I teach STEAM enrichment and this was up on the wall of one of my schools. This is genuinely one of my favorite things ever — I’ve gotten so many chuckles out of this. Persephone is hilarious and quite possibly Mr. Beast’s biggest fan. 💜
I’m job hunting for afternoon / afterschool work; usually I teach kids afterschool (and summer) enrichment subjects. Currently working at CYC as a STEAM Specialist for their summer program, and am looking for what comes next.
It’s been a while since I was in the nanny game — what sites are parents using these days? Nannies — which services pay best?
Thanks so much! 🥂
Recently discovered this unused gift card Id completely forgotten about. I have no need for it at the moment and could use the funds instead. Thanks! 😊
Ciao a tutti!
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Buono studio! 🇮🇹
I was made to attend therapy as a part of continuing education at a bougie private school. I was an abused kid and had all kinds of issues, but what’s messed up is that this requirement came about because I was being constantly bullied and got in trouble whenever I’d react to the abuse.
I was 8 or 9, highly suspicious and resentful that I was being made to speak to a therapist. In resistance, I intentionally talked about things that weren’t that big of a deal just to get through the session ‘unscathed’ in my eyes. I gave up nothing, I was proud about it.
I remember being given an IQ test, which I scored quite highly on… something my mom bragged about. She wasn’t supposed to tell me my score, but she openly bragged about it to all who would listen.
My kryptonite, however, was that the therapist had a dollhouse. I LOVED dollhouses, spent hours playing with mine, and I just couldn’t resist. So, I remember trying to steer things toward playing with the dollhouse, with the therapist there by my side. Zero memory of what I talked about or how I played, but I figure it must have been telling to a professional.
I wound up undiagnosed with ADHD for most of my life, as well as a myriad of mental health diagnoses thanks to my fucked-up parents.
I’ve always been curious as to the therapist’s experience — could anyone tell me what (likely) the process was like for the therapist, what they looked for, what they saw, and maybe did they notice I had ADHD? It would be on-brand for my mom to ignore the diagnosis in favor of me being “gifted”. Thank you 🫶
I parked, got out, and lo and behold, there was this sweet and rough-looking lady waiting for me at the curb. She’s malnourished and super hungry. I gave her some not-Brie cause that’s all I had and she scarfed it. Later, I gave her a small can of wet food, which she inhaled.
She’s friendly, affectionate, skinny, and covered in mats. I plan on rescuing her when I have an actual home — currently hosteling it as I get re-established in SF. The friend I was visiting is taking care of my 18-year-old gal until I’ve got a place.
She’s got a pet grooming vacuum thing and we were hoping to shave off Pascal’s mats.
What I later found out:
- Her name is Pascal. She’s got owners and is microchipped, so I can’t take her to a shelter cause she’ll just get returned to neglectful owners.
- She was an indoor cat that they put outside permanently due to ‘litterbox issues’, and then later had a child with severe cat allergies. She’s 15(!) and they clearly don’t feel any responsibility toward her care. They think this is her “living her best life”.
Today’s update from my friend:
Went out to feed pascal this morning and met one of her owners.
She was an indoor cat for 10 years, but they put her outside (can’t remember why initially), but now they have kids who are severely allergic, so she lives outside, and according to him “couldn’t be happier” 🙄😒
He has given his blessing to shave her.
The [silver tabby on the steps in the video] is a stray (and she has an eye injury rn, poor baby).
Hi all! I’m in between places, trying to get re-established in my home town. I currently earn money via gig driving, while I wait for more stable employment.
I start an in-person teaching gig (1xweekly) next Monday and am relying on gig driving for money in the meantime. I had to reschedule a Lyft rental until tomorrow, but the $150 refund hasn’t hit my account and I have nowhere to go, no vehicle.
There’s a cool/safe hostel I can stay at for $50/night, but I only have $5 available in funds.
Would anyone be able to spare $50 so I have a place to sleep tonight, pretty please and so many thanks?
ETA: I had an interview a couple of days ago for a 32 hours M-F job and got the offer letter today, woohoo! So things will be much more stable once I get those first paychecks!
Hi all! I’m in between places, trying to get re-established in my home town. I currently earn money via gig driving, while I wait for more stable employment.
I start an in-person teaching gig (1xweekly) next Monday and am relying on gig driving for money in the meantime. I had to reschedule a Lyft rental until tomorrow, but the $150 refund hasn’t hit my account and I have nowhere to go, no vehicle.
There’s a cool/safe hostel I can stay at for $50/night, but I only have $5 available in funds.
Would anyone be able to spare $50 so I have a place to sleep tonight, pretty please and so many thanks?
ETA: I had an interview a couple of days ago for a 32 hours M-F job and got the offer letter today, woohoo! So things will be much more stable once I get those first paychecks!
This is supposedly queen-size, but it was large on my down comforter. Maybe it just needs a more fluffy insert? Mine was kinda flat. It has corner ties (IYKYK).
Note: It was put into storage clean and stain-free, but I’m bummed to say it looks like it got water damage or something in the meantime. Hopefully it’ll come out with a wash, but it’s a decent amount of flannel fabric and is otherwise in good washed-flannel condition otherwise.
Cool latching case, comes with pins and baubles.
These were my dad’s and he would be so thrilled to pass these on to a birder who can use them. Please take all.
Manual in 3-ring binder
Long story short, I inherited a lot of really old photos from my stepdad. They’re cool to look at, but I don’t know most of the people and I’ve tried to give them to my step-cousin, the only one who might value them, but she doesn’t want them.
I just have to pare down and can’t be carting these random photos around for the rest of my life. 😅
I’m hoping someone has a use for them in some sort of art project — they are genuinely cool and random, everyday snapshots of life from 1900-1975ish.
Got this free and happily passing it on now that I don’t need it!
I had both of these products on my iPhone for five years and I highly recommend them.
The phone case is in excellent condition and works great for those of us who drop their phones a lot.
The screen protector was so good that I never needed to use the second one! Super easy to apply and it withstood five years of wear without any observable scratches.
I’m Downtown-adjacent in Alkali Flat.
I’ve been NC with my mom for over a year now, except for one time I was so desperate that I asked for financial help with 5% interest, and she refused me.
I’m not sure what came over me, but drinking + poor impulse control played a big part.
I’m a bit scared to look at what I sent. Everything I said was true, and I sent one or two follow-up emails, in one of which I said “fuck you for…”
She’s blocked from contacting me, so no idea if there was any reply. I did get a text from my 25-year-old sister still living and working with my mom: Dude, what the fuck was that about?
My sister’s life trajectory is night and day from my own. She’s led an incredibly charmed life compared to mine, so she doesn’t get it, and likely never will.
When I woke up to that text and remembered what I’d done, I had a sense of panic and ‘oh, fuck, what did I do’, but then I remembered that I’m free! I’ve divorced myself entirely from her, and there will be no consequences that I care about. She can do nothing to me at this point. She’s not been my mother for decades, and if the truth hurts, then that’s her fucking problem.
I’m kinda proud of myself. That initial panic was old, a habit from the before times, and it feels amazing when I think about how I actually don’t care about her opinions or reactions or whatever.
Regardless of the game, I’m that gamer that is always carrying way too much stuff. I usually find ways to deal and work around it, but I can’t figure out how to pare down in FO76 so that I’m able to fast travel.
I’ve been playing this game for over a year now and I’ve never once been able to fast travel. 😂 FO First isn’t in my current budget, so I’m literally walking everywhere and it’s getting old.
Even when I’m only carrying two weapons and the armor I’m wearing, I’m massively overweight. I assume I’m carrying too much junk, but I don’t understand how I’m supposed to maintain a scrap inventory when my stash can only hold so much?
Please, O Wise Ones, tell me your secrets!