#i am so impressed with myself

[theidiotwhowritesthings]

hello, i did a thing

I realize my taglists are in a state of disrepair at baseline so i learned how to make a secondary blog (please hold your applause i know my talents are immense). so, i will no longer be adding taglists to individual stories BUT if you follow @theidiotupdates then whenever I post an update to something I will also post a notification there.

if this ends poorly and/or doesn't work i'll trash it and go back to attempting a taglist lol.

and on that same note, if you follow @theidiotrecommends then you can see me fangirl over my fav fics

[luminousjellyfishy]

SO COOL

SKELETON HANDS

OH YEAHHHHH

YEAHHHHHHHHHH

This page was definitely not originally white

I totally did not use almost a whole stick of black oil pastel

[kandicon]

Now I am not saying that Drumbot Brian on the drums or banjo are over appreciated because I don't think it is possible to appreciate anything about Drumbot Brian too much, BUT I do think that Drumbot Brian on the accordion is terribly underappreciated.

Look at this. How can you see this and Not want to talk about him on the accordion for the rest of time?? Also the instrument itself is pretty and matches the rose on his hat.

[swift-kwikster]

Don't think I posted this here??

[dimdiamond]

Started watching The Fairly Oddparents: New Wish and I gotta say I am so impressed by how good it is for a sequel of such beloved childhood cartoon series! Besides the animation and the humour and watching again Cosmo and Wanda, I must say that Hazel is the best choice for a new protagonist as she has no similarities with Timmy and that's what makes for a new, refreshing continuation of the same cartoon!

I saw arguments that Hazel doesn't actually need fairly godparents because she has good parents and I can't emphasize enough how wrong that is and how much she actually does! Yes, her parents care for her and notice her and dote on her and they have a pretty good relationship with their kids but we see since the first episode how Hazel is considered the mature kid from her parents and she takes pride on that. So much to the point of bottling up her emotions and trying to solve things by her own! Even in a later episode she considers herself too mature for her classmates and thinks it's better for her to hang out with her teachers (great episode btw)! I know many kids are like that (heck! I was one like that!) and let me tell you they need the same care and attention as the "immature" kids, the loud ones, the ones with obvious problems, the neglected ones etc. Hazel needs Cosmo and Wanda to learn to rely on others and state clearly her wishes and her emotions! She needs to learn to be a "bother" and "immature" so she can become a better person and with healthier connections to her family and friends! Cosmo and Wanda saw this little girl trying to run away and fix her problem by herself and they were immediately like "Oh, no sweetie, we are here to help you, you're not alone!" and I think this is so imprortant and meaningful for many kids that they will watch it!

I haven't still watched the episodes with Peri and Dev but god I am excited and from the few clips I have watched I can tell their dynamic would be so fun and interesting to watch and for sure I am excited for the humanization of the "spoiled, rich, rude kid" stereotype! Probably I'll add my thoughts on them once I watch the episodes!

[plaguedocboi]

I hardly ever make steak for myself because it’s always seemed like a Fancy Treat you get at a restaurant but I just made the best steak ever okay. Like the same quality you would get at an expensive restaurant for like $25+. I almost took a picture of it but I don’t think a picture would do it justice. And it was way fucking easier than I expected. Okay here’s the recipe

1 steak I got at Walmart for like $8

Let steak sit out of the fridge until it’s room temperature

Put some oil in a pan and let it heat up

Add sea salt and pepper to steak (add more salt than you think you need)

Put steak in pan

Let it cook for 3-4 minutes

Flip that boi

Cook for 3 more minutes

Put it on a plate and let it sit for a few minutes

That’s literally it. Perfect pan-seared medium rare steak It’s quick it’s easy and it cost me less than $10. I’m gonna make steak all the time now

[thestirringpot]

that dumbtruck is just too real to be true!

[ilovedthestars]

I am having many many thoughts about Hands of the Emperor, but here is one before I go to sleep:

this sounds very silly, but i am eighty-odd pages into this book and almost nothing has happened, technically. The main characters are going on a vacation. It is a fairly significant part of this that the Emperor has never done so much nothing at once before. Travel arrangements have been made, social interactions had, various vacation activities enjoyed, but on a literal level there is no large plot moving forward.

AND YET. I am up late reading this already, and I want to stay up later. I want to keep reading. Because even if on the surface, not much is going on, the emotional depths that this book has already gone to are incredibly compelling.

The main character is watching the man he serves as emperor and reveres as a god, a man he cares for deeply, slowly remember that despite being an emperor and a god he is also a person, and find enormous joy in getting to be just that. The main character has been overcome with emotion multiple times by seeing his emperor smiling with great pleasure at things like a casual conversation, or watching the rain, or tuning a harp with his own hands. I am overcome with emotion too.

I don’t know if the pace will pick up at some point, but I genuinely think even if it doesn’t, I could read seven hundred pages of this, just on the strength of what it’s making me feel.

[vee-lociraptor]

i’ve heard a lot of people saying that they’re just not crafty/artistic lately so this is my reminder to you that you can learn the thing!! if you’re starting a new creative hobby and you can’t do all the things yet you’ll get better at it i promise!! if that’s not convincing there are examples under the cut

this was the first thing i ever crocheted. it’s a bee. the fabric is on the wrong side and i didn’t know how to decrease but it’s the first thing i ever made.

i made this in april. i’d been crocheting for four months by then and it’s my dad’s favorite thing i’ve made. it’s the biggest plushie i’ve made so far (i usually do smaller things) and probably the best example of my technical skill. and it’s from four months in!!

this is MY favorite thing i’ve ever made. it’s not a great example of my technical skills but it’s the first piece of fanart i’ve ever been able to do and because of that i was really proud of him.

all this to say if you’re starting a new art skill and you’re not good at it right away please don’t give up. i get the urge but in my experience you will get good and it will get fun and you’ll have a really neat new skill.

[satans-knitwear]

Im home at a sensible time ✨

Treat me ~ Tip me ~ More of me

[onebizarrekai]

howdy gamers. I didn't make very much digital art this year, but I did challenge myself to draw or write at least one thing in a particular sketchbook every night this year and fill its pages! I made my yearly art compilation out of that book instead of my usual digital art.

the drawings range from characters, objects, scenery, graffiti, one-sentence journaling, tiny drawings and big ones, foregrounds and backgrounds, angst, drawings mismatched and matched, 99% done in colored pencil. it's so satisfying to flip through a sketchbook where each page is completely full and brimming with color. I've put a few of my favorite pages below plus some other silly little things.

I only filled up about half the book this year, so the quest continues. also ozzy ghirahim is my favorite drawing in the whole book

[vehemourn]

hanging out in the giants garden

[corpsentry]

at the asian american studies sponsored movie screening i run out of my seat to press a button for the presenter and you look away, not in shame, but in anger

go make your own movie.

One where you’re the star

and everything’s my fault

the way you want it to be. I know, it’s easy

to let someone else hold this grief

and sit in the bathtub,

all dressed up to go to the party.

Maybe in this movie it’s your party

and I the party crasher,

holding cymbals and a baseball bat, et cetera.

But we don’t stop getting older when we’re angry

and you’re only twenty,

can’t listen to lullabies at night,

can’t sleep without a blanket

over your head like you’re scared

of your own shadow. God, go

write your own movie.

You could do it,

you’re still

pretty. Angry? Me too.

The bathtub’s overflowing,

the bathroom’s flooding

with whatever you couldn’t say

to the poet with their palms glued shut

in a cheap simulacrum of prayer.

Didn’t you say you were tired? Angry? Me too.

Upset? Unhappy? Me too. Hungry? Lonely? Me too. Me too.

Standing barefoot in the grass

I remembered the month of bad weather.

How I parted the fog with broken hands each night,

looking for your voice.

Oh, I will not forgive you.

Not like this.

With your fingers splayed

against the brute February sky,

lips cracked open like windows,

waiting, like you always are, for me to say the first word.

[xskyll]

It was a critical hit. (Why yes, I do play Kingdom Hearts.)

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Clips of Ashton performing The Canyon live @ The Belasco - 18 July 2024

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this tree from my new drawing looking goated afffffff 👑👑