#Plastic Boots

[hottiesbooted]

Bielorussian Model: Anastasiya Azaronak (@anastasiya_azaryonak)

[howlsnteeth]

oh, have a little mixed mercy on me

[malcanine]

Behind every gay person is a gayer, more evil person

[missed-oblivion]

The MH potion figures are adorably tiny but were basically unpainted hunks of plastic so I repainted them and it’s so worth it. They look so cute and the sculpts have such cool details, it’s a shame to not bring those out. If I had to pick a favourite, it would be Frankie and Cleo but the rest are close too.

Closer looks at each figure + their charms:

[dcrescendo7]

[marzipanandminutiae]

Marzi's Old House Supply Kit: A Non-Exhaustive List

So you've moved into an old house! Congratulations! No, no, look at me. Look in my eyes. Congratulations. You don't need smart lighting. You don't need paltry things like "showers that don't make ungodly noises if you set the water outside a very specific temperature range" or "logical staircases." Because those people who say They Built Them Sturdier Back Then is survivorship bias are wrong, lead paint is only a problem if you eat it, and your new home is basically a tank

also it might have stained glass. so basically you win

(no but seriously the Survivorship Bias argument is just like. tell me you don't live in a city with large quantities of remaining working-class 110-year-old buildings without telling me. I do. they're sturdier. end of.)

but you might need some things to make it a bit more comfortable. here's what I've found, over eight years of living in houses built 1920 or earlier

Power strips. Depending on the age of your house, it may or may not have had electricity originally. And even if it did, whoever lived there almost certainly had fewer things to plug in than the average denizen of the 2020s. There also may have been gorgeous wall sconces that some asshole heartlessly ripped out at some point, forcing you to use the hideous hateful Overhead LightTM or plug in a bunch of lamps. Either way, you're going to need to turn that single outlet in the room into several more. Hence, power strips.

(hey, I never said this list was free of my design biases. deal)

A Good Fan. You may live in a place where retrofitting with air conditioning was commonplace in the last several decades. I do not. So a good pedestal fan can make the difference between comfort and just not sleeping at all from late June to mid-September. Weirdly, I did once look at a place that was from the 1850s and had been retrofitted with central A/C, which is vanishingly rare in even urban Massachusetts. But I digress.

A stud-finder. "Marzi, you spent years of your life explaining to tourists that picture rails existed because trying to hammer nails directly into horsehair plaster and then putting weight on them did Bad Things." Yes I did. "What did you attempt to do the second week of living in your first house with horsehair plaster?" ...shut up. I used the Poltergeist Method to find solid wood- I don't know if it's actually studs or the lath or what; I'm not a builder -to hang my Lady and the Unicorn tapestry from, namely knocking on the wall until it doesn't sound hollow. You might want to go a bit quieter and more advanced. Or, if you have a picture rail, embrace the "long visible hanging wires" look. It is in fact there for a reason!

Window screens. You are actually required by Massachusetts state law to provide these to your tenants. Doesn't mean my last landlady did. And if you own your place, live in another state, or have a similarly laissez-faire building owner, you might end up needing to Bring Your Own Insect-Blocking Shield. Just make sure you've got them, one way or the other. Because see above re: fan vs. air conditioning in old houses.

WD-40. When's the last time those hinges were oiled? Potentially before television. And they WILL squeak. UPDATE I HAVE BEEN INFORMED THAT WD-40 IS NOT A GOOD LONGTERM SOLUTION. Find "actual oil." Not sure what the more specific name is. Good to know!

That's just what I've found needful so far, but I'm happy to update the list as required!

And you'd better believe, if I owned my own place, this would include "the name of a preservation contractor to undo all the unnecessary ~*MoDeRnIzInG*~ aesthetic bullshit the past owners did since the End of Mainstream Western House Beauty AKA 1920 (That Brief Rococo Revival In the 1930s Can Maybe Sit With Us)"

[saracd71]

[rebchen]

i love licking cherries

[pennybunpirate]

How is your day? I've spent part of my evening painting seagull poop, which, to be honest, I hadn't anticipated a month ago 🙃

(I'm loving every minute of it)

Slowly, slowly getting there🐢

Ok I still need to do the water and stone at the bottom as well as finish the details up top and freshen up the tentacles and varnish it....but We're. Getting. There. *Intense grin*

(edit: if you saw me post this on a Tuesday night going all in believing it was Wednesday, after having reminded myself all day that it wasn't, no you didn't🙃)

[opens-up-4-nobody]

I just need someone to behold how cute my outfit is

[vampiricgf]

okay the anxiety is setting in oh my god I hope they like me enough to employ me please god I need a job so bad rn I don't wanna be a mei nu anymore

[constantvariations]

Adam takes a very specific stance over his fallen foes: boot on their chest, weapon in his hand, and a smirk on his face

You think that's the last thing he ever saw with two eyes?

[collectivelyacoward]

DOODLE DUMP!? again..

[stabbingandorbeingstabbed]

found a $200 pair of wide calf knee boots that i was thinking abt paying full price for on the sam edelman website for $60 on the ebay can every one pray for me that they zip over my stupid fucking calves please i don't want to have to send another pair of boots back this is like the fifth pair 😭😭😭 the guys in charge of boots don't want to see me thrive but im determined to despite this ❤️

[unityrain24]

hate when boot companies are like "we are Environmentally Friendly because we don't use real animal leather!" What do you mean environmentally friendly!!! that means you are using synthetic fake leather!! plastic is NOT environmentally friendly!!!!!

[knaveofmogadore]

You ever wake up from a dream so fucked that you have to sit there for 10 minutes after waking to rewrite the ending so that you can move on with your day or are you normal