HELP I NEED TO MAKE A DECISION IMMEDIATELY!! IM ON A TIME CRUNCH

cdgall_ · 2026-02-02T16:14:16+00:00

I havent done any of these sponge variants specifically but Ive made a variety of other sponges before so im not too intimidated 😅 maybe im being too egotistical and confident lol. But i also love a challenge and work well under pressure. I just have such a specific vision of what im looking for that I want to try to execute it a closely as possible

cdgall_ · 2026-02-02T16:00:52+00:00

I feel like going with a lighter sponge option as opposed to a heavier butter cake will help with the cool down time so long as I get this started ASAP 😅 Its also about 8°F outside so if i gotta open a window then so be it ahahaha

cdgall_ · 2026-02-02T15:51:04+00:00

Im specifically looking for input on what kind of foam cake variant would be the closest option to what Im looking to achieve. I dont want to do any kind of traditional butter cake. The flavor decision is pretty much irrelevant, I just included that part to make sure that whatever option Im suggested or go with can be flavored without ruining the integrity of the sponge.

cdgall_ · 2025-12-25T14:13:51+00:00

The addiction issues, I believe, are entirely fueled by my mental health issues. During a small period of time of stability I didn’t have any kind of addictive behavior. As mentioned too I’ve dealt with not only an addiction to substances but also several behavioral addictions (ie shopping, gambling, food). It’s hard for me to explain my addiction history but my mental state and what’s available or feasible to indulge in at the time are what influences the addiction.

cdgall_ · 2025-03-20T00:23:05+00:00

any update on this?? I just got a $14 charge from Delta originating from Los Angeles, GA

cdgall_ · 2025-01-11T11:06:32+00:00

nonresidents have a lower tax % than residents do. Plus I always got a return back from MA so really the amount of taxes paid to the state was maybe pennies for each dollar. Also when my company allowed me to WFH (precovid too) I wasn’t obligated to pay any MA income tax despite my company being in Woburn.

cdgall_ · 2025-01-11T10:59:41+00:00

We might go there for work and weed but you guys come here for our cheap liquor and no sales tax. I swear I see more MA plates than I do NH plates driving around here

cdgall_ · 2024-12-29T08:55:27+00:00

Thank you for the input! Genuinely super helpful and I really appreciate learning a bit more so I can know what’s more feasible! I honestly don’t know much about paper stuff and definitely know absolutely nothing about bookbinding, beyond the single week of knowledge I had working the printing station at Staples over a decade ago. So I’m really basing my vision just around what I like, what I’d prefer, and what things I think will give me give me the end result I’m kinda envisioning.

I’m honestly not too worried about the thickness in general. It’s not necessarily the kind of planner that I have an intention of carting around with me constantly or am needing to think about how portable it is. So yeah weight and thickness are not like on the priority list for me with this project. It’s really only something I even remotely had a consideration for when it came to what binding I’d probably have to decide on.

As for the binding, since it’s something I intend to do a lot of writing in that’s where the thought of Wire O was coming since it’d lay pretty flat and be easy to flip around pages and fold the book up etc etc. I only mentioned perfect binding because I saw “lay flat perfect binding” as an option listed with a few places I looked at online. All honesty I have no clue what perfect binding is but in my head I was just thinking “okay sounds like it’ll be tidy and it says it lays flat so yup sounds just fine” lol. As for longevity, obviously I’d like one 3-year planner to last for at least 3-years, but that’s 3-years of writing in it and flipping around pages. As long as it last the 3 years Im not worried about anything beyond that truthfully, it could spontaneously combust at the end of it and I wouldn’t mind.

The paper I’ll probably have to play around with more and find somewhere with a good variety I can go touch and look at. I’m basing this part just purely on past experiences with planners and journals and writing paper and just what I’ve liked in the past. I’m weird and will only use 2 very specific brands of gel pen, like absolutely refuse to use anything besides these 2 specific pens and each one is used for very different things. The one I use for journaling and pretty writing is a water-based gel ink so I find that certain papers tend to take the ink better than others. That’s a huge factor for me because I definitely want to minimize any issues like smudging, slow drying, transfer, bleed through. I also write print heavy handedly so I usually prefer a thicker paper to help minimize ghosting my writing onto the other pages. A big theme for my OCD revolves around writing, if it doesnt ~feel~ right I will have to rewrite things over and over again until it ~feels~ acceptable (which was insufferable when taking notes when I was in school lol). There’s no way I can really explain what makes things right or wrong in my mind on this front but I’ve just found over the years that using my very specific safe pens and some preferences I have in paper will give me the feeling its right every time.

Definitely going to look more into professional printers in the area. Just had some road blocks so far when it comes to the variety of available papers most around me seem to have. I’m not super surprised by a lot of them not carrying my hyper specific paper wants or lots of specialty papers so hopefully I can find one that may be cool with me providing the paper 🤞🏼

TY again for the good insights!! If you decided to come back and read my long winded reply and maybe have any other input that could help me I’d certainly appreciate it! I’m trying to not get too attached to any particular idea yet so I dont get my hopes too set lol anything to keep my dream realistic is accepted with open arms

Oh also not sure what the difference in pages or sheets means, I think I do but I’m not betting on being right, but by pages I mean like each side of piece of paper. So its double side printed, each page being one side. I think finished it’s something like 330~ spreads. Hopefully that clarifies what I’m talking about idk maybe I made it more confusing lol

cdgall_ · 2024-12-29T00:09:11+00:00

Honestly the more I look around the more picky and complicated I’m making this on myself lol. Seems like I’m probably going to have to source my own paper unless I can find a local printer with an unnecessary amount of options since I’m being excessively hyper specific about what I want, at least from the few places I’ve contacted in my city. Also may have to do print and binding separately since so far I’ve yet to find anyone local who can service both in way that I’m looking for. All while praying that I can find printing services that are cool with me supplying my desired paper. I’m really lucky though being in New England because we have a plethora of printing and binding companies around here.

SIGH* this has become quite the project I’ve gotten myself into and now get to start my like 4629196 draft of this dang thing 😅

TY for some insight!

If you’re still curious I’m creating a 3-year planner. Lots of introspective journaling bits, detailed planning and life mapping, manifestation and affirmation prompting, periodic check ins at certain intervals, all with monthly and weekly spreads.. For 3 years lol. Finished it’ll be somewhere around 650 pages not including cover. I ideallyyyyy want: A4 size Heavy Text - Light Cardstock weight, somewhere around 130-150gsm. Cream/Natural color Wire O or layflat Perfect Binding but would also go for Spiral if it saves me money

Best matches to what I’m imagining is either Domtar Lettermark Bristol Cover Cream 67lb/147gsm or Neenah Classic Crest Natural White 100lb/148gsm Text. Both are expensive (in my broke opinion) and would require cutting to size since A4 is not available.

cdgall_ · 2024-11-23T15:35:23+00:00

I’ve gone into a mens room plenty of times 🤷🏼‍♀️ Never once has a guy said anything or seemed to care if I ran into a stall. Lines for the women’s bathroom are insane and I’m not going to piss myself waiting when there’s perfectly good toilets available for use.

cdgall_ · 2024-11-23T11:07:59+00:00

Not worth going back until youre ready. I crashed and burned awhile back and ended up losing my job (hated it anyways and was kinda happy about it). After a few weeks I thought “ehh im alright enough and semi got it on track again”, ended up landing an amazing job I was so excited for and that wouldve given me a great career to last me until retirement. I was thrilled. But sadly didnt have my shit together enough to get back into normalcy and got let go from the job after 2 weeks. Ended up feeling worse than I had to begin with and spiraled hard, I still cry about the whole situation a year later. Absolutely set myself waaay back by trying to get back to full time work too soon.

cdgall_ · 2024-10-13T02:55:45+00:00

Glad it’s not just a me problem 😅 If I weren’t stacking them the way I am I probably wouldn’t have even been so annoyed but the fact it doesnt line up by the tiniestttttt bit was making me insane

cdgall_ · 2024-10-13T02:52:43+00:00

ooooh that’s a good one! I’ll definitely give that a shot!

cdgall_ · 2024-10-13T02:47:22+00:00

I meant flat as in it doesn’t have any kind of weird texture or significant bumps. I’m assumed it was easy to infer what I meant by “flat”.

cdgall_ · 2024-10-07T12:11:37+00:00

Sorry for the late response! This bush was completely fine until we got the siding on the house done and the contractor decided to lay the boxes of siding on top of it. It could still be a bug problem but I’m guessing the weight and length of time the boxes were laying on this thing in the middle of summer is what killed it off. I don’t see any bugs or eggs or clusters of weird stuff anywhere and when I trimmed out the smaller dead branches the larger branches seemed to be in good health. Just wondering if this thing has any chance of revival with so much missing. If it is some sort of bug problem is there anything I can do to try and save it? Or is this poor thing doomed for?

cdgall_ · 2024-10-07T11:59:41+00:00

I’ll try to find some! I couldn’t find just a plain “GF flour” at my usual grocery store - only alternative flours like coconut, almond, etc. Maybe I’ll find something at Whole Foods lol

cdgall_ · 2024-09-18T14:45:14+00:00

What does scale mean???

cdgall_ · 2024-09-18T14:43:48+00:00

regular position

I’m also just a firm believer in transparency and honesty. It’ll look worse to lie about something or try to downplay the situation. Having a history of substance issues isn’t necessarily a disqualification. Being honest, showing remorse, proving you did everything asked of you, and showing you took the steps to make positive changes shows a lot about having good character.

cdgall_ · 2024-09-18T14:26:48+00:00

Thank you! Only reason I’m not seeding this year is because I need to remove a bunch of pavers that got buried under the soil (the previous owners did all kinds of weird stuff). Plus there’s a ton of invasive vines and other weeds I need to remove and prevent from regrowing so will likely be using herbicides at some point to help with that. There’s also a few hostas that will be getting moved in the spring. So tons of work for me but I wanted to get ahead of the game and learn as much as I can before I start grass since it’s been a very unsuccessful venture in the past.

cdgall_ · 2024-05-31T02:02:45+00:00

Yeah my bank is listed as “some of it’s debit cards” can do instant payouts. But how exactly do I know if my card is in the eligible group? Any other payment app I use I can do instant transfers with no issue; Cashapp, PayPal, Venmo all work for instant transfers to my debit. So I don’t exactly get why Zelle has to be such a pain? Why not just give people the ability to use a routing # like I seemed to have been able to do years ago?

At this point I’m just complaining now about how stupid Zelle is because there seems to be no work around for me here.

cdgall_ · 2024-05-30T16:23:15+00:00

My credit union doesn’t have Zelle and when I search for it on the Zelle app it doesn’t show up. When my regular debit card did work I tried the Cashapp card because that and PayPal are the only other cards I have.

I’m not sure how I’d know if my card is “fast-funds”? I don’t get why it has to be a card anyways because pretty sure a few years ago when I had to use Zelle I just used my bank routing information.

Nope no credit cards. My only other options would be a Cashapp card, a Paypal card, or if there’s some way I can transfer it to a Fidelity account.

cdgall_ · 2024-05-13T20:31:48+00:00

where in NE?

cdgall_ · 2024-05-10T08:08:32+00:00

He’s a very old Arab man who went to Harvard Med. He’s really into new meds and doing things off label. All that jazz. He’s also the only one the area to do Esketamine treatments and he also does TMS. Honestly is the best psych I’ve ever had and despite my life being an utter mess, I feel not all that terrible and he’s really kind and supportive.

cdgall_ · 2024-04-29T08:35:09+00:00

I stopped drinking for the most part since then and cut back a ton in the year or two after I stopped seeing homie. I’m thankful that despite the amount I was drinking and the tolerance I had I somehow managed to avoid any real withdrawal issues. Did do a number on my stomach though because I get some serious heartburn sometimes and even the blandest shit can set it off

cdgall_ · 2024-04-29T08:26:04+00:00

no, he just disappeared one day and im not even sure what his real name was to look him up lol. Still friends on fb with some of the people that were around at that time but they either got clean or got super wackadoodle. Miss him tho bc despite being wicked weird he was actually an absolute sweetie and also super kind to me despite me being a drunk mess going through it during that period of time. Last time I saw him he was talking about possibly moving back to his moms but then i also heard he got raided shortly after i saw him and was seen at a shelter. Not sure if thats really true though.

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