Kaden

big brother video collection (1996-2001)

cky (1999)

cky2k (2000)

jackass (2000-2001)

cky3 (2001)

cky documentary (2001)

dont try this at home: the steve-o video (2001)

cky4 (2002)

the steve-o video vol.2 (2002)

haggard (2003)

wildboyz (2003)

steve-o:the early years (2004)

steve-o: gross misconduct (2005)

The generation switch. Percy and his friends are firmly Gen Alpha in the show, but those of us who grew up reading the books know damn well Percy and his friends are a Millennials through and through.

When the show was first announced officially, I put together a playlist that I named PJO Show Better Deliver. It was composed of songs like The Middle by Jimmy Eat World, I'm Just A Kid by Simple Plan, I Just Wanna Run by The Downtown Fiction, All The Small Things by blink-182, and a lot of other alternative rock songs and some pop songs from the early 2000's that make for a perfect soundtrack when reading the books if your imagination is as vivid as mine. We all know Percy was born in 1993, he would've grown up listening to all of those songs and they would've undoubtedly enhanced several scenes on a screen.

My disappointment when not only did they not have anything like that in the first two episodes(which is all I was able to force myself to watch when the show first dropped and I immediately realized that it was ass), but that they basically made the show digestable for the average Gen Alpha kid in this day and age in the most demeaning and miserable way, I deleted that playlist because it just made me mad. The PJO Show did NOT deliver and I felt like an idiot for putting my trust in Rick and especially Disney even more so. Even if Rick was less involved in the series and Disney had more creative control over it, they would've still turned it into something unrecognizable–I learned that the hard way when they made an Artemis Fowl Adaptation that was so astronomically bad that I've blocked the actual movie from my mind since watching it years ago. Disney ruins everything they touch. I don't trust them with anything anymore.

It upsets me that something that was supposedly being made for the fans who actually read the books and were there when the movies released and Rick shat on them as terrible adaptations was turned into an even shittier adaptation by that same man who lied to us all. Somehow, the movies are now more similar to the books than the show is.

If you watch the PJO movies, you can tell what they're adapting, even if they're doing a sub-par job at it. I'm exposing myself here, but I saw the movies first and then read the books afterward because I loved the movies. I noticed the differences, but also the similarities as I read. If you watched the show and then really liked it and read the books, you'd be severely disappointed or very confused about pretty much everything. That's a huge problem.

And I'll say it because I'm not afraid to be honest, I still kept loving the movies. Even if they were bad adaptations, they had good soundtracks, good acting, good humor, and are at least entertaining to watch. I can watch the movies as entertainment and enjoy them. I can't watch that show and do the same thing, because it held my hopes and trust and then stomped on both and is nothing like the books I hold so closely to my heart. Those books and those movies were there for me when I was going through the worst time in my life. I still reread and rewatch both. But this show? This show could not have done that for me even back then when I was still a kid. It has little substance in the way of cool mythical and magical encounters with reality mixed in. It's bland, it's dry, and it is borderline soulless.

This is not me saying Rick isn't allowed to change anything in his own series. I don't like race swapping whatsoever, but I'm not gonna shit on Annabeth's actress for it. I honestly figured that they would just give Leah grey eyes and the cuntiest blonde wigs they could find and send her out to be the self-righteous and capable Annabeth Chase I knew. I thought they would give Walker a black haired wig and green eyes(I could even let go of the green eyes since his are blue because the thing about Percy's eyes is that they're just like his father's and always are compared to the ocean. He'd simply have New Jersey Seaside Ocean Eyes instead of San Diego Ocean Eyes, either one works). I thought they'd find a guy who looked as similar to Walker as they could but they rlly didn't even bother trying with that. Rick changed things that were such important parts of his own story without beating an eye, but the biggest offence was how he just completely rewrite the entire story.

I always loved that the first book was not afraid to be gritty in its own way–referencing Percy's abuse at the hands of Gabe. But in the show, they neutered Gabe and then still turned him to stone like it was justified. Bro?? He was kind of a butthead, but nothing he did or said in the show warranted being murdered by Medusa's head even if it was an accident in the show. Were we supposed to laugh at that?? What's wrong with Rick and the producers?? The PJO books are so good at being silly and funny and yet serious and heartbreaking too. Some of the more gritty details flew right over my head as a kid, but as an abused kid who grew up poor and had ADHD myself and who often reacted to my situation the same ways as Percy does in the books, it felt good to be able to relate to a character in such a meaningful way. In the show, they toned everything down randomly bc it was apparently too gritty?? THAT'S A PART OF LIFE. I wouldn't expect a rich white man with a happy family to understand that though.

Pairing: Ryan Ross x Reader, mentions of past Brendon Urie x Reader Rating: Teen Requested By: None Word Count:  ~7,300 Total Author’s Note: What’s old is new again! Due to personal reasons, I have revised a story that I had previously written for a different fandom. That story “What Summer Ever Meant to You” is much more close to the true story and events that happened to me. This story was based off those events, but goes a different direction.

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

so let’s do it.

Baby…we’re no longer in a cycle, that ends today. No more drowning in Pinterest & Notion because you feel like it’s the closest to get to your dr—and definitely no more reading ten different shifting posts in hopes of something to change magically while not thinking in your favour. Girl, bye!

So, here’s what we’re gonna do. Come along, or not!

Since I put my tree up today, let’s take it in steps like we’re building one together;

1. The foundation.

If you don’t work on the foundation first, the tree won’t be solid ….. so, here’s what works:

Be honest with yourself. How do you feel about manifesting/shifting? Whats your relationship with it? Do you, for example:

a) lash out because you feel like no one’s listening, break up for a short or long period & then get back together again. ++ repeat.

b) cling to it even if it’s a detriment to yourself. You can’t even breathe without opening a Pinterest board to feel level-headed or getting your daily scroll in.

c) unsure. You don’t know where you lie with it. That’s okay too.

Regardless of all those, relax. You’re fine now. Because you can finally build the healthy, steady foundation you need by knocking the rotting one down.

I have multiple exercises that I enjoy when it comes to this but I’ll share two for today. One being writing all of my raw and uncut feelings on a piece of paper with a pen, scrunching it up and burning it ! Don’t hold back. You think you “can’t shift?” Write it down. Blockages?

The alternative is doing it digitally too by writing in your notes or making a shifting diary (highly recommended). Sometimes when I’m lazy to grab my notebook I write what I feel and I just…don’t open it again. It’s like it doesn’t exist. That’s all, really.

That’s the old story done now, so you can’t go back. Dead it it ☺️!

2. Assembling.

Now that we have that new, refreshing life in front of you, things changed. Now it’s time to find what you like doing. Think back to your previous shifts. When you did the raven method, did you hate staying still or counting to 100?

Experimentation is crucial; try lucid dreaming, affirmation tapes, listening to or making subliminals, entering the void, making your own methods with elements of shifting that you enjoy….i mean the possibilities just keep coming. They're endless. And so are you.

Hey, also , important point. DON'T FOLLOW what xyz on tumblr said if you don't want to. I like to think about it like this; if someone comes online telling me that I must wear green everytime I go out but I think it’s an ugly colour no shade to the green lovers I’m not gonna wear it 🤷🏾‍♀️

Same goes for methods. If someone tells me to count to 1,000 , stay still and affirm every 10 numbers I’m not doing it I don’t want to. You can even roll over if u want to and still shift even though some people on shifftok do not agree *sips tea and flips page over* next...

3. Putting up decorations.

We put the parts together, now it's time to start decorating!! the fun part. The best thing about this is that you get to pick and colour of tinsel, ornaments and lights that you want, not what sarah on shiftblr or tiktok said. Your choosing. sorry to the sarahs out there LMAODVOFRJR

Here, since we know that we're capable of shifting of course, we can assort our way of motivation or "preparing" for shifting to our liking.

Want to make a pinterest board and add to it every .5 seconds? go for it now—because you don't depend on it to make you shift.

read or watch things about your s/o & loved ones, swoon over your face claim on instagram. Yes girl, that's you.

4. The star at the top.

Now that everythings sparkling, the lights are flashing around the tree and the ornaments are set just right it's time to put the star up. the final bit.

you let go of the old story, the old raggedy ass tree you hated but refused to let go of. But things have changed around here because of you. Im proud of you.

Now everythings done. You've decided, assumed and stuck to it and here's your mega breakthrough. Getting everything you've ever wanted in your newfound life of abundance and successes from here ! You pushed yourself to the finish line and now you've made it (you've shifted, silly) and here we are. & dont let anyone play with you in your reality again.

"i dont care that i woke up in my cr today, i am in my dr no matter what's in front of my eyes."

"i decide where i belong."