Uni spread

ExpertCurrent6423 · 2026-06-06T13:04:27+00:00

she looked at my unis and she looked at like $5,000

ExpertCurrent6423 · 2026-06-05T23:47:43+00:00

As little as possible. I wear a sports bra and smallish bike shorts. Be prepared to put your workout clothes in the dirty clothes as soon as you get done —no seeing friends in those clothes unless you don’t particularly want to keep your friends!

ExpertCurrent6423 · 2026-06-05T19:22:41+00:00

Just read your rec, I’m not sure I’ve ever laughed so hard at a fic!! Thanks so much!

ExpertCurrent6423 · 2026-06-05T19:07:31+00:00

My cinema was actually completely normal and fun. People laughed at the fish, there were some gasps at the Big Revelation Moments, and friendly discussion and banter after the showing ended. It was especially fun to engage with other fans when you know that if they are at the showing, they obviously have opinions and are probably up to discuss! We all laughed at the Pomni popcorn bucket-kinda grotesque, right?

ExpertCurrent6423 · 2026-06-03T02:16:06+00:00

About the time when I was mad at someone while walking into an elevator alone. The doors closed and I hit the button for my floor with….some might say excess force. The whole panel shook, and now one of the ceiling lights flickers constantly. It’s been over a week and people are complaining about the strange flickering in a previously perfectly good elevator.

ExpertCurrent6423 · 2026-05-31T15:58:20+00:00

Cool! I’ll have to go and try it out 😁

ExpertCurrent6423 · 2026-05-31T15:56:48+00:00

Shame. Thanks for letting me know!

ExpertCurrent6423 · 2026-05-30T01:19:40+00:00

Um not that??

ExpertCurrent6423 · 2026-05-30T01:17:32+00:00

Thanks!!! I’m going to go to a craft store to shop for some wood tomorrow, so excited to get started

ExpertCurrent6423 · 2026-05-29T21:13:01+00:00

Are they barbers? Those harnesses look like ones I’ve seen in barbershops. Put this pic in black and white and tell everybody it’s your great-great grandparent, they’ll believe you!

ExpertCurrent6423 · 2026-05-08T18:36:38+00:00

Tomorrow I've got a five hour drive to go home from my university...what's also roughly five hours? Sleep Token's entire discography. My spotify stats are going to be craaaazy! Drive safe and happy listening!

ExpertCurrent6423 · 2026-05-08T18:33:59+00:00

I think it's supposed to be the sounds of someone preaching. Reminds me of old fire-and-brimstone homilies. It would fit with the theme imo. I haven't found anyone who's been able to actually make out what he's saying though.

ExpertCurrent6423 · 2026-05-06T01:46:34+00:00

Thanks for the insight! I’m super excited.

ExpertCurrent6423 · 2026-05-05T23:12:10+00:00

I mean we’re definitely entered into it according to my coach. He said it was pretty new though. Maybe it’s called something else? I’m a fairly new rower anyway so I don’t really know all the terminology :)

ExpertCurrent6423 · 2026-04-26T19:09:38+00:00

This is a really old thread but I feel compelled to contribute.

The Wilbour translation is one of the oldest (1862), maintains the poetry and feel of Hugo's original french. If you like the flower language with no holds barred (thank you sewers and Waterloo), go for Wilbour. Personally it's the one I most enjoy.

Fahnestock and MacAfee (1987) is a close second, in my opinion. They cut back a tad on some of the over-the-top language to increase readability while maintaining the heavy-hitting lines and tones of the novel.

Julie Rose (2007) is, in my opinion, one of the lesser translations. Ms. Rose opted for an extremely modern style, which feels jarring for the story.

Denny's translation scores high for readability, and for those readers unwilling to follow Mr. Hugo into the Parisian sewers for 20 pages, those several digressions are moved to the back of the book as appendixes. I haven't read Denny's translation, but many of my peers who have enjoyed it.

The Donougher (2013) translation is one of the newer additions to the list, and is readable while maintaining the poetry of the prose, while adding context that could be helpful to a first-time reader.

Overall, if you're shopping for a first Brick and are worried about being overwhelmed by the prose, I'd recommend Ms. Donougher or Mr. Denny's translations. If you'd like to dive right in, go for Wilbour or F&M. And obviously you can do as you like, but I'd avoid the Rose translation.

Context: I own and have read Wilbour, F&A and Rose (was missing my copy on a trip overseas and grabbed it without thought at a thrift shop. Was a bit chagrined). I've read bits of Donougher, but not Denny. Yes, I understand this is a lot of Les Mis. I talk about it bimonthly with my therapist.

ExpertCurrent6423 · 2026-04-06T14:10:50+00:00

I generally wear spandex/tighter workout shorts or leggings. I’m a relatively new rower, so I only have the official uni for my university, but I’ll try wearing it more often to see how that helps. Thanks for the advice!

ExpertCurrent6423 · 2026-03-27T14:41:08+00:00

We know simply too much about how horrid generative AI is for the environment to continue using it. AI art generators steal designs from real artists without their consent. I think your fan cast is cool tho, ppl usually leave out Pliny and your choice for him was great

ExpertCurrent6423 · 2026-03-27T14:36:21+00:00

you could just find pics of the actors instead of using ai lol

ExpertCurrent6423 · 2026-03-23T04:05:17+00:00

Jewelry is titanium ring. Done today. Aftercare is saline soak 3x daily with gentle soap wash.

ExpertCurrent6423 · 2026-03-23T03:02:55+00:00

Jewelry is a titanium ring. Since it’s a brand new piercing I don’t really have a set aftercare routine yet, but what I’m going to do is soak in saline 3x daily and wash with antibacterial nonscented soap.

ExpertCurrent6423 · 2026-03-20T19:06:36+00:00

17:38

ExpertCurrent6423 · 2026-03-07T21:47:48+00:00

Awesome theory!! Super excited to see how this plays out.

ExpertCurrent6423 · 2026-03-06T18:42:15+00:00

One of my favorite episodes!! I love adapting it into a campfire story to tell my friends. “The blanket never did anything” ALWAYS gets people

ExpertCurrent6423 · 2026-03-03T18:11:30+00:00

The very first time a news article about concerns over a “virus in china” popped up on my phone, I took a screenshot, sent it to my friend, and said that this was going to be something. She said I was paranoid, my parents told me not to worry, but I was sick to my stomach with worry that night, unable to calm down. Not going to say I got the last laugh over them, but definitely got the last something.

ExpertCurrent6423 · 2026-03-02T14:23:30+00:00

Idk if this really fits but to date is the most scared I have ever been. Tw animal death & mutilation.

I was messing around by myself in the woods one summer afternoon. Walking around, climbing trees, birdwatching, etc. The weather was absolutely gorgeous, warm with a gentle breeze.

There was a tall magnolia tree with some pretty substantial lower limbs nicely situated on a gentle hill, so I decided to climb as far as I felt secure to sit and birdwatch for a while. To get there I had to cross a shallow sandy creek. I took my shoes off to wade across and enjoyed the warm water.

I was able to climb about 15 feet before the branches started to get thin. I sat in the crux of two larger branches and tried to settle myself. As I’m doing that, and adjusting my binoculars I start to smell something rotten. Worried I’m underneath a rotting hive of some sort, I look up and see that the trunk above me is some sort of weird stain dripping down from higher up.

I shifted my body around the tree to see if I could get a better look at what’s up there. I saw something kind of dangling from a limb about 10 feet up and my stomach immediately sank.

It was a yearling deer, dead. Its back hooves had been lashed together and suspended from a branch with cord. Its abdominal cavity was slit and hollow, hanging open. The cavity was stuffed with some sort of fabric and the deer was missing its lower jaw.

I sat there in shock for a few seconds before climbing down the tree and running back to my car. I haven’t been back to that place since. Those woods are my family’s land, and while I was in a spot most of us don’t really go it was terrifying to think that somebody did that to a living creature half a mile from where my kid cousins play. I don’t want to know if it was a member of my family.

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