#that's a fucking Staple

[inkskinned]

probably time for this story i guess but when i was a kid there was a summer that my brother was really into making smoothies and milkshakes. part of this was that we didn't have AC and couldn't afford to run fans all day so it was kind of important to get good at making Cool Down Concoctions.

we also had a patch of mint, and he had two impressionable little sisters who had the attitude of "fuck it, might as well."

at one point, for fun, this 16 year old boy with a dream in his eye and scientific fervor in heart just wanted to see how far one could push the idea of "vanilla mint smoothie". how much vanilla extract and how much mint can go into a blender before it truly is inedible.

the answer is 3 cups of vanilla extract, 1/2 cup milk alternative, and about 50 sprigs (not leaves, whole spring) of mint. add ice and the courage of a child. idk, it was summer and we were bored.

the word i would use to describe the feeling of drinking it would maybe be "violent" or perhaps, like. "triangular." my nose felt pristine. inhaling following the first sip was like trying to sculpt a new face. i was ensconced in a mesh of horror. it was something beyond taste. for years after, i assumed those commercials that said "this is how it feels to chew five gum" were referencing the exact experience of this singular viscous smoothie.

what's worse is that we knew our mother would hate that we wasted so much vanilla extract. so we had to make it worth it. we had to actually finish the drink. it wasn't "wasting" it if we actually drank it, right? we huddled around outside in the blistering sun, gagging and passing around a single green potion, shivering with disgust. each sip was transcendent, but in a sort of non-euclidean way. i think this is where i lost my binary gender. it eroded certain parts of me in an acidic gut ecology collapse.

here's the thing about love and trust: the next day my brother made a different shake, and i drank it without complaint. it's been like 15 years. he's now a genuinely skilled cook. sometimes one of the three of us will fuck up in the kitchen or find something horrible or make a terrible smoothie mistake and then we pass it to each other, single potion bottle, and we say try it it's delicious. it always smells disgusting. and then, cerimonious, we drink it together. because that's what family does.

#this is true #writeblr #warm up #relatedly for some reason one of our Favorite Jokes #amongst the Siblings #is like - ''this is so good u will love it'' #while we are reacting to something we OBVIOUSLY find viscerally disgusting #like we will be actively retching and be like ''nooooo it's so good'' #to the point that i sometimes get nervous if someone outside my family is like oh u should try it its good #(obvi we never force each other to eat anything. we are all just curious birds and #like. we're GONNA try the new thing.) #edit to answer why we had so much vanilla: #my mom is a very good cook and we LOVE to bake. so she just had a lot of staples in the house. #it's one of those things that's like. have u ever continuously thought ''ah i should get butter im probably out'' #even tho u are not out of butter. so u end up with like 5 years of butter. #my mom would do that in a costco but like with vanilla extract #to be fair we WERE always using WAY TOO MUCH bc we were kids #so like she was right to stock up #ps. yes we were VERY sick after this lol i just didn't want to include it in the post in case ppl had an ick about that #u can tell it's real bc we knew "oh no we fucked up that's too much vanilla to waste'' but our reaction was to just. keep drinking it #> sibling understanding that vanilla extract isn't free > knowledge mother doesnt mind if we use it for milkshakes #> sibling choice to maybe get in a loophole of ''not wasting it'' if we drink it bc that's the same as using it (not throwing it out) #listen bud i was like 13 and my sister was like 9 #when my mom discovered this we. got in. A LOT. of trouble. a lot of it. a LOT of it. #3rd edit bc i guess it isn't clear - i am 1 of my brother's 2 little sisters #i am the middle child #out of all the ways i have had to explain a post before being like ''did u forget a middle child can happen'' is my favorite

[bakudekublogblog]

y'all i know kacchan dying like that must have been traumatizing for the bkdk shippers, but like.... he also died in the gayest way humanly possible.... like i can't even imagine going through that bc on one hand it's like my special boy is dead, but on the other he was so love interest coded, shiggy killed him specifically bc of izuku's intense feelings about him, the fucking yearning for izuku as he died, and then the reveal he carries the little all might card he got with izuku around with him like. i cannot stress enough just how gay his death was. like i just know the shippers had to be a little conflicted

#we won but at what fucking cOST #bkdk #bakudeku #if anyone was around during that time i'd love to hear about it #bc to me it's like the most damning bakudeku evidence ever #just bc of how typical superhero tropes go like.... the villain using the love interest against the mc is such a staple of the genre #and that plot point being given to katsuki is NUTTY it's LIKE WHAT #AND THE FUCKING ALL MIGHT CARD THING TOO HE JUST HAS THAT ON HIM CASUALLY LSJDKLSDJFSD KATSUKI #like ever heard the phrase carrying a torch for someone #that's katsuki and the card

[brainrotdotorg]

the fact i havent seen a "two birds on a wire" disco elysium animatic despite the fact that two birds on a wire is a canonical comparison we see for kim and harry makes me lose my mind. we really arent in 2010s fandom anymore huh

#disco elysium #that mf regina spektor song has taken about 20 years off my life. but fuck if it isnt a staple yknow

[prettyboysdontlookatexplosions]

the reason we need to make kids read the classics is i cannot continue to survive watching people gush about the gorgeous writing of texts composed of the most mediocre sentences in existence

#yes im on the goodreads for the raven cycle again #but this happens to me i feel like constantly #the things people on the internet will call amazing writing….. #should i sell out and try to come up with a YA fantasy trilogy with a love triangle and a gay b-plot? like where is the bar #i want to staple a copy of ‘goodbye to all that’ to everyone’s phone #i’m not even one of the didion people but there are some fucking sentences!

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

happy halloween! hope everyone watched a scary movie that'll keep you up tonight but was nonetheless enjoyable! i sure did!

#AHA! AHAHA I FINISHED IT! BEFORE! MIDNIGHT! #is it my best work? eh. then again i never do Fully Rendered Lil Scenes so! #technically! its my best work in this category! #im not used to lighting and shading and Placing and scribbling objects #its... not Not fun! i should try it more. i should branch out. i always say this tho #anyway for some reason this took me alllllll fucking day #i have a headache now! its worth it! im gonna go pass out #and hope that the details Stick! #my tablet displays color/details differently than my phone and laptop so idk how it looks to you all! #i hope not terrible! #scribble garnish #welcome home #welcome home puppet show #scopophobia #ok yes sleepytown time If My Brain Allows #and if my cat stops banging on cabinets! #technically all of the neighbors are in this. in candy form mostly #i tried to include only 70s candy but who knows if my research was accurate #i was delighted to see that pixy stix and necklace candy and ringpops are Older Than Expected! #all staple childhood candies imo #necklace candy my beloved... bottle caps my Beloved.... #i havent had bottle caps in so many years. maybe when i go to a big store this weekend ill get myself some

[cemeterything]

hi im workplace accidents and injuries ill be your server today

#🐉 #cut my hand on a fucking staple gun AGAIN

[doodlesforfics]

Robin's Egg by Calix aka @arzuera​ is just, such gloriously fun fic to read. I literally want to draw so many scenes from it, like sadlkjfaskd  its just!! so cute!!! aaaaa ;33333

also a lil doodle for locket because my mind is so stuck on it and figuring it out, i mean its just ;) so thoughtful of timbo

#dpxdc #dp x dc #dp x dc crossover #Danny Phantom #dc batman #damian al ghul #damian robin #duke thomas #timothy drake #red robin #richard dick grayson #nightwing #OK U WONT BELIEVE IT BUT i literally had cover ready a month ago. as most of the sketches. #it was like the second fic i planned to draw fanart for???? #the problem came from the boys. as i have never drawn ANY OF BATBRATS i was driving myself crazy looking for refs #thank fuck for waynefamilyadv because their artstyle/designs literally saved my life?? #Fun Fact: Tim gave me the most trouble. THAT BOY HAD SO MANY OUTFITS and all are relatively?? similar and often depicted? #like nightwing had previous suits but his black/blue one is like a staple #but Timbo?? TIMTIM??? MY MAN WHAT IS YOUR LATEST TELL ME Im not a comic expert i have no idea so i just?? hoped for best lol #ok i lied i DO know the last outfit Tim has and its banging BUT I CANT DRAW IT ITS TOO HOT and its not red robin i think #Fun Fact 2: i so desperately wanted to draw Damian in his black/red robin outfit #but?? i realized its like his grown up version...like at least 16ish?? since he looks older in it in pics. sigh. so i settled for a version #of course i had to have an artcrisis in the middle of drawing all the comics because i discovered dan more comic art #HAVE U SEEN THEIR AMAZING ART COMIC GODLINESS??? their nightwing sent me spirling like holy fuk #thats why i dont look at amazing comic art it makes me both want to draw and depressed beyond measure #god im so happy i finished this batch. man i gotta go easier on myself in the next one otherwise i will get an ulcer lol #anyway. ROBINS EGG IS SUCH FUN FIC i have so many scenes i STILL wanna draw. First priority? JON AND DAMI BEING CUTE #because they are babies and i wanna try my hand in drawing jon #gotta catch up to last chapters first tho. I hope you enjoy my silly takes and fanart for ur fic Calix! #fanfic fanart

[front-facing-pokemon]

#noivern #one of my all-dragon team's staples! thus i have a soft spot for this pokémon. not really for any other reason than that #just a cool badass design. big bat dragon. objectively badass #though i think it should be a dragon/dark type instead of dragon/flying. hydreigon typing #also hi it's me from the future. a few hours before this posts. i just want to complain a little bit #about how fucking difficult this is getting now that i'm getting into alolan forms in the queue #i don't. fucking. know how to use blender. this is kicking my ass. i spent like two hours this morning just trying to get those alolan form #working. and i didn't even successfully do that for two of them #so if you like alolan forms i am Really sorry but they are not gonna be up to par for the production value i have set for myself on this #blog. i've fuckin doomed myself by getting this much of a following and i know i can't get away with the same shit i used to #be able to so like. just fuckin bear with me please it's turning into a whole wreck here in the future in gen 7

[lucarleigho]

INTRODUCING MY SUSAN TAXPAYER OCS I JUST MADE

penny pencilpusher belongs to my gf @trickyyoyospinner

susan taxpayer belongs to @punkitt-is-here btw theyre making a video game?? check it out!

#lucarleigho #:O) #my art #susan taxpayer #stacy staples #donna from hr #penny pencilpusher #honestly in love with donnas butch lesbian ass? who did that #thank you punkitt for sharing your beautiful business world with us #yes in order of tallest to shortest penny is fucking massive while stacy is like. 4'3. tinyyyyy #can you tell shoes are my weak point

[hiddenjuno]

girl and her weird dog

#twilight princess #legend of zelda #midna #wolf link #loz tp #loz #ok tag spam done time for artist thoguts. hayy #I RLLY LIKE HOW THIS TURNED OUTTT i had so much fun drawing this #its a lil messy but thats just a staple of my art atp #can you tell i just watched a gameplay of this game. it was so fucking long but i did it and now i want to kiss midna true form

[rainymoodlet]

"... you ain't from 'round these parts, are ya?"

asher downey for @hauntedtrait's chestnut ridge bc!

young adult, twenty-six, they/them

an angry five foot five inches

farrier and hoof health specialist

will actually fight you over your horse/cattle/sheep/goat's feet

can confirmed fireman carry anyone... try them

shoulders are a lot broader than they appear they're SHORT

asher downey is an outdoor-loving, loner animal enthusiast who wants the best for your animals and will absolutely tell you to shut up until they finish assessing the issue. they're not rude, just... brusque. to the point. while they have a mean mug and a lot of quick comebacks loaded up in that small frame, asher is actually quite a genial sim. raised by polite parents in a polite town, they genuinely are a "good neighbor to know" - it's just gettin' past their cold front that's the hard part!

the scar and the bite are from particularly nasty run-ins with local coyote packs: they now own two, having rescued them as pups!

likes: mini goats in particular, cooking selvadoradan food, country fashion, the creak of old wood floors, historic landmarks, riding bareback (ahem), bitless goddamn bridles, wide open fields, flower-scented perfumes, crossfit, chewing wheat unironically, animal cops mothafuckin houston babeyyy

dislikes: the big city, smog in general, beating around the bush, passive aggressiveness, gossip, complaints in general like omg, washing the dishes, being expected to be quiet, THEIR HEIGHT, the tourism industry, the general slow gentrification of chestnut ridge, molasses, and - funnily enough - chestnuts

i am sinfully late with this and you know i can't help but make a bedazzled butch but i am utterly in love with asher and i'm so thrilled with how they came out 🥹 feel free to take whatever creative license you'd like with them, my beloved fangs!! shorter hair, no hair, bigger muscles, etc. i don't have the updated height slider back in my game so they're not height-accurate in-game, i'm going to go back in and fix that dsfkjhsdkf. private dl if chosen, and even if not, i'm so excited to see what blue is going to get up to!! 🥹 cas and in-game outfit below:

#mmm i could eat these kashisun presets up like a SNACC #ts4 #ts4 cas #ts4 screenshots #ts4 edit #ts4 bachelor challenge #hauntedtrait #chestnutbc #i am so in love with them omg #LATE TO THE PARTY AS USUAL #but god i can't get enough of them ok i really can't #let me live my hot horse hoof specialist fantasy... like pleas... #you can change them however you like!! #i wanted them a bit Beefier but my cas sliders were a bit fucked up by the latest update #that i ... finally installed cough #fun facts: is the third oldest of TWELVE and the owner of their late mother's smithy #their family i imagine is a bit of a staple in the local community?? #feel free to insert them however you like~ #but i know for a FACT they saw blue and were like hm... i could carry you yep

[leonardcohenofficial]

mavis staples on bob dylan during her 2008 wait wait...don't tell me! appearance (this transcript is abridged compared to the recording, though the same text is included below the cut)

SAGAL: I got to ask, you, actually, and Dylan became quite close.

STAPLES: Oh, you know.

SAGAL: Oh.

(LAUGHTER)

STAPLES: Oh, Dylan. Yeah, Dylan was - he...

(LAUGHTER)

SAGAL: All right. That's fine, Mavis.

STAPLES: We were good friends.

(LAUGHTER)

STAPLES: That dog on Internet. You know, one disc jockey said, well, I hear you and Dylan, you know, proposed a marriage to you. I said where did you get that from? The Internet.

(LAUGHTER)

AMY DICKINSON: Well then it must be true.

SAGAL: It got to be true.

STAPLES: Yes indeed.

SAGAL: And what was your response to this question then?

STAPLES: Well he just did it out of the blue. He proposed.

SAGAL: He proposed out of the blue?

STAPLES: Pops - what he told Pops. He didn't tell me.

SAGAL: Bob Dylan asked your father for your hand in marriage?

STAPLES: He didn't ask. He told Pops.

SAGAL: He told him.

STAPLES: Pops...

CHARLIE PIERCE: He's a lot braver than I thought he was.

(LAUGHTER)

STAPLES: Yeah, well, see...

SAGAL: What did he say to your father?

STAPLES: Pops, I want to marry Mavis. And Pops said, we'll don't tell me, tell Mavis.

(LAUGHTER)

STAPLES: That was during the time - it was lunch. Everybody heard him. We were in line, you know, to get our of lunch.

SAGAL: Wait a minute. You're standing in line at like some sort of buffet?

STAPLES: That's right.

SAGAL: And he's standing there behind your father and says, oh, by the way, I want to marry your daughter and can I have the potatoes?

(LAUGHTER)

STAPLES: He just shouted it. I guess it just came over him.

SAGAL: I understand.

STAPLES: Something got a hold of him.

#mavis staples #bob dylan #mavis is so fucking funny fr #wait wait...don't tell me!

[corpsentry]

WHALE TIME

#my art #my stuff #art #digital art #study #DRAMATIZED STUYD #i stabbed myself with a staple while trying to yank this 1966 canada dollar out of its cardboard prison and it wont stop bleeding #so this is the same building from earlier except i was like i want to make a print of it and it looks boring as fuck with jst the buildingn #so after staring at it for like three days and one 3 hour long stream and lots of toxic relationshipcore crying #whale. there she is. jonathan #jonathan uses any pronouns. they are a giant fucking flying whale and they Do Not Care about worldly things #i also do not care about worldly things as it is fall break and everything is dead #may we all go forth and prosper. like worms #likes rbs appreciated #ill stick this up on my inprnt in a bit. thank u for ur patience and love #whale

[silvermoon424]

Talking to non-magical girl fans

"The PMMM girls show too much skin, why are their skirts so short?"

"The PMMM designs look so similar to Tokyo Mew Mew, they're practically the same"

#I just keep wanting to scream SHORT FRILLY COSTUMES ARE A STAPLE OF THE GENRE #YOU DON'T FUCKING GET IT #STOP COMPLAINING ABOUT SOMETHING YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND OMG #magical girl #magical girls #pmmm

[jaratedeguadalupe]

janus the type of guy to change a Wikipedia article to win an argument 

#gaslight gatekeep girlboss #the three staples of his life #imagine him leaving passive-aggressive edits to the mods #“the ragworm was considered to be the smallest animal with a brain until jeremy came along” #he cites it with a source and everything #i will never make a hc in favor of this man #hes gotten banned from Wikipedia at least 7 times #he keeps pulling this shit #also just jeremy #no last name #we all know who he is #ts janus #janus sanders #sanders sides #fuck you jeremy

[downtherabbitholewithlucy]

|| THE TANG SUIT ||

#A classic. A staple. Nothing helped sell the void creature look more than pairing this suit with those black eyes. #and the fun way he accessorized it with the red light up neck thingy... just chef's kiss #I wonder if Wes still has this somewhere in storage. I fucking hope so. I hope it wasn't one of those things lost to damage or time. #Wes Borland #Limp Bizkit #nu metal #Black Light Burns #down the rabbit hole