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soft-hard-peaches · 4 years

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Reaction: Going Shopping with Ateez

note: I really miss going out grocery shopping and going out to the mall but I've gotten so paranoid becuz of the pandemic that i barely want to go across the street or see my friends. So writing this was kinda therapeutic in a sense. I hope you enjoy and fill free to send a request.

~ lots of fluff~ ~a little bit suggestive~

Kim Hongjoong

The ambient music and fluorescent lights really make you lose track of time while shopping. Not to mention the fact that you both have been almost aimlessly walking around the store looking for the perfect accent piece for your new apartment. Hongjoong is happy that you chose him for this errand instead of your roommate because you trust his fashion sense and taste in accessories. Not to mention your roommate's disinterest in "accent pieces". He's usually pretty busy in the studio or with the group getting ready for oncoming promotions, so he cherishes any time he gets to be with you.

"What about this?", he finally spots the perfect piece for you. A three mirror set hanging on a chain secured to the wall by a rounded, bronze knob. "Wow babe, this is really pretty. I can hang this in the doorway or maybe the hallway.", you respond as he gazes at your lit up expression, at awe of its simplicity. He loves your radiant smile and the twinkle in your eyes when you're happy. Moments like this makes him glad that you're together.

Park Seonghwa

Seonghwa loves the whole cute, fashionable, ulzzang-esque couple look. I mean even if he wasn't an idol, he'd still be taking super aesthetic café photos. So he was more than thrilled when you suggested going shopping for couple outfits. He loved the thought of you two going on dates with similar matching looks even if his group pokes fun of his "couples goals".

When you brought him to the mall he only thought you wanted to dress alike but boy was he surprised when you took him to your favorite makeup store you get his face made up to mimic yours.

It's not that he was against wearing makeup or anything of course but this was more than he bargained for. But at last, he loved the glee in your eyes and complied to your whim.

After your finishing touches of rhinestones under his eyes you are shocked by your discovery, "Wow...why do you look better than me, hun?"

Equally surprised by his reflection, he states, "Baeb... I make us look good I guess", with a cheeky smile, making you shove his shoulder with a shocked laugh. You wrapped your arms around him, planting a kiss on the back of his head, then went off to pay for the products you used. Seonghwa walks up to you to hold your bag of makeup, happy he made you happy.

Jeong Yunho

There are two things Yunho holds dear to him; spending time with you and food, so when you asked him if he wanted to go grocery shopping, he jumped at the opportunity. Especially since there's a 50/50 chance that you'll cook him something later. And he doesn't hide that fact either.

"Y/n, is cheese on the list? How about pepperoni? What kind of sauce do you have at home?"

"Yunho if you want pizza you can just ask?", you laugh as you carry on walking ahead of him, placing the groceries you actually need for the week in the basket.

Kang Yeosang

"Let's buy some cake please!", Yeosang danced and sang in aegyo. He knows shopping with you means he can temp your sweet tooth with his almost too nature cutesy attitude and more often than not he succeeds. In all honesty, he loves to make you blush and as shy as he is, he likes to do it in public. "Yeosang stahp...", you whine as you scan the yellow peppers to avoid looking at him.

Sensing you're trying to evade his moves, he pulls out the big guns in a last ditch effort to get his way. "Y/n...", Yeosang lowered his voice from cute and sweet to low and velvety as he wraps his arms around your waist, slowly pulling your body towards him, whispering in your ear, "Let's have some desert tonight, yeah? I know you want something sweet?"

His voice sends chills down your body in contrast to his warmth surrounding you. "Ugh f-fine, Love. Go get cake.", you stutter to him almost buckling in his grasp. He smiled coyly, knowing you would say yes and snakes the little pastry he was hiding nearby and place it in the cart.

"Love you, honey." <3

Choi San

San loves grocery shopping with you. He loves the purity and domesticity of picking out bread and eggs or standing in the bread aisle, having you explain to him the difference between jelly, jam, and preserves. He takes note of all the small things you like for example, you prefer preserves because they taste the most like the fruit.

Sometimes he even grabs his own cart to shop for snacks you'd like. "Y/n, what kind of chocolate do you like? Dark, milk, or white?"

"Milk usually, why?", you ask from the aisle behind, scouring for your favorite chips.

He swipes a few milk chocolate bars and places it in his cart, nonchalantly dismissing your question and walking back to you.

"Babe, did you know white chocolate is actually a bi-product of chocolate?", you say beaming as you link up with him, making him smile.

Song Mingi

Was once a mundane chore, turned into a fun mini date with your loveable, goofy boyfriend, Mingi. He will never let you be bored or sad when with him. If he's not dancing around the aisle with food in his hands making you laugh, he's pushing you on the cart like any mature adult couple would do to bond.

Admittedly, he knows how stressed you've been from school, work, and your personal life, so he wants to make you smile as much as possible. If all else fails, he wants you to feel like you can feel good around him, even if you're simply shopping for eggs and milk.

"Y/n, Y/n look! Ain't I the sweetest thing in the store? Wanna bite?", he suggests as he plays with some random product, making you giggle.

Jung Wooyoung

Wooyoung takes every outing as a date. Even if you're just shopping for art supplies. Whatever you do he acts like a curious puppy. He loves your interests and loves when you incorporate him in it like he does when he teaches you dances. He follows you, holding the basket as you read out the materials you need for your next project.

Poor Woo's jaw dropped when you turned to find some paint brushes, "Woah... Why are there so many types of brushes?"

You giggled at his expression, fully understanding his struggle. You wondered the same when you first started painting. It was a bit overwhelming at first, so you explained simply that different brushes have different bristles, shape, and points for different applications. He's always in awe at your skills and knowledge, truly loving how passionate you are about your craft.

Choi Jongho

Jongho loves you in all but he hates shopping. Not just with you but shopping in general. But since he's dating someone as indecisive as you are, that's just an added con. The monotony of walking around, looking at things you may not buy, the back and forth to the dressing rooms. It all tires him out fairly quick. But he is understanding of you and why you're so indecisive. He thinks you're beautiful in anything you pick out. And he tells you so whenever you show him an outfit you're considering. "You're stunning, baby girl."

"But you always say that", you nag at him.

He hates that you are insecure and will do anything to make you feel better. "Baby, how about you pick out anything. Big or small and I'll buy it for you.", he says placing his hands on your hips.

"How about the whole store?", you looked up at him smiling.

"Ring it up.", he replies, placing a kiss on your forehead, “I’ll buy you the world if it makes you happy.

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popculturebuffet · 4 years

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Amphibia Reviews: The Shut-In

More Halloween Havoc, whoop woop! The Plantars return just in time for Halloween! It’s Shut-In in Wartwood, their version of halloween, but less of a focus on getting candy and more on getting suplies to protect yourselve and barricade yourself in so the moon dosen’t turn you into a monster. I remain not suprised. To pass the time our heroes tell some true spooky stories and Polly tries to find one they weren’t around for. Phone-Mo: Anne and humanized versions of Polly, Maddie, and Toady watch a cursed video and soon disappear by one. Nothing ominous about that! Dead End: A young Hop Pop serves as Chauffer for a mysterious man played by george takei and death seems to follow them at every stop. Oh myyyyyyyy. Skin Deep: Sprig and Ivy go to fetch a lost ball and end up running into the skin stealing seamstress. Arson naturally insues.. It’s Terror Time again, with full recap and spoilers, under the cut.

Whelp, no dancing around it this airing order is weird. And look airing shit in a weird way has been disney’s past time since the 90′s, Darkwing Duck’s airing order is a waking nightmare, and this very show had all of season 1 air within the span of a month and a week in order to get it on disney plus by launch, star vs had it’s last season burned off in three months, and Ducktales pre-covid flip flopped from airing week to week to just one for some reason and then no others for months. Consitency is not their strong suit is what i’m saying and it’s not new. And yes I get these holiday special episodes are mecurial: their built specifically to slot in wherever without really upsetting continuity: The Casagrandes recently aired their first season 2 episode before even finishing season 1, so this isn’t just a disney thing, while speaking of disney things ducktales had it’s first proper halloweeen episode air the week before a spring break set episode, with a christmas episode set to air next month. What i’m saying is I get these things sometimes don’t air in production order, but it’s less excuable on Disney’s part here when it’d take airing exactly one episode for this not to be a tad jarring. Not enough that it spoils the episode nor does the episode effect the ongoing story or continuity in any way, so it’s not TERRIBLE but it smacks of lazy incompetence on Disney’s part and I wish they’d do better already.

Okay that rant out of the way we can dive right in! It’s the annual Shut-In in Wartwood! Basically their verison of halloween but instead of a fun spooky holiday, it’s the annual tradition of getting various things from the neighbors to help stay indoors during the blue moon, which in wartwood turns whoever views into a monster. Because of course their halloween is a fight for suvival. Also theirs pumpkins everywhere with their versions of jack o lanterns being fear gourds which.. okay. Point is instead of candy the kids trick or treating has turned up rusty nails, a hatchet, a first aid kit and anne, winning the night, a flamethrower! On one hand it’s neat these exist in wartwood via fire breathing slugs. On the other I do worry about Anne accidently burning everyone and everything down so please take that from her.

The Plantars then lock themselves in. To stave off bordeom, Shut-In tradition is to go around the fire and tell each other creepy true stories that happened to them. Polly tries going first but just has the Inn story from last season which they were all there for.. thought hat dosen’t make complete sense as they werent’ awake for all of it and shoudl’ve just let her tell her side of things. But eh it sets up polly’s plot so fair enough. Luckily anne has one. So we get our first tale of terror Terror Tales of the Park/Treehouse of Horror III Styles...

Phone-Mo

Anne’s story is very clearly made up, though no one really calls her on it and it DOES add elemnts from the domino II story from last season so fair enough. Rather than use her real friends, which is fair enough since she just sadly had to say goodbye to Marcy and probably isn’t handeling the guilt well and Sasha you know.. tried to stab her a few months back then tried sacrifcing herself for Anne’s own well being. Point is thnking about them is a loaaded issue right now so instead she dreams up human versions of Sprig, Polly, with a bucket on her foot for a shot which is a nice visual gag, as is how we meet them, along with Maddie and for some weird reason Toady. I mean I do get Ivy is in our third story, so fair enough, but they could’ve used.. anyone else. Wally would’ve made more sense honestly and he’s also an adult but he’s also you know Anne’s friend and not some town asshole she vaugley knows. It’s just weird. That said I do love the human designs for everyone and they clearly put a lot of work in knowing the fans would like them, with little touches like Polly having pink hair, sprig having his normal haircut he does under the hat but not covered up and toady’s phone having a little keychain of his amphibia version. Also while they all have diffrent names including Anne I won’t be using them on the grounds that I don’t wanna.

Anne and the plantars are watching a funny internet video when Toady and Maddie offer to show them one that’s apparently cursed and makes whoever watched it disappear. Sprig talks Anne out of it and keeps her from watching anyway but Polly’s naturally all in. ON the way to class, once sprig is gone, anne ends up watching it and liking it anyway because she has no self control and freely admits it. Naturally given this is a halloween episode, the others start disapearing, with Maddie coming to anne with support after Toady vanishes which again is just.. weird. It’s just weird to hear anyone car about wether toady lives or dies. It keeps throwing me off. Anne reasssures her but sure enough the second anne’s gone Maddie’s phone eats her alive. Still nice to see her again. Regular Maddie should get a hoodie. Also anne apparently eats the corners of her sandwitch so she dosen’t have to share. Clever girl. Back at home where Anne continues to mock whoever it is told her she can’t write stories as she makes a gila monster and a flamingo make out, where are they I must hurt them, when Sprig calls panicked that polly is missing and admits i’ts a good thing they ddin’t watch the video.. yeah about that. Sprig is of course freaked, and soon the video pops on anne’s phone and soon the weird cat thing inside comes to life and then turns deadly.. also it turns out it eats the host then forces them to be int he background of the video, which was hinted at earlier with one guy having been in there for 35 years.. despite having a smartphone. Well this is anne’s story I don’t think she knows those didn’t exist once.

Luckily Anne figures out how to beat it.. in the most hilarious way possible. by disliking it, since liking and commeting linked it to her, she weakens it before finishing it with a rude comment. It’s.. i’ts purespun comedy gold. This frees everyone else and they leave along with sprig.. but eggs are left behind. Dun dun dun. Final Thoughts on Phone Mo:

First off .. I have no idea what FOMO means so the title left me as lost at first at the plantars... oh okay it’s fear of missing out.. should’ve remebered that from brooklyn nine nine and amy’s legendadrily bad case of it. Aw well a decent story, if the weakest of the three. It does have an incredibly funny conclusion, neat human designs, and an intresting setting given while school stories are common, usually we don’t get that here so it’s a nice break from the norm. But compared to the genuinely chilling with a funny and odd climax next two, it’s just okay. Not bad, but not quite as good. Back in the present, Polly once again tries this time with children of the spore, once again being shot down though that being said hop pop’s line of “I was responsible for that one” was given a great delvery by charlie addler. Also Anne missed Wally’s birthday and he’s sad. oh Wally. Though i’m sure she’ll make it up to him.. at least he’s back home. So anyways speaking of HOp Pop, it’s his turn for a story...

Dead End: And it’s a story from Hop Pop’s Youth! Given we’ve never SEEN hop pop beyond his present day and only heard the ocasional scrap, it’s REALLY nice to hear. It dosen’t tell us a ton more granted, but we at least see what he looked like, get to hear charlie adler use a slightly less aged voice for him and get to see him with a luxrious golden mane of johnny bravo hair, which is as hilaroius and glorious as it sounds.

Back in those days Hop Pop was a coachman. He still had the farm, but given how tight things are now it’s not a stretch to assume he could always use some extra coppers to keep his family we never get to know about besides the grandkids fed. He also prides himself on honest work, not taking payment till the rides finished and the customer is satisfied which is INCREIDBLY risky, but I do kinda get it both for Hopidah’s sense of honor and because it seems clear he mostly does it in town by the fact all his stops this ep are within wartwood or close enough, so clearly it’s mostly people he knows personally. This time though the rider is the well dressed, crimson red Mr. Littlepot, played by George Takei. Best known for Star Trek, being out and proud and since coming out after years and years in the closet, using his celebrity to help promote gay rights and other good stuff. He’s also known for saying ohhhh myyy and this clip from futurama.

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I got a lot of respect for the guy, He was even in archie comics once after Kevin Keller was introduced. So it’s nice to see him doing some voice work and he kills it here.. pun intended but more on that in a sec. Littlepot has some simple rule: keep driving no matter what hapepned where he was.. and given both places he ends up have someone dying, once by a horrifying looking snake, it’s clear somethings up. IT also nicely builds the tension as hop pop tries to steady himself, but is clearly cracking as he realizes his client might be murdering people he knows.. and he could be next. As Hopidiah KNOWS each person Littlepot visits and it nicely ratches up the tension. But turns out he’s not a killer.. he’s simplyd eath himself come to collect those already about to die.

It’s a nice twist: The genuine trappings of the guy make you think h’es some form of the devil, the crimson skin, yellow eyes and cultured demanor.. it’s only as he goes you start to realize what the man actually is and even then he easily could still be frog satan. But no he’s just the frog reaper and defends himself to Hop Pop when confronted: He’s just doing his job, just like Hopidiah, getting people where they need to be. Unforutnately for Hop Pop his final stop is the farm.. though thankfully for him he hasnt come for Hopidiah.. just his hair. Yeah it’s a nice comedic twist on an otherwise chiling and well done story that what the devil came to take is his hair.. which he starts wearing hilariously. So Hop Pop lives but sobs, and Anne points out it was pretty fucked up.

Final Thoughts for Dead End: Not much to say. This one was dripping with atmosphere, Takei was utterly awesome and need to do more voice work, and the comedic ending twist was really damn funny. Top notch.

Polly tries again, gets shut down again and is now really understandably frustrated at not having a story. Naturally given the other plantars have gone though, Sprig does. And he dosen’t have at itle at first until one cuts him off ....

Skin Deep:

Ivy’s Back!

Yeah I was genuinely worried the return ep would break up either her and sprig or hop pop and silvia.. and while the second one remains a horrifying sword of damocles over my head, Sprig and Ivy are fine and Ivy gets a nice spotlight episode here. It was a pleasant surprise to get some fresh info since i’tll be months till we find out anything else. So the young couple are playing bugball down at the old courts, when a couple of guys they were up to no good, started making trouble in the neghborhood. Sprig got in one little fight and Hop Pop got scared he said “your moving with your auntie and uncle to bell air”. He begged and pleaded day after day but Hop Pop packed his suit case and sent him on his way. He gave him a kiss and then he gave him a ticket Sprig put his walkman on and thought he might as well kick it. First class yo this ain’t bad, drinking orange juice out of a champagne glass. Is this what the people of bel air live like, yo, this might be alirght! He whistled for a cab and when it came near the liscene plate said fresh and it had dice in the mirror, if anything he could say that this cab was rare but he thought man forget it yo holmes to bell air. He pulled up to the cab about 7 or 8 and yelled to the cabbie yo holmes smell ya later. He looked at his kingdom and he was finally there to sit on his throne as the fresh prince of bell air.

So then Will walked into the mansion and wait.. wrong show.. so the young couple are playing bugball when they loose their ball, and it goes off into the creepy part of the woods. Ivy also looses her hat and is self concious about her hair. Looks fine to sprig but she’d rather not. Aww she’s insecure. But the two head off with Sprig getting more and more nervous, as Ivy details a legend about the area of the seamstress, a mysterious recluse who steals your skin! Naturally Sprig is nettled while Ivy says it’s fine and does what anyone would do upon finding out the ball went into a creepy abandoned shack in a world where it’s clear murderers are pretty common: kick down the door! It’s the perfect crime.

Naturally Sprig gets more unernved, finding a set of needles and thread, which gets a great gag as Ivy points out that’s nto that uncommon.. but the giant pile of skin they find sure is!

Oh.. it gets worse me. Sprig finds the ball. and the Seamstress who has a horrifying patchwork of skins on her and wants to add theirs.. the kids are naturally spooked and prepare to flee but she wants their skin and grabs ivy! Thankfully she breaks free and Sprig busts some off.. OH GOD.. and it turns out she’s a glass frog! .. turns out theres a kind of frog that has translucent skin.

But yeah obvoiusly the show takes it a step further, and her skin is entirely see through. Poor girl. Ivy sympathizes shows off her hair.. then puts her hat over the Seamstress’ eyes and tells sprig now, and sprig starts a fire, and the two start to escape when he grabs Ivy’s leg!

Thankfully Ivy breaks free and the two leave her to die. Sprig compliments ivy’s hair, ivy gets him a smooch it’s all adorable and they defintely murdered someone who defintely murdered a lot of people. Horay!

Naturally the rest of the family is freaked out by this with Anne wanting to know if ivy being bitten means sh’es infected and Hop Pop wanting to know if one of her skins was his friend fred he hasn’t seen in a while. Sprig then spooks them by having ivy show up, complete with a burlap frog skin.. maybe. She could’ve been lying. We dunno. Ivy heads home to risk her life for a good gag, depsite the fact her boyfriend’s house is right there and her mom and grandmom clearly had to sign off on this shenanigan given the night. But this life risking prank naturally risks some life as Polly has ran off to look at the moon to get her own story. The rest of hte family runs after her only tfind it did.. ntohing. She’s apparently fine just fine and they assure her the fear they felt thinking she might become some kind of monster was scarier than any story and the rest of them head home with polly following.. after transofrming. Turns out the moon DOES make you into monsters but she’s fine with it. She’s got her legs now! Everyone screams understandably, Anne finally realizes this isn’t quite a holiday the end.

Final Thoughts on Skin Game and the special as a whole: Easily my faviorite, partly for shipping reasons as I do like Ivy and Sprig together, and partly because it really let Ivy have a roll OTHER than sprig’s love intrest. Sure she still smooched his cheek and their clearly still together, but she got to be proactive, badass and hilariously impulsive and trollish. It was a nice change of pace and the story itslef was the best of the bunch to me becuase of that, though Dead End was really close. Overall this was a nice treat, a good anthology with lots of fright and humor and a nice wraparound story arc with polly, as well as some nice call backs to previous episodes. An utterly excellent halloween special i’ll probably be revisiting every year and another slam dunk from disney this year. The airing snaufu really dosen’t hurt it any and in the future this one will likely be after Return to Wartwood on D+ anyway so no harm done. Great all around. If you liked this review follow me for more amphibia whenever it comes back, ducktales reviews every monday, and loud house reviews every saturday or sunday depending. And until next time stay safe, stay spooky and happy halloween!

#amphibia #the shut in #anne boonchuy #hopidiah plantar #sprig plantar #polly plantar #ivy sundew #george takei #mr littlepot #one eyed willy #halloween #halloween reviews #reviews

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instantdeerlover · 4 years

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Hi again!

Things are still weird and stuff is still closed and life is still taking place within the confines of these four walls… so it’s time for the next Quarantine Report!

Also, though. The grass is growing, and the sun is… kinda, depends on the moment… shining, and love from family and friends is still traveling the distance to meet each of us in our own little at-home worlds.

I still appear to be strapped into a rollercoaster that takes me all over the emotional landscape from day to day, but maybe that is normal because nothing is normal. This is just the ride right now. And on the upside, there are some fun things to report on this week.

Here’s the Quarantine Report List:

Something Delicious

Something Outside

Something Connected

Something Fun

A Sage Photo

Overall

Overall this week was much better than last week for me.

When I say much better, please note that puts me at the top of the “Okay” category. It’s an Okay +. We’re not talking about best week of my life, just kind of… okay.

And okay feels really good.

I don’t know if I can even really justify or quantify or rationalize where these feelings come from – I’m sure, like so many of us, things just hit us at different times and for different reasons.

I think having Easter this last week was a huge pick-me-up for me, even though Easter itself was weird and I didn’t cook anything and we were snowed-in. But just having one small little thing to look forward to – putting Solvi in her Easter dress that I bought before quarantine, and making a little Easter egg hunt for her in the yard with pieces of chalk due to lack of Easter egg access this year – I felt myself having actual fun, which hasn’t happened in a while. It was happy. And it was really good to feel that.

Something Delicious

Obviously the most delicious thing I made was date night rigatoni.

I was missing at least 5 of the main ingredients but I had variations or workable substitutions for each of them, so I went for it and it was just an ongoing glory moment for the 2-3 days that we got to eat through this big pot of saucy, luscious pasta.

Tied, of course, with this week’s new post: that incredibly fun and easy-to-make cauliflower gnocchi.

Something Outside

No, no, and NO. Nope. Goodbye.

During our Easter egg hunt, we learned some disturbing news that our beautiful new yard and landscaping appears to be housing a community of snakes.

We live in Minnesota, so yes they are harmless garter snakes, but OH MY GOSH NO! NOT SNAKES. Please not snakes. I’ve already almost stepped on one. This is not okay. I won’t, I can’t.

Our backyard is pretty heavily wooded – we see lots of deer and other little forest animals, which is a dream come true – but then we also have this kind of loose rock landscaping that I think is drawing in all the snakes as a nice home base, from which they find their way into the yard, onto the deck… I feel faint.

I cannot do this. I honestly cannot do this. I know, they go in houses sometimes, I KNOW. So we need to probably get our house checked and then also figure out what we’re going to do about the landscaping to prevent them from hanging out here all summer.

HALP ME. If you know something about reworking landscaping to make snakes basically hate it here, please leave a comment. Sincerely, Despairing In Minnesota

Something Connected

Here’s how it happened:

Our friend stopped by on a bike ride to say hi from the front yard. We were planning to eat in the backyard – very fancy takeout Chipotle – so we said, hey Nate, why don’t you come join us for dinner but you’ll have to sit six feet away and we won’t feed you?

And he was like, sure!

So we had dinner together aka ate our burritos directly in front of his face while he sat in a lawn chair 6 feet away. It was weird and we owe him a burrito when quarantine is over, but also it was very wonderful to “have dinner with” a friend.

Something Fun

A fun thing we did this week: WATCHED A MOVIE. And made cookies, and you’re welcome for the picture of Quarantine Me Living My Best Life While Creeping on Bjork’s Phone.

Listen, I don’t watch a lot of movies. It takes too much work. Isn’t that so weird? But it really does. By the time I settle in to just watch TV and hang out, I have next to zero energy left and it’s usually around 9:30pm which leaves me with about 45 minutes before bedtime.

But on Saturday, we got Solvi to bed early, we did takeout for dinner, and we didn’t have work to finish up… so WE COULD ACTUALLY WATCH A MOVIE.

Bjork let me pick, and I (naturally) chose Love Wedding Repeat after watching about two seconds of the trailer. Chick flick rom com mindless funny cheesy perfection. It was exactly what the moment called for.

Plus popcorn and Easter candy and cookies. It was a shining moment from the week.

A Sage Photo

You knew it was Easter and you knew she wouldn’t let you down.

What About You?

Team check in. How we doin?

Are you…

Drinking water? Eating regular meals? Getting enough sleep?

Do you feel…

Overwhelmed? Sad? Lonely? Grateful? Peaceful? Actually pretty okay?

I would love to hear how things are holding on for you guys this week – what you cooked, what you did to stay connected, what’s giving you life and what’s hard. Bjork and I and our POY team – we are living these ups and downs right along with you. It won’t be like this forever – I’m reminding myself of this, too. There is more.

Sending all our love from our quarantine to yours! xo

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lclunastar · 7 years

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#Bullying🔪

My friend's just told me about someone who committed suicide, for this thing called *Bullying* and i believe in some way, how i'm telling my story or the small events in it, i really hope that if someone reads this, it helps you. One thing that you have to know is: 'Never be afraid.' You're not alone.. If someone threatens to show something yours, like an intimate video, just stop and say: 'And? While you try to laugh, i'm going to laugh at you even more, because your pathetic life, it's reduced to that.. *Just having to watch.*' BOOM!💣😘 A man friend, made the first decision a couple of years ago, i'm sure he would've loved that. Anyway.. it may be embarrassing for a brief moment, but remember there's people who cares about you. And nothing negative is bad enough to hold on. Okay, again, about that time in school.. I suppose if today people asked me: 'Would you go back to your school days?' I would think after everything, and how much i learned that it's not worth it worry about what others think.. 'Maybe?'.. (To break their faces!) Nah, just kidding.😂 The innocence in me at that moment, was i used to worry a lot, but then i started to work, and realized nothing they told me paid my life, that there were worse things.. ✔ Pay the bills. ✔ Help my mom who's sick. ✔ Fix some things from my house from time to time. By little, all they said, applied in me like the typical phrase: 'Time heals everything.' (I don't deny my past for a second.) Yes, it all started with a small mistake, when i was 10. Since i have memory my mom is my best friend, my confidant, she is the one i tell everything. My mistake was to tell her something that seemed normal to me? The allegedly father wanted me to go to a very Christian school, which was something orthodox. So, one day i looked at the side, and saw two classmates kissing, when i asked others told me that yeah, both were boyfriends, i even thought it was adorable, because, i don't know if some of you noticed, i'm very romantic, i love 'Love.' I went home, told my mom, she even smiled at my excitement with them, and also the idea of both together, was super cute. Well, one day they organized a meeting for parents, where my mom made friends with other mom, there she let it go: 'You found out about these kids? So sweet!' At the next day, the very believing woman, went with the principal, and told her about the rumour, they called the parents, and said that behavior was unacceptable for the institution. The parents of both surprised called the kids out of class, then we heard some screams. And trough the window visualized how the mom of the girl gave her a slap, while the boy's parents pulled his ears. Later the girl, looking for revenge, obviously asked who told the secret (I didn't knew it was one.) They found out it was my mom, at the meeting, but who told her? 'Me.' She told everyone to take care of me, started gossiping and invented rumors i didn't even said. She was one of the most popular girls, could send everyone to do whatever she wanted, so her friends also began to spread rumors, if someone asked who told? 'It was me.' Don't worry, i didn't got angry with my mom, i knew she had no intention of hurting me, she just thought someone would smile with her, but it turned out different because like the phrase says: 'Not everyone is the same.' This is how the abuse started, every day: ·In physical education: - Speak bad behind my back. - Step on my feet from behind while running. - Pushing me, sometimes till make sure i fall to the floor. - Throwing the ball at my face. ·During classes: - Pull my hair, and when i turned, they showed me scissors. (Jackets with hoods, and use my hair on the face, were mandatory for my mental health.) - Becoming my friend. - Find out who my crush was, and all together make fun of me. - If someone said something not very smart or really ridiculous, instead of using the typical 'Loser' they used my name. - Threw my notebooks on the toilet, write insults or draw obscene things on them. - Steal my pens. (WOW! I remember one time i bought 18 in a week.) The boy who was discovered was the one who played with me the most. - With his friends, he put cockroaches on my head. (Thanks to Wall-e that helped me overcome that phobia a little bit.) - They threw a snake in my lap. He even said that the reason why i told everything, was because i liked him, and that's why i made the decision to ruin them. One day i was sitting on the stairs, drawing when he tried to grab me by force. So i followed a man friend advice and kicked him in his parts, then ran. He always chased me with his friends, yelling: 'Where are you going my love, come!' I think the saddest part was that nobody did anything, everyone just looked. Threaten me with knifes, and said, they were going to cut my throat if i mentioned something of that. When i asked a friend why he also began to insult me if i never did anything to him, he replied: 'Because i don't think i'll ever be as brave as you.' I never told my mom, to avoid the suffering of everything that was already happening to her. One of the guys even broke a glass bottle and started trying to scare me, he cut my hand, but i was always a very positive person, and said: 'Oh, please, no big deeaal, at least it wasn't in my faaaace!'🎉 (Sarcasm)😒 Thought: 'She's a single mom, takes care of me, is not easy, works, has double shift, there are bills to pay, so i would never tell her.' If she asked, i said: '*Fine* Ate everything, and went in my room to lock myself up again.' She only realized when i turned 15, that something happened because from all the people she invited, there were only 2 guys of my class and 5 girls, and the rest, strangers, friends of an aunt. Mom looked at me like waiting for a great revelation, but the only thing i could say was: 'Everything is well decorated, i love it, thanks.' I was thrilled because she spent the whole morning decorating, and the cake was incredible, of my favorite flavors, but to torture me more, nobody ate anything. All came out with the story that they were on diet, the next day, of course, no one lost the opportunity to make fun of me, one of the girls sort of whispered near my ear: 'They told me that the food tasted like, manure.' One of the boys waited for everyone to leave and said: 'Don't listen, i went outside to eat, and it was delicious, now about her birthday she served this chicken, it was so cold that it felt like eating the leg of a barbie.' Smiled, and then he left. I just felt sad while they kept mocking me. I even remember about the card i did, it was a tongue with a ribbon on the tip, and then when you pulled it, came out with some writing on it, which was the invitation, yes, (Inspired by The Rolling Stones.) They pretended that the mouth made them oral sex, pointed at me, and laughed. My history teacher at the time, noticed, and asked me to stay a little longer before returning back home. So i did, and he said: ·Look, i know, i couldn't go to your birthday, but let me show you something that i have, 'See this envelope?' i always keep everything of what's important to me inside, now we'll see it together. He had his son's first baptism card, pics of trips he did, then raised his voice and said: 'Ah! I found the most valuable one' and slowly, took out the lips, my eyes filled with tears, he gave me a kiss on the left cheek, and said: 'I tell you a secret? that if someone asks, i'll deny it! i don't want problems for my side.😉 Like i told you, i only keep what's more important, which means that for me, you're my favorite student.' Then gave me a hug, and continued: 'Sorry, i broke it in half, couldn't fit, and i know it may sound crude, but i imagine that doctors ever dreamed in some distorted way in saying this: *I didn't had other choice but to amputate.. the tongue of the mouth.*' I laughed a lot that day. ·And what is my intention with this? - Let you guys know that you're not alone. - We all go through life events that mark us. - At some point in life we all win a hater, for the most absurd reasons, like the fact that some are blond but they dye their hair in black, and get angry because it doesn't look so black like yours, that happens to be natural. - Most are talking eggs, i don't know everything is just so straaaange. And it's not that i consider myself the greatest example of battle, because i imagine, that for the skin of each one of you at this moment can feel different, i know it's not the same just write or talk about the subject, the feeling is much deeper than that, when your self-esteem plays that game of telling us that no matter how hard you try, it will never be good enough, and that maybe if you leave, you stop bothering. ⭐ Until of course one day you wake up, and find yourself sunk in that blanket, kinda waiting for the bed somehow miraculously swallows you, just don't want to leave from there, and look at the fan, listening to that noise, maybe the sound of the bird's a little. Then you start looking at everything from the outside, thinking: 'What did i do wrong?' And you say: '*Nothing* everything they say i am, that's not me, those are not my thoughts, therefore neither my words, much less my actions. If i know, i'm not the type of person to spread rumors, that everything i talk about is art, all day, sometimes food, and i only give my opinion when i find it necessary, why i'm letting them punish me? For things that are not within me, but of their insecurity, of their own thoughts. I'm not bothering them, they're bothering me. I don't have to be interested in the same things, the same music, the clothes, i have every right to love all the things i love, without being humiliated by it. And what if the guy i like doesn't feel the same for me, someday the indicated will arrive. Why am i so worried about fitting into a group of people who will only be part of my life for a brief moment? Because maybe it is meant for me to continue walking, disappear but in the right way, to places where i can allow myself to know more about me, do things that i like, stop depending on whether i'm being approved or not, because if you don't belong, just don't be-long.😜👅💗✨

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