Oh wait now I get what triggers are
Yeah, see, THIS is a trigger. Something that prompts a horrible flashback that makes someone go into a literal panic attack. It is NOT something that makes you slightly uncomfortable, so can we all just stop tossing that word around like it’s nothing.
thank you Wreck It Ralph
Reblogging for valuable commentary
THIS.
A HUNDRED TIMES THIS.
Man, fuck panic attacks. Things are fucked up.
Reading nooks make me blissfully happy
These are the reason I want my own house, so I can build all of these. Or at least one wicked awesome one.
guys im online shopping for dog collars and i just found a website where you can have stuff printed on the collars and theres one here that says ‘slut’ thats hillarious :’)
edit: this one says ‘bitch’ omfgggg
HOLY SHIT THOSE COLLARS ARNT FOR DOGS THERE FOR PEOPLE THIS IS A FETISH AND BONDAGE WEBSITE OH GOD
Welcome to the internet, you must be new here.
the look on their faces though. its like “omfg, charles. charles, charles. THE HUMAN IS WAVING. WAVE BACK, HURRY.”
This is the best thing I have ever seen
BEARS
reblogging again because I cannot fucking contain myself so cute
“Do you know the latest rumor they’ve conjured up, in their fear-induced delirium? The one that beats my boys with a bat! The one they call “The Bear Jew”… is a Golem! An avenging Jew angel, conjured up by a vengeful rabbi, to smite the Aryans!”
Why do they still have her?
… do you REALLY want to know.
I guess not. Now I am thinking up reasons why. I am grossing myself out.
THIS IS WHAT I’M SAYING.
ALL THE NECROPHILIA
GUYS! STOP! I really regret this post now.
This is about the most succinct definition of a writer I’ve seen.
And yeah, no such thing as “aspiring.” Either shit or get off the pot.
The quantity of notebooks I have with words in them tells me all I need to know about myself, which is comforting.
tworavensbrewing is my 25th follower!
Warning you now Josh. You WILL regret this!
That’s what Bridget, Bex, and your sister all said.
If you want a short (er, 7 minute) run down, I recorded this awkward youtube video about a year ago when I was just starting to tentatively work out the initial plot, before I had actually started writing any of it.
(Note to self: Stop hunching over tables, it’s bad for your back.)Some things have changed since then as writing tends to do.
Long story short… I’m writing a novel which I am calling Warden. Without divulging too much plot, it’s about a guy (who was named Tobias and is now named Zach) who is doing fuck-all with his life. Then he dies. His fylgja (which is like an old Norse guardian spirit) decides that he likes Zach too much to reap him. So Trygg (…who was formerly named Alex in my initial plotting) revives him instead. Normally fylgja are invisible to humans, but due to his close brush with death Zach can now see him.
Stuff happens. Valkyries are angry. Trygg ends up being in way more trouble than Zach is (because Zach is just a stupid human, it’s not like he has a say in anything anyway). More stuff happens. The Norse justice system is really shitty… and then… HEROIC TRIAL STUFF.
Usually these sorts of undertakings are done for relatively selfish reasons or for penance (take the labors of Hercules for example). Here, Zach is doing it to protect Trygg who would otherwise be destroyed for being a really shitty fylgja.
So yeah. Right now? I needs me some more heroic trial junk.
Edit: …Yeah, I feel everyone judging my very obvious influences right now and I have no regrets. :)
Tchyah. Heroic trials? Hero’s Journey?
Trope-tastic! I’m all for it. Then again, considering that Eddings’ “Belgariad” is one of my favorite series, which widely acknowledged as being about as troperiffic as you can get, I’m not really one to talk.
BUT.
If you’re looking for some heroic trials, things to deal with, I’d recommend “Wizard’s First Rule” by Terry Goodkind (Richard’s dealings with Mord-Sith in that book are some grim shit), the Belgariad/Malloreon and Elenium/Tamuli by David Eddings (despite the formulaic nature of both series, the trials put forth in them are definitely somewhat harsh), any of the “Redwall” books by Brian Jacques, the “Hyperion Cantos” by Dan Simmons (Mind. FUCK.), and, of course, the sagas and Eddas themselves.
I bet you did.
Did you estimate what mpg your car is getting? Did you figure out how many hamburgers you could get for six bucks? Did you think about how long it would take you to get somewhere given the speed and distance? Did you plan a meal so all the components would be done at the same time? Did you encounter anything on sale? Did you figure out how many groceries you could get for how much money you had?
There are about a million other daily, unconscious tasks that use algebra or at least algebraic thinking. Just because you weren’t writing out an equation or employing variables doesn’t mean you weren’t using the skills that algebra and other math courses taught you.
Science and math aren’t important because you’re going to need to know the exact steps of photosynthesis or the quadratic formula. They’re important because they teach you scientific and mathematical literacy and rational thinking, and that is sorely needed in a world where charlatans and cheats or people with a political or religious agenda can get away with all manner of pseudoscience and bullshit because people don’t have enough scientific literacy or critical thinking skills to accurately weigh the arguments or even discern where they fail logically.
So study math and science, and art, and literature, and history, and politics, not because you’re going to need it or it’s going to do something specific for you, but because an uninformed populace is bad for the world.
MATH, BITCH.
YOU NEED IT FOR DAILY LIFE.
i was teaching my grandma to use computer so we can talk on skype and such but today she went kinda mad at me because “i didnt show her the knitting programme” and i was like what
and it comes out she accidentally opened ms excel and found out its a great way to create knitting patterns
my grandma is 82
YOUR GRANDMA IS A GENIUS
