Arania's Sanctum

Getting up for the bathroom and coming back to a new seat every 30 minutes

Going to chill with the homies in 5, but here's really hoping that these herps are not to scale or else those frogs (and probably the monitor lizard) will absolutely try to eat you.

This just in: ALL hours can be working hours if you're self employed and bad at setting boundaries!

The way adult fandom people hold indie online creators and cartoons to a much higher standard than their actual local politicians. You could be putting that energy into terrorizing and protesting conservatives at your town hall and actually make a good material impact on the world but instead you're background checking everything the trans woman who made the amazing digital circus has ever said

The point isn't "stop criticizing indie artists" or "defend your favorite show under this post". I don't even watch Digital Circus and no one is above criticism. Literally every indie show is getting torn to shreds on twitter right now and I'm not saying this to defend anyone I don't know. The point is "someone who actually has the power to kill us all and get away with it deserves way more ire and accountability than a cartoonist and I expect grown adults to understand this"

Look, I absolutely hate this mentality, but it is unfortunately deeply ingrained human social behavior response to stress. When a group of people is under particular social stress, it tends to fracture groups and turn them against each other. Because it's easier to fight people of a relatively similar social status than take on the oppressive societal force. It sucks, and I hate it. But I also wrote my grad thesis on the scapegoating of detainees during the Japanese American Internment during WWII as a case study of this behavior. Tight knit communities in the centers were hotbeds of rumor, accusations of disloyalty, and even resurgences in traditional folklore accusations when the people were stripped of power and information. It's the same shit, different century. We've got this big, oppressive government that is doing Horrible Things and we feel powerless, so we turn on each other. I just hope the awareness of the behavior can help people break it...

i love when museums have near exact replicas of their displayed objects for you to buy. haha 15th century ceramic cup you are in my possession

Ooh, yes, I should decorate my light switch plates here, even if I can't bring myself to do all the painting. I used to have a Lumos/Nox one I made very hastily when I was first renting and it made me happy every time I used it. Light switch plates are such an easy, cheap way to decorate when your space is temporary (they're like a dollar at home improvement stores and very simple to replace with the original when you move out), highly recommend this kind of craft.

Yes to this addition. They're so cheap! Just do something, and then you will enjoy it every time you use it! Do something crappy! You can redo it later. This is such a low-risk/high reward project.

Reblogging because I still enjoy this switchplate every time.

Oh it's wonderful!

They had us do this in Girl Scouts! It's such a wonderful activity for kids too, and a great way to have them contribute to the house. My mother still has my sister and mine up and in use.

@joy-and-whimsy-official this fits, don’t you agree?

Joy and whimsy detected! This arts and crafts is joyful and whimsical!

star wars heritage post

Ack! I lied! I DID find a video! I can't post a video on reblogs so I'm making a separate post.