#don't be me

[just-an-enby-lemon]

Today's rant is getting 20 minutes late to class cause you didn't bind safely started having dificulty breathing and since your big naturals are way to big it didn't even fully helped with the dysphoria.

[there-will-be-a-way]

A lesson I learned the hard way: you will develop a vitamin deficiency if you live off instant ramen and you will have to pay 60€ for supplements at the pharmacy.

[erebus0dora]

a quick word on obligatory signatures

[inkiedraws]

*sees you draw more doffy muscles* *heavy breathing*

What have i done.

[pixiltalks]

Pulling an all nighter to track the US election was the worst fucking idea I've ever had. Fuck. That was fucking stupid of me.

[mayuris-basement-dweller]

Ahhhh. Another day, another 24 hours to realize I am utterly incapable of doing anything right.

[afniel]

My writing habits continue to be absolutely questionable...no wonder I don't wake up until at least noon. On one hand, this is the most 24-hour my sleep cycle gets. On the other, my peak writing hours are 2-4am. There's really no winning.

[chewysticks]

do you ever wake up and forget who and where you are

and you look down to see the two hands that are supposedly yours

only to notice that they might not be yours

[pyjamaenzel]

I figured it out....the darker metallic thread (used on the smaller spikes) is the same one i used for my previous piece, and the strands are thinner, so it doesn't snag as easily while stitching and shred itself to death. The gold outline took at least as long as the rest of it alone... (head in hands) I wonder if the type of needle might also be a factor. ...I also learned that the fabric I have isn't square, which is why it looks slightly squashed...other than that I think it came out pretty good.

[coyotecreek]

Gotta ramble about litter BT1 and the steel gene a bit. Also, I left out some context regarding this litter. Buckthorn (dad) is a typical purebred American chinchilla who carries wideband. Tungsten is a wideband silver-tipped steel, and is an F2 (approximately 75% Amchin, 25% silver fox). To those unfamiliar with steels, they'd likely think she's just a normal chin, as she's pretty light for a steel and DOES have visible fur banding (it just lacks the usual contrast).

The smart thing for me to do would be to pick one of the non-steeled kits from this litter as my keeper, since American chins are not supposed to be steeled in the first place. I just really love my steels, and Tungsten is a brick who makes more bricks, so I wanted to include her in this line. But now I'm like "Shit! I gotta pair one of those steels with one of my red satins. I gotta test breed their dad for non-extension.. I MUST know for sure."

It's been pretty consistent, so far.. the Ese steel look. They have black undersides and steeling along the back/saddle. I do have one in litter TE1 who was almost entirely jet black, but he finally ended up getting a little more steel ticking when his intermediate coat grew in. You'll often hear people claim that Ese "presents as self" (not often the case, in mine and others' experience, though that kit proves it can happen). The others in that litter look just like the two Polaris had in her first litter (TP1), and they're what made me test her for non-extension again. It was the only indicator I had that it might be at play there, as she had one other steel kit who was normal-looking, like all the ones I'd had before that. And I was right, Aris is a non-extension carrier!

I should have kept her son, Mal, and I kind of regret it now, but he was an excellent example of how non-extension affects a steel's coloring. I should post a photo of him later. There's no such thing as a "non-extension steel," as both genes are on the same locus (so you can't have Es and two copies of e), but it still seems to have a visual affect when the rabbit has just one copy of each. Es and e, a steel that carries non-extension.

But, this is something I've been messing around with, and haven't mentioned much here. If I find that steel is pretty reliable in testing for the presence of non-extension, that's pretty cool. And useful. Steel can be a pain in the ass because it can be hidden by other genes (and can also look self, often the case with super steels), and I get why so many people hate it, but I'm finding it isn't as randomly variable as we seemed to think. Other genes can and do modify it, and I aim to map that all out to the best of my ability. Ese paired with wideband might be tricky to determine by just appearance, though. Because if I'm correct on that one BT1 kit being exactly that, it's somewhere in between looking like a normal steel and a wideband steel, currently. Can't wait to see how that one looks when older.

[spoons-on-empty]

can i be everyone's chronic illness older sibling for a second here? if you have a condition that affects your balance, heat tolerance, or energy please go buy a shower chair. i finally bought one because i discovered i can use an hsa card for it and oh. my. gosh. showering was so much easier. i've had pots for 5 1/2 years now and damn i should have done this forever ago. go do it. buy one now. if you don't need the backrest or arms and don't need to pay with an hsa card they even have nice bamboo ones that look nice in your shower! i got the regular one and hope to upgrade some day but just... damn i should have done this so long ago

[whenthewallfell]

gentle reminder to SAVE YOUR WORK REGULARLY

[iamthepulta]

PSA: Tomatoes have citric acid, so if you take Adderall or other stimulant meds, you need to wait an hour after eating.

[original-punks]

glad my misery can be put to some use

[plethomacademia]

The only thing saving my long fic is that I'm going to Pax because otherwise I would go home tonight and start a new game and you would not see me for a month