Life's Crazy Path

Call me whatever names you wish, but I think this is a much better (and healthier) attitude than “anyone under 18 should never be allowed to see any sexual imagery ever”

(For reference: this was at the Tom of Finland exhibition, containing actual, queer, kinky af pornography. There were definitely some young people there, perhaps in their late teens. There was even a parent with their baby who was probably too young to understand anything at all. And guess what, all those people are probably going to be fine.)

• hydrate it by drinking lots of water

• eat dark chocolate and blueberries and walnuts and salmon and other foods high in antioxidants!!

• play little brain games on your phone; I like wordconenct! anything that makes you think!

• read books. It’s simple but necessary. Even better - join a book club, or read with a friend, so you can have discussions after. This will improve your reading comprehension.

• do puzzles - it doesnt have to be sudoku, I love playing Beat Saber on the Oculus Rift because it makes my brain have to match colorful patterns to physical movements very quickly!

• learn a new dance - even a tik tok trendy dance. Learning new dance moves are proven to strengthen synapses!!

• go bird watching, or foraging, or anything outdoors that requires you to explore pattern recognition and visual searching

• watch a movie with the intent of analysis - this is best done with a cinephile friend!! talk about tropes and symbolism and character growth

• cross stitch, or sew, or do anything that requires matching nimble hand movements to patterns

• play or learn an instrument!

• develop a consistent sleep schedule (or as close to consistent as you can get!)

• when eating, try to identify the ingredients and flavors you’re perceiving!

i am in my REDRAWING VINTAGE PICS AS TWIYOR phase, WATCH OUT or you might CATCH MY BRAIN ROT 

aforementioned vintage pic below

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So, these are anime-only details, which tells you they are deliberate directorial choices.

We see our first Surprise! teacup in [redacted]'s memory of his mother. There are two teacups sitting side by side next to a teapot. The whole scene - from the warm colors to that soft piano music playing in the background - suggests warmth and home. The teacups fit right in.

The second Surprise! teacup we see is after Loid brings the chin monster home, the family sits down for tea with Franky. Except... Franky gets his Forger Family Teacup (TM) finally! You can see behind the red, orange an green cups is a grey one, the same one that Anya's other uncle uses when he's at the Forgers' home. Love, love, love this detail. Franky is the best unkie. Franky is family now too.

For more on how I'm obsessed with the use of teacups in the anime see this dementedly long post: