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On the 6th day of dollmas- bratz midnight dance

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I'm really moving up in the world! They put my face on this painting because of my contributions.

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If they could make a girl out of lizards, she would be better than this.

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In the WarioWare: Move It microgame "The Big Moment", the aim is to propose to a woman with a ring, which is put into one of three ring boxes and needs to be opened with the correct timing.

Interestingly, the woman does not merely have "success" and "failure" expressions, but also unique humorous expressions for different types of failures, which are seen extracted from the files here.

Top row (regular expressions): waiting to be proposed; being proposed with a ring; being proposed with an empty box.

Bottom row (bonus expressions): being proposed with a jack-in-the-box; being proposed with a donut; being proposed with a bell pepper.

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i drew the witchy gang in the gamer's uniform

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demonic birds are attacking & all our heroes are like cartographers and chefs instead of death knights or pyromancers we are fucked

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The smell of dark chocolate will always remind me of Bloodborne because years ago my dad's coworker gifted him a life sized human skull made of solid dark chocolate and it sat on the side table next to the couch while I first played Bloodborne exuding a luxurious aroma until it went stale

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(texting you while i'm housesitting)

2:24 AM: is it cool if i cast Drain Life in here?

2:26 AM: i'm doing it

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500-year-old Snake Figure from Peru (Incan Empire), c. 1450-1532 CE: this fiber craft snake was made from cotton and camelid hair, and it has a total length of 86.4cm (about 34in)

This piece was crafted by shaping a cotton core into the basic form of a snake and then wrapping it in structural cords. Colorful threads were then used to create the surface pattern, producing a zig-zag design that covers most of the snake's body. Some of its facial features were also decorated with embroidery.

A double-braided rope is attached to the distal end of the snake's body, near the tip of its tail, and another rope is attached along the ventral side, where it forms a small loop just behind the snake's lower jaw. Similar features have been found in other serpentine figures from the same region/time period, suggesting that these objects may have been designed for a common purpose.

Very little is known about the original function and significance of these artifacts; they may have been created as decorative elements, costume elements, ceremonial props, toys, gifts, grave goods, or simply as pieces of artwork.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art argues that this figure might have been used as a prop during a particular Andean tradition:

In a ritual combat known as ayllar, snakes made of wool were used as projectiles. This effigy snake may have been worn around the neck—a powerful personal adornment of the paramount Inca and his allies—until it was needed as a weapon. The wearer would then grab the cord, swing the snake, and hurl it in the direction of the opponent. The heavy head would propel the figure forward. The simultaneous release of many would produce a scenario of “flying snakes” thrown at enemies.

The same custom is described in an account from a Spanish chronicler named Cristóbal de Albornoz, who referred to the tradition as "the game of the ayllus and the Amaru" ("El juego de los ayllus y el Amaru").

The image below depicts a very similar artifact from the same region/time period.

Why Indigenous Artifacts Should be Returned to Indigenous Communities.

Sources & More Info:

Metropolitan Museum of Art: Snake Ornament

Serpent Symbology: Representations of Snakes in Art

Journal de la Société des Américanistes: El Juego de los ayllus y el Amaru

Yale University Art Gallery: Votive Fiber Sculpture of an Anaconda

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I am always thinking about every line of dialogue in the first 50 seconds of Garth Marenghi's Darkplace.

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penis expo

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Yesterday a kid said to me "excuse me? Your hair looks like beautiful anime hair" which is already amazing and then she said "watch me on your camera when I go down the slide I'm going to do the Peter Griffin death pose when I come out" and she sure did.