A.M. Metivier
@ammetivier.bsky.social
Writer, editor, mom, wife, vegan, gamer, cartoon fan, researcher & hermit in training, former healthcare worker, former homeschooler, and former public school teacher. SinC member.
Looking to rent a vacation house. Asked 2 owners if they had DVD players. One scoffed as if asked for chamber pots and a pitcher pump. The other just said, "No."
I'm going with the "no" person.
Everything is NOT streaming for 1.
For 2, disdain for tenants' questions reveals a cr_p landlord.
I'm going with the "no" person.
Everything is NOT streaming for 1.
For 2, disdain for tenants' questions reveals a cr_p landlord.
a woman standing next to a man with the words real time feedback you 're doing a bad job above them
Alt: a woman standing next to a man at a computer with the words "real time feedback: you're doing a bad job"
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January 4, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Looking to rent a vacation house. Asked 2 owners if they had DVD players. One scoffed as if asked for chamber pots and a pitcher pump. The other just said, "No."
I'm going with the "no" person.
Everything is NOT streaming for 1.
For 2, disdain for tenants' questions reveals a cr_p landlord.
I'm going with the "no" person.
Everything is NOT streaming for 1.
For 2, disdain for tenants' questions reveals a cr_p landlord.
Happy.
Well...
Moderately less depressed.
OK...
Here. Just here.
Congratulations. You have won the holidays.
(Just breathe y'all. It's almost over.)
Well...
Moderately less depressed.
OK...
Here. Just here.
Congratulations. You have won the holidays.
(Just breathe y'all. It's almost over.)
a cartoon drawing of grinch with a santa hat on
Alt: a cartoon drawing of grinch with a santa hat on giving the side eye
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December 24, 2024 at 5:14 PM
Happy.
Well...
Moderately less depressed.
OK...
Here. Just here.
Congratulations. You have won the holidays.
(Just breathe y'all. It's almost over.)
Well...
Moderately less depressed.
OK...
Here. Just here.
Congratulations. You have won the holidays.
(Just breathe y'all. It's almost over.)
A reminder this holiday season:
Just because you share DNA with someone does NOT mean you owe them anything.
I will repeat that: You Do NOT Owe Them Anything. Period.
Give yourself a gift: opt out of "obligations" to people who share your DNA but do NOT give you respect.
"NO" is a word of power.
Just because you share DNA with someone does NOT mean you owe them anything.
I will repeat that: You Do NOT Owe Them Anything. Period.
Give yourself a gift: opt out of "obligations" to people who share your DNA but do NOT give you respect.
"NO" is a word of power.
a woman from schitts creek is holding a book and saying i won t be doing any of that
Alt: a woman from schitts creek is holding a book and saying "i won't be doing any of that but thank you"
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December 13, 2024 at 8:35 PM
A reminder this holiday season:
Just because you share DNA with someone does NOT mean you owe them anything.
I will repeat that: You Do NOT Owe Them Anything. Period.
Give yourself a gift: opt out of "obligations" to people who share your DNA but do NOT give you respect.
"NO" is a word of power.
Just because you share DNA with someone does NOT mean you owe them anything.
I will repeat that: You Do NOT Owe Them Anything. Period.
Give yourself a gift: opt out of "obligations" to people who share your DNA but do NOT give you respect.
"NO" is a word of power.
I knew my grandmother had a sister and 2 brothers. I did NOT know until yesterday that she had another sibling who died around age 4 from a disease that can now be avoided bc of vaccines.
Knew that my great grandfather had a sister and a brother. Did not know he was one of 10+.
Vaccines work.
Knew that my great grandfather had a sister and a brother. Did not know he was one of 10+.
Vaccines work.
a woman is pointing up in front of a sign that says fact
Alt: a woman is pointing up and nodding under a caption that says "fact."
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November 27, 2024 at 2:22 PM
I knew my grandmother had a sister and 2 brothers. I did NOT know until yesterday that she had another sibling who died around age 4 from a disease that can now be avoided bc of vaccines.
Knew that my great grandfather had a sister and a brother. Did not know he was one of 10+.
Vaccines work.
Knew that my great grandfather had a sister and a brother. Did not know he was one of 10+.
Vaccines work.
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Hi, Bluesky. My debut picture book IF MY HAIR HAD A VOICE from Beaming Books with illustrator Patricia Grannum is available for pre-order.
Link: www.beamingbooks.com/store/produc...
#kidlit #WritingCommunity
Link: www.beamingbooks.com/store/produc...
#kidlit #WritingCommunity
September 25, 2023 at 10:21 PM
Hi, Bluesky. My debut picture book IF MY HAIR HAD A VOICE from Beaming Books with illustrator Patricia Grannum is available for pre-order.
Link: www.beamingbooks.com/store/produc...
#kidlit #WritingCommunity
Link: www.beamingbooks.com/store/produc...
#kidlit #WritingCommunity
Just a reminder:
Because you share DNA with someone does NOT mean you owe them your:
*time
*care
*forgiveness
*support
It stinks, but shared DNA does not make you immune from other's toxicity.
If you can do it safely, LET THEM GO, and build a new life with found family who support you.
Because you share DNA with someone does NOT mean you owe them your:
*time
*care
*forgiveness
*support
It stinks, but shared DNA does not make you immune from other's toxicity.
If you can do it safely, LET THEM GO, and build a new life with found family who support you.
a man in a suit and hat is talking to another man with the caption family is where you find it kid
Alt: An elderly man in a suit and hat is talking to another person (in shadow) with the caption: Family is where you find it, kid.
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November 12, 2024 at 3:38 PM
Just a reminder:
Because you share DNA with someone does NOT mean you owe them your:
*time
*care
*forgiveness
*support
It stinks, but shared DNA does not make you immune from other's toxicity.
If you can do it safely, LET THEM GO, and build a new life with found family who support you.
Because you share DNA with someone does NOT mean you owe them your:
*time
*care
*forgiveness
*support
It stinks, but shared DNA does not make you immune from other's toxicity.
If you can do it safely, LET THEM GO, and build a new life with found family who support you.
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Welcome, new folks! I’m so glad you’re here. Just a heads up that folks block a lot more freely on here (including me). If you don’t engage with respect, you’ll prob just get blocked. This site doesn’t run on a conflict fetish algorithm, like some other platforms, and people like it that way.
November 12, 2024 at 1:36 PM
Welcome, new folks! I’m so glad you’re here. Just a heads up that folks block a lot more freely on here (including me). If you don’t engage with respect, you’ll prob just get blocked. This site doesn’t run on a conflict fetish algorithm, like some other platforms, and people like it that way.
I have been labeled a Bluesky Elder...
Um...
Well, I make cookies, have crow's feet, and have played Elder Scrolls since Daggerfall. I also occasionally pop out of wooded areas with a bag full of greens and mushrooms. Oh, and my new career is giving people advice for money. So 🤷♀️...
Um...
Well, I make cookies, have crow's feet, and have played Elder Scrolls since Daggerfall. I also occasionally pop out of wooded areas with a bag full of greens and mushrooms. Oh, and my new career is giving people advice for money. So 🤷♀️...
a cartoon of a witch with the words rule 287 respect your elders below her
Alt: a cartoon of an angry older witch stomping her feet and shaking her fist atop a floating bubble with a blue sky with scattered clouds behind her with the words "rule 287: respect your elders"
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November 12, 2024 at 1:28 PM
I have been labeled a Bluesky Elder...
Um...
Well, I make cookies, have crow's feet, and have played Elder Scrolls since Daggerfall. I also occasionally pop out of wooded areas with a bag full of greens and mushrooms. Oh, and my new career is giving people advice for money. So 🤷♀️...
Um...
Well, I make cookies, have crow's feet, and have played Elder Scrolls since Daggerfall. I also occasionally pop out of wooded areas with a bag full of greens and mushrooms. Oh, and my new career is giving people advice for money. So 🤷♀️...
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Welcome, new Bluesky users! 🦋
Feel free to check out my Unofficial Guide To Bluesky, a work-in-progress with the help of the community here: publish.obsidian.md/debbieohi/bl...
Quickstart Guide: publish.obsidian.md/debbieohi/qu...
Starter Threads:
publish.obsidian.md/debbieohi/st...
Feel free to check out my Unofficial Guide To Bluesky, a work-in-progress with the help of the community here: publish.obsidian.md/debbieohi/bl...
Quickstart Guide: publish.obsidian.md/debbieohi/qu...
Starter Threads:
publish.obsidian.md/debbieohi/st...
November 12, 2024 at 2:44 AM
Welcome, new Bluesky users! 🦋
Feel free to check out my Unofficial Guide To Bluesky, a work-in-progress with the help of the community here: publish.obsidian.md/debbieohi/bl...
Quickstart Guide: publish.obsidian.md/debbieohi/qu...
Starter Threads:
publish.obsidian.md/debbieohi/st...
Feel free to check out my Unofficial Guide To Bluesky, a work-in-progress with the help of the community here: publish.obsidian.md/debbieohi/bl...
Quickstart Guide: publish.obsidian.md/debbieohi/qu...
Starter Threads:
publish.obsidian.md/debbieohi/st...
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"If you could live in any time period, which would it be and why?"
People of color:
People of color:
September 6, 2024 at 1:35 AM
"If you could live in any time period, which would it be and why?"
People of color:
People of color:
I finally, after 21 years, paid off my completely worthless student loan. I imagine that even though I paid it off in full direct from my bank account, they are going to stall processing it for another few days so they can get more money from me (even if only spare change).
Because ASLAB
Because ASLAB
a man is talking about student debt in front of a cityscape
Alt: John Oliver saying, "Essentially, student debt is like HPV. If you go to college, you're almost certainly going to get it."
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September 4, 2024 at 5:12 PM
I finally, after 21 years, paid off my completely worthless student loan. I imagine that even though I paid it off in full direct from my bank account, they are going to stall processing it for another few days so they can get more money from me (even if only spare change).
Because ASLAB
Because ASLAB
Happy Loving Day!
I will always be thankful to the Lovings for their love and their struggle. www.npr.org/2021/06/12/1...
I will always be thankful to the Lovings for their love and their struggle. www.npr.org/2021/06/12/1...
June 12 is Loving Day — when interracial marriage finally became legal in the U.S.
"Loving Day" celebrates the historic ruling in Loving v. Virginia, which declared unconstitutional a Virginia law prohibiting mixed-race marriage — and legalized interracial marriage in every state.
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June 12, 2024 at 3:23 PM
Happy Loving Day!
I will always be thankful to the Lovings for their love and their struggle. www.npr.org/2021/06/12/1...
I will always be thankful to the Lovings for their love and their struggle. www.npr.org/2021/06/12/1...
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It's happening this Saturday! My one time all-day virtual seminar on the Heroine's Journey for Writing The Other. I only do this once a year, so this is your chance. Go to writingtheother.com to register.
June 12, 2024 at 12:17 AM
It's happening this Saturday! My one time all-day virtual seminar on the Heroine's Journey for Writing The Other. I only do this once a year, so this is your chance. Go to writingtheother.com to register.
Also, slave-owning Native American territories within the US had slavery AFTER the 13th Amendment. So, for Freemen, the 13th did NOT free them and they were still considered property. For Freemen, freedom came when all slave-owning Native Nations agreed to the ratified US treaty on 06/14/1866.
But remember that there are a whole lot of African Americans whose history was not shaped by this--who were STILL slaves after the Emancipation Proclamation. This was a reality.
So celebrate Juneteenth for what it is.
But do not celebrate it for what it is not.
It is NOT the end of US slavery.
So celebrate Juneteenth for what it is.
But do not celebrate it for what it is not.
It is NOT the end of US slavery.
Juneteenth celebrates the liberation of slaves from seceding states ONLY. It is a cause for celebration for those whose history was shaped by this liberation. My great great grandfather was freed from his plantation by Union soldiers, and became a Union officer's horse groom for the rest of the war.
June 3, 2024 at 6:33 PM
Also, slave-owning Native American territories within the US had slavery AFTER the 13th Amendment. So, for Freemen, the 13th did NOT free them and they were still considered property. For Freemen, freedom came when all slave-owning Native Nations agreed to the ratified US treaty on 06/14/1866.
But remember that there are a whole lot of African Americans whose history was not shaped by this--who were STILL slaves after the Emancipation Proclamation. This was a reality.
So celebrate Juneteenth for what it is.
But do not celebrate it for what it is not.
It is NOT the end of US slavery.
So celebrate Juneteenth for what it is.
But do not celebrate it for what it is not.
It is NOT the end of US slavery.
Juneteenth celebrates the liberation of slaves from seceding states ONLY. It is a cause for celebration for those whose history was shaped by this liberation. My great great grandfather was freed from his plantation by Union soldiers, and became a Union officer's horse groom for the rest of the war.
Sigh.
The "Emancipation Proclamation" was a war document and a war decision. It cut off the seceding states' access to labor. It was NOT a Get-Out-Of-Slavery-Free card.
Unfortunately.
So many schools in the US are still teaching the much-abridged and edited version of history.
The "Emancipation Proclamation" was a war document and a war decision. It cut off the seceding states' access to labor. It was NOT a Get-Out-Of-Slavery-Free card.
Unfortunately.
So many schools in the US are still teaching the much-abridged and edited version of history.
June 3, 2024 at 6:22 PM
But remember that there are a whole lot of African Americans whose history was not shaped by this--who were STILL slaves after the Emancipation Proclamation. This was a reality.
So celebrate Juneteenth for what it is.
But do not celebrate it for what it is not.
It is NOT the end of US slavery.
So celebrate Juneteenth for what it is.
But do not celebrate it for what it is not.
It is NOT the end of US slavery.
Juneteenth celebrates the liberation of slaves from seceding states ONLY. It is a cause for celebration for those whose history was shaped by this liberation. My great great grandfather was freed from his plantation by Union soldiers, and became a Union officer's horse groom for the rest of the war.
Sigh.
The "Emancipation Proclamation" was a war document and a war decision. It cut off the seceding states' access to labor. It was NOT a Get-Out-Of-Slavery-Free card.
Unfortunately.
So many schools in the US are still teaching the much-abridged and edited version of history.
The "Emancipation Proclamation" was a war document and a war decision. It cut off the seceding states' access to labor. It was NOT a Get-Out-Of-Slavery-Free card.
Unfortunately.
So many schools in the US are still teaching the much-abridged and edited version of history.
And yes, the 13th made a new slavery with the prison system. And yes, forms of slavery existed in the US (states & terrs.) and Native American territories incl Alaska and Hawaii until the early 1900s. But chattel slavery as outlined in the US Constitution ended with the 13th Amendment on 12/18/1865.
June 3, 2024 at 6:17 PM
Juneteenth celebrates the liberation of slaves from seceding states ONLY. It is a cause for celebration for those whose history was shaped by this liberation. My great great grandfather was freed from his plantation by Union soldiers, and became a Union officer's horse groom for the rest of the war.
Sigh.
The "Emancipation Proclamation" was a war document and a war decision. It cut off the seceding states' access to labor. It was NOT a Get-Out-Of-Slavery-Free card.
Unfortunately.
So many schools in the US are still teaching the much-abridged and edited version of history.
The "Emancipation Proclamation" was a war document and a war decision. It cut off the seceding states' access to labor. It was NOT a Get-Out-Of-Slavery-Free card.
Unfortunately.
So many schools in the US are still teaching the much-abridged and edited version of history.
And yes, the 13th made a new slavery with the prison system. And yes, forms of slavery existed in the US (states & terrs.) and Native American territories incl Alaska and Hawaii until the early 1900s. But chattel slavery as outlined in the US Constitution ended with the 13th Amendment on 12/18/1865.
Sigh.
I am THAT person.
Juneteenth is a SOUTHERN holiday. Specifically a seceded states holiday. Bc that announcement in TX ONLY applied to seceded states and not to the slave-owning states that did NOT secede like DE, MD, MO, and KY.
Yep. Slavery did not end until 12/18/1865 w/ the 13th.🤷♀️
I am THAT person.
Juneteenth is a SOUTHERN holiday. Specifically a seceded states holiday. Bc that announcement in TX ONLY applied to seceded states and not to the slave-owning states that did NOT secede like DE, MD, MO, and KY.
Yep. Slavery did not end until 12/18/1865 w/ the 13th.🤷♀️
June 3, 2024 at 6:12 PM
Sigh.
The "Emancipation Proclamation" was a war document and a war decision. It cut off the seceding states' access to labor. It was NOT a Get-Out-Of-Slavery-Free card.
Unfortunately.
So many schools in the US are still teaching the much-abridged and edited version of history.
The "Emancipation Proclamation" was a war document and a war decision. It cut off the seceding states' access to labor. It was NOT a Get-Out-Of-Slavery-Free card.
Unfortunately.
So many schools in the US are still teaching the much-abridged and edited version of history.
And yes, the 13th made a new slavery with the prison system. And yes, forms of slavery existed in the US (states & terrs.) and Native American territories incl Alaska and Hawaii until the early 1900s. But chattel slavery as outlined in the US Constitution ended with the 13th Amendment on 12/18/1865.
Sigh.
I am THAT person.
Juneteenth is a SOUTHERN holiday. Specifically a seceded states holiday. Bc that announcement in TX ONLY applied to seceded states and not to the slave-owning states that did NOT secede like DE, MD, MO, and KY.
Yep. Slavery did not end until 12/18/1865 w/ the 13th.🤷♀️
I am THAT person.
Juneteenth is a SOUTHERN holiday. Specifically a seceded states holiday. Bc that announcement in TX ONLY applied to seceded states and not to the slave-owning states that did NOT secede like DE, MD, MO, and KY.
Yep. Slavery did not end until 12/18/1865 w/ the 13th.🤷♀️
June 3, 2024 at 6:07 PM
And yes, the 13th made a new slavery with the prison system. And yes, forms of slavery existed in the US (states & terrs.) and Native American territories incl Alaska and Hawaii until the early 1900s. But chattel slavery as outlined in the US Constitution ended with the 13th Amendment on 12/18/1865.
Sigh.
I am THAT person.
Juneteenth is a SOUTHERN holiday. Specifically a seceded states holiday. Bc that announcement in TX ONLY applied to seceded states and not to the slave-owning states that did NOT secede like DE, MD, MO, and KY.
Yep. Slavery did not end until 12/18/1865 w/ the 13th.🤷♀️
I am THAT person.
Juneteenth is a SOUTHERN holiday. Specifically a seceded states holiday. Bc that announcement in TX ONLY applied to seceded states and not to the slave-owning states that did NOT secede like DE, MD, MO, and KY.
Yep. Slavery did not end until 12/18/1865 w/ the 13th.🤷♀️
June 3, 2024 at 6:00 PM
Sigh.
I am THAT person.
Juneteenth is a SOUTHERN holiday. Specifically a seceded states holiday. Bc that announcement in TX ONLY applied to seceded states and not to the slave-owning states that did NOT secede like DE, MD, MO, and KY.
Yep. Slavery did not end until 12/18/1865 w/ the 13th.🤷♀️
I am THAT person.
Juneteenth is a SOUTHERN holiday. Specifically a seceded states holiday. Bc that announcement in TX ONLY applied to seceded states and not to the slave-owning states that did NOT secede like DE, MD, MO, and KY.
Yep. Slavery did not end until 12/18/1865 w/ the 13th.🤷♀️
Still MoviePass, MovieCrash made me very angry. I really hope both Lowe and Farnsworth get 20 years each. But they are rich white men in America, and we all know that that combination is stronger than Kevlar and smoother than Teflon. They will probably be fined for a few thousand dollars if that.
Watched the new documentary on Max called MoviePass, MovieCrash. I wish Stacey Spikes all the success in his endeavor. If successful, it can save the theater industry which has been dying a slow death since Covid. The "new" MoviePass under his leadership looks like it works!
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June 1, 2024 at 1:58 PM
Still MoviePass, MovieCrash made me very angry. I really hope both Lowe and Farnsworth get 20 years each. But they are rich white men in America, and we all know that that combination is stronger than Kevlar and smoother than Teflon. They will probably be fined for a few thousand dollars if that.
Watched the new documentary on Max called MoviePass, MovieCrash. I wish Stacey Spikes all the success in his endeavor. If successful, it can save the theater industry which has been dying a slow death since Covid. The "new" MoviePass under his leadership looks like it works!
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June 1, 2024 at 1:53 PM
Watched the new documentary on Max called MoviePass, MovieCrash. I wish Stacey Spikes all the success in his endeavor. If successful, it can save the theater industry which has been dying a slow death since Covid. The "new" MoviePass under his leadership looks like it works!
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This. No statistically significant number of Repubs/Cons are even going to CONSIDER voting Dem. There are no appeals that will work. None. Ever.
The Dems need to motivate the Dems/Libs/Progressives to show up. And they are failing. Few things will sink this election faster than the "protest votes."🙄
The Dems need to motivate the Dems/Libs/Progressives to show up. And they are failing. Few things will sink this election faster than the "protest votes."🙄
All I want is for the Democrats to pander to their base the way the GOP does, instead of noodling around trying to get right-of-center votes.
May 25, 2024 at 4:01 PM
This. No statistically significant number of Repubs/Cons are even going to CONSIDER voting Dem. There are no appeals that will work. None. Ever.
The Dems need to motivate the Dems/Libs/Progressives to show up. And they are failing. Few things will sink this election faster than the "protest votes."🙄
The Dems need to motivate the Dems/Libs/Progressives to show up. And they are failing. Few things will sink this election faster than the "protest votes."🙄
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Some pretty yarn pics and your last call for pride advent packages. Today is the last day to order. Thank you SO SO much to all who have ordered. We got a decent amount to donate to #KnitTheRainbow. Such a win/win.🧶
May 22, 2024 at 4:31 PM
Some pretty yarn pics and your last call for pride advent packages. Today is the last day to order. Thank you SO SO much to all who have ordered. We got a decent amount to donate to #KnitTheRainbow. Such a win/win.🧶
Saw this thing--a therapy adjacent program 80 mins once a week w/4 other folks and a therapist moderator who play video games. Seemed kindof cool. $30/session. Not individualized, but group was sortof setup w/similar folks. Done through Discord.
Alas, none of these groups play FO76.
Alas, none of these groups play FO76.
Happy Not Happy GIF
Alt: Ellen Pompeo playing Dr. Meredith Grey from the TV show Grey's Anatomy wearing a white coat and blue scrubs with her hair pulled back in a messy ponytail saying seriously as if correcting someone (white subtitles) "Not everybody has to be happy all the time."
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May 22, 2024 at 1:55 PM
Saw this thing--a therapy adjacent program 80 mins once a week w/4 other folks and a therapist moderator who play video games. Seemed kindof cool. $30/session. Not individualized, but group was sortof setup w/similar folks. Done through Discord.
Alas, none of these groups play FO76.
Alas, none of these groups play FO76.
Even though it's their most popular theme park collection worldwide, I would say that currently, WDW and all of its properties cost the most for the least value. Yes, certain parks in Asia cost more, BUT there you get what you pay for in "magic" and service. WDW will nickel and dime you to death.
May 20, 2024 at 6:44 PM
Even though it's their most popular theme park collection worldwide, I would say that currently, WDW and all of its properties cost the most for the least value. Yes, certain parks in Asia cost more, BUT there you get what you pay for in "magic" and service. WDW will nickel and dime you to death.