#so I went to the public library

[morenavbby]

I've been listening to Midnight Rain by Taylor Swift and the part of the song about her only thinking about him when it's midnight doesn't resonate with me at all.

It's midnight right now and I was thinking about the time younger me was telling the public librarian how I was attempting to commit a crime on the library computers and her solution was to sell me a floppy disk for a dollar.

#I really liked this song from my favorite artist at the time and wanted to keep it #so I thought I could create a copy of it from the internet to keep for myself #i knew nothing of computers or piracy #also I did not have a computer #so I went to the public library #thinking I could use the computer there to make my copy #but I did not own any type of storage device however the library helpfully had storage devices available for sale #in the form of floppy disks #so there was little me attempting to steal a song from the internet with a library computer and a floppy disk #with no idea that this was considered theft #I failed at it btw #don't worry I discovered limewire eventually

[tea-tuesday]

travel tales: stockholm, sweden

#this is one of the loveliest libraries i've ever seen!! #when i visited seoul i went to starfield lib (which was inspired by the stockholm public library) but it was so impractical smh #stockholms stadsbibliotek #mine #tea-tuesday #traveling #travel #stockholm #sweden #stockholm public library #travelling #wanderlust #library #reading #books and reading #studyblr #study inspiration #travel tales

[chiropteracupola]

just a couple of creepy 18th-century innkeepers talking shop!

[featuring @borisyvain's lazarus mcclure and my own james webster]

#em draws stuff #oc time again hehe #haunted by your hand #the gambler: james webster #really I should start having an 'other people's characters' tag again as well... #so yes I have thought about these two being Brothers In Homosexual Haunted Murderhotel for long enough that a drawing happened #I do not know Where they are in this image (esp. as I have aged james up by some 30ish years so as to be able to Interact with mr mcclure) #(which is why she's looking a bit mellower than usual and also wearing teal... Character Development which as of regular hbyh has not #yet come to pass.....) #eh who knows maybe james went to ireland. she can have a little a go to ireland hang out with other horrible people as a treat #she deserves a little treat for making it to the 1780s-1790s (no one thought she was making it of the 1760s alive I am sure) #surprisingly this was a delightful refresher as I have been in a state of artblock/only interested in drawing things I can't work on in #public spaces lately! but this came together in barely two hours (admittedly after four days of staring at pictures of mr mcclure) #anyway if you read this far you should all go look at jory's blog his characters are SO cool and well-researched #james will someday be more well-researched than she currently is but that will be after I get around to reading 'the english pub 1500-1830' #which I found in the library and was so brave and strong and Did Not check out so as to actually maybe get schoolwork done

[sysig]

Hoppy Easter (Patreon)

#Doodles #MKR #Nova #BunBonBop #Deltarune #Spamton #SCII #The Captain #Koisuru Boukun #My favourite library was hosting a bunny hunt for the kids which was actually really cute #There were various pictures of bunnies posted on low shelves around the library that the kids would have to draw on their own sheet #There was even a Waldo! Cosplay encouraged #Probably at least a little bit of why I was interested in filling out a sheet but not at all with any of the bunnies in the building haha #(Yes I did make the Vargases first shh they'll get their own later) - I had enough to fill the whole page by the end :) #All of these were from memory since these were also emotional cool-down doodles - the power went out while I was working #Which left me with no internet until getting to the library - and then Their power went out so yet more No Internet ugh #Plus I had forgotten that the library has charging stations! Public charging is still a bit of a foreign concept to me #So a half-dead iPod on borrowed half-working wifi - all while I have a perfectly(?) functioning brain and recall! Well- #But I got them close lol I've drawn all of them before and I love them so it's Good Enough! #Starting with Nova from MKR II <3 <3 I love her worst girl so much she makes a cute bunny #Her with a chubby bunny body with her tight-fitting armour looks silly hehe #Bun-Bun was obvious! Especially since I'd drawn her so much so recently #Her eyelashes are almost like whiskers haha - I could definitely see the BBBs doing an animal theme and having matching whiskers #The already-bunnies! The Other obvious choices! Hayden was no big thing since I'd drawn him quite recently too but Chess... #I mean he's close! Just Not Quite y'know lol - he is still cute in his crop-cut spiked leather jacket tho haha #I'm very thankful the library also came stocked with the appropriate coloured crayons to make Spam lol I didn't bring any of my art supplies #His lower body/legs make no sense on a bunny base huh lol ♪ #The Captain! I had to stretch for his shoulder and arm details like A Lot but I think he's still mostly recognizable? Maybe? #And finally Souichi <3 It's been a bit longer since I last drew him so I mostly forgot his bangs but I actually got them pretty close! Yay #It was a fun and silly base :) Kinda reminded me of Keyhole Chibis - maybe returning sometime would be fun :3c

[nodosauriday]

Everyone get a library card right now because guess what! Your favourite books (and books that you don’t even know about yet) will go out of print one day and it will be extremely difficult to track them down!

Books don’t just keep being printed forever unfortunately and it’s useful to know where to find copies of books that are long out of print. Your local library might not have every book but they are part of a system and you can order stuff in from other libraries and end up with a pretty complete collection.

#public libraries #been reading animorphs and yeah it’s tough because I try and read physical copies when I can but no one has physical copies of animorphs #because they went out of print like 17 years ago and there are also 50 of them #anyways media preservation is important open yourself up to so much good stuff by going to your local library

[girderednerve]

debates about queer representation are tired even if they do express real pain & frustration but i am entering the chat to say that i have literally never seen my relationship to being gay portrayed in media anywhere. my relationship to being gay is that when i figured out i wasn't straight i was like, immensely relieved & delighted, & then when i spent the next two years wanting to kill myself constantly & thinking i was responsible for every bad thing on earth i was still like, "but at least i'm gay. like, thank god for that. at least i'm gay, that's going for me. everything else about me may be bad but at least i'm gay." life-saving, to be real with you. even now when i am having a bad day i'm like, "well, i'm still gay! so that's good!"

mostly my point here is that there is a vast expanse of feelings that people have about being gay, and it sucks that we have relatively few narratives for what coming out might feel like or how it might work when it is, still, a momentous occasion for most people, but it's also an invitation to reflect on how fuckin great it is to be gay. if people were mean to you about it i will break their knees. being gay is awesome & i love you

#references to past suicidality #irredeemable whining #i don't disdain or look down on straight people i'm just really glad that i'm not straight & that i know that about myself #my cramps rn are so bad i am so miserable about it BUT AT LEAST I'M GAY #a driving force in my being annoying about youth services in libraries is the queer youth group meeting i went to in a public library #& how i felt weeping in my car afterward thinking about how you can be gay & live. you can be gay & just some guy. you can just live. #i want to be there in my lace-up boots with my ring of keys for any kid who needs to see me #tbd probably sorry friends have a good night!!

[clarabow-mp3]

i was out all day yesterday and by the time i got home i was like "wow maybe this physical activity thing actually works maybe i am capable of going out and doing things disability what disability i feel GREAT" and then i woke up this morning i was like ah. that disability.

#i'm so fucking tired #i was running on adrenaline sunshine and a starbucks strawberry acai refresher and now those things are gone and it's just me #and my sore back and my iron deficiency and my pms and my possible chronic fatigue syndrome #good god. good fucking god. #like it was a good day!! it was nice while it lasted!! #i hung out at the state library and i went into st kilda and checked out a venue for my sister's birthday and it was perfect #and then i went to the museum for my volunteer shift for 3 and a half hours #and then i came home on public transport at peak hour and i didn't get a seat on the train for a long while #but at the time i was like that's okay i have my little beverage and my killers of the flower moon audiobook #but now my back and thighs are screaming at me for being a total idiot and i can barely think or process information #and tomorrow i not only have to go out AGAIN but i also have to email my supervisor with a summary of the work i've done this week #well clare. it's not a lot. sorry girl.

[captainofthenautilus]

nothing. and i mean nothing. has made me feel more like a human being that exists within the local community than biking to my local library and signing up for a library card

#words words words #going to the farmer’s market? ❌ #walking around my college campus? ❌ #existing in a public library for one (1) hour? ✅✅✅ #it might just be the fact that i’m visiting downtown in a way that’s not extremely overstimulating #(the farmer’s market is Very Loud. and Very Crowded.) #the feeling like a human bit is also helped by Minor Social Interaction With Strangers #i went to the dentist yesterday. and got my car smogged. and went grocery shopping with my mom. #i also did my laundry and gave myself a haircut yesterday which also add to the Overall Happiness meter #it’s a warm day out and i decided to apply some trans tape this morning (i don’t use it often) #i did some work at the library for an hour or so and then went downstairs to apply for a library card. and now i’m eating lunch at a park #just a few blocks away #i left my bike at the library since i’m planning to go back and keep doing work after lunch

[bakingmoomins]

i love the internet archive so much

#i was like hm. i wanna listen to audiobooks while i knit or crochet #and the first option i saw was either libby or the amazon audiobook thing which is a no and i don't have a library card for libby #bc well. public libraries here are basically non existent #and the library card you can get has access to online things but as far as i can tell no audiobooks #so i went through the internet archive and they have a shit ton of audiobooks and also a lot of them are actually in spanish #i love the internet archive sososmuch #🐌

[t4t-pathogen]

Lying on my stomach giggling and kicking my feet as I type in my phone (logging on the library page to see if book holds are ready)

#i love my public library shes like a husband to me #i went to barnes and noble #only bought two comics bc money #wrote all the other cool comic titles down #they were ALL at the library!!!!!!! #so i put 11 books on hold 😳 #public libraries #librarylife #I LOVE YOU LIBRARIES<3<<3<3<3<<3 #my public library is responsible for me loving art and reading #comics are my life thanks to you library

[gigagasp]

God is putting me through trials LMAO

#currently in Boston helping my wife move in to get apartment #drove for 6.5 hours to get here 😭 helped her move stuff out of the truck and clean up the apartment washed the dishes drove us to target #the target in question? NO MOPS... we came back with half the groceries we were looking for- on the way back? got lost twice looking for #the parking lot and then looking for the entrance to the apt building 😭 whole time I'm late for DnD which started at 7 #i was drove her back and got on the call at like 7:38 or smth-- played DnD on my PHONE in my CAR in a GARAGE that smelled like PISS #because her parents were also there at the studio apartment she was moving to 😭 then the next day we went to get groceries at GreatWall #bought train tickets coolcool first time swiping in? ERROR. try again. then it works on the other gate but I swiped twice??? how can I #swip a second time before the gate closes 😭 god HOW #BUT WAIT when we went to target the day before I couldnt leave the garage because I came in through the delivery gate and couldnt get out #the exit because I didnt have a TICKET.... so I had to call assistance and they buzzed me out after paying the full price 😭-- back to GW #GW is CLOSED? under renovation which we didn't realize until we walked the block twice 😭 no worries off to HMart #HMart is open! Godbless. We get 4 full bags of groceries that fit in dear's totebags and lug them back to the train and to the apartment-- #girl... the HEAVIEST bags you've seen including rice 😭 I'm carrying 3 bags like a refugee through these streets including like a 10-15 min #walk from the train to the apartment- after missing the apartment entrance AGAIN and walking an extra block 😭 but its okay we get back and #take a break for a bit before going back out for lunch-- Udon was great! found a REAL target and then visited the Boston Public Library gr8 #We head back and take a break for a bit- Wifi is now on!! also win. Then we head out for dinner and I need to get my car jumped because ha #while I was playing DnD in the car with the AC in (but the engine off because I was in an underground garage) I used up my battery LMAO BUT #We called for assistance and got it jumped thank you random attendant time to head out but OOPS I LOST MY TICKET LMAO OK #have to ask for help again and oh no its the same attendant I'm so sorry I'll pay full price 😭 oh its extra because I stayed overnight? #no prob boss just let me pay oh god stop explaining it to me just let me pay and be on my WAY... the price? $109 LMAOOOOO #BUT we head to dinner and happy days! theres a parking lot nearby with the gate up! Could I risk parking there for free? I did. And we had #great Thai food :) The waitress even asked if we wanted more water- yes please! julie's water gets refilled and then waitress leaves HUHHH #no water for me then LMAO AND? WE FIND TWO HAIRS IN OUR FOOD??? No worries king 😭 the one entree is free thank you #God willing my car is still in the lot (not towed!) and the gate is still up so we drive back to the apartment and park- get it- in the #same lot as before 😇 I CANNOT PARK ANYWHERE ELSE!!! THIS IS THE GARAGE NEXT TO THE APARTMENT AND BOSTON PARKING SUUUUCKS #we get back to the lobby and oh? is that a coffee machine? lemme check it out.... OH? Hot chocolate? I deserve a hot chocolate lemme get 1 #HAHAHAHAHHAA JUST KIDDING! THERE ARE NO CUPS. BITCH. YOU DONT DESERVE HOT CHOCOLATE!!! #me on the elevator up to the room on my hands and knees apologizing to God for whatever I'm being punished for LMAO yall... #please pray for me 😭 🙏🙏 #booboop

[sixofravens-reads]

just came to the realization that the library has all of The Girl from the Other Side, so I can stop the internal debate of "I want to finish this series but I don't want to buy 9 more books" and just rent the rest of it.

I never think of getting comics or manga from the library bc the one time I tried to rent Death Note from my little hometown library, I discovered someone (probably an overreacting parent tbh, though at the time I thought it was the librarians. sorry, librarians. this was a fairly christian and conservative town though so who knows) had ripped out any page with violence, sexy stuff, and all the cool chapter illustrations with the skulls. After that my like, 14 year old brain just went "okay so no point in trying to rent manga if they're just going to censor it :/" and only now, in a different city with less tolerance for pearl-clutching christians* ruining everyone's fun and a higher library budget meaning they can replace defaced books easier, have I realized I can probably rent manga and be fairly certain pages won't be unceremoniously ripped out.

#*i'm assuming they were a christian bc of the specific iconography of death note. also this was a pretty white town lol #nowhere near as bad as what's going on in the states now but...not super great #i remember one time my friend's sister found a yaoi series in the library and we read it secretively in the teen section #bc we were worried that of we even made the librarians aware of its existence by checking it out they would yeet it into an incinerator #it did disappear eventually but i bet that was some shrieking parent throwing it in the trash and not a librarian lol #anyway the point is: im gonna rent the rest of the girl from the other side #thank you for reading my resurfaced childhood memory. i dearly loved that library #especially since the school one was useless. i went to catholic school so there was a very limited selection #and books were strictly divided into 'junior high' and 'high school' and ye gods help you if you tried to sneak books off the hs shelf #the librarian was not a fan of me lol #but like. I'd already rented most of the hs books from the normal library. like all the tamora pierce. #anyway three cheers for sweet sweet public libraries who will never shame you for being 13 and reading Dirty Bad Teen Books

[bitchfitch]

Idk, with everything going on with the current project i think it's worth mentioning that my very first experience with erotica, and porn in general, was reading a book about a dude who fucks the ghost lady haunting his house.

A novel I read when I was 11, and which i found in my Christian Private School Library.

#it was in the horror section #there had to be less than 500 books in that library #Maybe 30 of which were child friendly horror #and one of them was that #anyways fun fact about being a disabled child in texas #it will be cheeper for your parents to send you to private school than pay the lawers and court fees #you have to if your child is absent from school for more than x amount of days #a series of expensive and complicated hoops they have to jump through Every Year. #so yeah thats why i went to private instead of public schools until i was old enough to homeschool myself

[dearest-lady-disdain]

going to a bookstore will fix me

#i miss times when i didn't have social anxiety and could spend time in a library without wanting to puke because public setting #went yesterday but it was empty save for the employees so my brain was screaming get out run etc. #when there's both too much or not enough people in a certain space i will just be like. yeet. bye. adios

[timehascomeagain]

Im literally such an idiot i cant even skip school right. Cries

#tried 2 go to the uni library to study. uni library is shut bc of the strikes. went to a coffeeshop. coffeeshop is so far out of the way #that i have to leave 15 mins after arriving bc of how shit the public transport is in this city to get home in time. like why is my life #so miserable. cries

[valleyfthdolls]

why has tumblr discourse circled back around into "you can't expect people to accommodate your needs or triggers if they're anything out of the ordinary"

#idc that you have ptsd yr being fucking ableist saying ppl cant ask for ppl to not discuss or show certain triggers around them. #sincerely someone who *also* has ptsd #sorry you're lucky your triggers are all Neurotypical Approved but not all of us fucking are #some of us are triggered by butterflies and beatles music and that's?! just how ptsd fucking WORKS. #we're not being selfish by asking people to accommodate us and again i don't care if you have ptsd too you are spouting #LITERAL ABLEISM. by calling our needs insane and selfish #im triggered by jjba and butterflies and elvis and certain names #the public library down the street. the middle and high school i went to #the sound of a specific voice #calico cats and suicide threats and being held too tight and hamilton. #im not being fucking selfish by asking people to avoid jjba references around me #to not send me songs or images or? threaten suicide? or play hamilton aloud or hold me too tight #i have a friend who's triggered by smiley faces. they're not doing anything wrong asking me to not use them in texts with them #i know someone who's triggered by the beatles. there is nothing wrong with it expressing that so i don't play that around it. #and the fact that you're arguing it as this. inane childish unreasonable behavior #no way around it #is cruel ableism against posttraumatic stress disorder that is NOT negated by you having triggers too. #don't fucking turn it on those of us with 'weird' triggers. #just say you're fucking ableist because being mentally ill does not excuse this shit behavior toward people in the same situation.