Don't be the kind of person who Bechdel Wallace tests Fire Island... All characters pictured are my own because I am that kind of nerd 🤓. May post about them if I figure out how to put actual screenshots on here.
Hi I know I have barely been active on here but this is your reminder to be kind to yourself. On days that are bad symptom days or on days that are good symptom days. You're allowed to be frustrated with your body, however that doesn't mean you can't be kind to yourself.
Also remind yourself that today is temporary and tomorrow is a fresh start. <3
I know, I know, gatekeeping the outdoors, that's supposedly bad, right, but I think if you show up to do a hike and you brought a portable speaker with you to play music while you hike, I think, like hear me out, there should be a gate, and someone at the gate should keep you from doing the hike.
Carrying a speaker on a hike to make everyone listen to your bullshit, and simply sitting under a tree and playing a fiddle in the woods, are two activities so different they may as well not exist in the same world.
I think the critical difference is that the bringing of recorded music with you ties the space to Elsewhere, whereas the creation of live music with an instrument you brought both binds you to the space, and drags everyone who hears you play into it as well.
Unpopular opinion but I think this comes down to volume. If you're playing music for yourself and/or your party but the music is not so loud that I can hear more detail than the fact that there is music it doesn't bother me. If I can hear each time Justin Bieber says 'Baby ooh' and I'm not right next to you it's too loud and deeply irritating but sometimes external stimulus can be necessary and fun. I often need music on a hike to keep me focused and I'm pretty sure it helps to regulate my heart rate but it's also hard to hike with other people and have an earbud in. And it keeps me from thinking about the ringing in my ears or how queasy I am on my feet every time the sound/conversation dies down. I'm still enjoying the nature but I'm much less likely to get really dizzy or get too distracted to watch where I'm going when I have music playing. I kinda prefer to walk alone with headphones (usually one in one out so I can still hear the nature noises) but that isn't always possible.
More unconventional world-threatening disasters for your heroes to fight
The halflings have finally fucking snapped
Unfortunate political loophole gives ravenous ghoul total power, everyone upset at being eaten but insisting they need to respect the process.
World's greatest Archmage is drunk off their ass
There's some guy in a cape with glowing red eyes cackling and waving a skull staff around. He's not explicitly done anything wrong but, like, we kind of assume there must be something going on there. Right?
The blessed artifact that will save the world from the demon invasion has a big spider on it and no-one wants to go near it.
Someone gave the Tarrasque a knife
Every time someone casts a spell the moon comes one inch closer to the earth.
Oh shit the Elves just invented capitalism
Cursed item that will destroy the world if anyone says "rhubarb" near it. No-one knows which item it is.
Fire elemental desperately lonely and coming to the material plane for hugs.
There's one warlock who's just eldritch blasting everyone on the planet one by one, like an asshole.
Poorly considered Elder Evil Vacation Day coming up.
The GM is getting bored, and the PCs must entertain them from within the game lest they abandon the game and render their world non-existence.
i keep trying to phrase a post as like a helpful tip for people who like worldbuilding but. i have to be honest with myself. it is not a helpful tip because no one asked for it. i just want to rant about kinship terminologies.
Hi, my name is Dahlia. I recently found myself in debt for 3000 dollars, sadly through no one e… Dahlia Israel needs your support for Help
Hi, my name is Dahlia, that's not me up in the header image of course, that's my kitty Stormi, I'm not all that comfortable with my appearance so I figured I'd share her cuteness instead.
So I feel kinda uncomfortable doing this, but recently I wound up 3,000 dollars in debt, and I'm required to pay off 300 dollars of it each month. But I really cannot afford to do so all on my own. I barely have any money in the bank to speak of, and my only source of income is 700 dollars a month that I receive from Social Security Disability, which I've been on since I was 18. Normally this 700 is actually just enough for me to get by each month, but now with 300 dollars of it going towards paying off this debt, it's left me in a pretty bad place.
I of course have bills to pay for, including for rent, among other things. And then I also have about a dozen or so medications to pay for, medications that I need for my Depression, Anxiety, and OCD. Along with the ones for my Hormone Replacement Therapy, which I've been on for almost 4 years now.
And so the 400 I'm left with after paying off the debt each month is just not enough for me to get by.
It's lead to me having to borrow from the few friends I have just to get by, and they are all having hard enough times getting by as well, and I don't want to keep putting the burden on them. Especially when they can't afford it either.
So all in all the situation I'm in just has me having daily panic attacks, as I'm just so scared and worried about what I'm going to do, and even with all the medications I'm on, my depression and anxiety has just been out of control lately.
So last night I was talking to a friend about all this, and they suggested I try making a Go Fund Me page. Originally I wasn't sure about that, I mean it's not like I'm in a medical emergency or anything like that. And I felt, and still do feel kinda bad at the idea of asking those I don't even know for help when there are probably people out there who deserve it more then I do. But my friend assured me that things like this, the situation I'm in, is exactly what Go Fund Me is for. So here we are.
I honestly don't know if anyone will even help me out here, I can be pretty pessimistic at times, and since all this got started it's just been so much worse. Plus I know that times are hard for everyone right now. But anything you could spare would help me out a whole lot. Or if you can't help out by donating, please consider sharing this link on any social media sites you use to spread the word. Thank you.
Also, if anyone likes the pic of my kitty, I'll gladly share more pictures of her in updates, I have tons of them. :D
heard someone say "who even owns a rolling pin anymore" and my brain froze trying to process it. what does that mean. are u implying rolling pins are outdated technology? did we come up with a shiny new 21st century method of flattening dough of which i remain uninformed? is there now an app on the app store people are using instead??? im losing my mind "who even owns a rolling pin" people who BAKE
you want a new kind of guy, fine, i raise you: the lady i was briefly roommates with in college who once smoked a blunt at a party and then spent an hour confessing earnestly to me that she genuinely preferred reading detailed episode recaps over actually watching the tv show in question
I just found a house listing that says "sewer and water exist" and that is just such a hilarious way too put it. Like, they're THERE, but beyond that we make no promises.
"Oh, come now, Mustrum. When I left, the lads were pushing back the boundaries of knowledge. It's been quiet since, I gather." [...]
"Oh, well, you know how it is with boundaries," Ridcully mumbled. "You look at what's on the other side and you realize why there was a boundary in the first place."
Terry Pratchett, Unseen Academicals
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