#Floss tube

[androidcharles]

The androids are gonna do whatever the heck they want dude XD

@flowerbarrel @mercifulbutbroken

[soupcrouton]

I imagine this must be how jesus felt as a shepherd.

[slumbering-shadows]

Got margarita flavor mouthwash (lime & coconut, alcohol free) and I can promise you it mostly just taste like "if you mixed lime lecroix with regular mint mouthwash" and I checked the ingredients and it's literally just mouthwash ingredients, coloring, and sucralose lmao. There is no lime or coconut in here I was lied to.

It ALSO still burns my mouth, but it is actually tolerable so this is probably the best I'm gonna get

[syoddeye]

what’s in their bag: 141 edition. according to me.

gaz

AirPods with a custom case

chapstick

pack of cigarettes

novelty lighter

old ticket stubs

hand sanitizer

sunglasses and case

like 7-8 phone numbers on napkins and receipts

soap

one loose AirPod

tube of Icy Hot/Tiger Balm

sudoku book

sketchbook

pen/pencil case

deck of cards

charging cord with no base, or vice versa

mini first aid kit

ghost

knife

back up knife

floss

spare KN95

motrin

bird watching book

guess what, another knife

two permanent marker pens, one's dead

price

multi tool

at least one cigar, obvs

fancy torch lighter

scrimshaw knife

five different types of pain relievers

battery pack and charger

a picture of me

my phone number

[literaryvein-reblogs]

Writing Tip: Burying Information

An author who wants to bury information to get that “aha moment” should ensure that the critical elements are underspecified.

EXAMPLE

The bathroom sink was a mess. There were bottles scattered around, tubes of toothpaste, spilled powder, hairbrushes, and discarded dental floss.

In this sentence, the powder mentioned is highly underspecified – but it is there!

According to Vera Tobin, one could first refer to it as “stuff,” the most unspecific of words.

From there, an author can choose to become more specific:

Powder

White powder

Two grams of white powder

Two grams of cocaine

Two grams of cocaine belonging to John Smith

The reveal might not happen until the end of the book, but the underspecified object was there from the beginning as that innocuous “spilled powder” amongst the bathroom mess.

The more detail you give an object as the author, the more attention a reader will give to it.

Sources: 1 2 ⚜ More: Writing Notes & References White Room Syndrome ⚜ Using Descriptors ⚜ Imagery

[starlightsuffered]

Long Healed

Info - worker and boss relationship, worker reader, self harm scars, injury

I was racing around the Candy room. When Willy was really focused, he was like a surgeon. He’d call out for something and I’d need to grab it immediately and hand it to him.

“Maple leaf picked on the fifteenth day of fall,” he requested.

I went to the plants section and looked by day and type. When I got back the concoction was a lilac colour and the steam was coming up in cumulus looking clouds.

“Here,” I handed it to him. He grabbed it with tweezers.

It was wild because he even looked dashing in his lab coat and those ridiculous safety goggles.

“Tuft of hair from the beard of the 13th Billy goat in the flock,” Willy asked next.

I got the fluff and handed it to him. He took it and it made the candy mixture smell like spice. He was stirring carefully.

Other pipettes were boiling with other mixtures. I could hear the ticks and whirs of other devices working. Something in the corner was creating a new version of fairy floss. Taffy was being pulled by the stretching machine.

It was always so warm and cozy in here compared to the frigid outdoors. It was comfortable and homey. I was glad Willy had asked me to live here. I hadn’t had much of a place to stay before now. I also knew he lived here, and having someone else in the large factory made me happy.

I hadn’t had the most pleasant life. Things had been very hard before I’d been hired by Willy. I often thought of him as an angel. He was always so sweet and gentle with me. He forwarded my soverigns when I needed, and if I broke things he didn’t take it out or my paycheck.

“Please stir this while I prepare the dry ingredients,” Wonka requested.

“Yes sir,” I agreed readily.

I began to turn the spoon counterclockwise as he had. I hummed lightly as I did it. I looked over at the wall. I noticed the artists rendition of Willy’s mother. She had the best smile. I always wished I knew someone in my childhood who smiled that way at me. I would have liked to have met her. Willy was always saying she would have liked me. I always felt so warm and fuzzy when he said that sort of thing to me.

Suddenly, glass shattered. The noise startled me and I knocked over a pipette. The jelly like pink and white bubbles soared out of the tube and splattered on the floor. I felt a sharp pain as jagged pieces sliced into my arm.

“I’m sorry,” was the first thing I thought to say. Willy had rushed over to see the mess. I was horrified by how I’d destroyed his recipe.

“No, it’s okay, I’m just worried because you’re bleeding,” Willy said anxiously.

“Oh Mr. Wonka, I'm fine really,” I replied anxiously moving to hide my wrist. He gently took it back. He smoothed his thumb over my marred skin, eyes opened wider in shock.

He must have seen the the scars that hadn’t faded very well. He didn’t say anything. He made sure to get a bandage and wet cloth along with a salve to ward off infection.

He cleaned the wound, and next he used soft movements to apply the ointment. Finally, he wrapped my arm with the bandage and tied it off. It was just right, not too loose and not too tight.

“There you are,” he smiled, but it didn’t reach his eyes. He held my arm a little longer, his face getting sadder and sadder.

“You don’t have to tell me, but I’d like to know what all these other scars are from,” he murmured.

His radiant green orbs met mine. I bit the inside of my lip. I turned away from him. The intensity of his gaze was too much.

“I-I wasn’t always as happy as I was here,” I finally admitted. “I felt like the only person to take that out on…..was myself.”

“Oh, y/n,” Willy’s voice was filled with sorrow and ache.

“I haven’t done it in a while. I’m almost a year clean. I am sorry you had to see that,” I told him solemnly.

“You’ve got nothing to apologise for,” Willy told me quietly. His face dipped down and his lips touched the thicker skin. He kept his mouth there longer than I’d expected.

“I don’t want to overstep, but if you ever need a person to talk to when you feel that way; I am here,” he told me.

I finally turned back to meet his eyes. I felt full of gratitude and love. He was the kindest man I’d ever met.

“Thank you Willy, those cuts are long healed, but it feels like you just sealed them even further,” I told him tearily.

“I am glad,” he beamed.

@pmak2002 @softhecreator @plutoispurplw @sp1deyyf4ngz @seungcheol17daddy @jesschalamet @vvsdreaming

[chiyana]

in an effort to cleanse the bees, I started writing a thing based on an unfinished fic I found where Tim is a clone of Jason made by Bruce (it's this one: https://archiveofourown.org/works/38478166/chapters/96167569). I sincerely doubt I'm taking it in the direction the author intended (considering their tags imply Bruce getting better and I, uh... swan-dived him off the deep-end) but I've ended up with Jason and Tim on the run with Deathstroke as their guardian while the Justice League tries to hunt down and capture Batman after Batman tried to kill Tim and force Jason home

I thought about how I wanted to include Damian in it, which led to Talia finding and kidnapping Tim for Damian to kill and prove himself to Bruce, which led to Tim overhearing her plan to send Damian to Bruce and going "well THAT sounds like a bad idea" and deciding to rescue Damian.

so currently not yet three years out of the tube clone!Tim is running around with technically(?) older ten-year-old tube-child!Damian trying to avoid the League of Shadows and Batman and reconnect with Jason and Slade. It is going Super Well™

Slade: let me get this straight. Slade: you kidnapped a kid who is, physically and mentally, somewhere between thirteen and fifteen years old while chronologically two and a half Slade: with the intention of sacrificing him to a man who has lost his fucking mind and tried to kill him because he's a clone of his dead son Slade: that he made, for the record Slade: in an effort to get said man to accept his 'blood son', who you ALSO grew in a tube, who is physically and mentally around ten and chronologically around six Slade: and then, somehow, despite holding both children in a secret compound surrounded by literal trained assassins and ninjas Slade: you LOST THEM? Ra's: Talia: Ra's: ...in our defense- Slade: I am going to floss your sinus cavities with your intestines

-meanwhile- Dick: hey, the Justice League is still tracking down Batman. we've frozen all his assets and contacted any potential allies to let them know what's up so they don't help him, but he went to ground and is managing to stay under our radar, so we don't know exactly where he is but we have a few leads Dick: how are you and Tim doing? Jason, barely refraining from screaming: ...about that.

-meanwhile- Damian, after a man refuses to give up the money he bet against Dami and Tim in a pool game: I believe we are going to have to kill this man Timothy Tim: dang it

(that's a joke, Tim doesn't let Damian kill anyone, but Damian does take advantage of his 'technically older' status frequently)

[ask-alastor-anything]

*Hands you a tube of Colgate toothpaste, a toothbrush, floss, and some teeth whitener*

You look like you could use these :3

"...Fuck you."

[jules-has-notes]

Aca Top 10: Disney Villains — VoicePlay music video

Many actors contend that it's more fun to play baddies who get to indulge their darker desires without regret. The same often applies in musicals, whether they're on stage or screen. Disney knows how to craft a good villain song. These are some of their most fun, slick, seductive, and dastardly.

Details:

title: Aca Top 10 – Disney Villains

original songs / performers: "Friends on the Other Side" by Keith David as Doctor Facilier in The Princess and the Frog (2009); [0:33] "Mother Knows Best" by Donna Murphy as Mother Gothel in Tangled (2010); [0:50] "Trust In Me" by Sterling Holloway as Kaa in The Jungle Book (1967); [1:08] "The Siamese Cat Song" by Peggy Lee as Si and Am in Lady and the Tramp (1955); [1:28] "Oogie Boogie's Song" by Ken Page as Oogie Boogie in The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993); [1:52] "Cruella De Vil" by Bill Lee as Roger Radcliffe in 101 Dalmatians (1961); [2:16] "Gaston" by Jesse Corti as LaFou & Richard White as Gaston in Beauty and the Beast (1991); [2:50] "Hellfire" by Tony Jay as Claude Frollo in The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996); [3:06] "Poor Unfortunate Souls" by Pat Carroll as Ursula in The Little Mermaid (1989); [3:25] "Be Prepared" by Jeremy Irons as Scar in The Lion King (1994)

written by: "Friends on the Other Side" by Randy Newman; "Mother Knows Best" by Alan Menken & Glenn Slater; "Trust In Me" by Robert & Richard Sherman; "The Siamese Cat Song" by Peggy Lee & Sonny Burke; "Oogie Boogie's Song" by Danny Elfman; "Cruella De Vil" by George Bruns & Mel Leven; "Gaston" by Alan Menken & Howard Ashman; "Hellfire" by Alan Menken & Stephen Schwartz; "Poor Unfortunate Souls" by Howard Ashman & Alan Menken; "Be Prepared" by Elton John & Tim Rice

arranged by: Geoff Castellucci & Layne Stein

release date: 22 March 2019

My favorite bits:

Layne kicking things off with scampering percussion before settling into a swingy groove

J.None showing off his smooth lower range

the vibratto Earl puts on that final high ♫ "motheeer" ♫

both Eli and Layne doing snaky hand motions during "Trust In Me" 🐍

Geoff's big bass drops on ♫ "ey-yyyes" ♫ and the final ♫ "meee" ♫

that crunchy harmony on ♫ "don't pleeease" ♫

all the shenanigans with the tiny kitty figurine 🐈

getting a preview of the "Oogie Boogie" production to come

that funky take on the second half of "Cruella"

the back row's dubious reactions to Geoff asserting his intimidation factor in "Gaston" as Layne fixes his hair

the extended transition — ♫ "Gimme hip-to-hip" ♫ ::Eli and J start flossing:: 🕺 "Chapstick!" ::Earl holds up a tube::

the clever coordination of ♫ "[tur]-ning me to" ♫ and ♫ "number two" ♫ at the end of "Hellfire"

Layne's bubbly percussion during "Poor Unfortunate Souls"

Earl getting annoyed at J and Eli joining him on the lyrics of "Be Prepared" before they return to harmonies

the three octave unison between Geoff and Earl

that nice clean ending

Trivia:

○ VoicePlay had recorded or performed several of these songs before.

They did a full version of "Cruella de Vil" in collaboration with Disney for the Diamond Edition release of 101 Dalmatians on Blu-ray. They also included an excerpt in their aca-Disney medley to celebrate 20 years of Disney shows on Broadway.

"Gaston" is part of their Beauty and the Beast medley, Tale As Old As Time, on their 2012 album "Once Upon an Ever After".

"Be Prepared" is part of their "OUaEA" Lion King medley, The King Has Returned. (That's also where the snippet over the end screen is from.)

"Mother Knows Best" was part of "The Story of Rapunzel" that they performed at Disney World's 2015 Social Media Moms Celebration.

○ They had also previously created a shorter villains medley including several of these songs for Jonathan Freedman as part of their Disney Sessions collaboration with the Aladdin stage cast.

○ Since this video was released, the guys have recorded longer versions of several more of these tunes.

"Friends on the Other Side" was their Halloween video for 2021, as well as their first reunion with J.None after he left to join the U.S. Navy Band.

"Oogie Boogie's Song" was their Halloween video later in this year.

"Poor Unfortunate Souls" was included in their Little Mermaid medley with Rachel Potter a year and a half later.

"Hellfire" was their Halloween video in 2023, also with J.None as the featured guest.

Geoff did a short of "Trust In Me" on his solo channel in 2024.

○ The guys' shirts are once again thematically appropriate.

Eli — Darth Vader from Star Wars in the style of Leonardo Da Vinci's "Vitruvian Man" drawing

Earl — the face of Hades from Hercules in blue and purple linework with yellow eyes and teeth, surrounded by blue flames, all with a glow effect meant to imitate neon lights

J.None — a full-body portrait of Claude Frollo from The Hunchback of Notre Dame with one hand extended to the side (I couldn't find the exact design, but I found one that's somewhat close and did a bit of editing to get it closer.)

Geoff — the stylized face of Scar from The Lion King

Layne — Dr. Facilier from The Princess and the Frog mirrored in the style of a playing card, with glowing red cards floating near his outstretched fingers and his name on a banner across the middle

○ Geoff later mentioned in his interview on The Charismatic Voice that he'd considered auditioning for Gaston at Disney World when he worked there, but that the guys who play the role are usually four to six inches taller than him due to the costume and choreography required.

○ They garnered a bit of praise from prolific a cappella arranger Rob Dietz, who they'd met during The Sing-Off, and who would become a frequent collaborator in a few years.

○ An artist fan was inspired to create a gender bent version of Cruel-Layne De Vil.

drawing by rtlndr_ on Instagram

○ The boys busted out some of their best evil laughs to further entertain their social media followers.

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○ This is the final entry in a mini-series within their "Aca Top 10" series, which was preceded by countdowns for "Disney Heroes" and "Disney Sidekicks" over the previous year and a half.

[piffany666]

So GBA has made content regarding how some of his characters from different series would interact (eg. Albus meeting Zed, Albus meeting Yargwin ect) in YouTube shorts and ticktocks and that got me thinking about how the listener characters would interact with each other so I've compiled a list of headcanons for how I think the listeners would get along!

Arkov & faithful:

I feel like faithful would be f*king terrified of Arkov (just cos you know...hybrid) meanwhile Arkov is just there like: •-•

Like no one can understand why anyone would even be mildly terrified of Arkov but faithful will unapologetically hide behind Albus (or literally anyone closest to her) whenever she sees her.

Meanwhile Arkov is just blissfully ignorant to it all cos no one has the heart to tell her why faithful acts the way she dose around her. Its just like:

Arkov: why is faithful hiding behind Albus?

Yargwin/kalomos: ignore her your perfect

Arkov: umm ok...? ● - ●

Arkov & darling:

I kinda feel like they'd just vibe while sitting silently. Like I can't think of anything specific for these two. I just feel like they'd ✨vibe✨ you know?

Darling & faithful:

I don't know about you but I feel like these two would f*king hate each other. Like I can't think of any specific reason as to why but I'm just picturing constant banter, back handed comments, if those two are in the same room together the tension would be so thick you could cut it with dental floss.

Guardian & Arkov:

I feel like the guardian would be like unintentionally really disrespectful towards her but not realise it. This is kinda just because of a GBA post on here where he depicts the guardian referring to Arkov as an "unlicensed test tube baby" and idk I feel like that would really offend Arkov but the guardian wouldn't realise it cos...thats what they are and they'd just think that their being honest.

Guardian & faithful:

Ok this can go one of two ways. 1 faithful sees the guardian as a god and dosnt know how to act around them or 2 she sees them as a false God and dosnt like them. Both resulting in the guardian feeling really uncomfortable around her

Faithful & karmor:

I kinda feel like if they ever where to meet, Karmor would see her as kinda like a cool older sister and she would see him as kinda like a lost puppy. I like the idea of karmor asking her advise about how to do stuff (cough* hipswich is stuff cough*) and she'd give the GOOD advise.

This is the same with most of the other listeners in regards to Karmor.

BONUS!

Arkov & zed:

(Yeah I know he isn't a listener but hear me out!)

I feel like they'd bond over the little things like:

Zed: my crush abandoned me

Arkov: omg same!

That being said I do also think he'd ask a lot of personal questions about the whole hybrid thing. You know in episode 1 of MOTH where the guardian literally had to cover his mouth to get him to stop asking intrusive questions? Yeah that. While good intentioned I do think it would go somthing like:

Zed: rambling questions about being a hybrid*

Arkov: slowly gets closer and just puts a hand over his moth* zed, sweetheart, I mean this in the nicest way possible, but please shut the fuck up

Zed: kinda terrified* oh...yeah..ok...sorry

(Anyway that's all for now, let me know if you have any other ideas on how the listeners would interact!)

[moongothic]

Oh hey let's do a rabid fire sesh of a few projects I did over the past few months 'cause these smaller ones don't need their own posts

Starting with the oldest; a basic ass red scarf. I had bought yarn, wanted to make a blanket, decided this wasn't the yarn for that project (mainly because I did not feel like buying like 200€ worth of this yarn to have enough FOR a blanket), turned it into a scarf instead. It is nice. And then the latest, as in "I finished this today"; a basic, small crochet rug. Mom had made these double-layered seat cushions years ago, and they were nasty, so much so that just washing them and dusting them would not clean them (because of being double layered, there was just dust inside the cushions). So instead of throwing them out I unraveled them to reclaim the yarn and turned it into a rug instead. It's a basic moss stitch rug, not very large, but it is quite soft (tube yarn). Though the texture of the yarn made crocheting it quite unpleasant, 0/10, would not do this again (with this yarn).

So if you remember, I had this pink yarn leftover from my first crochet sweater-turned-first knit sweater. Didn't have much to do with it, so I just knit that yarn into a single large panel. Then, reclaiming some fabric from an old button-up shirt (it had really bad stains on it elsewhere), I got a matching panel that I then attached together. I grabbed an old pillow I had absolutely shredded (as in "the filling is just loose lumps of polyester bouncing around"), stuffed it into the new pillowcase and boom. New cat bed for Honey. It's been done for a few months now and I can confirm, she absolutely loves it, which is all that matters. (I didn't sew the pillowcase shut because I wanted to make it easy to clean if necessary)

Then! Idiot's first try at embroidery! It sucked ass!

IDK I had wanted to try embroidering like small charms/pins for a while so I ended up caving in and got some felt and embroidery floss to try it out. I did keep on telling myself it was my first time so it was going to turn out bad most likely and to not worry about it, but man. It turned out so bad. I was so disappointed. It just looks so messy?? I can't tell if it's piss poor technique or poor color choises either (probably both let's be real)

But I kept on trying. Second attempt I forgot to take process photos but it was pretty much the same (I did have a delightful time trying to figure out how to "sketch" the moth onto the felt with thread because I couldn't actually draw onto it, it was too dark). Still hated how it turned out. Still decided to give it a third short, this time choosing to use some absolutely ANCIENT sewing thread instead of embroidery floss. (Also experimented using some extra felt to add "layers" to the thing, though in the end it wasn't noticable at all lol)

I still think it turned out horrible, but also definitely my favorite of the three. I am not immune to the Power of Penk I guess. But hey, I did manage to sell two of these for 50 cents each at a convention lmaooo

[stitching-spencer]

I hit 70% complete on part one tonight! Still behind since part two just dropped but I'm super enjoying this. My stitching group on Facebook is running another monthly challenge like October's and this will be my main piece that will get at least 100 stitches a day for 12 days. Solid progress will be made and some other projects will come out to play. Also going to seriously try to record my first floss tube video and get it uploaded to YouTube before the end of the year. Here's hoping for a productive month 😊

[shittysawtraps]

Hello Robert.

You forgot to floss your teeth yesterday. I see you don't care about your dental hygiene. Well, all of your teeth will fall out and your entire mouth will rot out of your skull if you don't consume this entire tube of toothpaste AND floss each tooth five times in the next 3 minutes.

I'm making sure you never forget to floss again, Robert.

[brosser-les-dents]

Reminder to brush and floss

#yeah#speaking as someone who has dental problems (both from having an incompetent denist as a kid and my dad's family having bad teeth)#mouthwash is better than nothing#kid's toothpaste isn't as strongly flavoured as adult's toothpaste is as using warm/hot water cuts the taste even more#and if you keep making your gums bleed when you brush get the 'soft' bristled brushes#there ARE enamel and gums repair toothpastes and while they are pricier(?) they do have a noticeable effect by the time you finish the tube (tags from @what-wait-why on my original brush your teeth post cuz there are only so many ways to say brush your teeth.)

[good-prog]

First socks

project dates: 2024/01/30-02/11

Yarn used: Malabrigo Sock 859 (Primavera) Because the yarn line has the word "sock" in it, I assumed it would be a safe choice for this project. However, some crafters have recommended it more for shawls/scarves--pretty much any other fingering weight project. It's also 100% SW wool, compared to the often-recommended 75/25 SW wool/nylon blend, so I'll have to see how this wears over time.

Pattern: Rye Light from Tin Can Knits (free!)

This was my first time knitting (or doing any fiber craft project, really) using fingering weight yarn. Everything was so thin; I felt like I was trying to knit floss with toothpicks! Eventually, I got used to handling both the yarn and the DPNs in a way that minimized laddering (a little visible, but I feel like blocking took care of most of it).

Overall, this project took a deceptively long time to knit! I now understand why knitters often recommend learning sock construction with worsted weight yarn. Thankfully, I never got bored since I could autopilot large sections of the sock while doing something else.

During this project, I learned how to wrap and turn short rows to create the heel. Next time, I'd like to try German short rows--I wasn't too satisfied with the small gaps, though blocking seemed to take care of it. I also learned to graft/Kitchener stitch the toe of a cuff-down sock. I improved my frogging / picking up dropped stitch skills as well. Even though there's some small errors with skipped stitches, I was able to catch most of them during the knitting process.

Bonus tube sock (pattern) for the cat. I would make a full set if he'd be willing to wear them, but he immediately kicked it off as soon as we managed to wrestle it on.

[sakebytheriver]

Wild how I went on a terf blocking spree and ended up on actual unrionic conservative/nazi/anti-vax/fascist blogs within like three reblog chains and how I also saw a post by one of those radfems conplaining about how when people call out radfem behavior they're just pointing at a middle aged conservative man, like babydoll. The cognitive dissonance is coming from inside the house

Also totally unfair that a transphobe has claimed this url

Like it's making me want to start a whole hashtag movement being like #NotMyMacGyver

My MacGyver would find a way to give trans men top surgery with a pair of garden shears, a paperclip, and a piece of bubblegum

My MacGyver would give trans women the perfect bottom surgery with a three hole punch, a kitchen knife, and a wooden spoon

My MacGyver would get you your hormones with nothing but a tube of chapstick, dental floss, and a picture frame