my Beloved stanley has been bashed by a careless doordasher. this is the first car accident ive ever been in in fuckin. 10+ years of licensed driving. everyones Fine but orughhhh not even two weeks after being violently raped and now im paying off the dentist And theres this. this!!!
if youd like to help me. stanley is my daily car and ive gotta get this bumper and light fixed asap to have functioning turn signals. my paypal is [email protected] (H R L U V E R, copy/paste it if that helps) if youd like to help because im still barely catching my breath from that awful bone infection. july is a real hole but i love you all very much thank you for reading. share if youd like to help me get stanley some new pieces
just got off the phone with Progressive. dont use progressive. im not at fault! but i wont be paid back anything. because the car will be Deemed a Total Loss. because apparently ive been paying A HUNDRED BUCKS A MONTH to a company that is not actually interested in covering my vehicle in the case of a collision!!! what are ya good for then!!!!
i have new bumper parts on the way. rockauto has lots of remanufactured stuff real cheap and my carboy coworkers will help me. but i diiiiid have to import some of it from japan. so. stanleys gonna be wearing duct tape bandaids for a hot minute.
my Beloved stanley has been bashed by a careless doordasher. this is the first car accident ive ever been in in fuckin. 10+ years of licensed driving. everyones Fine but orughhhh not even two weeks after being violently raped and now im paying off the dentist And theres this. this!!!
if youd like to help me. stanley is my daily car and ive gotta get this bumper and light fixed asap to have functioning turn signals. my paypal is [email protected] (H R L U V E R, copy/paste it if that helps) if youd like to help because im still barely catching my breath from that awful bone infection. july is a real hole but i love you all very much thank you for reading. share if youd like to help me get stanley some new pieces
everybody talking about the lack of spaces where kids and teenagers can just "hang out" is really coming together with all my thoughts on ecology, lawns, and the way land is used
Many outdoor spaces are not functional for human life. Concrete and no trees makes the world hostile for humans the same way it does other creatures.
Suburbs where every house has a lawn that is basically decoration cause the houses to be spaced far apart, which makes walking very difficult...
The harder to exist in the outside becomes, the more people become focused on the virtual world, which causes the outside to become treated as less important, and people have less ability to imagine an outdoor space that is nice to exist in
The trouble ultimately is that the earth's surface already exists and is free. Simply being in a certain position in three-dimensional space is something that you inherently can do as long as you can walk there, unless someone stops you.
But our system is that a person has to pay someone money for every aspect of existence, in both space and time, even though space and time are both inherent qualities of the fabric of the universe.
So, spaces that someone can exist in for free are kept hostile to human life
If you don't care for another user's vibe or you really dislike a certain #shiptag, it is your responsibility to block the user and the tag.
You do not go into strangers' inboxes and bully, harass, or intimidate them about how they shouldn't be using the main fandom tag. That's toddler behavior. All of us, no matter what we ship, have a right to tag our posts and organize our blogs.
You are responsible for everything you see on Tumblr.
"Butbutbutbut this user doesn't tag their po—"
Block the user.
"This user ships something disgus—"
Block the user. And block the ship tag to remove the temptation to interact with it. Still interacting with things that upset you? Maybe it's time to talk to a parent or guardian about limiting your Internet access until you're mature enough to participate in online communities.
"Butbutbut I have to look at—"
No you don't. You literally don't. You are not a captive. Your eyelids are not held open. Tumblr gives you all the tools you need to prevent this. Use them.
"But I'm tired of crossovers showing up in my—"
Bock the crossover tags and filter for the offending fandom.
"But this person NEEDS to be run out of my fandom!"
Go wrap your anus around a saguaro cactus and sit there until you reach enlightenment.
in 2002 in the making of Jackass: The Movie bts, chris pontius said "i hate the pacific northwest. its miserable up there. no one wants to work there, no one wants to live there, its miserable. then you go into a bar and everyone hates you cause youre on tv. thats why kurt cobain killed himself, cause everyone was playa hatin on him. if i lived in the pacific northwest i wouldve killed myself Years ago"
and that resonates with me because its true as fuck ive lived here my entire life and it is miserable and lonely
the fascinating thing about being abused is that years later youre gonna be there sitting around going "okay so what now". cause like theres no instruction manual is there
youre gonna be buying groceries and then youre gonna remember you went through all that for literally no good reason and youre gonna go Oh Okay and put paper towels in your bag or whatever
i am trying to make some pants. many people #online are losing their gourd over how easy this pattern is and i'm contrarianfully a little peeved about the assumption of serger ownership, 3/8th topstitching that fails to enclose 1/2" turned over raw edges, general expected minor failure cases of a pattern you buy on etsy
BUT i got it all cut out from leftovers without buying any new fabric so that's my win
Overall review: it makes sense this patternmaker has been operating on Etsy for 2.5 years, this seems like a 2.5 years of operation quality pattern to me. It's very cleanly presented and produces a end result that I'm jazzed about! But it also seems incurious about seam finishes/attention to detail, and I feel that beginner sewists attempting this pattern might not know what they're missing out on.
What I like
Easy breezy fit with no fit mods (except turning the cuffs up 1.5" vs 1") - big fan of gusset and knee dart
Mega comfortable fabric choices using stash only (undyed slightly stretchy twill from Fabrics R Us, Rifle Paper Co Camont - Poppy Fields - Natural Unbleached Canvas off someone on etsy I don't have customer loyalty to)
Pleasant embedded links to Youtube tutorial
Really big fan of the carabiner loop
Cute!!!
What I changed
Hopelessly reliant on crayola washable markers + gluesticks for holding turned-over edges in place. Also got into banging on bulky seams with a hammer. PRO TIP: use oxyclean to guarantee washable markers wash out.
Oh my god the pattern doesn't recommend a denim needle for the many layers of midweight fabric? Denim needle was a huge QOL improvement.
Did not buy topstictching thread. Used regular thread.
To squeeze this out of limited fabric: shortened knee patches ~1", cut pocket facings off grain, bound edge of weird back pocket with selvedge instead of cutting out this shape of piece
Also extended the trapezoid with floral fabric to create a hidden lining for the pocket that layers on top of it (another fabric-saving measure)
Added a patch pocket for my phone on front right, inspired by the Jones Trousers
Skipped hammer loop (despite using a hammer while making this pattern)
Flat felled inside leg seams, butt curve. The instructions simply say "finish" for all seams btw :(. The gusset to inside leg seam join proved impossible to flat fell so I just zigzagged it right to hell.
Added a baste together and try on step while installing gusset before all the flat felling
Bias bound outside leg seams, tacked flat at points along leg. Kind of a Hong Kong seam attempt.
Reinforced outside leg seams at very thick joining points... otherwise pressing open as recommended means you will see daylight through your pants
Used a shorter zipper (the actual length of the fly) (already on hand). This nerfed me on the mandatory-pull-zipper-head-out-of-the-way-so-your-machine-foot-fits step
Hand basted down the waistband before machine sewing. God I hate waistbands.
Made a wretched buttonhole with my zigzag stitch. Could be worse! It's holding the button!
What I would do next time
Check front and back pocket dimensions against each other before sewing to pants; mark with washable marker to ensure topstitching lines up
Trim pocket foldover so it's fully encased in topstitching (it's fraying now in an annoying way)
Extra line of topstitching to completely secure down pocket facing
Either use a longer zipper or a different fly construction method that allows better checking on functionality as I go. I am not jazzed about trimming down a metal zipper (pattern doesn't mention what tools to use for that!) so probably the latter
Shorten legs/add contrast cuffs
Maybe add little darts in the back
Try to figure out a way to do the waistband that I hate less. Sew inside seam first?
Fix weird little gapping at top of zipper/grade in at waist a little?
The knee panel is bait for quilters and I might fall for it
I also don't think this is gender neutral unless you grade the bejesus out of it, as the pattern assumes a 10" waist-hip difference.
Girl this is not a tip. This is just something you have to do for the pattern to work.
update ten days post assault. its getting harder and harder to hide my condition from my coworkers. one of them basically looks Exactly like my rapist and his favorite thing to do is stare menacingly when i walk past him before going Ahhh just yankin yer chain. so thats great. im nervous-puking every time i text my friend to try to make plans to see each other. because he is So busy. im considering making a nail appointment to get acrylic overlays just to sit across from someone friendly
also my rapist found out i reported him to his workplace, The Navy, and hes texting me threats because i somehow did not block his number till now. im planning on adding more xanax to my diet
being at work while your personal life is falling apart has to be among the top 3 worst human experiences. You’re at your absolute lowest and someone wants to circle back on an email…… unreal
all those posts that are like "why am i researching currency debasement in the 1860s for a fanfiction no one is going to care" are full of shit, i just DNFd a fic for being obviously incorrect about the history of plumbing
just got a double whammy of the most annoying comments i get on this post back to back in my notes (1. this is going to give authors anxiety!!! 2. but you CAN get tenure by 35!!!), so everyone say bye bye post for another several months
post unlocked because i just dnf'd the project hail mary book due to andy weir's 'rocky thinks in base six' inconsistencies.
if rocky thinks and estimates in base six round numbers and then converts to base ten for ryan gosling's sake (established early!! basically one of the first things ryan gosling works out!), then he would not suggest that they jump from 80 to 86 when rounding up for safety, because neither of those are base six round numbers. he would suggest jumping to a safety allowance of 84 (220 in base six) or 90 (230 in base six).
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