#and Im a dog

[utterhomestucktrash]

ny questions: 23!

But SERIOUSLY this has been a really important year for me - I started living on my own, I started dating again, I repaired a lot of relationships I had long abandoned, I started LEAVING THE HOUSE 🗣️ ! And at every cusp I was terrified it would only result in my life getting worse, another breakdown, another tragedy - and I won't lie there have been some painful setbacks but at the end of the day I would let my 2024 self know 'You are strong enough for this - you have enough in you to not Just Survive anymore' or something cheesy like that hehe

New Years Asks Here ! 🎉🎉

[ladymirdan]

[wetdogblog]

How does tumblr feel about Primrose

(edit: some folks are asking if this is taxidermy. This is a real living dog, I promise)

[ameba-from-space]

[deadgrantaires]

INGESTED not just chewed on to clarify lol. based on real responses from my groupchat

[bibbysstuff]

[freak-pup]

Accidentally called myself a service dog instead of a service top. I'm never beating these allegations.

[wuucchoo]

waiting for megumi's class to end so they can play ૮⍝• ᴥ •⍝ა

[inkskinned]

i got rickrolled today but it didn't work because i have adblocker installed, so youtube just told me i violated the terms of service. yesterday i was trying to edit a picture as a joke for my girlfriend, and google made me check a box to prove i'm human because i wasn't "searching normally".

it isn't just that capitalism is killing fun and whimsy, it is that any element of entertainment or joy is being fed upon by this mosquito body, one that will suck you dry at any vulnerability.

do you want to meet new friends in your city? download this app, visit our website, sign up for our email list. pay for this class on making a terrarium, on candlemaking, on cooking. it will be 90 dollars a session. you can go to group fitness, but only under our specific gym membership. solve the puzzle, sign up for our puzzle-of-the-month-club. what is a club if not just a paid opportunity - you are all paying for the same thing, which makes you a community.

but you're like me, i know it - you're careful, you try the library meetings and the stuff at the local school and all of that. the problem is that you kind of want really specific opportunities that used to exist. you are so grateful for libraries and the publicly-funded things: they are, however, an exception - and everything they have, they've fought tooth-and-nail to protect. you read a headline about how in many other states, libraries have virtually nothing left.

do you want to meet up with your friends afterwards? gift your friends the discord app. you can choose to go to a cafe (buy a coffee, at least), a bar (money, alcohol) or you can all stay in and catch a movie (streaming) or you can all stay in bed (rent. don't get me started) and scream (noise complaint. ticket at least).

you want to read a new book, but the book has to have 124 buzzwords from tiktok readers that are, like, weirdly horny. you can purchase this audiobook on audible! your podcast isn't on spotify, it's on its own server, pay for a different site. fuck, at least you're supporting artists you like. the art museum just raised their ticket price. once, they had a temporary exhibit that acknowledged that ~85% of their permanent art galleries were from cis white men, and that they had thousands of works by women (even famous women, like frida! georgia o'keefe!) just rotting in their basement. that exhibit lasted for 3 months and then they put everything away again.

walmart proudly supports this strip of land by the street! here are some flowers with wilting leaves. its employees have to pay out-of-pocket for their uniforms. my friend once got fined by the city because she organized a community pick-up of the riverfront, which was technically private property.

no, you cannot afford to take that dance class, neither can i. by the way - i'm a teacher. i'm absolutely not saying "educators shouldn't be paid fairly." i'm saying that when i taught classes, renting a studio went from 20 bucks an hour to 180 in the span of 6 months. no significant changes to the studio were made, except they now list the place as updated and friendly. the heat still doesn't work in the building. i have literally never seen the landlord who ignores my emails. recently they've been renting it out at night as an "unusual nightclub; a once-in-a-lifetime close-knit party." they spent some of those 180 dollars on LEDs and called it renovating. the high heels they invite in have been ruining the marley.

do you want to experience the old internet? do you want to play flash games or get back the temporary joy of club penguin? you can, you just need to pay for it. i have a weird, neurodivergent obsession with occasionally checking in to watch the downfall and NFT-ification of neopets. if i'm honest with you all - i never got into webkins, my family didn't have the money to buy me a pointless elephant. people forget that "being poor" can mean literally "if i buy you that toy, i can't afford rent."

you and i don't have time to make good food, and we don't have the budget for it. we are not gonna be able to host dinner parties, we're not made of money, kid. do you want some kind of 3rd space? a space that isn't home or work or school? you could try being online, but - what places actually exist for you? tiktok counts as social media because you see other people on it, not because they actually talk to you.

there was a local winter tradition of sledding down the hill at my school. kids would use pizza boxes and jackets and whatever worked, howling and laughing. back in september, they made a big announcement that this time, rules were changing, and everyone must pay 10 dollars to participate. when im not scared shitless, i kind of appreciate the environmental irony - it hasn't gone below 40. so much for snow & joyriding.

i saw a bulletin for a local dogwalking group and, nervous about making a good first impression, showed up early. the first guy there grimaced at me. "sorry," he said. "there's a 30-dollar buy-in fee." i thought he was joking. wait. for what? the group doesn't offer anything except friendship and people with whom to walk around the city.

he didn't know the answer. just shrugged at me. "you know," he said. "these days, everything costs money."

[rottenpupper]

being talked to like youre a literal dog>>

"aw puppy you wanna get fucked? want me to talk you thru it? really? go fetch your collar then sweetheart, cant have an uncollared pup now, can we?"

"do you know any tricks puppy? paw? do you know lay down? can you sit? good job! fetch that toy and sit pretty on it"

"dogs cant speak, you know that silly! whine for me instead. good boy"

"can doggy take the knot for me? cmon, push it in pup, bark when it pops in instead of moaning. thats it, good job sweetheart, youre taking it so well for me"

"im gonna let you put it in deeper after you make some pretty noises for me. speak! do a woof?"

[frenchonionsoop]

HUZZAH almost 10 months in the making I present my biggest project so far!! My new bsd stormbringer animatic is UP NOW GO WATCH IT

[callisteios]

i made a character uquiz. i 100% promise you that you will get a character you know AND like

[nothing-impt]

Waiting in two different ways. (To the Anon who asked me to draw Penelope with a doll Ody, your Ask disappeared, but here it is! I thought she would gift it to Tele instead so :D )

Zoom in on Dolldysseus and Dollyphemus under the cut

[wastrelwoods]

one of my favorite laios traits is the way he understands some of his impulses are socially unacceptable but at the end of the day curiosity wins out so he loves to just quietly do something the others wont approve of and hope nobody notices. just tucks something in his pocket for later. monster cookbook. man eating plant seeds. monster sword. monster sword again

[cowboybrunch]

i love when characters get angry when they're frightened. shelter dog characters. i love when they bite, not able to tell the difference between a hand that feeds and a hand that strikes. there is no difference. a hand is a hand is a fist. i love characters that are deemed unadoptable. unlovable.

and i love when someone loves them. i love when someone sits with them, patient. they don't flinch at the snarling and snapping. they're not trying to fix it—there's nothing to be fixed. this is you, all of you, and ill wait. because one day, one day you'll take the treat. go on, draw my blood. spit and curse and rage. you're safe with me. one day, you'll feel safe with me.

[gallusrostromegalus]

It is my regret to inform you that Arwen's health has taken a turn and must leave us now.

She is at least 15 and lead a life of adventure and profound love, and it is my honor to be there for her today.

This is a pic I took just a few days ago after a long and beautiful walk on her favorite trail.

I will be offline for a while and will speak to you all again when I can.

Everyone reading this please go walk your dog or play with your cat or just spend at least a solid half hour with the animals in your life, giving them your undivided attention.

Thank you.