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wrywlf: from what i’ve observed self-flagellation is just another way to put yourself at the center...

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 12:21:51 -0400

from what i’ve observed self-flagellation is just another way to put yourself at the center of the universe and close yourself off from the things that make you feel vulnerable

I’m just thinking about this because I have a friend who is being encouraged to put himself down (by a poisonous little turd whose neck i would gleefully ring like a fucking dinner bell given the chance) and the effect it seems to have is that he scoffs at his own problems for not being “real problems” and god damn I hate that shit a lot.

It’s actually really dangerous to devalue your own suffering because the more you do that the less able you become to deal with what’s hurting you. And when you suppress and devalue your own suffering for long enough it eats away at you behind the scenes, making it increasingly more likely you develop actively harmful coping mechanisms which not only harm you, but harm the people around you too. This is one of the big contributors to people developing abusive habits!

So please, I know it’s hard not to, I know that it’s not as easy as knowing it’s bad to make it stop, but please remember that your own problems aren’t worthless, that your wellbeing should not be an afterthought, and know that to truly care about other people means trying to take care of yourself well enough that you can express your love without harming people in the process.

Self-care is a social good. Self-care is ending cycles of abuse.

niknak79: Deleted tourist from photos

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 19:26:09 -0400

niknak79:

Deleted tourist from photos

ottenskjold: click here for fullsize image offering free open...

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 19:15:49 -0400

ottenskjold:

click here for fullsize image offering free open source alternatives to several services.

vendobear: Just some life experiences I felt like sharing. It’s just one of those...

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 00:12:16 -0400

vendobear:

Just some life experiences I felt like sharing.

It’s just one of those there’s-a-mood-for-it-let’s-do-it kind of post

so

go ahead and read it but don’t take it too seriously, because there are a lot of things that I haven’t thought through about; and I am not gonna necessarily going to make a point about anything.

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lackadaisycats: thurinusworks: There are many tutorials out in...

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 14:39:33 -0400

lackadaisycats:

thurinusworks:

There are many tutorials out in the wild that attempt to address the Photoshop “Save for Web” colour shift problem that many artists and web designers run into. However, a disproportionate number of these do so with half-baked workarounds that only “fix” the problem on content creator computers, while exacerbating the issue for their audience.

In this tutorial, I try to demonstrate how colour profiles affect image appearance on different browser types, and how best to make content look as good as it can on as many displays as possible from Photoshop. Don’t expect a comprehensive writeup about colour management - there are more authoritative treatises you can check out for that (start here: http://www.gballard.net/psd.html)

While I don’t proclaim to be an expert, I feel that I have done enough research and my own experiments to make the assessments I do on this tutorial. Regardless, I welcome any corrections from those of you who are more knowledgeable in the subject.

If you’ve ever had cause to throw furniture through windows because that painting you just spent a chunk of your life on looks all wrong when viewed on every other monitor display or browser, this might help.

Color profiles are a black art even among digital artists, it seems, but this is the most comprehensive thing I’ve seen explaining why colors shift and what to do about it.

idk-how-to-art: Src: ♥

Sun, 09 Jun 2013 02:48:07 -0400

idk-how-to-art:

Src: ♥

laviniaque: jellyfishtimes: This is what they need to teach in...

Fri, 07 Jun 2013 18:31:16 -0400

laviniaque:

jellyfishtimes:

This is what they need to teach in schools.

osho is kind of a joke but this is pretty solid advice.

"1. There will be several days that you daydream about stepping in front of a city bus. Don’t. It..."

Mon, 03 Jun 2013 18:15:43 -0400

“

1. There will be several days that you daydream about stepping in front of a city bus. Don’t. It will not be beautiful. It will not be brave. It will be selfish. It will be broken. Your mother will cry.

2. Don’t write for him. Write for you. Write for others like you. Write so the girl that thinks about stepping in front of public transportation doesn’t. Don’t be selfish.

3. When you will yourself to sleep and it doesn’t come- get up. It doesn’t matter that it’s 3 am. There will be other 3 am’s. Take a shower. Take two. Wash him out of your hair. Write a poem. Read the same book you’ve read 202 times again. The 203rd time might tell you something different. Don’t stay in bed- you will think about the bus again.

4. Don’t kiss him because he’s broken. Don’t kiss him because his laughter never reaches his eyes. Don’t try and fix him. Fix yourself first. Be selfish. He can’t save you.

5. Date yourself. Take yourself out to eat. Don’t share your popcorn at the movies with anyone. Stroll around an art museum alone. Fall in love with canvases. Fall in love with yourself.

6. Dress up and wear red lipstick and get drunk with your friends. They’re the ones that will pick you up. Don’t kiss him. Or him. Don’t fall asleep on strange couches with strange boys. When his hand slides up your dress walk away. Hit him. Don’t kiss him. He can’t save you.

7. Get another tattoo. Get five more. Get another hole in your ear. Don’t listen to your dad. You will still be able to get a job. Did you really want to be employed by someone like your father? Haven’t you had enough of judgmental old white men anyway? Get fuck you tattooed in tiny letters on your hip.

8. When you feel the yearning for a new city- start over. Take 200 bucks and a three suitcases. Work anywhere that will have you. Meet strange people and forget your name. Call yourself Ruby. No one will know the difference. Remember to call your mother. Don’t be selfish. Come home when you find yourself in the strangers and the small one bedroom apartment.

9. Don’t whisper evil things into your own ear. Other people are going to shout them at you. Be your own hero. Keep a sword on your key ring.

10. Don’t step in front of a city bus. It will not be beautiful. Live. Stay up all night with a boy that promises you everything and means it. Live. See shitty local bands with a friend. Wear a different band’s t-shirt. No one will care. Live. Have a baby girl with tiny fingers and tiny toes someday. Pour love into her until it’s overflowing. Live. Wake up. Staying in bed all day is not poetic.

Live. Live.

Live.

Do you hear that? It’s me. It’s your life. Wake up.

”

- This made me cry so much. (via psychognosis)

thugkitchen: Next time someone tells you to eat more veggies,...

Sun, 02 Jun 2013 13:18:35 -0400

thugkitchen:

Next time someone tells you to eat more veggies, get down on of these tiny motherfuckers. These low fat, high fiber sons of bitches are healthy as shit without sacrificing flavor. Trying to eat better? START WITH A FUCKING BURGER.

SMOKEY BEAN AND SPINACH SLIDERS

2 cups chopped fresh spinach

1 cup chopped onion

3 cups cooked kidney beans or 2-15 ounce can

1/2 cup cooked brown rice (use leftovers)

4 cloves of garlic, chopped all small and shit

1 tablespoon liquid smoke (like I said, it is near the BBQ sauce at the store I swear. You haven’t even looked yet so stop complaining. It is there)

2 teaspoon soy sauce or tamari

1 tablespoon smoked paprika

2 teaspoons oregano

1 ½ teaspoons ground cumin

black pepper to taste

1/2 cup whole wheat breadcrumbs (any breadcrumbs you have are fine. Got nothing? Just toast up some bread until it is almost burnt looking and real dry then grate them shits or put them in a food processor to get some tiny fucking crumbs. They help soak up all the liquid so don’t leave this shit out)

Warm the oven to 375 degrees and lightly grease a large baking sheet. You can throw down some foil and then grease it if you are a lazy fuck like me and hate doing dishes.

Add the spinach and onion to a food processor and pulse until they are in tiny-ass pieces. Add the kidney beans, rice, garlic, liquid smoke, soy sauce, and seasonings and pulse until everything is all mixed up. It’s fine if a few larger pieces of the beans hang around but you want this looking like kinda paste-like. Place the bean-spinach mixture into a medium bowl and add in the fucking breadcrumbs. This should be slightly sticky and hold nicely when you form it into a ball. If it is too wet, add more breadcrumbs. Taste it and add more spices and whatever until it tastes good to you. Can’t do that shit with ground beef.

No food processor? It’s all good. Just cut up the spinach and the onion extra tiny and add everything but breadcrumbs to a big bowl. Now pound on that shit until it looks like chunky mash potatoes. Then add the breadcrumbs and do all the other shit I say above.

Divide the mixture into 16 patties if you are making sliders or 8 patties if you are making regular burgers. Whateverthefuck you want to do. Place them on the baking sheet, spray them lightly with oil (slow your roll, I said LIGHTLY) and bake for 15 minutes or until the bottom is a crispy golden brown. Flip the patties and bake for 15 or until both sides look awesome. If you are doing full size burgers you might need to let the sides go 5 extra minutes. Let them cool for a few minutes before serving. Pile them high with red onion, avocado, whatever additional deliciousness you’ve got and chow the fuck down.

Makes 16 sliders or 8 regular patties

anxiousmonster: iinventedeverything: weian-fu: sewingtutorials...

Sat, 01 Jun 2013 19:09:17 -0400

anxiousmonster:

iinventedeverything:

weian-fu:

sewingtutorials:

Learn to Sew

“…a series of free online tutorials guiding you through the basics of sewing, from setting up your machine, to understanding sewing patterns, and finishing your seams.”

Saving this for later cause I’m getting rusty as a muggerbugger

SEWCIAL JUSTICE!!!

reblogging because i need to learn and my mom has a sewing machine exactly like this one

cocoavalentines: transgalacticwanderer: assna: queensimia: na...

Tue, 28 May 2013 16:45:12 -0400

cocoavalentines:

transgalacticwanderer:

assna:

queensimia:

naturallysisou:

thescienceofreality:

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Reblogged for later

same.

^

SIGNAL BOOSTING!!!

Wait is this for real? Hmmmm

Random fact of the day

Tue, 28 May 2013 16:43:31 -0400

fluffmugger:

“Blood is thicker than water”, when used in the context of family over friends, is in fact a wildly incorrect bastardisation.

The true, full quote is “The blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb,” and refers to relationships forged by choice holding deeper meaning than those of mere biology.

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seriouslyamerica: New favorite meme: Old Economy Steven

Sat, 25 May 2013 19:29:50 -0400

seriouslyamerica:

New favorite meme: Old Economy Steven

gourmetgaming: Request: Persona 4 – Aiya Rainy Day Special Mega...

Thu, 16 May 2013 06:18:32 -0400

gourmetgaming:

Request: Persona 4 – Aiya Rainy Day Special Mega Beef Bowl

Back in the initial days of Gourmet Gaming I made the Steak Skewers from Persona 4. It was one of my earliest requests and the first popular post that seemed to strike something within the incredible Persona fan-base. I thought it was only fair that after a slew of new requests for the Aiya Rainy Day Special Mega Beef Bowl that I repay their kindness and revisit Persona 4 as a game that’s helped make Gourmet Gaming what it is today. To be honest the thing that sold me on making this dish was the idea that this “bowl is a portal to the meat dimension”. A meat. Dimension. Let’s think about that for a moment… Do you think you have enough understanding, knowledge, courage and diligence to face this challenge?

Click ‘Read More’ for the full recipe!

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happyhealthyfitness: eatcleanmakechanges: skinnyandgorgeous-: ...

Sun, 12 May 2013 23:34:40 -0400

happyhealthyfitness:

eatcleanmakechanges:

skinnyandgorgeous-:

losing-every-extra-pound:

The Tumblr Guide to Healthy Living
a compilation of resources to help you eat right, exercise, and be happy!
How to Start a Healthier Lifestyle

Nutrition
Eating Clean Principles
Non-Dieters Diet
Your Flat Belly Day 1 meal plan by Women’s Health Magazine
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What is Paleo
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amandaonwriting: A Writer’s Rule Book From Hunter’s Writing

Sun, 12 May 2013 01:33:15 -0400

amandaonwriting:

A Writer’s Rule Book

From Hunter’s Writing

stephenmccranie: I’m sad how tumblr doesn’t let us talk much....

Sun, 05 May 2013 02:31:04 -0400

stephenmccranie:

I’m sad how tumblr doesn’t let us talk much. Will you follow me on twitter? I’ll follow you back:

https://twitter.com/stephenmccranie

More comic essays like this can be read at:

http://doodlealley.com/

christinelove: I’ve been meaning to release the source code to Analogue for ages; sorry about...

Sat, 04 May 2013 15:43:28 -0400

christinelove:

I’ve been meaning to release the source code to Analogue for ages; sorry about taking so long! Here are a couple of notes on it:

Please don’t try to transform the demo version into the full version by using set_flag.nd.rpy, because it won’t work properly. There’s a lot of files missing from the demo in order to save space; it’ll crash about halfway through if you try this. Honest. (There’s easier ways to pirate it, anyway.)

You can use the python code portions for whatever you like. I’ve also left in the script, but only for context; please don’t interpret this as me releasing any sort of legal rights whatsoever to the writing in the game! (I apologize for even needing to say this, but… you know, lawyers.)

If you’re okay with both those things, you can download the source here. I hope you find it helpful!