tasty, not heart healthy

writer, wanna be pornopgrapher.

[sokovia]

when they start coming into ur neighborhoods and pulling people out of their homes and u see kids crying on tv i hope u remember how u feel right now 

when our economy tanks and no one can get a job i hope u remember how u feel right now 

when a large part of the country is hit with something terrible and there is no response from our government i hope u remember how u feel right now

when they start arresting journalists and censoring the internet i hope u remember how u feel right now 

if u didnt vote 

or voted third party

or sat around saying “theyre both the same theyre both the same”

i hope u remember how u feel right now 

because u just put me and millions of woman, people of color, and immigrants in danger

and i hope u fucking feel that

[novamist]

[baqki]

quick diy tutorial for fast lace patterns or whatever. even if u dont use them in the end its still fun to see what works! (hint: its literally anything)

[kickingshoes]

Shoes showed me this and I couldn’t believe it so I did some tests and:

oh my god

this is magical

and hella, hella cool

[sandandglass]

The Creative Act of Listening to a Talking Frog

Kermit the Frog gives a talk on creativity and creative risk-taking

[fallfeatherspony]

did a puppet just fucking give some of the best advice ever.

[ultraprism-blog]

“Go ahead and try and you just might find that what feels like failure is actually what inspires you to dream bigger.”

Relevant.

This was an actual Ted talk: http://www.tedxjackson.com/speakers/kermit-the-frog/

[richandstrangephotography]

The lovers, the dreamers, and you…

[greenekangaroo]

I love kermit so much fight me 

[hyungwonns-deactivated20160817]

pretty space words

aphelion - the point in the orbit of a planet, asteroid, or comet at which it is farthest from the Sun. astral - relating to or resembling the stars. caldera - a large volcanic crater, especially one formed by a major eruption leading to the collapse of the mouth of the volcano. celestial - positioned in or relating to the sky, or outer space as observed in astronomy. constellation - a group of stars forming a recognizable pattern. cosmos - the universe seen as a well-ordered whole. equinox - the time or date at which the sun crosses the celestial equator, when day and night are of equal length. faculae - bright patches that are visible on the Sun’s surface. lunation - the interval of a complete lunar cycle, between one new Moon and the next. interstellar - occurring or situated between stars. nebula - a cloud of gas and dust in outer space, visible in the night sky either as an indistinct bright patch or as a dark silhouette against other luminous matter. perihelion - the point in the orbit of a planet, asteroid, or comet at which it is closest to the Sun. synodic - relating to or involving the conjunction of stars, planets, or other celestial objects.

[1mk-deactivated20190311]

PLEASE HELP ME REPORT THIS PERSON!! Sorry for the long post, but I need you guys to help me out.  This person has been tracing/copying not only mine but several other artists’ artwork. They’ve been selling traced/copied art on their bigcartel and participated in various exhibitions for their own profit.

Their Instagram Tumblr Bigcartel Twitter Signal boosts are super appreciated, thank you!

[petitchu]

coping art and claiming it as your own is so low and is a huge peeve of mine. This person is ridiculous and claims doing “art” like this is ok and isn’t considered copying since they alter it a smidge. not to mention they blatantly copy from an artist i admire, Kaneoya Sachiko

there’s a lot more, too. the only thing “original” about their stuff is the dreads on the guys head. report and call them out. it’s one thing to copy but trying to make profit off of it and trying to get known for their artistry is way lame. it’ll bite them in the ass soon enough because when they actually have to freehand it looks like this. they can private their instagram and twitter but they can’t private their tumblr :)

[kickingshoes]

What’s worse is that he finds this whole thing hilarious. He doesn’t see anything wrong with what he’s doing and people are even defending him. WTF

Edit: There’s not a lot on his shop at the moment, but BigCartel does have a section on how to fill out a DMCA here.

[word-stuck]

Is there a word for the smell before or when it's raining?

Petrichor is the scent of rain as it pours down on dry ground of the earth, or the scent of dust after the rain. 

It is a pleasant, distinct smell that frequently accompanies the first rain after a long period of warm, dry weather.

Geosmin has a distinct earthy flavor and aroma, and is responsible for the earthy taste of beets and a contributor to the scent (petrichor) in the air when rain falls after a dry spell of weather. It is produced by a type of Actinobacteria.

Petrichor — from the Greek words petros, ”stone” & ichor, “the fluid that flows in the veins of the gods in Greek mythology”.

[annanovaa-deactivated20180203]

So my dad taught me this trick today for dealing with PTSD attacks

It sounds really simple but it’s already helped me a lot.

Make a list of :

Four things you hear

Three things you feel

Two things you smell

One thing you taste

And repeat this list to yourself five times.

I know it sounds super simple and I’m sure a lot of people do it already, but if it helps anyone, then it’s worth sharing.

[sineadrhiannon]

This can also help with anxiety attacks and depersonalization or dissociative episodes. It’s amazing.

[juliedillon]

I’ve had this recommended to me for anxiety attacks, as well (except in the form of “List 5 things you see, 5 things you hear, 5 things you feel” then list 4 of each, 3 of each, etc). It helps ground you in the present reality, and gives you something structured to focus on to help you slow racing thoughts and slowly calm physical symptoms. 

[boxingsock]

GUYS! YOU SHOULD TOTALLY CHECK THIS OUT!

this site has the coolest patterns in the whole universe

I’m currently using one as background for my blog! Here are some examples :3

Seriously, CHECK IT OUT!  some are just cute as hecky !!!! if you use any, make sure to credit paper bicycle!!!!!

[clevergirlhelps]

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Conlang Guide

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Creating a Language (Revised)

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[thiswasautistichomersimpson-dea]

Ooooh.

remember, most things are social constructs. Invent your own for a totally original world!

And if the earth features, think about how that impacts things

[comicartcorrections]

This stuff also applies to writing comics.  So I thought I’d reblog it for you.

[appley-snow]

HEY WRITERS OF ALL KINDS AND AGES AND MAYBE EVEN DNDERS OR TABLETOP GAMERS ARE YOU READY FOR SOMETHING SUPER RAD? I HOPE SO ‘CAUSE 

RANDOM

MAP

GENERATOR

WITH

EDITING FEATURES AVAILABLE

IT DOESN’T REALLY DO LAND MASSES OR ANYTHING BUT IT SURE AS HELL WILL MAP THAT CITY/VILLAGE/SHIP/DUNGEON/WHATEVER THAT YOU’VE BEEN MEANING TO MAP OUT FOR YOU

SO FUCKING GO WILD

[annesidora]

┗history art meme -> Alphonse Mucha Alphonse Maria Mucha (24 July 1860 - 14 July 1939) was a Czech Art Nouveau painter and decorative artist, most well known for his images of women. He produced many paintings, illustrations, advertisements and designs. Alphonse Maria Mucha was born in the town of Ivancice, Moravia (today’s region of Czech Republic). His singing abilities allowed him to continue his education through high school in the Moravian capital of Brünn (today Brno), even though drawing had been his first love since childhood. He worked at decorative painting jobs in Moravia, mostly painting theatrical scenery, then in 1879 moved to Vienna to work for a leading Viennese theatrical design company, while informally furthering his artistic education.

[cabutl]

This is like, really important.

[aimmyarrowshigh]

Foz Meadows on Portrayal of Sex in Media

[fozmeadows]

hey look, some things I said!

[mysharona1987]

[spanishskulduggery]

So, guys, probably more reliable than Google Translate is in many cases there’s Linguee.

Linguee is a sort of dictionary filled with examples and sentences from all over the internet so you can look up individual phrases or words and see how they’re used and in what contexts.

So if you want to type in an actual phrase or something in English or Spanish (or a different language if you pick it) you can see your words used in sentences and see how actual sentences look… rather than relying on Google Translate to mess up the grammar or false cognates.

And more than that, you can also check the sources they take the example sentences from.

I highly recommend Linguee for people who are trying to figure out specific phrases rather than particular words (which I would use WordReference for).

[glossikos-blog]

Linguee is a god send!

[polyglottalstop]

Linguee is bomb!

[linguisticsblr]

My French teacher introduced me to Linguee and it really is spectacular!

[naruto-notes]

In English from Yoimaru on Twitter.

As with this post, I want to keep posting these here on Tumblr so people can see them!!!! Because it’s really fucking important, folks! I know it’s a giant fandom and I know it’s messy and it’s difficult to keep track of all of this, but it matters a lot.

Even with credit, you are taking the attention away from the original creators.

Stop reposting art and please respect artists. They deserve credit and notes. Be decent fans!

[pikacheeka-moved-blog]

It’s a lot more complicated than just stealing credit and notes from fanartists.

Japanese fanartists run the risk of getting sued by manga publishers if their fanart (especially nsfw art but it applied to everything) end up on too many websites. The more you spread fanart, the more likely it is that some jerk is going to take it and start making money off of it, and guess who gets sued over that? The artist. We’ve all seen shirts, mugs, mousepads, etc… with Japanese fanart on them (there are people right on Tumblr who make and sell that stuff). Some fanartists are also professional manga artists themselves and they run the risk of losing their jobs if it is discovered that they draw fanart and/or doujinshi.

This is why you need to ask permission. Artists need to know WHERE their art is, and they need to know that it’s possible to get it removed if need be (which means they need contact with those who posted it).

Every time you post fanart without permission, especially on a website like this where it’s impossible to control where it goes, you dramatically increase uncontrollable visibility for the artist. And guess what? Most fanartists don’t even care about visibility or notes or ratings outside of Pixiv and other websites they CHOOSE to post on. A lot of Japanese fanartists employ passwords on their personal sites, and regularly change URLs to minimize the number of Westerners finding them. I have had an artist friend of mine delete her website entirely because she felt too many Western fans had found it, and when she eventually put it up again, she had a password on it that you had to ASK her for (so clearly notoriety was not a concern for her, seeing as maybe 20 of us had access to her site for months).

Sure, some do want popularity and notes and all that jazz, but it’s not everyone by a long shot. It’s unfair to use the “you’re stealing notes” argument because in truth it’s more more complicated than that. Most jerks who repeatedly post without permission are concerned about followers and notes, but that’s really not how it works for a lot of Japanese fanartists. Art theft is RARELY an issue in Japan, even if people might be desperate for attention like a lot of art thieves here are, because they understand that there’s a lot more at stake here than just boosting your internet ego.