dressed up in words

I am a cat lady.

[einsteinofcats-deactivated20140]

i used to think that a foot of parchment was a lot and feel bad when harry potter characters were assigned to write that much

but then i realized the paper i write on is 8.5 by 11 inches.

so a foot of parchment is the equivalent of like, a page and a half of paper.

they complained SO MUCH about essays that were like

a page and a half

wtf guys

get your shit together

[sweetwineandroses]

No wonder Hermione always got onto the boys for not doing their homework.

[cosmic-aria]

it’s honestly not even a foot and a half it’s just one sheet of paper. a foot is 12 inches. like dang if i had to only write one page long essays in school about cool magic shit then i would have been ecstatic.

[roachpatrol]

also 12pt times new roman— the standard assigned size and font for a lot of essay assignments— produces significantly smaller text than a muggleborn teenageer with a pen and ink quill would be able to manage on the regular, no matter how dedicated she was. ron and harry are frequently noted to be using large handwriting on unlined paper. their homework would have been about three short paragraphs if they were feeling studious. 

no wonder hermione was so fucking exasperated! muggle students their age would have strangled them. 

[space-fey]

Oh

[birger-wuvs-elsa]

Hermione was a goddess among fools.

[dressedupinwords]

Today I found out, at 29 years old, that I’ve apparently been struggling with inattentive ADD for my whole life.

I took my first dose of Ritalin today and I could feel myself just… relax. For the first time in about 18 months, I felt like I could just breathe without having to be drunk or sedated.

There’s a really good chance that most if not all of my mental and physical health problems go back to having inattentive ADD. It’s fucking crazy.

[dressedupinwords]

UPDATE:

I talked about it with my mom, which included explaining to her what inattentive ADD is, because it’s not the ADD most people think of. She said, “It sounds like you’re talking about your father.” And she was totally right.

So she and my dad picked me up for lunch and I showed him the diagnostic criteria for inattentive ADD. He got really upset, because he’s been struggling his whole life with what everybody told him was laziness and disorganization. He’s literally been internalizing for 64 years that he’s just bad at everything, and now he’s being told that he probably has a treatable medical condition.

He’s still kind of digesting it but my mom and I are hoping that he’ll go to a doctor and try out medication. I don’t know anybody that’s more stressed out than my dad, so he could really use the help.

The phrase I see all over the internet for inattentive ADD is that sufferers exist in “a constant state of overwhelm.” And that absolutely describes me, and even more so my father. So hopefully this discovery for me helps him, too.

[dressedupinwords]

Today I found out, at 29 years old, that I’ve apparently been struggling with inattentive ADD for my whole life.

I took my first dose of Ritalin today and I could feel myself just… relax. For the first time in about 18 months, I felt like I could just breathe without having to be drunk or sedated.

There’s a really good chance that most if not all of my mental and physical health problems go back to having inattentive ADD. It’s fucking crazy.

[garysgalaxy]

[hashtagloveloses]

the best part about DJ roomba was that it wasn’t just a joke DJ FUCKING ROOMBA CAME BACK SEVERAL TIMES IT’S A RECURRING FUCKING CHARACTER

[phoenixfire-thewizardgoddess]

Concept: a dragon that tries to sleep on top of it’s friends and family every night bc they’re it’s greatest treasure

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

where r the rest of the notes, this is Important

[kitvinslakte]

Imagine being tailed everywhere by a poorly concealed dragon, following you cause it doesn’t want to be separated from its treasure but also wants to give you the freedom to live your own life. Just like going grocery shopping and a 2 story tall dragon tries to hide behind a lamppost.

[dressedupinwords]

Reality: dogs

[dressedupinwords]

I have massive amounts of sympathetic awkwardness from this Facebook exchange between two of my ex-coworkers.

[lord-kitschener]

Obviously I want you to take care of your pets and make sure they get food and fresh water on a regular basis, but cats being huge drama queens and screaming hysterically at you and acting like they’re tragic famine victims who haven’t eaten in weeks and are about to drop dead from starvation right mcfuckin now, because you’re 10 minutes late feeding them is always going to be one of the funniest things to me

[artaeum]

the cat who lives at the vet clinic i volunteer at was mad yesterday because his dinner was half an hour late due to a busy day. he proceeded to go to all the (empty dw) garbage cans and tried to knock them over and started desperately scavenging for scraps of food because obviously no one loves him or cares about him and if he must eat garbage to survive then so be it

[instructionsfordancing]

not food related, but one time my cat cried at me for 20 minutes before i worked out that the reason why she was upset was because there was a coat hanger on her favourite cushion

[lord-kitschener]

This is absolutely beautiful and changed my life, thank you so much. Please protect her from hangers at all costs

[mamafriesmeal]

Rosie will scream at me if I am not in bed at my usual time so he can lay next to me. He picked this up from Silver who would get INCREDIBLY PISSY if I was not in bed when she wanted me to be because she did not actually like to lay on the bed, she wanted to lay on me in the bed.

[dressedupinwords]

My favorite is when our cats (we have four girls) get stuck to the furniture because they won’t let us trim their claws. Then we try to help and they attack and get mad at us for freeing them from being eternally attached to the sofa.

[pawnees]

[nbcparksandrec]

9 Shades of Ron

[3dbabyfromallymcbeal]

WOW

[dressedupinwords]

I thought this was Rosie!

[dateamonster]

original theory: succubi are always women, incubi are always men 

facts: in fact succubus comes from the latin word “succubare” which means “to lie under” and incubus comes from the latin word “incubare” which means “to lie on”

new improved theory: incubi are always tops and succubi are always bottoms. gender doesn’t matter at all.

[dressedupinwords]

I keep seeing this listed in etymological dictionaries but I can’t find the word “succubare” in any Latin dictionaries.

From what I can tell, “succubus” is actually a Middle English word that means “prostitute.” It is a bastardization of the Latin word “succuba,” meaning “one who lies under.” This is in turn derived from the Latin “succumbere” which means “to lie under.” This is the same Latin word that our modern word “succumb” derives from. It appears that medieval English speakers wanted it to parallel “incubus” and changed the feminine endings (-a, etc.) to masculine ones (-us, etc.) so that they’d look the same. “Incubus” is itself a Latin word meaning “nightmare” or “demon” - and yes, it is derived from “incubare.”

[dressedupinwords]

When the Sycorax ask the new 10th doctor, “Who exactly are you?” He replies with a screeching “I don’t know!”

He goes on, “See, that’s the thing. I’m the Doctor but beyond that, I just don’t know. I literally do not know who I am. It’s all untested. Am I funny? Am I sarcastic? Sexy? A right old misery? Life and soul? Right-handed, left-handed, a gambler, a fighter, a coward, a traitor, a liar, a nervous wreck? I mean, judging by the evidence I’ve certainly got a gob!”

Later on, he regenerates his severed hand, and says “This new hand... it’s a fighting hand!”

All this comes together to indicate to me that the Doctor is a sentient consciousness that inhabits bodies but isn’t intrinsically connected to one as a human being is. He is subject to that body’s characteristics, which he himself defines to include personality traits and temperament. Even the hand, separately grown, has it’s own characteristic. 

If the Doctor’s regenerations vary so drastically in personality, interests, and tastes, why should he be defined by a specific sex or gender?

[averagefairy]

i love when people ask me “what are you anxious about” like…….about??? you think this is based on reason? rationality? never heard of that

[lightlybow]

Them: Oh you don’t want this cat. He’s wild and he bites everyone and he’ll never just sit nicely in your lap. He’s a project cat. 

 Me: That’s okay, I’m a project person. 

 Two weeks later:

He won’t leave.

[gokuma]

@donskoi

[matt-the-blind-cinnamon-roll]

Tell us your secret oh great kitty whisperer.

[lightlybow]

Step one: let him hide or shy away from you if he wants to. He wouldn’t let me touch him for a couple days after we got back from the shelter. His comfort was more important than me getting to touch him.

Step two: make yourself nonthreatening. In my case this meant being very quiet, bringing food and lying down on the ground within his eyesight as an invitation to investigate.

Step three: watch his body language and don’t do things that make him uncomfortable. Turns out my cat often bit when he was overstimulated so I made sure not to overwhelm him.

Step four: draw lines, but not with brute force. Even though his biting wasn’t meant to hurt, I wanted to make sure he wouldn’t injure anyone in the future. So I decided when he bit me, I’d yelp “ow!” And then withdraw all physical contact for a few minutes, sometimes leaving the room. Now he never bites, but sometimes he puts his teeth on my hand and then thinks better of it.

Step five: provide a good outlet for destructive behaviors. Aka PLAY WITH HIM, SEVERAL TIMES A DAY.

Step six: be patient.

Step seven: get lucky and somehow pick up the best cat in the entire shelter. I don’t know how it happened but he’s a godsend. He’s literally cuddled me out of a panic attack. We both really needed each other.

[meomixx]

THIS MAKES MY HEART WARM! I volunteer at a shelter and I love when I see people take a “risk” with kitties who just need patience and the right person. 😭😍

[dressedupinwords]

Buttercup was a “project cat.” She’d been one of the shelter’s longest residents (2+ years) when I took her home as a foster and eventually adopted her. Even that first day in the shelter, she was very very scared of me, hissing profusely and hiding in her cave bed. So the volunteer and I sat on the floor outside her cage for over an hour, just moving a string around because that’s her favorite toy. Finally she came out and played. She retreated several times, but kept coming back out to play. Eventually, she climbed into my lap and fell asleep purring. Cats often get shelter shock, like Buttercup did, and they just need some time to accept that new people are friendly. Buttercup is now the cuddliest cat ever (admittedly, mostly to my husband - it turns out she doesn’t much like women but loves bearded men).

Here’s a recent vicious assault by that dangerous animal:

[gaywrites]

A new study found that Black Americans are “far more likely” than white Americans to recognize the bias and discrimination that LGBTQ people face. 

There were also differences along the lines of age, gender and political leanings, as well as differences when it comes to supporting marriage equality. All interesting stuff to know; read more over at Quartz.

[dressedupinwords]

Huh, so, the people who are most likely to have experienced discrimination are also the most likely to recognize when others are suffering from it?

HOW SHOCKING

[yourresidentginger]

my anxiety has a loophole that if somebody is else is equally or more uncomfortable I develop the sudden ability to Do The Thing

[castielsteenwolf]

i cant go and ask for more ketchup for myself but if my friend wants more ketchup im out of my seat in a second

[thehotgirlproject]

The mom friend override

[lesbianfreyja]

the phrase “curiosity killed the cat” is actually not the full phrase it actually is “curiosity killed the cat but satisfaction brought it back” so don’t let anyone tell you not to be a curious little baby okay go and be interested in the world uwu

[violet-nomad-deactivated2018120]

See also:

Blood is thicker than water The blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb.

Meaning that relationships formed by choice are stronger than those formed by birth.

[espurr-roba]

Let’s not forget that “Jack of all trades, master of none” ends with “But better than a master of one.”

It means that being equally good/average at everything is much better than being perfect at one thing and sucking at everything else. So don’t worry if you’re not perfect at something you do! Being okay is better!

[theshantiestme11ophone]

These made me feel better

[thelifeofatubaplayer]

Also, “great minds think alike” ends with “but fools rarely differ”

It goes to show that conformity isn’t always a good thing. And that just because more than one person has the same idea, doesn’t necessarily mean it’s a good idea.

[eattheacid]

what the fuck why haven’t i heard the full version to any of these 

[terror-billie]

“Birds of a feather flock together” ends with “until the cat comes.”

It’s actually a warning about fair-weather friends, not an assessment of how complementary people are.

[engel-tier-deactivated20180213]

I’ve always felt like these were cut down on purpose.

[washington-acp]

I really like these phrases and plan on spreading this knowledge.

[alwayswillgraham]

The early bird catches the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.

[its-kks-world]

I want to make designs out of these.

[sunderlorn]

Funny how all the half-finished ones encourage uniformity and upholding the status-quo, while the complete proverbs encourage like…living exciting, eclectic lives driven by choice and personal passion.

[tentaclabia-deactivated20190608]

NICE

[pawnees]

get on your feet, get up and make it happen!