#emigrating

[mylittleyuna]

In the 10 years I’ve been away, a lot has happened- obviously.

I have worked on a cruise ship, with ppl from all around the world, and discovered the human spirit is really much the same across the board no matter where you’re from.

I miss the multicultural work environment. Where everyone brought something unique to the table and everyone respected each other.

I don’t miss the grueling schedule, mind-numbing routine, constant time shifts from crossing time zones, the isolation due to no internet or phone access, the blazing sun.

But I am so glad I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to work on the ship that I did. Even if it was borderline/full on abuse of power by some and exploitation of a less privileged workforce (the bulk of my fellow employees were from the Philippine Islands).

It taught me so much I could never have learned otherwise, both about myself and human nature. And Alaska is the most breathtaking place I have seen to date.

I know now, that I cannot live in the United States any longer. If I can, I have to find another country to emigrate to. The mindset of the U.S. is so narrow, so blind, so self-centered, I do not align with it and really never have.

That’s one of the things that’s happened since I’ve been gone. I’ve discovered that, if you want to find “your people”, sometimes, you have to travel far from where you are currently.

Ok, more updates later, but those are my thoughts for now. 🤍🪽

[elodieunderglass]

Time for our regular reminder to people from New England that our native dialect’s charming slang for a small liquor store is a racial slur in the rest of the English speaking world.

Yes I know we don’t mean it that way. Yes I know we have no idea. Yes I know that people from Pakistan hardly ever visit New England let alone settle there, and it is 💯 innocently meant in New England.

It is extraordinarily unfair that the racial connotations of keeping a small corner shop means that it unintentionally doubles the impact of the slur.

It’s wicked uncool but there you go and now you know.

[verisdulcis]

The band’s early Christmas gift

[txttletale]

[dandysnob]

I was tagged by @marimayscarlett to post my 5 favourite songs at the moment 🎶 Thank you dear!

Tagging @samshinechester @meinewellemeinstrand @vulnerant-omnes @morgana-lefay @franwikema @frampk @naomullen @itconsumesyou @gabibbo06 💚

[orlaite]

UTVANDRARNA (1971) dir. Jan Troell

[mapsontheweb]

Top countries losing people to emigration.

[raisetheblackuniverse]

My heart just melted

[phoenixyfriend]

Every time I try to do a modern AU I want to change up Padme's background

Her face is EE Jewish, her accent is American, her fashion is Mongolian(-inspired), her name is Indian(-inspired), her house is Italian--

And in a modern setting it's unlikely for all to be true at once so. You gotta pick.

I think I usually go with either Mongolian-Italian or Indian-Italian (racially), religiously and maybe ethnically Jewish? Aaaaaand probably Natalie Portman's own "immigrated to the US very young" background because same, which is then the accent.

Me pointing at Padme: I'm gonna project this one specific thing on her and you can't stop me

[heatherzk]

Hide and seek!

[tilllindemannobsessed]

These two 🥰

[krusperichard]

📷 by Carsten Sander

[abs0luteb4stard]

Trump: "You have to get out and vote. You won't have to do it anymore. Four years, it will be fixed, it will be fine. You won't have to vote anymore.. In four years, you won't have to vote again."

LIVE WEST PALM BEACH, FL

Can you believe he's just openly saying he's planning on becoming a dictator, never having to vote again? And these Christians are just eating it up. They're happy. They're insane.

America isn't perfect, but by God, the search for that perfection is dead under Donald Trump and these White Christian Nationalists nightmare theocratic dictatorship.

This is sickening.

[indignantlemur]

Here's what I was working on before the stairs made an attempt on my life last week!

I haven't totally decided if I want to colour this or just do flat shades and some cross-hatching. I also have to add in some ushaan-tors for the Andorians at some point.

(...and Dagmar is incapable of refraining from wearing cheeky accessories whenever she can.)

I can kind of draw with the arm currently, as long as I'm very careful with it, but it's not really a good idea to do too much so I don't expect to make much progress art-wise for a while yet. Typing isn't so bad, so hopefully I'll manage some writing in the meantime.

[marimayscarlett]

Hello :)

You said, boxer-Richard from the Deutschland music video was your third favourite look in a music video...which looks are on first and second position? Pictures to illustrate your point are very appreciated ;)

Hi and thank you so much for this lovely ask 🤍

3rd favourite:

Boxer Richard from the Deutschland MV does have a special place in my heart - normally I'm not super into the moustache look, but in this case it does fit him quite a lot. The 1920s aesthetic adds its own charm. I love how Richard, as a boxer, comes across as very confident - that now-iconic wink does have a certain effect 👀

He also has the fitting physique for a boxer from that era, and his entire look, like Till's in this MV, strongly resembles the boxer John L. Sullivan, who was very successful in the late 19th century as a boxer, but serves as a great reference point, as you can see. Richard just fits perfectly into this setting.

2nd favourite:

For years, my heart solely belonged to Gangster!Richard - perfect look with his spikes and stubble, a cold-hearted gangster with a healthy amount of smoothness, who very well knows his effect on the masses 🙂‍↕️

And he was the reason my Rammstein obsession started in general! I knew Rammstein since my childhood (as you do as a German kid, knowing mostly Engel, Du riechst so good and Stripped), but then I discovered the Ich will MV by coincidence on YouTube almost 10 years ago. And there he was, quite literally dancing right into my heart. This was the precise moment 21 old me lost her mind over this man for the first time:

My favourite look:

My love for vampires is no secret, and when the music video for I'm Still Alive by Emigrate came out, I was immediately captivated by the vampiric older lord. He’s pure drama personified and fulfills every fantasy in my delusional brain about a compelling and tormented vampire, full of elegance and passion.

Not a day goes by without me thinking about this music video, and my brain has simply decided to create lore for this vampire, the delusion does have me in a tight grip 🫢 Love of my fantasy life, that man.

Honourable mentions:

My beloved eyebrow-boy in Benzin (his eyebrows are the only reasons this video is somewhat enjoyable) and Richard in Adieu - both in his priest version and the caged version🙏🏻