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drew some creatures at the amnh :0
#sketchbook stuff#artists on tumblr#went to the butterfly pavilion too#they had an exhibit called opulent ocean and gOSH :'D#basically it was like old science/field drawings(??) of marine life but museum made them#into these huge posters on the wall and they were really gorgeous to see up close oauuauaughhgh#knew I forgot something at homehahhsfs aka my brush and the incorrect charger cord#would've stayed longer but my phone was kinda running out of battery#some of the exhibits are kinda dark so I'm just scribbling away colors/hoping they look fine hAHA#kinda interesting to see them later in normal light#edit: hmm...what if I made a pdf of all the museum/aquarium drawings#edit: also huh I am like...2/3 done with this sketchbook#which is kinda cool becasue I started it in february#also almost done with the birthday sketchbook from last year
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He dies if you don't pay attention to him, its a very urgent situation for an uncle to attend to.
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#poorly drawn mdzs#mdzs#wei wuxian#jiang cheng#jin ling#In the audio drama he's banging on the door and it cracks me up#i really wanted to draw jin ling banging on a window but I could not make it look right B*(#he exhibits such strong needy little dog vibes in this scene#scratching and banging at the door because its *Closed*!!!! how could you do this!!! aughhh!!!#i called him jiang cheng’s designer depression puppy before but this really proves it#this is the perfect and ideal form of a spoiled character. when he gets away beeing needy because he’s loved#JC’s threats are *so* empty. He’s the uncle who says ‘no more candy for today’ and caves after looking at JL’s wet eyes#‘hey op are you going to talk about the clown nose?’ okay sure. it was tucked into the fluff of the dog from the last comic#or maybe wwx just grows them every once in a while when he’s being a clowned on
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I get it.
I actually get it.
I went to an art museum today and I got it. For the first time, I actually understood, at least a little.
I left feeling enriched and inspired.
I could see where the rattlecan's spray leaked under the tape.
I could see spatter where the paintbrush touched down a bit too hard.
Lines where the artist's hand trembled.
Almost-perfectly-lined-up woodblock prints.
I could almost hear the waves lapping at the foreshore in the resultant printed work.
I got it. I got the art. I understood.
Usually, I go to an art gallery, I stare at the pieces, and I understand nothing and feel stupid.
This time I got it. This time I could feel the artist shaking my hand.
This time was different.
I get it now.
#magnetar rambles#I don't know if I was really going anywhere with this#but if there's a free art exhibition near you#you should go!#and take a close look at the art#see the mistakes where the artist goofed a little#see the human imperfections#and feel a connection to the other person#the flaws making the work shine all the brighter#IDK
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One of the highlights of the trip has been the Philadelphia zoo. I’m extremely biased to my local zoo but I think they have some incredible enrichment at the Philly zoo and might go on record as saying it has some legs up on mine.
We happened to catch the end of the Galapagos tortoise time. The trainer would place her target down and they’d amble eagerly toward it for a bite of delicious watermelon.
But the best bit was two who were munching together.
They ran out of watermelon and slowly both their necks rose as they simultaneously decided to fight each other for more delicious sticky treats (which neither of them had any longer).
The trainer huffed in exasperation and marched over, ramming her stick down and ordering like a drill sergeant, “Girls! Target!”
Both feisty ladies immediately desisted their display and turned obediently to the magic yellow circle of watermelon.
#ramblies#tortoise#enrichment#training#honestly I didn’t take enough pictures but one of the best parts was that there was tunnels running high up over a lot of the zoo#and different animals got access to it so we saw monkeys and lemurs overhead looking at guests and other exhibits#we saw a brief glimpse of the red panda- one of my favs#and an Amur leopard which I couldn’t believe and we got to see a close view of too#philadelphia zoo
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eobard thawne is probably extra normal about the fact both him and iris have written barry's biographies bc i know he was really normal even about iris' one since oh you know. his very first appearance as a fan.
#look at me! i wrote a book about your life and how great you are! just like someone you love!#AND WITH THAT PATHETIC GAY FOREWORD NO LESS.#he is so lost#bitibg the table AGAIN#AND WHY IS HE STANDING LIKE THAT ON THE FIRST PANEL!!!!#also did he like. steal it from the museum's exhibition. like i highly doubt hes allowed to do that while not being a curator yet#(btw is he actually against touching the historic artefacts as a curator or he just hisses at anyone standing too close to display cases#because hes the only one whos Allowed to Touch things that have been in the same room with barry at some point in time)#((i mean ik his pedantic ass would be mad af if he saw anyone else doing the same to other even non flash related relics but still))#ooh and tf is up with the 2nd panel where hes wearing the flash suit right after panels with reverse flash pants. tf were they cooking#why are there reverse flash pants in his fan era in the first place!!#either we had colorist problems since day 2 or this is actually a smart move reflecting thawne's dissociated perception in his narration#i wouldnt bet on the second tho. aint nobody gaf about this rat 💀💀#eobard thawne#professor zoom#reverse flash#eobarry ig?
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i made drals and azandar in the sims and they live in a shitty cabin and have an extremely turbulent relationship. i love them
#yans stuff#my gf took one look at drals and was like 'wow he looks like a divorced dad' LMAO#he does and he's so sexy for it#they run a jewelry business bc it felt like a good enchanting equivalent. also they make a ridiculous amount of money from it#drals has a very nice garden and does woodworking and fishing. they also have 2 chickens :)#somehow azandar is best friends with the chickens which is very funny. i like to think drals was the one who was like#'we should get chickens. it only makes sense' and azandar was like 'hell no' but then ended up loving them so much#but yeah their relationship is so funny it's very close to canon. ambiguous. on again off again. they would kill and die for each other#drals being both hot-headed and loyal is very funny he's constantly pissing azandar off and then being :( about it#also exhibits outdoor cat behaviour. will disappear for days at a time and come back stinking of garbage and fish with mystery injuries#(doing fishing/collections grind and will pick fights with any townies he sees)#he got his ass kicked by vlad which was very funny. like my guy what did u think would happen#drals arano
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went to the british museum but a part of the mesopotamian exhibition was closed due to renovations so i didn't get to see the epic of gilgamesh or the royal game of ur ;-;
#cries in nerd#was really looking forward to it#also is it sooo difficult to add to their site which exhibitions are closed????#got to see some cool akkadian stuff tho#and the rosetta stone#tho i think that one's a replica?#need to read up on the history of the rosetta stone tho#i think the original one might have been destroyed?#or maybe im confusing some stuff#personal
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A funny story is that Chamerion age 13 read the first Outlander novel, because Chamerion age 13 was bored while babysitting and also into sci-fi and historical fiction and somehow that’s how the blurb on the book jacket sold it. What’s funny about this is that Chamerion age 13 was unfazed by the 200 proof unfiltered double shot of Diana Gabaldon’s id, and mostly just disappointed that the novel was absolute schlock.
Anyway all of that is to say that while I was vaguely aware that they made a TV series I had zero interest in seeing it, which is why I was today years old when my unhip behind-the-times ass learned that they got respectable emmy award winner Tobias Menzies to play the villain - with great earnestness and enthusiasm so I hear - and felt like somebody dropkicked me off a bridge
#listen it was a very long time ago but that book stands out in my mind#as exhibit A for (among other things) Why The Fuck Are So Many Romance Novels So Unhinged (Derogatory) About Gender#so i still have almost zero interest in seeing it but now .0000001% of me is horribly tempted to rubberneck#what does that even LOOK like. my imagination fails me utterly.#my posts#(this is also exhibit a for horrible morbid curiosity and its close cousin hatewatching being two of my vices alas)
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this is super random and not important but one time i was hanging with a buddy and trying to tell them about a cool experience i had while hanging out with other people and they didn’t seem enthused so i was like “it was really cool !” and they replied “well forgive me if i’m not over the moon about the fact that you had fun with someone other than me” and that’s when i learned that was the most manipulative and toxic person i had ever accidentally befriended
#like the friendship itself wasn’t ALL bad by any means#and we still see each other and hang out occasionally#but i try not to do anything one on one and honestly every time we do they just exhibit more weird and manipulative behavior#it’s a bummer because we were super close last year but i’ve taken some time to put some distance between us#after several similar and weird comments in a row#and the more i look back the more uncomfortable our entire relationship was#so in truth i’m happier now#but still adjusting and processing honestly#anyway this is very pointless but i didn’t know where else to put it#personal
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y'know that meme that goes "if i won the lottery, i wouldn't tell anyone but there would be signs"? dinosaur in the dining room.
#...in light of apex the stegosaurus being bought by mr. ken griffin#it always amuses me when a single person buys a fossil skeleton and makes no comment about donating it#where are you putting it sir?? in your sitting room? tea with a stegosaurus?#also learned that this dude funded the SUE exhibit renovations which I'm greatly appreciative for#SUE looks much more comfortable in her new home than she did in the great hall#rilla.txt#dl#surprise! your mutual keeps a close eye on dinosaur fossil auctions!
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THE TECH INTERACTIVE
#someone should take the sharkuda to the tech interactive!! the top floor exploded my brain and it would definitely explode their brains too#my parents and i were originally going to go to the sharks game but i got miserly and waited too long to get tickets and also. do you know#hard it is to get a set of *three* tickets together. impossible for less than $80 apparently!! the drive down was also very stressful#because we were trying to get lunch on the way down the peninsula and my dad thought my mom only wanted in n out but the two drive throughs#we tried had like twenty cars lined up and my dad lost his temper in the parking lot and my mom said it didn't HAVE to be in n out so my da#peeled outta there and we went to his favorite taqueria in the area which had a HUGE salsa and side bar (for free! i squirreled away two#whole limes) and their carne asada super burrito settled everyone down :))#by the time we got to san jose the puck had already dropped so decided to pivot and check out the tech interactive since my mom and i hadn'#had time the last time we were here in the summer and oh my GOB THEIR HUMAN BODY EXHIBIT IS. WOW. it was a lovely time walking around#looking very closely at very realistic models of human organs :3 and oh! my mom and i made a bacteria plate together :3 and my dad and i#made a robot with a spinning fish and flashing lights on it :3 and i fell asleep most of the way into the serengeti film in the imax dome :#and then we went to the 99 ranch where the dungeness crab was THREE NINETY NINE. and my mom got some big napa cabbages and one little one#for me :3 and oh then the guy ahead of us in the checkout gave me his $1 coupon for the bakery :3#and that's what i did today!!#sor.txt
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there is a giant blue chicken on the roof of the national gallery right now and im in love with this.
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tha met
#spent a lot of time in the greek wing and then went to get lunch and then did a speed run of the tudor & mayan exhibits before it closed#looking at art in perso is so CRAYYYYYSEEEEEE#also that’s seated boxer my friend seated boxer from art history !!!!!!!!#the mucha one in particular made me feel insane while looking at it close up like HELLOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
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Make plans for a month from now, for two months from now, for five. Pick a restaurant and book a reservation for April. Circle a museum exhibit.
Find joy and hold onto it tight. Give yourself a reason to look forward. And keep your community close.
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