Michi-Shortstrikee

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[cairgnorm]

[starlightvii]

THIS

[prokopetz]

Some of my favourite urban sights:

Bricked-up windows

Upper-storey doorways that open into empty space

Staircases that lead nowhere

Clean, working, fully stocked vending machines in obscure and inaccessible places

Detailed graffiti on surfaces with no obvious spot for the artist to stand, like the underside of a high bridge, or ten metres up a bare wall

Machinery left to rust because there’s no use for it anymore, but it’s in a weird or precarious location and there’s no way to safely remove it

(I’m sure there’s a theme here…)

[unsurpassedtravesty]

I’ve been rereading Unknown Armies again recently and there’s a part of me that wants to find occult significance for this sort of nonsense.  But then, I kind of enjoy looking for occult significance for a lot of nonsense.

[prokopetz]

I’m not convinced that there isn’t some occult significance to some of these. The vending machine in particular stems from what’s definitely one of the weirdest experiences I’ve ever had.

First, some context: I don’t know if it’s like this everywhere, but major Canadian cities tend to have a lot of underground infrastructure - particularly in their downtown areas, where train tunnels, parking garages, underground shopping malls, and hotel basements often connect in such a way that you can easily walk for miles without ever seeing sunlight. The interconnections typically aren’t public, or at least not advertised, but a surprising number of them are accessible if poke around; I once followed a maintenance tunnel in a shopping mall parking complex and emerged in the basement of a nearby casino!

Anyway, I was snooping around in the maintenance tunnels below one of the larger local hotels - legitimately, mind you; I was working for the local telecom at the time, trying to track down an errant network cable - when I rounded a bend and noticed that the corridor a few dozen feet ahead of me was brightly illuminated by something. On top of being filthy and difficult to access, the tunnel was also unlit (I’d been navigating by flashlight), so this really stood out.

I couldn’t see any obvious light fixture to account for it - the light seemed to be emerging from an alcove off to the side of the tunnel - so I went to investigate, and discovered… a Coke machine.

Spotlessly clean, fully stocked, and apparently in full working order; the illumination was coming from its interior display lighting.

In a grimy, unlit maintenance corridor twenty feet below ground level.

In retrospect, I’m kind of glad I didn’t have any change on me at the time, because I’d have been sorely tempted to buy something, and who knows how that would have worked out.

[witchpieceoftoast]

if you’d had that coke, in accordance with the laws of food and drink consumption in the otherworld, you probably wouldn’t be here to tell us this story.

[shelomit]

@wordsaredelicious, I presented your theory about the Waffle House pocket universe to my father and he shuddered in realization of a truth!

[wordsaredelicious]

YES! I am so glad to hear my theory confirmed. There is only one Waffle House with many, many entrances to the Waffle House pocket dimension scattered across the United States.

[shelomit]

…somehow I get the feeling that the One True Waffle House, if it exists on our mortal plane at all, might very well be in Georgia.

[39thyear]

This whole thread screams @copperbadge

[copperbadge]

To add a little to the creepy, every time I try to find the Waffle Houses in Illinois, the Waffle House store locator page is down.

[tucsondom]

Puts this in a whole new light. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waffle_House_Index?wprov=sfla1

[copperbadge]

HOLY SHIT: 

The Waffle House Index is an informal metric used by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to determine the effect of a storm and the likely scale of assistance required for disaster recovery. The measure is based on the reputation of the Waffle House restaurant chain for staying open during extreme weather and for reopening quickly, albeit sometimes with a limited menu, after very severe weather events such as tornadoes or hurricanes. The term was coined by FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate in May 2011, following the 2011 Joplin tornado; the two Waffle House restaurants in Joplin remained open after the EF5 multiple-vortex tornado struck the city on May 22. According to Fugate, “If you get there and the Waffle House is closed? That’s really bad. That’s when you go to work.”

I love humanity. 

[jassmarie19]

I mean, the devil went down to Georgia looking for a soul to steal……

[eronthebender]

Listen if you ever see a “closed” Waffle House you need to run I’m not saying it’s demons but it’s demons somewhere near by and you need to leave that area until you find another Waffle House that’s open.

I’ve never seen or heard of a Waffle House that was closed without some big Shit happening.

[kelssiel]

listen my mom literally worked at a waffle house in georgia and according to her they don’t even have locks if you see a “closed” waffle house it’s too late you’re in another universe and i can’t guarantee you’ll find your way out

[saltska]

Its Stormblood and dragoons feel a bit … socially awkward. But hug them as much as you possibly can! 

View all ffxiv comics here! 

[michi-shortstrikee-blog]

@stainlessoyster

[pr1nceshawn]

Nerdy Relationships: Movies VS Real Life.

[bear-token-with-hexproof]

@asgardian-centaur

[kittyinhighheels]

@thechainguardian

[gholateg]

I was actually worried for a bit when my SO and I started dating, because you’re almost trained to think the left side is gonna happen. And then the right side happens and you’re just like 

This level of happy.  

[shawnwasabi]

u would not believe ur eyes

[dork-iplier]

PANIC

[michi-shortstrikee-blog]

hello, i’m not dead... (yet)

it’s been a long while since I have last posted on here and I’m not completely ghosting.  Lately i have taken up the new position of Sou Chef for the restaurant and working my butt off trying my best to run it.  The job is a lot different than running a bakery but I am trying.  Secondly, Seems like I have a new man in my life who understands my baggage and is willing to help me get through it.  He’s very protective of me and wants to make me smile.  He has also been helping me get my life back in order mentally, physically, and most of all emotionally.  So that’s the little update on what I’ve done, but mostly now it’s just progression into a better me.

ah I just remembered; for the past few months I have been in and out of the ER room.  Back in march, I had gotten strep throat from work and my tonsil flared up like a balloon.  It became so painful, I went to a clinic to see if there was anything that could be done.  The doctor was shocked and immediately told me to go to the ER because if my tonsil swelled up anymore, it would have closed my airways and I would have suffocated.  I had 5 ccs of puss pumped from my tonsil and was told it was an abscess that had caused it.  It happened again in april and this time the ER suggested for me to have it removed.  Come may 17th, I had my surgery to have my tonsils removed and spent the rest of the time recovering from it.  On top of recovery, I was working 12 hours a day running a restaurant and dealing with personal stress at home.  Now that my throat is healed and things are slowly becoming normal again... I can move on.  But over the 3 months I have been on a liquid diet and fasted to a point where I lost 10 lbs and right now I’m around 127 lbs.  I’ve been going to gym at this point to try to tone up and get stronger but still watching my weight.  so yeah... thats it :3.

[gaymargurl-deactivated20171127]

We played all the support characters on Attack with one Tank and took the point in less than 45 seconds LOL

[jimllpaintit]

Dear Jim,

Could you please paint the time when Heston Blumenthal, Gordan Ramsay and Jamie Oliver couldn’t get my son Jack to eat his dinner? The chefs got frustrated and started to turn on each other. Jamie Oliver was crying (again).

If possible, do you think you could please include a cameo of my friend Simon Adelman?

Thanks,

Peter Sherwood

This piece was painted for the winner of the Christmas charity auction - to raise money for The Marmalade Trust

[scottlangs]

#when you improvise a scene

[lithefider]

I love these walking animations that were data mined!  I had to make gifs of my fav pokemon line. <3

https://youtu.be/s2Sq4bP3-P0

[artsyfeathersartsyblog]

What? VULPIX is evolving! *sparkle sparkle*

[lavenderkc]

@leiiiia

[tsuyukami]

SAME AF

[oshawottprincess-deactivated201]

[trentacool-deactivated20141231]

what did this bird do

[grandtheftputo]

I wish i had context on this 

[nevynerviine-deactivated2015041]

here u go

[rorytelling]

I don’t think the contexts helps in this case.

[depressionlemon-deactivated2016]

I’ve been collecting these for a while so here are all the ones you missed

[justnexttotheblues]

I’ve had the ‘I’d sell you to Satan for one corn chip’ picture saved on my computer for years, and I have NEVER SEEN THE REST OF THESE.

I’m so pleased.

[wilwheaton]

I have this book, and it is one of the funniest things in my life.

[disneymoviesandfacts]

According to the animators for Flynn, he’s meant to be 26 years old, thus making him 8 years older than Rapunzel, who is 18 in the film - the largest age gap between any other Disney couple.

[itsxandy]

Kida’s 8,800-ish with Milo’s 32, that’s… an 8,768 year age gap?

[anosci]

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[paradisiak]

Everyone forgets about Atlantis and it makes me sad. That movie is a masterpiece!

[kristinkemper]

I am SO, SO EXCITED to share my SVA thesis film at long last!!!!! This is what I spent most of the past year working on. It’s the biggest thing I’ve ever made, and I still couldn’t have done it without the help and support of a bunch of really awesome people. I strongly recommend watching it in HD and I hope you like it a lot! :)

[laurasmagiccastle]

oh damn, wow, talk about inspiring.  

[bagtooon-deactivated20170312]

HOLY FUCK I DIDN’T EXPECT THAT AT ALL WOW PLEASEWATCHTHISOHMYGOODNESS IT’S UNLIKE ANYTHING I’VE SEEN BEFORE OHWOWIJUST- /SCREAMING/

[missdoodle-deactivated20140702]

I DON’T KNOW IF YOU CAN HEAR ME DREAMWORKS BUT YOU NEED TO ADAPT THE HELL OUT OF THIS RIGHT THE FUCK NOW

[knightly-scholar]

This is sooo awesome

[michi-shortstrikee-blog]

2016 has been a pretty rough year.  First time posting on this blog in a long time.

First off I want to apologize for not really posting anything from myself in a long time.  I have posted on a more private blog about my real life issues and had been going through a lot of rough patches / changes throughout the year.

I wanted to take the time off to improve on myself for better reasons.  Since Thorquin’s passing I have felt like I couldn’t become the person I was before and be a bit more independent.  So After his passing, I had stayed single for a year to find myself and to regain my own confidence.  Once the annv mark passed, I have thrown my line out there and got a lot of bites.  Honestly, someone from my old days of HS hit me up and we have been seeing each other on our free time.  It’s slowly becoming a regular thing but he understands my baggage as I understand his.  He has made me smile a lot and relieved me of my depression I had when I thought of Thorquin.

Since transfering to another restaurant within the company, I have become the head pastry chef for this restaurant.  I have a lot of desserts on the menu and have gotten a lot of praise for everything I have produced so far.  My portfolio is located “HERE” if anyone is wanting to take a peek.  Because I am still adjusting to my hours and figuring out where my place is my lack of gaming has slowed down but I plan to get back into the swing of things once things settle down again.  

I have been getting out more; spending more time away from the house and going out into the city to be with my friends has really boosted me.  To be able to travel and go to conventions again, cosplaying and getting back into what made me happy.  I’ve improved on my own lifestyle and had gone to the gym a few times a week.  My end goals are still there from when I made them with Thorquin but again they are more for myself and to become healthier.  My friend that I’m dating has been wanting me to get into rock climbing, and I’m wanting him to go ice skating with me.  But the one thing we both enjoy is actually singing & dancing together.  

Recently I have co signed on a brand new car that I have named “Paladin”.  It is a Subaru 2017 crosstrek and i’m proud that it is officially mine.  I have had hand-me-down cars all my life and this is the first time owning something that is mine.  Still working 2 jobs to accommodate is worth it and actually living again does put a smile on my face.

Even though I have lost so much in 2016; my grandmother (on my dads side) and my grandfather (on my mothers side) both passed in this season, my own mental health took a bit of a dark turn back in july/aug, and other things... here is looking forward to 2017.