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@libraford

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Anonymous asked:

Do you have like a masterpost or anything that puts links to your shop and your divination decks and your books all in one place? I was just hoping to rec your stuff to some folks and it'd be easier if I could rec it all at once

I keep forgetting to pin my posts, but also my inventory keeps getting bigger as I do more projects.

Information on @thesweeneytarot can be found at that link. Here is where the 10th Anniversary Edition can be bought. For those on a budget, here is where you can find the original- which comes in a less sturdy box and is made of less durable materials. The guide is available via that tumblr blog, but there is a print version available here.

Then there's @the-motif-deck, which is a bit more ambitious- a system that I came up with based on the way that I've read cards for the past decade. The cards do not have any inherent meaning, meaning is assigned by the reader (and sometimes the querent.) It can be purchased here. There is no guide book for this deck.

Speaking of books, here's a link to my books! There are some older pieces there that I am proud to say I've improved from, but if you like urban and modern fantasy/horror, those are some fun ones. Most current works are going to be the books about dirt: Good Clean Dirt and Damn Good Party, which are about being a local cryptid for fun and profit, and how to REALLY mess up someone's wedding with magic powers. I'm working on part 3.

Also, here's a little coloring book about flowers and their meanings that sounds like it fell through a hole in the universe, which I made because I found an article in a bridal mag that clearly didn't do any research so I was like... 'hmm... I think I should make one that's even wronger out of spite.'

More in coloring books: Here's some unsorted coloring pages that also look like they fell through a hole in the universe. I was intending on making another coloring book, but I lost the momentum on the project and now its 'pay what you want' with a $1 minimum.

I also just uploaded the Wild Westerville coloring pages as well. Same price, but the animals are real ones this time. Physical book is available on Mixam.

There is also my Etsy, where you can buy some cool embroidered patches.

There is also my Redbubble, which has a ton of designs that I've done for the past like... ten years. If you saw me playing with the moth scarves for halloween, that's where those come from. You can also find prints of my nature drawings there.

Uhhhhh... I think that's it? There's probably more. I'm always forgetting something.

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libraford

I think its actually good for you to listen to mediocre music.

When every song in your media player of choice activates an emotional response in the brain (which can be- 'this makes me sad,' 'this makes me dance,' 'I hate this song specifically') I think its really easy to get worn out on a type of music quickly.

I think you need a couple songs in your repertoire that are like 'eh... its okay.'

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Those are the songs that land in my “likes” instead of a playlist. Then I shuffle my likes every once in a while and it is indeed pleasantly mid.

I usually put one mid song in each playlist so it gives me time to think about the song that just played.

I'm also noticed that My Analog Journal is really good for supplying like 45 minutes of non-brain music. Because sometimes I gotta listen to Turkish Jazz to process the other thing.

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I think its actually good for you to listen to mediocre music.

When every song in your media player of choice activates an emotional response in the brain (which can be- 'this makes me sad,' 'this makes me dance,' 'I hate this song specifically') I think its really easy to get worn out on a type of music quickly.

I think you need a couple songs in your repertoire that are like 'eh... its okay.'

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I think its actually good for you to listen to mediocre music.

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brainrockets This sounds frustrating. Also I kind of feel like they shouldn't be allowed to call you out for stuff that is just part of your brain on performance evaluation. Like if your performance evaluation reads like the DSM, you should just get $100 automatically.

I really was thinking that the specific language they used in my review sounded EERILY like a diagnosis.

Because "occasionally gets lighting distances, angles and power levels incorrect, needs extra coaching on new procedures and changes to setup to make sure its consistent" would have been fine but what she said was...

"struggles with changes in routine"

"tonally flat and has unkind body language"

"unable to make decisions under pressure"

And at the time, I was flipping out and feeling VERY gaslit by the fact that all her previous crits had been dishonest.

But looking back at it, it really DOES sound like I was just diagnosed with autism by my supervisor.

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libraford

Want

To

Scream

This school is lucky baseball is a long, boring sport.

Job assignment does not state what sport I am doing candids for. I assume baseball because address is a baseball field. I drive across town (30 minutes in heavy traffic) and arrive on time to a vacant baseball field.

Look it up on my phone to see if its been cancelled or if location has changed.

It is an away-game. I look up address.

It was 6 minutes from my house, but now I have to drive another 30 minutes across town in heavy traffic.

I arrive. There are three sports events happening. Softball, which I photographed earlier. Track, which I photographed earlier. Tennis. I do not see baseball.

I call my boss and ask for clarification. She says baseball. I tell her I don't know where the baseball field is because the only field I see that might be it is softball.

Look up the satellite view of the complex. The baseball field is on THE OTHER SIDE OF THE PARKING LOT.

Arrive 30 minutes late.

My performance review stated that I struggle dealing with change. If they knew how MUCH change I had to deal with before getting frustrated, they might be a little more forgiving.

Anyways, here are two photos I am legally allowed to share from the shoot today.

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Anonymous asked:

I'm very sorry work has been upsetting for you recently. I just want to let you know that I love your photography.

(I meant to send this a couple days ago but I was also dealing with the fallout of not being neurotypical at work)

... is there a club I could join for this? I feel like there should be a club for this.

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Anonymous asked:

delectable boobs

This is a very strange thing to say to someone with no context.

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Like is it MY boobs? Are MY boobs being called 'delectable?' Or is it one of the dancers that I posted? Because you haven't actually seen their boobs, but you might have seen their cleavage, which is a different altogether item. Because 'boobs' implies a certain sort of nakedness, which I haven't posted any nude photos.

Like you gotta be more specific.

cweercrippledcrafter I read it as "detectable". Like "those boobs aren't stealthy"

See, until I reread the thing properly, I thought it said 'deletable' as in 'these boobs can removed.' Which I know like four people off the top of my head where that is the preference.

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Anonymous asked:

delectable boobs

This is a very strange thing to say to someone with no context.

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Like is it MY boobs? Are MY boobs being called 'delectable?' Or is it one of the dancers that I posted? Because you haven't actually seen their boobs, but you might have seen their cleavage, which is a different altogether item. Because 'boobs' implies a certain sort of nakedness, which I haven't posted any nude photos.

Like you gotta be more specific.

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