pathologically secretive

— nn — | doctoral researcher | personal blog | semi-hiatus

[duskerkeit]

Cat & kitten gargoyle, Château de pierrefonds, france, built between 1857-1885

[mizeliza]

[dailyclassicart]

Peder Severin Krøyer - "Roses" (1893)

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

[isawken]

2024 gonna be my year fr

[isawken]

2025 gonna be my year fr

[isawken]

2026 gonna be my year fr

[garrandia]

beep boop some dauds aka drafts that i cannot finish for years

[lomakes]

Queen of Ferelden

[dragongirlteeth]

I am shocked at how many people don't have an actively hostile relationship with advertising

[dragongirlteeth]

I am skipping your ads as fast as I can. I'm skipping past your sponsor read. I'm muting the tv. I'm muting the tab. If they get too annoying I will simply stop trying to watch.

If advertisers can use every manipulative trick in the book to get me to buy their product, I am fully within my rights to do everything I can on my end to make their job impossible

[oaluz]

When Kittens Came to My Prison, I Had Not Petted One in 15 Years

I had not touched a cat in 15 years when an orange kitten wandered over to sit with me in the grass.

"I had not touched a cat in 15 years when an orange kitten wandered over to sit with me in the grass one day. I was left without adequate words to describe that experience. It reminded me that I am alive. It instilled in me a raw, unbridled happiness that I had never felt before, not even as a child. 

I have spent many hours with those cats, and still I am amazed at how perfectly they reject everything it means to be in prison. They are playful and unselfconscious, curious and silly, soft and cuddly.

Sometimes it is even more interesting to watch my fellow prisoners interact with our cats. All those hard cases doing hard time melt like butter on a summer sidewalk when they visit the felines, feed them, watch them chase the birds and bees, and when they make toys to entice the cats to play with them. 

I don’t think about the past when a cat hops in my lap. I don’t think of what I should or could have done. I don’t think about courts or life sentences or parole boards. What comes to mind is peace, and a sense that everything is going to be OK. What’s in the past needs to stay there if I want to have a future, if I want to be grateful for today and for the fact that I am no longer the person I once was.

The cats, of course, already know this. They are gracious enough to spend their time with us so that we might learn, and so that we can enjoy a few quiet moments of warmth, softness, non judgment, and freedom."

[stayathomegirlfriendblog]

tags from: @theamazinggrayson

[slimemode]

bad day to be a zoo dolphin

[feignedremote]

Donato Giancola, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep: The Lovers (detail), 2009

[monkeyislandtwo]

i think "[sic]" is one of the funniest things of literature. like yeah this guy really wrote it out like that

[legendaryvermin]

For the uninitiated, you write [sic]—literally "this" or "so" in latin—to indicate that you haven't altered the wording or spelling. While it can be used to preserve a joke misspelling (aminals) or indicate that you know it looks weird (the Toronto Maple Leafs), it is also the most biting three letters that you can throw at a motherfucker who should know better.

[burntdivercorpse]

[fordarkmornings]

Léon Frédéric (Belgian, 1856-1940)

The Sorrowful Annunciation, 1927

[cura-nectarea]

[suigintou]

always blows my mind how many european countries still have monarchs. what do you mean you have a king. kill that guy

[podcastwizard]

sorry boss can't come in today i was on my way to work and then a gentle spring breeze kissed my cheek and reminded me it is a serious thing just to be alive on this fresh morning in this broken world