Marginalia

St. Petri church - Hamburg

Oil on canvas

“Care to dance?”

Yeah that’s

A lot of home org advice fully misses this aspect. Kondo not only acknowledges it, but leans into it. And ultimately this helps motivste me to keep my space tidy - it's really hard to me to keep on the nebulous goal of self-care, but much easier to get up and put things away if I envision my salt and pepper grinders as like, retail workers who are now standing in an empty shop (my dining table) and just wanna go home (the spice rack where they live).

Normie tidying process: that heater should be put away for summer! I mean, I'm not gonna need it

Me: well it's just chilling and also I can't be arsed.

Kondo: that heater has done a good job keeping you warm over winter and now it should get to go have a rest in the cupboard

Being abused at home, bullied at school and lost in the world, the library and all the books I could escape to the most amazing worlds, kept me alive!

I would walk to the library, and spend all day, from 10 am to 9 pm reading there!! I got special awards for how many books I read, I wrote little blurbs on why i loved the books (probably why I love to BETA and do ARCs) 

PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE Just hit the green arrows and the reblog!!!

As a 50 year old woman, the library offers me so much. Digital art pads to borrow, 3D printing, book clubs that are face to face (yeah, the introvert likes face to face because a moderator will stomp on anyone getting snarky)

New books in LARGE PRINT! I’m visually challenged and as much as I love my kindle, The feel of a real book in my hands will always be a beloved feeling!

Read banned books!

oh ok. the dwarves in dungeon meshi live in a steampunk world. good to know. But i love the juxtaposition between elves using magic birds to communicate while the dwarves have straight up telephones

This year the ad broke containment, and non-Australians are having their brains melted by this bizarre tradition, so international followers, lets see if you can work out what this is trying to sell before the last few seconds.

-Phone Torch>Flashlight

-I feel called the FUCK out.

Here's that ad:

All of the references are very fun across the board and yes there's a Jedi there, it is an official religion on the Australian census.

Other hits also include:

- The "First" fleet ad: An ad highlighting the multiculturalism and multicultural history within Australia and poking fun at colonial history

- The Vegan Contoversy Ad: An ad in which the Australian Special forces carry out a mission to bring all Australians overseas for Australia day back so as to enjoy a lamb Barbeque. They disrupt a dental surgery, kidnap Princess Mary of Denmark and torch a vegans house for being vegan. The discourse following this ad was intense.

- The Musical Ad: A West Side story-esque musical satire based on the divide of Australian politics that calls out the fact that it's a musical satire based on the divide of Australian politics

- The New Zealand ad: An ad highlighting Australia's consistent and total inability to keep a prime minister in power as well as the relationship with the neighbours

- Lambalytica: An ad detailing how chronically online the Australian population is and generally making fun of young people and phone users. This ad aired in January of 2020... little did we know

The Wall Ad: An ad detailing the divide between Australian states and poking fun at state border bans during lockdown. It features an older man eating lamb out of the hand of someone who reached through a sort of prison break gloryhole in a very trump-esque border wall

- The Un-Australian ad: My personal favourite. Refers to the arbitrary label of "UnAustralian" that is thrown around onto just about any general nuisance or just about anything considered abnormal tbh but also its very specific to the modern Australian zeitgeist. Eg. Beer - Australian, Upcharging - UnAustralian, Meat Pie - Australian, Eating a Meat Pie with Cutlery - UnAustralian. People disappear into the void when they do something Un-Australian.