#boat thoughts
Explore tagged Tumblr posts
Text
That Researchin' Maritime Life
We've got a bit of downtime - there's a trawl going down to 5000m right now.
I've rotated and freshened up the sea cucumbers, packed away the echinoderms (starfish, sea cucumbers, sea urchins, brittle stars, feather stars and sea lilies), thrown a few buckets of seawater in the cold room (including the smaller pails seen below, I'm refining my holothurian rescue plans), and had a snack because This Machine, She Runs On Heavy Fuel.
This is actually a very comfortable ship to live on. Each cabin has a private ensuite, so you're not clambering down the bunk ladder and teetering out into the hall in search of the head in the middle of the night (I have been very spoilt and have only had one voyage like that). The mess has plenty of room at mealtimes. There are two lounges ("quiet" and "you're allowed to make noise and have informal meetings" respectively), and my favourite beanbags in the world.
There are, however, some drawbacks to marine research as a specialty (apart from the lack of job security, she says, as a short term contract taxonomist), and using a laboratory on a boat.
What drawbacks, you may ask.
Well, after my shift ends, I've been known to totter wearily into an online chat with mates and just drop random observations (you may note a somewhat laissez-faire attitude to punctuation).
For example:
you know it's amazing, you can be totally fine working in the dirty wet lab and you'll leave for five minutes and it's like your olfactory filters completely reset and then you get back down there and the nose is shouting at the brain "BOY HOWDY IT SURE DO SMELL LIKE FISHY PRAWNS IN HERE HUH JUST GOTTA SOAK IN THAT BRINY AMBIENCE"
summation: the science smells bad.
related outcome: the scientist also smells bad.
Yuuup, the smell is a whole freaking vibe. We can't dump too much seawater down the sinks that go into the grey water holding tank, we can't open the chute in the lab if there's an operation in progress (i.e. a trawl, a tow video, a Baited Remote Underwater Video, a fish trap) (which has been the case more often than not), and the same restriction is in place for simply tipping buckets over the side
That means that buckets of filthy seawater, sea cucumber guts, discarded excess critters, banged-up prawns and so on... just have to sit in the lab for a bit.
I've got a very sensitive nose. I have never been good at filtering out unpleasant smells, and yet somehow I kind of adapt to the lab odours... until I head up to the mess, and back down again.
(side note: we do actually clean the lab very thoroughly between trawls, and it does not smell all the time! It's more when you have to take a break in the middle of processing and then come back to it.)
What I do not adapt to is how bad I smell. By the end of the day, if I've been racing around in my coveralls, especially if I've been carrying heavy things, I will stink to high heaven.
(I will be quite self-conscious standing next to anyone.)
That shower is... so good.
But showering every day raises an issue. It's not what I normally do. Now, I realise there are some people who will find that horrifying (and most of them are from the US for some reason), but every second day, or when I need to wash my hair, or after a workout or, on a hot day? Yeah, that shower is good.
Every day? My poor skin is dryer than shoe leather, and I use a very gentle shower gel.
Shower Discord thoughts:
have been speculating on how one transitions from "I own body moisturiser but only occasionally remember to use it" as a terrestrial organism, to "I am pretty sure I could start a black market trade by subdividing this half-tube of Body Shop Hemp Hand Cream into small aliquots" as a person who is
1) at sea (the briny sea! The salty [drying] air!)
2) when not outdoors in the salty air, indoors in the drying A/C
3) regularly shoving one's hands into 100% ethanol and... usually... nearly always... wearing gloves while doing so
I mean this cream is the good shit
like basically liquid gold
which... could also be distributed in aliquots
okay. have decided: will not trade Body Shop Hemp Hand Cream for less than the equivalent volume of liquid gold
On later reflection, while I continue to believe that this asking price is fair, I may be pricing myself out of the market, if for no other reason than the simple lack of gold on board the vessel, regardless of phase.
I have decided that it doesn't have to be liquid. Melting gold on a moving vessel far off the continental shelf is an untenable safety risk. It just means that we will have to try to match the quantities by weight.
And that means using the scales in the clean wet lab, because the balances in our lab are not up to that sort of task.
And that means that I have definitely thought about this far too much, and I should go do something else (mainly clean my teeth and get ready for bed - need to get the energy for tomorrow's science-ing!).
We're still doing a fair bit of transiting and deeper sites, so I plan to try and knock out some taxonomic work on the few crinoids that have made it into the lab, and maybe set aside some time for the Sea Cucumber Salon.
Cukes gotta get their glamour shots, dammit.
#marine biology#boat thoughts#life at sea#holothurian naughty corner#RVInvestigator#Gascoyne2022#liquid gold is a safety concern#safety first at sea#moisturiser economic analysis#marine biologists do not need to lick the science because smelling the science is quite enough thank you and goodnight
86 notes
·
View notes
Text
#I thought maybe you'd enjoy this little string of rough thumbnails#it's part of a bigger comic scene that has been stuck in limbo forever#excuse my scribbly handwriting these are tiny and were never meant to be posted#own art#own characters#CanisAlbus#art#artists on tumblr#Machete#Vasco#anthro#sighthound#scenthound#dogs#canine#animals#comics#sketches#this is from the time they were studying in Venice#and I kind of imagined they could take a quick dip in the sea but there seems to have a lot fewer beaches than I thought#they could be on a trip to some neighboring area or maybe they rented a boat to Lido or something#the latter kind of dilutes the spontaneous element which was an important factor eh
6K notes
·
View notes
Text
[ID: A page of a play. It reads as follows, "Theseus: Stop. Give me your hand. I am your friend. / Herakles: I fear to stain your clothes with blood. / Theseus: Stain them, I don't care." End text.]
Herakles - Euripides (Tr. Anne Carson)
#on my own.#sorry the formatting on this is weird theres a page break bleh#anne carson#euripides#quotes#herakles#theseus#herakles&theseus#i just thought ab this play again and god… like a little boat being towed along by a big boat……#quoteblr#wordblr#euripides was rlly into this huh. w/ orestes & pylades ‘not to me not if its you’ like. he was rlly into this specific dynamic
70K notes
·
View notes
Text
one of the fun things my friends and i do is called 'boat or cage' where we try to categorize anything and everything as either a boat or a cage.
2K notes
·
View notes
Text
This is what instantly popped into my mind when I saw that part in the ep 😭😭
He's a closeted Etho Girlie no one tell him...
#etholabs#etho#hermitcraft fanart#hermitcraft#hermitblr#smallishbeans fanart#joel smallishbeans#smallishbeans#boat boys#i was gonna draw Etho on the body pillow#but i thought just putting Kakashi there#would be so much funnier#and i was right#SnazzyDArt
4K notes
·
View notes
Text
slab guy
#my art#ethoslab fanart#etho fanart#ethoslab#etho#trafficblr#life series#i put a lot more time and thought into this design than i normally do#tried to make it a teensie bit more detailed to see how it would look#since i want to try different things with my art ?#i’m… decently ? happy with how it came out.#+ i’ve been working on my colors and UPDATE !!! I no longer have a burning hatred for them. i somewhat enjoy coloring things now#um anyway this was meant to be a double life design because i was rewatching ethos pov of double life because im not okay#but like the only thing hinting at that is the boat patch and i think this would be my normal design if it didnt have that. SO.#whatever#I also kinda wish i made the background darker. but i do not care enough to fix it
530 notes
·
View notes
Text
DOLPHIN WATCHINGGGG!!!!!!111111111111
#Wow. I've NEVER posted with these 2 but ANYWAYS#based on a real event with my brother :D#Every time I'd see a dolphin or another boat approaches us and wave I'd always wave at them “HELLO BEAUTIFUL PEOPLEEEE”-#with my pim impression and shit and my brother came in with “I'm gonna puke” as charlie and I thought it I needa draw it for funnies#charlie dompler#pim pimling#smiling friends#fanart#kirbs art
871 notes
·
View notes
Text
139- dude
#smallishbeans#joel smallishbeans#boat boys#kinda#iskall85#hc 10#daily beans#no but like i genuinely cannot believe he was behind the statues#i thought etho was just messing with everyoen LMAO#and also i love that he was showing off his lizzie statue ough
570 notes
·
View notes
Text
beloved!!!
#neither of these characters r women >:3#mine#fan art#rote#fitz and the fool#fitzloved#realm of the elderlings#i was screaming reading golden fool let me tell you that. 'you thought i was bringing you flowers?' fitz what if i bit you#i am on . fools fate now. oh dear#after this im gonna. wait a long time before reading fitz and fool trilogy...good lord#also. u would not believe the amount of GRIEF. this drawing gave me. ive been staring at colour variations for like an hour#th pose is based off an Artus Scheiner drawing i saw n was like. thats fitzloved#i hvent read liveship traders i know i know. smite me down. listen. i dont care for boats i really dont.#i started reading it n was like i dont respect any of these people and then. stopped skdfbsdk#anyway. why is it 30 degrees. relax. its cooler next week thank god. this better b th last of th heat or im gna start biting
2K notes
·
View notes
Text
#watching a boat show again so you know what that means#the terror#sails right back into my thoughts#cornelius hickey#slashonmydash
2K notes
·
View notes
Text
idea i had
#doodles#i feel like a lot of media overplays the bat transformation when vampires can also turn into wolves and mist#theres a story in vampirella issue 1 (september 1969) called “death boat” which i wont spoil but the twist ending really surprised me#i wanted to have the vampire/mist/smoke come out of the bite but it would have been hard for me to draw in paint#like it would have covered the bite marks and i thought it wouldnt be clear what was happening
1K notes
·
View notes
Text
Smiling and giggling and pacing the floor because Joel’s gone and gotten himself engaged in an old school, honest-to-god classic prank war with motherfuckin’ Etho of Etho’s Lab—this guy doesn’t just build something silly in your base and call it a day, no no no—he’s got to have layers of propaganda and misdirection and gaslighting on top of it! Anything less would be an insult to his opponent, after all!
Please rise to the challenge Joel SmallishBeans I know you have what it takes please escalate you know you wanna it would be amazing
It took Doc ten years to land an anvil kill on Etho, I bet Joel could do better
629 notes
·
View notes
Text
joels newest hermitcraft episode was great for many reasons but. the contrast between "cis straight white man mining content" and scar telling joel and etho to get a room.
#not to mention joel always saying ethos obsessed with him#and ethos response being 'someone needs to put up with you' like LMAO????#theyre so funny#and both their builds look so fucking good so far#i am enjoying this season so much if you could tell#anyway#hermitcraft season 10#smallishbeans#ethoslab#i had to make my thoughts known for once#boat boys#semi related im so surprised when anyone calls joel 'beans'#im like wdym......
466 notes
·
View notes
Text
Captains!!
Closeups and details under cut!! :33
#I forgot to give any of them the obligatory boat knife#<<—- I also broke most sailboat rules too so I give myself a pass#I have lots and lots to say about these but i get scared whenever I share my thoughts lol#one day maybe#but don’t be afraid to ask if you’re curious :3#jrwi#jrwi fanart#jrwi riptide#my art#jrwi show#jay ferin#gillion tidestrider#jrwi jay#jrwi gillion#jrwi chip#jrwi spoilers
403 notes
·
View notes
Text
The Boys in the Boat | “Learning to Row”
282 notes
·
View notes
Text
take responsibility
#mouthwashing#mouthwashing anya#mouthwashing curly#mouthwashing jimmy#i didnt draw jimmy's face bc i hate his ass#they should uhh take responsibility or whatever#me personally?#i think curly is as much of an accomplice with jimmy because he had refused to help anya#copying this from a comment to kinda explain my thought process#what if#jimmy assaulting anya in front of curly and she look to curly accusing and pleading as if he could save her#kinda like bringing the horror act in front of curly will makes him realize how horrific the act hes pardoning for is#and i want he to look at anya because shes looking at him asking for help and he didnt help her#anya asking him to take responsibility#no colour cuz im kinda busy rn#i think the crew should take turn beating jimmy to death with a rock#coming back to add that#yes curly is experiencing the similar situation with anya#like in this she is in front of him but jimmy is behind her#hes behind both of them and if anya wasnt in the picture jimmy wouldve pose as the assailant to curly in this situation#which he is! he is abusing BOTH jimmy and anya#i kina wanna show how anya and curly situation parallel one another#theyre in the same sinking boat of a situation
154 notes
·
View notes