shangri-la

Sleep, Food, Cats, Fanfiction (mostly slash), Books, A whole lot of fandoms/too long to list here, Black, Space, Outer Space, English, History, RPGs, Clothes, Shoes, Makeup, Bibelots, Anime, Music, Aquatic world and other beautiful things. Me in a nutshell.:)

[cathleen-mcallister]

In the humid, tranquil aquaponics lab lives the elusive leafy axolotl. In his native habitat of Xochimilco, this creature would have been expertly camouflaged; but within his water cube and the safety of the Botanical Academy, he doesn’t mind being the center of attention. The magical membranes of the water cube allow him to travel freely out of his tank, and for the occasional chin scratch from a curious student.

[gingersnapcookie89]

@kitsunekage88

[roomsmy]

[sixpenceee]

Sakura Tunnel, Japan

In Japan is an amazing tunnel of cherry blossom trees or sakura. They create a magnificent tunnel of pink, the colors seeming to radiate off the light and onto everything in the tunnel. It looks like something straight out of a fairy tale.

Source: Earthporm

[jamesusilljournal]

The Oval,  Naoshima Island, Japan, designed by architect Tadao Ando

[ravenliz]

Shingeki no Kyojin; episode 36 || Scenery

[iraffiruse]

[gingkoh]

you wouldn’t believe who i saw at disney world

[sixpenceee]

Wild cherry trees in Nara, Japan. 

[coolthingoftheday]

Doesn’t this look exactly like the path to High Hrothgar?

[coolthingoftheday]

[coolthingoftheday]

1. Netherlands

2. Japan

3. California

4. Ireland

5. Japan

6. West Sussex

7. Ukraine

8. Spain

9. Japan

10.  Portugal

[roomsmy]

[kadzhi]

one good thing about december on this hellsite is that this gif will be making its rounds again

[roomsmy]

When the food is amazing but you're too full to finish it so you gotta give it to someone else to finish.

[extramadness]

[roomsmy]

Word.

[roomsmy]

Crêpes are such an elite dish. When they're hot as you start eating them, they're breakfast but when they go cold and the sauce topping goes cold, it is dessert. How many other dishes can do that? Can any? 10/10 for adaptability.

[theocseason4]

5A period, honey .

[nightblightowl]

3D

[redrosessoulcabin]

4 or 5D

[jackthesage]

1E

[gogogadgetgolem]

4-5 A

[roomsmy]

4 or 5 C or D

[roomsmy]

I think the fact that women are still wearing lipstick even when we are legally required to cover our mouths with masks is proof enough for everyone that women dress for themselves, not to impress men.

[kadinlaraicin]

I think it’s rather the internalisation of the socially constructed beauty ideal, rather than the fact that we do it for ourselves. Women are constantly being watched and criticised for their appearance from early childhood on -- and media confirms the idea that women must look pretty even when they sleep. So even if there’s no active watcher involved (neither in our bedroom nor when we walk down the street with a mask), we have internalised the prying eyes of the omnipresent watcher and modify our behaviour accordingly. 

[roomsmy]

Interesting, I never really thought about it that way which is strange because in retrospect, I have definitely seen in friends seen how media influences behavioural patterns and their perception of themselves. However, to generalize all women this would be incorrect imo. If you noticed, I was careful not to use terms like 'all women' or 'no woman does/would' in my post because honest fact is, there are women who crave society's approval and would only exert the effort to 'be seen' and hence would only dress to impress.

[roomsmy]

I used to think there were only two categories of women- those that do it for others and those that do it for themselves. Now, I realize there's a third category that do it because they have been conditioned to think or behave a certain way. Like, there are millions of women who have grown up on beauty magazines and other forms of media that perpetuate the idea of the 'perfect woman'. I grew up on manga, old-school rpgs and fantasy literature and maybe had 2 phases of being obsessed with beauty culture in my almost 3 decades of life. Perhaps why somedays I will go to the extent of wearing a full face of makeup under a mask to go to the mall while some days I will go to a party with barely combed hair. Then there are days I have caught myself checking the mirror before taking my order at my doorstep because I didn't want the delivery agent to think I was a slob and had to actively fight against the meaningless worry. 'I'm home. I'm allowed to look imperfect. I'm allowed to look imperfect wherever the fuck I am.' I suppose it all comes down to the individual and their experiences.