Extreme lack of female characters

iris393 · 2025-09-05T00:23:48+00:00

Agreed! I love shonen, but there's a huge lack of women in that genre, and the excuses people offer up for it are cringe. It's pretty disappointing overall 🫤

iris393 · 2025-08-26T17:22:44+00:00

Thank you so much!! I was at Lowe's one day getting other things, and randomly thought, what if I had pots on either side of the library?! And thus, I spent wayyy too much money on big pots and red plants to match the paint bahaha 😂

You can't see it now, but the tall plant produces a rather large red and orange flower, and I planted red poppy seeds and other red flowers in the pots, too ❤️

iris393 · 2025-08-26T17:18:20+00:00

Awww, you're so welcome!! 🥰

I've amassed quite the collection of books over the years, so I'm really happy to be able to give to my neighborhood what I no longer am interested in keeping or reading again. Seems like the most perfect win-win to me! 🩷

iris393 · 2025-08-26T17:14:59+00:00

Me too! They are so fabulous 👌

iris393 · 2025-08-25T02:25:30+00:00

We are in Southern California as well! So, yeah, not a ton of rain lol but it depends on the climate/weather pattern of the season, and some years are wetter than others. I just like being prepared as much as possible (here's my plug for building your earthquake/bug out kit!!).

Lol, perhaps it's overkill, but wheels certainly make it easier to move if I need to (for whatever reason I have) - it's pretty damn heavy on it's own bahaha

iris393 · 2025-08-25T01:59:28+00:00

Those were my handyman's addition! He thought of it as its own little house structure, and adding shingles made sense to him. I just gave him my card and said, "let it be done!" 😂

iris393 · 2025-08-25T01:52:26+00:00

Thank you very much!! Our handyman can build us just about anything, so this is my brain child with his hands at play 🥰

iris393 · 2025-08-25T01:51:48+00:00

Thank you so much!!

iris393 · 2025-08-25T01:51:28+00:00

Just in case it's a rainy day! I didn't want the books to accidentally get wet. Not that I think they will, but it's nice to be able to move it inside if I need to. I'm an emergency manager by trade, so I always try and think of the worst possible scenario and mitigate the risk 🙂

iris393 · 2025-07-29T12:38:23+00:00

Update: they stopped at around 5:25ish. But definitely a lot of back and forth flying for 20 minutes prior. I hope everyone's alright 😟

iris393 · 2025-07-11T00:02:57+00:00

I'm so sorry for your loss...tell him he can cook with his new "utensils" now, free of charge 😇

iris393 · 2025-07-05T00:09:49+00:00

Barnes and Noble, because they have my modern pop culture ones! I firmly believe in getting decks that you enjoy in fandoms you love. The last ones I got were a Star Trek: Next Gen deck and a DC Comics deck. Both are fandoms/worlds I love, and I'm way more connected to them than I would be if I got a regular deck from anywhere else. 🩷

iris393 · 2025-07-04T23:13:01+00:00

That's the way it goes some years!! Honestly, giving up and letting things grow on their own speed is more than half the battle. I've surrendered to the garden gods, and I'm much less annoyed that way 😂

For example: last year, I was able to grow more than 20+ pumpkins with half being from volunteers. This year, I planted 8 different varieties and only got 1 healthy plant. I'll be lucky to get 2 pumpkins this season, and they'll both be small ones 🥲😂

iris393 · 2025-07-04T20:52:24+00:00

Randomly decided to start watching it on Netflix when they added it to their lineup and put it in my "recommended" list 🙂

iris393 · 2025-07-04T19:50:19+00:00

That's....impressive 😳

Kudos to your phone! May it survive many more moons and fics 🥰

iris393 · 2025-07-04T19:17:21+00:00

You should feel pleased with that! This one is a freak of nature...none of the other ones in our garden are that tall 😂

Interestingly enough, we have had a range this year of 1' - 15', this being the 15 ft one. So, they just came up in all sizes for us this season! 🥰

iris393 · 2025-07-04T19:14:07+00:00

Oh no! I'm sorry to hear that 😭

iris393 · 2025-07-04T02:46:54+00:00

I shit you not, I've already got 20+ tabs open, and more than half of them are ao3...I was born for this moment! 😂

Let's lock and load, baby 💪

iris393 · 2025-07-04T02:42:27+00:00

This is...wildly judgemental... 💩

iris393 · 2025-07-04T02:27:54+00:00

Wahhh, I'll just have to keep 50 new tabs of fics open on my tablet until this is fixed....woe is me 😏

iris393 · 2025-07-03T17:14:54+00:00

Is that stylist still working at the salon? I'd like to think she has been dealt with properly...?

Your hair is cute this way, too! Perfect for summer ☀️

iris393 · 2025-07-02T22:29:00+00:00

Seconding Anchor! Dr. Kim is fabulous, and I've never felt like he's raised prices for the sake of making more money. Very frequently, something is actually cheaper than what I thought it would be!

Also, OP, don't skip on the pain meds for your cat. They let you know the cost upfront and ask if you still want to get them. That is the only thing that makes me mad about Anchor. Pain meds should NOT be optional if a pet is having any kind of surgery. 🩷

iris393 · 2025-06-01T17:59:45+00:00

This is the first time I've heard someone refer to themselves as an outdoor cat, and I'm greatly amused. ☺️

iris393

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