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The time John Green broke my ankle...

So I don't think I've ever told anyone about the time that @fishingboatproceeds was responsible for my broken ankle but seeing as I'm currently suffering a massive book hangover and have approximately 7 minutes of free time, it's a good time to do it.

So about 4 years ago I was browsing the bookstore, fresh off a TFIOS binge and I saw a book with a happy summer cover called "We Were Liars". Folks, I almost walked right past it but then I saw an endorsement from none other than John Green on the cover and thought "hey, I like his stuff. This looks harmless and its probably decent". So I bought it.

And I took it to work with me.

Now, the thing to understand is that I work at a hazardous plant that would level about half my city if things went south. I spend my nights climbing hundreds of feet up stairs and ladders, surrounded by flammable material everywhere. Lots of stairs. All the stairs.

Ok. So I settle my happy ass in my control room and start working my way through the book between rounds.

I'm slowly starting to get the sneaking suspicion that this may not be a work friendly book but at this point I'm too far gone to put it down so I continue chewing my through it between tank transfers and lab tests.

Near the end of the night I glanced over my paperwork and realized that I would have a tank finishing before the next shift and I should go out and keep an eye on it.

Against all logic I told myself "hey no one is here to see. You'll be sitting on a pipe for at least half an hour, may as well take the book".

So I took it with me, parked myself in front of my tank and kept reading.... and then I finished it. I wont ruin it for anyone but suffice it to say that book ruined my life. The world is ending and the hero is dead kind of pain.

I layed prostrate in jet fuel stained dirt and bawled.

At some point during my lamentations I thought to glance up at my gauge and holy shit the tank was done. Still blubbering, my safety glasses askew, I blocked in my tank... and then I realized I had to sample it.

This involves climbing to the top.

I calmed down enough that I felt capable of doing the task, gathered my supplies and climbed the 65 foot metal tube.

All went well. Until halfway down. For some reason my God forsaken brain ran through the ending again and the tears started flowing. I couldnt see. My glasses were wet and I couldnt dry them because I was on a narrow stairway holding 20 lbs of flammable samples.

So I stupidly continued climbing down very. Very. Carefully.

And promptly missed a step and went careening down the stairwell, shattering my samples and, at some point during the fall, breaking my ankle.

So now I am sitting at the bottom of the stairs covered in high sulfur diesel, crying from both emotional and physical pain.

And I'm alone.

The thing to understand about this situation is that I'm one of three females out of about 300 employees. Also the youngest employee ever hired and was, at the time, very early in my career.

So my options were to call for help on the radio, announcing my failure to the entire plant, or clean the mess and hop my ass the quarter mile to my control room and try to make it home before anyone noticed that I had zero use of one limb.

I chose the latter.

I somehow made it back, strapped some ice inside my boot and winced my way through turnover.

The official story as to why I had to be on light duty for 2 months is that I fell down the stairs at home.

In reality I took John Green's book recommendation and it incapacited me so much that I fell off a tank.

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Greater Frosttails are found throughout northern Canada, Alaska and much of Scandinavia.

A territorial and private species, these white dragons are nearly invisible in their snowy home.

Little is known about their nesting habits but legend claims that nesting mothers often emit a bright glow from their bodies which reflects off of their scales and can sometimes be mistaken for northern lights by locals.

If this is true it is unclear whether that glow is the result of heat production for the eggs or if the eggs are able to hatch at lower temperatures than other species.

One thing that is known, these eggs have an unusual property.

Like ice, at freezing temperatures they are hard as one would expect. But when warmed the shell becomes flexible, able to be manipulated without breaking.

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Here is a species most of us know well if we haven't been living under a rock.

The topic of significant international debate, the Furred Mimic brought dragons to the forefront of public attention.

When traders discovered these dragons in Japan’s southernmost forest of Yakushima in 1951 they thought that they had hit the jackpot and before long the gold rush of dragons began.

Roughly the size of large crows, these creatures missed several evolutionary memos. Unlike most modern day reptiles this species has the kind of iridescent feathered plumage most often seen in tropical birds. Unlike birds however their feathers never developed a defined center rachis, causing them to have a furry appearance that is objectively adorable.

Add in their ability to mimic voices and sounds with nearly the proficiency of a parrot and their notorious indifference toward their eggs and you have the makings of the most desirable species in the world.

Eggs were shipped out of Japan by the truckload and delivered to exotic pet stores around the world where they were hatched and widely marketed as a lady's dragon or the perfect Christmas gift.

Unfortunately when the first batch of hatchlings reached adulthood it became immediately obvious that this species was not only frighteningly aggressive but also completely untrainable.

As one store owner has put it so eloquently, they will straight mess you up”.

Within the first month nearly 30,000 people died or lost appendages to the newly acquired family pet, prompting the UN to call for a universal ban on the trade and hatching of these animals.

In some remote corners of the world Mimic pitfighting is still in practice but the dangers to the human handlers do well to quell the practice.

Now the only legal trade done regarding this species is that of their unfertilized eggs, which are still highly sought after due to their colorful appearance.

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This egg was taken from a Southern Crested Drake and is now available to you on the open market due to changes in regulations regarding the trade of dragon eggs.

These Drakes are native to the continent of Australia and, like most other animals on the continent, are something to be feared.

Known for being fiercely territorial and aggressive, this species uses its expansive Crest or "frill" to gather sunlight which it then uses to raise its body temperature to upwards of 300 degrees. This intense heat makes them completely inaccessible to would be predators and is also the temperature needed to hatch their incredibly thick eggs.

While tourists often credit the wavering air in areas of Australia to the country's natural heat, locals know that when the air starts to shimmer you need to get moving because a Drake is near.

It goes without saying that procuring the eggs of this species is incredibly dangerous business so few are ever available.

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The Blue Broadbone dragon resides in the Chihuahua Desert of southwest North America. Resembling a blue horny toad in appearance, its thick skin cuts down on the evaporation of water, allowing it to go extended periods of time without drinking. Blue Broadbone females often lay their eggs on exposed edges of sandstone mesas, hunting during the day while the sun can scorch their eggs for them and returning to the nest at night as temperatures drop. Because of their tendency to leave the nest for long periods of time, Broadbone eggs are relatively easy to procure as long as the Male isn't around.

In appearance, Blue Broadbone eggs are always turquoise although the intensity of the color varies from egg to egg. Researchers believe that this color is the reason that the Turquoise the stone is highly valued in human populations of the area.

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The Common Dwarfscale is small breed that is well known to residents of much of North America.

Few children have made it through childhood without sneaking home at least one to try to keep as a pet and many parents can identify with finding a pile of silverware and jewelry under their childs bed when the new "pet" comes of age and begins hoarding.

In colder climates the juveniles often become pests, crawling into fireplaces to keep warm and making a mess of ash when the fire burns down, and we all watched the safety videos about sealing your attic against Dwarfscales to prevent house fires in grade school.

Despite their lack of exotic allure, these dragons nevertheless lay beautiful eggs.

Being one of the few species that lays in the fall, their eggs blend in well forest floors and are often difficult to spot despite the open nature of their nesting grounds.

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Digging these horns

From a novel I’ve been writing to a concept sketch to a full plush: She is finished. I set out to make her because I wanted to start making dragons - in particular, dragons from my story - and thought if I could make her, that would really prove that I was somehow capable of something. And I can’t say it has been an enlightening journey. 2018 marks as one of the hardest years I’ve had so far, and this summer in particular has been the worst. I messed up plenty of parts of Tempra along the way and did what I could to fix her, but being that she’s much larger than either of my cats… Well, she isn’t small, and she wasn’t easy. Still, she’s here. I’m not even sure how I feel about that right now.  I said I’d make many of my dragons, but right now, I can’t be certain which one is next and how many I’ll actually do.  My twitter has more than just amigurumi, since it has writing and sketches posted there as well. I post about my other dragons sometimes. 

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I hope you all aren’t bored of seeing the Dratini yet, as here are the solo photos of Shiny Dratini!

She is the same size as normal Dratini at 24in (2ft) long, and is internally wired the same for moderate posing and bending of her entire body. Shiny Dratini is fully crocheted, except for her eyes which are needle felted on.

Both shiny and normal Dratini will be listed tomorrow, the 6th, at 4pm EST! So if you’re hoping to snag one be sure to set an alarm and have your info ready to go at TheTallGrass.etsy.com 😄

Which Pokemon would you like to next?

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Oh my gosh I'm dying

Marzipan Stout! My tiny dragon kid, about 7" I think, fits perfect in the palm of my hand.

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Frosttails are found throughout northern Canada, Alaska and much of Scandinavia.

A territorial and private species, these white dragons are nearly invisible in their snowy home.

Little is known about their nesting habits but legend claims that nesting mothers often emit a bright glow from their bodies which reflects off of their scales and can sometimes be mistaken for northern lights by locals.

If this is true it is unclear whether that glow is the result of heat production for the eggs or if the eggs are able to hatch at lower temperatures than other species.

One thing that is known, these eggs have an unusual property.

Like ice, at freezing temperatures they are hard as one would expect. But when warmed the shell becomes flexible, able to be manipulated without breaking.

Want an egg of your own? Check it out here

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Native to the rainforests of Central and South America this dragon is as odd as their name suggests.

In body they are very stereotypical, being long, green and possessing four limbs not including the wings. However their heads have confounded evolutionary biologists for a century, possessing rather than a reptilian snout, a beak like protrusion instead, giving them a rather birdlike appearance.

Also like birds, these dragons like to nest in trees, near the top of Panama trees to be exact.

These trees are ideal nesting grounds because they provide a constant source of water to a nesting female, their hollow, water filled trunks being easily drilled into by her beak.

Oddsnouts are one of the few truly social species, often nesting in large family groups and sharing responsibility for the young.

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I write dragon species and descriptions that my DMs sometimes use in game! 😊

Looking for D&D blogs! Especially blogs with:

- funny content

- encounter / dungeon / item ideas

Hit me up!!

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Here is a species most of us know well if we haven't been living under a rock.

The topic of significant international debate, the Furred Mimic brought dragons to the forefront of public attention.

When traders discovered these dragons in Japan’s southernmost forest of Yakushima in 1951 they thought that they had hit the jackpot and before long the gold rush of dragons began.

Roughly the size of large crows, these creatures missed several evolutionary memos. Unlike most modern day reptiles this species has the kind of iridescent feathered plumage most often seen in tropical birds. Unlike birds however their feathers never developed a defined center rachis, causing them to have a furry appearance that is objectively adorable.

Add in their ability to mimic voices and sounds with nearly the proficiency of a parrot and their notorious indifference toward their eggs and you have the makings of the most desirable species in the world.

Eggs were shipped out of Japan by the truckload and delivered to exotic pet stores around the world where they were hatched and widely marketed as a lady's dragon or the perfect Christmas gift.

Unfortunately when the first batch of hatchlings reached adulthood it became immediately obvious that this species was not only frighteningly aggressive but also completely untrainable.

As one store owner has put it so eloquently, they will straight mess you up”.

Within the first month nearly 30,000 people died or lost appendages to the newly acquired family pet, prompting the UN to call for a universal ban on the trade and hatching of these animals.

In some remote corners of the world Mimic pitfighting is still in practice but the dangers to the human handlers do well to quell the practice.

Now the only legal trade done regarding this species is that of their unfertilized eggs, which are still highly sought after due to their colorful appearance.

Want one? Check out

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Native to Madagascar, the African Bottlehead was discovered in a rather unfortunate way.

During the gemstone boom of southern Madagascar in 1991, strange reports of sudden disappearances of miners in crystal caves began to be reported, often associated with crews that claimed to have found rubies in the same bedrock as the sapphires previously.

Reports of these cursed rubies spread far and wide and wages for miners soared as fewer and fewer men were willing to risk their hides in search of them.

In late 1992 a particularly well prepared young explorer managed to escape with one of these "rubies" only after discovering that it was actually a dragon egg and sacrificing his left forearm to the nesting female in the process.

Researchers have since found that these dragons managed to remain undiscovered for so long by living mostly underground in caverns and utilizing a camouflage adaption similar to the octopus.

It is widely agreed upon that they're natural color is red like their eggs but this is rarely seen as they usually blend into the walls of their cavern homes.

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Baby Dragon Amigurumi Pattern

Abbreviations (US terms) ML = Magic Loop SC = Single Crochet ST = Stitch/Stitches DEC = Decrease, single crochet two stitches together INC = Increase, single crochet in the same stitch two times BLO = Back Loops Only 2DCBOB = Two Double Crochet Bobble Stitch FO = Finish Off/Fasten Off

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This is so cool!

Handmade Semiprecious Stone Solar System Bracelet, feat. Pluto!

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