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weebsinstash · 3 years

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What anime have you watched recently?

Unfortunately I've been having a lot of trouble motivating myself to do things, so I haven't really been watching... much of anything at all :( well, the new Animaniacs is cute, I used to watch that with my sister on Saturday mornings, so it's nice to get that show back. On the mental health front,, thankfully I'm starting a new psychiatrist on Thursday and I hope to get back on medication so I can actually... feel joy again

It might not be an anime, but back in June I started playing Arknights, which is one of those anime-inspired gacha mobile games. It's a tower defense which actually gives it a surprising amount of replayability depending on what kind of games you like to play because the different types of combat styles gives you a lot of "mix and match" potential, which I like a lot. I was playing Food Fantasy for like 2 years and like, there are definitely games where you straight up run out of shit to do after a while

Arknights has a lot of neat character designs, powers (called Arts), and most characters are based off of a specific animal. When you "Promote" a character for the second time, you unlock special art that, is constantly just gorgeous. I literally want to level up all my characters just for the cool art. Here's my Blaze who I just promoted recently, and some other examples

The characters themselves are often really interesting and cool as well! It's packed with badass female characters in STEM and robotics and all sort of hobbies like gardening and astronomy, and the overall plot of the game is pretty compelling too. In the world of Terra, there's a metal called Originium that's toxic to organic life capable of giving something the Infection, a transmittable and fatal disease where Originium crystals will eventually start forming in a person's body, in their blood, on their skin, until they die. This has led to the Infected being massively discriminated against out of fear to the point where some governments and communities carry out mass-genocides to dispose of the Infected communities before the disease can spread. There's also a war between Ursus (very explicitly supposed to be Russia) a massively shitty country full of slavery and shit, and Kazdel, a country also ravaged by war and poverty and is the home to the Sarkaz race who face racial discrimination, often called things like "devils". This game has in fact made me cry with its writing. I'm not going to be over Chapter 6 for a good while.

I'm not crying, you're fucking crying

It also has great music! They have tracks with some big names in them, like Christina Vee and Jeff/Casey Lee Williams. My favorite track so far is either the main theme for Twilight of Wolumonde or Burn Me To The Ground, though if you've seen any of the YouTube advertisements then you've probably heard the "main theme" of the game, Speed of Light

Anyways, if you're interested in playing and seeing for yourself, the 1-year anniversary event began today, and it's giving tons of goodies to players new and old! It's definitely a great time to pick up the game, especially since, just today, they rolled out a bunch of brand new features! So yeah, if you need something new to kill time on, maybe it's worth checking out uwu

#would i produce arknights content? dunno

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cancerbiophd · 5 years

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hi julia, i hope you're having a good monday! do you have any recommendations for homesickness? i've moved across the country for grad school and am totally alone in a new city. i'm so anxious i can barely eat, and i miss my family so much. i just want to settle in already so i can prepare for classes, but right now i can barely function! ):

hello my darling anon!

I’m sorry to hear it hasn’t been a good couple of days for you! But I want you to know that it’s totally ok to feel homesick. We’re never “too old” to feel homesick. It’s sometimes really tough moving away from the familiar! I wasn’t close at all to my family when I moved away for grad school, but I still felt a lot of sadness when my parents were driving away and I went back into my new (pretty empty) apt. If anything, the loneliness of being away from what I was familiar with compounded with the nervousness of starting something so monumental. So I completely understand what you’re feeling, and I want you to know it gets better once school starts and you form a daily routine and are kept super busy with classes and work, and you make new friends and memories. You’re going to be ok anon :)

Here are some things to try that might let you feel less homesick:

Talk to the person you’re missing. Call them as often as you want if that makes you feel more whole. If calling isn’t always an option, communicate by other means, like texting, etc. One of grad school friends literally calls her mom every single day during her evening commute, and as far as I can tell, has been doing this for the past 5 years of grad school. If you want to talk to someone every day, then go for it. There’s absolutely no rule in life about having a quota on communicating with our loved ones. Just keep in mind to be considerate of not only the other person’s time constraints, but your own as well. But a 15 min chat every day can be totally doable!

Have noise playing in the background when you’re at home, be it music, a podcast, the news, a TV show, ambiance sounds, etc. I’ve found that silence can heighten feelings of loneliness, especially if you’re used to living in a household with lots of hustling and bustling. A friend of mine comes from a huge family so when she moved here for grad school, she would always have the TV on quietly in the background in her room. If things with words are distracting (like if you’re trying to study), I love using the Relax Melodies app on my computer or phone to play a huge variety of background noises that can be can mixed and matched (my favorite is rain + crackling fireplace).

Put up pictures of good times with your family and friends around your place (and future work space, if possible). Gazing at the laughing faces of my family and friends is the next best thing to being with them, and sometimes it does feel like they’re almost right there next to me. I get my prints from CVS–it’s super quick and cheap.

Make a list of all the positive things you’re looking forward to with a physical list on pen and paper so you can refer to it often. For example: you’re starting grad school!!! How many years have you dreamed of this day? So many!! If you have a stipend: you’re gonna get a salary, and tho maybe a small one, it’s a salary nonetheless! Your new apt is a blank canvas for decorating, so if there’s an aesthetic you’ve always wanted to try, now’s the perfect time! Even if it’s just one thing, it could help bring a little brightness to your day.

Try to make your new place feel more like home, by unpacking, organizing and cleaning, acquiring any furniture or supplies you need, decorating, browsing websites like apartmenttherapy.com for new decor inspo, etc. If anything, it’ll give you keep you occupied from thinking bad thoughts, even for a brief couple of minutes.

Reach out to your cohort, if you have their info. Many are probably feeling just as lonely. If there were some cool people you met during your interviews that also got accepted, think about reaching out to grab a bite to eat and explore the city together. Same with current grad students who welcomed you to contact them!

Get take out or delivery these few days. If you don’t have the emotional and mental energy right now to go grocery shopping and cook, that’s absolutely ok. But I would like you to eat something, because I know it’ll make you feel better. It’s amazing how much better we feel and how much clearer we think once our bellies are full, so think about what you most want to eat right now, and order it to go.

I’ve also been told that cooking something from home can help. But personally, since I’m a terrible cook, I sometimes end up just messing up the recipe and feeling even worse. But if you’re gifted with chef skills, you could try that!

Take an afternoon to explore campus. If the thought of exploring an entire new city is overwhelming, then start small with just your new campus. It’ll also be a great chance for you to find out where your classrooms are, where the best places to eat or study are, etc. And all university campuses are just gorgeous and filled with history, so that alone is worth the exploration. And even though classes haven’t started the campus won’t be entirely deserted, so buildings will still be open! After all, we current grad students are always there, no matter the season :P

Read a book--new or an old favorite. I know the one thing that will take my mind off bad feels for a long time is reading (or re-reading) a great book. There’s also something really comforting about curling up and reading too that feels like home and a hug rolled into one.

I hope there’s something in there for you to try, and that you start to feel at least a little bit better soon! You’re going to be ok anon. Things will be ok :)

Please feel free to reach out to me on the chat system if you feel comfortable doing so! I’m always here if you need someone to talk to (or give book recs :D!)

#Anonymous #grad advice #college advice

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sylvaetria · 7 years

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Hi Hi! I've been interested in secular witchcraft for a long time, but i'm finally starting to stop just researching, and I want to try and start practicing! I've collected a bunch of resources, but what are some of the first things you'd suggest picking up from the store? Candles, herbs, oils, etc? Also, any beginner posts you could link me to would be wonderful. I'm all ears! Have a wonderful day

Hey, congrats on deciding to practice and doing your research! Are you excited? Nervous? Enjoying what you’ve seen so far? Is Tumblr your primary resource? :)

I wanna learn so much from new witches omg. (There’s irony in there.)

Well, it honestly depends on what you wanna do and use yourself. Because personally, I picked up a few of each - I got some tealights from WalMart, bought some cheap incense from somewhere else, picked up some dried herbs from the grocery store that I didn’t already have in the kitchen, and found like five or six crystals I liked from Green Earth. I spent maybe like twenty bucks. That was my beginner’s witch kit.

But, again, it all comes down to what you want to use. Are you more interested in working with candles in magic? Candle magic *is* a really easy but effective method of magic, and candles are everywhere, and really cheap. Most spells use candles in them, not necessarily as the focal point of the spell, but they also do wonders for boosting energies. A bag of 100 tea lights goes a long way in witchcraft. Color correspondences can help, but isn’t necessarily required.

Or maybe crystals are where you wanna go. Crystals have amazing energy, but are a bit more on the pricey side. It can also be hard for people who don’t know a lot about them to tell them apart - the “danger” in this is being swindled by people claiming their crystals are something they’re not. Doesn’t mean they won’t work for their “declared” intent, necessarily, but it means you just dropped a lot of money on something worth a tenth of that.

That doesn’t mean it isn’t worthwhile to work with them, though. Because they’re an amazing tool, really - you just gotta do some more research, and be confident in where you’re buying from. Finding a reliable dealer with decent prices is where it’s at. But then, once you’ve got some crystals, they’re really versatile. They can be used on their own, or in conjunction with other spells, put them in jars and sachets, or in poppets, make grids, use them to charge other things, just stick like ten of them in your pockets - boom, witchcraft.

Oils aren’t something I necessarily recommend, to be honest. Not because they aren’t useful, because they are, just like any other tool can be (just gotta know how to use them). I just don’t know a lot about essential oils. xD If that is the area you wanna go in, however, it’s worthwhile to know that you’re gonna want to do some more research on the topic, and be wary of any allergies you may have, and for the love of god don’t put a crapton of pure oil straight on your skin.

Herbs is a little bit of a tricky area too, especially when using them as medicine. It requires a lot of research and safety if you plan on ingesting herbs for actual remedial purposes. If you just want to use dried herbs in, like, jars and spell bags, it isn’t nearly as bad, but you still want to keep an eye out for any poisonous / toxic plants and allergies. The stuff you can get pre-dried from grocery stores and dollar stores are honestly enough in most cases, and there’s lots of substitutes for more expensive or exotic plants, depending on intent.

If you wanna grow your own herbs too, that’s an option, but another area I don’t know a lot about, so I can’t give you any more advice on that besides do some more research. (It seriously never ends, so I hope you like studying.)

I guess this sort of answers your questions, but not really in the way you wanted. So, long story short, what you pick up depends on what and how you want to practice. However, I’ll give you a list of items I would recommend, purely based on my own craft, but I feel they’re pretty good staples to have all around.

candles - versatile as all hell; can be used on their own or in any other spell; bags of white tea lights are super cheap and easy to find; worry about colors later; scents can be used as correspondences as well but don’t hinder in any way

also, if you can’t have open flames for whatever reason, they have LED / battery powered candles in some dollar stores now; not to mention, tech magic?!

matches - they smell nice, and can light candles; suuuper cheap, but in bulk; unless you’re allergic to sulphur, then just a lighter will work

herbs - dried herbs from the grocery store seriously do the trick just as well as fresh / organic stuff; Bulk Barn / Barrel has a lot of awesome stuff for super cheap too; start off with just a few general / all-purpose ones, and then add to your collection as you go along; it starts to build up over time, trust me

sea salt - cleansing and protection; can be used as a base for most herbal mixtures

rosemary - considered a substitute for most other herbs

basil - has like a shit ton of correspondences

cinnamon is useful to have too

if you wanna curse, pepper flakes, paprika, or cayanne pepper should do the trick

jars - do I even need to explain?; dollar store, man; even thrift stores have some pretty amazing and cool looking bottles and stuff

notebooks - not something necessarily overly witchy, but more so to write down what you learn; trust me, you’ll wanna do that, especially with correspondences; also, sigils

also, though, keeping a blog can be a great way to have a magical book; can be password detected / kept secret; tags are useful for organiazation; and then you have us assholes in the community to hang out with too xD

writing utensils are also kinda required to, you know, write in books; black Sharpies are useful for actually drawing on stuff - candles, sachets, etc.; good for sigil work

scrap fabric - but some cool patterns from thrift stores or whatever; useful for making sachets and poppets

sealable plastic bags can do in a pinch though, really; also can be drawn on with Sharpie for easy sigil application

string / thread - tie up bags, herb bundles; make sachets and poppets; also useful for bindings, and that’s a good skill to know

mini sewing kit - super useful to have in general, and all parts of it can be used for something, somewhere

tea bags - seriously, tea has magical properties too; super discreet; and easy as hell; play around with different flavors for intents

crystals - clear quartz is super cheap and all-purpose; buy like five of them and just use them over and over; again, another thing it might be useful to have like three or four basic ones and then build your collection over time; that’s how most of us get our arsenal of supplies

clear quartz - substitutes for any other crystal

amethyst - super cheap and easy to find; variant of quartz; good for sleep and peace and divination; also purple

tiger’s eye - I’m biased because this is my favorite crystal; good for protection and courage; did I mention it’s awesome to look at?

incense - not necessarily required, but I like to have it; smells nice, useful; so many scents; can be found pretty cheap all over too

again, if you can’t have open flames in your place, you can try those wax melters; definitely pricier, but versatile for magic as well; and I mean, they just smell, so, good; my mom has one with like sugar cookie wax cubes; and I come home and think she’s baking, and I get super excited; but it’s a lie

So, yeah, that’s my list, and reasons for what I wrote. That’s just some ideas to get you started. If you choose a path that doesn’t need those things in them, obviously don’t bother then. And depending on what “type of magic” you wanna do, your basic supply list might be very different. For instance, a sea witch probably won’t care so much about kitchen herbs, and stock up on sand and seaweed, sea shells and salt water.

Since you asked for beginner’s posts, too, you can have my whole list:

Advice for Witchlings: [Part 01]; [Part 02]

[How to Start Being a Witch] (an ask)

[How to Begin to Do Magic, and Other Questions] (an ask)

[Advice to Baby Witches]

[Becoming a Witch] (an ask)

[For a Beginner] (an ask)

[Getting Started]

[How Do You Even Begin?] (tw: gif)

[“I’m Interested in Witchcraft, Where Do I Start?”]

[The Newbie Witch - What Others Often Don’t Tell You About Beginning the Practice]

[9 Practical Tips for New Witches]

[NSFW (Not Safe For Witches): Staying Safe in Magic]

[100 Tips for the Secret Witch]

[St.’s Short and Sweet Guide to (Not Asking Her) How to Get Started in Witchcraft and Magic]

[10 Common Misconceptions of Baby Witches]

[Things I Wish Somebody Had Told Me in the Beginning: Witch Edition]

[Tips for Beginner Witches] (an ask)

[Tips for Beginners] (an ask)

[Tips for Extremely New Witches] (an ask)

[Tips For Those Who Are Considering Witchcraft]

[Top Witch Tips]

[What I Wish I Knew Starting Out]

[“Where Do I Start?”]

[Where to Start] (an ask)

[Witchcraft, Where to Start?]

[Witchling Tips]

I did it! I made a post that wasn’t mostly links! :o Anyway, sorry for my smartass mouth, I was having fun with this. I hope you enjoyed reading, and I hope it gave you some ideas, and helped you out! Good luck! And if you need any more clarification or have more questions, you know where to find me. :D

#witchcraft 101 #supplies #I wrote a post!#long post #resource #masterpost #richtor's lists #richtors lists

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