The First Day Of My Hand Drafting Class In My Senior Year Of College, After The Prof Taught Us How To

the first day of my hand drafting class in my senior year of college, after the prof taught us how to frame up on the drafting table and went over how to use the tools we'd bought, he had us all take our pencils and make a mark on the top right corner of the vellum. then he walked us through the setup steps - the border, the title block, etc.

and he told us to erase the mark.

when someone - rosie, i think - asked what the mark was for he smiled.

"if you give a novice student an expensive, blank piece of paper, they panic. they think if i start using that i will ruin it. so the first thing i want all of you to do, any time you stare at a blank piece of paper, is to ruin it a little and take the pressure off yourself. pencil erases. anxiety has to be managed."

i hated that man for a myriad of reasons, but that was some of the best advice i've ever been given.

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5 months ago

Oh man! I'm keeping this forever I live this so much XD

Ozai is so pathetic, like that “take his bending away haha he’s harmless now” trick would never have worked on Zuko, if you took his bending away he’d just grab his swords and come at you twice as hard, Azula doesn’t have swords or anything but she’s pretty good at hand to hand and amazing at talking her way out of problems, Iroh bust himself out of prison with no bending at all, meanwhile Ozai? Gets his bending taken away and then just collapses, doesn’t even try anymore, then just sits in prison and tries to get into Zuko’s head some more, he could have trained up and tried to break out too! But no! Bet he can’t break steel bars with his bare hands. Bet he can’t kick a steel lever in two. Bet he can’t even do a flip.

Also we never really see him do any really impressive firebending apart from when he has magic comet power, I guesss he shoots some lightning at Zuko, but that’s it and Azula is still better at the lightning thing. Azula has blue flames. Zuko can do firebreakdancing and bend with his swords. Does Ozai, who is not 14 years old, have blue flames? No he doesn’t.

He didn’t even do his coup himself, Ursa had to kill Azulon for him! Could have just challenged Iroh to an Agni Kai for the throne but he didn’t bc he knew he’d lose.

And then he only ruled for like 6 years! He lost a war that had been going on for 100 years bc of a bunch of kids.

Loserlord indeed


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10 months ago

I used to wish I get injured because then my mom and dad would finally pay attention to me if I did, newsflash they wouldn't have

Me: You know how when you were a kid and you’d wish that you’d get sick or injured in a way that would justify why you didn’t live up to your potential?

Everybody, apparently: No?

1 year ago

I'm re-posting this cuz I need to have this for forever, 🤣 this is straight gold

emperor kuzco was clearly gay

11 months ago

Honestly, this is both depressing and really heartwarming. One thing I hate most about our society currently is how they convince people that their only worth is in working, and if they can't, they're useless. Like imagine thinking humans only purpose is to basically just be a fucking robot. Man, just make a fuckjng robot then! Don't give me that bullshit. (Not talking to you, btw)

Demons and monsters that torture people because they feed on human suffering are so dumb. People are suffering everywhere my guy go literally any place and take a deep whiff.


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11 months ago

I literally just keep watching this video over and over again, it's great

Tell me this ain't Nicky and Joe. I dare youuu

4 months ago
Black and white comic page. The artist, Feeb, and her friend, a nondescript person, sit at an outdoors cafe table  Narration: [When I explain my situation, people tend to tell me—]  Friend, placing a hand on Feeb’s shoulder: [You don’t need to come out until YOU’RE ready!]  Narration: [Which, I suppose, is not a BAD sentiment…]  Feeb glances to the side, somewhat upset.  Narration: [It’s certainly a better alternative to its opposte.]
Narration: [The thing is, I’ve BEEN ready— for a long time.]  Feeb sits cross-legged at a large window, resting one hand longingly on the glass. A pride flag is draped like a cape over his shoulders.  Narration: [The reason I haven’t come out— is because it isn’t safe.]  A close up of Feeb resting both his head and hand on the glass pane, eyes shadowed over.
Narration: [when people say—]  Speech bubble: [You don’t need to come out!]  Narration: [It’s meant to be empowering, that it’s my choice whether I’m out or not.]  Feeb sits curled up in the dark, the long shadow of a figure cast over her.  Narration: [But it’s not my choice at all.]
Two cupped hands hold some loose change. Tears drip down from above onto the palms.   Narration: [“Coming out” has been less something I could claim, and more like a necessity I could not afford.]

I wrote this comic many years ago, when coming out seemed so far away. Though I know people meant well, it frustrated me to hear “no need to tell anyone, it’s none of their business!” A part of me even shamefully resented those who were accepted so easily, because I knew I could never have that life.

Even though I’ve come out already, I still want this perspective to be heard. It can be really isolating and painful to have to choose between your safety and your identity.

photo of a paperback book laying on a white comforter. The cover is an illustration of a figure floating in blue, magenta, and purple blobs, stars, and shapes. A white beam points at the figure's back, fracturing into a tricolored beam of light colored like the bisexual flag. The cover reads: [WE ARE HERE AND OTHER QUEER COMICS. BY FEEB OM.]

This comic is from my collection We Are Here: And Other Queer Comics, available this weekend at MICE 2024.

11 months ago

I am not immune to magical animal transformation fics. Also, my cat!Danny agenda. So, like, Damian finding a magically transformed Danny, mistaking him for a regular cat, then sneaking him into the manor obviously tickles my fancy. But also, Cat!Danny winning Alfred over by being a complete narc every time one of the bats try to do something stupid while injured is just... *chef's kiss*

Bruce- *trying to sneak down to the batcave while injured* Danny- *looking for mischief, sees injured Bruce swaying in hallway* Mrow? Bruce- Shh. Danny- *slightly louder* Mrep?! Bruce- I will give you all the tuna in the world if you- Danny- *air raid level yowling*


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2 months ago

With severance season 2 around the corner it’s time for me to share the time I accidentally watched 4 minutes of an episode on mute and thought it was a brilliant way to show the sensory deprivation experienced by the innies

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