#i can definitely use the money

[iangallagherisadeadman]

post-s11 Tami definitely gets tired of Lip and leaves him.

yes, I do like them as a couple, I think it is an interesting dynamic and that Tami is good for him honestly, even though they lived completely different lives and crash so many times because of it throughout the last seasons.

fact is Lip won't ever change and will keep making the same kind of mistakes and she will get fed up with it eventually. they'll go different ways, maybe keep a somewhat friendly relationship, and she will get a new partner and Lip will have a Sean kind of relationship with Fred: that kid is the most important thing in his whole life and he's constantly hunted by the fear of drinking again and hurting Fred.

#headcanon? #its not that i desire lip to be unhappy and unlovable i just feel like he wont get his happy ending living the way he is #making the decisions hes making treating people the way he does #i feel like he is going to mature by the power of love because of fred i truly believe that #also no fucking way hes going to be poor for the rest of his life hes a genius and a southside he will get up and fix this up #i like him as a mecanic but that one s11 scene that he saves that dude a lot of money in the computer doing a super simple thing #means to me hes not done with the whole engineer thing. he just will need lots of money and labs he used to have acess at college and doesn #anymore but he will do whats necessary and turn things around definitely #maybe he thinks he can pull this off without going back to college and eventually realises he cant and then has to try to pick up his credi #and finish somewhere near? i dont know i dont understand lots about US educational system #honestly my dream is for him to work for debbie so she could be his boss it would be his life karma and make her happy #but that would never happen unfortunately #lip gallagher #tami tamietti #fred gallagher #shameless #shameless us #og. #fic idea

[fortyfive-forty]

i've been ruminating a lot on it because i think i'm bad at putting my thoughts into words but i need y'all to understand that while there are absolutely a lot of Not Good Things about the finals being held in saudi arabia for three years...the way people seem to treat is as morally black and white is shortsighted and unhelpful.

realistically the players traveling there will be protected. it may be uncomfortable, it's certainly not ideal, but they will travel there for a few weeks, play their tennis, then leave. there are a lot of women, a lot of queer people who actually live in saudi arabia who cannot just leave, who are actually subjected to laws and social climates...and to me it just seems very disrespectful to that actual lived experience, for everybody to sort of turn their noses up and get on their high horses. of course, if the players wish to opt out, that is their choice, but that is their choice to make. that's their judgement. not ours.

and then, what about a tournament like miami? florida is literally experiencing one of the worst active regressions that i've seen in the us (granted i'm young). things like critical race theory and lgbtq+ ed are being removed from curriculums, rights for trans youth, trans healthcare, etc. are going backwards. abortion rights? gun violence? and yes i know that the laws and climate in saudi arabia are different gravy, i understand that, but my point is, no one would ever DREAM of arguing against hosting a tournament in miami despite all of these issues. and we can extend this to a lot of other tournaments! i mean, all the outrage about fifa hosting a world cup in qatar, but we don't have any of these sentiments about doha? i've seen other people bring up that the finals were hosted in singapore when gay marriage was still illegal there. we've already talked about italy's fascist prime minister. and i could go on and on and on about the war crimes of countries like the us or the uk - is the us not participating actively in genocide right now? where is the standard? if you argue against hosting the finals in saudi arabia for the reason of human rights, to me it seems you have to uphold that standard for the location you do land on. and i can guarantee, you will not find a single country in the world with clean hands.

i want to be clear i am not arguing that hosting the finals in saudi arabia is a good thing, especially for three years, especially because it's definitely going there because of money, and not for any of the "good" reasons i think some people want us to believe about "improving the region" (which is very weirdly white savior-esque anyway). i don't really have an official "conclusion" to this discussion.

what i am arguing is that i think a lot of the protests against saudi arabiahosting the finals are more an example of implicit anti-arab bias and islamophobia, rather than genuine discussion. key word implicit: i don't think most people are purposefully trying to be anti-arab/islamophobic. or at least, i'd like to believe nobody is. but i also think, particularly in the west, there is already so much of this xenophobic sentiment ingrained. and this is why i think it's really really REALLY important to check ourselves when we talk about it instead of just jumping straight to the human rights conversation without a second thought.

i'll say it plainly: i don't think the finals should be held in saudi arabia. but for me, it has more to do with sportswashing, with the dangers of the way money is thrown around in sports, and because i think it's more evidence that the wta doesn't care about player welfare but rather about making a profit (what else is new). human rights are absolutely a concern of mine, but how is it fair to hold saudi arabia to a standard that we don't seem to care about for literally anybody else?

literally look at the us's ugly ugly history, past and present, and tell me why we deserve to host a tennis tournament.

#long post #idk. this is not even all my thoughts #this is long and confusing and convoluted and i'm sorry #but i need y'all to understand it's not as easy as just saying 'oh we can't host it there' #'oh the players should boycott' #it's more complicated than that #and again i'm not really arguing one way or another #i do have my own opinion but i'm not positing that as The Right Choice #i'm definitely open to a lot more discussion on it #because i know i don't have the full perspective either #but i'm tired of seeing takes talking about how 'evil' it is to host the finals there #the way that it's happened and my suspected reasons for it (money)? yeah that's fucked up! #but just the fact that it will be hosted there...hold your horses. slow your roll #saudi arabia is like. a real country with people who actually live there and experience their own regime #god forbid they get to watch some tennis #and again. i just don't think you can ever really talk about these kinds of things and not bring up #the way countries like the us ALWAYS go unchecked #also like. gay marriage wasn't legal federally in the us until 2015. so. were do we go from here

[mintyteatea]

Akayona spoilers

Next chapter: Yona comes into the mausoleum to the scene of Zeno stabbed by the sword and she gets a king Il trauma flashback. Zeno is lying there with dead eyes because he failed and didn't die and is just so fucking tired

#akayona spoilers #wouldn't it be funny #100% betting money Zeno won't die #King Hiryuu definitely realized at that moment where he pointed his sword at Zeno that only the him can end his suffering #and now Yona probably will inherit that role... where only she can use that sword to end Zeno #and it's 3am I just finished writing my biochem lab report so I will sleep and shut up #even though my brain is full of speculations for the upcoming chapter #kusanagi you're so evil why would you release THIS chapter and then take break... she really said see you next month yeehaw #akatsuki no yona

[bladehorror]

Although I gotta say, it's so funny how the format of using items to trade in events has caused the site to have 34 different currencies by now:

Treasure and Gems

11 elemental holiday currencies

16 NotN items

Prismatic token

3 Warrior's Way trade items

Dubloons

imagine you go to Spirit Halloween and you have to buy everything in arcade tickets. Imagine there's 15 different seasonal franchises that do that, but they each have their own tickets and won't accept anything else. what kind of purgatory

#flight rising #fr #i know by including NotN items I'm really stretching de definition of the word #since the food items can be converted and used as normal food #but uh. it's hard to manage your hoard and not accidentally melt your money if you can't remember what is money and what isn't

[brother-emperors]

Hi. I want to read Camus' Caligula. Which translation have you read (if you read it in translation)? I would search under tags but my tumblr is currently acting up. If you've read more, which one would you recommend, or what did you like about each one?

I've read camus' caligula in french and a couple of translations in english, the only one I like is Stuart Gilbert's translation, the other ones aren't even worth talking about tbh

I'm incredibly obsessed with phrasing of 'this ghoul-haunted wilderness of mine,' 10/10

#a very good fried (hi bel!) also once translated an excerpt of it that i keep saved on my desktop #(if i ever win the lottery i would throw money to you in a heartbeat for a new translation of it) #gilbert's translation is the only one that captures this sense of. fraying? frenzy?? that i get when i read it in french #like i can feel caligula picking at the threads and tearing at the walls #GOD i love this play. absolute fucking favorite of all time #i spent literally 40 minutes trying to decide which excerpts to use as a little teaser of the translation #bc its so so so good from start to finish how can i pick just one!!!! #this might be my favorite caligula speech in the play tho #i DEFINITELY think about it almost day. definitely when im drawing the dead romans #ask tag #rec tag

[jackredfieldwasmyjacob]

i spent all morning looking for the cheapest ways to get to venice next monday and i feel like i've cracked the code or something i think i got it

#i have to talk it with my mum cause she's the one with the money #but i've seen some good ideas #i have 5 options for now #for some reason flights to and from venice from madrid are expensive as fuck #so i'll have to get to another airport first #here are my options. keep in mind the exam i have to take is on monday 10 at 9:30 am. also ideally i wouldn't want to pay a hotel room #in venice. cause they're expensive as fuck #so let's see. you can also help me out all help is welcomed: #option 1. on sunday i get on a train to barcelona. i sleep in bcn (most likely in a hostel at the airport) #and at 6:35 am there's a flight to venice from bcn for 64€ #i arrive at 8:25. i go take the exam #and there's another flight off from venice to bcn at 16:45 for 75€ #this is the cheapest flight out of venice i could find so this will always be the flight back #and then i arrive at bcn at 18:45 and have cheap trains to madrid at around 20:00 #option 2. i think this is the most likely one. it's similar to the previous one BUT instead of bcn i'd be flying from alacant #why is this important? because i have family there #more precisely my grandpa's sister. who just had a surgery #and my grandma wanted to go visit her. she was literally talking about this two days ago #so. if my mum agrees to it. she could drive us three to alacant on sunday #we would sleep at my great aunt (?)'s place #and then i'd have a flight at 5:45 to venice for 70€ #i'll get to venice at 8:00 and then the going home plan is the same #if she doesn't agree i have trains to alacant for 49€. and even if i wouldn't sleep with family (i have tons in alacant not just #the great aunt) hotels are definitely cheaper than in bcn #option 3. there's a flight from santander on sunday 9 for 14€ !!!!! #i could get on a night bus to santander for 71€ and be there at 6:30. the flight is at 10:10 and i would be in venice at 12:15 #i would have to sleep in venice but i think it would compensate for the flight being so cheap #and then you know the drill with the flight to bcn #option 4. this is also quite likely i think this is the cheapest and my favourite i think. #i could fly on sunday to florence from madrid for 54€. i would arrive at florence at 12:15

[hcguesstheauthormessageboard]

one day i will cave and write a hermitcraft/doctor who crossover and none of you can stop me

— tardis anon

‼️‼️👀

which doctor?

#tardis anon post #this genuinely could not have come at a better time #bc i JUST finished watching the new DW ep #ep4 “boom” #it was pretty good #more sci-fi than the previous ep and you can definitely tell that the studio is using that new disney money #anyways. anon. you understand me on a molecular level.

[tj-crochets]

Turns out it was not an error at the MRI facility, my insurance (which is literally the best insurance available in my area as an individual) just won't cover it* That is incredibly frustrating, both because what's the damn point of paying so much for health insurance if it doesn't cover testing, and because I get so much stuff from the insurance company about how they support preventative testing and care but when it's time to pay out they won't put their money where their mouth is. *technically they are "covering" it in that it was approved and the total cost will only be what they've negotiated with the MRI provider, but the insurance company isn't covering any of that cost. At all. None of it.

#the person behind the yarn #fuck the us healthcare system #I left a message with my neurologist asking what the MRI is for #because I'm pretty sure she doesn't think there's anything wrong with my brain physically #also I have been sick for almost 12 years now #I am pretty sure if it was something bad enough to show up on an MRI they'd have figured it out sooner #so do I want to spend the better part of a thousand dollars on a test that will prove nothing and answer no questions #I know I should get it #I'm just so tired of tests that prove nothing #and cost so much money #and I know I am lucky that I can cover that cost if I need to. I am so lucky! #but I am just tired #it's been 12 years and I have appointments with THREE new specialists I've never been to in the next month #well. two months #and two of them almost definitely aren't going to find anything wrong with me! because I don't have those damn symptoms! #it's just checking boxes and covering bases #but if the cardiologist can't find what's wrong with me when I have Very Very Obvious tachycardia #I sincerely doubt the gastroenterologist will find things when I have no gastro symptoms

[sskk-manifesto]

:)

#A nice episode :) I have a lot of headache tho and forgot everything I wanted to say #The ss/kk is nice :) It's nice every time Akutagawa spontaneously saves Atsushi seemingly with no reason to #The animation was very nice! It's evident a lot of money and effort went into this season and these last episodes in particular #And I like the art style a lot better than the one in the other seasons. Even season 4 where the animation is comparatively as good #What more. The Kyouka screentime is nice. The whole Guild aftermath celebrations section is very nice and heartwarming to watch #I still take a lot of issues with the entire way Kyouka's entrance exam was conceived but I think they're fairly self-explanatory. #Also fundamentally coherent with b/sd's general worldviews so #But even then there's a line that bothers me to an unexplainable amount from the first time I watched it to now. #The “it hurts” when she's hugging Atsushi. And I've reflected over that line so long from the moment I first heard it... #I think. Its meaning is to symbolize how being in the light sometimes will still result to be too overwhelming for Kyouka– #to the point at times it will still end up hurting her. But that doesn't make it any less worth it #So to say‚ there's no such thing as perfect happy endings. But she is going to be okay nonetheless #BUT IT STILL BUGS ME. I feel like it's part of a school of thought for whom we should just accept the fact that there's evil in the world– #that we can't eradicate. And nothing can be done about it. Which I don't think is a functional or useful way of thinking? #ALSO I know it's. Most definitely‚ 99% not how the scene is supposed to be interpreted #BUT ATSUSHI IS THE ONE HUGGING AND THUS HURTING HER and you know how there is this very slight narrative that seemingly– #frames Kyouka and Atsushi as romantic partners and like... Idk. #In that context the line almost feels expression of a narrative of wives having to bear pain that is natural and unavoidable. #I know this definitely wasn't the intended meaning it's just a bad impression for some reason I can't be able to shrug off even after years #But don't listen to me #I don't think there's anything else to add. Overall a very good episode. #Take a shot every time someone says “all according to Dazai's plan” #random rambles

[newtness532]

im so annoyed with everything today, i think i need some tasty food and a million hours of sleep and then I'll be back to normal

#the teacher at the first class today was so dibsjdhdhdhdhsgs 😫 #like she was teaching us things that are like unrelated to the class that shes teaching so idek why she was teaching it #but also its things that we have been learning since the 1st semester and we've done them in at least 10 classes and she was acting like #this was the 1st time we were hearing about it #like oh yeah we're on the 7th semester of studying nutrition but no one bothered to tell us how many calories are in a gram of fat #and she gave us homework 'to see if we know this' like #oh yes i can make a meal plan for a child with crohns or cystic fibrosis or celiac disease or everything else we've done this semester and #all the other semesters but i guess i cant tell you what micronutrients are in this one breakfast meal #like fuck off and stick to what you're supposed to be teaching #anyway i know im getting more annoyed than i should but she was just even more annoying than usual today #like she interrupted the lesson every 5 minutes to yell at someome to be quiet i wasnt even aware there were people talking until she yelled #anyway #also my new earphones aren't working well idk why ive definitely not been mistreating them that much for them to break in less than a month #like i had my old pair for at least 4 years until the broke and i dont think the wire got cut in them like the sound was coming out weird #but there was sound coming out. in the new ones you need to hold them in a very specific angle for sound to come out #and like im careful with how i put them away so what is up with them? #my theory is that they make wired earphones shitty on purpose so that you will spend a lot of money and buy wireless #also we had said from Tuesday that we would hang out with my friends today but i guess they forgot or idk and they made other plans #(to go home and sleep) and during the weekend the one friend wont be here and next week my family will be here so we probably wont hang out #again until next year and we have exams almost immediately so we wont be hanging out much then either #also my period is supposed to come soon and i hope that it will either come today or it will wait until after Christmas #ideally it will never come ever again but we cant always get what we want #anyway im gonna go eat the rest of my μεσογειακό and go take a nap #jo says stuff #personal ramblings

[bookrat]

Made a Yi qi for $200 if anyone wants it before I put it on Etsy

#shipping included in the US #for sale #i spent all my money on vet bills and started making more little guys to funnel into the cat shaped hole in my finances #but now I just need some gas and food money so I guess I can rest a little #this is definitely the kind of thing I should make a separate post for but my digital art commissions are open now #while I'm hiding from the heat in the afternoons #I don't know if there's a lot of overlap between people who like my dino sculptures and people who want me to draw their dragon OC though

[hella1975]

im genuinely the dumbest person alive

#im so fucking angry with myself im SO stupid #like yes im only 20 ive never really handled my finances alone before #this is only my second year of paying rent EVER there was bound to be mistakes #and im lucky to have a family that can support me when those mistakes inevitably occur. but my fucking goddddd #basically i didnt plan ahead and turns out my TOTAL student loan for this year covers my TOTAL rent this year #but ofc the installments dont cooperate and the sums are different per semester etc #so instead of looking ahead and going 'oh shit my last loan won't be enough to cover my last rent installment' #and using that very easy to make observation to figure out that i need to be saving the leftover money from my loan throughout the year #i instead went 'omg i have leftover loan this term!' and fucking spent it #im short £600. im going to owe my parents £600 #and yes in the grand scheme it's not a huge amount of money like it could have been #but not only will i not be able to pay my parents back until july bc i CANT take out of my america savings #and i definitely cant start saving up £600 ON THE SIDE OF TRYING TO SAVE A GRAND FOR AMERICA #but on top of that being in debt to my mum is the worst thing in the entire world and now i have no choice but to be in debt for 3 months #before i can even start paying it back. like that's 3 entire months that she's going to use it as a stick to beat me with #like not only does she sometimes REFUSE to take money that i earn waitressing bc she insists on having the debt paid through actual labour #but she's also just a complete bitch about it and i know it's very spoilt to expect not only to be covered when i get into debt #but to also expect her to be nice about it but like. im not asking her to CODDLE me i get initially it makes sense for her to be angry #but she could at least acknowledge that i ALWAYS beat myself up over shit like this way more than anyone else will #like im so mad rn im trying not to cry just bc im so FRUSTRATED and the entire time she's fucking shouting in my face #about how she moved out at seventeen and had three jobs at uni and no one to support her etc etc #and just name-callling shit im already calling myself like it was an HONEST MISTAKE #she's acting like i purposely went behind her back and took £600 when i was very visibly horrified when i figured it out #and i immediately came clean to her regardless of how scared i was to admit it. im just so mad like i know i sound spoilt #and like im huffing and puffing over something that could have been SO MUCH WORSE if i didnt have my parents to cover me #but like. i can pay her back within 2 WEEKS of waitressing. ive never handled my rent before. i didn't do it on purpose #and im more annoyed with myself than she can ever be and she KNOWS that about me. so like. please dont shout at me lol #it's just i was SO proud of myself for saving for america and how hard ive worked and i should have known i was gonna fuck it up somehow #& now the £1500+ i'll total have saved for america that i worked so hard for is gonna be tainted bc i owe £600 all bc of my own stupidity #hella goes home

[canonkiller]

I can only really draw on an iPad right now because of the vision problems, but let me be entirely clear: I hate everything I draw on it and loathe the entire process of doing so. this is a device whose intended audience is people who build their existence around looking minimalist on instagram and I can feel it in every single line. the art I make on it isn't mine; it's a commodity at best. I miss it.

#my art #it feels so fucking wretched to be grieving so much loss and to have the only way of processing it be this defanged sanitized garbage #there has been an angry hunger building in me for years and all i can do is bear it alone 💖 #with little income and even less in person support. whatever amount of money you think i have it's definitely less lmao #having a normal one 💖✨♥️ #anyways i hate this fucking ipad i was lucky enough to get one cheap used but oh my god from the second i pick it up #i want to snap it over my fucking leg because the jagged edges of a break would be more authentic #than any art i can make by drawing on it properly #and no its not a screen texture issue that is not my problem with it do not advise me on this subject. i hate what it stands for #and i hate every component of its construction thank you

[monty-glasses-roxy]

On another note, it's actually kinda hard to draw references for all the guys I wanna draw references for because of the simple fact the vast majority of my drawing ability is hyperfocused on quadruped animals.

If you're a visual artist of any kind and you see this post, I am challenging you to go and draw something you've never drawn before right now. Like if you draw humans, go draw some hamsters and if you draw dogs go draw some chickens or something. If you've never drawn horses much before go draw some of them and try your best not to make them look like a dog with a funny face. Go have fun with that right now

#pop rox talks #obviously this is an optional thing lmao #nothing humbles you more than laughing at your fucked up little guys #I'm messing with this post but if anyone actually does this... can I see? #and yeah horses are really funny they're naturally just Like That whadda hell #anyway anyone wanna collab a roxy and cassie piece with me so I dont have to draw cassie /j #anywhey wait #wait a sec I used to do commissions when I was in sixth form (for in-game money not actual money) #most of those were furries #how did I do that wait god damn was I any good at it then did I just Forget how to do it #wouldn't be the first time ngl #I know I wasn't as good then and I've definitely improved in some aspects but #did I do this okay???? did I???? well shit guess who's going through their old artwork!!! #I love that actually it's very fun and feels amazing to see where you came from #but also maddening cause sometimes you look at it and go 'wait how did I do that????' and you have NO IDEA how you did it #like!!! I used to be able to paint digitally!!! me!!! painting digitally!!!! #I could do that!!!! can I do it now? NO!!! I have NO IDEA how I did that!!! #I mean I could if I put the time in to figure it out again but I just!!! picked it up!!!! back then!!! like magic!!!! #how the FUCK did I do that???? #anyway that's it that's the post bye

[earl-grey-love]

Ugh I had a pretty intense day. I wanna spend some time with Sim.eon, that'd make me feel better.

#honestly I really want to take a bath but I don't have a bath 😔 #its so hard being a girl.... #I'm pretty proud of myself though like you wouldn't believe what I did #I arranged a venue for my leaving party/wedding celebration #complete with the catering I want which is a classic British afternoon tea #because apparently my husband thought that only existed in Assassin's cr**d?? #so I want him to have that experience for real like he wanted #and then I had to call all my guests to double check they can attend that day + arrange travel cus its in my families hometown and not mine #then I ordered the custom celebration cake I want... #and THEN I booked two different hotel stays like one is just an overnight one in the hometown #and the other is a spa hotel for us to spend some solo time in #Im really very excited for that! #but after so much phone calls and tedium and money out of my bank Im just 😴 #getting all of this sorted has been weighing on my mind a lot lately though so Im glad its done #oh also my older brothers dryer literally exploded so now I have to buy him a new one... #and I still need to arrange with my family's church minister to bless us but he isn't available on weekends #needless to say I definitely deserve some rest and relaxation after all of that!! #sunny speaks #qpr: coffee shop companions

[dromaeo-sauridae]

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#i think once i get my bank account in my name i will do commissions. maybe just a few #idk when that will be. its a source of active contention rn #and im definitely not in a spot to push it #this is so frustrating #idk if its divine karma or what #but nothing is going my way #ugh. ily guys but please dont ask to send money to me— im scared that itll get noticed if i accept #i try to use cash for everything to stay off redacted’s radar #so…… yanno #idk when i’ll be able to have everything in my name #im beginning to think theyre going to keep this stuff from me til i can move out #but nobody will hire me #i cant count how many job applications ive sent #they keep dangling the string above me saying come in for another app do you want a second interview we’ll be in touch #then they ghost me or say nvm #atleast i can watch people’s fucking dogs. every few months #ig im not completely hopeless #but my food and gas wont pay for its fucking self #im hungry man #at least my aunt orders pizza for us