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Circumstances

A backup account in case the other evaporate, you can find me lurking

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3 months ago

unrelated to my last post what do you think each sinners dynamic would be in the omegaverse?


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3 months ago

WHAT THE FUUUUUUCK ME ME ME ME ME ME

3 months ago

Mom Adopts a “Dog”

So y’all keep blowing up my notes with the various Family Lore stories I’ve been telling, so I guess I should tell one on my parents now.

My Mother’s Father was part of the United Auto Worker’s Union, and during the 50′s and 60′s, was on strike a lot. My point is, grandpa got himself an entirely deserved reputation for being a sucker who loved animals, so people would dump thier pets on him. Hence, my mother grew up in a house with pets such as Picket the one-eyed tomcat, Tweety the Bald canary, Dummy the cat, Stupid Son of Dummy, Spooky Garbage Dog and Chiquita the Tarantula.  Eventually Grandma put her foot down when Grandpa brought home Gerta the Saint Bernard.

I say all this because it provides some context for how the following occured.

Mom and Dad had just moved in together (my parents dated for six years and were engaged for 13 days, driving everyone on both sides insane), and unfortunately, My mother’s German Shepherd, Cops, has just passed away due to bone cancer.  After mourning for a bit, Mom and Dad decided to get a dog together, as a couple.  

For context, my father had never owned a dog in his life.  His mother had ‘Pretty Bird” the budgie as a child but parrots are alien life forms, not pets.

So they go to the Palo Alto Animal shelter to adopt.  The year was 1987, and at the time, Palo Alto was… not a great place.  Lots of drugs, gangs and poor civic managment.  Mom told me that she learned to identify different types of gunfire while living there. They get there, and mom explains that she’s always had a preference for Big Dogs, and the guy’s face lights up.  Oh Yes, he says, We have a Big Dog.  For expirienced owners, yep, adoptable today, here we’ll give you a discount even-

Somehow my parents were not suspicious about this.

They were shown to the Animal in question, a Gorgeous blue-sable beastie with pretty golden eyes who immediately pressed herself against the fence and gave them the best PUH-LEEEEEEASE TAKE ME HOME puppy eyes 100lbs of canine can do.  Mom and Dad fall in love instantly.  They sign all the paperwork and take her home for $10, and name her “Mazel” as in “Mazel Tov.”

Within the hour, it becomes clear that something is amiss.

Cops had lived with his kibble stored in a plastic garbage can in the garage for six years without incident.  Mazel figured out how to open doors and got the locking lid off the can in six minutes, horking down about four pounds of the stuff before my mother notices that it’s been weirdly quiet.  Most dogs bark at or chase squirrels.  Mazel stalked and caught one the second day, presenting it to my mother like an offering.  Mazel knew all her commands but would clearly stop to consider before obeying, and trained my dad to give her good treats within a week.  The locks on the side-yard gate were undone, and she took a stroll around the neighborhood, but always retuned home for dinner.

After a week of gradually realizing that Mazel was smarter than most of the professors my mom worked with, they took her to the Vet for a routine checkup.

Dr. Hamada walked into the exam room, dropped the clip-board and said “Where the HELL did you get a Wolf?”

After a bit of prodding and a very-angry-dr.hamada-calling-the-pound, they determined Mazel was a high-content hybrid, probably with a husky, but was going to be a lil shit her entire life.  OK, said Hamada, I don’t like destroying animals and you’ve got a lot of expirience with dogs, so I’m okay with letting you keep her, but you should keep her away from small children because her Prey Drive could kick in.

Two years later, mom got pregnant with me.

Mazel noticed instantly, and reacted by digging a large hole in the yard and catching even more squirrels for mom, because she needed the protein or something.  That what you do when the Alpha Bitch is preggers, right?  Dig a den and ply her with food?  On the advice of my grandmother, my mom stayed overnight at the hospital once I was delivered, and dad went home with a shirt that had moms and my scent on it.  Mazel spent the whole night puzzling over it.

The next morning, when mom came home with me, there was the sudden and instantaneous recognition of PUPPY!!!!!! :D:D:D!!!!! PUUUUUUUPPY!!!!!!  and Mazel turned into the most aggressively maternal being I’ve ever met.  Playing with me on the blanket, sitting under my chair at meals (I was a messy eater), sleeping under my crib, teaching me to walk by letting me hang onto her fur and shuffle around.

Dr. Hamada thought mom was a madwoman, until he saw me holding Mazel’s mouth open and sticking my face in so i could look at her teeth.  He gave up when my mom announced she was pregnant with my sister.

I’m making living with a Wolfdog sound awesome, but it did come with some drawbacks:

Mazel did have to be muzzled at the vets, because she had Opinions about having things stuck up her butt.

HAIR.  One of my chores growing up was to brush her out every week and I’d frequently end up with more hair than animal.

the only way we could reliably get her to stay in the yard was with an overhead tether with a STEEL cable, which she chewed through anyway.

Do you like waking up by being hit in the face with half a dead animal? No? Wolfdogs may not be for you.

More than capable of opening the fridge and eating everything if you’re not watching

Will get into everything if not otherwise occupied.  Including eating your tax forms.

Howls along with sirens at 4 AM.

PROS of growing up with a wolfdog, as a small child in the 90′s

I was afforded a degree of freedom normally associated with a pokemon trianer. It was no big deal for me and my sister to walk three miles through my not-really-good neighborhood to the Froyo if I took Mazel with us. People tended to leave us alone when we had 100lbs of overprotective Apex Predator following us around.

WINNING at Pet Day at school.  There wasn’t actually a compettion but Billy’s hamster sucks in comparison to an animal that is perfectly willing to demonstrate how she can snap an oak branch in half on command.

PTA moms losing their shit because Mazel would walk down the block by herself to come pick ups up from school.

Grew up associating the word “Bitch” with teeth and the willingness to rip an asshole’s face off for being rude.  Never changed the definition.

Learned the I-Own-This Strut and Murder-Stare from the absolute best.

When she was 17, Mom and Dad decided to add another room on to the house.  They rigged up the overhead tether so she could be outside but not underfoot for the contruction guys.  One morning, mom came out to notice them all milling in the side yard entrance, muttering worriedly.  When mom asked what was wrong, one of them explained that Carlos forgot to bring the Hamburger.  What do you need a hamburger for?  Asked mom, and they pointed down the side yard to where Mazel was sitting, doing her best Viscious Alpha Bitch Stare.

Apparently they’d never realized that she was on the VERY end of her tether there and couldn’t actually get to them, and had been scamming them for a big mac a day for a month.  Mom had my six-year-old sister pull her away to show she wasn’t dangerous and tired her best not to laugh but kind of failed.

Mazel ended up living to be 19 and a half, and except for some minor arthritis, remarkably hale until the day she passed away in her hole in the back yard while taking a nap.  I maintain that Death had to wait until she was sleeping to get a crack at her, or she would’ve taken his scythe for a chew toy.

3 months ago
Digital art comic in greyscale with spots of colour.
Panel 1: Two versions of the author avatar stand next to each other. 
Avatar 1, pointing at the other: "Okay, so... I really want to explain this..."
Avatar 2, looking tired: "...But at the same time it's annoying and I don't wanna, because I've never been able to figure out the right words to describe it clearly."
Panel 2. 
Avatar 2: "So here's *a* way of putting it:"
Panel 3.
A person with two other people on either side of them in thought clouds. Text: "If you're not familiar with plurality, broadly speaking it's when one body houses multiple people." Author Avatar: "I'm not an expert on any of this, so don't quote me."
Panel 4. 3 people with similar hairstyles and very different attitudes stand in spotlights. Text: "The most common depiction in media is multiple separate, distinct personalities." Caption text: "*Not often portrayed realistically or sympathetically, but that's a different conversation."
Panel 5. Multiple faces with different expressions overlapping each other a little. Text: "It *can* work something like that, but it can also be more nebulous. Plurality, like a lot of human brain stuff, is a spectrum."
Author Avatar: "And I'm a lot more on the nebulous end."
Panel 1. Two versions of the author avatar stand beside each other.
Avatar 1: "The plurality term for this kinda thing is "median". In my case, we don't really have distinct "selves" with isolated experiences or memories."
Avatar 2, holding colourful shards: "For me, it's more like overlapping pieces of glass."
Panel 2. Colourful shards overlapping. The shape of a person is traced on them, not quite matching up. 
Text: "Everything kinda lines up to form a single image... but the pieces don't actually all fit together, they can change from moment to moment, and there's a lot of shifting around."
Panel 3. Avatar, looking a little tired: "So yeah, it's incredibly hard to describe. (As evidenced by how quickly that metaphor fell apart.) But the best words I've found for it come from Steven Universe:"
Panel 4: The avatar filled with colours and divided like stained glass, smiling and holding a heart made of multiple pieces. Text: "I am not one person. I am not two people. I am a conversation."
Panel 5: The avatar points to the side, where another man in a sleeveless black hoodie is leaning in to wave.
Avatar: "Also Cal's here."
Cal: "Hi."

on plurality.

3 months ago

Is arson still alive

I need to super glue his charging cord to the port cause the plastic casing is still broken and he keeps shutting off while I'm writing. But ye he's alive

3 months ago

I just find it so interesting how Gempa and Solar are also opposite in a way. They both wear gold, yet one is black, one is white. Gempa is part of the Ori Trio, Solar appeared last of the bunch.

Hang Kasa, who fought for justice. Rek’taka, who went and became corrupt.

The earth right beneath our feet, the sun far away in the sky.

People should expend on them more methinks. Gold duo is just a goldmine for tragedy


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3 months ago
YOU KNOW WHAT DAY IT IS
YOU KNOW WHAT DAY IT IS

YOU KNOW WHAT DAY IT IS

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3 months ago

I was wondering what the heck does Blue Star symbolize in PM lore until-

I Was Wondering What The Heck Does Blue Star Symbolize In PM Lore Until-
I Was Wondering What The Heck Does Blue Star Symbolize In PM Lore Until-

Oh wings…


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3 months ago

Hello🤗❤️

I hope you are well🌹

Can you help me get my voice heard

and share my family's story?🙏🏻

Can you Reblog my pinned post from my blog or donate 10$?

By helping to reblog my story, you could

save a family from death and war.🌹

Thank you very much🌸

🕊️❤️🌹🙏🏻

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3 months ago
Most Blessed Type Of Fandom Experience Tbh

Most blessed type of fandom experience tbh

3 months ago

ANDDD you can kiss robots and should do so frequently btw

4 months ago
crochet pokemon stakataka

This one is more off model than I typically do but I'm not so upset about it because this is the 5th approach I did that was the least tedious, even considering I did embroider eyes for the blocks inside the walls that you would never see unless you looked under:

crochet pokemon stakataka view from below showing the dozens of embroidered eyes inside of the walls

Plus the front facing eye blocks plus can flip in place

crochet pokemon stakataka with two bricks in the front flipped to show the eyes
crochet pokemon stakataka with the previous bricks flipped the other way so the eyes are inside and the gray side is showing instead

Also I chose to put together the bricks that make up the legs in a way that they each can rotate in place at the expense of being able to stand very well

4 months ago

Hello🤗❤️

I hope you are well🌹

Can you help me get my voice heard

and share my family's story?🙏🏻

Can you Reblog my pinned post from my blog or donate 10$?

By helping to reblog my story, you could

save a family from death and war.🌹

Thank you very much🌸

🕊️❤️🌹🙏🏻

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4 months ago

@mai-avery

@vanillaxoshi

@zi-lins

@blue-reimu

And to all my moots. You guys are awesome

Reblog this to sprinkle some love on prev!

Reblog This To Sprinkle Some Love On Prev!
4 months ago

Reblog to put one of these in your mutuals’ pocket when they’re not looking

Reblog To Put One Of These In Your Mutuals’ Pocket When They’re Not Looking
Reblog To Put One Of These In Your Mutuals’ Pocket When They’re Not Looking
4 months ago

more on writing muslim characters from a hijabi muslim girl

- hijabis get really excited over pretty scarves - they also like to collect pins and brooches - we get asked a lot of questions and it can be annoying or it can be amusing, just depends on our mood and personality and how the question is phrased - common questions include: - “not even water?” (referring to fasting) - hijabis hear a lot of “do you sleep in that?” (we don’t) and “where is your hair?” (in a bun or a braid, usually) - “is it mooze-slim or mozzlem?” (the answer is neither, it’s muslim, with a soft s and accent on the first syllable) - “ee-slam or iz-lamb?” (it’s iss-laam, accent on the second syllable) - “hee-job?” (heh-jahb, accent on the second syllable)

- “kor-an?” (no. quran. say it like koor-annn, accent on the second syllable) - people tend to mess up our names really badly and you just get a sigh and a resigned nod or an awkward smile, maybe a nickname instead - long hair is easy to hide, short hair is harder to wrap up - hijab isn’t just covering hair, it’s also showing as little skin as possible with the exception of face, hands, and feet, and not wearing tight/sheer clothing - that applies to men too, people just don’t like to mention it ( i wonder why) - henna/mehendi isn’t just for special occasions, you’ll see people wearing it for fun - henna/mehendi isn’t just for muslims, either, it’s not a religious thing - henna/mehendi is not just for women, men also wear it, especially on their weddings - there are big mehendi parties in the couple of nights before eid where people (usually just women and kids) gather and do each other’s mehendi, usually just hands and feet - five daily prayers - most muslim kids can stutter through a couple verses of quran in the original arabic text by the age of seven or eight, it does not matter where they live or where they’re from or what language they speak natively - muslim families tend to have multiple copies of the quran - there are no “versions” of the quran, there has only ever been one. all muslims follow the exact same book - muslims have no concept of taking God’s name in vain, we call on God at every little inconvenience - don’t use islamic phrases if you don’t know what they mean or how to use them. we use them often, inside and outside of religious settings. in islam, it is encouraged to mention God often and we say these things very casually, but we take them very seriously - Allahu Akbar means “God is Greatest” (often said when something shocks or surprises us, or if we’re scared or daunted, or when something amazing happens, whether it be good or bad; it’s like saying “oh my god”) - Subhan Allah means “Glory be to God” (i say subhan Allah at the sky, at babies, at trees, whatever strikes me as pleasant, especially if it’s in nature) - Bismillah means “in the name of God” and it’s just something you say before you start something like eating or doing your homework - In Shaa Allah means “if God wills” (example: you’ll be famous, in shaa Allah) (it’s a reminder that the future is in God’s hands, so be humble and be hopeful)

- Astaghfirullah means “i seek forgiveness from Allah” and it’s like “god forgive me” - Alhamdulillah means “all thanks and praise belong to God” and it’s just a little bit more serious than saying “thank god” (example: i passed my exams, alhamdulillah; i made it home okay, alhamdulillah) - when i say we use them casually, i really mean it - teacher forgot to assign homework? Alhamdulillah - our version of “amen” is “ameen” - muslims greet each other with “assalamu alaikum” which just means “peace be on you” and it’s like saying hi - the proper response is “walaikum assalam” which means “and on you be peace” and it’s like saying “you too”

4 months ago

Hello🤍👋 I am Jad from the Gaza Strip .. When I left Gaza my family was worried about sending me to a far away university, now I feel scared for them and afraid of losing them 😮‍💨💔and I can't help them and they can't help me.🥲💔 It's like we are living a nightmare and everything that is happening is far from reality. Human life cannot be this cheap! We are losing huge numbers of children, youth and women every day😓💔.. one dounation or share this ask Make a difference✨️🤍 https://gofund.me/f31b8954Ask nerialter a question

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4 months ago
4 months ago
African Peach Moth (egybolis Vaillantina) | Source
African Peach Moth (egybolis Vaillantina) | Source
African Peach Moth (egybolis Vaillantina) | Source
African Peach Moth (egybolis Vaillantina) | Source
African Peach Moth (egybolis Vaillantina) | Source
African Peach Moth (egybolis Vaillantina) | Source

african peach moth (egybolis vaillantina) | source

4 months ago

Ya know how you responded to the thing about nothing there in cotl well can you tell me what white night does there (I want to see a meme of it if thats ok)

And might I also inquire what the bishops think of this?

You may have gotten the wrong person somehow pal. I do know both fandoms however, and can try to answer

It’s gonna start by healing and getting itself 12 apostles. I dunno if it’ll be interested in making a cult- to me White Night sounds more interested in liberating everyone from existence. I think the bishops would be very alarmed to say the least, but WN is like “come join me I shall embrace you”.

4 months ago
Change My Meme (a Replacement 'Change My Mind' Template) - Template Post - Imgur
Change My Meme (a Replacement 'Change My Mind' Template) - Template Post - Imgur

https://imgur.com/a/c2fCE0m

Change my meme (a replacement 'Change my mind' template) - template post - Imgur

4 months ago

the contrabass saxophone is such an absurd instrument

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4 months ago

You wouldn't last an hour in the asylum where they raised me

You Wouldn't Last An Hour In The Asylum Where They Raised Me
4 months ago

GUYS THERES THIS WEBSITE CALLED SETTEI DREAMS THAT HAS EVERY CHARACTER REF SHEET AND MODEL FOR A TON OF ANIME CIRCULATE THIS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE!!

setteidreams.net
4 months ago

URGENT HELP SAVE THE LIFE OF MY CHILD

Dear humanity,

Please Help Me – My Son May Die at Any Moment.

I'm Amal, a mother of three children, living under the weight of the genocide taking place in Gaza. 🍉

Here’s my story, and I’m reaching out with a hopeful heart 💔✨, hoping someone will feel what my family and I are going through.

My son is suffering from a severe and life-threatening injury after being shot by Israeli drones. He urgently needs medical treatment outside Gaza.

URGENT HELP SAVE THE LIFE OF MY CHILD

Time is running out, and we are facing a critical situation. I am asking for your generosity to help us save him either through a donation or by sharing this urgent plea with others

I beg you, i kiss your feet, to help my son. My son may die at any moment

I lost most of my family. I'm afraid to lose my son too 🥺

Mohammed deserves to live a happy and healthy life, just like every other child on this earth.

So I humbly ask you to donate even a little or at least reblog this appeal.

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