Precarious Pencil

-----randomness because I feel like it----- New Grad RN in the Emergency Department Swiftie • Grey's • Nursing • Art & whatever else floats my boat ⛵️

[precariouspencil]

FIGS Rafaela scrub top. Black. Large.

Figs top. Good condition. No defects. Size large. Have same top in Royal blue in different listing. Also scrub pants in XL in other listings.

Check out this listing I just added to my Poshmark closet: FIGS Rafaela scrub top. Black. Large..

[precariouspencil]

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[augustsaffairs]

GUYS @epictblno suggested that in friends at some point joey and chandler are arguing and they say “NOT IN FRONT OF THE KIDS!” and then the camera turns to the chick and the duck and i also thought that when taylor says “JE SUIS CALME!” it reminded me of ross saying “i’M fINe” SO MY QUESTION IS DOES THAT MEAN THAT THE CAT’S NAME IS MONICA GELLER FOR GOD’S SAKE

[overdramatictomylover]

# content i did not know i needed

[precariouspencil]

I’m just here for the cats at this point.

[tshifty]

plot twist this music video had nothing to do with a new album it was all a set up to announce taylor’s new cat

[coveredinyou]

taylor: spelling is fun!

me: w-h-a-t i-s y-o-u-r n-e-w c-a-t n-a-m-e-d

[felinetay]

2019 - the year of the proud cat lady

[idsb]

TS7 day 1 moodboard

[precariouspencil]

THIS! I need to know more about your new kitten @taylorswift

Related: I can’t believe I’m not just a swiftie but a Taylor’s Cats fan.

[precariouspencil]

It’s like a cotton candy rainbow dream land.

[taylorsaugust]

PANIC! IN THE TAYLOR SWIFT FANDOM!

[thatmermaidsequinbomberjacket]

[everythingtaylor13]

Me today, pre 4.26:

Me tomorrow, post 4.26:

[path-of-my-childhood]

[precariouspencil]

I’m

Dead.

I would never clean my phone or be able to get a new one.

[precariouspencil]

“You hang onto your pain like it means something, like it’s worth something. Well, let me tell you—it’s not worth shit. Let it go.”

— Nathaniel Fisher, Sr., Six Feet Under  (via parallel-limbs)

[coldasyouswiftt13]

They say I did something bad. Then why’s it feel so good?

[precariouspencil]

[did-you-know]

Source

[dat-soldier]

back the fuck up

[sonnetscrewdriver]

There’s another story that I like about a Chinese general who had to defend a city with only a handful of soldiers from a huge enemy horde that was in all likelihood going to steamroll the place flat within hours of showing up.

So when said horde did arrive, they saw the general sitting outside the city’s open gates, drinking tea. The horde sent a couple of emissaries over to see what was what, and the general greeted them cheerfully and invited them all to come and take tea with him.

The horde decided that this was a scenario that had “MASSIVE FUCKING TRAP” written all over it in beautiful calligraphy and promptly fucked off.

Whoever that general was, he was clearly the Ancient Chinese equivalent of Sam Vimes.

[dat-soldier]

did he just invite us over for tea nah man i’m out

[catgoblinchelly]

This just keeps getting better

[sleepyferret]

I fucking love history.

[konec0]

ok but tbh that story misses a lot of the subtlety of the situation like ok

so this story is the Romance of Three Kingdoms, and essentially takes place between Zhuge Liang, resident tactician extraordinaire, and Sima Yi… OTHER resident tactician extraordinaire.

The two were both regarded as tactical geniuses and recognized the other as their rival. Zhuge Liang had a reputation for ambushing the SHIT out of his opponents and using the environment to his advantage, thus destroying large armies with a small number of men. Sima Yi (who kind of entered the picture later) was a cautious person whose speciality was unravelling his opponent’s plans before they began. So it was natural that the two would butt heads; however, since Sima Yi tended to have more men and resources, he started winning battles against the former. Which, y’know, kinda sucked.

On to the actual story: Zhuge Liang is all like “shit i gotta defend this city with like 10 men.” Literally if he fights ANY kind of battle here, he WILL lose; his only option for survival is not to fight. And that’s looking more and more impossible until he hears that his rival is leading the opposing army. And then he gets this brilliant idea. He basically opens all the gates, sends his men out in civilian clothes to sweep the streets, and sits on top of the gate drinking tea and chilling out and basically makes the whole thing out to be a trap

When Sima Yi comes he’s all like “yo come on in bro”

and Sima Yi is like “yeah he’s never been that obvious about his traps before. this is definitely a bluff” and he’s about to head in when he realizes

wait. he knows that i think he’s bluffing.

and so he gets it in his head that maybe, just MAYBE, Zhuge Liang has this cunning plan that will wipe out his army - recall that he has a pretty good handle on what his rival is capable of. And after a long period of deliberation (which is just like “he know that I know that he knows that etc.”), being the cautious man he is, SIma Yi eventually decides to turn his entire army around and leave.

Zhuge Liang later points out that the plan was based specifically on the fact that he was facing his rival; if it had been anyone else, there’s no way it would have worked. A dumber or less cautious person would have simply charged in and won without breaking a sweat. 

and that’s the real genius here: it was a plan formed entirely just to deceive one man, and it worked.

[uovoc]

Zhuge Liang is the most brilliant, sneaky-ass bastard in history. One time his side’s army was out of arrows, which pretty much meant they were screwed. So Zhuge Liang goes and does the logical thing, which is build a fuck ton of scarecrows and put them all on boats. Then he makes the men hide in the boats and sail them out on the river.

Well, that day was super foggy (which Zhuge Liang had predicted. Did I mention he was also a freakishly accurate meteorologist?). So the enemy across the river sees a fleet of boats armed to the teeth with what appears to be half an army of men. They panic! and start firing arrows like crazy. 

Zhuge Liang lets this play out for a while, then he’s like, ”Ok guys that’s enough.” They calmly turn the boats around and go back to base, where they dismantle the scarecrows and pull out all the enemy’s arrows.

Zhuge Liang is legend.

[optimysticals]

I love this post. It just keeps getting better. Like seriously, I would have adored learning about this in World History.