#and buy some supplements

[thundergrace]

I will just watch this on a loop and call it microdosing serotonin.

#nia long #melissa de sousa #regina hall #sanaa lathan #'come on nini' 🥺 #the best man #the best man 1999 #the best man holiday #the best man the final chapters #Black actresses #let me go drink some water #and buy some supplements #fuck looking this good in twenty years #i won't even have this much energy in twenty years at this rate

[hale-of-stiles-heart]

"You can't imagine going grocery shopping with Astarion" speak for your fucking self, that's one of the most fun things to imagine my Tav doing with him

#nothing against Gale but some diehard Gale fans get on my nerves. i know it was just a silly post but it was annoying #Astarion would be so much fun to grocery shop with. he exclusively puts wine in the cart and complains about all the walking #Tav has to add a bunch of red meat and iron supplements to their cart so she can keep him well fed #he encourages her to buy more fruits and veggies so she tastes better #they buy a lot of whipped cream but not for food #ignore me #baldur's gate 3 #Tav tag #Astarion

[noweverybodysdead]

I beg you to watch this it’s hysterical

#‘you could buy me some iron supplements’ ‘…or some gloves’ #her humour and his mixed SO WELL eifbdj I was dying #matty healy #the 1975 #bfiafl #151022 #2022 #THE ENDINGSDJDJDJF #Youtube

[confinesofmy]

hehehe my cousin wants me to come with her to the you pick to pick peas this summer. 😁 i'm so excited.

#need to start warming up my hips and knees for a bunch of squatting and standing #maybe i should buy kneepads... wouldn't be the only time i'd use them but more like the final straw.. #honest to god. i know it's back-breaking work and destroys your joints pretty quick like. but i love picking some produce. #i wanna say 'i was born to pick veggies!' or 'i could do it every day!' but these comments feel insensitive considering that #for me #it is a seasonal hobby that i get to participate in to supplement my already sufficient diet #i don't know for a fact that i would have a bad time as a subsistence farmer but. well. let's be real. #adam yaps

[chevvy-yates]

I gotta say, since I started drinking vitamin B12 (+ B6) vials and taking magnesum powder predominatly bc of the vacation to feel more fit as I always struggle with tiredness in the morning I now feel less tired and surprisingly more concentrated than in a whole while.

I guess I must have had a huge deficit before that. I also read the B6 can improve the attention. In fact I feel I have more concentration to do things such as writing and getting other stuff done from my to do list.

Next weeks will tell if it continues to stay or it is just because I had 2 weeks off from work. I would love that my current state stays though, as I feel better with it now.

#thoughts #I will look to buy some vegan omega-3 as well as ginseng and ginko extracts maybe #as I'm so picky about food and unable to eat the healthiest shit I definitely should take a few base supplements

[shirkers2018dirsanditan]

i don’t understand. you live together, why not just share groceries? or agree on some fraction of the grocery budget to be paid by each

i mean we mostly do. my mom buys groceries for the household with the household account she and my dad share. but if there is something in particular that i like or i use regularly, i buy it. which is fine, but then i'm not the only one who eats the stuff i get, except for the oat milk and sparkling water and kombucha. and generally all this is fine but groceries are expensive and last week i had so many expenses that needed paying so my poor account is battered. so its just been overwhelming........and then there's the fact that i can't ask them for help on this front or with my student loan payments but they still pay for my sister's rent and utilities and my dad fills the apple cash so she has money for groceries or eating out or what have you, but she also has a job. that pays more than mine (but she lives in NYC). and when she's home, my mom gladly buys things for her. and so when i get particular down its hard not to seethe about this 🫠 and it's not really fair because she only graduated this year

#i supplement with my own groceries because my mom doesnt really buy enough vegetables or fruit (IMO) and also other things to eat #that are nourishing but don't require actual cooking #and i have some unique tastes compared to my parents #now when i graduated i was at home because of the panny #and i had to use my unemployment checks to buy my own shit but you know #not the same ig because i was at home and it was the pandemic #and i had income and my sister (while she was still at home during lockdown) did not #it’s all still frustrating though #because it’s really because my parents do not like me very much #boo hoo #anon

[the-busy-ghost]

Um Duolingo, what the hell is this:

As if it wasn't bad enough that the new pathway removed a bunch of my progress (AND takes ages to move onto the next topic so I'm not improving), and that they removed the wordlist so I can no longer keep on top of vocabulary, now I have no idea whether I'm meeting my own daily target or not?S

#Yet more nonsense #PLEASE stop messing with it PLEASE #Stop gamifying it! I do not need to be give little quests and combo bonus and god knows what else #I just want you to provide some basic translation sentences is that so fucking hard #It's harder to supplement with other forms of learning as well #How am I supposed to improve when your stupid pathway has been teaching me the same 4 words & grammar lesson for two months #How am I supposed to practise and learn new vocabulary when a) there isn't a list any more #And b) there's barely enoug new content each day to make it worthwhile #I don't want to play linguistic candy crush I want to learn a language #I don't want little trophies and the opportunity to buy more gems or whatever #Also why are there almost no translation exercises any more- proper ones? #I keep getting given a word bank to choose from with very few options to type out my own instead #It makes it way too easy and I'm not learning anythin just clicking on the words available

[beansnpeets]

Anyone have suggestions on how to comfort/help a dog with a UTI until I can get her to the vet? I'll call them first thing Monday morning, but until then (and who knows how soon they can even get us in) I'd like to know if there is ANYTHING I can do for her.

#barkin up some trees #i did buy some human cranberry supplements but idk if i feel too comfy giving her that #it was all i could find today #ugh #please please dont let this be a major problem for her throughout her life #i fucking cant

[rohirric-hunter]

I see a lot of people, in response to complaints about rent prices, say something along these lines, with varying levels of snideness: “If you aren’t willing to pay the rent the owner has set, then you don’t get to use the property.”

What they never seem to acknowledge is the equal corollary to that: If you aren’t willing to set your rent at a price people are willing to pay, then you don’t get to rent the property. And a lot of landowners don’t seem to understand that: the number of buildings (especially retail space) that I see sitting empty because no one will pay the rent the owner has set and the owner refused to lower it is, quite frankly, astounding.

(There used to be a Barnes & Noble in my town, but the owner of the strip mall raised their prices and Barnes & Noble wasn’t willing to pay, so they packed up and left. The space has sat empty since then, meaning nobody else has been willing to pay either. Out of curiosity I looked it up once and the price of space in that strip mall is almost three times the going rate anywhere else in town. There’s only one store in it, and it’s dying. I don’t understand the logic that leads the owners of property to opt for getting no money and letting their property sit empty for years and years instead of getting some money. But I do think they should get slapped with a fine for letting their abandoned ass building make the city look like shit.)

#they must be getting some kind of government benefit meant to supplement income while theyre looking for renters or something #otherwise i just cant imagine anyone letting it go to waste like that #they wont sell it either people have offered to outright buy it #and let me emphasize again that they are making NO MONEY from renting this space #and havent for over ten years now #arent they being taxed on this property?????? wouldnt any income at all justify itself on account of going towards property tax???? #make it make sense

[eatyourdamnpears]

my elder cat, who now exclusively eats wet food, is begging me for food at midnight. midnight! like, ma’am, it is not my fault you only want to eat the Sheba packets, which are 41 calories each

#I gave her some treats to tide her over but like #she’s fine (I think) #she’s had at least three (probably four?) meals today some with her high calorie gel #not sure how much she likes it but if I mix it in good sometimes she’s just too hungry to notice #I really need to get her onto a higher calorie wet food (she needs like 180 a day and she’s not super getting that diet-wise) #I have toppers and supplements I’m planning on adding to her food for extra calories and nutritional gaps #I just genuinely cannot afford to buy her two boxes of 48 packets a month because it’s all she eats #and it has to be fed at least 3-4 times a day and that’s the bare minimum

[notdeadjack]

I had surgery to remove one of my wiser teeth yesterday and now I look like half a hamster and cannot comfortably eat solid food

I have apples tho so I'm gonna be my own parent and feed the baby (me) some home made apple sauce

#should probably also go buy some meal supplement shakes and a smoothie or something #but my jaw hurts and looks like I stole it from a chad #ugh #I'll go later like a responsible adult #is this why people have relationships? #so that they don't have to go buy their own baby meals when under the weather?

[andragoras-in-vanity]

so, if i tried to make little things to selle like scrunchies or soemthing (cause theyre easy and i have a lot of scrap fabric) would anybody buy them? simple clothing of some sort?

i really need help if anyone has any ideas, ive been unemployed since basically October and ODSP fucked me, i cant work but i cant get help from the government either because i cant take medication to 'prove' i should be on disability, but i really really need money

#im going to learn how to alter clothes but im in no shape right now to go in and learn #and im really kinda desperate at this point #i need fabric to make some summer clothes and its super costly #i need to make a fall coat before fall comes and i need to pick up soap and dish soap and medicated body wash #and groceries #my health is suffering because i cant eat much but i can eat what i bake but butter is seven bucks a pop so i cant bake #nor do i have a proper oven to bake bread #i need vitamin water cause i dont remember to take vitamins and supplements and what i do remember tastes like roadkill #and dont even ask me how much those cost #and all i actually want is to leave this province which my gramas having surgery on her leg so now my family wont be able to travel this #summer even though my mums be telling me for 5 years wed go to the coast for my birthday and we never do and im not able to go on my own #and i had been all set for tattoos before the pandemic and now i cant afford any of them and i dont think i can convince my old man to pay #for them cause he thinks im just lazy but i just wanna be pretty and everything i do backfires and ends up worse including my hair #and a piercing I've had for ten years #everything sucks and if the plan i have to get me to the coast happens i meed to pray the bank will give me a massive loan so i can #buy a place with three units so the rent would cover me because as i am now i dont know how to make any money #unless im able to get disability out there #and on top of that i finally have reached the point i need a cane and im so ashamed of this stupid body #that no one has ever loved and i dont have money enough to paint it or make it look fancy if i have to use it #i can barely walk i felt better today then made it three steps ar the store before i almost fell down again #i dont know what to do and i need advice on how to make some money when i cant do much and rn i just want to be outside anyway #all of this would be so much less stress if i just had my person but hes not here and i dont know how to meet him #and im so afraid i never will i dont want to pass another fucking year alone and untouched and not knowing what its like to be wantwd #and the more time passes the less my own family wants me and the worse my health gets amd no one cares #and i just want my person cause i know he always would and i dont know what to do but ache for him #and be afraid ill always be trapped in this shitty boring lonely life #but at least i meed money of nothing else to prevent running out before top surger and not affording it and also to get tattoos #im so tired and scared and no one ever knows how to help if they even want to #someone just see me and save me already #i dont want to be doted on or paid for i just want someone to see me and ask me to run away with them

[wait-its-carol-anderson]

Happy birthday 🎉🎉 I'm not late by choice, I'm late because I panicked that you wouldn't like the gift I got you. I was so anxious that I got sick and passed out.

You're amazing! Happy birthday! I hope you like the assortment of sweets, plushies, and other items one would not reasonably buy.

I forgot to respond to this earlier but thanks Kierce

#Also dont literally make yourself sick over a gift #like its not that serious #it just sets the tone for your next gift #which by the looks of it will be Nice™️ #maybe go buy some iron supplements too #you shouldn't just be passing out like that #carol anderson #kierce sherman #belated birthday

[voulezloux]

i made myself mad by breaking down the take home pay of my current hourly to that of what mcdonald’s is offering their managers hourly (at the high end of the scale) and i make $11 over half of their take home over 2 weeks 🫶🏻

been doing hair 6 years, been with my current job for over 3, and i have only struggled to keep my head above water with small pockets of stability

#o posts #they make us depend on tips to supplement our income #which only fucks us over when we go to buy a house or car #it nearly fucked me over when i tried getting the car i had before my current one #bc they couldn’t prove my income based on my pay stubs #luckily we had tip cards that i took the money from and deposited it in my bank #bc if it hadn’t been for that #i wouldn’t have been able to get my car at all #it’s so fucking ridiculous that i’m depending on strangers for my income #because some people won’t tip you at all or if they do it’s $1-2 #they don’t fucking care and i want to leave so fucking bad but i’m fucking stuck

[hobisexually]

long winded rant in the tags coming that’s partly about weight but in a very unfiltered sad way so if that triggers you do Not read on

#on holiday I was like oHHHHH this is what living in the moment is! What listening to your body is! what not worrying about how you look is #but doing what makes you happy #and then …… I came home and got sent the pictures #+ my friend being. unintentionally fatphobic as fuck #while hurtful as fuck too #and it’s all just been piling up too since I got home because I’ve been having a lot of conversations and seeing a lot of people that #confront me with who I used to be and who I am now and how I’m really not happy with that #and it feels like it’s not gonna get better #like I’m destined to be in a job I like but isn’t what I want because I’m not capable enough and I’ll never know what romantic requited love #feels like. I’ll never cure my vaginismus I’ll never be able to let someone in or they won’t want me this is just it for me #and SOMEHOW the way I look has become the ultimate culmination of all those things? #my face is suddenly a woman in her thirties face #I keep gaining weight despite not even eating all that much because FUCKING PCOS makes it impossible #my hair in my face grew back. my stomach is hairy and that plus the added beer belly just makes it look like I’m a 50 year old man #I am soooooooo tired of the dysphoria #and the way pcos ruins fucking everything because I can restrict calories all I want and move all I want but will it help ? No ! #and of the fact that it impacts the way I feel about myself so much because I’m convinced now I’ll never find anyone #should have tried harder when I was 21 because that was the only time in my life I reasonably fit society’s standards like That was my shot #I’ve been taking supplements everyone says will help but I’m not sure I noticed anything in the past six months and I can’t take berberine #because it fucks with my heart medication. which. That too. I have that too #and I’m in pain! All the time now! ALL THE TIME so I can’t even work out to keep the weight stable because guess what ? #just after a normal day at the office I come home and have to lie down because everhthing hurts so much ! #today I got an impromptu massage in an attempt to feel better but it didn’t fix shit and I had to buy clothes for kings day after #and I didn’t try them on just quickly grabbed some orange shit to try on at home and at what I saw in the mirror I genuinely got nauseous #I just don’t know who that is in the mirror but it’s not me and I can’t accept it. I’ve been trying so hard but I can’t #it genuinely makes me so sad and I keep telling myself that a reduction will help in feeling more like myself and it will help with the pain #but what if it doesn’t? what if my pain doesn’t go away after af all and my stomach just juts out and I feel like a gremlin all the time #what then. what the fuck do we do then. also I’m so fucking scared of that surgery anyway that I don’t fucking want to do it anymore #I want so many things and all of them feel out of reach and I know my own brain is my worst enemy and it’s not rooted in anything real but. #Isn’t it? really — isn’t it???????

[thebibliosphere]

I've had a couple of messages over the last few days from folks saying things like, "Sorry, I can only afford to get your book through the library," and I need you to know I am gripping you by the shoulders, I am shaking you gently, and I am begging you stop apologizing for using library services.

After Amazon and Payhip, the quarterly checks I get from Overdrive/Libby are my biggest and most reliable source of income.

My readers have been nothing but feral in their quest to get Hunger Pangs into as many libraries as possible, and while library lending pays an exceptionally modest amount, if enough people do it (which many of you evidently are), those pennies add up.

I am guaranteed at least $20 a month in library lending royalties. That might not sound like much to some folks, but to me, that's my b12 supplements covered for the month. That's the thing I need to keep me alive paid for.

I will never resent anyone who uses libraries instead of buying books.

I'm a disabled author who lives month to month at the mercy of my medical expenses. Even though I have incredibly generous patrons and supporters, I know what it's like to not be able to afford things.

Use the library. Please.

Use it guilt-free. You're helping the library and the authors, probably more than you realize.

And if you're in the US and haven't signed up for a @queerliblib free library card yet, you should! it doesn't matter what state you're in, the Queer Liberation Library offers free access to their catalogue of queer media across the US.

And if you've got the means, maybe help them out with a little donation. They're only able to expand their collection via the support of their patrons, and the work they're doing is hugely important.

#author stuff #support your local library