potential, enjoys hanging (smoking weed) in the marsh garage with renowned deadbeat randy because he's the only person who treats him like a buddy instead of prodigy.

#but its always a 50/50 whether or not gerald knows about randy letting his teenage son smoke copious amounts of weed on the regular #sheila is always completely clueless though #i'm thinking of one particular fic chapter i read ages ago rn #it was style college grad party where ike and uncle randy walk in late together incredibly stoned #and gerald just telepathically shakes his head at randy whilst sheila could not be more oblivious as to how high her son is #and she straight away starts getting ike to tell distant relatives about his latest academic successes #and he is just SO over it #shout out that fic (no clue what its called) #the dynamic is SO perfect because it gives stan and ike such a great relationship too #because randy is just a complete fucking deadbeat when it comes to fathering stan #and instead of resenting ike for bringing out in his father what he wishes he could himself #he remains still jealous but supportive of ike and the freedom he gets from the situation #and ike has a similar relationship with his own father except the complete opposite #so he's glad stan gets something positive out of his overbearing family's dynamic #and stan benefits so much from having that added structure in his life #ararararardghfghghgghghghgh #bkbkbflkbfklfkbklfblkfbfg #afghhgghbbbvbvbvvvnvnbnmnmnmmmiyiyiyiiyiyiyi #sp #south park #ike broflovski #randy marsh #stan marsh #gothihop speaks

[heartfe1t]

@inspotlight

   ❝    hey- oh my gosh okay i needed another opinion besides elijah's- you thinking we open the sparkling rose or just do seltzers?    ❞    val asks, not yet looking up from behind the bar counter outside where she's looking through the cooler, before she does properly stand up. the recognition clearly hits though as soon as she sees her and she smiles brightly.   ❝    oh my gosh wait- you must be nini! hi, i'm valerie- but everyone calls me val. it's so nice to finally meet you! ricky's said amazing things about you.   ❞    she comes around the counter to give the other girl a tight hug.   ❝    you're so pretty, oh my goodness. but i mean- of course you are, your man has good taste. we're so happy you're here, i told ricky he just had to come to my grad party, and obviously he had to bring the girl he's so in love with...   ❞  

#( vp4 ) the rubies that i gave up #✮ — valerie prescott / think you know who you are #think you know who you are — ♥ — threads #contacts╰┈➤ nini salazar roberts ( inspotlight ) #//airport au !!! also tbh i'm debating if her “grad party” is also a surprise we're engaged party #//or even that they eloped or somethin i'm tempted to go that direction maybe but either way val is so !!! to meet nini she's the mom frien

[arthur-r]

asked reddit how to maintain stage presence while seated and the responses are ridiculous so does anyone here have advice?

#‘​‘get a wheelchair for sympathy’’ yeah i would have a wheelchair if it were that easy to afford!!!! #i did like the advice of making the chair super cool. the person suggested i go to a thrift store and get the best chair there #i’ll have to see about clearing that with the drummer (concert is also her grad party) but sounds like a good idea #however it doesn’t actually help me look less awkward while singing and that’s the problem #is that by default i sit with my whole body crossed and folded and that’s not how to look like a lead singer #and all the rules i know to fix that involve standing up. and i nearly passed out just singing my songs from a chair yesterday #because that was somehow also too much exertion. yeah i’m not doing very well. i wish the concert could wait #but anyway has anyone here had to perform from a chair and your hands weren’t automatically busy?? what did you do with them???? #i’ll be playing cello in some songs so i’ll be alright for those but other than that i have no clue what to do #anyway our second concert ever is in a few days i’m pretty nervous #this saturday. real people are coming and a real musician is opening #and i’m not even allowed to wear my cool shoes :( #i also keep dreaming that it’s the last day of school and i’m walking down the hallway crying???? and seeing people i miss?? #so just feeling a little bit strange. anyway my grandparents will be picking me up in a little bit to go out for my birthday (was in april) #so i’m gonna have a shower and get ready for that. but here is a little status update i guess #me. my post. mine. #delete later #and right please give advice!!!! my stage presence is already awful cause i’m autistic and can’t read the room. being seated makes it worse #anyway i’m getting in the shower. but thanks preemptively for any and all advice and otherwise i just hope you’re well

[sariea]

looked yummy today :)

#may this be the year my husband locates me #so serious #my sister is getting engaged next week #first time at an engagement #love her and him #so excited #besties grad party next week #other besties suprise birthday #love this season #and i get to look good :)

[800-dick-pics]

found my old highschool usb with allllllllll my photos/photography and videos/films and im like

wow we really made the gayest and most emo ass shit didnt we!!! i was damn emo and gay!

#me #personal #vent #literally my close friend and i made so many dark depressing and or gay short films its wild #i forgot we made a poetic experimental film abt someones sister commiting suicide #a film abt death with a very creepy russian song over it with a plauge dr mask i made #a film about someones moms health declining the son doing shady deals for money for her medical issues and then him being shot at the end #and then all the gsa photos/documentaries and psas we did #i took photos of my friend bc they couldnt afford grad photos #photos of goth excursions and summer pool parties #im like wow #i wouldve attempted suicide more if i didnt have film friends and thriving lgbt community in highschool #for that i am thankful

[reginaofdoctorwho]

everyone tells you your friends will drift apart once you all graduate but no one tells you how much it fucking hurts

#like i thought i had a pretty strong friend group in high school #currently i have maybe four friends that don't really talk a lot? #one of them has a new job and is working nightshift #one has been getting into different jobs/relationships and doesn't really have time anymore for us? #i mean she does sometimes text and ask if i wanna get high w her and her boyfriend which is cool #but the last time i saw her in person was probably a couple months ago #and then one is still friends w everyone somehow #and hangs out w people gets invites to grad parties #and the last one has a crush on tbe former that is unrequited #so that's getting pretty frigid #i'm just so goddamn lonely #we never text never call #almost any plans are last minute because someone else fell through #like high school is shit and i wouldn't wanna go back #but at least i fucking saw people back then #now the only messages i get are like once a month memes #and guys who were seniors when i was a freshman who realize we went to the same school and are trying to fuck #do you know how lonely you have to be to have a dream of hanging out with the girl who told you she hoped you'd kill yourself? #i fucking miss her #she was shitty as hell but she was usually fun to be around

[strigops]

one of my old anthropology buddies is an INTENSE stress baker and every time i see her post like 5 different fucking amazing looking restaurant quality baked goods to instagram across three days i just wanna message her like buddy. you good???

#i could always tell when she was stressing out during grad school bc she would just nonstop bake shit that looked like it belonged in sift #for like DAYS and i would see them on her ig like ‘should i ask her if shes ok’ lmao #our other mutual anth friend that shes like best friend with also likes to bake and they had stress baking parties during exam season #it was cute and they invited me to one but then covid happened :’)

[averbaldumpingground]

Life almost disappears, those summer afternoons spent reading in the park, your head half-leaning on his shoulder. Those mornings in the spring, a little late for work.

It didn't matter then, the way he took two sugars in his coffee. The way you let your hair grow out too long.

But these, the memories we keep, crammed in a shoebox full of polaroids, saved somewhere on a half-forgotten hard drive, they're what remains behind. They're what your sister finds, the weekend that she helps you pack your life.

And then it's sitting on the couch, your kitchen stuff already wrapped in paper. It's styrofoam containers, soda cans. It's wine that she's already drinking from the bottle.

And you can't figure out whose silhouette that was, who showed up to your party with a boa. And she is pretty sure her ex has kids.

But maybe that's why you and I keep postcards. Somebody's bow tie, paperclips, that bit of string.

They don't remind us of some other time, exactly. They're pieces of the people that we were, they're feelings that we'd wanted to hold on to.

#June 12 2023 #I've had 'Spin' by Lifehouse stuck in my head all day. #Is it about some girl? Is it about god? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Who the heck even knows. #I mean that's like a very large percentage of Lifehouse's musical output. #Well this one could also be about parenthood I guess. #And I'm pretty sure 'You and Me' is definitely about Jason Wade's wife and 'Hanging by a Moment' is about god per comments he's made. #But it's a fun party game isn't it? #Speaking of 'Hanging by a Moment'. Even though it came out when I was like 12 and I hadn't yet realized the whole religious thing. #I associate it most with the summer I was 25 and living with my parents for the summer for a grad school internship. #I remember driving my mom's car to work after dropping her off along the way and cranking up the radio. #Unfortunately my options were limited to the pop station (too many commercials) or the Spanish station (I don't speak Spanish) #or the Christian rock station (the one I usually listened to despite my uncomfortable relationship with religion especially at the time). #And the first time I heard them play Lifehouse I was like wtf? Why is the Christian rock station playing something I actually like? #And then I really listened to the words of 'Hanging by a Moment' and I was 'Oooooh.' #And that was how it took me like 13 years to realize a band I liked and owned cds of may or may not have written a bunch of songs about god #Which honestly would have turned 12 year old me off a lot because like it's not fun being an atheist when almost everyone's a dick about it #And I'm not sure it was the healthiest coping mechanism for the whole having my heart shattered by a religious dude when I was 25... #Actually that's not true. That year I mostly played the fuck out of Emmylou Harris's and Bob Dylan's most depressing hits. ('Gold' anyone?) #Followed by Royal Wood's divorce album when that came out. #But blasting the Christian rock station in the car? Definitely kind of intentionally masochistic. But also I really hate radio commercials. #I did listen to a lot of Lifehouse that summer. #So regardless of what the songs are actually about they all remind me of the highway and my mom's old car and carpooling to work. #Except 'Blind'. 'Blind' still makes me cry. #That was a really pointless aside because I don't feel like writing or going to sleep and will probably stay up listening to Lifehouse now. #I guess the moral of that story if it needs to have a moral is: #If you're a godless heathen and someone makes you feel like shit because they act like there's something wrong with you for it #you're much better off not wasting your time trying to understand why they think like that and living your best heathen life instead. #Or something like that. Idk.

[gogetyrshovel]

i need. biryani. now.

#s.txt #i had this fucking awesome biryani at a family friend's grad party and i am still thinking about her...

[in-peryl]

kind of tempted to buy titty tape and wear it to a science conference or like....a family gathering. idk I felt insecure in high school and stuff bc my boobs were always smaller but like.....I don't want them anymore

#personal #sometimes gender is weird #also i had a great outfit that was VERY gender for a work party #and i said that it was gender #and one of my newer coworkers just said 'what do you even mean you look like my sister on her day off' #first of all henry u know im not a girl #second of all you dont have to be RUDE about it #he also called me clingy later that night bc another coworker was literally draped across me in a chair and we were both drunk #i also should probs specify that i am a grad student and we are all in the same lab so its less weird

[aromacaque]

i got two toh acrylic charms in the mail today and the artist put in a few stickers with the thank you note :D

#i don't like stickers but ik my friend will like them so i'll put them with her grad party gift #rambles #they charms are so nice i love them

[h0neyfreak]

if you are new at being an adult/living on your own (especially if you started out adulthood or post grad life during the early days of the pandemic) and feel lonely despite having friends and people you talk to, please invite people to hang out at your place. this sounds like stupid advice but not enough people take it to heart. “oh we’re not that close” that’s how you get that close!!! I cannot emphasize enough how much your friends don’t care if you have socks on the floor or some dishes in the sink or a cramped apartment that doesn’t look very nice or some central activity to keep them entertained. invite people over. don’t limit yourself to things that cost money and exist only in public. let yourself be with people in the intimacy of your own home. the number of times a friend has come over and just started doing the dishes for me or I’ve sat matching socks while they folded their laundry on the floor. let them bring some snacks instead of venmoing each other for takeout. provide some tea or alcohol or whatever you like and can afford. you don’t need an excuse to see people. you don’t need an excuse to let them see you.

#in college I went to a friend’s apartment to play board games and she didn’t have a table #or chairs. but she had two margarita machines. and we sat on the floor drinking margs #and doing a terrible job at playing settlers of catan #in grad school a friend came over and a whole rack of clothes fell on her and we laughed until we cried #and she makes fun of me for how messy that room was #last year a friend from childhood stayed with me after my graduation party #and we sat on the couch taking naps and half watching TV for a whole day while the place was a mess #when my bf and I first moved in we tried to go to a bar with friends but everything was full #it was like. comical how many places were booked for private events #so everyone drove to our place and stopped on the way for drinks and food #and we dragged in patio furniture from the balcony #and shared chairs and spots on the floor #people just want to be somewhere safe with their friends #mine #text post #life advice #life lessons #being an adult is hard