Chapter 52: I've Hungered For Your Touch

Chapter 52: I've Hungered for Your Touch

Gabriel and Claire get their revenge on Peter for the dares of the night before. Peter and Emma finally reveal what their plan for Gabriel and Claire has been. And someone is more honest than they mean to be, lost in a moment, and the other is left more shaken than they'll show.

This is one of my favourite chapters in the story! I'm so excited to finally share it! >.<

Claire's dress and shoes.

Gabriel's suit, but picture a double breasted waistcoat and brown square eyeglasses.

The song.

becoming an adult cheat sheet!

learn to coupon

what to do when you can’t afford therapy

cleaning your bathroom

what to do when you can’t pay your bills

stress management

quick fix meals

find out if you’re paying too much for your cell phone bill

resume workshop

organize your closet

how to take care of yourself when you’re sick

what you should bring to a doctor’s appointment

what’s a mortgage?

how to pick a health insurance plan

hotlines list

your first gynecology appointment

what to do if the cops pull you over

things to have in your car in case of emergency

my moving out masterpost

how to make friends as an adult (video)

how to do taxes (video)

recommended reads for surviving adulthood (video)

change a flat tire (video)

how to do laundry (video)

opening a bank account (video)

laundry cheat sheet

recipes masterpost

tricks to help you sleep more

what the fuck should you make for dinner?

where should you go for drinks?

alcohol: know your limits

easy makeup tips

find seat maps for your flight

self-defense tips

prevent hangovers

workout masterpost

how to write a check

career builder

browse careers

birth control information

financial management software & app (free)

my mental health masterpost

my college applications masterpost

how to jumpstart a car

sex ed masterpost

Deplorable and disgusting. Selling out your users to keep yourself rich. Project yourselves everyone. The IP thieves are coming to the neighbourhood.

What is this about the tumblr staff wanting to sell art data to midjourney?

An ex-colleague of mine mentioned yesterday that there may be contacts between Automattic and midjourney in that direction, but nothing is public yet and I don't have any more info. They probably won't have anything specific to share either, since they left the company weeks ago too. That being said:

I have no reason to doubt my ex-coworker word, they are a trustworthy person.

Tumblr's CEO has been absurdly enthusiastic (comically, even) about AI, and is a big fan of LLMs and 'AI' companies.

A deal with midjourney could solve tumblr financial issues (not the same company, but openAi is paying up to 5 million/year to news companies to use their content as training data... tumblr generates several orders of magnitude more content than any newspaper or any media company and it only would need a 20 to 30 million per year deal to be profitable)

So I don't have any extra info yet, but I'm keeping my ears open.

PSA:

If anything says it's free but then demands you to create a login, it is not in fact free. Money is not the only form of currency and in the current world, data is worth a fortune. So when it claims to be "free" it costs your information. Once your email is provided they can glean all manner of information on you and many "free" apps have Terms of Service agreements that grant them full access to your phone. Pictures, downloads, microphone. It's not free, it's just hiding the true cost.

Once again obsessing over

And

my attempt at starting a chain !!

what song(s) are you currently hyperfixating on

mine are "Left For Dead Lullaby" by Mori Calliope, the entire "Upside Down" and "Duality" albums by Set It Off, and "Rich Kids [Middle Cla$$ MIX]" by New Medicine

tag your silly little mutuals <3

@sillydeafwitch @1amhumans

Chapter 54: Picture Perfect

The gang gets to cut loose and have fun together. Claire learns new things, sees new sides to everyone, and she and Gabriel end up watching Natalie, which leads to them spending the entire day together.

Emma

Peter

Claire

Gabriel