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A Little Bit WEIRD

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Reblogged fshfish

"save me, substance abuse!" i cry. before you can moralize to me about the dangers of addiction, a noble and powerful steed gallops into the room - my horse whom i have named "substance abuse". you learn an important lesson about making assumptions. i snort a line off its back

grocery store mission barely accomplished took massive damage to the hull and all internal systems. shield repair could take days

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Reblogged glove23

I don't want my cellphone to have AI I want it to have 3 days of battery time. I don't want my computer to have AI preinstalled I want it to have seven usb ports and high ram at affordable price. I don't want my games to have AI built levels I want them to be so optimized I could run them on a nokia.

you're allowed to say "sex" on the internet. See? I just did it. Sex. Sex sex sex. You don't have to say s*x or smex or Adult Fun Times or s3x or "spice" any other variation of self-censorship on tumblr dot com you can just spell out the word SEX i am going to scream until the heat death of the universe

wish list for people who don’t want anything

aka possessions which are just possessions, but which have noticeably improved my quality of life: for when people ask you “what do you want for your birthday/Christmas/graduation” and you instantly transform into St Francis and pledge fealty to Lady Poverty because your mind went blank

  • nice. new. sheets. I cannot emphasize this one enough. if you’re still using the same sheets you had in college, you should probably get new ones. get yourself some 100% bamboo rayon sheets—they’re silky and perfect for summer and great for sensitive skin! or, if you’re cold all the time, flannel sheets!
  • kitchen knives. or even just one really good kitchen knife.
  • new curtains—blackout if you are a creature of the night like I am
  • fleece lined anything, but especially sweatpants and hoodies. wool lined socks are also good. if you don’t have the option of coming home after work and putting on an entire outfit that is loose and fuzzy, you should change that, because you deserve that option.
  • cookie sheets with a layer of air between the top and the bottom. the bottoms of your cookies will never burn again.
  • kitchen scale!!! no more leveling off flour with a knife and getting it all over the table!! now all your measuring is just shoveling stuff in and out of bowls like you’re at the beach. baking is both more accurate and also way more fun.
  • coffee bean grinder. if you want to upgrade your coffee experience, this is a great one-time purchase. just-ground beans have a much better flavor than pre-ground.
  • CDs!! ask for a gift card and expand your physical music collection! or a collection of the DVDs for your favorite show!

A few more things!

Good luggage. Whether it’s a suitcase or a duffel bag or even just packing cubes, it’s all helpful!

Good art. If it’s someone you trust, you can ask them to surprise you with a piece they like, otherwise you can have a few back up suggestions of ideas (I saw a framed piece of just the hands from Michaelangelo’s The Creation of Man and have not forgot about it since)

Good good pillows or fluffy blankets to go along with those nice new sheets from above

Office supplies. Pens, markers, sharpies. All the sharpies.

Coffee travel mugs (can one have too many?). If they say they still want more ideas, also ask for a bag of their favorite beans/tea

Look around your house, what do you have that is still from college? Ask for a better one of those.

And for the future planning, especially if you’re me and forget things: make a document of “things I’d like but don’t want to buy for myself frivolously” and then select items from that for a wishlist.

Some other suggestions along these lines:

  • Nice hand soap/ candles/ detergent - Make sure to clarify if there’s any smells you really do/ don’t want
  • Nice towels - The ones you want are called ‘bath sheets’, they’re extra large
  • Small table lamps/ indirect lighting - It is truly incredible how much using a few smaller lights vs The Fluorescent Sun That Lives On The Ceiling to light rooms improves existing in that room
  • Kitchen canisters- Make sure you ask for ones with seals! These both improve the lifespan of your flour/sugar/what-have-you and are much more convenient than digging into the flour bag only to find it has torn at the back and turned your counter into the Swiss Alps

If you have a favorite local restaurant, or independent bookstore/small business, ask for giftcards! I have asked for and received giftcards to my favorite local pizza place and my local comic book shop for birthdays and Christmas many times and I love that because I get to support a small business and pick something out for myself later.

If you want to be eco-friendly, go for linen sheets instead of bamboo rayon (better production process). Linen gets softer every time you wash it! It’s sooooo nice!

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Thank you to everyone who submitted theme ideas! Your contributions have helped us finalize the themes for SoulxMaka Week 2023! This year, we opted to use a random generator instead of traditional voting.

Here’s the lineup:

Sunday, June 1st - Saints Monday, June 2nd - Trouble Tuesday, June 3rd - Charm Wednesday, June 4th - Rescue Thursday, June 5th - Bite Friday, June 6th - Sunder Saturday, June 7th - free day

As in previous years, you are encouraged to create anything for SoulxMaka Week, provided it aligns with the given themes. While we request that you adhere to each day's theme, you are free to share creations for earlier days as well.

You can express your creativity through various forms of art, such as fanmixes, illustrations, GIFs or photo collections, interpretive crafts (like knitting or jewelry), AMVs, fanfiction, or any other ideas that inspire you. As long as your work relates to the SoulxMaka Week themes and focuses on SoMa, it is welcome! However, we kindly ask that you refrain from stealing or reposting others' work. Instead, please reblog content that isn’t yours instead of reposting, as it’s important to honor the efforts of fellow creators.

If you decide to participate, please tag your posts with “SoulxMaka,” “SoMaWeek2025,” “SoulxMakaweek,” or mention us (@soulxmakaweek) so we can easily find and reblog your creations on this blog!

That’s all for now! In the meantime, please help us spread the word by reblogging and sharing this post with your friends. Enjoy preparing for the event!

With love, the mods

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