Hey all, I'm in a bind.
My disabled housemate and I are staring down a Minnesota winter and our furnace is on its last legs. It's almost 20 years old at this point, and repairing it will now cost as much as a new one. We had it checked yesterday and it's starting to emit carbon monoxide while in use.
I need at least $4000 to replace it.
I have some savings, but it's not enough to cover it all, and I'm the only income in the house.
We've had a hard year with our cat passing this summer, my housemate narrowly avoiding the ER from overheating during multiple power outages, and our dishwasher also needing to be replaced.
Anything helps, and thank you!
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I had a discussion yesterday with my wife about continuing relationships with friends and family who voted Republican.
I said I wasn't going to maintain that connection anymore. I hate the phrase that is already being tossed around again... "We can have a difference of opinion and still be friends."
Look... a difference of opinion is:
— it's okay to put pineapple on pizza,
— Batman could totally beat up Superman or
— the ’77 Yankees were a better team than the ’96 Yankees.
Those are differences of opinion.
But if you voted for Trump and any other Republican, we have a difference of morals.
You have told me with one action that you are a racist, a misogynist, a homophobe, a xenophobe and a transphobe. You are complicit in helping to eradicate me. You have told me you believe bringing down the cost of eggs is more important than protecting basic freedom in this country.
You are not worth my time anymore and I do not want you in my life.
My wife doesn't understand. She thinks people can still be friends even though they disagree.
FUCK THAT!!!
@socketwench - The Planet of the Apes films are my go-to for when I've lost faith in humanity and am genuinely in a lousy mood. Cause none of the movies end on a good note.
Conquest is freaking great, though. A sci-fi version of the Watts Riots. The budget is threadbare, but it really pulls off the riots well. Sadly, the ending was tweaked to weaken the movie...but at the same time, the original ending is out there and worth seeing.
@socketwench - One of the things I like about Serlings writing is that there is rarely someone who is a despicable antagonist. There's a reason for their ass-holery. And you ALMOST...just ALMOST...feel for Zaius when you realize his assholery comes from trying to protect the present from a harsh past, and that harsh past from returning.
The end doesn't justify his means, though.
@socketwench - I know that Goldsmith specifically likes to use experimental instruments as "characters" such as the Blaster Beam for V'Ger in ST:TMP. Here he uses a Brazillian Cuika to make ape sounding noises.
@socketwench - Serling is one of my favorite writers, and he really shows off his chops here.
@socketwench - His arc certainly starts that way, yes. The idea that this paragon of human virtues starts out as hating humanity....
@socketwench - There's one shot near the end of the movie where Heston talks to one of the other apes across a canyon. I accidentally found myself there, and got a sudden sense of Deja Vu. It's in Glen Canyon, which I was driving through.
@socketwench - The Book is really different than the movie, and, if anything, echoes Escape from the Planet of the Apes.
Got an email saying they were a hiring manager who got my resume and wanted to set up a meeting. No company name. No phone number. No nothing.
Got a text message that had pretty much the same text. No company name, no phone number, nothing.
Got a phone call I didn't recognize with an obviously recorded AI voice with the exact same text as the text message. No company name, no phone number, nothing.
I'm desperate, so I replied in text with "I don't recognize this number. What company is this, and what position?"
I've heard nothing.
The scams really hurt my morale.
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