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where's the lie

Just a reminder from one of your friendly neighborhood nurses: GET YOUR FLU SHOT. 😡

That's all. Have a happy Friday, everyone!

XING

My brother is engaged and I'm pretty sure the news triggered a memory that was rather sad, but I'm so happy for Luke that I'm refusing to let it bring me down, but I still wanted to tell you.

LUKE - added after convo with Xing

Hey! Do you want to maybe meet Xing? Because we were talking and thought it would be nice to do a celebratory sort of dinner with you and Bridget sometime when we're all free.

XING

Hey, you.

It occurred to me this morning that we have something very important to discuss. That very important thing being those airline vouchers that we so expertly won.

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Is there going to be a prom king/queen at this prom? Because I was queen for my senior prom and I might have to defend my title. 👸🏾 😈

(And before anyone thinks I'm serious, please know that I am so very kidding.)

XING & WAVERLY

[...] Hey. I saw the anonymous stuff and um.

Xing, this is Waverly. Waves, this is Xing.

I don't know if I should have said something sooner, like as soon as you told me who you were dreaming about, Waverly, but I wasn't sure if it was my place and I didn't want to overstep boundaries or not respect either of your privacy so [...] yeah. I'm sorry if that wasn't the right call.

Anyway. Hi. 👋🏽

Hi, everyone! Another post so soon? Thanks to Naomi's brilliant idea, I'm going to put together a resource accessible to anyone dealing with the Dreams that essentially just lists who is being dreamed of and any other pertinent details you might think need to be included for others to identify that they're at least sharing dreams about the world even if they don't know the name. For example, it might look like:

Leia Organa-Solo - From Alderaan, daughter of Breha and Bail Organa
Han Solo - Made the Kessel run in less than 12 parsecs, from Corellia

Just leave a note here, anonymously or not, letting me know the name of who you are dreaming about and anything else you want to mention. If you want YOUR name attached to it, as well, for shared dreamers to more easily get in touch with you, let me know. Otherwise, I'll attach your Anon ID so that others can filter you anonymously!

This is totally optional, but I hope you'll consider doing it, at least anonymously!

Starting today through October 15 is Hispanic Heritage Month. I grew up in Rio Grande City, which is a border town in southern Texas. Though my parents were both born in the US, both my paternal grandparents and maternal grandfather all are originally from Mexico. Basically what I'm saying is that I'm pretty Hispanic, so the next several weeks are pretty near and dear to my heart, especially (and not to get too political here, despite that I very easily could) what we've seen going on at our southern borders.

I know that there aren't any specific events here in town, but the Smithsonian has a whole month of events planned out that they always do, which I wanted to draw some attention to, if you find yourself with some freetime in DC and wanted something to check out. They have some pretty great exhibits and collections to check out, including a pretty cool ZooFiesta at the National Zoo.

Anyway. To celebrate myself, I'm going to attempt to make this recipe my mamá sent me to make her carnitas and tortillas. I apologize to anyone that lives at Pine Ridge, in case this goes poorly and you all have to smell my failure. Que pases buenas noches, Dunhaven.

All right, my friends, this one can relate to the Dreams, or just your life here. Commenter's choice! Anonymously, or not anonymously, tell me what song--or songs--is stuck in your head or on repeat on your Spotify playlists. Drop a link, share lyrics, whatever you want. And feel free to provide context, or not. Anything goes. I just want to know what's currently on your soundtrack.

[Posted nearish to midnight on Wednesday evening.]

[Rachel Marlow]

Remember when you said that I could bother you the next time you had an overnight and I was off shift? I'm going to cash that in now.

I overthink things. I could blame it on my parents' lack of emotional involvement and their stringent academic standards but it's more likely just the mess of past life anxiety that this town likes to hand out like giant scoops of ice cream.

But I think about Ted and Andromeda a lot. I think about you, too. And I thought about you before I knew that you were dreaming about Andromeda, but now those thoughts are all tangled up together, for better or for worse.

I know how Ted's story ends. I can't not think about it, though I try to keep it pushed to the back of my mind more often than not. I love remembering all the little happinesses they found together, of course. But his ending just seems to put a haze over all of that, no matter what else I think of.

I don't know every part of your story. And you don't owe me any more than what you've already shared, in one way or another. But I know that you've lost people you care about, and nothing makes that better. What I'm afraid of, though, is that my dreaming of Ted- the reminders of him that I bring- will only serve as another reinforcement of such profound loss.

I like you, Rachel. And maybe it's obvious, but I hadn't actually said it, so... now you know, for certain. I like you, and I'd like to take you out. On dates, not on non-work-related meetups.

But only if it's what you want. Only if the benefits of me (as such things may be) could outweigh the downfalls of Ted. I don't know my own future, and I wouldn't want to even if it was offered. But I know that, no matter what else, I don't want to be someone who hurts you.

XING + JUN

Okay, it has been nearly a week of me ignoring the drives and tendencies that come with a lifetime of being an older sister and I can't do it anymore. Please note that I really did try, but the need to be nosy has grown to be too much and I can't do it anymore. It's out of my hands, really.

All that being said: she's very cute, Xing. 😏

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Happy September 1st, you all. 🦉

WHO: Xing Li and Rachel Marlow → Ted Tonks and Andromeda Black
WHEN: Sunday, August 18
WHERE: Rachel's home
SUMMARY: Xing comes over to Rachel's to talk flowers and eat pizza, only for them both to get memories of when Andromeda is disowned.
WARNINGS: Black family crappiness

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[Matias]

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Before I ask, just tell me first impressions.