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A last-minute doodle for Mer-May no water bc I’m lazy as a noodle

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Chinese boi here.

Happy Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, Tumblr!

Throughout the month of May, we’ll be celebrating contributions that Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders have made to our society by recognizing the importance of their accomplishments and shedding light onto their experiences. The APA term, rather broad, encompasses the all of the Asian continent and the Pacific islands of Melanesia.

Our focus will be on immigration, art, music, and activism within the Asian American and Pacific Islander community. We’ll have spotlights from the Asian American Federation, graphics of prominent Asian activists from @18mr, and a story about South Asian immigrants from the South Asian Digital Archive Association.

Artwork by @artbytori

As with any group of people, the Asian American and Pacific Islander community is not monolithic. Gender, socioeconomic status, age, and other intersectional identities mean every person experiences a different journey.

We want to know: How do you celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage Month? Make a post and tag it #APAHM to join the conversation.

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Happy Mental Health month! To anyone suffering from any mental illness, know this:

“If you can’t see anything beautiful about yourself

Get a better mirror

Look a little closer

Stare a little longer

Because there’s something inside you that made you keep trying despite everyone who told you to quit

You built a cast around your broken heart and signed it yourself

You signed it

They were wrong

Because maybe you didn’t belong to a group or a clique

Maybe they decided to pick you last for basketball or everything

Maybe you used to bring bruises and broken teeth to show-and-tell, but never told, because how can you hold your ground if everyone around you wants to bury you beneath it?

You have to believe that they were wrong

They have to be wrong

Why else would we still be here?

We grew up learning to cheer on the underdog because we see ourselves in them

We stem from a root planted in the belief that we are not what we were called

We are not abandoned cars stalled out and sitting empty on some highway

And if in some way we are, don't worry

We only got out to walk and get gas.

We are graduating members from the class of ‘We Made It’

Not the faded echoes of voices crying out, "Names will never hurt me"

Of course... they did

But our lives will only ever always continue to be a balancing act that has less to do with pain,

And more to do with beauty.”

- “To This Day” by Shane Koyczan

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A bit of experimentation with watercolors.

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Sterling octopus carrying glass orb filled with seawater and tiny pebbles.. Link

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A lil doodle

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“Hope can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.”

-J.K. Rowling

Just a lil sketch I made. Thought it matched the quote pretty well.

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allura: keith it’s your first day with BOM you aren’t missing your first mission.

keith: i already said i’ll go on the next one!

shiro: he’s not going to listen. Look at him- he’s probably high.

pidge: he’s definitely high.

allura: i don’t want you going on a mission high, keith!

keith: perfect! then i just won’t go! thanks mom!

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Aaaaand here I go ( I have too much time on my hands lol) Note: at my school, students can join marching band in 7th grade, so I’ll refer to the youngest members/newbies as 7th graders. We also have winter guard and winter percussion!

Voltron Marching Band Stuff!

Space Dad:

-either drum major or low brass section leader

-maybe percussion

-if he’s drum major he gets super mad at people who don’t watch him (pay attention to the drum major, kids)

-but he tends to laser focus on one kid who’s not looking instead of the band as a whole

-actually might mess up his conducting

-the kind of person newbies are afraid of

-but is actually a sassy queen

-spends an hour on his eyeliner

-helps the guard with their makeup

-is honestly too sassy

-one time he legitimately told the football coach to get the football team off the marching band’s field

-got written up

-said “yolo”

-def cries at graduation after 30 min of trying to stay composed

-takes a break year bc he misses it too much

Pointy Chin

- I don’t care if it’s mainstream

-lance is the saxophone section leader

-he literally only plays meme songs

-*cue mii theme played on repeat*

-he’s also in color guard

-you think Shiro is sassy

-nvm that

- is legit that one person on the bus that airdrops memes to everyone (me and my friends)

-but only does it at 4:30 am and 1:00 am

-rifle is his favorite

-he names it Shakira

-prob sleeps with it in his arms

-expects all other guard members to be on his level of sass

-it’s impossible

-can easily do 9s-13s bc he tall af

-cries at his last show (marching and guard)

-actually doesn’t cry at graduation

Emo Boi

-trumpet -period end of sentence Me: *erases period*

-possibly percussion

-if he gets talked into joining guard, sabre will prob be a favorite

-I mean

-it’s a literal weapon

- what do you expect

-has a soft spot for swing flags and performances at football games

-has a shrine at his house dedicated to band/guard (my friend has a full bookshelf for this reason)

-unlike Lance, he has no patience with new people

-“POINT YOUR FRICKIN TOE FOR MY SAKE AND YOURS”

- has hit people with a flag

-only on purpose

-loves trumpet, but can only play high notes

-he gets so mad about this that he spends an entire night trying to find reverse helium in hopes that he can play a friggin low C

-refuses to cry at graduation

Smol Pigeon

-clarinet and flute

-the first time she was looking at the instruments you could pick for marching band, she was instantly drawn to the small ones

- was glad that she didn’t have to carry a huge case around

-decided to not do guard after lance dropped a rifle on his foot and nearly broke it (his foot, not the rifle. I’m not that evil)

-almost got trampled on her first performance

-one time she got her period on a practice day and at one point simply screamed “I MUST BLEED”

-then she left

-came back five min later and everyone was terrified

- she didn’t get trampled next performance

-never chips a reed ALWAYS CHIPS A REED

-is the person who buys like 20 reeds and just goes through them like toilet paper

-like

-HOW

-doesn’t watch the drum major

-has entire piece memorized after looking at it once

-plays both instruments very well except for when she screws up

-then all hell goes loose

-I’m talking about “silence-Times-Square” type of screw up

-you get the idea

-is sad at graduation, but doesn’t cry

Cinnamon Roll

-baritone boy or tuba boy

-everyone’s favorite

-one time he made everyone cookies

-was worshipped for a solid week after

-loves the idea of playing music for people

- heck, if he can make people excited for a football game, he’s content

-loves everything about marching in general

-doesn’t even mind the field turf in his shoes

-is too pure for the stereotype of low brass land

-can circle breathe(look it up)

-takes him a while to memorize a piece -once he does he can play it flawlessly

-is honestly a blessing to the marching band

-the first time he got a scratch on his instrument he cried

-broke down in tears at graduation

Space Mom

-I feel like she would have played flute in normal band and then dropped it when color guard was an option

-absolute QUEEN

-is legit the only person who has a steady enough hand to do makeup on the band bus

-loves the weapons but is best with the flags

-comes up with most of the choreography for shows

-the one time she cut herself with a sabre she was more concerned about whether or not it was okay after she dropped it

-can actually do a perfect 13 on sabre AND rifle

-her posture is great

-but she can’t slide for the life of her

-can jazz run/walk

-but cannot slide

-her toe is so pointed it looks like she’s breaking it to do so

-it scared Keith to death the first time she pointed it

-hates most of the costumes, but loves the flowy, dressy ones

-kind of expects 7th graders to toss perfect quads on their first day on flag

-understands why they can’t but is still frustrated

-is a great teacher

-the marching band is more sad when she leaves than she is

Hope I represented all the things correctly! I only play trumpet and am in guard, so I don’t exactly know much about the other instruments.

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So here I am...

Sitting here, bored af. What do I do? I make a tumblr account. I might write preferences for voltron aus (mainly marching band cough cough).