Erin's Blog

She/her. Lover of ducks, eeveeloutions, and rotating hyper fixations

[pitbolshevik]

i love gaboon vipers why do they move like that

[pitbolshevik]

me when im walking

[corvidable]

[spleen9000]

@catadromously how could you leave this important comment in the tags etc.

[doodle-dog-diary]

That’s the truest thing about this creature that anyone has said, ever

[jumpingjacktrash]

this animal is so travel

[homunculus-argument]

The Odyssey but retold as a low-stakes modern adventure of one guy out with his girlfriend leaving the bar with his buddies to do just one (1) simple thing real quick, it'll take like 15 minutes tops, he'll be right back, but then some bullshit happens and the trip keeps getting more complicated as more bullshit keeps happening while he just tries to get back to the bar because he promised his girlfriend that he'd get back and he knows that she's still there because she told him she'd wait there.

And by the time he finally gets back it's almost 3 am and the bar is about to close while she's sitting there stone cold sober, surrounded by 5 drunk guys unsuccessfully trying to convince her to give up on waiting for him and go home with one of them instead. And the guy shows up to proceed to beat the shit out of them before explaining himself to her like hey sorry bullshit kept happening, my phone fell into a storm drain and my wallet got stolen when I was trying to find someone who'd borrow me a phone so I could call and

[ladyshinga]

*long drag off of fake cigarette, staring out the window at nothing in particular* Americans don't hug each other enough

[amanonthecorner]

I love when fanfic authors are freakishly unhinged. "Yes, hello, I am here to write a heart wrenching story about relationships and mortality. My medium is Ducktales (2017)"

[johnny-depp-is-loved]

[arowitharrows]

the thing about "just say you have a boyfriend to make that guy leave you alone" and "just say you are a couple so you can get that apartment" and "just marry your friend for tax benefits" is that they aren't actually solutions to any of the underlying problems, and I'm tired with the discussion always ending there. No please keep going and explain why being in a relationship would solve these issues and why you think that isn't actually a problem?

[animentality]

[ororium-z]

Happy Pride!

[rootbeergoddess]

Every pride, you must reblog this. No exceptions

[thesaltofcarthage]

I love that four different people on my feed scheduled this joyous person to reblog by 8am on June 1. I look forward to seeing this a dozen more times today.

[funhomes]

do you ever have second-hand obsessions

like one of your friends is super obsessed with a thing so whenever you see something about it you’re like “YES THIS THING” but you’re not the one obsessed with it. they are. you know very little about this thing and yet it still excites you because it excites your friend

[mysterioussorcerysummonspirits]

Ensemble, Designer Catherine Donovan, American, born Ireland ca. 1887, wool, silk, glass, feathers

[charlesoberonn]

Gritty Detective Fiction: There's been a murder 🚬🫩🏚🌧

Cozy Mystery Fiction: There's been a murder ☕️🤔🏡☀️

[myzornaccount]

The big difference in these two vibes is that the gritty detective is usually dealing with a murder that will have consequences if not solved (ongoing labor disputes, serial murders, killer may get a powerful position if not found) while the cozy detective is dealing with unimportant things like a wealthy person dying

[charlesoberonn]

The real difference is about 9 hours of runtime.

[thiingamajiig]

different, but the same

[leseigneurdufeu]

One thing i respect about Star Trek tos is that if they wanted to shoot a movie about Macbeth or a ww2 espionnage epic they just did it they simply added ten minutes at the beginning to explain the enterprise was orbiting a relevant planet and slapped pointy ears on leonard nimoy. And then they did their macbeth or their ww2 espionage epic.

[randaness]

Howdy y'all, I'm Quincey Morris and this is my friend Jonathan Harker, welcome to our unboxing video,

[cry-ptidd]

I drew it

[memewhore]

[becausegoodheroesdeservekidneys]

This man took so much longer to crack than I would have what a PROFESSIONAL

[peripetyy]

Plotting, scheming, etc.

[whatagrump]

This was filmed at the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust, which rescues, rehabilitates, and releases orphaned elephants in Kenya (among other conservation efforts). Charity Navigator has given it a 4/4 star rating, and you can make donations here or “adopt” a baby elephant here.

[rhube]

THANK YOU FOR THIS IMPORTANT ADDITION.

I have enjoyed this video so much and am very happy to share ways to help the babies!!

[frustratedasatruar]

That man held it in until he knew for a fact that they’d need another take anyway, and not a moment less.

[alienaficionados]

““When I was about 20 years old, I met an old pastor’s wife who told me that when she was young and had her first child, she didn’t believe in striking children, although spanking kids with a switch pulled from a tree was standard punishment at the time. But one day, when her son was four or five, he did something that she felt warranted a spanking–the first in his life. She told him that he would have to go outside himself and find a switch for her to hit him with. The boy was gone a long time. And when he came back in, he was crying. He said to her, “Mama, I couldn’t find a switch, but here’s a rock that you can throw at me.” All of a sudden the mother understood how the situation felt from the child’s point of view: that if my mother wants to hurt me, then it makes no difference what she does it with; she might as well do it with a stone. And the mother took the boy into her lap and they both cried. Then she laid the rock on a shelf in the kitchen to remind herself forever: never violence. And that is something I think everyone should keep in mind. Because if violence begins in the nursery one can raise children into violence.””

— Astrid Lindgren, author of Pippi Longstocking, 1978 Peace Prize Acceptance Speech (via jillymomcraftypants)

[shamebats]

In 1978, when she received the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade, Lindgren spoke against corporal punishment of children in a speech entitled Never Violence! After that, she teamed up with scientists, journalists and politicians to promote non-violent upbringing. In 1979, a law was introduced in Sweden prohibiting violence against children in response to her demands. Until then there was no such law anywhere in the world.

What a legacy. We’re so lucky to have had her.

[weirdplutoprince]

Well, well, well. If it isn't the consequences of someone else's actions that I am directly impacted and severely affected by