Bound in a nutshell

wherein may be found bits and pieces of things that may be of interest to no one but me

[ke5trel-deactivated20211114]

[spookcataloger]

[hedgehog-moss]

Over the past few months I have asked a male architect for ideas & drafts for the renovation of the farmhouse, and at every turn I am stunned by his utter disregard for any cleaning-related concerns. For example, he is very into the idea of having in the living-room a big, non-openable window near the ceiling—which, granted, looks pretty, like having a piece of blue sky when you raise your eyes, but immediately I’m like, with a high ceiling, how will I clean this? You can’t open it so you have to clean both sides separately, and you can’t easily reach either side. I’ll need a tool with an absurdly long telescopic handle. He says, a stepladder. I’m like, but I’ll need to carry it by myself to the living-room and the front of the house every time. “So?” So a very tall stepladder is heavy? And it will be hard not to get dirty water dripping down the wall. He reacts like he can’t believe he is being asked to bring the concept of dirty soap water into his grand designs, like these are base, trifling considerations, when to me it’s a crucial factor in the decision to add this decorative window.

Similarly we both agree on leaving most of the wood beams exposed because they’re old and beautiful, but when I ask if we ought to insulate in such a way as to cover every other one, so the remaining ones are farther apart and it’s harder for spiders to use them as ready-made anchors for their webs, he just looks disgusted, like “I am talking about Architecture and you bring up spiderwebs.” At this point I start to entertain the idea that men make horrible architects. You design someone’s house to give them a nice, convenient space to live in, not to make their life more difficult. A man who has never used a sponge in his life should not be allowed to graduate from architect school and that’s the end of it.

[boh-forse-mah]

[groupthinker]

reblog if you would let them keep their apartment, ignore if you would open your window and destroy the fruits of their labor

[lunadax]

Uni!lock bad (or perfect) hair day. 

Blackwing pencil on Canson XL mixed media paper. 

For those who asked: my society6. 

[clickbaitrobot]

Who Would Win In A Fight? Like For Ayn Rand, Share For Paddington Bear

[gunsandfireandshit]

Fucking obliterated

[left-reminders]

Paddington still going strong

[meatswitch-deactivated20231107]

What's gender?

[chuckecheeses]

Ghost type Pokémon, he’s purple and fat :)

[desidesidesi]

No! That's Gengar!

Gender is a name for a male goose

[fractiousrvt]

No, that’s a gander.

Gender is a kitchen appliance you use to make smoothies.

[calenmindon]

No, that’s a blender.  Gender is a root used in cooking, either fresh and sliced and grated or dried and ground. 

[bedbugbiting]

My face is having uncontrollable spasms. Great. It hurts really, really, really bad.

I think part of why I have trouble explaining pain to the doctor is when they ask about the pain scale I always think “Well, if someone threw me down a flight of stairs right now or punched me a few times, it would definitely hurt a lot more” so I end up saying a low number. I was reading an article that said that “10” is the most commonly reported number and that is baffling to me. When I woke up from surgery with an 8" incision in my body and I could hardly even speak, I was in the most horrific pain of my life but I said “6” because I thought “Well, if you hit me in the stomach, it would be worse.”

[bomberqueen17]

I searched and searched for the post this graphic was from, and the OP deactivated, but I kept the graphic, because my BFF does the same thing, uses her imagination to come up with the worst pain she can imagine and pegs her “10″ there, and so is like, well, I’m conscious, so this must be a 5, and then the doctors don’t take her seriously. (And she then does things like driving herself to the hospital while in the process of giving birth. Probably should have called an ambulance for that one!)

So I found this and sent it to her. Because this is what they want to know: how badly is this pain affecting you? Not on a scale of “nothing” to “how I’d imagine it’d feel if bears were eating my still-living guts while I was on fire”. 

I hate reposting stuff, but I’ll never find that post again and OP is deactivated, so, here’s a repost. I can delete this later, i just wanted to get it to you and I can’t embed images in a chat or an ask. 

[derryderrydown]

This is possibly why it took several weeks to diagnose my fractured spine.

[petralemaitre]

Pain Scale transcription:

10 - I am in bed and I can’t move due to my pain. I need someone to take me to the emergency room because of my pain.

9 - My pain is all that I can think about. I can barely move or talk because of my pain.

8 - My pain is so severe that it is difficult to think of anything else. Talking and listening are difficult.

7 - I am in pain all the time. It keeps me from doing most activities.

6 - I think about my pain all of the time. I give up many activities because of my pain.

5 - I think about my pain most of the time. I cannot do some of the activities I need to do each day because of the pain.

4 - I am constantly aware of my pain but can continue most activities.

3 - My pain bothers me but I can ignore it most of the time.

2 - I have a low level of pain. I am aware of my pain only when I pay attention to it.

1 - My pain is hardly noticeable.

0 - I have no pain.

[airagorncharda]

It’s also really important to get this kind of scale to people who have chronic pain, because chronic pain drastically lowers your perception of how “bad” any kind of pain actually is, and yet something like this pain scale is extremely user friendly. 

For example, if someone asked me how much pain I’m in at any given time, I’d say hardly any, and yet I’m apparently at a chronic 2.5, and it only goes up from there depending on the day. 

There’s also a similarly useful “Fatigue Scale”

[jedijenkins]

I haven’t been below a 5 on this scale for 4 years 

[nerdgasrnz]

Here’s the fatigue scale

[sunny-day-sky]

Fatigue scale image desc:

10: can barely move; can’t talk

9: can barely move; can talk

8: can move, but can’t do much more than watch TV

7: can watch TV and play a game on my phone simultaneously

6: can do work on my computer lying in bed

5: can get around the house, but definitely couldn’t go out

4: can run a light errand

3: can get in my 10,000 steps, making my fitbit happy

2: can do three or more activities in a single day

1: going clubbing!

[eruvadhril]

See also the Mental Health Pain Scale by Graceful Patient:

Mental Health Pain Scale transcription:

MILD

1 - Everything is a-okay! There is absolutely nothing wrong. You’re probably cuddling a fluffy kitten right now. Enjoy!

2 - You’re a bit frustrated or disappointed, but you’re easily distracted and cheered up with a little effort.

3 - Things are bothering you, but you’re coping. You might be overtired or hungry. The emotional equivalent of a headache.

MODERATE

4 - Today is a bad day (or a few bad days). You still have the skills to get through it, but be gentle with yourself. Use self-care strategies.

5 - Your mental health is starting to impact on your everyday life. Easy things are becoming difficult. You should talk to your doctor.

6 - You can’t do things the way you usually do them due to your mental health. Impulsive and compulsive thoughts may be hard to cope with.

SEVERE

7 - You’re avoiding things that make you more distressed, but that will make it worse. You should definitely seek help. This is serious.

8 - You can’t hide your struggles any more. You may have issues sleeping, eating, having fun, socialising, and work/study. Your mental health is affecting almost all parts of your life.

9 - You’re at a critical point. You aren’t functioning any more. You need urgent help. You may be a risk to yourself or others if left untreated.

10 - The worst mental and emotional distress possible. You can no longer care for yourself. You can’t imagine things getting any worse. Contact a crisis line immediately.

[khe1]

i am a sexy vampire but my wife is an even sexier werewolf

[khe1]

[calenmindon]

i believe you mean

house haunters

[gaypeopletwitter]

[calenmindon]

this is how I found out I’m gay

[copperbadge]

I found three dollars on the sidewalk today so I made some lucky money elephants for you guys.

[nobodycareswhatido-deactivated2]

They’re so cute. <– I am a grown-ass woman, but you could imagine this being said in the gushing tones of a 12-year-old girl and you would not be wrong.

[nobodycareswhatido-deactivated2]

I’m going to level with you here. The day after I reblogged this post to gush over the cute elephants, I found a five dollar bill in a mud puddle while walking my dog. This is the most @copperbadge “lucky money” story ever.

[copperbadge]

HURRAH LUCKY MONEY ELEPHANTS!

I bought popcorn with mine. :D 

[copperbadge]

Came across this post the other day and seemed like it was time to bring back the $3 Lucky Money Elephants. 

[iraprince]

weird little brain tweak/reframing that helped me out. i Often find that advice that seemingly helps Everyone Else doesn’t make any sense to me, in ways that are hard to describe, and it can be really frustrating. but when i find a way to explain it to myself that finally seems to break through and make it click, it feels really good

[barredandboujee]

Has anyone tried the tea? The tea is exceptionally good today

[porterr-robinson]

[copperbadge]

For the love of all that is good in this world turn the sound up

[screenshotsofdespair]

[dabblingindissent]

this is the bi flag of death

reblog if you are bi and dead

[grumpytrans]

kevin and satan by vanessa stockard

[in-sumerian-haze]

whatever you think misanthropy is, none of it comes even close to the sheer hatred that the average gentrifier has for all signs of humanity, of life

[dandelyle]

If this house were a spice it would be flour

[moldcultures-deactivated2021052]

the fact that fatphobes think that fat positivity will make people “want to be fat” is just further proof that they can’t imagine something not being for them like fat positivity is not marketing to skinny people it’s not a persuasive argument it’s not FOR you, it’s for those of us who’re ALREADY fat and are told every damn day that we’re worth less, that we’re somehow MORALLY WRONG for being fat, that we’ll never be loved, that we’re disgusting and bad people, that we’re failures, it’s for US to teach each other to embrace who we are and love ourselves again when everyone tells us not to because guess fucking what! a lot of CANNOT be healthy and thin! and even if we could? health is not a moral issue! weight is not a moral issue! and you owe us the same fucking respect that you owe everyone else

thin people ENCOURAGED to reblog but don’t add any discourse bullshit