#i don't iron my clothes

[a2zillustration]

I'm stupid.

I'm stupid and it made all these cutscenes awkward I'm so sorry Wyll.

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#in my haste to strip him down in combat I forgot I could toggle camp clothes don't @ me #the iron throne was so fun and so STRESSFUL #I did have to save scum bc I couldn't find Omeluum at first (he was lying in the water instead of on the chair lmao) #so Gale went that way #and Gale did not have knock. Or any sleight of hand experience. #7 rolls with tools and inspo and 0 nat 20s so we reloaded and did a new plan #bg3 #baldur's gate 3 #bg3 spoilers #act III spoilers #iron throne #croissant adventures #tav #wyll #lae'zel #gale #duke ravengard #breadweave #comics

[cookinguptales]

just saw this tweet over on twitter

and my academic-with-a-special-interest-in-charms-placed-in-household-liminal-spaces ass is over here like

Wreaths, bunches of flowers, charms, souvenirs of special significance, religious items, etc. On the door, beside the door, placed above the door, buried beneath the threshold... Even in your yard leading up to your house. Anything, really.

If you put something that you associate with some kind of religious/cultural/family tradition or protective significance at a point of entrance/exit to your home, my nerdy ass would love to know about it.

Is it year-round? Seasonal? Something only associated with specific events or holiday? Where did you pick this tradition up?

And yes -- please, please tell me all about it in the tags. I'm so fucking nosy.

#img desc in alt #not me annoying all of my neighbors about chimaki when I was going to school in Japan #don't make me explain the anthropological concept of liminality again bc I will do it and that's a threat #for me personally I keep seasonal wreaths on the door #dried herbs/flowers on the inside of the door #small ojizosama on the stairs #tomato on shelf made of old clothes and filled with dried plants from my garden that I made when I moved #this is less a belief system for me as it is just a collection of traditions I liked and adopted in my home #it doesn't have to be serious I just wanna hear about it #poll #also I have a little iron frog that I was given as a housewarming gift that lives on my windowsill #he protects the house from danger and I provide him with seasonal hats so #symbiotic relationship

[tj-crochets]

So I've discovered quilt jackets are a thing (thank you @anotherdayforchaosfay) and I am making a list of the ones I want to make so I can remember them later: - absolutely ridiculous scrap jacket - staggered rainbow and black jacket, like that baby quilt top I made recently, with the rainbow on the back of the jacket - shades of one color basic patchwork jacket, probably purple but possibly green - rainbow gradient jacket - plaid flannels! just all the plaid flannels. all of them - stained glass jacket? Idk about that one but maybe

#tj quilts some jackets #will be my tag for this (if I remember) #the absolutely ridiculous scrap jacket may or may not be scrap triangles #I don't necessarily want to KEEP all of these jackets #there's only so many coats one person needs #thankfully with my immediate family + their spouses we run an almost overlapping range of clothing sizes #where pretty much anything I try to make myself #if I don't quite get the sizing right it will fit at least one of them #oh this will be a good thing for the fabric my sister got me!! #she got me some fabric from the other side of the world while she was there #and I think I'll put it in my jacket I make myself #...once I've ironed out any issues in the pattern and gotten the sizing exactly how I want it and figured out my ideal coat pattern

[running-in-the-dark]

I think I mentioned that I was looking into getting a better sewing machine? well, it arrived today 🙈 that happened much faster than planned. I found the model I was looking at at a (relatively) local sewing machine store, for 30% off because it had been in the shop window, so the plastic has yellowed.

I wasn't sure how I felt about that (the website only said it was a floor model or something similar, then someone from the store called and told me the specifics and asked if that was still okay), but honestly? I never ever would have paid the full price, it was just too much, I couldn't justify that. but this reduced price was only a little more than the ones I had been looking at before (that were not great quality and probably wouldn't last very long).

I am very particular about things like this but I'm trying to make myself accept that it really is not that bad. it actually looks kinda cool. I just have to get my brain to accept that it's not a flaw, it's just a completely superficial and insignificant thing that doesn't affect its function at all. it's good that this machine that works perfectly won't end up in a landfill just because it doesn't look brand new.

I only got to try it a little bit today because I wasn't feeling well but damn, the difference to my old machine is huge!! it's so much more fun and easy to use - I love having the needle threader and that it can automatically cut the yarn when you're done. and with the start/stop button it's actually really fun to wind bobbins!! I always hated that on my old machine.

I skimmed through the manual earlier (and put page markers in it so that I can easily find anything later) - it did seem somewhat overwhelming at first. I've never used or even seen (irl) a computerised sewing machine, so of course it did! but it already felt much more familiar after just using it a little bit today. I love it 🥰

(also, I think the fact that it doesn't look perfect and brand new actually helps - I'm not afraid to use it in case I 'ruin' it!)

#I really hope I'll use it a lot #I didn't use my old one much because it was just such a hassle. #mainly little things that didn't work right #and something as simple as the way you have to thread it not being labeled clearly on the machine itself #I've got memory issues and found that very annoying (and in the end I drew the instructions on with sharpie because it got so frustrating) #I've also bought a.. probably stupid amount of little sewing things that I've wanted for years. #and an iron (got the old one second hand for 5€ and it will not stop dripping). and a set of thread (I only had thread that was old and/or #really bad quality. I can only get about 5 colours locally AND it's pretty expensive. so a set made sense... 😬) #it's the same thing every time. I get (more) into a hobby. I buy every fucking thing. I do it all day every day until it stops being the #most interesting thing on earth. and then I pick it up again like once a year but always feel guilty for not doing it enough #annnnyway #I'm very excited about all of it right now #I'm hoping it'll last a while #I mean. I've been interested in sewing for over a decade. I just never had enough money to really get into it the way I'd like #so. I don't think it'll ever completely go away at least #I've bought a bunch of vintage sewing patterns on ebay and I'm really excited to try them #I'm thinking I'll do some baby clothes first - I don't know any babies at the moment but baby clothes are small and also very adorable #so even if I mess up they'd still look cute 😂 #and I wouldn't have wasted too much fabric haha #personal

[thistransient]

- In addition to complaining about it, occasionally I do attempt to improve my lot in life: beyond the new bicycling endeavour, I have also finally extricated myself from my Chinese tutoring (under the guise of it being temporary, but really I think the relationship has run its course), and continued going to the “rope jam” evening I tried out last month. It was very rewarding the second time, persistence pays off! However, it came to light that the host also organises a monthly artist networking night, which at first I felt unqualified for when I looked at the sign-up form (I’m not a professional by any means), but was encouraged to go regardless. Sure. Okay. But one is recommended to hand out business cards? Dress smart casual? Have some sort of established social media? I only made an IG account a few months ago, with the sole purpose of looking at plastic surgeon results (I do NOT need another app to scroll endlessly on). I have nothing resembling a brand name, I do have a lot of imposter feelings because I never went to art school (backstory: my mother is a professional artist so I grew up around it, and was on the verge of applying for an art program for uni, but ended up getting a scholarship from a different place for foreign languages and settled for that instead). I am gonna do this though, and see what comes of it. I’ve had the vague intent for years and years to round up all my projects and make some kind of proper portfolio, maybe I’ll be motivated to follow through at long last?

-  I’ve decided I am really truly done with taking language class just to stay in the country. I am going to leave and come back on a visa-free entry, and optimally find a job within 90 days, but if it takes longer than that, so be it. The destination is...*drumroll*...

Seoul. No I did not see that coming either. With Japan being ruled out on account of flight prices, and my Chinese visa being invalidated, I decided it was down to Bangkok or Manila (and possibly Palawan, as a friend from my Australia days is there visiting family). However, Bangkok simply did not spark joy, and all of the cheapest flights from Manila were red-eye (I refuse to do the sleep deprivation hangovers anymore). At some point it dawned on me that separate budget airlines to and from Incheon could be an option. My adventure/ordeal in Korea is the whole reason for the founding of this blog, and it’s been ten years since I left (without cancelling my phone plan, hopefully that doesn’t cause issues but I have a new passport now anyways). I feel it’s only fitting to return for some closure (emotionally, not of the phone plan), and experience everything anew as my current self (vs. severely depressed while working for a tyrannical hagwon boss). I was a little miffed to discover the government has implemented an “Electronic Travel Authorisation” that one must apply for to enter- it’s not a visa, and yet there’s a fee, but it’s good for two years? Whatever.

I was going to lament my dilemma of whether to keep my current guesthouse booking or try to find something cheaper on Airbnb, but in writing about it I’ve convinced myself it’s better to stick with the guesthouse- I’m not keen by any means on staying in hostel dorms at this point in my life, but I’d still like some measure of socialising, and it’s in a nice location near Gyeongbokgung Palace. I just want to wander around slowly taking blatantly touristy photos of things, and eat some good food!

#hopefully i don't freeze to death with my sub-tropically attuned body #i did post some art on my IG but my friend was like you need to tag this so people can find it #and i was like excuse me no i don't want to be found #the mortifying ordeal of being known and all that #ironically i really like being photographed but idk how to get into weird modeling #like for strange art projects not necessarily clothes #maybe something to write on my wall space of Things to Manifest

[dudefrommywesterns]

i'd love to get up just a bit earlier to make rick breakfast and coffee then prepare us both a little lunch if we're working so we can take it with us

#and maybe he's reading the paper or rubbing the sleep out of his eyes #and the whole house smells like toast and freshly made coffee #and if I'm just at home writing I'll adjust his tie at the door #or if i have an appointment with the publisher he'll look me over #or if we both have places to go we look each other over #then we kiss and we leave #I'll admit it. i kinda like a little bit of vintage domesticity. #not *all* of it obviously #but I wouldn't mind being a cute spouse who's usually at home #i like being home tbh #i just don't like feeling i *have* to be there or that it's my place. which is the part about the aforementioned domesticity i don't like #and i wouldn't mind ironing his clothes or doing the laundry or anything like that #as long as he appreciates it #(and wants me to do that) #and when i come home first or was at home writing (if i have time) i can make him a nice dinner we can eat together when he comes home #and maybe he calls out as he comes through the door #and i meet him there with a kiss #and he looks so pretty loosening his tie and relaxing #and we just unwind together #and we talk about our days or the news or life or whatever comes to mind #and it's all very loving and tranquil #♡ give me a chance. i might grow on you — ⌜ rick todd ⌟ #typewriter dings

[thatrandombystander]

Just tallied up the total costs of all materials and equipment used in for my TriStamp Vash cosplay 😬😬😬 You guys get one guess each

Fortunately since I'm a slow crafter and it was made across six months, the actual spend per month cost isn't too bad. Some stuff like equipment, the wig cap, some materials can also be re-used across projects, so that's also good.

...Not that I'm particularly planning on being cost effective for the next project. Do you think big mechanical wings are going to be CHEAP to make? Dream on. My slow crafting will once again save my wallet in spreading out the costs :)

#the thing about me. is i am both stingy in some ways. and impulsive on bigger purchases in other ways. #eg 90% of my clothes is from second hand charity stores and i very rarely buy food while out and about #really only if i'm out at an event or with friends. #otherwise I just resist until i get home for the ultimately cheaper option of Food At Home. #like the days I forget to bring lunch to work and just sustain myself on the meagre offerings of biscuits and fruit available in the kitche #instead of buying from the many nearby options #and i refuse to replace electronics until they are BROKEN for real #shout out to my 5 year old phone that's got terrible battery life now #and my... 8? 8 year old headphones. babey when those break I will be upset. #BUT THEN IN OTHER WAYS????? #all my anime figurine purchases????? the expensive bedside table I got earlier this year???? #some of my cosplay materials?????? why did i buy kinda expensive iron-on patches for the jacket without hesitation.... #don't worry about it. i'm still good at saving money at least. very strict in setting a portion of my income aside #yes i am very lucky to be able to do that. i will continue to live with my beloved mother until uhhh the Australian housing/rental crisis #and cost of living crises improves. if that ever happens. or the situation otherwise changes i suppose. #anyway. cheers for reading my effusive ramblings in my tags. tumblr is my diary and I'm subjecting you to it. #ramblings of a bystander #a bystander makes cosplay

[saviourkingslut]

so as long as i can remember my dad has always done the laundry at my parents' place and he's really precise abt it - consistently separates colours from whites, washes sports clothing separately, irons everything except bras and socks, including bed linens and towels, and so on and so forth. personally? i iron my (dress) shirts/blouses and trousers of any kind (sorry dad). but since the average laundry post on here implies no one's doing any ironing whatsoever, just folding, im interested to see:

#im curious abt this bc i grew up with the idea that clothes should simply be ironed bc my dad has strong opinions on it #alfred pennyworth-like levels of doing laundry #this is not meant to be a derogatory post @ people who don't do any ironing like you do you. i just want to see #curry rambles

[roombagreyjoy]

Phoenix ironing a shirt for date night slowly chanting to himself "it doesn't have to be perfect it just has to look fine it doesn't have to be perfect it just has to look fine" and Edgeworth shows up behind him out of nowhere and mutters in the deepest of voices "if you so much as leave the slightest crease on that shirt so help me God I will smite you faster than you can yell Objection"

#conversations i have with my roommate as ace attorney quotes #but date night is an audition and objection is a cry for help. that's it if you change those two words that was the exact conversation #so he irons his clothes often and i do it like... once a month. or whenever my clothes are too wrinkled to be worn outside without feeling #a modicum of self awareness #anyway. tagging this. i don't care. have fun go wild idk #ace attorney #mine #the edgeworth profile picture is so accurate and it becomes more and more so everyday. bless him i love him

[caulo]

i didn't want to derail the subject in my tag essay on that post about diabetes, but that conversation didn't come up because i was commenting on my grandparents' eating habits. it came up because my grandmother was 'warning' me for the umpteenth time that my eating habits lately are 'fattening'.

#annoying high pitch ringing in your ears #i have a history of malnutrition and anemia to the point that i have nearly died more than once #my ADHD medication has allowed me to put emphasis on eating at least once a day #with some priority on hitting the major food groups/nutrients i've struggled with in the past like b12 and iron #so yes i rather hope i have gained weight. #i think it is /strictly/ a good thing that the clothes i wore in highschool ( or while hospitalized at under 80 lbs ) #don't fit me anymore #but my grandmother has always been like this as long as i can remember #'you can eat like this now because you're young but one day you will look like me' #it is hard to be upset at her for unintentionally encouraging me to starve myself #when society's views on fatness and aging instilled so much self-hatred in her that she sees her own body as a threat #she just straight up doesn't believe me when i say i think she's beautiful or that i'm not afraid of aging like her

[yohankang]

how am i supposed to pack for 5 days and choose my outfits in advance when the weather is so unpredictable!!! it's supposed to be 23°-27° but with occasional storms so... what shoes do i pack.... how many pairs is too much.... it gets colder when it rains so should i take a jacket too... i don't want to pack too much but i'm 🤷‍♀️ at this point

#i am not one of those people who say they have nothing to wear when they got a full closet #i look at my clothes and i am overwhelmed. there's too many options #i don't want my bestie to think i'm mental bc i packed 10 shirts and 6 pairs of shoes <3 taking my travel iron with me is enough #i need to decide what i'm taking with me now while i still have the time to do laundry #watch me run around on thursday searching for my favorite shirt that's nowhere to find #k.txt

[running-in-the-dark]

I just ironed a bunch of cigar boxes 😅

I bought them to build storage for my fountain pens (fingers crossed I'll get that done before the hyperfixation passes lol), and there were lots of labels/stickers on them, so I looked up how to remove them and saw a video of someone using a clothes iron. I never would have thought of that, but it worked super well and was really fun actually 😅

also, I used to be very afraid of using an iron (which feels very embarrassing to admit) and now with the meds it's fine 😌

#literally who's afraid of a clothes iron at 30 #me 🤷 #(I'd never judge anyone else for that or any other fears. just myself 🤷) #but maybe I should stop saying stuff like that because I don't want anyone else to feel bad for being afraid of stuff like that #personal #anxiety stuff #this is my fountain pen tag now

[the-busy-ghost]

#Laundrycore 2022 going well, even if nothing else is. Just handwashed something that’s not underwear for the first time (wool skirt) and next I’m going to learn to iron (I mean I’ve seen my dad do it when we were younger so I know how an iron works but it’s a bit different doing it yourself for the first time and the iron is falling out of favour so fast that it hasn’t come up until I want to actually wear a nice shirt).

I know this probably seems ridiculous but it’s a big step up from chucking everything in the machine on the quick wash cycle and doing nothing else, and it means I can wear nicer clothes. 

#Channelling my inner bean nighe #personal #...and that's been ten minutes time to go see the results #Praying to the god of laundry that I haven't ruined the skirt #Mind you I took the dubious decision to wander around H&M the other day and the state of the things they were selling #really does make you wonder if anyone would notice if we just all stopped ironing #Maybe it's easier in a culture where you can throw away clothes when they start losing their shape slightly or lose a button #Somewhere though I definitely turned into a shocked 1930s grandmother like 'Don't these girls own an IRON' #I am a hypocrite but also like I have never worn a shirt THAT rumpled (mostly because my shirts are polychiffon but I'm working on that) #And by these girls I don't mean the shop assistants they're overworked enough as it is #I mean the concept that you can even sell clothes in such a state because nobody really cares any more and it's Fashion I guess? #I mean most of the time who cares if you iron right #We all have busy lives and many people have various other obstacles (depression; ADHD; just didn't want to; whatever) #But crisp white shirts? Why buy them if they aren't crisp and will never be crisp? They're already see-through as if it wasn't bad enough

[mxbitters]

im gay im tired it’s 2:37 am and i have the overwhelming urge to fold my partner’s socks

#ok so the logic here is they have a sort of cube storage deal thing w clothes but it also means things kinda just. go in there #like. not folded. socks are like.. matched but not folded and that could Not be me but yeah like if we're putting them away i'll fold them #i want to make a gesture of love that's really like meaningful #reading out loud it sounds like jester of love. jester of love.. thats me actually #idk im a jester of love that wants to put away laundry and bake bread together and go swimming shirtless for the first time w them #i wanna wash their hair. i wanna do each others makeup. i wanna scratch out the gross graffiti by the train tracks together #i wanna sing in the car together i wanna hold their hand when i get new piercings i want us to get a place and not have to worry #the idea of moving to europe isnt something i've quite comprehended yet but i really do think i wanna do it #i want to have a place to just collapse i want a garden i don't want to be scared of the world #i wanna embrace it!!! i wanna embrace it. i wanna hold them i wanna wake up before the sun wakes me and make them breakfast in bed. crepes #i know nothing about crepes actually but i know their grandma gave them this special cast iron pan specifically used for crepes #so like once i learn i think thatd be just a really nice thing to do :) #oh god man it's almost 3 i'm tired i also wanna find ebi i wanna hold him rn i need my catttt :( #i dont wanna get upppp but i need himmm

[lesenbyan]

Really considering dropping to part time and, like, trying to find a way to monetize an ffxiv stream, if I could set up my laptop and such for it, but that's far from ideal bc I wouldn't be able to stream on weekends or after 4 or 5pm CST

#personal; #i just......want to work 3 days a week max #i'm in so much pain and fatigue all the time ; u; #gotta buy a new wrist brace bc i left my not CT one at work months ago and thus it is Gone #and i don't wanna wear my CT brace when i'm gonna have to wash my hands frequently #and my only small ace bandage is currently on my ankle #need to steal more cute under clothes and actually try to sex work and learn how to self promote #but that's so hard when there's no interest (yet?) so my focus for it is near nonexistent #esp when Fatigued Tired or Depressed #(and bc i'm in the hilariously ironic rut of 'i don't find skinny bitches like me hot so idk how to pose bc i can't pose like fat girls')

[freepassbound]

strawberry - favorite fruit?

pencil - do you own a journal?

freckles - most-worn article of clothing?

strawberry - favorite fruit?

Favorite as a fruit: I'm pretty basic - I'd have to go with apples.

Favorite as a flavoring/ingredient: definitely cherries!

pencil - do you own a journal?

I don't believe I own any that are specifically journals, but I have a lot of blank notebooks around. Every so often I get the idea that journaling might be a useful thing to do, for the mental health; once or twice I've gotten so far as to try to start - but I run into both the excessively critical self-editor of writing and the extreme anxiety doom-brain of self-examination, and it paralyzes me.

freckles - most-worn article of clothing?

I basically rotate among a few T-shirts for casual wear, so it would have to be those.

#all of them various shades of blue‚ of course 😁 #I misinterpreted that question at first and thought it literally meant 'most worn'; as in the oldest and/or most worn-out #which would be a couple pairs of sweatpants that I'm almost certain are from when I was in high school #(though I didn't wear them for... a decade-plus?) #they're solely 'bumming around the house' clothes these days #actually the shirt I have on right now would probably be the runner-up in that category #it's getting close to translucent in a couple of spots #ironically trying to journal usually ends up making me feel worse #when I get stuck and don't manage to do it #if I could force my way though those roadblocks it'd probably help #...then again if I could force my way through those roadblocks I'd already be in a much better spot #love a good cherry-flavored treat #the problem is finding them without chunks #fruit chunks in stuff give me the collywobbles 😬 #just a textural nightmare #as are many fruits raw #apples I can actually eat #thank you for the questions! 😊 #asks