I have no energy to sing.

This august I'm going away for holidays and I won't have my equipment, I'm currently working on this collaboration song that I wrote and will be performing on. I already have the full vocal melody down. And already started singing on it. I would prefer to have this song finished on my end before going away just to have it out the way.

I work from home, I still live with family, they are loud. Even if they aren't or are not home, I still sometimes can't find the energy to sing. Not that I'm insecure about my voice or anything, I know I have talent. It's just most days I'm too drained to start, especially because you have to warm up.

At least when it comes to instrumental production, I don't need to warm up and it's more like coding than anything. You just need the ears for it so it's easy to just come on whenever you want, work on it a bit and call it a day. I always say a bit of progress is better than no progress. Except with singing you need to perfect the vocal, obviously don't be a perfectionist but theres nothing wrong with wanting to get a good take. At least for me because I really dislike using heavy auto-tune, I add a lot of harmonies and I project my voice.

Singing is usually the part that I dread the most because of this, actually getting the time to do it and then finding the energy too is so hard. I don't know if it's because I'm lacking vitamins or what but I geniunely will struggle in the future especially if I want to do this full time. Again I understand taking it a day at a time, do what you can, but I just still want to actually get more progress done.

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u/New-Commercial-1224 — 1 day ago

Hayley & Hopes Casting

Okay but it's actually kinda uncanny how similar Danielle and Phoebe look to eachother, like if I didn't know about this show and you told me that they are actually mother/daughter I would believe you. Hopes casting even more, because how does Danielle look like a mix of the entire Mikealson family, like I see Freya, Klaus, Rebekah even a bit of Kol in there. Was Danielle made in a lab for this show?

u/New-Commercial-1224 — 1 day ago

How do I apply a platinum wig without my darker roots / hair showing?

So I've been meaning to get a platinum-white wig, I'm talking something a targaryen has. My hair currently is a dirty golden blonde, somewhere around a 7.5-9. My roots are darker than my ends, but I'm worried that if I put on a platinum wig, it will look like I have dark roots, when I want it to be white blonde all the way to the top. Is there any way to deal with this? Perhaps get a lighter bald cap?

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u/New-Commercial-1224 — 1 day ago
▲ 9 r/Hair

Which colour suits me more?

I recently started dying my hair this golden-blonde colour after being platinum for multiple years, the moisture from the dye also helped my natural wave pattern return. I must say I deeply miss the platinum as it gave me more of that alternative-elf vibe, this colour although goes nicer with my skin and doesn't wash me out as much. However I feel like it does look more basic so I'm unsure of which one I prefer.

The platinum blonde was also very damaging and time consuming, this colour is close to my natural so I don't need to keep touching it up. Should I keep this colour and just invest in a platinum wig instead?

u/New-Commercial-1224 — 1 day ago
▲ 2 r/Hair

I'm getting an itch..

So literally not too long ago I was platinum-white, the damage was annoying and I hated the regrowth, I started dying it to my natural colour which I love but now I feel like I look more basic. Dying it also slightly gave my hair back the moisture it needed for my waves to return.

Now seeing old pics of grimes with her unicorn hair has started making me want to grab the bleach and start doing it myself. However I don't want to re-fry my hair so like idk what to do.

Any tips?

u/New-Commercial-1224 — 1 day ago
▲ 23 r/Grimes

Grimes has lost her touch.

Obviously others may have different opinions to this but I feel like Grimes has lost her touch when it comes to creating music. That's not to larp and say "RIP GRIMES" "GRIMES DIED" etc. She's still very much there it's just in terms of music she has been releasing lately, it doesn't come close to comparison to some of her work on Visions or Art Angels.

People can obviously change their style, experiment and try different things. I'm happy to be still getting music at all especially since not to long ago she said she was going to retire and work on AI. But I just wish she was still creating that ethereal music. I'm a huge fan of Artificial Angels and Entwined and her newest song "Sign From God".. is.. something! But they still don't hold a candle to some of her older work like Nightmusic, Genesis, Pin, My Sister Says The Saddest Things etc.

In terms of her using AI for her art now, I'm not a huge fan of that either, especially since we have seen the amazing art she can create. However given shes mentioned she doesn't intigrate it into her actual music, that eases my mind.

u/New-Commercial-1224 — 1 day ago

Who's the fastest dragon we have seen on the show?

Dead or Alive who would you guys say can fly the fastest, turn and pull dodges. Overall just be hella swift. I'd say it's either Syrax, Meleys or Moondancer. But if I had to only pick one, then Moondancer, her build and her being so tiny I feel like allows for really quick and agile movements.

In season two when she noticed Criston she caught up to them in under a minute and she was high in the sky. And in the gullet the way she was able to dive so quickly and change directions was insane. Vhagar big ah would take multiple businesses days to do that.

Which makes me wonder, if it was Moondancer With Baela trying to flee Vhagar instead of Arrax with Luke, if she would've been able to escape. Baela also seems to have way more control over Moondancer.

u/New-Commercial-1224 — 2 days ago

Will we end up seeing Morning?

Now that they have merged Rhaena's story with Nettles and given her sheepstealer, will we still see Morning hatch? In the books they never mentioned what happened to Sheepstealer after the war was over, maybe he will die from old age? Or maybe in the show they will kill of Sheepstealer in some battle? I've seen theories that Rhaena With Sheepstealer will help Daemon & Caraxes take down Vhagar above God's Eye, which I hope isn't true.

I want Daemon to do it alone.

I must say as much as I do love Sheepstealer, I really want to see Morning, we have never seen a pink dragon in this universe. Perhaps they will give Rhaena both, I don't care what yall say, a rider can have multiple dragons. It was never mentioned anywhere that Daenerys cannot ride Rhaegal or Viserion, she just rides Drogon because she knows when the long night comes, she will need to. I believe you can have multiple dragons it's just uncommon as not every targaryen gets one dragon in the first place.

We did see a Redish Egg in season two so perhaps that will be Morning? I know people have been saying that's Drogon and his siblings but for my own sake, I disagree. Daenerys' Eggs were stolen by Elissa Farman from Dreamfyres clutch. I think it would be ironic for a character like Rhaena who has been without a dragon her whole life, to now get two. Although I highly doubt they will end up doing that and Morning will probably be cut completely from the show.

u/New-Commercial-1224 — 2 days ago

How do I get rid of this frizz?

Texture: Wavy 2A-2C

Density: Thick & Fine

Treated: Bleached Platinum, Hair Botox, Hair Dye And Hair Dye Henna

I usually use mousse and leave in conditoner when its wet and then add oil once my hair is dry. I sleep with a bonnet and satin pillowcase but I feel like it does't get rid of this frizz. The only thing I can think off is brushing through my hair but that would ruin the waves. I don't really want to use Gel either cus it will make my hair even crunchier than it already is from the mousse. Any product recommendations?

u/New-Commercial-1224 — 3 days ago

Is Genistar Legit?

After 3 years of job searching and rejections or ghosts, I finally had a response. Blue Oak / Genistar wanted to interview me! The first interview no one even showed up, second time a kind lady did. She seemed legitimate and talked me through everything and how to set up my account. She mentioned you pay £99 for a DBS which sounds real as I thought that no real scam would care for a DBS. I was so happy after the call as I thought I've finally found myself a job, something that sounds like I'd be capable off and the pay was great. I'm now wondering, is this all legit or fake? I've been reading up in certain places that they got "scammed" and idk if its true. I'm meant to have my first training on sunday and i'm just mixed about it all.

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u/New-Commercial-1224 — 3 days ago
▲ 103 r/Avatar

How much can the technology in Avatar still advance?

So I'm wondering is there any possible way for the technology to evolve even further? To look even more hyper-realistic?

With the first Avatar, the CGI was ground-breaking especially for it's time, it still outsells a lot of CGI that we have today. However I would say that it was also dated compared to the newer films, and there were some shots that did also look like CGI or fake. With the second one coming out, that completely changed, nothing looks like it could be CGI anymore, everything is hyper-realistic. If you showed this film to someone from the 1900 they probably would think we have discovered real aliens.

The micro-expressions, the peach fuzz, literally it's just real.

Obviously with then Fire and Ash releasing, the CGI was still great but didn't change from the second one. That leaves me wondering, is this the limit? Can James Cameron figure out how to push the technology even further even if it already looks THIS real.

The only thing I could think of improving is the attention to glitches/bugs as in the second one at least, there were MANY. There were clothing pieces and things that vanished and then appeared in the next shot. Same with a few small clipping glitches. Which obviously that doesn't mean it ruins the movie, it's a film made up of 97% CGI, you can't really complain there when it's barely noticeable when your watching in the cinemas.

Any thoughts?

u/New-Commercial-1224 — 4 days ago

Console Keyboard And Mouse Support

Why hasn't apex added support for Keyboard and Mouse yet for Console? It's been years and yet still if you connect your Keyboard And Mouse to your console it does nothing. It wouldn't be an unfair advantage if you just automatically connected to PC servers. Similar to Fortnite, you plug it in and no longer play on Console servers. It's annoying cus back in the day when I played on PC I was so much better than on controller. Now my PC can't handle Apex anymore and I can't upgrade atm. I have my PS5 and I'm not terrible on Controller but defo not as good as I used to be when I had more control with a mouse.

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u/New-Commercial-1224 — 4 days ago

I'm so lost.

For almost three years I've been searching for work. On indeed, total jobs other online websites you can name. I went in person to hand in my CV, I've done almost everything I can. I only had one interview and I got the job but I had to turn it down because you needed to get a DBS check and I was going into college at this time. I thought it would take too long and wouldn't be worth it, especially since the job was far. Since then I've been applying to anything I can see.

I've been applying to things I have personal experience in and things I'm actually good at but also for just any jobs aswell. Retail, Cleaner, Babysitter, Waiter literally EVERYTHING. I'm still living at home with my mother and her abusive partner. I feel so trapped as I can't get a job to then move out. The only thing keeping me going is working on music production from my room, something that geniunely brings me joy and makes me happy. However at the moment, I don't make any money from this.

I'm currently only getting universal credit but that's not even close to enough to live off, geniunely what do I do.

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u/New-Commercial-1224 — 6 days ago

Getting targaryen hair FOMO...

With the show back on, seeing all these amazing hairstyles is making me jealous.. I know it's all wigs but they look so damn good. I do braids myself and I used to be platinum blonde too but had to stop because it was too time consuming and damaging. I'm still blonde just more natural and darker. I'm getting tempted to reach for the bleach again.. should I or should I just invest in a wig lmao

u/New-Commercial-1224 — 6 days ago
▲ 38 r/Avatar

My Old Avatar Paintings And Drawings

I was scrolling in my camera roll and came across my old Art GSCE Sketchbook, I did a lot of stuff regarding Avatar, I wish I had done more and finished some pieces. No wonder I got an A for this though, I cooked..

The empty rectangle was for text, for those that don't know you need to do a lot of analysis in these sketchbooks, so it can't just be pretty art, you need text which I later filled in. For some I got inspired by the avatar guidebook and some art I found refrences for on Pinterest.

u/New-Commercial-1224 — 9 days ago
▲ 1 r/Hair

Updates on my waves!

So I've made a post yesterday talking about how I'm annoyed about my hair as I'm unable of how to style my waves etc. Luckily with all your suggestions and stuff I've seen online, it has helped.

I did my routine as usual yesterday with washing my hair with Garnier Hair Food Shampoo then Conditioning with Shea Moisture Masque. Drying with a microfiber towel, adding in Leave in CHI Keratin Conditioner and Mielle Mousse, scrunching then diffusing and oiling at the end. I deffo noticed a lot of frizz and I feel like the diffuser doesn't do much for me and I make sure to do it the right way.

I wake up today after sleeping in my bonnet, redamped it with a mist waterspray as my hair loves the moisture from it, and like you guys suggested, started slowly coiling certain pieces with my fingers, which did more for my hair than scrunching. I did still scrunch at the end but I did it by bringing up my hair to my scalp and applying pressure rather than just messing my hair about. The coiling was key though but I feel like it was difficult to do and I don't wanna rip my hair out doing so. If there's an easier and gentler way please let me know.

If you can, please leave good product recommendations for defining waves. I don't want something too heavy especially like Gel but I want to get rid of the frizz and keeping the waves long. I've seen online that JVN Leave In is good but sometimes it's hard to trust more expensive products as they don't always turn out to be worth it. (Looking at you K-18 👀)

I'm definitely going to integrate the hair coiling into my shower routine now, I've also noticed a lot of people with waves/curls mentioning that their hair is better on the later days rather than straight after washing, so that could be it too!

u/New-Commercial-1224 — 11 days ago
▲ 12 r/Hair

I give up

So I've thought for a while that my hair was pin straight, sometimes naturally it would turn wavy so I thought it was indicating that my hair was still wavy from my childhood. I've tried doing all the wavy routines you can think off, nothing has been super effective. It looks terrible straight and looks terrible wavy, I js give up

u/New-Commercial-1224 — 11 days ago
▲ 4 r/Avatar

Will we evolve as humans due to global warming?

Now this might seem like a ridiculous question but I was just thinking about the upcoming heatwave and obviously it isn't natural. We are now paying the consequences of our actions and earth is heating up faster than ever.

But that leaves me wondering will every plant and animal on earth including humans, evolve to adapt to this heat or will we simply start dying out? Obviously global warming won't kill us instantly, these things can take years, evolution can take years. But that leaves me wondering will we eventually grow to be more like creatures of pandora and have less fur/hair on our bodies to be able to withstand this heat, with more of our bodies being exposed?

If we look at most animals on Pandora, they have low to none fur as the climate is so warm they don't need it. Pandora naturally has a thicker atmosphere so it traps in more heat, Earth is heating up because we aren't taking care of it properly. Obviously I'm not trying to glamorise global warming to be like "omg look we are evolving to the heat awesome" but I am curious if this will have an impact on us and if we can adjust our lifestyle to it. Or if simply it will be too much and eventually start killing everything.

The ideal option would be to try our best to not contribute more to global warming and try to reverse it but if the need arises can we survive.

Anyway yall that's all, goodluck with the heatwave, stay hydrated and stay safe. Remember to recycle and don't litter 💚

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u/New-Commercial-1224 — 13 days ago
▲ 4 r/curlyhair+2 crossposts

Can I brush my Waves?

I've recently started wearing my hair wavy again after having it pin straight for a while, as my hair is so fine it holds being straight as much as it holds a wave/curl. Turns out I still have the waves from my childhood to early teen years. I might be wrong but my natural hair type is somewhere from 2A-2C. In some areas it's more wavy than the rest, overall its very fine and thick.

As for my routine:

I wash with Garnier Hair Food Shampoo, Condition with Shea Moisture Masque. Wrap my hair with microfiber tower after, let it dry slightly then brush through with wide toothcomb to detangle as my hair is clumped together from the water. Then once its brushed through, I apply CHI Keratin Leave In Conditioner and Mielle Mousse, once applied throughout my hair, I start scrunching. Firstly pressing my hair to my scalp to let the natural waves form then scrunching the ends. I diffuse and then apply Jojoba Oil to my ends and Rosemary Oil to my root. Then take my vented hair brush and gently brush through my hair to detangle and tame frizz. At the end, I roughly dampen my hair with a water hair mist and let it air dry as my hair loves the moisture from a mist. Same thing goes for rain my hair goes so wavy in that. I also sleep with a hair bonnet and silk pillowcase.

So far this routine has been fine, I've heard that you aren't supposed to brush through your waves once your hair is dry as it can cause frizz and ruin the pattern. Defo something I've experienced but I hate my hair being crunchy/stiff, I want it to be soft, detangled and wavy. I also get bad creases from my bonnet. And have no volume nor wave at the top of my head.

Should I just stop brushing my hair dry? Also should I start using a protein shampoo as I heard thats good for waves/curls. Any recommendations for how to fix all these issues before I start spending money on stupid products or tools that barely work?

u/New-Commercial-1224 — 13 days ago

Are we ever getting another DLC?

So AFOP is obviously not a huge game outside of the avatar fandom, even within it not everyone has played. Now the game didn't "flop" by any means but it defo didn't do as well as it should've. This game even without my unbias opinion is one of the best out there visually, the story is great and gameplay is alright. But the worldbuilding is truly next level, they really captured the essence of Pandora, I'd say even better than the movies.

But that leaves me wondering, are we done? Will we ever get another DLC, another major update or even another game? If so what kind of things would you guys be looking forward for?

I personally want more customisation options, such as earrings, more tops, hairstyles, facial structures. I want there to be an online mode too, I know we have CO-OP but imagine how amazing it would be to play with a map full of players. My biggest wish of all is for a water biome DLC, obviously not the Metkayina because that wouldn't make sense lore wise but another sea clan. With new water mechanics, creatures etc. I've always loved water in games, I remember when I first got out of TAP I ran straight to that river next to the soldiers to see if I could swim. With Way Of Water as my favourite of the three films, this would be insane for me.

I feel like the game still has huge potential, I feel like the choices with the marketing were not that great, hense why a lot of people don't even know about this game. Maybe getting the actors to play or inviting big influencers to some AFOP themed event would help boost it.

u/New-Commercial-1224 — 14 days ago