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Tag yourself I’m the “Overdressed and Underappreciated”. Artist : http://www.mattadrian.com/

If you thought “hm those styles of art AND speech seem very familiar,” you are right because it is the same person that did these

the-husbando

Oh my god damn

teashoesandhair

Some more recent bangers by Matt Adrian:

and my personal favourite:

what if i write and release a series focused on an eldest daughter 30-something FMC who finds herself in a secluded university campus that can't stop getting its students murdered and i give her a hot, nerdy type A astronomy professor handler who's been told, explicitly, don't let the gorgeous competent journalist know about any of our shit, just keep an eye on her, let her do her little feature and send her on her way, but he falls in love with her instead, deeply and tragically, and now he has to lie to her to keep her safe and keep his college's secrets and now maybe kill a bitch because whoever is murdering their students notices her, too, and everyone underestimates hot nerdy professors until you touch a hair on the head of their beloved and it's the kind of love that all eldest daughters deserve what then?

what then??

#dark academia #forbidden love #romance books #eldest daughter #hot professor #romantic suspense #horror romance #aeternvm series #bring back yearning #paranormal romance

janicesopranos

taylor swift getting my divorced parents aka the civil wars back together in the year of our lord 2023 might be the most powerful thing i’ve ever seen

theperksofbeingahugefuckingcunt

Okay I’m currently furious that migraines are often so blindly easy to treat and I had to find this out myself at the age of 26 when I’ve been to a neurologist since I was 11 lol so I’m about to teach you two neat and fast little tricks to deal with pain!

The first is the sternocleidomastoid muscle, or the SCM muscle.

This big red section is responsible for pain around the eye, cheekbone, and jaw, as well as some temple pain. Literally all you have to do is angle your head down a little, angle it away from the side that hurts, and then you can gently pinch and rub that muscle. I find it best to start at the bottom and travel upwards. The relief is so immediate! You can increase pressure as you feel comfortable doing so.

Here is a short and easy video showing this in action

The second is a fast and easy stretch that soothes your vagus nerve, which is the nerve responsible for calming you down. The vagus nerve, for those unfamiliar, is stimulated by deep breathing such as yawning, sighing, singing, or taking a deep breath to calm your anger in a tense situation.

You can stretch this out by sitting up as straight as possible (this does not have to be perfect to work) and interlacing your fingers. Put your hands on the back of your head with your thumbs going down the sides of your neck and, while keeping your face forward, look all the way to one side with just your eyes. Hold that until you feel the urge to breathe deeply or yawn, or until you can tell there’s a change. Then do the same thing on the other side. When you put your arms down, you should clearly be able to turn your head farther in both directions. If the first session doesn’t get rid of your migraine, rest and repeat as many times as necessary. I even get a little fancy with it and roll my eyes up and down along the outer edge sometimes to stretch as much as I can.

If you need a visual here’s a good video on it. I know some of the language they use seems questionable but this is real and simple science and should not be discarded because it’s been adopted by the trendy wellness crowd!

I seriously cannot believe I didn’t hear a word of this from any doctor in my life. Additionally, if you get frequent recurring migraines, you may want to see a dietician. Migraines can be caused by foods containing histamines, lectin, etc. and can also be caused by high blood pressure in specific situations such as exercise, stress, and even sex.

If any of this information helps you I’d love to hear it btw! It’s so so fast and easy to do. Good luck!

mushroomsandteeth

*currently suffering from a horrible migraine. Tries this*

Are you fucking shitting me it works!?

melissabaronwrites

The SCM muscle can also sometimes be responsible for shoulder pain, too, and stretching/relaxing this muscle can help! I have chronic shoulder pain from a bulging disc in my cervical spine, which has led to muscle spasms and referred pain into my shoulder.

As soon as I identified this muscle as one of the biggest (and sorest) culprits and massaged/stretched it, the relief was IMMEDIATE. (And it has also helped with migraines and tension headaches!)

my orange cat (this distinction is important) likes to steal change, and he either hides it in his food or buries it underneath the bath mats. i found a penny in his food bowl and a nickel beneath the bath mat. what are you saving up for, my little tangerine nugget

#youhavenobuyingpower #youdontneedmoney #youareacat #stopstealingmoney #whyisitINYOURFOOD #orangecats #why are cats like this #onebraincell #hoarder #my favorite himbo

metalgearsolid2

i love how delusional some articles of clothing are, like you read the tag and its like “hand wash only/tumble dry on low” son you are a cotton tshirt. youre going in the warsh and whatever happens in there is in gods hands

lesbianrey

shout out to me in 5 years…hope shes doing something cool i’m rooting for her

melissabaronwrites

i reblogged this from op about two and a half years ago, so we’re at the halfway mark to those five years. So far, past self, you *have* done some pretty cool stuff. you got a literary agent. you got a book deal. you got that book published. you’re engaged. you bought a house. it wasn’t all sunshine and rainbows, but you know what...you’d be proud. amazed, even. when i check back in two and a half years from now, i hope i’ve kept that trend going. still rooting for her.

organicmama

Romeo + Juliet (1996) truly has everything…heavy religious imagery…young leo…90s fashion…a brief drag scene….neon lights…those iconic angel wings

thequantumqueer

guns labeled “sword”

froglesbians

being better than anything shakespeare ever produced

regenderate-archive

i dislike the implication that shakespeare wouldn’t have done the exact same thing if he were alive in the 90′s

thebibliosphere

Fun fact, the guns being labelled “sword” is not just them being Extra™.

Most of the guns being used by the main characters are modified Taurus PT99 pistols, the different types of which are often named after specific types of knives and swords, thus enabling them to not have to change the Shakespearean dialogue, but to also manage that specific visual pun.

So Shakespeare would have absolutely been 100% all over that shit.

For example, Tybalt’s gun is a modified 9mm “Rapier” (from the Taurus PT99 Series ‘R’) and is actually one of my favorite visual aesthetics of quite probably any weapon in movie history to date.

While everyone else seems to be using a much more heavier and “powerful” version of pistol, his is sleek and light in frame, making it much easier for him to fight the way that he does. Which is undoubtedly Extra™ in comparison to everyone else, but also intended to mimic the dueling stance of actual rapier swordsmen of the time who relied on speed rather than brute force. They were Gentlemen after all. If you were going to cut someone down you ought to do it with some finesse.

If you look closely at his hand you’ll notice that with the exception of his middle finger on the trigger, he’s actually holding it the way one would a sword hilt. He’s also got the poise of a honed duelist.

This is someone who has been brought up with a very strong sense of Family Honor, and is expected to fight to defend it, but not as a common foot soldier (who carry “longswords” which are modified shotguns in the film), but as a Gentleman.

A gentleman who suddenly finds himself having to fight in the streets with people carrying “daggers”.

Like Mercutio’s modified pistol, which while beautiful and (importantly thematic) transparent in its function, is also heavy and cumbersome in comparison to Tybalt’s rapier, which also has a much further range, something he also makes better use of with the addition of a quick release mount for a c-scope, which allows him to either be slow and accurate, or to forgo accuracy for speed during say, a one on one duel vs a street brawl.

Which means even if he can’t make as many quickfire short range movements as Mercutio can, he’s still going to fucking obliterate him with the practiced ease of someone who has been training for duels their entire life.

Not to mention just how fucking ornate this thing is. Look at it. What an extra little sob, I love it. I love the whole movie. It’s an excellent adaptation and I’ll bite my thumb at anyone who says otherwise.

systlin

Just like the Bard intended.

lemonsharks

I will die on the hill that romeo + juliet is the most faithful adaptation of the original play to date

dont-give-a-fuck-club

Wtf should I wear to the living room today

followthebluebell

adulthood is just a constant struggle of, “man, i want cookies for breakfast, but I also recognize this is a bad nutritional decision. On the other hand, the only one who can stop me is me. i know that fucker’s weaknesses. i could totally take me in a fight.”

dreamingofbabylon

frog and toad are my two remaining brain cells struggling to keep my horrible body alive

justcatposts

Two cats won’t give up on trying to enter a Japanese Art Museum, the war has been going on for 2 years now.

(Source)

vespertinecat

You guys are missing the best part: THE CATS HAVE THEIR OWN MUSEUM MERCH.