Catawampus

Just a bit of escapism
lavenderblues: nevver: Bullshit, New Jersey 3rd in Survey of Cursing (larger) You better fucking believe Maryland came in fucking second. Don’t know what makes the goddamn Ohioans so special—though I guess if I lived in a shithole state in the middle of fucking nowhere I’d swear a lot more, too… [Just kidding, I have nothing against y’all from Ohio, even if I never would want to live there.]

lavenderblues:

nevver:

Bullshit, New Jersey 3rd in Survey of Cursing (larger)

You better fucking believe Maryland came in fucking second. Don’t know what makes the goddamn Ohioans so special—though I guess if I lived in a shithole state in the middle of fucking nowhere I’d swear a lot more, too…

[Just kidding, I have nothing against y’all from Ohio, even if I never would want to live there.]

rayraymoo: archiemcphee: Here’s an awesome little piece of history: Archaeologists in the Burnt City have discovered what appears to be an ancient prosthetic eye. What makes this discovery exceptionally awesome is the striking description of how the owner and her false eye would have appeared while she was still alive and blinking: [The eye] has a hemispherical form and a diameter of just over 2.5 cm (1 inch). It consists of very light material, probably bitumen paste. The surface of the artificial eye is covered with a thin layer of gold, engraved with a central circle (representing the iris) and gold lines patterned like sun rays. The female remains found with the artificial eye was 1.82 m tall (6 feet), much taller than ordinary women of her time. On both sides of the eye are drilled tiny holes, through which a golden thread could hold the eyeball in place. Since microscopic research has shown that the eye socket showed clear imprints of the golden thread, the eyeball must have been worn during her lifetime. The woman’s skeleton has been dated to between 2900 and 2800 BCE.  So she was an extraordinarily tall woman walking around wearing an engraved golden eye patterned with rays like a tiny sun. What an awesome sight that must have been. [via TYWKIWDBI] See, stuff like this just makes me want to write. Like, this lady sounds like a character from a novel

rayraymoo:

archiemcphee:

Here’s an awesome little piece of history:

Archaeologists in the Burnt City have discovered what appears to be an ancient prosthetic eye. What makes this discovery exceptionally awesome is the striking description of how the owner and her false eye would have appeared while she was still alive and blinking:

[The eye] has a hemispherical form and a diameter of just over 2.5 cm (1 inch). It consists of very light material, probably bitumen paste. The surface of the artificial eye is covered with a thin layer of gold, engraved with a central circle (representing the iris) and gold lines patterned like sun rays. The female remains found with the artificial eye was 1.82 m tall (6 feet), much taller than ordinary women of her time. On both sides of the eye are drilled tiny holes, through which a golden thread could hold the eyeball in place. Since microscopic research has shown that the eye socket showed clear imprints of the golden thread, the eyeball must have been worn during her lifetime. The woman’s skeleton has been dated to between 2900 and 2800 BCE. 

So she was an extraordinarily tall woman walking around wearing an engraved golden eye patterned with rays like a tiny sun. What an awesome sight that must have been.

[via TYWKIWDBI]

See, stuff like this just makes me want to write. Like, this lady sounds like a character from a novel

(via we-four-elements)

inabasket:

Look what I found at the dollar store!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Not gonna lie—I freak out when I find chocolate oranges, too.

(via saxyjep)

deflare: teal-deer: legacy-blog: tsisqua: thiefoworld: Cihuamiztontli by =SaiyaGina I love the inclusion of modern technology into the scene. It’s wonderful. Yes, this is exactly what I’m trying to do with secret project number one. Yes, perfect. Good. sudden flashbacks to Everworld  This is a thing that I’ve been dwelling on: the alternative development of aesthetics. The short and sweet version is that we tend to associate certain patterns of clothing, decoration, and ritual with different kinds of behavior. It’s a worldwide thing, and mostly unconscious. Men around the world wear European suits when they’re doing business, unless they have a particular reason not to. Facial tattoos are for ‘primitive’ tribes and members of Western countercultures. Essentially the same furniture and building styles are seen throughout the wealthy parts of the world, and showing the different methods used by other cultures is meant to show how primitive they are. This is all, of course, horseshit. Art, fashion, motifs—they’re all just the window-dressing of a culture, and say little about how advanced or worthwhile it is. The prevalence of European styles in architecture and clothing isn’t because they’re just better than the rest of the world’s styles, it’s because European culturally brutalized the rest of the world and other cultures had to change to blend in. What if things had turned out differently? What if some culture had stood as another example of what could be? What if more and more advanced technology had been molded into those alternate aesthetics? What might the world have seen? (Slightly tangentally: This is why I’m okay with Zecora in MLP. Her aesthetic is indicative that there are cultures in that world that haven’t been homogenized by imperialism. That seems like an excellent thing.)

deflare:

teal-deer:

legacy-blog:

tsisqua:

thiefoworld:

Cihuamiztontli by =SaiyaGina

I love the inclusion of modern technology into the scene. It’s wonderful.

Yes, this is exactly what I’m trying to do with secret project number one.

Yes, perfect. Good.

sudden flashbacks to Everworld 

This is a thing that I’ve been dwelling on: the alternative development of aesthetics.

The short and sweet version is that we tend to associate certain patterns of clothing, decoration, and ritual with different kinds of behavior. It’s a worldwide thing, and mostly unconscious. Men around the world wear European suits when they’re doing business, unless they have a particular reason not to. Facial tattoos are for ‘primitive’ tribes and members of Western countercultures. Essentially the same furniture and building styles are seen throughout the wealthy parts of the world, and showing the different methods used by other cultures is meant to show how primitive they are.

This is all, of course, horseshit. Art, fashion, motifs—they’re all just the window-dressing of a culture, and say little about how advanced or worthwhile it is. The prevalence of European styles in architecture and clothing isn’t because they’re just better than the rest of the world’s styles, it’s because European culturally brutalized the rest of the world and other cultures had to change to blend in.

What if things had turned out differently? What if some culture had stood as another example of what could be? What if more and more advanced technology had been molded into those alternate aesthetics? What might the world have seen?

(Slightly tangentally: This is why I’m okay with Zecora in MLP. Her aesthetic is indicative that there are cultures in that world that haven’t been homogenized by imperialism. That seems like an excellent thing.)

(Source: digitallydelicious, via we-four-elements)

My Japanese Indigo has new growth—it’s already almost as tall as the rest of it. Allow me a moment to squee.

{pterodactyl screech of joy}

madamekockout: teenytigress: SO THIS GUY IN MY ENGLISH IS DOING A PROJECT FOR BIO WHERE HE GETS A DUCKLING TO IMPRINT ON HIM SO HE JUST CARRIES IT AROUND WITH HIM TO ALL OF HIS CLASSES AND I SWEAR THIS DUCK IS THE MOST WELL BEHAVED FUCKING POULTRY IVE EVER SEEN IT JUST SITS ON HIS DESK QUIETLY AND SOMETIMES HE PUTS IT IN HIS POCKET AND IT JUST SLEEPS LIKE WOW YOU GO DUCKY What does he do when it poops?

madamekockout:

teenytigress:

SO THIS GUY IN MY ENGLISH IS DOING A PROJECT FOR BIO WHERE HE GETS A DUCKLING TO IMPRINT ON HIM SO HE JUST CARRIES IT AROUND WITH HIM TO ALL OF HIS CLASSES AND I SWEAR THIS DUCK IS THE MOST WELL BEHAVED FUCKING POULTRY IVE EVER SEEN IT JUST SITS ON HIS DESK QUIETLY AND SOMETIMES HE PUTS IT IN HIS POCKET AND IT JUST SLEEPS LIKE WOW YOU GO DUCKY

What does he do when it poops?

(via fraggtasterrific)

I keep hearing about all the ‘tips,’ my sister gets at talks about bullying prevention…and I can say, with utmost sincerity, that none of these ever worked for me.

Failing to see how all this money is helping—especially since it’s the teachers and the parents of these kids who are at fault for ignoring it (or being bullies themselves). Ugh.

greenlivingagent: Another nifty way to grow lettuce in an old jug. Especially great if you don’t have a yard!

greenlivingagent:

Another nifty way to grow lettuce in an old jug. Especially great if you don’t have a yard!