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on christmas eve all of my cousins and their partners agreed that i have a resting bitch face which was slightly offensive to me but also amusing and now i'm taking selfies bc i want to test my make up and they were actually right. i do have murderous intent in my eyes.
#some of you may say “i saw you and you don't look mean/scary/rude etc”#<you saw a picture of me and i'm slightly smiling on most of them even if i look like i'm not smiling.#also i rarely look straight into the camera and squint my eyes a bit#anyway this is so funny bc i'm just chilling and yet sometimes i get jumpscared by my own selfies#the default death stare#i'm testing my makeup skills btw bc i'm tired of looking too plain and basic#nothing bad about being basic btw. i'm just bored of it#also i do like a shitty black eye shadow sometimes but it'd be nice if it was less shitty#so i'm sitting and practicing
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hope you feel better soon!
I am riddled with ailments, but I stay silly!
#ask#non mdzs#My health journey has been: Hernia -> acid reflux -> Vocal pain due to aforementioned reflux -> chest infection.#I'm terrified to know what's about to hit me next. Please let it be something kind. PLEASE.#The consequence of living with linguists is that you'll wake up with a wacked up voice -#suddenly you're sitting you down in front of a program called something like Praat having your shimmer and jitter levels calibrated.#They gave me a GRBAS of 33012. I have a fun thing called a pitch break where a whole octave just does not exist.#My vocal pain was bad enough I ended up seeing a speech pathologist and that whole experience was super neat!#I learnt a lot about voice - to be honest I might make a little comic on it after some more research. Fascinating stuff.#For example; your mental perception of our voice modulates the muscles of the vocal folds and larynx.#meaning that when you do have changes (inflammation = more mass = lower frequency)#your brain automatically attempts to correct it to what it 'should sound like'. Leading to a lot more vocal strain and damage!#And it gets really interesting for trans voice care as well - because the mental perception of one's voice isn't based on an existing sampl#So a good chunk of trans voice training is also done with the idea of finding one's voice and retraining the brain to accept it. Neat!#Parkinsonial Voice also has this perception to musculature link! The perception is that they are talking at a loud/normal volume#but the actual voice is quite breathy and weak. So vocal training works on practicing putting more effort into the voice#and retraining the brain to accept the 'loud' voice as 'normal'.#Isn't the human body fascinating?#Anyhow; Now I have vocal exercises and strategies to reduce strain and promote healing.#Which is a lot better than my previous strategy of yelling AAAH in my car until my 'voice smoothed out'.#You can imagine the horror on the speech path's face. I am an informed creature now.#I'm my own little lab rat now. I love learning and researching. Welcome to my tag lab. Class is dismissed.#I'll be back later with a few more answered asks </3 despite everything I'm still going to work and I need the extra sleep.#Thank you for the well wishes! And if you read all of that info dump; thank you for that as well!
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This October Feels a Bit...OFF
Promplist by @/mothscotch 💚
#off#off game#off zacharie#zacharie off#off the batter#bad batter#off enoch#enoch off#off spectre#off spectres#my art#fanart#Starting OFF with this once more hehe#Chances are I won't be able to do the full list; nor do I really plan to; but I wanted to try some reguardless!!#Whenever it comes to promp list I'm a bit intimidated by them so to save myself the stress I don't do them daily if at all#That being said I'd be lying if they weren't fun whenever I do sit down to use them hehe#Also looking for some goretober lists that suit me to practice my hand at the bloody and grotesque#But for now I'm really happy with these simple OFF pieces I have so far!!#Of the joys of fanart creation how I adore you
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11 o'clock today marked the end of nineteen and a half wonderful years growing up alongside my childhood dog, Cody
She went peacefully, surrounded by her family in our family living room. I remember the day we first brought Cody home, all those years ago when I was small enough to sit on the steps outside our kitchen, and I was with her at the very end - stroking her ears and pressing kisses to her forehead
Cody wasn't the first dog my family has owned, but she was the first dog of my childhood. I've made dozens of wonderful memories with her: running on the beach, throwing tennis balls for her, sneaking her bits of my dinner under the table, letting her sleep on my bed and so many more!
I'm going to terribly miss my girl, but it was her time. Cody was old and I'm happy knowing that she is at peace now, I'm grateful that - as a final gift to her - we were able to let her go without pain
I wouldn't change a thing about Cody's life, she was a good dog. Miss and love you always Cody
#I wanted to do an illustration based of the day my parents brought Cody home#I'm so happy I remember it so vividly#me and my sister were sitting on the step outside the kitchen with our grandparents#my mum walked in to make sure we were calm#and then my dad walked in and there she was#my beautiful Cody#she was so excited and pulling on her lead tail practically a blur#she got MANY dog biscuits from me and my sister#she's with our other dogs Zack and Summer now#I hope where ever she is now she can run like she used to#my god could Cody run#Love you always Cody#sona#personal art#palettes art#Cody
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A Heart to Heart
<previous - next>
#Final Fantasy XIV#FFXIV#WoL x Erenville#X'vahl Tia#Erenvahl#huge chunks of dialogue my beloathed...#Lamaty'i like: Maybe I leave out the part where I thought I was going to die......... :3#This might seem like it didn't take very long for me to draft#but in truth it has been sitting in limbo just as long as the one I posted yesterday was#I just didn't want to post a rehash of MSQ with nothing to follow it for another month#so I forced myself to try to get these both out around the same time.#Anyway I suffer when I have to write this much dialogue#especially for a character I don't know as well#but it's good practice at least.#and while these are all supposed to center on Erenvahl#I wanted to get an outside perspective and Lamaty'i's is very important.#Honestly that short story couldn't have come at a better time#Anyway... there's gonna be a bit of a time skip between this and the next one probably#but just imagine that Erenville's trauma cutscene when he finds out about his mom happens between this and the next one#I'm not going to add that scene since it literally happens exactly how it happened in game#a part of me thinks I should for pacing but I'm not going to.
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i finished the kvthm comic i had sitting in my wips forever lol text is lyrics from "if soulmates exist" by nishino kana
open for better quality | no reposts
#kaveh#alhaitham#kavetham#genshin impact#fanart#myart#comic#i didn't feel like coloring this bc it had taken so much time already#so i thought it'd be a good opportunity to practice using tones again!#i was very much planning on letting this sit in my wips folder#but i thought i should polish it up for valentine's ^^#i also watched w.iege and i'm going to pretend that didn't happen#so we are indulging in kvthms instead
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Question for y'all, because I have almost zero experience with babies not old enough to walk and at least say "no" and like, point at things they want and that age is well past the usual baby shower age
#the person behind the yarn#this is not for any particular purpose I'm just thinking about themed baby gift sets again#it's a socially acceptable reason to make near-strangers themed gift sets#and themed gift sets are like one of my favorite things to make I love a good theme#but idk which things are actually useful?#like. I try not to make anything for babies that is not machine washable but other than that idk#I have held younger babies than that briefly but all my actual babysitting time was spent with babies old enough to walk#or with my niece when she was little bitty learning to walk#and that was mostly letting her use my hands as balance while she practiced walking#so that her mom could sit down and eat a meal and rest for a bit#but I was not alone with her and was not like. in charge of her care. I was just her walker substitute lol
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I LANDED TWO LOOPS IN ONE TRAINING SESSION MOTHER FUCKERS!!!!
#look. its not huge but I'm taking it.#i got a couple of almost good back spins too.#concidering how bad the ice was and how busy I'll take the win#loop jump#sit spin however was being a turd#there was a Rhiannon song playing for my second landed loop so thats going on the skating play list#figure skating#adventures in skating#ducky does a skate#adult skater#shells on ice#practice practice practice#i am le tired tho#attempted waltz loop but it didn't work. but i didn't feel like i was going to die either so a small there too i guess
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Are true riverdale fans of the opinion it is a very good and nearly flawless show or does being a true riverdale fan mean being able to mock writing choices
it's long-running serial television plotted a season/half at a time so definitely not even "nearly" flawless.
BUT. i'm not doing combat with the writing team. i'm not actively reading against the text the way i have to in order to enjoy something like supernatural or the 90s robin comics or the fucking sopranos, which are patriarchal christiancore copworld rapeworld white supremacist horrorshows that hate their minority audiences, with like 2 good creatives involved and martyring themselves to fight the good fight on sparse rare installments if you try to approach them sincerely.
riverdale writing staff are like a favorite smart problematic tumblr mutual to me. I don't always like what's on their blog or who they're referencing. but we're in the same community and i'm interested and inspired and i trust their agenda overall, even when i see shit i wouldn't have fucking posted. but bc i'm not being condescended to or actively spited i'm not gonna condescend to or spite them, you know?
i expect rvd to age like twin peaks (another very uneven, highly referential serial juggling a couple of intensely cool metanarratives on top of its core story). and twin peaks fandom mocks twin peaks all the time. twin peaks includes some CLUNKY shit. it's kitsch. it's camp. it has a second season that is largely ASS. james is there. and on top of that it also includes some genuinely offputting-to-me stuff that just bothers me to sit through, even though i feel like i understand and respect what they're going for with it. i just don't want to watch someone sweep the fucking bar for minutes and minutes as entertainment. OK!!?
...so yeah. mock riverdale but in the right spirit. is that an answer? do i sound like i'm chugging the flavoraid koolaid fresh-aid? probably.
#i like the way people mock the flop parts of twin peaks and i enjoy it when people mock the flop parts of riverdale in the same tone#but rvd NOT one of those shows where the fandom is the thing that makes it good by appropriating and rearranging it. like some listed above#riverdale isn't dumb. it's not thoughtless. it's a lowbrow postmodern love letter to trash media and it takes a lot of big risky swings.#and its juggling act does NOT always work in practice. i don't always agree with the tradeoffs it takes to balance like.#the mainline text AND the queer subtext AND the fanfictiony iterative media riffs AND the genre meta AND the actual canonical metaplot#but it really does reward curiosity and close-reading. it's like a little puzzle cube you have to turn over a few times sometimes to solve#i feel judgmental about people who hit 'post' on what's obviously like a very surface level reaction without much thought put into it#ohhh the show challenged you? the show folded continuity over on itself and you can't hang anymore? you didn't get what you expected?#and now you're being dismissive instead of sitting with it? ok. dork.#riverdale#(it's not really that serious. but you asked and i'm feeling so so very earnest about Posting today. love you thanks for asking)#(would love to know what parts you most want to mock. i have my own list. eNdGaMe is at the top of it. jughead's mommy issues era too)
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Okay, realized another thing about me that might be weird and now I'm just curious in general so it's poll time again!
When you were getting to be the age where you could sign things yourself, like paperwork and receipts and such, did you sit down and spend time figuring out and practicing your signature until you had something you liked and were comfortable with, or did you just wing it? Bcs I remember when I was in high school coming to the conclusion that I was Almost An Adult and obviously an Adult must have a nice signature, so I sat down and spent a couple days brainstorming ideas for my signature and practicing different ones until I came up with something unique that I liked and that felt natural, and I still use that same signature to this day.
And I guess I kinda assumed everyone did that?? But when I've brought that up to people they've been like "???" and the only other person I know who practiced his was my fiancé, but only once he became a notary bcs your signature basically has to look exactly the same every time for you to be one.
Also, it bears mentioning, pls do NOT post a picture of your signature here!! I don't want anyone getting doxxed or having their identity stolen!! Explain your process all you like, but keep actual examples to yourself!!
#poll#this isn't bcs I'm wondering if sitting down to practice being a normal adult is an autism thing dwabi#hahah#I'm just so normal
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are you normal or have you written 402,809 words on trobed in less than two years
#personally i am the latter#also like#this is just fic#not including the essays i have sitting in my google docs#you guys it's so silly#my real life occupation is literally being a writer#a screenwriter that is#and when people ask me how i practice writing i'm like#thousand yard stare#trobed community#trobed fanfic#trobed fic#abed nadir#troy and abed#troy barnes
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im so emotionally drained waiting on the news for my cat's bloodwork. on top of dealing with my husband's medical stuff. on top of the political landscape on every corner i turn on the internet. on top of dealing with my period. on top of running on little sleep worrying so much about my cat
#aev rambles#i dont know why today i'm practically grieving for my cat and i dont even have any news yet#just a bad feeling i guess. it just hit me today so hard#i saw him sunbathing in the bedroom and i sobbed. i saw him watching a bird while sitting outside in our patio and i cried again#it's like im preparing for the worst. i hate it lol. im just scared
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December 13 - Glowing Lights
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | ...
#rottmnt#rise fanart#rise of the tmnt#rise mikey#rottmnt mikey#i'm trying to learn how to be more confident with “cooler” tones#it feels so weird to me since i'm too used to “warmer” tones ;-;#anyway i really wanted to just sit in a tree and ignore responsibilities today but i couldn't#so i had to draw little baby boy mikey relaxing instead~#also i hope no one minds that i've practically been using these tags as a mini-journal (if you do i'm sorry)#tei's dec23#teidoodle
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hey guys anon is on come tell me that dumb thing you were too embarrassed to say with your username attached
#i'm braindead from all the projects and practicals i've had to get done these past two weeks and my roommate just left for the weekend#AND i think i'm coming down with a cold again. so i'm just sitting around bored in my gay little loft bed with absolutely fuckall to do LOL#shebbz shoutz#as always remember that anon is a privilege. and now tumblr lets you block anons. so please use this wisely.
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Showering is like dying and being reincarnated as the same person.
Outwardly unchanged, but you went through some shit
#I woke up so drenched in sweat and freezing cold I had to practically flee for my life to the shower#and sit under nearly scalding water for what must have been nearly an hour#all while so tired I couldn't even sit upright on the shower stool#i leaned against the wall and faded in and out of conciseness#i didn't even wash myself or my hair#I just fought to survive#now I'm back in bed#as though I didn't just go through a biblical level Ordeal#i had this thought sitting in bed and it made nearly no sense because my brain is so melted by exhaustion
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In 'vis a vis' Janeway doesn't mention B'Elanna in the list of people who're worried about Tom which implies that B'Elanna didn't report the fact that "Tom" grabbed her arm, called her a disappointment and broke up with her (as Janeway definitely would have mentioned it as evidence of him acting strange if she knew about it) which makes sense on several different fronts but also makes me scream and cry loud enough to break glass.
#it reminds me of that time in 'Alice' (NOT related as vis a vis takes place seasons BEFORE 'Alice') but when B'Elanna says Tom:#'practically assaulted me' Janeway's not taking it seriously at all she says 'that doesn't sound like Tom' and I was like CAPTAIN??? DEATH?#but again that has no bearing on this in-universe bc that hasn't happened yet. REALLY I'm screaming and crying about B'Elanna's self esteem#issues which Steth literally manifested the worst case scenario of#Tom's little gesture when he gets back also goes over so well bc of this in MY mind.#Tom wanting her and Tom being with her is something B'Elanna wants regardless of how he actually acts in their relationship#(as long as it isn't abusive). He rarely puts her first without prompting or complaining BUT...he's a handsome human guy who wants her to b#his girlfriend. Ostensibly. And that's a prize you wanna hold onto.#God I love B'Elanna............#did she tell ANYONE or did she just sit with that interaction alone???#her not telling anyone implies that she DIDN'T go 'hey that's not like Tom! I should inform the captain of this incident!'#and that KILLS me dude...she's not like 'Something's terribly wrong with Tom or maybe that's an imposter!' she's like 'Tom said/did that to#me.' SCREAMING. SCREAMING. TOM. YOUR RELATIONSHIP IS /BAD/ WITH B'ELANNA.
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