#so. not super feasible

[brownheadedcowbird]

ok I’ve been traveling and spending time in the real world this week but I finally got to watch the first 3.5 episodes of sab season 2 on the plane and I’m so glad that I don’t completely hate nikolai so far. WACK what they’re doing with the plot and pacing and subplots and yeesh but I’m just here for zoya, nikolai, and ben barnes the actor so I’m not like. horribly upset. Really didn’t like sturmhond but I think it was 95% the stupid coat, I knew I’d hate it from the promo pics lol. We’ll see how the rest of the season goes tho

[lettersforbeatrice]

remember when we were robbed of the lettuce bikini

[chloecherrysip]

I don't know where I'm from. My earliest memory is arriving. I was so lucky they found me! They took me in, raised me like one of their own, and when I was ready, they made me their princess.

[spacemaverick]

i did Not feel like drawing three entire separate cats so i just edited the eyes and hair for each of them

[fjordfolk]

rlly torn abt whether to actually pursue that major CC for troj for a championship (very few shows that give them, most very far away, very high entry numbers, mostly allround judges which tends to not be Troj's audience) or just idk. retire her for now, bring her back out in 4yrs time as a veteran if she ages well

[hsslilly-blog]

shirt with a heart and child of divorce written on top but then there’s a picture of huntclaire. you wouldnt get it. i do

[thepoisonroom]

apologies if this is a dumb question and i won't be offended at all if you dont answer/dont know but since you've worked in libraries before i was curious if you knew how to let your library know you're interested in an audiobook they haven't purchased ? i know i used to be able to make requests on overdrive but since the switch to libby i haven't been able to figure it out. i hope youre having a lovely day whether you can help or not and appreciate you taking the time to read all this 💛

sorry for the late reply, i haven't been online much and just saw this! most public libraries will have a form on their website called something like "purchase request" or "suggest a title" that you can use to request things! people often think this is only for books, but most places will let you request audiobooks, DVDs, etc. librarians won't always add the things you request to the collection, and they often can't explain every decision in detail due to volume, so results may vary.

the one thing to be mindful of is that audiobook/ebook licensing can be really weird, and sometimes publishers do make it really difficult or impossible for libraries to license certain items! so if your library doesn't get something you ask for, that sucks and is disappointing, but please don't hesitate to keep sending in requests as you have them! that info is always super helpful for collections folks looking to add things to the library that they think you'll want and use!

[collectiveclams]

So, with twin’s recent Powerade bread experiment I’ve had an idea.

Since I’ve recently gotten into Ninjago, I’m going to make a food that each of the ninja would like & a different food that the ninja in question would feasibly make for themselves based on canon [if it exists] and if not then based off of hcs. Some being culinary disasters, others being silly elaborate.

There are 3 rules.

1) it can’t be super expensive to make [I have already broken the first rule]

2) I must eat all the food I make for this. So it might take a while to get through all the ninja.

3) for one of the recipes for each ninja, I’m going to try to deliberately make it with the amount of skill in cooking I imagine each of the ninja to have. I don’t think any of them are bad cooks. Just some aren’t that experienced.

If any of y’all have suggestions for foods to make, I’d be happy to hear them.

[chipped-chimera]

Today in fish nonsense! 🐟🐠- Tank is good to go! Cool wood piece is cleaned and time to spend way too long on a plan painting.

More below the cut.

Tank has been set up, leak tested so it's good to go (after I overhauled the layout of my office ... still dealing with the fallout of that though lol) and the piece of jarrah/mirra? wood that my Dad grabbed from the tree he cut down on a farm (noting this specifically because it's actually now illegal to commercially harvest Jarrah in my state - this was on private property so it's legal) has had the absolute crap scrubbed out of it - I mean literally, in the process I found yet another interesting hole in it so that's cool, then high-pressure blasted with water so I am finally ready to think about scaping.

Which apparently means spending longer than I should drawing a plan lol. This piece is super awkward to work with I think - while functionally interesting it has a silhouette that makes me oscillate between 'boring' and 'awkward'. After talking to some artist friends, generally it was agreed I'd need to put more stuff in there to actually make it look better, right now naked glass is super harsh. Problem is, rocks and wood? Well in the aquarium hobby that shit is expensive. We're talking 60 AUD+ for pieces of wood. I mean they are fully cleaned and treated (?) and selected for being interesting, but I have a budget and I'd like to save as much of it as I can for more than just harscape sooooo planning is just the right idea here.

Thinking seiryu stone because I looooove the white veining through it, and then for the branches to break up the shape it's probably going to be spiderwood or something (as much as I love mopani wood I don't think it usually sells branched like this - but I will watch out for it) but the good part is these pieces are all probably going to be on the smaller side since I have my huge hunk of feature wood for free.

I don't know how this piece of wood will interact with inhabitants, I've soaked it for probably a month at this point to get a large amount of the tannins out (and I know it waterlogs, which is great because I won't have to play 'how long will this take to sink') but also to help the looser material come off so all I'm left with now is the hard stuff. It's also now sitting in the sun (and I mean sun - it is going to be 40C today and the next few days so that shit is gonna bake 💀) but prior to that has been sitting in the sun either here or the farm for a total of about idk ... at least a month? Maybe more?

I've struggled to find information on whether Jarrah or Mirra wood is safe beyond one post on a forum where someone-who-knew-someone at a local fish shop had put a piece of this in his store tank and all the fish died. Beyond that? no more context. According to my freshwater ecologist friend I caught up with, she thinks it's probably going to be okay given the amount of time/work put in. I have not done a bleach soak and I don't think I really need to given the amount of time it's been soaking in regular tap water (so already contains chlorine) and sun exposure. There will still probably be tannin leakage into the water but I'm okay with having a mild blackwater tank after seeing one in my LFS, I actually like the slight tannin tint of water and how it makes everything a little 'softer'. But I do ACTUALLY want to be able to see though lmao. I've also seen Jarrah seed pods sold locally specifically for blackwater tank setups so it might be fine?

Either way the plan is going to be: Scape, plant, cycle and then introduction of some cheap shrimp as my poor guinea pigs to see if that wood actually is awful.

Right now I'll just have to painstakingly go through plant choices and placement and making sure it lines up with the planned parameters for the community. I absolutely will take suggestions btw.

More soon. Fish nonsense will contain fish ... at some point. I swear lmao.

[crossbackpoke-check]

inspired by @colap1nto <3 and posting here to hold myself accountable: writevember! attempting to write something every day no matter how much and what it is

i am however inventing stipulations for myself so i cannot weasel my way out of it, which includes a valid definition of “write”:

actively put words into a document in the form of a proper fic!!! too many wip not enough hands!!

poems (actually laughed at me coming up with this but maybe i will go back to my roots)

research/meta/primers

tag stories are permissible IF i actually compile and edit them into a readable document that day

editing to post to ao3 (the optimism) is also valid. it takes me so long

i do have concrete arbitrary deadlines for one and a half fics that i would LOVE to finish and post in november (dewey^2 and [redacted :)]) so i’m hoping this helps!! also, this is secretly just a sticker chart where i get to put down emojis for each fic i worked on and check off boxes but a win is a win

day 1: 🪻🐈‍⬛

day 2: 😇🤭 (🕒 -> 🕜)

day 3: 🫃2️⃣

day 4: 🍎

day 5: 🫃2️⃣

day 6: 📑, 💌

day 7: 🫃2️⃣ AND ☁️💧. who is she

[carefreemonk]

☆ (have mercy)

[ azama steps up to the mic ]

Well now, who have we here but young Alcryst!

I'm impressed! By the fact he's managed to further this existence of his! See, I wouldn't have expected it from a guy whose backbone wouldn't even serve to feed a dog.

... Is that what you were expecting me to say?

Actually, that's not giving him enough credit. He has plenty of other perfectly serviceable bones to spare, after all ♡

... I jest! Don't look at me like that!! His reputation may differ greatly depending on which of his peers you ask, but my own experience fighting alongside him has left me with a net mostly-positive impression.

I'd be more confident fighting alongside him if he looked more confident in himself, mind. Perhaps the problem here isn't a spine so much as it might be proper motivation...? I swear I sense some bark in him, I do! I've seen hints of it!

Rooting for you! I'll be sure to invite you to my next wedding!!

Wait I forgot the compliment part didn't I uhhh I like his choice in hairclip! Quite bold! Très avant-garde! ✨️

[the-ninja-legacy-whip]

i love how you let her go mute!! more nonverbal characters in media please! also are they gonna learn sign for her or stick with writing

She's actually selectively mute, since the reason it struck her in the first place is from the trauma response of The Everything, and she does start move away from it when she's older (but not completely). She has some evil monologuing to do down the line, after all :d

Buuut in the meantime, she sticks with writing! She's already a little miffed at her friends' reactions about her decision to it...which is also why she double-checked with Lloyd to get his opinion about it.

[post-abhumanism]

one of these days I gotta see how far or fast I can actually run...

[vaguely-concerned]

the way all of anders' battle dialogue in da2 sounds stressed out right to the brink of hysteria is something that can actually be so personal. it's the real healer experience. anders you're herding moths constantly trying to launch themselves at any passing bonfire with your whole chest and your whole heart and you are so valid

[axemetaphor]

he just wants to be helpful so so so so bad