i've forgotten how to read, unfortunately. i have this issue where if i don't immediately start another book after i finish one, i struggle to keep up the momentum. the books i'm reading rn are books that in theory, on paper, i should be all about. might be one of those situations where i just gotta start fresh and come back to the ones i'm trying to read rn. 

maybe i just need something completely different from what i'm reading rn. i haven't read a fiction book in almost 2 months, maybe i'll read some braindead procedural or something. 

taking recommendations if anyone's got them. i'm trying to be more open minded and try books that normally i wouldn't, and i've been pleasantly surprised a few times! but brownie points if your rec is horror, procedural/law thrillers, thrillers in general, sci fi or any/all of the above

no bc then i would never have any posts lmao

not to jump on the bandwagon but honestly, i don't get it either. and honestly i feel like this is one of the very few things that is starting to change for the better, is this weird possessiveness over certain fcs that used to be a lot more common.

like i remember one time i asked a relatively well known person in the community at the time just for the name of the fc they were using bc i thought it was a pretty fc. and the way this person immediately accused me of stealing their character for asking for the name of the fc? like bro i promise i don't care about your character. i just think the fc is cool and have an idea of my own for it.

i dunno, i just assume if someone also wants to use the same fc i have, that that is the case. hell, i might even be more inclined to try and plot with you because they have the same fc. here, take the icons i've had for this fc since 2009. let chaos reign, baby.

i saw longlegs yesterday and the aesthetics were so good that i want to make a skin inspired by the opening credits lol

- "touching the void" by joe simpson
- "three cups of deceit" by jon krakauer

funny that you mention that! i actually just found this place like 10 minutes ago. it's a base and for jcink, but what's nice about it is that this person labeled all of the variables for you, so until you're more comfortable, you can just kind of pick it apart and edit it to your heart's content. it's a fairly blank canvas as well, so there are a lot of things you could do to make your site look a little more unique even with a more limited skillset. i believe there's also a responsive version of it as well. 

i'm a "learn by doing" so this is the type of resource i would use to learn how to do something. i usually find that yeeting the entire stylesheet into codepen at the start, when i intend to skin something, helps tremendously when it comes to transferring the skin back to the site. it's kinda annoying to scroll up & down all the time, but don't be afraid to physically move elements around in your stylesheet. the thing won't break if you move the wrapper closer to the body and :root lmao

HELL YEAH BROTHER

so unfortunately Mouse i'm not a big fantasy reader, but i am a big audiobook fan. do you have spotify? because i recently found a spotify playlist with free audiobooks! a lot of them are public domain books, but it's still a cool resource. if you don't have libby already, you def should download it. i listen to a loooooot of audiobooks that way. 

also i know jeff and his company is like legitimately evil, but audible is invaluable to me. she and i have a really toxic relationship, but she pulls me back in every time........ever since they added in the "plus catalogue", i've been using audible a lot more often. the plus catalogue are free books that come with your membership, and the selection, at least as far as my personal reading tastes go, has been great. i've been pleasantly surprised numerous times when i go to look up a book i can't get thru libby, only to find that it's free for me to read from audible. 

dude this would go SO HARD?? my real intro into the community was a steampunk fantasy pirate site and i have always loved the genre

i just finished "fascism: a warning" by madeleine albright and my conclusion is that i don't think she actually knows what communism is

i'm on a pb site for the first time in ages and i'm going to scream. bbc is my ENEMY

bex is shorthand for my real name, to the shock of everyone lmao. baby me wasn't creative, and all of my close internet friends know me by this name, so like, i'm kind of stuck with it forever.

the jeepers cats thing started off as a joke tho. my grandma says "aw jeepers cats" and i started saying it as a joke. it always STARTS that way doesn't it. now it's like my brand and i'm just rolling with it.

my icon is by one of my fav artists, dead_seagull_ on instagram and i'm literally obsessed with her art.

okay so i like, read this while on call with my friends and we are all extremely morbidly curious (in a good way) to see how this would be played out. as a lover of playing middle aged men and shitty dads, i would love to play charlie swan for you if i knew absolutely anything about warhammer 40k. i am warhammer-curious but the amount of stuff for it is highkey overwhelming lmao