Finster

♐ Ash; twenty-something biologist

[finsterface]

Being trans like...

Finally!

[cloudyskiesandcatharsis]

Envy is when someone walks around with a pocket full of “That should’ve been me”. Insecurity is when you turn up the volume on all the wrong voices. Hate is what happens when you put a shotgun to the face of understanding and it cowers in the corner. Courage is ripping your heart from your chest and saying “Here, hold on to this for me”. Truth is everything you tell yourself when you realize you are the only one still paying attention. Self is whoever you become when the door is locked. Trust is jumping into someone’s arms and knowing you won’t have to pick yourself up when it’s over. Love is a tablespoon full of hemlock that I’ve been dying to try. Faith is doing what you love and watching the bills pay themselves. Failure is when you talk yourself out of becoming something amazing. Victory is standing in front of the school bully with no intention to back down and a fist full of irony. Success is explaining to your mother exactly what you do for a living without feeling ashamed. It’s falling asleep at 2 A.M., waking up at 4 A.M. and going to work with excitement stitched into the fabric of your smile. Success is a thank you letter from a kid who lives in a city that you’ve never even been to. It’s breaking up a fight between a person and everything that’s telling them they will never be more than what they are. When I was fourteen, my friend Adam stole a dictionary from his English class. He brought it home and we set it on fire. Since then, I’ve been defining things for myself

Rudy Francisco, Definitions (via cloudyskiesandcatharsis)

[finsterface]

It’s my birthday and I am not a girl. 

#transpeopleproblems

#Iwantmyidentityvalidatedonmybirthday

#yellingontumblrbecauseIcan’tyellonfacebook 

#dopeopleevenpayattentionoraretheylikenah? 

#they’relikenah 

[sandandglass]

[emptyblueprints-blog]

chrysalism

n. the amniotic tranquility of being indoors during a thunderstorm, listening to waves of rain pattering against the roof like an argument upstairs, whose muffled words are unintelligible but whose crackling release of built-up tension you understand perfectly.

- The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows

[elesq]

10.23.16 - journal

[wired]

HR Giger’s art is literally the stuff of nightmares. For most of his life, the Swiss artist, whose morbid artistry informed the look and feel of the entire Alien franchise, suffered from debilitating night terrors. Giger was an expert in translating his fears into beauty. 

SEE MORE: A disturbingly beautiful tribute to H.R. Giger’s nightmarish work.

[finsterface]

I am going to hide my genitals, so that no one can touch them. 

[beachofbones-deactivated2019010]

Art by H R Giger

[wired]

JAMES LOVELOCK HAS spent decades thinking about the apocalypse. (When you’re the highly influential scientist who helped detect the hole in the earth’s ozone layer, that’s part of your job.) At some point, Lovelock realized that, in the event of a mass catastrophe, survivors might benefit from a manual of sorts—a text that explains how the world once worked. “What we need is a primer on science, clearly written and unambiguous in its meaning,” Lovelock wrote in a 1998 essay for Science titled “A Book for All Seasons.” The Earth and I ($30) is not that book. But it does explain in digestible terms how the earth came to be, how it behaves, and how we humans impact it. 

SEE MORE: The Earth and I: a gorgeous picture book from famed scientist James Lovelock. 

[intensefoodcravings]

Green Bean Salad with Herb-Tahini Dressing & Toasted Almonds | Dishing Up the Dirt

[mitchellwojcik]

laura jane grace

[distinguishedbaloney]

[uptional]

[mediclopedia]

I know by now, most of you have heard about this amazing 3-D printed pacemaker. If not, you can read about it here. But I wanted to show you more of the pacemaker on this rabbit’s heart!

[i-amarobot]

Worf: Midwife extraordinaire 

[otakujedi]