#i.e. learning animation by throwing myself at it

[hipstergecko]

GORGEOUS

It's been a while since I painted ghost king Danny. I went with the aurora borealis crown this time. Also more animation experimentation with 2d and 3d stuff.

I struggled with the background a bit. Below is an alternative version, I can't decide what looks better.

[buriedpentacles]

hi! since i've really leaned into witchcraft and spirituality, i became much more appreciative of the earth and i've been talking to her lots but i want to also become more sustainable in my daily life to help the environment even in small ways. do you have any ideas for simple things to do or habits to change to be more sustainable?

I do indeed!!

I think some the best things you can do for sustainable living is develop sustainable skills:

Learning to sew allows you to:

- fix holes in clothes

- adjust the height/seams/etc of clothes

- crop or add to items of clothing

Which means that clothes have a longer lifespan in general!

Learning to garden (even if its windowsill gardening!) helps you:

- spend less on certain herbs or plants (an easy way to start is regrowing spring onions in water)

- grow more native plants in your area

- encourage more insects into your garden

Learning to cook and bake can actually be super helpful because:

- you don't rely on takeaways or ready meals as often

- you can have more control over where your food is sourced and what you're eating

- you can meal plan and prep which saves time and money

- you can learn how to make your own jams, pickles, syrups etc! And you can get pretty creative with it!

Learning simple diy skills is super beneficial as you can:

- make things unqiue and suited to yourself (I.e. perfect sized shelves or a cabinet that fits perfectly in that gap between your bed and wall)

- restore thrifted furniture (staining to a preferred colour, cutting off legs to shorten it, fix the wobbly door etc)

- recycle old furniture, cabinets or similiar unused items into something else (I've turned a old cabinet into a small outdoor storage unit) rather than throwing them away

Learning basic maintenance for things you own is a money saver and:

- means you can fix your bike chain or replace your car's oil and filter without needing to call anyone or spend extra money

- can keep you safe and at a lower risk of motor accident (knowing how to do basic maintenance checks can help you see warning signs for damage)

- means that simpler things like clogged drains, non-flushing toilets, leaky taps etc no longer require calling and paying for a plumber

Of course you don't need to be an expert in any of these, I'm certainly not! But I can cook myself a decent meal, sew some new buttons on an old shirt or fix a hole in my jeans and restore an old wardrobe into something usable.

I love Pete Seeger's quote:

"If it can’t be reduced, reused, repaired, rebuilt, refurbished, refinished, resold, recycled or composted, then it should be restricted, redesigned or removed from production."

Basically it's so important to be aware of your consumption - avoid overconsumption, buy quality over quantity, thrift and reuse things, trade with people. Throwing things away should be a last resort or a necessity, rather than a "I don't know what else to do with it".

And, while recycling isn't quite the saviour people think it is, it is so important to get into the habit of sorting your rubbish correctly!!

Other important sustainable habits include:

Changing your eating habits. If it's feasible for you, try:

- reduce meat and dairy consumption (including fish, as they're massively overharvested)

- prioritise locally and ethically sourced animal produce (local butchers can be a great place to start for this)

- eat more seasonally (its not really feasible to only eat seasonal foods, but try to learn about them and incorporate them more)

- reduce food waste with composting, food donations, meal planning/prepping and learn to love leftovers

- invest in a tap filter and reusable water bottle (drinking tap water is not always safe depending on where you live so research first!!!)

- use public transport (or walk) where possible!

- connect with other people near you who also care about sustainable living: trade services and items and knowledge!

- learn about your local area and ecology!! I sound like a broken record saying this, but the BEST way to start living with nature, is to understand it. You can't help your local wildlife if you don't know it, you can't take steps to protect your environment if you don't know the threats.

All of these are just a few tips and ideas, they may not be feasible for everyone for numerous reasons but it's important to remember that it's not about being perfect, it's about *trying* and doing what you can.

There's so much more I could get into here, from foraging to activism to how and what to thrift vs when to splurge on new items but I think this post is long enough! Let me know if there's anything you want expanding or going into more depth on!!!

[marijkeoo]

my friend tried to kill herself and we crack jokes in the hospital room about the causes and effects and i love her but goddamn was it hard to stay awake i thought i was going to throw up after that spicy marg but i didnt and she kept drinking and now its all gone ive fallen off the horse but im still running beside it and i hope that i can get a second to breathe soon i couldnt recognize myself in the mirror on monday and i got up anyways and went to class i think i might have some kind of weird relationship with food but ive been eating scones with soft butter even though its so expensive and ive been healing i think my sister is still so incredibly stupid but at least i dont have to hear about it all the time and get unreasonably upset about the fact that we dont talk anymore and nothing ever changes but nothing stays the same my friend from back home is ghosting me even though we live a mere 10 minute bus ride away and it hurts i think even though i dont really think about her much my roommate is going back to toronto and might drop out but ive done it too and i think that everything will all work out itll all work out itll all work out itll all work out my parents are coming in two days and i wont tell them i want to sleep and im so aimless but i will say that i love the city and i love living here and im grateful every day for my life even if i wake up at 1pm after getting home at 6 and i miss my classes and its not even that i learn anything i just love a ritual and i was going to go get a job today but i think it has to wait another little bit and i have work to do but i think maybe its ok to eat some tinned fish and let my hair dry i never used to shower in the morning but now i dont always shower at night i want to be like the elif batuman character and go for runs and pretend everything is fine and study linguistics but then discover nothing can explain our little chatty quirks and give it up and study something so much better i.e. philosophy but i skipped the linguistics part and went straightt into this degree that i think i love but also i didnt really have a choice i need to pay for school next semester but i cant figure out how to believe that i can get money somehow i dont think ill ever be famous but maybe people can know me a little bit i have to be on the radio hosting a show soon but i cant force myself to want to actually forcing myself to do anything nowadays is so fucking hard but ive never had a mental illness and i think im too dutch to linger on myself too much i have this thing that i say all the time to my friends and i repeat it to myself it the mirror "you think too much about yourself" and i havent cried in six to eight months properly but i think i might pick it up as a hobby maybe i just need a hobby ive been reading a french translation of a milan kundaris book (rip king) and the woman roughly says "why do men never give what i give in return" and she says this to her partner and he wonders why she thinks this because its really fuckin stupid to him and he says "you know what i think about? war." and i thought that was really funny and i laughed out loud on the metro and the days are getting colder and the burning of limbs doesnt happen quite as bad and the burn is just skin or whatever and i type with these long red nails i stole from the drug store and im relearning how to speak and talk and interact with people even though i think im a linguistic terestrial bipedal animal and i saw a cool show on monday and only got five hours of sleep and i play euchre and sometimes i win and i just cant believe that she tried to kill herself but at least she came and woke me up if she died without letting me know i wouldve been really upset and i really dont tend towards emotion if you couldve heard the 911 call i made you would think that im a robot and my friend said i sounded like one in the hospital room last night i think that i need a little handycam and to get better and out of this rut im always in a rut it seems

also i just remebered that wherever you go you bring yourself with you and this is significant because i never feel at home anywhere i am i always feel alien im always an alien i need to become a professor at small liberal arts universities in rural canada and move every two years because i dont know how someone could stay where they are for longer than that i love this life that i have but i need to restart pretty regularly but im stuck here for at least two years then i move and go to winnipeg or saskatoon or calgary or up north maybe i go to yukon or iqualuit and i do a masters then i go to europe for a doctorate and come back parading around because i finally made my grandma happy and i send postcards and i tell my friends ill see them later because later is indefinite and saying see you in five years sounds gross and sad but later is always sometime sooner it feels and i want to be a ghost i need to be a ghost i want to wander into peoples lives and leave them but sometimes drop back in just to say hello over coffee and hour before i need to be at the airport my isolation feels key to my mission on earth and although i dont talk to God all the time i think i feel him residing in my soul and i know that my soul infuses everything i touch and if i ever get married it needs to be a tall protestant dutch man whos nice to me and likes to be around me and i dont know if ill ever find a man like that but desires not a crime my life is spinning out i need to smoke a dart but i dont want to spend money on cigs i have a matchbook i stole from a bar and i think we should bring back lighting belmonts with matches its so rare we get to hold fire in our hands the smoke pit is a gift if your a bullshitter like me i heard that run clubs are the new dating apps but i think that running with people usually sucks and having anyone i could potentially be interested in see me like that would give them the ick and i think its good to be alone, at least until summer when i can go sit on a patio and drink a light beer my friend showed me coffee tonics and i think i could die happy if i had one in my hand all the time and i have a pink moka pot and life always works out for me because every day on this earth is another day that i get to drink my coffee and eat tuna and see little dogs and sit in the library and sunbathe in the park and listen to amy winehouse and exist in a moment

[wisdomfish]

THE FREED ATHEIST

Naturalism is the belief system that regards the natural, material, and physical universe as the only reality. Nature is the whole show. This viewpoint is often characterized by corollary beliefs such as monism (all reality is one), materialism (reality is ultimately matter), antisupernaturalism (all supernatural explanations are to be rejected a priori), scientism (only the scientific method yields “truth”), and humanism (humanity is the ultimate outcome, hence “value”).

According to naturalism, everything (things, people, and events) can be reduced to “matter in motion.” Everything is reducible to, or explained in terms of, certain fundamental natural phenomena (physics, chemistry, and biology). Carl Sagan expressed the position of strong naturalism in a famous statement in his television series Cosmos: 

“The cosmos is all that is, or ever was, or ever will be."

Thus, If God is dead and the grave our final destination, 

"nothing would be immoral any longer, everything would be permitted, even anthropophagy [i.e., cannibalism]."

They [i.e., atheists] are now free, if they so choose, to become nihilists or sadists or solipsists on their own account. 

Some theories of 'the Superman' [Ubermensch] derive from atheism, and a person who thought that heaven and hell were empty could conclude that he was free to do exactly as he wished. The fear that this might be the outcome-well-expressed by Fyodor Dostoyevsky-underlies many people’s reluctance to abandon religious dogma.

Not all showed such reluctance. Ted Bundy being one such person,

"Then I learned that all moral judgments are “value judgments,” that all value judgments are subjective and that none can be proved to be either “right” or “wrong.” I even read somewhere that the Chief justice of the United States had written that the American Constitution expressed nothing more than collective value judgments. Believe it or not, I figured out for myself what apparently the Chief Justice couldn’t figure out for himself: that if the rationality of one value judgment was zero, multiplying it by millions would not make it one whit more rational. Nor is there any “reason” to obey the law for anyone, like myself, who has the boldness and daring — the strength of character — to throw off its shackles. I discovered that to become truly free, truly unfettered, I had to become truly uninhibited. And I quickly discovered that the greatest obstacle to my freedom, the greatest block, and limitation to it, consists in the insupportable “value judgment” that I was bound to respect the rights of others. I asked myself, who were these “others”? Other human beings, with human rights? Why is it more wrong to kill a human animal than any other animal, a pig or a sheep or a steer? Is your life more to you than a hog’s life to a hog? Why should I be willing to sacrifice my pleasure more for the one than for the other? Surely, you would not, in this age of scientific enlightenment, declare that God or nature has marked some pleasures as “moral” or “good” and others as “immoral” or “bad”? In any case, let me assure you, my dear young lady, that there is absolutely no comparison between the pleasure I might take in eating ham and the pleasure I anticipate in raping and murdering you. That is the honest conclusion to which my education has led me after the most conscientious examination of my spontaneous and uninhibited self.

[Kenneth Samples; Mitch Stokes; Fyodor Dostoevsky; Christopher Hitchens; Ted Bundy.]

[misswannabeperfect]

1. coffee mugs, teacups, wine glasses, water bottles, or soda cans?

2. chocolate bars or lollipops?

3. bubblegum or cotton candy? None

4. how did your elementary school teachers describe you? Silent

5. do you prefer to drink soda from soda cans, soda bottles, plastic cups or glass cups?

6. pastel, boho, tomboy, preppy, goth, grunge, formal or sportswear?

7. earbuds or headphones?

8. movies or tv shows?

9. favorite smell in the summer? The sprinklers as they're done watering the grass.

10. game you were best at in p.e.? None, I suck.

11. what you have for breakfast on an average day? Nothing or oatmeal.

12. name of your favorite playlist? You deserve a spring.

13. lanyard or key ring?

14. favorite non-chocolate candy? Can't think of anything that doesn't contain chocolate...

15. favorite book you read as a school assignment? Froth on the Daydream (L'Ecume des jours) by Boris Vian. A wonder, a true gem.

16. most comfortable position to sit in? Hunched, so that nothing can hurt you. Or with a cat on your laps.

17. most frequently worn pair of shoes? Converses or my Derbies.

18. ideal weather? Any weather except heatwave.

19. sleeping position? On my back, my cat sleeping on my belly to keep me warm.

20. preferred place to write (i.e., in a note book, on your laptop, sketchpad, post-it notes, etc.)? On my laptop.

21. obsession from childhood? Reading I guess ?

22. role model? Celebrities.

23. strange habits? I insult myself when cringy memories come up.

24. favorite crystal? None.

25. first song you remember hearing? Old french songs for children.

26. favorite activity to do in warm weather? Lay on the floor and wish to die.

27. favorite activity to do in cold weather? Put on a big jacket and read or watch movies.

28. five songs to describe you? Again again, Invisible killer, Hated person song, and I don't know about the two others.

29. best way to bond with you? Don't overshare.

30. places that you find sacred? The park next to my home, my bedroom, my great aunt's house and the fields not too far from my town.

31. what outfit do you wear to kick ass and take names? Oversized hoodie and ripped joggings.

32. top five favorite vines? "What have you got ? A knife ! NO !", "freshavocadoo", "SAIL" "I heard you talking shit about me" and the british guy complaining about traffic.

33. most used phrase in your phone? Don't know.

34. advertisements you have stuck in your head? Si juvabien c'est juvamine.

35. average time you fall asleep? 3 am.

36. what is the first meme you remember ever seeing? The ugly troll faces.

37. suitcase or duffel bag?

38. lemonade or tea?

39. lemon cake or lemon meringue pie? None, I hate lemon.

40. weirdest thing to ever happen at your school? Everyone was talking about how other kids from another school were going to come at ours with knife, so the police showed up.

41. last person you texted? My aunt.

42. jacket pockets or pants pockets? jacket pockets, easier to protect.

43. hoodie, leather jacket, cardigan, jean jacket or bomber jacket? Hoodie.

44. favorite scent for soap? Rose or lavender.

45. which genre: sci-fi, fantasy or superhero?

46. most comfortable outfit to sleep in? Pajamas

47. favorite type of cheese? Comté.

48. if you were a fruit, what kind would you be? Banana.

49. what saying or quote do you live by? No idea.

50. what made you laugh the hardest you ever have? I'm not sure I remember.

51. current stresses?

52. favorite font?

53. what is the current state of your hands? Dry.

54. what did you learn from your first job? To ignore assholes even if they're throwing grapes at you.

55. favorite fairy tale? The little mermaid or bluebeard.

56. favorite tradition? None.

57. the three biggest struggles you’ve overcome? I've never overcame them.

58. four talents you’re proud of having? Singing I guess ?

59. if you were a video game character, what would your catchphrase be? No idea.

60. if you were a character in an anime, what kind of anime would you want it to be? HORROR.

61. favorite line you heard from a book/movie/tv show/etc.? No idea.

62. seven characters you relate to? Elaine from the Love Witch, Mitsuko from Tempura, Noriko from Nichinichi kore kōjitsu, Nina from Black Swan, Lily from Assassination Nation, Veronica from Heathers and maybe Needy from Jennifer's body. Most of them are lost girls and women who don't feel like they fit amongst their peers, especially Noriko and Needy, they also have no idea what to do with their lives. Nina and Elaine are perfectionists driven by the need to succeed. Like Veronica, I've been enroled by the popular girls, but I wish I were strong enough to fight back when things went too far.

63. five songs that would play in your club? Lone diggers, mister blue skye, clap your hands, plus songs from Dead can dance.

64. favorite website from your childhood? A site of flash games.

65. any permanent scars? Yeah, most from sh on my left arm and thighs, plus one on my knee and under my eye.

66. favorite flower(s)? Bleeding hearts, my mother grow them in her garden, they're so delicate.

67. good luck charms? My father lights a candle for me.

68. worst flavor of any food or drink you’ve ever tried? Porto.

69. a fun fact that you don’t know how you learned? No idea.

70. left or right handed?

71. least favorite pattern? Zebra.

72. worst subject? Maths, but I wish I could get interested.

73. favorite weird flavor combo? Peanut butter and chocolate ? It's not original nor weird I'm sure.

74. at what pain level out of ten (1 through 10) do you have to be at before you take an advil or ibuprofen? 1, because I know it's going to go to 10 if I don't do anything.

75. when did you lose your first tooth? 6 years old, during a field trip.

76. what’s your favorite potato food (i.e. tater tots, baked potatoes, fries, chips, etc.)? chips or fries.

77. best plant to grow on a windowsill? No idea.

78. coffee from a gas station or sushi from a grocery store?

79. which looks better, your school id photo or your driver’s license photo? I don't have my driver's license, so school id.

80. earth tones or jewel tones?

81. fireflies or lightning bugs?

82. pc or console? Both, I play those two and can't choose.

83. writing or drawing? Both <3 They're very complimentary.

84. podcasts or talk radio? None.

84. barbie or polly pocket? I had both, but I think Barbies are better.

85. fairy tales or mythology? BOTH.

86. cookies or cupcakes?

87. your greatest fear? To end up badly.

88. your greatest wish? To heal.

89. who would you put before everyone else? My family I suppose.

90. luckiest mistake? I don't remember.

91. boxes or bags?

92. lamps, overhead lights, sunlight or fairy lights? It's the prettiest.

93. nicknames? None.

94. favorite season? Autumn or Winter.

95. favorite app on your phone? Harry Potter Hogwarts Mystery and my pedometer.

96. desktop background? Dark Academia collage.

97. how many phone numbers do you have memorized? Only mine.

98. favorite historical era? Not sure.

weird asks that say a lot

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1. coffee mugs, teacups, wine glasses, water bottles, or soda cans?

2. chocolate bars or lollipops?

3. bubblegum or cotton candy?

4. how did your elementary school teachers describe you?

5. do you prefer to drink soda from soda cans, soda bottles, plastic cups or glass cups?

6. pastel, boho, tomboy, preppy, goth, grunge, formal or sportswear?

7. earbuds or headphones?

8. movies or tv shows?

9. favorite smell in the summer?

10. game you were best at in p.e.?

11. what you have for breakfast on an average day?

12. name of your favorite playlist?

13. lanyard or key ring?

14. favorite non-chocolate candy?

15. favorite book you read as a school assignment?

16. most comfortable position to sit in?

17. most frequently worn pair of shoes?

18. ideal weather?

19. sleeping position?

20. preferred place to write (i.e., in a note book, on your laptop, sketchpad, post-it notes, etc.)?

21. obsession from childhood?

22. role model?

23. strange habits?

24. favorite crystal?

25. first song you remember hearing?

26. favorite activity to do in warm weather?

27. favorite activity to do in cold weather?

28. five songs to describe you?

29. best way to bond with you?

30. places that you find sacred?

31. what outfit do you wear to kick ass and take names?

32. top five favorite vines?

33. most used phrase in your phone?

34. advertisements you have stuck in your head?

35. average time you fall asleep?

36. what is the first meme you remember ever seeing?

37. suitcase or duffel bag?

38. lemonade or tea?

39. lemon cake or lemon meringue pie?

40. weirdest thing to ever happen at your school?

41. last person you texted?

42. jacket pockets or pants pockets?

43. hoodie, leather jacket, cardigan, jean jacket or bomber jacket?

44. favorite scent for soap?

45. which genre: sci-fi, fantasy or superhero?

46. most comfortable outfit to sleep in?

47. favorite type of cheese?

48. if you were a fruit, what kind would you be?

49. what saying or quote do you live by?

50. what made you laugh the hardest you ever have?

51. current stresses?

52. favorite font?

53. what is the current state of your hands?

54. what did you learn from your first job?

55. favorite fairy tale?

56. favorite tradition?

57. the three biggest struggles you’ve overcome?

58. four talents you’re proud of having?

59. if you were a video game character, what would your catchphrase be?

60. if you were a character in an anime, what kind of anime would you want it to be?

61. favorite line you heard from a book/movie/tv show/etc.?

62. seven characters you relate to?

63. five songs that would play in your club?

64. favorite website from your childhood?

65. any permanent scars?

66. favorite flower(s)?

67. good luck charms?

68. worst flavor of any food or drink you’ve ever tried?

69. a fun fact that you don’t know how you learned?

70. left or right handed?

71. least favorite pattern?

72. worst subject?

73. favorite weird flavor combo?

74. at what pain level out of ten (1 through 10) do you have to be at before you take an advil or ibuprofen?

75. when did you lose your first tooth?

76. what’s your favorite potato food (i.e. tater tots, baked potatoes, fries, chips, etc.)?

77. best plant to grow on a windowsill?

78. coffee from a gas station or sushi from a grocery store?

79. which looks better, your school id photo or your driver’s license photo?

80. earth tones or jewel tones?

81. fireflies or lightning bugs?

82. pc or console?

83. writing or drawing?

84. podcasts or talk radio?

84. barbie or polly pocket?

85. fairy tales or mythology?

86. cookies or cupcakes?

87. your greatest fear?

88. your greatest wish?

89. who would you put before everyone else?

90. luckiest mistake?

91. boxes or bags?

92. lamps, overhead lights, sunlight or fairy lights?

93. nicknames?

94. favorite season?

95. favorite app on your phone?

96. desktop background?

97. how many phone numbers do you have memorized?

98. favorite historical era?

[toadmilk33]

Not So Berry Challenge ~Reimagined~

At this point, we’re all familiar with the Not So Berry Challenge. It’s been one of my favorite challenges and after having completed it I longed for another one. With all the new features in the Sims I wanted to challenge myself to use aspects of the game id never really explored before. I hope you all enjoy my reimagined version of the Not so Berry Challenge!

Thank you to @lilsimsie​ and @alwaysimming​ for the inspiration!

Basic Rules:

Each heir must represent the color of the generation (i.e. hair, makeup, clothing), but brightly colored skin is not necessary 

The colors of the spouses don’t matter as they aren’t part of the challenge. Unless otherwise stated you can do whatever you please with them.

Money cheats can be used, but not excessively.

You may live wherever you please unless something is specified in the rules of a generation.

Every generation is supposed to complete both the career and aspiration of the heir unless explicitly stated otherwise.

Keep the lifespan on normal.

Generation One: Charcoal

To keep it simple, you’re alone. Not to worry, being an adult can’t be that hard… right? So what if your parents kicked you out because your dreams of becoming a world-famous actor seem unrealistic to them. What do they know anyways? You’ll show them its possible, if aliens and werewolves are real then how could your childhood dreams not be? Nothing in your life has ever been stable, you pass the time by working out and pursuing your dreams. But how can you build a stable career if you don’t even know what stability is?

Traits: Active, Noncommittal, Gloomy

Aspiration: Master Actor/Actress

Career: Actor/Actress

Rules:

Max the acting and fitness skills

Become a 5-star celebrity

Never marry

Have only one child with each partner

Live your whole life in Del Sol Valley

Generation Two: Pink

You lived a life of lavish growing up, you got everything you ever wanted since your parents didn’t have time to deal with your tantrums and would rather spend money than deal with your tears. You tried everything to get their attention, failing your way through high school, sneaking out and attending parties you probably shouldn’t have been at. Somehow you manage to make a name for yourself in the fashion world starting with Trendi. You’re so used to being in the spotlight no matter if its good or bad, at least your outfits are always on point no matter if it’s in the club or at the park.

Traits: Outgoing, Party Animal, Dance Machine

Aspiration: Live Fast (Teen), Serial Romantic 

Career: Style Influencer

Rules:

Never be close to your parents

Join the cheer team in high school

Always be in a club or organization

Max the charisma, entrepreneur, and dance skills

Sell outfits on Trendi as a teen

Generation Three: Yellow

Yeah, your family is a mess. They have a history of drawing attention to themselves with paparazzi at every turn. Fame was never quite your style. While your parents were out partying, you were at home studying for school, you have no intentions of repeating the cycle. Although learning is difficult for you due to your natural clumsiness you’ve always been self-sufficient, you didn’t have much of a choice seeing as how you were always home alone. You grew an affiliation for cooking and enjoy nothing more than a good meal. Even though family is a sensitive subject to you, determined to break the cycle you throw yourself into providing everything you can for your spouse and kids and building a loving home for them.

Traits: Clumsy, Socially Awkward, Ambitious

Aspiration: Super Parent

Career: Culinary

Rules:

Own a restaurant

Marry your high school sweetheart

Have a bad relationship with your parents until you have kids

Have all A’s throughout elementary and high school

Max the gourmet cooking and parenting skills

Generation Four: Burgundy

Growing up in the hustle and bustle of restaurant life has left you tired. The food is great, but the constant stress is something you could do without. You’re so young but already prepared to retire. Life is short why would you want to spend it working when you could be relaxing? You want to spend your time in this world laughing and enjoying it as best as you can. And what better way to do that than spending it fishing, being in tune with the islands, getting tans, and watching the sunset with your friends and family.

Traits: Foodie, Lazy, Goofball

Aspiration: Beach Life

Career: Fisherman and odd jobs

Rules:

Move to Sulani as a young adult

Max the wellness, fishing, and comedy skills

Be in a relationship with a mermaid/merman

Have a good relationship with your parents

Only have one kid (two is too much work)

Generation Five: Emerald

Growing up on the islands has left you with an astute sense of what the earth needs. Seeing the fish hanging on your parents’ walls has always given you an icky feeling in your stomach. Who would want to look at dead fish whenever they’re trying to take a bath? They’re much prettier alive. You want to protect the delicate balance of nature the world sists on and yet a curiosity for what all out there has always consumed you. A love of traveling and an undying curiosity of the unknown propels you to venture into the jungle and see what all this mysterious world has to offer despite the dangers that come with it. 

Traits: Vegetarian, Loves outdoors, Child of the Islands

Aspiration: Archeological Scholar and Jungle Explorer

Career: Conservationist

Rules:

Max the archaeology and Selvsdoradan culture skills

Marry a local from Selvadorada

Collect all ancient Omiscan artifacts

Attain the frequent traveler lifestyle

Turn into or summon a skeleton

Generation Six: White

Exploring is great and all but honestly how cool are jungle temples and ancient curses really? The real adventure isn’t down buried in the ground, its up! Your parents always focused on the hypotheticals of the past rather than the eccentricities of the future. You spend your life devoted to uncovering the mysteries of the universe, there is no question that cannot be answered. With science anything is possible, there is nothing that can’t be calculated, even the perfect family. Aliens and sim rays, your life is like straight out of a science fiction movie. Perhaps the only question stumps even the smartest of scientists (you) is why milk is so good and yet so lethal to you.

Traits: Geek, Lactose Intolerant, Family Oriented

Aspiration: Academic

Career: Scientist

Rules:

Graduate high school early and pursue a physics degree at Foxbury

Complete the element and alien collections

Woohoo and try for baby only in a Rocketship

Max the rocket science and research and debate skills

Generation Seven: Beige

It is confirmed: your parents have a screw loose. They tried their hardest to give you a good childhood, but the freeze ray fights just became too much for you. You wish you could follow in their footsteps, but school was never really your thing. You preferred to gossip and mingle with your friends rather than waste your time doing homework. It was easier for you to hide who you really were than disappoint your parents. They tried so hard to give you a good life and you do love them dearly. You know that you never want kids, in fear of putting them through what your parents put you through, but mistakes happen to everyone, right? In an attempt to find yourself and a fear of disappointing your parents you trade the suburban life for the big city. You spend your nights singing at karaoke bars and your days protesting for what you believe is right. Even though you know your parents don’t approve of the life you live you pursue your dreams, after all it is yourlife and not theirs.

Traits: Good, Loyal, Cheerful

Aspiration: Drama Llama (teen), City Native

Career: Politician – Charity Organizer

Rules:

Move out as a teen to San Myshuno

Have a neutral relationship with your parents

Live in a penthouse

Learn every city living recipe 

Earn the spice hound trait 

Generation Eight: Amythest (Purple)

It’s clear that your parents never really planned for you. You had a good childhood and everything you ever wanted growing up, but your parents would rather hire a nanny than spend their own time with you. Children to them are meant to be seen not heard. No matter how hard you tried, no matter your achievements, they never really gave you the adoration and love you wanted. Your grandparents on the other hand admired you, you’re the child they wish I was your parent would always say. You loved all the gizmos and gadgets they would always let you play with and what better place to partake in top secret experiences than the desert? Things do seem a bit strange here though…

Traits: Genius, Overachiever, Paranoid

Aspiration: Goal Oriented (Teen), StrangerVille Mystery

Career: Military, Mechanical Engineer

Rules:

Have a close relationship with your grandparents

Join the chess club in high school

Max the robotics and programming skills

Move to StrangerVille as a young adult

After completing the StrangerVille aspiration quit the military and become a mechanical engineer (that was enough craziness for a lifetime)

Generation Nine: Amber (Orange)

You’re tired of the dry desert heat. It’s so terribly boring here, why can’t something exciting happen for once like an alien invasion or a science experiment gone wrong? Now that would be cool! None the less, you want some adventure in your life, some thrill and adrenaline to get your blood pumping. What better way to do that than race on the slopes (and some other secret things)? Sure, you’re a bit of a loose cannon. People don’t expect there to be more to you than your erratic behavior and your parents had trouble controlling you when you were younger, but you’ve always had fun doing whatever you wanted. All you want to do is share your love for adventure and your free spirit with your family, but unfortunately everything that’s fun costs money. Which you have. Just don’t ask how… that’s a secret.

Traits: Adventurous, Erratic, Glutton

Aspiration: Extreme Sports Enthusiast

Career: Secret Agent

Rules:

Achieve the thrill seeker lifestyle

Marry someone you meet on the slopes

Live in Mt Komorebi

Take your kid(s) to the slopes or hiking every weekend

Reach the top of Mt Komorebi and place a flag

Generation Ten: Teal

Looking back at your family history, you have quite the lineage. Not all of them left something behind, but you definitely will. You seem to have inherited something form each generation in one way or another. Most prominent is your ambition and your love of life. Determined to not have your family’s history forgotten you start writing it all down. You spend your life searching your ancestral archives and trying to make the stories come alive through your words. You find comfort in Sulani. Throughout your travels you keep feeling drawn back to the ocean, the waves and spirits of the island whisper stories to you as you try to reach out to your ancestors through a skill long forgotten.

Traits: Perfectionist, Creative, Child of the Ocean

Aspiration: Bestselling Author

Career: Writer – Author until you receive your paranormal investigator license 

Rules:

Max the medium and knitting skills

Move to Sulani as an adult and live in a haunted house

Have no kids

Become a licensed paranormal investigator

Get the brave reward trait

[fishmongeringstudies]

FIFTY.

and that's how we spent our precocious youth!

lately i've been watching anime for the first time in three years because it turns out being physically trapped in a room you can only exit at risk of prosecution will leave even the most unhinged of minds desperate for some kind of Entertainment. one series whose manga i followed for seven years and whose anime adaptation came out just recently, recently in my mind meaning anything that was made after the year 2000, is about a group of teenagers in their last year of high school and all the average teenage shit they get up to. which is a pretty ordinary premise, and a common one at that, but there's something about the way they've pulled it off this time that makes me, someone who spent most of their teenage years throwing a proverbial ball against the proverbial wall and wishing i were a blade of grass (i.e. short-lived and non-sentient), want to be a high schooler again. like, are you sure about that, me? what happy memories did secondary school and junior college leave you with? once in the summer, while i was still on campus, i tried to tell a friend about 'My Sparkling Teenage Years'. 'our school is pretty rich,' i said. 'we have a lot of resources. people made use of those resources.' i tried to continue. 'people did a lot of things.' i paused. 'not me though.' i paused for longer, tried to come up with an interesting anecdote or a character who had wound their way into one of my stories, couldn't. silence stretched between us like a duvet.

in one of the entries on this blog i believe i say something along the lines of 'i came to america with nothing'. i was definitely angry when i wrote it, but i can't tell you why i was angry or if there was even a reason in the first place. unfortunately many of my more iconic statements can be traced back to a generic feeling of 'was angry' with no plausible explanation or follow-up, which is how i end up having to retract them periodically and replace them with new statements which are just as angry but hopefully a little more grounded. life is a never-ending cycle of re-examination. i return to the scene of the same crime, bodies strewn across the floor, shards of glass in someone's espresso, and i poke at the evidence. 'this time,' i declare. 'this time will be different.'

and it is. i realized while boiling water in the kettle in my room the other day that it was deeply cruel and unfair to all of the people i have met up until now to say that i came to america with nothing, because the logical implication is that no one gave me anything. this is factually incorrect. no matter how hard one tries to disengage from their surroundings, salt accumulates in the mouth of the oyster. the salt might have been useless to you for most of your twenty-year-old life, as you crammed yourself into the corner of the room and cried big christmas-bulb tears. but it was still there. and one day you found that you needed it for something, and found it sitting in your drawer where you left it all those years ago.

so what did i get out of my teenage years? i can't tell you. the last few years of my life come to me in fragments- here, the five month chainsmokers obsession, there, the four week destructive cycle of yearning. for someone who is so fond of telling stories i struggle to make a coherent one out of the defining moments of my teenagehood. after all, there's nothing funny about november 2018. i mean it's funny to me, but that's only because it was my body on the floor. to anyone else, it would have looked like nothing more than a corpse. what did you spend your high school years doing? i wrote a lot. most of it was depressing. i tried to blow myself up. i'm kidding. i learned how to cut cauliflower. you want to make the incision at the stem, you see, not the flowery bit at the other end. if you start at the flowery end, the whole thing will fall apart. living things are fragile, even after they're long dead. that's how you know they were alive to begin with.

the last time i remember being at ease with myself it's the spring of 2016 and i'm sneaking flowers into a girl's desk. ironically that's probably the one time i did something for someone that didn't backfire on me and leave the house in tatters, even though she never saw me as anything more than a particularly nice friend whereas you could say that there are people who have seen me as plenty of other things. a body. a bone. a whiteboard.

i can tell you a story about being young and alive in these tumultuous times easy, but you have to understand that it's going to be both funny and profoundly upsetting- that's the defining trait of my youth. nothing wrong with that, you know. not everyone gets the long end of the stick. not everyone gets a stick. so go into the woods and pick one up yourself. that's also a way of fighting. that's also a kind of living.

07.12.21

[rangikuxmatsumoto]

[Misconception: Rangiku is a bimbo/airhead and unintelligent.]

send me a misconception you think people have about my character and I’ll explain if it’s true or not. | Accepting

Time for TEDTalk #2 today! Rangiku isn’t some prodigy or genius, but she is far from unintelligent. The construct that she’s a bimbo or an airhead steams directly from the idea that she’s lazy. If you’re anything but a diligent, by-the-book, hard worker, you must be a bimbo/airhead/unintelligent – right? Wrong.

There’s enough to be said that Rangiku is a Fukutaichou in the Gotei 13 to prove her level of intelligence and her skills but sadly, we don’t get to see much of her abilities in action throughout the course of the manga/anime. Her appearance and fights are more often than not side-stories to a more important fight. We get fleeting glances or quick fight scenes that really don’t divulge into her keen intelligence but I’m going to break this down.

Upon first glance, Rangiku doesn’t fit that standard mold of what you’d expect for a warrior – right? She’s fan service – no harm, no foul – but at her core she is still a solider, she earned her place, she’s proven herself.

Like I said, she isn’t come genius or prodigy like Gin or Toshiro, but she clearly can hold her own, she knows her advantages and disadvantages and she benefits from knowing those.

Rangiku had proven to be a rather skilled tactician in battles. She’s used her appearance or perceived appearance (i.e. busty, blonde female probably isn’t a threat) to her advantage. When she was fighting Grimmjow’s fracción – Nakeem (don’t worry I don’t remember him either), she acts as if she’s fallen unconscious/has been defeated so that she’s able to get their limits released. Out of Toshiro, Renji and her, she played her card to their advantage. She uses this same tactic when she’s fighting Harribel’s three. She knows she’s at a disadvantage going three against one, so she tries a divide and concur method. Have them fight amongst one another so she can pick them off one at a time, or they can’t collectively attack her.

Though, I think her greatest display of this comes out of her two fights with Kira/Reigai Kira which for the second one was skillfully broken down in this post here. But I’m going to go talk about these fights a bit myself. First, the original fight between Kira and Rangiku is short, but Rangiku is at twice the disadvantage against him. She doesn’t know his shikai (which makes me think that actually a lot of the fukutaichous don’t know the other’s strengths and weaknesses of their zanpakutos) and in the beginning she falls victim to Wabisuke’s ability. But that alone shows that Rangiku was keeping her cards close to her chest, had Izuru known of Haineko’s release, he probably wouldn’t have fought her with his shikai and Rangiku could have avoided it all if she had released Haineko right off the bat like everyone does. But she didn’t, she let him set himself up for defeat and in doing so, Rangiku learned more about Izuru/Wabisuke.

Now, the Reigai fight is just round two of this fight but at greater length. The setting is of course playing to R.Izuru’s advantage which puts Rangiku on the defense. But like they say, the best offense is a great defense. Making it appear as if she’s down and out, no Haineko in hand, R.Izuru goes for the finishing blow only to be forted by his zanpkauto’s special ability and design.

Now, military tactician aside, Rangiku also has some keen emotional intelligence which is often overlooked because everyone just throws her self-centeredness into play. The way she reads people can be seen when she sees Momo after Aizen’s “death”, how she comforts and welcomes Izuru after Gin’s betrayal, how her and Renji respond to Rukia and Ichigo’s interaction at the start of the Arrancar Arc, her way of comforting and supporting Orihime. I could go on and on. Rangiku is self-centered at times but aren’t we all?

Once again, this falls back into the surface-level storyline syndrome that I am going to trademark, I s2g. Rangiku is described as lazy, free-spirited, care-free and the like – hell, that even speaks a bit to her intelligence because she can manipulate the hell out of people to get exactly what she wants (i.e Shuuhei and even Toshiro, let’s be honest). But the last thing my baby is a bimbo or airhead. She’s a strong independent woman, who is fiercely loyal to her friends and her captain and will tell you if your outfit choice is hideous.

[dropintomanga]

11 Years of Manga Therapy

Today, this blog is 11 years old. And it all feels like the past year went by so suddenly despite a pandemic that’s shut off almost everything.

Given that everything was at such a standstill, a good number of my thoughts from the blog when it turned 10 still stand. I will talk about a few new things that came to my mind recently and over the past year.

COVID-19 sucks. I have a lot of compassion for those who are just trying to survive. I’m sick of this need to be productive for the sake of being productive during a time where life isn’t normal at all. A lot of people have no outside help for basic needs. I find myself to be very fortunate and I owe that to the support systems in my life. I wish they had what I have.

I don’t know how I found the need to blog for this long even when it’s okay to just stop. But after the little rant I wrote a couple of days ago, I find that social media is too transient for what I really want to say. It’s platforms like Tumblr/WordPress that provide outlets for more concise thoughts. I still love manga and there’s always fascinating titles/stories (like My Broken Mariko pictured above) that can mostly be told via manga waiting to be explored.

What else? I got a PlayStation 4 last year and finally saw for myself the renewed popularity of Japanese video games post-2016. The PS3 era disappointed me and got me away from gaming. I’m excited to see where Japanese games go from here after playing through various games since my console purchase.

Plus playing a bunch of Yakuza (I played through Yakuza 0, Judgment, and Yakuza: Like a Dragon) games got me into riichi mahjong. It all started from doing a mandatory mahjong side-quest in Judgment to unlock the chance to fight the game’s superboss that got me into it. I couldn’t get mahjong at first, but I had help from my parents who played mahjong their whole lives despite regional rule differences. I struggled at mahjong for a while until I decided to try it again in Yakuza: Like a Dragon after I finished the main story. I’ve been hooked ever since after taking the time to understand the rules and how to properly win. I now read riichi mahjong books and want to start playing more Mahjong Soul (a gacha-style mahjong game with cute anime characters). Once the pandemic is finally over, I think I’ll try going to a local riichi mahjong club near me and see what it’s like offline.

What I like about mahjong is that the game is a metaphor for life. My dad sent me a video of Julia Roberts talking about her love of mahjong. She said that mahjong is like sorting your life out of chaos. I find that to be strikingly true. A big part of learning mahjong is WWYD (What would you discard?) as you need to draw tiles to make a winning combination and throw away ones that won’t help you win. Yet while certain tiles will help you win, there are times where you need to throw out tiles that are considered to be safe in order to not lose big. In various points in life, there’s things you need to toss away in order to become better and/or safer. To be honest, we’re not always perfect at what to throw away. I feel the complexities of mahjong is good practice for me in understanding that not everything’s going to go our way even if we’ve done a lot of good for the world.

Finally, I’m starting to embrace myself as a non-binary thinker. I support important cultural movements and find them necessary. Yet I know there are always voices still being shut out despite good intentions and alternatives. It’s disrespectful to believe that everyone all happily agrees with one another when that’s not really the case. I don’t think we truly listen enough to each other and try to shout so much about how important this and that are without considering that some things are helpful for some people while some aren’t.

Empathy isn’t enough. You can understand someone’s suffering, but it doesn’t mean that you’re willing to sit with them through it. I think the person who’s suffering wants compassion more than just empathy. I want people to see there’s power in knowing uncomfortable truths in everything.

Of course, I’m not sure there’s room for someone like me up in a world of absolutes. It’s fine. I relish where I’m at and I now know that I’m not alone in my thinking. I’m also thinking about changing the name of this blog because truth be told, I’m not sure the name “Manga Therapy” is right anymore because I’m not a licensed mental health professional. I’m more on an peer/advocate level. I know some of you may disagree, but calling myself “therapy” feels like an insult to the mental health profession and does disservice to anyone with serious mental illness that doesn’t have the luxury to enjoy the privileges (i.e. reading manga as a way to process emotions) that most of us have.

That’s about it. Thanks for reading and following me this past year (or longer)! I just want you all to survive somehow this year. Nothing more.

[storytelling-101]

Character Development – Part C

Seeing how I myself struggled over the years to find some reference in terms of character sheets, I decided to share my personal one with all of you. This character sheet is of course not the ultimate guide you'd never find anywhere else and I suppose that some people may want to add or remove some parts. However, in general, I think of this as pretty much complete. I will also give a short commentary on various points. Because what I struggled with most in the beginning was being clueless about what to write for each point.

We will start with General Information and I will post the others one by one after this.

General Information

Name The given name of your character.

Surname Your character's last name.

Nickname And abbreviation or another name somebody gave them (aside from their proper name).

Birth Name Did your character get married or was adopted and received a different last name? Did they apply for a name change at some point in their life? If so, what was their intial last name and/or given name? This info goes here!

Nationality The country/kingdom/empire/etc. your character comes from. This is not necessarily where they live now!

Gender In here fits any info about gender, be it male/female or agender/non-binary/etc. This will also be the spot where you can fill in the genders for (maybe) non-human characters or fictional genders like in the popular alpha/beta/omega universe.

Age This is, of course, where you put in how old your character is. If they pretend to be older/younger you can put the real age i.e. in brackets.

Birth Date The day, month and year your character was born. This can also be some made up dates like 63th of Quanko in the year 2410.

Birth Place Not the exact spot but the village/town/city that they were born in.

Astrological Sign This can either be western signs like libra/cancer/etc., eastern signs like rabbit/tiger/etc. or astrological signs you thought of yourself.

Childhood Home Where did they live as a child/until they left home? How long did they live there? What did it look like?

Current Residence Opposing the childhood home is the current residence: The place your character lives when your story starts. This can be a street (if they didn't leave the town/city), a different city or even a different country. Give this as many details as you need!

Home Description What does the character's home look like? Is it a one-room apartment? Or maybe a house? How is it furnished (modern/vintage/rococo-style/...)?

Neighbors Does your character have neighbors? What are their names, ages and occupations?

Occupation This is where you describe your character's job; in detail if you need. What do they do? Do they like their job? Is it satisfying? Will they keep their job until they retire?

Finances Don't confuse this with income. This point illustrates all kinds of source of income from different places (salary/child support/earnings from rental properties/...). How much can they spend in a month/year according to those earnings?

Income This point concentrates purely on the size of salary from the character's main job. So, how much do they earn in a month/year?

Skills This differs greatly from the point abilities. Skills are things a character acquire after repeated learning. So, if they train martial arts/archery/calligraphy/..., the character will probably master that skill after some time.

Abilities In contrast to skills, abilities don't necessarily need to be learned. They are more likely dormant or active capacities that the character was born with. This can be things like dexterity/courage/quickness/cleverness/etc.

Sexuality As with gender, this can, of course, be heterosexual/homosexual and everything in between or something completely different.

Distinctive tics or mannerisms This will come up with the physical information again, but the ones for this point are things that can be recognized pretty quickly. Possible mannerisms could be a character who never let's anyone touch their bag. Or maybe someone who always tucks a pen behind their ear.

Current Hobbies A pretty simple point: What do they do in their free time? What do they enjoy even though they might not be able to do it very often?

Dominant Hand Although this seems a bit random, this point is especially interesting for mystery writers. This also isn't limited to the hand they write with but also other things like opening a bottle/throwing a ball/holding a knife or fork/etc.

Handwriting Rather self-explanatory. What does their handwriting look like? Is it sloppy/neat/careful/curvy/block letters/etc.? Can they write at all?

Catchphrase Not exactly necessary for every story, but what is the phrase your character would say most often throughout your story? This is often used in anime (i.e. Prince of Tennis or Sailor Moon).

Favorite Foods & Drinks Your character's favorites are more or less endlessly expandable. Favorite foods and drinks are usually what's of most interest for your story, but you can expand it with favorite colors/weather/day of the month/clothing/season/etc.

Favorite Saying This shouldn't be confused with the catchphrase. The favorite saying is more likely a quote of someone famous or someone close to them according to which they live.

Appointments Appointments covers everything that your character attends on a regular basis. This can be long-term treatment, voluntary work, lessons, etc.

I hope this will be of help to some of you. We'll see each other again when we cover the physical information!

[mossworth]

Okay that post had so many so uh. Here's a ton. Sorry I've become unhinged with these~

6. pastel, boho, tomboy, preppy, goth, grunge, formal or sportswear?

12. name of your favorite playlist?

14. favorite non-chocolate candy?

16. most comfortable position to sit in?

20. preferred place to write (i.e., in a note book, on your laptop, sketchpad, post-it notes, etc.)?

21. obsession from childhood?

22. role model?

27. favorite activity to do in cold weather?

28. five songs to describe you?

31. what outfit do you wear to kick ass and take names?

32. top five favorite vines?

34. advertisements you have stuck in your head?

43. hoodie, leather jacket, cardigan, jean jacket or bomber jacket?

50. what made you laugh the hardest you ever have?

55. favorite fairy tale?

58. four talents you’re proud of having?

61. favorite line you heard from a book/movie/tv show/etc.?

62. seven characters you relate to?

69. a fun fact that you don’t know how you learned?

85. fairy tales or mythology?

98. favorite historical era?

WOW there’s a lot here – Welcome gamers to my any% ask speedrun

Thanks for the questions! You’ll have some coming your way, be watching for it. (this is a threat)

6. pastel, boho, tomboy, preppy, goth, grunge, formal or sportswear?

Pastel grunge, next

12. name of your favorite playlist?

My favorite playlist is just called “Writing – The Horror”, but my favorite playlist name is “Music My Hypnagogic Hallucination Demon Asked Me To Check Out Sometime, if I Wasn't Busy or Anything”

14. favorite non-chocolate candy?

I gotta’ love me some stretchy taffy – or cotton candy on the exact opposite side of the texture universe.

16. most comfortable position to sit in?

20. preferred place to write (i.e., in a note book, on your laptop, sketchpad, post-it notes, etc.)?

It’s between my laptop, my phone, and my arm.

21. obsession from childhood?

…….

22. role model?

…………..

27. favorite activity to do in cold weather?

Hiking, campfires with folks, cooking (snow-cream is a favorite!), pretty much anything that lets me be in it. I wanna' freeze.

28. five songs to describe you?

「ただいまの歌 ~ふたりぼっちで行こうver.~」 - Akiko Yano & U-zhaan x Tamaki Roy x Chinza Dopeness

"Let's Dance Raw" - Shintaro Sakamoto

“Using the Internet for French” – Austin Weber

“The Island Saints” – DJ Bean Ornish

“A Lot’s Gonna Change” – Weyes Blood

31. what outfit do you wear to kick ass and take names?

We’ve got a good oversized coat to hide all the weapons, a long corduroy skirt to hide all the secrets, hair tied back for aerodynamics, and comfortable shoes for optimal curb-stomping

Behold:

32. top five favorite vines?

1.) [dumps water] “hÆalo???”

2.)

3.) “An AVOCADO – thaaaanks.”

4,) That one where the anime boy gets decapitated by a claw machine

5.) Child jumps into playset, falls into the backrooms

34. advertisements you have stuck in your head?

I’m not giving free advertisement to nobody.

(Education Connection lady please marry me)

43. hoodie, leather jacket, cardigan, jean jacket or bomber jacket?

The cardigan because I’m too broke to buy the exact bomber jacket I want

50. what made you laugh the hardest you ever have?

When I was younger I ended up getting thing Pokemon toy from a kid’s meal while on a road-trip with my mom. I loved this toy; when I got it, it had become my favorite thing in the world and for some reason, without hesitation, I looked my mother dead in the eyes and said “Look mom, it can fly.” and threw it out the window at 60mph down the highway.

I can’t tell this story without throwing myself into a wheezing fit.

55. favorite fairy tale?

Thumbelina and any story involving Borrowers, mostly. Though that’s with some HEAVY trimming. There’s so many.

58. four talents you’re proud of having?

Oh ow you’re gonna’ make me compliment myself? I’ll get you back for this.

I’d say writing is really a big one, I’m proud of what I’ve been able to put together with that. I’m really pleased with my piano work? It’s not the most professional, but I’ve learned to play for fun, and that’s the best I could’ve asked for. Speaking of piano, I’m proud of having really good pitch – like, I can listen to a song and pretty much copy it down verbatim. And lastly I don’t know how to word this exactly, but I’m pretty proud over the fact that I usually have a solid when people ask me for advice.

61. favorite line you heard from a book/movie/tv show/etc.?

There’s got to be a lot of those, but my memory is really awful. So I’ll put the first one to pop in my head down.

“And there may not be meaning

So find one and seize it

Do not waste your self on this roof.”

– Achilles Come Down, Band of Youths

62. seven characters you relate to?

I have a really, really bad memory, so these might not be entirely accurate? They more came from me trying my best to remember all the things I’ve actually read/watched/played.

1.) Dani Clayton, Bly Manor

I really jive with the Overly Kind American Overseas trope (maybe because I’ve pretty much lived it). I don’t know how else to explain it. When I watched the show I just really loved her.

2.) Waylon Park, Outlast Whistleblower / Miles Upshur, Outlast 1

Yes they’re different people, and their respective games did pretty well characterizing them as such! But they’re on the same spot because it’s a solid half-and-half. I relate for different reasons (Waylon on the fact that he’s pretty soft, even with all the horrors going down. And Miles with his can-do attitude and insanely high pain threshold). Not Blake, though. I uh. We didn’t mesh super well, not sure why.

3.) That peasant fellow at the beginning of Dracula who warns Johnathan Harker not to leave but kinda’ gets ignored and quietly accepts the inevitable fate of this poor English solicitor.

4.) Arthur Parnassus, House in the Cerulean Sea

He’s chaotically responsible, I respect that in a person.

5.) Dr. Joshua Sweet, Atlantis the Lost Empire

He’s chaotically responsible. I respect that in a person.

6.) Dr. Janet Fraiser, Stargate SG-1

This lady knows how to HELP her friends and be the best character while doing it.

7.) Caduceus Clay

Kind cow man with a garden my beloved, man of my own heart.

69. a fun fact that you don’t know how you learned? (haha, nice)

Zachery Taylor, the 12th president of the US, died while eating cherries and iced milk. This thought haunts me every time I pour milk.

85. fairy tales or mythology?

Yes. All the way yes.

98. favorite historical era?

don’t know if it’s my favorite, since that’s a pretty hard question to answer, but I’ve been learning a lot about the period of the active Ryukyu Kingdom pre-Japanese invasion/Okinawa, and the history of it is very neat.

[sharysisnhmoonshadow]

Questions Game!

Answer 10 questions and create 10 of your own for other peeps to answer! (I’m letting this round die with me)

Tagged (again 😁!) by @ausp-ice

1. If you were a mythical creature, what would you be? A centaur! I’m already a Sagittarius. I love archery, and I would love to be able to be able to run that fast! Not sure what the Caeli Mosnter would think . . .

2. How many hours of sleep per night do you normally get? Averaged 4-5 hours prior to quarantine (excuse me, shelter in place). But these days I’ve been getting a solid eight hours. It’s been SO NICE!

3. If you could upload your consciousness to a computer, would you? For fear of ending up like Clay Kaczmarek from Assassin’s Creed, probably not. However, if the computer was an android body I could possibly be swayed!

4. If you have OCs, who’s your favorite? If not, who’s your favorite character from any media? Jodi Hunter, my 15 year old runaway delinquent from my Transformers fic Disregarded (the series as a whole turns into a TF/SPN crossover). Not only was this the first fic under my current penname, but it was the fic I learned to stop being afraid of what I enjoy fandom wise. Jodi was my very first fully fleshed character. Based physically off of one old coworker and named after another, Jodi is my tiny temperamental asexual basket case and I love her! She has scars and PTSD and will fight you to protect her little found family. One of the biggest compliments I ever got was when several readers FORGOT she was an OC. I still desperately want to finish her series but I haven’t been in the correct mindset.

5. If you could pick one (or a few) song(s) that could capture these essence of you, what would it be? This one is hard! I use a lot of music as Inspiration so rarely think about it in relation to myself. Hmmm. I’m gonna go with Affirmation by Savage Garden. About 85% of the lyrics are pretty accurate. And I Ship It by Not Literally. Watch the video on YouTube. Pure GOLD! I remember watching it for the first time and thinking “I have found the song of my people!!”

6. What’s your favorite flavor of love? Familial, platonic, romantic, sensual, sexual, nonconforming, anything else I could be missing. Feel free to offer different choices for different contexts! i.e. for yourself vs. what you like to read. And if you want to go ham with details, go ahead, I’d love to see it :> OMG I just love love? Sure, I love me a well written steamy sex scene, but what really makes it good for me is the intimacy or dynamics driving it. Give me the feels, or the sassy banter, or the soft moments. Romantic sensual love makes me swoon, but familial love also gives me life! Supportive BroTPs and found family are my Jam. I’m very lucky to have a loving and supportive partner in my life and a small collection of extended family that is diverse and supportive each in their own way. I didn’t always have that and so love it when characters in stories help each other to bloom into better versions of themselves. I am also weak for any relationship (platonic or romantic) that is willing to throw down and wreck shop to protect/rescue/avenge a loved one!

7. If you have original worlds, which one would you like to be part of most? If not, pick any setting from any media. Harry Potter. For the magical creatures alone! Hippogryphs? Unicorns? Dragons? Thunderbirds? The gigantic breed of flying horse the pulled the fricken carriage for Beaubatons? Yes please! Also- Hufflepuff and PROUD!

8. What’s one thing you hope to achieve in life? I would love to publish one of my original stories. I have several rattling around, and a few that I’m about ready to start cleaning up the story outlines so I can officially Get Started. Not gonna lie, one day I would love to read fanfic about my own work. ❤️ I would consider it the ultimate version of coming full circle.

9. What do you like most about yourself? I find that if you put me in a crowd situation like the renaissance fair or comic/anime/fan conventions I love just talking to people. (Though I have to monitor my people levels because sometimes I can overwhelm myself a little by sheer enthusiasm). I love talking to vendors and artists just to discuss their work. Lots of fond memories of people I will probably never see again.

10. Can you show me something you think is pretty? This could be a photo, an artwork (yours or other), a song, something written. Anything. I present to you two of my favorite critter photos I’ve taken, plus two of my favorite couple Couple Cosplay photos. I made a decent Dean, but Josh was a phenomenal Castiel!

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Weird Questions that say a lot

1. coffee mugs, teacups, wine glasses, water bottles, or soda cans? Teacups!

2. chocolate bars or lollipops? Lollipops

3. bubblegum or cotton candy? Cotton candy

4. how did your elementary school teachers describe you? We call elementary school primary school. It depended which teachers you asked, my favourites always said I was “conscientious, kind, and a pleasure to have in class”.

5. do you prefer to drink soda from soda cans, soda bottles, plastic cups or glass cups? Glass cups or bottles.

6. pastel, boho, tomboy, preppy, goth, grunge, formal or sportswear? I have like 4 looks, pastel, boho, and goth/witchy/grunge, also vintage-inspired which wasn’t mentioned but I love it.

7. earbuds or headphones? Depends on the shape, I love my Razr headset because it doesn’t squash my ears, and I like galaxy bud shaped earbuds, the ones with the little rubber doo-dads that fit actually in your ear. Apple or a lot of older flat earbuds cause me a lot of pain.

8. movies or tv shows? TV shows. Movies are getting longer and longer and my focus is getting shorter and shorter

9. favorite smell in the summer? Rainy days!

10. game you were best at in p.e.? The game of queue-ducking (where you go to the back of the queue to avoid your turn), or dance, or the less strength intensive parts of gymnastics. Or crying, always been great at that xD

11. what you have for breakfast on an average day? Muesli, or nothing.

12. name of your favorite playlist? I prefer to listen to full albums rather than playlists, but I have a few favourites on Spotify. Born to Run 150BPM, Infinite Indie Folk, Irish Folk: Jigs and Reels, All Out 80s/90s/00s. I also love scene/pop-punk playlists.

13. lanyard or key ring? Key Ring

14. favorite non-chocolate candy? Message Hearts (or anything with that texture), the red pack of starbursts (the UK version is vegan). Does Turkish Delight count because if so then that is my fave. I also like gummies if they’re vegan.

15. favorite book you read as a school assignment? To Kill a Mockingbird (high school), or The Bloody Chamber (uni), or Hamlet (uni)

16. most comfortable position to sit in? One foot under me, the other foot out to the other side, but both in the same position (if the surface is flat), or knees up.

17. most frequently worn pair of shoes? I own a lot of shoes so there isn’t really a single pair I wear the most. Recently my Air Force 1s, I’m trying to wear them in because the previous owner didn’t so the cause blisters.

18. ideal weather? Cold, overcast, rainy, still. Or without the rain. or snow (as long as I’m not going in the car and I can go crunch my shoes in it xD

19. sleeping position? Either side, but my body is kinda rotated towards the bed so it’s like half way between on my stomach and on my side. 

20. preferred place to write (i.e., in a note book, on your laptop, sketchpad, post-it notes, etc.)? Notebooks

21. obsession from childhood? Animals, dinosaurs, goddesses, magic, crystals, neopets, sims. I still love all of these things, I am a rotating door of obsessions, usually a bunch of the same obsessions on repeat.

22. role model? I don’t have one particular role model, I do have tons of people that I love and respect.

23. strange habits? I have so many strange habits that I have become one myself. Nothing actually stands out though because 99% of it is because of my brain.

24. favorite crystal? rose quartz or moonstone.

25. first song you remember hearing? Maybe Dancing Queen by ABBA, definitely the first I remember dancing to, but my dad loves music so I grew up with a constant stream of it.

26. favorite activity to do in warm weather? Suffer xD when I’m able to do so comfortably I’d love to go out looking for pretty stones, and nice sticks with my fiance, also would like to go on picnics with him, or a friend if I had one.

27. favorite activity to do in cold weather? Baking, drawing, crafts, standing in the rain. Everything.

28. five songs to describe you? 6/10 - Dodie Robert Frost - Mal Blum Caught in the Middle - Paramore Side Effects - Jade Bird Snitches Get Stitches - Onsind  Bonus track: The Seed - Aurora I wish I still had the playlist I made of songs I relate to, several of these were on it though.

29. best way to bond with you? Oversharing, or telling me about things you’re into.

30. places that you find sacred? Nature. My favourite spots are little creeks/rivers in wooded areas, but just like, all of it is special and should be treated as such. Also bedrooms.

31. what outfit do you wear to kick ass and take names? I think maybe I’m not gutsy or whatever enough, but also unpredictable. I wear whatever I like, and I’m just as likely to cry in all of them as I am to accidentally get in a fight.

32. top favorite vines? I feel so basic because I never really did the vine thing.  There was one that nearly killed me because I literally started to choke that was in some kind of office and the bit like can you run this past me again, and they just fucking legged it past them holding a folder up, Saw it once, never saw it again. Road work ahead. Why you can’t lift a house (might be a tok?) Brass dad and oven kid Look at this graaaaph Never learned how to read I can’t sit I have hemorrhoids The one with the people in blankets bobbing the nana nanana song Fr esh avo ca do Look at all these chickens

33. most used phrase in your phone? I love you - if I had to guess

34. advertisements you have stuck in your head? right now, nothing. I often get the old Super Liquor jingle lodged in there though.

35. average time you fall asleep? 6am?

36. what is the first meme you remember ever seeing? Charlie the unicorn or that one Noodles video by Cyanide and Happiness. Are those even memes?

37. suitcase or duffel bag? Depends. I mostly use a bag though since I never go anywhere for long.

38. lemonade or tea? Tea? Usually if you ask for lemonade here you get Sprite which is not lemonade.

39. lemon cake or lemon meringue pie? I had a vegan lemon meringue pie once, so good. Cake is easier to make though, and I can eat more in one sitting without getting sick xD

40. weirdest thing to ever happen at your school? Um, the principal in my last year of school got caught for being a peeping tom a few years after I left.

41. last person you texted? My Fiance.

42. jacket pockets or pants pockets? Jacket pockets

43. hoodie, leather jacket, cardigan, jean jacket or bomber jacket? Depends on the rest of the outfit and the weather. I wear Jean jackets most though.

44. favorite scent for soap? I love lavender, or vanilla/candy/fruity/baked goods type scents. I still have a bottle of Sugar Fairy spray from lush from a year ago and I love the smell of that.

45. which genre: sci-fi, fantasy or superhero? Fantasy I think.

46. most comfortable outfit to sleep in? Nekkid?

47. favorite type of cheese? As a kid it was feta. Now I only eat vegan cheese. I was never a huge cheese fan tbh.

48. if you were a fruit, what kind would you be? Rotten xD um probably a cranberry or something because I’m small, and I’m not a fan of cranberry.

49. what saying or quote do you live by? An it harm none do what you will. Or treat others as you wish to be treated.

50. what made you laugh the hardest you ever have? Probably one of the vines I listed above, either “run it past” or “can’t lift a house” because both of those resulted in crying and choking.

51. current stresses? My cat has been throwing up and having diarrhoea the past week or so, she’s been to the vet, it got better for a bit, but tonight suddenly got worse. Living with my parents who I have a very toxic relationship with. Living in a single very overfilled room. Trying to not spend money so that I can save up to move next year. Nightmares about my trauma. Either the house is haunted or there’s a build up of negative energy (probably that).

52. favorite font? I always liked the look of all of the script style fonts (freestyle, french, lucida, lucida calligraphy, Edwardian, Palace) but they’re not accessible so for anything people will actually see (which is literally nothing) I always go with arial.

53. what is the current state of your hands? Slight rash on one finger because I’m sensitive to what is in a lot of hand washing products apparently (never an issue until the pandemic), one broken finger nail that is a bit shorter than the rest. Not painted nails because energy. I always wear my engagement ring, usually I wear several other rings but with how my skin is being I thought I’d better not for a while.

54. what did you learn from your first job? Bakeries are hell, my circadian rhythm will not adjust to anything besides its natural state for longer than a couple of days at a time no matter how long or hard I try. I can absolutely fall asleep standing up.

55. favorite fairy tale? Ugly Duckling

56. favorite tradition? I don’t have anyway... Yet? Hopefully when I move this can become a thing.

57. the three biggest struggles you’ve overcome? I’m interpretting overcome loosely here, meaning “I have not died from this” - Suicide of my first love - Bullying - 3 different jobs that all nearly killed me

58. four talents you’re proud of having? Literally can’t think of one. I’m not talented. I’m passable at a couple of things, but I worked for those things and I’m still not good enough for anyone to confuse me for being talented xD Those things I care about that I’ve worked on a lot are singing, art, languages, crafts? I still struggled to come up with 4. My bad.

59. if you were a video game character, what would your catchphrase be? Aw jeez xD

60. if you were a character in an anime, what kind of anime would you want it to be? Magical Girl! This is an easy one, give me the powers and the clothes yessss.

61. favorite line you heard from a book/movie/tv show/etc.? Literally sitting here drawing a blank, so instead of favourite here is the first one that came into my head “eyes are the genitals of the head” (may have that wrong, I’m watching the Office for the first time rn)

62. seven characters you relate to? Clementine from Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Amelie from Amelie Matilda from Matilda Quasimodo from the Hunchback of Notredame (also my favourite plush as a kid) Iris - The Holiday Jess - New Girl Amelia Shepherd - Grey’s Anatomy Struggled with this because suddenly I drew a blank and also couldn’t remember who my Fiance was talking about every time he’s watched a character and said “that’s you” repeatedly.

63. five songs that would play in your club? Starlight - Superman Lovers Pump It - Black Eyed Peas I Bet that You Look Good on the Dancefloor - Arctic Monkeys All the Things She Said - tATu Doctor Jones - Aqua Bonus: Push Up - Freestylers These are ones  I have memories of dancing to when I was younger so that’s how I picked, but I’d absolutely be a themed night club with different music on different nights.

64. favorite website from your childhood? Neopets, which I still play daily. The first I played was MaMaMedia, then Bubblegum Club.

65. any permanent scars? That’s a SORE subject heh get it heh

66. favorite flower(s)? Lavender, rose, peony

67. good luck charms? I usually carry gemstones if I’m needing to be particularly lucky, or sigils.

68. worst flavor of any food or drink you’ve ever tried? I hate anything spicy. I had rootbeer candy that tasted like literal dirt. I can’t eat banana stuff without gagging and getting a headache. I hate anything that is artificial blackberry or blackcurrant, tastes like shitty cough syrup.

69. a fun fact that you don’t know how you learned? Sea Monkeys breathe through their feet, but I remember where I learned that.

70. left or right handed? right

71. least favorite pattern? depends entirely on the colours, I like patterns. but certain stripes do make my eyes feel funny.

72. worst subject? If PE counts, then that. If not, math.

73. favorite weird flavor combo? I love pineapple on pizza but that’s not weird. Iused to eat cheese and jam sandwiches as a kid though.

74. at what pain level out of ten (1 through 10) do you have to be at before you take an advil or ibuprofen? I operate on how long it has lasted instead of how bad it is, essentially I get so desperate so I’ll try it even though it probably won’t help. I have the resistance of a rhino to most meds.

75. when did you lose your first tooth? No idea, like 4 I think? I did keep them in a weird little box for no reason though because they never got taken away from under my pillow.

76. what’s your favorite potato food (i.e. tater tots, baked potatoes, fries, chips, etc.)? I’m a fan of a good mash if it has lots of flavour (like gravy). Otherwise, crisps or fries.

77. best plant to grow on a windowsill? I grew a radish once! Something cat safe though these days, also maybe something heavy, and hard to knock over?

78. coffee from a gas station or sushi from a grocery store? Grocery Store sushi, if it’s just veg.

79. which looks better, your school id photo or your driver’s license photo? My only ID is my passport, and it is BAD.

80. earth tones or jewel tones? Both.

81. fireflies or lightning bugs? Fireflies (ten million of them to be precise)

82. pc or console? Grew up with PC. Now play my switch mostly.

83. writing or drawing? Both. Wrote more as a kid, draw more now.

84. podcasts or talk radio? Podcasts.

84. barbie or polly pocket? Both. But I prefered pollies as a kid

85. fairy tales or mythology? mythology

86. cookies or cupcakes? cupcakes

87. your greatest fear? Based on my nightmares, stairs.

88. your greatest wish? To live in a comfy house, in the country, with my Fiance, I have travelled the world, we have pets, I can function, we are free.

89. who would you put before everyone else? My Fiance and out animals.

90. luckiest mistake? Can’t think of any, most of my mistakes have been more like bad choices, also never turned out well for me.

91. boxes or bags? Depends what it’s for?

92. lamps, overhead lights, sunlight or fairy lights? lamps, or fairy lights. Unless I’m particularly anxious, then overheads.

93. nicknames? None.

94. favorite season? Winter

95. favorite app on your phone? LINE, it has my fiance, and animated stickers.

96. desktop background? Little Twin Stars

97. how many phone numbers do you have memorized? My own.

I never get asks and needed to distract myself so I’m going to just answer these anyway, like a survey or something. Original post by tr33-g1rl 

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ok i just saw this existed, i live on tumblr mobile where i ignore the activity tab and scroll endlessly, bear w me

Animated character that was your gay awakening? uhhhhhhh,,,....,,,.. if i remembered anything abt my childhood i would tell u, im gonna say rukia from bleach because i want gorgeous short people to step on me

Grilled cheese or PB&J? peanut butter Always... tho if it was a fancy grilled cheese (there is a special preparation).... i would be torn

What show/YouTube video(s) do you put on in the background when you when you don’t have anything to watch but you want something on? it really depends! i bounce around, i watch a lot of baumgartner restorations, i watch a LOT of nyx fears video essays on horror movies i would never watch, i watch longplays of, like, nier automata bc im still delighted by cryaotic?

Your go-to bar order, if you drink? i dont really get to order a lot of drinks at bars, itll depend, if im with friends ill order as many things off the cocktail menu as my money allows, if im with my parents ill order long island iced teas or whiskey and lemonade

What’s your favorite pair of shoes that you own? i literally own like 3 pairs of shoes, one of which being the only pair i can actually safely wear haha.... but my favorite pair is the black red and gold converse that dont fit anymore but still remind me of high school

Top three cuisines? mexican, italian, whomever the fuck invented kasoundi

What was your first word as a child (that wasn’t a variation of “Mom” or “Dad”)? yeah as said above i have no clue about anything about my childhood so idk i think mum said once that my first proper word was just ‘no’ which sounds abt right

What’s a job that you’ve had that people might be surprised to find out you’ve had? idk if my last job counts? i mean i used to do all round garden labor stuff until my pain got worse and i literally couldnt anymore so i got relegated to desk work

Look up. What’s directly across from you? oh a container of pesto i didnt like the flavour of and just... forgot to throw out.... i will do that tomorrow

Do you own any signed books/memorabilia in general? i have a rwby poster signed by ray and jack? its p cool

Preferred way to spend a rainy day? preferred right now? wrapped in a metric fuckton of blankets w my partner

What do you get on your bagels? What WOULD you get if you had access to anything you wanted? i..... dont like bagels

Brunch or midnight snacks? i live a weirdly scheduled life, midnight snacks and brunch are interchangeable to me now, so both

Favorite mug you own i..... dont really have one? all of my actual mugs that are mine have my deadname on them haha

What coffee drink would you describe yourself as? overbrewed black coffee that someone left to go cold before dumping six packs of sugar in

Pick a song lyric to describe your current mood (and drop the name and artist!) ‘ And I don't want your pity I just want somebody near me ‘ bc we all love a bit of mitski when we are feeling the self isolation creeping in

Fruity or herbal teas? fruity teas only! or rather i drink fruit tisanes! but if you mean actual tea then herbal, i only drink peppermint tea

What’s that one TV show that you’re a little bit embarrassed to watch but you still like nonetheless? fruits basket! everyone watch the reboot

That book you were forced to read for class but actually ended up enjoying? all the books i read for class sucked but medea wasnt so bad

Do you match your socks? only when theyre very fun patterned socks, and even then sometimes i will match them to the wrong pair but the same pattern, aka my double watermelon combo (i have a pair of green socks w watermelons and a pair of black socks w watermelons so)

Have you ever been horseback riding? no and i never will because i am fucking terrified of horses

What was your “phase” when you were younger? (i.e., Mythology Nerd, Horse Girl, Space Geek, etc) uh.... uh i mean im not sure if it counts as a phase but i was stupid into vampires (to the point of me and my friends constructing the intricate theory that our teacher was a vampire and we had to kill her by the time we graduated (she was not and we did not and i hate all of those people now) i was just the weird conspiracy kid i guess, we used to spend every lunch staring across the oval at a house we were SURE an alien lived in (it was just a plastic bag being rustled by a fan)

Have you ever been to jail? bkdnbrb god no

What’s your opinion on Lazy Susan’s (the spinning tray in the middle of tables)? im a lazy susan

Puzzles? i cant solve a rubiks cube but give me a 2000 piece jigsaw and ill sit there for 6 hours trying to solve it

You can only have one juice for the rest of your life, what is it? oh this is tough..... orange juice, the fancy kind but with no bits in it, i used to like the bits but these days i just want a clean juice experience

What section do you immediately head for when you walk into a bookstore? ,,,,,,the ya fiction section, i never buy anything from there but i like to see if series i read as a teenager ever got new instalments after i stopped liking them

What’s one thing you’re trying to learn/relearn in your downtime right now? how to sleep like a normal person

Who’s your go-to musical artist when you’re feeling upbeat? uh, it depends! lizzo or my playlist of musicals! (which is literally just starkid/tcb stuff)

Where could someone find you in a museum? i could literally be anywhere, probably in front of some old piece though, just staring for an hour bc im struck by the majesty of it (and my legs probably locked up so i couldnt move anyway)

What’s that one outfit in your closet you never get the chance to wear but want to? so i have a nice white button up and some really nice jeans i just got, and my suspenders, and my cool blue heels that i know i cant wear bc my legs cant handle walking in heels anymore, but it would look cool am i right

Rainbows, stars, or sunset colored clouds? i look up at my roof which is almost entirely covered in glow in the dark stars and then stare into the camera (i wish every day that my roof was like the roof of the healthy harold van, i still have fucking dreams of that beautiful ceiling)

If you could own any non-traditional pet (dogs, cats, fish, rodents, etc), what would it be? non traditional? id want a lizard that could curl round my shoulders like a leathery scarf

Do you have more art on your walls or more photographs? i dont have any photos on my wall so art by default

You have to get one meme tattooed on your body, what meme is it and where does it go? i just want the pensive emoji tattooed in the small of my back so if i wear a crop top everyone has to suffer with me

Pick a superhero sidekick to hang out with fuck superheroes they suck, can i hang out with jason todd red hood style

Lakes, rivers, or oceans? oceans, i want to go to the beach so fucking bad

Favorite mid-2000s song i dont really have a Big Favorite but like..... i constantly thank god for esteban

How do you dress when you’re home alone? ive been in the same sweatpants and old paint shirt i got from my painting and decorating course for three days

Where do you sit in the living room (we all have a preferred spot, and you know it)? armchair closest to the kitchen, perfect to make a quick escape if dad comes in

Knives or swords? knives, i dont have the upper body strength for swords

A song you didn’t think you’d enjoy but ended up loving? oh uh run away with me by crj, *bwoooooooo buhnuhnuuuuuu buhnuhnuuuuuhhh buhnuhnuuuuhhhhh*

Pick an old-school Disney Channel Original Movie HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL BUT SPECIFICALLY ONLY CERTAIN PARTS FROM EACH OF THEM BC COLLECTIVELY THEY SUCK BUT PARTS OF THEM ARE PERFECT

Are you a “Quote that relates to the photos” caption-er, an “explanation of where I took the photos” caption-er, or a no caption kinda person when you post pictures online? no caption i dont want people to really acknowledge that i post things

Name a classic Vine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anQds9PQ7CA

What’s the freezer food that you stock up on when you go to the grocery store? hash browns hash browns hash browns ONLY

How do you top your ice cream? god its been so long since ive been able to eat ice cream.... with the reeses peanut butter ice cream shell topping

Do you like Jello? jelly is the pinnacle of our society and i wish i were eating it right now

What’s something that you don’t have a picture of that you wish you did? i wish i had a picture of myself and my partner so i could set it as my phone lock screen (that or i wish i had a picture of me and a friend i really dearly miss bc i have pics of her in my phone but not of us together and i want some but i cant bring myself to say so)

How are you at climbing trees? theres a tree in my front yard i used to be able to hang off but nowadays i think id hurt myself just trying to lift my nasty meat sack off the ground trying

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Week 7 blog post----

The Triptych paintings were created to serve as altarpieces, mainly the pieces contributed and helped with prayers. Later in a different news article, I came across information stated that it is most unlikely this artists work was used as altarpieces. According to My Modern Met.com, the art that Hieronymus Bosch created was far to sexual and unlikely that it would fit into the beliefs of a church. The article came to the conclusion that it was uncertain what exactly this artwork was made for.  Most of the Triptych paintings deal with the Genesis creation narrative involving the creation myth of both Judaism and Christianity.

Later in the My Modern Met.com article, I was reading about many interpretations involving The Exterior, explaining that, the Triptych was more than likely supposed to be red like a book from left to right because each of the panels was made to be interconnected. Through my research on this painting I learned a new artist term called “Grisaille.” Which is used when the artist uses mostly tones of gray or neutral colors to better contrast what is happening on the interior of the painting.  The Exterior Panels piece is a depiction of what the Earth was thought to look like around the third day of its creation. People believe that this painting is of the third day because there are only plants visible on the planets, no humans or animals.  This painting caught my eye because before I red anything about it, I was really not sure what to make of these geometric shapes. Although it is represented in dull colors, I found it a rather peaceful image to look at and later how I did learn why Bosch chose dull colors for most of the painting. As it was stated in the article, “The intricacy of its symbolism,…has led to a wide range of scholarly interpretations over the centuries.” I found an article describing more details about The Exterior Panels that I had yet to notice. “The tiny figure of God can be seen in the upper left-hand corner, and above him is inscribed a quote from Psalm 33 — Ipse dixit, et facta sunt: ipse mandāvit, et creāta sunt — For he spake and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast.”

The second image I selected is from the The Garden of Earthly Delights, Interior panels, the panel on the right. Now because there is so much going on within the three panels, I chose to talk about just the top part on the right panel. The setting in this top part of the painting by Bosch is an image of hell for the humans because they gave in to temptations and evil. To me, this painting looks a bit chaotic, almost as if it is a war zone from the looks of the bottom of the painting (the right panel, and a pair of human ears brandishing a blade). The right panel does contrast the other two panels by being the only one painted in a dark setting. The other two panels also seem to be more light and happy verses the right panel is dark colors and depicting hell. This is why I believe that many individuals eyes are drawn to the right side first like myself. The article describes more about the light showing through the darkness in this painting. Overall, this painting reflects pain, embarrassment and sadness for the ones in this place of hell with monsters and somewhat demon like beings. “Large explosions in the background throw light through the city gates and spill into the water in the mid-ground… their fiery reflection turning the water below into blood.” An interesting theory concerning the right panel is that Bosch may have included a self-portrait of himself as the character known as “Tree-man”. Although it is not proven, just a speculation some have.  

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genesis_creation_narrative#:~:text=The%20narrative%20is%20made%20up,(i.e.%20the%20Biblical%20Sabbath).

https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/details-from-bosch-s-garden-of-earthly-delights-ca-1500

https://mymodernmet.com/garden-of-earthly-delights-bosch/

[classicalliberalleague]

Does PGC even post anymore or is that all the cute animals? So this is to NAC. First off. Do you vote? And if so what do you vote for? And second of all, what is your purpose on this site? You rip people a new one if they don't lick your boots and then block them. You've created a soapbox in an echo chamber. What the hell makes you think you're conservative? And why the hell do you think we have time to read the Mueller report. U read it, tell us why the President should be impeached?

Yes, shows you don’t pay much attention, but we’ll get back to that...but most of those animals are NAC.

Yes I vote.  And sadly it’s for a lot of third party candidates who don’t stand a chance because the two main parties are only offering me a choice of fascism and socialism.

“what is your purpose on this site?“ To express my opinion.  For whatever reasons I may have.  The same as any tumblr page.  You act as if I have to justify having a tumblr page.  The fuck?  Better question given that you admit to never actually wanting to learn what is you purpose in existence?  Because whatever it is you’re failing. Once long ago I had hopes that maybe tumblr would expose me to arguments more traditional outlets didn’t...boy was I wrong (just as I was wrong that the majority of Republicans weren’t racist, just as I was wrong once long ago that the FAIR tax was better than a flat tax, and certainly that before reading Federalist 42 and seeing that the Constitution gives no power to regulate immigration I thought for all it’s short coming on economics immigration rules should be followed because rule of law should be upheld and efforts should be pragmatically made to reduce them over time...but once I saw that it was unconstitutional I realized they have to go right now...we could go on for a long time on things I’ve learned I’m wrong about, but that would involve discussion what is I’m sure a foreign concept to you, learning).

“You rip people a new one if they don't lick your boots and then block them.“ I rip people a new one if they waste my time.  If you came into my house and started yelling at me I’d be well withing my rights to send you to hell you so richly deserve.  If you come to my tumblr page to spout drivel I will throw you out as well. 

“You've created a soapbox in an echo chamber. “ Soapbox, certainly.  Echo chamber.  It is presenting an opinion certainly, one biased by reason, facts, logic, and ethics.  But I don’t exist in an echo chamber.  Every day I keep up with CNN and Fox, Washington Times and Washington Post, AEI and Brookings, CATO and The Dipatch, The Bulwark and the Atlantic, National Review and Ricochet.  From the Far Right to the Far Left to the Far Libertarian.  I track down primary documents and I post some of the more interesting stuff I find. Not to mention hundreds of books from a variety of sources. So I’m not in an echo chamber.  And I don’t require that anyone else be in an echo chamber.  Please go find other sources than me.  But if you’re going to waste my time by commenting on my post with the intellectual equivalent of diarrhea don’t expect me to want to bother with you.  You and I both have the right to speak, and we both have the right to not listen.  You have a problem with my right to speak and my right to not listen, I am fully in support of both of yours. 

“What the hell makes you think you're conservative?“ A desire for small, limited government (unlike both parties at present).  A desire for free market capitalism (unlike both parties right now).  A desire for following the Constitution (both parties fail, but the democrats are vaguely in line with impeaching Trump, but I wouldn’t begin to fool myself that they suddenly believe in the Constitution...which is the documents benefits, it doesn’t always have to be believed in just followed to work).  I believe in low taxes and free trade like the Founding Fathers.  I believe in doing what works by that I mean things that in one example after another show pragmatic results that benefit everyone (capitalism, open border, free speech, freedom of religion, the right to bear arms).  I believe in personal responsibility, in defending liberty at home and abroad, at opposing tyranny at every turn.

  Can Trump or any of his supporters say the same?  No. Not on a single point.

So how do you claim I’m not a conservative?

“And why the hell do you think we have time to read the Mueller report.“ Because you as a voting citizen have a civic duty to hold your elected representatives to account and to do that you have stay informed.  It’s available for FREE at audible https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Mueller-Report-Audiobook/B07PXN468K It’s 19 hours.  Playing it at double speed or higher (Audible can get up to 3.5x speed, which is how I can get through more than 200 books a year...when was the last time you read even one?) means you’d only need about 10 hours.  Most commutes are 4.3 hours a week...so even if you only listened on your drive to work you’d be done in two and a half weeks. If you don’t have 19 hours to spare, what are you doing?  You never do chores (which can be done while listening to audiobooks?)  or is catching up on the Mandalorian so much more important than the fate of a real Republic...or perhaps given that well over half the pro-Trump blogs I have to block are mostly porn is it that you have other things that capture your attention. 

“tell us why the President should be impeached? “ You see this is why you get blocked.  There are literally hundreds of posts that are much shorter than a 19 hour read that I have posted which do that.  But you didn’t bother to read any of them.  You just attack, blindly, like the brainless twit you are.  But you don’t have to read my posts...but don’t then complain when I don’t have any respect for the filth you call an opinion.

But since you missed why Trump should be impeached, removed, convicted, tried, sentenced and imprisioned for the rest of his life.  Let’s go over it again.

There is the massive tax fraud he and his family were involved in

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/10/02/us/politics/donald-trump-tax-schemes-fred-trump.html

He is a money launder for the cartels

https://www.globalwitness.org/en/campaigns/corruption-and-money-laundering/narco-a-lago-panama/

He has violated the emoluments clause from the first day

https://www.brookings.edu/research/the-emoluments-clause-its-text-meaning-and-application-to-donald-j-trump/

He has obstructed justice in the Mueller investigation:

“Because we determined not to make a traditional prosecutorial judgment, we did not draw ultimate  conclusions  about  the  President’s  conduct.  The  evidence  we  obtained  about  the President’s actions and intent presents difficult issues that would need to be resolved if we were making a traditional prosecutorial judgment.  At the same time,if we had confidence after a thorough investigation of the facts that the President clearly did not commit obstruction of justice, we would so state.”  I.e. Barr won’t let us charge him.  If we thought he wasn’t guilty of obstruction we’d say so.  We’re not saying so.  (I.e. he’s guilty of obstruction his handpicked Goering wannabe Barr just won’t let us charge him with the crimes he committed).

Conclusion from the Mueller Report.  https://www.justice.gov/storage/report.pdf

Is one paragraph short enough for you?

He attempted extortion of a foreign nation (I read the summary of the transcript where he said “do me a favor”, can’t read the transcript as he keep repeating because it has been illegally classified)

He did said extortion to help himself win an election a violation of his oath of office and to help his friends in Russia.  Both crimes.

And then he committed obstruction of justice/Congress by not allowing his people to testify. 

I notice also that you tried to take this back to the Mueller report because his crimes that the Democrats actually had the balls to impeach him on (a mere fraction of the crimes he is guilty of) are such an open and shut case that you prefer to take things back the Mueller Report which does requires above an elementary level of reading (which I’m guessing you, like your God-King Trump, lack). 

Now please, fascist cocksucker run along.  Don’t bother me again.  I will never concern myself with your meaningless drivel but you can shout your filth as much as you want.  I just don’t care.  Just don’t bother me unless you want to come and deal with real facts (I realize such a thing is so foreign a concept to you that you probably stopped reading long ago to go back to the porn blogs that are more you level, but still, I have to put in the request, Don Quixote that I am--that’s a reference to a book by the way, you’re supposed to read them not burn them...again I’m sure it’s a concept that goes too far for you). 

“ U read it,“ There are always of course unintentional typos and only a fool points those out on a format such as tumblr.  But “U”?  In a political argument you treat this like a high school girl texting her bffjill? And you wonder why my contempt knows no bounds.

- NAC

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As for me, PGC, I post once in a blue moon. Occassionally I post about my history podcast, which is only one of the many projects I’m working on that have made tumblr so very low on my priority list. Politics is no longer my main sector of interest and that was 90% of what I used tumblr for.

So yeah, I’m busy. I keep up with the news and post on twitter fairly often (@MeredithAncret aned @history_wtf, if anyone is desperate to know) but I’m starting grad school in 6 weeks (meaning my reading assignments already started), writing my podcast, and working on at least two novels and a short story series intermittantly. If someone wants my opinion they can address an ask to me and I’ll see it eventually or NAC will let me know it’s there.