Black Pearl Cabin Girl

COMMISSIONS: Closed

[enochianribs]

important personality test: mario kart main, gas station order (candy, drink, chip), animal you were obsessed with when you were 8, lightsaber color, and lastly: vampires, werewolves or dragons?

[tarivin]

Yoshi, aged cheddar & jalapeno Cape Cod chips and a grape Grog SoBe, panther, teal, werewolves.

[skreebat]

Anyone who's been diagnosed for autism, ADHD, ocd, and similar neurodivergencies, what was the process like? If you'd be comfortable sharing

[tarivin]

I grew up with an iep but no diagnosis. In my late twenties I was working at a school for children on the Spectrum and I started noticing so many similarities that I decided to get tested. I found a psychologist in my area who offered testing for adults and started seeing them. The test itself was a mix of answering questions and solving puzzles with the psychologist and filling out worksheets on my own. It was also about what they observed for me during sessions. I was diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) at about 29 years old. Some people asked me why I even bothered getting a diagnosis but honestly it's just to help me understand myself better. Now some of the things I do don't seem so Random or confusing I know that I do them for a specific reason. It's also made me a healthier person because I take better care of my mental health and my physical health and I know now to take care of the little overlooked autistic girl inside of me. She grew up confused by so many things but now she's understood.

[basket-of-loquats]

(you can answer in private if you want) what happened???? i wasn't watching the stream

Basically the crew hyped up a huge important legendary session of witchlight for the last month happening tonight, but then kinda baited and switched us and revealed a new kickstarter project instead and played stardust rhapsody instead. It’s fine and I hope their project goes well and stuff I just think we kinda feel disappointed and I know a lot of people stayed up late or put aside their time tonight for Witchlight so it just felt a little scummy to me personally

[ladadee195]

Well....

that sucks. good for them, cool new shit. I loved that trailer. Fun stuff, saw a lot of reference. But don't bait and switch Witchlight just cause you know people are gonna tune in for it. Thats not cool.

[tarivin]

People made TIME for this Avantris. Not cool. I'm happy for their endeavors but don't bait and switch!

[archaeos]

Hollywood archaeology: Secret treasure! Hidden maps! Ancient tombs!

Actual archaeology:

[ivanaskye]

so I wanted to find a picture of the lobster and

behold! an archaeologist

[urbanfantasyinspiration]

There are many benefits to being a marine archeologist

[tarivin]

Once when I was working on a site in the Caribbean about 70 feet down we kept finding artifacts in tilefish piles. Something they would take artifacts we had plot pointed but not collected yet. I felt so bad any time I had to take an artifact out of their little pills they worked so hard on!

[the-real-nikki19]

a writing competition i was going to participate in again this year has announced that they now allow AI generated content to be submitted

their reasoning being that "we couldn't ban it even if we wanted to, every writer already uses it anyway"

"Every writer"?

come on

[rose-of-pollux]

Reblog if you're a writer who doesn't use AI.

[gracious-midnight]

NEVERRRRRRRRRR

[mikeandwillsweddingofficiant]

even if i write literal shit from my ass i will never use ai

[tarivin]

And another progress update (before I start his hair. HELP ME)

Pattern made with permission from art by @paesthethyc

[tarivin]

Progress update!

Pattern made from art by @paesthethyc

[tarivin]

Finally getting back into Avantris cross-stitch, guess who's coming to the party!

Thank you @paesthethyc for the blessings to use your art as patterns!

[annacaffeina]

I'm stealing this from Twitter

Here's the link

I am a high-definition gateway drug body double!

[homunculus-argument]

Slopestyle metrosexual flesh-eating disease.

[claudiagray]

I am an anti-sexist, self-catering Africanized bee.

[tarivin]

I'm Caffeinat, Blueway, Dungeon Crawler.

[goldenasters]

Happy Halloween! This is what I look like btw

[vampyyprincess]

”spam like = block” yeah ok buddy. when i wake up to tumblr notifs of someone spam liking my stuff i start giggling and kicking my feet

[tarivin]

Someone out there likes the same things as me? OVERWHELMING JOY

[blueiscoool]

Dozens of Amphorae Recovered From Ancient Byzantine Shipwreck in Greece

Excavations of an ancient Byzantine shipwreck off the coast of Fournoi near Samos, Greece are bringing new finds onto the surface.

The wreck has been systematically excavated since 2021 and has been selected for intensive investigation due to the extremely interesting cargo it carries.

The amphorae found recently in the sand near the wreck, along with the wooden skeleton of the ship itself, were in remarkably good condition. Experts believe that the ship’s wooden framing survived throughout the centuries because it was crushed under the rest of the ship and oxygen couldn’t reach it, stalling the process of decay.

So far eight different amphora types have been recorded, originating from Crimea, Sinope of the Pontus region in the Black Sea, as well as from the Aegean islands and the Phocaean region of Asia Minor.

Pottery recovered at the ancient Byzantine shipwreck

The Ministry of Culture said that 170 group dives were carried out during the latest excavations. Archaeologists worked throughout the period to clear sand and debris from the wreck to provide access for experts to conduct studies of the site.

The scattering of the finds on the seabed seems to indicate a partial loss of cargo before the ship sank.

The recovered pottery was particularly enlightening, in terms of the more precise chronological inclusion of the wreck, which can now be safely dated between 480 and 520 AD, probably during the years of Emperor Anastasios I (491 – 518 AD), said a press release by the Greek Ministry of Culture.

Byzantine Emperor Anastasios I is known for his fiscal and monetary reforms, which strengthened the Empire’s coffers and enabled the expansionist policy of the emperors of the 6th century.

In parallel with the excavation of the wreck, findings from three more wrecks at the Fournoi archipelago were recovered, which are intended to be exhibited at the local archeological museum. Among these finds are a giant archaic anchor obelisk and amphorae from shipwrecks of the 6th to 8th centuries AD.

Countless ancient shipwrecks off Greece

There are many ancient shipwrecks across the Greek seas, and archaeologists have found countless historic treasures in these sunken archaeological sites.

In March 2024, the Ministry of Culture announced that scientists have discovered several shipwrecks and other important ancient finds in the underwater, near Greece’s island of Kasos.

These date back indicatively from prehistory (3000 BC), the Classical period (460 BC), the Hellenistic (100 BC to 100 AD), and the Roman years (200 BC – 300 AD) to the medieval and Ottoman periods.

Four stunning ancient shipwrecks filled with artifacts from antiquity and the Roman and Byzantine eras off central Greece can now be explored by amateur divers.

“We plan to highlight our marine cultural heritage,” Culture Minister Lina Mendoni said.

“We have responded to this great challenge by opening to the public a total of four underwater archaeological sites in the prefecture of Magnesia, which will allow Greece to join the world map of diving tourism.”

By Tasos Kokkinidis.

[tarivin]

[happyfunballxd]

The whole OUaW doll collection!

I'm working on writing out the patterns still. I know it's been awhile, I'm just in show prep mode rn, sorry! Thinking about putting them up on kofi or gumroad as like a DWYW sorta deal?

[tarivin]

Torbek is finished!!!

Need to iron him and maybe touch up some shading, but I'm happy with him =)

(Thank you @mochirizu for the use of the art)

[tarivin]

My current Gid Playlist