Pumpkin Sparks

Hamburgian, Storyteller, Nerdfighter, Potterhead, Hartosexual, Dan-and-Phil-Trash, and overall proud geek - pansexual, she/her

[adhdpie]

7 most adhd moods

–the Only Mood everyone else knows about: i  wanna do THIS and THIS and THIS and THIS and THIS and–SQUIRREL

–galaxy brain: i was listening to the lecture but the prof said something that reminded me of something else and now i’m not sure how much time i was lost in thought

–the tutorial only comes in video format: i’m sorry, but you’ve thrown off the emperor’s groove *hurls product & its tutorial video into the sun*

–damn you hyperfocus: i went to bed intending to wake up and write but this morning i was possessed by a cleanliness spirit and spent the next 14 hours organizing the apartment

–i dont think u tried at all.jpg: did i seriously spend an entire free day refreshing twitter b/c i didn’t want to spend 10 minutes finishing my hw but wouldn’t let myself do anything else until i finished it???? (yes)

–patrick star: *unlocks phone* time to check the weather. *opens twitter* the weather. *opens messenger* the weather. *opens mobage game* the weather. *opens facebook* the weather. *opens twitter again* THE WEA–

–smells like depression: literally everything is too boring. i’m going back to sleep

[adhdpie]

#this is the post that made someone message me saying i was stereotyping adhders#when i have adhd and identity with all of this

cowards can come @ me, the OP, if they got a problem with this post b/c all of these are literally about me

[lord-kitschener]

I mean the whole damn point of the Nativity story is that the supposed son of God (interpret Jesus how you fucking want, of course) was born to a couple of poor, exhausted peasants in the stable for the inn, and his first bed was a feeding trough for animals. That would nowadays be like a poor couple where the mother gives birth in a parking garage behind the motel because they couldn’t find a better place and nobody else would take them in. It’s a pretty gritty setting, and the idea is that God was reborn in some of the rock-bottom lowest circumstances. The only thing majestic was all the angels and shit, and of course motherly love

I get that a lot of the art portraying Madonna and Child as fabulously wealthy europeans in splendid robes and golden light was meant to glorify God + whichever nobility was sponsoring the artist, and while of course it’s genuinely beautiful art, it just always struck me as horribly missing the point, which is that the supposed son of God started in incredibly humble circumstances, among the kind of people that everyone else looks down on

[babettesfeastables]

‘Massacre des Innocents’ by Leon Cogniét, 1824. Although the Feast of the Holy Innocents is in a couple of days time, this painting is still really relevant in that it portrays Mary as how She really was: a scared refugee mum, so fearful that Her son was going to be one of the Innocents killed by King Herod.

[durnesque-esque]

My new favorite mordern interpretation is this work, José y Maria by Everett Patterson (http://www.everettpatterson.com)

[libraford]

I had to look at this like FIVE TIMES to register all the layers of symbolism going into the piece by Patterson. 

The hoodie as a veil. 

Weisman cigarettes

Each of them is haloed by an advertisement sticker. 

No Vacancy sign on the motel. 

Dove sticker over Maria’s head. 

Neon sign with a star symbol also over Maria’s head. 

The crown over the ‘Dave’s City Motel’ sign. “New Manger.”

The sign behind Jose’s elbow likely says ‘Herod.’

The wee little plant growing through the cracks at their feet. 

It’s like a New Testament ‘I Spy.’ I love it!

Ugh.

New favorite interpretation of the nativity. 

[oflillisandpumpkins]

As usual when I find something new I like, I delve head first into it and emerge back into life a couple of months later. Well, this time, it’s not exactly new, but after wanting to play D&D for more than 15 years, binging all episodes of Critical Role, reading the Players Handbook and the Dungeon Masters Guide, and spending hours on several websites delving deeper into the lore, I finally had the courage to ask strangers to play with me... Long story short: welcome Nessa! She’s my Dispater Tiefling Bard, College of Glamour for one of the campaigns starting next week. After scanning in my sketch for reference, I drew all of it in Photoshop - which would have been ways faster and easier (and a cleaner result) if I actually had a graphic tablet - instead of using a digital pen on my laptops touchpad - and if I hadn’t capsulitis in my hand :( But all things considered, I’m quite proud of the result. And I can’t wait to play Nessa!

[throwoveryourman-deactivated201]

how universal of an experience is having the giving tree read to you as a small child and being distraught even tho the teacher seemed to think it was a nice story. also is this a gendered phenomenon. do girlchildren know on some level that they’re the tree not the little boy

[star-anise]

Children designated as “gifted and talented” frequently melt down because of this story.  Boys and girls both. I’ve heard many G&T educators say they don’t bring The Giving Tree or The Rainbow Fish into their classrooms at all because of it.

[septmilleneurones]

Wow, what is it about gifted and talented kids that makes those stories hit them so hard?

[star-anise]

Because those stories are innately about what to do with gifts and talents, and in the case of those particular books, children often interpret them as “give up all sense of self and bodily autonomy, and carve yourself to pieces to make other people like you.”

Here’s my friend unpacking The Rainbow Fish on the topic.

[flukeoffate]

^ That last comment really succinctly illustrates 90% of my mental health issues.

Yesterday, I was in yet another deep spiral of self loathing, and the CORE of it stems from this very fucking message. If I’m not saying ‘yes’ to everyone, I’m selfish and mean. No one will love me if I say ‘no’.  If I’m not valuable to others, I’m worthless.  If I’m better than others at something, I can’t be proud of it, it would be rude.  Give give give give give.  I cannot make demands of others without feeling guilty.  I can’t speak my mind against others.  I freeze up.  I tumble into depression and dark thoughts to the point where I cannot function. I have the worst form of imposter syndrome: Am I a nice person?  I can’t be. A nice person would just suck it up and keep going.  Stop complaining.  This anger that you feel?  It’s wrong.  You have to forgive and shut up.  Their feelings mean more important than your own.  They said something terrible, it’s not their fault.  It can’t be.  They are stressed.  If you stand up for yourself you are just ignoring their pain.  You need to be the bigger person, even if it’s killing you.

The tree gives so much it destroys itself, and we as kids are taught that self-destructive behavior that solely benefits others is not just admirable–it’s correct.

[oflillisandpumpkins]

^that last comment

[oflillisandpumpkins]

You can say a lot about us, but not that we ain't crafty bastards ;) #coffeeaddict #diy #filmset #werunoncaffeine #coffee

[ineffectualdemon]

How to determine if a kids injury is serious or not

offer them “medicinal chocolate” if they stop crying it’s fine if they carry on crying/refuse the chocolate then it’s serious

[nonbinaryparent]

From age two apparently^^

[shirleycarlton]

Oh wow I never heard this one.

[official-90er-kind]

German edition: offer the kid to blow away the pain. If it’s better afterwards it’s okay, if they refuse or still screaming it’s serious

[having-conniptions]

Also a lot healthier than giving your kid chocolate everytime they cry tbh

[ineffectualdemon]

It’s not everytime they cry it’s only if they get injured and you’re unsure if it’s serious because they are screaming but you can’t tell if they are overreacting or not

For things that are clearly a minor bump we give kisses instead

[ineffectualdemon]

And before anyone thinks if a kid is screaming it’s not an over reaction

My kid fell off their bike and skinned their knee. Just skinned it that’s all and they went into full on scream/crying hysterical because it was bleeding and they hadn’t had an injury where they bled within their memory

It wasn’t so much the pain as the blood that made them hysterical.

In that case we could see it wasn’t serious but the chocolate helped them calm down and then I got them to tell me about Terraria until they were calm and their wound was dressed

It was absolutely an overreaction to a skinned knee but it was also an understandable one

Kids don’t have experience or pain tolerance we do and sometimes it’s hard to tell if it’s something that requires a trip to the hospital or not

[oflillisandpumpkins]

My parents had a tub of magical cream that never emptied (we later learned that it was just a pretty tin Mama bought for the equivalent of like 10 cents at a yard sale that she refilled with Nivea cream). Whenever we hurt ourselves they would offer the magic cream first, and if that didn’t “heal our wound” they knew it was something serious... 11/10, would recommend! 

[oflillisandpumpkins]

One last quick hike before I have to catch my bus to Venice? Sure! Lunch in the shade of olive trees? Heck yeah!!! #italy #hiking #olivetrees #sparklingaroundtheworld #firence #florence #lunchinthesun #byebyeitaly (hier: Florence, Italy)

[oflillisandpumpkins]

Looking over Vinci ♡ #vinci #italy #leonardodavinci #windy #belltowerview #sparklingaroundtheworld #museoleonadiano #museum #culture

[oflillisandpumpkins]

Walking through some olive trees on my way to the birthplace of Leonardo da Vinci #vinci #leonardodavinci #italy #lifeisgood #sparklingaroundtheworld #historygeek #geekgasm

[oflillisandpumpkins]

Early lunch on the terrace of the uffizi #florence #firenze #uffizi #touriststuff #wherestheknoppers #sparklingaroundtheworld (hier: Florence, Italy)

[oflillisandpumpkins]

Second day of hiking. The view is still breathtaking #hiking #italy #fiesole #sparklingaroundtheworld (hier: Fiesole, Italy)

[oflillisandpumpkins]

After hiking for an hour from cave di Maiano through a forest littered with old quarries I finaly got to piazzale leonardo - the place where Leonardo da Vinci tried his first flying machine. It's a freaking beautiful serene place overviewing the whole of Florence. AND they utterly confused me (2nd picture) The red and white markers indicate the hiking trail. The sign says no admittance... make up your mind, Italy! #hiking #florence #firence #cavedimaiano #leonardodavinci #sparklingaroundtheworld #historynerd #nature

[oflillisandpumpkins]

Lisbeth finally landed in italy! Woohooooo!!! After realizing my bus won't for a couple of hours, I decided to wander the canals of venice for a bit and eat something at the fanciest Burger King ever! And yeah, I usually bitch about the tourist who go to BK and the like. But I just needed something fast and uncomplicated and it was right there... sue me... But now I'm finally of to florence!!!!! #italy #venice #venecia #tourist #burgerking #gettinglostinvenice #canals #sparklingaroundtheworld (hier: Venezia, Italia)

[diarygirls]

everyone who writes their ‘7’s with a little dash through them had a conscious moment of truth where they actively chose to write ‘7’ in that way and never stopped doing it like if you can’t clearly recall that fateful decision wyd

[needleafy]

i feel like this applies to a few things:

[oflillisandpumpkins]

...ooooooor you grew in Germany, where we learned to write sevens and twos exactly that way. I think I’ve never encountered a German, who doesn’t dash their sevens... 

[gifbro]

[4gifs]

Interacting with your crush. [Best pet videos of April]

[domoinjapan]

the slappening

[thebestoftumbling]

Corgi on a Carousel

[everquest92]

HIS NAME IS MEATBALL

[ryandevon]

This is the cutest thing omg

[theonlylivingboyinnewyork]

I love this.

[cycirish]

Can’t not reblog Meatball the Corgi, plus the music!

[oflillisandpumpkins]

the only way this video didn’t make me sick was by constantly focusing on the dog... I didn’t mind. doggy is adorable! Look at his tiny legs running and jumping and happy and aaawwwwwwwww!!!