Shane, Being Tall: Being Short Is Ok

dogs are way too much stress

excuse me, but what the fuck are mens bathrooms?

jegulily date headcanons

regulus, lily and james having date competitions where they try to take the other two out on the most fun dates

lily has deffinitely taken them on a grocery shopping date at 3am (they totaly rode shopping carts through the store and parking lot)

james has taken them to a mcdonalds in 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 fancy dresses (lily wore a suit tho, with a tail-coat and they all looked 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵)

regulus took them to a museum, where they imitated some old paintings and marveled at exhibits and goofed around

lily took them through a car-wash where james stared through the car windows in absolute awe, while regulus watched everything with rapt curiousity (and lily watched them)

james got them dressed as ghosts with bedsheets and sunglasses and took them to a park (they might've scared some kids, but it wasn't too bad)

regulus 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 has set up a picnic date for them three, with some of their favourite foods (it was very sweet)

james took them frog catching once, they all got a bit muddy and it started raining but they all had a lot of fun (the very few frogs caught were released 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 quickly)

lily took them on a movie date to a drive-in theater (it was a horror movie and james was terrified, but reg and lily thought the movie was funny and comforted him)

regulus took them cliff-diving, james and lily were surprised because regulus' previous dates were much calmer, but they all enjoyed going, it was like an adventure

bonus

james proposes to lily and regulus whilst wearing a dinosaur costume, 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘨 (remus, sirius and peter were backup dino-vocalists and sirius ran into the doorframe whilst leaving the room)

she walked into the garden she'd raised for decades. the garden which stood with her through a lifetime.

she noticed the bright cornflowers her granddaughter awed over. the cornflowers that were planted a year ago but showed up only now.

she noticed the marigolds her granddaughter had planted for her around the small apple tree when she'd forgotten to.

and she noticed all the green of her blooming garden in the bright summer day.

she saw the uncut grass and remembered her granddaughter giggling at seeing the wild dandelions peek out, having no one to cut it anymore.

she looked at the wood fence, seperating her land from the street, no longer having to endure milions of coats of paint.

she remembered the wooden shutters on her windows and how no one will be abusing them.

the white walls of her house would be peace and no more arguments again.

the old woman sat down on the grass, under the shade of the big trees, and she watched her garden, a new brightness making it feel fresh and new.

prompt 1290

Describe a landscape as seen by an old woman whose disgusting and detestable old husband has just died. Do not mention the husband or death.

                         –John Gardner, The Art of Fiction

KETCHUP AND MAYO TOGETHER IS SUPREME

Solidarity

i feel like ppl expect such unreasonable things from their partner in a relationship, like, those are just dreams, while you're dating a regular person

Since once in a blue moon I actually discover a decent rule for adulting, and since I know I have followers a few years younger than me who are just entering the workforce, I want to tell you about a very important phrase. 

“I won’t be available.”

Imagine you’re at work and your boss asks you to come in on Saturday. Saturday is usually your day off–coming in Saturdays is not an obligation to keep your job. Maybe you were going to watch a movie with a friend, or maybe you were just going to lie in bed and eat ice cream for eight hours, but either way you really, really don’t want to give up your day off.

If you consider yourself a millennial you’ve probably been raised to believe you need to justify not being constantly at work. And if you’re a gen-Z kid you’re likely getting the same toxic messages that we did. So in a situation like that, you might be inclined to do one of three things:

Tell your boss you’d rather not give up your day off. Cave when they pressure you to come in anyway, since you’re not doing anything important.

Tell your boss you’d rather not give up your day off. Over-apologize and worry that you looked bad/unprofessional.

Lie and say you’ve got a doctor’s appointment or some other activity that feels like an adequate justification for not working.

The fact is, it doesn’t matter to your boss whether you’re having open heart surgery or watching anime in your underwear on Saturday. The only thing that affects them is the fact that you won’t be at work. So telling them why you won’t be at work only gives them reason to try and pressure you to come in anyway.

If you say “I won’t be available,” giving no further information, you’d be surprised how often that’s enough. Be polite and sympathetic in your tone, maybe even say “sorry, but I won’t be available.” But don’t make an excuse. If your boss is a professional individual, they’ll accept that as a ‘no’ and try to find someone else. 

But bosses aren’t always professional. Sometimes they’re whiny little tyrants. So, what if they pressure you further? The answer is–politely and sympathetically give them no further information.

“Are you sure you’re not available?” “Sorry, but yes.”

“Why won’t you be available?” “I have a prior commitment.” (Which you do, even if it’s only to yourself.)

“What’s your prior commitment?” “Sorry, but that’s kind of personal.”

“Can you reschedule it?” “I’m afraid not. Maybe someone else can come in?”

If you don’t give them anything to work with, they can’t pressure you into going beyond your obligations as an employee. And when they realize that, they’ll also realize they have to find someone else to come in and move on.

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they were me