This is going straight to the pool room

Philosophy to filth, cute to crass; without warning or apology. 50. Female. Single mum to two young children. You can call me Tilly and, if you wish, contact me on email at [email protected]. This blog is occasionally NSFW and for over 18s only. I mostly reblog other people's images. If one of your images appears on my blog and you'd prefer it not to, please let me know and I'll remove it. Likewise, if it lacks proper attribution, PLEASE let me know and I'll modify the attribution. I am not into stealing others' work or aiding those who do. Please don't stray here if you're under 18. I'm old enough to be your mother, possibly older than your mother. There, that dents your fantasies, doesn't it. Go play with folks your own age.

[pomegranate]

“The Daves I Know”

[wintercorrybriea2]

two fold vintage sik world tee

[recklesslyinfatuatedstill]

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I want this as a tshirt. Possibly with the image of a large rooster on the back. As a cis woman I find it amusing to wear such a thing.

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When you discover, in your mid-50s, that you're neurodiverse/not neurotypical. And you're not at all surprised because you've suspected it for years, but also frustrated because knowing it earlier could have saved you a bunch of stress about whether you were broken or not (note, I'm not broken, I'm just not neurotypical normal).

For those playing along at home; I'm neither autistic nor ADHD - I'm something else.

Unrelated. I'm on night 4 or 5 of shit sleep and frustrated because the cause of each night's lack of sleep is different to the previous night. This can go suck an unpeeled cactus fruit. I WANT SLEEP.

Also, hello. Still here occasionally, but life is keeping me busy and I don't get a lot of time without people peering over my shoulder at what I'm doing.

[delicious-dream-before-the-storm]

The blessed time of Cab Calloway of his orchestra and his extraordinary dancers.

(Put on sound)

[note-a-bear]

Pretty sure that's the Nicholas Brothers. They weren't a permanent part of Cab's band, but they were collaborators and incredibly popular in their own right.

They were self taught dancers who basically pioneered their own style of highly acrobatic tap and jazz dancing. There's another clip that goes around here, from Stormy Weather that they did all in one take that is literally mind bending.

[feraladoration]

Holy fuck we really are starting to come up on a hundred years since this happened. What a world, what a world.

[anagramofbrat]

Oh I love this. This is actually the first time I’ve seen this clip colorized and whoever did it did a MASTERFUL job.

I’m obsessed with several things every single time it comes up:

1) That poor saxophonist in the first row at the beginning. Clearly either his first day on the job or he’s temporarily filling in for someone else. Either way he clearly was not warned about the tap dancers doing jumps directly over his shoulders cause he ducks and flinches EVERY TIME while the rest of the orchestra basically ignores them because it’s a day ending in y

2) DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH CORE AND THIGH STRENGTH IT TAKES TO  GET UP FROM A FULL SPLIT WITHOUT USING YOUR HANDS LET ALONE MULTIPLE TIMES AND FAST??? MY GOD THE NICHOLAS BROTHERS WERE PROBABLY ABSOLUTELY SHREDDED UNDER THOSE BAGGY TUXES

3) Okay yes the multiple split jumps down the stairs is fucking iconic but that doesn’t mean my eyes don’t fall out of my head every goddamn time. like... holy fucking shit

4) Would absolutely smash young cab calloway, my god the CHA stat alone

[cumaeansibyl]

You know they practiced hard enough to get it done in one take because this shit is hell on the thighs and you don't want to have to do it twice

[blueandbluer]

I love me some rock ‘n’ roll, but sometimes I’m sad that we no longer have big band & tap as modern popular art forms because absolutely nothing matches it for sheer joyful exuberance.

[perfectlyscrumptious]

One of my kids is learning tap and their tap is so so so mundane and dull compared with this. And I'm not talking about the acrobatic stuff, but the playing with rhythm that is so wonderful and captivating. I wish dance schools taught more about moving between being on the beat and syncopation - it makes it so dynamic.

[creanavt]

https://creanavt.tumblr.com/archive

[tomfowlery]

Chuck Jones' Rules for writing Road Runner cartoons, featured in The Animation Art of Chuck Jones exhibit in New York.

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current aesthetic:

butch/feral/hippy/givesnofucks

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New name for those US states rushing to institute anti-choice laws: Handmaid states.

Margaret Atwood must be feeling sick right now. Hers was a cautionary tale, not a fucking roadmap.

[ohddaniellee-blog]

Reblog this if you are literally suprised when people find you attractive.

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I legit assume people are lying to gain something or are being polite.

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I got a haircut, and in my mother's long (LONG) tradition, she hated it. The very best she could come up with was "it's fine". No haircut on the planet will ever make me look conventionally pretty; I'm overweight and 54 years old. But this haircut is a little bit badass and suits my "run a comb through it" approach to hair styling in the mornings.

[perfectlyscrumptious]

The kids’ 2 weeks of school holidays (I’m in Australia, the kids have 2 weeks of holidays between most school terms) have been completely fucked over by COVID. If a person in a house has COVID then, until a few days ago, the entire household was required to quarantine themselves for a week. We had 2 houseguests, one of whom caught COVID on the journey to us, so in our household of 6 people, 3 people were infected in the first week and one in the second. Fun times. We were lucky, however, that all had a mild disease (yay vaccinations work!), but were still confined to the house.

[yourbigsisnissi]

People often mistake “your feelings are valid” with “your reaction based on your feelings is ok”

Which isn’t the same thing

You’re entitled to how you feel. You’re not entitled to behave however you want based off of those feelings

[just-kateblr]

This. Is. Important

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This is a conversation I have with my teenage kids. “You’re allowed to feel how you feel, but you’re not allowed to take it out on me / your sibling / your friends/ your grandmother etc.”. Feel how you feel, process, discuss if required, go somewhere to be quiet and grumpy if that works, but your bad mood does not give you a free pass for bad behaviour.

[catasters]

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Oh look, my flirting technique!

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When you grab a pen to scratch an itch in the middle of your back where your hands don't quite reach ..... remember to either use the back end of the pen, or put the bloody lid on. just sayin'

[todaysbird]

superb fairywrens are a small species of bird native to parts of asia and australia. male superb fairywrens have bright blue highlights during breeding, while juveniles and females are plain brown. male fairywrens court their mate by offering them yellow flower petals.

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[unexpectedyarns]

Blue ball

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I have a small flock of these living in my back yard. They are just beautiful.

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My kids and I went to Sydney’s Mardi Gras parade (Sydney’s enormous Pride celebration) last weekend.

It was such a joyous event. And yet I sat there, in the audience, and sobbed. I sobbed for all the people who died or were sick from AIDS. I sobbed for all the young folks whose families rejected them for simply being themselves. I sobbed for all the humans who killed themselves or were murdered for having the courage to be themselves on the outside. I sobbed for the people I hold dear who are still in disguise because being themselves is too dangerous or will potentially make those close to them a target for bullies.

And then I clapped and screamed and yelled for the beautiful, wonderful people walking and parading with pride and joy; supported by the huge and diverse crowd who were present and those watching it on TV (it is televised nationally).

My kids had a GREAT night, especially my oldest. They are already planning their outfits and makeup for next year.

[viva-1a-resistance]

i really love the phrase “with all due respect” because it doesn’t specify how much respect is due. could be none. bitch.

[perfectlyscrumptious]

I think that is exactly the point of using it. It is Colonial British speak for "fuck you and the horse you rode in on, you ignorant ass".