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How I have been using tumblr 'wrong' for sixteen years: - I never followed very many people; I have always hyper curated my feed for my sanity - I basically only follow folks I know from polyvore and people who post nice pictures - I principally use my blogs - turquoiseskye and my smaller ones - for aesthetic photo collection. Like pinterest, but more flow of consciousness. This blog is just for the purging of this sort of post - I was never actively involved in 'fandom culture' - I have never in my life read fan fiction (excluding roleplays I did on polyvore based on existing IPs, if that counts) - I never got into any of those old inside jokes - I don't give any toots about engagement. I have like two mildly popular posts I originally posted and its neat but it didn't change my life - I want to speak into the void without engagement. I don't want to be social. I want to have a little private hang out. A diary sort of place - I didn't care about porn so I didn't flee when they banned porn; I was miffed that it attacked nude art/fashion photography and the whole female presenting nipples thing but, eh - I do not comment, I hardly send PMs or asks. - Nothing about the UI bothers me? - I don't think this is a 'hellsite', especially not more recently. See the note about hypercuration of who I follow tho - I do not understand why folks feel like they can only use the three most popular social media sites still? After all we hate about them? If I see another 'TIL tumblr still exists' post on reddit I think I might roll my eyes so hard they'll pop out

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today's mild internet pet peeve is when people say something like 'this had no right being this good' like just because its a comedy or for kids or low budget or whatever that whoever is making it aren't going to put in a good effort or respect their audience? ok

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Wish I kept better track of the books I managed to read in 2025. But here is what I remember liking

The Wilderness of Girls by Claire Franklin - one of the best YA novels I have happened on in a long long time!

The High Desert: Black. Punk. Nowhere. - memoir graphic novel by the creator of Punk Black James Spooner

Nana volume 2 through 6 (in 2026 I have made it to 10 but chronologic order tapped out at my local library there.)

The Astonishing Adventures of Octavian Nothing by MT Anderson - incredible. The sequel didn't capture me as strongly (still need to finish actually) but it is also good. Overall book of the year for me.

Also by MT Anderson, The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge

Can't recall if this was 2024 or 2025 but Monstrous Regiment by Terry Pratchett. I read a few other Pratchetts in late '24 and 25, but this one resonated the most so far.

A Slice of Cherry by Dia Reeves - I have critiques of this book but I was also fascinated by it. I am really saddened this author died young.

The worst by far was Lore Olympus volume one and two. Why I read two I don't know. Wish she just fully committed to being smut :/ I definitely like the artist's older weirder artwork tho

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I feel like I am outgrowing the internet. Not in a 'ohmygod I'm so old hey there fellow youth heehee' annoying way, but in a seasoned cowboy, weathered squint, dusty boots, 'been there, done that, kid' kinda way.

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I have exactly three pillars of my design ethos which are as follows: 1. There’s a time and place for everything  2. I make this look good 3. Watch me

All other ethos are pretentious, thank you, good day.

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I ALSO share a birthday with a plane crash that killed musicians - the crash that killed Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, and the Big Bopper or 'the day the music died'. This feels important

duuuuuck, have you seen that one episode of x-files where they talk about that very same crash ???? it’s the one with the old man who’s able to foresee death (?)

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Absolutely have, a few times. I love the premise of a disgruntled, cynical psychic

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Area at New York Fashion Week Fall 2019

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sun or moon, scepter or halo, many-eyed or blinded, silver or gold, hands or throat, seen or unseen, whisper or scream, heart or head, scythe or sword, mirror or painting, sleep or death, give or get, horns or wings, song or story, sing or recite, past or future, swan or serpent, lilies or roses, armour or no armour, blessed or damned, symphony or choir, grace or beauty, love or lust, hands or feet, sea or land, sheers or dagger, peaks lost in mist or valleys of snow, candles or lamps, believer or cynic, key or lock, decimate or originate, blue or black, silver-tongued or fork-tongued, poetry or painting, rubens or bosch, gardens or graveyards, solitude or company, eat or be eaten

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It’s just like where is the whimsy

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Questionable characters that I have been concerningly attracted to at some point in my life

- Top Dollar, the Crow

- Slade(’s voice), Teen Titans

- Gul Dukat, DS9 

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tagged by @bebemoon to post 10 songs, all from different artists, that I’m currently obsessed with

Make Me Bad - Korn

Be Aggressive - Faith No More

Moon Baby - Godsmack

She and Mr Jones or Pop Goes the Evil - Lords of Acid (or the whole album VooDoo-U, gosh I love it.)

Immaculate Crucifixion - Juno Reactor

Standing Outside A Broken Phone Booth With Money In My Hand - Primitive Radio Gods (Here because after two years my ‘name that song’ post on reddit was finally answered.)

Ratamahatta - Sepultura

A Hole in the Wall - KMFDM

Note: Currently is on a curve about 4 to 6 months; these are all songs that I either didn’t know or didn’t listen to as much prior to that time. Although certain winter songs have lessened in the rotation recently so I didn’t list those. I don’t tend to get sick of something quickly and conversely am not one to believe I always *have* to find something spanking new to listen to.*

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Ten years ago I probably said, too much steampunk, but I’ve been feeling lately, not enough steampunk.

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I recently discovered Lauren Faust, animator behind My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic (which I design tees for at my job and think the designs/toys are cute but otherwise am not involved with) had an earlier project called Milkway and the Galaxy Girls. Which, for those who don’t know me, I adore a group of thematic cutesy fashionable girls who are preferably also doll lines. These had a limited run of plush dolls and you can find a lot of the artwork for it on her deviantart page as well as the website if you use internet archive. I found these there, they were free downloads for the site. 

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How do I get "alternative" fashion and makeup companies to understand mainstream standards of beauty in a darker shade of lipstick isn't very punk rock of them.

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart didn’t act like he was above scatological humor and so I am not going to either.

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In case you didn’t already know, any article with generational label terminology in its is just clickbait pretending to be sociology. 

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Hi I’m Jackie. I’m 32ish. You may also know me as Turquoise Skye which is my mostly photo blog that’s been going strong (ish) since 2011. I made this one in 2008 or 09 when I was still in high school. I really do recommend you don’t scroll any further and just enjoy the pretty pictures on Turquoise Skye. I was Ducktape on Polyvore for 10+ years, and now Ducktape on Urstyle. I use this blog more as the occasional random thought blog (they are not very great ones), but it’s the one Tumblr defaults too and I don’t have the heart to change its name or do much with it. Please see the links above for more exciting times.