beautiful fairy tales.

xiao shunyao. gym rat & J2 league soccer player. { au muse for rp purposes pnly, IMs open. typist is 30+. }

[yaoxyao]

xiao shunyao, thirty-eight. self proclaimed gym rat and sports enthusiast, occasional traveler.

{ typist is 30+, minors DNI. this char is au. IMs welcome, rp on the dashboard or privately. OC friendly. }

[thoughtkick]

“Whatever you’re meant to do, do it now. The conditions are always impossible.”

— Doris Lessing

[yaoxyao]

It's not just taiyaki! It's croissant taiyaki, it uses puff pastry! I can show you where I got it from if you'd like to try.

That would be amazing. Taiyaki is one of my favorite treats, and if I will take the train for good taiyaki if I have to.

[foodemon]

Chocolate Taiyaki - Croissant Taiyaki.

[nature-travel-photography]

Beautiful view. - Author: Quiet-Attentions

[quotefeeling]

“If you have the power to make someone happy, do it. The world needs more of that.”

— Unknown

[everylittlethingshedoesismagic]

The island of Koltur, photographed from Sandavágur, Vágar, in the Faroe Islands

Need to go here

[yaoxyao]

//Please forgive my absence today! I sorely needed to hit the reset button in my brain and spent most of the day offline. Any replies I owe folks will be typed up and sent tomorrow. Thank you for understanding!

[shisasan]

Hermann Hesse (1877-1962), Wandering: Notes and Sketches

[yaoxyao]

A throwback to a summer trip to Egypt, a year or two ago. Sometimes I miss the longer hair, but not in this heat!

[maureen2musings]

Strawberry Full Moon, Santa Rosa Beach

todayonthea

[life-spire]

[yaoxyao]

That was a tough loss, but I think Norway made a strong exit from the cup with that one.

Did anyone else lose money on that one like I did?

[yaoxyao]

Norway gets a goal! This is going great.

[yaoxyao]

All right. Norway and England, going head to head. Here we go!

[nature-hiking]

Sunrise over the mountains - Adlerweg, Tirol, Austria, October 2022

photo by: nature-hiking

Instagram: nature__hiking

[yaoxyao]

🧩 🦇 🌀🐾🩸

[ 🧩 ]ㅤ.ㅤwhat’s a truth about themselves they refuse to admit ?

At some point in the not-so-distant future, he's going to be too old to continue the career that has been his driving force for well over a third of his life. He's well aware that he's closing in on forty, but adamantly believes that he will be able to remain in the sport for at least another seven or eight years.

[ 🦇 ]ㅤ.ㅤwhat is a fear they never talk about ?

That people secretly find him annoying, or that he isn't interesting enough. His interests are very niche, and he can be very passionate about them. He is acutely aware that this can come off as being too much, and so he will sometimes adjust intensity accordingly so as not to drive people away.

[ 🌀 ]ㅤ.ㅤdo they have a recurring dream or nightmare ?

Not a recurring dream, per se, but a common theme for him is being out climbing somewhere and moving very, very slowly.

[ 🐾 ]ㅤ.ㅤdo animals like them instinctively ?

Generally, yes. He's a cat guy, so he can win them over pretty easily by scratching in the right place or being a willing pincushion. Dogs like him, too, but he doesn't know very many people who have dogs, so he does not encounter them as often.

[ 🩸 ]ㅤ.ㅤis there something or someone that, if lost, would break them?

If something were to happen and Yao could no longer be an athlete in any capacity, it would take him a very long time to come to terms with such a thing. It might not break him, but it would come close.