#... don't tell my landlord <_<

[uncanny-tranny]

I know this is a very unoriginal observation (much like any other), but I'm finally reading The Great Gatsby, and even I wouldn't describe men the way Nick does.

#queer #lgbt #lgbtq #i did watch the 2013 film for my ap english class though (i think they didn't have enough time left for us to actually read it) #like the way he described tom was very. superfluous in my opinion. something you want to tell the class NICK (joking) #i find myself really partial to the general writing styles of that time though #i haven't even gotten that far in the book either i'm just barely past the part where daisy is introduced #so nick is just waffling about his family history and how he rents for $80/month #which is relatable when you consider inflation. nick i hope you eat you landlord #i can see why people don't like this writing but i am endlessly fascinated by the prose #maybe i should just free myself from the impulse to hide behind layers of self-censorship and live like nick does #tbh tho i still prefer non-fiction and textbooks BUT fiction is valuable and is useful #fiction is like play - it lets you explore different possibilities and thought in a safe environment

[coockie8]

I'm gonna be real here I don't think it should be legal for a landlord to dictate what pets a tenant is allowed to have. I'm renting this place; I gave you a safety deposit, I will bring whatever I damn well please into my own damn living space!

#and don't come at me with ''well what if your pet chews up the walls or something?'' #that's what the safety deposit is for! #it's even worse though for like condos #'cause you *own* your condo you're not renting it (usually) #but some fucking piss baby landlord thinks they can tell me what colours I am and am not allowed to paint my walls with? #eat an entire dick like omg

[roublardise]

#honestly can't tell bc rn i wanna say FLAT like pls landlords and ladies stop ghosting me.... #but also. getting job rejection from pole emploi feels like pure shit. #i feel so judged by landlords and ladies it's like.... pls don't look at my money i feel naked but also i swear i have money.... idk........ #polls #.txt

[interactivestorytellingwithkalh]

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Chapter 2: Part 2

Passing the stairs, he noticed the door to the cupboard under them stood ajar. So that was why the house seemed so quiet. 

He nudged the door open with the tip of his slipper. A pile of cardboard boxes had been pushed further in under the stairs, revealing a staircase spiralling down into darkness. 

He tugged the covers more firmly around himself and descended.

The darkness only lasted some four or five turns, before Ravio’s night lights started appearing on the walls. The soft glow illuminated the stone walls and cast overlapping shadows on the central pillar around which the staircase wound.

Eventually it straightened out into a corridor. At the end waited a heavy iron door, locked with seven peculiar locks, none of which looked like a lock actually should. Legend wasn’t even sure there were proper keys to any of them.

He paused to disable one of Ravio’s more outlandish traps, then warily made his way around the rest until he reached the iron door. He knocked seven times, paused, then knocked another two. 

As he waited for the iron door to open, he shivered and shuffled his feet closer together. Down here it was cold, and the grey stone walls did nothing to help the matter. Maybe they should invest in tapestries. Would they be able to afford woollen ones?

The iron door groaned open. “You’re awake!” Ravio, with goggles pushed up on the top of his head and some sort of magic powder streaked across his chin, beamed at him. “How are you feeling?”

“Like a hedgehog. Don’t you have any heating down here?”

“Not worth the expense.” Ravio stepped aside and Legend scurried down the two steps into the warmly lit workshop. Tools, jars, notebooks, and small boxes with scrawled labels were scattered across the various tables. Elaborate paths had been carved between scattered scrolls and discarded magic items. Piles of overdue library books leaned dangerously. In one corner, an area had been cleared for a permanent teleportation circle. A large fireplace crackled merrily next to it. In the centre of the room, a gaggle of interns huddled around a ring suspended in mid-air. One of the interns was poking it with the tip of a pencil.

“Stop it.” 

The intern jumped back and hid the pencil in a pocket.

Ravio finished doing up the various locks on the iron door and approached the suspended ring. The interns scattered like magpies in a field. Legend trailed after Ravio. 

“My latest experiment!” Ravio plucked the ring out of the air and held it up for Legend’s inspection. 

Legend took it and turned it over in his hands. Silver threads wove around an opaque golden stone with shimmering diamonds set on either side, like small snow crystals. Along the inside, impossible to see, but barely noticeable when he ran his finger along it, was a finely engraved spell. “What does it do?”

“This —” Ravio folded his arms and, with a satisfied grin, leaned against the table — “is a Mirror Ring, or a Ring of Spell Turning.”

Legend felt his mouth drop open. “It’s not.”

“It is.”

“You made this?”

“I repaired it. Remember the peddler who came up along the coast with that co-worker of yours? At the docks?”

Legend nodded.

“I bought it of him for a joke of a price. It was a complete wreck, mind — the metal was bent out of shape and the spell had been scratched out in places. It took a lot of work to restore, and I don’t know if I’ll be able to replicate it, but —”

“Does it work?”

“Sorry?”

Legend ran his fingers across the stone and the diamonds. “Does it work?”

“That’s the prize-winning question, isn’t it? Want to do a trial run?”

“I’d kill to do one.”

“Fantastic! If it kills you, I’ll pay the funeral.”

“Deal.” Legend put it on. The metal warmed and tightened until it sat snugly around his index finger. 

A cacophony of silver bells started chimed from the iron door.

Ravio blinked. “Are you expecting guests?”

“Not that I know.”

“Let’s go see who’s knocking, then.” Ravio straightened and clapped his hands. The interns looked up from their various projects. “Shop’s closing for the night. Finish what you’re doing and make sure you tidy up — I don’t want any of my tables damaged, you hear me, Maple? Oak is expensive.”

One of the interns, a dark-haired girl with heavy shimmering eyeshadow and dark robes, rolled her eyes and started muttering a cantrip under her breath. Legend faintly recalled encountering her during a visit to Holodrum. Her grandmother ran a magic shop in the outskirts of Sunken City, if he remembered correctly. Perhaps Maple was training to inherit the shop.

“Right, let’s go.” Ravio shushed the silver bells, unlocked the iron door, and ushered Legend through.

Through the cold corridor, up the spiralling staircase, and out of the cupboard under the stairs. At the sight of the kitchen, Legend’s stomach rumbled.

“Go have something to eat —” Ravio grunted as he pushed the cardboard boxes back into place over the stairs — “I’ll get the door.” 

#linked universe #lu #writing #interactive story #ok why did no one tell me grabbing two races and mashing them together into one was this difficult #no we're not talking about the logistics of how it would even happen #also i want ravio's workshop #don't think my landlord would be happy if i installed a mini-dungeon under his house though

[greenskellyblob]

I am venting don't mind me UwU

That event I helped organize a week and a half ago now? I'm wrapping some things up, sending out the rewards, and three days ago a colleague and me agreed that she is dropping the last ones off later today. So, I went ahead and sent the info to the winners about pickup times! Starting from tomorrow morning!

Just now she sent me a message that she won't be able to bring the rewards today, and from reading between the lines I believe she decided to instead bring the gifts the organizers got so she and her friends can have a fun little time opening them. They see each other every day at college. She could have done that every day in the past week and a half, and she decided to change plans last minute and just ignore the winners today???

Like, lady??? What is in your head??? Just??? Aaaargh!!!??

#I made her bring them today anyways #I don't care anymore! #I kept doing things in other people's steads because they kept dropping the ball or being 'unable to make it cuz they're busy' and I'm done! #I've never met a group of people that wanted less to be here and work on things #and let me say it again #they all volunteered to do this! every single one of them!!! they said they have time #they chose what they want to handle/do #and then a week before the event three people abandoned the project because they were busy #(they did nothing for a month before) #and then two more just stopped doing their part of the job without telling anyone #and that job was the one all the rest of us were waiting on so we can do our bits #so I did that #then the other two girls had no time to do marketing materials #then this one that is being a fool today couldn't do her job and collect a part of the rewards so I did that #and I took over my friend's duties because two women from her job quit and she is covering their part while waiting for new trainees #also she is moving #because her landlord is tossing her out after he got greedy after breaking and renovating the apartment around her #so I have nothing against her taking a step back #but I'll start wringing necks to the rest of them soon! #jelly vents #vent #jelly angy #jelly more than angy rn

[tardis--dreams]

There's silverfish in this apartment so the only chance for my body to get some rest would be collapsing from exhaustion otherwise i will not sleep for a While

#how long does it take to get rid of them? #ages probably #and i have only one room (+ a tiny bathroom) so i cannot avoid them #they're in my bedroom therefore the bed isn't safe #god i hate it here #i had them in my first apartment too for a short time and i hoped to never experience this again #well #also the guy living here before me apparently has never cleaned the shower or the toilet in his lifetime #the shower is filthy and I've been cleaning it for 3 hours in total already #I'll have to scrub it everyday in order to get a chance to get rid of these years of dirt and limescale #(like scrub it for 30 minutes using cleaning supplies and all. not just clean it after showering like usually #which would have prevented this from happening in the first place if that guy had done this even just once a week) #also cannot fathom how my landlord accepted this bathroom to be left like this #there was literally still toilet paper in the toilet and there is dirt so bad i haven't gotten rid of it after scrubbing for hours #but yeah #the insects are the worst #i mean in korea i had actual bugs but there weren't as many and i think they couldn't climb the walls so i felt less #disgusted by my bed and everything i touch #(there was one in my bag and in the kitchen sink and in my blanket once and #I'm not exactly scared by them but actually disgusted #i guess this is what some people mean when they say they aren't scared of spiders but don't like them anyway #it's just gross and i don't want to see them) #and i will tell my landlord about it and ask if he can at least fix the bathroom silicom so maybe some of their hiding spots are gone #I'm just very tired of everything rn lol #still not using that extra time i have during the night to work for university so that's great #not getting anywhere #void screams

[heartshapedhackjob]

My maintenance guy told me that out of 130 something tenants I'm the one that most frequently calls him with problems.

[tittyinfinity]

when you're disabled, being financially abused by your parents never ends

#so you're telling me that you got 5k this week from claiming me on your taxes #while hounding me about how i haven't been contributing enough to bills & expenses (i was giving you what you asked for!) #and none of it will go to me because ''i owe it to you for living with you'' #despite the fact that 5k nearly covers the mortgage for the entire YEAR #DESPITE THE FACT THAT I COULD PAY OFF MY OWN LANDLORD AND MOVE OUT #btw i literally only let her claim me on her taxes bc she said she'd be giving it to me. and this is the third time she has done this. #promised me it wouldn't happen again. she used me. #she does this thing a lot #where she acts like she's helping people but only does it to hold it over their head #i told her i could have been paying her more for bills but she told me i didn't have to #and now she's complaining that i don't pay enough #i will literally tell her not to help me sometimes #bc she'll do it anyway and then later on you hear ''i did something nice for you so if you don't help me with a favor right now... #...I'll do everything I can to sabotage your life'' #so she literally only does it for personal gain #so that she can have an excuse to feel like she's better than all of her kids and that we're just stupid ungrateful assholes #all 3 of her kids could be telling her that her logic is wrong and she won't budge #another thing that happened recently is that she told me i needed to pay her back for a gift she bought me that got stolen #which is also something she does a lot. buys me things without asking and then telling me i have to pay her back for them #i had way more stuff stolen that i had personally bought #i didn't ask for that fucking keyboard sorry. I ALREADY HAD ONE. #and she's been going on about how ''she's the one who's ACTUALLY being affected'' #she is FULLY AWARE that the dude she lets over has stolen from us MULTIPLE times #but apparently it's my responsibility to pay her back for something out of my control #STOP BUYING ME SHIT AND TELLING ME I DON'T NEED TO PAY YOU MORE IF YOU'RE JUST GONNA HOLD IT OVER MY HEAD #IF I'M SUCH A BURDEN MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR ME TO LEAVE #.bdo

[hobbinch]

Oh btw a part on our water heater broke last night and since it'a a weekend the replacement won't arrive until Tuesday at the soonest

#what if i had a normal amount of trials #im like if heracles had a good marriage #my old man landlord was like Oh Gosh I Don't Know What To Do #but luckily I have in charge of the beasts at chipotle (grill and fridges and other large appliances) so i was many steps ahead by the time #i was telling the landlord

[sauriansolutions]

Speaking of zombies, this is Buu (Bulan). Buu is my idiot son. He is an emerald tree skink.

We have the same hair color, and probably like, at least five brain cells between the two of us. Maybe six.

Yes, he likes to bury himself at night, and then pop out of the soil in the morning to greet me, like the cutest lil undead horror.

Plus, he's one of those pets who knows exactly how cute he is, and manipulates me with it at every opportunity.

I cannot ever be angry at him. I mean, look at him. Look at his lil lizzo smile. Did I mention he loves to play? He loves to play even more than he loves to eat worms, and that's saying something.

#i probably shouldn't put normal tags on this like cute petz or w/e #would be a tragedy if someone started following me hoping for more lizard pictures but #instead it's all shitposts and weird kinks and a grown ass adult hollering incessantly about fictional anime boys #I'm totally going to randomly lizardblog on occasion though #my pets are a large part of my life and my identity #also i have some really weird ones i wanna show off to the void #hey void! wanna see my black widow collection? #i caught all of them in my kitchen with my bare hands #they're actually quite timid and won't bite if you don't scare them #... don't tell my landlord <_<

[kelasparmak]

everyone please cross your fingers for me, i just put in an offer on the only flat i've viewed in a month that didn't have anything egregiously wrong with it. if i get it you're all invited to my housewarming orgy.

#it's so fucking expensive it'll also be kind of a relief if i dont get it though #like i CAN afford it but it offends me that living alone in this city is so insanely expensive #i'm nearly 30! half my friends are parents! i don't want to share with strangers like i'm still in uni why is this so unachievable #and the landlord is knocking down the house i currently live in* so i do need to find somewhere soonish #*he also did not tell us this. we found out through a consultation for planning permission that was sent to a neighbour.

[trans-cuchulainn]

I'm in with a solid chance of getting a flat i viewed earlier this week and it's a lovely flat although the landlord's a bit odd but for some reason my gut reaction about it all is stress and idk whether to listen to that gut reaction. last time i ignored my instincts about a house it was awful, i got kicked out and it fucked me up for months. but also maybe i'm just stressed about everything right now and the idea of committing to anything is anxiety inducing??? like. idk man. i don't want to live somewhere that causes me stress but logically speaking i cannot see the problems with this place so they feel like purely irrational anxiety responses and i don't know whether to listen to them or not

(it might still not work out anyway)

#on paper the only actual disadvantage of this flat is that it's 4.1 miles from my work #which is further than my current flat (about 3.4 miles) #but there's a bus and i have an electric bike and i'm planning to quit my job anyway #so idk why i'm feeling nervous #i think i don't feel totally at ease around the landlord but. i just don't know him yet? #new people are hard and when you're performing for them to try and get a flat then of course you'll be on edge #hopefully i could keep our interactions professional anyway #i do think the possibility of Regular Landlord Interactions is one of the reasons i'm nervous #but he's nice. i just need to learn his sense of humour i think #bc right now I can't always tell what's a joke and what's a bizarre statement meant genuinely lol #i also think he's reading me as a girl and I'm not ready to correct him #which is another reason to fear Interactions #but. idk. I've been lonely a lot and being forced to talk to humans more would probably be good for me

[deadtower]

me after spending the past 12 hours or so in a blinding panic of anxiety like. hm. things are really gonna be okay, huh

#like. i have a job. my first shift is tomorrow (it's a stage shift but like i have the job it's already concrete) #(and i've staged there before so like i know how the place works) #yeah i don't have rent but my brother might be able to help me out #he's more willing to help me out than he is a lot of people #and he knows i'm really fucked financially this moth #*month #even if he can't — my landlord isn't allowed to start the eviction process til the 15th #she told me to tell her if i ever had an emergency and we can work smth out #(bc last year i was in the psych ward and she said that she understands and she's here for me) #not to mention my first paycheck will definitely be before then #i also have an interview tonight at 6 for what /looks/ like a manager position #the guy asked for my portfolio re: photography/graphic design/etc #so i may be getting like. a Social Media Manager type of job which would be SALARIED #even if not. this place pays their HOSTS what i was getting as an EVENT COORDINATOR #yeah finances still suck but they won't for long #this week is gonna let me know just how things are gonna go from here #and what i'll be able to afford #i just have to calm down and be like ok. this happened. what's my next steps #at the VERY worst my situation would be that i would have to move back in with my mom #which is not great but like i won't be homeless #just gotta take a deep breath and take one day at a time #i mean i keep reminding myself my best friend's roommate was 7 MONTHS LATE on rent #bc he kept buying... eurghghg [redacted] #and while im sure my landlord wouldnt let me go 7 MONTHS #the fact im this stressed about being on time with rent AND IT AINT EVEN JUNE 1 YET #like girl chill #ok. (does a bunch of deep breaths in succession) it's gonna be ok

[running-in-the-dark]

On days like today I really wish I still had a therapist. It would help so much to discuss what happened with a neutral outsider, someone who is a competent, apparently well adjusted person whose judgment I can trust. Like, I know we didn't do anything wrong, I even googled it to see if you have to ask your landlord before drilling holes in walls here (you don't). But it didn't help, I still feel like I did everything wrong and like I'm a horrible person. Knowing that's illogical doesn't help unless someone else that I trust confirms it and discusses the whole thing with me. Because my brain is stupid.

#like I think I really didn't gain many long term benefits from therapy #but having that opportunity to discuss issues as they happened absolutely helped a lot #now I can tell myself the things I know my therapist would have said... but that doesn't work because those thoughts come from my brain and #my brain cannot be trusted #ugh. #but it's fine or whatever #I'll feel better tomorrow I guess #until then I'll keep reminding myself that I could maybe have done some things a little better. but their behaviour was not appropriate and #the way they talked to us wasn't right #I can't control their behaviour or their reactions and I handled the situation the best I could #everyone was calm and friendly in the end and there don't seem to be any consequences #we'll adjust our behaviour and try to be even quieter (somehow) for a while so they know we respect their wishes or whatever #but in the end. landlords are scum and they're not our friends and tbh we don't owe them shit so like.. whatever. we'll be nice because we #like it here and we'd like to keep living here but they're not the amazing people that they think they are just for letting us pay them a #shit ton of money to live in this house. #okay rant over #personal

[dragons-and-yellow-roses]

I had to wake up early to get a physical and now I'm fucking exhausted, and I could sleep until I have to go to work tbh but instead I'm going to be a responsible person and be productive. I hate being an adult

#i need to go through and clean my whole apartment #and prepare to move #and preoare for my summer camp job #i have less than a month to do it all #i need to tell my landlord I'm leaving #i need to figure out what fits in my van and what i have to throw out/donate/sell #because movers are expensive so im just putting everything in my van and fuck everything else #im ginna show up at the local goodwill with half of my life to donate #i hope someone else will appreciate the shit that i cant appreciate anymore #most of my shit was free or cheap af so i don't care about the money really. but its gonna be interesting to start over #two of my things were from my apartment dumpster. from the dumpster they came and to the dumpster they will return #because theyre too big to ship or donate. its a desk and a huge mirror #im kind of sad about the desk because its really nice. i might try to take it apart and take it with me but im not sure yet #precedence goes to things i spent money on and need #oof. moving is hard. why do i always do it at the last minute??????? #okay bye love you

[allbuthuman]

every day i hate how non-assertive i am but i'm literally scared to do anything about it

#i can be opinionated when it comes to like. a theoretical discussion #but when it comes to actually standing my ground in social situations? nightmare #my flatmate asked me to tell our landlord about a problem that i don't even think exists #so i have two options #either text the landlord and ask for something that i don't eveb care about (scary option) #or be clear to my flatmate that i don't wanna do that and i don't think it's a problem (also scary option) #i mean this is a silly example obviously #but this is how i am with almost everyone unless 1) i know them extremely well or 2) i don't care about them at all