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July 23, 2016
benedictcumberbaatch:
Haven’t made any edits of one of my fave...
Haven’t made any edits of one of my fave guys for a loong time so
here is some relief to it. [x]
Wow. Gorgeous!
July 22, 2016
dremoranightmares:
i’ve lost count of how many times i’ve...
i’ve lost count of how many times i’ve reblogged this
Fair enough. No one likes dry eyeballs!
First of all, I’m Canadian, so I have to start this with an apology: so sorry to all of you who are...
First of all, I’m Canadian, so I have to start this with an apology: so sorry to all of you who are maybe sick of hearing about this! Please just go ahead and scroll past it! I’m only posting it because @totallysilvergirl asked me to repost the whole story explaining my financial crisis this month. I’ll put it under a cut for those of you who aren’t interested, have already donated, or just don’t want to hear about this!
-I’m an ESL instructor for adult French-speakers. My language school was recently bought by another, larger language school. Their policy, unlike my old school who paid every two weeks like a normal employer, is to pay only once per month, and that payment comes on the 20th of the following month. This is a shit policy and I’m trying to find out if it’s even legal, but this school has been in business for 20 years now, so I’m guessing it must be.
-Summer is the slow season for taking English in my city. Tourists come there to study French. The locals take English the other three seasons. Even so, my new school totally screwed us all for hours this summer. I only have two courses, which amounts to 6 hours per week. I already wasn’t going to make enough to pay my August expenses (rent, bills, groceries, etc) and then I found out that the first pay of July was only going to cover the final week of June (6 hours) and that the entire month of July would only be paid on August 20th. This seems completely unreasonable to me. I had almost nothing in my bank account at the time I learned this, which was after I had submitted my hours and budgeted to be paid for two weeks of work rather than one, and then another two weeks on the next pay before the end of July, so that left me with exactly $117 to pay my rent, bills, bus pass, etc for August, as well as to live on for the rest of July. My parents don’t have much money and really couldn’t afford to help me out that much! My rent is low enough (my city has cheap rent!), but I still need to make about $900/month just to squeak by
-On top of that, I just moved on July 1st. Apartments in my province don’t come with a fridge & stove (if they do, they’re listed as “semi-furnished”, which literally only means a fridge & stove!). It’s super weird, but everyone owns their own appliances and they take them when they move. So I had to buy a fridge, stove, washer, dryer, bed, sofa, table & chairs, and a bunch of other little stuff for my new apartment. My old one was a studio, so I have more space to fill now. It took me six months of saving to buy all of that stuff (all second hand, of course!) but it meant I was totally broke once I’d paid my July rent.
-I’ve been poor all my life. Let me just state that plainly. I’m not ashamed of it. My parents made the choices they made out of love and their interests, in terms of careers, and so have I. Until four years ago I was an opera singer, though I also spent ten years in school (I have three undergrad degrees and a masters, and debt). I chose to change careers mostly because I wanted to find some stability in terms of moving all the time, financial stability, etc, and while I’m still poor, for the most part it’s been okay. I usually manage to pay for the things I need to pay for. But now, with the new apartment, my utilities aren’t included, so the first bill for those is generally higher, plus I had to have my internet reinstalled, so there’s an extra fee for that, and you just discover all of these things you need for a new place. The last people who lived there took not only the curtains, but even the curtain rods, so I need those. They took the bathroom wall cabinet, so I can’t unpack the box that contains all the stuff you would put in a bathroom, say. The title of my fic Table For One literally comes from my own life, because I had a tiny little table with exactly one chair at it. I finally bought a real table with multiple chairs. I’m super good at doing this stuff on the cheap, cajolling people into delivering stuff (I don’t have a car, obviously), etc, but you just cannot pay for $900 of expenses with $117. That’s the bottom line.
So that’s the full, drawn-out explanation of why I’m in a particular crisis at the moment. Hopefully the new school will give me more hours this fall, but I feel uneasy about them, and I still hate their ridiculous pay schedule! We’ll see how it goes, I guess! I can’t thank people enough for the generosity that’s already been shown. I’m not asking anyone to donate any more. I just posted this explanation because @totallysilvergirl asked me to! (Eeep! Please don’t hate me!)
My mom and I have always told each other, in times of financial need, that one can always make more money, somehow, eventually. I’m sure things will eventually be all right. They just weren’t this summer. Thank you again, all of you who have helped. It’s - I’m literally unable to express how profoundly grateful I am. It’s truly extraordinary and I’m incredibly thankful. I love you all. xoxoxo
July 21, 2016
Email notifications
Am I the only one that’s not getting email notifications for AO3? I know I’m missing some because I went on the tags. I know that @silentauroriamthereal posted a new work that I didn’t see! Just wondering if I’m the only one?
Hey, you’re not the only one! A few other people said so in the comments of the aforementioned new fic as well! I’m also not receiving most of the comment notifications, and that’s unusual. I guess they’ve having some technical issues?
July 20, 2016
Letting Go - SilentAuror - Sherlock (TV) [Archive of Our Own]
Title: Letting Go (Link goes to ao3)
Writer: SilentAuror
Status of work: Complete
Characters and/or pairings: John/Sherlock
Rating: Explicit
Warnings, kinks & contents: Porny porny porn. With feels!
Length: 11,105 words
Author’s note: I had a serious financial crisis this month and there were eighteen individuals who donated to help me. Those donations saved me. I don’t know what I would have done without the generosity of these eighteen people. It’s something I will never, ever, ever forget, or stop being grateful for. This story is dedicated to the eighteen of you, in thanks and love. -SA
Summary: Sherlock has a hard time letting go in sex, despite John’s best efforts…
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