Ruminations of the Emparra.

Just a Nerd doing Nerd Things. And maybe also having crises.

[mademoiseli]

The notes are broken. This is what tumblr is all about apparently.

[atonau]

THE NOTES ARE BROKEN!  This has been reblogged so many times, Tumblr just shrugged and said “infinity”

[disconnected-child]

I recognize that canon has made a decision, but given that it’s a stupid-ass decision, I’ve elected to ignore it and indulge myself in fanfic.

[arrowsbane]

Reblogging for that last comment.

[writingdose]

being a writer is fun

[themenacewhowrites]

-4 psychic damage

-4 psychic damage

-4 psychic damage

-4 psychic damage

-4 psychic damage

[beardedmrbean]

[nasa]

Fourth of July from Way Up High! 🎆 

Ever wondered what a firework might look like from the sky?

Astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) get front-row seats to some of the best light shows on Earth—city lights, lightning storms, auroras, and yes, even fireworks. Check out the view!

One of the Expedition 40 crew members aboard the ISS photographed this Aug. 9, 2014, nighttime image showing city lights in the southern United States from some 225 miles above Earth.

Stay curious, stay safe, and keep looking up. Happy Independence Day from all of us at NASA! 🎇

[spider-artdump]

[theemparra]

[theemparra]

Here’s to writing it badly, my dears, the psychological horror that this undertaking is.

[nondelphic]

“how do you write again after a long break?” you just start. that’s the horror of it. you just. start. and then the story opens its eyes.

[theemparra]

This is exactly how it is.

You slide the top off of the box, and all of a sudden the story takes a gasping breath in and its eyes fly open. It lives! It’s a living thing in your imagination! Those wings are stretching and it’s about to take flight again!

[theemparra]

Learn to read.

Life gets infinitely more stressful that way, but at least you know what’s going on.

[curlymcclain]

mary magdalene:

[the-lost-alchemist]

[butts-bouncing-on-the-beltway]

"Just because I'm right, doesn't mean I'm being helpful" is a vastly underrated thought process that I strongly encourage others to get comfortable with

[whatbigotspost]

Hey op thanks for fundamentally rearranging my molecules in some helpful way this fine evening

[theemparra]

My favorite thing to say at work is “I’m not here to be helpful” when someone asks a question to which I have the answer, but the answer is not convenient.

It usually goes something like this:

Coworker: (question)

Me: (answer)

Coworker: “That’s not helpful!”

Me: “I’m not here to be helpful.”

The looks of consternation I get are very funny.

[walmart-the-official]

my favorite part about tumblr is I can release posts into the wild and have no idea whether they’ll get three notes or three thousand notes and frankly it’s none of my business

[theemparra]

“Be the change you want to see in the world.”

Well, I want to see treats when I go into the break room at work, so I guess I’ll be making that change in the world.

[aquilacalvitium]

Write it badly or it'll never be written

Write it badly or it'll never be written

Write it badly or it'll never be written

Write it badly or it'll never be written

Write it badly or it'll never be written

[aquilacalvitium]

Please keep interacting with this post because when I come to tumblr to procrastinate, this shows up again in my notifications and guilts me into writing again

[abbiistabbii]

The Germans really cooked making "Hobbyless behaviour" an insult. It is both devastating, applicable to a wide range of people and behaviours, and doesn't resort to swearing.

Man ranting on the internet about the Superbowl halftime show or complaining that something is "woke"? Hobbyless Behaviour. Girls mocking another girl for not looking right? Hobbyless Behaviour. Mindless vandalism? Hobbyless Behaviour.

It is more powerful than "get a life" or the English "You're Sad" because it gets to the central point of the matter, and that is wonderful. Danke, Deutsch.

[themenacewhowrites]

I just wrote two hundred and sixty-one words, and none of them were helpful for “posting next chapter” purposes.

[bluishfrog]

tumblr irl meetup but we won't say who is who, instead you get a list of all the blog urls that are attending and you have to try to match each person with their blog. You can ask questions but you can't ask for the blog name directly.

it's like crime dinner but instead you gather clues by observing who laughs at which dick joke.