im the gay bird

27, nonbinary lesbian, she/they

[nikandrros]

[glidebylilychouchou]

me

[mysteryfleshpit]

Park signage evolution.

Following its accidental discovery, the Mystery Flesh Pit and the unique phenomena surrounding it were targets of a headfirst and furiously paced campaign of commercial exploitation. Once architects, engineers, geobiologists and clerical members of the development team had done their work to make the park safe and viable, marketing teams faced the daunting task of selling the public on the intriguing and miraculous phenomena of the Mystery Flesh Pit while downplaying the visceral cosmic horror of the pit itself.

Families were a particularly difficult sell, as children often displayed an overwhelming fear and aversion to descending into the throat of the pit. One strategy early in the park’s history was the creation of friendly cartoon mascot Caver Coop. A brief animated film starring Caver Coop was shown at the park’s visitor center, where the character would attempt to assuage worries about being “eaten alive” or “swallowed”, reassuring children (and often parents) that the pit was perfectly safe and reinforced.

When the attraction was absorbed into the National Park System in the early 1980s, signage and other graphic materials were updated to the NPS Graphic Identity. The architecture of the park’s surface facilities was also expanded and renovated during this time to better fit with the “Natural Resort” image of the Mystery Flesh Pit brand, drawing inspiration from the local Santa Fe style integrated with unique bone formations discovered within the pit itself.

-Excerpt from New York Times Bestseller Unearthing the Unholy: Exploring the tragedy of the Mystery Flesh Pit, published 2011.

[rhulk-kicked-me]

Hey (with the intention of dancing with you in the kitchen while we cook dinner)

[buoyantsaturn]

new game tell me where you're from, what the current temperature is, and whether you think that's warm or cold, just in general. I'll go first: Michigan, 42F, not that cold.

[putridcowboy]

the most important step in the hero’s journey is the gay sex

[falseknees]

Survival Seminar

[clarafordahwin]

Fridgerator wrapped. You ate 326 eggs.

[batmanego]

she only wants me for my highly specialized beak

[strangenewgirls]

whatever souls are made of, yours and mine are highly corrosive when combined

[spectralcreep]

I understand why banshees just drift around sobbing and screaming inconsolably at all times, I get it now

[possumnest]

lovebird + blue mussel

INPRNT

[fairy-wren]

white-faced whistling ducks

(photo by halex)

[birds-and-friends]

photo by Kate Sweeney

[thehotgirlproject]

@kiss-kiss-bird-in-love

[thespongebobsquarepantsmovie]

molecules pull closer together in less heat because they are freezing their little asses off

[ruinedchildhood]

“Birds are fed by their parents in their infancy. When the time comes to feed themselves, there can be some confusion when the food does not go into their mouth by itself.”

[blueskittlesart]

if only time would stop for us

Katya & Sofia - Goncharov (1973) Dir. Martin Scorsese

[diabolicjoy]

‘A spotted flycatcher pair nesting in the palm of a statue’ (by Zsolt Semperger, original post here)