o_O... I haven't had enough coffee to deal yet.

American, 39. Aro/Ace. She/her pronouns (They/them works too) Prepare to see geekery on a multi fandom scale and general bitching about the world.

[girl-mercury]

'Do not let your happiness depend on something you may lose.' 'Don’t put your goods in a leaky vessel.' 'Don’t spend too much on a house you may be turned out of.' There is no man alive who responds more naturally than I to such canny maxims.

I am a safety-first creature. Of all arguments against love none makes so strong an appeal to my nature as “Careful! This might lead you to suffering”.

There is no safe investment. To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything, and your heart will certainly be wrung and possibly be broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact, you must give your heart to no one, not even to an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements; lock it up safe in the casket or coffin of your selfishness.

But in that casket — safe, dark, motionless, airless — it will change. It will not be broken; it will become unbreakable, impenetrable, irredeemable.

-CS Lewis, A Grief Observed

[movementnudge]

Movement nudge, hand mobility! 🙌

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[ruffboi-mags]

1) do this even if you're under 40. seriously. I definitely should have been doing something like this for years and I only turned 40 a month and a half ago

2) if you're like me just now trying this going "oh god i've only done 15 and i think my hands are cramping" start lower than 30 and increase by 5 once whatever number you're doing no longer makes your hand cramp up. I can manage about 15 per exercise at the moment.

[creations-by-chaosfay]

If you're hypermobile, be especially gentle.

[souls4polls]

How long have you been writing fanfiction??

Less than 1 year!

For 1 to 5 years!

For 5 to 10 years!

For 10 to 15 years!

For 15 to 20 years!

For 20 to 25 years!

For 25 to 30 years!

For 30 to 35 years!

For 35 to 40 years!

For 40 to 45 years!

For 45 to 50 years!

For 50+ years!

Remaining time: 2 days 22 hours

Feel free to reblog for other people to vote. DO NOT SEND HATE TO ANYONE FOR WHAT THEY VOTED. This is merely for fun and to see what people genuinely think.

[bogleech]

The christian family in these memes (which are absolutely all over facebook these days) genuinely do always look miserable. Who the fuck is relating to these stock mormon farm cultists. That is a couple who made love only once in pitch darkness with bags on their heads then celebrated the pregnancy with a feast of uncooked potatoes and warm tapwater. The baby seems intrigued though. Maybe only by the bottle of pills??

[sunshine-tattoo]

Could not leave this in the tags <3

[byjove]

the awe on her little face, she just realized there is hope

[aniseandspearmint]

Oooh I FORGOT ABOUT THIS.

Hey, y'all wanna see the bit of highway robbery (joking term) i got away with at a fleamarket about 15 years ago?

Why am i asking, of course y'all do.

I saw this on a table, and asked how much it was, and the lady said to make her an offer. And i, JOKINGLY MIND YOU, said 'five dollars?' and she said sure.

And i stared. And asked, 'Really?'

And she nodded.

So i handed her five dollars even tho that was our lunch money bc hell of i was going to turn THAT down.

Mom just about threw a FIT when i showed up back at our booth without sandwiches, until i showed her.

This is on a hand made 17in chain, too. Carnelian and tigers eye, two of my very favorite stones.

It cost me one crumbled five dollar bill.

[aniseandspearmint]

Thinkin about the moonstone and silver necklace in my moms jewelry box. That she said her older brother bought in alaska for her. That she never wore and wouldn't let me wear except for like a minute once when i was 10. I own that now. I could just. Wear it. I think there might be earrings too? I can't remember.

[aniseandspearmint]

*violent sneezing bc there was roughly ten tons of dust on the box*

I think it's pretty. Idk if it's actually silver tbh, there's no markings. It was bought (family hearsay) in alaska in the 60s or 70s.

[monstermonger]

I've been studying botany lately for the art book I'm working on, and, while not getting tooo bogged down in scientifically accurate things, still happily trying to apply some little details while drawing the flowers in my recent pieces :D thinking about what makes each specific flower itself.... that sort of thing 🌸🌺🌼🌻🌷🌹

[enbaluka-tokyo-drift]

[aniseandspearmint]

What the FUCK

[covid-safer-hotties]

They did the same thing with covid back in 2021. We have a public health apparatus that refuses to do its job and a government pushing them to do worse.

[aniseandspearmint]

*sits in the dark reading on my desktop*

*feels a little sting on top of my right foot*

*gets distracted, doesn't check, keeps reading*

*finally gets up and turns on a light*

*looks at foot*

*sees aprox 500 sugar ants EATING A HOLE IN THE TOP OF MY FOOT*

FUCK

[annatars-nine-rings]

Which Silmarillion moment is more epic?

The Oath of Fëanor

The battle between Melkor and Fingolfin

Neither

Remaining time: 6 days 13 hours

[mangled-by-disuse]

genuinely curious pls respond

people always say that internet spaces are americanised because the users are majority americans.

and i do always wonder how much of that is "there are actually a majority of usamericans" and how much is "usamerican cultural markers are a default for many online spaces, and non usamericans are often indistinguishable from usamericans unless you're actively looking".

so here's an incredibly unscientific poll reblog for reach or whatever

where do you live?

in the usa

anywhere that is not the usa

Remaining time: 4 days 9 hours

no nuance. if you live in a usa territory/colony like puerto rico or guam or american samoa, go with your heart.

[mangled-by-disuse]

additional poll, what the hell:

is english your first/native language?

yes, english is the main language i grew up speaking

yes, but i also grew up speaking another language(s)/i'm bilingual

no, i learned english as a second or additional language

Remaining time: 4 days 9 hours

[aniseandspearmint]

Silm fandom, this is THE song for Arien and Tilion!

lyrics under the cut

Hunter Moon

(lyrics by Damien O’Kane and Kate Rusby)

Softly, the morning light Softly, the dew Softly, my soul will bend As she comes in view At dawn, she is delicate And burning by noon The end of the day will come soon

And the stars in my lonely sky Are infinite bright And the stars know my soul will fly They're holding it tight

There she is rising now My heart, it might break The birds, in her warmth, will fly My soul it will ache And the world comes alive for her In awe at her gaze And suddenly, the sky is ablaze

And the stars in my lonely sky Are infinite bright And the stars know my soul will fly They're holding it tight

Oh, say not her name to me For I live in the shade Briefly, I see her As she starts to fade In silence, we pass Our path is well worn In silence, I wait for the dawn

And the stars in my lonely sky Are infinite bright And the stars know my soul will fly They're holding it tight

Calmly, I drift along Oh, I will endure I only belong to her Of that I am sure Will I ever hold her? I cannot presume 'Cause she's the sun I'm only the moon

And the stars in my lonely sky Are infinite bright And the stars know my soul will fly They're holding it tight

And the stars in my lonely sky Are infinite bright The stars know my soul will fly They're holding it tight

[princesssarisa]

Where did your first name come from?

I was named after one of my parents

I was named after a dead relative or family friend

I was named after a living relative or family friend

I was named after a religious figure

I was named after a historical figure

I was named after a fictional character

I was named after a place

My parents just chose a name they liked

Other

Remaining time: 5 days 2 hours

Having been named after a character in The Great Gatsby by my English-major dad, I thought I would ask about this.

[tom-isaacs]

Bison Quilt - Wally Dion

Quilt Noir - Wally Dion

"The first fabric star quilt was made as part of a 2022 residency at Wanuskewin Park. It was my way of reflecting upon prairie tall grass and the reintroduction of bison into the Great Plaines. I wanted to make several transparent quilts and superimpose them; one in front another... a quilt for the microbiome, another for the bison, their manure & hooves, another for the summer fires that scorch the ground and a final quilt for the sweetgrass braid. "I was considering how all of these things worked together for thousands of years to create what is known as the 'prairie tall grass ecosystem'. A vast and fertile expanse of land stretching from the foothills of Alberta to the banks of the Mississippi. I wanted to highlight the invisibility of systems when everything is working well, as it should be. "I started with the green quilt because it is the colour of the sweet grass braid that is exchanged in ceremony and relationship building. I considered the nature and tradition of quilting; impoverished craftspeople using tiny scraps of fabric. I considered the act of offering fabric and adherence to tradition. I thought of a thousand tiny prayers and how that might look; invisible acts of respect and adherence to protocols spanning decades. My thoughts travelled across the land, imagining the trees and rocks collecting these prayers like a bush of cloth, or an etched bolders."

Bison Quilt; Fire Quilt; Grass Quilt; Winter Quilt - Wally Dion

[thejewellerybox]

Bouquet of violets brooch, c. 1960

Carved amethyst and nephrite jade, with diamonds and 18k white and yellow gold.

[apolladay]

Have you ever had jury duty?

* yes, I’ve had it and been sequestered

* yes I’ve had it but I haven’t been sequestered

* I’ve been called for it but I was never assigned to a trial

* I’ve never been called for jury duty (even though I’m eligible)

* not eligible for jury duty/my country doesn’t have jury duty

* it’s complicated

* see results

Have you ever had jury duty?

yes, I’ve had it and been sequestered

yes I’ve had it but I haven’t been sequestered

I’ve been called for it but I was never assigned to a trial

I’ve never been called for jury duty (even though I’m eligible)

not eligible for jury duty/my country doesn’t have jury duty

it’s complicated

see results

Remaining time: 5 days 5 hours