u/TadaSuko

Three years ago I had a great idea for a party. At least I thought it was great. Tea Party and Book Exchange. Everyone dresses pretty, bringing with them a book they love they wish they could share with others. We have sandwhiches, cookies, tea, everything made from scratch (I love to bake) and a book themed trivia game. At the end we have a white elephant and everyone in the group goes home with a new book to read and bag of treats.

Except none of my friends really liked the idea when I pitched it to them.

Then I had to move away.

Now I don't really have any friends, let alone bookish ones that live in the state. I still lingered on the idea, trying to refine it, see how I could make it better. My husband told me (very gently) that it just probably wouldn't work out. So I permanently shelved the whole plan.

I think about it every october because I wanted to do it for my birthday. Instead of only me getting gifts, everyone could get something. Three years now and I can't even work up the motivation for a normal celebration either now.

Just needed to throw that into the ether. Maybe somebody else online can take my idea and run with it.

I only vaguely know these episodes and I'm here for the vibes. I'll just comment and keep it all in one post so I don't spam the subreddit either. Starting with the pilot!

This is the only episode I truly recognized. It's an interesting idea, but without the shock of the twist, it kinda falls flat. It's also very interesting from a post internet perspective. With the mass influx of chatrooms and video games, I can't imagine this simulated world to be truly isolating. We are social creatures and someone would pack bond with a random object long before they went crazy. But I'm trying not to think too deeply about it. Still a great first episode.

I am addicted to the color pink. My husband knows this and knows the futility of stopping me from filling our shared sitting room with pink. I get the sitting room and kitchen stuffed with pink and if we quarrentine it there, then he doesn't risk living in a Barbie Dream House.

THAT BEING SAID.

We kept losing the TV remote. So I, ever the genius, put some neon tape on it so it would stand out! I showed it off to be praised by my husband for my ingenuity. He smiled that patient smile and said, "that's a great idea my love. But you can't see a pink remote when everything else is pink." I scoffed and said of COURSE it wouldn't be a problem! This is NEON pink. Not Blush or Bashful or Bubblegum! It'll stand out perfectly!

Y'all

I just spent 20 minutes searching for the remote. It was on the tv try next to my pink yarn, pink drink, pink crochet hooks, sitting on the cute pink tablecloth. I was using this tv tray while I worked on a pink hat and lost the remote trying to unpause my movie.

I know I need to tell my husband he was right, but I think my pride is too wounded atm. 😭

Edit to add: I'm not gonna be posting pics of the pink room. It's messy and a WIP. Right now mostly white walls and furniture, but with some pink lamps, blankets, and pillows so when you turn on a light everything has a pink glow. I'm also trying to find some pink curtains I like.

Also please stop assuming I have belittled and forced my husband into some pink hovel built by Umbridge. He knew I was a pink girl when we were dating, we have talked about home decor many times over, and I have agreed to never change anything about any room without his permission too. A pink room for me to be my own space was a choice we made together. He has his own space too that he can do whatever he wants with.

I helped him get back into college when we started dating. I supported him when he got a job offer that would mean less money, but a shot at his dream job. We packed up our lives and moved in 3 days across the state to live at my parents house where we were tripping over each other and struggling to make room for everything.

Now after 5 years he finally has his dream job and our income has doubled. We're gonna be able to get our own place and have the room to start our own family without worry that we can provide for our future children. We won't be insanely wealthy or anything, but we'll be stable.

If I could be a bit spiteful in my positivity: FUCK everyone who told me to settle for less when I was dating, FUCK everyone who told my husband to find a better job because his dreams "weren't practical", and FUCK everyone who told us to "just have a baby now" because "there is no good time". I am a small woman with simple dreams for her life, so I expect ALL of them to come true! And now that's happening!!!

Very interesting. The good scenes were great, I found a lot of moments like the kids chasing Gladys very funny, but boy the bad parts were such a drag. I nearly fell asleep in some parts early on, but they managed to have enough scares to keep me hooked for the finale.

Are there any behind the scenes for that final moment when they rip Gladys apart? Honestly it looked like they were having fun with it to an extent.

I do feel like the themes of the movie were... well not vague, they were kind of all over the place. I think one more rewrite of the first half of the movie would have done a lot of good. I feel there's almost too many interpretations and no one theory fits flawlessly, and that's irritating me like a scratch you can't reach because it's in your bones.

I used to apologize all the time for inconveniencing people or for percieved slights. It made a lot of negative self talk that my husband especially hated (because he loves me.) I read somewhere online that a good way to change that mindset is to say "Thank you" instead.

So for the past 6 months I've been trying it. "Thank you for waiting on me" "thank you for correcting my mistake" "thank you for understanding". So much of my negativity left, and people are more comfortable talking to me when I'm not putting myself down all the time. I wish I could go back in time and tell my younger self to do this!

My friend has been vegan for several years, and while I regularly eat meat, I have done my best to support, advicate, and accommodate her diet. She's recently decided that due to budget restraints, she's giving it up, at least for the forseeable future. I hear a lot of people have a hard time introducing animal products back into their diet and I was wondering what I could do to support her in the transition so she doesn't get sick. Anything to avoid or bring back in carefully?

This show has been coming up more and more in conversations I'm having with friends and they always said "Don't watch it, we'll just tell you when something is relevant." And I don't like that. So I'm going to sit down and watch the whole thing all the way through for my extended weekend. I know there's something about incest and I think one of the characters being one of the Worst People Ever™️ according to a lot of people, but that's all the context I have.

What should I be mentally prepared for other than action scenes and some pervy characters though? Is there good writing or a scene I should pay close attention to? I want to give this show a fair shot, even if I loathe it later. (Any comments that just say "it's peak" will be disregarded as written by a middle schooler).

In terms of anime reviews. Blogs, tiktoks, whatever format you prefer. Would you rather hear the opinions of someone who watches a wide variety of shows, but clearly doesn't like certain tropes or genres, so they have a strong bias against them? Or would you value the opinion of someone who exclusively watches one genre like romance or isekai an who clearly never branches out of their comfort zone?

I knew some of the Ghibli films were based off of books, but I recently heard someone say ALL of them are. I love physical media and already own all the films on DVD and bluray (Thank you Costco and generous parents) and now I want to go on a hunt to fill a book shelf with all the novels they're based off of too.

My main question is if there's a list somewhere of all these books so I can use that as a reference point, or if some of these books are not yet translated into english. Any and all help would be welcomed!

I'll be honest, it probably wasn't worth the $20 to see it in theaters, but I appreciated the hard work that went into the film! Props to everyone involved with the costume and set design, they did a fantastic job! Super campy and fun!

Also when can I get a gif of the mailman spinning on Buddy's horn?

With bank shutting down, there is now a timer on when I can get my coveted shiny celebi. If anyone has advice for making the soft reset grind any easier, lemme know.

My best friend is wearing a hat I made her a few years back and it happened to be made of cheap acrylic yarn. The kind that squeaks when you work with it. I saw it on her head and was mortified, but she loves it to pieces. She has since shaved her head and now that acrylic is itchy on her scalp. It's just a plain, cat ear beanie with single crochet, so I said I would make her another with better material so it doesn't bother her. What she doesn't know is I'm going to make her five of them.

My problem is I'm definitely going to need to buy better yarn, but I'm not sure what brand to get. My friend deserves the best, but I can't afford alpaca or anything. My plan is to make her five new beanies in black, white, pink, blue, and purple.

So what brand of yarn should I go for? Assuming I need 5-6 skiens total, and I don't want to break the bank. I have a Michael's and Hobby Lobby nearby, I'm a bit more hesitant to order something online.