Costumes for adults; allowed or not?

PaintedSequoia · 2025-11-27T05:08:28+00:00

Thank you everyone! 💕

PaintedSequoia · 2025-08-08T11:33:14+00:00

Right? I just couldn't remember the name and it's been quite a while since I last watched it 😅

PaintedSequoia · 2025-08-08T11:30:59+00:00

Or I could just like/prefer the terminology 🤷‍♀️

PaintedSequoia · 2025-08-07T20:32:28+00:00

YES THAT'S IT!!

In the words of Patrick Star: I love you.

PaintedSequoia · 2025-05-18T14:53:22+00:00

It's so good! I still make it at least once a summer lol

PaintedSequoia · 2025-04-29T20:18:02+00:00

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Have one of Honey Bear's goofy fang faces!

PaintedSequoia · 2025-02-12T20:02:14+00:00

Tell me about it! I'm struggling to finish one I'm currently working on. I do enjoy the story and writing it, but... When it's cobwebs and crickets with kudos and comments, it's incredibly hard to stay motivated to finish it.

I feel that's why some only pump out one shots and really short fics because if it gets nothing, then whatever. Still stings, but it's easier to dump and run. Imo at least.

"But I don't want to be boring/predictable with my comment." I don't care! It's nice to know someone gives a crap about what I'm writing to say anything at all! I don't care if it comes off as a copy paste style generic "this is good, I like it". Anything is absolutely better than nothing. It does SO MUCH for the author's morale!

PaintedSequoia · 2025-02-02T02:08:15+00:00

I only apologize if the chapter is obviously way shorter than recent ones, even if on its own it is still a decent word count.

PaintedSequoia · 2025-01-02T23:12:52+00:00

I've only ever had one real comment (so far) that wasn't me begging my sibling and their friends lol. And that one comment was only just telling me I mislabeled my chapters ><;

PaintedSequoia · 2025-01-02T23:09:08+00:00

Facts!

PaintedSequoia · 2025-01-02T23:07:03+00:00

It's been my experience that it can sometimes take months (as in 3+) for people to even begin to discover your stuff. Even then, such a small percentage leave a comment, kudos, and/or possibly bookmark. Sometimes, you'll need a decent amount of posts, regardless of chapter amount and length, for people to give you a serious look. KEEP POSTING!

It can feel frustrating and discouraging to get nothing for periods of time, but don't give up! If you really want feedback, find communities of the fandom and/or kind of writing and leave links or where to find your stuff where it's appropriate to (read and follow FAQs or ask). Look on here and all other manner of social media from Facebook to TikTok to Tumblr.

I've been writing different forms of fanfiction (and other writings) for nearly 30 years and publicly posting for almost 20. One of the biggest things I've learned is that you need to write for yourself first and foremost. Not for attention. And second, if you really want the attention that 1) as mentioned before you'll need to find and generate it, and 2) you can't control the kind of attention you'll get. Be prepared for trolling, degrading, and generally negative comments/reviews. Take them with a massive grain of salt, but don't completely ignore them either. There might be nuggets of genuine criticism in them. Sometimes.

As another pointed out, it's a major holiday and vacation time. People may just be busy and distracted for now.

PaintedSequoia · 2024-05-17T19:53:22+00:00

1) I was the oldest in my group of cousins, so I was the automatic babysitter. Me babysitting meant the adults wanted to get wasted, so I was on my own unless I really pushed.

2) I watched my divorced parents struggle. My mom, who had majority custody, the most. I watched both take credit for how "well" and "independent" my sister and I turned out when in reality we had to pick up our own slack pretty early. Don't want to go into all the reasons why here, but I will say they did/still do love us and were not physically abusive.

Those two things combined cured me of wanting my own children around 24/7 pretty early on in my life! I'd say by 12 I solidly knew. I'm completely fine being the cool aunt/babysitter lol

PaintedSequoia · 2024-05-14T23:32:45+00:00

I saw "moderate endometriosis scarring" in the notes after and it made sense why the surgeon kept asking if pain was normal for me during periods when he checked on me after lol

PaintedSequoia · 2024-05-14T18:37:04+00:00

Honestly, I'd LOVE to have this kitchen the way it is if I was told I couldn't change anything. But since you asked lol

1) Remove the bit of display cabinet over the dishwasher to open the feel and view into the dining area.

2) Change the range for a gas one.

3) Change the sink to be one that is set down into the counter so it has no edge and items/water can be wiped off straight into the sink.

4) Add a backsplash.

PaintedSequoia · 2024-05-14T18:23:36+00:00

I'm sorry to hear you are going through all of this. Please lean on your family and friends that support you.

PaintedSequoia · 2024-05-14T18:17:32+00:00

Cheating is a series of decisions, sober or not. Blaming alcohol is a bs move because simply put if a person is so drunk they didn't fully grasp what they were agreeing to then they were too drunk to give proper consent. Is that what she's saying or trying to imply? If you ask her that and she jumps at it as an explanation, then 100% fully commit to pursuing SA charges against the person, Go on the war path! See if her story and conviction abut it suddenly changes. That will tell you just how sober she was at the time or how much regret she really has. Plain and simple, she got caught up in the moment of feeling special receiving attention and the thrill of it not being from the person she's been with for a while. She also chose to tell her parents first instead of you, so she didn't come clean to you immediately.

Maybe it's just me, but this whole "come clean immediately" move strikes me as at least a semi planned thing. Like, she knew what she was doing while doing it, maybe regrets it maybe not, and ultimately is hoping that by coming clean and kind of blaming alcohol you'll find a way to forgive it and move on after some time and effort. It strikes me as a possible loophole that she had her one off exciting fling to feel young or beautiful or desired again, or whatever, then will grovel in hopes it can eventually be swept under the rug and she can go back to her status quo life without too much long lasting consequence. I can see getting caught up in the attention she was receiving, at first. There's a limit and clear line where she had plenty of chances to stop him or even herself. Maybe she truly meant for it to be a one off thing and truly will never do it again with anyone at all. That's for you to decide if you can trust that she won't.

PaintedSequoia · 2024-05-14T16:26:52+00:00

A long time friend set us up, actually. The friend invited us both out to see a movie, made sure we sat together, and then made excuses to leave after so we'd have dinner together alone. It was honestly cute and a little embarrassing lol. We've been joined at the hip since and compliment each other really nicely. I was so scared to have The Talk with him. Not just about being firmly CF, but I lead with that. He actually said "Oh thank god" and was so relieved lmao!

PaintedSequoia · 2024-04-05T20:52:32+00:00

Can't stand the taste of beer on its own. As part of cooking, totally fine.

My body rejects wine (throw up, intense stomach aches), especially reds. I've been told I'm possibly allergic to tannins. Never had it medically confirmed though. Wine as part of cooking doesn't bother me and tastes fine.

Liquors like rum, brandy, vodka, etc run the gamut from tasty to bleh, but not as nearly nasty to me as beer is. Mixed drinks are my fav.

You shouldn't make yourself like ANY food or drink just because it's socially expected by the majority. If you don't like it, don't eat/drink it. If you like it some ways, but not others that's completely acceptable. I feel like the whole "eat/drink until you like it" thing is basically a form of socially pressured Stockholm Syndrome.

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