#Not VC

[peroxidebutch]

Funniest occurrence in the history of life on earth just took place in my living room. I did manage to free him

[beardless-bearded-vulture]

Forgot to post this, but I also got a cute quagga pin at the museum! There's not a lot of quagga merch out there so I was stoked to see this one

[i-want-my-iwtv]

Nov. 5, 2022: "It's very short, it's very simple, there's not a lot of accompaniment. The chords are really evocative... you hear the dissonance? There's always a little bit of a sour note in every chord. There's an unresolved... [You like the tension?] Yes, there's this tension through the whole thing. When I finished writing it I said, 'Now that's really good! That's a really good song.' 'Cos I've written some songs that aren't that good."

I love this for a lot of reasons but partly bc it's an artist reflecting on elements that make a work of art good, like a baker telling us about why they chose certain ingredients over others... it's a kind of alchemy when the components together make up something that can touch the viewer/listener in a way that nothing else can, to share and empathize about something we might all experience, a connection over time and space. As Billy Joel sings in Lullaby: Someday we'll all be gone/ But lullabies go on and on/ They never die/ That's how you and I will be

And So It Goes - Billy Joel

In every heart there is a room A sanctuary safe and strong To heal the wounds from lovers past Until a new one comes along

I spoke to you in cautious tones You answered me with no pretense And still I feel I said too much My silence is my self defense

And every time I've held a rose It seems I only felt the thorns And so it goes, and so it goes And so will you soon I suppose

But if my silence made you leave Then that would be my worst mistake So I will share this room with you And you can have this heart to break

And this is why my eyes are closed It's just as well for all I've seen And so it goes, and so it goes And you're the only one who knows

So I would choose to be with you That's if the choice were mine to make But you can make decisions too And you can have this heart to break

And so it goes, and so it goes And you're the only one who knows

(written 1983, released in 1989)

[peroxidebutch]

Are there other species of fairy shrimp in Florida? We found this guy along with a ton of others in a singular vernal pool in undeveloped land bordering a daytona beach (way out of range) suburb in late April 2018. They've put in a lot of apartments since then, so we wouldn't be surprised if the area was developed now, but here are the pictures we have.

We did not save the carcass when it eventually died, unfortunately.

Reached out to a biologist to request some info about an extinct species of freshwater shrimp and the email she sent in response was not only lovely and helpful but also kind of poetry to me? People who study invertebrates are actually the most hopeful and compassionate scientists that we have.

[agathah]

The Yellow Dress

(Prints on my bio!)

[chloemew]

Now that the bots are gone, we can also beat the shit out of this light uninterrupted

[time-woods]

SUMMER FUN ! ! MOST EXPENSES PAID FOR !

bonus doodles

[scribbletropolis]

Every guilty is singing about the night of rude

[crumb-crumblet-s-crumbington]

transformers one where everything is the same except the circle does not go into the square hole

[mrkanman]

kaufmo funny clown moments

[peroxidebutch]

Another personal update:

We graduated Cum Laude! This week we are very busy making holiday gifts for family members (6 paintings by sunday at the latest 👁👁), once those are done we're going to put our all into job hunting! Our brother will be moving into our apartment as a roommate in the beginning of January to start his degree. We may be even less active on here than we are currently due to the stress of job hunting, but we believe that we will succeed in getting to CO eventually next year even though it will be hard 💚 thank you all again for sticking with us and maintaining this lovely community!

[ethosiab]

can he stop building so i can finish my drawings before they're outdated

[flintsilvers]

i like to think that this was claudia both cursing lestat and just her being a scared daughter looking to her father for comfort while in agony in a room full of people who cheered on as she burned.

on one hand i think this is her passing her own judgment on him, forcing him to face the consequences of his actions, of what he put her through. i do think she believed his version in the end (if her questioning louis and then changing her wording to "even if it is true" is anything to go by) but of course she does not forgive him. she cant. his explainations arent an excuse. none of it justifies what he did to her specifically, and both of them know it. i think its also why lestat doesnt even try to apologize to her.

and on the other hand, at this point madeleine was already dead, louis had been taken away and no one in the coven had any love or sympathy for her. lestat was all she had left, and he was the one who made her. we keep being told over and over how strong the vampire bond is in regards to louis and lestat but lestat made claudia too. he's watching his own blood die and he feels it, and she knows it, and knows that bond, that shared pain is the last shred of love she will ever feel.

[f1archives]

01/05/25 (📷 Visa Cash App RB)

[last-to-the-rottmnt-party]

You cannot convince me that THE Donatello Othello Von Ryan Bootyshaker 9000 Hamato doesn't like Owl City. This is NOT me projecting my love for Owl City onto him because everyone always makes fun of me for liking them, nope, not even a little bit.

Donnie's music taste is so similar to mine, I was like listen, if I like his music taste then he might like mine and this was born. Leo represents the haters in my life.

Lmao I did this so quickly so there are probably 101 errors but eh. Sorry if it's hard to read my handwriting is chicken scrawl rip

Also, I will continue to draw them in whichever 'outfits' I like at the time bc I can never decide they're both so good!