#one hour up to the airport

[intotheelliwoods]

would you guys believe me if I said I am stuck in an airport for the next 2.5 hours and have nothing better to do than finish the 2al update and post it. lmao

oh yeah hey btw, yesterday was a fever dream right? right. mhm. cass paying someone to shove the 2al name in a sickass animation that has got to be a fever dream. that was not real that was a dream. that was so not real. how could I ever imagine such a thing ever. thats silly. that did not happen and never will mhm.

#getting stuck in an airport for a grand total of 4 hours #because the time the flight actually is #is 4 hours later than the time everyone kept telling you it was #huh whuh #well this is one way to force myself to finish the update so #ig expect an update today #whether thats right before my plane leaves lmao or later tonight #nonsense #anyways I got up so early for nothinggg im so eepy #and yet I persist

[grubloved]

its so silly but i just keep thinking abt being in norway and seeing for the first time kinda ever that like governments can do things to make peoples life better. for no other reason but just to improve things. like im sure norway has lots of problems i didnt see on a trip but i cannot stress how insane it was that the government had done things because it would be nice. to take care of people. ?????

#tour guide like yeah the minimum wage is decent here its 220 NOK (roughly ovr $22) but its not perfect and literally evryone in our group #being like $22??!?!?!???!?!!? MINIMUM!??!??!!? #i keep thinking about taking the bus and trams in oslo :( and abt walking IN THE STREET in bergen wjthout getting run over #or the restaurant on top of the bergen funiculr mountain getting state owned this year bc it was mismanaged ans going under but #everyone would like there to be a restaurant there so the government just decided to make sure there would be one???? #instead ofbjust letting it die??? #or ALL THE OIL AND POWER BEING STATE OWNED. HELLO? #its just insane idk. that things can for real be different. where i am theres a revolutionary amt of public teansport for a not huge city #but its still basically one bus and then the slowest most fucked up train in the whole world (40min drive = 2.5 hours by train) #assuming uh thw train doesnt get stuck again lol #it mostly exists to take mormon missionaries to the airport i think lol. #the 'walkable' old town section still has 4 and 6 lane roads you have to cross every block. #i dont know its just... its. augh!!!!!!!! #birdenest #we told one guy the minimum wage for waitstaff was about 21 NOK and he didnt believe us and got upset that we were lying

[wantbytaemin]

NYE fit (snoopy slippers included)

#LMAO we’re just gonna be at our place first making fancy pizzas w fun ingredients #and then just drinking and having fun hehe #i literally got back from the airport an hour ago #but we said to dress up bc well it’s us so 😇 #i did get actually emotional putting on the jewelry im going to ring in the new year in #you can’t see it in the pics but im wearing an earring i got from cancer friend then another i got from roommate & a third one from léks #and a necklace annika made me and a bracelet i got from my mom and a ring i got from my work girlies and a ring i got from my London shawol #friend #im literally about to cry just typing this up LMAO jewelry as a gift is so so special to me and i cherish it w all my heart and it means #So ridiculously Much to me that someone would think of me and know me like this and OUHHHHH 🥹 #BEING LOVED & CARED FOR! incredible.

[dancing-ace-skeletons]

Our flight to Florida is delayed :(

#showed up early bc i was worried about everything to do with airports #and now were waiting at LEAST another hour #one of my roommates was watching a thing on airplane disasters this morning when i was getting lady minute stuff together which did NOT help #the anxiety #its okay tho we arent on a boeing plane

[icewindandboringhorror]

While I don't know much about it, I would probably bet there are tons of issues with the cruise industry that would make me not actually appreciate it broadly speaking - HOWEVER, I do really love a lot of the interior design of some cruise ships.. How it's almost like a miniature city crammed into one area. Multiple sections with all different aesthetic designs, a variety of shops, restaurants, activity centers, community seating areas, communal use spaces (like gyms, laundry, pools, cafeteria/buffet (which I always love anywhere)), etc. etc. but then also everyone has a little nice clean comfortable looking space of their own to retreat back to if they'd like to be alone. Maybe it's something akin to the idea of 'walkable cities', where everything you could ever want to do is kind of right there just a short walk away? I also especially love how so much stuff is stacked on top of other stuff, a layered cluster of spaces, bright open atriums, and when they're set up with little walkways down the center between a bunch of rooms so it's almost like a mini city street with apartments lining it, etc.. They often seem like they'd be SUCH a cool place to live permanently, IF only something identical was just built on solid land instead lol

#currently watching a channel on youtube where some person is reviews/tours cruise ships or something #and I'm just like wow the whole traveling part would be miserable hell and I would hate trying to get off of the stupid ship everyday #and see seomthing and make it back in time or etc. but OOOOO THE BEDROOMS! love the TINY minifrige!! eeee .. lol #perhaps just an extension of of my obsession with communal spaces. also love hospitals. nursing homes. hotels. AIRPORTS!!! #thats just how humans are meant to live for me. my ideal situation is that sot of thing like big beautiful bright communal places #but i also hate socializing i just like the idea of like. the entire communal world is in front of me but i also have my own little space t #retreat back to. youre not forced to participate. but the world is right outside your window if you WANT to go. ALSO people watching is fun #Plus i think part of what i hate most about Going Places and Doing Things is the commitment of it and traveling #especially in america where its like to get ANYWHERE it's a 3 hour drive or 15 min drive #or 20 min drive or 1 hr bus ride or blah blah. the idea of having plenty of fun little things to do that are all solidified #in ONE single complex that is also where your room is would actually encourage me to do things more because if #my health issues start flaring up or i get overwhelmed or etc. i can literally just... retreat back to my room that is a reasonably short #walk away. instead of like ''UGH now not only do i feel too bad to finish my excursion but ALSO i have a 40 min car ride ahead of me'' #etc. Not saying that even in that situation I would become Super Extravert Thing Doer like i still LOOVE a quiet lifestyle mostly alone do #ing the same 5 repetitive tasks over & over again working on specific hobbies. but just that i WOULD go out SLIGHTLY more and do Activities #if the activities were already brought to ME. like a cruise ship layout where you have your little room private space but when you feel #like it on your own terms you could venture out and go to a little cafe or a swimming pool or etc. WITHOUT even having to leave #or get in a car and travel. just walk form your room to The thing. amazing.. ground breaking.. BUT especially the layers are important. I #dont mean just 'have the same features but in a way that theyre on land' I mean LITERALLY translate the EXACT layout of the cruise ship but #on ground instead. Like I want a full community cafeteria on the middle floor of my apartment complex. there should be a pool & waterslide #on the roof. A community games room on the 4th floor. a library right under my bedroom. etc. etc. Though maybe ideally I would say #add a little extra space like most people couldn't live their entire lives in a cruise ship room layout. But maybe just have the rooms expa #nded to the average size of like a 3 bedroom apartment. and then still stack them on top of each other.. More spacious decks so people can #have some plants (but also a community garden somewhere too). ANYWAY... Idk I just always love the aesthetics. I would love to tour a cruis #ship but like NOT go on a cruise EVER lol.. but just.. SEE the space. I love interiors so much. Also makes me think of worldbuilding like. #I think cruise ships could also be good inspiration for underground stacked cities in layers. things like that. OR just actually the fant #asy world version of a cruise ship lol. Though Nanyevimi's oceans are all so treacherous that non-inland water travel is avoided as much as #possible (even if it's more tedious to travel on the land) and would rarely be done for leisure. still.. river cruises could exist.. >:3c #In Nanyevimi the oceans are akin to how Outer Space is on earth (seen as a mysterious unexplored dangerous area etc).. a cruise ship of #rich elves setting out on a Groundbreaking First Ever Ocean Cruise & it just goes Wrong like a sci-fi 'trapped in space' type thriller LOL

[pepprs]

im home and already swallowed by despair. can you believe i was in CHICAGO a few hours ago. and now im here. lol

#i know i know. and i need to let the anguish motivate me to get out of here. but it feels like i dreamed it all #purrs #chicago #i had a rough time getting out of the hotel and through the airport to my gate and also im bad at math so i fucked up the calculation about #when my flight lands bc of the time zone change and i gave my parents the time in central time not eastern time so my dad was waiting for m #for like a half hour and texting me and i wasn’t answering bc i was still in the air and he was pissed at me and snarky in my texts with hi #and i was sitting there on the plane and could just feel his words ripping into me and the horrors rushing back in and i still haven’t #recovered from it honestly. it wasn’t that big of a deal he just said something that i misunderstood as him saying he was giving up waiting #for me and going home bc id already wasted his time and even though that was not what he actually said it just kinda burrowed into me that #my parents were mad at me and were probably also mad at me for not communicating with them AT ALL the entire time i was in chicago. and it #just was eating me alive. im home now and we haven’t talked about it but they did say things disapproving of the fact that i did a lot of #stuff by myself which i probably shouldn’t have told them. idk. it’s not even that bad i just am torn apart by their rejection of me and #utter inability to just like be happy for me without criticizing some part of it or restraining me. plus the house is just as much of a #biohazard as it was when i left and all the broken things are still broken and it’s like. a lot. i miss the hotel LOL #i think im just sleep deprived and not in my head right today but i do not want to be here. sinking in quicksand unable to breathe. but i #have to be the one to get me out of it and i should have learned how in chicago but i didn’t it was just a break and now im stuck again #delete later #kind of terrible that instead of being so proud and happy about what i did my immediate reaction is to be miserable that im home now lol

[divorcetual]

The meower

#Queued... technically March 23rd? #I mean its march 22nd in oregon. but im not there rn lolz #either way im late. SORRY !! i forfor to queue on the 20th then i was on planes for like 21 hrs total #well no 5 of those were a layover @ the airport but #ANYWAYYYYY hi future me !!! #Howww was the trip? im on my first (second actually- its 4am of the second day if u coukd the arrival) day in Hong Kong #Its rlly hot and humid so I think im gonna die. BUT ITS ALSO SUPER COOL !! #Even just from the few hours I had out earlier its amazingggg. The lights and the buildings are so cool and theres such a fun but chaotic #atmosphere - idk if its just bcs its a big city or specific to HK? #I loveee large cities in general. New york. Tokyo. HK. thats all of the ones ive been to ig #I havent seen even close to all of HK. Im in central rn but we're goin to other parts later #Dad says the other parts are totally different- Like theres LOADS of gisnt buildings here (WAY MORE THAN U SEE IN ******!!! u know that tho #and theyre almost all residential of the ones I passed. Im sure theres offices n stuff i just didnt see them in the likd 20 minutes cab #ride lolz. U know all tuis already tho #ig what im getting at is HOW WAS THE TRIP !!!!! How was the rest of HK? WHAT WAS KYOTO LIKE?? #augh soo many cool things..... #Also also !! Have you learned any mire katakana? #ive JUST learned the vowel line so maybe u lesrned the k line now too? #I cant imagine school is any different. OHH DID U FINISH THE M P 10P COMIC?? #I started it and got abt one page done on the plane #I think it should only end up being two or three pages idk #Ohh !! Hows the new meds going !! I think u should have ur blood test done by now so do u know if it helped at all? #I hope soooooooooooo #Mm I think thats all I have to say .... NO WAIT HAVE U HUNG OUT W/ JACKIE?? #i rlly want to b friends with her ^.^ #Alright Thats all !! HAVE A GOOD DAYYYYYY I LOVE U #queue drop #weather report #WAIT EDIT DID THE TRIGUN VOLUME COME. HOW IS IT

[suspicious-whumping-egg]

#my flight got delayed but we’re finally abt to board #Ive been in this airport for 5 hours #after a 7.5 hour redeye #and before that was 3 hours in the airport because I like to have plenty of time for international flights #and I have an hour of plane and an hour of train before the hotel #I am so tired #I had a rly good pretzel and a rly good donut at the Munich airport tho #the plane food was so fire ngl #Lufthansa for the fucking win #It was this rly well seasoned beef stew and mashed potatoes and vegetables and quinoa salad and a roll and cheese and crackers and dessert #I couldn’t eat it all needless to say but yeah no I’m so impressed with them #we’ve had delays and stuff but instead of “stand at the counter and figure it out bitch no refunds” #it’s “your other flight got cancelled so we’ve automatically rebooked you for the next one and given each of yall €10 vouchers for lunch” #I’m quite pleased #I wanna be a pilot and I wanna get out of America so ya never know maybe I’ll end up flying for them 😌😌😌 #I’d need to learn German tho that’d be pretty important lmao

[lesbiansanemi]

Fighting for my fucking life trying to figure out airport parking rn the website is so confusing about where I can park and what the rates are and whether I can reserve it/pay or not ahead of time

#I’m so so so so so excited for my trip and seeing my gf #however the stress is officially setting in #I would like it to be 1:30 tomorrow and I am peacefully sitting at my gate a half hour early #and I had no issues with parking checking my bag airport security etc #I have done everything I possibly can online though so I’m hoping that will? help? #idk this is far from my first time flying #it’s not even my first time navigating an airport on my own #BUT it’s the first time I’ve figured out tickets/parking/bag check on my own #cuz my dad always insists on buying my plane tickets for me when I visit him #and I’ve always just had someone drop me off/pick me up from the airport before #but no one was available to do that and tbf it’s a two hour drive to the airport so… #but anyways I’m getting jittery and I would really like to just fast forward the next like. 17 hours #kaz rambles

[ltcommanderkathrynjaneway]

Inspired by @hondagirll, @dollsome-does-tumblr, and @cowherderess - here is my top 9 books!

If you are also inspired, please join in! I can always use more book recommendations.

#Y’all this was really hard #I love books #like that’s 75% of my personality #I had to leave so many good things off this list #all of these authors also have so many other books that I love too #honorable mention: #series where I couldn’t pick only one favorite #murderbot diaries #lost fleet by jack Campbell #the Enders game series #everything by Tamora pierce #and Mercedes lackey #apparently I should do a favorite series post #but I’m going to sleep now instead #because I have to be up in 5.5 hours to go to the airport and hope Ophelia hasn’t canceled my flight

[roseworth]

I FORGOT HOW TO SWALLOW AND ALMOST DROWNED MYSELF WITH ICED COFFEE WHILE SITTING IN THIS AIRPORT

#i am sooooo sleepy #im trying to stay awake until i board the plane #i didn’t sleep on my first flight bc i only started feeling tired like 20 minutes before we landed #but now i’m trying to power through until i get on the next flight bc it’s like 5 hours long #also it’s so fucked up that the charlotte airport is bigger and busier than the airport in fuckass nowhere ohio #i should be the only one getting on this plane

[eclipsedsuns]

i am normal and not anxious

#shut up carley #our flight is in less than three hours and the airport is one hour away and my mom is Not Awake Yet

[eileennatural]

you don't have to eat like a person when you travel. also when you get back home you have at least a week-long grace period of eating weird and bad because what are you supposed to do? go grocery shopping as soon as you get home? you're busy. you're a busy person

#sunday evening i had a really good dinner at the airport lounge but then found all of the food served on the airplane completely inedible #i did eat one homemade brownie that ny grandma sent with me and soent an hour thinking i was going to throw up. then i got straight on the #tube to the train station and ate 1 mars. spent 4 hours feeling like i was sick and dying. went to sleep. woke up 2 hrs later realized that #maybe i was sick because i hadnt eaten for awhile. ate a bag of potatoe chips. like not a small bag and a bag of orea bites. bowl of cereal #for dessert. also cereal for breakfast today

[braveburned]

I AM HOME. THANK GOD

#★ * OOC / brainrot for a sushi restaurant. ) #I already feel so much better holy shit 😭 #one of my friends was in town only for today and he hitched a ride with the friend picking me up from the airport #just so we could all catch up for even like an hour #it was so sweet and so much fun and I feel so warm and loved 😭

[clownboy-yeehonk]

Is it even Thanksgiving week if your extended family isn't giving you extreme agita

#woke up to an angry 5 paragraph essay of text messages #from my cousin because she was pissed about the trip to france #that i researched planned and invited her on #shes mad bc i was upset with her when she was nearly an hour late getting to the airport #bc she packed last second and left the house late #even though i told her how important leaving on time was to me bc it would cause me ungodly amounts of anxiety #and i was exhausted after our overnight flight and was cranky #which i apologized multiple times for bc i did feel bad for being tired and cranky #she never apologized for being late btw #and i got a fucking thesis statement of texts calling me rude dismissive and that she “didnt know who i thought i was talking to like that” #even though shes the one that complained about every. single. thing. all week #like she called everything we did and everywhere we ate a crappy tourist trap #and went on about how she didnt like the itinerary #which she had at the time we booked the goddamn trip #and i just feel so exhausted #and frustrated and hurt bc what am i gonna do #she sent a barrage of texts accusing me of being a shitty person for wanting to be on time and being tired our first day #and now she wont respond #so like what am i gonna do #shes my cousin and i love her but this is such a dick move and not a proper way to handle being upset #like its so immature! #i did all the work in terms of planning and researching and evrrything #for her to complain and be a snob about everything the whole time #AND now get yelled at at 8am sunday morning about how i didnt cater to her enough #like i had a great time anyway i cannot emphasize enough how much i loved the trip wven with her complaining #but like shes the unreasonable one here #i apologized profusely for being cranky and said i was also exhausted bc we were on the SAME OVERNIGHT FLIGHT I CAN BE TIRED TOO #and just bc i wasnt sulking all week like a child doesnt mean she didnt say or do anything to hurt my feelings #and even though objectively i know shes being unfair and angry and hurt right now #i feel really really really shitty and guilty and even if im right im still the one feeling like trash and crying rn

[fleet-off]

Just so you know, you're a delight 💖

It's bloody difficult shedding the insecurities about being perceived as dull, too nerdy, too everything except what's acceptable, but seriously: whenever we worry about this I bet we're actually interacting with someone who worries about the exact same thing.

Immy, I fear my tags slinked into your notes like a bedraggled cat. Apologies for that, I try not to be damp on main.

I’m know I’m not alone in this position—being taught that speaking openly about your interests will drive people away, learning to constantly self-monitor and shut yourself down so you won’t be too much, coming to associate your passions with the anxiety of becoming a nuisance.

And then you find people who think that your ideas are fascinating, or that your words are worthwhile, but your instinct is still to restrict and minimize and apologize for what you love, and it just—takes a while for your brain to catch up.

I’m actually doing a lot better with this than I used to. I feel secure in what I love, these days. Communicating it is a process. Compliments still draw up that unfortunate impulse to put on my jester cap and attempt to make a joke of my ways—“oho! I am a silly thing, amuse yourself with my useless hobbies and overcomplicated brain schemes!” But I’m very lucky to have folks around me, irl and on Tumblr, who don’t truck with that nonsense (looking specifically at Mor @liyazaki and Lily @theflowergirl for this one—witches! recognizers of bullshit! extraordinarily kind people!).

…I’m working on it. Realizing that I’ve dropped that emotional labor on another person never feels good. Likewise with this ask—sorry again, Immy! And thank you for being kind to me. I likewise find you delightful, and I hope we can look forward to lots of hyper-specific conversations in future. <3

#asks #personal #i did strike up a lovely conversation with a Woman Of Particular Vibes at the airport shuttle bus stop today #during which she picked up every one of my carefully-dropped interest hooks #we wound up wiggling the happy first-introduction wiggles of queer non-NT penguins discovering another of their kind #chittering excitedly about dimension 20 and birds and fish and bl #the two-hour bus wait passed very quickly in this manner #fleet post #fleet answers