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I’ll carry your books for you. LGBTQ+ Strange on main. 18+

[red-lipstick]

Steve Adams - Moongazer (A hare staring at the rising moon in Kimberley Nottinghamshire), 2012    Photography

[iys-cloud]

I just got. The single funniest dm I've ever received in my entire life

Characters in media fighting back against the mind control:

[qoa]

by beanparty on instagram

[victusinveritas]

[bookstorethembo]

God help me. I just read this in my Pittsburgh accent and realized they spelled it that way so everyone would have to say it that way

[karis-the-feral-sideblog]

[lurker-lenore]

[clinticalthinkr]

For anyone wondering what Wild Rabbit could be writing about if not minotaur smut.

[singerin]

There is literally no way I could have guessed what this book would be about.

[bookstorethembo]

Really read the description then looked at the cover again and thought to myself “there is no way THAT book is about DB fuckin Cooper”

So yeah. Full rework sounds good 🤣🤣

[todays-xkcd]

When an Ur guy / sells Nanni things / but the copper’s bad, / He simply records his complaint for all time / “I got a bad deal / I’m maaaaad”

My Favorite Things [Explained]

[tacofriend]

[ea-nasir-1750]

:/ kinda mean hearted

[bookstorethembo]

I fucking love it here

[darkponds]

[sumrot]

[bookstorethembo]

But not like your literal dreams… me at me lol

[h4nifah]

you know those jokes about ‘I go to the gym 6 days a week just to maintain a mid physique’ that’s how I feel about my life. like I worked soo hard just to have a life which is very ordinary to most. but it’s mine and it’s special to me

[bookstorethembo]

Dad bod life mood

[rosavaya]

“Many people seem to think it foolish, even superstitious, to believe that the world could still change for the better. And it is true that in winter it is sometimes so bitingly cold that one is tempted to say, ‘What do I care if there is a summer; its warmth is no help to me now.’ Yes, evil often seems to surpass good. But then, in spite of us, and without our permission, there comes at last an end to the bitter frosts. One morning the wind turns, and there is a thaw. And so I must still have hope.”

— Vincent Van Gogh

[anarchistmemedistro]

[mentalhealthmemesofficial]

[notthegrouch]

“If I am worth anything later, I am worth something now. For wheat is wheat, even if people think it is a grass in the beginning.” 

- Vincent van Gogh

[joeyridersvoid]

This sounds like a shitpost but people should be allowed to be horny. As in, sexuality is just part of life for most people and there’s no reason for consensual sexual behavior to be punished. A celebrity getting “caught” at a sex club shouldn’t be a scandal. No one should be fired for having a fetlife profile outside of work. Nudes getting leaked shouldn’t be career-ending. Denying and hiding (consensual) sexual interests doesn’t make anyone more professional, it just makes everyone more repressed. And sterilizing ourselves to be better work drones isn’t productive, it’s just creepy. I’d rather my surgeon get absolutely railed on camera and come to work in a good mood, frankly.

[joeyridersvoid]

the amount of ace, aroace, + sex-repulsed ppl leaving support on this post is rly heartwarming

[rimonoroni]

also this goes without saying but is also true of ppl who do sex work for used to do sex work. an accountant’s boss finding out that they used to do sex work shouldn’t be a career ender. a restaurant worker shouldn’t be fired bc they have an OnlyFans.

[bookstorethembo]

I whole chest and both tiddies think that repressing sexual curiosity will be the downfall of modern civilization.

Safe- Sane- Consensual yall. There is a time and a place. Not saying everything everywhere all the time. I am saying consenting adults are consenting adults and a common lived experience shouldn’t be shamed the way it is.

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

[astro-egg-celent]

I want a dachshund or other small dog because it seems like a good middle ground

[veshume]

Sorry for the unsolicited advice, but please do think it over. Dachshunds (and many other small breeds) actually require quite a lot of activity and exercise (mental and physical)*. If those needs aren't met, that can cause so many difficult behavioral problems. They're working dogs, after all: if they aren't given a job, they'll find one themselves (and it'll be likely something very annoying or unpleasant to you)

*yes, it does depend on the individual dog, but the general tendency points to those breeds being high energy

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

#tons of small breeds were made specifically to hunt small fast animals so like. don't get a small dog thinking it'll be easier#dachshunds were bred to hunt badgers. do you want a dog with the need to hunt badgers or do you want a little dude to hang out with#if it's the latter just get a cat

[seananmcguire]

Also, a lot of people who do like cats want a Maine Coon because they've seen pictures of mine or others', and they're majestic! Huge!! Fluffy!!! Such a good kitty!!!!

Maine Coons are dog-smart, and basically tiny thumbless toddlers who will never grow up. They have long memories, they hold grudges, and they want things the way they want them. What you want is probably not a Maine Coon. I love them, but jumping from "cat" to "Maine Coon" is like jumping from "dog" to "border collie". Don't do that unless you know what you're getting into.

[bookstorethembo]

Oh no. Reading the reblog on this just crushed me and sent me into crisis. My ex’s cat was a Maine Coon. I adored her and she adored me. She got out one time and I spent several hours walking the block around our apartment showing her picture to anyone I saw and then when I felt like I wasn’t seeing enough people, started knocking on doors. I wasn’t afraid to be annoying- I was afraid I was going to lose my cat. I was only there sometimes, but she was always with me when I was. I think she was indifferent to her actual owner. The girl treated the cat better than she treated me. But she wasn’t a great person. And now I can’t shake the thought that the cat thinks of me as often as I think of her 😭😭😭

Sir, this is a bookstore. I don’t need to be choking on this thought right here right now. Gods.

[greatlostcause]

[valtsv]

I love your "they ring the same bells for weddings and funerals" tag bc I work as a bell-ringer at one of the few churches in my city where you still have to ring the bell manually. and we do ring the same bell whether it's a wedding or a funeral! but ☝️ we also ring it if the local sports team wins at sports (the secret third thing that is neither a wedding nor a funeral)

the three universal human experiences: love, death, and sports

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Even in Ancient Greece

[woman-becomer]

I need to eat AGAIN???? EVERYDAY??????? MULTIPLE TIMES???!?!?!????

[bookstorethembo]

Me af

Doctors telling me to eat frequent little micro meals throughout the day?

Buddy I eat once a day and it’s mostly because my wife wants my company for at least one regular meal in a 24 hour span. What I eat that one time could be anywhere from a whole chicken, to a gummy bear cut into tiny slices and eaten with a fork to preserve the time I am consuming it. The demon makes the rules. And by the demon, I mean my body.

[thewritingumbrellas]

Writing advice from my uni teachers:

If your dialog feels flat, rewrite the scene pretending the characters cannot at any cost say exactly what they mean. No one says “I’m mad” but they can say it in 100 other ways.

Wrote a chapter but you dislike it? Rewrite it again from memory. That way you’re only remembering the main parts and can fill in extra details. My teacher who was a playwright literally writes every single script twice because of this.

Don’t overuse metaphors, or they lose their potency. Limit yourself.

Before you write your novel, write a page of anything from your characters POV so you can get their voice right. Do this for every main character introduced.

[writerlyn]

This is legit good writing advice, especially the first bullet point! In playwriting class we did a bit where every bit of dialogue had to be an accusatory question and it was glorious.

[bookstorethembo]

Not me procrastinating putting pants on and leaving for work by reading poetry on tumblr and daydreaming about herbs.

If you are my wife and you are reading this: I am getting ready. I’m going to be late. I don’t want to be there. I want to be in the woods.

If you are my coworker and reading this: You understand. I have nothing to explain. I will still be there.