Things I Love This Week

anything I like

[dorkhellbside]

cats love sleeping on or next to you and slowly bake you like an oven roast chicken

[thingsilovethisweek]

This exact scenario has come up multiple times recently. I usually exile the cats from the bedroom for sleeping time… but if/when allowed to remain, this is 100% Ash cooking me sous vide while I slumber (also, knocking the ring dish with my favorite jewelry in it ALL OVER the floor when she gets bored)

[sailoreuterpe]

"Remember when [evil thing] happened and no one cared??"

Actually, many people cared. Thousands if not millions of people cared a whole lot and talked about it and tried to help. Sadly, [evil thing] was drowned out by ten other calamities or crises or human rights violations within a week. And I'm genuinely sorry, but I only have so much energy to give for every new horror popping up constantly these days.

[sailoreuterpe]

Also, sometimes the media is actively suppressing news about [evil thing].

[thedreadvampy]

Everywhere I go I'm reminded how much the desire to punish homelessness and migration and other Undesirablenesses make society markedly worse for everyone

like why is the park locked after 5pm so I can't go and sit under a tree after work? to punish rough sleepers for the terrible crime of being homeless and alive

why do I have to buy a drink, beg for a code and fuck around with an awkward keypad for 5 minutes in order to take a piss? because fuck homeless people

why do I need to provide proof of address and photo ID to do everything? because we had to create a really hostile environment for migrants

why can't you sit anywhere? well because god forbid people sleep when they're pushed out of shelter. can't risk that.

every day governments, councils and businesses make your life worse as a side effect of making vulnerable people's lives WAY worse. if you're ok with that you're a fucking idiot and if you're in favour of it you're a vindictive cunt cause again literally the ONLY payoff for your life getting worse is other people's lives getting worser.

[goth-queen]

[tiktoks-i-enjoyed]

Clip of Lucy Dacus on the Las Culturistas podcast.

[thingsilovethisweek]

She is legitimately so wise and I hope her & Julien are happy every single day

[arianwells]

Madwoman

[fromhersoul]

[hauntedhunted]

kiss this babey

[thingsilovethisweek]

What an actual wolf pack is like

[tetitasdelimon]

top 5 horror movies

-having a job

-not having a job

-applying for jobs

-the job market

-the concept of working my whole life

[sailermoon]

this is how new yorkers @ mamdani

[sailermoon]

[smogwife]

Caitlin Starling knew what the fuck she was doing describing Ser Voyne as obedient and handsome and pathetic and desperate for absolution and making her heart’s desire to be used and made useful, Caitlin Starling woke up and chose gay violence

[thingsilovethisweek]

Noble AND loyal

[layaart]

phosyne, ser voyne, & treila from the starving saints by @see-starling

[thingsilovethisweek]

Yesssssss

[nattousan]

ok so, I approached my local library with a proposal to donate a mural as a way to A: build portfolio/gain practical experience and B: give back to a beloved public institution. The director was very enthusiastic about it and i've been working on it since the beginning of March. Come with me as I endeavor to paint what is in all honesty an excessive amount of birds

I wanted the birds to look like they were actually in the space so first thing after doing the draft was to do a lighting study

after that I covered the walls in letters in lieu of a projector/vr headset bc i have neither of those :) Then i take a picture of the section of wall and superimpose the lineart over top of it so I can pencil in the lines

et voila

and that was a whole week on it's own so next comes the paintin' >:)

[nattousan]

and now, the birds

Birds 1 and 2/14: Red Winged Blackbird, Male and female, Agelaius phoeniceus

[nattousan]

Bird 3/14, American Robin, Turdus migratorius

[nattousan]

hoo boy, ok *out of breath*

GIVE IT UP FOR BIRD NUMBUH 5, THE CANADIAN GOOSE, Branta canadensis!!!!

this guy took me about 4 days to completely finish, all of those freakingk coverts were a bear to render

[nattousan]

speaking of obnoxious coverts:

bird 5/14, Bluejay, Cyanocitta cristata

the friggin stripes almost got me chat, i may not make it

[nattousan]

Madam....

[nattousan]

birds 6 and 7: American Goldfinch, Spinus tristis, male and female

pleasantly simple to paint! next is the flickerrrrr

[nattousan]

*melts into goo*

BIRD NUMBER 8, (yellow shafted) NORTHERN FLICKERRRRR, Colaptes auratus

genuinely made me start questioning my sanity around day 3, it's half the size the of the goose, WHY did it take me 4 days to finish??

nothing but pain and suffering, i'm sure hope the next bird will be much easier and with FAR less barring :)

[nattousan]

in other news, I am losing my mind hairline

[nattousan]

SHE'S DONE!!

Bird number 9: Red-tailed hawk, Buteo jamaicensis

my chains are broken i am FREE. although i did have a great deal of fun with this, the barring on the wings itself took me like four days and i am READY to move on

this was a week and a half of continuous work so please excuse me for getting a little emotional in the bg 🙏

[nattousan]

*does a little jig*

BIRD NUMBER 10!!! The Male Mallard Duck, Anas platyrhynchos

the male and female ones are gonna be posted separately bc they're taking a lot longer lol but yea! super happy i was able to capture the iridescent green of the head, i found metallic green and blue paint at a craft store that really made his head POP. it looks better in person i promise

ALSO!! As this is the 10th one, BIG announcement. The end is in sight!!!!! I plan to finish within the next 3 weeks and there will be a small dedication ceremony/ unveiling happening at the library to commemorate its completion on the 16th of May. If you live in the Western New York region and want to check it out for yourself shoot me a dm!

Also thank you everyone for your kind words and support throughout this whole process, it's been a genuine treat thinking there are potentially thousands of you out there cheering me on while I paint this 🥹

[nattousan]

aaaand another one bites the duck,

we're movin right along with bird numero 11!! The lady Mallard!! Anas platyrhyncos

the 16th is looming in the distance so i'm trying to get thru these as quickly as i can so i can have as much time for the GBH as possible. i still need to do the names next to all of them so i've got about a week and a half to finish everything which is GREAT because i have adhd and nothing gets my ass in gear like a fuckin deadline, let me tell you

[nattousan]

power couple that they are, here's bird number 12 and 13,

the Northern Cardinals, Cardinalis cardinalis

and NOW that they are complete, ITS GO TIME, in the next five days (library's closed for mother's day 😭😭) i need to have the GBH fully rendered, the names of the birds vectored, weeded, masked, applied to the wall, and then painted, plus additional cattails throughout. I may be able to get away with just getting the GBH done in time for the unveiling and then just have the names and cattails added later, but i'm gonna really try to get it all done in time. BUT, i have a plan. Part of why i take so long on these is because i really am just figuring it out as I do it lmao. there have been many a time where i am sitting on top of the ladder googling "how to paint birds" but I think if i take the time tomorro to do all that figuring out how to approach it beforehand, this will go a lot faster. I may also recruit some of my artist friends to help with the placing of the names... hrmm we'll see.

Anyways, shout out to the librarian who tracked down exactly the thing i needed so i could figure out where to place the highlights in my birds eyes, ur the real mvp

[nattousan]

thanks for the reminder, kid

[nattousan]

at long last, we've reached the end...

Bird number 14 out of 14,

The Great blue heron, Ardea herodius

thank you to everyone who reached out or got excited about this project, it genuinely gave me the fuel i needed to keep going. In total, the 480+ total hrs it took me to cover this wall pales in comparison to how long its expected to spend on there, hopefully imparting a sense of beauty and love for the natural world to the next generation and here's hoping i'm only getting started with these.

i'll see y'all soon :')

[thingsilovethisweek]

This is absolutely incredible

[softwaring]

[blondebrainpowered]

A Hare in the Forest, ca. 1585

Artist: Hans Hoffmann

[thingsilovethisweek]

It reminds me a bit of Sally by Beth Van Hoesen who I think of as “my bunny”. This is because a print of Sally has hung in whatever bedroom I’m in for literally my entire life (except for a year-ish when I was in the process of moving my stuff from Philly to Chicago). I love her, and I’m weirdly very attached to her watching over me.

(Her permanent home is in the Portland Art Museum and I WILL visit her one day in person)

[boomer-mythology-destroyer]

[tfemflightinstructor]

You can do this in airplanes actually and lemme tell you. It gets . Heated.

The argument between a 70 year old man who hasn’t had a biennial flight review in 40 years who cuts off a cfi who has 250 hours and trained at a 141 school that prioritizes check-ride pass rate over actual Skill building is one of the most heated arguments over radio you will Ever hear.

Both are in the wrong and both think they’re the sky god’s gift to aviation and will argue always forever and ever

[tfemflightinstructor]

Tags by @scrubdowner is SENDING ME

[fisher309]

Both citing unrelated regulations at each other

[thingsilovethisweek]

I am again asking everyone to listen to Cabin Pressure

[yearofdoodles]

When your asshole mentor knows your Dark Secret but literally could not care less... happened to my good friend Dinios Kol

- inspired by this post by @capricciosso

[wwillywonka]

just finished a drop of corruption! surprised that tumblr isn't more into the shadow of the leviathan series, especially because it has such compelling characters, both of whom are deeply autistic-coded and queer (okay, ana isn't canonically queer but she is. to me). highly recommend for holmesian fans, especially if you wish holmes was a woman lmao. no spoilers but ana fulfills so many of my favourite "character vs. the myths they've created around themselves" themes. need more fanart of her immediately.