listen2waves
listen2waves
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Kat; marine biology, comics, art, activism, and, I don't know, other stuff
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listen2waves · 4 years ago
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listen2waves · 4 years ago
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So I’ve just started taking ADHD meds to help and even on a low dose right now things are a lot better. So I have something to say.
ALL THIS TIME TASKS WERE EASY FOR NEUROTYPICALS?! I’m sorry?! I spend all the time feeling INFERIOR and like absolute garbage because people could do tasks better than me and it turns out its because for them it’s EASY?!
WHAT THE FUCK?!
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listen2waves · 4 years ago
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listen2waves · 4 years ago
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tiny panther roar
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listen2waves · 4 years ago
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oh my god, hello how are you welcome to my aquarium 
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listen2waves · 5 years ago
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listen2waves · 5 years ago
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Can we hear mars from this rover?
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listen2waves · 5 years ago
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Why do scientists think there could have been life on Mars?
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listen2waves · 5 years ago
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Hi, I read that you've dealt with with impostor syndrome in the past, and I'm really struggling with that right now. I'm in a good place and my friends are going through a lot, and I'm struggling to justify my success to myself when such amazing people are unhappy. I was wondering if you have any tips to feel less like this and maybe be kinder to myself, but without hurting anyone around me. It's a big ask, I know, but any help would make my life a lot less stressful
The best help I can offer is to point you to Amy Cuddy’s book, Presence. She talks about Imposter Syndrome (and interviews me in it) and offers helpful insight.
The second best help might be in the form of an anecdote. Some years ago, I was lucky enough invited to a gathering of great and good people: artists and scientists, writers and discoverers of things. And I felt that at any moment they would realise that I didn’t qualify to be there, among these people who had really done things.
On my second or third night there, I was standing at the back of the hall, while a musical entertainment happened, and I started talking to a very nice, polite, elderly gentleman about several things, including our shared first name. And then he pointed to the hall of people, and said words to the effect of, “I just look at all these people, and I think, what the heck am I doing here? They’ve made amazing things. I just went where I was sent.”
And I said, “Yes. But you were the first man on the moon. I think that counts for something.”
And I felt a bit better. Because if Neil Armstrong felt like an imposter, maybe everyone did. Maybe there weren’t any grown-ups, only people who had worked hard and also got lucky and were slightly out of their depth, all of us doing the best job we could, which is all we can really hope for.
(There’s a wonderful photograph of the Three Neils even if one of us was a Neal at http://journal.neilgaiman.com/2012/08/neil-armstrong.html)
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listen2waves · 6 years ago
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How the media depicts the Apollo 11 mission:
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listen2waves · 6 years ago
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video proof that every creature is dogs
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listen2waves · 6 years ago
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one day you’re just gonna be like “i’m glad i didn’t give up back then”
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listen2waves · 6 years ago
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#same energy
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listen2waves · 7 years ago
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Mistress America (2015) dir. Noah Baumbach
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listen2waves · 7 years ago
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listen2waves · 7 years ago
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For someone who wants to start drawing. What supplies do you reccomend?
I would start with the basics! • A small range of pencils (2H, HB, 2B, 4B…) because you might find you have a preference for hardness. Most brands in art stores are great and inexpensive. There are small differences between them that you will not notice at first.• Paper - this might seem daunting. There are sooo many kinds. I recommend starting with a mixed media, spiral-ring pad. It’s cheap and great for pencil and ink. Watercolour even works pretty well on them. The important thing to keep in mind with paper is to USE IT. I used to get so caught up in the mindset of “well, is this idea worthy of my valuable paper-space?” This is dumb. Don’t do this.• Time - drawing is very time-consuming for me, but I love it. It’s very therapeutic. Don’t forget that you’re supposed to be enjoying this, in theory. Some days you just can’t get into a groove. In those instances, I wouldn’t try to force it.• Patience - you probably won’t be very ‘good’ at first, haha. I mean, you won’t like some drawings. It’s a process. You’ll find your style eventually. 
Drawing has been sort of a life-long friend for me. Always there when you’re feeling down, just as close when you’re feeling super happy and want to have fun. You’re going to love it.
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listen2waves · 7 years ago
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Adorable Transformers cosplay
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