Dumb Stuff

hey my name is Eli and i cry over robots constantly (32) (she/her) \\ art blog is @elidrawsthings

[deathstars]

HELLO ! have you thought about Van Gogh’s First Steps today ?

[deathstars]

Here you go. This world is beautiful. Humans are beautiful. I love you

[normal-horoscopes]

Everyone shut up and look at this carving of a whale from the 1200-600 CE Chumash culture

[theslowesthnery]

ohhhhhh my godddddd

[cryptic-forge]

after i made my wooden doll, i was musing about what other unusual materials i might use for a bjd. my partner suggested paper, and also gave me access to their craft paper collection -> i made this.

she is almost entirely made of paper & cardboard. the joints are wooden beads & worbla, because i did figure out a way to make ball joints out of paper, but it really was not worth the effort. all her limbs have tubes of rolled-up cardboard in them to keep the structure sturdy, and the origami flowers are glued around those.

this is extremely different from any doll i've made before, and i had so much fun working with pretty papers & figuring out how to turn them into a poseable 3d object.

[screechingpersimmon]

Holy fucking shit this is amazing and incredible! The size of my WOW about this doll needs an entire brass band to accompany it

What a display of engineering, creativity, and design!!!!!

[marian-devotee]

I took my little brother (autistic, mostly non verbal) out and he was using his voice keyboard to tell me something, and this little boy (maybe 4 or 5?) heard him and asked me "Is he a robot??" I tried to explain to him that no, he isn't a robot, he just communicates differently, but my darling brother was in the background max volume "I am robot I am robot I am robot I am robot"

[marian-devotee]

My little brother insisted if I was going to post about him, he wanted a cut of the "profits". When I explained to him that Tumblr isn't monetized, and is pretty pointless, he and my older brother pointed out that he'd still be bringing me "fame and notoriety" if the post got "big". So we agreed, if the post hit 10k notes, which seemed extremely farfetched and silly at the time, I'd take my little brother out for sushi (his favorite food) and let him eat as much as he wants.

I guess God wanted the little robot to enjoy some sushi 🍣 🥲

[thetruerarkher]

[mayadile]

UPDATE!!! 7/9

I didn't have much of a peaceful sleep on a bench last night. But I still don't have much to have nights at the hotel and have food, I haven't eaten much in a few days. Please if you can donate what you can so I don't collapse in the heat again, I was close to death yesterday. Goal is $600!!!

PAYPAL

[mayadile]

We are going to deal with a heatwave and a thunderstorm 😭 Tomorrow if I don't have enough to get another night in the hotel I'll have to pack up in the morning PLEASE DONT MAKE ME GO OUT THERE PLEASE!!

PAYPAL

[ishowdespair-deactivated2026012]

[zxid]

collection

[fishlung8877]

[dogpuppy]

[mayadile]

UPDATE!!! 7/9

I didn't have much of a peaceful sleep on a bench last night. But I still don't have much to have nights at the hotel and have food, I haven't eaten much in a few days. Please if you can donate what you can so I don't collapse in the heat again, I was close to death yesterday. Goal is $600!!!

PAYPAL

[mayadile]

All I need is $600 please 😭 I still don't have much I mean I had enough for one night that's good but I need food and other nights. Please I don't want to pack up next morning I'm so tired MY BODY IS SCREAMING PLEASE

[mayadile]

UPDATE!!! 7/9

I didn't have much of a peaceful sleep on a bench last night. But I still don't have much to have nights at the hotel and have food, I haven't eaten much in a few days. Please if you can donate what you can so I don't collapse in the heat again, I was close to death yesterday. Goal is $600!!!

PAYPAL

[the-seelie-court-official]

separate post cuz i dont wanna clog the notes on that Medea art but:

Hercules also killed his children

and you can say oh but that was a fit of divine madness and that's true. but now try to explain how Medea's madness was not divine. her parents were the son of Helios and an idyia- a 'water nymph'. SHE was divine. Hesiod literally states that her and Jason's marriage was a marriage between mortal and divine.

so either Hercules is not a greek hero, or Medea is a greek hero with tits

[madmonksandmaenads]

There are other versions of the myth, some where her children are killed accidentally in a failed bid at immortality. Some where it is the people of Corinth who kill her children. Regardless, it is obvious that her husband blames her for their deaths. (According to Diodorus the people thought Jason "suffered only what was just") When he seeks to punish her, she does not flee as a mortal woman but is carried away on a divine golden chariot pulled by dragons.

After her flight from Corinth to Thebes, she heals Heracles of the madness that led him to kill his children. A divine curse is lifted through divine aid. Heracles was witness to the godsworn oaths Jason made to Medea, and had promised to uphold the oaths as mediator. Even once cured, he can offer nothing more than temporary refuge to Medea. I wonder what words these friends who met an ocean away said to each other. Who else could understand their pain?

[klapollo]

if youre in the US (especially the northeast + michigan) i would avoid bagged salads/greens and generally wash your produce very thoroughly unless you want the diarrhea parasite

[klapollo]

Outbreak of diarrhea-causing parasite grows to more than 1,000 cases

Michigan is experiencing its largest outbreak of a parasitic infection that causes severe diarrhea. Nearly 1,000 people have been diagnosed

this is not life-threatening, but also who wants weeks of diarrhea and a fucking parasite in them lol. if you suspect you've already had this and it's passed, i would see a doctor. you might need an antiparasitic anyway. if you're actively sick, see a doctor and they might be able to prescribe medication to help you get over it faster.

try to avoid eating raw vegetables, scrub fruit with a produce brush and rinse thoroughly with water. again, don't bother with premade greens or bagged salads. if you buy lettuce, remove the outer 2-3 layers of leaves.

there are UNVERIFIED rumors that the greens have been linked to a company that sources to taco bell. some locations have been actively pulling fresh ingredients like lettuce, avocado, and pico de gallo to mitigate the threat, so i would avoid any products from them just in case. considering how vast supply chains are, i'd be wary of any fast food greens in general for now.

[rneliflua]

we should retire the word "relate" and replace it with "connect" when it comes to the relationship between audience member and fictional character. a character being relatable implies some of their personality and/or experiences match yours. a character being connect-able means audiences will find a way to understand and feel for their struggles (internal or external) even when they haven't experienced them themselves. this is especially relevant when it comes to marginalized characters. a character not being relatable to some audience members does not mean they can't be connect-able and the laser focus on relatability as a selling point for a character will only make it so stories with protagonists who are not white/cishet/western/etc will get less visibility because audiences assume that if they can't relate to them then they won't be able to care and root for them.

[katiemonz]

happy belated birthday blue rat

tails will put your ass on blast dont even doubt

[spidersinmysoup]

Esa no es la serie de los gays que le gusta a ustedes

[5weekdays]

my doctor told me i have to do PT this fucking sucks

[5weekdays]

these exercises are sooo monotonous like i keep walking down the same hallway over and over 🙄

[5weekdays]

who was that.

[5weekdays]

the fucking fetus in the sink won't accept my insurance

[taliabhattwrites]

Tumblr users will say "queer history" and mean "midcentury archival records from a specific US-American city that I have extrapolated into a universal mythos" and not even blink

[taliabhattwrites]

"learn your queer history" I am from fucking INDIA

[taliabhattwrites]

Maybe your queer elders fictional or otherwise were also influenced by the biases and contradictions of their own circumstances, time and place, and I am no more beholden to their ideas and ways of doing things than I am to any other form of tradition trying to constrain me.

Perhaps history is a conversation and not an edict.

[taliabhattwrites]

I fucking snortled

[gossipgurlingursht]

Maybe, when you see this sort of thing, you can post your own queer history? That way we all learn?

[taliabhattwrites]

Do you think the correct response to a reminder that US culture and history is not the universal default is to ask for history lessons

[taliabhattwrites]

I do actually talk about queerness through the Indian context a fair bit, is the thing. But I'm not trying to promote my work right now, I'm trying to emphasize the importance of seeking out perspectives that aren't your own and putting in the effort to engage with others whose experiences are different from yours without presuming a place of authority for knowing what the Cafe Riots were.