Since it’s moving out on your own season I’d thought I would share some tips with y’all:

chatnoir-673:

1) when it comes to kitchen stuff, QUALITY IS KEY. Pyrex, Anchor, Pampered Chef, OXO, Le Cruset, KitchenAid, etc. All those name brands you see? There’s a reason they’re so popular. Now some brands are better than others. Pampered Chef and Pyrex are like tier 1 for kitchen stuff, and KitchenAid mixers will last for literal decades (my mom got hers for free from my aunt when she shut down her pie shop and she’s had it for 2 decades and it’s still fucking running) but that shit can get expensive. Which leads to tip 2

2) DO NOT BE AFRAID TO BUY USED. Go to Goodwill and Salvation Army. Go to thrift stores and antique stores. Fuck go to family and friends and ask if they have any extra baking dishes or utensils they never use and can part with. Recently a friend of my grandma’s was moving into assisted living cuz she was starting to have bad memory problems (thankfully she was not forced into moving cuz my grandma’s friend knew she was having problems but that’s besides the point) point is her family needed to get rid of all the things she had accumulated. So they were holding an estate sale where you picked out what you wanted  and paid whatever price you felt was fair. I bought real Tupperware storage containers, Corelle baking dishes and dinnerware, Oneida flatware, Pampered Chef earthenware stoneware, a full set of antique pyrex mixing bowls, AND a le crusete dutch oven and sauce pan, and a repurposed Singer table for $125. I saved hundreds of dollars and I still paid them more than what they would get selling it to an antique store. 

3) Seriously if you can avoid it, go to a thrift store. I was at a Goodwill a couple weeks ago seeing if they had a dining table I liked and I strolled past the glassare and saw Pyrex baking dishes and full sets of glassware and cocktail glasses. I recommend going to the thrift stores or Goodwills in swankier neighborhoods since they’ll probs have nicer stuff. 

4) if you have to buy new, check out stores like HomeGoods or TJ Maxx which carry over stock or out of season items. Depending on the time of year, the variety of items available will change, but HomeGoods will typically always have items like baking sheets and cake pans, cookware, utensils, glassware, sheets, towels, shower curtains and the hardware, furniture, pet supplies, much cheaper and better quality than walmart or target. Ross is also a good option, but that place is hit and miss. 

5) IKEA!!!!! Seriously. Go to fucking IKEA. Or at the very least check out their website. If you can, take a trip to their store. I don’t have an IKEA close enough to me to visit whenever I want, but there is one within a reasonable driving distance. (3 hours) I was able to look at their items in person, see their quality, check out colors, and even try out some mattresses for future reference. Now I know how everything is and the relative size so now whenever I go online and want to order something I know exactly what I’m getting. Even if you can’t go to one of their stores check out their website. Their dinnerware is cheap but good quality and you’re not forced to get those stupid matching mugs other dinnerware sets make you buy.

6) Check out apps like Mercari, Letgo, Offerup, and even Facebook marketplace. You can get good quality furniture for cheap, and some even let you search by locale and allow you to come visit the piece to see it in person. I’m fairly certain Facebook does this. 

7) Drive around your neighborhood or town. I’ve seen people throw away seemingly perfect items. One time my friends and I were walking to a Pokestop (shut up a lot of people still play pokemon go) and noticed this dumpster had two perfectly nice looking desk chairs next to it. We didn’t go check it out but I’m sure they were still useable (albeit probably very smelly) And even if you don’t wanna check out dumpsters (this one was located at the edge of a park’s parking lot with nothing but grass behind it so it’s not like we were walking down an alley way) you can just see what people put out on the curb. That shit is free for the taking. My brother found my mom’s exact vacuum. We scrapped it for parts and was able to get like 3 more years out of it. Although, use this method with caution. You don’t know why it was thrown out, especially if it has fabric like a chair or sofa. Check it for bugs, bed bugs, spiders, rodents, termites, what have you. If you really like it, have it deep cleaned by a professional or something. 

8) DON’T SKIMP ON THE MATTRESS! Buy a cheap sofa. Buy low budget bookshelves. Buy a cheap ass bed or just leave the bed on the floor, but don’t cheap out on the mattress. You spend 1/3 of your life on your mattress. Make sure it’s a good 1/3. A bad mattress can cause back problems for your entire life. Nowadays, you can get a really good foam, latex, or memory foam mattress for around $500-$800 if you look around. Ashley Furniture has some nice ones for that price. IKEA has nice ones as well. Hell, Sams Club has some nice Serta mattress available. Wayfair has a shit ton of mattresses around that price. Be wary of buying online. Unless they have a trial offer, i wouldn’t recommend it. Casper, Leesa, Nectar, and Purple are all good options. They’re on the pricier range. The gist of this is save up the money and buy a good mattress. THIS is the only thing I recommend splurging on. 

I hope all this helps everyone looking to move out on your own for the first time and are feeling overwhelmed and don’t know where to start. 

i-aint-even-bovvered:

peptobismuth:

ibeautymarie:

mwanga-eunice-martell:

im-the-batmann:

malamatter:

ireallyseeupsidedown:

Is that
, josh peck


If I don’t see this somewhere on my tl every Friday, I’m gonna be very upset

oh
 she can sing

Why didn’t she release this version originally??

because she was 13 and had no control over it and now shes in her 20s lol

So when she was child, she was taken advantage of by her stage parents and a record label that seems very predatory (I believe it’s called lunchbox records or something) that promised said stage parents they would make her child into a star.

Remember that guy who did the rap part who was way older and seemed really out of place? Yeah, he’s the owner of that record label. He is also in ALL of the music videos they produce, and the singers are all young girls.

Rebecca was humiliated and bullied after the release of “Friday” and while we were all making fun of it in our private lives, she had to be homeschooled for the rest of her education.

Was the video terrible? Yes, but I feel bad for making fun of a girl who was really just a victim. I really hope that she has a good life and perhaps even a good career.

Why I don’t use “POC” to refer to someone who isn’t white.

cheshireinthemiddle:

colorsofsocialjustice:

rainbowloliofjustice:

cip0lla:

conservativedreamer:

touching-the-doors-of-perception:

It lumps thousands of cultures, races, heritage and history under one fucking label.

do you know how diverse black culture is? It can differ dramatically country to country, state to state, and even city to city. Hell in London alone, there are vast groups of people with African origin. Who identify with so many different cultures. To name two, Somali British and British Caribbean differ so much in their cultural practice. It’s just plain offensive to group them under the same label.

Don’t get me started on Latin American.. walk from Mexico to Argentina and tell me they don’t deserve individual recognition..

Aboriginal Australians?

Hell I’ll even get started on white culture..

Yeah it’s diluted in the states because your history is only hundreds of years old.

But fucking hell as a Celtic British person with vast heritage which expands into such a beautiful culture of tribalism and brotherhood. Stunning music, and historical Significance, I am deeply offended myself when I am grouped under this guise that there is no such thing as white culture..

I went to download festival in June. We met so many different people from different backgrounds. I was at one point. A Cornishman, Sat around a fire with a Scot, a Nord, And an Icelandic fellow. And the Icelandic fella sung us a traditional lullaby from his heritage. And it was moving.

So fuck off with your master labels and macro approach to ethnicity.

Pick up a book, go meet people, travel. Because sitting at home making judgements about other people’s cultures, is no less racist. Just because you call yourself a “POC”.

Your form of social justice does no justice to anyone.

The term POC assumes all races that aren’t Caucasian have some sort of bond because of being supposedly “discriminated” against. I cannot even explain how racist that is, as someone who would fall into the stupid category of “POC.” Here’s the truth, kids. Some Chinese people hate Japanese people. A lot of Indians hate practically everyone else (I say this as an Indian, btw). People hate people for arbitrary reasons (like race, caste, religion, etc
), but to assume that all Asians, Indians, Africans, and Latinos all get along because we are so “oppressed” is an asinine and frankly racist opinion to have. Bigotry exists all over the world, and there are no exceptions to that rule, despite what your liberal professors tell you.

^^^
Fucking this

Speaking from own personal experience, even now I know black people who are racist against Asians, white people, other black people (either for not falling into the “mold” of what a black person is, or for being lighter skinned), latinos and Hispanics, and others.

Just because you are “oppressed” and / or a minority doesn’t mean you are exempt from being racist or a general jackass. This is why the “power + prejudice” definition of racism doesn’t work. you don’t have to have power to be racist, and in the States, there is no race that holds full government power nor are there laws saying someone of a certain race can only do xyz. 

Plus, a sure sign that you aren’t oppressed is when you can be a jackass to your “oppressors” and constantly complain about them on social media.

The term POC is not only very US centric, it is as equally racist as ‘colored person’ and nothing will change that until it stops being used. 

– Purple

It’s essentially interchangable with “colored person”. Separating white people with literally every other race for an Us vs Them mentality.

pumpernickelandcoal:

avatar-dacia:

crispy-ghee:

juliedillon:

This is an illustration I did for the August 2014 issue of Popular Science Magazine. The assignment was to show a scifi take on human aging in the future. I wanted to do something relatively positive, so I drew a lady whose life has been been prolonged through cybernetic enhancements and augmentation, so she gets to spend time with her great-great-great-great grandchildren. 

Thanks to AD Michelle Mruk!

this is beautiful

So I keep wanting to reblog Cyborg Matriarch here, but I keep losing track of her.

She’s not getting away this time.

I really want a sci-fi story to go with this.

Source: juliedillon

nintendogamergirlexe:

the-mamishka:

aprillikesthings:

jitterbugjive:

patterbay:

I’ve never seen more effective use of fantasy animation to promote tourism [x]

When they say ‘slight exaggerated’ they aren’t kidding. Here, just look to see that these are real honest to god places:

Yeah. That shit’s all REAL. You guys think the video’s amazing, check out the real deal.

I’M SO GLAD SOMEONE DID THIS POST 

This is so beautiful, it brought tears to me eyes! I heard about this advertisement while I was at NWC, but I forgot to look it up. So lovely!

Oh man, dud, what?! Lmao, I though it was gonna be anothing country than America, but all that is in Oregon?! SIGH ME UP!