Last Year I Started Watching Star Trek: Deep Space Nine And It Quickly Became My Favorite But Also Made

For all of the northerners that stood up for Texas during our freeze and said, "Don't make fun of them, they've never dealt with this before. Their infrastructure isn't made for snow and freezing."

This one is for you.

Where I live 108°F with 80% humidity with no wind is normal.

Pacific North West is dealing historic best waves 35-40°C or 95-105°F.

First of all. Don't make fun of them for bitching about the heat. Just like Texas isn't built for a freeze and our pipes burst, Pacific North West isn't built for heat and a lot of their homes don't have AC.

If you live somewhere with a high humidity like 80+ HUMIDITY IS NOT YOUR FRIEND. The "humidity makes it feel cooler" is a lie once it gets beyond a point.

If you live somewhere with a lower humidity, misters are nice to cool off outside.

Once you get over 90°F (32°C) a fan will not help you. It's just pushing around hot air. (I mean if you can't afford a small AC unit because they're expensive as hell, by all means a fan is better than nothing).

If you have pets, those portable AC units aren't safe. If your pets destroy the outtake thing, it'll leak CO2. Window units are safer.

Window AC units will let mosquitoes or other small bugs in. Sucks, but that's life.

Now is not the time to me modest. If you have to cover for religious reasons, by all means. If you don't, I've seen people wear short shorts and a swim top. It's not trashy if it keeps you from getting heat stroke.

If you do have to cover up for religious reasons, look for elephant pants or something similar. They're made with a breathable material.

Shade is better than no shade, but that shit it just diet sun after some point. Don't think shade will save you from heat stroke.

I know the "drink your water" is a fun meme now, but if you're sweating excessively you need electrolytes. Drink Gatorade, Powerade, or Pedialite PLEASE. I don't care if you're fucking sitting in one spot all day. That shit WILL save you from heat stroke.

Most importantly. RESEARCH THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HEAT STROKE AND HEAT EXHAUSTION PLEASE!

If you're diabetic and can't drink Gatorade, mix water, fruit juice, and either lite salt or pink salt

If you can afford it, cover windows with thick curtains to insulate the house

If you have tile floors, lay on them with skin to tile contact. If you don't, laying your head on cool counters works too.

If the temperature where you're at is hotter than your body temperature, don't wear heat wicking clothing. Moisture wicking is safe though.

Check your medication labels. Many make you more susceptible to sun and heat

-Room temperature water will get into your body faster. This is something I learned doing marching band in high summer in Georgia, and it saved all of our asses. Sip it, don't gulp it, especially if you're getting into the red; same goes for whatever fluid you're drinking. And just in general drink during the day.

-If you are moving from an air conditioned space to an un-air conditioned space, if at all possible try to make the shift gradual. When my dad and I were working outside and in un-ac houses a few years ago, he'd turn the air down to low in the truck about ten-fifteen minutes before we got where we were going. This way your body doesn't go from low low temps to high temps. S'bad for you.

-If you can, keep your lights off during the day. Light bulbs may not generate a lot of heat, but the difference is noticeable when it gets hot enough. I literally only turn my bedroom light on in the evening when it gets too dark.

Don't be afraid to just like... pour water on yourself if you need to. The evaporation will cool you off.

Put your hand to the cement for 15 seconds. If you can't handle the heat, it'll burn your dog's paws. Don't let them walk on it.

Dogs with flat faces are more prone to heat stroke. Don't leave them out unsupervised.

Frozen fruit is delicious in water.

Wet/Cold hat/handkerchief on your head/neck will help you stay cool.

Pickle juice is great for electrolytes! You can even make pickle juice Popsicles!

Heat exhaustion is more, "drink water and get you cooled off." Heat stroke is more "Oh my god call 911."

Image Description provided by @loveize

[Image description: an infographic showing the difference between heat exhaustion and heat stroke. The graphic is labeled "Heat Dangers: First Warning." Signs of heat exhaustion: faint or dizzy, excessive sweating, cool, pale, clammy skin, rapid, weak pulse, muscle cramps. If you think you or someone else may be experiencing heat exhaustion, get to a cool, air-conditioned place, drink water if conscious, and take a cool shower or use cold compress. Signs of heat stroke: throbbing headache, no sweating, red, hot, dry skin, rapid, strong pulse, may lose consciousness. If you think you or someone else may be experiencing heat stroke, call 911. End description]

Be safe.

-fae

ART FOR EVERY BOOK I READ THIS SUMMER PART 6: Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

What I wouldn’t give to know what Mr. Huxley was thinking when he wrote this. The book made me pretty uncomfortable (as it’s meant to, I suppose) but I LOVED this scene so I divorced it from the context a little for this comic. Words all come from Brave New World by Aldous Huxley.

So why would you do this to me?

(Actually fantastic headcannons)

Do you think trapper went back home and resumed his life? Any headcanons you have about why he never wrote hawkeye?

In coming Trapper stuff:

I think that when Trapper (and pretty much everyone else) went home, they did do their upmost to try and resume where they had left off, as any of us would.

The war definitely did have impact on Trapper. Most notably, when he was on that plane going back to the states, he was shaking like a leaf and holding onto his arm rest for dear life. If they served alcohol on that flight, you could bet he was knocking them back, as they crossed the Sea of Japan (R.I.P Henry).

When arrived at the airport in Boston, Louise and the girls were there waiting for him holding up a big sign that said, "Welcome Back Daddy!"

And he cried tears of joy as he held Becky and Kathy, which didn't go unnoticed by Louise, who he kissed very passionately (and took her by surprise).

He threw himself headlong into being a father again, and I'm not going to say that he completely stopped cheating (as its heavily implied he was cheating before the war), but he definitely toned it down a bit...was a bit more there for Louise. They also had more kids.

Trapper developed night terrors. When he was awake he was all loving a jokey and "Nah, it's cool. The war couldn't touch me." but when he was asleep, the truth came out. Louise would wait till it was safe to touch him, and then she'd hold him real close and tight. She'd remind him over and over again that he was safe.

I believe that Trapper did leave a note for Hawkeye. He left it inside his hat, but when Frank decided to clean The Swamp, he chucked it. I don't think Frank even saw the note, he just didn't want Trapper's stupid hat there anymore. (It would be in character for Frank to know about the note being in the hat and have that be his motivation for throwing it away, but Frank also can't keep secrets or lie very well, and he would have eventually said something about it to Hawkeye or Margaret with his attempt at an evil laugh).

Trapper also wrote to Hawkeye pretty soon after he settled back at home. Unfortunately, that was right around the time that the army declared Hawkeye dead. Trapper got his mail sent back to him, saying that Hawkeye was dead.

So Hawkeye thinks that Trapper didn't care about him

and Trapper thinks his wartime bestie was killed.

MASH S5E2 “Margaret’s Engagement”

Frank: *to Margaret* Might be nice to have a little youth for a change.

Hawkeye: Is it too late to fake my death?

ART FOR EVERY BOOK I READ THIS SUMMER PART 4: We Have Always Been Here by Samra Habib

I worked hard to cross 6 books off of my 36 book long summer reading list. Yesterday I went to a thrift store and bought another 6 books. The breaking of my curse inevitably leads to its recreation.

Anyway! Does anyone want some pride flag art? Looking for prompts of any kind.

Part 2 of Art for Every Book I Read this Summer: The Symposium by Plato!

(Little explanation)

This is a fairly liberal interpretation of the word ‘fanart’ but it is art inspired by the book I read, which is what I’m going for. The main take away from this book for me was that Ancient Greek philosophers and those three side characters in Dazed and Confused have something in common, and that is that they both represent the way me and my friends get together and have deeply existential conversations for the fun of it. Philosophy hasn’t changed, just the way the philosophers dress.

My queer ass with limited sexual interest and a romantic attraction to all the genders was absolutely flabbergasted when I, at 15, discovered that no one else seems to understand how flattering hiking pants are.

Four days of work

For TWO PANELS OF COLOR

I totally forgot I made these