× hunter ifearnán × 25+ ×
× trans + agender + queer ×
× kenochoric + extranthaeic [1, 2] + praesigenic ×
× he/they/xe. ×
× art blog × system blog × suggestion blog × fr blog ×
i do not engage in system or trans/queer discourse. sysmeds/transmeds fuck off.
hi idk if you heard (i don't remember if I ever posted about it lol) that me n my boys run a suggestion blog! we write whenever but try to keep it semi regularly (no queue we die like men). it's a low-stress writing project for us, in a way! longer poems/writes will remain on the sysblog.
sysblog: @katachthoniios
it's a lil gay, a lil violent, a lil dark, a lotta comfort for us. if you might be interested in that sort of thing.
sys suggestion blog: @legion-suggestion
also my art and flight rising blogs exist. im bad at being active on them but they're there.
Compiled some basic information I know about drawing fat characters for beginners since I've been seeing more talk about absence of really basic traits in a lot of art lately.
Morpho Fat and Skin Folds on Archive.org (for free!)
in every columbo episode there's some scene where he sets up some little trick that he suspects the murderer used and he's like "gee isn't that interesting? you know technology has come so far, you can do so many crazy things with it these days, it's really amazing" and then the murderer is like "you know lieutenant you really are a sick sick freak but somehow i almost kind of like you in this disgusting twisted kind of way"
ok so I looked it up, and it turns out they made a track out of PVC pipes, down a hill. The owner didn't realise PVC expanded in the heat, so on a turn the track just fell apart and the dude inside went over a fucking free way and into a swamp.
The funniest part is that the inspector was watching the whole time, and once the ball stopped he left without saying anything. Park management just shut it down then and there.
"The ball cleared a small hill, briefly going airborne, then zipped right across Route 94, the two-lane road splitting the park. Cars honked and slammed on their brakes. If there had been opposing traffic, Frank would have become part of a real-life game of Pong, volleying from one bumper to another.
Still in pursuit, we followed the ball toward a small lake in Motor World that had been earmarked for a fleet of tiny bumper boats for children. The area wasn’t open yet, but the empty boats were being tested and floated on the surface. The ball soared over the grass and smashed into several of them, scattering the others with rippling waves from the impact, which launched some of the boats several feet in the air.
Charlie and Ken waded into the water looking for the hatch. After some difficulty, they got it open. Charlie pulled Frank out by grabbing him under his armpits like a baby. Frank crawled up the bank, coughing and sputtering. He splayed across the grass as we all stared at the ball, which bobbed in the water like it was attached to a fishing lure.
We did not ask for the inspector’s report, nor did we ever hear of one being filed. Ken Bailey returned to Canada. The snow-makers cleared away the PVC. Told to dispose of the Bailey Ball, they rolled it into the woods, where it remained for many years."
I don't know that this beats the teeth story, but it's pretty great.
tl;dr: maintain proper posture, have feet shoulder-width apart, and think living thoughts.
actually it's been lovely to start in child's pose then transition into a full ramp plank, making sure to extend my spine with pushing heels and shoulders down. but i've been building my core muscles for a while so on this post, the How steps go through 3 types of planks with a "level up" in difficulty indicated by a ^
Lying on the floor, place your forearms forward so that your elbows are directly under your shoulders
Slowly lift your torso off the floor by pressing into your forearms and knees. Contract your core as you raise up, and maintain a neutral neck and spine. (knee plank)
^Tuck your toes under and lift your knees so that your body forms a straight line. Tighten your abs and squeeze your glutes. (bridge plank)
^Straighten one arm at a time, placing your hands where your elbows were directly under your shoulders, lifting yourself up (ramp plank)
Hold this position for the desired duration*
On completion, lower your hips back to the floor and rest.
*when you feel yourself nearing your falter point, slowly transition back to rest. honestly planks feel worse if you're doing it wrong, so maintain the posture:
Neck. Keep your chin tucked in and your neck long. Your neck should be in line with the rest of your body. Do not tilt your head up, as this strains the neck. Gaze down towards the floor to help keep your neck in a neutral position.
Shoulders. Keep your shoulders down, not hunched up to your ears. Try to keep your neck, shoulders, and jaw relaxed.
Abs. Engage your core – think of drawing your navel in to your spine.
Hips. Do not lift or lower your hips – keep your body straight and level. Your shoulders, hips, knees and feet should form a straight line at all times. Tightening your abs, quads, and glutes helps to keep your body straight. Arching the back or hiking the hips up shifts the weight onto your arms, moves the work away from the core, and stresses the shoulders.
Feet. Start with your feet about hip-width apart. Moving your feet closer together makes the exercise more challenging, while moving your feet further apart provides greater balance and stability making the plank easier.
Breath. Breathe steadily throughout the exercise. It’s a common mistake to hold your breath during the exercise, which can elevate blood pressure.
a horrible truth is that apparently this does get easier the more you build up the muscles. and when you waver, think living thoughts. remember why you want to do this: starting with one every morning has been good for my body awareness/grounding. also it was like the one exercise repeated across so many sites to treat like all back problems, so we need to say Fuck You to school gym memories for the sake of my latest diagnoses.
First, the Evan Longoria one is fake fake fake. Because screw that guy. It’s for an ad. All the rest of them? 100% real.
Second, Randy Johnson retired from baseball and took up photography. He does a bunch of concert photography and race cars and he’s pretty good, you can check out his website here. But that’s not why I’m talking about him here. It’s because this is his logo:
Yeah, that poor bird still isn’t getting away with it.
Third. Let’s talk about Japanese baseball, particularly this play by Masato Akamatsu.
Japanese baseball is insane. I don’t watch that often but some of those players could single-handedly win the MLB’s World Series. Alone.
RIP Jose Fernandez. He was the Marlins pitcher who caught the ball in the second gif and he tragically passed away about a year ago. Very sad. :( Ugh, whenever I see that gif I feel sad now.
And finally the first gif is Luis Guillorme, he’s a prospet for my Mets. And he’s quite the badass.
Happy pride month everyone always remember that the sinkhole has an ecosystem large enough to house not only insects but likely several species of small birds or mammals
