Hi! This is the main blog for Lepidoptera Choir, a system of entirely too many individuals. If it's available, we love boops! Our About is here: https://lepidoptera-choir.tumblr.com/about
Hello, and welcome to the main blog of Lepidoptera Choir, the crew of the USS Pale Blue Dot. We are a plural system, the USS Pale Blue Dot is what we call our headspace.
Some quick notes:
Our discourse stances are our own business.
This blog does not have a DNI.
If you cause problems in our notes, you will be blocked.
Some info about us:
We are traumagenic. That is all we will say on that subject.
We follow back from @lepi-choir. This was our old main blog, and is now repurposed as our more adult blog. We rarely post there.
Our coining blog is @astrophellian.
We are bodily an adult (closer to 30 than 20).
We are bodily a transracial adoptee.
We are christopagan- the -pagan is primarily norse heathen, and the christo- is primarily independant catholic.
An Orthodox Christian monk feeds the cats at Sinai Monastery, a Greek Orthodox Monastery built between 548 and 565, and is the world's oldest continuously-inhabited Christian monastery.
At least for the Jockey Club (US/Canada), a name is not supposed to "Have clear and contemporary commercial, artistic or creative significance;" but each name is up to the registrar's discretion.
Full list of Jockey Club naming rules below cut:
The following classes of names are not eligible for use:
1. Names consisting of more than 18 letters (spaces and punctuation marks count as letters);
2. Names consisting entirely of initials, such as C.O.D., F.O.B., etc.;
3. Names ending in “filly,” “colt,” “stud,” “mare,”“stallion,” or any similar horse-related term;
4. Names consisting entirely of numbers. Numbers above 30 (thirty) may be used if they are spelled out;
5. Names ending with a numerical designation such as “2nd” or “3rd,” whether or not such a designation is spelled out;
6. Names of living persons unless written permission to use their name is on file with The Jockey Club and approval is granted by The Jockey Club based upon a satisfactory written explanation submitted to the registrar;
7. Names of persons no longer living unless approval is granted by The Jockey Club based upon a satisfactory written explanation submitted to the registrar;
8. Names of racetracks or graded stakes races;
9. Names that in the judgment and discretion of the registrar:
a. Have clear and contemporary commercial, artistic or creative significance;
b. Contain profanity or suggest a vulgar or obscene meaning;
c. Are considered in poor taste;
d. Are likely to be offensive or threatening based upon factors including, but not limited to, color, creed, disability, ethnicity, gender, national origin, race, religion, politics, or sexual orientation;
e. Appear to be designed to harass, humiliate, or disparage a specific individual, group, or entity.
f. Are inflammatory or are likely to invoke controversy;
g. Are demeaning to the horse or Thoroughbred breeding or racing.
10. Names that are currently active either in racing or breeding (see Rule6(E));
11. Names of winners in the past 50 years of grade one stakes races;
12. Permanent names. The list of criteria to establish a permanent name is as follows:
a. Horses in racing’s Hall of Fame;
b. Horses that have been voted Horse of the Year;
c. Horses that have won an Eclipse Award;
d. Horses that have won a Sovereign Award (Canadian champions);
e. Annual leading Sire and Broodmare Sire by progeny earnings;
f. Cumulative money winners of $2 million or more;
g. Horses that have won the Kentucky Derby, Preakness, Belmont Stakes, The Jockey Club Gold Cup, the Breeders’ Cup Classic, or the Breeders’ Cup Turf; and
h. Horses included in the International List of Protected Names.
13. Names similar in spelling or pronunciation to the classes of names listed in Rule 6(F) 6 - 12 above;
14. Names of horses previously recorded in The American Stud Book by the same sire or out of the same dam as the foal for which the attempt is made; and
15. Names of horses appearing within the first five generations of the pedigree of the foal for which the attempt is made.
im about to catsit next month for a (lovingly) crazy woman who is so deeply obsessed with her cat's care its touching truly. he needs insulin shots and she is telling me that shes going to send voice notes to my phone of her saying "copo! baby! its time for your insulin!" "come here handsome!" "its insulin time sweetie!" so that he feels safe getting his insulin from a stranger. im like girl i love it. i love this
she was telling me yesterday "sometimes i look at him and he looks at me and i feel like we can hear each other's thoughts. is that crazy" and i was like "no of course not"
I've said it before but I'll say it again I refuse to believe anyone that likes turning themselves into the opposite gender as much as Naruto does is anything close to cis I cant prove it but I know in my heart that lad is gender fluid
probably speaks to something unwell in the collective tumblr psyche that those absurdly bleak bad luck brian memes are the only survivors of, like, an entire genre of different advice animal image macros.
the temptation to start commissions is strong and i see a lot of people on art subs asking if they are "ready". here's the secret: you are ready for commissions when you have a significant number of people asking, unprompted, if you take commissions. opening at any point before that is going to be a motivation-breaking battle against the algorithm.
people asking you if you take commissions is not the same as people telling you "you should sell your art". these are well-intentioned words of encouragement from idiots who love you. someone saying "i would buy it" is also not the same-- that's a load-bearing 'would' that hides a secret 'if'.
turning your art into a business is a skill unto itself and not one you should worry about developing before your product is refined into something with an actual demand. i'll keep saying it until my breath runs out: banish the grindset demons, you are not losing money by not monetizing your hobbies. stop it. i'll get the rolled-up newspaper. i will.
I work with kids and sometimes we have to do safety lessons with them about like, not telling strangers on the internet your home address or something. And sometimes the kids wont understand why, so you have to impart upon them that, well, some adults want to hurt children. And thats kind of difficult to do, because you have to beat around the bush, both because you dont want to scare them (while still making them understand how serious it is) and because you might lose your job if you explain it too straight forward.
Luckily, for some reason, the villain of one of the most popular franchises with children for the last 10 years happens to be a serial child murderer. So when a kid asks why they shouldnt trust strangers, instead of hand wringing and humhawing my answer out, I can just say "we dont always know when a strange adult has good intentions with children, or when they are William Afton."
Lepidoptera Choir @lepidoptera-choir - Tumblr Blog | Tumgag
