Where Stuff Probably Happens...

i wanted to try traditional animation for a while and heres a cute little guy inspod by sonnyelim ; 3 and here are the seperate frames as well

-the video is from a time before sharing files across devices was trivial, which is why it looks so bizarre. my brother took the original video which i believe was a snapchat video which somehow got uploaded onto my parents’ computer, where my brother showed it to me. i immediately recognized the comedic gold and insisted on getting my own copy, so i re-filmed it on my own digital camera, which is why my brother is narrating what the video will be about before it starts. i then managed to get it onto my tumblr through a series of dark magic rituals. this is why it has an old mac toolbar AND a weird caption AND a vidlab watermark. simpler times indeed

-i was not involved in the act of exploring an abandoned mine shaft (extremely dangerous, do not do this) or touching the wild animal (extremely dangerous, do not do this) or hanging out with my brother (extremely dangerous, do not do this) and i do not endorse any of the behavior depicted here. leaving me notes and comments explaining that this was a bad idea is not a productive use of your time. i have known that everything my brother and his friends do is stupid and dangerous my entire life but at least in this instance we get to enjoy the fruits of their poor choices

-preston was fine. he was scratched up and got some rabies shots but this was not the first, last, or worst injury incurred by a young man who decided to follow my brother’s recommendations for what would be a good and cool idea to do. (his best friend was taken from our house to the ER six times over the course of middle and high school.) to my knowledge the ringtail was also fine despite his encounter with the cast of temu jackass.

It was essentially a secretive guild, a group of shipwrights who would sequester themselves from society to protect the trade secrets of tomol construction. I don't know much about shipbuilding but my understanding is that these vessels are what allowed the Chumash to be a major economic power for the region. Technical knowledge worth protecting!

Also Ojibwe people and other people who used birchbark canoes instead would regularly patch up canoes while they were traveling, bc they are pretty delicate if you accidentally smash them on a rock. So you’re literally on the side of the river and you gotta make some twine and pitch to re-waterproof your canoe. But that kind of also shows how we didn’t have a concept of “wilderness,” because to our ancestors there were all the resources and tools we needed for fixing that canoe right along our route, and we knew how to use them.