[Ramble] In bed cosy, happy [Comfy noises]

You’re so adorable. I’m glad you had this good day earlier this year.

Rachel

AWH it’s so lovely to hear someone having a lovely day when mine has been relatively shitty. The sweet contentment is contagious<3 Ah my best friend though. I didn’t know you could be in love with someone in a non romantic way but I am so in love with my best friend. He makes me feel human and gives me space to be flawed and selfish and vulnerable while also nurturing the best parts of me and I feel so complete when we’re together. I’ve never been super spiritual but the idea of us being soulmates just feels right. Hope everyone has a soft and sweet night ♥️

Ayesha

@careless A whole playlist??? Guess I have some catching up to do 😆 @skye Sure! The songs were Foolish Day and Airy-Fairy Heart, both by Franz Gordon ♥️

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@Skye Aw - I've only noticed the way the sky changes - darker in winter and lighter in summer. But it probably because of the light? @Mary 😭 thank you

You have such a way with words Vivi, the way you describe things made me see them in my mind so clearly. This was such a lovely comment 🥰

"The last thing we need is to discourage anyone from being their true selves." 💗💗💗 Thank you for this. Yes.

I could not have said it any better, my dear. 😌 There is no rule that states you're abiding by anyone's opinion of you, so make your own and enjoy the beep out of it. Do you, in every sense of those words. The last thing we need is to discourage anyone from being their true selves. Gosh, the books are so wildly different from the series but it's still incredible on both media fronts. 🌼

And that BREAKS my heart. Who cares what people read? Who cares what people love? Don't yuck on someone else's yum... whether in books or tv or music or kink. Love what you love and do it passionately. And the Witcher is awesome. ;)

Skye

Your comment about your best friend has me missing mine, she ran away to Mexico with her husband years ago. But we've been friends since we were 13.

You're a gem, Mary. We love and appreciate you dearly. Never stop being the awesome and caring presence you are...!! 💙💙

It's funny - I'm not sure that I SMELL seasons but I can tell the season from the quality of light. Like... the subtle shift from a blue light in the winter to a more yellow light in the summer... and the transitions throughout the spring and autumn while it changes.

Skye

We love you Mary. You've brought so much to this community - and to me personally. I love how you open my eyes about the topics you are passionate about - from Brandon Sanderson to monsters (!) to skin care. You make the world a better place. 💜

Skye

@Skye 😘🌹 Right?? I can never understand why there's a boundary where the 'tisk tisk' kicks in. We are causing no harm. But those glares are strong enough to hit the wrong person and make them swear off books for who knows how long. It's so sad.😔

I'm allergic to sandalwood but I have similar emotional ties to rosemary and lavender. There is something about finding those scents that bring up nostalgic ties so strong that you just FEEL it even years later. 💜

Skye

Do you mind sharing the names / artists of the 2 piano songs you found? I'm always looking for the ones that played at the beginnings of streams or in audios for my own playlist. :D

Skye

Definitely do not be ashamed of those Witcher novels! Read anything that makes you happy - life is too short to worry about the people who glare at us and think we aren't good enough.

Skye

I missed the whole eucalyptus conversation but I wanted to express my burning love for sandalwood oil. I'm so mad that I can't find anything right now. But I do need to run to the store though. I might grab some and start claiming this apartment as "my space" by scent alone.

Acedia

Sandalwood is amaaaazing. Such a warm, calming scent. 💜

S!! Your comment is everything to me. ❤ September is one of favorite songs! It never fails to have me dancing around the house. I love how your favorite memories are connected to music. Its comforting when you realize traits you thought were uncommon are actually things others do too. I have a Crunchy specific playlist, if you ever make one we should totally exchange them 😆.

Hi Crunchy, I’m sorry to hear about losing the audio, but it’s good that you’re not beating yourself up about it. These things happen. Yes to the mason jar water. I have 2, on next to my bed and one on my work desk and they have lids and straws and the water just hits different if you drink it out of them. You sound so happy and cuddly in this ramble and it was so nice to hear and with the scritches all of it just gave me hardcore stream vibes. As for the conversation prompt you gave us, my first thought was my best friend. I’ve known her for over 10 years now and we even lived together during a semester abroad in Spain and she brings so much joy in my life. I saw her yesterday to celebrate another friend’s birthday and she randomly hugged me a few times and she’s not the most affectionate person and it just made my night. Ahh I love her so much! I’m posting my comment after I’ve read a bunch of other comments already and I must say how much I love this community we’ve built together. I feel like my life is so enriched and so much better with you guys in it ❤️

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cherucaustic

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Phantasm Cat

what a cosy rumble~ i can hear how happy and satisfied you are and that’s so cute!! while i was thinking about your question i found out how many people and things are important to me. i have a friend, the closest one i think, and we did a great job creating our relationship. i am not quite sure if there are people who know me like she does. we love each other, we care for each other and respect each other. she makes me happy, she helps me with everything and makes me feel loved. sometimes we are joking about becoming romantic partners, because we get along so well. i love my dog! she is the little sunshine. she gives me the purest joy love! i just came home and she greats me with all of her little noises and that’s insane how that tiny being has so many emotions. i love playing rugby. it became such a great part of my life. i love the adrenaline and the feeling of my body becoming stronger and faster every time i play. and i love this feeling of winning. i love competitiveness, never thought i am a competitive person before i started playing😅 i work as a tutor with children (10-17 years old) and i l enjoy it so so much! like when a student calls you the best teacher and shows her drawing of you…my heart melts. of course that kind of job requires a lot of emotional work and you get tired pretty quickly, but i still love it. also! my lord, there are so many things i love… i live history of arts. i study at university of architecture and we have like five kinds of history classes here, but history of arts is my favorite. i enjoyed writing an essay a lot and even thought about changing my major, but i’m still at my architecture course. and for the hair mustache. girls from my class here in Russia did it, but my hair was never long enough to do it.. thank you for your rumble! take care crunchy and everyone 🤍🐾

@cosymary It really is, especially when you can share it with people and they give you all sorts of recommendations to other authors and that ripple effect is such bliss. I will heed your words for the next book club meeting and hold my Witcher novels proudly under my arm, their glares be damned 😁😉😅 @cosmicdreams thank you Thank you Thank you so much for your wonderfully kind words. 🥺🥺 That is too true, keeping the magic alive is part of what makes it great, and letting the imagination go wild is what it's all about. One does not simply put a cap on that sense of wonder, ya know... 🌹

I just had the best weekend I've had in a really long time, because my partner was able to finally visit and help me move into my new apartment. Just being able to enjoy all of that and reconnect was amazing. But what I wanna talk about is the fact that I really love the smell of sandalwood oil. Lol I bought a tiny bottle of essential oil one time and liked the smell of it, and then managed to spill the whole darn thing on my bookshelf. So my childhood room reeked of sandalwood. But I did love the smell and started associating that with coming home and relaxing and being in control of my own little chaotic space. If I could find which box I packed it in, I'd be burning some now.

Acedia

Ahh yes the ponytail moustache... hehe A specific person that gives me joy? Definitely my partner. We've been together for a long time, and while it hasn't always been easy we've grown together a lot as people and I don't think I could imagine being with anyone else. Thinking of happy memories, September by Earth, Wind, Fire is the song I associate most with my partner. Not for anything significant, literally heard it along with a dumb meme we laughed at and it just stuck. It's become our rickroll song. One time I had an MRI scan (you have to keep still for about 10-15mins and you get headphones to listen to music) and the fucker snuck it on to my playlist. Had to apologise to my friend/the tech cos I was holding in a laugh and was pretty sure I moved during the scan. There's also other little things, mostly songs/music, that remind me of a certain happy feelings of a place or person whenever they come up. My sister and I are close, and I think of her whenever I hear Backstreet Boys. We listened to them a lot growing up (along with other cheesy 90s/00s pop) so I always think of her. She also took me to one of their concerts, and it was the first one I ever went to! Also, when I hear Vindicated by Dashboard Confessional I remember that one time a date took her to one of their gigs and I was annoyed because she didn't even like them and I wanted to go lol. Tiger Balm. It's a minty ointment and reminds me of my parents. Not in a bad way though! It's a comforting nostalgic smell that makes me think of them because they use it a lot. Hwi Hwi by Laboum I associate with my first trip to New York lol. I was listening to it on single repeat for most of the trip and they actually charted at #1 for one of the weeks. I remember watching their performance in my hotel room the week they got #1 and the girls cried on stage. Also Crunchy! There's two piano songs you had on one of your audios that I found and saved to one of my regular playlists, so I think of you too whenever they come up, fuzzy feelings and all ☺️ This comment/post was a bit everywhere, but anyway I hope you had a good rest, sounds like you had a good night (especially if you were up at 3-4am)!! ❤️

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Love hearing you happy and glad to know you've had a nice day, Crunch ✨ At home I drink water from a particular glass. Dk if they do it outside of Russia, but here McDonald’s makes this limited time offer – well, used to – when you buy a combo-set and they sell you a glass for 1₽. I’ve got one in autumn, it’s a turquois-ish glass and I use it for either water or juice. I always have it on my desk, even rn there’s the glass and a coffee mug in front of me Hair thing – we also do it here. I absolutely love putting perfume on my hair – it stays there longer than on the skin, sometimes even till the next day. My hair’s got so long over the last months – I haven’t had it that long since… primary school maybe??? It reaches the middle of my back now and it takes some effort to untangle it or take out of my way, especially on windy days. Hmm, that’s not an easy question. My dog. She’s precious, she hates being alone and uses every opportunity there’s to get cuddles. Sometimes she puts her nose in the crook of my neck and her upper body on my chest and falls asleep like that. It’s just… the sweetest. Pure love. Also – walks. I’ve been in that state of mind which made me stay at home all the time, only leaving it once a week. But since the weather is getting warmer and I’m feeling better, I’ve started going outside more often. This week we had beautiful weather – sunny, windy and actually warm. I re-discovered my love to walks. Feeling of the sun on the skin, music playing in headphones, watching people and nature living their lives, this slight smell of spring – tell me I’m not the only one who can smell seasons, like the air just changes and it’s more spring-y/winter-y/etc. – all of that makes me feel right. Brings calm. I’ve recently started a new job and now I work with children. And there’s this one girl who makes my day lighten up every time we meet. She’s passionate about our classes and she shares a lot about her personal life and asks tons of questions. On Thursday she showed me the paper roses she crafted for me as a gift 🥺 That was SO sweet, I almost cried. Yes, adding flowers to the list. I like observing beautiful things. And flowers are beautiful, they often put me into deep thinking about beauty and fragility and meaning of things. But over all they just make everything seem better. Calm mornings, when you can take everything slow – slowly eat breakfast and look out the window while listening to something in your headphones. This community. The audios, atmosphere, people. It means a lot ❤

i'm sure your poetry is amazing because even with these comments you have such a beautiful and poetic way with words 🤍 and seconding mary that you're never too old for magical stories, especially if they bring you joy 😊

cosmicdreams

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Skye

What an excellent birthday present! 😉🥳

Reading is the best! And I firmly believe that adults can enjoy whatever they want to read. I dislike the idea that you are too "old" to read a certain story. So please be unapologetic about what you like and ignore the haters 📚

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Hi everyone. Hope you're doing swell. 🍰 Indeed, you sound very happy and it's so great to hear...!! There's a certain inexplicable magic that occurs when things are consumed from Mason jars I tell you, very undervalued in its capabilities. And yes, the moustache thing is still a thing; it's even better when you can use it to prove your hair has grown over a certain amount of time... 😂 The sole things I have an utmost connection to is a two way tie, mainly: writing poetry - the burst of energy that comes to you through the smallest instance and brings a familial tingle to your hands in the form of inspiration never fails to surprise or intrigue me, and for the bigger elements where the act of placing ink on paper is synonymous with self discovery and learning; and reading - my bookshelf is my lifeline in the house, and though I definitely don't read the books appropriate for my age, an extra trip to the phantasmagorical never hurt anyone.. I hope everyone is having a happy and safe timezone. 🌹🌹

Congratulations on 500 patreons, Crunchy! 🥳🎊🎉

Naww we did that hair thing too, so it looked like a moustache

Natascha