Ro(bot) Hopes

Love, Life, and Work. Korea, Japan, and then back again. Now Seoul to stay.

[roro-robot]

Well, it's been a minute since I last updated

I haven't looked at my last entry, but I guess it was about 2 years ago since I was still going through IVF.

So life updates:

- My laptop is a POS so I haven't really used it for a year, hence not scrolling through Tumblr. Also, most people on Tumblr that I follow seem to have left? If I know them (kind of), I usually follow them on their more active SNS (basically FB and Insta).

- Still at my amazing job, still married. My husband can be a bit of a butt at times, but I still love him. Still living with the in-laws, which is fine but I'm getting a bit tired of it because....

- I FREAKING HAVE A BABY NOW! Elena was born last Christmas, and I was on maternity leave until March before going back to work. I'm contemplating taking my childcare leave in March so I can spend more time with her (bc reasons I'll say later). Totally natural, unexpected baby. I gave up on IVF after the 3rd time and tried 한약 as a last ditch effort and actually got pregnant. My job was amazingly accommodating and wonderful, and my pregnancy itself was uneventful (no morning sickness, major fish and meat avoidance the first trimester, but luckily gone quickly). If you follow me on Insta, you probably saw her from time to time, although I don't really post that much.

Not sure if I'm going to keep posting on here. Scrolling for a bit is nice, but since most of the active blogs I follow seem to be food related, I'm definitely not going to spend as much time as I used to. I might come here to vent since no one that knows my husband's side is on here lol.

[upcycleability]

Resources for Mending Clothes

We toss out over 80 pounds of textiles each year. These textiles are often made of plastic materials (polyester, nylon), made in unethical conditions, dyed with harsh dyes that often get put into the rivers, etc. Even a single cotton shirt releases carbon emissions and uses tons of water. 

So the best thing to prevent the unsustainable growth of the fashion industry is to make sure that your clothing lasts as long as possible. To do so, mending clothing is a must. So here are some resources to help you learn how to do various things, such as sewing a button, to tailoring clothes, or even upcycling old clothing into new styles. 

* How to sew on three different types of button

* How to hand sew on a patch on a torn pair of jeans

* How to sew up a hole in an old shirt

* How to sew a simple T-shirt

* How to upcycle old clothing into new clothing

* More upcycle and sewing techniques

* How to repair a damaged sock

* How to do an invisible stitch

* 3 different stitches to work with for different results

* How to make a T-shirt smaller so it fits you better

* How to make repairs to your shoes

These are just a few of the things that you can do in order to make sure that your clothing lasts for a long time. Nobody wants to keep buying new clothing, as it is expensive and wasteful. 

So making alterations to your clothing, or fixing small holes hen you see them can be hugely beneficial to your wallet, to garment workers, and to the environment in the long term. 

[oswednesday]

disney concept art: the most beautiful dynamic original thing i have ever seen

disney finished project: rubber same face minimalism regurgitated plots 

[afrophanim]

concept art:

final version:

[andersons-kilted-ass]

What makes me so mad is that snow queen is such a lovely tale and there was an evil mirror that shattered and froze the queen’s heart. So the first thing the newly evil queen does is PLUNGE THE KINGDOM INTO ETERNAL WINTER.

And the kid Anna is based off of is actually this sweet peasant girl who is rescuing her best friend whom everyone else thought drowned and whom no one cared for because mirror shards got in his eyes and he only saw beauty in snowflakes while everything else was just disgustingly foul to him. Except he didn’t drown because he was whisked away by the snow queen.

Like this girl gives her shoes to the river to find out he didn’t drown. Her hair ribbons to the birds to find out who took him. Works her hands raw to get to him and has to suffer a mental breakdown because she got SO FUCKING CLOSE to saving him and he won’t even look at her because he wants to solve this puzzle the snow queen gave him.

And then her sobbing wakes him up and he cries and washes the shards from his eyes and the fact that she saved him is enough to melt the snow queens heart and she brings spring back to the kingdom.

[jammerjenny]

Wow Frozen really is some weak shit

[out-there-on-the-maroon]

Let’s not forget Gerda’s journey takes her along a long road that includes meetings with multiple women, many of them old, most of whom are not evil witches but wise women who aid her in her quest. She’s also at one point held captive by a bandit princess who swaps clothes with her and insists on sleeping in the same bed and routinely threatens her with a knife, but she eventually lets Gerda go with a magic talking reindeer she was also holding captive. The bandit princess cries because goddamn Gerda you’re so NICE and PRETTY and BRAVE and you clearly care about this stupid guy I GUESS and I can’t bear it just GO ok just GO and also you better fucking take care of her reindeer or I will CUT YOU.

The story is full of interesting complex women of many ages and magical talking animals and it’s a real shame we didn’t get an adaptation closer to the original ‘cause it’s really cool. 

[asparklethatisblue]

hey good news about the adaption:

There was a Soviet animated movie from 1957, that doesn’t brush over any of the things you just listed.

You get Gerda on her journey, meeting all of those people that both hinder her quest and help her, with older women from different regions of northern europe, as well as several princesses who aid her

also the art style and animation is absolutely gorgeous and I always feel like it’s a shame that older Soviet animation is barely recognized around the world 

you can see the entire thing with english subtitles here

[callmebliss]

::gasps and immediately puts on To Watch list because that tale is low key one of her eternal faves::

[roro-robot]

In less bitter news

I made beignets last night! They actually rose and tasted pretty good! This is my forat time eating (and obviously making) beignets, so I have no idea how they should actually taste, but I feel like these are a close call.

I actually made them bc I have to write about American culture, and I was feeling very nostalgic over the fact that I've never been to New Orleans. And since New Orleans = Cafe du Monde = beignets... there's the connection.

Look at my beautiful (and delicious) babies!

[roro-robot]

Ugh to SJW

Seriously, is it absolutely necessary to nitpick about words when the information is accurate and if you read just a bit further, clarified?

I don't appreciate being condescended to this early in the morning. Not responding bc all my responses are very bitter/sarcastic and I don't want to go down into that rabbit hole and waste my morning.

Although now I feel quite bitter and sarcastic. Thanks

[roro-robot]

Just one egg

Tumblr apparently ate my post that 2 additional eggs manage to fertilize in Sunday, but it turns out that those 2 were duds. The one I got transferred wasn't very good (grade 3), but I'm still crossing my fingers that it takes well.

[roro-robot]

No shame

I'm driving to my appointment bc I need to pee really bad haha

[roro-robot]

Maybe TMI

Another thing they don't tell you about IVF is that on the day of the transfer, you can't pee for 1-2 hours before AND they want you to drink 1 L in preparation.

My bladder is in agony. I broke and went to the bathroom about 2 hours before, but then I immediately drank 1L to make up for it.

Now i'm feeling the pain and I still have an hour to go!

At least the science behind it makes sense, but now the bathroom is all I can think about!

Going to go handwash something so it hopefully takes my mind off it.

[roro-robot]

@cafe-seoulful @goodgood

Thanks, you guys! 😍😍

Haha it turns out they took EIGHT eggs out, but only 3 good ones, and only 1 fertilized. So I'm crossing my fingers that it develops well. I was hoping for 2 (and possibly twins), but I'd be definitely grateful if the one develops well! I get the update tomorrow on how it's growing, and (crossing my fingers) when I should go in on Tuesday, and then next week will be the blood test to see if he/she took!

Ahhhhh, I'm super nervous! Really really praying that the egg develops well~~~

[roro-robot]

Also, another thing people don't tell you

Is how much of a slave you are to the medications/shots. I seriously have to plan my day around it, and since now I'm taking them 3 times a day, I really can't go outside until after 3 pm

And that's going to be my life for the next few months.

[roro-robot]

Sorry,

But my life is basically revolving around IVF these days. And since my fam in America doesn't know i'm going through this (I don't really want to raise their hopes in case nothing happens), this is basically the only place where I can talk about it.

I went for my OPU today, and now my uterus is killing me. It was supposed to be tomorrow, but my body just doesn't like to keep a schedule lol They got 7 eggs, but only 3 are actually good. I'm hoping to transfer 2 next week, but... I'm worried since the egg quantity is low that the percentage is low too.

Keeping my fingers crossed (and trying not to stress out too much). I find out tomorrow if it worked, and then on Monday if they're any good.

Also did SeoulSisterSue change her name or delete her account? Anyone know?

[roro-robot]

TW Medicine? Shots

Ahhhhhhhhh. I'm about to try my first ever self injection (since my old insulin shots don't count since that was.... more than 20 years ago)

So nervous. Hope I don't mess up.

[roro-robot]

Today was Day 1 of IVF (or I guess Day 3 technically)

Finally got the subsidy from the government (luckily right before my health care adjustment disqualified me), and today was my first day of hormones and shots.

Not completely sure what is going on since the doctor explained completely in Korean (once again), so my MIL is the only one right now that knows 100% what the doctor said, and I'll find out later from SW. But I think I got the gist of it (from my research).

I stupidly had a latte after my blood work, so now I'm over-caffeinated, and I'm not completely sure if my nausea is from that or the shots.

Really nervous about self-injecting the shots... but at least the hospital is only 5 minutes from me and they only charge 2,000 to inject if I wimp out.

[roro-robot]

Why is it necessary for me to have to continually unfollow people who post pimple popping posts??

Who in the hell actually thinks that a majority of people enjoy watching it?

[roro-robot]

I think the main reason why I'm anxious

Is that my life the days just seems to be waiting. Waiting for the medicine to work, waiting to see if I'm pregnant, and now waiting to see about my job. I guess having one thing definite would make me feel more relaxed about ... everything (maybe).

Or it could also be that my caffeine intake has more than tripled lately. I really need to cut back.

[roro-robot]

Gah! I'm going out of my mind trying to figure out if i'm getting re-signed!!

I sent in my accessment stuff a month ago! Please stop leaving me hanging~~ My contact is up at the end of April. It would be amazing if I had more than 30 days notice... actually why didn't they give 60? Then I wouldn't be panicking about jobs.

Seriously. Stressed.

[roro-robot]

So when I'm on medication for multiple eggs, it doesn't happen

When we decided to just try medicine for one good egg, I get two.