misplaced rhyme and absent reason

i can understand the trials but were the tribulations really necessary

haters do not want you to know this but if you pick up something heavy every day it will eventually stop being quite as heavy. this is because the heavy thing, having witnessed your dedication, begins to yield its essence to you. and you, in turn, begin to absorb that essence into your own being. this is what makes people strong. the more essence you absorb, the stronger you become, and the more respect you command from the world around you.

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love this can’t believe it only has 1 like

TIAN YA KE FANS WHERE ARE YOU!!!!!! FINALLY!!! WE HAVE OFFICIAL ENGLISH EDITION!!! To think Tian Ya Ke is the only Priest novel in Hardcover edition lmaooo

please..... hold still long enough for my camera to focus /crying

Anyway Jasper's turning out gorgeous

Re: sailors on USS Abraham Lincoln on half rations.

new frontiers in horse girl [laudatory] [source]

Applicable AO3 Ratings If You Don’t Write Porn

G- nothing objectionable

T- the fuck word

M- organs, outside

E- organs, outside, lovingly described

the opposite of "run and hide" is "leisurely stroll and jekyll"

there are real benefits to complaining about a fandom in a private chat with your bestie

like, one time my bestie complained about a fic where our mutual OTP was getting frisky in a *very* confined space and she'd had to nope out because the logistics of it all were just so nonsensical. "they couldn't fuck in a space that small" kind of thing

I hadn't read the fic, but I did enjoy the premise so I took the same location and wrote a comedic take on the whole thing where said OTP just got annoyed at having to breathe each other's air etc

bestie got her annoyance off her chest. I got the fun of writing a crack fic. readers got to enjoy both stories (or one, or neither) without realizing they were even marginally connected. the other author never knew that they'd annoyed one reader in particular.

everyone wins and there's more fic than there was before. highly recommend complaining in a private chat with your bestie

"A couple of years ago I had a very special morning on Shetland where some wonderful people came together to show me Shetland ponies in their traditional working gear. Klibbers are the wooden contraption that sits on the horses’s back and people could then hang their loaded baskets, nets etc with the material you want carried. Here the pony is loaded with peat (but they would have carried all manner of things such as seaweed). Peat is used as a fuel to burn as there are very few trees. It is heavy stuff and people would have had to travel many miles to the peat bank and bring it home. Having a pony meant you could carry more peat and save time in multiple journeys.

Shetland ponies were an important part of life on these islands and the crofts (small scale farms that supported a family of multiple generations) people lived and worked on. From transporting fertilisers like seaweed and peat, ploughing, and transporting people. They have legendary strength and are the strongest horse breed relative to its size - they can pull nearly twice their own weight!" - Ruth on the Hoof

Black - E/_ a/a

Im always like "i will not add my two cents. i will not add my two cents" but i cant lie the pennies are getting sweaty in my hand

Day 20 - Rough Collie