self-control is a myth

Hollanov couples costume idea:

Hollanov couples costume idea:

C'Mon, You Know You Wanna...

Today this woman called our information desk and said, “my son’s band is playing tonight. I want to come see him, but he never answers his phone…..I want to be there. Have you heard anything about his band?”

And I felt so bad for this lady but I’m not in the music scene around here so I had to tell her no, sorry.

Five hours later, I’m hiking and run into a group of guys setting up for some outdoor performance, and as I watch them unload the drums it hits me.

“Hey,” I said, “are y’all in a band?”

They said yeah and smiled and I told them “one of your moms called today. She wants to watch you play, but she can’t get a hold of you. Call your mom.”

And they all pulled out their phones and started discussing whose mom it probably was as they presumably dialed their own.

And now, unless we meet again and recognize each other, that’s who I’ll be forever to those guys–some mysterious courier for mom-messages who came out of the woods and told them their mom called.

I didn’t even tell them why their mom called me. Who am I to their mom?? Nobody even asked. They just took my word for it and called their mothers.

i have a file or folder on my pc that i want to share with other people. let's call it gayshit.mp3

unfortunately gayshit.mp3 is 750mb and im not paying for discord nitro so i need another way to send it

i put it into qbittorrent and it makes a torrent file. this is essentially a very small file that points to gayshit.mp3 so other computers can find it. kinda like a treasure map

i send this tiny file to my friend, who loads it into qbittorrent. their computer takes a moment to find mine over the vast expanse of cyberspace and then (as long as my pc is running and the file is still where it should be), it gets copied from my hard drive to theirs

this is the cool part: if somebody else loads that tiny file, they can download it from both of us. if i'm offline but my friend is on, the third person can still get it. this also means that if two people have separate halves of the file, they can download the other half from each other. as long as some combination of people have the pieces between them, they can all have the whole thing.

crucially this does not require a server!!! you can just upload the file to a few people and as long as they keep it, it's still accessible. as long as somebody, somewhere is still connected, it's available forever. the only way it goes away is if everybody disconnects from it.

no pain no gain

While James was away, he realized he was one of the main characters in Remus’ stories. Reading them made him understand that his feelings for Sirius had not faded, if anything, they had only grown stronger. As soon as he returned to the city, he knew he needed to talk to Remus. At the same time, Sirius had started feeling increasingly guilty about the possibility of ruining James and Remus’ relationship. He decided he would keep his distance and sent Remus a message saying they needed to talk as well. Seeing the two messages arrive almost at the same time, Remus panicked. He had always believed James and Sirius suited each other far better than either of them suited him, and he already felt lucky to have been with them at all. Convinced the best thing he could do was sacrifice himself for their future together, he invited both James and Sirius to the same restaurant at the same time for dinner. Except, he never showed up, so both James and Sirius arrived expecting to speak with Remus and instead found themselves forced to face each other. Sirius arrived first. The restaurant unsettled him, especially the long wine list on the table. He was still staring at it when James arrived. Misreading the situation, James assumed Sirius simply did not know what to order, so he confidently picked a bottle for them both, partly to solve the problem and partly to show off a little. James had originally planned to ask Remus whether he might be open to a three-way relationship, since it was obvious they were both attracted to Sirius. When Remus failed to appear and Sirius was waiting there instead, James assumed Remus had already approved the idea. As a result, he began flirting with Sirius rather aggressively, while Sirius only seemed to grow more and more frustrated. When James realised that Sirius is spiraling and on the verge of a panic attack, he quickly adjusted his behaviour, and brought Sirius outside.

Some story, finally! James sort of unlocks Sirius' tragic backstory (he's quite vague about it tho!), and they clear the misunderstanding a bit! Soon they will also figure out that wolfstarbucks is endgame! 😅 Stay tuned!

I am obsessed and in absolute awe, it looks so perfect, thank you very much @flowerhawk-highinthesky for making this happen! You put so much care and craftsmanship into it and took up with my bullshit when editing this beast for printing! It feels so special to be able to hold this in my hands, and I’m genuinely grateful for all the work and thought you put into the binding. I’m going to treasure it forever!

mother knows best

There’s a reason Remus is so reluctant to tell his mother anything about his love life... 😅

James is still out of town, so Remus asked Sirius to help him instead (though probably not just because of that…😏). Sirius already feels conflicted about the whole thing, and Mrs. Lupin’s reaction definitely isn’t helping his fear that he’s somehow becoming a homewrecker in James and Remus’ relationship.