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I like the way you think!

Also this is NOT me fishing for a podficcer to pick those up! Only if you really want to. This was just me musing which ones I would enjoy listening to most if ithey were being recorded by someone else.

Of course it would be fun to see anyone else but myself tackle Heart of Glass. If anyone ever feels like doing that? I'm game!

#Wangxian friends, are there any fics of yours you would love to see as a #podfic one day, with no obligation of them ever being picked up by a podficcer?

I think mine would be "my memory plays our tune, the same old song", and "Bus Stop".

Remember: I give blanket permission! 😊

+ I also kind of wish I could relive people discovering Heart of Glass for the first time again, because that was such a joy. But that fic is *old* by today's standards. I think I might have overshared it. :/

+ I mean I might be biased towards those two fic universes, but aren't we all? Like, do we as artists, no matter if we write or draw, not all have the one or other favourite piece of ours? +

+ that I feel I don't really know how to replicate anymore. Or maybe I do still, I just need the right idea, the right spark.

Right now, with everything happening in my life and in the world, it seems as though that might never happen again...and it makes me so sad. +

Sometimes I wonder if I will ever be able to write something like Summer Rain (the whole series, if I'm being honest), or Heart of Glass again. Don't get me wrong, I love every one of my silly little fluffy fics, but those were just touched by some kind of magic +

Thank you! 😊

If you're ever in Luxembourg City and are craving Italian food, I highly recommend the restaurant Cucinetta. Just ordered a pizza from there and it's one of the best ones I've ever had!

I might wesr them in summer without the cardigans if it gets way too hot, but until then? Cardigan it is.

Thank you!

Also, you flatter me!

Thank you! I am going to live in those once summer comes. And they are very easy to dress up for an occasion or event, or to dress down to become super casual.

Also if someone is interested: my tooth has been fixed! \o/

20 minutes, 1 anaesthetic, 2 screws, and a 180 € bill later, and I can chew painlessly again.

Now I just need to wait for health insurance to approve the crown for my tooth and I'll be golden.

❤️❤️❤️

I wouod have worn them with cardigans anyway bc I don't like running around with naked upper arms for some reason 😅 Even when I was slim I disliked it. T-shirt arms or a bigger ruffle are fine though. And in this case I feel like the cardigans elevate the dresses.

They're from a brand called Belle Poque! I got them through their Amazon store. Someone gifted me a gift card, hehe. Their whole collection is more vintage-y, in cut as well as in style. I also have some corduroy skirts from them that I really like.

I just tried them on with cardigans and I like them even more

Also friends, please no comments about my weight. I know what I look like, I obviously own a mirror, and a scale too. We're working on it!

The back of a dress strap. It has three button holes that go with a button attached on the dress bodice, making it adjustable.

The coolest thing about those dresses is that they both come with adjustable straps!

Mirror selfie of OP in a powder blue A-line dress.

Mirror selfie of OP in a white A-line dress with a pink rose pattern.

So who's gonna take me on a date? 🫦

It's the same cut as the strawberry dress, just with wider straps, a bit longer, and with a small slit.

I am wearing them with no shapewear, just my regular bra and grandma undies, lol.

The reason why I don't have a crown on that tooth yet is because the dentist applies for it at our national health insurance company. They have to approve it first. They usually do, and mine did apply, but it usually also takes them *aaaaaages* to approve it. We're still waiting. [3/3]

Last time I was there 2 or 3 weeks ago we x-rayed that tooth. I saw the x-ray- no crack, no fissure. Apparently that can happen with root canal teeth that don't have a crown yet. It doesn't happen that often but not often enough to be considered rare. [2/3]

Called my dentist early this morning bc my root canal tooth was giving me the Ouchies.

Turns out it's shattered. Still firmly in its socket but shattered.

The good thing is it can be reconstructed and will be as early as tomorrow morning but Jesus, I didn't need this. [1/3]

Also I have a hard time believing that I *always* look cute, because moat of the time I just kind of throw on random stuff. 🤣 Today I was just curious how the cardigan would look like with the skirt and really liked it.

Lol I've realised today that many of the pieces I pick remind me of what my grandmother used to wear. Like, she'd style them in a different way, but she'd pick similar skirts and jumpers.

I actually bought those shoes in 2011, I think? Rarely wore them. I might change that this year.

Also I haven't worn my hair in a half-up half-down style in a while. Usually I'm wearing a ponytail, but I was feeling the half down hair today. Even though my ends are DEAD dead.

A mirror selfie of OP. She's wearing a chunky white cardigan with floral embroidery and a long dark blue corduroy skirt.

A Converse-style shoe with a floral print and sparkly elements.

It's the middle of the night now but I thought I'd show you the outfit I've been wearing today. The skirt is corduroy and supposed to be tea length, but because I'm so short it's more of a maxi skirt on me. It's very soft and swooshy, and my shoes were sparkly. I think it was very cute!

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