Goodbye, oh Goodbye

my name's anne || 20s goth thing || butch lesbian

[spushii]

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my name is anne this is my blog where i post about things i like. mostly horror and music. sometimes i reblog gorey gifs from horror movies or drawings with a lot of blood in them, which I don’t usually tag with anything, so probably be wary if that’s something that upsets you.

I’m TME nonbinary and I use he/they/whatever I don’t really care

you can also find an archive of my art posts over at @sensiblehare​ 

[spushii]

Oh. I thought the other one would be abstraction patterned. this is a lot less funny

[corantus]

on sunday a pipe burst in the ceiling above my desk (getting sewage water & debris everywhere) and all of my electronics got destroyed, including my computer & tablet. at least $2000 worth of stuff (including my external hard drives with my all my art from the past decade)

thankfully at least my current computer’s hard drive survived. but everything else got wrecked. i’m going to consult an attorney but i don’t know what’s going to happen with my landlords. i do comms fulltime as my only income & i can’t work until i get my computer & tablet replaced

i’m sorry for the delays on comms because of this, will try to keep everybody updated

[corantus]

thanks for all the kind messages on this - i didn’t want to try crowdfunding til i had a better idea of what i’ll need. but it’s going to be $700 to replace my laptop & tablet:

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[sibyllance]

Apparently someone got their car stuck on the light rail tracks at Mt. Baker. For those unfamiliar this is 35 feet up in the air

[puppygirllaika]

Fun fact! this is likely due to racism. Not the drivers, to be clear, but this is a not-entirely-unsurprising result of systemic racism in the greater Seattle area and the influence it has on infrastructure spending.

I'm a huge proponent of public transit, rail in specific, and I'm very glad that the greater Seattle area is finally starting to see some solid light rail infrastructure sprouting up in the form of the 1 and 2 lines, but that in no way stops me from critiquing the decisions made in planning and implementation.

Light Rail, in it's colloquial form here in the US, is basically always a compromise solution. It's cheaper than subways, can make good use of existing right-of-way around freeways, and can function as a kind of low-capacity commuter rail in the suburbs while behaving more like a tram or streetcar in downtown areas. It is crucially, however, not a streetcar, nor is it a commuter rail. Streetcars make frequent stops and are optimized for dense areas with lots of traffic. Commuter rails are larger and stop less frequently, optimized for bringing suburban residents into city centers. Commuter rail should, however, be independent of street traffic so it can travel at higher speeds. For this reason, most of the Link light rail system in seattle is actually not at-grade (street level), but on either elevated or sub-grade track. Downtown, the lightrail actually functions as a low-capacity low-frequency subway system in what used to be the bus tunnel (we don't have time, but yes it was stupid). Everywhere else, it's up on elevated tracks that largely follow the freeway system.

There are three stations, all immediately south of that Mount Baker elevated station, where the Link actually runs at-grade. These stations run through the historic low income immigrant neighborhoods of southeast seattle. Here, the trains are forced to stop at red lights, interact with crossing and left-turning traffic, and even cross through sidewalks and terrifyingly narrow pedestrian islands. They could have built elevated track here, as they did everywhere else, but they didn't. they didn't want to spend the money. I have personally watched light rail cars carrying hundreds of people have to wait two full minutes for cars turning left in front of them, delaying trains so like, 5 people could drive there. Once it reaches the end of this low income immigrant-dominant neighborhood, however, the Link returns to it's above-grade status, with Mount Baker being the first elevated stop. You want to know how this woman, who claims she was misdirected by her GPS, probably ended up here? I would bet anything she tried to make a turn at the intersection just before the stop and got confused. The intersection, for reference, looks like this:

I'm not saying it's an easy mistake to make, but given the number of people who drive through here every day, it's honestly not that surprising that someone, especially someone who is from out of town, or someone who is used to shared streetcar lanes, would eventually make this mistake. When you're dealing with a city of hundreds of thousands of people, it's only a matter of time before a mistake like this happens. but it is only possible for it to happen because of the decisions made in the planning process, and one of those decisions was effectively "we can save money if we make everything worse in that part of town where all the foreign poors live", and so they built the thing at-grade, instead of keeping it elevated like everywhere else.

and yes, those tracks are in the middle of a four lane road, and no, there is no way to get to any of the at-grade stations without crossing at least two lanes of traffic on a very busy avenue. and those tiny little pedestrian islands are not only terrifying to walk on, but a man in a wheelchair was clipped by a passing train car a while back because his chair didn't really fit through the tight turns well and one of his feet was sticking slightly out when the train passed by. This is not a problem at like, any other stops in the Link system. Just here. Just in this neighborhood. And it's a fucking disgrace.

[ofdreamsanddoodles]

By Any Other Name

Chapter 2: Zooble words: 3.4k

"I know," Zooble says. "I was such a stubborn kid. I don't know how my parents put up with me. They definitely let me get away with way too much." "No, I think it's a good thing," Gangle says. "You were just confident. I like that you're not afraid to stick up for yourself. It's cool to find out that that's kind of always been a part of you." "I guess." Zooble shrugs halfheartedly. "They definitely did a good job making sure I was confident. But I think part of what this taught me, is that if you don't like something, you can always run away." Green confetti shoots down at them. "Seriously?" Zooble demands. "That's a horrible lesson!"

i feel bad that this zooble chapter is so short. here is a simulacrum of them i also finished today to make up for it

[strangledplanet]

[strangledplanet]

[cohoyotee]

Where's your head at, Jax?

Repost from my IG and X :) got rid of the armpit hair watermark (iykyk)

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the show will end with her happy right . right

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fidgety little guy

[yugsly]

I'm late, but I finally watched the funny circus show. Here's the Jax fella

[orchidscurse]

Wound / The Semaphore of Wings by Russell Mills for The Downward Spiral, Nine Inch Nails

[jetix]

2025-10-11

[2087]

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[concentriccookies]

My linen quilt is finished!! This was made from all leftover linen from garments i've made- i always get way too much yardage, whoops- except the black. I was planning on using the black for garment things but then i had this quilt idea, so, pivoted.

This was a beast but im so so happy with how it turned out. Shes very moody.

It was machine pieced but hand quilted. I really fell in love with hand quilting while making this! Throwing on an audio book and just sewing for 3ish hours in the evenings was lovely and calming.

And if you ever want to quilt with linen, spray starch is your best friend. Lots of spray starch.

Also a lil banner i whipped up after from an extra repeat block i had!

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