#The Dodos

[artbymheflin]

A few doodles I found in a sketchbook from an art class in university when I was getting my art degree. I recall a classmate seeing them and telling me I should keep drawing them; Hannah, if you're out there, I hope you're doing well :)

The quotes around the ladies are one Tumblr-found, Modest Mouse, and Modest Mouse, respectively, with a little bit of The Dodos on the sides 🎵

[leather-phase]

Jon knew what the assignment was all about!

[retrogamingblog2]

Animal Crossing Postcards made by Stephology

[spoonybird]

an assorted selection of dodos made for dodo stickers

[stgroversfire]

ik my drummer bf is enjoying a song im showing them when they start drumming on the steering wheel

[draconym]

I feel like there should be more dodo furries in the world

[foldingfittedsheets]

In college I did this production of Alice in Wonderland. I got cast as the Dodo who’s part of the caucus race and it was really fun. As part of my character I developed this absolutely unhinged laugh, because our scene is basically just chasing each other around in a circle screaming.

The laugh was a full throated undulating crazy burst of sound, like a mashup of every other 90’s anime villain and SpongeBob, if they were tripping balls and having the best time of their life. It is not a laugh for indoors.

As the production got under way our costumes rolled out and it was Very low budget so my costume was a purple tshirt with a feather boa wound through it, feathers spirit gummed to my face, a purple skirt, and purple pantyhose.

Now the trouble was that my scenes were all running, and there wasn’t shoes in my costume. The pantyhose slid on every surface like ice, from the stage to the aisles. I brought up concerns about falling but basically got told to just be careful.

The show must go on and so I took to the stage with my extremely slippery feet, vowing that if I fell I’d stay in character.

We had two performances and a dress rehearsal and in each one we run out three times and on the last we run down through the audience. The dress rehearsal and first performance I got through and kept my feet, slipping but flailing myself upright each time and laughing my insane character laugh at the foibles.

The final show dawned. I was confident I’d be able to manage. The first two caucus races went by and I stayed up. On the third I circled the stage okay but as I was dashing off stage through the aisle, my foot slipped out from under me.

It was slow motion for me as I felt the eyes of the audience tracking my slow tilt forward. I reached out to catch myself and landed with a hard whumpf on my stomach, seeing stars as all the air left my body. A hush fell as everyone waited with bated breath to see if this was part of the show or if they’d just watched a performer eat shit and injure themself.

The second I could reinflate my lungs I shrieked out with, “AhAhaahaHaA!” Scrabbling to my feet I flapped my arms and followed after the dormouse and turtle, laughing hysterically.

My elbows and pride were bruised but by god, I stayed in character.

Afterward my friends said, “Did you have to do that every time? It was my favorite part! Your laugh was so good!”

[kitschke]

"Fools", The Dodos

[amnhnyc]

Did you know? This colorful bird might be one of the Dodo’s closest living relatives! Meet the Nicobar Pigeon (Caloenas nicobarica). This bird lives in forest or mangrove habitats on islands, such as the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Like some other birds and reptiles, it has a gizzard stone in its stomach that helps break down tougher foods in its diet, like the hard exteriors of seeds and nuts.

Photo: Mykola Swarnyk, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

[olaskoolkitchen]

Ola's Kool Kitchen podcast 480 with snazzy sounds from The Nude Party, Michael James Tapscott, Pale Blue Eyes, Mary Jane, The Black Angels, The Dodos & SRSQ.

[sealsdaily]

Today's Seal Is: Fashionista

[artbymheflin]

Just me, back in collage, screaming at myself and at the guy I couldn't scream at and at the other guy I couldn't scream at, screaming via my sketchbook. The words in the middle are the lyrics to "Waste" by Phish and "When Will You Go" by The Dodos. The quote around the edges of the page is one I (probably) ran across on Tumblr:

"Just because two people are capable of deeply hurting each other over and over again does not make them passionate, star-crossed lovers. It makes them two people who keep doing terrible things to each other. Someone's ability to make you completely and utterly soul-crushingly miserable does not mean they are a soulmate with some deep insight into your psyche. They are just someone who is really good at making you unhappy." -Andrea Greb, You Are Not Blair Waldorf

Well said.

[ihavealavalamp]

Deuteronomy 2:10, The Mountain Goats [x]

[theyshapedlikefriends]

Sunlemon - LOST ANIMALS

[cremsie]

Galoys is a bit of a worrier, but that’s why he has friends like Sir Lancelot.

[retrogamingblog2]

Animal Crossing Postcards made by Stephology