#rock talks

[geoledgy]

Hey guys, so....I got offered a geologist job in the g*vernm*nt. Never thought I'd make it this far and so early in my career too like, this is the 2nd job I've ever gotten and I don't have a graduate degree yet. I'm not sure if I can share what agency and type of job it is because it's highly specific, but let's just say I get to look at some Really Cool Geological Features.

I gotta make a difficult decision on whether I do the job or do grad school this year cuz I worked so hard to get accepted into a program, but considering I diverted energy into grad school to FIND a job in the first place...I think it is better to go for the job, especially if down the line they can help with paying for grad school rather than me struggling for months to obtain funding due to the schools having budget cuts. Academia is not looking good as of lately due to how badly they're lagging behind from the pandemic shutdowns among other reasons and I think it's better to pursue it when I have some work experience and financial stability.

[tbmona]

they're not even trying anymore

[rocksnstars]

hello everyone!! finally posting my commissions here. if you have any questions or would like to commission me, you can DM me here on tumblr or my twitter!

reblogs appreciated 💜

[butchfalin]

the funniest meltdown ive ever had was in college when i got so overstimulated that i could Not speak, including over text. one of my friends was trying to talk me through it but i was solely using emojis because they were easier than trying to come up with words so he started using primarily emojis as well just to make things feel balanced. this was not the Most effective strategy... until. he tried to ask me "you okay?" but the way he chose to do that was by sending "👉🏼👌🏼❓" and i was so shocked by suddenly being asked if i was dtf that i was like WHAT???? WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY TO ME?????????? and thus was verbal again

[noelledeltarune]

EVERY SINGLE DAY there are MILLIONS of characters in their late 20s who get falsely accused of being father figures to teenagers when in reality the description of "weird older cousin" or "step-sibling that moved out before you were born" is 1000000x more apt

[makuta-kotok]

The Faceless Megacorp Family

Capitalist Power Couple

The Corpo Goon Brothers

Le Winners of The 2024 Darwin Awards

The Blue Collar Gigachads

[barghest-land]

drawings from paleo expedition to dagestan, done right on the trip. sometimes messy when it was cold and rainy, but i won't correct it. i think it's cool to leave it just the way it was done, and not retouch it after. there will be more drawings later, but those will be done from home

[rosepompadour]

- her voice, like cake and vanilla and cherries.

Eve Babitz, Black Swans

[xoxoladyaz]

Famous musician with three daughters under the age of seven Eddie Munson hears that they’re making a Barbie movie and offers/peer pressures his agent to get him presented to the production team as a potential songwriter for the soundtrack. He meets with the team, and eventually the cast, and they all hit it off, and he writes and plays on the eventually award-winning song “I’m Just Ken.”

When he gets asked about whether or not it was hard to write this song, especially since it’s so different from Corroded Coffin’s usual output, he always laughs and says it was easy because he’s got a hell of a Barbie at home that he lives to worship.

(Which the internet finds hilarious because his Barbie is certified Normal Guy and Hot Dad Steve Harrington.)

[bubblegumflavor]

[geoledgy]

Look at how far I've gotten with my html/css coding skills

this was from 2019 and I gave up after 1 week. Everything I left in there were placeholders.

and this one below I completed within 4 days (Finished yesterday!)

you can visit it here

[tbmona]

Personally think all field sciences like geo & bio (non-medical), any that makes you sit outdoors at some point, are the most unhinged sciences. I cannot truly pit geo & bio against each other they're like brothers to me and I would be happy if either won (also botany which is part of bio)

[rocksnstars]

tumblr what are you doing

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Reasons to play In Stars and Time: Canon Pronoun Warfare.

[aroaceleovaldez]

reminder that the only reason the "ADHD is actually demigod BATTLE STRATEGIES" and "dyslexia is DEMIGOD BRAINS HARDWIRED FOR ANCIENT GREEK" things exist in the PJO universe is because it's a very direct reference to early 2000s teaching/parenting techniques for neurodiverse and disabled children, which aimed to frame childrens' disabilities and hardships as a "superpower" or strength so that the children would feel more positively about their disabilities or situations. This technique has fallen out of favor since then for the most part since more often than not it just results in kids feeling as though their struggles are not being seen or taken seriously.

Yes, demigods are adhd/dyslexic (and sometimes autistic-coded) in the series. This is extremely important and trying to remove it or not acknowledge it makes the entire series fall apart because it is such a core concept. Yes, canon claims that their adhd/dyslexia is tied to some innate abilities, which is based on an outdated methodology. It's important to acknowledge that and understand where it comes from! But please stop trying to apply it to other pantheons in the series like "oh, the romans have dyscalculia because of roman numerals!" or "the norse demigods have dysgraphia for reasons!" - it's distasteful at best.

A better option is to acknowledge the meta inspiration for why that exists in the series, such as explaining potentially that Chiron was utilizing that same teaching methodology to try and help demigods feel more comfortable with their disabilities and they aren't literal powers. In fact, especially given Frank, there's implication that being adhd/dyslexic isn't a guaranteed demigod trait, which means it's more likely to be normally inherited from their godly parent/divine ancestor as a general trait, not a power, and further supports the whole "ADHD is battle strategy" thing being non-literal. It also implies the entire greco-roman pantheon in their universe is canonically adhd/dyslexic - and that actually fits very well with the themes of the first series. The entire central conflict of the first series fits perfectly as an allegory about neurodiverse/disabled children and their relationships with their undiagnosed neurodiverse/disabled parents and trying to find solutions together with their shared disability/disabilities that the kid inherited instead of becoming distant from each other (and this makes claiming equivalent to getting a diagnosis which is a fascinating allegory! not to mention the symbolism of demigods inheriting legacies and legends and powers from their parents and everything that comes with that being equivalent to inheriting traits, neurodiversity, and disabilities from your parents).

anyways neurodiversity and disability and the contexts in which the series utilizes representation of those experiences particularly during the 2000s symbolically within the narrative is incredibly important to the first series and the understanding of what themes it means to represent. also if i see one more "the romans have dyscalculia instead of dyslexia" post in 2023 i'm gonna walk into the ocean.

[missmetus]