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Teach me a fruit of your country I asked and so you dipped into a shop and in your hand held me a thick yellow pinecone
no knife between us you put it to your teeth sideways like a bird and bit and peeled away the fleshy scales or were they petals
crisp white at the core peppered with black seeds sweet and light like a cold cloud like some exotic sherbet carried hand over hand from a mountaintop by a relay of runners straightway to the Inca’s high table
we sat on metal chairs still pebbled with rain the seat of my pants damp we passed it back and forth no matter how carefully we could not help
spilling the juice making our cheeks sticky our fingers getting sticky our fingers no not even once touching
— Craig Arnold, 'Pitahaya'.
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lines for painting on grains of rice by Craig Arnold
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Heartland - 6x18 - Under Pressure
#heartland#season 6#6x18#jeff crawley#craig arnold#amy fleming#amber marshall#horse#phoenix#amy x jeff
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"I think it’s really strange that there’s been absolutely no mention of Jeff for ages. Not since Georgie was a kid. Like did they have a falling out? Does he not care about her anymore?? His “trying to be a better big brother” arc was too short lived. I hope they bring him back! Recasted or otherwise."
#heartland#jeff crawley#craig arnold#georgie fleming morris#georgie crawley#alisha newton#georgie/jeff#confessions#heartland confessions
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This poem is really hitting different today.
#godzilla reads#very large moth#Craig Arnold#poem#poetry#poet#bookworm#bookish#book blog#bibliophile
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Bird-Understander
Of many reasons I love you here is one the way you write me from the gate at the airport so I can tell you everything will be alright so you can tell me there is a bird trapped in the terminal all the people ignoring it because they do not know what to do with it except to leave it alone until it scares itself to death it makes you terribly terribly sad You wish you could take the bird outside and set it free or (failing that) call a bird-understander to come help the bird All you can do is notice the bird and feel for the bird and write to tell me how language feels impossibly useless
but you are wrong You are a bird-understander better than I could ever be who make so many noises and call them song These are your own words your way of noticing and saying plainly of not turning away from hurt you have offered them to me I am only giving them back if only I could show you how very useless they are not
Craig Arnold
#it's national poetry month!!!#craig arnold#bird-understander#poetry#this poem is so 🥹🥹🥹🥹#your way of noticing / and saying plainly / of not turning away / from hurt#tenderness about tenderness
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“(714): Nothing quite like walking through a spider web on your way back in from smoking to fuck up a perfectly good high.“
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Very Large Moth
By Craig Arnold
After D.H.L.
Your first thought when the light snaps on and the black wings
clatter about the kitchen is a bat
the clear part of your mind considers rabies the other part
does not consider knows only to startle
and cower away from the slap of its wings though it is soon
clearly not a bat but a moth and harmless
still you are shy of it it clings to the hood of the stove
not black but brown its orange eyes sparkle
like televisions its leg joints are large enough to count
how could you kill it where would you hide the body
a creature so solid must have room for a soul
and if this is so why not in a creature
half its size or half its size again and so on
down to the ants clearly it must be saved
caught in a shopping bag and rushed to the front door
afraid to crush it feeling the plastic rattle
loosened into the night air it batters the porch light
throwing fitful shadows around the landing
That was a really big moth is all you can say to the doorman
who has watched your whole performance with a smile
the half-compassion and half-horror we feel for the creatures
we want not to hurt and prefer not to touch
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These are your own words your way of noticing and saying plainly of not turning away from hurt you have offered them to me I am only giving them back
- from "Bird-Understander," Craig Arnold (x)
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Bird-Understander
BY CRAIG ARNOLD
Of many reasons I love you here is one the way you write me from the gate at the airport so I can tell you everything will be alright so you can tell me there is a bird trapped in the terminal all the people ignoring it because they do not know what to do with it except to leave it alone until it scares itself to death it makes you terribly terribly sad You wish you could take the bird outside and set it free or (failing that) call a bird-understander to come help the bird All you can do is notice the bird and feel for the bird and write to tell me how language feels impossibly useless but you are wrong You are a bird-understander better than I could ever be who make so many noises and call them song These are your own words your way of noticing and saying plainly of not turning away from hurt you have offered them to me I am only giving them back if only I could show you how very useless they are not Craig Arnold, "Bird-Understander." Copyright 2009 by Craig Arnold. Reprinted by permission of the author.Source: [manuscript] (Poetry Foundation, 2009)
#love#heartache & loss#romantic love#relationships#bird understander#poem#poetry#craig arnold#national poetry month#national poetry month 2023#april#april 2023#national poetry month day 17#april 17
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POV: You're a scientist and the little creatures you've been observing have discovered one of the hidden cameras you placed in their natural habitat
#Was looking up Red Dwarf posters for my new apartment on Ebay came across the Lister one and I lost it#Saw the whole cast was involved in this shoot and lost it even more#I love everything about them: the Malcolm in the Middle ass camera angle#the range of expressions#Rimmer The Cat and Kochanski standing right in front of some kind of stand (?)#so it looks like they're being propped up by a clothing rack or something#how goofy they are#If you were to ask me which of the five I like the most I couldn't tell you they're all So Good#Red Dwarf#Dave Lister#Arnold Rimmer#The Cat#Kryten#Kristine Kochanski#Craig Charles#Chris Barrie#Danny John Jules#Robert Llewellyn#Chloe Arnett#Original Post
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Red Dwarf // S13: The Promised Land
#Red Dwarf#Dave Lister#Lister#Arnold Rimmer#Rimmer#Craig Charles#Chris Barrie#Red Dwarf Gifs#Gifs#Television#Television Gifs#Comedy#British Comedy#AVTV#AVTVGifs#AVGifs#AVRedDwarf#AVRedDwarfGifs#AVComedy#AVBritishComedy
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Chris and Craig totally enjoying Tongue Tied.
#red dwarf#dave lister#craig charles#arnold rimmer#chris barrie#can you feel the enthusiasm#hey look i made one without craig in it
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Enjoy this pic of Craig and Chris hugging while Danny is filming it XD
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I got bored so I made a thing. Modern Nick AU featuring a handful of the child protagonists, a chibified SpongeBob being their chaperone? A summer camp setting, perhaps? With everyone save for Danny, Jenny, and Dora having their ages fudged to be closer?
Sure, why not? From left to right:
Sanjay Patel
He may or may not have snuck Craig into his cabin, and Craig may or may not have started charging people for “sage advice from the talking snake”
Sanjay’s a relatively good kid but kind of a hellion. Manny spends much of his early life in a moral dilemma. Having them be partners seemed like a logical decision
His bowling pin head was really hard to adapt to my usual style without utterly mangling his face, but I think I did alright
Manny Rivera
He’s wearing the boots and scarf from his El Tigre costume
Bessie thinks he’s the coolest thing, but his and Danny’s egos clash almost immediately
This presumably takes place after he’s settled on heroism, but that doesn’t mean he’s not a troublemaker
April O’Neil
She’s quite possibly the only person getting any actual work done in camp
She’s ostensibly the least insane person in the group, but she’s prone to egging on the others’ antics and starting bets on how much things will escalate
Her age has been dropped a couple of years, so she’s often with Lincoln foiling Dora’s whole escape artist routine
Tommy Pickles
Still on his filmmaker career from All Grown Up! He has a lot of footage of a lot of things in a lot of places
Normally mild mannered and agreeable, but being given “strict orders” instantly makes his good mood vanish
His mind tends to wander when he’s bored, and it has no regard for its curfew
Lincoln Loud
He’s a weeb canonically, so he’s been given a vaguely animesque appearance
Whatever camp this takes place at, I can guarantee at least one of his sisters had been there prior. Since most of the characters here are the Everyman type, Linc’s cunning and trickster attributes are played up a bit
Has no regard for the fourth wall. Tommy has no clue what he’s on about and thinks he’s insane
Aang (Just Aang)
Whether or not he can bend is based purely on what’s funniest at the moment, especially since he and Dib make it impossible for this to be canon compliant
He’s definitely living in an AU with a less horrific backstory. Less responsibilities, less issues
Wouldn’t hurt a fly, but he’d definitely give a wasp a warning shot if it was being a jerk
Danny Fenton
Danny, and only Danny, is actually a little older here. He and Jenny are the counselors. Lucky them.
Doesn’t even bother with the secret identity since Bob’s the only one dense enough to not connect the dots
Being able to turn invisible is really helpful when Dib has questions he doesn’t feel like answering
Jimmy Neutron
There he is, officer. That one’s the ringleader
Aang’s existence is a constant source of frustration for him since he can’t come up with a scientific explanation for all…that
He’s right off the heels of Nicktoons Unite and is wondering when and why SB became so serious
SpongeBob SquarePants
The only adult we see at the camp for some reason, and the only nonhuman besides Jenny
I messed up his scaling, he was supposed to be small enough to fit in someone’s hand, hence his overly simplified design. That’s the height he is in-universe
Ironically and disproportionately strong. Not Jenny’s level, but about as strong as he is in Unite…without being adjusted for size. In other words, he can easily pick up and throw the campers like rag dolls
Jenny Wakeman
The only nonhuman kid at camp, as well as the oldest/youngest at 16/5
She’s the one thing stopping land bears from tearing the camp apart
She’s justifiably a little wary since she’s not exactly nature proof, but all the kids think she’s the coolest thing
Timmy Turner
A closer look at him reveals three familiar looking trinkets shaped like a wand, wings, and a floaty crowny thing
He doesn’t need magic, anyway. He’ll make everything possibly go wrong his own way
He and Bessie butt heads almost immediately; Timmy’s fine with one hypercompetent overachieving Girl Scout in his life, but he does not need another
Ginger Foutley
Usually found with fellow artsy types Rudy and Lincoln
Riddled with anxieties and restless leg syndrome. She comes of as brooding, but she’s just introspective
Since April’s a menace, she’s the actual least insane camper
Eliza Thornberry
It took her a bit to realize SpongeBob could actually talk to begin with and that everyone else didn’t have the same power as her. In fact, there’s a non-zero chance there are a bunch of animals from assorted Nick shows that are screaming in the background constantly and it’s messing with her head
I gave her just the one braid to make her distinct from the other Elizabeth in the cast
She slips in and out of her father’s mannerisms. SMASHING!
Rudy Tabootie
Mysteriously disappears to parts unknown it’stheChalkZone every now and then when he needs to blow off some steam
I find it funny how stylized I made everyone else while Rudy’s just slightly taller
SpongeBob sees a lot of himself in the kid. Rudy doesn’t know how to feel about that
Dora Marquez
Y’know, I added her as a joke, and she immediately became my favorite
She’s the youngest kid at her canon age of seven, so she’s coddled by everyone else. She HATES it, given that she’s been adventuring on her own for the longest time, so she’s a lot more cynical than usual. Easily the biggest departure from the norm
Constantly tries to escape supervision in favor of wandering the wilderness, but the talking cheese won’t let her
Arnold Shortman
He doesn’t know how he ended up as the “cool guy”, but he’s not gonna fight it
Appears detached and aloof, but he’s more likely just dissociating
Always seems to know what he’s doing to the point of parody. As smart as he is, I must reiterate he’s just improvising
Dib Membrane
Eliza, Rudy, and especially Timmy aren’t too keen on hanging around him for very obvious reasons
The fact he’s with people who are reasonably sane this time around means he’s in much better spirits. Lincoln’s probably his best friend at the camp, although Dib’s still a loner
He and Jimmy always run the risk of killing each other if they talk for more than two minutes at a time due to differing views on magic
Bessie Higgenbottom
The kid most likely to actually listen to the inane drivel that comes out of SpongeBob’s mouth
Since she’s still working on the whole Mighty Bee thing, she’s all over Manny, Danny, and Janny
There are very few campers that aren’t at least a little intimidated by her
There were a few other characters I wanted to add like Nate Wright (Big Nate), Annie Bramley (It’s Pony), Mikey Munroe (Bunsen is a Beast), but I scrapped them for space.
I elected to only use one character per series, causing me to drop Korra, Sheen Estevez, Ronnie Anne Santiago, and Hazel Wells for being spinoff characters (especially since Sheen and Ronnie Anne were around before getting their own shows). It also forced me to remove Fanboy and Chum Chum from my initial plan entirely.
I additionally wanted to keep SB as the only organic nonhuman character due to the inherent absurdity of having him as the sole adult figure, which is why Dib and April represent their series rather than Zim or a Ninja Turtle and why I chose not to use Harvey Beaks.
#dullsville#nickelodeon#nicktoons#sanjay and craig#el tigre: the adventures of manny rivera#rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles#all grown up!#the loud house#avatar: the last airbender#danny phantom#jimmy neutron#the fairly oddparents#my life as a teenage robot#as told by ginger#the wild thornberrys#chalkzone#dora the explorer#hey arnold!#invader zim#the mighty b!#spongebob squarepants#nicktoons unite#sketch
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