#didn’t have a reading goal

[dreamingmappist]

List of books to finish reading before the new year

- Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman (except he’s starting to repeat himself and I only have so much undistracted attention—every time he talks about distraction I literally tap on my social media)

- A Dream about Lightning Bugs by Ben Folds (musician bio I picked up at work and read over half-way thru)

- Tone Deaf and All Thumbs? by Frank R. Wilson (neuroscience and music—this is the book that had me trying to teach myself some piano exercises…)

Plus a Hungarian immigrant family cozy mystery, the first volume of a danmei that will wreck me (Erha), another danmei about idols that I am “savoring,” and maybe a couple more kids’ books or graphic novels to round it out.

[aroaessidhe]

2024 reads / storygraph

The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport

set in a cyberpunk Calcutta-inspired city, loosely inspired by Aladdin

chaotic monkey bot who wants to fight in underground mecha/bot tournaments and leave to become a space hero

his human sister, the daughter of failed revolutionaries who has been working her whole life to free their city from oppression and inequality, especially with the recent rumors that their planet is scheduled for destruction

and an old unearthed bot whose function is to observe & record the story of a client who meets the siblings and quickly becomes involved in their lives

and a treasure hunt to find an old and powerful piece of alien tech that has the power to radically change their city

[musicalmoritz]

LMAO there’s no way someone made a callout blog for TBHK, you people have way too much free time on your hands

[sea-jello]

Day 27/October 27: Swim || Hide || "I'll just stay inside."

oh my GOD i started and finished this in a day almost NONSTOP i told myself oh it’ll just be a sketch or doodle or something you probably won’t have the time or motivation to do it really detailed and I GOT CARRIED AWAY AND WHAM 5 HOURS GONE

flat plus closeups

i pray cropping the pictures doesn’t crunch them

[hauntedfalcon]

my shittiest superpower, apart from the anxiety, is picking up on hinted plot points in the media I’m consuming, and then being disappointed when they get dropped completely

[litwhorees]

last year fucked up a lot of Cavs fans and it’s so funny to me because I never expected them to get out the first round regardless of who they were playing

[ongreenergrasses]

5, 18, 24, 32?

hello! hope your Monday is going good 🌹

5. what made you start your blog?

answered!

18. do you believe in ghosts and/or aliens?

yes to both. ghosts bc one of my workplaces straight up has one and aliens bc i think it’s pretty self centered to believe earth has the only living creatures in the universe

24. what’s one thing you’re proud of yourself for?

the progress i’ve made on my creative goals this year so far! it is only April and i have accomplished 2 out of 4 and am consistently working on the third (which is one that’s more of a long term goal). the fourth is one that requires time investment that i do not have rn but i do have a timeline for it to be completed by, so that’ll help

32. how many tabs do you have open right now?

yesterday shatters asked me this and I was like on gd this is too many. so I closed some and now I have 88

questions

[the-physicality]

Taylor Heise back… 👀

[obsessivedilettante]

Hello little blue void. Let me tell you that I am doing amazing at my job and giving my boss grace because I know she’s overwhelmed and running at the speed of light.

But when I say I looked into and researched a complicated thing, then set up the tools needed to complete the complicated thing, my “hey I’m going to submit this Complicated Thing now” is a courtesy????? Not asking for permission?????? To be answered in frantic “No that’s the wrong thing!!!!! Not the thing I’ve been telling you about!!!!” when I have multi-step proof that Complicated Thing is indeed the thing she has been telling me about, and I’ve fact-checked each step??????

Anyway, I did the Complicated Thing. Because this is why I was hired. To take Complicated Things off her overladen plate. And so that is what I’m doing.

[crossbackpoke-check]

15 questions + 15 friends (tagged by my beloveds @whitenikes & @acheronist 🥰💕 thank you thank you!!)

1. Are you named after anyone?

technically yes… i’m named after a character in a book but my mom has never been able to remember what book 🫡

2. When was the last time you cried?

i don’t usually log frequent crier miles but i definitely cried in december (??) watching the music video for “amelia” for a variety of reasons

3. Do you have kids?

nope! i do refer to my students as my kids sometimes on accident and have freaked out more than one person by saying “my kids” lmao

4. What sports do you play/have played?

currently i play rugby, although i grew up playing a lot of sports—i did volleyball, basketball, track, and danced competitively (which is probably the sport i miss the most)

5. Do you use sarcasm?

me? using sarcasm? never :) here i usually don’t because it doesn’t come across the same over text and irl it’s usually just with people i’m comfortable with and know will get it

6. What is the first thing you notice about someone?

oooo outfit maybe? voice? context dependent for sure

7. What’s your eye color?

legally, hazel. illegally, whatever color the nearest person to me says that they are at the time

8. Scary movies or happy endings?

happy endings :)

9. Any talents?

(insert the quinn hughes 😬 on the bench reaction meme please i’m trying ok!!)

i can bake pretty decently! athletic if that’s a talent? i would love to learn how to do more artsy things (got a crochet kit & paint with watercolor sometimes)

10. Where were you born?

michigan 🧤<- not a mitten but i’d show you where i’m from on it if i could

11. What are your hobbies?

reading, although i never have as much time to read as i want to (send me book recs please)… i count sports as a hobby and i just got a really pretty new puzzle! also, obviously, hockey.

12. Do you have any pets?

yes!!! i have a canary and a society finch (orville and duncan), a hypo corn snake (apollo! he has hearts on his head!), and two cats (john watson and effie). in the future i’d love to have a dog again, since i just lost him this past summer

13. How tall are you?

moritz seider (5’3”)

14. Favorite subject in school?

real hot girls speak german 💅 it’s either that or biology but i feel like that’s little bit of a cop out

15. Dream job?

re: the cop out above, dream job is working as a veterinarian for a zoo! so it makes sense i love biology lol

tagging @songsandswords @kj-op @hiding-from-reality-56 @catboy-mahura and anyone else who’d like to and hasn’t done it already!!

[maddymoreau]

(〃•́ .̫ •̀〃)♡ Nothing feels better then stepping out of your comfort zone and having the most positive experience because of it!!

[permanentreverie]

a moment of joy in days of tired darkness!!!

[chryzure-archive]

it’s not that i haven’t been writing, but that i’ve been writing random snippets instead of the actual fics i want to finish :((

[rosicheeks]

You are possibly the softest, most gentle angel on this app 🥺 All your tags, how overwhelmed with romance you get, it’s so utterly delightful and makes my heart burst 🥺 Even through a screen, you give the immense feeling of being home, even to an anon like me 💜

If this is what it feels like to know you from a distance, I can’t even begin to imagine the unfathomable euphoria of knowing you up close Rosie 🥺 You are exquisite, in every sense of the word 🥺🥺🥺

[scarletspider2the2ndpower]

“The Pain of Kaine,” Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1/1963), #609.

Writer: Marc Guggenheim; Pencilers: Marco Checchetto and Luke Ross; Inkers: Marco Checchetto and Rick Magyar; Colorist: Fabio D’Auria; Letterer: Joe Caramagna