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[perseid-haunt]

26 | she/her | main: untimeleigh

Minors are free to interact but please do not follow.

THE CHECKMARKS ETC WERE GIFTED TO ME. I did not buy them. Do not harass me about it lmao.

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Not required to read but good to know:

- I soft-block liberally because I prefer a small follower count. It's nothing personal. I'm less likely to block if I can tell we have things in common.

- I talk about kink sometimes. You've been warned.

- All asks are answered publicly unless you request I answer privately.

- Mutuals can ask for my discord.  

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About me:

- I've been chronically ill since 15 and this is why I can only work limited hours. I'm trying to recover and ensure a decent future for myself. My life largely revolves around this slow, difficult process and contending with illness.

- My life also revolves around supporting my loved ones and doing things I enjoy.

- I love fat round birds and moths and milkshakes and chocolate and a million other things.

- I love making lists, doing tag games, and sending asks. I like receiving asks too.

Divider design by @strangergraphics

[selfcarereminder]

the version of you from five years ago would be genuinely amazed by what you’ve handled since then. sit with that for a second

[dramatic-dolphin]

people on tumblr might lack reading comprehension but reddit users are inventing new forms of media illiteracy i never thought were possible

[dramatic-dolphin]

fascinating...

[wouldyourathervisit]

Would you rather visit

Blood Falls, Antarctica 🇦🇶

Bucket of Blood Street, Holbrook, Arizona 🇺🇸

Remaining time: 6 days 22 hours

[perseid-haunt]

Very positive customers today. They were all in a good mood. The quality of my work, my earrings, and my appearance received multiple compliments. I was also very low anxiety today and was able to interact with people like normal.

[andhumanslovedstories]

Can’t believe my job makes me do my job on the days I am scheduled to work my job what the fuck

[batmanisagatewaydrug]

uuuuh okay update on the crush discourse going on in my notes: if a friend has a crush on you and they do tell you they're unfairly pressuring you to reciprocate but if they don't tell you they're being dishonest with you so either way they've ruined the friendship. every day the most anxious minds on earth make amazing philosophical strides on this website.

[batmanisagatewaydrug]

at risk of being mean (lmao) (lol) the way a lot of people have started talking about crushes in my notifications sounds like this

like literally going "well I guess that telling someone you have a crush on them is okay as long as you listen if they aren't interested and don't start committing rampant sexual harassment" yeah homie I think that was implied

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

Alternatives To Sleeping in Coffins

An Illustrated Guide For Vampires

1. Privacy Tent

2. Antique Chinese Wedding Bed

3. Victorian Box Bed

4. Canopy Bed

5. Full Body Wearable Blanket + Novelty Halloween Mask of Choice

6. Hyperrealistic Black Bear Sleeping Bag (with built in ‘Do Not Disturb’ feature)

7. Tinfoil Bodysuit (For maximized UV protection)

8. Blackout Curtains You Fucking Vampiric Dumbass

in conclusion why in fuck’s name are you sleeping in coffins to begin with you utter shitmuppets

[voidingintotheshout]

Back in the early 1900s when vampire lore went mainstream with Bram Stoker’s Dracula, the lore that was original to the vampire idea was that they needed to sleep in some of the dirt where they were buried. In fact in the original 1920 something Nosferatu he has to transport crates of the cursed soil where he was buried around if he wants to travel. That’s the origin of the coffin thing. So, if you’re a vampire, sleep ends up becoming like a return to your grave that you have to do every night day, but now your grave can be anywhere that your coffin sits with some of the burial soil. That aspect of the myth of vampires has faded away with time, but that’s the origin of it at least. I know nobody was looking for a real answer but, there it is.

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

VAMPIRES WHO JUST STRAIGHT UP SLEEP IN FLOWER BEDS AND COMPOST BINS

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

found in the notes:

#vampires curled up in large planter pots like cats

#I raise you: budget vampires who sleep in one of those turtle sandboxes with the shell-lid on

[pukicho]

Take your girl out on a date to the nitroglycerin plant

[pukicho]

She deserves it

[klefable]

[homunculus-argument]

Hey people who have several pets, with obvious differences in intelligence levels: How did you figure out that one of them is smarter than the other? What do they do?

[mikkeneko]

There are a lot of things that lead me to think my elder cat is unusually intelligent compared to other felis domesticus I have known (understands pointing, can open every door and cabinet in the house except the ones with round knobs or that I added child locks to, understands enough English to know from a phone conversation that a stranger is coming to the house) but in terms of specifically comparing one to the other, there was The Case Of The Mousey Puzzle Box.

When we got our younger cat Skadi, her favorite toy was (still is, but she's calmed down with age) the rattley mouse. She would bring the mouse to be thrown for fetch so many times that not even two human adults in the house could keep up with her. So my partner started making puzzle boxes to put the rattley mouse in that would occupy her for longer.

So, we have a setup: mouse is in the puzzle box, puzzle box is on the floor, younger cat is trying to resolve the puzzle box, elder cat is sitting on the cat tree observing all this. Skadi spends about fifteen minutes trying and failing to get the mouse out of the box. She sticks her paw into the holes. She sticks her nose into the holes. She pushes the box to and fro on the carpet. She meows beseechingly for a human to come solve the problem. Sticks her paws into the holes again.

Finally, she gives up on the puzzle box and wanders over to see if there's any food to be had. As soon as she walks away the elder cat gets up from the cat tree, big stretch, jumps down, walks over to the puzzle box, hooks a paw under the edge and flips the whole thing over, spilling the mouse onto the floor.

Gives the younger cat a look of utter disgust as if to say "That's all you had to do!" and then walks away, utterly uninterested in actually playing with the toy.

[bisexualbaker]

Older cat just subjected to fifteen minutes worth of those horrible mobile game ads where the player is failing really badly to make you want to play.

[birdplushie]

they should make it illegal to end your story with an epilogue where your main female character is suddenly randomly married and has children when she's never once expressed a desire for this previously

[zoesupreme]

I have started following the journey of a German soccer fan in the US for the world cup

[zoesupreme]

[zoesupreme]

[zoesupreme]

[zoesupreme]

@laeffy the euros have found buc-ee's

[zoesupreme]

[grimeclown]

I don't know which of you needs to hear this but "narc" is not short for "narcissist" when someone calls you a "narc" for snitching they are calling you a "narcotics officer"

[gaesnek]

[monkey-mulch]

technically narc isnt even short for narcotics officer its just cant for Cop, I believe Roma in origin

[red-mercer]

I read years ago in a book that it was derived from nakk, Romani for nose, as in someone who always has their nose in other people's business

[grimeclown]

ITS DERIVED FROM "NARCO" AS IN "NARCOTICS" WHAT FUCKING BOOK

[grimeclown]

Okay you know what pulling back on my derision because i can see how this mistake would be made but narc and nark are etymologically unrelated

[headspace-hotel]

Etymology is always doing some shit like this

[bogleech]

Convergent evolution.

[bisexual-engineer-girl]

Linguistic crab

[backofthebookshelf]

Two entire linguistic traditions have merged to remind you not to be a fuckin narc

[kropotkindersurprise]

Take up guerrilla gardening to beautify your city and provide food for bees and other insects!

[kropotkindersurprise]

important reminder from @wretched-creature​! Make sure to use seeds of native wildflowers or other plants native to your area, so you don’t spread invasive species! Here in the Netherlands you can get a free package of local flower seeds, that bloom at different times throughout the season, mailed to you by Natuurmonumenten, maybe check out if there’s similar initiatives in your area!

[roscolux]

you will see something that the us military has done and it will be the most horrifying thing in the world. something that should be the catalyst for a complete upheaval of the system, for riots in the streets, for national mourning periods and rewritten textbooks and decades of reparations. and the whole time it's just a normal day for them. they did something like it yesterday and they'll do it again tomorrow. the lucky ones even get to come home and spend the rest of their lives getting discounts at the movies and applause at baseball games. and if you try to express any this to the average person irl they will act like you shot their dog in front of them

[sandersstudies]

Me, Catholic, walking into a Protestant church with no depictions of Mary: where’s my mom

[fuitgummyworm]

Me, culturally Protestant, walking into a Catholic church filled balls to the walls with paintings sculptures candles and god knows what else: why’s there so much stuff

[fantasticmojo47]

Me, Orthodox, walking into a western church:  w h e r e   a r e   t h e   b o n e s

[odin-n-out]

Me, vampire, walking into any denominational holy place: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[hungry-hyena]

Me, a janitor, sweeping up the vampires ashes: where the fUCk did all this dirt come from