#new meaning to ‘it’s all luck’

[thatsrightice]

We had a month's training in Boise, Idaho, a month in Wendover, Utah, and a month in Sioux City, lowa. Either because our training was inadequate or because I was not fitted for the job, I had little reason to develop confidence about my ability as a navigator. On Christmas Eve, 1942, our plane took off from Wendover, Utah, the weather closed in, our gas ran out, and we crash-landed in the snowy mountains of western Wyoming. No one was hurt, testimony to the high skill of John Brady.

When a woman saw the smashed plane, she asked, "Which of you is the Scot?"

"I am Scotch-Irish," I said. "Will that do?"

"Yes," she said. "Scots are lucky. That's why none of you got killed.”

Later she gave me a sprig of Scotch heather and said, "Keep this and you will always be lucky."

I wish that the woman-her husband was vice president of the bank of Evanston, Wyoming-gave the rest of the crew a good luck charm.

— Harry Crosby in his memoir, A Wing and a Prayer

#WAIT THAT LAST LINE CROZ NOOOOO 💀💀💀 #new meaning to ‘it’s all luck’ #maybe Harry Crosby really is just… lucky? #he kept that scotch heather with him for the rest of the war #also there’s a sad joke about ‘makes sense that Curt was Irish and not Scottish then’ #He and Curt can be Irish besties lol #it’s also funny that both actors are Irish #the real Curtis Biddick was from Wisconsin btw but idk if he was of Irish descent #masters of the air #mota #mota musings #a wing and a prayer #quotes #Harry Crosby #john brady #real mota

[naamahdarling]

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#my psych who prescribes my psych meds is a resident and is moving on in a couple of months #i don't even remember the names of them all at this point #this happens over and over and I cannot find a clinic that will put me with someone who intends to stay #thst will also prescribe my adhd meds #and my anxiety meds #and the real kicker is that twice now they have LIED about it and said they would #only to reveal after all the hoop-jumping that oops sorry they didn't really mean it #so it's a risk i have to take any time i leave #and rhen there's the issue of new people almost always wanting to DO something #but instead of talking to me about it they just decide that my meds need overhauling and pressure me to go off shit that works #but that they morally object to i guess #and my psych for some stupid reason has decided she wants bloodwork for my cholesterol and blood sugar stuff and im just like #what hell does THIS presage because if she harasses me about the results or tries to put me on drugs for that #I'll give her a nasty scrap about it #im not interested in those meds at all #and im certainly not messing with my diet since food is the only pleasure i get most days and even that is marginal at best #and removing that would just make me worse #but medpros for the most part really don't give a fuck about that #and so now im afraid - because i do not and cannot trust them - that if i disapprove of the meds they will retaliate somehow #which good luck proving that when management and oversight often don't even care if they course of treatment will HARM you #if it relates to being fat or having bad numbers #they just gotta pathologize! #so yeah im sick of everything and just kind of want to bury myself in a bog forever #i shouldn't have to deal with this

[undefeatablesin]

You know what? Fuck you. *Bloodbornes your Pinnochio again*

#sin scribbles #(hi im back from finishing ng++ on lies of p and now i have nothing left to do so my vacation in krat is over) #(ive since changed my mind. now i have literally every amulet every weapon and a grand total of 420 levels LMAO MAYBE I WILL DO THE DLC!!!) #(when the dlc eventually and inevitably comes out that is) #(but for now i have returned to yharnam and thought itd be funny to do a pino run bc i am simple and easily pleased.) #(watch the joke fully be on me when i get attached to this hunter and he just becomes his own thing tho LMAO) #(ahhhh....bloodborne. i missed ye dearly) #(as much fun as i ended up having with lop once entering ng+ lmao) #(oh yeah my new adhd meds came in today so wish me luck!! i may be finally able to return to my art properly now!!!! AAAAAAA) #(should i livestream the pinnochio run 😂 i feel like that would be fun. i still mean to start streaming i just been...so waylaid) #(so much has happened!!!) #(unironically love this boi already tho tbf) #(he does have his freckles.....) #(as much as i love ruza and aloysha and as much love as i put into their profiles omg they are kitted out 2 the max) #(did you see people modding the bloodborne gear into lop tho lmao genius stuff i love mods i wish i had the pc version tbf) #(ANYWAY HI!!! OMG HOW ARE YOU ALL i feel like its been years since i was actually active here sobs) #(adhd is a hell of a curse for my hubris)

[heymrspatel]

Something fun? Erm…

Tomorrow I’ve got an assessment class (with real life paying customers!!) and if I pass, starting next week, I will officially be an archery instructor! 😳

So, in that vein… here’s a scenario that would never happen:

The entire Gallagher Milkovich Fisher Ball clan go for an archery taster day…

Who’s good at it? Who’s awful? Who’s really into it, but still super bad? Who is a sore loser? Does anyone throw a hissy fit and storm out? Does anyone break the club rules and fuck about so much they get benched? And why is it Lip? lol

oh my god michelle aaah have i left you hanging.... CRINE! you're so cool! i bow down to you, ARCHERY INSTRUCTOR MICHELLE!!! 🏹🎯

🎉Gallagher Milkovich Fisher Ball Archery Day of Fun! 🎉

good at it: ian. the dude prides himself on being a sharpshooter and having impeccable aim and this has somehow translated into archery as well! no one understands how, possibly not even him, but he still struts away like he's hot shit.

awful at it: kev. he's so bad and looks like such a big goof while he's at it! still has the best time cheering/egging everyone on. giving shoulder claps and ass slaps any chance he gets.

really into it but still terrible: debbie and liam. i feel like they'd both have the most fun and silly time with it. at the end of it making it a game of "who can be the worst at this" and giggle at how off their arrows end up from the target! they take a bunch of selfies laughing and pointing at their terrible aim!

sore loser: lip. hehe i hear you! but i also think he would get in such a heated competition with ian and come out pissy about the fact that his little brother beat him.

threw a hissy fit and stormed out: mickey. he's good with a gun. he rivals ian in skill and aim. so why thE FUCK CAN'T HE GET THE LITTLE ARROW SHITS TO LAND IN THE BULLSEYE? THIS GAME IS FUCKING RIGGED, IAN! FUCK YOU! *kicks over the arrow holder*

broke club rules and got benched: carl. that boy is not a cop. he let that shit go so quickly, i just know it. and deep down he's still got that rebellious spirit that would get him into all sorts of trouble. i fully see him whipping arrows around and poking people with them until he gets sat down.

heehee this was fun! thank you for sending 💙

#hello? i'm so sorry 😭 i meant to answer this on the day i got it meaning to wish you all the luck on your assessment #then a couple days after meaning to ask how it went. but now enough time has passed that i got the news through discord #and now i'm hhhhembarrassed! because how did i leave this in the inbox so long and what is time and why didn't i just reach out anyway #😐😐😐😐😐 ANYWAY! i'm so happy to have seen that you got the job! you're amazing! #michellemisfit #asks #gallavich

[trainingdummyrabbit]

Tell us about a little guy (or multiple) of your choice

iam all over the damn place but istarted thinking abt These Guys again so [hands u little guys] [hands u little guys] [hands u

#PAWLOGIES I GOT. DISTRACTED. (<- girlies who immediately got a cup of tea and #piktalk #pikart #no fandomtag bc if u recognize their source No U Dont. anyway despite everything iwould still kill for them #adn their stupid little dynamic i Made Up. these r just new guys now. they r my everything. perceive them(tm) #love putting characters where they Dont Belong. by all means this Should Not Work but they r powered by 1) love and 2) Sheer Dumb Luck #anyway. characters i have thousands of words of notes on and have told MAYBE two people about. YIPPY--

[one-winged-dreams]

Is there like, quasi-discourse over blog interaction again?

#good luck with THAT lmao #yeah the community is not NEARLY as solid as it used to be #but i really have no interest in anyone outside of my mutuals circle anymore because some of y'all can be so mean for absolutely no reason #like i'm not closed off to making new friends/mutuals but holy shit #it's dangerous waters out there i'm just gonna sit here in my kiddy pool with all my friends and moots who i love so much #you are all so cool and awesome and talented :>

[nuclear-wiener420]

my acnh game after three years of not being thought about at all:

#nuclear-wiener420 #thoughts w/ corto #animal crossing new horizons #acnh #i restarted my island and have spent literally all day trying to get the island i want #i’m mostly looking for a specific fruit and airport at this point #i’ll take the fucking piss monkey if it means i get the base of the island i want #gonna try again tomorrow wish me luck on finding my island i have to be so brave at work and wait til after my shift #i have so many plans in mind for my island though and i’m so excited #i also have the dlc and i’m SO excited to get that sorted about bc i have BIG plans for that :) #ac brainrot #also this is not my original photo i found it on google creds to og creator wherever they are

[hassianlovebot]

i don't know if it's just me but i've noticed that players are getting more impatient with the groves? like ik waiting 15 minutes is Not ideal but i'm used to people waiting at least,,, 10 before they start saying things like "chop" "anyone else" yknow? but nowadays i've noticed more and more players want to chop the groves like,,, 3 minutes after it gets called out. and it's like,, idk man, maybe i'm just Too used to waiting but that seems a little excessive. (or lord when one person just keeps chopping a tree and no one around them joins like Bro read the room ahdgl)

#like trust me i understand why people dont want to wait like i get it! #waiting isnt fun #but at the same time #you dont Have to stand there and wait #you can chop leave and go back to loot when its down #but if youre going to stand there and wait. dont rush people yknow? #especially with all the new switch players like give them time to look at the map!! #though tbh im pretty most of these who get impatient Are newer switch players so aldgh #idk man maybe its just my luck #but ive been noticing it more #its not exactly Rude but a change of culture maybe? #i just hope newer players who really need flow arent feeling pressured or rushed :( #oh!! and ive seen people start chopping even after someone says in server chat that theyre on their way! #like! you really cant wait one more minute? #thats so mean :( #i kinda hate when someone demands the grove be chopped at a certain time too like who made you grove king #🤨 #aldhgldga

[nobodybetterlookatme]

Okay I'm not saying that this semester's students suck ass bc I'm not there to teach them, but isn't it just such a coincidence that the vast majority are failing so miserably and they don't have someone who will tutor them outside of class and go over notes and skills with them, while the previous semesters did have that and the majority passed? Super interesting stuff. Too bad we'll never know if things could've been different if they had just fucking paid me :)

#can you tell I'm peeved lmao #i went to one of the classes today just so i can keep it on my resume #and holy fuck #weeks into the semester and they should have the basics down #they do not #absolutely floundering #granted I'm sure I'm not actually the reason lmao #like yeah i helped a shit ton of students outside class too #but they probably could've passed without me #these new ones tho are awful #no drive no nothing just looking for others to blame for their own failures #i didn't even stay the whole time like i was planning #bc i found out that they hired four other fucking people for the program #who all have less experience than me #and have been with the program for a way shorter time than i have #who don't do half the extra shit i do #and don't get me wrong this isn't a slight at them they're all fully qualified #but why the fuck not hire me #like i genuinely am so pissed #have to email my supervisor but I'm too upset to make it sound civil #like fucking fine if you don't wanna pay me you never get to see me again #I'm not working ten hour days plus extra outside of class for nothing anymore that's insane #I'll keeping being a private tutor for the students but I'm not doing a single thing for the program without pay #i mean holy shit hiring at least four other people and not saying shit to me?? #like fine that's fine fuck you you're getting an email ultimatum good luck finding someone else willing to do all that for free #i cried about it for like an hour and now I'm just mad lmao having a super normal one rn #anyway #not snz

[stuck-in-the-ghost-zone]

SENDING MY FIRST ASK FROM THE NEW BLOG!!!! i feel like i am sending a letter from a new address... crazy. ANYWAY HOW R U TONIGHT!!!! i hope ur havin a good day!!!! kicking my feet like a teenager at a sleepover rn tell me abt ur day who r the blorbos in ur mind rn what kinda art r u workin on lately how's it going friend!!!

HIIIIIII HI HI . HELLO SHADOW THE HEDGEHOG- i mean catboy cellbit!!! . dude i am. dreading the coming week tbh but it is fine !! we will get thru it we will survive!!! i am so sleepytired but alas i also cannot sleep so i may just have another night of reading and music ahead of me . wah. i hope u are hsving a good night <3 IVE BEEN COMPLETELY ART NERFED TOO BTW. my laptop died on me a couple days ago and while i was able to find a new one affordably it will not be here until the 13th 😔 so no digital art from me for a while. sigh. i DID just decorate my new sketchbook with stickers tho so im hoping that will get my brain in gear for traditional art again. AS FOR BLORBOS. oh . u know. the usuals. vash the stampede. zacharie from off . masky marblehornets (also tim marblehornets) . to name three of them.

#who are ur blorbos rn. i dont watch qsmp i think sering ur posts abt it are really funny bc im like. guy walks into the room on fire gif. #i have no idea whats going on in here congratulations and/or my condolences <3 #thank u thank u i love the sleepover vibes. literally had gossip talk w one of my other friends earlier #(name withheld for reasons but if u see this u know who u are and i love u ) #so the vibes are so correct #i have 2 work tomorrow :( not looking forward 2 that. #however it IS my last day of my long term overnight job which means i will be able to sleep in my own bed tomoerow night. #this is something i have not done for like. close to a month now. whcih is why ive been sleeping so awfully! so hopefully that fixes me #also have. job interview on wednesday for another aquarium place.. #fingers crossed this goes better than my last one but also part of me is kind of hoping it doesnt go well #bc i hate transitional periods and i dont want 2 go thru the moving process again #and i dont want 2 meet a bunch of new ppl all at once again. and do the while job training thing. #alas that is the anxiety talkimg and i do actually want the job bc it would be good for me <3 #sorry it is late and im soooo fucking sleepy so im rambling !!!! do not feel like u have to respond to . gestures vaguely at all that #its blorbo talk time. i desperately want 2 warch more mh right now #however the house im.staying in IS in the middle of the woods and very isolated and i have been so scared and paranoid #so i am OUTTA LUCK sigh. i will simply watch smth silly instead like gg tmph or david attenborough or perhaps spongebob will b on the tv. #asks #friends!!! #false-anachronism #<< oh fuck new url!!! i got like halfway thru typing ur old one before i was like WAIT SHIT.

[spearxwind]

Thinking about the time i commissioned an artist i rly liked for something and the result was kind of really catastrophic just from the preview image in the email so i just. never opened the actual image

#i dont even know where it is #honestly ive had such bad luck commissioning art of adri that ive completely given up its like an anomaly #thunderclap #fan art my lovely followers and friends have done for me for free: literally the most swagful things ive ever seen #actual for real honest to god art i have paid real money for: worlds most inconceivably off model take #the only exception to this is when ive commissioned my friends themselves #i know this is a mean spirited post usually i dont mind like creative liberty I usually say yeah feel free to interpret my characters freel #but like. sometimes its not remotely the same character #thinking still about the uh. the art i got from [popupar twitter artist] in exchange for one of my adopts instead of them paying money #and they like. did it so off model they just made a whole new guy. the art? yeah it slaps obviously. but thats not my oc 😭 #congratulations thats the worst anyones ever done it!! #this is something i personally try not to do when i do commissions too unless very explicitely stated. 'do your own take' #and also i make sure that the sketch is on-model and the client is happy etc etc #i dont know what it is about some artists where they just go ouuhhh what if i . redesigned ur oc for u. HUH #anyway thats all i gottta say this is a weird post but i think about it a lot #before you ask no im not gonna name names. this is my own personal beef

[binah-beloved]

Good luck with your Walpurgis pulls!

i'm not pulling, but good luck to anyone that is. may your treasures be reaped and your duplicates be few

#not binah #limbus company #where binah announcer. #we're probably going in order which means i have to wait longer #unfortunately i am horribly impatient #but that is okay. for binah i will wait #tried the new dungeon today. not bad. brought some ids i don't usually use #cinq outis is really fun #and spicebush yi sang's animations are top tier #for those who might be wondering if anyone at all #no i have still not leveled up captain ishmael #i'm petty and vindictive. #anyways good luck with pulls i hope you all get what you wanted

[arthur-r]

what’s really embarrassing is my roommate on the phone with his mom saying “yeah i’ve been getting really sloppy i haven’t cleaned in a week it’s terrible” and my side of the room is just like that. all of the time. and i feel guilty but he also hasn’t ever said anything to my face he moved my stuff some at the beginning of the year but has never talked to me about it and i’m also so fucking ill that i just cant really handle adding that to my list while trying to also not fail school. so here i am being a terrible person i guess. did i tell you guys about turtle-person. have i showed my bracelets. i’m gonna go to sleep but in the morning i need to show my bracelets

#help i have work tomorrow. i also feel sick and strange. wish me luck #the sun was around today which was incredible but also i think it gave me too much mental energy #cause for the first time in forever i had the brightness of spirit to go for a walk. but that’s not the same as having the blood flow for it #so i think i overexerted myself cause of being finally happy and mentally energized i forgot about being physically disabled #i also had to explain POTS to somebody today and she was literally like ‘oh is that the thing where you need to have salt’ and NO like #i do have a really high salt intake to cope with POTS. but that’s not the fucking thing yknow?? like no that’s not what the thing i have is #it has nothing to do with salt. salt is a fun little coincidence that it can help with water retention which in turn helps with POTS #and it raises blood pressure is i think the other reason? but anyway idk i would honestly rather she just not know about it than have like #that very particular tiktok version of it like i am so glad for internet knowledge being spread and stuff and i mean. i guess even the posts #that i’m about to complain about are good for making people feel like they’re not alone. so maybe it’s fine. but i was going to complain of #the videos that are like ‘‘that one POTS friend’’ and it’s just like. salty food. instead of like. having to sit down?? BEING FATIGUED?? #and like whatever. whatEVER but i wish it wasn’t getting conflated with one particular little way of treating it. even though i use that way #i don’t have needs-a-lot-of-salt-disease. like that’s not the point. that’s not the issue. it’s not a salt deficiency. salt just helps #and it doesn’t FIX it. it just helps. that’s all #ANYWAY EVERYTHING IS FINE. i feel sick though. but i’m gonna sleep and i’ll be fine #i miss before i had a job cause then i could sleep all day if i skipped class and it would be really nice. but now i have a job i would be #missing on my responsibilities for. and I don’t actually have accommodations. but im gonna sleep i’ll be fine #and library book cart is actually so rollator. like as far as being able to walk the library situation is such a win #anyway i’m gonna go to sleep now. but yeah idk i’m sick and a mess what else is new. but i have something whatever i’m good theres something #unrequited love for life or something like that. ok im gonna go to bed sorry for being weird and strange all the time!!!! #me. my post. mine. #delete later

[onlyhuis]

all my recent fics having well over 1k notes like wow.. maybe i'm actually not that bad ... either that or i've somehow learned how to appease The Algorithm

#[💒] — june.txt #i dont pay attention to the numbers but seeing all my fics getting so much love (even tho most are just likes) really means so much to me 😭 #also i know i keep disappearing im so sorry 😭 i keep saying i have things coming AND I DO ive just been busy and unmotivated tbvh #i'm not abandoning this blog i swear i do want to continue writing as long as i can #last year was just difficult but im hoping 2024 will bring me better luck #anyway just wanted to stop in and say hi i love u all so much and i hope the new year has been kind to u so far

[ichthyorelationships]

it’s okay to cry

#ironically too vulnerable for main lmao... #unbelievable i got all the stray frames out of this. timing isn't quite as strong because of it but i'm just glad to have Enough Success lol #using windows movie maker for anything with more than three clips is like. good luck to us all #luca #pixar luca #luberto #lucalberto #had to fight that editing program to make this b/c Hello. but if anyone else wants to do it better be my guest #or i mean i have no clue if anyone's already done this at all and if so: epic #hmm i don't think this is showing up in any tags....secret posting #maybe it has to marinate or maybe it's just forbidden b/c of one the secret rules for filtering spam / bots / whatall #did make a brand new sideblog for this and this is the only post and idk maybe its being video is a problem lol. we'll see #or just i'll see if it never does marinate its way into displaying in any tags

[todayisafridaynight]

sorry for buying so much snake jewelry i promise im not a majima stan

#snap chats #DISJSK AWFUL THING I REALIZED TODAY #for context my chinese zodiac is a metal snake #which wouldnt be anything on its own if my mom didnt have an extreme fear and hatred for snakes LMAOOOOO #its ironic you see. so i get snake jewelry for good luck :] #i bought a little snake ear. ??? like it goes around the uhh.... hold on #its an ear cuff <- dumbest bitch alive took five minutes to find and check the package #on the plus side i found the ring i thought i lost :) that caused me to buy another ring... cause my fingie felt naked..... #to the blokes working at zumies and hot topic im so sorry for makin yall look for it im stupid 😭 #OH BUT ON TOPIC RIGHT. #yeah i also have a snake ring yeah- and yk i wear Metal cause Hehe Metal Snake #and it took me getting the snake cuff to be like.... hey am i just... getting majima-adjacent jewelry... #all snakes relate to majima dont you know #its why i keep sendig bestie pics of snake jewelry i find 🥰 #but yeah i also got two new cross rings. one to replace the ring i thought i lost ☠️ #but yeah i got em cause my mom also hates crosses #‘snap youre embarrassing please get over your mom being mean to you’ i will literally never #i didnt have a teenage angst phase i was too numb in my teens to do it right alright. let me have this #also wait no who said that your early twenties was just like. being a kid with adult money. #cause my sister co-signed me on that and yeah. like not old enough to be an Adult adult #but old enough to be an adult but your also an idiot. a big ass idiot who doesnt know anything yet. #I AM RAMBLING ANYWAYS im driving home now :] very happy with what i got today.... #might draw daigo or masato in the bullshit i got... because i love projecting... BYE