Tumbling Elanor

Last year was a blast so here are the prompts for this year's FranzFeb Event!

There will be one themed prompt a week and they are as follows:

February 1st to February 7th - Favorite Album(s)

February 8th to February 14th - Favorite (Live) Performance

February 15th to February 21st Band Member Appreciation, Past and Present

February 22nd to February 28th A special moment from your time being a fan/being in the Franzdom

Everyone is welcome to participate in whatever way they want, whether that be art, gifs, videos, stories/fics, pictures, etc and however many times they'd like.

Just make sure you tag your posts with #FranzFeb because I would love to see what our community comes up with!

*sigh*

Alright so, here's an update on what's going on right now.

My partner finally got approved for an MRI (he needs the MRI so he can get part-time disability because his workplace cut his hours after he was injured. They aren't allowed to do that because of the injury, obviously, but not to worry, they're doing it because their profits are down *eye roll*) Anyway, he's been approved, we're just trying to schedule it now.

His last paycheck was 2/3 what he normally made. Suffice it to say, that's 2/3 of what our bills cost. We're currently in the hole by about $53 because we had to pay our phone bill, and we still need to gas up the van and go to the laundromat (that's about $55 to fill up, about $40 for laundry). Our rent was also due today, so we're going to be late on that as well. He gets paid again on Thursday. We're going to be about $300 shy on the rent. We're also trying to switch phone carriers, (we're going with Mint Mobile because it would be about half what we're paying with AT&T, but we have to buy it up front. We're transferring our phones and phone numbers), so we need about $90 plus taxes and fees for that.

He's looking for another job, has been since he got this one, if I'm being perfectly honest, he's gotten a few interviews, but as y'all probably know, it's hard to find jobs out there.

Suffice it to say, we are drowning right now.

I hate to keep doing this. I know everyone's having problems, many of them worse than ours, but if you can just share this post around, it would help us out so, so much. I've also got an Amazon wish list for some toiletries and necessities that we're out of. I'm going to stick all the links at the bottom.

Thank you so much. I'm sorry.

$0/548

Introducing FranzFeb, an event for Franz Ferdinand Fans for the entire month of February! I love how much we've come together as a community for the release of the Human Fear and I would love if we dedicated an entire month for our love for the band and the music!

There will be one themed prompt a week and they are as follows:

February 1st to February 7th (words of love and words so leisured): Favorite Song or Song Lyric

February 8th to February 14th (alright, here we go with riff one): Favorite Album

February 15th to February 21st (there's been some change but we're still outsiders): Favorite Member, Past and Present

February 22nd to February 28th (don't forget the best bits!): A special moment from your time being a fan

Everyone is welcome to participate in whatever way they want, whether that be art, gifs, videos, stories, pictures, etc and however many times they'd like. Just make sure you tag your posts with #FranzFeb because I would love to see what our community comes up with!

Back at it again with my bullshit.

So we're in the process of switching banks and being the dumb human beings we are, we forgot about one (1) bill that was on autopay with this account. Don't get me wrong, I didn't forget about the bill, I just forgot we set up autopay, and with this particular company, autopay doens't just pay the outstanding balence, but a set amount that happens to be the outstanding balance. Meaning, we're already paid the bill manually, but forgot to turn off autopay. I feel insanely stupid for making this mistake and autopay is now turned off, but they're applying the amount to the bill for next month rather than initiating a refund.

Anyway, because the direct deposit's switched over to the new account, there's no money going into this older one. I say all this because the autopay was still going through even though there weren't any funds in there, and instead of notifying me via the app like the bank app sometimes does, there was no notification, so it's just been overdrawn and sitting there. (This is the main reason we switched. This is a local bank and their app is garbage, the balance doesn't update regularly, and even though we're signed up for alerts, they usually don't come through).

Anyway, seeing as we weren't aware until this very morning, we paid our bills, gassed up the car, and now have nothing to pay this with.

It's not a huge amount, I mean it is for us,since we don't have it and are having to ask for it here, but it is what it is.

The amount we're in the red is -$86.94, including the overdraft fee.

If anyone could donate something to cover this, so we can just close down this account for good, i would be so grateful. My links are at the bottom, as always. Thank you so much for even reading this and please share if you're able. <3

Paypal || Ko-Fi || Venmo: @babrittsy

This is what I managed to dig up. I don't appear to have a "clean" higher res version on hand, unfortunately. I want to say one might be buried in @franzfridays, but the tagging there is a mess right now (I really need to fix it.) But I will take a quick look at this blog's archive and see what I have.

ETA: Ding ding ding! It has a watermark, but still.

Bruce Springsteen (1949-) solo; leader of the E Street Band Songs: "Born to Run," "Blinded by the Light" Defeated Opponents: Lindsey Buckingham, Rick Danko, Otis Redding, Cat Stevens/Yusuf Islam, Syd Barrett, Billy Preston, David Bowie Propaganda: "Nobody has ever looked hotter than the Boss in the video for 'Dancing in the Dark' except maybe Bruce in the video for 'I'm On Fire'" "Bruce from the 70's to HIS 70's...enough said" "BRUUUUUCE! (Yes, I am from New Jersey.) But really 70s-Stone Pony-Asbury Park Springsteen is truly a sight to behold."

Prince (1958-2016) solo, leader of The Revolution Songs: "I Wanna Be Your Lover," "For You" Defeated Opponents: Donovan, Miles Davis, Marvin Gaye, David Byrne, Al Green, Clarence Clemons, Jimi Hendrix Propaganda: "His music sounds like no one else's. He was able to make a guitar sound magically different to how guitars are supposed to sound. And his voice. He could go from squeaky, almost childish sounding, to a soulful, balladic powerhouse performance all while making it look easy. He was one of the greatest singular performers and musicians ever. And he was a short king to boot." "Most photos of Prince don't really do him justice because, like Jimi Hendrix, he was at his hottest when he played guitar, and to me that's something you have to actually hear to understand. Also he had a great, super energetic stage presence, which is also extremely sexy and hard to convey in pictures alone. What I'm trying to say is that everyone should just watch his Superbowl halftime performance and I dare you to tell me that he wasn't the sexiest man alive that night." "Prince was the only guy who could show up at your party, in frills, and steal your girlfriend. Then steal her clothes, then steal someone else's girl in your girlfriends clothes."