it is what it is

Sheltie. ♀ 26. ENTP. Bratislava. Socially awkward, might even sound rude. Mostly harmless. Bachelor of Kynology. Engineer of Special Animal Husbandry. Uni titles are useless. Unemployed. Past / dream jobs: dog trainer, vet nurse, vet lab technician. Elementary, Sherlock, Brooklyn 99, lots of other stuff. Find more about what I like here, or followmy.tv. also goodreads. Gryffindor. Nerdfighter. It's complicated: in two relationships. Draws occasionally. RPs a lot. My pets: Sheimi the Sheltie, Cassie the white spitz mix, Paper Towns Rattery, and... quails.

[deactivate-things-deactivated20]

Littlefinger’s death scene. Reblog to make someone’s day.

[nottrickstered-deactivated20130]

[daunt]

sherlocksviolin:

offensivefacialbristle:

bitnotgood:

30 Days of Sherlock: Day Two - Your Favourite Main Character.

Probably the easiest choice of them all. I love John Watson. He’s probably my favourite character in the whole wide world of literature and the way Martin portrayed him was perfect. He’s strong, he’s witty, he’s loyal, he’s unpredictable and so much more than meets the eye. And he manages to hold Sherlock Holmes’ interest, which is probably the best indicator of how unbelievably awesome he is. I love the BBC’s Watson the most of all Watson’s so far, I think. That may have to do something with the fact that Martin Freeman is my favourite actor, but also with the way he was written. Small little details like him just saying ‘Bit not good.’ when Sherlock says something morally dubious, the way he reacted to Sherlock calling him out on the Taxi driver’s death (“He wasn’t a very good man, was he? And frankly, a bloody awful cabby.”), it just shows that he’s not like the rest, that he is capable of using his head to make his own decisions. You can’t stereotype him. He’s seen so many awful things, but he won’t let it get him down. He’s still kicking arse everywhere, being a natural BAMF. And he’s such a tall presence for such a small person.

 ^ All of this. Every word.

This.

This. This. This.  <33333

[feministlikeme]

California Becomes First State To Make Sexual Consent Lessons Mandatory In High Schools Beginning Next Year

California has become the first U.S. state to make lessons on sexual consent a requirement at its high schools. The state was also the first nationwide to require colleges and universities to adopt the affirmative consent policy during campus sexual assault investigations.

“The new law mandates all school districts that have made health a graduation requirement to lecture students about sexual violence prevention and affirmative consent starting next year. It also urges state education officials to include those topics to their high school health curriculum, Lisa Leff of The Washington Post wrote. The measure did not receive any opposition in the Legislature, and even nearly received a unanimous bipartisan backing.”

About fucking time.

[vonpeaoftanyamorgan]

Oh shit, some good news! I forgot all about good news.

[kmtarchive-deactivated20201028]

me: [wakes up] me: brooklyn nine-nine is a show that airs on fox and stars two black men in leading positions, one of whom is the captain of the precinct and is gay but is never made fun of for this by the characters or by the show. the other is physically intimidating but is a loving father and the sweetest guy you’ll ever meet. there are also two latina women as police detectives who are nuanced and fleshed out and never conform to stereotypes. all three starring women have totally different personalities but support each other through everything. the show repeatedly calls out racism, homophobia, sexism, and (on one occasion) transphobia. the ‘nice guys finish last’ trope was smashed to pieces in the first season with said ‘nice guy’ owning up to and apologizing for his behavior. jake peralta (who should be your typical White Dude Lead) is explicitly a feminist and once punched a homophobe in the face. what a miracle. i will never forget this gift thank you mike and dan

[captainlordauditor]

also jake peralta has referred to himself multiple times as jewish

“are you jakey lady-hands or jakey the jew?”

“for once in my life, i am happy to say jakey the jew” (second season premier)

he mentions his bar mitzvah several times and there’s even a plot (in “boyle-linetti wedding”) about him reconnecting with a girl he knew in hebrew school

he also doesn’t fall into any stereotypes - he’s not a wimpy nerd, extremely religious, or greedy 

i’ve seen a dozen different posts that mention reasons you should watch brooklyn nine nine and for some reason peralta’s judaism is never on them and we need to start adding it

[holycaribou]

and one other thing i love is when white characters get too overexcited and say stuff that’s not okay and immediately realize and backtrack their words. this is so much better than other shows where white characters are just oblivious or just don’t care when they say something wrong. 

ex:

“THIS IS WORSE THAN SEGREGATION! too far? too far.” 

“Separate, but equal parties. Forget I said that phrase!” 

like, b99 acknowledges that these aren’t okay to say, even in casual settings, when other sitcoms like modern family continue churning out lines about how all colombians are drug trafficking, no good workers who used to live in dilapidated villages :’))) 

[sashayed]

My name is Calfe & Im too young to know yet what do  with my Toung! So till my Mom say “Dont Do That!” Ill stick it out And lik this cat.

[sashayed]

My little Calfe, Im proud of yu– yur living like the Big Cows do. Yur doing just what Mom have said– for yu lik cat, and cat 

lik bred.

[lierdumoa]

Bad meme execution. 0/5 stars.

These poems are supposed to be imitative of 17th/18th century middle English poetry (pre-dating dictionaries and formalized spelling conventions) not early 2000s chatspeak, not babytalk.

These poems are also supposed to be in iambic diameter, giving them a pleasing songlike rhythm. The above has inconsistent syllabic structure from line to line.

These attributes are clearly illustrated in the prime:

So tired of people on this website and their flagrant disregard for syllabic structure.

No respect for the craft.

[sashayed]

1. first of all, how dare you. i would never, N E V E R, put forth a cow poem with inconsistent syllabic structure. these may not be my finest work, but the iambic dimeter is IMPECCABLE. check my scansion again and come back to me. I guess “know what do yet” is not ideal, but it falls within the constraints of the form. i’m genuinely appalled by this. i have SEEN inconsistent scansion in this meme, i do NOT approve of it and i have NOT done it. how dare you. HOW DAR EYOU!!!

[sashayed]

Secondly: it is not absurd to suppose that the linguistic constraints of a Cow Poem would depend on the figure to whom Cow speaks. In the original (and perfect) “i lik the bred,” the narrative cow, like a Chaucerian non-characterized narrator, directs her speech to an imagined and unspecific listener; not to “the men,” who are characters within the poem, but to some more general audience. (See the Canterbury Tales prologue for an example of this voice in action.) 

Later, poem_for_your_sprog has Cow address contemporaries like “dog.” You will notice that the voice of Cow varies slightly, in speaking to Dog, from her voice in the original “I lik the bred.” WHY, then, can we not extrapolate that Calfe – who is, after all, a narrator of limited capacity, being only a Baby Cow with a Baby Cow’s simplicity – would have its own variant voice? And why, too, would Cow not speak differently to her own Calfe than she does to an animal peer, or to reverent imaginary auditors? These are experiments within an emerging form – flawed experiments, certainly, but not mistakes ipso facto. Again: HOW DARE YOU!!!!!!!!

[sashayed]

my name is Cow, and as yu see, its worth yor tiyme to studye me. but if yu dont like what yu red, take 2 deep breths and lik the bred.

[lierdumoa]

I am willing to concede on second reading that the syllabic structure is passable, and in that regard I’ve wrongly impugned the integrity of your work, however I maintain that your Frankenstinian amalgam of fake middle English with fake modern American baby talk is thoroughly unconvincing as either middle English or as modern American baby talk.

It’s an aesthetic failure, IMH(inh)O*

You’ve created the linguistic equivalent of a spork — vitiating two perfectly serviceable tools by attempting to fuse them.

Writing ‘till mothere says / do not do that,’ would have conveyed roughly the same idea without feeling quite so awkwardly anachronistic.

[sashayed]

My name is Rave, and I can see you’re bent on pa- tronizing me! ”Anachronistic” frankly seems  a misplaced word  to use of memes. But since you want to start that fight, let’s step outside and do this right.

Dude: if you want  to not get wrecked you’d better get  your facts correct.

Like, “Mothere,” friend, is not a word that Geoffrey Chau- cer ever heard.* (N.B.: *”Mooder” would be period-accurate, and also a good cow word.) What’s more, the “eight- teenth century” has zip to do  with, um, “M.E.” And it’s not spelled “diameter.” What are you, pal, an amateur?

I am not Chaucer or John Donne but if you try to spoil my fun with words you learned in English class –

don’t come for me.  I’ll kik yur ass.

[cinematicnomad]

@dyllyp shared a story on twitter about refugees after the news of trump’s new ban (which has, thankfully, for the moment been stayed by a federal judge)

[unpretty]

thank god for the mythbusters though because it used to be that whenever i knew i had insomnia i’d just kind of accept it and stay up doing whatever until my morning classes and spend the day feeling like shit

but then they did an episode where they established that even just fucking laying there for a half hour, not even sleeping just laying there and not even for an hour, makes a significant difference and you’ll feel way better

it has made a huge difference in my life to know that it’s okay if i can’t fall asleep, it takes a lot of the pressure off and ironically helps me fall asleep better

[inkstainedchocolateeyes]

…i did not know this, thank you

[unpretty]

If anyone wants to look it up, the episode was specifically the Deadliest Catch crossover ep, and the myth was that it’s better/safer when working a 30 hour shift to take a 20 minute nap every six hours rather than try to power through. They did an obstacle course test, one without naps and one with, and even though they couldn’t even sleep half the time the naps resulted in their scores doubling.

So actually I undersold it, even if it’s 7:40 and your alarm goes off at 8 just lie down and shut your eyes and it will still be better than nothing

[inkstainedchocolateeyes]

bless you i wish i had known this in college, but oh well

[pepoluan]

THIS NEEDS TO BE REBLOGGED ALWAYS

[wilfrey]

i’m not familiar with the episode, but once I realized this in my personal life sleeping/resting became a lot easier. i always tell people that laying down and napping are so important

[archiemcphee]

Behold, the noble raptor, fine of feather and googly of eye. Redditor and falconer dirthawker0 put a pair of googly eyes on the hood for this juvenile Harris hawk with awesomely hilarious results.

“The first time I put googly eyes on my bird’s hood I laughed so much I could hardly breathe. And they’re always turning their heads left and right, so the eyes really seem like they’re looking around.”

[via /r/eyebombing]

[merswine]

@hawk-feathers you get over here right now and get on this

[micdotcom]

Here’s advice from a congressman on how to actually enact change during the Trump presidency. Rep. Steve Israel sat down with us to lay it all out:

[redrubied]

MESSEGE. THIS.

[blueandbluer]

This message is ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT FOR US WHITE FOLKS. We have the ability to be civilly disobedient in ways that get PoC shot and arrested. Let’s use that privilege and act up and make noise.

[girlbossjodiarias]

Please inagine the PR nightmare of 100 people showing up to a town hall and demanding to know why a representative didn’t stand up to Trump.

[disgustinganimals]

[yourgoat]

anointed

[eclipsebykimlipmp3-deactivated2]

what a lovely hat

[disawallander]

realised I hadn’t posted this here yet …

[cindymayweather-deactivated2019]

HOT DAMN. ThAT’S HOW IT’S SUPPOSED TO BE DONE. B99 schooling the police. yall better take notes

[mgnfrt]

Holt/Linetti 2016

[cupcakelogic]

the most important twins in my life tbh 

[otarsus]

Equal opportunity benefits can be far-reaching

https://twitter.com/sarahmei/status/818682610712866817

[bbcwhereareyou]

I’m not crying, you’re crying. 

Ok, I’m crying. 

[new-boot-goofin-deactivated2018]

Hey this woman is one of my coworkers! She’s pretty awesome.

[redsatinsheets]

feminism never taught me to hate men but it did help me realize that i shouldn’t prioritize them over women & it turns out that alot of men consider that to be hatred lmao.

[shootbadcabbies]

he trained him well

[nightlifemingus]

all bugs can be organized into one of three categories: homies, chillers, and haters. hornets and wasps are haters. mosquitos are haters. most spiders are homies cuz they eat shitty bugs, some spiders are chillers cuz they dont really do anything, but also some spiders are haters because they’ll kill you. learn to tell the difference. bees are homies but they become haters if you fuck with them. most beetles are chillers but if they’re the kind of beetle that flies really fast at your face then they’re haters.

[mrbenwyatt]