Megan Fox as Jennifer Check in Jennifer’s Body (2009)
growing up reading fantasy books was such a bust cause your whole life you’re left wanting more from life and like there’s something missing and you’re just waiting for that missing part to begin but it’s never gonna come
I have nothing more to say in way of explanation except self indulgence which in turn explains why I feel a bit silly about this one, sorry :D
Mushroom witch and her little mushroom friends
sometimes I tweet about the funny/cute/utterly bizarre shit my 3rd graders do and say
the latest dispatches from room 156
happy monday folks
WATER IS THE ELEMENT OF CHANGE
Waterbending is based on a style of T'ai chi ch'uan, specifically the Yang style. It is a Chinese martial art that features slow movements and elegant forms that evoke the feel of flowing water. Like tai chi, a waterbender’s main advantage is the ease with which they can control their opponent, not simply harming them.
Both arts were influenced by ancient healing practices; people would channel their “energy paths” within themselves to areas of the body where healing was necessary. They also share a specific focus: body alignment, breath, and visualization. Finally, a waterbender can typically find that softness and breathing are more effective for their ability than hard aggression, just as a practitioner of tai chi does.
AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER (2005 - 2008) THE LEGEND OF KORRA (2012 - 2014)
I want a home mostly just to welcome people into it. There will be bowls of candy for guests, and the cookie jar is full. I’ll always say “I was just about to make a coffee/tea/cocoa, would you like one?” when somebody walks in. There’s lemonade and iced tea made fresh on hot days. Once it hits That Hour and they start saying they really should be going, I’ll remind them that the futon is always open, and I’m making cinnamon rolls tomorrow. There’s champagne and sparkling juice hidden on a high shelf just in case somebody announces their engagement or their pregnancy or their new job while they’re here. There is an extra chair in the living room, at the table, and on the deck, and it’s for you. I want to be able to say “if you’re ever in trouble, come to me.”
I want a home mostly just to welcome people into it. There will be bowls of candy for guests, and the cookie jar is full. I’ll always say “I was just about to make a coffee/tea/cocoa, would you like one?” when somebody walks in. There’s lemonade and iced tea made fresh on hot days. Once it hits That Hour and they start saying they really should be going, I’ll remind them that the futon is always open, and I’m making cinnamon rolls tomorrow. There’s champagne and sparkling juice hidden on a high shelf just in case somebody announces their engagement or their pregnancy or their new job while they’re here. There is an extra chair in the living room, at the table, and on the deck, and it’s for you. I want to be able to say “if you’re ever in trouble, come to me.”
I think humans are meant to see the ocean.
fun fact, there may be an explanation for this in something called the Aquatic Ape Hypothesis! There are some evolutionary biologists who think that at some point after the split from chimpanzees, our ancestors may have briefly become aquatic mammals but bailed out before becoming fully adapted to life in the water. There are several quirks of human anatomy that may suggest this is the case:
- Humans have a much higher percentage of body fat than most other land-dwelling mammals, we’re much closer to various aquatic mammals who rely on that fat for buoyancy & insulation.
- We may have lost most of our body hair because it would have created drag as we swam through the water, but kept most of our head hair because it would protect our scalps from damage from the sun when we would come up for air.
- We’re one of the only land-dwelling animals that are able to hold our breath.
- Human infants instinctively know to hold their breath underwater, keep their heads up, and try to swim upwards (they’re not strong enough but they do the motions correctly), whereas the infants of other primates simply panic and drown, suggesting this isn’t simply due to having spent 9 months in the uterus.
- Children who swim very frequently are able to contract their pupils at will, something that is helpful in seeing more clearly underwater. This can especially be seen among children of the Moken tribe from an island off the coast of Thailand who rely on this ability for catching fish and clams, but can be trained in children anywhere.
- Humans are the only primates who retain some small amount of webbing between our fingers and toes, some people more than others.
- Females have permanent breasts with fatty tissue that doesn’t assist in milk production but does assist in buoyancy that would be ideal for breast feeding while floating on your back.
- Our dependence on iodine for proper brain and metabolic function is highly unusual for land dwelling animals but would not be an issue for ocean dwelling creatures.
Now, this is only a hypothesis, and it has opponents who argue that aquatic life isn’t the only explanation for any of these traits and there isn’t sufficient evidence in the fossil record, however the fossil record also doesn’t rule the possibility out. So who knows, this may be the source of your longing for the ocean!
This doesn’t even mention the pruning of our fingers and toes to grip underwater surfaces better!!
Lilies in the Rain
The betrayal...
The Owl House + Onion Headlines
me when i hear a single pluck on a banjo:
Kitten is like, “Are you mocking me?!”
Nyawww!!! The reactions of the two in the background are pretty great, too.
I was today year's old when I found out a Black man invented game cartridges