#personal experience

[daydreamer131313]

*going to the beach*

Regulus: applying an enormous amount of sunscreen

Regulus: James aren't you going to apply sunscreen?

James: I'm brown, my skin is basically sun brun repellent

*after 3 hours in the sun*

Regulus smug with absolutely no sun burn

James red from head to toe

Regulus: sun burn repellent huh?

James: I DIDNT KNOW BROWN SKIN COULD GET BURNT!!

[acvoice]

Early spn fandom experience: why is everyone drawing Castiel’s wings black? Their shadows are black, not his actual wings

Late spn fandom experience: why are Cas’ wings not black/brown/dark blue/rainbow/oil spill-like??

[theoverstimulated]

Why You Should (Still) Care About COVID-19

I wrote this as a reminder to myself, but I'm sharing it in case someone else needs to be reminded too.

"You might think that because you’ve had COVID-19 and lived through it that repeat infections will impact you similarly, but “reinfections aren't harmless. As cases continue to rise and more variants arrive on the scene, infectious-disease experts are warning that repeat infections could have cumulative, lasting effects.”

...If you want to maintain your current level of health and avoid potential damage to your body & organs (up to and including your brain & your heart) and/or want to live as long as possible, taking precautions to prevent COVID-19 infections is crucial."

[theblackfemininesociety]

LET IT FALL 🍂 ♟️ 💋

Besties,

I don’t know if I’m the only one going through a rebirth but this energy is too strong to be withheld from you. Due to traumatic events that’s happened to me through these past couple of YEARS; entering my 30’s has unleashed a rebirth energy.

This fall, we are letting things fall.

Fall into place, out of sight, and in line!

If you haven't already been intentional with how you're moving, it's time. I am creating my own little universe with limited access. This means I am blocking out the noise, spending less time doomscrolling on social media. I am no longer binge-watching debate, gossip, and gender war podcasts. I am no longer comparing; it's me vs. me. 1% better every day, in every area of my life. I am spending time with God, dwelling and seeking Him daily. I am releasing negative energy and thoughts daily. I am purging, deleting, and being mindful of what affects my energy.

This rebirth isnt performative, its personal.

💎 Reset. Release. Reclaim.

Checkmate ♟️ 💋

[lexthe13th]

an overly passionate aaron in pre med and on a sports team with horrible memory and too much to do with his life

meanwhile an underly passionate andrew in an ironic major with eidetic memory wishing to do nothing with his life

[kylas-khaos]

Kataang Was Never an Option - Part 1

Personal Experience with 12 Year Old Crushes

This is currently part 1 of a series of short personal opinion explanation posts about the reasons why I could never ship Kataang. And that's not a 'I refuse to', it's an 'even as a teen I had a viceral negative reaction'. I'm just posting this so that my disabled ass can link it to people instead of typing the same thing over and over again.

If you ship Kataang, please don't even bother. Just let people have their own opinions. I can't change yours, and you will never change mine. Just scroll on and let everyone enjoy life.

So, I am a Zutara shipper... but I feel like that resulted from my being extremely anti-Kataang. There are many reasons for that, and I have delveloped more and more reasons every time I rewatch (a yearly occurance). But my biggest reason has nothing to do with my interpetation of the media. It's from negative personal experiences.

This little essay touches on the subject of the age gap. And while I understand that 12-14 is the exact same age gap between 14-16... there is a world of difference in maturity for those to brackets. And I know exactly how uncomfortable it can be because I have dealt with that situation more than once!

Kyla's Backstory Time!

I was 12-15 as the show was airing - the ages of most of the characters, but at the time I didn't have access to the channels to watch it, and I was usually doing theatre anyway. So, I didn't see the show until I was 17. And I think my experiences as a 14-15 year old changed how I experienced the show.

When I was 14, one of my friend's little brothers (12 yo) came over to talk to me. Halfway through saying something to him, he grabbed me by the shoulder and kissed me full on the lips, and then bolted off red faced to his gaggle of hooting friends. I was stunned still, literally couldn't move, while his sister said 'what the fuck just happened?' and started outing after him... Turns out that his friends had dared him to kiss his crush - me. My friend had a go at him and told him to stop being weird and he was too young to have a girlfriend. Where as me - still being young myself with no idea how to handle that sort of thing, just got really uncomfortable and avoided going around to that friend's house if her brother was around. Getting kissed out the blue by someone I saw as a little kid was not a fun experience at all.

A year later when I was 15, my friend group expanded and I hung out with several new friends. Often their younger siblings would try and tag along. I somehow had a knack for befriending every sibling in a family, no matter the age. And because one of my friends lived closer to school and to the shops, we would all hang out at his place a lot. That friend was 14-15, but I was also friends with his baby sister (10), little brother (12 almost 13) and had a tiny crush on their older brother (16). I have always been pretty oblivious to people's feelings, so it was a huge shock when my friend's little brother told me he liked me and tried to ask me out... in front of all my friends who immediately started teasing us and trying to push me at him (except his brother who was exaspirated). And I had done my usual dear in the headlights shutdown response and frozen. Thankfully one of my friends dragged me off instead of at the expectant kid and we went for a walk to get snacks from the dairy. Unfortunately, the situation got worse, because before I could gather my thoughts and talk to the little brother, my asshole friends grabbed my phone and texted him telling him I would go out with him. (This is pre-smartphone days. We didn't have pin codes to keep people out).

So, then, I had to find a way to gently break this kid's heart, which sucked on several levels. Because I saw him as a friend... and I was not good with that sort of stuff. Thankfully, I stumbled through an appology and explanation, and while he was sad, we actually stayed pretty decent friends until I left school.

Take Away...

So, growing up, those were some of my most uncomfortable experiences of beeing a teen and having younger boys crush on me and act on it in different ways. For all my oblivious ass knew, they could have been acting as obvious as Aang and saw my responding friendship as a sign of reciprocated feelings. But it really affected me and made me anxious in those sort of situations.

When I finally watched A:TLA, Aang just crushing on Katara made me really squeemish, and the Invasiona and Ember Island kisses had me freezing and freaking out internally. And over the years, my reaction has only become more viceral. I genunely can barely stand to see those scenes without feeling angry or sick. Because I had experienced that, and I couldn't help putting myself in Katara's shoes.

Watching Gravity Falls, I was SO scared I was going to end up having a similar reaction. And when Wendy gently turned Dipper down I genuinely cried in relief.

Alex is amazing and I will forever be glad with how he hadled that situation... Bryke can go jump in a volcano.

I live near several and I will gladly push them into one.

Anyway, this has been my little ranty explanation about why the idea of Kataang is something I have never been able to stomach. It stems from what is at this point mild trauma. Maybe if the characters were all older, I wouldn't have been so against it... but they're not. Aang is 12 and reminds me too much of moments that caused me a LOT of stress and anxiety. And is why my mind will never be changed.

Just... stop putting 12 year olds in relationships. They're children for crying out loud! Crushes will happen, but it's my opinion that nothing should EVER come of them.

[late-evening-sleeper]

Since March is the birthday month for the three of us, my mom, my sister, and I, we decided to have a small celebration at Jones Salad (Future Park branch).

Overall, the experience did not meet expectations in terms of service, particularly attention to detail. When the steak was served, no knives were provided, so we had to request them. At first, only one knife was given despite there being two steak dishes, which meant we had to ask again.

Another issue was that the knife provided was very hot, but there was no prior warning. This caused some discomfort and posed a minor safety concern when handling it. To give a clearer idea, it was hot enough that I had to let go immediately, and my fingers were still red afterward. The staff themselves did not hold the knife directly and placed it on a plate, which suggests they were aware it was hot.

As for the food, the taste was generally at a standard level. However, the service experience had a noticeable impact on the overall meal. I originally planned to take more photos, as not all dishes had been served yet, but decided not to continue.