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meme: everyone get in here

MEME: Everyone Get In Here

Sometimes we drop pups and their voices still nag at us. Sometimes we're interested in characters who can't actually be apped or whom we feel are too obscure to actually bring. Consider this a Test Drive for all the pups who are gone, who haven't arrived yet, or won't ever show up (or anyone, really), where you can "trot out every old/obscure/untested RP account in your arsenal." Other pups (present, past, and future) can tag them, ask them questions, yell at them for leaving, whatever you like!

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meme: truth or dare

MEME: Truth or Dare

Guys, we haven't played Truth or Dare since 2021. That's wild. Let's play now!

Tag in your characters. Ask each other truth or dare. Ask a question or pose a challenge accordingly. Rinse and repeat.

For anyone looking for inspiration, check out past iterations of this meme in the tag — or try searching for a list on Google, there are some good ones out there!

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ask me no question i'll tell you no lie

re: Real long lines

Woo! After a long yesterday wherein I was basically ghosted by the sales department and could get nothing done, I'm back down to work inbox zero and my techs are busy on sold units, so I can focus on the years of silly training videos I have to go through now that I'm technically a service advisor.

I'll also probably read a bit, too, because c'mon. If they didn't want someone for this position who was on their phone constantly, they would NOT have hired me in the first place, because after all this time, they know exactly who I am.

When I bought all that MUBI bullshit the other day, I was not expecting yesterday to be the day I got the book I preordered from them almost three months ago! Really luxuriating in the pretentious bullshit right now, I am! It's a genuinely beautiful object and came in a comically huge box and I'm looking forward to digging into it.

Contemplating a Mystery Wrestling Patreon subscription just so that I can rewatch all of their shows ahead of attending one, since they are only sporadically available on the high seas. Maybe if I can find a way to download them myself?

2. What Would You Be Willing to Wait in a Really Long Line For?

the duty of all Real Americans

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ask me no question i'll tell you no lie

re: Terrible pursuits

Spending money to feel more in control of my life, woo!* Jumped on the latest 'two free months of MUBI' offer and then decided to really indulge my pretentious cinephile bullshit by subbing to their semi-annual Notebook magazine, and then also bought a few old issues from the TIFF store so they wouldn't be lonely, and then grabbed the novelization of MaXXXine and a film journal just to hit the free shipping threshold and... poor decisions were made, I admit, but I don't really regret them so SHRUG.

Also got my ticket to Mystery Wrestling 18 for the day after All Out and a couple of Stratford shows for the day before, so all I need to do is book some plane tickets and my September trip will be all squared away with two months to spare! HYPE HYPE HYPPPPPPPPE

Hmm. It's only Tuesday. That's unfortunate.

1. What Do You Gain From Pursuing Something You Do Really, Really Badly?

If you enjoy doing it regardless, then fun and enjoyment. If you don't... character, I guess? Ew, gross, no, just stop doing it in that case.

*the real solution is just to clean my room, I know, I KNOW

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ask me no question i'll tell you no lie

re: History

It's Friday! Five-day work weeks still feel inordinately brief to me, but I'll be back before I know it because weekends are NOTHING. Sales is bombarding us with sold units that are somehow ALL to take priority, and 50% of my techs are gone until Wednesday (he's proposing to his girlfriend, aww). At least soon it won't be my problem for 48 hours!

Eddington tomorrow, then my mom and brother ditch town for a day so she can go get a mammogram because that's yet another thing she somehow can't have done within 400km of here.

I need to book my plane tickets for September, and make sure my time off request is amended as it's no longer for a Wednesday-Tuesday stretch. Mystery Wrestling tickets for the day after All Out go on sale Monday, so maybe I'll do it all while I'm back at work then.

Back to my highest weight ever and feeling bad! I went off my intermittent fasting kick when all this random upheaval started, so I guess it's time to get back on that, since it's the only thing I've ever found that works for me. Starting... tomorrow.

31. How Much Do You Know About History?

I'd say about 8.