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Absolutely devastated realizing that Donut and Mongo are quite literally just a reference to those shitty early 2000s memes of a cat riding a dinosaur
with glasses even...
Want one more? Our big scary tiger dude, Bautista. Whatās his first name? Daniel. Heās Daniel Tiger.
Welcome back to Show and Tell Saturday my friends! I'm celebrating many things including my birthday this week (hooray!), so I've really got lots to look forward to. Maybe I'll buy myself some yarn as a treat! What's new in your world this week?
I made a cropped jacket out of daisy squares. Itās cotton/linen blend, so I think itāll be really comfy for summer evenings.
think about the first movie you remember seeing in a movie theater. not necessarily the first one you saw in a theater, but your oldest memory of seeing one in a theater. what genre of movie was it?
comedy/dark comedy/satire
action
sci-fi
fantasy
horror/thriller
romance/romantasy
historical/period drama/biopic/documentary/historical fiction/political
drama/tragedy
adventure/epic/superhero
mystery/crime
i have a memory of a film but am not sure what film it is (describe?)
i have never seen a film in the theater/cinema in person
for the purpose of this poll, things like "animation" and "musical" are not options here because those are mediums and can be any genre! i also sort of felt like inclusion of either of these would result in them dominating this particular poll. so instead, think of which of these selections MOST sums up the movie you're thinking of. it's okay if multiple of these apply, but just pick the one that would sum it up best.
also, you obviously don't have to, but please consider leaving the movie and the year it was released in the tags! i am probably going to make a letterboxd list of everyone's responses, especially if this spreads around enough. check back for the link!
#Fantasy, I guess? It was Labyrinth.
KICK THE CAN!
Letās play the biggest game of kick the can on the internet.
To kick the can, reblog it. I wanna see how long this can go on for.
I have STORIES.
If I want to use a refrigerator with a built in ice maker, Iāll need to get a plumber out first, because they did put in a line. Directly from the water heater.
I had a new dishwasher installed, and the installer stopped while taking the old one out and asked āUh, maāam, did you install this?ā No, it came with the house. āWanna see something funny?ā The dishwasher, instead of having the screw legs extended to make it fit, was mounted on little LEGO structures. It also didnāt have its own power outlet. Instead theyād drilled a hole in the floor and run an extension cord into the laundry room below.
The bathtub drain in the bed/bath addition on the back runs *very very slightly* up from the tub to the main drain pipe.
I also cannot FIND the water supply to that shower. Every other pipe runs nicely under the floor/ceiling of the half basement/crawlspace, no idea where they hid that one. It may go through Narnia, Iām still investigating.
The truth.
Science.
Women with opinions.
smells like roses but it's all horseshit. Krista Israel. 2020. Borosilicate glass, silicone, toy stuffing, fabric, fake eyelashes, jewelry findings, nylon cord.
This is so delicate and intricate that I want to scream. Iām instantly enamored with it. Oh my GOD.
sometimes people think I am on Mad At Them Island, when in fact I am far more often paddling around in the waters of Slightly Annoyed With Their Recent Behavior Bay, or perhaps on the beautiful Peninsula of Get Well Soon But I Will Not Be Engaging With All Of That
You Owe Either Myself Or A Loved One A Specific Apology Island is also a different location
Sometimes people think I am on Mad At Them Island when I am really floating in Zoned Out Cove and not actually thinking about them, or anything at all.
Iāve had tumblr for 4 years but some of you bitches have had it for a decade. Itās time to seek penance
wait Iām curious now . Reblog this with how long uāve been on tumblr for. Dating back to ur oldest blog ever !!!
I joined in likeā¦ 2008? 2009?
It looked WAY different.
GNU SIR TERRY PRATCHETT
Sir Terence David John Pratchett, OBE (28 April 1948 ā 12 March 2015)
Signal this to all towers, not logged.
āHeād never have wanted to go home. He was a real linesman. His name is in the code, in the wind in the rigging and the shutters. Havenāt you ever heard the saying āA manās not dead while his name is still spokenā?- Going Postal
btw if someone claims you have to contact them for an unauthorized transaction to get a refund just know its a scam because if they knew it was unauthorized they wouldve blocked the charge
advice for old people as well as new adults
they will usually say its unauthorized to scare you into clicking a link, basically
For those in the US:
the IRS will never call you unless you scheduled a phone call. They will not email you except to say you have a message waiting on the IRS's website. Also, say website will end with .gov, not .com. the IRS sends letters and notifications using snail mail, as in phsical mail.
If you receive an unexpected phone call from your bank, tell them you suspect this is a scam call. They won't make a fuss, and you can Valk them using a number you know is valid. They will often give you something like a reference number to pass on to whomever picks up on the receiving end.
If someone calls, claiming to be your computer company, and tells you to punch in some coding to make your computer work properly, hang up. They want you to put in the code so they can hack you.
A real employer will not require a screenshare to see you apply for a credit card in order for them to see your credit score. My husband fell for this one. I froze all our credit, made him call the credit card company and close the account immediately, and he had to explain why. I looked up the company, they appear valid, but felt like identity theft waiting to happen.
A scam I have personally experienced: someone called me, claimed to be my son, and that they're being held on prison on bail. First of all, the phone calm would have begun with an automated message telling me it's a prison phone call. Secondly, I have no offspring. Last, but not least, he sounded older than me.
The latest one I got was claiming to be my cell phone provider offering a discount. Of course, youād get that discount by paying the guy over the phone for the first three months. Donāt do that. Theyāre not AT&T/Verizon/TMobile, theyāre some random running a scam.
Also, NO legitimate business or agency takes payment exclusively in gift cards. If they ask you to buy a gift card, end the interaction immediately.
I bought myself the row counting chain Iād had my eye on, and I love it so much. Having the count physically attached to my work means I donāt forget to click the row on my watch or phone, because I have to move the thing to keep knitting.
TIL a family in Georgia claimed to have passed down a song in an unknown language from the time of their enslavement; scientists identified the song as a genuine West African funeral song in the Mende language that had survived multiple transmissions from mother to daughter over multiple centuries (x)
In 1997 Ameliaās daughter, Mary Moran, and other members of the Moran family were invited to Sierra Leone, West Africa, where they were welcomed in Freetown by Sierra Leoneās President and then flown by helicopter to the countryās interior. Ā There, in the small village of Senehun Ngola, Mary and Bendu Jabati met and sang this song together for the first time. Ā Years earlier, Benduās grandmother had told her that this song, which had been passed down in her village from mother to daughter for centuries, would one day reunite her to long-lost relatives.
In addition to finding out where in Africa her ancestors were abducted into slavery, Mary Moran discovered the meaning of the Mende song: a processional hymn for the final farewell to the spirit, it was sung in Senehun Ngola by women as they prepared the body of a loved one for burial.
(The OP's link leads to a site with a recording of the song sung by both Mary Moran and her mother, Amelia)
The Harris Neck Land Trust has rearranged its site since OP: the new link is https://harrisnecklandtrust.org/amelias-song
The flip side of this cool story of reconnection is the continued dispossession of the Gullah Geechee people from their ancestral land at Harris Neck (as well as recent attempts to gentrify nearby Hog Hammock, the last remaining Gullah community).
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Welcome back to Show and Tell Saturday! I'm trying to find more prints for my gallery wall - if anyone has favorite artists that do prints/original artwork in bigger sizes please shout them out, I need to fill space! Beyond that, what's new in your world this week?
Iām working on Meridien from Joji Locatelli. It has a lot of design elements in common with her Opposite Pole, which I made a few years ago in an icy blue wool, and it turned out to be a very good cold weather piece, but I like it so well I wanted a spring version, so Iām doing this one in a teal rayon.
listen I ended up regretting saying anything about this on my old blog because people will interpret literally any and every statement maliciously on this hellsite but I want to start like. a helpline for people who are likeĀ āhey I pretty much only read YA but Iām like 22 now and donāt relate to teenagers as much, itās such a shame that there are no fun books written for adults :(ā because boy HOWDY are there some fun books for adultsĀ
maybe Iāll start a big google doc or something one day but for now *deep breath*
The Beautiful Ones (Silvia Moreno-Garcia)Ā - absolutely BUCKWILD romance with a dash of telekinesis; nonstop high society drama and misunderstanding from start to finish, happy ending guaranteed. STRONGLY recommend if you, like me, are a basic bitch who enjoys a bit of Pride and Prejudice.Ā
Binti (Nnedi Okorafor) - a math prodigy runs away from Earth to become the first of her people to attend a prestigious university in space, but shit gets real when a crew of hostile jellyfish aliens attack her ship.Ā
Chilling Effect (Valerie Valdes) - a spaceship captain and her crew take on a series of convoluted missions in order to rescue the captainās sister, whoās been frozen and held for ransom.Ā
The City of Brass (S.A. Chakraborty) - an 18th century conwoman and a mysterious djinn team up to go looking for a legendary hidden city.
The City We Became (N.K. Jemisin) - a scrappy bunch of Chosen Ones have to band together to defend New York City (which is very much alive) from a huge ass monster.Ā
The Empress of Forever (Max Gladstone) - a lady supervillain gets blasted into space and meets an even bigger, planet-destroying evil space empress. literally WHAT is not to like?
The Empress of Salt and Fortune (Nghi Vo) - high fantasy royal drama about a woman making her way to power in the wake of a political marriage that left without friends or allies.Ā
Escaping Exodus (Nicky Drayden) - a space-faring clan are creating their latest spaceship from the insides of a giant monster when absolutely everything goes to shit (as things are wont to do in science fiction stories).Ā
Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars (Kai Cheng Thom) - a trans girl runs away to the big city, where she uses her martial arts skills to team up with other trans woman and form a vigilante gang to defend their own when police look the other way. a fascinating blend of poetry and prose and magical realism.Ā
Finna (Nino Cipri) - two exes working at an IKEA have to team up to save a customer who disappeared through one of those interdimensional portals that all IKEAs have laying around. you know how it is.
Gideon the Ninth (Tamsyn Muir) - come on, youāve heard about this one. itās the one with the lesbian space necromancers? yeah, thatās the one. you got it.
In the Vanishersā Palace (Aliette de Bodard) - a Beauty and the Beast retelling based in science fiction and Vietnamese fantasy, featuring a young woman falling in love with aĀ ābeastā whoās actually a motherly dragon after becoming a tutor to the dragonās two powerful children.Ā
Jade City (Fonda Lee) - urban fantasy gang wars, pitting one magically enhanced family against rivals and a new drug that lets anyone mimic their abilities.Ā
The Library of the Unwritten (A.J. Hackwith) - hellās librarian gets sent on a quest to find a runaway soul.Ā
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Becky Chambers) - aka one of my favorite books ever, essentially slice of life science fiction following an interspecies crew of deep space truckers making the longest and most complicated delivery of their lives. very warm and fuzzy.Ā
Mort (Terry Pratchett) - one of many MANY Discworld books, but a very good one to start with, following the adventures of a boy named Mort after heās taken on as Deathās apprentice. you know, like the Grim Reaper? that Death.Ā
River of Teeth (Sarah Gailey) - historical AU in which the United States imported and domesticated hippos in the Mississippi River; follows a crew of hippo-riding crooks and hooligans as they plan one heck of a caper.Ā
Space Opera (Catherynne Valente) - a washed up rock star and his old bandmate get roped into performing in an intergalactic singing competition that will determine the fate of the entire planet Earth. full of aliens, attempted assassination, art, and emotional turmoil.Ā
This Is How You Lose the Time War (Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone) - time-travelling assassins from rival factions fall in love in a poetic and breathless story that spans centuries and reality.Ā
Under the Pendulum Sun (Jeannette Ng) - fairyland is real, and Victorian England is sending missionaries. a woman and her brother attempt to bring the good word to the fair folk, but start to suspect the queen might just be screwing with their heads. PEAK gothic horror with a creepy fairy twist.Ā
Witchmark (C.L. Polk) - a doctor and former soldier with magical powers of healing is trying to live a quiet life and avoid his controlling, aristocratic familyās plans for him, only to get tangled up in a massive political conspiracy when one of his patients mysterious dies. accompanying him in his investigation is a mysterious and gorgeous faerie man. romance ensues.Ā
The First Sister by Linden A Lewis. Three protagonists and all of them queer, a fun space opera. Itās not out yet, but I can tell you itās really, really good. I highly recommend
Gods of Jade and Shadow another Silvia Moreno-Garcia book. It takes place in 1920s Mexico and has Mayan gods. A fun breezy book.
Kill the Queen by Jennifer Estep. If you like YA fantasy but want a little more swearing, violence and sex then this novel is for you.
The Bridge Kingdom by Danielle Jensen. This one I really enjoyed. If you like the winnerās curse then youāll like this book.
Books I havenāt read but Iāve heard good things about
Trouble the Saints by Alaya Dawn Johnson. This one isnāt out it but I believe itās got a black protagonist.
Empire of Sand by Tasha Suri. An Indian inspired fantasy novel. I havenāt read this one but Iāve heard good things about it.
Rage of Dragons by Evan Winters. A black fantasy novel.
The Unspoken Name by AK Larkwood. I havenāt read it but I know itās got a lesbian protagonist.
Song of Blood and Stone by L. Penelope. Just started this book but I believe itās for adults.
Tigerās Daughter by K Arsenault Rivera. Lesbian protagonists and itās still on my tbr.
A great way to get back into the habit of reading and discover new authors is to pick up an anthology of shorter works. You can find them in any genre, on all kinds of specific themes, by diverse authors, and if one story isnāt your jam you can move on. A couple of my favorites are:
Biketopia: Feminist Bicycle Science Fiction in Extreme Futures;
Solarpunk: Ecological and Fantastical Stories in a Sustainable World
A Peopleās Future of the United States
Sisters of the Revolution: A feminist speculative fiction anthology
plus a few more full length books i like:
Singing the Dogstar Blues by Alison Goodman - space college punk with a harmonica what time travel crimes will she commit, queerplatonic human/alien relationships, very fun all around
Becky Chambers has several excellent books in the same setting as Long Way to a Small Angry Planet!
Nnedi Okorafor also has a bunch of great ones including sequels to Binti and other scifi/Afrofuturist works do NOT sleep on her
The Last Girl Scout by Natalie Ironside - if u like trans lesbians fighting zombies and nazis and vampires in the Appalachian nuclear wasteland I CANNOT recommend it enough.
Bloodsucking Fiends/Bite Me/You Suck by Christopher Moore - two new vampires navigate un-living and love in San Francisco.
A Dirty Job by Christopher Moore - What happens when the grim reaper dies? A thrift store owner gets a mysterious letter in the mailāheās been appointed to be the grim reaper for San Francisco. The plot kicks in when a couple demons arrive and try to steal the souls of the recently deceased. Plus, thereās some crossover with the Bloodsucking Fiends trilogy! This guy really likes San Francisco as a setting.
Practical Demonkeeping by Christopher Moore (can you tell I really like this author? Lmao) - A seminary student accidentally summons an ancient demon and gives away the object that would banish him again. He then spends 70 years tracking them down again. Only problem is, he has to keep feeding the demon, who wonāt leave him alone, and who is invisible. Very funny, I love Mooreās writing style. Our main character makes the demon help him cheat at pool for car repairs.
If I might add:
A Taste of Gold and Iron by Alexandra Rowland. First of all, THE WORLDBUILDING. I canāt even explain just how much worldbuilding, but the short list: fantasy Ottoman Empire except polytheistic and matriarchal, the royal family is protected by The Worldās Most Competent and Well-Treated Bodyguards, there is a legally- and socially-recognized third gender, and some people can tell the composition of metals by touching them. Second of all: Prince/bodyguard romance with a heavy dose of power dynamics kink. Very sexy. Third of all: the main plot is a political intrigue mystery involving counterfeit money. Practically tailor-made for me.
Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik. Fantasy Russian Empire with three first person POV narrators, who are each living out three different but interlocking fairy-tale-esque storylines involving Ice Fey Folk and fire demons. One of them is Jewish and that (and antisemitism) inform a significant part of her story. BIG fan of the worldbuilding here as well.
The Queenās Thief series by Megan Whalen Turner: So, the FIRST one is YA. All of the SUBSEQUENT ones are arguably more adult, as they deal with adult topics like the logistics of war and political intrigue and amputation. Alternate history Greece at war with alternate history Sumer, where everything is basically non-fantasy EXCEPT the gods are real and they communicate directly with one (1) absolute mad lad. Also lots of good world building, including in-universe myths and history.
