#20% sing it for myself

[idanit]

♫ She's knockout, she's regal, her beauty's illegal It's stunning how cunning this lady can be ♫

*paints the initials of a mysterious paramour on her knee in an elaborate plot to discourage potential suitors*

#jeeves and wooster #jeeves #bertie wooster #genderbend #flapper #the willowy wooster corpus #jeeves clearly did not supervise this dress #is the dress more 30s and the knee more 20s? perhaps #drawing shoes my beloathed #I love creating content for myself and 5 other people #the song Bertie is singing/dancing to is The Girl Friend (1926) and the only version with lyrics on yt is by George Olsen #the lyrics are about jeeves of course #idanit makes #idanit draws

[skitskatdacat63]

2005 Chinese Grand Prix - Fernando Alonso(ft. Flavio Briatore)

#not pictured but: CRYING LAUGHING AT THE FACT THAT NANDO SET HIS OWN CAR ON FIRE BY REVVING FOR FUN TOO MUCH 😭😭 #and the commentators saying 'well kids will be kids' abt it ^ im having a moment 🥺🥺🥺 #not pictured: NANDO SINGING WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS ON THE RADIO 🥺🥺 I DIDNT REALIZE IT WAS FROM THIS RACE IM CRYINGNGGGG #all of the nando/flavio moments....if i speak- #theres just so many things i am staring intently at #SCREAMING CRYING THATS HIS BOY!!!! HIS BOYYYYY!!!!! LOOK AT THEM!!!!!! #im glad no one is around me when i watch race podiums bcs i make so many embarrassing squealing noises AHJDKFLFLLF #hate this podium(/s) bcs its peer-pressuring me into watching 2006 next...ahhhhh i might.. #renault nando is just so....hes just sooooooo...he is my blorbo and i want more of him but ahhhh.... #its really really so cute to imagine that zhou is somewhere at the racetrack watching nando win the wcc #apologies to ralf and kimi who are also on this podium but not pictured here but this is fernando's podiums theres too much good content #i hate to cut down these gif posts to 10 but then again i cant just post all 20 gifs i did make #speaking of gifs that didnt make it into this post theres one of him holding up '7' which will be included in a dif post!! #anyways im v sad that this journey is over but proud of myself for finishing it and posting all of these #tysm to everyone whos been here since round 1!! its been a lot of fun and i appreciate your support sm heheh #but worry not! the grind never stops! 2005 may be done but theres so many seasons i wanna watch #fernando alonso #fa14 #2005 chinese gp #2005 chinese grand prix #renault nando #renault #flavio briatore #f1 #formula 1 #formula one #we do a little bit of f1 #(2005: 19/19 races watched) #<- well that was satisfying to type out! :D

[dummerjan]

i just came across ai covers on youtube and people are requesting songs in the comments instead of getting enraged and i am further losing hope in humanity and turning to misanthropy

#meins #for a minute i got really excited about henning may singing take me to church :( #i hate people #have you no appreciation for or understanding of art? clearly not. #why would you want to listen to an ai generated song? even if it sounds like your favourite singer it's not them #it has no feelings to meaning to intention. it is empty and soulless #reading the booklet for sinéad o'connor's album of traditional irish and folk songs gave me so much appreciation for her #she wrote a little bit about each song. why she chose it or what it means to her. #it has added so much to my enjoyment of those songs and i think of it whenver i listen to it #they were chosen with intention with love with a deep appreciation for the music and lyrics and there is a story behind it all #it is art and love and human #i see aboslutely no appeal in ai generated 'music' or 'art' #and i hate that i fell for it for a minute #i was sceptical because i had never heard of henning may covering hozier and since it wasn't just 20-60 sec i am certain #i would have heard about it by now #and something was just a little bit... unsatisfying? something was missing which does apply to a lot of cover songs #(i could go on hour long rants about why people fuck up danny boy (and sinéad o'connor does it best (because she actually takes her time) #or trash madonna's version of don't cry for me argentina (again a song ruined for by everybody else but sinéad - once she has sung somethin #i have a hard time enjoying it by anybody else. the parting glass is an exception. hozier's version is phenomenal)) #but! henning may not giving it his all for a cover? unlikely. very unlikely. #anyway this concludes my tuesday night rant. rather here in the tags than some poor person's inbox. #or i would have kept fuming by myself for another hour or two

[gracefullou]

I sleep fine. you keep yourself up at night being mad about how Harry Styles said he knew one day he'd want to sing the full vocal of personal songs that he wrote himself (wouldn't any artist?) I know you must understand what he said because you're not stupid. You choose to be mad. It's so funny.

Honey, if you don't find anything in that quote at least a little offensive towards his ex-bandmates ( like come on he refers to them as other people 💀 not even my bandmates at the time 😬) and selfishly insensitive, idk what to tell you. Also, nice to see this man's fans proud of the back stabber that he is 😊. There's nothing wrong about wanting to go solo and singing his garbage songs, if only he had the courage to say this in 2016/ 2017

#i don't like Zayn #but one thing i respect about him #he wanted out of that band #he said it and let and took the burn #that coward could never #played all sides until it was safe to say i always wanted to sing my songs all by myself 🥺 #it was heartbreaking to leave those 20 seconds for “other people” to sing #and dw about me anon i sleep just fine #in fact i don't even think of Louis before i go to bed (i have a life you know) let alone that ugly man 😭 #* left and took the burn

[dominicsorel]

People who agree that Sora is LGBT always lose me the moment they say Sora is bisexual like you'd think with all the evidence they collect of Riku being gay they'd notice Sora's COMphet when they see it.

#you are free to your own opinions on this. i just. don't see it #i am bisexual and (tlk2 sing along) he is not one of us #didi speaks #text #this guy. has never once crushed on any girl hes met #(irl this wouldnt matter but in fiction its intentional!!!!) #he thought he liked namine. didnt. not like that. #in fact riku was part of the reason he thought he did #he was questioning with kairi. turns out he wasnt into her either #why? bc he was fourteen when the series started #i didnt figure myself out until i was like 20

[plumbogs]

simcity high school yearbook (sans townies) but the monty twins and bottom are absolutely slaying. a whole row of serving after the second row and their unwashed faces (i'm not clearing their acne. this is the high school experience they need to suffer just as i did) and nobody is looking into the camera except for desdemona and hal who are plotting the demise of the photographer (just capp things) and melody has a row to herself

they all are unposed aside from sitting because i forgot to slap the box down before this and was too lazy to go back over. most of them are looking to the same side because the rest of the students were just standing there. i wanted headshots of these guys without extracting the basic ones from simpe (plus i used the in game camera feature so now they can all shamefully take their school pictures home to hang on the living room walls just like real life after i force mary sue to order prints of all of them and pass them out). they all had to wear formal clothes and truly capture the school picture day spirit :) i want to make it more interesting but idk what else to do i was never in a yearbook club

#sims 2 gameplay #low quality on purpose. for the aesthetic #i had to sing the alphabet to myself 20 times while setting this up to get them in order #i get to put the kids through the photography nexus next >:) #i think there's still a toddler that needs to age up this season but if not it'll be when i get around to bianca this round #let alex move his bang so he can see the camera... #ariel's face is so... distanced... she has a fisheye effect on her whole face #premades children and their wonky faces i love them #desdemona wearing the thickest makeup known to man... you know she pulled that right from seventeen magazine #she is going to win over a jonas brother with that look #i wish i thought of this when the premade teens were still in school but alas

[carolrain]

Bold all that applies to you

Thank you for tagging me @smblmn @ramonaflow @a-noble-dragon

APPEARANCE: i’m over 5’5” // i wear glasses/contacts // i have blonde hair // i prefer loose clothing to tight clothing// i have one or more piercings // i have at least one tattoo // i have blue eyes // i have dyed or highlighted my hair // i have gotten plastic surgery // i have or had braces // i sunburn easily // i have freckles // i paint my nails // i typically wear make-up // i don’t often smile // i am pleased with how i look // i prefer nike to adidas // i wear baseball hats backwards

HOBBIES AND TALENTS: i play a sport // i can play an instrument // i am artistic // i know more than one language // i have won a trophy in some sort of competition // i can cook or bake without a recipe // i know how to swim // i enjoy writing // i can do origami // i prefer movies to tv shows // i can execute a perfect somersault // i enjoy singing // i could survive in the wild on my own // i have read a new book series this year // i enjoy spending time with friends // i travel during school or work breaks (if i can afford it) // i can do a handstand

RELATIONSHIP: i am in a relationship // i have been single for over a year // i have a crush // i have a best friend i have known for ten years // my parents are together // i have dated my best friend // i am adopted // my crush has confessed to me // i have a long distance relationship // i am an only child // i give advice to my friends // i have made an online friend // i met up with someone i have met online

AESTHETICS: i have heard the ocean in a conch shell // i have watched the sun rise // i enjoy rainy days // i have slept under the stars // i meditate outside // the sound of chirping calms me // i enjoy the smell of the beach // i know what snow tastes like // i listen to music to fall asleep // i enjoy thunderstorms // i enjoy cloud watching // i have attended a bonfire // i pay close attention to colours // i find mystery in the ocean // i enjoy hiking on nature paths // autumn is my favourite season 🍂

MISCELLANEOUS: i can fall asleep in a moving vehicle // i am the mom friend // i live by a certain quote // i like the smell of sharpies // i am involved in extracurricular activities // i enjoy mexican food // i can drive a stick-shift // i believe in true love // i make up scenarios to fall asleep // i sing in the shower // i wish i lived in a video game // i have a canopy above my bed // i am multiracial // i am a redhead // i own at least three dogs

Tagging @mostlyinthemorning @flowertrigger @chelle-68 @trickiwooao3 @mammameesh @statueinthestone @demora00 @apothecarose @stargazer56 and also promising I'm gonna go work on that stupid poll result fic now.

#tag game #my pierced ears closed when baby was in the nicu #keeping my hands still for nail painting is excruciating #my hair is the prettiest it’s ever been #with streaks of silver #would say crafty not artistic #lot of sexist & classist connotations there though #won trophy for a poster not bc it was best drawn #but bc I was only kid who followed the rules #won cross country trophy bc 20 trophies & 20 girls showed #and trophy for being salutatorian #could keep myself alive if I fell off a boat #have friends known for decades #but best friend of 20 years & I had big falling out #miss her but impossible to fix #am a mom but not your mom #what does extracurricular mean 30 years out of high school #might remember stick-shift if forced to #don’t know about true love #or why I don’t sing in the shower

[whodarestoloveforever]

Hard to believe this was a year ago today.

I’m still so grateful I was able to see POTO the night of the 35th anniversary; it actually brings me to tears. 💕

#POTO #y’all if I think about it too long I start to fuckin cry #nothing will ever live up to that night I stg #because if I’m being real w y’all…getting to experience what I did made me content w/ being alive for the first time since I lost Mercury. #like I remember thinking to myself toward the end of the show ‘maybe it’s ok I’m still alive bc things like this make it worth it’ #like ik some ppl would read that and be like ‘it’s a fuckin musical it’s not that deep’ #but it fuckin is. I’ve loved POTO for almost 20 fuckin years #and I experienced something that made me feel true happiness in I don’t know how fuckin long #also not to brag (and sound insane) but *ahem* I was in the same room as ALW. Like I was breathing the same air he was breathing 😭 #AND I got to sing with Emile and Ben…yeah so maybe it was ‘happy birthday’ bUT FUCKIN STILL

[silliest-dude]

all of franks solo music was shit except leathermouth and death spells fucking fight me

#frank iero #my chemical romance #i literally blew $20 on a barriers cd bc i wanted to force myself to like it #it sucks so fucking bad #even ls dunes fucking sucks IDC!!!!!! #ofc tho if you actually like the music i hope you keep enjoying it #just imo i fucking cant with franks singing voice and dunes isnt for me

[just-your-average-tangerine]

How do you deal with the loneliness? And I don't mean a 'do it alone' kind of way. I do things alone all the time, I have no problem with doing things alone. I mean, I have one friend (I think we're friends), and he lives in another state. My sister only likes me because I drive her places and pay for things for her and has told me that if I wasn't her brother, she'd hate me. And not even for anything I've done, just because the way I dress and the music I listen to isn't punk enough for her. I try meeting new people and making friends, but no one will talk to me, and when I try to initiate a conversation, they cut me off and ignore me. Strangers make fun of fun of me for just existing.

And now I have to move somewhere where its not even safe for me to leave the house on my own. And I have to live my parents who are "fine" with me being trans as long as they "don't have to change the way they refer" to me, in terms of name and pronouns. And they're requiring that I quit school and acting for good.

When is it just time to give up?

#this was my moms first Halloween in the town they're living in #and they said they stopped giving out candy after 20 minutes #because over half the kids in the neighborhood were dressed up as the kkk #and singing out joining it when they grow up #and thats where im going to have to live for at least 6 months #as a visibly trans person #and even after that 6 months it's not like I can afford to go anywhere else #the only option id have for getting out #would be to do what my mom wants and go to trade school and become and electrician #and then hope i could get a job somewhere else #i should have just killed myself in high school #everythings just gotten worse and worse from there #and it was already bad then #but now i dont want to kill myself #so im just stuck miserable and broken #op

[scattered-winter]

as lonely as being aro can be I honestly wouldn't have it any other way because as a kid I felt like my life would be over in my 20s once I married and started having kids but the first time I realized I didn't have to do that shit was akin to a bird getting released from its cage

#like idk. i remember watching my mom growing up. no time to read or paint or sing or do anything she wanted to do #because she was always doing chores and housework and taking care of the kids #and she said she chose that life and was happy with it but it felt like a cage to me every time i thought about it #and in the ''religion'' i grew up in anyone with ovaries was supposed to get married and have lots of babies as soon as they could #so yk. 20s. #and as a kid growing up in that environment i Literally thought i would only get to live for 20/25 years #and then i'd be miserable and locked inside the house for the rest of my life #and all my friends growing up Wanted that !! they wanted marriage and a million kids and all the things we were told we needed to have #and im sure a lot of this was just the culture we grew up in. even now after leaving years ago im still struggling to unlearn things #and as kids ?? we didnt know Anything. #but idk. i remember watching brave and connecting with merida so much because i didnt want to get married either !!! #but i thought i had to !!! literally that movie made me cry so many times fr #but finding out what aromanticism was was literally so insane it was like. i dont have to do any of this bullshit actually. #it was literally the most radical thought i'd ever encountered at the time #it felt like i was defying everything i've been taught and it took me a long time to separate myself from the mindsets i grew up with #and then longer still to eventually separate myself from that environment completely #but idk. im a little lonely sometimes and my siblings and friends are all getting married and paired off #but i dont have to. my life isnt over and i can live it however i want. #idkkkkkkkk im feeling kinda emotional rn. being aro is incredible fr #winter speaks #queer #personal

[emmafallsinlove]

you singed up for this is so rory s6 coded :(((((

#please don't give up on me yet i know i'll get better i'm just not better yet................... #i'm 20 and probably upset right now............. #you (logan) singed up for this #and i'm sorry for making it about myself again but you (jess) singed up for this................................... #do you see my vision #rory gilmore #or speaks now

[chiaroscuroverse]

Sorry, I have nowhere else to go with this: My 8 yr old has been watching the Disney Zombies movies like crazy for a few months, which means I overhear them a lot but do not watch them.

And these movies have the most hilarious dialogue!! I thought the one that was like, "I DO want you to meet my parents, but.......they don't know you're a zombie 😔" was peak.

But tonight I found this playing in the tv room and about died:

​(I don't know whether to watch them for real or leave it like a campy, out of context treat.)

#and yes I do sing the songs to myself #🎶🎶I think I heard it vaguely a girl and a zombie🎶 #meg donnelly #between this and the winchesters he's very into her #he's picked her name a couple times when we all play 20 questions #*csv

[arthur-r]

had a really good night. feeling a little bit sick to my stomach but what can you do

#met seth from poolboy again today!! twice if you count each occurrence how i did the first time #so i’ve seen poolboy twice and theoretically met seth five times. i mean that’s how many conversations i had so. pretty fucking awesome #however i feel a little bit ill. cause of listening to my recording and hearing how awfully annoying i am #the keyboardists fiancé was actually standing right in front of us and so after the show he talked to us #cause me and my two friends who were there we were singing along to all the songs and poolboy is not a very famous band #so after the set was done the guy was like asking us questions and then he’s like yeah i’m actually engaged to jp from poolboy #and anyway that was really really cool in the moment. i just feel a little bit ill hearing myself talk to him? #like ‘poolboy is my fAvorite band .. ‘ ‘..my favorite song of theirs tOtal is corrections’ #i dont know. i think i’m just dysphoric and autistic so i have to feel bad about conversations when i have them recorded #but. um. i met jp dreblow’s fiancé that’s Pretty Cool. and i talked to seth and he gave me a free CD!!!! #cause i only had a $20 or a $5 and it was $10 and they didn’t have change and so he said it’s fine just take it for free!!!! #this was after i told him that they’re my favorite band and the absolute coolest and that we had seen them before back in january #and all of that. and i did meet him three times that day (shdhdf it’s a silly way to count it) but also got his autograph so. i’m really #lucking out with these interactions. secret to a dream life: have the most random guys who live in your state be your favorite band #it can’t go wrong. these guys are absolutely incredible and i have had so many random opportunities to say hi and be really excited #anyways i have a year of the weasel vinyl from the january show (with autograph) and a good orchard CD from today (free and with lyrics) #and i got a photo with seth today. i’m pretty sure what i said was ‘could i get a photo with you if that’s normal?’ and he said yeah sure #i feel like my relationship with poolboy is like. the opposite of a parasocial relationship. or like the most amplified version of that #cause i think of them as super cool unattainable celebrities but it’s like. some guy with a masters in library science who i’m probably the #first person to have asked for an autograph or a photo or anything like that. but see there’s the funny thing is that it’s both kinds of it #on the one hand i think of them as fancy fancy when they’re just some guys. but i also think of myself as The Only Poolboy Superfan which is #not necessarily true. who knows really. but they’re sure pretty freaking awesome and i sure got to see them today!!!! #anyway i’m real tired but i was really happy to see poolboy today. even though i feel a little bit sick about how i speak and sound #cause that’s not going to change. and it’s not like anyone said anything about it so i can assume they didn’t notice #i just have this creeping feeling at all times that everyone i meet is just treating me nice cause i’m too obviously autistic #like they hear what i say and they hate me and they judge me but they say well clearly something’s wrong with this kid so i’ll let it slide #but hey. some people love me. so hopefully your average stranger doesn’t hate me as much as i’m scared they might. i sure hope they don’t #anyway i had a good night it was really good i’m just being me a little bit. i hope everyone is well i’m about to go to sleep #friends only #i’ll be around in the morning this is my last tag i love you all very much and see you tomorrow goodnight

[el-im]

The Silencers (1966) dir. Phil Karlson

- Recognize the trademark? - Big O.  - Remember them? - Oh, yes, Tina. But I’ve been on leave from I.C.E for a long time, and as far as I’m concerned, I am out of it.  - You’re never out of ice. 

#films #this movie is so fucking bad and im only 20 mins into it #but! who cares. drooling over dean martin's old ass. #incidentally 'big o' is what kaleb inexplicably insisted on calling me in high school #so that's weird #id have forgotten it completely if i hadnt typed out that caption #this movie is like austin powers but not funny #also. harcourt fenton mudd. #this is so sexy... knife camera... #'that is not a girl tina--that is a disaster area' just say me and move on #actually ? i take it all back. two seconds of dean martin -- sans pants -- w a poncho on. and this is the best movie ive ever seen in my lif #'talk about a booby trap' im shooting myself #'i believed that telephone bit and it was a gasser' OH HES GOT JOKES #'he's a SEX MANIAC' uhh yeah my comment on this line has been irrevocably censored #PLEASE frank sinatra's 'come fly with me' playing on the radio and him saying 'oh turn him off hes terrible!' #*everybody loves somebody playing over the radio* dean martin: now there's a guy that can sing! #king shit

[soy-sauce-and-mothra]

Hey! Are there blacksmiths in your story? I'm a hobbyist blacksmith and I'm here to help!

Blacksmithing is one of those things that a lot of people get wrong because they don't realize it stuck around past the advent of the assembly line. Here's a list of some common misconceptions I see and what to do instead!

Not all blacksmiths are gigantic terrifying muscly guys with beards and deep voices. I am 5'8, skinny as a twig, have the muscle mass of wet bread, and exist on Tumblr. Anybody who is strong enough to pick up a hammer and understands fire safety can be a blacksmith.

You can make more than just swords with blacksmithing. Though swords are undeniably practical, they're not the only things that can be made. I've made candle holders, wall hooks, kebab skewers, fire pokers, and more. Look up things other people have made, it's really amazing what can be done.

"Red-hot" is actually not that hot by blacksmith terms. when heated up, the metal goes from black, to red, to orange, to yellow, to white. (for temperature reference, I got a second degree burn from picking up a piece of metal on black heat) The ideal color to work with the metal is yellow. White is not ideal at all, because the metal starts sparking and gets all weird and lumpy when it cools. (At no point in this process does the metal get even close to melting. It gets soft enough to work with, but I have never once seen metal become a liquid.)

Blacksmithing takes fucking forever. Not even taking into account starting the forge, selecting and preparing metal, etc. etc. it takes me around an hour to make one (1) fancy skewer. The metals blacksmiths work with heat up and cool down incredibly fast. When the forge is going good, it only takes like 20 seconds to get your metal hot enough to work with, but it takes about the same time for it to cool down, sometimes even less.

As long as you are careful, it is actually stupidly easy to not get hurt while blacksmithing. When I picked up this hobby I was like "okay, cool! I'm gonna make stuff, and I'm gonna end up in the hospital at some point!" Thus far, the latter has yet to occur. I've been doing this for nearly a year. I have earned myself a new scar from the aforementioned second degree burn, and one singe mark on my jeans. I don't even wear gloves half the time. Literally just eye protection, common sense, and fast reflexes and you'll probably be fine. (Accidents still happen of course, but I have found adequate safety weirdly easy to achieve with this hobby)

A forge is not a fire. The forge is the thing blacksmiths put their metal in to heat it up. It starts as a small fire, usually with newspaper or something else that's relatively small and burns easily, which we then put in the forge itself, which is sort of a fireplace-esque thing (there's a lot of different types of forge, look into it and try to figure out what sort of forge would make the most sense for the context you're writing about) and we cover it with coal, which then catches fire and heats up. The forge gets really hot, and sometimes really bright. Sometimes when I stare at the forge for too long it's like staring into the sun. The forge is also not a waterfall of lava, Steven Universe. It doesn't work like that, Steven Universe.

Welding and blacksmithing are not the same thing. They often go hand-in-hand, but you cannot connected two pieces of metal with traditional blacksmithing alone. There is something called forge welding, where you heat your metal, sprinkle borax (or the in-universe equivalent) on it to prevent the metal from oxidizing/being non-weldable, and hammer the pieces together very quickly. Forge welding also sends sparks flying everywhere, and if you're working in a small space with other blacksmiths, you usually want to announce that you're welding before you do, so that everyone in a five-foot radius can get out of that five-foot radius. You also cannot just stuck some random pebbles into the forge and get a decent piece of metal that you can actually make something with, Steven Universe. It doesn't work like that, Steven Universe.

Anvils are really fucking heavy. Nothing else to add here.

Making jewelry is not a blacksmithing thing unless you want jewelry made of steel. And it will be very ugly if you try. Blacksmithing wasn't invented to make small things.

If there's anything here I didn't mention, just ask and I'll do my best to answer.

#yes some of this was directed at steven universe #the only thing su got right was bismuth crying when her anvil broke #cus those things are goddamn expensive and hard to transport #blacksmith #blacksmithing #writing #writing prompts #writing advice #writeblr #writer #writer problems #writerblr #writerscommunity #writers on tumblr #writers and poets #writers