#only took me a year lmfao

[sugarcoated-lame]

i’m SO SO SO close to being done with the always a bridesmaid sequel !!! 😭 i have just ONE more scene to write

#but alas it is 3:30 am #and i am sick #so I’m going to bed ! #but I’m hoping to finish it up tomorrow #then I just need to edit it and hopefully it’ll be up at some point this week #FINALLY #only took me a year lmfao #jake seresin #jake hangman seresin #jake seresin x reader #fic: sometimes a bride #kricket rambles

[galatoma]

Rotating the fact that Kristen is the only cleric we've seen who has managed to self revive and the fact that Lucy, a fellow cleric, seemingly couldn't (or wouldn't) accept rage and revive rapidly in my mind. I'm not connecting any dots here, but the dichotomy as it stands is so enticing to me

#fhjy spoilers #fantasy high #kristen applebees #lucy frostblade #sorry i finally caught up all the way to junior year #it only took me a year or so to finally commit lmfao

[bisexualelphie]

julie e os fantasmas (original julie and the phantoms) was so wild. like, what do you mean the boys were crushed to death by a truck? what do you mean julie has committed more than one crime? what do you mean the main triangle consists of a rockstar with a closet dnd player vs a my chemical romance revenge era rejected song? what do you mean the ghost love interest was a menace to society in life and public enemy number 1 in death? what do you mean he was tortured more than once? what do you mean there was a dude trying to enslave ghosts and this plotline only lasted two episodes????

#julie e os fantasmas #julie and the phantoms #julie and the phantoms og #this show shaped my entire personality #it was my childhood #i didn't realize how wild it was until i watched it as an adult #the one with the creepy teacher is particularly crazy #he actually breaks into julie's house and finds a way to physically torture GHOSTS #i love the remake but the original shaped me y'all don't understand #and i love luke but daniel is just so iconic #i wasn't lying about him being a menace #the dude broke into a hotel (by pushing the lobby guy and running) and caused chaos just to get his idol to listen to his band's music #and somehow got a hamburger out of it #and not only is he (all three of them are #but demetrius targets daniel specifically) being chased by the chief of the ghost police #he also completely throws 500 years of ghost laws out the window by causing a rebellion with just one story #“i never followed the rules when i was alive i'm not gonna follow them now that i'm dead” he took that seriously #also julie thinks cheating at school is wrong but she has no problem with breaking into places or potentially injuring thalita #her pettiness knows no boundaries lmfao #they truly are meant for each other 🤩 #too bad he's dead #daniel every two episodes: i could make her worse #while he doesn't know that most of the crimes julie commits are of her own volition #i love my angsty little criminals #juliel #julie x daniel

[aroacettorney]

tbh i wish aup had more reps for characters who achieve greatness purely through hard work and effort. the emphasis on genius/being special is mayhaps way too much to the point that it feels kinda damn depressing for those who aint born as one.

#rant #why is everyone in aup a genius #the four musketeers have the potential for this but its unfortunate that we dont get to see it fleshed out #even aiden ended up relying on his antimagic talents in the long run #ngl owens would have been more impressive to me if they r hardworkers instead of born special #it would have made the fact that ludger took them in more interesting #and mayhaps even highlighted his qualifications as a teacher #(lowkey im still salty that we dont get the full arc of ludger teaching magic to arpa lmfao) #(owens growth feels much less impactful to me bc they are already so special that them becoming that OP is nothing surprising) #plus i thought fighting against the unfairness of the world was a theme for owens #even if one managed to close the gap between the wealthy and the poor or noble and non-noble #the division between a genius and a non-genius itself would only create another kind of classism #how r they gonna challenge it as the members of the one and only special talent club? #violetta is the closest to be the hardworking one but even then her achievement still has a hand of a devil in it #also while surna had to learn everything from scratch he had been around for hundreds if not thousands of years #not to diminish his achievements but that hardly counts cuz it still puts him next to the special treatment category #not to mention being able to learn something simply by observing it is also a kind of cheat code itself...

[nonconstories]

Someone pissed me off a couple of days ago

So! Below are several links to programs and foundations that promote adult literacy! Hundreds of millions of adults world wide were failed by their education system and now must fend for themselves while trying to read contracts and hospital bills and infographics from the CDC. But they don't have to be alone, and it is never too late to learn!

ProLiteracy: A network of educators, researchers, and advocates which provides research reports, learning materials, and other support to adult education programs. They assist with connecting volunteers to local programs and provide guidance and support to community leaders trying to use their programs' findings to advocate for social and political change.

Adult Literacy League: An adult education program in Central Florida, which aims to provide students with one on one attention to foster growth and confidence. It also offers English Second Language courses and job skills training, and each new student receives a comprehensive assessment to determine the best plan for them.

Saint Vincent and Sarah Fisher Center's Foundational Skills Program: A 100% free adult education program aimed at adults reading below a fifth grade level. It operates year round and is either in person or remote, and they now have a GED testing center that is open to students and the public alike.

Washtenaw Literacy: A free network of trained tutors for adults in Washtenaw County, Michigan.

Adult Learning Program (Las Vegas/Clark County): Free education classes to those lacking a high school diploma, those seeking to learn ESL, and adults who read below an eighth grade level. Also assists in students' search for gainful employment. Nevada got so fucked by COVID and the education/literacy numbers in the South West are grim. Please help these guys.

Hawaii Literacy: In addition to helping adult residents of Hawaii Island learn to read and write AND bridging the education gap in Hawaii's underserved children, they offer computer literacy classes, ESL classes, and a bookmobile. 1 in 6 Hawaiian adults struggle to read and write.

#Not Stories #mutual aid #adult literacy #'uuhhhggg its soooo disappointing when i meet a girl who's like 'yeah omg i luv 2 read' #'and then she only reads booktok trash and grocery store thrillers and manga' #'like come on thats such a turn off :/' #'like aren't you bored??? what about reading The Foundation and War & Peace and Grapes of Wrath where's THAT girl haha' #nobody gives a shit what sort of high school reading list gets your dick stiff! NOBODY! #I'm too busy dealing with the fact that most public education systems hate students of color and anyone with a learning disability #from the very bottom of my very dyslexic heart go fuck yourself #'this chick only read 8 books in twelve months lmfao thats so pathetic' #'i read eight books a MONTH some people really give up after high school' #do you think my great grandfather or his father got to fucking finish high school???? #or were they busy getting fucking shot at in germany in two different fucking wars???? #thank every god you wanna name that my lunatic mother stopped abusing me long enough to put me through FIVE YEARS OF TUTORING #to get ME literate because that's what it fucking took #I watched more than one kid from my underserved semi rural district drop out at 17 or 16 or 15 #because their parents needed a third paycheck or they were gonna lose the goddamn house #10% of my majority black school district graduated FUNCTIONALLY ILLITERATE and not an ounce of it was those kids' fault #our racist ass school district failed them and the district did NOT protect my white ass when I was diagnosed dyslexic #the adult literacy crisis is not about you getting a girlfriend who can discuss Ayn Rand with you #the adult literacy crisis is about us being exploited and neglected and made easier to control and manipulate #reading is FUCKING HARD and learning to read after the age of six is SO MUCH HARDER #so from the VERY very bottom of my VERY very dyslexic heart #FUCK. YOU.

[benechillax]

man i think i’m 5 seconds away from a mental breakdown

#I’m actually running out of money now despite working 6 days a week and making 6 figures #Because I bought my acreage with my brother and factored him paying 1/3 of the expenses BUT he’s decided to be unemployed for 1.5 years #I pay the mortgage mortgage insurance utilities internet groceries #I have $800/month in student loan payments #I have to spend like $150/week on gas because my commute is 2 hrs round trip every day #I only eat one meal a day usually because I don’t have the time to grocery shop or cook usually and my brother only cooks for himself #I do all of the chores and at least 1/2 of the yard work #I have the heaviest workload of any of my coworkers (which has been acknowledged but my manager says his hands are tied #Because if he took work off of my plate he’s have to give it to someone else and there is no one else) #I’m being severely underpaid at my job ($4 under the STARTING wage for a pharmacist now despite me working there for 3 years. #But I “got the largest raise last year” lmfao #I’ve been seeing someone but he works nights and his schedule is wack and it results in me going to bed at 3am some nights #I’m also on call this week so I have to be ready to answer calls at any time past 11pm #My hair is legit pulling out in clumps and my hair is half of my personality :( #i’m about to mcfuckin lose it #Brain feels like mashed potato #Oh also I’m on my fucking period

[duskittycat]

look mom i made it

#and it only took me 10 years LMFAO #photo

[royaltea000]

Denpru?

I also think they’d be a very funny ship which is how I choose anything I like -w- but in a different way from amepru cuz I think of denpru as like those drinking buddies who’ve maybe kissed a few times but in like a totally platonic saying goodnight to homeboy kinda way - like I feel like pecking each other on the lips is just a handshake to em. That being said I love the nordics and have been wanting to draw em a bit lately too so who knows maybe you’ll get a little denpru as a treat in the future ;D

#thanks for the ask! #like do you know what I mean??? #straightest guys in a frat lmfao #also I miss Denmark’s old season 1 va cuz wtf is that prepubescent 12 year old boy they put in his voice box later on #s1 voice will always be his canon voice to me #sorry if this took long to answer I only just saw your ask and tumble will only show it to me on my iPad and not my phone

[viktortittiforov]

the 2010s sure were a time in my life

#there's just....... there's just something about that time #it might have something to do with 2011 being the year i started high school and 2019 being the year i finished my BA #and also the last year before the pandemic #I DON'T KNOW I JUST. THINKING BACK ON IT THERE IS THIS MYSTIQUE TO THAT TIME. THIS STRANGE EXCITEMENT #which is most likely a result of me finally beginning to feel like i can shape my own life and who i am and daydreaming abt a better future #and like exploring myself. in 2010 i turned 14 and fully realised i'm bi and throughout the decade #i experimented with a variety of different like...... identifications and imaginations of who i am #some of those were quite consumer identities (e.g. i strove to be and was a very hipster teen) but nevertheless #i don't know dudes like. the pandemic took a lot from me in terms of ability to be excited about what's to come i think #even though my life is pretty good i'd say #but also maybe that's just what it's like to grow into adulthood and get a job etc. SIGH why am i writing an entire fucking essay #abt my 2010s teenagehood nostalgia #like majority of those years also SUCKED because i had zero real irl friends and was really lonely lmfao #it felt like life didn't really start for me yet #and i was constantly waiting to burst into it. maybe that's the mystique. constantly hoping i am on the precipice of smth extraordinary #is nostalgia for one's teenage yrs inevitable? even if you feel like you missed out on most experiences considered quintessentially teenage? #i only started having Teenage Experiences™ when i went to uni lmfao (i.e. early 20s) #but idk it's such a loaded period psychologically and it's horrible and frustrating when you're living it but then you think back on it #and you're like man..... sure was a time huh. wow #but idk my experience could also be influenced by so many other variables #e.g. smartphones and social networks becoming widespread and common #that was also a pretty significant thing that happened #anyway i think i'm abt to run out of tags so. that's it #sry this shoulda gone into my diary probably but i inflicted it on you instead #neptalks

[unproduciblesmackdown]

don’t forget the reason for the season (would you kiss your clone? yes. and you’re mr. maccabee)

#he's the sexiest person in the room after all #GOD lmfao i'm so head in hands that there's no footage of Will Roland Mr. Maccabee. but there Are all these pictures so thank god for that #or also steph b/c she took a lot (or all re: this source) of them lol. godspeed #the reason for the season is also idk whatever wroles there've been in these things. many #obviously cyril von miserthorpe; the last christmas extravaganza antagonist. Merely Assumed ragamuffin role uhh i think it was something v #much like melvin cooterstein lol. uncle peenie. mr. chestnut. that folger's opening guy they keep saying they'll have to Tell The Story Of #and i don't know that anyone actually has yet lmfao. is that a sequence / bit not found in later iterations such as that there's a tale.... #or was there something especially zany abt that particular one lol. i hardly know All The Lore abt All Sequences and things change / evolve #for example. are there always two mister maccabees and then they kiss??? #god. imagine having to cope with that and you're that guy whose heterosexuality was so threatened by mr. maccabee's sexy number that he like #suddenly became extremely preoccupied with looking at Anything Else right up until the next step in the proceedings lol #and isn't there always? usually? a number with mary's sexy men backup dancers. f for that guy again #i would be looking directly at it and getting rowdy if the above image was unfolding before me #joe iconis christmas extravaganza #will roland #shoutout to his talking about mr. maccabee in that recent interview as well; connected to jimmy armstrong. a surprising reference lol #also shoutout to will roland's mother attending these events and in twenty nineteen (the year of cyril von miserthorpe) that was indirectly #the only way we knew will as winston would be in billions season 5 at all. your boy is coy #a delightful little moment when she cameos in the uncle peenie (will roland) and aunt loretta (danielle gimbal) performance lol =) #also naturally some further chaos in that i think often ppl would not necessarily play the same roles every night of an xmas xtrav streak... #just to add to the mystery and presumed wealth of [this person as whomever]s out there. argggh the magic of will roland mr maccabee.... #don't cry b/c there's no audio motion visuals....smile b/c it happened and pictures were taken and posted findably.... #also learned while offline like what tf. i would've thought i'd've saved the mr. chestnut video already lol. it escaped me...f for Me

[louisarmpits]

I feel like all of my coworkers got their vacation approved for the holidays and they didnt approve mine (: they didnt even give me ONE of the days off 😃🔪

#and funny that the people who are on vacation took multiple days/weeks off this year #meanwhile i only took one vacation. all year. and it was only for 5 days. #and these people who are off this week and next week have taken multiple days and some people even tooks MONTHS off #and they couldnt even give me one fucking day lmfao #i asked for 4. okay i get not giving me all 4 bc we’re busy #but they couldnt spare 1 day?? 2 even??? #i’m at my breaking point #i barely take vacation days and i save them for times like this #this is my third year working Christmas and i never took holidays off #i mean i have christmas day and boxing day off #but i wanted a longer break. I’m so tired #I’m so tired and its so busy #i just wanted a few extra days #the bad thing about being good at your job: they want you to work when its busy

[hyuuukais]

FINALLY got into my ocas account !!!! looking at my transcripts and holy shit i did so good in my last year ??????????????????? huh ????????

#lakes thoughts #sometimes i forget i graduated w gr 12 honours #probably thanks to the pandemic i ajnt gonna lie #i got 100 in art ?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?! dayum #i feel like my good grades were also bc. i had no friends LMAOOOO #no friends + a broken phone = paying attention during class #n e ways #stawwwp i did so well i'm proud of 16/17 yr old me they did so well despite it all #i know they were Going Through It #so glad i took math in my last year too since now i might be going into accounting and will need that lmfao #i only did it bc nothing else appealed to me

[butchvamp]

really disliking this new corporate strategy of using trans people as marketing (hersheys and now bud light(?????)) where these massive billion dollar brands just expose trans women to the most vile harassment possible while they get to profit off their image and pretend to be progressive. like wow cool you put trans women on your chocolate bar and your beer cans but are you like, doing anything for them and the wider community or are you just parading them around...lol. also it really frustrates me that people will eat this shit up. brands targeting the lgbt community as a marketing demographic is not a good thing, actually. it should piss you off that target sells tshirts with the word queer on it. it should piss you off that hersheys "we use child slave labor" chocolate is trying to target you specifically with their advertisements

#obviously im sure fae and dylan are being paid and i dont think theyre bad for taking the endorsements #but are these companies doing anything else to like. protect them. #it feels so gross and exploitative lol #dylan has already been getting so much online harassment #and after that hersheys womens day ad fae had to like scrub some of her online presence to avoid being doxxed #and for weeks afterwards on twitter people were just being so horrible about her #and hersheys specifically never came back out in support of her #they made a very vague wish washy statement abt ‘inclusion’ where they didnt even mention her or trans women at all lol #like again im sure both women took the endorsement with the knowledge that this would happen #but i do think. as being 'inclusive' has become a clear marketing strategy then these companies #need to be offering more than just money for parading marginalized people around #especially with the. current Political and Social climate. lmfao #idk the hersheys thing really pissed me off earlier this year especially when the company completely failed to really support her #i dont know whats going on behind the scenes but they should have done something publicly anyways #tfw you want to pretend to be progressive but also dont want to completely alienate your bigot customers... lol! #also they only donated 30k for those ads which is less than pennies compared to the 4.4billion they made last year

[hallawayheart-moved]

birds eye (eye emoji)

#photo #reyeshousehold #* #<--- til i come up w a tag name 4 this gen #this took me...3 years and 8000 headaches #omfg having such problems w university life i actually canttttttt #ive never played w university and so far its very...underwhelming? #it just doesnt have the system ts3 university did #where u could attend classes w ur sims not only #but also was just more engaging bc ts3 had #other sims able 2 invite u 2 parties so ur sim could go to a university keg party #and it had like groups like nerds and jocks and preps #so it felt more like cliquey #and idk there was more time to get school work done whereas rn i feel...directionless and stressed omfg #helena's streessss levels r always in red im like GIRL WAS CLASS THAT BAD LMFAO #also my biggest issue is her dorm is repeatedly glitching out like #i keep getting error 102 and apparently its a THINGGG #first of all and SECONDLY !!!! #because theres more there always is #im experiencing an issue where time freezes completely animation loops and i have to restart the day so like well see how long #i can tolerate THAT before i kill myself or #do something else like give up lmfao #i hate that ts4 university feels so polished #everything they put out feels polished and rich #i want my sims in a shitty cramped dorm room with rooms who bring mice and roaches and shit #and eas like u get a beautiful english countryside uni mf i want UGLY #so i tried to nasty ify this dorm #as much as possible #and made so many roomates

[astrxealis]

will stop talking about milgram for a bit anyways did you now that the dsr au absolutely ruins me. fuck ffxiv for that honestly. insanely good

#⋯ ꒰ა starry thoughts ໒꒱ *·˚ #⋯ ꒰ა ffxiv ໒꒱ *·˚ #'what is things where different...?' #and the guy who should have died for you instead sees you dying a thousand thousand times. for him. for the world #and for a future that would be easier to attain if he just had died for you. and. and. god #that sounds so good but the dying a thousand times is just dramatic phrasing for 'wipes' </3 woops! time to pull again <//3 #the whole... dsr thing... i rmbr being there for it and being updated w the news and just. wow. wow. #i rmbr being so stressed at that time LMFAO i think the dsr clear happened while i was at a beach last week of school #dsr au is the... gehbghabhbejgjhbehjgbehjgsbjhsbdh #literally side content only a few number of players (the actually good players) will ever complete #and it'll be hard even many years into the future (uwu is the easiest ult and took me more than a month...) #and they make a really interesting au into canon. somewhat. god

[zabim4ru]

Lmao you crazy ass bitch, why tf would I fw someone who is of no concern to me, if I wanna fuck someone he's the last guy I'd choose. Plus like you don't actually know me, cause if ya did you'd know that I'm a committed bitch and don't fuck around lmao

#just cause you fucked him don't mean I want too #and sorry you're piece of shit abusive bd is in jail for a year and a half #but that's your problem not mine #don't make shit up about me #I literally didn't want to wear my bra to bed so I took it off #and it fell out of my sweatshirt I had it wrapped up in #that's the only reason I left it there #lmfao