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YouTube Channels for Your Quarantine Workout Needs

Rebel Wilson had an amazing 2020 despite everything that happened around the world because she made it her year of health, and I’m taking notes from her and transferring that energy to 2021 for myself. I’m planning to get out of this quarantine the hottest I’ve ever been and to then hit the nice gyms around town. While I’m currently unable to do that, I’m utilizing this time to save money and working out free by using different YouTube channels that offer these videos. Below are some of my favorites! 

1. Emi Wong

Last year I found out that everyone and their mother were doing Chloe Ting’s workouts like there’s no tomorrow. I naturally had to check out for myself what the rave is all about. Her workouts are great, but for me they’re just a little too hardcore. So, I found an alternative. Emi’s workouts are still challenging, she posts regularly, and her husband’s cameos are quite entertaining. You can find targeted exercises as well as full-body workouts.

2. The Fitness Marshall

You’re having a bad day and you just want to let it all out? Then look no further than to The Fitness Marshall. Caleb and his crew regularly put out hip hop dance workout videos to today’s hit songs. You will sweat and you will laugh, his videos are literally an antidote to any negativity you might be feeling at a particular moment in time. I guarantee that the videos will lift your spirits up!

3. Sweaty Betty Ballet Workouts

I am 100% inspired by @sylth-glow when I looked up ballet workout videos on YouTube. There aren’t that many videos, but the few that exist will make you feel graceful, improve your posture, and tone you up! I love the cohosts and I strive to emulate their fluidity in movements. I’m still far from where I want to be, but at least I’m not where I used to be. Maybe when quarantine’s over I will take adult ballet classes.

4. Popsugar Fitness

I’m linking to just one video, which is arguably my favorite of all, but Popsugar Fitness is to me the IT workout channel on YouTube. You can literally find any and all types of workouts on there. Some of my favorite instructors are Christa DiPaolo (her boxing videos truly kick ass), Nicole Stein (girl’s got moves), and Marnie Alton (she’s very flexible). Check them all out and find some that you love and keep doing them!

5. 375 Dance Studio

As you can already tell, I love to dance and I think that as a society (mostly Western and East or Southeast Asian), we just don’t dance enough! I do their exercises when I want to feel sexy, burn some calories + tone up, and get out of my head. I’m an over thinker (it’s a work in progress!), so being able to move my body more and to have my body take over my brain is a joy for me. I envision myself dancing these sensual Latin dances with a partner in the near future, but for now this will suffice.

Much love!

So if you lived in a society where you had to secure your communication in order to be yourself around others, here are the apps that could help you do that.

*exchanging wedding vows*

me: fullmetal alchemist my wife: *slightly differently from how I said it* fullmetal alchemist

*my friend is happy and talks a lot* my mind: "yay that's nice I'm happy for her"

*my friend talks less/her tone changed* my mind: " you stupid asshole she hates you you did sth wrong she hates you so much you're a horrible friend you dont deserve her as a friend you're ruining everything you're horrible you're the worst friend ever"

I HATE THAT I HAVE IT LIKE THAT #bpd ✌🏻

Since TSATS is coming out in 12 days, if anyone wants to reread all of Nico’s story so far without having to committ to rereading all 15+ books, a couple months ago I made a Nico di Angelo masterdoc with all his mentions and appearances. Every single one.

It’s got all of PJO, HOO and TOA. I didn’t get around to the shorts stories yet so it’s still a work in progress, but the main series are all there. 

Anyway I’m dropping the google link below.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xW_qQJxgJJ-Xknp0dUQ5J0z7w37EnF3b/view?usp=sharing

On this final day of pride, I wanted to do a masterpost of all the reclists I’ve posted this month. This includes over 250 queer fiction titles, broken down by sexuality or gender identity; along with two POC specific lists. Check them all out and give them a reblog so more people can find these books!

Asexual and/or Aromantic Identities (including

Bisexual

Gay

Lesbian

Pansexual

Transgender

Genderqueer (including non-binary, genderfluid, agender, bigender, androgyne)

Intersex

Queer Ensemble (casts that feature multiple queer leads)

POC: African and Latinx focused

POC: Other nationalities/ethnicity 

pls give me 1(one) reason aces have ever been oppressed, and 1(one) example of aces being a part of lgbt history(before 2004 at least) and then maybe i’ll consider the idea that aces belong in the lgbt community lol

You know what I'm just gonna say it.... pads are better than tampons, everybody needs to stop lying

A Plea for Help

Hello there you beautiful, shining stars,

For those of you who are new, our names are C and N and we are the admins of this blog!

We are a disabled queer couple and have been together ten years as of the end of October. We’ve got three cats, a stubborn doggo, and two crested geckos!

C and I have been hit hard by the pandemic, like most people have been in the USA (where we come from). We’ve been doing everything we can to make the stimulus money we were given last, but as we get into winter, it’s run out. We’re not sure if there will be another one, and when it could be, and we’re concerned we won’t be able to make it much longer. On top of that, our apartment building is increasing it’s rent in December by another $50, when we can’t afford the current price.

C had been trying to find a local job, but C’s immune system is compromised and both of us were scared that he would catch it. And… he did. Now we’re both dealing with covid on top of other struggles and it’s just… it’s a lot.

Asking y’all for help is something we usually avoid doing, because the idea of monetizing this blog hurts our hearts. But we also know we need to be able to admit when we’re in need.

And… we’re in need of help, loves.

If you’d like to directly donate to us, our paypal is: teamcibby@gmail.com

If you’d prefer to get something for your donation, I sell art commissions on my art tumblr, https://tiny-pastel-unicorn.tumblr.com/ You can see my examples for said art here: https://sta.sh/21f0h7yv2y9b

We also have an amazon wishlist if you’d prefer that: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/16FH3EUB5XMPN?ref_=wl_share

Any amount of help is greatly appreciated. 

If y’all could just… see the energy C puts into this blog… he spends night after night, when he could be playing Minecraft or watching Bailey Sarian, filling up the queue and making sure it lasts. Because he doesn’t want y’all to come on tumblr, hoping to see a reason, only for the queue to be empty. He puts that above himself on a daily basis.

We sincerely appreciate what y’all have done for our blog and us in the past, in the present, and we know we will appreciate anything in the future. Without all of you and your support, we would have been lost a long, long time ago.

We love you all so much and we hope your October goes well~

- N