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Having a chat with my mom in the car talking about being bi and she hits me with, 'that's normal though! Everyone wants to kiss their best friend sometimes.' MAAM NO.

Happy Pride, especially to our queer parents who had no idea.

Happy pride month to my dad. When I came out as bi to him, this man googled what it ment, look at me and said "ohh. Yeah. You get that from me. You'd have far more siblings of I only shaged women." And went right back to his work emails.

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Esquie is perfectly friend-shaped😌

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If I see 'I asked ch*tGPT' in any form it's an instant block. INSTANT BLOCK. No I don't care what for. Its a soul rotting, brain eating, enviromental disaster magic 8 ball. Use your human eyes, meat brain and actual soul to do whatever you wanted the demon machine to do. It'll be 10000000% better I promise.

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I spent longer than I would care to admit today making tiny corsets from "free" or public domain patterns and construction paper. Each one is about the size of my hand (pattern was sized to fit on an 8 1/2" by 11" piece of paper).

This one is from Tygodnik Mód 1869, pattern floating around on Pinterest. Really interesting three piece design.

This one is from Die Frauenwelt 1874, also floating around on Pinterest. I like the simple two piece body with gores for shaping, much easier to alter than seams. Note how this cups the stomach rather than flaring out? The longer line dresses of the 1870s required corsets to have more structure below the waist, opposed to 1860s styles that ended there.

A little later on, this is from a 1878 patent. I made this mostly because it combines the gores and full length pieces. I love the side profile, front and back, not so much.

These next two are both from "Complete Guide to Ladies Garment Cutting" c. 1883.

I think this one has the "best" shape which is interesting since it specifies it is for stout ladies lol. The back is very flat too which surprises me, I'd expect there to be more volume there to support the bustle.

This one I made mostly because it doesn't have gores and is different for that era. The pieces didn't line up well and it feels almost like this should begin below the bust? That top line is SO ODD.

But! The side profile and volume over the hips is pretty great. Something to revisit eventually, maybe, it will just require more work.

The next three are from the Symington Corset archive which is very fun to look through if you never have before! A hundred+ original patterns from the 1890s.

I picked three, starting with this earlier design which didn't end up being very shapely at all. I wonder if this is for juniors? This was an instant "no" for me, has no redeeming qualities for what I want in an 1890s corset. Maybe for the 1920s, lol...

(edit; I wonder if what I thought were narrow bones in the seams is actually cord? making it even more lightweight in terms of support.)

I love the front and back of this sooo much. It is so waspy and easier than the others to alter IMO given the simplicity of the piecing. It is very straight in the back, though, which probably won't work for me.

Lastly, is this guy. Which I think is the best rounded--this could work for the 80s and 90s. I like the side profile of this a lot but not so much the front. I also feel like the narrow pieces with centered bones will be harder to alter than the wider pieces shown above. But the back slope on this one would be better for me and the rise on the hips looks more comfortable.

This was a fun little test! Some looked very different than I expected based on how they looked flat and gives me some insight on which to use as a base for altering to my measurements.

Which is your favorite?

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My adaptation of the God of Arepo short story, which was originally up at ShortBox Comics Fair for charity. You can get a copy of the DRM-free ebook here for free - and I'd encourage you to donate to Mighty Writers or The Ministry of Stories in exchange.

Again it's an honour to be drawing one of my favourite short stories ever. Thank you so much for the original authors for creating this story; and for everyone who bought a copy and donated to the above non-profits.

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We had a Ford Bronco 2 many years ago. Made the same year as me, 1990, and in 2008 had rolled over twice, at least 200,000 miles on it, AT LEAST.

But it had been a dollar. We got it from a family friends church friend, and it was beat to hell but we're living in a dorm and had nothing.

We drove it for 4 years. Until it literally exploded (head gasket blew) and the repairs would have been more then the worth. We still traded it in for 500$.

After that we were in a better position and able to get new cars. First a chevy sonic which lasted 6 years before we traded it for a hyndai elantra gt sport which was my absolute favorite but didn't take the move to a drastically different climate well and started to have sensor/electronics problems at the 5 year mark (right out of warranty)

But now we were in a great place financially and decided to get a hybrid. Did looking and went to drive a lexus ux300h. Loved it, signed it, got a great trade in.

And thats where this story takes a hairpin turn. Remember that bronco? Still chuggin with 200k miles? No shocks, no drive assist, suspension? Maybe of disbelief that this thing still started up. I think about that tank of a truck right now.

The lexus ux was bought on black friday. In january its starter battery was dead. Fluke. Ok. In February it died again. Um? Battery replaced. We need to drive it more, mad but whatever. We follow the instructions. Drive it nearly everyday.

Park it 4pm sunday. 1pm mo day get in and yup. Somethings causing the brakes and screen to freak out, then it just... dies.

I'm sitting in a loaner car now tuesday, thinking about that bronco and feeling frustrated and betrayed.

I think i really hate modern cars.

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To fill the space where my online life used to be, as I've mostly exited social media, and extremely pared down the spaces I still am online, I've turned to Hockey. I'm really enjoying it! It's super low stakes, theres nothing I could do to have any effect at all.

The games will be played, and someone will win and someone will lose and then everyone moves on to the next game. None of it has anything to do with me. There are fun stats and funny stories about players, theres rules and nuance to the gameplay, and I can engage with as much or as little as I want at any time!

I've been getting some hockey trading cards. They're suprisingly fun little things. There are a lot of shinny sparkly funny ones and I like hunting for my favorite players. Looking at my little collection brings me a suprising amount of joy.

And my favorite bit so far- bobblehead figures. They are silly, janky, ridiculous little guys and I love them so much. It was a fun little hunt to get the ones I wanted.

It's still a little lonely, and a little sad, my life was so centered in digital spaces that just don't exist any more, or not in the way they used too. And deciding to not engage with any news or current events has left me feeling somewhat lost. Ultimately I think it was the right choice for me. And at least I have Hockey. 🏒🐙

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Something that I get chills about is the fact that the oldest story told made by the oldest civilization opens with "In those days, in those distant days, in those ancient nights."

This confirms that there is a civilization older than the Sumerians that we have yet to find

Some people get existential dread from this

Me? I think it's fucking awesome it shows just how much of this world we have yet to discover and that is just fascinating

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It's a double edged sword definitely. 'Strange' behaviors (read autism) I exhibited were just quirks I got from dad. Lots of things would drive my mom nuts but were mostly treated as normal. Dad always went to bat for me vs teachers or other adults. So on one hand I never received serious help for things, but those same behaviors weren't shamed or stigmatized.

me and my brother: *explains how adhd affects us*

our parents: that's not adhd, that's normal

me and my brother:

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Nah man, that dragon is trying to Eat Plastic, and the guys just trying to prevent him from choking to death. Pet owners relate

An Ivory Okimono Of a Dragon Having His Teeth Examined. Meiji Period, Signed Nimin/Futsumin.

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Crying bc the events of Pacific's Rim are literally happening right now. January 8 was the day Mako and Raleigh fought those kaijus in the Hong Kong double event. January 12 is the triple event where they close the breach. In two days we cancel the apocalypse.

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captain afab is honestly a very relatable character because whomst among us does not have some great beast that has eluded us all our lives. mine, for instance, is a decent night's sleep.

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this will be the year I finally convince everyone to abandon New Year's resolutions in favour of Yule Boasting, the clearly superior tradition

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Spite's poetry is eating me alive. What do you mean a demon writes poetry while his host is asleep. What do you mean he describes himself as a fraction of what he once was.

"a PEACE cut from the ALL" A PEACE. A peace. Not piece. He was content once. Rememburnings. The memory of what he used to be burns. An infinity instead of a small shade.

What do you mean he feels like a hooked claw into Lucanis's gut. What do you mean he can feel the joy from Lucanis when they drink coffee because Lucanis wiggles his toes. A small shade and a wounded spirit sitting together oh my fucking god

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I have officially closed the kofi membership, at least for now, so… nothing holding me back from sharing the chibi tutorials (so far, I'm going to be updating it in the future~) 🤗 ENJOY! INTRO

PEA CHIBI

BEAN CHIBI

(tbc...)