#and knowing I have a backup helps

[teaboot]

Due to a long history of [REDACTED] I have a chronic anxiety of doing something “wrong” and having [INSERT ANY PERSON HERE] get “mad at” me, and in trying to get over it I have developed a calming method that has worked rather well in extreme flareups if you don’t mind appearing a little unhinged

Step 1: Get a scrap of paper

Step 2: Consider the thing you are about to do

Step 3: Write down what you are about to do and why it makes sense

Step 4: Put it in your pocket, tape it under a desk, in your bra, wherever- Somewhere nearby so that it will be there when you need it

Step 5: If someone DOES “get mad at” you, retrieve the note and give it to them

Whether the “angry” person is reasonable or not, you can rest assured in the evidence that your actions made sense and were the best you could do with the information you had at the time.

Also, because it is always very very funny to have a handwritten response to something very specific that a person hasn’t even said yet, you may find your anxiety lightened by the possibility of pulling off an excellent bit, so even if the bad thing DOES happen, you’ll still have something to laugh about later

*I am aware that this is a trauma thing. Yes, my clothes are full of paper. No, I don’t intend to stop. Yes, it has happened. No, they don’t always laugh. Yes, it’s still very funny every time

[arcade-confetti]

"Jason was the happy robin" this, "jason was the angry robin" that. Let's all be fully honest here Jason was the lonely robin

[ann-chovi]

Drawing tablet recommendations?

Okay, so my trusty old Galaxy Tab S3 that I've been working on exclusively since 2018 is... well, it's getting on in years. The battery life is starting to drain a LOT faster than it used to- it lags despite my system clean-up attempts, and the only art program I CAN run on it (medibang paint) has gotten so utterly bogged down by ads and paywalled tools that it's just getting frustrating to use.

I'm thinking it MIGHT finally be time for an upgrade- something that can run CSP maybe, and something with HIGH pressure sensitivity in the stylus (i draw light and prefer my lines to reflect that)

Does anyone have any affordable recs? I'd prefer a screen tablet that I can carry around with me. I hear mixed reviews about Huion, but the same can be said for Wacom, so I'd love to hear from fellow artists on preferences.

[bigcats-birds-and-books]

y'all!! i'm doing it!! i'm reading a charted pattern with NO TEXT BACKUP, and a baby shawl is being born!!

[forsxken-fxw]

// ive got some . evil thoughts . evil thoughts that came be turned to fluff //

[magentagalaxies]

threw together a new buddy cole doc poster design on canva tonight bc i don't really want to use the old poster for our next crowdfunding campaign and anyway do you like it?? genuinely give me any feedback you have bc i do not know graphic design i just have images and put text on em

[likedaylighht]

Just got home from work where the whole day was chaos from the moment I opened to the moment I closed 🫠🫠🫠

[breadandblankets]

thinking about different ways you can be nocturnal in relation to bats ya know, like you could go to sleep at dawn and wake up mid afternoon or go to be during the afternoon and wake up at dusk etc etc

so ive started classifying bats into morning bats or afternoon bats lmao:

Morning: Alfred, Jason, Steph (school), Cass, Bruce, Damian, Kate

Afternoon: Tim, Dick, Steph (during breaks), Babs, Harper

[insanechayne]

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[buttercup-barf]

Under the cut are mostly self-insert doodles of decreasing quality. Again, not much directly tied to Team Fortress 2. Might as well toss these out while I have no access to my puter. Much yapping under the cut and in the tags incoming.

Another self-insert, this time less of a "here's me as a tenth class" and more of a "here's my game experiences translated into the class I would take the place of". The Cleaner. Although I guess they could still be wearing either suit. It doesn't matter that much.

That one Convict's Case taunt with Backup would be extremely funny, because the man would be on the verge of a breakdown (he does not want to go to jail so bad you have no idea). The second image- I owe no explanation. You know what I am. You see the pattern with my favourites.

The duality of the man. Resting face versus "just heard you express interest in religion/Russian folklore" face. He's not that hard to make friends with, when you pull him away from all the explosions.

Some doodles of trying to figure his face out. Unfortunately, the more I stare at him, the more I worry that he looks like A Certain Guy With The Last Name "Kazarin", and the fear of never being original in my life caught up to me.

Don't look at me, don't perceive me, I refuse to explain any of my actions to you.

[lokh]

dude. starting to wish id gone with the teach yourself series for language learning vs the hugo in 3 months series

[actuallykyogai]

So depraved of HazeKen content I'm puking up lungs over fan [mis]translations ( ´Д｀)=3

[treely-ruly]

It's so hot at the moment, and I woke up in the dark morning to someone screaming outside our house??

I ended up going to ask if she was ok, and then got her a glass of water and some food. She thanked me and told me not to help people and also to watch out for aliens and reptiles and hospitals

Idk maybe it's foolish to be getting out of bed and talking to randoms in the middle of the night, but I like... Watched her for a bit from my doorway to see if she seemed violent, but all she was doing was trying to light a toy dog on fire with a lighter, and like... It must be fucking awful to be out overnight in this weather. She poured half of the water on her head and then gave back the glass and I went back to bed

[obstinaterixatrix]

(this is fine bc neither friend is on tmblr) was trying to get together with a friend who can have a little social anxiety and a friend who’s chill with whatever, and also, am sick of my friends being behind on severance, and also, never compromise never surrender, (and also light social anxiety friend tends to be a bit flakey) (usually because of extenuating circumstances but I’m probably gonna wait like a month before trying to make any plans so I can have a cooldown period) (listen. things happen plans get cancelled And Also we haven’t seen each other in like half a year and every plan I’ve made so far has been delayed/rescheduled/cancelled on her end) (so I’m gonna need some time before I’m willing to, once again, Take The Active Role, again, without reciprocation) but anyway I had it planned out for IF everything went according to plan I’d have the severance watch group come over sat morning and kick them out at 3, IF lightly socially anxious friend cancelled but chill with whatever friend came then tell the chill friend she can come early and kick no one out, IF both friends cancelled then it’s just gonna be a severance day, option 2 happened

[greyedian]

oh my god I was thinking about a jayvik fallout new vegas AU and was like "hm maybe Viktor uploads himself into one of those robots until he can get a different body by like repurposing power armor or something idk" and then I remembered that this guy's name actually is Victor

[transsexula]

Every year for the month of October I make a movie calander- one horror movie a day, every day, for the entire month. My problem now, is that after three years of doing this- I'm starting to..... well, run out isn't the right way to put it... but it's starting to feel like I've seen most of the big hitters.

So the question I'm throwing out there is:

Fans of horror, what movies would you reccomend for this year's October watch?

I'm looking for anything and everything. I will watch silent black and white films. I read subtitles and I'm not opposed to hunting down a niche foreign horror/thriller. PLEASE DO NOT GIVE SPOILERS I would like to go into the movies blind (trigger warnings are very welcome, though)