#falsefoxes

[optimism-asaradicallifechoice]

falsefoxes replied to your photo “this is my “why the fuck’d it snow so much!!!” face tbh.”

You look so good! Yay for your skin cooperating with you!

dude honestly i spend so much money on vitamins now (a, zinc, selenium, fish oil, vit d but that's because there's no sun and i'm sad, y'know, aaaand garlic oil which is multi-purpose) and i wash my face with this freakin', like, motorized brush thing and i only buy damn organic fancy botanical face stuff but it's like. i am so tired i just want it to be effortless and great and to be able to slap some bar soap on it but no. no of course not. so anyway, i just want like, commendations for wasting my money and swallowing twelve pills with my dinner in order to be less terrible to look at, right, and i get really mad at those people who are like "just wash your face!"

'cause how 'bout i have seventy three products in my bathroom and i have tried literally everything and now i take so many vitamins. so many!!! and i want everyone who can slap bar soap on their faces in the shower to feel truly blessed and grateful and humbled by the absolute gift bestowed upon them by genetics.

(as you can tell i am v passionate about this problem)

and. ahem. of course, thanks, yo.

[dklogaround]

Happy birthday!!!

THANK YOU!! :D

[optimism-asaradicallifechoice]

falsefoxes replied to your post “falsefoxes replied to your post “falsefoxes replied to your post...”

that's fair! I was hesitant to start playing and I didn't until I had lived on Oahu for three years and taken some Hawaiian history, but the ukulele is actually based off an old Portuguese instrument so you're probably a-ok!

see, that's another thing i didn't know! always learning and shit. nice. i love it.

[optimism-asaradicallifechoice]

falsefoxes replied to your post “falsefoxes replied to your post “falsefoxes replied to your post...”

I'm not Hawaiian so obvs not an authority on it, but from what I've read, playing the instrument is okay? The issue is playing Hawaiian music w/o any understanding of the history and language of the music bc that's disrespectful & can be sacrilegious

this is actually very good to know! many thanks for the info. sometimes i just find myself wondering if something that i don't realize is offensive or upsetting is...offensive or upsetting, y'know? it's not a matter of "i can't like this thing anymore", but more like i wanna be critical and aware of what i'm consuming and enjoying, yeah?  

[optimism-asaradicallifechoice]

falsefoxes replied to your post “falsefoxes replied to your post “the uke is taking over the world....”

I agree w/ you. I noticed a lot more once I started playing (prob bc I was more aware of what it sounds like tbh) but I think it's definitely becoming more mainstream

probably it's because i spend too much time thinking, but i've thought about if it's somehow not-cool? like tbh i don't know enough about the history of the instrument itself to form a valid opinion, but it's hawai’ian, right? and i have this mental image of it originating in a cultural context, but i don't know if it did or if any native hawai'ians would find it bothersome for others to play it? and you lived there! is that a thing?

i mean, everything has an origin, and lots of things lose their history over time, but i don't know much about it's place in traditional culture, y'know?

i think the same things about white people rapping (cough) and blackwork tattoos and all sorts of shit that i could probably just google, tbh, like. i've gone from "taking everything for granted and assuming it's shareable and unimportant, w/e!" to "did we just fucking steal this thing?!"

SHRUGS.

regardless, the point is, it's EVERYWHERE.

[optimism-asaradicallifechoice]

falsefoxes replied to your post “the uke is taking over the world. everyone’s got a tiny guitar.”

I literally just got done playing for like two hours and these four strings are all my tiny hands can handle

man, yeah. i want one, because i own (and never touch) a really nice acoustic guitar because my damn hands are too small...and tbh i'm a fuck and i don't have the patience to learn to play even though i know it's possible and your hands will learn to stretch, i'm just. nah.

but anyway, it seems like the number of bands i listen to who are either suddenly or consistently incorporating said instrument has gone up from, well, zero at a very significant speed.

is it me? is everyone suddenly hip to ukes? it's a mystery.

[optimism-asaradicallifechoice]

falsefoxes replied to your post: falsefoxes asked:thank you for ce...

same here! sometimes I’m a little wary bc I never know if people want their pictures reblogged unless they specifically say so but yeah! we’re starting a cutie patootie squad; you & me are founding members

well yeah, i mean. if something said "don't reblog"/someone asked not to, i wouldn't, and there are some blogs i follow that post selfies that i don't reblog from because it could be a safety concern for some people?

but it's kinda like an upvote, right? not to say cuteness is the only positive thing a person can have, but like. it doesn't usually hurt for someone to say that you're cute, y'knowww?

i would even see tags on things like 'okay to reblog' or whatever and i'd be like "ehhhh, i don't knowww" but now i've decided to say eff it and do it up, like. EVERYONE! BEHOLD THE CUTE PEOPLE I FOLLOW! BEHOLD THEM!!!

[optimism-asaradicallifechoice]

thank you for celebrating my good make-up day with me!

i have decided recently that i want to be the person who reblogs people's selfies, i never have before because i thought it was weird, but then i was like...well, whatever.

so i'm gonna be that person now.

and all my friends are cute af, sooooooo.