#repairing our lives

[zer0point5ive]

guy who uses his most friendly customer service voice to record tapes for saw traps

#hello this is jigsaw warehouse we hope youre having a. well not a good day but a day at least ! gotta stay positive ha ha anyway. im here to #*background noise* *lawrence voice* adam no #apprentice adam #📹 #every time i use the phone at work i wonder what would happen if i started talking like jigsaw #hello steve. i have something you want [sinister chuckle] yes it is in fact the thing you brought in for repair. now tell me- #live or die the ch- sorry i meant to say our opening hours are #saw

[cadrenebula]

Would anyone mind sharing cute things with me tonight? It's been a rough evening. Doesn't matter if it's cute screenshots or pets or plushies. Just something cute.

#Fuck UPS #They delivered my Switch Controllers to some random person #Grey controllers that came with my Switch an were just coming home from Nintendo repairs #So I'm out $80 probably cause I have zero faith in UPS finding them or giving me the cost to replace them #Which is going to make this week a little uncomfortable to replace them so I can use my Switch #Thankfully the bills are all paid #Just going to be a large chunk out of my food budget so nothing extra for me this week #Not to mention No One has the grey controllers anymore #So I'm end up with mismatched garish colors #An no I'm not buying knock off controllers that will likely die months down the road when Nintendo repairs their brand name ones for free #I'm hopping mad that they did this #An their Proof of Delivery is a blurry ass picture that looks nothing like any house in this neighborhood #My dad helped me walk our street and the next one over #Only one next street cause we live on the street next to the creek

[spooky-space-kook]

Bless the Many Wild-Ass Careers Of Modern AU Edward Teach.

#volcanologist?! #youtube metal cover artist?????? (is the most famous person you can think of a #youtuber????????? #fucken EQUESTRIAN. #at least two hundred cases of chef which seems reasonable #my fave was Elevator Repair Man #he's the elevator whisperer #all of these are great and I love them very much #y'all motherfuckers live some buck ass wild lives to even think this shit up. #edward teach #ofmd #our flag means death #EXPLAIN TO ME HOW VOLCANOLOGIST CAME TO MIND I HAVE QUESTIONS. #EDIT: MALL SANTA.

[tibli]

Beloved Husk

Here I stand in her scorched remains.

This is not the first time, nor will it be the last, and her vacant body has acclimated to my presence.

No longer do her damp, wooly tissues squelch beneath my feet-

they have long since dried out, compressed into a single mass of dull, cotton-candy pink.

In some places, her flesh has completely burned away, leaving nothing behind but blackened, splintering bone. There is no ink in the world rich enough to match the soot that clings to her skeleton.

Sun rays filter through her blown, empty eye sockets, and the daylight is no less beautiful for its thoughtless transgression.

How dare you illuminate her suffering so callously! You have made her into a spectacle- a cadaver to be prodded and studied, rather than a soul to be mourned.

My cheeks are wet, but I can't be sure if it's from grief, or the ever-present haze of smoke. The cause doesn't matter- I am weeping all the same.

#poem #poety #body horror #for anyone wondering- this is about the immediate aftermath of my house catching on fire on mothers day earlier this year #we were living in a rental house up until our house was rebuilt and we were able to move back in #the house didnt burn down per se- it was still standing. but the kitchen was completely destroyed as was most of the living room #i refused to go into the house for a little while at first because i didnt want to look at it. but i eventually did go in #and this poem is kind of a symbolic recollection of the various times i'd gone inside before they started repairs #this has been my home since i was three. although my room was opposite from the kitchen and unscathed bc my door was shut #there were still a lot of sentimental things that were destroyed. #and since the house was built so long ago it looks like a completely different place now #its not the same. and thats been kind of hard for me #i thought i was over it but my dad watched this show with a house fire scene and i had to leave the room bc i was remembering all of it #this was my way of getting some of that grief out #im not much of a writer so this probably sucks but i dont care. and maybe someone else will find some value in it

[neverendingford]

Therapists have two genders:

Professional Asshole and

Well-meaning Incompetent

#color says shit #text post #replying to my therapist is the most frustrating thing in the world. ma'am you think you're building rapport with me? #I hate to tell you but you've been wildly unsuccessful if that's what you think you've been doing here. #stop trying to educate me about my bullshit diagnoses that I already know about from my years on the internet. #like. babygirl I'm over here trying to build up to feeling comfortable enough to talk about the six-layer trauma cake I've got going on #and you're over here showing me a diagram consisting of two concentric circles meant to convey the idea of self versus other #you're very nice and trying to be helpful but I don't want to fucking talk about the girlfriend I want to talk about the issues that matter #girlfriend is an experiment. the other shit is stuff that lives in our fucking soul. shit that made me into the weird person fragment I am #and I had to fight for an hour. therapist kept on scheduling us for half an hour. HALF A FUCKING HOUR HALF AN HOUR ISN'T ENOUGH TIME TO TALK #I had to fight for it and even when she finally scheduled us for an hour she still tried to cut it short #I had to pull up the appointment confirmation to prove I had an hour allotted. like seriously what the fuck. #one of those people who had their own mental struggles and then is like “I want to become a therapist and help other people uwu” #and then is fucking useless and projects their own issues onto someone else and shoves their personal solutions onto you #like someone in r/aita projecting their own shitty relationship onto someone else. some of us are different Daryl #ugh I'm so fucking pissed and I'm not giving up the controller until I get this shit sorted out for now. #r wanted to hop back on this morning in the shower and we had a shouting match but our deal was she takes a week break so I'm keeping it #because too much shit has built up and she's been not doing so hot so I'm gonna get this mess cleaned up before I let her back on. #I bought groceries. I did laundry. I got the car repairs done. I got our bike fixed up. I showered. I did dishes. I'm going to #and I'm going to get even more done tomorrow. maybe then I'll go back to watching over her shoulder and backseat gaming but not for a while. #it feels nice though. like I get to finally stretch my arms and yawn real good. #and btw to answer the question she's always fucking asking. she's not ace in the slightest lmao. I am and the bleed over confuses her. #there. question answered so maybe she can stop asking about it. #I feel like in her push to find herself she kinda pushed me back into the corner. which... ngl that hurts a little. #oh well. you don't need to hear about our lovers' quarrel. I'm going to bed in these cozy fresh bed sheets I just put on the bed.

[soldier-poet-king]

My father, at extended family dinner today, apropos of nothing and only vaguely related to the convo at hand: oh OUR school is putting up the Sacred Heart flag this week, for two reasons, because it's Juneand dedicated to the SH, but also because OTHER schools are putting up a DIFFERENT flag and we're a REAL catholic school unlike all those stupid fuckin degenerate gays

#franposting #homophobia cw #like. oh my god. i gave him the look #and he was like. what. im just saying it bc its true #without an ounce of shame #hes like the. oh militant fighting the queers in june. #NO. ITS MY MONTH. JUNE IS MY QUEER MONTH AND BDAY MONTH #let me LIVE #but also like. the board Catholic schools have been fighting abt flying the pride flag for years #it was a big stink in york region this year #and most ppl are like. yeah we want to make sure queer teens are welcome regardless #in a universal church we want kids to feel safe. and to learn to respect each other regardless of difference of opinion #literally not even a heretical belief it is completely in line w church teaching for folks who are concerned with strict rule #and YET #sometimes my father is fine and sometimes im like. fuck. i can never be out or honest or true with them #no matter how many times i try to repair our relationship #im always lying to them! for my own sanity! #he also got all pissy with me today even tho he was pissed with my mother and it wasnt MY fault at all #i did EXTRA chores for him bc hes been stressed and then he YELLED at me??? #bitch???? #anyway I'm real upset #but i have a headache. so no booze :( #im wearing my qt bee shirt. so take that. HMPH #and then my uncle. the shitty one. is whining abt the culture wars. like #HE is the one here fueling it and arguing and being bullshit

[tangentmusings]

my husband's family has this weird thanksgiving tradition where they go out in the field behind their house, tie an old car hood to the back of a working car, and ride on it while being dragged through the field by the car. it's actually surprisingly fun, even more so if we actually have snow on thanksgiving. even so, I gently tease my husband about just how very hickish the practice is.

and I was contemplating this today, when I suddenly remembered that I literally ripped my wedding dress at our reception while dancing to Cotton-Eyed Joe. so maybe we are made for each other.

#my life #my husband #cotton eye joe #neither of us are particularly this way in any other part of our lives #but he was homeschooled in a small town #and I lived in Texas before we got married #and we had lots of church dances that included a very specific dance that went with CEJ #and my friends were very familiar with it #so yeah we did the coordinated dance at the reception in Texas #and it was so worth ripping my dress #which I later got repaired cleaned and preserved in a pretty box

[a-hiking-fish]

I’ll get this urge for a puppy every so often and then I think about having a puppy for 2 more seconds and it’s immediately gone lol One day, but not soon

#I am excited for a future puppy don’t get me wrong! #it’ll be my first puppy as an adult since I got Fish when he was 1.5y #but I need several different things to change before getting another dog #namely our living situation which I don’t see changing within the next year or two #unlessssss and fingers CROSSED!! my boss’ property is repaired soon because they have a bigger house on some land with trail access #and they basically said I have dibs if i want to move in once it’s all fixed up and that would be AMAZING

[dinosaurcharcuterie]

My wife and I take turns living the One Who Is Good With Tools stereotype.

Yesterday was my turn when I grabbed four clamps at the hardware store while she questioned when on earth were we going to need SO MANY clamps. (We ended up needing precisely four clamps for the repair we were buying the clamps for.)

Last Monday was her turn when she packed up both the cordless drill, making sure it was charged, and the Ikea toolbox, just in case, to pick up our free new desk table. (We ended up needing the screwdriver.)

#LGBTQ #stereotypes #TO THE HARDWARE STORE #the free desk needed repairing #it has a bit of cracked laminate in unimportant places #and had one piece of split chipboard #neither of us was taught any DIY at home #all I know from watching YouTube is that there is no such thing as too many clamps #especially if there's a weird swoopy bit #and she knows that people don't always disassemble stuff they want out of the house #or leave out tools for people who pick it up to do so #this lady did #but two screwdrivers are better than one #is it living up to stereotypes if you're both bi? #i thought our thing was indecision and a general lack of life skills #seriously #get the IKEA toolbox if you have no tools in the house #my dad threw it in the cart when we went shopping for my dorm #fourteen years later those fifteen euros are still some of the best money he's invested in my future #not always the best tool for the job #but A tool is better than NO tool at all

[mantisgodsdomain]

There are a lot of things about us that probably make sense if you know that roughly 99% of our skills are picked up in order to help us repair and maintain Old Shit that people either give away or sell for incredibly low prices thanks to it being something that one needs to acquire Specialized Skills to repair or maintain.

#we speak #we can call ourself a jack of all trades if we want to sound fancy about it but its not 100% true #we're a jack of trades that have become relevant while hunting through secondhand listings and thrift stores #for things that are broken enough to be severely discounted but not so broken as to be Unfixable #which means we go into a lot of things with the mindset of repair and maintenance and we have a Decent Amount of craftsman skill #but we are fundamentally not the kind of person who builds things purely from the ground up #we are the kind of person who picks up a half-broken object and then figures out how to Fix it #we are unfortunately also the sort of person who goes into Fixing Things where it might honestly be easier to replace the thing #when people say “work smarter not harder” we are the target audience. unfortunately we will continue to work harder not smarter #and it causes problems for us that we will either outstubborn or simply die to #anyways. if you live in our area and you have old objects you wish to get rid of we will take them #we have a sudden outpouring of Space now that we live in an apartment and not One Single Room #and we are fully willing to put in the hours it takes to maintain ridiculously fiddly antiques

[kulvefaggoth]

Listen i don't remember what happens at the end of the Shadows of Mhach storyline and if this is even possible i just think it would be very funny if in 6.4 we pull up to Golbez's house using the fucking void ark

#ffxiv #final fantasy xiv #patch 6.3 spoilers #6.3 spoilers #endwalker spoilers #listen we can call cid and say we need him to make some emergency repairs #we have him install a sound system so we arrive at the void blasting OUR SONG OF HOPE SHE DANCES ON THE WIND HIGHER OH HIGHER #why not take the ragnarok? because it would be WAY funnier and cooler if we used the void ark #if next live letter yoshida is like 'the 6.4 msq is gonna requie shadows of mhach' i'll fully lose it

[bibberbang]

i don't talk much personal stuff on here anymore but alas. my dad has hit rock bottom and is finally going to be talked into going to rehab for his alcoholism. after all these years. im ready for things to change. i just hope it's good for him

#the way he treats himself and others has gotten so awful that my family is going to do an intervention for him #idec about the emotional abuse anymore man. hes just so fucked. i just look at him and feel sad. he desperately needs help #my mom basically said she cant live with him anymore bc he does nothing but drink all day starting in the early morning #thru all of this tho my mom and i have repaired our relationship. like. forget the past. shes totally cool now. we have to stick together #amygdalae

[bigsoftbison]

extremely large sigh

#apparently my insurance won't cover my car repair #and we're also not covered on the policy since we don't live with our parents anymore #and i asked them to hold my sunglasses so i could come get them today #which they agreed to #and i drove half an hour for them to tell me the auction house had already acquired the car #which means i didn't even get to say goodbye to it #and they'll send the glasses back to the shop but it's still half an hour away and i might not have a car by then #and i have no savings at all and i have no idea how i'm gonna get a car #in one of the least pedestrian friendly cities in america #i'm just so fucking stressed