#how do socks work

[pabuthefirecat]

Malfunction Monday

THE STRUGGLE IS REAL

#hunter #video #cute #black cat #cat #neko #kitty #how do socks work #i cannot brain today #how do i do this #mood

[theoldkyokodied]

Uploading all my Tomgreg art at once from the past few week before season 4 hits, who knows in what kind of mental state i'm gonna be once it does :')

#tomgreg #succession #dont even talk to me i started watching this show when i had nothing to do at work and now i watch it with averiel my good friend averiel #and we are going to watch s4 together and i feel physically ill from bein so excited #so ya thats what ive been up to... anyway. i love these idiots they desever nothing but the worst (affectionate) #im also a tomshiv lover btw. im the one who yells 'THIS IS HOW TOMSHIV CAN STILL WIN' while they are actively losing on screen #thats the kind of person i am #dont look at me (lying on the floor) #okay i was not going to say stuff in the tags and let the art speak for itself but i NEED to point out details in the wine Painting.. #i put a lot of work into that one. thinly veiled metaphors and symbolism yknow.. #greg is gripping the stem of the wine glass with his full fist. tom and greg are dressed in the same outfit (sock garters included) #greg look appalled but he is not doing anything about the spill. tom is fondly pouring greg more and more wine. he is doing him a favor #i colored the red wine the same way i would color blood :) oh and tom is not really touching greg #only holding the chair in place. greg is making himself look smaller than he is like usual #oh and @ the person who said that it's the inverse of the tom and nate scene i love the way you think. i did not think of that before #but god. yeah. i actually thought about the scene change from when roman uhh.. christens his office in s1. the one with the coffee machine #i always go insane at that cut. this is not exactly the same since it's more.. about emotions but yknow.. it can be.. the same...

[puppyeared]

people who do STEM or administration as a career full time and continue to do art as a hobby, I am scared of you but like in a hot way. youre like if we were allowed to have cold drinks in winter. i look at you and think of miles morales with his two cakes. do you want to make out sometime

#i say all of this positively bc i just! i cant help admiring it!! even if its mundane or not a big deal to you i seriously cant wrap my head #around it.. this is in no way at all meant to be condescending or anything. whenever i look at someones bio and theyre like oh im working #as a lab assistant biologist pharmacist realtor etc im like woag.... thats insane.. and then i peep your art tag and it knocks my socks of #how?? what lives do you lead??? im so curious. i seriously want a peek inside your brains someday. or at least shadow you at work lol #i cant help but feel sad when someone says smth like well i have to support myself and art cant do that for me. or maybe you were #pushed into pursuing a 'safe' career bc i hear it a lot. all of my relatives have the same story working as nurses and OFWs for the family #i think for me its not about missed potential but rather its being sad about making a decision to put your happiness aside to get by #ive tried so hard to do it but it didnt work out. i guess watching you guys do it is fascinating to me #or maybe youve made peace with your decision or actually like what you pursued but im still amazed!! it makes me wonder what made #you pick one over the other in that case.. is it like putting time for two different things the way you would for a schedule?? hmmm #im doing graphic design so i dont really interact with ppl in other faculties even humanities like sociology or childcare... so i cant help #wondering what it must be like as someone whos pursuing visual communication both as an interest and career #i seriously wish i could do smth like a desk job or even admin and maybe ill try that if this doesnt work. or i could look into trades #but dyscalculia already makes it hard to do things like cash and mental math so i get overwhelmed if i think about this too hard #yapping

[mysticalcoffeequeen]

Nothing can ever be “fine” anymore in media. There is a demand for constant greatness. If a game isn’t expansive and visually breathtaking like Baulders Gate or God of War, it’s pushed to the side. If a film isn’t super bold with its animation & storytelling like Spiderverse, it’s “mediocre”. A professional digital artist has noticeable flaws in their work, it’s publicly scrutinized & dismissed as AI. There are good pieces media people have worked hard on and made for the sake of being entertaining, not epic or game changing, just a nice way to pass time, but nowadays that’s just called “mediocrity” because of this demand to have our expectations constantly surpassed! We relish in how the bar has been set ridiculously high & punish those who don’t reach it for our satisfaction.

#Society is unfair to people working in media #we demand more and better like children #without pausing to understand what and how much goes into it #I recall a studio that tried to keep up with Baulders Gate because of pressure #they went bankrupt #and gamers blamed them for not doing enough #a lot of shit goes into the art you consume #just because it doesn’t knock your socks off but also doesn’t suck #doesn’t mean it’s bad full stop #learn to enjoy media without this expectation #see how much fun you have #my thoughts #movies #media #video games #gamers #media criticism #trends

[cakesandfail]

We had solar panels put on our roof this week. Here is a list of things the workmen called my dog:

Our new best friend

The supervisor

Extremely long boy

Goodest boy

Sausage

Horse

The softest dog in the world

Honourable mention to this quote, in response to seeing the dog getting picked up because he wouldn't move out of the way:

"Look, you can see him switching his brain off!"

#socks the greyhound #he also snuck out of the back gate and tried to get in one of the vans #luckily they all thought it was funny #and then when they had to do stuff inside the house they were cheering him on because he's still learning how atairs work #also: #my partner: would you like to give the dog a biscuit? #all of these guys simultaneously: Y E S

[milkweedman]

Trying to finish something I was supposed to do ages ago--spinning a contrast color for this sock yarn. The fleece (southdown babydoll) had a pretty wide range of grays, most of which I blended together. But I intentionally left the darkest gray out of the mix so that later I could spin up just that, and have a dark gray for the toe and heel. So, now I'm doing that.

One thing I did not realize until now (due to intentionally avoiding working with the darker gray locks) is that they are all much shorter than the other colors of gray, and a lot of them are way finer too. That's not ideal, so I might not use it for the toe--it won't be as hard-wearing of a yarn and the toe/ball of the foot is what wears out the fastest on my socks by far, so. It's fine though, I just want some kind of decorative element that uses the fact that this fleece had lots of nice colors.

I'm also not that surprised, I guess. The longest locks were always the very light gray ones. Hard to know why without seeing the sheep though.

#spinning #handspun yarn #southdown #hand combed top #sock yarn #ive been trying to work on the hat but i need to frog and debug and also come up with some new peeries #and all of that requires brain which i do not have #and i realized actually i just wanted to knit socks and not think abt stuff #the distaff spinning... i am also having problems with #holding it is killing my hands. didnt realize quite how much until i switched to spinning this #which is not usually painful unless my hands are already fucked #so while i love that distaff i dont think i can really use it RIP #next model i might try one of the longer ones that can be held in place a variety of ways rather than exclusively held in the hand #i dont know what theyre called but ive seen tons in paintings of spinners. usually like the length of an arm maybe ? #could work better. we'll see #supported spinning

[team-aqua-official]

Almost 2am

Boyfriend's asleep

Me resisting the urge to dye our dogs blue

#there's pokémon safe dye. and arcdamnit i want to give crash bright blue socks #maybe paint his nails. there is also pokémon safe nail polish. #DO YOU KNOW HOW CUTE THAT'D LOOK #maxie likes red tho. i can give his mightyena and houndoom red socks #is there anything open at 2am can i go buy dye at this hour #i think i'm gonna jumpscare that poor employee working the night shift. since i am archie team aqua. but. whatever. #it's for the puppies... #team aqua official #pokemon #pokemon irl #irl pkmn #pokeblogging #pokeblr #rotomblr

[icewindandboringhorror]

sometimes looking at like Self Help Strategies lists for the symptoms I'm having is always just like:

thing that I already do

thing I have tried 10 times

thing I already do

thing that I don't have the money to do

thing I already do

thing I've been doing since I was 10yrs old to no avail

thing that is impossible given my situation

thing that doesn't apply to me

thing that I already do

thing I have already tried

hrmm, oh wait, maybe finally- OH, yeah.. okay. thing that I already do but it was just phrased slightly differently

thing I have already done

#I think maybe productivity tips help less if the reason you're unproductive is partially like.. physcial health and other extenral things #out of your control. rather than just like having trouble paying attention or spending too much time on tiktok or whatever #all the strategic to do lists in the world are not going to somehow prevent me from waking up with a debilitating migraine or whatever #or having external stressors or lacking resources and connections or other Productivity Essentials etc. #especially many tips involve stuff like 'cut off from social media' since thats the modern day time waster for so many poeple #and it's like.. lol.. i can hardly even maintain a blog even thuogh i actively WANT TO DO SO. 'shut off your smart phone!' already #done babey i fucking hate smart phones i shall never use an app unless i am forced to. 'delete tiktok' yep. already covered. tiktok and #all of those thinsg are my enemies. 'save money by cancelling some of your services' cool. already ahead of you. #who the fuck is out here paying for like 10 different subscription services. pirated videos uploaded to google drive and youtube to mp3 #my beloved. etc. etc. and so on. 'socialize less' .........LOL.. if only you knew.. mr.writer of the article. i can barely muster #talking to friends more than once a month and even less if I'm actively sick (often occurence) etc. etc. ... hewoo #I think maybe instead of generic productivity tips I need more like.. how to refocus and be productive anyway even if you have a headache #or are nauseous or etc. Not that those are always things to ignore. and of course you should let your body rest and etc. But plenty of peop #e have mild physical symptoms and just work through them. Ithink something about the way my body/mind is SOO hyper attuned to all #sensory information just makes it like... constantly 'GRR well I cant focus on WRITING right now because my lef #t ear feels weird and my socks are too itchy and my back has a strange pressure and I'm vaguely warm and my eye feels some ssort of #way it doesnt normally feel and I'm hyperaware of my breathing and also nauseous for no reason' and like half of those things I #think '''normal''' people wouldnt even notice or at least would be able to just live through. but for me it's like.. nealry impossible to i #gnore and soooo distracting always. like 'wahh.. nooo we can't draw or get anything done.. my legs feel slightly heavy or something!!' #like............. ok......... who cares. thats not even a PAIN sensation it's just something weird. but it's just like.. NO. constant #mental alerts about the 'heaviness' of your legs be upon ye. Though Imean like.. yes.. 70% of the time I am in genuine pain #or having some sort of actual ailment with trackable physical symptoms. but sometimes it's just like... we could totally be working right #now and ignoring this silly thing but my brain is fixated on it for no reason uncontrollably. etc. etc. I guess it's the same way that like #most people can go to a grocery store without the whole experience being so overwhelming and so much stuff going on at once #that they have to rest afterwards but like.. in my own HOME doing NOTHING i feel like I should be able to not get overwhelmed lol. ANYWAY #Rolling my bastard little rock up a dumbass hill and so on and so forth

[viciousewe]

I’m not avoiding my 3 spinning and 4 knitting projects!!! I’m not!!!

#I’m just sampling! #honestly! #gotta know how I wanna do my next project. #anyways as much as I enjoy the action of combing fibers #I didn’t like that the Icelandic in particular would separate out tog from them #and I am not spending 100$ on single row combs I would only really want for double fleeces like this #and I do eventually want to experiment with seperated fleeces (just not right now) #I decided I was finally gonna do it #I was finally gonna get reacquainted with my cards #and so far I’m having a decent time! #I think I finally found a technique that works for me #(it’s basically just from Louis Swales’ video ‘how to card like a ghost’) #I’m putting out rolags that umm #ok they don’t look great but they are a decent spinning experience! #and I like how little waste there is #currently in this pic I am spinning some rolags that were rolled off the short end of cards so the fiber is mostly parallel #(been calling them cigar rolags) #and tbh I think I prefer the rolag rolled off the long side #I feel the dual cost fibers mix better #I’m gonna try to spindle spin enough yarn to make a short pair of socks as one of the things I wanted to do was get #a pair of 100% Icelandic wool socks to see how it wears compared to the commercial standard of merino nylon blend #and then I want to spin some Lopi style for a sweater #and if I have any long locks leftover I’ll use that in my current rug project #yarn #handmade #spinning #handspinning #handspun #wool #spindle

[the-writing-mobster]

Y'know - canon Sans is PROBABLY TERRIBLE in a relationship now that I think about it lol

It's the lack of participation in the daily upkeep of life for me.

At the end of the day, while yes, men will clean up their act to GET the person they want... once they're comfortable, old habits resurface and cause problems.

Sans is a dude who skates by on the bare minimum.

Sure when push comes to shove he pulls out all the stops, like... *after* you've killed everyone. (And I know it's because he's hopeless and desperate and moreso cares about punishing the player than it is about stopping you... But apply that energy to a relationship... Yeah....)

Do I think he would be just so awful all the time? No. Of course not. He would be a great guy to be around. He's fun, he notices things, he can be surprisingly caring —

Which is why I think his partner would keep giving him chances to clean it up. Because when it's good, it's great but... It's also really important to participate in the labor of a relationship. Putting all of the work onto one person will eventually wear them down until they just can't do it anymore. Then that resentment begins to build up...

Until eventually everything about him puts a bad taste in your mouth.

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#this is also why I soriel wouldnt work in the long run #Toriel would never put up with this #Frisk would put up with it longer because they're stubborn and younger so they'd be a lil inexperienced #about how they should be treated #which genuinely is why in the fic they stay together for 4 years #wowie #undertale #ask and answer #THANK YOU FOR THE ASK! #it all boils down to not offering to do the dishes without being asked man #a break up doesn't have to be over some grand horrible thing #sans character study #sans is lazy #that is his defining character trait #and everyone can speculate about how its all a front or he's so much more but... #he still hasn't picked up that damn sock #break up au

[leguin]

sometimes i read a lot of short stories and sometimes i get so filled with jealousy over anyone who can write a good short story that i can't even think about them for like 5 months at a time

#how do people do it...like functionally how does it work #lispector writing 2-3 page short stories that'll knock your fucking socks off!! how!!!!

[lecliss]

Sakura gets a second point for being the first to complete the tree climbing at being better at chakra control, but at the same time it just feels like she was made good at it so no extra training segment time would have to be put into her getting good at it and it can be all about Sauce and Nart. Idk that feels too pessimistic but also could totally be true.

#she takes on a very 'obsever' role. like kashi is the teacher watching over them. but sock is the watching and commenting from the same #perspective of nart and sauce and also the viewer unlike kashi. cuz he provides a lot of exposition and whatnot in his inner monolgues #and its like. of course the girl is just the observer who watches alongside us as the two main boys grow and develop #AND I DONT WANNA FUCKIN BE PESSIMISTIC ABOUT THIS BUT GOD ITS IMPOSSIBLE!!!! #but her whole character so far is 'i hate the class clown. im book smart. i diet and im in love' #and the way i see it is. 12yo girl TRYING to fit into the femininity she sees in the world around her so she forces herself to be like this #but she has inner sock who speaks what she really feels showing that she puts on quite a front and isnt really much like that at all #and you expect her to grow into wanting her to truly define herself. and she does with getting stronger and training under tsunade and #learning medical ninjutsu so she really finds a spot for herself. she does!!! but then she KEEPS hanging onto the love nonsense #and admittedly there are moments that push a very obvious trope of thinking she likes sauce cuz hes cool but finding out that the real 'gem' #is nart so i definitely understand where n@rus@kus are coming from #but then she just STICKS with sauce until its the worst ship possible and its an utter mess of 'ill never give up on him' #EVEB DESPITE HIM TRYING TO KILL HER!!! THEN THAT FUCKING WORKS OUT!?!?!? #AND TOO THIS DAY SAUCE STILL NEVER COMES OFF LIKE HE ACTUALLY LOVES HER #IM SORRY BUT ITS TRUE. SARD WE ARE GETTING YOU BETTER PARENTS. ON GOD!!!!! #so she just hangs on to this one little thing that she SHOULD have gotten development for to move on from BUT IT NEVER FUCKING HAPPENS #so its like half her development never fucking happens and thats why it #s such a fuckinf mess!!!!! #i fucking hate this show. i need to go back to watching mike's dino game vod. what am i doing here????? #i did this to myself btw. i didnt need to start yelling about that but thats just how it is with nart #start thinking about something good and then it reminds you of something related thats bad and now its like. yeah this shit sucks #remember when kishi said he regretted not making hina the heroine???? we could have lived in a better timeline. #but if i say that i will get assassinated #anyway. #sock count #personal

[aldieb]

i really need to simultaneously become fully vegan, eat more food, and [redacted], and i don’t think these items will actually go together. like the logic puzzle where you have to get the fox and the chicken and the cabbage across the river. 👎

#text tag #i’ll be whining to my brother to give me advice on building muscle and he’ll be like ‘well you don’t eat or go to the gym so you’re out of #luck’ like ok wig #i could absolutely do research on a mask that would work for the gym but. bleh. regularly jogging in brooklyn when no one understood how #things worked yet turned me off this so powerfully bc everyone was wearing cloth masks and inhaling felt like eating your own wet sock

[inverse-problem]

"into the blue again"

ultrakill sketch request from anonymous - mirage dressed as ena (from the webseries of the same name)

#my art #I still do not know how socks work for mirage so she has a sort of legwarmer #also not sure these are the correct shoes but that's the impression I had #the pose is from the music video for 'once in a lifetime' by talking heads bc poses from there are also used in the ena webseries #does the first five tag thing for tracked tags still apply bc I don't want to spam the main tags but I want my blog to be organized haha #guess I'll find out #ultrakill #mirage ultrakill #id in alt

[exculis]

its funny bc when i got into knitting i was like 'ok but im not gonna be like those OTHER knitters and make knitting my entire personality' and then i immediately abandoned that and my entire personality is knitting now. im knitting a sock rn btw. if you didnt know. ive never knit one by hand before. only by machine. so its exciting.

#im doing techniques i could never do on the machine #i wanna come up with an adapted version of my sock pattern that would allow me to make a lace or cabled or ribbed foot instead of just plai #stockinette. but i INSIST on having a heel flap and gusset so we will see if i can manage that. i know it will need to be a sock knit flat #and then sewn up but idk if/how it will work out

[tiktoks-we-like]

#when i worked at meijers overnights sometimes i would walk around barefoot with socks #something about it rly hits different idk how to explain it but maybe it was just the cold tile on my owchie inflamed feet #you could not pay me to do that durring the day around other ppl tho #mod pastel #also yes i know the floor is dirty my feet HURT let me do what i want