mistaking the stars for house lights

Ruth (they). Thirties. Linguist turned vet tech. This blog primarily runs on a long queue, and has no particular focus, though persistent interests include language/linguistics, robots/AIs, animals, space, and art, occasionally punctuated by liveblogging. More at about and tags. Photo; words. Mobile header photo is mine.

[vulpinesaint]

saying "question mark?" and "however comma," out loud are game changers. punctuation on the go. and it's always the funniest thing that anyone around you has ever heard

[charlesoberonn]

Turns out you can roll a 7 on a d6

but only once.

[dragon-in-a-fez]

WAIT did I never tell tumblr about the haunted space waterpark hotel

[dragon-in-a-fez]

in January 2018, I spent a couple of days in the town of Hutchinson, Kansas for work. I rolled into town and stopped at what appeared, from the outside, to be a normal motel just off the highway.

it was not.

[dragon-in-a-fez]

I should add that I did not see a single other guest the entire time I was there, which intensified the whole vibe.

[headspace-hotel]

There is at least one thing to do in kansas

[alleesaur]

alien cats 💚‼️

[haveyoulistenedtothisalbum-poll]

Tracklist:

I Can See Your Tracks • July Flame • Sun Is King • Where Are You Driving? • Life Is Good Blues • Silo Song • Little Deschutes • Summer Is The Champion • When You Give Your Heart • Sleeper In The Valley • Wide-Eyed, Legless • Carol Kaye • Make Something Good

Have you listened to July Flame by Laura Veirs (2010)?

Yes, the entire album!

Partially, some but not all songs

No, but familiar with it

Haven't heard of it before

Voting ended onJan 4, 2025

Spotify ♪ Bandcamp ♪ YouTube

[theatreocelot]

My proposal for a terrible and inconvenient piece of dual theatre

Basically when the pieces interact, the curtains open and the two plays become one. This would be awful to time and would probably suck mad shit, however I think I should be allowed to try and make it anyway

[dwarvendiaries]

This would

A) Be a nightmare for stage manager trying to sync the transitions

B) Tech and effects would be crying pissing themselves trying to run two shows at once.

C) Adaptation. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern is about 2:30 hours and Hamlet in full is 4 hours but is usually abridged down to about 3. There are also lengthening and shortenings of scenes in Hamlet in R&G. Off-stage scenes need to be synced with on stage appearances.

I’m also legally unsure of how this would work??? To get this produced you’d probably have to prioritize Stoppard text at the expense of Shakespeare

I also agree that this is terrible idea that must be done

[morwentrouble]

agreeing w people in notes that the audience needs to be able to walk around between the two sides of the stage.

this would be a logistical nightmare and a brilliant theatrical coup, I need it thankyou

[bophtelophti]

I was literally in this in 2003!

We didn't just do it on opposite sides of a stage; it was in various rooms of a building that represented the castle of Elsinore (it was a church, but architecturally was a little castle-like) and the audience could walk freely from room to room to see what different characters were up to at the same time: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern fretting in one space, Hamlet monologuing in another, maybe Claudius and Getrude plotting somewhere else, etc. We cut most of the third act of Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead because it doesn't take place in or near Elsinore.

I played Guildenstern. It was great fun. I learned how to fake-flip a coin so it would always come up Heads, just in case an audience member decided to get close enough to see them. (They didn't.)

It was totally a nightmare for the stage manager to keep everybody on track so that the timing worked out. I feel really bad for the actress who played Ophelia, since they did her burial scene outside (in Philadelphia, in December!) and she had to obviously be motionless the whole time.

[duckbunny]

remember when websites were written on purpose, and not generated by autocomplete in the instant you run the web search? anyway, unrelated, this webpage purporting to relay expert knowledge on which plants are safe for my snake's tank just told me I would know if he was biting them and getting irritated because he would start pawing at his mouth.

[tarragonthedragon]

i mean, that sure would be a sign something was wrong

[duckbunny]

the plant that makes you grow extra legs

[tricia868]

My latest quilt (from the Allison Glass Cozy Quilt Sew-Along)

It's a reverse applique quilt. I designed and pieced a rainbow bargello quilt top, then layered it between pieces of black jersey, stenciled and hand stitched the outlines of shapes, and carefully cut away the top layer of jersey so the rainbow showed through.

Here's what my middle layer looked like on its own!

[itsgonnabeoak]

is this anything

[gushism]

the purring of powerlines harnessed onto a plate

[o-craven-canto]

Come to the Human Cuisine Restaurant, we have:

Boiled grain

Flatbread with various toppings

Flatbread wrapped around filling

Fried lean meat

Stew of fatty meat and starch

Fermented vegetable

Oily sauce

Aromatic herbs

Stimulant alkaloids

Alcoholic beverage

[robotblues]

the brothers Area

[friend-crow]

[birds-in-posts]

Kelp gull (Larus dominicanus)

[the-upper-shelf]

badass kingfisher lady!

[night-dark-woods]

ID. A detailed digital painting of a woman with kingfisher wings, long horns, and light brown skin diving into murky green water, viewed from below the surface. she has one taloned foot extended in front of her, grabbing hold of a fish she just impaled with a spear. blood blooms in the water around the fish, and streams of bubbles trail around her. golden sunlight is visible through the surface of the water. End ID.

[syngoniums]

Purple martins on July 4th.

[pitchburgh]

i wish you could laugh react eBay listings. that's not worth $250. you fucking asshole. lmao

[pitchburgh]

you should also be able to do this to job listings

[molabuddy]

does anyone have that reddit exchange screenshot where someone is like "what colour is this mouse??" and posts a mouse who is like in some sort of purple world with confetti around it and the top comment is like "it would be easier to tell if your mouse wasn't at the club" . i keep thinking about & referencing mouse at the club and i cant find it

[flowermist7432]

Here ya' go ❤️🙏

[chuck-wills-widow]

American Osprey (Pandion haliaetus carolinensis) November, Rio Grande Valley, TX USA