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If anyone asks, I was with you the whole time...

@amireal2u / amireal2u.tumblr.com

Fan, Writer, Makeup Afficianado, Esthetician, Small Business owner
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hi! I for some reason am 100000% certain I remember you reccing or posting a link to a fic from MA Archive with a very sleep-deprived post-first-solo-mission Obi-Wan Kenobi reporting to the Council and then coming home to discover there are no fresh towels and there are issues with the water supply in certain parts of the Temple - as luck would have it, the Jinn Kenobi quarters have also been affected. IF you recognise this summary, pls share an author name or title? cheers, stay safe, stay warm

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This rings a bell but omg my brain ain’t coming up with it. Anybody? @deadcatwithaflamethrower?

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I know exactly which fic that is, because I helped instigate it. Bwahahahahaha.

The author is ALSO evil because they didn’t list it on AO3 with the rest of their works, and the MA is dead, so your secondary link is down. Therefore, contact @amireal2u and see if they’re in the mood to share their fic.  <3

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Honest to god I'm not sure I have it anymore. I can look for it tomorrow?

Hey guys, I’m pretty AFK right now. But in case anyone is collecting this info, you can find me at LJ and DW under amireal. I’m generally an iteration of that particular nick. I don’t auto reciprocal friend these days, but I have a free for all friending policy of me. Have at it.

Delayed October–nope, NOVEMBER SHINIES!

The delayed fan favorite, Absolem, dedicated to Alan’s specific portrayal of everyone’s smoking caterpillar in the recent live-action Alice in Wonderland.

Abselom:

Dyed Shell, Fire-polished Crystal, Smokey Agate, Vintage German Glass, Czech Druk AB Glass, and Stainless Steel Beads on 49-strand coated Stainless Steel Wire with Stainless Steel Lobster Clasp. 21.25″ in length. Stainless Steel etched Pendant is 1.75″ from bail to tip.

Price: $50.00 USD + Shipping

Abselom Earrings:

Smokey Agate, Fire-polished Crystal, Vintage German Glass, Czech Druk AB Glass, and Stainless Steel beads strung on Stainless Steel with Stainless Steel posts and stainless steel backings. (All of my earrings are made of surgical stainless steel unless otherwise specificed.) 1.5″

Price: $25.00 USD + Shipping

Stellar Take Two:

1.5″ Stainless Steel Pendant on Woven Velvet Choker with strands of silver wire and strands of rhinestones with a Tibetan Silver Toggle Clasp. 15.5″ in length.

Price: $25.00 USD + Shipping

How Do I Count the Ocean:

Delicate 2.5mm Fire-polished Crystal and 3mm Silver-plated Stainless Steel Beads on a 49-strand coated Stainless Steel Chain with .925 Sterling Silver Toggle Clasp, and is 19.5″ in length. Pendant is is beautiful Blue Druzy Quartz set in .925 Sterling Silver. Pendant is 1 3/8″ from bail to tip.

Price: $75.00 USD + Shipping

How to purchase:

Send me an *ASK* (not a Message) through Tumblr asking for the shiny you’re interested in. I accept payment via PayPal for ease of tracking and shipping. You may also email me at deadcatwithaflamethrower@gmail.com; I’m rather prompt. I will simply ask you to go to PayPal, select Goods and Services, and submit the total payment agreed upon for the item + shipping.

Shipping Rates: in the US, I ship USPS First Class at $3.95; Priority in the US ships at $7.95. Outside the US, I ship USPS First Class International at rates averageing $15.99; Priority for overseas mail averages $37.99.

Thank you! Every purchase contributes to me paying the bills this month. <3

More shinies on the way after this weekend!

I’ve been reliably informed that asking for help when you need it is what responsible people do.

Hey guys.  I need help.

I need to move out.

There are multiple reasons for this, but the one I’m most comfortable discussing is that I have C-PTSD and trauma relating to Living With Family.

@deadcatwithaflamethrower and her @drougnor and their kids have BECOME my family, since Jer rescued me 2-and-a-bit years ago. They’re amazing, and they’re nothing like my ex-family was.

Unfortunatley, PTSD doesn’t care about logic. This has been just been getting steadily worse for the last several months.

I love Jer and her mate and their podlings very much and this is damaging my relationship with them. It’s hurting me and hurting them.

So I’m looking for a room to rent in St Augustine.  I receive SSI, but that REALLY isn’t very much, and I need something with access to public transportation because I don’t have a car.

I’m not sure yet how I’ll be moving my stuff, so I may need money for that, too.

Jer had hoped to be able to help me with a security deposit and first and last month’s rent, but though Drougnor has a temp job, he hasn’t been paid yet and they’re trying to deal with their bills and the bills from the move.

Guys, my birthday is November 11th. Helping me to get what I need to be where I need to be would be an awesome birthday present.

You can Paypal me at  paypal.me/JabberwockyPie or ariadne.valkyris at gmail

My Amazon wishlist is here http://a.co/aqdPN56 and I’m working on adding things I will need while I’m living apart from my family. (You can ignore the books. I love books, but I do not need books as much as I need necessities.)  I’ll be adding more items to the wishlist after I think of more - I’ve only known that I would need to do this since last night, and it’s all kind of overwhelming.

Dean Winchester’s “I hate you” speech from the end of season 12, is one of my favorite top ten television moments of all time. Partially bc of the delivery and partially bc of the context. I’m not sure the Dean of even five years earlier would have been able to verbalize all of that so well. I’d wager he wasn’t even consciously aware of it till at least 5 years ago too.

I feel like a leech.

You guys got us here. So many of you, and many of you–I have no idea who you are, and you don’t know me, or us, but you opened your heart and your Paypal and threw money at us so we could escape a situation that was causing crap health and massive stress.

[”And I love YOU, random citizen!”]

And we’re out of there! After having to leave stuff behind that we didn’t want to leave, but…well, it’s done. Also, fuck those two dead drill batteries in particular, because otherwise we’d have Eldest Podling’s bedframe in the UBoxes instead of left behind. Without the drill–well, we were almost an entire day late leaving as it was. Non-refundable hotel rooms ensured that yes, we still left the day we planned. Just late. So very late.

Now we’ve been here for a full week as of yesterday, and had to buy extra days in this place because we still hadn’t found a house to rent.

We looked at two houses today that were both nice. One was smaller (and tbh, nicer) and one was nearly twice its size but it had visible issues that would need to be addressed with the management company. We thought we’d try for the larger house, but as I’m sitting here filling out the form, and realizing what paying first, last, AND the security deposit up front would do to our bank account, I start dwelling on the larger house’s isssues–like the water leak in the ceiling and obvious mold in the bathroom on a fixture, the bad grout in the kitchen and lack of caulking, the fucked kitchen faucet that would need to be replaced…on the surface it was bigger/nicer appliances/yard, but underneath, I worry.

Then I sit back and wonder if I’m only worried BECAUSE of the massive yank on the bank account. I know exactly what it costs to survive even when it’s cheaper.

[”I know this is a trap, but I don’t know how.“]

Actually, no matter which house we choose, it’s going to be a yank on the bank account. Larger house renter company might actually repair all of its issues, no problem! But then we don’t have next month’s rent due to putting up three times the rent up front. Other house has no issues except crap water pressure (what the fuck, St. John’s County, how is this a county-wide issue) and we’d still have the next month’s rent and a bit left over for food and the desks we need back…but it’s next to a busier road with a smaller yard, with frankly crap appliances for all they were shiny on the surface.

[”Five years in space…God help me.”]

I think what it ultimately comes down to is: I’m looking at the bank account, aware of what it takes to set up a new house even if it’s a rental, and fretting. (Maybe panicking, but definitely fretting.) I’m worried about the kids, who have displayed signs of serious stress, or talked to me about it outright because they know this place is temporary, and temporary is wearing on them. Eldest Podling says he feels like he’s under an intense amount of pressure, even though he doesn’t know why. I know why, and it’s not just him being teenager-y.

If I had even just a month’s rent for either property, I’d probably be way less worried. Being able to cover all of the move-in costs would be a major relief so that I could be less anxious. (Less anxiety means I go back to working on the book! Which I need to do. Like, now.) On the surface, the rent seems extremely high, but it costs us more to live in the house in Maine…which we still have to pay for during this month, at least, since the nephew still lives there.

…Fuck, yeah, never mind. I’m going to be a leech, but I’m a leech with podlings and family members and cats and some fish who need a home.

It’s $1700 x 3 to get into the larger house (where I will Happen to them until they fix things). $5100 all told. (Hopefully I don’t need to give the electric company a deposit. Or for cable. Or water.)

Fuck, moving still sucks.

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[”I don’t wanna do this!!”]

So here’s what I’ll offer, since I still don’t have my printer or most of my art supplies. Every time I break $1,000.00 USD, I’ll post an extra chapter of OaLC. That’s 5 extra chapters. Every time I break an actual rent amount @$1,700.00, I’ll post one of the finished chapters of Vishakha. I’ll even put them on AO3. That’s three possible shiny book chapters. (I still have a goal for RE chapters but I need to be in a stable environment for that.) But hey, book chapters!

PayPal: deadcatwithaflamethrower @gmail or flammetirar @gmail

Google Pay - same two addresses above or paypal.me/flamethrower

Sending it directly: Mailing address below

Other things: Signal boosting I guess??

Getting the house money means we can move into the house while having the funds to replace what was left behind (fortunately I’m not appliance shopping right now, we have the washer/dryer and everything else is provided), and we’re still eating food, and the podlings are less stressed, and the mate isn’t blaming himself for not having a job yet even tho he just put his hook into the job waters on Monday after we got an official mailing address. (PO Box 4554, St. Augustine, FL 32085!

…What? You can’t find me by PO Box, and you already know I live here. No glitter bombs or mystery powders, please.)

I know it’s been a lot. Hence, feeling like a leech…but I keep getting told that I should at least tell you guys. Love you, you amazing scary wonderful people.

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[Cat giving their Human a high-five]

Just because something is a joke doesn’t exempt it from criticism. While we’re at it, choosing to look critically at jokes does NOT mean someone has no sense of humor. Maybe they simply don’t find poorly constructed racist and sexist jokes funny.

I’m super ready for this week* to be over. Really, really ready.

*for the purposes of this post the week ends Sunday.

I am about to see avengers!!!!!!

*whaps tumblr* STOP RANDOMLY UNFRIENDING PEOPLE. HMF. *refriends like 8 people*

Sorry. Nothing to see here. Move along. Just poorly crafted technology doing what no one intended it to do. AGAIN.

Today is fucking fired. Two appliances are not allowed to break down at the same time. It’s in the geneva convention.