Brittany Marie. 18 years. Pregnant. Looking forward to the future with my beautiful baby. No matter what comes up in my life, like heartbreak, struggles, stress, I plan on trying to stay positive and to make my future as a single mother work out in the best way.
That other post seems to be for people with money. But you don’t have money. So what do you actually need for your first apartment?
A bed. Not an air mattress. Not a blanket fort. Not a mattress pad with a fitted sheet over it. An actual bed. You’re going to try to avoid it, especially if you live in a city where bed bugs mean not buying a mattress from Craigslist. Beds cost money (unless you can take the one from your childhood bedroom, in which case, do that and use the couch when you visit home). But fuck it, you need one. If you’re desperate, you might go with a futon, but the futon you can afford will break with the quickness. You might also go with a mattress on the floor, which seems like a good idea until it suddenly seems really dirty, which is because mattresses need air flow to stay dry and sanitary. If you don’t have a box spring and don’t want to drop the $40 on a cheap bed frame, you can use these guys to build a platform, and if you find plastic drawers the same height, you can even build some storage in there.
A dresser. You will try to find a way around this. It will end up with your floor covered in clothes within a week. Just find a dresser on Craigslist or go to your local auction (a great place to find cheap furniture in general). And don’t buy a cheap dresser to build yourself from K-Mart or Wal-Mart, because it will break and it will likely be more expensive than a Craigslist/auction dresser anyway.
A TV. It doesn’t have to be new or huge or advanced. But you want a TV. Don’t try to skip the TV for something more trivial. You’ll regret that quick.
A couch. Specifically, an old, comfortable couch. One you don’t mind falling asleep on or letting guests sleep on. Don’t spend a lot of money. Couches will find you. Don’t overthink it. It’s your first apartment. Nobody expects you to have a perfectly curated adult home. Just get a comfy fucking couch. And if you get two, you can use cinder blocks to make stadium seating in your living room!
A table. You will ruin it, so get a shitty one. Learn your lessons on something cheap and disposable.
A full(ish) kitchen set. If these things don’t appear from your parents or your roommates’ parents, you need to buy a pot and pan set, silverware, a silverware organizer, at least one sharp knife (and let’s be honest, you’re gonna want a knife block and they’re only like $11), at least one mixing bowl, a colander, a cutting board, a couple of storage containers, plates, bowls, glasses, and mugs. You’ll figure out what else you need as you need it, based on your own kitchen habits. A lot of this can be picked up at the dollar store if you have one near you. And if you don’t bake often, disposable baking pans are your friend.
Hand soap, dish soap, wash-your-ass soap. Nobody likes poor hygiene. You also need toothpaste and floss. And deodorant.
Flashlight and candles (nothing fancy). In case something goes wrong.
A plunger. In case something goes really wrong.
A toilet brush. Your momma probably never let the toilet form rings (or let you let that happen), so it might come as a shock how quickly and easily those shits form.
A shower curtain and liner. Or even just the liner. Don’t get the floor wet.
Sponges. You have no idea how many sponges you’ll need.
The rest, you’ll stack over time, but these are the things you need.
Thrift shops and charity shops may have silverware and pots and pans for cheap, as well as furniture, sheets, etc.
When buying used furniture: look in the cracks and under the edges for pin-sized brown/black spots. Bedbugs are tiny and they live in upholstery and any wood with enough crevices to allow it. You almost certainly won’t be able to see the bugs themselves, but they leave little spotted trails along seams and in places that don’t see a lot of light. You cannot get them out of furniture; it’s not worth the extreme measures it takes to do it.
Also, don’t forget laundry detergent and a rubbish bin and bin liners. Rubbish, laundry, and dirty dishes are 90% of the mess in a messy home and 99% of bad smells. Keep up with them and your home will always be at least clean-ish.
Oh, and bleach is a good cheap substitute if you can’t afford specific cleaners for your toilet, tub, vinyl counters/floor, etc., but test it on a small spot to make sure what you’re cleaning can handle it, dilute the fuck out of it, and never use it on wood or mixed with dish liquid. Use white vinegar or diluted Pine-sol for mirrors, glass, and sealed wood floors.
all this week has been “senior week” at my school only it has been unofficial and was completely orchestrated by the students without permission from administration and each day has had a theme so yesterday was “tourist tuesday” and every senior student dressed up in typical “tourist” outfits like hawaiian shirts and socks with sandals and fanny packs and sunglasses and all that and the administration thought it was funny until they started a “tour group” so the entire senior class didnt attend class at all and wandered the campus as a group with a “tour guide” pointing out and explaining random things to the entire group but it all went downhill when the tour group walked into a classroom and as the guide was giving the group a fake tour of the class one of the kids pointed to a widely hated teacher and asked the tour guide “what animal is that?” and thats the story of how my school issued 84 detentions in one day
I suspected this since Sworn to the Sword, but it’s nice to see confirmation from these last two episodes:
Pearl had to train to be able to summon her weapon because Pearls aren’t supposed to fight. I always thought it was weird that she liked swords so much and even knew how to use them, yet fought with a spear. Then I realized it was because she couldn’t always summon her spear: in the flashback from Sworn to the Sword, she’s seen fighting with said sword. It was probably her primary weapon before she became able to summon her spear.
Meanwhile Amethyst - a quartz, a gem made for fighting - is able to summon her weapon without even trying. She even goes “listen Steven, all that practice stuff is no fun!” It comes so naturally to her because it’s supposed to, it’s what she was made for. Obviously a soldier gem’s gonna have an easier time with a weapon than a servant one.
Really, it’s crazy to think that this was back in the first episode, all the way back in 2013. They had it all figured out since then.
And since I’m already talking about this, Garnet’s explanation is “you can link your mind with the energy of all existing matter, channeling the collective power of the universe through your gem!” I have no idea what this is supposed to mean or say about her. Maybe because she’s a fusion she doesn’t have hard wired directives like singular gems do? Can’t say.
Not entirely sure but it could be that the reason behind how Garnet connects to summoning her weapon, is because Ruby and Sapphire seem to be elemental gems?
Fire and Water/Ice and Electricity.
The first episode uses that imagery while Garnet explains.
I think Ruby and Sapphire being element based gems fused together could explain why Garnet has to connect to the energy of all existing matter in order to summon her gauntlets, but it might not be the whole reason.
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do most people wear their pajamas backwards and put broken plastic spoons under their pillows during a snowstorm in hopes of it somehow magically causing a snow day, or does my town just have really weird traditions?
action movie protagonist to his daughter: Honey…Daddy’s gotta go away for awhile. Pop’s gotta go. I got some bad men after me, some really nasty guys. Some big meanies are trying to catch me, and well dad’s gotta go. I’m sorry sweetie, but dad’s gotta blast. Some really rude men are after me. You gotta go stay with mom because I’m putting not just myself in danger, but my family too. For some reason I think mom’s place is safer than my off the grid apartment/house/cabin
