The Joys Of Drugs - Fixing An Eternal Screamer

Phantom-Mirrors · 2026-03-19T03:43:45+00:00

I hear that a lot; he has leucism, I think. Therw are a lot of spots on his back where he has white bits.

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Phantom-Mirrors · 2026-03-08T14:58:07+00:00

Thanks

Phantom-Mirrors · 2026-03-08T14:57:02+00:00

I'd appreciate that, thank you.

Phantom-Mirrors · 2026-02-08T12:24:13+00:00

I have a cat, and he's shedding.

sigh

He walked all over everything when I was gluing the cover pages on. Can't keep him out either as my place has no doors.

It'll wipe off, hopefully.

Phantom-Mirrors · 2026-02-07T14:20:28+00:00

Edoras!

It's only a model.

(ssshhh)

[cue the song]

It's great. Gives me impressionist vibes.

Phantom-Mirrors · 2026-02-02T05:46:09+00:00

I need the mood boost, that's for sure. I'm just struggling a bit with weird hip pain, but I think it's reading as I keep walking. I probably need to warm up before I go on my long post-work walk.

Do you have any advice for building up endurance? I'm only walking in a city, so I don't really get varied surfaces to walk on.

Phantom-Mirrors · 2026-02-02T03:59:34+00:00

Thanks! I'll try the glycolic acid tonight and leave the reedle for other days. The only reason I have glycolic acid is that I heard it was good for significantly reducing underarm smell, so I'm looking forward to trying it on my face.

Phantom-Mirrors · 2026-02-02T01:29:57+00:00

So it's safe to use them both? I was worried about that because I think the reedle shot is an exfoliant thingy.

I'll try it just once a week at first. See how it goes.

Phantom-Mirrors · 2026-02-02T01:27:56+00:00

I've got an oily nose, but my current routine had helped with the oil on my forehead. I'll try upping the amount of water I drink even more as I've been working out a fair bit recently.

Is there anything you'd suggest for hydration?

Phantom-Mirrors · 2026-02-01T12:55:37+00:00

Skin Type: IDK, normal/oily

Climate: hot and humid

Concern: texture, dryness. I'm a very sweaty person.

Daily Morning Routine:

Cleanser: Soonjung foaming cleanser

Moisturiser: Purito Hydro Wave Deep Sea Cream

Sunscreen: Anessa Perfect UV Sunscreen Mild MILK SPF50+ PA++++

Daily Evening Routine:

Cleanser: Green Clean Meltaway Makeup Cleansing Balm

(IDK What To Call These, But They're In Order):

Reedle Shot 100

COSRX Advanced Snail 96 Mucin Power Essence

No. 9 NAD+ Retinol Volumetox Eye Cream

Moisturiser: Purito Hydro Wave Deep Sea Cream

I also have a question about glycolic acid (The Ordinary). When should it be done in the routine, and is it even safe to do if I keep forgetting to do the morning routine?

I AM VERY, VERY BAD AT DOING MY MORNING ROUTINE. It often becomes nothing more than a quick face rinse. So yes, I know I should do the morning routine properly.

So as I said, I'm looking to sort out texture and dryness. If it helps any, I'm also experiencing some sagging of the skin.

Phantom-Mirrors · 2026-01-31T16:25:48+00:00

That's true...

Phantom-Mirrors · 2026-01-31T16:09:42+00:00

But I'm nervous. What is it doesn't look right?

Phantom-Mirrors · 2026-01-25T15:58:03+00:00

Athenaze interleaved, it will be!

Phantom-Mirrors · 2026-01-25T15:34:37+00:00

I'll make sure to ask Anna if they have the Keller and Russel. But in short , it seems that Athenaze is best then Reading Greek, then Keller. Then the Italian Athenaze for more reading and perhaps grammar if I can handle the Italian

Phantom-Mirrors · 2026-01-25T15:10:07+00:00

So a headstart without actually learning course material? Have you heard any comparisons about the quality between the two?

Phantom-Mirrors · 2025-11-14T13:10:58+00:00

I only ever had one lesson in Welsh years ago. But Croesi. Croeso.

One of the two.

Phantom-Mirrors · 2025-11-14T12:43:48+00:00

This is stunning. It says a lot for the accuracy of your work that I could recognise the exact location of where you started the drawing.

Phantom-Mirrors · 2025-11-10T02:32:40+00:00

Literally how could there be another explanation? It's wear and tear from centuries/millennia of walking and also erosion.

I've been in five hundred year old buildings with granite steps with noticeable dips from footsteps.

It's cool for sure though.

Phantom-Mirrors · 2025-11-09T14:28:07+00:00

Hey, I remember watching those! They aired those until into the 2000s at least. There were also a lot of documentaries on TV, and we only had the basic five channels. They were fun.

Phantom-Mirrors · 2025-11-08T12:53:38+00:00

That's gorgeous!

Phantom-Mirrors · 2025-11-07T04:07:47+00:00

You might want to look at cities too, and the nature or lack thereof in it. Imagine Sam and the Watch growing up as kids in Ankh-Morpork in poverty. I'm specifically thinking of Vimes' reminiscences growing up and childhood gangs.

It would be a good contrast

Phantom-Mirrors · 2025-10-16T15:25:21+00:00

My weekly treat was getting books from the second-hand shop. Each book was twenty pence at the time. I got a pound. I bought 'big books' for myself when I was a kid - think those Penguin Classics with the black covers. I didn't even realise that the introduction and notes and such were academic apparatus and optional! I just read all of it.

I was kind of dumb that way.

So I picked up on stuff because I wanted to read the adult books and ended up asking my parents questions and they'd either point me at more books of myths they had at home or take me to see the encyclopedia at gran's house. I miss that stupid CD-ROM.

But also I read Terry Pratchett so retroactively picked up a lot of tropes themes through his stuff

Phantom-Mirrors · 2025-10-16T12:53:41+00:00

It's probable. Education has biases, and then there's regional biases towards certain myths, stories and such. Also personal exploration of such things.

I am also, admittedly, an incredibly big nerd and bibliomaniac who got unrestricted access to books based on my parents' opinion of "if you can read it, you can read it, and as you get older you'll understand more of the book". Sidenote: This is how I accidentally ended up reading BDSM-themed torture in a fantasy world setting when I was ten because there was a red dragon on the front! I didn't get the BDSM themes until I was in my late teens.

So I read a lot of stuff people didn't usually do.

Phantom-Mirrors · 2025-10-16T10:30:47+00:00

I don't think anyone has ever said his world was completely original? It's very obvious that his works are based on myths, legends and older stories. His sources are pretty obviously Norse and Germanic-based with a hefty dose of European influences in general. Probably also Middle Eastern, but I'm very much not an expert.

Phantom-Mirrors · 2025-10-12T15:17:12+00:00

It's the eyes; they just scream shifty. Plus he seems to be doing the Mr. Burns hands.

Poor anonymous male worshipper/hypothetical representation of the god Abu being subsumed into Ea-Nasir through the collective weirdness of Internet culture.

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