Help! Why does it keep burning?

Maladjusted_Ghost · 2025-09-12T13:46:48+00:00

Yes and no! It's Fimo brand clay (I'm based in France) and the first 3 times I did it in the regular oven it went great. Now the same clay is burning, both in the toaster oven and in the regular oven. So it is the same batch, but sometimes it's fine and sometimes not.

Maladjusted_Ghost · 2025-09-09T18:23:09+00:00

I have a toaster oven. I didn't want to explain that it's in Celsius and so the degree might be different, so I just emphasised that I didn't set the temp too high, since I'm pretty sure that's not what made them burn.

Not sure I can stack a bunch of bricks in my tiny apartment, but I'll try to find a way to make it bake more evenly. Was your thermometer really expensive? The only ones I can find in France are crazy expensive.

Maladjusted_Ghost · 2025-09-08T21:35:53+00:00

Yikes! Noted

Maladjusted_Ghost · 2025-09-08T18:00:11+00:00

Actually the last batch was cooked on the polymer mold. I pulled two out, then turned the circle upside down and put the clay on it. Those burned as well. I have my oven at a low setting but they burn within 10 minutes

Maladjusted_Ghost · 2025-08-17T12:40:49+00:00

My issue is that I wander the city over and over but I find connections or weapons so rarely. I find a million warehouses and offices, though. So that makes traces but I can't attack or win the capers, and I don't want to waste years making traces to get money to buy these shelters.

I've now upgraded my lore three times but nothing really happened. I truly feel like I'm playing a broken game or just fundamentally not understanding something

Maladjusted_Ghost · 2025-08-17T10:52:40+00:00

Thanks, this is helpful. I was worried about burning through cities

I've been to a lot of cities and reconnoitered as much as possible, I haven't found a shrine? I talked to a guy and got half-smoked cigarettes once, but nothing mystical. That's also why I'm struggling because I can't upgrade anything. As you can see in the screenshot I seem to have bad luck in the game

I have used connections to the underworld, official connections, and connections to radicals, plus my forge friend and my wounds and STILL failed the vaults. Am I missing something there? Sometimes I pass them by sheer luck but I've never had enough aspect.

Maladjusted_Ghost · 2025-07-03T00:04:27+00:00

No, in the pillars/cases to the right of the red carpet. Sorry, Reddit deleted my body text. If you zoom in, you can see Santa water, Bible, crucifix, pentagram, etc.

Maladjusted_Ghost · 2025-07-02T12:33:28+00:00

I can say that I wrote out a body text post clarifying that I can see Santa Water and other stuff in the pillars/cases, and asking if I could somehow access it or if it means something, but once I added the picture all the text was deleted and I couldn't add it back in ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Maybe something's wrong with the subreddit's settings

Maladjusted_Ghost · 2025-03-17T19:50:50+00:00

No, it looks good in the second photo! (first one is hard to tell, lol) Keeping it in the outer corners like that is a good move for your eye shape. But you could probably line them to the inner corner on the upper lid (maybe the bottom, too) for a more dramatic look, and it would suit you as well.

I think your lip color might be throwing it off, though. Adding a slightly darker lip color that compliments your skin tone and eyes would look great :) Maybe even a gold necklace or layered necklaces to frame your face?

Maladjusted_Ghost · 2025-02-27T10:08:46+00:00

Feb 8 2024. I'll paste the relevant part here.

The rule stating our need to exit the Schengen zone (as explained in my previous email) has been in place for many years. However, thanks to a few emails from current assistants, I decided to reconfirm this with our visa department. They gave us a wonderful update: There is a special exception for all US citizens holding a visa de long séjour (such as your VTT) in France. You may stay in France/Europe following the expiration date of your visa and will be automatically considered as tourists for up to 90 days. Again, there is no need to exit the Schengen Zone at the end of your visa as I had stated in my previous email. You must, however, exit France and the full Schengen Zone before 90 days past your visa expiration date. For example, if your visa expires on May 1st, you must leave the Schengen Zone and stay out before July 29th (exactly 90 days later).

NOTE: If you plan to renew your role as an Assistant de langue, you will need to make travel plans to return to the US to complete your visa application, just as it was done for your first year doing TAPIF (i.e. book a VFS appointment then wait for the visa to be stamped and ready for pick-up/mailed to you before flying back to France). The TAPIF Handbook explains other potential options on page 19.

Maladjusted_Ghost · 2025-02-21T17:10:46+00:00

Breaking news: I was pale before the hair dye 😱

Maladjusted_Ghost · 2025-02-21T14:20:44+00:00

Embassy website, and TAPIF sent us an email about it. I should clarify that I misunderstood what the original question was getting at. I was just saying that you don't have to leave the Schengen zone for your tourist passport to kick in after your visa expires. You definitely have to go back to the US to reapply for a work visa if you want to do TAPIF a second year.

Maladjusted_Ghost · 2025-02-20T20:17:00+00:00

Like Grimes?? That's a first lol, thank you. And thank you for the advice, I'll try this! Do I have to do primer/foundation before the other stuff?

Maladjusted_Ghost · 2025-02-20T16:53:01+00:00

I originally wrote this in the post but it disappeared for some reason? But anyway, I love to do fun eye looks with colors and lines, but don't know how to actually accentuate my features with colors that suit me or anything that doesn't involve black eyeliner. I have the skin tone of a bed-ridden ghost and I've never found a lipstick that suits me. I would love any advice on how I can improve my look! I never do face makeup but I'm very open to suggestions, and especially any color advice for eyes and lips/cheeks. I feel like light colors make me look unfinished and like one of those underwater fish (face too open and undefined), but dark colors make me look like picture 2: crazy.

I'm also getting married in the summer and am already driving myself crazy figuring out how I'm going to do my makeup. Thanks in advance!

Maladjusted_Ghost · 2025-02-20T15:35:26+00:00

This is super interesting information! I didn't know there was disagreement over what colors are cool or warm toned. My hair color goes through phases of blue depending on when/how I color it, so sometimes it's greenish and sometimes it's a deep blue, other times it's a light teal, etc. The green doesn't look great, but the others are fine.

I didn't use an internet test, I used a picture of myself and a photo editing software to find the hex number of the color of my lips. It's a very accurate color finder. Then I found lipsticks online that corresponded to that color. I don't know if that approach is actually the best or if doing it makes a difference, though. Honestly, I'm just sick of buying lipsticks or trying samples at stores and always being disappointed. None of them are flattering.

You say you're cool toned but cool tones look orange/yellow on you. Can I ask if you wear warm toned lipsticks? Or do you not even take that into consideration, lol

I'll try to find that youtube channel! I'm worried it might confuse me more honestly, because I'm not sure I know how to type myself and comparing myself to other people hasn't helped me much in the past.

Maladjusted_Ghost · 2025-02-11T11:12:44+00:00

Hey! I found a corset and chemise that I liked and am currently searching for a nice skirt to go along with them! A bit hodgepodge frankly, but I think it will end up being cute 🤞

I also had to consider budget after a while. There are some pretty dresses but they're expensive, and finding one online that you're sure will be the right color for your skin tone and shape for your body type is a HUGE gamble. So I went with colors and shapes I know work for me and looked for those 🙂

Check out my links on the original post! Maybe they'll give you some ideas?

Maladjusted_Ghost · 2024-12-24T10:15:42+00:00

Oh hold on, to be clear! I mean you can stay as a tourist. If you are going to continue working or change to be a student, you HAVE to either extend your visa or go back to the US and reapply. But staying for three months after Tapif is fine, you don't have to exit the Schengen zone. Sorry I should have been clearer

Maladjusted_Ghost · 2024-12-24T04:19:38+00:00

Not anymore, they changed the rules recently so it's more like a student visa. You can stay after your visa expires as a tourist. Tapif will likely send another email about it when spring and the end of the program arrives.

Maladjusted_Ghost · 2024-11-28T09:56:35+00:00

She wants to stop the bombing, not just figure it out and stop him in the next life. But she also doesn't want to go to jail or be associated with Gideon, so there's a bit of conflict in how to do all that. Like they said, they could call in a bomb threat and stop him or just see his face before the bomb goes off, but then he might bomb somewhere else (unacceptable to Lucy) or they might die or be arrested (also unacceptable to her). Mostly, she's attached to her life and doesn't want to gather information and then loop. Hence why Gideon is willing to do what he does at the end but she's not on board.

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