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sherifftillman · 9 months

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tag game dump!

my notifs have been shit at telling me when i've been mentioned in posts so i've missed a bunch of these so i'm gonna do them all here n now!

everyone who has tagged me in one game is also tagged in any others here that they haven't done (no pressure of course!!)

other no presh tags to do any number of these that you see fit: @keerysquinn @reysorigins @heartscoops @rodneywaber @vigilanteshit @jamie-tartts

first one comes courtesy of the lovely duo that is @jeysuso + @kingofscoops <3

Last Song: it was 'you can always come home' from deltarune ch1 bc i listen to video game music when i write. also any song from the undertale/deltarune soundrack w the word home in it gives me the warm-n-fuzzies :) Currently Watching: literally right this second, the fundamentals of caring. i remember liking it, but not much about the film itself Currently Reading: my own wip as i slowly go insane lol Current Obsession: oh, you know. gestures vaguely at my url.

next is from @barbienheimer <3

5 drinks to get to know me: iced chai latte, hot chocolate, diet coke, pepsi max (there's a time n place for either one), a cocktail called 'adios motherfucker'

@godseyeaemond tagged me in this one! <3

10 comfort movies: blues brothers, beetlejuice, scott pilgrim vs the world, airplane!, enola holmes, kingsman: the golden circle, spree, ghostbusters: afterlife, the truman show, spider-man: into the spiderverse

and finally, @iero tagged me in this one <3

Name: rj, ridge if we're friends (if we're mewchies, we're friends) Age: [schmidt from new girl voice] TWENNY-NOINE! Favorite season: i like winter bc that's when christmas. and my birthday, but mostly christmas Movies or TV shows?: tv shows, i really struggled to think of 10 comfort movies there lol Do you carry a bag/purse? What kind?: depending on where i'm going and what i'm taking with me, either a backpack or a tote bag, but most likely i just use my jacket pockets bc all i really take out on a standard daily basis is my phone, keys + wallet What color is your water bottle?: sage green. it has stickers of kapp'n from animal crossing, ryuji from persona 5, a raptor from jurassic park, the amell crest from dragon age 2 and a reference to gorgug from fantasy high What color is your phone case?: it's a lilac case with a lil purple metal loop in the middle Do you sleep in silence or do you need white noise/sounds/music?: i have my tv on something familiar, although lately i've been really into falling asleep to sims 4 or minecraft builds Top sheets. Yes or no?: no, they're not really a thing here in the uk outside of hotels, so they just seem like a weird hotel thing You're in the candy aisle at the corner store, what are you grabbing?: crispy m&ms Preferred mode of travel (plane/train/car/bus/on foot/etc.): i have been conditioned to walk everywhere that i can't take public transport for thanks to parents who refused to ever give me lifts as a kid! What's your phone background right now?: my lock screen is my photo op with joseph quinn from philly, my home screen is my cheerscoops commission Are you more of a miminalist or a maximalist?: oh a maximalist, 100% It's time to paint your bedroom! What color are you choosing?: ooh i'm going to get to choose this soon! i'm thinking earth tones, like magnolia/soft light brown/sage green And finally, tell me something that brings you joy: i've been writing such hefty stories for cheerscoops week! i'm so happy to have something that inspires me so much!

#tag game

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moderncolors · 5 years

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The Ultimate List of Alternative Baby Names { bohemian, hippie, offbeat, fantasy, goth baby names} So you've got a wee one on the way and you're looking for a name as unique as your new baby is going to be, am I right? Well, check out this great list of offbeat names for I've created just for creative moms and dads-to-be like you. A lot of these names are form lists I made when thinking of names for my two tots and some inspired by my favorite celebrity kid names and some are from the top of my head. Yes, some of these names are "out there" and I've gotten a lot of hateful comments about this post (that's why comments are disabled) but what do you expect from a post called THE ULTIMATE LIST OF ALTERNATIVE BABY NAMES? If you like the names. Awesome! If you don't, that's cool too. To each his own! NOTE: I didn't separate the names by gender as many of these can work for both boys and girls! 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ehalromancy · 7 years

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RULES: answer in a new post, and tag 10 followers that you would like to get to know better.

name: shadya

nickname: shu shu, shadaya, shoshti, shododo, shadie, theyre all awful except for the last one

star sign: virgo

gender: female i suppose

height: like 5′4 i think im not sure though

favorite color: purple especially lilac, black, maroon-y and burgundy colours, forest green

time rn: 7:07 pm

average hours of sleep: 7-9 hours? on a weekday?

lucky numbers: not necessarily lucky but i love the number 9

last thing i googled: “how to reply to a tumblr post” how embarrassing kenna im sorry

blankets i sleep in: just my blue duvet

favorite fictional characters: blue sargent, aristotle mendoza, adam parrish (forever and always), pam beesly, hermione and harry and ron and remus i jsut love them all, uhhhh all of the clones from orphan black but especially helena/beth/cosima, i’m sure im missing so many but i just cant think of any more

fav books: trc, aristotle and dante, a thousand splendid suns, beloved, gone girl, antigone (play by jean anouilh) i could talk about it for hours, i read a doll house last year and loved it, i need to read more books

fav films: wow i am Stereotypical but whatever these all make me happy: amelie, dead poets society, the force awakens, the truman show, gone girl, i’m sure there are things i am missing, what am i missing

fav tv shows: ORPHAN BLACK, the office, b99

fav bands: PARAMORE, brand new, lorde, radiohead, MASHROU LEILA, beirut, kind of new to me but also frank ocean? just recently fell in love with him, i guess i should add panic! too

dream holiday: i would go to Western Hell and visit kenna OR palestine aka the Homeland OR greece OR london lol

dream wedding: a small inexpensive but elegant affair with someone i love and only my close friends + family members i actually like, my sister would cater bc she’s going to be a chef, it would be spring, we’d travel the world afterwards

dream job: a writer/poet who can travel the world and go on book tours and write and meet other cool literary ppl and shit! that’s what writers do right? but i would also love to tell stories in literally any way. screenwriter, director, actress, musician, i cant even play any instruments or sing but

what are you wearing rn? a baggy grey jumper plus white shorts

when did you create this blog? like 2013/2014? idk

what you post about: writing, mostly poetry, memes, text posts, art, tv shows and stuff i like, trc, idk

do you have any other blogs? nope i would like to make a writing blog but 1) no followers 2) no writing 3) no WRITING

who is your most active follower? probably kenna aka wintersmith lol thanks

what made you decide to get a tumblr? kenna made me i was confused for the first year i used it and didnt know how to change themes LMAO REMEMBER

do you get asks on a daily basis? HAHAHAHAHAH

why did you choose your url? bc i love mashrou leila and their album el hal romancy except someone already has that url so mine is ehalromancy

#idk who to tag #i just love talking about myself so...here u go my followers...all two of u

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trumanlilac · 1 year

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1) Summer of ‘14

Some of the happiest yet darkest moments of my life are enclosed between these pages. I got to know myself better only through the challenges I faced trying to find myself again. Then I realized, through every faze of me, is still me every time. It is me when I am angry, it is me when I am sad, it is me when I am scared. I am ever present. It is the emotions washing over me which beat my heart like that of the ocean waves which beat the rocks, yet I still stand strong and undefeated when the tides slow and the water whooshes steadily again. I am ever present.

We as humans have a habit of believing that we're only our true sleves when we're happy, though through life we learn we are always ourselves through every feeling. Just journeying different waves of feelings, traveling through situations and emotions like time and space. The beginning of my education in this fact was the summer of 2014, on my eighteenth birthday, when he looked at me differently, and I could feel it.

I'd known him my entire life, and believe me, my best friend and I have looked at him this certain way for an eternity with nothing in return. But this day... was different. My big bother Alex came in with a cigarette hanging from his mouth as always, and beside him was his new girlfriend and best friend, Matty. This is where my story begins.

Alex pressed his cheek against mine in a smooch, cig still hanging from his lips as he did so. He dug into the back pocket of his black skinny jeans and handed me a wad of folded cash, "Happy brithday, Elvie!"

"Thanks," I smiled.

"I know what you're gonna say, I should've gotten a real gift, but I dunno what you're into. What do the kids like these days eh?" He looked over at his girlfriend and Matty.

"Hover boards," his blonde bombshell of a babe responded.

"I'm not a kid, I'm officially a woman today." I hated when he treated me like a child all the time because of our nine and a half year age gap.

"Oh, well excuse me," Alex took off his sunglasses and turned to his girlfriend to introduce us, "oh by the way, this is Leah."

This was nothing new, he always had a new girlfriend, and she always looked like the last. It was as if he was always looking for the same woman, just with a new personality or beginning.

"Nice to meet you, Leah." I tried to keep a smile on my face, but I already didn't like her for thinking I'd be into something as lame as a hover board just because they're a big deal on the Vine app... who did she think she was to even make such a generalization?

I looked over at the skinny man beside him. He pushed his long ruly curls out of his face, he was wearing so much black he looked like a shadow. His t-shirt was so big it nearly hit his knees where his skinny jeans were ripped and exposed his pale knobby knees. I never could understand how he and Alex could wear so much black in all the California sun we basked in daily in the heat of summer... but this was typical of them.

"Hi Matty." I smiled shyly.

"Hey Elvira, happy birthday." He said with his cokney sound of an accent. He smiled back, his eyes flashing at me for a second, then dancing everywhere but at me. My heart sank a little. He leaned in and gave me a slight hug, soon letting go as he was thrown off by my best friend zooming by on her hover board. I'd caught Leah in a smirk at the sight.

"Alex!" Genevieve skipped in front of me and threw herself onto Alex. She'd been doing that for years, she'd always had the biggest crush on him. I didn't really see why, all he ever did was make music. I mean all he did, ever. Maybe this was why he always had a new girlfriend, he'd hardly pay attention to any of them.

"Woah girl," he laughed a little, hugging her back, Leah seemed to not be of ease in this moment. Genevieve didn't bother introducing herself. She smiled and looked at Matty just as shyly as I had, together we'd crushed on him since we were twelve.

We liked the way he dressed, we liked the whiff of cigarette smoke that would leave a trail behind him every time he walked by, it mixed with the subtlest cologne we could never really make out. 'At least he'd tried though', we'd always say. We loved the untidiness of his appearance, and the edge of everything he'd do, like shaving the side of his head, or literally only wearing black most days... and surprising us with pops of color here and there on a random day. He was unpredictable, creative, cool, and beautiful. The only thing missing was the height, but he was still fairly taller than the both of us, so we didn't dock him any points.

"Matty," Genevieve smiled at him just as shyly as I had.

She looked back at me, smiling. It was always a silent game between us of who'd get the most attention from him, knowing good and well he really would never give either one of us the real time of day. It was just fun to play the game and day dream.

"Genevieve," he said back, waving at her.

She wasn't as comfortable with him as she was with Alex. We'd been best friends since we were five, when my mother, Alex and I had moved to California. My father had passed away from sickness, and luckily, he had made investments in the state during his time as a real estate broker so we had a beautiful home in Los Angeles left to us. Alex and I had different father's, but his had walked out on him and my mother before I was born. Since she was all we'd ever had, Alex swore he was my dad.

"Where's Mom?" Alex asked, "I wanna introducde her to Leah."

"Oh sure, you've only not seen her for about two years, meeting Leah has to be the first priority, how long have you been together?" I asked.

He took a lighter from his pocket and lit his cigarette, he knew all too well that my disliking for Leah sank in. Matty laughed a little, walking away, knowing I'd done it now.

Leah looked at Alex, waiting for him to answer.

The silence pained us all, but as always, Mom saved the day, gasping as she slid the patio door open.

"Alex!" She came out with open arms, wrapping him in an embrace.

Genevieve gave me the side eye, and together we headed back over to the pool side.

"Why'd you do that?" She asked quietly as we sat down, dipping our feet in the water.

"Because." I shrugged, "Alex asked what do kids like these days and she answered a hover board. I told them today makes me a woman, and then when she saw you on your's and thought otherwise. I don't like her."

"I mean, I don't like anyone with Alex, because he's supposed to be mine, but come on, how do you know what she thought?" Genevieve laughed.

I shook my head, rolling my eyes and laughing, "Ew, stop, why are you always saying that, he's ... Alex."

"Wel you like Matty." She said.

"So do you." I pointed out.

"I mean, honestly Alex is hotter. I just like watching you like him and all the little games we play." She shook her head.

"Really?" I asked.

"Really. All these years. My fantasy, is I get Alex, and you get Matty, and we go on double dates all the time." She took her cover up off and slipped into the pool slowly, getting used to the iciness of the water, "but Farah Faucett over there is in the way."

I couldn't help but smile, tying my dark curly hair in a pineapple on my head and taking my slip off also, slipping into the pool. I looked over in the distance, seeing Matty smoking a cig and pacing around. I couldn't help but fall deep into a daydream about Genevieve's fantasy, coincidentally, Fantasy by Mariah Carey came on the radio.

Genevieve splashed at me, "snap out of it!"

My jaw dropped as she'd almost wet my hair, which was the biggest no in my book. I splashed back at her, and the war began.

"Elvie! You ready make a wish?!" Mom brought the cake to the pool.

It felt special, blowing out my candles from the pool. Everyone gathered over, I could see Leah was the least interested in seeing me make a birthday wish. I closed my eyes as they sang to me, it was the most embarrassing part I hated to face every year. When the terrible wails came to an end, I blew out the flames standing from the big "1" and "8" candles.

Mom removed the candles and immediately after, Alex threw the entire cake in my face. Everyone laughed as I screamed, mom included.

"MOM! ALEX THREW THE CAKE IN MY FACE!" I shouted.

"We have another one don't worry you'll still eat cake." She laughed.

My eyes were shut tight as I felt everyone's arms helping me out of the pool. A towel gently patted my eyes, I could finally open my eyes and see that it was Matty standing in front of me.

He held the towel out, unsure whether or not to still help me. My heart raced in my chest, I was certain I looked monsterous with my damp hair and cake all over my face.

He could see how startled I was, pausing and passing me the towel. I looked down at my chest, seeing where the rest of the cake had fallen. Everyone else still laughed in amusement, but in this moment... it felt as if Matty and I were in a world completely of our own. His eyes this time, danced everywhere that was part of me. I dried off, sneaking glances at him through the corner of my eye, and seeing his eyes, still fixed on me. I covered up with the towel, and he looked away quickly as he realized he'd been staring at me longer than normal.

"We had to! It's your eighteenth birthday!" Alex shouted.

I laughed nervously, "jerk."

Matty walked off, my eyes followed him, not noticing Alex's following mine.

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