just your average witcher

*pulls out a Novigrad longsword*

*pulls out a Novigrad longsword*

*pulls out a Novigrad longsword*

*pulls out a Velen longsword*

*pulls out a Novigrad longsword*

I had like one, maybe two friends who were all like FUCK YEAH YOU PAINT IT WHATEVER COLOR YOU WANT, PURPLE BEDROOMS ARE AWESOME.

But when they actualy saw the finished bedroom, every single one of them was like, “Oh yeah, that’s really pretty.” (Well, the ones who supported me from the beginning were more like WOOHOO.)

MEAN YOU HAVE TO ABANDON

WHAT MAKES YOU HAPPY.

When I bought my house, the kitchen was multiple shades of dingy white. It was dismal, but it was now mine! So went to the hardware store for paint (well, several trips, painted swatches on panel, etc — I’m very picky. But this was the final, ‘real’ trip). It was a busy day in the paint section. There were at least five people behind me in line.

Now, remember, latex paint is slightly lighter and brighter when wet than it is when dry. And I’d decided to paint my kitchen candy-apple red. The hardware store employee took my gallon off the Paint Jiggler and cracked it open to put a dab on the top, revealing the most incredibly deep pink, and behind me I hear the entire line of people say,

“Oh my god.”

…in perfect chorus.

This is the door to my garage. It used to be white. Live your best life.

Mischief the cat says “Who goes there?”

Every visiting friend says “This is so cool.”

my garage. It used to be

white. Live your best life.

not decorating trends; those have always existed. but the idea that color and decoration is inherently childish

this is the dining room at the Eustis Estate in Milton, Massachusetts, from 1878 (where I used to work, briefly). the walls are TEXTURED MICA SHIMMER on a green background. Adult Space For Adults!

A jewelry shop in Paris c. 1901. kids can’t buy jewelry!

who can forget the classic 1950s colorful bathroom? I’m not a huge fan, but still! adult space! bright colors; decorative designs!

So here’s two examples of traditional Norwegian farmhouse interiors. You know. The kinds of places peasants live in.

This type of painting is called “rosemaling” and today you usually find it on, like, carved wooden bowls and such that are only used for decoration. But back two centuries ago, it was very common to find the interiors of homes covered in it, in projects that were painted little by little over the decades. Because it’s beautiful to look at, paint is the cheapest way of decorating your house, and what else are you going to do on the long winter nights when it’s too dark and cold to work outdoors?

But mostly, they did it because it made them happy, and it was beautiful.

art block is your brain telling you to do studies.

draw a still life. practice some poses. sketch some naked people. do a color study. try out a different technique on a basic shape.

art block doesnt stop you from drawing, it stops you from making your drawings look the way you want them to. and thats because you need to push your skills to the next level so you can preform at that standard

Write a description of an object. write the weather today. Write a made up characterization of a random photo of an actor from the internet as to the character they are in that picture. Write a little story about your pet’s day. Write about spilling soup and make it super dramatic and tragic. Write about someone’s day being ruined and make it funny. Write a meetcute coffeeshop AU of two OCs you’d never put together- maybe from different stories. Write them breaking up.

Another thing, wet clothes are heavy as shit, salt and sand are rough and itchy and wear your skin raw, and if you’ve never been in the ocean, especially on a rough day, it can take all of your strength to just stay put, your feet sink in the sand, the waves pull you forward and back when you try to get unstuck from the ocean floor, it’s very dangerous no matter how good of a swimmer you are. And that’s just the water, and not considering a riptide or anything else.

My brother was wading in barely knee deep water when he got stung by a stingray and we had to rush him to the ER because we didn’t know what it was or how bad it could have been, but it HURT. From the outside though, it didn’t look like anything, just a little bead of blood from a tiny poke smaller than a paper cut, until about 15 minutes later and his whole foot was swollen up.

(My brother’s a bit dramatic so my family was initially not worried, but I was, cause he’s dramatic but not that dramatic, and I’d rather be safe than sorry, so you can take that into account as well.)

And, it’s hard to rescue people when they’re say, freezing, hurt, 20 lbs heavier because of their soaked clothes, and passed out/semi-conscious. Cars and trucks get stuck, and at night, especially if it’s not a tourist beach, it can be completely pitch black. There’s a reason so many beaches have a shit ton of warning signs and rules.

And there’s so many other crazy things, like the bends, dry drowning, sunburn, bacteria and infections caused by sea water, other sea creatures like jellyfish, it’s crazy how much can go wrong very quickly.

Just a silly tag game for us to play! Two things:

1. Make a poll showing your favorite whump tropes for your followers and moots to choose.

2. Tag five people!

I tag...