#barefootwithneonhands

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barefootwithneonhands

I have yet to build a perfect one. In fact, it stressed me out so badly I started kicking all snowballs into the river.

Yeah, this was my sanity-saving alternative to doing that, since I’d been accidentally kicking them into things all week anyway. :D 

drgaellon

I had no idea ACNH was so VIOLENT...

I mean, the main activities of the game ARE fishing and bug-hunting with a hefty helping of chopping down trees into the bargain :D 

I think I just object to parts of a game where you can only participate in a part of the game if you achieve something particularly complicated within an extremely limited timespan and number of attempts. I like ACNH a lot, but I get truly annoyed when there’s only one path to unlocking an achievement and you only get a limited number of shots at it. 

And even then I’d be more okay with it but the snowboys are fucking ASSHOLES when you don’t make them perfectly, and I’m done listening to their backtalk. BONFIRES IT IS. 

[swordandstars]

I'm changing my name.

On Tumblr and Ao3 at least.

I've gone by BarefootWithNeonHands since I started here back in 2012. I like people being able to find me across multiple fandoms and interests. There's something beautiful about connecting over something you love and then reconnecting again years later over a new passion.

But my life has changed so much in the past 8 years, and BarefootWithNeonHands hasn't fit for a while now. So as we shake off the dust of 2020 and move into the new year, I am changing my name.

Same content, same nursery, same activism. Same me, just a new handle now and a new userpic in a few months once people have gotten used to it.

I will be reposting this message a few times over the next week so that the folks who still want to find me on here get a chance to see it.

In the meantime, onward! To new adventures!

[mariannesketchnotes]

The Timeless story Burn the Witch by @barefootwithneonhands intrigues me. It explores a darker Lucy returning from her time in Rittenhouse viewed through her teammates eyes, and has her take direct action in their fight.

It's got mystery (the Bell Witch), lots of humor - especially from Rufus, tender moments between Denise & Michelle, heartbreak as to what Lucy went through and a realness to who she is now having gone through that and what she is truly willing to do combined with the vulnerability of being truly seen.

I like how Lucy is so unapologetic. The small hint with the 20 dollar bill that she succeeded and the way her team questions, but supports her. Little details like Wyatt listening to history podcasts while exercising and Denise pinching her nose in frustration as she contemplates the list of people she cannot kill make me smile.

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superqueerpasta replied to your photo “The building I live in has an attached underground garage, but my...”

What -- and I say this with my whole heart -- the Fuck??

Imagine me when I peeped behind the plastic. I thought it would just be like some machinery and maybe a workdesk and it was THAT. I burst out laughing I was so surprised. My first thought was “I can’t climb over this, I’m wearing TEVAS.”  

niennanir replied to your photo “The building I live in has an attached underground garage, but my...”

You need too demand a refund, because you no longer have a spot for your bike

I’m going to talk to the building about it but I doubt I’ll get one. Five years ago that would have been a significantly bigger deal than it is now, but at least approaching it from the POV of “Hey I paid for this” might draw attention to the fact that what they did is kinda fucked up. 

ameliahcrowley replied to your photo “The building I live in has an attached underground garage, but my...”

Ye gods! Did the construction guys assume the garage owners would tell you and the owners assume the construction people would work around you? The slamming things into the wall thing looks like typical "It's their fault, they were warned" officious not-very-passive aggressiveness to me. Whoever slipped up, that's pretty awful behaviour.

I have no idea. We did get a notice that there would be construction in the garage, but it explicitly said “no action is required by you at this time” and the notification was mainly so we would know what the weird underground noises were. As far as I’m aware, no bike owners were contacted about their bikes needing to be removed. 

barefootwithneonhands replied to your photo “The building I live in has an attached underground garage, but my...”

Every part of this story makes me homesick for Chicago. Please keep us updated on how company responsible for this BS alternately dodges your calls or insults/threatens you. *wipes away nostalgic tear*

Yeah, it’s annoying but I kinda can’t help but just roll my eyes and go “Chicago”. I don’t think they’ll threaten me, but I don’t imagine they will be eager to get in touch. 

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barefootwithneonhands replied to your post “You guys today I researched someone who is such a rank evil...”

As a fellow fundraiser-adjacent professional, I wish to offer you the highest of fives, sir. Writing a totally professional report that got the giving officer and their boss to not take the meeting? Mad skillz.

I mean, they made it kind of easy. You name off enough of the Cato Institute’s fellow travelers as orgs they’ve donated to and the thing starts to smell whether you’re neutral or not :D 

whodecidedweneedrealityanyway replied to your post “You guys today I researched someone who is such a rank evil...”

Is the rank evil motherfucker an evil on a wide enough scale we need to worry to avoid him?

Fortunately they’re not really in the public services arena -- just an industrialist who was in the right place at the right time to make a fortune in the 80′s. Odds are you’ve never heard of or had anything to do with the company’s products, it’s not something like...granola bars, or Facebook, or anything like that. 

gigi-tastic replied to your post “You guys today I researched someone who is such a rank evil...”

Why does this make me feel like the opening scene of a Leverage episode?

seekanewerworld replied to your post “You guys today I researched someone who is such a rank evil...”

Oh god, you're like John Rogers researching Leverage.

HAHA yes once in a while I do feel that way. I will say there are certain nonprofits where really you could just read through their donor rolls and find enough Leverage-level baddies to keep them occupied for years. 

[the-wonderful-jinx]

barefootwithneonhands replied to your post “oh the military choir is back at it again with the musicals with...”

... Please tell me it isn't "This is Me". Like, "Never Enough" would be super on the nose for that shitshow. But... good lord.

... it was “This is Me”

[icarusinstatic]

Okay, final one 3/3. @barefootwithneonhands and @surely-you-jess.

Happy Holidays and may 2017 be merry and bright.

~ Alex Reagan Moodboard:The mysteries you solve and the discovery of those things you are afraid are hiding in the dark.

Dedicated to the search for the truth behind the Black Tapes and the woman who won’t stop searching for that truth.

The more that Alex learns about the things on those tapes that Richard Strand holds so dear; the deeper she sinks into the mystery of the Black Tapes.

The deeper she sinks into the mystery; the easier it is to believe in the impossible.

The easier it is to see the shapes and figures that have always been hiding just out of sight.

And the sudden sinking realization that the more you learn and the more you dig; the harder it is to keep those things out of your life and out of your house and out of your mind.

The deep and unsettling knowledge that more you know about them; the more they learn about you.

[icarusinstatic]

@barefootwithneonhands and @surely-you-jess . Here’s part 2 of 3. Third part should be up before midnight. Because I like to work with the clock at my back. I’m awesome like that.

Hope you have an excellent new year and here’s for more spooky TBTP in the coming year.

Richard Strand Moodboard:

After the supposed death of his wife, Richard turned back to the lessons his father didn’t want him to learn.

He turned back to the time when he believed in the things hiding in the dark and he dared the world to prove that they existed.

He doesn’t want to believe, but he does. He remembers seeing the creatures waiting in the dark and he’s tempted to let them in.