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Just trying to make friends and waste time

[llavender-llama]

Hello! This is my boring blog. I'm over 30 (I am 40 now). I'll probably make you shitty fan art if you're nice☺️

[ymutate]

Uma Gokhale

[greengableslover]

Period-/Fantasyfilms + dancing (part 2)

A KNIGHT'S TALE (2001)

A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN (1992)

MERMAIDS (1990)

MOULIN ROUGE! (2001)

SUCKER PUNCH (2011)

THE FALL (2006)

CINDERELLA (2015)

MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING (1993)

FRANKENSTEIN (2025)

MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA (2005)

OPHELIA (2018)

MR. MALCOLM'S LIST (2022)

TELL IT TO THE BEES (2018)

SISSI: THE YOUNG EMPRESS (1956)

[intothestacks]

picture books featuring gay parents: suggestions by an elementary school librarian

The True Adventures of Esther the Wonder Pig by Steve Jenkins – When Esther’s dads adopted her as a mini-pig, they didn’t realize she wouldn’t stay mini forever! As she gets too big for her bed and the tiny apartment the small family lives in, her doting dads make a big decision: they’re going to move to a big farm so Esther has enough room (and less chances of getting into trouble). Soon enough, their family begins to grow, as the farm becomes a sanctuary for all sorts of animals in need. Based on a true story.

Real Sisters Pretend by Megan Dowd Lambert – Mia and Tayja love to play pretend. But there’s one thing they know they don’t have to pretend about: they’re real sisters, even though they’re adopted.

Papa, Daddy, & Riley by Seamus Kirst – Riley loves her two dads, but when one of her classmates asks her which one is her real dad, she’s confused and a bit upset — she doesn’t want to have to choose, she loves them both!

A Plan for Pops by Heather Smith – Lou loves spending time with his granddad and Pops. But one day, Pops has a fall, and now he’ll have to use a wheelchair from now on. Pops isn’t taking the news too well, so Lou comes up with a plan to cheer him up. 

Old MacDonald Had a Baby by Emily Snape – Babies are a lot of work, and Old MacDonald has his hands full as a new father. Thank goodness he has his farm animal friends to help out (or try to)!

Stella Brings the Family by Miriam B. Schiffer – It’s going to be Mother’s Day soon, and Stella’s school is having an event to celebrate it. There’s only one problem: Stella doesn’t have a mom! Well, there’s clearly only one solution… bring both of her dads instead.

[classic-art]

Saint George and the Dragon

Bernat Martorell, 1434-1435 Tempera on Panel  

[catasters]

[battlefem-deactivated20170404]

you wanna see some badass shit from the early 20th century?? The Lumière brothers created the first full color photograph… in fucking 1903! So these dudes dyed potatoes (in red, blue, and green), mashed them down into just pure fuckin’ starch, and used these dyed potato starches as filters to block out/let in certain wavelengths of light. They coated one side of a glass plate with the starches and sensitized the other side with a mixture of gelatin and light sensitive materials (silver nitrate) and loaded these plates in their cameras.. This is a really simple explanation of the process and I may have missed some things A few of my favorite autochrome photos:

[itsoldjohn]

that last one is literally a LOOK

[cassiocantdrink]

yes!

but lets not forget sergei prokudin-gorskiy, who developed a similar process in 1902, published in 1903 and then toured russia to take hundreds of color photographs:

AND the guy developed color slide processing as well. as a person fairly familiar with modern b/w processing at home, but never EVER stepping into color (negatives or slides) territory, i’d say, BAMF to the highest degree. 

[petermorwood]

Here are a few more Prokudin-Gorskiy / Gorskii shots, and a reminder once again that these aren’t recently colourised BW images but original colour photos taken about 120 years ago. Many colourised pics don’t look this good. Some modern colour pics don’t look this good (as I know all too well. “Delete image Y/N? Y!”)

This is Leo Tolstoy, author of “War and Peace” and “Anna Karenina”.

Alim Khan, Emir of Bukhara…

…and his Minister of the Interior.

A Type B-15 steam locomotive…

Another of those peasant girls with guest-gifts of berries…

The Church of St John the Baptist at Staraya Ladoga…

…and a Sergei Prokudin-Gorskiy self-portrait.

Unlike some current selfies ;-> he’s not dominating the image, so here’s a closer shot.

Nice hat…

[planet4546b]

im currently completely losing it about the great stalacpipe organ. are you fucking kidding me they made an organ out of a CAVE???? IT TAKES UP THREE ACRES??? i legit am about to lose it

[planet4546b]

this is a comment left on a recording of moonlight sonata played on an organ that is literally made out of a cave and its making me so emotional its not even funny

[image id: a youtube comment that reads ‘wonderful…and the moon has never shone there…’ end id.]

[marlynnofmany]

All that and no pictures??

According to Wikipedia, it works by hidden rubber mallets on the naturally-musical stalactites that tourguides have been knocking on for over a century. The guy who made the organ may have gotten the idea when his son whacked his head on a stalactite.

Here’s a video. It is hauntingly beautiful.

[spirit-pyrite]

In case anyone is looking, here’s the link to the video op mentions.

https://youtu.be/HsKUUn29tSs

[edsrosetattoo]

This is the best idea in the history of film.

[theonion]

Apple Introduces Revolutionary New Laptop With No Keyboard

[legacies-safari]

"I did this show called Agatha and there's a lot of like incredible young, very young, queer women and queer boys that are were really, really touched by that show, like meant a lot to them"

[allsonargent]

Tina Fey as Liz Lemon in 30 Rock (2006—2013)

[books0977]

Woman reading (c.1912). Karl Alexander Wilke (1879 Leipzig - 1954 Wien). 

Wilke was a German-Austrian painter, illustrator and stage designer. From 1905 to 1918 he was a staff member of the Austrian humour/men’s magazine, Die Musketethe.

[theonion]

How To Spice Up Your Relationship With Your Cat

[vintage-every-day]

Fred Astaire and Rita Hayworth’s partnership clicked on 𝒀𝒐𝒖'𝒍𝒍 𝑵𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝑮𝒆𝒕 𝑹𝒊𝒄𝒉 (1941). Astaire later said she was one of his favourite partners because she could learn his demanding choreography with speed and match his precision immediately.

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