#kindsokind

[introvertia]

I finished My Heart is a Chainsaw recently! What did you think of it/have you started the sequel?

I just finished it last night. I wasn’t really feeling the first half of the novel. I liked Jade as a character but she also felt so inevitably doomed that it was kind of bumming me out. An angry outcast lost in her escapism with suicidal tendencies - she’s a heartbreaker, and a wisecracker.

I’m still confused about the nail gun scene? (not to be vague, but I don’t want to post spoilers in case anyone wants to read it.)

I was impressed by how much things really kicked off when Jade wakes up on the boat! Holy shit what a ride. I think SGJ did tie all the lore from the camp and the town in really well into a cohesive night of chaos and terror beautifully. By the end of novel I still didn’t trust Letha, is that weird? Did you?

Jade’s personal history was much darker than I anticipated, omg my heart!

I have to confess as much as I love psychological horror and folk horror and werewolves (my beloved) I’m not too big on Slashers, but I did find this compelling and enjoyed the sections of Jade’s essays to Mr Holmes.

I loved The Only Good Indians, and Mongrels is my favorite by him and Night of the Mannequins (novella) is a fast read and very disturbing, I feel like for me My Heart is a Chainsaw is a solid horror novel with a new kind of final girl - which I respect and I did enjoy it by the end. However it’s not at the top of my SGJ novels for favorites.

I haven’t picked up the sequel, I’ll probably read a couple other novels before I do - but yes I will read the next one!

What about you? How’d your enjoy it?

[greenlightonthehill]

I saw Thomas Barrow dancing with a handsome man and I was immediately 17 again, back in the Downton Abbey fandom with the best group of fandom friends I’ve ever had. It’s been a long time coming, guys. Seems like Thomas is finally get his happy ending? :’)

[silentwalrus1]

kindsokind replied to your post “palau-de-fortuny replied to your post “goosegoblin: goosegoblin: ...”

Idk abt the rest of Canada, so Toronto could be an outlier, but I've seen washing machines in kitchens, washrooms, closets, basements, garages, and, once, a living room.

gracelesso replied to your post “In Spain, Italy and in Belgium (probably France too?) widows open in...”

am currently in Paris looking at inward-opening windows; same at my school. both are Haussmann-era & have shutters on the outside wh might have something to do with it ?

nonsimplex replied to your post “In Spain, Italy and in Belgium (probably France too?) widows open in...”

i'm croatian and our windows open in as well! i also live in a part of the croatian mainland that is both very cold and very hot in the summer so our full brick walls are at least 40cm thick (60-100cm for older houses) to keep the weather out!

[allthecanadianpolitics]

Hey there. I want to do something for BC's fight against the pipeline, but I live in Ontario. I had already written a letter to my MP and the minister of natural resources. (And judging from their responses last year, it was a useless strategy). Do you know of any organizations or charities I can support financially or is it too late, considering the federal government's purchase? I'm having trouble parsing the news for these answers. TIA!

You can donate to Pull Together which is crowdfunding money to assist First Nations court cases against Kinder Morgan:

https://pull-together.ca/

You can also share social media on twitter. Browse the #stopkm #nokm and #protecttheinlet hashtags.

Also a few of twitter accounts that are dedicated to opposing Kinder Morgan that I recommend following if you want to keep up to date on protests/news/etc:

the Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs:

@UBCIC

Coast Protectors:

@CoastProtectors

350 Canada: 

@350Canada

Treaty Alliance Against Tar Sands Expansion:

@Treaty_Alliance

Dogwood:

@dogwoodbc

Follow my twitter account as well, as I post a lot about opposition to Kinder Morgan:

@allthecdnpoli

[lizzy384]

Thomas Barrow Fandom May Birthdays

It may not be the right fandom, but I’m gonna begin with it anyway: May the Fourth be with You! And with that I’ll get down to our two May babies.

7 May 1990: first up is @bedwyrssong or Bed or Nathan. Nathan ships Thommy with a side of Barrowson (Thomas/Tom).

10 May: and rounding it out, is Emma or Em, also known as @kindsokind. She’s not a shipper, she just loves Thomas.

As always, you know how to reach me and you can find my original post for the Underbarrow Birthday List here.

[lizzy384]

@abbys-jam-juggler replied to your post“I was tagged by @linkworshiper - thanks lovely! ;-) List top 10...”     

         I only know Hermione and Sybil o_O *crawls under bed to hide*          

Abby! *shakes head* I mean, you’ve gotta at least know who Lois Lane is, right? Even if you didn’t watch Smallville? But I guess since I know you’re not as big into sci-fi/supernatural stuff, you probably wouldn’t be familiar with most of them ;-) And I know Hit the Floor didn’t really grab you. Eyewitness is really good though!...is murder/thriller, with angsty (including in the closet) teens your thing?

@kindsokind replied: great idea to make it all ladies, lizzy!

Thanks Emma ;-) I just thought, I do actually love good female character, but you’d be forgiven for maybe not realising that with my fandoms, since I mostly focus on the boys! So gotta give the girls some love ;-)

[goalieprotectionsquad]

kindsokind replied to your post:

me, writing my stupid long ass harringrove fic:...

the important part is he’s dumb but he tries his best

do u have any special stupidity requests

[goatsandgangsters]

kindsokind replied to your post “it’s 32 degrees out and the heat hasn’t come on all day and I’m...”

Bother your landlords!!! Idk abt where you live but there are laws here abt the min temp they can legally allow... 30 I think is too low. Good luck!

apparently landlords have to keep it at minimum 64 degrees F in Massachusetts and I have no way of knowing the exact temperature in here, but uh, it’s DEFINITELY NOT THAT

I texted my landlord last night and they’re usually pretty responsive, but he was like “it was warm* today so it probably didn’t come on during the day but it should be on now” and I’m like .......... but it’s 9 PM and it’s NOT, that’s what I’m SAYING

*by warm, he means it was in the 40s. our radiators do this charming thing when it’s between 40-50 degrees F where they come on only once in the morning and only once in the evening and that’s it, because it’s not “that cold” but like 40 DEGREES IS NOT WARM ENOUGH TO /BARELY/ HAVE THE HEAT ON, but I digress because now it’s in the 20s and the heat STILL hasn’t come on and didn’t overnight

I’m going to give it half an hour hour until 11 AM and then text again and say “hey the heat never came on last night, hasn’t been on since I got back yesterday, it’s quite cold in here and I’m concerned we have an issue with our radiators, because the dials are up and it’s cold enough that they should be on”