#~T: Nice Place To Live

[thevalicemultiverse]

Particularly feral looking Vampire in Wizard hat: "You present me with a two pronged road! One leads to Hell, and the other ALSO leads to Hell!"

Presumed Vampire Hunter: "CHOOSE WISELY!"

Feral Wizard Vampire: "But meaty fool that you are, you do not realize that I can simply WALK OFF THE FUCKING ROAD!!!"

Hunter, distraught: "NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!"

[This meme was sourced from Hunter: The Parenting, a Youtube series inspired by World of Darkness lore]

Alice: ...I refuse to believe this isn't just two Malkavians fucking around. From what I understand, this is totally something my clan would do.

#thesatiricaldemon #~M: I want some questions! now! (ask) #~V: Londerland Bloodlines #~T: Nice Place To Live #feral wizard vampire versus presumed hunter #~C: Alice Liddell #((I mean the Malkavian clan IS the most likely to wear a wizard hat #or at least is tied with the Tremere in that regard #and this whole thing feels like something the clan would do #Hunter: the Parenting huh? XD #might have to look that up later)) #~M: with this hand I will lift your queue

[actualnymph]

I hate when people talk shit about trailer parks and people who live there like what do you mean by that

#I think they’re actually really nice places to live #and also the community you’re in is great too like I dated this girl who lived in a trailer park once and it was so nice #she was so embarrassed like ‘ive got a curtain for a door um-’ don’t even worry about it idc #they’re cheap and they can be pretty nice like if you’ve ever been in a trailer they’re not That small… #you get it for cheap plus depending on the situation you can rent the land too and ofc there are different types of trailers some #are attached to the land some can be driven away etc… #anyway. I will fight anyone who talks badly about trailer parks 😭 #t

[pepprs]

gonna have to delete this later due to the redacted horrors but moving out update. today and yesterday i toured apartments. the one i toured today was smaller yet more expensive and had lower ratings and is very far away from campus plus the actual tour itself was… a very distressing and disturbing experience and not just bc there were literally dead bugs in one of the units 🤢 but like the place just had bad vibes i guess. i don’t know why it was so awful for me but i had a terrible feeling in my gut the whole time and then was almost in a scary situation getting back to campus (totally unrelated to the tour / property lol) but it was ok and i made it back completely safe in the end im just still extremely like. triggered i guess and i can’t talk about it to anyone at home (bc they can’t know im trying to move out lol) which is making me want to cry. like my nervous system is disregulated as my therapist would say. in fight or flight mode. but anyway none of that is even important bc im not going to live there because you know where i think im going to live???? THE APARTMENT I TOURED YESTERDAY!!!!! it’s like 3-4 mins away from campus (not to mention literally RIGHTTTT next to a campus shuttle stop) and right down the street from a whole bunch of cute restaurants and stores etc etc including my former therapy place (lol) and my favorite restaurant near campus, the apartment is bigger, rent is lower, and the property is beautiful imo. the only problem is that the only 1br/1ba apartments are on the ground floor which in my mind means im more vulnerable to a) ppl trying to like break in or do whatever god forbid a million times b) bugs ☹️ but tbh id be willing to try to deal with that and see how it goes. it’s gotten consistently 4-5 star ratings from residents for the last year and it has in unit laundry too 🤯 im so nervous and excited. now i just have to work up the strength to actually like. move there and tell my family that’s what im doing when they don’t want me to move without being able to drive and they don’t want me to live alone. but omg im so excited i just want to make it official nowwww

#purrs #i think i might try to move in late jan / early feb which will be after my 25th bday and at that point i only have to get 15 hrs of driving #practice not 60 so hopefully by then i will at least have a license… maybe not a car at that point but i could potentially be close to #getting one. and i also really want to get a cat like right away but i probably should wait until i get the hang of living all by myself #before i do that (and i definitely think i will need to be able to drive in case there are any emergencies) but. omggggg #on the way to the terrible tour today the shuttle drove right past the place i want to live which i wasn’t even expecting and i was like 🥹 #and the crazy thing is that my colleague besties and i drove past it a few months ago and i remember thinking ‘maybe that would be a nice #place to live’ and it turns out… not only is it a nice place to live but it might be MY place!!!!!! 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯 #m*ving o*t tag

[fereldanwench]

i've been considering resuming job hunting again but i think I'm still, like, traumatized from what i went through in 2021 lmao

#i keep getting in this cycle of 'well my current job lets me do pretty much whatever i want bc they trust me to get shit done' #(which honestly is really nice bc i am neither a team player nor a leader and i like being left alone lmao) #and 'my current job is otherwise unfulfilling in every way possible also it's for an awful company I'm ethically opposed to and i want out' #and my salary is garbage #esp as someone with 12 years of experience #and they dont even do cost of living adjustments #in theory they will give you a raise if you go above and beyond but i did that for a year and just got a thank you #which i dont need your fucking gratitude i need more money #but god i just cant do interviews anymore #i used to be such a good BSer in interviews #and now i just... cant lmao #so many places are all into the 'be your authentic self' shit these days #my authentic self is not employable lmao #and then i think about pursuing my creative passions for income and I'm like nooo i dont wanna do that either #bc that will make me hate what i love #i am so protective of my hobbies just being hobbies #idk whatever!!!! #t: wench.txt

[sourearth]

i rarely post personal stuff on here these days but another good news post... i got accepted for an apartment that i really love (and did not expect to get)!! my goal for ages has been to be able to live alone and its actually gonna happen! happy pride month the gays stay winning!!!

#between work being nightmarish and trying to find somewhere to rent in a housing crisis the last few months have been s t r e s s f u l #but work is going to be chill now that the students have gone home for summer #and the weather is nice enough for sea swimming #and i have a place to live!! #life is good again #s text

[barkbrained]

You have to think things will get better, otherwise what is the point!!! You have to hold out hope that things will get better and then maybe one day things will feel safe and be cool and everything will be fine (at least as fine as it can be)

#misc #rbs okay #I’m just so tired of the state of the world and I’m so tired of feeling unsafe every day #so tired of being tired. I have to hope my body will heal and I will feel better but it’s so hard #change has to come at some point and I have to hope I can make it to that point #I’m having a terrible time coping with the pain and fatigue and mental strain covid has left me with #I want to feel okay again so badly #all I want in the world is to make art and experience art and music and movies and live a little life with my partner in some place nice #I’m scared I’ll never feel okay enough to have that and I’m scared the world won’t ever feel safe enough again to have that #I just keep telling myself something has to change and trying to believe it so hard #if I make it through this pandemic with any semblance of health and stability I will be happy #I don’t even want to think about how much trauma the pandemic has given me and will continue to give me #I grieve everyday for the world that could’ve been and the person I will never get the chance to be because of this pandemic #my health anxiety has skyrocketed in the past four years and just keeps getting worse #I can’t hear people coughing or sneezing or sniffling without panicking for a few seconds every time #I already had emetophobia before 2020 but now I have the same panicked feeling from anyone exhibiting any signs of illness #it’s exhausting T-T everything is exhausting #sorry for vent-ish post on main ik it’s not very professional but whatever this is my blog #covid tw

[mishtershpock]

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#right so #firstly: oliver stark i love you please never stop #the way he talks about buck is so nice!! not to mention always reiterating that the show was queer before bi buck was confirmed #secondly: oliver stark i love you but please stop!!! #lmao. ben affleck smoking jpeg #i completely understand his reasoning behind what he says about tommy #he can’t confirm or deny anything and changes are he doesn’t even know anything. just like before #when he was waxing poetic about natalia and buck’s future #i just do not like the whole narrative of tommy being a perfect queer elder who can do no wrong and is there to guide buck through this #it’s a disservice to his character. and to buck’s #and to eddie’s if you really wanna go there #tommy is the perfect first boyfriend because he’s got experience. right? that’s what we’re saying? #experience does not equal perfection #and like i said the other day. it suggests eddie is not worthy of being a queer love yet because he has no experience #they hadn’t written the final episodes yet for a reason. they’re posting positive b/t posts on social media for a reason #they’re testing fan reactions to decide what to do with b/t. sorry but i genuinely think that’s the reason #and this characterisation of tommy as perfect and ideal for buck and they’re smitten etc #a second ben affleck smoking jpeg #i have nothing against tommy or b/t together or multi shippers. nothing at all #but i sweaaarrrrrr #if i lose out on the ship who have 6 years friendship and a history of getting through neg and pos experiences together #coparenting and saving each others’ lives. literally and figuratively #being so intrinsically linked to each other #not to mention oliver and ryan’s chemistry #if i lose out on that because people can’t stop screaming about tommy on social media #i will implode and take this place with me #especially because focusing on buck’s lovely new perfect relationship will probably mean that eddie is pushed aside #with a shitty storyline they put no effort into. wait what who said that that’s crazy #i agree that bi buck isn’t about eddie (it’s not about tommy either) and potential queer eddie isn’t about buck #but i’m so done with people saying we can’t hope the two storylines come together in the future. why is it suddenly bad to want buddie

[enekorre]

Nothing like friends knowing i have very limited free time insisting on coming over on a weekday and then leaving the house an hour later than they said. And stopping to fill up their tyres for some reason. I need to be in bed in 2 hours and i still haven't eaten bc they were supposed to bring food.

This is really on me though. I know they're always an hour late. That's why i don't coride with them when we go to our friends one town over despite the 40min trip.

Same friends that ditched me two days before our trip to see MCR in Germany btw.

#M #The mcr trip was even their idea tp begin with #Anyway i dont know why i still hang around with them #They can be nice but the guy is so apathetic he might as well be comatose #And the girl is chronically late and have 0 manners. #And i dont mean like 'ooh look at me i dont fart in front of others' she has that type of manners (i dont) #Like the 'no elbows on the table' manners. Things that don't really mean shit #I mean manners that matter. Like not asking your friends friend why she's lost her eye or your new friend why his arm doesn't work #Or arriving somewhat on time. Like within 20 minutes. Or keeping promises. Those kinds of manners #Anyway im just talking shit about them here to vent #I don't want to say this stuff to their faces and i dont wanna talk behind their backs to our common friends #So im just venting here #But honestly it's really annoying that they refuse to grow up and learn to act decently #Especially the girl has the mentality of a 15 year old #But then again she never moved out from her parents place so maybe that is hindering her... #These people are together and live at the girls parents btw no fault with living at home but i do believe it is heavily hindering developme #t for her #Urgh im so hungry where are theyyyy

[ofpd]

the real reason why non-orthodox jewish women wear tallits is so they can carry their phones in their tallis bags on shabbos

#whereas yknow. men have pockets even in nice clothes #but if you're orthodox you don't even need pockets on shabbos. let alone for phones #well unless you live in an eruv #txt #dudes i am not used to getting dressed up for shul. but this place I'm going seems so stuffy #last week i wore jeans and a t-shirt and tennis shoes. bc my hometowns shul is normal #i mean i made a bit of an effort to look cute but not fancy lol #i don't look that fancy today but I'm really giving conservative jewish woman

[concordewillfly]

tomorrow i’m taking the bus at 7 am and i will be back by 7 pm .. please keep me in your thoughts i will be going through it

#i only have to do that two days a week but still i would rather not do it at all tbh. why is uni life so stressful i literally spend more #time on buses and trains than learning tbh. cant even find a nice place to sit down and eat my sandwich. i wish i could stay home sometimes #through gritted teeth uncomfortable situations make me a better person uncomfortable situations make me a better person!!! #im not living up to my celine pfp status since nobody has fallen helplessly in love w me on public transport YET #t

[thevalicemultiverse]

Conversation at dinner:

MY WIFE: Hey Google, how much blood is in the human body?

MY WIFE'S PHONE: According to Wikipedia, an average adult has between 1.2 and 1.5 gallons of blood in their body.

MY SON: That's enough to paint a shed!

I fucking love my family.

Alice: [chuckles] As long as your son doesn't get any ideas about where to get the materials to paint any sheds you may or may not own...also, interesting factoid there. I never thought about how much blood there was in a human body.

Victor: [raises an eyebrow]

Alice: My condition doesn't mean I have to know how much blood there is, just that it's there.

#~M: I want some questions! now! (ask) #~M: grin without a cat (anon) #~V: Londerland Bloodlines #~T: Nice Place To Live #how much blood in a human #~C: Victor Van Dort #~C: Alice Liddell #((her condition in this universe being of course vampirism #but Alice has never really been into sucking someone dry sooo #no need to know EXACTLY how much blood someone has in them #she'll take her little bit and get on with her unlife)) #~M: with this hand I will lift your queue

[dihalect]

it turns out that not living in The Actual City was the only thing keeping me from being stereotypically obsessed with trains

#txt #an hour or two ago i was like #‘hey itd be nice to live somewhere with a view of above-ground rail. i wonder where the t and/or the commuter rail run above ground’ #now. uh oh #im dkf jfhfbfbdbsgdbf #the orange line goes all the way up to malden!!! and it’s only like a 20-minute subway ride from the terminus to downtown crossing!! #and that’s on the janky ass orange line!! #fuckin. there’s a corridor in south end with an amazing view of multiple tracks #(orange line and the worcester/framingham commuter rail i think) #and it’s close enough to downtown to feel sufficiently urban #but far enough out to be not super duper über-overpriced #(theoretically) #but the whole fuckin thing is monopolized by northeastern university #i legit fucking teared up when i was reading about the history of the green line #i have ridden in the oldest subway tunnel in the country!!! #a majestic graceful elegant old dame. #and it’s. above ground for so long. the places you’ll see!!! the places you’ll go!!! #fjfjndgdjdbcjj no iddhydjddjsjgd. #anyway now my years-old boston map has habitable zones demarcated by sharpie at the stations where a subway/train line surfaces

[squishious]

ok i finished my psych notes so now i'm going to tell you all a story

#this is not actually that big of a deal i just want to tell someone anyways #drove up north for the long weekend and heard there was some sort of art and music night happening downtown #and we're staying in a pretty small rural ish town #so we thought it would be nice to go check it out before grabbing dinner #as we're looking for a place to park i think i spotted at least 3 blue lives matter hoodies #and then we got out and i saw another 2nd amendment t shirt #and coupled with the fact that when my dad had been here w/ friends 20 something years ago he had had this wierd micro (tbh not that micro) #agression experience #i was feeling uncomfortable in a way i hadn't really before #it's genuinely such an odd feeling and i wish it on no one. anyways i was internally freaking out a bit as we walked down #AND THEN #2 things happened #1 we passed this storefront with some HUGE letterpresses in them #so i went in and was met by literally the most amazing store ever #i could have lived there no joke #it was a printshop and papiere and they had the most lovely cards and a little press you could use and the most GORGEOUS paper i've ever se #ever seen these lovely pens and i cannot stress how amazing the postcards/prints/cards were #and that night happened to be the opening of a local collage artists exhibition and her work was just breathtaking #anyways after getting some stuff i went to checkout and ended up chatting with the owner #who as it turns out does all the desiigning + carving of the stamps #and she offered to show me around the actual print shop w/ the presses and whatnot #she was so lovely #omg wait i've gotten sidetracked #in the shop where was just a lot of queer friendly stuff and pieces centered around poc #like they had cards of people hugging and there wasn't just one m/f white couple #and they had a few...coming out cards ig? idk but they were hilarious #okay and then #i finally leave the shop and walk out onto the main drag #and it looks like every queer person in the town is out tonight #literally drag queens with flags tied around them so many steampunk couples and a ton of people who's outfits reminded me of

[toilonto649lore]

i've lived in a house for the past few years where i've been lucky enough to be called my nickname and they/them 90% of the time (occasionally misgendered but rarely), and he/him and enzo (preferred) by my friends, and the 2nd part won't change but i'm prob gonna have to move in with my dad in a month and hear my deadname and she/her more often again ughhhhh

#that's the main reason its gonna suck #he also is just difficult to live with and messy and sloppy and neurotic #but at least i'll be alone in the house most of the day and can record music again and decorate my old room with posters #if i even feel like it #the plan is to stay there thru summer probably and im getting an apartment asap but I'm not in a good place for that rn #i have to figure some shit out cuz there's a lot going on #here's hoping i can talk to a gender specialist by august and start T by october #i so badly wish i had accepting non religious parents who i could just tell im trans #& be 100% sure they'll accept it & respect my name and pronouns #but ehh #life is life #i'm high rn so i'm just oversharing on here #i'm really gonna miss living in my best friends house #their house is cozy & i'm gonna miss the carpeted floors & nice furniture & it's gonna suck living in a 3 level after living in a 1 level #idek #gonna miss this neighborhood too and the yard and driving down these streets at night #I'm always so overdramatic when i have to move houses but ive never even left my hometown #lived in like 6 different places though #enzo rambles #personal #don't reblog #cuz why would you tbh

[why-animals-do-the-thing]

There's a viral video circulating from the Fort Worth Zoo, of two keepers who ended up in a habitat at the same time as a silverback gorilla. Spoiler for good news: neither the humans nor the gorilla got hurt. It's a bad situation that ended extremely well, and that's why I want to talk about it.

The audio for this video is mostly someone praying loudly, so if you need to turn the audio off to watch it, you won't miss anything relevant. If you don't want to watch it, here's the summary: it starts with a keeper running around the corner into the main exhibit, pursued by a large male gorilla. She is quickly able to get into a doorway at the back of the exhibit, but does not completely close the door because the gorilla is standing across from her, watching. He eventually moves off to the right hand side of the exhibit, where we can see a keeper is trapped in the corner at the front. She was trying to move towards the exit as he moved to the right, and she stops, standing very still behind a tree, while he stays along the far right wall. They stay like that for a minute, and then the gorilla runs to the front right corner, and the keeper is able to run to the door in the back of the exhibit and get to safety.

Let's start with basic information. Even though it's just going viral now, this video is from October of 2023. It was taken not by a guest, but by the zoo security officer responding to the situation. Hmmm, seems like he maybe should have been doing something else during that situation, instead of than taking a phone video. It's going viral now because the guy (who is no longer employed at the zoo) decided to post it on TikTok for his five minutes of fame. This guy immediately started giving all sorts of media interviews, answering questions like "why no tranquilizers" inappropriately, making memes out of his own video, generally distasteful shit.

Zoo spokesperson Avery Elander gave a public statement that "thankfully, there was no physical contact between keepers and gorilla, and all staff and animals are safe." A comment from the zoo has also indicated that the incident was due to keeper error. (As opposed to, for instance, something in the fencing breaking.) According to the guy who posted the video, a lock was left unsecured and the gorilla was able to open the door to the habitat. I don't know if I buy it, and again, this just... is probably why he doesn't have a job anymore. By sharing that detail - real or not - he places a ton of public scrutiny and blame on that keeper team. (If that's what happened, I can promise you it will have been dealt with internally.) He also was nice enough to say he wouldn't name the women in the video... but verified they're still staffers at the zoo... which means they're eminently identifiable! Excuse me while I ragequit for a second.

So there's two reasons I wanted to talk about this. The first is to make sure it is well known that this guy is purposefully and intentionally exploiting the worst day of someone's life for media attention. Their lives were in danger, and he's using it for fame. His name is in the media articles - I'm not going to share it because he doesn't deserve that attention. The second reason, though, is because this video is a masterclass on how to survive if you end up sharing space with a gorilla. Every zoo person I've spoken to or seen comment on the video is so, so impressed with how the keepers handled themselves.

The gorilla in this video is 34-year-old Elmo. All apes in AZA zoos are managed in protected contact, so keepers are supposed to be separated from them by a barrier at all times. The zookeepers were in the habitat putting out a mid-day meal when he got out. Watching the video, you can see he's not actively being aggressive towards them - he's not making threat displays or trying to approach them. Mostly, Elmo seems like he doesn't know what is going on and he's kinda freaked out about it. (This is confirmed in the zoo's press statement, too). The staff stayed calm, and importantly, watched and waited to see how he'd move and act.

The zoo did say one thing, though, that's a bit misleading. In one article, their press person I quote as saying “In general, gorillas are considered the “gentle giants” of the great ape species.” Just because this may be true in comparison to other great ape species doesn't meant gorilla aren't still incredibly dangerous. This type of messaging always worries me, because I think it leads people to misunderstand the risks of being close to megafauna. Gorilla are extremely strong animals, and their social norms/behaviors are very different from that of humans. That's why it's such a big deal any time people end up in gorilla habitats, and why sometimes in those circumstances lethal measures have to be taken to protect human life.

These keepers are incredibly lucky to be unharmed. These women stayed safe specifically because they're trained professionals who knew how to act around gorilla, they knew this particular animal well, and they'd learned the escapes from the exhibit just in case this ever happened. We should applaud them for their cool heads and quick thinking.

As for the guy who posted the video? As a colleague put it, may he always step on a Lego.

#gorilla #gorilla video #viral video #zoo animals #zoo animal welfare #fort worth zoo

[inkskinned]

i love finding out how big this world is. my girlfriend has only visited boston a handful of times, but i grew up here. i told her we'd be going to do the tourist traps in salem, and she said - which salem?

to be fair to her, there are a lot of other states that have a town named "salem." and i think there's some evidence that the witch trials actually happened in what is now called Danvers. but the thing is - she thought "salem" was like, a made-up thing. there wasn't actually a salem, massachusetts - like there isn't a gotham city.

they don't talk about it that much where she grew up, is the thing! and this made me laugh. a week ago she was talking about her hometown and said something akin to "well the museum's kinda like the one in richmond," and i had to explain i still had no frame of reference for what the hell this museum was like.

i love finding out what knowledge i take for granted. i used to live with 5 other women. 3 of them were from south korea. they had to take, like, a solid fifteen minutes to explain their birthday system to my gay math-blind ass, laughing as they did.

that same month, our roommate from denmark taught me the danish word for wreath by accident - she'd been talking about decorations, used krans, and i'd been able to figure it out through context. i just picked it up and kept talking. our entire house used krans as the word. she came home and slammed the door one evening, mock-angry, shouting: you motherfuckers! it's a - a wreath!

and how often do you use certain words, anyway! i am cuban, so i was raised with certain spanish words sort of sprinkled in there; but never how you'd think. in middle school i asked someone to pass me the recogedor - in a completely american accent, like i was speaking english. i hadn't registered it as a spanish word. i mean, how often in school do you actually use the word "dustpan" - i'd only ever heard it in the context of cleaning my house.

there are places that you grew up that you, just, like, know. that you assume everyone knows. there are things and people and "common knowledge" that you have that, just, like. doesn't exist for me. i don't know what you call your public transportation system, but in boston we call it "the T". our train cards are called charlie cards because of a song where a father accidentally abandons his family, which was written because our system of transportation. in boston, most people would snort and say everyone knows that, kid.

i think you and i should go on a long walk - it's getting dark early these days and we need any sun we can manage. tell me about the first time you saw snow. tell me about the stuff everyone knows about your home. tell me about the cities "everyone's been to," about the food "everyone's already tried." who knows. maybe it will feel nice to you - watching someone learn about it for the very first time.

#spilled ink #warm up #4/10 #loved this interaction with them tho i have to be honest.