I don't win balloon rides

My name is Mel and I'm currently a Paraprofessional at an elementary school. I'm a loving ferret mom and I have way too many cats. I like a variety of things, including: Discworld, video games, and comics. If you’d like to support me you can always buy me a ko-fi!

[wizardlycatpants]

Donate to Support Mel's Emergency Pipe Repair, organized by Melissa Smith

Hello, my name is Mel and I came home from work today to find out that the water pip… Melissa Smith needs your support for Support Mel's Eme

[wizardlycatpants]

Hey guys I know it’s been awhile since I did more than lurk, but my family is in a bit of a jam here.

Due to the cold weather, our main waterline has burst and it’s going to cost us $3000 to fix.(they have to dig up the sidewalk)

Any little bit helps, even just a reblog!

Thanks for your consideration,

Mel

https://gofund.me/3aacc280

[wizardlycatpants]

I live!!!

And am extremely bored at home due to work being shutdown and my computer being dead!

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did march fucking happen

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march is fucking happening?

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Lord Almighty hows it still march

[terracamilia]

[wizardlycatpants]

Please consider helping out my family, this is my basement right now! We’ve stopped the leak, but there’s a lot of work left to do that we can’t afford.

Click here to support Help needed to fix flooded basement organized by Melissa Smith

This morning (8/19/19) we received a notice from the water company that our meter alarm was going off and we were using about 200 gallons of

[wizardlycatpants]

Click here to support Help needed to fix flooded basement organized by Melissa Smith

This morning (8/19/19) we received a notice from the water company that our meter alarm was going off and we were using about 200 gallons of

Hey guys I know it’s been awhile as I’ve been taking an unannounced break from tumblr, but I kinda woke up to a disaster this morning!

It’s pretty self explanatory, our basement is completely flooded and the old water heater is to blame! On top of that we have no idea the condition of the furnace and thanks to summer vacation I don’t get another paycheck for 4 weeks! I feel beyond defeated and I think I’m in a little bit of shock over how quickly life has screwed my family over again.

Any help would really be appreciated!

[c3rvida3]

Before I even post anything, you can find their work here on Etsy and here on Twitter.

Now, formalities aside, I am upset.

[docgold13]

…after seeing Harley in a thousand Christmas posts…

[homojabi]

Harley is actually from an interfaith Jewish and Catholic family, so she could very well celebrate both Christmas and Hanukkah! But the fact that her Jewish side is so rarely mentioned to the point that no one knows about it is obviously annoying and likely intentional.

[strandbooks]

[draconym]

Possum-sitting.

[badgengar]

The gentle click clack and sniffy noise <3

[nightskytxt-deactivated20220625]

@bile-shroom

[hexalt]

Laurence Philomène is challenging the lack of non-binary representation by photographing her friends as their ideal selves, set against her vivid fantasy backdrops.

[autisticadvocacy]

Large study supports discarding the term ‘high-functioning autism’

Autistic people described as ‘high functioning’ because they do not have intellectual disability often still struggle with daily living skills.

“For years, autistic people have objected to the label, as well as its counterpart, ‘low functioning,’ saying these terms do not reflect how much support they actually need.”

[everythingfox]

Seal of approval

[sunspotery]

So according to an interview with Neil Gaiman in the back of Good Omens, before Terry Pratchett became a full time writer he wrote at least 400 words a day.

I’ve been trying it out for a couple weeks now and let me tell you 400 words is a totally awesome goal. It is very approachable and not intimidating, often leads to more than 400 words cause well now I have to finish this scene. 

Seriously I probably would have written nothing in the last couple weeks, instead I’ve written 1000′s of words. 

10/10 would recommend.

[neil-gaiman]

Terry would be proud.

[femcassidy]

i want you all to know that there is an artist (carmen papalia) who, after he started using a white cane, assembled a 12 foot long white cane and began using it in downtown vancouver. the length of the cane made it functionally useless as a device and the only purpose it served was making him an obstacle for sighted people. dare i say… 2019 goals

[femcassidy]

therapist to sighted patient: long cane isnt real and it cant hurt you

carmen papalia:

[id: a dimly lit photo of carmen papalia using his 12 foot “long cane” piece. he walks casually behind it. the cane takes up the majority of both the photograph and the sidewalk.]

[thevioletsunflower]

Okay I went to a conference where this guy was a keynote and he’s so fucking cool. He’s done a ton of art around disability rights. The twelve-foot cane is really cool, but here are some of my other favourites:

From the series on replacing his cane, this is one where he replaced his cane with a megaphone and would stand at intersections repeating “I can’t see” until somebody would stop and help him cross the street

Another cane replacement, this time replacing it with a high school marching band who would change the music depending on if there was something in the way or not.

A museum intervention where he got people at the MET to go through the museum with their eyes closed and experiencing touching things he’d gotten permission to touch (the floor in this image) and just exploring a visual art museum blind.

The Blind Field Shuffle, in which he has dozens of people form a conga line behind him with their eyes closed and leads them on a blind tour of the city - literally the blind leading the blind.

Wish I could find a better photo, but this is a museum gallery he curated where the works are almost at floor height, making them accessible to children, little people, and people in wheelchairs, but requiring abled people to bend down or sit on the floor in order to see them properly.

In short, this man is amazing and I love his work.

[captainlordauditor]

……okay, that last one is my absolute favorite

[wizardlycatpants]

I forgot to mention:

Today is my birthday!

[assiraphales]

aziraphale: now tell me, who was responsible for the black plague?

crowley: a rat

aziraphale, testier than usual bc the quality of food has gone down considerably and Everyone is dying: oh, so that’s what you’re calling yourself these days

crowley: