Last night a streaming music station I had been playing took a wrong turn into a very sappy movie soundtrack.
I quickly gave it a thumbs down as I made clear to my sister, whom I was visiting, my distaste for the song.
My sister jokingly asked me “Are you gay?” Which I interpreted as having a negative connotation towards the LGBTQ since she often calls things she doesn’t like “gay.”
To be clear, I am mostly closeted, present only as a dude in public, and have only had hetero sex. But I am definitely curious about exploring.
Also, I think my sister really does questions my sexuality and has made previously made prodding remarks.
The question caught me off guard and I quickly became very defensive.
I sternly scolded her for making a weak joke, arguing it perpetuates a negative stereotype and implies being gay is something to make fun of.
She became pissed off with me and silently went to bed without say goodnight to neither myself or my mom.
This morning she stayed in her room as I was leaving and did not come out to say good bye. Still obviously mad at me.
Now I am overthinking everything, feeling shitty about hiding my true self and uncertain if my argument is even valid.
It was a very frustrating experience on so many levels. Sadly, we were all having a great visit up until that point. 😞

Hi All,
We currently have an 8 year old female calico, George. She's been a solo cat for about 6 months since we had to say good bye to our 9 year old tabby, Higgins. I wouldn't say the two of them were a bonded pair, but we got them at the same time and they tolerated one another. Very few physical skirmishes (nothing serious, and George was never the aggressor), and very rare cuddling between the two, but they seemed to manage alright together. George is a bit shy and chunky. She will sit on a lap, but not be picked up. Skittish around noises, creaky floors etc. She was a rescue from a hoarding situation - so we figure that has something to do with it.
We're hoping to bring a second cat into the home and want to increase the chance that George and the new recruit will bond positively. We do miss having an affectionate cat around, but don't want to stress George out too much.
I have heard our best chance of success is to get a male kitten or near kitten, as she may feel more motherly and less threatened by the new kitten.
Looking for any advice, including hard truths about letting George live out her life as a solo cat. When shelters list cats as 'preferring to be a solo cat' - I'm not sure if they are referencing cats like her - who are kind of introverted and skittish - or cats that have real aggression issues - which she does not.
Any wisdom welcome.

I’ve got everything I want but I feel so sad.
It’s been my (26f) dream to get a job in politics, and after a year of campaigning I have reached the first rung on the ladder in local government (not a major big deal but still an achievement). Additionally, in the last year I have moved in with my partner and we recently adopted a kitten. All three of these things have been big goals of mine for years. Therefore everything in my life is nearly perfect. The only thing is that in the last year I have gained a decent amount of weight but I’ve started swimming again so I know that will sort itself out.
The thing is, I feel so depressed. It’s quite common to get post election blues because once all the adrenaline fades all the stress and worry catches up with you, you have to put your whole life on hold, you’re unable to see friends or family and your health usually suffers too. Plus the financial stress of it all because you don’t get paid by your affiliated party to run so unless you’re rich or retired you still have to work full time while doing it.
As such, I haven’t really taken a break since last May and I can’t really now until next year as I used all my holiday up on the final weeks of my campaign. On top of this I have signed up to four different committees on our council, as well as being vice-chair and Social Media officer for my local party.
It feels like everything has suffered. I miss my family so much. I’m so anxious about seeing friends because I’ve always felt different from others but now it’s like I’ve forgotten about how to talk to people about things that aren’t deep philosophical questions, emotional support, law or politics. I’ve forgotten how to “just have a good time”. I’m scared that they won’t like me anymore or that I’ll just feel anxious the whole time about not fitting in or saying the wrong thing.
My relationship has suffered a lot too. We still love each other a lot but it doesn’t really feel like we have much time together. It’s now his turn to shine, and alongside his full time job he’s now training to become a fully qualified teacher. This means that I want him to have his quality down time because he’s working so hard. His version of doing this is usually playing video games which isn’t the most social activity. Every now and then I’ll get into whichever game he’s into and I’ll try play with him but I’m not really into the game anymore. I get maybe 20-40 minutes with him while we eat dinner together and obvs we chat and stuff but I just don’t feel very connected to him anymore. He’s very happy in the relationship and because he’s got so much going on I don’t want to worry him because I do love him a lot but I just feel very lonely at the moment and I don’t want to add to his plate.
I’m someone where I’m happiest when I have something I’m actively working towards. I’ve always been very uncomfortable with “having to live in the now and focus on the moment”. My career can’t really progress now for another 5 years, I’m nowhere near getting married or having kids because we’re not exactly financially well off as we have both only really just stabilised ourselves in our careers. It’s like that feeling when you finish a good book, series, or game where you’re just like “what now?”. I know the answer is to focus on the good I can do in this new job and all the people I can help, on my relationship, rebuilding my relationships with my friends, getting my health back, and my little kitten but I just still feel empty and numb.

Hi friends! This is mostly just a rant, to let some steam off not really looking for major advice here but feel free. As you know I have an absolute pain in the ass of a MIL, seriously I think I hit the jackpot. She’s literally the most annoying type of woman, her presence irritates me…. Anyways, aside from constantly claiming my daughter, yep “MY baby this, MY baby that, MY (baby name) MY child” like really? So delusional lady, her favorite thing to say is that one line from that old book “ill love you forever, I’ll love you for always, as long as I’m living, my baby you’ll be” also pretty sure that book was about a mother and child…..weird, see and the thing is I totally get that it could be totally innocent and I am hyper focusing on this, BUT for the record, it makes me skin crawl.
She annoys me so much its ridiculous, over and over and over, same line from the book, then my pussy ass DH always calls his mom moma when speaking to her, and LO calls me mama, it may be much but I dont need her getting confused this early in life. Idk. I am ranting about this I guess. It’s just so annoying. So my daughter has been in her “mama era” and has been repeating over and over and over and over and over Mama mama mama mama, she wants me to pick her up or feed her or cuddle her, whereas before although mama was her first word at seven months, it was constantly dada dada, so now she’s picked up again my mama heart is so happy, now tell me why the second MIL here’s her say mama mama mama, she tries to correct her to dada dada dada, “no baby say DADA DADA!” which only makes my daughter scream MAMA louder! LOL, then I go pick her up and I say obviously she wants me MIL, there’s no need to correct her. She knows what she wants. And of course MIL sits there annoyed.
I think the most annoying thing that she does is actually something that I’m meaning to stop for her next visit. And it may not be annoying to most but for me it’s like irritating. Whenever we get together with MIL for whatever reason she feels the need to pack food or snacks for my daughter, she literally carries a whole eating set and travel high chair in her car, it’s actually really considerate, but when we don’t want to use it, it’s usually a fit. The other day we invited her over for dinner and I told her exactly what I was cooking and she offered to bring a salad and I said yeah that sounds great. She comes over with her lunchbox that she always bring food for my daughter. She walks in mid baby meal , and then proceeds to take salmon out of her lunchbox, saying that she cooked it just for LO, and we had to feed it to her because her meal was better than prepared, of course she didn’t say that she said something along the lines of “SEE LO, this is what you should be eating, it’s healthy and good for you! as she proceeded to push the plate of food that I had made for my daughter away, to be nice I said wow OK I guess Mommy’s food wasn’t good enough, I then fed my daughter, some of the salmon and LO spit it out almost immediately. LOL she then said no she needs to eat it. It’s a waste of food, I think continued” you know what let me taste it and see , “ when I tell you, I put the absolute driest piece of food I’ve ever tasted in my life in my mouth after tasting her “home-cooked meal” I then promptly put the lid back on the Tupperware and said OK. Baby needs water after tasting that, I am surprised she didn’t choke. And then she proceeded to say it’s not dry! And started eating it herself. I pulled one out of the highchair and put her down to play.
We prepared our food , I made pork tenderloin, DH started cutting into it, and he noticed that it was a little bit pink, he popped it back into the oven until it turned a little bit less pink, continued, carving it, and served it, it was absolutely delicious of course MIL disagreed, “ I’m gonna stick it in the microwave because this looks raw and I’m not trying to get sick” then proceeded to comment back, “ it was cooked to an internal temperature that’s appropriate for pork, you won’t get sick but if you want to dry out your meat, just like your salmon that’s perfectly fine. It seems you that way but not everyone else does, it’s probably an old people thing you do live around the retired community. It’s starts to rub off on you” rude of me I know, but I really really don’t care I was going for low blows at this point lol, after dinner DH suggested a movie…. I wasn’t about to sit through a two hour movie with MIL, so I conveniently put on Hells kitchen for half an hour and purposely wasted that time so that our 9 o’clock alarm could go off and she could leave out the door as our bath/bed routine started, of course she didn’t leave and I allowed it because it really didn’t bother me because she was helping my husband give my daughter a bath, which I didn’t mind because it let me relax a little. Afterwards, she was sticking around a little long after bathtime while baby was in the crib trying to fall asleep, saying “bye baby Grandma’s leaving over and over and over, but not moving away, she then attempted her last ditch effort to convince me to let her rock my daughter to sleep like she always wants to do to stick around, and I said “ yeah no we’re bottle weaning right now she doesn’t need that, everyone needs to leave her room for her to fall asleep”, so I removed her from the room and said OK that’s enough, anywayssss we’ll do this again soon, she proceeded to ask for specific plans for the weekend and I just replied with, SOON, and had my husband walk her out the door, Goodnight! Drive home safe and of course, when the door shut, Good riddance! LOL

Asmr focused script
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Competition representative: "Hello there I take it that you're here to have the asmr done to you during the competition?..ah excellent at least more than one of you turned up ...oh nothing bad it's just that we have had a few issues recently and um.....it seems that only half of our judges have shown up so out of the four intended judges there's only two here including you ..so um by any chance would you be willing to have significantly more asmr done to you so we can still continue with the competition?"
Competition representative: "You are?..oh thank goodness I promise it won't be any harder for you except you'll go from judging two people per round to judging four people per round...oh that sounds nice?..well that makes sense from your perspective I suppose that it will feel nice for you since you'll be getting twice the amount of attention that you planned to get"
"huh I guess I was freaking out for no reason then ...Excellent well, in that case, head down this hallway and head into the room with the green door then just relax and wait in the comfortable chair that's in the centre..the first competitor will be in shortly for their assigned hour...the first round?..oh the first round is hair play so you should enjoy it quite a bit ... just remember that you need to rank them once they're all done so don't fall asleep otherwise we will have to start over from the first competitor"
[They giggle and leave ]
[Pause]
[First competitor (Southern )]
:Hello?..ooh you are here...they told me you would be but they never said you were such a cutie...no I'm not buttering you up in hopes that you rank me higher...ok maybe I am a little ...is it working?...a little..yes I knew it would eventually "
"OK, so hair play...I'm gonna make you feel so good my friends always want me to play with their hair when we're hanging out watching movies...let me just get behind you and begin to run my nails through your hair like...this "
[Gentle Scalp scratching sounds throughout this section]
"I can already feel your body relaxing...do my nails feel that good?"
"Hehe good that's very good...just relax and enjoy them then..but no sleeping...I want to get the best score possible "
[Whispered]: "I want that prize money hehe..but seriously I hope you enjoy this you looked really stressed when I came in so I'm surprised that you have relaxed so quickly...I would be doing more to your hair but I forgot to grab tools on the way in plus the rules say that we are only allowed to do one trigger per round. so I'm just going to have to hope my nails can do the job better than what the others use once I'm gone...I mean you seem to be enjoying it because you haven't said a word since I started... let's get this spot just above your ears shall we..ooh you liked that a lot didn't you?...so cute you're just like my cat"
[Gentle scalp scratching sounds continue for 1 - 2 more minutes then fades out ]
[Whispered]: "I hope you haven't fallen asleep sweetie?. ..My session's over now and I need to go...but before I do I wanted to let you know your hair is super soft and if you ever wanted more hairplay...I slipped my number into your pocket so call me anytime... it's so fun watching you melt"
[Cheek kiss followed by a door opening and closing ]
[Door opening again]
Competition representative: "Knock knock...just coming in to break up the pattern so you don't fall asleep too early and to tell you the next competitor will be coming in shortly... Also, do you want a drink during your next break?..ok I'll get you one of those...oh they're ready to come in now so I'll leave you to it "
[Door closes]
Second competitor (goth)
"OK look I'm going to make this simple...I don't want to be here. My friend convinced me that we should do this together but didn't know that they split us up...I don't particularly care if you give me a good score or rank or whatever it is you do but I don't want to get my friend disqualified or make them miss their turn somehow by ignoring the rules... so I have this hairbrush and I'm going to brush your hair for an hour in silence, understand?"
[ hair brushing sounds throughout]
"No I do not want to talk or have a conversation with you ...like I said I'm only here because my friend convinced me...they're the people person so stop asking me questions and just enjoy the brushing I guess"
[In their mind]: "Wow their hair is very soft they must take pretty good care of it ...I wonder if it ever gets itchy I know this would feel so much better for them if it was ...hmm maybe I'll convince my friend to sprinkle itching powder in it before they start their session ...no that would be stupid there must be a camera in here somewhere right?... I mean I can't see one but there has to be at least one right?"
"Did you just?..d..don't make noises like that it's weird....only a sigh?..well it had implications that I don't like so....don't do that again"
[In their mind]: "Huh a sigh...very likely...I mean it was kind of a cute sigh I guess,no no I will not get all heart-eyed over someone I don't even know...they are cute tho...maybe giving them my number couldn't hurt, I mean they'd probably never call anyway"
"What part of don't sigh did you misunderstand?..do you want me to brush your hair or not?...then shush"
[Brushing continues for a minute or two before fading out]
"Hey...open your eyes I'm done um... I'm going to leave now but...my number is in your pocket if you wanna call or whatever..not that I care but...bye"
[Door opens and they leave]
Competition representative:" Hello again I brought you your drink and wanted to let you know that you're halfway through this round ..the last 2 are just getting ready choosing their tools of relaxation so you have time to drink, use the bathroom etc:...once again I'll leave you to it and the next person to enter will likely be here to pamper that hair of yours again"
[Pause]
Third competitor [tough]
"Ah good you're ready for me...cmon sit up a little I can't reach your head if you're all the way down there in a slouch...there you go much better...now I'm going to be using something they told me is a glove you use to take extra fur off of a dog but I feel like it will work here...I'm going to go for the more fast and aggressive style of asmr mainly because doing soft, slow movements for an hour would make me want to leap from the window...anyway, that's enough talking let's get to the scratching"
[Fast and aggressive scratching throughout this section]
"Was that a shudder?..hmm you liked it when I scratched this spot?..well, in that case, I'll keep scratching right here for a while ..heh it made you shudder again that's a pretty cute reaction "
"Yeah I called you cute what do you think I look like the of person that's going to blush and get nervous about calling you cute?...you are cute even if I have made your hair a total mess with this glove but I'll fix that later if I have time and if I don't I'm sure someone else will...plus if complimenting you might give me a boost in the rankings..well who am I to turn that down "
[Scratching continues for 1 - 2 minutes before fading out]
[Whisper]: "We were told to whisper at the end of our time for this part so we don't make you jump if you've gotten all zen and sleepy..you'd better still be awake actually...ah good you smiled you are awake...anyway, I fixed your hair the best I could and my numbers in your pocket...I saw the others in there too..someone is a popular judge hehe...anywayI'lll leave now and let my last opponent in but give me a call if you wanna hang out sometime either as friends or maybe more..or maybe just to have me play with your hair again..all options work for me"
[Door opens and they leave]
Competition representative: "Hello again I hope you are doing OK, there's just one competitor left for today then you're done, well as long as you stay awake of course heh ...anyway do you need anything before I send them in?..no?..ok great I will send them in straight away and you can just relax again"
Forth competitor [slightly bimbo/himbo]
"Hi I'm here for the competition?..oh of course you know that you're the judge heh ...so I grabbed a comb from the stand on the way in so I guess I'm going to be combing your hair..honestly you look like you need it your hair is super messy"
[Hair combing sounds]
"Ooh so soft..not as soft as mine of course but still very soft ..what do you use?... ooh I use that as well but you should try adding some lavender to it... It will make your hair even softer and give it a super pretty shine ."
"Hehe you're welcome..oh right you're meant to be relaxing not having a chat with me so shh you'll get me in trouble and I want to try winning hehe "
"My friend would love your hair tho ...have you met them yet?..we came together but got split up... I feel kinda bad about that because I didn't read the rules properly before we signed up...they're shorter than me and kinda quiet with black hair..oh you did?... great and did they like your hair?"
"Haha I knew they would...they always stroke mine when we hang out at my house...even if they do say it's always an accident of some kind "
[Whisper]:" I know it isn't but I don't mind..it feels nice but I should get back to making you feel good instead so I'll stop speaking and keep combing for a while"
[Combing continues for 1 - 2 minutes before fading out]
[Whisper]: "Hehe don't fall asleep cutie ....I've finished but I want to do this again sometime so I put my number in your pocket with the rest of them ...I saw my friend put theirs in too ...that's genuinely so funny because they never give their number to anyone so they must have really liked you...bye bye now..I hope you call maybe we can both pamper this pretty hair of yours"
[Door opens and they leave]
Competition representative: "Hi again just me coming to tell you that you're done for the day and you're welcome to stay for as long as you need until the building closes in around 6 hours but please rank them on your board before turning it in ...you won't get any more guests today however so you might get bored just sitting there...heh, I hope this is OK to say but you look super tired...did the extra asmr make you a little too sleepy to get up?"
"Hmm well in that case how about I do this and help you get a little nap in before you leave?"
[Gentle scalp scratching begins again]
"That's right since you were such a big help today I'm going to play with your hair until you fall asleep "
"Well no I'm not technically supposed to be doing this but your co-judge fell asleep on their second competitor so I have some time before they have to restart ...in the meantime, I get to help my favourite judge get some rest as well as getting to feel this soft hair for myself "
[Whisper]: "your my favourite because you give me less work to do by the way hehe ...of course being cute doesn't hurt...now relax, close your eyes and melt under the sensation of my nails scratching your scalp ...you've earned it by staying awake for this long and by saving my butt by agreeing to double your time here ..thank you for that again by the way"
[Scalp scratching sounds continue for 1 - 2 minutes before fading out]
[In the speakers' mind]: "Aww they fell asleep so fast I didn't even have time to find out their favourite competitor...hehe well I can't blame them... they have had a lot of sleepy tingles today I'm honestly surprised they managed to avoid falling asleep for as long as they did"
[Whisper]: "Sleep well sweetie... I'll add my number to the others...I do hope you'll call ...maybe you can even sign up to judge the other days and I can see you again even sooner"
[They leave and the audio ends]
.

Oh my God was this list hard to rank 😅 I took about I would say at least 15 hours of my time into this and all of that was just to rank them at a certain level without much to say. First off we have about 8 Tiers from F,D,C,B,A,S,SS, and Premium though I barely put much into their. Remember this is just an opinion so don't take too harshly if your favorite episode isn't high on my list. For some episodes I may not say much or anything since this was too long originally.
F Tier, these are my least favorite episodes and most likely I have a vendetta against them in some way that made it hard for me to like them

1. S2 Ep 8 Nebraska- I hate Lori and I think this episode expresses it, most definitely a vendetta. I didn't exactly like the stuff with Hershel and recovering though it was okay, but lori made some questionable decisions to go off on her own to look for Rick even though she should know he's fine seriously. She wrecks a car and then barely dies from a walker, mind you she is pregnant and shouldn't do these things easily my least favorite episode.
   
2. S10 Ep 21 Diverged- I honestly forget this episode so much since it has nothing truly interesting or important to the story
   
3. S7 Ep 6 Swear- this episode feels slow paced and dull due to oceanside being not seen well for me and I feel like Tara put on the best performance she could for it.
   
4. S8 Ep 2 The Damned- this episode to me was just a lot of action and in the walking dead I don't want that. We see a couple of characters die (including Francine 🪦 I absolutely loved her character and hate how she died here :[ mindless) Erics death started here, but it just wasn't impactful enough.
   
5. S3 Ep 11 I Ain't a Judas- Andrea is a boring character in the show and I hate her in this episode. The focus should've been on the prison honestly and maybe If she killed the Governor I would've understood her more.
   
6. S10 Ep 20 Splinter- if most of the episode was real I would've loved it, but they weren't...
   
7. S3 Ep 5 Say the Word- Andrea just isnt much good in this episode and Rick going crazy wasn't a fun idea to me.
   
8. S8 Ep 3 Monsters- aside from the one fight with Rick I really didn't care much for it again for the fighting and having Morales return and die felt out of place.
   
9. S2 Ep 2 Bloodletting- the group searching for Sophia was okay for a concept, but this episode was okay and went slow paced for me until the end.
   

D Tier, moving on these episodes were for me mostly just forgettable or boring so I won't say much except they weren't all bad

1. S1 Ep 3 Tell it to the frogs- first off S1 won't be all high because I'm ranking EVERY episode, but this one felt slow in pace more as well compared to the last two. Shane was a badass though.
   
2. S11 Ep 3 Hunted- Forgettable... Not much to say.
   
3. S5 Ep 11 The Distance- Forgot entirely this was an episode, after rewatch still don't like it except for Aaron.
   
4. S2 Ep 9 Trigger finger- It was a bit better than Nebraska, mostly cause of the Randel scenes.
   
5. S7 Ep 14 The Other Side- Sasha somewhat makes a noble decision.
   

163-162. S11 Episodes 22 following 21- 22 had the Warden being uninteresting as a villain and 21 was boring as can be which is why they sit besides each other.

1. S8 Ep 7 Time for After- I don't like the plans they have to deviate from Rick and him going to Jadis again feels like a horrible decision on his part.
   
2. S9 Ep 8 Evolution- The ambience is the best part, though I hated Jesus' s death as it felt like a bad sendoff.
   

C Tier, These are a bunch of boring and hard to follow episodes that have some highs that keep it out of former tiers.

1. S2 Ep 1 What lies Ahead- I liked the RV scene with Andrea, but what follows is dull.
   
2. S11 Ep 4- The pope is somewhat average.
   
3. S7 Ep 12 Say Yes- The carnival was a nice scenery for TWD, but they had too many fake outs with the walker "shooting" at them and the deer fake out.
   
4. S9 Ep 7 Stradivarius- The Search for Eugene feels tiring to follow what's happening and I ended up watching the episodes once and never again because of it.
   
5. S2 Ep 4 Cherokee Rose- Watching the episode is fun because of the well, though I feel like it was stupid as an idea as the group should have more common sense before doing something dumb.
   
6. S2 Ep 3 Save The Last One- Shane was horrifying, but the rest was dull.
   
7. S8 Ep 14 Still gotta mean something- Rick felt unnecessarly cold hearted in this episode killing off the Saviors that helped him which I didn't like, though Jared got a well deserved death.
   
8. S4 Ep 9 After -It was okay watching Carl try to scavenge while Rick was injured and I liked the scene with his shoe being lost.
   
9. S7 Ep 5 Go Getters- the episode itself wasn't bad yet I never really enjoyed it too much aside from Maggie being a badass and the ending was pretty good.
   
10. S4 Ep 10 Inamtes- Inmates was a pretty well rounded episodes showing off some of the group which I liked seeing Tyreese the most.
    
11. S8 Ep 6 The King, The Widow, and Rick- the episode was pretty lackluster for me and I didn't really appeal to seeing the garbage people much in this or everyone going to attack the saviors which was a dumb move to do. Ezekiel was probably the most fun of the episode.
    
12. S3 Ep 16 Welcome to the Tombs- the finale for season 3 has always been horrible as it barely gives tension between the Governor and Ricks group, it just felt unfitting for a finale.
    
13. S11 Ep 8 For blood- it was a okay Mid Season finale to say the least (sorry, 1/3 season finale). I did like some of the parts in it with Maggie which is why it sits higher than others.
    
14. S5 Ep 7 Crossed- I thoroughly enjoyed the chase scene between the three officers and Ricks group, but that was about it.
    
15. S4 Ep 13 Alone- I liked watching the parts of the group split up, except for Maggie, Bob, and Sasha as they felt very uneventful to me. What makes this episode better had to be the part about Daryl and Beth with the ending of the introduction to Joe's group.
    
16. S7 Ep 10 New Best Friends- a lot of these parts I forgot about in this episode when it came to the Kingdom though after rewatching it I enjoyed those parts more than the Garbage people. I just honestly think Jadis's group is uninteresting and makes for no substance.
    
17. S10 Ep 15 The Tower- I sometimes forget about this episode and it's premise with Beta, but I think it holds up enough for a weird one and The stuff with princess was okay.
    
18. S9 Ep 3 Warning signs- I think the episode was okay, I just didn't like Season 9 A that much...
    

B tier, now we get to the episodes I could watch again in the past 6 months or binge through without skipping

1. S11 Ep 2 Acheron Part 2- this was close to being put into C tier since I really hated some parts about it like how they left Gage to die and still had to fight off dozens of walking regardless. The group in the first two episodes seem to switch off and on from good to bad.
   
2. S7 Ep 4 Service- for some reason people hate this episode and I can't see why except for the fact it mainly deals with Negan at Alexandria; in my opinion it was him and a couple other characters who saved season 7 and 8 for me.
   
3. S10 Ep 3 Ghosts- I forget the episode...
   
4. S10 Ep 7 Open Your Eyes- I thought the episode was fine as I don't hate Siddiq and all, though I liked and hated the ending as I loved the twist of Dante and hated that Siddiq had to die so early on.
   
5. S6 Ep 7 Heads Up- I didn't like the twist of Glenn and all, but I liked the suspicion with Carol and Morgan as well as the Ending being dramatic.
   
6. S8 Ep 11 Dead or Alive- it's not good to know when you remember an episode due to bad things. Daryl has been making more off decisions for the character and Tara seems to be completely Reckless now making me hate her moving forward.
   
7. S4 Ep 4 Indifference- The Scenes with Carol and Rick we're amusing with crude Humour as well as some more tense scenes in my opinion and I hated/liked when Rick told Carol she couldn't come back.
   
8. S3 Ep 6 Hounded- honestly I would've rather put this episode a little bit higher due to Merle (probably my favorite charcater which contributes to a lot of episodes being higher) being a badass while fighting Michonne and pulling out puns as well. The reason it doesn't get higher is still due to Rick and the phone situation being uneventful.
   
9. S11 Ep 9 No Other Way- Alden dies in this episode which I should've seen coming that sucks. The ending feels misleading a bit though everything else in the middle is pretty great.
   
10. S11 Ep 5 Out of the Ashes- literally the only reason I put this here was due to Lance so deal with it!
    
11. S4 Ep 11 Claimed- Rick had a pretty solid pair of scenes with the Claimers and I liked watching Glenn and Tara (Surprisingly).
    
12. S10 Ep 13 What We Become- I thought the flashbacks/hallucinations we're pretty good, but aside from that this episode was just mediocre.
    
13. S9 Ep 4 The Obliged- I liked watching Daryl and Rick fight each other over different views on how everything should be and the ending I thought was pretty suspenseful as well as the saviors and oceanside.
    
14. S11 Ep 15 Trust- Lance feels exactly like the Governor in some of these episodes which is what I like about him, and from here I start to enjoy Princess maybe because Mercer is around more xd.
    
15. S10 Ep 17 Home Sweet Home- I thought Maggie was a good enough concept for an episode with the reapers, though it didn't hit that hard watching again. It still Is most definitely better than the other 3 episodes of S10 part C but enough for A Tier.
    

A Tier, after this point complaints may start to stop, but that doesn't mean entirely. These episodes I enjoy watching over and over again with some good tension and comedy as well.

1. S1 Ep 5 Wildfire- For the episodes Jim was in I liked him and learning his backstory as well so this was a pretty fun episode.
   
2. S4 Ep 15 Us- the stuff with Abraham and their group was pretty wholesome to me and I liked Joe for the time being in here seeing how he is pretty fair to be honest giving things where they are due and trust to Daryl.
   
3. S6 Ep 11 Knots Untie- I somewhat feel like the episode drags due to there being too much at hilltop, but it is a new community so I can't truly argue. I remember enjoyably when Rick stopped the assassination attempt.
   
4. S8 Ep 9 Honor- the beginning with Carl I thought was good to showcase the events that unfolded before the decimation and Carl's death hit hard.
   
5. S5 Ep 4 Slabtown- I personally don't mind the hospital arc too much, yet it won't get all of it's episodes too high of course. I liked watching Noah and Beth converse and I thought this was a new era for the walking dead.
   
6. 10 Ep 1 Lines we Cross- the part with the Satellite was amusing to watch as it was a big change to see and I like that about the walking dead on occasions.
   
7. S9 Ep 6 Who are you now?- I liked learning of Luke's Group (you heard me, Luke's Group) and what they have been like learning of some of their past.
   
8. S10 Ep 8 The World Before- I liked mostly just watching two scenes, the beginning with Dante and Gabriel and Dante. I loved the fact no one even considered a Whisperer living amongst them and how he did some much devious stuff was mind boggling and amazing to watch. When Gabriel talks about forgiveness to Dante and kills him shows me how Gabriel has changed the past seasons.
   
9. S7 Ep 9 Rock in the Road- Rick gives off a good speech to Ezekiel and I liked seeing him and Morgan reunite again. The stuff with Gabriel wasn't too bad either.
   
10. S3 Ep 9 The Suicide King- the Governor finally seems to be starting to let things of him slip which I love to see. I also enjoyed watching Merle with Daryl as well too.
    
11. S11 Ep 11 Rouge element- I thought that the twist of Steph was pretty good and I don't mind the episode being a bit long and tedious for it's reveal.
    
12. S11 Ep 23 Family- I loved the fact Lydia got bit just because it shows us that people can still get bit and survive. It shows to me that in the finale no one could be truly safe even though Luke gets bit and still dies.
    
13. S11 Ep 17 Lockdown- Saving Sebastian was okay ig.
    
14. S8 Ep 10 The Lost and The Plunderers- Simon's character I think was made perfectly as he is a hotheaded person who is all about power and showing that off. Killing most of the Garbage people was terrifying to watch and showed how Negan could be more merciful than others.
    
15. S1 Ep 1 Days Gone Bye- I think for the pilot it did it's job well and showed off enough of what the show could be. Of course this doesn't mean it was all good but as pilots go it was pretty solid.
    
16. S11 Ep 1 Acheron Part 1- The only reason I put it this high was for the interrogation scenes especially when it came down to Ezekiel. Him and Mercer are honestly a great pair and I love his ending to the show as it's fitting.
    
17. S5 Ep 10 Them- after losing most of the group it seems like a fitting episode of despair and plays it perfectly.
    
18. S5 Ep 12 Remember- the first shown scenes of Alexandria was pretty good and I liked the interviews scene too. We also saw a lot of new character introductions.
    
19. S11 Ep 6 On The Inside- The ferals was a nice touch of horror that I never knew I could need. Making the people with the ferals Virgil and Connie made the most perfect sense as well.
    
20. S6 Ep 13 Not Tomorrow Yet- this episode shows off how our group is seeming to be the bad guys starting to kill people in their sleep. I like how Glenn and Heath have their first kills and show how they are changing.
    
21. S7 Ep 1 The day will come when you won't be- I like the title as it references Doctor Jenner, but for the episode I liked Negan and that's mostly it. Seeing two people die was horrible to me, but necessary and since I don't rank episodes for being bad due to deaths I can still rank them high.
    
22. S6 Ep 16 Last Day on Earth- Simon has a good introduction and I like them trying to get from point A to B, but what stands out to me most is probably Abraham and Eugene with his speech about him
    
23. S7 Ep 15 Something they need- Sasha was probably the highlight of the episode for me and I liked them and Negan's interactions. It Is a good effort to show that they aren't all monsters and I like seeing Eugene as well.
    
24. S3 Ep 7 When the Dead come knocking- Glenn and his interrogation with Merle was amazing and I liked seeing Glenn's true will shine.
    
25. S8 Ep 12 The Key- I don't like this episode much honestly if it wasn't for Negan and Ricks Speech as well as Simon and his deviousness.
    
26. S8 Ep 1 Mercy- the beginning I had to move up due to some good portions of it like Rick and Negan. I also liked the ending a lot even though I watched the trailer a lot and knew of Gabriel and Negan's interactions.
    
27. S9 Ep 1 a New Beginning- wow two series beginnings next to each other... Yeah it's weird but they weren't exactly S Tier Material. The beginning with them trying to get a horse accessory was great tension to watch and I already love Ricks Beard.
    
28. S10 Ep 18 Find me- okay so maybe I exaggerated My feeling towards Season 10 C a bit since I like some of the episodes a bit and others worse. The reason I put this here is mostly good plot lines and that was it.
    

Around here I wanted to say the reason for some episodes ranking higher is due to the fact the others are horrible and some of these have redeeming qualities. It's hard to put over 150 episodes ranked from horrible to greatness and know the points of interest.

1. S3 Ep 3 Walk With Me- Merle brings joy to me seeing him again and I love him from here on out. I like how the Governor seems to be innocent enough until the big reveal with the militia which is amazingly put.
   
2. S10 Ep 9 Squeeze- I hate Squeeze... There i said it. The cave sucks honestly and Id rather not watch it again because of that, but Negan is the only saving grace for this episode and if it wasn't for him I would never watch this episode again.
   
3. S8 Ep 13 Do Not Send Us Astray- Simon attacking the Hilltop was the most great action of this season that I never minded and it felt terrifying after Tobin's fate was sealed.
   
4. S3 Ep 12 Clear- I had to move it from S Tier, but nevertheless a great episode. Morgan's return was done perfectly and I felt like his character did a full 180 after this. Michonne and Carl's side story was also good.
   
5. S2 Ep 12 Better Anglels- Shane and Ricks final confrontation was amazingly executed and loved the difference from the Comics with Rick killing shane and Carl shooting his reanimated self; Shane and Randel was also good too.
   
6. S4 Ep 12 Still- Daryl and Beth make sense to pair together and I like seeing how we get a bit more back story to his character. They feel like the most perfect example to put for a mismatched pair.
   
7. S6 Ep Thank You- The journey with Glenn's group trying to get back was amusing to see even though the dumpster ending wasnt really the best, still horrible to see.
   
8. S10 Ep 4 Silence the Whisperers- Negan and Lydia have a good bond and I like how Negan defends her even though I hate how no one believes Lydia that Negan protected her.
   
9. S8 Ep 4 Some Guy- I still love watching Ezekiel and the Kingdom so I enjoy this episode and how he feels defeated the whole time. Jerry is the best bodyguard in my opinion as well as it is shown and Shivas death is heartbreaking.
   
10. S5 Ep 8 Coda- The reason I put this soo high was due to Rick and Bob. I did like the ending a bit even though I feel like Beth's death could've been avoided.
    
11. S3 Ep 14 Prey- originally this episode was C Tier for me, but I re-watched it and put it this high due to the Governor being a literal psycho and I love this side of him.
    
12. S11 Ep 20 What's been Lost- Lance felt underutilized as soon as he died, I really wished they could've made a difference with his exit on the show.
    
13. S8 Ep 8 How it's gotta be- Forgot about Natanias death.
    
14. S11 Ep 7 Promises Broken- Negan and Maggie had a good talk together about before.
    
15. S10 Ep 6 Bonds- Okay.. XD.
    
16. S6 Ep 10 The Next world- I thought the stuff with Rick, Daryl, and Jesus was goofy, but great.
    
17. S11 Ep 19 Varient- I do like the idea of evolving walkers though I feel like it was a bit late in the show.
    
18. S3 Ep 13 Arrow on the Doorstep- the meeting was just terrific to watch as the Governor is so sinister inside it with Milton and Hershel having a good talk as well with Martinez and Daryl having a good show off time. Merle and Glenn have some good times too.
    
19. S9 Ep 2 The Bridge- The log scene was amazing and Aaron had a good scene with the amputation.
    

S Tier, These episodes are some of my favorite to watch with a good glass of Tea and some snacks.

1. S7 Ep 7 Sing me a song- Negan and Carl were fun to watch as well as some more insight on the sanctuary as Daryl breaks free. Negan and Carl also Bond.
   
2. S10 Ep 10 Stalker- Daryl VS Alpha!!!
   
3. S11 Ep 16 Acts of God- Lance is very horrifying as to what his next move is and Leah's stuff was good.
   
4. S3 Ep 8 Made to suffer- it was a great Mid season finale as I enjoyed the fight with the Governor and Rick as well as the ending with Merle and Daryl.
   
5. S2 Ep 6 Secrets- Glenn has to deal with hiding multiple people's secrets and I feel like the comedy is pure gold here.
   
6. S1 Ep 2 Guts- The rooftops scenes were great as well as the parts where they wear guys to avoid the walkers, it always felt like a sense of panic in this episode.
   
7. S9 Ep 9 Adaptation- the introduction to Alpha was simple enough and I feel like it's a good episode.
   
8. S11 Ep 10 New Haunts
   
9. S11 Ep 12 The Lucky Ones- Carol finally feels a little bit like she's back to her old self in this community with Lance and their deals.
   
10. S4 Ep 1 30 days without and Accident- probably my second favorite of the beginning episodes as it demonstrates exactly how the group has got along since the recent events. Has a good story with the shopping market and the roof caving in was awesome.
    
11. S3 Ep 10 Home- this episode shows how Merle and Daryl are far apart which I can still keep watching Merle and be entertained as well as the fight scene at the end with the Governor being cocky as can be.
    
12. S9 Ep 16 The Storm- snow is a new but simple thing that I like along with Negan Earning trust with Michonne.
    
13. S10 Ep 2 We are the End of the World- Gamma saving Alpha is one of my favorite scenes of how it shows Alphas power towards the group and influence on it's people.
    
14. S6 Ep 8 Start to Finish- The walls coming down had an interesting story as well as many like the Wolf getting loose and Diana having a badass/amazing exit.
    
15. S9 Ep 11 Bounty- The Movie Theatre scene was pretty good as well as Alpha with and Lydia.
    
16. S5 Ep 2 Strangers- The uneasy feeling of Gabriel is pretty good to show the groups trust and I like how the ending is played out with the reveals.
    
17. S11 Ep 13 Warlords- The Complex is a pretty good place to see and I like seeing the evolution of Negan and Aaron.
    
18. S9 Ep 15 The Calm Before- The highlight is the end with the pikes though it made sense for the lesser characters. I hated seeing Henry and Enid die (Not with Tara).
    
19. S10 Ep 11 Morning Star- The start of the battle is ingenius with the tree sap fire scene and it makes for a suspenseful ending to the episode to come.
    
20. S9 Ep 5 What come After- The episode is meant to be a sendoff for Rick so I'll rank it about everything else instead. I did enjoy some of the sequences with Hershel and I loved seeing Shane again. He really puts perspective on some episodes like Season 5 which makes me enjoy watching those episodes more as well as Shane. Ricks exit was also done is a pretty good way.
    
21. S7 Ep 13 Bury me Here- I liked watching Morgan slowing go back into insanity which I believe is due to PTSD of some sort. The episode feels really well done and I like the ending to it with Richard Dying and Carol being told everything.
    
22. S9 Ep 12 Guardians- Alpha is great to watch in this episode and the way she kills the two whispering who challenge them is great!
    
23. S8 Ep 5 The Big scary U- the main focus is Negan and Gabriel which is an amazing talk between then two before settling their differences. I also like the unease at the sanctuary through betrayal.
    
24. S11 Ep 14 The Rotten core- the whole episode is one of If not my personal favorite to watch for the complex alone being a nice setting. I enjoy every bit of this episode as well as the side deal with Sebastian and how Mercer is revealed to be a pretty nice guy.
    
25. S5 Ep 15 Try- The whole episode feels like a decent into madness for Rick seeing everyone against him. I like how he goes into protective cop mode and try to defend the ones he lives as well as his speech at the end.
    
26. S11 Ep 18 A New Deal- The whole episode is average, but the ending just feels amazing to rewatch.
    
27. S2 Ep 11 Judge, Jury, Executioner- I personally like Dale a lot so I love this episode. It really shows how the group is starting to turn as they believe to do what is best for the group and not morals. Dales death is also very heartfelt to watch and showed off the walkers dangerousness.
    
28. S10 Ep 14 Look At The Flowers- Negan and Daryl make a good pair to watch though I enjoyed watching Beta and him struggling to get back on track after Alphas death and I love him so much more for this episode.
    
29. S5 Ep 5 Self Help- Daryl and Carol at the moments have some good episodes together so it's not surprise I'd love this episode. With Noah in the episode as well it feels like a amazing show of how the characters (Carol and Daryl) have changed morally.
    
30. S6 Ep 13 The Same Boat- Carol has been shown to be ruthless, but this episode shows her true colors as how she doesn't want this to be her life anymore.
    
31. S5 Ep 13 Forget- the episode itself has many great minisodes it felt like which was fantastic.
    

50 and 49. S4 Ep 6 Live Bait and 7 Dead Weight- I put these both here due to the fact of me loving the equally. The 6th episode feels like a showcase of how the Governor gets broken entirely and starts to get built back up positively showing what could have been and for a time it feels beautiful to me. The 7th though shows how some things can mess with his mind and make him go back to being a psychopath that kills everyone he sees.

1. S8 Ep 16 Wraith- The ending to season 8 was pretty eventful for the battles begin as Eugene saved everyone's asses from a cool trick with the bullets. I am happy that Rick decided to save Negan and I love the episode except for the ending being off-putting with Maggie.
   
2. S6 Ep 9 No way Out- The Wolf has a pretty interesting end that I enjoyed to see and aside from the the entire eoisode is the best part. You never feel that sense of boring to it as the action is nonstop great.
   
3. S5 Ep 5 Now- I liked small bits and pieces of this episode mostly revolving around Diana and her role starting to change. If she survived I don't doubt I would've loved to see her go through more of an arc.
   
4. S7 Ep 11 Hostiles and Calamities- I can see the hate for this episode, though I love it myself. Eugene in my opinion is at his best here and I love watching him here with Negan and their interactions. It was also great how Dwight had framed the doctor.
   
5. S5 Ep 6 Consumed- Abraham was one of my favorite characters not just for jokes but for this episode. His backstory is heartbreaking to learn about and relatable. When he falls down after beating Eugene in defeat I can feel his pain with him.
   
6. S9 Ep 13 Chokepoint- Daryl VS Beta!!!
   

SS Tier, after this point there is no bad things that the episodes could have drag it's down. These ones are my person favorites.
Around this time I also realized that it seems my numbers on the side aren't matching so I'm fixing it from here so skip 42- 38. Idk what happened but I messed up somewhere and went to fix it but couldn't find the problem.

1. S2 Ep 13 Besides the Dying Fire- The walkers attacking the farm was a great scene just as much as the Democracy speech was from Rick, though Lori is horrible to Rick in this episode. Also Rick tells the group "we're all infected"
   
2. S4 Ep 2 Infected- I love the scene where Patrick reanimates and the morning fight they have in the prison. So much stuff happens at once. The ending was Great with Tyreese and. The pig scene was sad to watch.
   
3. S6 Ep 6 Always Accountable- One time when I like Sasha is this episode with Abraham. Where to begin; The Rocket launcher scene was great, Abraham is great with quips, Daryl with Dwight is a good scene and I love the ending as well.
   
4. S6 Ep 14 Twice as Far- The Denise speech wasnt too bad and the death was great. I enjoyed Abraham and Eugene; I think my favorite scenes was with Abraham and Eugene with another one of his speechs towards him which was funny and heartfelt.
   
5. S4 Ep 16 A- The best part is when Joe's group comes along and how Rick bites out his throat signifying that he and Shane are now alike. I also like when Rick and Daryl talk as well as Rick figuring out this olace kidnaps people.
   
6. S2 Ep 7 Pretty Much dead Already- Shane is what I love about this episode, he and Dale had a really funny encounter and I feel like Shane makes me laugh and be serious at the same time with each scenes. I also like how Rick is more accepting towards Hershel.
   
7. S10 Ep 16 A Certain Doom- Beta was good in this episode and had some great parts, but the fights wee great especially the scene with the Music. Betas death felt odd, but that doesn't lower the episode.
   
8. S4 Ep 14 The Grove- I mean do I really have to explain? Carol is a savage here and I love when they finally talk about Karen and Davids death here. Nothing in this episode is a low note.
   
9. S2 Ep 5 Chupacabra- I love everything about Daryl's scenes in this that show how he is a badass and capable of holding his own. Also love his Hallucinations.
   
10. S11 Ep 24 Rest In Peace- certainly wasn't the best finale, but I felt like it did well enough for the episode. It tied up most loose ends for the show given its runtime and I feel like it is fitting enough.
    
11. S2 Ep 10 18 Miles Out- my favorite of Season 2 has Shane and Rick have the best battle I have seen even more than The Governor and Rick or Negan and Rick. This battle utilizes both of their strengths and weaknesses with some things that have never been done in the show much more like using your blood to attract walkers to other places. It was an amazing episode all in all.
    
12. S1 Ep 6 TS-19- idk what it is but I love watching this episode over and over again and I love it the more I watch it. It is probably because I like Doctor Jenner a bit more in each watching of his tragic backstory with his wife.
    
13. S9 Ep 14 Scars- The flahsback was an amazing one that told us something vital to the story about how they don't trust people coming in anymore. What Daryl and especially Michonne went through is tragic.
    
14. S5 Ep 3 Four Walls a roof- this episode is perfect for a number of reasons like Bob and his antics or Savage Rick, this was a turning point for the walking dead and this is where Rick gets some of his roots.
    
15. S1 Ep 4 Vatos- even though I love TS-19 I love Vatos more. This is unique to some episodes where you see a group just like Ricks that is trying to survive and this is where we realize the world is bigger than we thought still.
    
16. S7 Ep 16 The first day of the rest of your Life- The battle was amazing and I feel like this was the best it was going to get for the coming seasons, but season 9 and 10 surprised me.
    
17. S10 Ep 5 What it always Is- Negan with the Kid is the highlight I think, I could've honestly seen this going farther, if it wasn't for the former savior. I feel like this was fitting for an entire episode of, but we diverged a bit.
    
18. S4 Ep 3 Isolation- Hershel and Tyreese are the highlights for me with Tyreese going berserk and Hershel being a kind soul. This is a staple episode for why Season 4 is amazing and why Hershel is what made season 4 great.
    
19. S6 Ep 4 Here's not Here- I love learning about Eastman and Morgan in this one off. I love how it is somewhat told in the first person narrative to the Wolf and how Morgan changed back to who he was. Eastman shows how he and Morgan are pretty similar and why he should be like him.
    
20. S5 Ep 14 Spend- aside from Francine being here to be used as eye candy for me I loved how some of Alexandria like and dislike rick's group here. I do hate Noah dying as I feel like he could've been so much more.
    
21. S10 19 One More- I love havng the episode based on Aaron and Gabriel as they have came a long way since their beginnings. When they have few an encounter with Mays I felt like this was a testimony to who they are as people. We see how they care for each other and how Mays fails to make a point of who they are until Gabriel Kills him showing he has gone farther away from the light.
    
22. S7 Ep 3 Cell- Daryl is locked up and he is now being treated like shit. This episode feels great cause of how it feels like he is trying to break Daryl. Dwight also has a great mission on how he mercy kills a savior and shows he isn't as bad as you may think.
    
23. S6 Ep 1 First time again- I do enjoy the setting of the episode how we see the diverge in Alexandria and who listens or hears Rick out. The episode is a great example for staring episodes... But not the best at it.
    
24. S5 Ep 9 What Happened and what's going On- I loved Tyreese's character so to see him die was horrible for me. His episodes I feel like was a good send off since it is a test to who he is as a person who is confounded about the world around him.
    
25. S3 Ep 4 Killer Within- this episode was played perfectly and I feel like is a good sendoff for other characters as well like how I hate Lori. She is made just a bit better from her sacrifice and thought T-Dog went out in a good way as well. The prisoners also had a good show for their trust.
    
26. S4 Ep 5 Interment- this is where Hershel's best episode is as he is the best Samaritan Alive in the apocalypse. At the end where Rick and Carl fend off the walkers inside the gates in a great bond and I love the whole episode.
    
27. S6 Ep 3 JSS- it is well rounded and has good action as well as a lot of tension and suspense with Carol showing off her capabilities and Morgan with his philosophy.
    

Finally we cracked the top ten and into Premium Episodes. If you've made it this far you are are persistent as me... Well probably less since this took a long ass time but still. These are the episodes whee I cherish them and can watch more than once a month.

1. S8 Ep 15 Worth- Worth has what I want in an episode; good characters and story/plot. Eugene's parts are made more important seeing how he needed to stay at the sanctuary to save Alexandria and the other communities. I loved even more Dwight's part where I have without doubt the most suspense with him and Negan. Simon also had the most best arc death as it felt complete.
   
2. S5 Ep 16 Conquer- the episode has a lot of action and the ending was the pivet. I love the speech he has and how Diana let's Rick be in charge now was a sort of cliffhanging ending that signify's perfection.
   
3. S5 Ep 1 No sanctuary- both Season 5's beginning and finale are amazing and the way Rick and his group take down Terminus in one episode is amazing as they fight there way out and the scene with Judith was great. Morgan was just a sprinkle of wholesomeness to see.
   
4. S10 Ep 12 Walk With Us- The Episode had just enough action, good deaths and character interactions to make it here. First of the battle at hilltop was amazing. The second best thing was Earl and I feel very sad every time I watch this episode at his part. Then the best thing is the end with Alpha and Negan.
   
5. S3 Ep 1 Seed- The best beginning to a season it shows how the group has changed since Rick and the prison is a great example. The tombs are a great scenery and the ending was perfect for a cliffhanger as well as Conquer.
   
6. S3 Ep 2 Sick- the prisoner episode was pretty good to watch as a group of prisoners try to take on walkers. While some are good others would rather be assertive. Rick has definitely changed since season 2 and the group is played great here and much more human like.
   
7. S7 Ep 2 Well- what helps this episode is the last episode before it having a dark tone. This instead has a more uplifting one with the king and with Carol and Morgan being a great pair. The Kingdom seems to be a good community and seeing how Carol tries to smooth talk the king and how he tells whays her bullshit is an amazing scene.
   
8. S10 Ep 22 Heres Negan- We realize he was a kinda lousy husband that wasn't really too good to becoming a really supportive husband who cares deeply for his wife Lucille. The story before showed a lot of Negan and how he is and I love Lucille as a character from this episode trying to do whats best for Negan.
   
9. S4 Ep 8 Too Far gone- Honestly this IS the best episode, but I am bias so I had to put my own personal favorite above it not to say this isn't right behind it easily. Too far gone is what feels like a season finale but isn't. The Governors first encounter should've been this and I'm glad we got to see it unfold great. Rick has a great speech in it about not being too far gone yet and the Governor killing Hershel to start the best battle of the series. The Governors death feels fitting and the ending was sad and amazing.
   

Before I get to this last one I wanted to say a thank you in advance to whomever reads this as I really had a hard time making this and spending a lot of time to do this isn't easy. And remember this last episode is my very own person opinion entirely and in no way is it the best of the series definitively, without any furthermore, lets end this.

1. Season 3 Episode 15 This Sorrowful Life- Now what makes this episode so great to me? Well I'm totally biased towards the actor and the character in the show Merle Dixon. I could watch Merle all day which is what they episode feels like with the perfect duo of Michonne and Merle on their way to the governor. It has some of the most perfect comedy in the episode as well as having the best sacrifice redemption arc and ending. This episode made me laugh, smile, cry and more. There will never be a time when I ever change my opinion about this episode in existence.

Again another huge thanks to everyone and I hope this will satisfy everyones needs... Now I'ma go watch S3 Ep 15 Legit.

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Fairytale creatures. Right, this one is full. Take it away. Give me that. Your fine days are over. -25 pieces of silver for the witch. Next. -Come on. Sit down there! And be quiet! This cage is so small. You wouldn't turn me in. I'll never be stubborn again. I can change. Please, give me another chance. Z Oh, shut up! Next. What do we got? This little wooden puppet. I'm not a puppet, I'm a real boy. Five shillings for the possessed toy. Take it away. No! Please, don't let them do it! Next. What do you got? Well, I've got a talking donkey! Right. Well that's good for ten schillings, if you can prove it. Oh, go ahead fella. Well? He's just a li..., just a little nervous. He's really quite a chatterbox. You boneheaded donkey! That's it. I have heard enough. Guards! No, no, he talks, he does! I can talk. I love to talk. I've talked to... Get her out of my sight! -No, no, I swear! Hey, I can fly. -He can fly! -He can fly! He can talk! -That's right, fool! Now I'm a flying, talking donkey! You might have seen house fly, maybe even a superfly. But I bet you ain't never seen a donkey fly! Seize him! Get him! This way! Hurry! You there. Ogre. -I. By the order of lord Farquaad. I am authorized to place you both under arrest. And transport you to designated resettlement facility. Oh really? You and what army? Can I say something to you? Listen, you were really, really something, back there. Incredible. Are you talking to... ...me? Yes, I was talking to you. Can I just tell you that you were really great back there with those guards. They thought that was all over there. And then you showed up and BAM. There was tripping on over themselves like babes in the woods. That really made me feel good to see that. Oh, that's great. Really. Man, it's good to be free. Now, why don't you go celebrate your freedom with your own friends? But I... I don't have any friends. And I'm not going out there by myself. Hey wait a minute. I have a great idea... I'll stick with you. You and me in green fighting machine. Together we'll scare the spin if anybody crosses us. Oh, a, that was really scary. Maybe you don't mine me saying. If that don't work, your breath will certainly do the job done, 'cause... you definitively need some tic-tac or something, 'cause your breath stinks! Man you've ??? my note! Just like the time... ...and then I ate some rotten berries. Man I had some strong gases leaking out of my but that day. Why are you following me? I'll tell you why. 'Cause I'm all alone, there is no one here, beside me. My problems have all gone. There's no one to derive me. But you got to have free ... -Stop singing! Well, it's no wonder, you don't have any friends. Wow! Only a true friend would be that truly honest. Listen! Little donkey. Take a look at me! What am I? A... ...really tall? No! I'm an Ogre. You know, grab your torch and pitchforks. Doesn't that bother you? Nope. Really? -Really really. Oh? Man, I like you. What's your name? A..., Shrek. Shrek?! But do you know, what I like about you, Shrek? You've got that kind of: "I don't care what nobody thinks of me" thing. I like that, I respect that, Shrek. You're all right. Uh, look at that. Who would wanna live in a place like that? That would be my home. Oh, it is lovely. Just beautiful. You know you're quite a decorator. It's amazing what you did with such a modest budget. I like that boulder. That is a nice boulder. I guess, you don't entertain much, do you? I like my privacy. You know I do to. That's another thing, we have in common. Like I hate it when you got somebody in your face. You try to give them a hint and they won't leave. And then there's that big occurred silence, you know? Can I stay with you? -What? Can I stay with you, please. Of course! -Really? No. -Please! I don't want to go back there. You don't how is like to be concerned like a freak. Well..., maybe you do. But that's why we have to stick together! You got to let me stay! Please! Please! OK, OK. -But one night only. -Huh, thank you! A, what are you do... No! This is going to be fun. We can stay up late, swap the manly stories. And in
the morning... I'm making waffles. Where do I sleep? Outside! Oh, a, I guess that's cool. You know, I don't know you and you don't know me... ... so I guess, outside is best for me. Here I go. Good night. I do like that half door. I'm a donkey all alone outside. Sit by myself outside, I guess. I'm all alone, there's no one here beside me. -I thought, I told you to stay outside. -I am outside. Well James. This is far from the farm, but what choice do we have? It's not... What a lovely bed. -Got you! I found some cheese. Awful stuff. -Is that you Gordon? -How did you know? Enough! What are you doing in my house? Oh, no, no, no... Death prods off the table! Where would we supposed to put her. The bed's taken. What? I live in a swamp. I've put up signs. I'm a terrifying Ogre! What do I have to do, to get a little privacy? Oh, no! No, no! What are you doing in my swamp? All right, get out of here. All of you. Move it! Come on, let's go. And hurry up, hurry up. No, no, not there. Not there! Hey don't look at me. I didn't invite them. Oh gosh, no one invited us. -What? We were forced to come here. -By who? Lord Farquaad. He ??? All right. Who knows where this Farquaad guy is? Oh I do. I know where he is. Does anyone else know where to find him? -Anyone at all? -Me. -Anyone? Oh pick me, I know! Me, me. Ok, fine. Attention all fairy tale things! Do not get comfortable. Your welcome is officially warned up. In fact. I'm gonna see this guy Farquaad right now and get all off my land and back where you came from. You. You're coming with me. All right. That's what I like to hear, man. Shrek and Donkey, two stubborn friends off on a world and big city adventure. I love it. I'm on road again. Sing with me Shrek! I'm on road again... What did I say about singing? -Can I whistle? -No. -Well, can I hummer? -All right. That's enough. He's ready to talk. Run, run, run as fast as you can, you can't catch me. I'm the gingerbread man. You monster. I'm not a monster here. You are. You and the rest of that fairytale trash, poisoning my perfect world. -Now tell me! Where are the others? -Eat me. I've tried to be fair to you, creatures. Now my patience has reached its end! -Tell me! Or I'll... -No, no, not the buttons. Not gumdrop buttons. All right! Who's hiding them? Ok, I'll tell you. -Do you know the muffin-man? -The muffin-man? -The muffin-man. -Yes, I know the muffin-man. Who lives on Proully lane? -Well, she's married to the muffin-man. -The muffin-man! -The muffin-man! -She's married to the muffin-man. My lord! We found it. Well then, what are you waiting for? Bring it in. Magic mirror. Don't tell him anything! Evening. Mirror, mirror on the wall. Is this not the most perfect kingdom of them all? Well, technically, you're not a king. A..., felonious. -You were saying. -What I mean is a... ...you're not a king, yet. But you can become one. All you have to do, is marry a princess. Go on. So, just sit back and relax my lord, because it's time for you to meet today's eligible bachelorettes. And here they are. Bachelorette number one is a mentally abused shading from a kingdom far, far away. She likes sushi and hottubbing anytime. Her hobbies include cooking and cleaning for two evil sisters. Please welcome... Cinderella. Bachelorette number two is a kemp wearing girl from a land of fantasy. Although she lives with seven other man, she is not easy. Just kiss hers dead frozen lips and find out what a live wife she is. Come on. Give it up for... Show-white. And last but certainly not least. Bachelorette number three is a fire-breathing ????, dragon guarded castle, surrounded by a hot boiling lava. But don't let that cool you off. She's a loaded pistol who likes Pina Coladas and getting cut in the rain. Yours for the rescuing, Princess Fiona. So will it be, bachelorette number one? Bachelorette number two? Or bachelorette number three? -Two... -Three! -Two! One. No, no, no. Three. Pick number three my lord. Ok, ok. Number three. Lord Farquaad. You've chosen... princess Fiona. She's nice. Fiona. She's perfect. All I have to do is just find someone... But I probably should mention little thing that happens at night... -I'll do it! -Yes, but after sunset... Silence! I will make this princess Fiona my queen. And Duloc will finally have the perfect king! Captain! Assemble your finest man. We're going to have a tournament! That's it, that's, right there, that's Duloc. I've told you I'll find it. So. That must be lord Farquaad's castle. Aha, that's the place. Do you think maybe he's compensating for something. Hey, hey wait up Shrek! -Hey, you! -No, no! Wait a second. Look, I'm not gonna eat you. I just... It's quiet. Too quiet. Where is everybody? Hey look at this. Wow! -Let's do that again. -No. no. All right. You're going the right way for smack bottom. Sorry about that. That champion should have the honor, no, no... ...the privilege to go forth and rescue the lovely princess Fiona from the fireing keep of the dragon. If for any reason the winner is unsuccessful, the first
runner up will take his place. And so on, and so forth. Some of you may die, but it's a sacrifice I'm willing to make. Applause. Let the tournament begin. What is that? Ugh, it's hideous. Oh, that's not very nice. It's just a donkey. Indeed. Knights! New plan. The one, who kills the Ogre, will be named champion. How about him. Oh, hey. Now, come on. Can't we just settle this over a pint? No? All right then. Come on. Hey Shrek! Let me, let me! The chair! Give him the chair! Thank you. Thank you, very much. I'm here until Thursday. Try the wheel! Shall I give the order sir? No. I have a better idea. People of Duloc. I give you our champion! What? Congratulation, Ogre. You've won the honor of embarking on a great and noble quest. Quest? I'm already on a quest. A quest to get my swamp back! -Your swamp? -Yeah, my swamp! Where you dumped those fairytale creatures. Indeed. All right Ogre, I'll make you a deal. Go on this quest for me and I'll give you your swamp back. Exactly the way it was? Down to the last slime covered toast tool. -And the squatters? -As good as gone. What kind of quest? Ok, let me get this straight! We gonna go find the dragon and rescue a princess just so Farquaad will give you back the swamp, which you only don't have, 'cause he filled it with full of freaks on the first place. -Is that about right? -You know what? Maybe there is a good reason, donkeys shouldn't talk. I don't get it Shrek. Why didn't you just pull some old Ogre stuff on them? You know, ??? . Grab his bones to make you brave. You know the whole Ogre trick. Oh, you know what. Maybe I could have decapitated entire village and put their heads on plate. Got a knife, cut open their spleens and drink their fluids. Does that sound good to you? A, no, not really, no. For your information, there is a lot more to Ogres than people think. -Example. -Example? OK, A-a-m, Ogres are like onions. -They stink? -Yes, no. -O, they make you cry. -No. Oh, you leave them out on the sun and they get all brown and start ??? little wild hairs? No! Layers! Onions have layers. Ogres have layers. Onions have layers. You get it? We both have layers. O, you both have layers. You know not everybody likes onions. Cake! Everybody loves cakes. Cakes have layers. I don't care what everyone likes. Ogres are not like cakes. You know what else everyone likes? Paffe. Have you ever met a person and you say: "Hey, let's get some paffe" and they say I don't like paffe. Paffe is delicious. No! You tensed, irritating, miniature peace of barden. Ogres are like onions. End of story. Bye, bye. See you lather. Paffe is maybe the most delicious thing on the whole damn planet. You know I think I've preferred your humming. Do you have a tissue or something, 'cause I'm making a mess. Just the word paffe has made me start slimying Why, Shrek, did you do that? Man you got to warn somebody before you just crack one off. My mouth was opened and everything. Believe me donkey, if it was me, you'd be dead. It's brimstone. We must be getting close. Yeah, right, brimstone. Don't be talking ??? brimstone. I know what I smell and ??? no brimstone. And they don't come of stone neither. Sure it's big enough, but look at the location. Oh, Shrek, remember when you said that Ogres have layers? Oh, yeah. Well, I have a confession to make. Donkeys don't have layers. We wear ??? sleeves. Wait a second. Donkeys don't have sleeves. -You know what I mean. -Oh, you can't tell me you're afraid of highs. No, I'm just a little uncomfortable of being on a rickety bridge over boiling lake of lava! Come on donkey, I'm right here beside you. Ok? For emotional support. We'll just hackle this thing together one little baby step after time. -Really? -Really really. Ok. That makes me feel so much better. Just keep moving and don't look down. Don't look down, don't look down. Shrek! I'm looking down! I can't do this. Just let me off right now, please. -But you're already half way. -Yeah, but I know that half is safe. Ok, fine. I don't have time for this. You go back. Shrek, no, wait. Don't do that! Oh, I'm sorry. Do what? -Oh. This? -Yes, that! Yes, yes. Do it. OK. -No, Shrek! -I'm doing it. I'm gonna die. I'm gonna die. Shrek, I'm gonna die. That will do Donkey, that will do. Cool. So where is this fire breathing pain in the neck anyway? Inside. Waiting for us to rescue her. I was talking about the dragon Shrek. -Are you afraid? -No, but shhhhh. Oh, good. Me neither. Because there's nothing wrong with being afraid. Here's a..., something responsible of the situation. Not to mention dangerous situation. And there's dragon that breathes fire. I'm sure he's meaner than a cow or anything, but they're scare. You know what I mean. I'm sure he's heavier than a cow... Donkey. Two things. Ok? Shut, up. Now go over there and see if you can find any stairs. Stairs? I thought we were looking for the princess. The princess will be up the stairs in the highest room in the tallest tower. What makes you think she'll be there? I read it
in a book once. Cool. You handle the dragon, I'll handle the stairs. Oh, I'll find those stairs. I'll ???. That's right. Those stairs won't know which way they go. The drafting stairs, ??? Don't mess with me. I'm the stair master. I'm master of the stairs. I wish I had a stair right here right here now, I'd step all over it. Well, at least we know where the princess is. -But where is the... -Dragon! Donkey, look out! Got you. Oh, what large teeth you have. I mean, white sparkling teeth. You probably hear this all the time from your food, but you must bleach yourself, because that is one dashing smile you got there. And do I detect the hint of minty freshness? And you know what else? You're a girl dragon. Oh, sure. I mean 'course you're a girl dragon, 'cause you're just ricking the feminine beauty out. What's the matter with you? Do you have something in your eye? Man, I'd really love to stay, but you know I'm a asthmatic and I don't know if we would worked out. You'd be blowing smoke and stuff. Shrek! No, Shrek! Shrek! -Wake up! -What? Are you princess Fiona? I am. Awaiting a knight so bold as to rescue me. Oh, that's nice. Now let's go. But wait, sir knight. This be our first meeting. Should not be wonderful, romantic moment? Yeah. Sorry lady there's no time. Hey, what are you doing? You know, you should sweep me out of my feet. Out through the window and down the rope by to your valued steed. You've had a lot of time to plan this, haven't you? Uh-um. But we have to sing through this moment. You can residing of a poem to me. A ballad, a sonnet, a libretti. Or something. I don't think so. Well, can I at least know a name of my champion? Shrek. So, Shrek. I pray that you take this favor as a token of my gratitude. Thanks. -You didn't slay the dragon? -It's not my job to do this. Now, come on! But this isn't right. ??? That's what all the other knights did. Yeah. Right before they burst in the flame. That's not the point. Wait. Where are you going? Exit is over there. Well, I have to save my ass. What kind of knight are you? One of a kind. ...rush into a physical relationship. I'm not that emotionally ready for commitment of a this magnitude. That was the word I was looking for. Magnitude. Hey, that is unwanted physical contact. Hey, what are you doing? Ok, ok, let's just back up a little and take this one step at the time. I mean, we really should get to know each other first, you know what am I saying. As friends, maybe even as ??? Hey don't do that. That's my tail. That's ma personal tail. And you're going to tear it off.... Oh, no. No! -It talks?! -Yeah. It's getting to shut up, that's a trick. Ok, you two. Head for the exit. I'll take care of the dragon. Ruuuuun! You did it. You rescued me. Amizing, you're wonderful. You're a ... ...a little unorthodox I admit, but by deed is great and by heart is pure. I'm entirely in your debt. And where would a brave knight be without his noble steed. I hope you heard that. She called me a noble steed. She thinks I'm a steed. The battle is won. You may remove your helmet good sir knight. -Aah, no. -Why not? I have helmet hair. Please. I wouldst look upon the face of my rescuer. Oh, no, you wouldn't, dust. But, how will you kiss me? What? That wasn't in a job description. -Maybe it's a perk? -No. It's destiny. You must know how it goes. A princess locked in a tower and besieged by a dragon is rescued by a brave knight. And then they share true love's first kiss. With Shrek? You think, wait... ...you think Shrek is your true love? Well, yes. You think that Shrek is your true love. What is so funny? Let's just say, I'm not your type, ok? Of course you are. You're my rescuer. Now, now remove your helmet. Look. I really don't think this is a good idea. -Just take off the helmet. -I'm not going to. -Take it off! -No! -Now! -Ok, easy. As you command your highness. You're an Ogre. Oh, you were expecting Prince Charming. Well, yes, actually. Oh no. This is all wrong. You're not supposed to be an Ogre. Princess, I was sent to rescue you by lord Farquaad, ok? He's the one, who wants to marry you. Well, then why didn't he come to rescue me? Good question. You should ask him that, when we get there. But I have to be rescued by my true love. Not by some Ogre and his pet. Well so much for noble steed. Look princess. You're not making my job any easier. Well I'm sorry, but your job is not my problem. You can tell lord Farquaad that if he wants to rescue me properly, I'll be waiting for him right here. Hey, I'm no ones messenger boy, all right? -I'm a delivery boy. -You wouldn't dare. -You coming donkey? -Put me down! Yeah, I'm right behind you. Put me down or you will suffer the consequences. This is not dignified. Put me down. Ok, here's another question. Let's say that a woman 'digged' you, but you don't really like her, that way. Now, how you let her down real easy, so her feelings aren't hurt? But you don't get burned to a crisp neither. How do you do this? Just tell her, she's not your true love. Everyone knows it what happens when you
find... Hey! The sooner we get to Duloc, the better. Oh, yeah. You gonna love it there princess. It's beautiful. And what of my groom to be, lord Farquaad. What's he like? Well, let me put it this way, princess. Men of Farquaad's stature are in short supply. Oh no, Shrek. There are those who think little of him. Stop it. Stop it, both of you. You know, you're just jealous that you can never measure up to a great ruler like lord Farquaad. Yeah. Well maybe you're right princess. But I'd like you do that measuring when you see him tomorrow Tomorrow? It will take that long? -Shouldn't we stop to make camp? -No. That would take longer. We can keep going. But there are robbers in the woods. Whoa, time out Shrek. Camp is definitely something that sounds good. Hey. Come on. I'm scarier than anything we're gonna see in this forest. I need to find somewhere to camp, now! Hey, over here. Shrek, we can do better than that. Now, I don't think this is decent for princess. No, no, it's perfect. It just needs a few homey touches. Homey touches? Like what? A door. Well, gentleman I'll be d..., good night. Do you want me to come in and read you a bedtime story, 'cause I will... I said good night! Shrek! What are you doing? I just..., you know... Oh, come on, I was just kidding. And that one, that's Throwback. The only Ogre to ever spit over three wheat fields. Right. Yeah. Hey, can you tell my future form these stars? Well, the stars don't tell the future, Donkey. They tell stories. Look. There's Blodna, the "Flatulent" You can guess what he is famous for. All right. Now I know you're making this up. No. Look. There he is and there's the group of hunters running away from his stag. Man, there ain't nothing, but a bunch of little dots. You know donkey, sometimes things are more than they appear. Forget it. Hey Shrek. What are you gonna do when we get our swamp back, anyway? -Our swamp? -You know. When we're through rescuing the princess and all that stuff. We? Donkey, there is no we. There's no our. There's just me and my swamp. And the first thing I'm gonna do, is build a ten foot wall around my land. You cut me deep Shrek, you cut me real deep just now. You know, what I think? I think this whole wall thing is just a way to keep somebody out. No, do you think? -Are you hiding something? -Never mind Donkey. Oh, this is another one of those onion things, isn't it? No. This is one of those drop it and leave it alone things. -Why don't you want to talk about it? -Why do you want to talk about it? -Oh, Why you block? -I'm not blocking. -Oh yes you are. -Donkey, I'm warning you. -Who are you trying to keep out? Just tell me that Shrek. Who? Everyone, ok? -Oh, now we're getting somewhere. -Oh, for 'the love of pit'. Hey, what's your problem Shrek? What do you got against the whole world anyway? Look. I'm not the one with the problem, ok? It's the world that seems to have a problem with me. People take one look at me and go: AAA... Help! Run! A big stupid ugly Ogre. They judge me, before they even know me. That's why I'm better off alone. You know what? When we met, I didn't think you're just a big stupid, ugly Ogre. Yeah, I know. So, a... Are there any donkeys up there? Well, there's a Cabby. The small and annoying. Ok, ok. I see him, now. Big shining one, right there. That one, over there? That's the moon. Again. Show me again. Mirror, mirror, show her to me. Show me the princess. Perfect. Yeah. You know I like like that. Oh come on baby... -Donkey. Wake up. -What? -Wake up. Morning. How do you like your eggs? -Good morning princess. -What's all this about? You know, we kind of got of to a bad start yesterday and I wanted to make it up to you. I mean, after all, you did rescue me. Thanks. Well, eat up. We've got a big day ahead of us. -Shrek! -What? It's a compliment. Better out than in I always say. But that's no way to behave in front of a princess. -Thanks. -She's as nasty as you are. You know. You're not exactly what I've expected. Well, maybe you shouldn't judge people before you get to know them. Princess! What are you doing? ???mon shery, for I am your saviour. And I am rescuing you from this green...beast. Hey! That's my princess. Go find your own. Please, monster. Can't you see I'm a little busy here? Look, pal. I don't know who you think you are. Oh, of course. How rude that was. Please, let me introduce myself. Oh marry men! Man, that was annoying. Oh, you little... Shall we? ???all the forin??? Whoa, hold on, now. Where did that come from? -What? -That. Back there. That was amazing. Where did you learn that? Well, when one lives alone one has to learn these things in case there's a... There is an arrow in your butt. What? Oh, would you look at that. Oh, no... This is all my fault. I'm so sorry. -What's wrong? -Shrek's hurt. -Shrek's hurt? Shrek's hurt! -Oh, no. Shrek's going to die. -Donkey, I'm ok. You can't do this to me Shrek. I'm too young for you to die. Keep your legs elevated. Turn your head ???. -Does anyone
know how to handle... -Donkey! Calm down. If you want to help Shrek, run into woods and find me a blue flower with red thorns. Blue flower, red thorns. Ok, I'm on it. Blue flower, red thorns. Blue flower, red thorns. Don't die Shrek. And if you see a long tunnel, stay away from the light! -Donkey! -Oh, yeah. Right. Blue flower, red thorns. Blue flower, red thorns. -What are the flowers for? -For getting rid of the Donkey. Now, you hold still and I'll yank this thing out. -Hey! Easy with the yanking. -I'm sorry, but it has to come out. No, no. It's tender. What you're doing here is the opposite... -Don't move. -Ok, look. Time out. -Would you... Ok. What do you propose we do? Blue flower, red thorns. Blue flower, red thorns. Blue flower, red thorns. This would be so much easier if I wasn't colorblind. Blue flower, red thorns. Blue flower, red thorns. Hold on, Shrek. I'm coming! Not good. Ok, ok, I can lose it. It's just about it. Nothing happened. We were just a... Look if you want to be alone, all you had to do is ask, ok? Oh, come on. That's the last thing on my mind. The princess here was just... Au! Hey, what's that? Is that... There it is, princess. -Your future awaits you. -That's Duloc? Yeah. I know. You'll shrink things lord Farquaad is compensating for something, which I think needs, he has a I guess we better move on. Sure, but Shrek... -I'm worried about Donkey. -What? I mean. Look at him. He doesn't look so good. -What are you talking about? I'm fine. -Well, that's what they always say. And the next thing you know you're on your back. -Dead! -You know she's right. You look awful. -Do you want to sit down? -You know, I'll make you up some tea. Well, I won't say nothing, but I've got this twinge in my neck. And if I turn my neck like this, look. Au, see? -He's hungry. I'll find us some dinner. -I'll get the firewood. Hey, where are you going? Oh man, I can't feel my thumbs. I don't have any thumbs!!! I think I need a hug. This is good. This is really good. -What is this? -Wheat rat. -Rotisserie style. -No kidding. -Oh, this is delicious. -Well, they also great in stews. Now, I don't mean to brag, but I make a mean wheat rat stew. I guess I'll be dining a little different late tomorrow night. Maybe you can come visit me in the swamp sometime. I'll cook all kinds of stuff for you. Swamp toast, soup fish, eye tartar. You name it. I'd like that. -Ah... , princess? -Yes, Shrek? I'm a.... I was wondering. Are you... a... Are you gonna eat that? Man, isn't this romantic. Just look at that sunset. Sunset?! Oh, no. It's late. It's very late. -What? -Wait a minute. I see what's going on here. You're afraid of the dark. Aren't you? Yes, yes. That's it. That's, I'm terrified. You know I'll better go inside. But don't feel bad, princess. I used to be afraid of the dark too. Until... Hey, no, wait. I'm still afraid of the dark. -Good night. -Good night. Ahh. Now I really see what's going on here. Oh, what are you talking about. Hey I don't wanna even hear. Look, I'm an animal and I got instincts. And I know that you two are digging on each other. I can feel it. Oh, you're crazy. I'm just bringing her back to Farquaad. Oh, come on, Shrek. Wake up and smell the fairemones. Just go in there and tell her how you feel. There's nothing to tell. Besides, even if I did tell her that... well you know. I'm not saying that I do, 'cause I don't. She's a princess and I'm... ...an Ogre. Yeah, an Ogre. -Hey, where are you going? -To get more firewood. Princess. Princess Fiona? Princess, where are you? Princess? It's very spooky in here and are we playing little games. -No, no. -Help! Shrek! Shrek! -No. -Shrek! -It's ok. It's ok. -What did you do with the princess? -Donkey, shhh. I'm the princess. -It's me, in this body. -Oh my god. You ate the princess. -Can you hear me? -Donkey! Listen, keep breathing. I'll get you out of there! Shrek! Shrek! Shrek! This is me. Princess? What happened to you? You're a... different. -I'm ugly, ok? -Yeah. Was it something that you ate? 'Cause I told Shrek those rats were a bad idea. -You are what you eat, I say. -No. I've been this way as long as I can remember. What do you mean? Look, I've never seen you like this before. It only happens when the sun goes down. By night one way, by day another. This shall be the norm until you find true love's first kiss. Then, take love's true form... -Oh, that's beautiful. I didn't know you wrote poetry. -It's the spell. When I was a little girl, a witch cast a spell on me. Every night I become this. This horrible ugly beast. I was placed in a tower to await the day when my true love would rescue me. That's why I have to marry lord Farquaad tomorrow, before the sun sets and he sees me, like this? All right, all right. Calm down. Look, it's not that bad. You're not that ugly. Wait, wait, I'll not lie, you are ugly. But you only look like this at night. Shrek's ugly 24/7. But Donkey, I'm a princess. And this is not how a princess is meant to look. Princess. How about if you don't marry Farquaad? I have to. Only my true love's kiss can brake the spell. But you know,
you're kind of an Ogre. And Shrek... Well you've got a lot in common. Shrek? Princess, I... How is it going first of all? Good? Good for me to. I'm ok. I saw this flower and thought of you because it's pretty. And, well, I don't really like it, but I thought you may like it, because you're pretty. But I like you anyway. A.... I'm in trouble. Ok, here we go. Who could ever love a piece so hideous and ugly? Princess and ugly don't go together. That's why I can't stay here with Shrek, but only chance to live happily ever after is to marry my true love. Don't you see, Donkey? That's just how it has to be. It's the only way to break the spell. Well, at least you've got tell Shrek the truth. No, no. You can't breathe the word. No one must ever know. What's the point of being unable to talk? You got to keep secrets. Promise you won't tell. Promise! You know, before this is over, I'm going to need whole lot of serious therapies. All right, all right. I won't tell him. But you should. Look at my eye twitching. I tell him, I tell him not. I tell him. I tell him not. I tell him! Shrek! Shrek! There's something I want ... Shrek. Are you all right? Perfect. Never been better. I... There's something I have to tell you. You don't have to tell me anything, princess. I heard enough last night. -You've heard what I said? -Every word. I thought you'd understand? Oh, I understand! Like you said, who could love a hideous, ugly beast! -I thought that wouldn't matter to you. -Yeah, well, it does. Ah, right on time. Princess. I brought you a little something. What I missed? What I missed? -Princess Fiona. -As promised. Now hand it over. Very well, Ogre. The deed to your swamp. Cleared out as agreed. Take it and go. Before I change my mind. Forgive me princess for startling you, but you startled me. For I've never seen such a radiant beauty before. -I am lord Farquaad. -Lord Farquaad? Oh, no, no... forgive me my lord for I was just saying short... farewell. Oh. That is so sweet. You don't have to raise good manners on the Ogre. -It's not like it has feelings. -No. You're right. It doesn't. Princess Fiona, beautiful fair flawless Fiona, I ask your hand in marriage. Will you be the perfect bride for the perfect groom? Lord Farquaad, I accept. Nothing would make... Excellent! I'll start the plans for tomorrow we wedd... No! I mean I... Why wait? Let's get married today. Before sunset. Oh, anxious are we? You're right. The sooner, the better. There's so much to do. There is the camera, the cake, the band, the guests... Captain! Round up some guests. Farewell Ogre. Shrek, what are you doing? You let her get away. -Yeah, so what. -Shrek. There's something about her that you don't know. -I talked to her last night. She's... -Yeah I know you talked to her last night. You're great pal, aren't you? Now, if you two are such good friend, why didn't you follow her home? -Shrek. I want to go with you. -I told you, didn't I? You're not coming home with me. I live alone. My swamp, me and nobody else! Understand? Nobody! Especially useless, pathetic, annoying, talking donkeys! -But. I thought... -Yeah. You know what? You thought wrong. Shrek. Donkey? What are you doing? I was thinking of all the people, you would recognize a wall when you see one. Well, yeah. But the wall supposed to go around my swamp. Not through it. It is around your half. See? That's your half and this is my half. Oh, your half? Yes, my half. I helped rescue the princess. I did half the work. I get half the booty. Now hand me that big old rock, the one that looks like your head -Back off! -No. You back off! -This is my swamp. -Our swamp. -Let go, Donkey! -You let go! -Stubborn jackass. -Smelly Ogre. Fine! Hey, hey, come back here. I'm not through with you, yet. -Well, I'm through with you! -Well, you know. You were always me, me, me. Well, guess what? Now it's my turn! So you just shut up and pay attention! You are mean to me, you insult me, you don't appreciate anything that I do! You're always pushing me around or pushing me away. Oh, yeah? Well, if I treated you so bad, how come you came back? Because that's what friend do. They forgive each other! Oh, yeah. You're right Donkey. I forgive you for stabbing me in the back! You're so wrapped up in layers, onion boy. You're afraid of your own feelings. -Go away. -See? There you are, doing it again. Just like you did it to Fiona. And all she ever do, was like you. Maybe even love you. Love me? She said I was ugly! A hideous creature. -I heard that you two were talking. -She wasn't talking about you. She was talking about... ...somebody else. She wasn't talking about me? Well then, who was she talking about? No way, I'm not saying anything. You won't listen to me, right? Right? -Donkey. -No! Ok, look. I'm sorry, all right? I'm sorry. I guess I am just a big stupid, ugly Ogre. Can you forgive me? -Hey, that's the friends are for, right? -Right. -Friends? -Friends. So? What did Fiona said about me? Why are you asking me for? Why don't you just go ask her. The wedding! We'll never make it in

Preamble: I mentioned I use Anki for learning Guitar in this thread, and got lots of replies asking to share my routine. I figured I'd make a post to spark some more diskussion on the topic.
First of all, please don't think of this as a definitive tutorial. I'll just share my routine, while being aware it is probably not optimized. I'm always open to improvement suggestions, especially as I'm not that deep into the mechanics of Anki.
That being said, I'm convinced practicing Guitar with Anki has made it possible for me to reach a level that I wouldn't have been able to with conventional practice, at least not at that efficiency and relatively low-effort.
Why use Anki to learn an instrument?: I think the most difficult part in learning an instrument is not a lack of talent or skill, but to actually practice. In fact, I think everyone can learn every instrument, and you don't need any skill at the beginning. Where it gets difficult is setting up and maintaining an effective practice routine. Without a teacher who sets up a practice routine for you, it's easy to get lost. You end up noodling around, play a song here and there, but ultimately you'll keep forgetting what you learned, because its incredibly hard to keep track of everything you already learned, and practice it before you loose that skill. That's demotivating, and keeps you feeling like you're going nowhere, leading to a circle of picking up the instrument for a few months, quitting, picking it up again and so on.
Another thing is how difficult and time consuming it is to set up a traditional practice routine. It shouldn't be too hard because that'll be demotivating, and it shouldn't be too easy, or it'll get boring and you wont learn anything new. This means you have to extensively manage your practice routine, and periodically reevaluate and rework it, which is an exhausting and time consuming process. Time that could've been better spend practicing or learning something new.
That's where Anki comes into play. It enables you to just sit down and practice effectively, without worrying about what to do. You can work at your own pace, but the algorithm makes sure you will get better over time. I find this extremely motivating, just to know if I sit down and do my cards, I'll keep getting better and better.
Creating Cards: Your cards have to come from somewhere. In my opinion, it's best to write your own cards, because you can determine which areas you want to practice, and which ones aren't that important to you. Furthermore, everyone learns differently, especially when it comes to learning an instrument.
But I would advice to have a structured course from where you create your cards, instead of random YouTube videos (although I use these complimentary when I feel like I want to dive deeper into a particular topic). A structured course will ensure you'll gradually build up your skills, instead of trying to learn a piece thats way above your skill level, and getting frustrated.
For guitar, I use the courses by Justin Sandercoe on his website (big shoutout for his amazing work!). They're completely free of cost, well structured, and range from beginner to advanced, which will ensure you'll never run out of new things to learn. I recommend the website over YouTube, because it lets you keep track of your progress and provides additional information and resources written out under each lesson.
I just go through the lessons, and create cards from them as I see fit. It could be as easy as "Play the A Chord 20 times with the chord perfect practice detailed by Justin", and then the chord diagram on the backside. Or it could be playing a whole song, it's really up to you, and depends a bit on skill level.
Scheduling: For scheduling I use my default settings (which are from Anking I believe) with just a few tweaks (suggestions welcome).
Learning steps are 1h 1d, with a graduating interval of 3 and easy of 4. Relearning steps are 10m 1d (probably gonna change that to 1h 1d too), with a minimum interval of 1.
Differences to learning pure facts: Learning an instrument is different from learning merely intellectual knowledge. When you're learning facts, its entirely possible you'll memorize a card on first sight. That rarely happens while learning an instrument, and isn't even supposed to happen. When learning an instrument, you want to build muscle memory through repetition. This is something to be aware of, as it might differ from the way one would use Anki normally.
It's entirely normal for some of my cards to be kept in the "learning" phase for extended periods of time, sometimes even months. I just keep them in there by pressing "again". Only if I'm confident with the specific technique or song on the card I press "good" and let the spaced repetition take over. Per se, that is just how Anki is supposed to work I guess, but it sure feels strange at first.
In my experience, for learning an instrument it's best to see a card only once per day, or maybe twice if you're very motivated. Any further repetitions won't build that muscle memory faster, as it primarily develops while you sleep. So I just keep giving my brain a little stimulus every day, and let it work it's magic at night.
It's a really cool feeling to practice something hard like a barre chord just for a very short time every day, and without you having to do anything else you just get better! At first it just feels impossible, but with time it becomes second nature.
Limitations I've encountered: When learning an instrument, there are some drills you want to do regularly over an extended period of time. The method mentioned above works great for that, because it keeps the card in the learning phase, so it doesn't accumulate ease and you can press "again" as often as you want. However, for some things it would be nice to schedule cards at specific intervals, for example "Do some transcribing every sunday". I havent found a workaround for that, but these cases are very rare and can easily be scheduled via my conventional calendar.
Also, sometimes it would be nice to have dependend cards. E.g., "When finished with this exercise, suspend this card and unsuspend the card with the same exercise but in a harder version". There are quite a few occasions where this would come in handy, but I just work my way around it by editing the card, and adding in the harder exercise this way (for example raise the BPM from 40 to 80).
That post got much longer than expected, however these are my thoughts and experiences about learning guitar with Anki. In summary, it works really well for that use case, and it's definitely something I don't want to miss! Let me know if you've found this helpful, and happy learning! 🎶

Our relationship was 5 months long and I enjoyed the relationship we argued about 4 times max we were always laughing, we agreed on almost everything, we always had something to talk about and it was honestly very lovely from my perspective .
So basically my ex boyfriend broke up with me in January. The whole day everything was fine between us we were on a call and I asked him to talk to me till I fell asleep I was asleep for a few hours then I saw the call ended and he send me a text and it was a breakup text.
The break up text consist of him saying he just wants to focus on himself and he enjoyed our relationship and talked about what a great girl I am and how I will always have a special place in his heart and stuff like that.
I didn't reply to the break up text and just deleted his number and our pictures together and stuff cried a bit to my friends then moved on. The next day he text me trying to check up on me I don't reply, a day later he trying to talk to me again and sends multiple text so I send one replying back very short text saying that I'm doing great, he sent a few text after that I didn't reply or read them, a day later he text me again I never open the text and delete his number again, a day later he text me again but deleted the message so idk.
About a month later a repost comes on my tik tok fyp and it looks like his account but not the account I know. I open the account and decided to be a bit nosey and I see he is reposting things about having a girlfriend so I basically just blocked the account. For the past few months I have just been focusing on myself lost a bit of weight, got new hobbies, got a pet and some other changes.
I'm rarely on Instagram but when I opened my insta I saw that he message me saying he misses me and wants me to come home. But I only saw the text 2 weeks after he sent it. I reply saying I thought he needed time to himself but in a rude way, he send a text back didn't see it till a few days later, I reply again saying something rude, he sends a short paragraph saying he wants to end things in good term or things don't have to end at all I left him on read, about a week later I realized I'm into dark bdsm and I enjoy being submissive and subservient with a few other kinks that not a lot of poeple where I'm from enjoy and I don't enjoy online relationships and I thought back to our relationship and it was lovely so I decided to reply telling him he can call me because he knows I don't enjoy texting, he replys saying he will after his granny's funeral and stuff is sorted out and he has free time, I reply saying forry for his lose and he tried to continue the convo and I just left him on seen. 2 weeks go by and I forgot he was even supposed to call me till I had a dream about talking to him then I woke up and it was 11 something the next day I see that he called me at 1 am that was creepy as hell. I call him back in the afternoon at 1pm but he doesn't pick up and calls me back around 7-8 pm.
The conversation started with him saying sorry about breaking up with me and i was a bit to clingy and he should have talked about it with me instead of leaving. I did ask him if he dated anyone since we broke up and he said yes but he broke up with her because she switched up and I said I didn't wanna be a rebound and he said they broke up a while ago before he texted me and the reason he texted me is because he missed me, my voice and our conversation and a few other things about our relationship and for the past few months he has thought about me often. I decided to be straight forward and ask him what he wants does he wanna get back together, a situationship and he replied saying he doesn't wanna end up in a relationship again cause he doesn't wanna hurt me but he also doesn't want a situation. So I asked him if he just wanted fun and he basically said he just wanted to talk to me but be more then friends because we are way passed that. I asked him what does he mean by fun and he basically said just talking to me and getting to see me and anything else I wanna doo. I said I will think about it and said bye.
But idk what he means by fun cause In our relationship we never did anything sexual I let him listen to me play with myself a few times on a call but he never saw me naked or anything. The most we did was peck kiss and cuddle..
Idk what to do about this situation cause I do kinda miss the relationship but I also feel like my judgment is clouded. And he might just want to use me for intertainmint till he gets bored again
I'm sorry if I'm a bad story teller 🤍

Hello, This is a question for myself and for me as a professional. I was a teacher for many years and noticed that students with open bites and underbites typically had difficult speaking clearly, not always, but often enough. Especially with 's' sounds.
I have an open bite and an underbite now, am treating it with orthodontics and surgery, and also have difficulty with 's' sounds and learned on my own how to correct this, but the solution is to articulate the difficult parts slowly and I still mess up when speaking often. I also have difficulty with 'r' sounds due to learning trilled r's, rhotic american 'r's and french 'r's.
I would like to ask the SLP's here, if in there professional opinion, malocclussions such as underbites, openbites, missing teeth, high-arched palettes, narrow upper jaw...etc can be the main cause of speech disorders? Also, could orthodontic appliances also cause this? Such as elastics and exanders?
Thanks

(i hope this makes sense i’m sick rn and idk what i’m saying tbh) i grew up in florida in a baptist church with me, my parents, my twin sister and more siblings. i was in the church choir (this was such a weird experience lol) and ethel cain’s music therefore hits home for me a lot as somebody who is now not really in contact with my family anymore & has experienced some of the things that are a part of the ethel cain lore/story and what im trying to ask is if there’s anyone else in here who is like in the same situation as me? and what songs resonate most with you if so! (EDIT my username is so embarrassing but i can’t change it bye it was the default i swear)

Rin keeps walking. Now on bloodied stone. It's been like that for a while, actually. Only difference from the entrance is the quantity of corpses. More dead and unburied. More resistance and even more exhaustion. Every now and then, she kicks a dead body without knowing. If they were faking, she'd be the one on the floor.
She traces a hand against the walls. Feeling carvings and patterns, fashioned to depict some prophecy or something. She couldn't tell. As she kept tracing along the walls, she hit a corner. Going in, she finds it nowhere nearly as sticky and corpse ridden as the rest of the building. Slowly, she walks in. Looking around with hands and her own luck instead of her eyes.
"Hey?"
Nothing. Definitely empty. She finds a chair, brushing against it with her tail first before turning to feel it. Then she finally sits down. The thing creaks even against her light weight.
She could feel this one coming for a while. She sputters again. Trying not to break but like all the last times she shakes again and another tear falls. He didn't even tell her himself. No chance to say bye.
"If only you could see him again?" Luck's voice exhoed in her mind again. She couldn't respond. Too tear ridden to be able to.
"I know, dear. Here. I'll help you out. He's got a friend after you. I'll guide his wings" Rin didn't even know who this friend was. Or that he had friends. Given his past with demons, she was expecting a more local inhabitant
...
Cadriel was guided. Brought even by a voice. Soft and gentle yet so firm. Yet even the slightest deviation from her path was reprimanded harshly. For an angel of fate, it was odly familiar. Like knowing a face but not their name.
"Left then right again dear. She'll be in the study"
He could almost hear the crying now. Young voice. Sweet even. This was likely her.
Rin felt something enter the room she was in and immediately, she stood up. Her hands turned to amateur weapons as she waited for someone to respond.
"I have Lorn" his body was laid down precisely and carefully. He didn't know how she'd react but he wasn't expecting her to stand there, more confused than worried or something.
"O- okay- where?"
"On the floor, here"
He guided a hand to his cheek. It was cold. Not deadly cold but cold enough to show the magics he'd been using. She kissed him. Warm pie on a windowsill. Left to cool in an even colder night.
It was him alright. Still barely holding back, the gates opened again. She wept a single tear. Like a warning of the flood to come.

I (29F) like to listen to lullabies before bed. I don't mean like rock a bye baby I mean like for instance the album I'm listening to right now is called "Star Songs: Lullabies for the family" by The Hound and The Fox and it has covers of songs like Return to Pooh Corner, Puff the Magic Dragon, Somewhere Over the Rainbow, Rainbow Connection. These are songs I grew up listening to and they are just so calming and relaxing but I feel like I'm weird cause it's a lullaby album

My husband is a neurosurgical trainee. We are currently abroad on a fellowship which he was really keen for.
We have two small children - 1 and 3. I thought I’d be okay making my entire life my children for a few years while they were small, supporting my husband for the betterment of our future, but it’s so much harder than I anticipated.
I feel like a solo parent. He is around every other weekend and he is usually busy needing to revise or do other work to retain his competencies back in our home country. He never thinks about the household or helping me and he’s actually just got such a short temper with the kids because he’s never around them, so I feel like I have to be there all the time. He’s so ‘deskilled’ at being at home, he never cooks or cleans or does any jobs unless I instruct him to.
All the 12 other days he is away the entire day and sometimes most of the night. I’m sure he’s exhausted too but he seems to be enjoying it.
I feel so isolated. I miss my friends and family. I think the last time I spoke to an adult (apart from a brief hi, bye at baby groups) other than my husband was weeks ago. I find myself crying because I just feel so burnt out.
It’s not the chores, I don’t mind cleaning. It’s the constant mental load, carrying everything for everyone while feeling so alone.
I’ve put my eldest in daycare but only for 3 half days a week, and it’s still tiring having a 1 year old at home.
I’m exhausted. Kids are tiring. Especially high needs ones that don’t sleep. I miss the mental stimulation of my job which I left when my first was born. I’m starting to feel resentful at how much I’ve sacrificed while he hadn’t.
The other sad thing is that I come from a big family and always wanted 4 kids. Always. I still do. There are days where I think I could do it - but I know I can’t. I know I have to expect to be solo parenting for the majority of my life. I know I will have to plan to be by myself more often than not. So I’ll be stopping at two.
Every time I try and talk to him about this, I just get the same response “well what do you want me to do?!”. He just doesn’t care. A little “I see you” wouldn’t hurt, but I’ll never hear it.
I know this is my fault in a way (for choosing to marry him, for having kids, idk), but man, I don’t know how much longer I can take this.

So me and my friend ( lets call him john) has been playing table tennis for over 2 yearls now ( in play time id say we only play like 5-6 months ( we play 1 time in a week and there were long periods of time when we couldn't play) ) But long story short we played table tennis as soon as we met each other at school but thats not our topic lets get back to it now
İ have played against some average-average+ friends at school and every time we did play i have win like 11-3 11-1 except for john he really did put up a good Challange im talking about 11-7 11-6 ( but in the end i usually win lol ) and after he dropped out of school i still played with him but in every single match that we did he beat me ( i didnt get destroyed he just did get more sets than me ) and im really not sure why i do have some theories tho and i need your guys help to figure it out which one it is or what i had to do

1. Our school did have better equipment than the other places not just rackets and balls , tables were better and the field was much bigger and at school we did more extreme matches ( we did better spins , dunks even various Techniques and moves )

2.when ever im playing against john i just simply can think him as a enemy so i cant get serious ( i did see him as a enemy back when we were playing at school so i did less clumsy and risky moves i overall did have a more calm mind set i just didnt tried some random stuff )

1. Sometimes when im trying to counter his moves i just do stupit shots like in a rally im trying to hit the ball with to much power and speed that if i done that shots by any means id play on the national team ( i dont even see the ball my body just moves on his own as if its a muscle reflex and because of that im losing so much point and im meaning it ) Another thing is im trying to return a shot in a rally and whenever it goes to the near of the edge of the table i just miss it by 2 cm fricking 2 cm. Same thing on the net when my shot goes to the net net suddenly becomes a wall because no matter how hard the ball hits it it always comes on my side and these 2 mistakes are one of the biggest mistakes i do Lets say that we play for like 8 sets and a set is 11 points i fricking lost like 20 points or more just because of those two ( this stuff wasnt happening at the school )

So i thinks thats about it and i now you guys might say " you nasty mf you could have just telled us the reasons tf was that story line "
İ know i know i did wride a long assay looking stuff and my english might be bad because im from turkey and i dont study english i just watch some videos etc
So thats about all i guess again please let me know your suggestions and i accually wanna hear your stories too i might just learn and be a better player. Before i finish goodbye to you all i hope you all do have great days bye now

I'm a fairly new credentialed teacher. I've been working in elementary schools for 5 years, have had my own kindergarten class for 3.5 years, and I have 1 more school year until my credential is "cleared". Then I only need to renew it (pay the state money) every 5 years. I'm a good teacher, I have great classroom management skills, good relationships with my admin and students' parents, and overall have had a good few years at this school. I'm confident in my job and teaching content, and the students respect me, and I respect them.
However, I'm feeling like I can't see myself be a teacher in a school for the rest of my life. I feel like my creativity and soul is being stifled, in some ways I can't even articulate. It is also coupled with the daily energy output it takes to deal with 18+ students (5-6 year olds) who have lots of needs and also varying social-emotional tendencies.
I have other passions and hobbies that I want to be employed for. Even if those ideas don't work out, I at least want a job where I don't feel overwhelmed by the amount of energy it takes to be around students all the time, supporting their creativity while I don't get to showcase mine. This may come from the fact that I've been a working musician for many years, playing in bands, taught music for 9+ years, release music online all the time, record songs, traveled for shows, coached bands, etc. and I miss that life in many ways. I don't know if that's the path I want to go back to, or something else. I feel the strong need to be more creative and dive into my passions- maybe start my own business (which I wholeheartedly understand is not easy)? Or even work for a company that I can contribute my creativity for? I hate to say this, but I don't know if I can work in a school anymore because if I want to be a mother one day, that's just TOO much kid time for my brain to handle.
Has anyone taken a leap of faith and changed careers after teaching? Did you feel scared, excited, hopeful? Did you miss Summer and Winter breaks as much as I anticipate I might? ;)
Thanks for your thoughts and advice. I appreciate it!

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I'm a fairly new credentialed teacher. I've been working in elementary schools for 5 years, have had my own kindergarten class for 3 years, and I have 1 more school year until my credential is "cleared". Then I only need to renew it (pay the state money) every 5 years. I'm a good teacher, I have great classroom management skills, good relationships with my admin and students' parents, and overall have had a good few years at this school. I'm confident in my job and teaching content, and the students respect me, and I respect them.
However, I'm feeling like I can't see myself be a teacher in a school for the rest of my life. I feel like my creativity and soul is being stifled, in some ways I can't even articulate. It is also coupled with the daily energy output it takes to deal with 18+ students (5-6 year olds) who have lots of needs and also varying social-emotional tendencies.
I have other passions and hobbies that I want to be employed for. Even if those ideas don't work out, I at least want a job where I don't feel overwhelmed by the amount of energy it takes to be around students all the time, supporting their creativity while I don't get to showcase mine. This may come from the fact that I've been a working musician for many years, playing in bands, taught music for 9+ years, release music online all the time, record songs, traveled for shows, coached bands, etc. and I miss that life in many ways. I don't know if that's the path I want to go back to, or something else. I feel the strong need to be more creative and dive into my passions- maybe start my own business (which I wholeheartedly understand is not easy)? Or even work for a company that I can contribute my creativity for? I hate to say this, but I don't know if I can work in a school anymore because if I want to be a mother one day, that's just TOO much kid time for my brain to handle.
Has anyone taken a leap of faith and changed careers after teaching? Did you feel scared, excited, hopeful? Did you miss Summer and Winter breaks as much as I anticipate I might? ;)
Thanks for your thoughts and advice. I appreciate it!