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headspace-hotel

the theme that always resonates me the most in stories is “the world is cruel; therefore I won’t be.”

justmemojito

Carry on in one sentence.

ancientsasswarrior

This line from Fangirl is like so important to me. I want to make an honest woman of his chin. I want to lock it down.

transfaguette

what i’ve learned in my life is if someone is treating you poorly and youre asking yourself “what magic words can I use to make this person treat me with basic respect,” those words don’t exist and they never will.

utopians

stepped on a plum (overripe plum) (barefoot) it was on the driveway got out of the car and accidentally (didn't know it was there) stepped on the plum (warm) (on the ground) (it had fallen from the tree) barefoot (no shoes) wearing long pants (too long) (need to hem them) plum viscera got on them (the pants) unexpected plum on the driveway (hot plum) (97 degrees out) already super hungover (throwing up all morning) (should not have been driving at all) and I stepped out of the car (black car) (97 degrees out) and onto the plum (unexpected) (didn't know the plum was there) and it burst (plum nightmare on my only good pair of sweatpants) still we find ways to keep ourselves going from day to day

mckitterick

64GB of RAM memory is worth $900, and a 10.8V 19Ah battery is worth $300

just learned some interesting info about Flock cameras - they contain thousands of dollars worth of components, including tons of RAM and a big rechargeable lithium battery

I guess that's why cities have to pay $2500/month to rent them

lastoneout

I love when people try to gotcha me on my stance that all sports should be gender integrated with "even American football???" because I can instantly come back with "oh lmao, no, I don't think ANYONE should play American football at all, it's way too dangerous" like nice try but I know no amount of testosterone is going to protect you from the profound, life ruining health issues caused by getting repeated severe concussions over the course of several years. No one should play this sport.

lastoneout

Like do you really think muscle mass or gender/sex can protect you from CTE?? You think men are naturally more resistant to concussions?? Because idk how else you square this sport being too dangerous for cis women and people afab but perfectly safe for cis men and people amab. Having a testosterone dominant endocrine system isn't gonna do shit in the face of traumatic brain injury. Be serious. This sport should not exist.

byjove

I miss when the national weather service was staffed and funded. Now the weather alerts are like “There is a slight chance of a massive thunderstorm with hail and 60 mile per hour winds capable of knocking out the power grid. Slight. Might happen, might not. We’re not God, we don’t know.”

sentient-tent

This is Tie, she is going to eat all of the notes

sentient-tent

reblog to feed her notes

elodieunderglass

How is she doing this

psych-is-the-name

probuccalfat

do not ever slander the beautiful goddess carbs around me

probuccalfat

“empty carbs” don’t you dare talk about her like that. you’re empty. how do you like that.

noneofthisisok

"History's greatest thinkers… with AI"

thefingerfuckingfemalefury

Where is the lie

scoatneyhall

Predicting now that Ted makes Alice head coach by the end of THIS season and that s5 and 6 are him and Beard as her assistants. Or maybe just manifesting it.

scoatneyhall

Oh yeah, this is totally happening, by the way. I figured it out. You know how I know? The first frame/last frame rule.

First frame of s4 was not a face. It was this.

The last shot of season 4 is going to be something like the plaques on the door to the coaches office, as we saw last night, but reversed so that he's now the assistant. It will happen.

I wouldn't be surprised if Alice's unopened going away gift is a manager plaque or something. To be used elsewhere if she leaves, but at Richmond later if she stayed. So he took it back for later. That's definitely coming back into play. I think from the word go here he's decided to help her figure out dealing with people, then as soon as she's ready, have Rebecca reverse their roles.

alicechilton

And why might he be telling her the final shot of the season if not this hmm?

source

sturionic

"Learn the fundamentals first" seems like really sound universal advice, and as a former classical musician, I can vouch for it. You will have a more solid foundation for increasing complexity if you put in the time to study in a structured way. If you don't, you'll have a lot of shit to fix later.

As a former music teacher, I can also say that "learn the fundamentals first" is the death knell for a vast percentage of beginners, especially adult learners.

I've run into this with drawing several times, where some well-meaning artist has lectured me on needing to study anatomy properly or not use shortcuts like CSP brushes. And oh, believe me, I know. I know exactly how to learn an artistic discipline in a structured way. I just...don't want to!

The thing is, I'm not aiming to be a professional artist. I want to draw my gay little anime guys. I would undoubtedly improve at art much faster if I approached every gay little anime guy drawing as a study exercise. But I would also have quit drawing a decade ago if I couldn't just let myself enjoy drawing imperfect fucked-up little guys with whatever shortcuts I needed to body myself across the finish line.

With my adult piano students, my approach was always "What's your goal?" If their goal was to learn exactly one Elton John songbook to play at parties, then...that's what we did. We'd put tape on the keys to label the notes, and just fuckin go for it. Learning exactly one Elton John songbook is a good and noble musical goal, full stop.

Some of my students needed and enjoyed a more structured approach to learning; if they wanted to be able to play classical music, then yes, scales were going to have to enter the equation at some point. And yet others would learn the Elton John songbook, catch their white whale, and realize they wanted to explore more of the ocean. The scales were still there for them to learn!

Often the choice isn't between "learn art well" and "learn art imperfectly" - the choice is between "learn art imperfectly" and "don't do art at all." To which I say, learn imperfectly! Or, what the hell, don't 'learn' art. Just do, and enjoy the doing of it.

You have official permission from your local pretentious classical music snob: fuck the fundamentals. You can always unfuck them later (but only if you want to).