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im very grateful for the lessons in photography i was taught in stop motion class because just now they made it possible to photograph the stars with my phone in spite of the camera usually not detecting the light of stars because theyre so dim,,,, enjoy these shiny motherfuckers

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Me on my way to watch Avengers Endgame

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man the crazy thing about babies is that like, some people would think that reading a baby a book about farm animals is teaching them about farm animals, but really it’s teaching them about the concept of a book and how there’s new information on each page of a single object, but really, beyond that, it’s teaching them how language works, and beyond that it’s really actually teaching them about human interaction, and really really it’s them learning about existing in a three-dimensional space and how they can navigate that space, but actually, above all it is teaching them that mama loves them.

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“I visited the pumpkin patch yesterday and decided to bring home a pumpkin that in shape appeared to be a penguin. Friends and family were mystified until I started painting him.“

by Volensblood

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Signal Boost!!!

Tumblr Teacher’s Amazon Classroom Wish Lists 2018-2019

Hello Wonderful Tumblrites,

Every year, teachers spend on average $500 on their classroom of their own money.   I know many teachers who spend considerably more.   Each year, I request links to wish lists from the teachers on Tumblr to share; we call it Teachmas.  It is wonderful to have support from all over as we prepare for the new school year.  Please consider purchasing an item, if money is tight, reblogs also help!   Thank you so much!

Positivelypersistentteach teaches Kindergarten in Florida.   Wish list found here.

Girlwithalessonplan teaches high school English and Newspaper in Indiana.  Wish list found here.

Impatienteacher teaches 5th grade in North Carolina.  Wish list found here.

Mrskaaay teaches 7th grade Math in Kentucky.  Wish list found here.

Thebookwormfromkinder teaches Kindergarten in Florida.  Wish list found here.

isaidsothatswhy teaches 9th/Art I & Yearbook in Central Mississippi.  Wish list found here. 

From-tutor-to-teacher teaches 2-5 math resource 3-12 SPED inclusion in Texas.  Wish list found here. 

impeccablyshaved teaches Kindergarten in Atlanta, Ga. Wish list found here. 

offbeatteacher teaches Kindergarten in Southern California.  Wish list found here.

Socially Acceptable Madness teaches 7th and 8th grade (all subjects) in Florida.  Wish list found here.

Bookworm109 teaches 7th grade ELA in Ohio.  Wish list found here.

Teach-center-stage teaches High School Theatre and Musical Theatre in Florida.  Wish list found here.

myfesteringcesspool teaches Kindergarten in Milwaukee, WI.  Wish list found here.

Aperk teaches 10th grade English, Journalism in Kansas.  Wish list found here.

minimarker teaches Middle School Math in Maryland.  Wish list found here.

allmadeofstardust teaches 7th grade Math in South Carolina.  Wish list found here.

Leenzkay teaches 8th grade Science in Mississippi.  Wish list found here.

mamafox18 teaches high school US History in Maine. Wish list found here.

roonilwazlibs79 teaches 3rd grade in Missouri.  Wish list found here.

growthliveshere teaches Middle School ELA in New York.  Wish list found here.

brainvomit teaches Special needs and art classes (K-12) in Arizona. Wish list found here.

adventures in teaching and nerdery teaches Special education (K & 4) in Central IL.   Wish list found here.

macaroni-hexagon teaches 7th and 8th grade math in California.  Wish list found here. 

Grayer teaches 6th Grade Inclusion in New York.  Wish list found here.

Safeaspockets teaches High School English in Massachusetts.  Wish list found here.

lovelikesummer teaches World Geography (9th), Student Leadership (9th), and College Readiness (12th) in Texas.  Wish list found here.

MsPinhey teaches World History, Contemporary Issues, High School 9-12 in Tennessee. Wish list found here.

vwalker teaches 6-8th grade SPED in Minnesota. Wish list found here.

Lugofrombananacountry teaches Middle school Spanish in Maryland. Wish list found here.

messerlyk teaches Gd. 8-12, reading and creative writing at an alternative ed. school in Tennessee.  Wish list found here.

MagicalMissB teaches Middle school humanities (Ancient Civilizations) in  Washington State. Wish list found here.

Sexy-Queen-Mary teaches Social Studies 9-12 in Missouri.  Wish list found here.

lifeinkinder teaches Kindergarten/first grade combo in Illinois. Wish list found here.

Allysowned teaches 9th and 10th English in Massachusetts.  Wish list found here.

Prettyeyesdupree teaches 6th grade reading and social studies in Georgia.  Wish list found here.  

pura-vida8 teaches Spanish - Grades 7 + 8 in New Hampshire.  Wish list found here.

Art and Hart teaches Preschool special education in the Washington DC area.  Wish list found here.

mathematically speaking teaches 6th grade math & computer science in  California.  Wish list found here.

aguilar-teaches teaches 8th Grade Language Arts, English 1 Honors in Florida.   Wish list found here.

Christina-in-Arkansas teaches K/1 Special Education in Arkansas.  Wish list found here.

teacherofthethoughtfullest teaches 10th English II, AP Language & Comp, Humanities in Colorado.  Wish list found here.

mrskcreads teaches 6th Grade Reading and English (writing) in Texas. Wish list found here.

Missfteacheshistory teaches 6 and 8th Grade History in New Jersey. Wish list found here.

MisstoMrsPaula teaches 9th grade English Honors & 9th grade English 1 Through ESOL in Florida.  Wish list found here.

Teaching-Every Day is Different  teaches  11th Grade English, GSA in  Virginia. Wish list found here.

shouseinthehouse teaches 5th and 6th grade reading, writing, and social studies in Indiana.  Wish list found here.

Tokidoki Teacher teaches Kindergarten in Minnesota.  Wish list found here.

frenchspeakingfilipina teaches 1st in Washington State.  Wish list found here.  

WatchAllisonTeach teaches Sophomore English, senior yearbook in  Illinois.  Wish list found here.

JoyAbounds teaches 1st grade in Texas.  Wish list found here.

ummno teaches 10th Grade Government in Maryland. Wish list found here.

kathleendevon teaches 2nd Grade in Texas.  Wish list found here.

elviajedelaesperanza teaches Spanish I & II in Illinois.  Wish list found here.

withmypensandneedles teaches High school (9-12) reading intervention in Missouri.  Wish list found here.

randomrambleramble teaches  Mathematics 9-12 (Algebra I, Geometry, Trigonometry) in Maryland.  Wish list found here.

eisforecfeandendometriosis teaches Preschool in Minnesota.  Wish list found here.

see-mary-teach teaches 6-8 ELA in Arizona.  Wish list found here.

Jenasaurus teaches 6th and 7th grade science, 8th grade advisory in California.  Wish list found here.

chocolatecastleinthesky teaches High School Latin in Tennessee.  Wishlists found here and here.

mrawesomepants teaches History 9 (World History), APUSH, Model UN in Maine. Wish list found here.

manzanas teaches First Grade in California. Wish list found here.

Pablophonic teaches 5th Grade STEM in South Carolina. Wish list found here.

andshewill teaches 8th grade ELA in Massachusetts.  Wish list found here. 

Lotiinside teaches 6th Grade Science in Florida.  Wish list found here.

Fourth Grade Frenzy teaches 4th grade in Maine.  Wish list found here.

ohsnix teaches 9th Grade World History in North Carolina.  Wish list found here.

Read. Write. Repeat. teaches  Speech, Debate, Drama 9-12 in Oklahoma.  Wish list found here.  

hello-delicious-tea teaches 9th-10th ELA in North Carolina.  Wish list found here.

Sempiternalsolstice teaches 6-8 ELA in Tennessee. Wish list found here.

Omniscribe teaches High school English (Etymology, World Lit, Speech and Dual Credit Writing) in Illinois.  Wish list found here.

The-littlelady teaches High school LD (9-12) in South Carolina.  Wish list found here.

Ambedu teaches 6th Grade Literacy and Science in Wisconsin.  Wish list found here.

whiskeyfortheway teaches MS Social Studies (6-8), HS Psychology, HS Current Events in Michigan.  Wish list found here.

samanthainsecondary teaches 9th grade ELA in Maryland.  Wish list found here.

sunshinein17 teaches 5th/6th grade Social Studies and Writing in  Missouri.  Wish list found here.

adventureswithscience teaches 8th Grade Science in Florida.  Wish list found here.

Justwalkthroughmyclassroom teaches 7th/8th Grade Language Arts in Florida.  Wish list found here.

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My mood when I walk into the weight room and there's no one around.

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This Aquarium Picks The Naughtiest Penguin Of The Month

We thought that cats were absolutely shameless creatures but it turns out that penguins are no better either. 

Photos by National Aquarium of New Zealand - Via Bored Panda

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adulthood is just an endless stream of phone calls you don’t want to make but have to

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reasons to love harrison ford

1. hates donald trump 2. got his ear pierced at claires because why not 3. legit asks people to beat him up in action scenes EVEN NOW AS AN OLD MAN 4. is arguably one of the most iconic star wars characters yet couldnt give less of a crap abt star wars 5. the universe tried to kill him (or at least permanently incapacitate him) twice in 2015 and it only mildly inconvenienced him 6. flies helicopters in search and rescue missions 7. was in his 40s for the majority of the indiana jones series which is insane when you think about all the stunts involved 8. quote “the director yells cut and harrison cracks open a beer and then builds a fucking shed” 9. arguably sexy 10. points angrily and its super effective

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Spirite (1885) - George Roux

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Also, I've found SO MUCH SUCCESS by shopping at thrift/discount/second hand stores because you can find a garment that is a fabric or style you like, and then by just taking it in a little here or letting it out there, it changes the entire look. Its all about seeing THE POTENTIAL of a piece of clothing, not just what is draped over you in a fitting room.

This weekend I was told a story which, although I’m kind of ashamed to admit it, because holy shit is it ever obvious, is kind of blowing my mind.

A friend of a friend won a free consultation with Clinton Kelly of What Not To Wear, and she was very excited, because she has a plus-size body, and wanted some tips on how to make the most of her wardrobe in a fashion culture which deliberately puts her body at a disadvantage.

Her first question for him was this: how do celebrities make a plain white t-shirt and a pair of weekend jeans look chic?  She always assumed it was because so many celebrities have, by nature or by design, very slender frames, and because they can afford very expensive clothing.  But when she watched What Not To Wear, she noticed that women of all sizes ended up in cute clothes that really fit their bodies and looked great.  She had tried to apply some guidelines from the show into her own wardrobe, but with only mixed success.  So - what gives?

His answer was that everything you will ever see on a celebrity’s body, including their outfits when they’re out and about and they just get caught by a paparazzo, has been tailored, and the same goes for everything on What Not To Wear.  Jeans, blazers, dresses - everything right down to plain t-shirts and camisoles.  He pointed out that historically, up until the last few generations, the vast majority of people either made their own clothing or had their clothing made by tailors and seamstresses.  You had your clothing made to accommodate the measurements of your individual body, and then you moved the fuck on.  Nothing on the show or in People magazine is off the rack and unaltered.  He said that what they do is ignore the actual size numbers on the tags, find something that fits an individual’s widest place, and then have it completely altered to fit.  That’s how celebrities have jeans that magically fit them all over, and the rest of us chumps can’t ever find a pair that doesn’t gape here or ride up or slouch down or have about four yards of extra fabric here and there.

I knew that having dresses and blazers altered was probably something they were doing, but to me, having alterations done generally means having my jeans hemmed and then simply living with the fact that I will always be adjusting my clothing while I’m wearing it because I have curves from here to ya-ya, some things don’t fit right, and the world is just unfair that way.  I didn’t think that having everything tailored was something that people did. 

It’s so obvious, I can’t believe I didn’t know this.  But no one ever told me.  I was told about bikini season and dieting and targeting your “problem areas” and avoiding horizontal stripes.  No one told me that Jennifer Aniston is out there wearing a bigger size of Ralph Lauren t-shirt and having it altered to fit her.

I sat there after I was told this story, and I really thought about how hard I have worked not to care about the number or the letter on the tag of my clothes, how hard I have tried to just love my body the way it is, and where I’ve succeeded and failed.  I thought about all the times I’ve stood in a fitting room and stared up at the lights and bit my lip so hard it bled, just to keep myself from crying about how nothing fits the way it’s supposed to.  No one told me that it wasn’t supposed to.  I guess I just didn’t know.  I was too busy thinking that I was the one that didn’t fit.

I thought about that, and about all the other girls and women out there whose proportions are “wrong,” who can’t find a good pair of work trousers, who can’t fill a sweater, who feel excluded and freakish and sad and frustrated because they have to go up a size, when really the size doesn’t mean anything and it never, ever did, and this is just another bullshit thing thrown in your path to make you feel shitty about yourself.

I thought about all of that, and then I thought that in elementary school, there should be a class for girls where they sit you down and tell you this stuff before you waste years of your life feeling like someone put you together wrong.

So, I have to take that and sit with it for a while.  But in the meantime, I thought perhaps I should post this, because maybe my friend, her friend, and I are the only clueless people who did not realise this, but maybe we’re not.  Maybe some of you have tried to embrace the arbitrary size you are, but still couldn’t find a cute pair of jeans, and didn’t know why.

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This is the entire reason I joined Tumblr in the first place; so I could geek out about things that usually bore company.

shoutout to all the people with interests and passions that people turn away from when they talk to them about it, who are actively ignored by friends or family members when they start talking about it, who avoid bringing it up to anyone irl outside of special circles because they know they’ll be dismissed, shut down, laughed at, or shat on. shoutout to people who get so excited to talk to others about a subject and are told to shut up or to take a hint. shoutout to the people who’s life’s work is never talked about outside of that work because it’s considered ‘boring’. shoutout to people who’s family and friends don’t even try their hand at understanding, or at being excited along side you, or even at asking questions to better understand your excitement, all because it’s inconvenient to them. fuck that. that hurts. 

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Disneyland Aesthetics - New Orleans Square

Adventureland  New Orleans Square  Critter Country  Frontierland  Fantasyland

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Typography Ruined The Oscars’ Biggest Moment. This Guy Fixed It