We are men of action, lies do not become us

Basically a human ball of anxiety The knitting pattern book with Miss Fisher inspired patterns is called "A Head For Trouble" by Julie Turjoman Read my stuff onAO3 or Fictionpress!

[littleglitterbab]

There's nothing like being with family to make you feel like a teenager again. I was almost in the clear to avoid the annual family reunion this weekend but the universe conspired against me. One of my cousins kids woke up everyone at 6am having a temper tantrum, which is understandable since she's 4 and kids cry. Less understandable is my uncle's decision to start playing music loud enough to wake the whole camp an hour later. I am le cranky.

[littleglitterbab]

Tonight is the collective birthday aka the canon typical night where everyone gets shitfaced. I just was handed a cocktail that might be 99% alcohol to 1% mixer. At least there's nacho chips.

[littleglitterbab]

Finally made it out of the family reunion and I'm on a mission. I am going to destroy my cousin. He made my mom cry and is pitting the rest of the family against her. I'm going to make him pay. You know, in a totally legal way.

If anyone has any ideas about how to ruin a man's day without a trace, hit me up.

[depsidase]

[shot-thru-the-art]

Someone just reblogged my dancing ghosts with “#digital art” and it doesn’t matter at all but I’m still fighting the urge to dm them “they are very much not digital! They’re chicken wire, tore my jeans, and left me covered in small, bleeding scratches! I got a tetanus shot about it!”

No computers were used for these - partly because I like using my hands and partly because I have genuinely no idea how to do digital animation anyway. It seems like witchcraft.

These are life-sized because I have very little experience with figure drawing/sculpting so I just used my husband and I for proportion measurements. (Which meant I was chasing him around going “come back! Let me measure your femur!”)

Video description: green light on a chicken wire sculpture of a dancing couple. It’s turning in the wind outside at night so they (hopefully) look alive.

[depsidase]

[stoneantler]

I'm really surprised how many young fiber art people don't know that they can get pattern books from their local library. So as a PSA:

Your local public library has pattern books! They have crochet, knitting, weaving, and quilting pattern books! If they don't have the book you want, or the craft you want, you can ask for us to get it for you! It's free!

[teenslib]

And hey musicians, we have sheet music, too!

[sirladysketch]

And some libraries have libraries of THINGS, too, so you can borrow stuff like looms or tools, and they may have machines like 3d printers and die cutting machines (like Cricuts) you can use after getting certified!

[littleglitterbab]

My library has a sewing machine and serger you can use! And a birdwatching kit you can borrow. My hometown had a thermal camera you could use to help with home improvements/probably ghost hunting.

[power-chords]

This Dan Piraro comic always makes me cry.

[tuttle-did-it]

When I lived in London there was a murder of crows that lived near me. I fed them often, they brought me presents (shiny rubbish and cigarette butts they found on the floor to thank me.)

When I moved, I’m certain they understood I was leaving because I had all my stuff and gave them lots of food and compliments.

But, they chased down my friend who lived in the next burrough over. They had recognised that friend with me several times and followed them to their house when they couldn’t find me.

They adopted my friend and it was now my friend’s job to bring them snacks and receive the presents.

This was maybe 6-7 years ago.

I visited London last year. Went to see my friend. The crows all not only recognised me, they tracked me down. We got into my friend’s flat and not twenty minutes later there was chaos on the balcony.

We open the curtains, the entire fucking murder is there shouting because they wanted to see me.

Crows are the very best birds.

[littleglitterbab]

There's nothing like being with family to make you feel like a teenager again. I was almost in the clear to avoid the annual family reunion this weekend but the universe conspired against me. One of my cousins kids woke up everyone at 6am having a temper tantrum, which is understandable since she's 4 and kids cry. Less understandable is my uncle's decision to start playing music loud enough to wake the whole camp an hour later. I am le cranky.

[littleglitterbab]

Tonight is the collective birthday aka the canon typical night where everyone gets shitfaced. I just was handed a cocktail that might be 99% alcohol to 1% mixer. At least there's nacho chips.

[itseasytoremember]

(To the tune of Rasputin): BLEH BLEH DRACULA, KING OF TRANSYLVANIA, HE IS A BAT AND ALSO A MAN

[littleglitterbab]

There's nothing like being with family to make you feel like a teenager again. I was almost in the clear to avoid the annual family reunion this weekend but the universe conspired against me. One of my cousins kids woke up everyone at 6am having a temper tantrum, which is understandable since she's 4 and kids cry. Less understandable is my uncle's decision to start playing music loud enough to wake the whole camp an hour later. I am le cranky.

[corviiids]

the best death note joke format will forever be L asking light a simple question in which logical answer A might increase the likelihood of light being kira and logical answer B similarly might increase the likelihood of light being kira and after a short internal struggle light comes up with answer Y, which no human being has ever thought of as being a normal response in all of living history

[aberrantemotion]

the "what are your pronouns" comic is my fave example.

[k8rgrl]

For those unfamiliar, or simply wanting to see it again:

[littleglitterbab]

Two smart people who share one brain cell between themselves

[prideprejudce]

so today a public health official guy came into my class to give a lecture on disaster awareness and he was talking about house fires and mentioned that the reason people most likely die during a house fire is because they refuse to leave their pet inside or they go back to get their pet. and right when he said this my friend immediately turned his head and looked at me and in that moment I had the most complete and genuine acceptance take over my body. I would 100% in front of my family and Jesus himself walk straight back into some raging inferno that was once my house to go get my fat cat. I nodded back

[prideprejudce]

the best part of this post is reading all the tags from animal people who would also go back to save their pets. like no hesitation. walk backwards from heaven straight back into hell. someone even said they would go back for their fish. amazing

[sterna-hirundo]

If you are a person who would walk into a blazing inferno for your animal, and your pet has free movement around the house, here’s a training exercise that could help save you both:

1) Set off your smoke alarm or play the sound on your phone (if your home has no smoke alarms, pease get some!)

2) stand BY THE FRONT DOOR to hand out treats

Do this a couple times and then keep it up NO EXCEPTIONS. Accidentally set the alarm off cooking? Treats by the door. Smoke alarm sound on TV? Treats by the door. Changing your smoke alarm batteries twice a year like you’re supposed to? Give them a test run and your pets get treats by the door.

Most dogs and cats will clue in VERY quickly that hearing that specific sound means go to the front door and wait for treats.

If there’s an emergency and even if you leave by another way, you will still know the most likely place your pet(s) is and can direct first responders to help.

You can also do this for any other kind of emergency alarm. My friend had both her cats trained to go to the front door for a tsunami siren.

[throathole]

Women with big curly red hair always have like 12 gay guy friends why is that

[throathole]

INCREDIBLE response

[dubiousculturalartifact]

The new Odyssey adaptation has inevitably gotten people talking about a Muppet version of it, and they’re frequently suggesting Kermit as Odysseus, Miss Piggy as Penelope.

I’m sorry but that’s thinking way too small, hear me out:

We need to have Miss Piggy as Odysseus, and Kermit as Penelope.

Think about it… who’s the more fickle, prideful, warlike one in that relationship? Who is absolutely ready to go ham, at a moment’s notice?

It ain’t Kermit

[anyroads]

Miss Piggy tied to the mast while Statler and Waldorf heckle her from the sea

[mindovermuses]

But who is the single human cast member in this tale? Who gets to put in an Oscar-worthy performance alongside the Muppets and what role are they to play?

[muffinflarp69]

There’s no single human, everyone is a Muppet except for one scene. Circe, played by Janice, turns Odysseus’s crew into humans who still behave animalistic and are all played by Academy Award winning actors.

[cute-catts]

[foldingfittedsheets]

[girldraki]

[jellyfishforest135]

Activated them like sleeper agents

[adventures-in-instant-ramen]

[littleglitterbab]

Working in education means you learn all sorts of pre-programed sleeper phrases to use for good or for ill on unsuspecting adults.

[important-animal-images]

[niceferatu]

this happened to my friends Jonathan and Thomas actually