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So I saw you talking yesterday about getting famous with a Facebook screencap, but didn't think anything of it. I'm on my lunch break just now and had to double check which app I was in, cause that same goldfish post just showed up on my FB feed
LMAOOO
Repurposing a blog
As the title says, I’ll be changing the purpose (and name) of this blog. It was, once upon a time, melsxmasinchina. It will now be used to document travels!
Most specifically, my trip to Japan in September! I miss chatting with a lot of you, so this will be my place to share updates on planning, ideas for the trip, and photos during the trip itself.
As well, while she may have been inactive on Tumblr for a number of years now, a number of you may fondly recall @mistressandcoffee . We have kept in touch over Facebook and she will also be joining me for part of the trip!! So that will be super awesome! <3<3<3<3
I'm curious, how would they make that "no repayments until you make over 50k" even happen? I've been out of school and in the job force for almost 10 years and still haven't even broken 35k. Considering the sheer amount of people I know in the same boat, wouldn't it lose the govt a lot of income?
The policy is about having to pay at that income. If you’re making less than that you can still pay off your loans (and I’m sure many will do that).
The difference is that you will not be forced to pay loans until you’re making $50K. So I don’t think it will be such a huge shock to the government. Covering all student loans in Canada would cost less than $5 billion dollars a year anyways (which is less than 2% of Canada’s annual budgets). Once free tuition is a reality, it will only be a matter of time before everyones student loans are paid and all that money is returned to the government.
koosei replied to your photo: It’s time for scritches now! See my head is ready....
Man, I wish my canary was even half that friendly
If it makes you feel any better one of my cockatiels responds to the nickname "Demon" because he's an evil little thing. Still love him to bits, but I after 13 years I know his quirks and how to avoid the sharp bits (for the most part)
Maybe dual-post it? Like, post it in AO3, but also on your website, and link people to your site via AO3? Maybe delay the AO3 posting to give people incentive to visit your blog more often - sort of like some people do with Patreon? I definitely like your writing enough I'd want to see more of it. And I can't be the only one.
well technically the first 30,000 words is already ON my website, at least for the one I was thinking of. It’s just hard to find right now. (and I really, really REALLY need to redo my website. The theme is dated and hard to navigate, but website revamps are the suck when I’m not getting paid for them, LOL)
But there are things I can do. I did start freshening up my Patreon, which has been untouched since 2014. Also, mailing lists are an option since I’ve got a mailchimp account but haven’t really used it so it can handle an influx of subscribers.
koosei replied to your post: koosei replied to your photo “Brrrrr. It didn’t...
Aaaaah that makes sense. I always thought New Mexico was closer to sea level
so I just did a google query, apparently the LOWEST point in New Mexico is still at 2800 feet. Meanwhile, up here where I am in Santa Fe it’s 7200 feet.
Sea level is hard yo. There’s waaaaay too much air down there.
for the harry potter meme~ 2, 5, 9, 13, 19, 24, 28, 37, 50
2. If the sorting hat was on you and it said you'd be great in a house you didn't consider before, will you follow his advice or choose what house you want?
already answered.
5. What do you think you'll be doing right now?
Probably exactly what I’m doing now: dreading Monday morning.
9. Will you go home during holidays?
Yes.
13. Would you consider studying in another wizarding school?
already answered.
19. On hogsmeade visits, what shops will you go to?
I’d probably try to go to them all the first couple of times, and then later select my favs and visit those.
24. Which part of the castle will be your favorite?
already answered.
28. Will you be curious enough to try and explore the whole castle, even if you know you can get in trouble for visiting some parts of it?
Maybe?
37. What wizard snack would be your favorite? Or which one would you like to try?
I’d love to try a chocolate frog.
50. What memory will you think of when making a patronus?
already answered.
11 questions
duskyhuedladysatan demanded answers and I WILL PROVIDE THEM, thank you for tagging me! and now, the rules.
1. answer the eleven questions 2. make up eleven new questions and tag three people. 3. wait.
1. which alcohol can you no longer consume based on a really unfortunate incident of overconsumption in your youth - assuming you drink the stuff. I’m still very much in the stage of my youth where statistically more people are overconsuming than in other periods of their lives and I’ve been to a bar like three times. I don’t like beer, though, or the taste of alcohol in general to be honest. Bellinis are delicious though. (thank you demenior.)
2. favorite Tarantino movie. I had to go to Wikipedia to check his list of movies and I.... have never seen a Tarantino movie. Please still like me.
3. is there a craft to which you devote some spare time? knitting? sewing? origami? paper crafts? FRIENDSHIP BRACELETS. I make them all the time and I’m drowning in them but they’re so easy to make and so useful. Bookmarks, hair ties, shoelaces, bracelets, necklaces, rings, zipper pulls, decoration, light pulls...
4. which huge sporting event do you HAVE to watch? it can be any of the larger ones - hockey championships, Wimbledon finals, World Series, Iron Man Triathlon, Tour de France - any of them. I’m not much of a sports person. I like watching gymnastics more than any other sport though. (And I would become a tennis geek if I had Tom Hiddleston as an achievable incentive like hot damn.)
5. favorite kind of pie. Apple. I’m a simple person.
6. the White Witch offered Edmund Turkish Delight - what would she offer you? I AM SO TORN. Maybe those chocolate rock candy things you get at Bulk Barn - the bits of milk chocolate that are coated with candy and look like rocks. Like a SLEIGH full of those hell yes I would just stick my whole face in.
7. which rap/hiphop song do you know all the words to? (it can’t be Miami. sorry.) God I’m shit at knowing what genre a song is. I know all of Superbass and Starships though.
8. taco filling of your choice. Meat, cheese, lettuce, heavy on the last two, and that’s it. My picky eater chidhood is showing.
9. what kind of smart phone do you have. do you like it? I don’t have a smart phone, I have a scuffed up Samsung that just does text and talk. The caller ID doesn’t work and it doesn’t receive long text messages or photos. We’re having a difficult relationship at the moment. (also I keep dropping it and there’s a weird line of dead pixels that keeps moving around...)
10. favorite dinner your mom makes/made when you were a kid/go home. Ham rolls. My mom makes the BEST ham rolls. Also the only ham rolls.
11. grammatical error that makes you the craziest. The basic stuff. ‘I seen.’ ‘I knows.’ Also double negatives when you mean the opposite thing. I know what you mean but STRAIGHTEN YOUR LINES DAMMIT TWO LEFTS DO NOT MAKE A RIGHT.
And my questions:
1. Favourite childhood movie.
2. A band/artist you feel sums up you/your life in some way.
3. Cartoons you grew up with.
4. Movie you are most anticipating right now.
5. Song you have on repeat right now.
6. You get to pick a fictional animal to have as a pet, which one?
7. Go-to ‘I’m tired and starving and don’t want to have to think’ food?
8. Hogwarts House, and do you feel you fit there? Why or why not?
9. The fairytale you would least object to living?
10. Favourite shoes?
11. Weirdest dream you can ever remember having (while asleep)?
I’m tagging thegirlbehindthegasmask, demenior and koosei
