Why Am I Like This

Just the blog of a big ol' failure. Watch as I regularly fail at life.This used to be a dog blog, then a cat blog, and now we're just in limbo. Still often featured on this blog are often my mother's cats and various other animals as well general pet discussion. My Main Tumblr which I follow and reply from is oogleboogleoogle, since this is a side blog.

[deadcaptainentertainment]

My motivation to exercise seems to have dried up to a crisp in the heat....

[redstonedust]

some people like to get mad at disability benefits because they think its unfair people who dont work get a payout from the government while they have to work 50 hours at the human suffering factory every week. but if you tell them "yeah that sucks i think you should also get a universal allowance and not have to work 50 hours at the human suffering factory every week" thats apparently the wrong answer.

[hopegrasping]

Let go of the idea that diy will inherently look shit. All your clothes are handmade you just don't see the people doing it.

[megpie71]

Also: yes, it will look unpracticed and amateur the first few (dozen) times you do it. That's because you are an unpracticed amateur at that craft. You'll get better over time, and learn how things work. Crafts are learnable skills, not inborn talents - all you need to do is practice. So, start small, practice hard, and take pride in the skills you're learning along the way.

[nondelphic]

"just write a little every day" ok but what if i write nothing for 3 weeks and then suddenly type like i’m being hunted by god

[yesterdayiwrote]

The irony of this new breed of self-righteous AI hunters on AO3 is that they're all just copy and pasting peoples fics into AI detectors, which are all operated by AI and therefore THEY are feeding people's work into the algorithm without their consent and in some cases no doubt circumventing the locks people put on to avoid getting scraped...

Don't copy and paste anyone's AO3 work into third party websites, you're not the good guys in this situation?

[zaziki1412]

Reblog cause FACTS

[notthewriteryourelookingfor]

If someone feeds your work (fan fic or otherwise) into an AI you should be allowed to hunt them for sport

[digitaldiscipline]

This is the 85 year old creator of Roger Rabbit:

[swissarmymanbf]

good music should beat the shit out of you

[oldpaintings]

Woman with Dead Child, 1903 by Käthe Kollwitz (German, 1867--1945)

[roycohn]

do it scared. do it stupid. but most importantly, do it bitching and moaning the entire time

[deadcaptainentertainment]

So... I put up some privacy screen on the railing of our back deck and bought a fancy new lounge chair so I could lay out in the sun (or just be outside comfortably on the deck without feeling like the neighbors were watching me the whole time). Despite it being a little too hot, I ended up laying out there for quite a while today and it was lovely!

Except that I burnt. my. WHOLE. ASS.

[eldritchdilf-deactivated2025061]

Contrary to popular belief the biggest beginner's roadblock to art isn't even technical skill it's frustration tolerance, especially in the age of social media. It hurts and the frustration is endless but you must build the frustration tolerance equivalent to a roach's capacity to survive a nuclear explosion. That's how you build on the technical skill. Throw that "won't even start because I'm afraid it won't be perfect" shit out the window. Just do it. Just start. Good luck.

[deadcaptainentertainment]

Yada yada prisons are bad blah blah blah BUT.

I learned today that someone who deserves very much to be in one (and has been - this is his 3rd round) has been transferred to what is, I gather, a horrible, miserable, awful, dangerous prison to be in in Mississippi. I know not of any details pertaining to why he was transferred there or how long it will be for or any of that, but I am so gleeful. I hope he HATES IT. I hope it's the WORST TIME OF HIS LIFE. I hope he spends every second of every day of the rest of his 48 to 60 year sentence MISERABLE AND HATING EVERYTHING. I am SO HAPPY AND I DANCE ON HIS EVENTUAL GRAVE OF MISERY.

[shamebats]

[revcleo]

[lobstabear]

To my 25 - 35 year olds, you've reached the age where people around you are starting to give up on themselves because they think it's too late. Don't let that energy rub off on you. It's not too late.

[knittingontheroad]

I became a tattoo artist at 49.

Married the love of my life at 50.

Got my Class A CDL at 59.

You've got time.

As long as you're breathing, you've got time.

[lickingandsuckingchristmascoins]

come over

[princesssarisa]

What is your middle name?

The name of one of my parents

The name of a relative or ancestor

The name of a friend of a parent

My mother's maiden name

A religious figure's name

Just a name my parents liked

Other

I don't have a middle name

Voting ended onJul 13

I'm Option #1: My middle name is my mom's name. But I'd like to know if that practice is very common or not.

[miggylol]

Spin the wheel. That's who's trying to kill you.

Spin the wheel again. That’s who’s trying to protect you.

(If you have zero idea about a name you got, spin until you see someone you recognize.)

Are you safe?

Absolutely not. I'm dead. 100% dead.

I might stay alive, but it'll be a really close thing.

I'll take some hits, for certain, but I should be okay in the end.

A few attacks might get through, but nothing concerning.

The attacker might be able to get in one lucky hit. If that.

I am the opposite of worried. I'm 100% safe.

…Look. I've tried picturing this. But I honestly don't know how to answer.

Voting ended onJul 14

(I've run this poll twice before, expanding it significantly for the second run. With about a year passed since that second run, I thought it was time to add another couple hundred names to the list and have another go.)

[no-siema-co-tam]

i am dead for sure but i get to witness a diva-off our galaxy hasn't experienced before nor shall experience again