#though i can't go in them anymore anyway bc of covid

[hopelesslyromanticshark]

feel free ignore this but i was just wondering when you started writing fics bc theyre all so amazing wtf???

ignore this sweet ask?? NEVER!!

so, to be completely honest, this is not the first time i've written and published fics!! though, i've NEVER received attention like this and it's so so nice!!

i've been writing little stories in my head for probs as long as i can remember. writing was just always something that i've done and i have distinct memories of crying to my mom about how hard it was sometimes when the words came out wrong or i struggled to spell them correctly. this would later be diagnosed as dyslexia but my mom made sure to get me the correct support i needed!! it still fucking sucks but whatevas lmao

also, my mom loved to write when she was in college!! and she was really good, too, but she gave it all up to marry my (stupid ass) dad and raise my sister and i. but that's a really sad story for another day.

BUT i wrote some crappy mcu fanfic on here when i was like 10?? really really bad i hadn't even seen all the movies when i wrote that i just thought bucky was hot lmao- (do not go looking for that shit i will cut you- i don't even know how you would find that but no! bad!)

then, during covid, i had a fever dream the night before christmas (deadass im not being funny) and started writing fanfic for...ugh i can't believe im gonna say this but it was sherlock lmao-

like...legit 12 books. each with like eight to nine chapters. it basically followed the plot of the show EXACTLY except for with the add in of my oc lmao. that's posted on wattpad (again. i will commit crimes to keep my name away from that shit lmao- i tried rereading it the other day and nearly died from cringe)

OH AND I WENT THROUGH A CRINGY ASS POETRY PHASE LMAO THOSE WERE BAD BAD- tbh might be willing to share them to strictly laugh at but idk where i would find it anymore bc i feel like ive scrubbed it off my phone-

all that to say, i've been doing crappy writing for a very long time, but this is the first time that i've actually felt really proud of my work. also, you're such a sweetheart to ask this and it was so fun to reply to!! i really do love yapping yall up!!

anyways, hope this made sense and i WILL find you if you so much as THINK about finding my old fics lmao-

#no but fr if yall find them i will legit be impressed #MORE than impressed #return to sender ౨ৎ #all my love ౨ৎ

[introvertedlass]

You are honestly the most reasonable blog on here (that believes in PR). Some of the others I've seen used to be respectable but now are veering scarily/dangerously towards Qanon, which is a shame, bc it's discrediting a lot of good blogs who understand PR in HW is hardly an abnormality.

PR stunts/relationships are supposed to make the audience confused as to whether or not it's real or not. That's kind of the point.

Back in 2020, I remember seeing Ana De Armas and Ben pop up and for months, I went back and forth wondering about them. On the one hand, they were doing pap walks daily and annoying literally everyone with how seemingly out of touch they were (not staying inside, not wearing their masks correctly, just being extra all around), but it just went on, and she kept getting involved in things with him, and she showed up places with him and I honestly just wondered if "she was the new one" after his divorce with Jen Garner. Then they broke up and I look back thinking, oh yeah, that was a stunt that lasted too long.

I don't follow Sebastian or Henry's careers/lives, but I did follow a Tumblr blog that posted daily about their relationships. Sebastian's thing also gave me Ana/Ben vibes bc at times I was like, is this real? Then it felt fake with all the pap walks. But then every time the blog would post more updates about "sightings" from DM - and there would actually be candids of him/her at a park or walking somewhere (blurry from the back). I think Celeb-as-fuck was the blog detailing everything because she was a fan of him, but anyways, they had a lot of tracking on this and everyone was riled up EVERYTIME something would happen. It also seemed to last on and on and they didn't appear to be breaking up, so I was like, hmm. Maybe it is real. They eventually broke up so it's not a big deal anymore, but their relationship, as many ppl have said, at times very much reminds me of this CE/AB situation.

On the flip side, CE/Lily James def felt like a one-and-done PR stunt but what was weird was him appearing in the UK a month after and seemingly being near her, and there was some hotel that followed them both at the same time and that got real weird. We all know how that ended so it seemed like it was just a fluke situation. Though, NGL, I remember thinking: "If Henry/Sebastian/Ben Affleck are in these relationships, I wonder how long it'll be before it happens to Chris Evans?"

I REALLY regret thinking that LOL...but I did wonder. I just had a feeling it was going to happen to him as well bc he was the ultimate internet BF for so long, and perpetually single to the public. I had weird thoughts that celebs were going too off the rails during peak COVID for it to just be a bunch of privileged ppl acting out of touch. Something was in the water and it wasn't just COVID-19. The industry was floundering and they needed to make some huge commotions to stay relevant.

Again, none of this really matters. But I really stand by my thoughts that in HW, nothing is really what it seems. And I DO think that celebs will go as far to PR engagement and marriage (RE: Kim K and Kris Humphries) if they need to prove a point. I know some other blogs on here keep spouting out that stuff doesn't happen anymore, but I'm not terribly convinced that these charades can't still happen. I do also believe that celebs can be in a PR relationship/marriage while having secret/private lives BTS. Anything is sadly possible in this industry, which is exactly why you continue to hear celebs go on podcasts, write memoirs, even do-tell 2020 style interviews where they all mention, "This industry" in cryptic ways. They're all alluding to the shit that goes on but they can't necessarily say it out loud. But you know if they could, they would.

I've always thought his interaction with Lily was to be his PR rs. That sighting with them was around the same time as Seb and Ale.

Also, thank you for kind words. I try to be level-headed by I certainly have my moments, too and have to rein myself in.

[carrotzcake]

I literally cried tears of joy last night because of how amazing my thanksgiving was. my original plans to spend it with my immediate family got foiled because of covid (even though my mom kept saying i should come anyway if i couldn't cancel the rental car??? ma'am, i'm not exposing myself to covid right before I go on vacation next weekend or have surgery the subsequent week).

anyway, I happened to text my cousin in jersey and she wound up inviting me-she and her husband have four kids, plus their parents, her brother (my other cousin) and his girlfriend, and a few other folks, so it was a full house. my cousins and extended family are always a blast to be around and I rarely see them. meanwhile my immediate family, especially around thanksgiving, tends to be a pain to be around bc of diet talk, my mom's need for everything to be perfect, and feeling like everyone's secretly watching me.

I'll admit to some purging but mostly because I was hungover and it was not settling well; and I still ate dessert without purging that. But the food wasn't even a big deal; I had some anxiety while making a plate but I know how to eyeball and was able to trust that I know what I'm doing. I paced myself well and engaged in the conversation at the table. I've never discussed my eating disorder with anyone in my family, though I believe my mom talks to my aunt about me sometimes, so I'm not sure what they know. but I felt super comfortable and welcomed and safe and loved.

sadly, my mom had to ruin it. repeatedly in conversation before and afterwards, she said I "invited myself over". 1. that is categorically untrue. I said I was going to friends' and my cousin said I'm always welcome there. 2. they're FAMILY. they love me and i love them and I never see them. even if I did invite myself, if I showed up completely unannounced, they'd be thrilled! I really wish she could just hear how happy I was and what a good time I had and be happy for me.

took the train home in the evening and my good friend came over and we watched a movie and he stayed the night. he was there for me when I got emotional; he always is. (please note, i almost never cry). I cried tears of joy for finally having a thanksgiving full of positive memories, i cried tears of gratitude for my dynamic extended family, i cried tears of loss for the years i've spent holidays in treatment or so severely wrapped up in my eating disorder that I wasn't really present, tears of loss for the loved ones who've passed away and can't celebrate with us anymore, tears of pain that my mom cannot and has never been able to love and support me in the way that i need.

my cousin sent me home with thanksgiving leftovers which I fully gave myself permission to eat and enjoy for lunch and now i'm going to take a nap. recovering alone is so exhausting.

#personal #eating disorder #eating disorder recovery #anorexia #bulimia #ednos #osfed #actuallyanorexia #actuallybulimia #actuallyED #edulting #ed recovery #thanksgiving #family #narcissistic mother #hoildays #treatment #emotional

[selective-yellow]

this isn't really a big deal but I kinda can't stop thinking about it. I'm more bitter than anything

my little sister recently reached the year mark since she got her cancer diagnosis and in a month it'll be a year since the lump was successfully removed. her birthday is next month and we have a lot to celebrate!

late last year she went through about a month or so of chemo before stopping due to negative side effects (she is still undergoing other treatments, just not chemo). around this time my work went from "Maaaaybe yall can come in 3 times a week" to "minimum four days in the office no exception!!! *unless approved by HR" I immediately spoke with HR and told him everything, that I wanted the exception bc I did not want to risk my sister. Considering this was during the holidays (meaning lots of people would be traveling) and I was already the only one masking in the office while almost ALL of our covid safety measures had been laxed or out right removed, it felt even more urgent to me to just stay away. Not to mention my wife had some health issues at the time as well, so i had a few reasons to WFH. He understood and told me he would meet with my managers and see if they would approve it.

The funny thing though, I never actually got the exception. That was the last I spoke of it to anyone (no one at my work, save HR and one coworker who had shared with me her story of her chemo journey, knew about what was happening and to this day i still havent told anyone; I'm one of those people who will immediately burst into tears when I'm asked Are You Okay? and at the end of the day i just didnt want the attention) and since neither of my 3 office leaders reached out to me about my situation, I sort of had no choice but to assume they either didn't know/HR hadn't gotten around to them, or they DID know & my exception wasn't approved anyway. So I kept coming in and for months I just masked and stopped attending pretty much any work event. If it involved being together, I passed. I did what I could to just minimize contact as much as I could. occasionally i just said fuck it and stayed home whenever I just wanted to but for the most part I was still coming in, feeling bitter and alienated.

I guess I could have pushed and pushed them, but at that time I was pretty mentally beat down and didn't have the energy to argue what I thought at the time was a "sorry but no." besides, like I said, she ended up doing less chemo than we thought she would

eventually as time passed the urgency decreased bc she was better. Her health improved and we reached a point where we felt she wasn't at risk anymore - she went back to work, was going out like her old self and it was obvious she was healthy. I decided if she felt safe enough to go out, that was a weight I could take off my shoulders and work started going back to "normal"

I met with HR a few months ago to go over my "return to office" and, baffled, I told him I never actually got the exception and was still coming in. He basically just said, "Huh. Well that's great. Remember, four days. Bye!"

I still had no idea if my office leaders were ever told what was going on with me, as again not one of them spoke with me about it and my time in the office.

two weeks ago I had a meeting with my boss, and at the end he out of the blue asked how my little sister was feeling? I told him she was doing so much better, which is true and he was glad.

So he knew the whole time...?

I know he was going through a tough time too. 2022 was rough on him. But I was still???

So you knew.

It sort of floored me. Someone knew the whole time. Did my other managers know? Did they just assume someone else had talked to me? Was it just all miscommunication? Or did they decide being present in the office was more important? I can't say i was mentally present but at least I filled a desk huh

I dunno. I want to think it was just miscommunication. Or just an unfortunate oversight due to too many balls in the air. It happens.

But fuck man. My sister had cancer. The whole point of asking for an exception was to protect yourself or family members. those months were so miserable. I was so miserable at almost all times, I was crawling through every day just fully bitter and resentful that I couldn't be fucking safe at home. And I really hate knowing now that it didn't have to be that way at all.

#work woes #cancer mention

[gaaaaaay]

Being sick ain't so bad I get to sleep as much as possible and eat whenever I have an appetite even if that means cereal at ten pm and I don't have to shower bc uhhh I can't yet (I rly want to) and I don't have to leave the house or talk to anyone or cook dinner or do chores!!

Yesterday was so scary bc the flu triggered my asthma and I thought for sure I was going to have to stay in the hospital bc the only time I was ever hospitalized was for illness-triggered asthma and it was so weird like I wasn't wheezing and my lungs felt kinda clear but I couldn't breathe. At all. I thought my symptoms started when I actually inhaled some silica dust so at the advice of a teladoc doctor, who told me to get help immediately because I was almost too short of breath to talk, I went to an urgent care for a chest x-ray. X-ray was fine bc it turns out I just had the flu...and asthma. It was still scary though because they gave me a nebulizer treatment right away of course and to my surprise it did absolutely fuck all and that shit has never not been just like instantly effective. So I asked for a second one. Nothing. Probably bc I just couldn't breathe deep enough to get the medicine into my lungs. I was straight up just loudly panting from morning until night (woman at urgent care reception: ma'am, are you experiencing shortness of breath? Me, loudly panting: YES LOL. and before you judge, they wouldn't let me wait in the car. They also didn't take my temp ((I was running a fever)) or look at the symptoms I wrote down so this is all on them lol)

Anyway so they gave me a shot of something to help with the flu pain and I'm feeling a lot better today. Still can't do anything but sweat and sleep but I'm not shivering and moaning anymore. My cough turned into a "productive" cough and now I can finally take deep breaths and my asthma meds are effective. I have new medicine too, for the first time in like ten years bc I haven't needed it.

Get your flu shot and covid boosters guys, especially if you're immunocompromised!

#asthma #flu

[exrayspex]

hutchie has had horribly itchy ears despite not having mites or an infection for a while now, and we tried changing his food (didn't help), giving him kitty doses of benadryl (he would NOT take), and allergy shots (didn't help).

so. i've been reading what various vets have said about treating it online and fish oil is recommended by several! it makes sense, it works as an anti-inflammatory for humans too, but it seems almost too good to be true if it does work--he'd gladly lick it up so administering it would be a breeze. just need to get some in liquid form instead of capsules so i can measure out the correct dose for my little guy

anyway fingers crossed it helps him! poor thing has several little scabs from scratching so much. and from the potential treatments i've been looking at it seems like it'd be by far the easiest to give him

#only thing i'm worried about is that it'll give him the runs #in which case i will have to clean his runny poopy cat butt #which i have done before! i can do it! i just really would rather not lmao #and my poor mom would have to deal with messy litter boxes too #i really hope it helps though baby has been dealing with this for ages #like over a year #it's been so hard to get in to the vet bc of covid so every time he's needed a visit is just a long ass waiting game #and then all three times we've visited we haven't been able to help him! #also we need to switch vets desperately but it's not really feasible rn bc of covid and ugh #ours is not very good but it is overpriced and horrifically inaccessible #like i cannot handle the pain of a visit again it's so bad and my wheelchair won't fit in the exam rooms #though i can't go in them anymore anyway bc of covid #ANYWAY #poor hutch is terribly itchy and has been for a long time and i've been trying and trying to help w no luck #so really hoping this is finally the thing that works for him

[tarotnoob]

Hello! Thank you so much for your answer :) So, since the beginning of quarantine, I was studying to apply to college. Partly bc of covid, my life during this time was pretty boring. My study motivation was mostly "hey, once I'm IN college, I will start finally living cool stuff again - I will find new, supportive and strong connections and learn about subjects that I love!". It's also worth mentioning that I never had much freedom to go out (alone or with friends) before when i was a minor. So, to summarize, I had high expectations of college: I would make new connections, socialize a lot, and (later, when the pandemic situation decrease and we're all vaccinated) conquer my independence by moving to another city to take face-to-face classes.

So, I was accepted into my chosen college and I was mostly relieved that this waiting time was finally OVER. No more daydreaming, my best life starts now!!!!! Right?

Wrong 🤭

I mean, jokes aside, it's not really bad. I met (online, of course) cool people and I'm doing well in all my classes. But... yeah. It's just not as "good" as expected - everything is a little bit shallow. But I know that, as you said, lots of people are going through the same; things will get better eventually and this is just impatience taking over. It's just that it is a lit bit frustrating feeling exactly like 6 months ago, just doing my studying and wishing I could skip to the part where things **finally** get really exciting

So, thank you so much for the advice! It's really easy for me to get focused on dissatisfaction, even though, like you said, this is a pretty stable moment. Nothing bad is going on, but I still find it hard to just focus and live in the present, day after day. Btw, you mentioned that I can "change what's inside" and I think that really applies here - I should take this "waiting time" to improve and take better care of myself. Maybe it's also a lesson of some type.

Other than that, your *edit* actually made me jump lol See, my university said that we're only going back to face-to-face classes once things are safe. Our state government is pressuring them to do it by the end of next month, when all adults should be vaccinated. So, while I'm excited to move to another place and start fresh, I don't feel THAT ready to do it so soon as in September...........

Anyway, thank you so much again for your time, advice, and energy. Take care and keep being so talented!!!!

You know, not that I pay attention to news anymore - I mean I REALLY stopped watching news bc of Donald Trump - but no one seems to really talk about the affect covid had on people going to high school college during that time where they're missing out on that social interaction everyone else got to have pre-covid. And it's fine to say "eveRYone is BEing AFFected" but like it's okay and valid for each person to say it sucked for them. Losing a year or two out of my life is pretty shit bc I'd like to, I dunno, meet someone, which is pretty hard to do when you can't go out and hate dating apps.

I have a niece who was born about four months before covid and she is so under socialized that she doesn't like to be held by family.

I think it's easy to have had expectations and over the past two years for them to not be met - but the good news is I think it can really get better from here out. Even after I got (and my family got) vaccinated, we still wore our masks, specifically me bc I like to rub stuff in people's faces when they aren't wearing them... but one day I was like fuck this and I don't usually wear mine and even though I'm still adjusting to being in public and not glaring at anyone that comes within a few feet of me... it's better. I don't fully remember exactly what it was like to NOT think about covid but... I mean it's better. It's a small improvement, and your situation will improve little by little until a few years from now you won't even remember what it felt like to be so isolated... I don't want to say it's unfortunate that you haven't been given room to do whatever bc... I dunno... it's not a good feeling but it's common and it's to keep you safe ig which when you're used to being "sheltered" ofc it's going to be weird when you actually have to move and take care of yourself. I cried the day my parents dropped me off and I didn't even like living at home and I was about 4 hours away, in another state. You get used to anything, humans are so good at adapting to stuff. I was looking at the meanings of 7 of cups and 3 of p according to that guidebook and it was kind of like... well obviously head in the clouds expectations and 3 of p is just working on skills and stuff so I guess that makes sense and just shows your dissatisfaction and then I eventually - after i posted - clarified the king of p and it was like ace of swords which ironically has a fist that looks like the one I was obsessed about in 7 of cups. Ofc I have no thoughts on what it means... I guess it could be freedom, stability, inspiration, epiphanies... but I mean I think the tarot are a weird psychological tool that can stir up things we already know so we can sort of analyze what's going on...

but i think if stagnancy doesn't feel so great, that change will be like a breath of fresh air and change is sort of... essential anyway, you can't really fight it and it brings new things and growth is probably better than just sitting there and being 40% dissatisfied.

I think you'll do well and like the freedom though be careful bc all of the people i knew who were sort of "sheltered" in high school went nutso in college lol. I mean as in tried a bit of everything they weren't allowed >.> keep an open mind. I think it'll be really great after the awkwardness of adjustment... it's better than sitting in your house with fam tho haha. thanks for providing feedback!

#feedback

[sometimesrosy]

a) Rosy, how do you get over regret, resentment, and missed opportunities? I just can't seem to move on. I have all this anger and resentment towards my parents for doing things that caused me so much harm and towards myself for not dealing better with it in the moment. I feel so upset over all the missed opportunities during this time because I was basically a hermit in a cave for 1.5 years bc of the depression and anxiety I had due to the pressure cooker situation created by my parents.

b) I can't stop feeling angry with my parents for creating that situation (they're not bad ppl but reacted really emotionally. There was constant criticism of me and dare I say, emotional abuse). I can't stop feeling angry with myself for succumbing to it. The reason it hurts is because I missed out on so much, unlike my peers. I can't stop thinking about the missed opportunities, one of which I might not be able to do at all anymore due to COVID and grad school timelines.

c) I know I cant change the past. But idk how to get over the anger/frustration/resentment I feel at them and myself because I feel like I lost 1.5 yrs of my life (so covid hasfelt like an extension). if COVID hadn't happened, I would've gotten to do those things I wanted and I wouldn't be feeling this. but bc of COVID/grad school timeline, I probably will totally miss out on those things so it's brought back anger at my parents for creating that situation in the 1st place. how do I move on? :(

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Okay, so I still have problems with the concept of “forgiveness,” but I have learned how to let go and move on.

Why? Because there’s nothing I can do about it. It’s gone in the past. It’s done. And holding onto it doesn’t benefit me or change anything or make it better. In fact, it makes it worse, because instead of being able to heal, I am continuously harming MYSELF by giving them a rent free home in my head. They don’t even need to be THERE for their actions to keep hurting me.

To make matters worse, holding onto it means that I can’t move on. I can’t try for better things, because I am still wanting the past to change. Which can’t happen.

Okay, so here’s the thing. The parents you have are the parents you have.

Sorry. That’s just how it is.

You may want them to be different or better or more supportive or kind or whatever, but they just freaking AREN’T. Wishing they were different isn’t going to change the past.

It’s like, imagine someone having a chocolate and a vanilla ice cream cone, and offering you the vanilla one. And saying, choose your ice cream. And you choose the chocolate... even though you are not being offered it and you can’t have it. The ice cream you have is vanilla. You may prefer or want the chocolate. You can see it and it looks delicious, but the one you get is vanilla. And here you are saying you choose chocolate. Meanwhile you can’t enjoy the imperfect vanilla, your hunger isn’t sated, and now you’ve got vanilla ice cream running down your arm. AND you’re miserable watching someone else get the chocolate. 

Your parents are the vanilla ice cream. Your resentment and anger is because you’re trying to resist the ice cream you have. You can’t move on until you choose vanilla. And frankly, it’s not just about them, either, but also about you and your choices and reactions. You say it is. Holding that resentment over your parents (and yourself) is keeping you from doing something about the situation as it is and moving on to get a better life that you can be satisfied with. All you’re doing is saying, “but I didn’t get chocolate,” and letting that vanilla make a mess of everything because you’re refusing to accept where you are.

Listen. I’m not saying you have to PUT UP with your parents and accept what they’ve done to you or your lost opportunities or whatever. But I AM saying that you have to accept what your life is, who your parents are and what happened to you before you can fix it. Before you can say you’re done with it. Before you can move on and grow from the harm of it.

Because as long as you pretend that the vanilla isn’t yours, that it’s not melting all over you, that you’re not starving for want of ice cream, that you’re not still demanding some other thing that is not and has never been yours, you can’t even get rid of the vanilla and wash up the mess.

Your parents are yours. It may suck, but they’re yours. And the life you’re living is yours, even if it’s not ideal and it’s not the one you chose on your own. And it’s not until you ACCEPT your imperfect life and work to fix it from WHERE YOU ARE, not from the fantasy of a choice you were never offered, then you’re gonna continue to feel like you were cheated and be angry and resentful.

Your parents aren’t perfect. They are flawed. They make mistakes. They make the wrong choices. They choose things for you that you would not choose for yourself. This is just how it is. And you respond in ways you wish you wouldn’t. You’re imperfect too. 

I would also like to remind you that you don’t know how things would have turned out if you HAD gotten what you wanted. The depression may have hit you anyway. Covid certainly would have happened anyway. Your opportunities may have fallen through or you may have found out they made you miserable after all. You just don’t know. You’re idealizing a situation that has remained hypothetical and refusing to work with the possible benefits of the situation you are in now. 

Listen. This is your life. These are your parents. This is the world as it is. Things went wrong. They always do. 

Now what? What are you going to do from here? 

Until you let go of not having it turn out how you wanted to, you can’t find out.

#rosy answers #life advice

[georgianadarcies]

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DID YOU LIKE MY COUNTDOWN!? That was fun! I had fun. That was actually more fun than I thought it would be! There were too many good posts to name. It was very fun reading all your comments and theories.  Though side note: animal anon has no problem with people joining her BUT it must be animals and it must not mess with my countdown. No statues! Animal anon does animals, not statues. Side side note: can someone settle the debate of if that emoji is a hedgehog or a porcupine? Because I have no idea. Side note side note side note: sorry if you got multiple asks in a day...my system isn't perfected yet so sometimes I send two (or three) because I forgot I sent one and didn't want to accidently miss anyone (also sorry if i did miss you, still perfecting the system, no one has been animal anon blacklisted, i promise!)

Anyway, GUESS WHAT TODAY IS!!! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 It's been one year since I started animal anon! How exciting is that?! Phew, what a year we've had together! I mean what better way to start this second year than some chaos since that's how animal anon started to begin with! I will admit, it was slightly stressful coming up with something to meet the occasion of this event. I hope the countdown and this post live up to it. No, I'm not going to reveal myself just yet.. maybe that will be for year 2...😏😏. BUT I will give you some fun facts about me! So let's see; first, I'm from the Midwest (so not Canadian, but close so I do have a slight accent), but I currently live in the TriState area. Second, I am a MASSIVE theater nerd. No, seriously I have been to 21 shows since Broadway reopened in September and I'm actually going to my 22nd tonight. I don't know if this makes that fact better or worse, but I've really only been to about 12 different show because out of those 22, 10 of those are one specific show. Third, I am fluent in German and English. Though, I suck at writing in German, I never learned how to, so don't ask me to do that please. Fourth, my favorite color is red, so you can guess my favorite Taylor album (and coincidently also the show I've been to see 10 times on Broadway...). Fifth, I love to talk A LOT if you couldn't tell by the essays I send yall. And lastly, I can also confirm I am not Taylor...but I will say that I do share something very important with her... tell me your guesses down below as to what very important thing you think Taylor and I have in common, and I'll send some extra animals to whomever I see gets it right first!

So contuining on with my dissertation here, this week I have been trying to figure out a prompt to live up to this occasion. As I already mentioned, my system isn't perfect! And I've been thinking a lot about community lately and how that's been lacking for so many because of Covid. So what I want yall to do is if you get this dissertation of mine, please send a message, post, anon, whatever you want to at least 1 other blog (though you can do more), telling them something you like about them and giving them an animal emoji! That way we can keep spreading the love all day long to as many as possible! 🥰

As always, you are all brilliant, kind, worthy, beautiful and as this past week has shown, hilarious and unique human beings. No seriously, some of your posts had me kneeling over in laughter. If you would so like, you can tag #animalanon so I and everyone can read all your lovely posts! IM STARTING EARLY TODAY SO WE CAN PARTY ALL DAY LONG BECAUSE I LOVE YALL SO MUCH 🎊 🦥🦁🐯

ahh yay this was so fun!! your asks always make me so happy and I love seeing everyone's responses on the dash!! happy anniversary btw <33 I can't believe it's been a year? time isn't real anymore I swear I thought it was like a few months but time flies

I am also from the midwest!! and red is also my favorite taylor album!! animal anon look at us we are like two peas in the pod although you may be disappointed bc I know like three or four broadway shows and that is all. I wonder if you and taylor both love cats? you are animal anon after all...

thank you again for including me in all this!! it's such a good time and I'm sorry it takes me ages to reply but I promise I love it very much <33

#ask #animal anon