What's your favourite colour?
(redraw of an old comic I posted last year and made probably a year prior.)
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What's your favourite colour?
(redraw of an old comic I posted last year and made probably a year prior.)
*puts my hand on your shoulder* Don’t worry, I have your back. We’re gonna turn this crisis into a crwaswas
(do you still believe in life by the way?)
gone, gone / thank you - tyler, the creator/the unabridged journals of sylvia plath/instructions for traveling west - joy sullivan/this is me trying - taylor swift/the diaries of katherine mansfield/abbey - mitski/claude monet/requiem - molly gardner/this is me trying - taylor swift/diary - chuck palahniuk/the beauty of the husband: a fictional essay in 29 tangos - anne carson/virginia woolf in a letter to edward sackville-west
we need to put them in a room and see what happens
welcome to the club asshole
it’s like a spot the difference game with you people
Susie and Kris really became best friends in 2 days huh.
I pray I never forget you
A redraw of this piece I did like... in 2023? Late 2022? I can't remember exactly. This was one of my more popular drawings at the time
The thing is, even if you were lucky and your parents taught you how to clean, they probably didn't teach you how to clean the stuff you clean stuff with, like brushes, mops, sponges, rags, and so on. Or how to clean your cleaning appliances, like a dish washer, clothes washing machine, and clothes dryer and its ducts (if you have a ducted dryer), or a carpet cleaner, vacuum, Or how to clean up clean messes, like spilled bleach or detergent.
My parents threw away all of these things (even the vacuum cleaners and the dryer) when they got too dirty to function, because no one even told them THAT they could be cleaned. Cost them thousands of dollars over the years.
All I'm saying is that cleaning is not intuitive, and not knowing how to clean is not a moral failing, but it is something you can learn.
I'm going to reblog this post with resources for learning how to clean things and how to clean cleaning things (I'm not at my desk at the moment). If you have any favorites, please feel free to add them in too!
I like this video because it does a great job of introducing the basic foundations of house cleaning (and because he doesn't use bleach, which is a common allergy in addition to being awful to inhale). He also talks a little about how to clean a vacuum. And why you shouldn't put grease from your pots and pans down the sink drain. I also love that he mentions that different houses and different people have different needs and different versions of what clean and cleaning looks like.
He doesn't mention though that the toilet seat comes off. I take my toilet seat off to clean under the hinges and clean the seat more thoroughly once a quarter.
This is another video from the same guy about cleaning and depression. This advice, especially at the beginning, can feel really really difficult and oppressive to hear. However, I find that it's generally pretty solid. But I'm autistic and so is he, so that gets a massive Your Mileage May Vary stamp on it.
I have a favorite part of this video. It's from 10:52 to 12:36. I think we could all use to hear that. There's a HEFTY pause after that one. I promise the narration does come back.
I'm also going to recommend KC Davis' book "How To Keep House While Drowning"
This is a pair of videos about how to correctly load and use a dish washer.
The first one is a quick 1 minute 30 second overview on loading. I can't find the exact video I'm looking for, so consider this a substitute for that. If I can find the one I'm looking for, I'll swap it in.
The second is a half hour deep dive on dishwashers and detergents. The short form of that is you shouldn't need to pre-rinse anything, detergent pods are overpriced and can cause problems, some dishwashers have a filter in the bottom that needs to be cleaned (but most don't), run your sink until the water is HOT before starting your dish washer, and put a little detergent in the pre-rinse dispenser when you're washing extra dirty dishes (or on the inside of the door if your dishwasher doesn't have a pre-rinse dispenser).
Favorite Scrub Brushes + How to Clean Them. The right tools for cleaning tasks make all the difference! Scrub brushes are great tools and it
Here's a blog post about scrubbing brushes and how to clean them.
And a video for all cleaning tools, including scrub brushes. This video does use bleach. I'll try to find some alternatives to that.
How to clean a front load washer (with bleach). This should be done monthly or every time you wash really soiled clothes.
With expert tips and tricks for all types of washers.
How to clean a top loader (without the removable agitator thing). This should be done every 1-3 months depending on you unit, or every time you wash really soiled clothes.
Regular cleaning of a top-load washing machine will prolong the life of the appliance and leave your laundry cleaner and brighter.
How to clean a top loader (with the removable agitator thing). This should be done every month, or every time you wash really soiled clothes.
This video is for pet owners.
These carpet brushes are a LIFE SAVER if you have dogs. This thing allows me to go from vacuuming about 4 square feet before my vacuum is full to vacuuming half the living room (I don't vacuum often enough. You should vacuum weekly, and I just can't.). I have to unclog the vacuum less often. It fluffs up some of the flat spots in the carpet. And I also use the brush to shampoo my rugs in the spring.
A spot cleaner (or a carpet cleaner with a spot cleaner attachment) is another life saver, ESPECIALLY if you can afford to splurge on a heated one. I see them at Goodwill or at yard sales occasionally, and they're worth picking up. The shark one in the video is great too.
This channel is gold. There's tutorials for cleaning EVERYTHING on there. Just go subscribe!
Gonna throw another potential resource at the end of this very long list, which may be potentially helpful for others like me who loathe videos. It's... the weirdest thing that has genuinely been helpful to me in housekeeping. Absolutely full of useful advice, and bizarrely still relevant in large part. (Though, caveat, research ANYTHING to do with chemicals or cleaning products more complicated than vinegar + lemon + water for modern information.)
It's America's Housekeeping Book (1941). Available for free download on the Internet Archive. (Large PDF file at the link here).
The LISTS y'all. The step by step lists. The emphasis on efficiency and arranging spaces for the least resistance possible. The basic concept of "take a tray or basket into a room when you are tidying up so you can put things that belong elsewhere on it and take them out LATER in ONE GO".
My ADHD-having ass could cry.
What really really bothers me about the jokes about Noelle being left out and getting ignored in favor of someone/something else (i.e the diner thing) is that. This is literally what the insecurity of her character is about, the game isn't leaving Noelle out just for shits, it's to let the player dig the knife deeper into the wound that is that; Noelle feels like she always comes second for everyone. Berdly thinks of her as a 2nd. Kris is hanging out with their bully when they wouldn't give her the time of day, she's even confused when they (rather, the player) seek her out. She won't ask her mother to open the gate of her cage home, because her mother's work is more important. Her mother doesn't care what Noelle feels about Susie, because what matters is that she touched something that belonged to her other child, the child that's already long gone, the child who got to live more than Noelle did. Even after she's gone, Dess matters more to everyone than she does. She's learned that other's feelings matter more than she does, so Noelle is scared to ask for more, doesn't dare to think she's anyone's priority.
Even the weird route- It's a second route, a second choice. You're meant to play the game proper, hang out with your friends and have happy times, and THEN Noelle becomes the focus, just so she's abused. But hey, at least you're paying attention to her now, right?
Idk. It sucks that every complexity the characters in this game have gets turned into a joke.
Ive seen people give Noelle shit for wanting to be special to Susie, daydreaming about how she's the only one Susie doesn't treat badly. But can you blame her? for hoping that someone thinks she's special? that someone thinks she's worth more? that they care more about HER than literally anyone else?
shoutout to people who don't have friends in person. you're not inferior than your peers for struggling with friendships. you're not worth less without another person in the room with you.
your value as a human being is a constant.
you're not alone in this experience. i'm here with you. and i want to thank you for being alive at the same time as me: knowing you're here too reminds me that this stage of my life is temporary.
it won't always be so hard. you're doing your best. we all are. <3
it feels like home
Murderbot is probably the most embarrassing hyperfixation to have because oh really? You're hyperfixated on the 'hyperfixates on media to avoid the real world stress and anxiety' media? Is it. Is it to avoid your real world stress and anxiety, perhaps??
sorry for what? - kriselle
(read L -> R)
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what if you replayed chapter 2 immediately after wiping your save of the weird route? of course, you remember what happened. perhaps you feel a bit guilty, too. but have you really wiped away all of your doings? maybe noelle remembers.. even if it is just a little bit.
Behold my Seam, Ramb and Ralsei analysis and join my agenda of rambseam/reamb mentoring Ralsei post-canon (through sheer hopes and dreams) (send prayers for Ralsei bc these two are NOT built for this /j)
i will float until my mind is like a clear wax // clear wax, melted in the dome