Brain Dump Probably

Whatever I feel like

[victusinveritas]

Dogs have had many jobs throughout history, in this case: Revenge.

[tonysaintborgi]

love how the king was just like nah let's see where the dog is going with this

[bloodtroth]

I was today years old when I learned that when you type “otp: true” in AO3 search results it filters out fics with additional ships, leaving only the fics where your otp is the main ship

[djinnhatescold]

Gamechanger

[downtroddendeity]

Here’s a cheatsheet of all the available hidden search functions. “-creators:[whatever]” is another exclusion that can be particularly useful.

[huntersoftheapocalypsis]

rt, to make my life easier

[russiawave]

kot - a regular cat

koshka - a regular female cat

kote (internet slang) - a cute chubby little guy, every single cute cat on the internet

kisa -  a pretty, flirtatious, graceful, cranky and haughty lady

kisunya - an extra pretty, flirtatious, graceful, cranky and haughty lady

kis’ - just a dork, controlled by aliens

kotik - a bit more disney version of a regulat cat

koten’ka - cuddly little fella, will purr and knead you to death 

kotofei - usually a big, old, extra fluffy cat, who knows a lot of bed time stories

kotyandra - fast, thin and slinky, we not sure if it’s even a cat 

koshak - a tough street guy, dogs fear him

kotyara - extra round, exrta big, kind ass fella. 

[catsuggest]

So importante

[little-lynx]

Here’s what you should know about Russia.

We love cats.

I have two.

[lgbt-tiktoks]

[motherfuckingshakespeare]

A HANDY CHART FOR THOSE OF YOU WONDERING WHAT THE FUCK IS UP WITH THESE. NOTE THAT THESE ARE ALL THE INFORMAL AND YOU IS THE FORMAL SO LIKE YOU WOULD ALWAYS ADDRESS YOUR SUPERIOR/ OLDER PERSON/ SOCIAL BETTER WITH YOU BUT WITH YOUR BUDS YOU CAN USE THESE. 

[goodbye-goodwinter]

how to declare your love in latin:

if almost 2 years of latin class has taught me anything, it’s how to declare love in the most romantic way possible. please enjoy this piece of amorous antiquity :) <3

—————

dearest,

carissima (F)/

carrissime (M)

—————

te amo - “i love you”

amor vincit omni - “love conquers all”

amor meus amplior quam verba est - “my love is more than words”

in aeternum te amabo - “i will love you for all eternity”

amore nihil mollius, nihil violentius - “nothing is more tender, nothing is more violent, than love”

dicere quae puduit, scribere jussit amor - “what i was ashamed to say, love has commanded me to write (ovid)

omnia vincit amor, nos et cedamus amori - “love conquers all things, let us too yield love” (virgil)

militat omnis amans - “every lover is a soldier” (ovid)

militiae species amor est - “love is a kind of warfare” (ovid)

difficile est longum subito deponere amorem - “it is difficult to suddenly relinquish a long cherished love”

amor animi arbitrio sumitur, non ponitur - “we choose to love, we do not choose to cease loving”

amor caecus est - “love is blind”

improbe amor, quid non mortalia pectora cogis? - “oh, cruel love! to what dost thou not impel the human heart” (virgil)

haec scripsi non otii abuntantia, sed amoris erga te - “i have written this, not from having an abundance of leisure, but of love for you” (cicero)

—————

s.p.d. - salutem plurimam dicit - “send fondest greetings”

semper fidelis - “from the bottom of my heart”

amor sempiternus - “always faithful”

fide et amor - “faithfully and lovingly”

te valde vamo ac semper amabo - “i love you very much, and will, forever”

in perpetuum et unum diem - “forever and a day”

numquam et amare desistam - “ill never stop loving you”

———

vale !

-tess:)

[goodbye-goodwinter]

how to declare your love in latin:

if almost 2 years of latin class has taught me anything, it’s how to declare love in the most romantic way possible. please enjoy this piece of amorous antiquity :) <3

—————

dearest,

carissima (F)/

carrissime (M)

—————

te amo - “i love you”

amor vincit omni - “love conquers all”

amor meus amplior quam verba est - “my love is more than words”

in aeternum te amabo - “i will love you for all eternity”

amore nihil mollius, nihil violentius - “nothing is more tender, nothing is more violent, than love”

dicere quae puduit, scribere jussit amor - “what i was ashamed to say, love has commanded me to write (ovid)

omnia vincit amor, nos et cedamus amori - “love conquers all things, let us too yield love” (virgil)

militat omnis amans - “every lover is a soldier” (ovid)

militiae species amor est - “love is a kind of warfare” (ovid)

difficile est longum subito deponere amorem - “it is difficult to suddenly relinquish a long cherished love”

amor animi arbitrio sumitur, non ponitur - “we choose to love, we do not choose to cease loving”

amor caecus est - “love is blind”

improbe amor, quid non mortalia pectora cogis? - “oh, cruel love! to what dost thou not impel the human heart” (virgil)

haec scripsi non otii abuntantia, sed amoris erga te - “i have written this, not from having an abundance of leisure, but of love for you” (cicero)

—————

s.p.d. - salutem plurimam dicit - “send fondest greetings”

semper fidelis - “from the bottom of my heart”

amor sempiternus - “always faithful”

fide et amor - “faithfully and lovingly”

te valde vamo ac semper amabo - “i love you very much, and will, forever”

in perpetuum et unum diem - “forever and a day”

numquam et amare desistam - “ill never stop loving you”

———

vale !

-tess:)

[fuchsiamae]

an incomplete list of unsettling short stories I read in textbooks

the scarlet ibis

marigolds

the diamond necklace

the monkey’s paw

the open boat

the lady and the tiger

the minister’s black veil

an occurrence at owl creek bridge

a rose for emily

(I found that one by googling “short story corpse in the house,” first result)

the cask of amontillado

the yellow wallpaper

the most dangerous game

a good man is hard to find

some are well-known, some obscure, some I enjoy as an adult, all made me uncomfortable between the ages of 11-15

add your own weird shit, I wanna be literary and disturbed

[repulsion-gel]

The Tell-Tale Heart, The Gift of the Magi, The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calavaras County, Thank You Ma'am

[allyitis]

the box social by james reaney. i remember we all had to silently read it in class, and you would hear the moment everyone reached the Part because some people would audibly go “what”

[fuchsiamae]

wHat did I just put my eyes on

[schrodingers-rufus]

“The Veldt” by Ray Bradbury

Not quite a short story, but read in class: “The Monsters are Due on Maple Street” from The Twilight Zone

[w3rewolf-th3rewolf]

Harrison Bergeron, Cat and the Coffee Drinkers

[rebel-against-reality]

“Where are you going and where have you been” by Joyce carol oates

[actuallyapathy]

“The Pedestrian” by Ray Bradbury

[asexualzoro]

the lottery by shirley jackson

[eccentwrit]

i can’t believe Roald Dahl’s “The Landlady” wasn’t already mentioned and also it’s not so much unsettling as more absurdist but “The Leader” by Eugene Ionesco definitely made me go wtf

[idlewildly]

Ett halvt ark papper. I cried so much.

[bravinto]

Ночь у мазара, А. Шалимов

[siderealsandman]

A Sound of Thunder by Ray Bradbury

[insanitysbloomings]

I Have no Mouth, and I Must Scream by Harlan Ellison

[felderwin]

The Lottery by Shirley Jackson

All Summer in a Day by Ray Bradbury 

[was-once-somewhere-else]

Some of Us Had Been Threatening Our Friend Colby, by Donald Barthelme

[jeaniefranklins]

I read Ray Bradbury’s “All Summer In A Day” in seventh grade (it wasn’t assigned, I was just going through my textbook for new stuff to read) and as a bullied kid with SAD, it Fucked Me Up.

[sanguinarysanguinity]

An Ordinary Day with Peanuts, by Shirley Jackson

[real-faker]

Eh, this was more like community college, but The Star by Arthur C. Clarke

[scarlettaagni]

Lamb to the Slaughter by Roald Dahl

and this story that I can’t remember the name of and can’t find, though it might be by O. Henry? it’s about a bunch of demons who want to stop Santa Claus from going through with Christmas, and he must travel through the mountains they inhabit to escape their vices? (good christ I can’t remember the name for the life of me)

[ghostloner]

Ok but the laughing man and a good day for bananafish but j.d. Salinger

[nitrosplicer]

The City (195) Ray Bradbury. An intense commentary on colonialism and space exploration. I read it for a sci fi survey class.

Another short story I read in that sci fi class was Vaster than Empires and More Slow (1971) by Ursula K. Le Guin. A commentary on humanity and how human we believe ourselves to be. Also, an interesting commentary on mental health.

In the Woods Beneath the Cherry Blossoms in Full Bloom, written in 1947 by Ango Sakaguchi. It made my skin crawl the first time I read it.

Also going to recommend For A Breath I Tarry by Roger Zelazny, a commentary on whether AI can become human in a future without humans: http://www.kulichki.com/moshkow/ZELQZNY/forbreat.txt

[cryingalonewithfrankenstein]

whoever posted “The Laughing Man” and “A Good Day For Bananafish” is Correct

[fluffmugger]

the scarlet ibis

marigolds

the diamond necklace

the monkey’s paw

the open boat

the lady and the tiger (I assume you meant Stockton’s The lady or the  tiger?)

the minister’s black veil

an occurrence at owl creek bridge

a rose for emily

the cask of amontillado

the yellow wallpaper

the most dangerous game

a good man is hard to find

The Tell-Tale Heart

 The Gift of the Magi

The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calavaras County

 Thank You Ma'am

The box social 

The Veldt

The Monsters are Due on Maple Street

Harrison Bergeron

Cat and the Coffee Drinkers

Where are you going and where have you been

The Pedestrian” by Ray Bradbury

The lottery by shirley jackson

The Landlady

The Leader

Ett halvt ark papper.

Ночь у мазара, А. Шалимов

A Sound of Thunder 

I Have no Mouth, and I Must Scream 

All Summer in a Day 

Some of Us Had Been Threatening Our Friend Colby

An Ordinary Day with Peanuts

The Star 

Lamb to the Slaughter

The laughing man 

A perfect day for bananafish

The City (link goes to compendium of short stories)

Vaster than Empires and More Slow (1971) by Ursula K. Le Guin.

In the Woods Beneath the Cherry Blossoms in Full Bloom 

For A Breath I Tarry 

[the-prince-of-tides]

All of Flannery O'Connor’s shorts.

[thecaffeinebookwarrior-deactiva]

I didn’t read it in a text book, but “I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream” haunted me for life.

[accidental-muse]

“Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” feels like some liminal space I once visited, whenever I remember reading it.

[eisoj5]

The Space Traders by Derrick Bell

[acehockeygal11-deactivated20220]

Flowers for Algernon wasn’t scary or anything but it fucked up my entire 8th grade honors class for a good few weeks after.

[study-health]

Want to learn Sign Language?

So I formally took American Sign Language for 2 years because I am in High School and I feel it would be useful to share some Websites, Apps, Videos and other things for people who are interested in learning Sign Language or already know a little bit and are just looking for some links! I did not find these on my own, this is a list a teacher gave me. Hope this can be useful to people and please share so more people are aware of this post in case they are interested in learning! Thank you!

Websites:

-https://www.signingsavvy.com/

-http://lifeprint.com/

-http://aslpro.com/

-http://asl.ms/ (Fingerspelling Practice) 

-http://asl.bz/ (Numbers Practice)

-http://www.signlanguage101.com/

-http://www.deaftv.com/

-http://howyousign.com/

-http://aslized.org/ (ASL Literature)

-http://ideafnews.com/

-http://www.oicmovies.com/

Instagram:

@/asl_nyc

@/aslslam

@/signedwithheart

@/equalaccess

Facebook:

-D-Pan

-i Deaf News

-DeafTV

-Deaf Can

-Deaf rock

Apps:

-Sign Language PCS (Free)

-ASL Dictionary from NTID  ($1.99)

-Marlee Matlin Signs (Purple - Free version is limited)

-Signing Savvy (Free Dictionary)

-ASL Dictionary - Over 5,000 Signs ($6.99)

Youtube: 

-Kelly Greer (ASL Song Interpretation)

-Tiffany Hill (Hearing, Interpreter, ASL Song Interpretation)

-Amber Galloway Gallego (ASL Song Interpretation)

-CHS ASL

-ASL Nook

-Rob Nielson

-Dpan Videos

-Sean Forbes (Deaf, Co-founder of D-Pan, ASL song interpretation)

-Keith Wann (CODA, Comedian, ASL Stories)

-ASLSLAM (Short stories, Discussions, Vocabulary)

-Coda Brothers (Stories)

-Bill Vicars (Lifeprint Lessons)

-Erik Witteborg (CODA, ASL song interpretation and chats in ASL about Deaf-related topics)

[lillyrosaura]

There’s a website where you can learn ASL (American Sign Language) on your own, free and it’s a 31 Day program! The woman on there, her name is Rochelle Barlow, she runs the site and she actually is a homeschool teacher and teaches ASL. I am passing this on to some of you guys cause most of y’all on here is open-minded and curious and it is something important to learn.

I truly believe this site is helpful for some people who can not afford to going to ASL classes, or someone like me that just enjoys learning something new. This site will help with that. Once you sign up you will put in your email address and Rochelle sends you emails on tips on how to sign, gives you practice sheets, and gives you your weekly videos. And its all online. No need to paying for anything. (Unless if you want to she has something very different to this program) 

IMO and yes, this site is really amazing and is important because you never know if someone who is deaf or HOH needs help, if you end up losing your hearing ability this is something you will at least have on the back of your head, and it is just like any other language and should be taught. 

[learning-russian0]

Learn Russian for Everyday Life: The Big Audiobook Collection for Beginners (Audible Audio Edition)

Do you want to learn Russian the fast, fun and easy way? Then this huge audiobook compilation is for you. Learn Russian for Everyday Life: The Big Audiobook Collection for Beginners is for people who want to finally speak and use real-life Russian. You learn the must-know conversational phrases, questions, answers, social media phrases, and how to talk about your everyday life in Russian. All words and phrases were hand-picked by our team of Russian teachers and experts. By the end of this audiobook compilation, you will be able to…. Communicate in Russian on social media Master common greetings Have basic conversations with locals Talk about your daily routine - from morning to night Order food at restaurants Ask for directions And much more…. With this audiobook compilation, you get: Audiobooks inside: Must-Know Russian Social Media Phrases, Top 400 Activities: Daily Routines in Russian, and 3-Minute Russian 60 audio lessons in total 5 hours in total 319-page PDF so you can read along Two bonus conversation cheat sheets Listen: http://amzn.to/2Fe0N9W

[silvenhorror]

NONE OF YOUR FREAKING MOVIES GET IT RIGHT: a guide to Russian names.

This post was inspired by years and years of watching movies, series, and fanfics royally and hilariously fuck up the use of names in the Russian language, coming to the point where, if I see another pair of best buddies call each other by full name, I will shoot something, I swear to God.

There are 3 ways people in Russia address each other, and they denote different levels of formality, and the relationship between the speakers. You should know this stuff if you wanna write anything that includes Russian people talking to each other, because if you get it wrong, it will be, alternatively, hilarious or cringe-worthy. I have seen soo much of this in fanfic it’s not funny anymore. So read up y'all!

1. Name + Patronymic.

A patronym, or patronymic, is a component of a surname based on the given name of one’s father, grandfather or an even earlier male ancestor. (thank you, Wikipedia!) A patronymic is not a middle name. Russian people don’t have middle names, period. But we all have patronymics!

Use: formal

Used towards: your teacher, your big boss, a senior citizen with whom you don’t have a close relationship (say, your classmate’s grandma), your doctor, any kind of professor or scholar when you address them formally, a client when you’re in the service industry/work with people (not always, but very often).

Example: Ivan Petrovich, Sergey Vladimirovich, Anna Anatolyevna, Maria Sergeevna, etc

Keep reading

[afternoontea-english]

Напоминаем, что у нас идет месяц знаменитостей. Мы не можем не упомянуть фильм “Ла Ла Ленд”, который именно о людях, которые пытаются достигнуть успеха и стать звездами. Сегодня разберем песню Мии “The fools who dream” - переслушивайте ее, когда кажется, что все идет не так :) Эмма Стоун просто офигенна в этой роли, правда?)

My aunt used to live in Paris I remember, she used to come home and tell us these stories about being abroad And I remember she told us that she jumped into the river once, barefoot

She smiled Leapt (прыгнула), without looking And tumbled (упала) into the Seine The water was freezing She spent a month sneezing But said she would do it again (Chorus) Here’s to the ones who dream Foolish (глупые) as they may seem Here’s to the hearts that ache (болят) Here’s to the mess (беспорядок) we make She captured (поймала) a feeling Sky with no ceiling (потолок) The sunset inside a frame She lived in her liquor (ликер) And died with a flicker (мерцание) I’ll always remember the flame (пламя) (Chorus)

She told me “A bit of madness (безумие) is key To give us new colors to see Who knows where it will lead us? And that’s why they need us”

So bring on the rebels (бунтари) The ripples (рябь) from pebbles (гальки) The painters, and poets, and plays

(Chorus)

I trace (отслеживаю) it all back to then Her, and the snow, and the Seine Smiling through it She said she’d do it again

to leap: прыгать to tumble: падать foolish: глупый ache: болеть mess: беспорядок to capture: поймать, захватить ceiling: потолок liquor: ликер flicker: мерцание flame: пламя madness: безумие rebels: бунтари, мятежники ripples: ряби pebble: галька trace: проследить, отслеживать

Here’s to (something/someone)

Эту фразу произносят, когда делают тост. Самое близкое значение - “за (кого-то или что-то).

Here’s to us! За нас

Here’s to health: За здоровье!

Here’s to the ones who dream: За тех, кто мечтает

[wonderful-language-sounds]

Free Online Language Courses

Here is a masterpost of MOOCs (massive open online courses) that are available, archived, or starting soon. I think they will help those that like to learn with a teacher or with videos.  You can always check the audit course or no certificate option so that you can learn for free.

American Sign Language

ASL University

Arabic

Arabic for Global Exchange (in the drop down menu)

Arabic Without Walls

Intro to Arabic

Madinah Arabic

Moroccan Arabic

Catalan Sign Language

Intro to Catalan Sign Language

Chinese

Beginner

Basic Chinese

Basic Chinese I. II, III, IV , V

Basic Mandarin Chinese I & II

Beginner’s Chinese

Chinese for Beginners

Chinese Characters

Chinese for HSK 1

First Year Chinese I &  II

HSK Level 1

Mandarin Chinese I

Mandarin Chinese for Business

More Chinese for Beginners

Start Talking Mandarin Chinese

UT Gateway to Chinese

Chino Básico (Taught in Spanish)

Intermediate

Chinese Stories

Intermediate Business Chinese

Intermediate Chinese

Intermediate Chinese Grammar

Dutch

Introduction to Dutch

English

Online Courses here

Resources Here

Faroese

Faroese Course

Finnish

A Taste of Finnish

Basic Finnish

Finnish for Immigrants

Finnish for Medical Professionals

French

Beginner

AP French Language and Culture

Basic French Skills

Beginner’s French: Food & Drink

Diploma in French

Elementary French I & II

Français Interactif

French in Action

French for Beginners

French Language Studies I, II, III

French:Ouverture

Intermediate

French: Le Quatorze Juillet

Passe Partout

Advanced

La Cité des Sciences et de Industrie

Reading French Literature

Frisian

Introduction to Frisian (Taught in English)

Introduction to Frisian (Taught in Dutch)

German

Beginner

Basic German

Beginner’s German: Food & Drink

Conversational German I, II, III, IV

Deutsch im Blick

Diploma in German

Rundblick-Beginner’s German

Advanced

German:Regionen Traditionen und Geschichte

Landschaftliche Vielfalt

Reading German Literature

Hebrew

Alphabet Crash Course

Know the Hebrew Alphabet

Hindi

A Door into Hindi

Business Hindi

Virtual Hindi

Icelandic

Icelandic 1-5

Indonesian

Learn Indonesian

Irish

Introduction to Irish

Italian

Beginner

Beginner’s Italian: Food & Drink

Beginner’s Italian I

Introduction to Italian

Italian for Beginners 1 , 2, 3 , 4 , 5, 6 

Oggi e Domani

Intermediate

Intermediate Italian I

Advanced

Advanced Italian I

Italian Literature

Italian Novel of the Twentieth Century

La Commedia di Dante

Reading Italian Literature

Japanese

Beginner’s Conversational Japanese

Genki

Japanese JOSHU

Japanese Pronunciation

Sing and Learn Japanese

Tufs JpLang

Kazakh

A1-B2 Kazakh (Taught in Russian)

Korean

Beginner

First Step Korean

How to Study Korean

Learn to Speak Korean

Pathway to Spoken Korean

Intermediate

Intermediate Korean

Latin

Latin I (Taught in Italian)

Nepali

Beginner’s Conversation and Grammar

Norwegian

Introduction to Norwegian

Learn The Norwegian Language

Norwegian on the Web

Portuguese

Curso de Português para Estrangeiros 

Pluralidades em Português Brasileiro

Russian

Beginner

Basics of Russian

Easy Accelerated Learning for Russian

Russian Alphabet

Russian Essentials

Russian Phonetics and Pronunciation

Reading and Writing Russian

Advanced

Reading Master and Margarita

Russian as an Instrument of Communication

Siberia: Russian for Foreigners

Spanish

Beginner

AP Spanish Language & Culture

Basic Spanish for English Speakers

Beginner’s Spanish:Food & Drink

Fastbreak Spanish

Introduction to Spanish

Restaurants and Dining Out

Spanish for Beginners

Spanish for Beginners 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Spanish Vocabulary

Intermediate

Spanish:Ciudades con Historia

Spanish:Espacios Públicos

Advanced

Corrección, Estilo y Variaciones 

La España de El Quijote

Leer a Macondo

Spanish:Con Mis Propias Manos

Spanish: Perspectivas Porteñas

Reading Spanish Literature

Swedish

Intro to Swedish

Swedish Made Easy 1, 2, & 3

Ukrainian

Read Ukrainian

Ukrainian for Everyone

Ukrainian Language for Beginners

Welsh

Beginner’s Welsh

Discovering Wales

Multiple Languages

 Ancient Languages

More Language Learning Resources & Websites!

Last updated: March 1, 2017

[korean--chinese]

For all my language learning buddies

[italiano-inglese]

MOOCs are great.

[russiangrammar]

Just found out about this amazing resource called 3ears! 

It has a selection of films, TV shows, (such as Кухня and Как я стал русским), as well as Russian-language songs and other video clips. As shown in the screenshot above, you can find a transcript below each video, and each word in the transcript is highlighted when it is spoken or sang in the video. If you click on the word, it will show you the exact point in the video the word is said. You can drag the word to the side of the screen and you’ll see the definition, declension or conjugation, and other example usages of a word. 

I would really recommend 3ears as it’s really useful for learners who want to find out all the unfamiliar words and slang in sitcoms and films, especially when there is a lot of quickly spoken conversational dialogue.

[learn-russian-language]

Oh! I am excited to try this one out!

[uchimsyavmeste]

Instrumental case

The hard thing about this case is that it has a very wide specter of meanings. The most popular linguistic text on this topic defines twelve meanings of the Instrumental case. Today I’ll tackle just two of them, that hopefully will explain why it’s called “instrumental”.

Lots of things we do, we do with the help of some instrument. We write with a pen, eat with a fork, speak with a voice. In Russian to express this idea, we don’t need “with” (though the Russian equivalent of “with” (с) is always used with the Instrumental case) we just have to turn the tool into another case.

These tables show how nouns change with the Instrumental case in singular and plural forms. to write with a pen = писать ручкой (translating into English it’s just “write pen”) to eat with a fork = есть вилкой (eat fork) to paint with paints = рисовать красками (plural form) to speak with a voice = говорить голосом (speak voice) - if we don’t change the case it also means “write pen” in Russian. And though to speak with a voice is a weird example, to speak with a loud voice is something that we can often say. And of course, the case of the adjective also changes

to speak with a loud voice = разговаривать громким голосом to use an expensive lipstick = пользоваться дорогой помадой (with the verb пользоваться the object is always in the Instrumental because the object automatically becomes some tool because you use it. But don’t confuse it with использовать - the rule does not work for this one) to mend with liquid glue = чинить жидким клеем

So, one of the functions of the Instrumental case is to define objects that we use as tools or instruments. Рисовать картину красками is to paint a picture with paints, where picture is the object, the result (Accusative) and paints is the the tool (Instrumental).

[learning-russian0]

There are many basic Russian phrases that are a simple and direct translation from common, everyday English expressions. Here we have summarised for you a good collection of basic phrases to get you going.