#survivingregeneration

[buttersmd]

survivingregeneration replied to your post:I am contemplating a decoration change. My living...

i think the fairy lights would be ok lighting with a lot of them, but the gausy fabric will really tone it down, and make it darker again so????

Excellent point! But will the fairy lights be too ugly coating the ceiling on their own? Probably not, I’m probably just being silly. Besides, it’s not like the popcorn ceiling is very pretty to look at in the daytime anyways...

[rycolfan]

92-97 -- questions meme :)

92) How do you feel about tattoos? 

Well, I don’t have any atm but I like the idea of getting one or two someday. As long as you go to someone who’s a professional (and who can actually spell lol), I think it’s great. :)

93) Do you have any pets?

I do! Right now I have a cat and there’s also a family guinea pig (we used to have two, but one died last year *sad face*). I’ve always had pets - I grew up with a whole house full of them - so I can’t imagine ever not having any. <3

94) How tall are you?

5′8 ish

95) How old are you?

Ooh, the horrid question. I’m thirty-*coughs* Ugh, sorry... don’t know what happened there. ;)

(Okay, okay, it rhymes with heaven)

96) 3 physical features you get complimented on a lot?

This is hard, because I don’t really get complimented a lot - mostly because I hate having my photo taken so tend to avoid sharing them whenever possible. 

But I guess probably my hazel eyes, my hair (it’s long, but it’s also incredibly annoying), and... my ass? Well, hubby compliments that a lot anyway. XD (Sorry if that’s TMI)

97) Is there anything you're really passionate about?

There are a lot of things I’m really passionate about - animal conservation, protecting the planet from global warming and every other man-made threat, feminism and equality, affordable health care and education for everyone, ...I could go on and on.

Thanks for the questions! :)

[buttersmd]

so, i am currently experiencing a lot of ennui about all of my fencing and stuff. everyone around me keeps telling me how amazing of an opportunity i have, and how great it is that i get to travel and stuff... but, idk. i just dont feel like i have the drive for it. and i kinda feel like i am lying to everyone. then i feel like a shit, because i have the opportunity to go to the paralympics in 2016, but i genuinely cannot get up the muster to care at all. BLAHH. (i needed a vent, sorry)

No no no, come vent to me, I completely understand.

A few years back, I was super into writing. I wrote every single day. I had at least three completed novels and a few WIPs, frankly everything under constant rewrite. I had a few poems published, I have had short stories here and there. In my undergrad, upper-end creative writing course, my critique group was (by the teacher's own honesty), the best writers in the class (bar one). Myself and one other girl were the only ones who were good enough to potentially be published right then.

I went to a writer's conference two years ago, learned a lot, presented a couple ideas I had, and was asked for submittals from three different agents. I am a good, talented writer, and I have a lot of opportunities ahead of me thanks to it.

Last year, I spent a lot of time and heart writing a fic that almost no one read. And it got me down, and it messed me up, and I stopped writing. I haven't been able to pick writing back up.

It's not really a loss of confidence. I still know I'm a good writer. I have reviewed some of my existing stuff, including the fic that no one read, and I know I have talent and I could really get somewhere. People keep bugging me to start writing again, to get them more of my ongoing stuff.

But the thing is, I don't care all that much anymore. And I feel guilty. And a little messed up about it. Do I not care because I haven't done it constantly? Do I not care because it's not a challenge anymore? Is my ennui really a disguise for a deep-seated lack of confidence and fear of failure that I'm not really dealing with?

Or is it okay to not care, because I've found other things I'm really interested in? In the time of me not writing, I have sewn a hell of a lot more, both clothing and plushies. I have become more involved and professional at work. I have picked up a couple other hobbies.

Writing was probably the only thing I was absolutely amazing at (I'm fairly good at a lot of things, but not amazing at really anything; I'm okay with this). Is it a bad thing that I've stopped? Or is it okay because I've moved on to other things?

Basically this long rambling rant is to say I definitely understand where you're going. And these questions of "Do I not care because there's an underlying problem I'm not dealing with? Am I terrible for not caring because I have something other people are envious about, and I don't want it? Or is it okay to move on? Am I chained to this thing I am good at?"

I don't have the answers. But I do have an ear if you ever want to talk.

[kittychins]

ok, that makes a lot of sense. thanks for answering in a well thought out meaningful manner. follow up-- is there a reason why you are specifically worried about black widow, or does it kinda fit in with all the general stuff as well?

it does fit the general stuff i mentioned, whedon tends to shape his female characters in only certain ways. 

natasha is a very deep, complex character with an intriguing,dramatic and dark backstory. i want that backstory to be given the importance it has, i want it to be treated seriously and respectfully.

and i honestly have no faith whedon is capable of doing that. 

[kittychins]

do people actually dislike tony? wow. i am glad i havent seen any tony hate really. i feel super fortunate.

you're very lucky indeed. last night i was so fed up with tony hate i was so angry at everyone ;A;

[kittychins]

gotta ask, why so anti joss? (genuine curiosity)

because joss whedon doesn't understand the characters i love, he fucked up steve royally on avengers. from what i've seen he's treating wanda as a crazy girl with mad powers because for some reason he likes to see her as someone with a mental illness when wanda maximoff is eVERYTHING BUT. he doesn't give a shit about clint barton. and even though he claims himself a feminist he's a shit example of one and apparently he can't create more different characters than the ones you see in buffy

alsO did i mention hOW ROYALLY HE FUCKED STEVE UP IN AVENGERS because it makes me really angry whenever i think about it i mean, idk what he said to the crew but look at the chrono of chris' interviews, in cap1 he's like yoo steve is good he's so valuable i respect him so much and then in the avengers interviews chris's all 'i have no idea how i'm hanging with his people like everyone's doing awesome stuff i'm running up the stairs' 

wOW?????????????? i don't wanna see the avenger's script or what whedon said to chris on how to portray steve because i'll cut someone

[doodleholic]

Characters who share the same personality as you

if you don’t know your personality type, take the test here.

I was tagged by alegriavida

Rules: Find out what characters share the same personality type as you here and list the characters that you find relevant below. Then tag five friends and let them know you tagged them!

INTJ (Mastermind):

Jareth from Labyrinth

Rupert Giles from Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Mandy from The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy

Fitzwilliam Darcy from Pride and Prejudice

Atticus Finch from To Kill a Mockingbird

Some incarnations of the Doctor from Doctor Who

Loki from Marvel Cinematic Universe

Maleficent from Sleeping Beauty

Roose Bolton and Tywin Lannister from A Song of Ice and Fire & Game of Thrones

Professor James Moriarty from Sherlock Holmes

Hannibal Lecter and Clarice Starling from Silence of the Lambs

Well that got more and more alarming as I went along. My personality type is particularly villainous.

[bitchycannibal]

if you are super desperate you could uber tape your ankle to drive to go and get meds. but, i am a bit of an idiot when it comes to injuries and tend to just tape things up and 'make it work' so i am not sure how valid my advice is. (if you tape, untape before you go to sleep)

I mean, everyone was asleep so i just called my brother until he answered. But the thing is that it’s both of my ankles. Like the one is sprained, but the other is twisted, so I can only do so much

and it sucks

my god does it suck. because i can’t do shit. and i really hate being pathetic like this. ;; 

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