#lengthening

[bagool-the-wizard]

Before and after petting

[tanuki-kimono]

Here is a great example of how takedashi (=lengthening) looks like.

People in the past had the same issue as us nowadays: sometimes handed down kimono were just too tiny to be worn! (think short mother, tall daughter for example ^^)

It is doable to simply add a long strip of fabric to expand the waist area. When done correctly, this additional fabric is hidden under the obi/in the ohashori fold ;)

[griffinequestrian]

Just a couple o’ snapshots of Mikey’s trot extensions... which scored us 8s! 

[allthingslinguistic]

How many times people repeat the “u” in “fuck” on twitter, from a study of how people say fuck on twitter that also includes this excellent set of examples:  

In the case of the f-word, we found that while the average usage was (unsurprisingly) negative, a quarter of the tweets were strongly positive. To illustrate this emotional mélange, we selected nine representative examples at various intervals with inferred sentiment shown in parenthesis. For comparative purposes (and because this is the internet) all of the selected tweets pertain to cats.

- I hate cats.. just evil little fuckers (-0.91) - I just want to go to fucking sleep these stupid ass cats are fighting right outside my window (-0.85) - I just got a cat fucking drunk and he’s abusive (-0.78) - i want a cat now who the fuck am i (-0.49) - Let your cat be a fucking cat. (0.0) - honestly scaring cats is fucking hilarious (0.48) - aye bruh how bout you show yo cats some love too mufucka (0.64) - Cats are just so fucking perfect and I love them and want them all (0.88) - I FUCKING LOVE MY CATS SO MUCH LOOK AT THIS BEAUTIFUL GUY I SWEAR WHAT A SMART LOYAL LOVING ANIMAL GIFTED TO ME (0.96)

[adam-the-horse]

Video of Adam trying to lengthen strides of trot. He is a little bit too rushing sometimes but has good moments too. Anyway it's one of first times we try this. What’s most important for me is that he tries super hard 💗😄