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Updates! - I am still not back. Joseph changed my Tumblr pw for me but Tumblr didn’t kick me...

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 15:44:47 +1000

Updates!
- I am still not back. Joseph changed my Tumblr pw for me but Tumblr didn’t kick me out on my tablet, so occaisionally you mightsee me lurking and liking things.
- Sorry about these typos, I hate typing on a tablet.
- The HSC is fucking awful and getting worse. I dropped two subjects. Got a warning letter today. Fuck.
- The st john’s wort was making me sick again so I stopped it permanently. That means I have no meds, in winter, AND have the HSC on top of that.
- Fuck everything.
- To add insult to injury, my psych thinks I have undiagnosed ADHD, hope to confirm it soon. I am like YOU MEAN I HAD THIS ALL ALONG AND NOBODY, NOBODY FUCKING NOTICED?
- I don’t know what makes me angrier, knowing nobody noticed, or that I might not get a diagnosis and meds until AFTER I’ve fucked up my HSC beyond repair.
- everything is shit right now and i dont know if im going to even get my hsc, let alone survive it. I wish i wasnt a nutcase. I just feel so crazy right now.

theminttu: Drawing is hard

Tue, 07 May 2013 18:33:12 +1000

theminttu:

Drawing is hard

mass-effect-headcanons: The husk head becomes the centerpiece...

Tue, 07 May 2013 17:48:48 +1000

mass-effect-headcanons:

The husk head becomes the centerpiece of practical jokes onboard the Normandy for quite some time. It turns up in the bathrooms, the refrigerator, Glyph’s terminal, the weapons locker, the med-bay (where Dr. Chakwas claimed she was using it to treat hiccups), almost every single sleeping pod; in the background on a Battlespace broadcast, and, in one particularly noteworthy incident, inside Tali’s helmet.

(picture text truncated for length.)

(source: syzygyclock)

ohheyhesbackatlast: mamalalonde: someone wanted it...

Tue, 07 May 2013 17:04:16 +1000

ohheyhesbackatlast:

mamalalonde:

someone wanted it rebloggable!

#dont put people on a pedestal or talk badly about yourself because it’s not really something ANYONE at all likes to see #:( #also dont spam inboxes yo #some people need their space and your messaging them constantly probably makes them nervous and uncomfortable u_u #also never guilt trip others into being friends with you that shit ain’t right

Woman: I'm smart

Tue, 07 May 2013 16:19:33 +1000

Woman: I'm smart
Patriarchy: Well you're probably ugly then
Woman: I'm creative
Patriarchy: You mean unattractive right?
Woman: I have all these incredible accomplishments
Patriarchy: Yeah but look how ugly you looked doing them
Woman: I have value
Patriarchy: Not if you're ugly lol
Woman: I'm conventionally-attractive & posted selfies on my blog
Patriarchy: I'm so sick of these empty-headed chicks only caring about their looks. Just because you are attractive and get attention from men doesn't mean you are special or deserve respect. Why don't you read a book or do something productive with your life you dumb slut

sir-monicat: S o n s o f S k y r i m || { Songs for the...

Tue, 07 May 2013 15:35:11 +1000

sir-monicat:

S o n s o f S k y r i m || { Songs for the BRAVE }

For the brave nordic hearts living in a cold world of ice and harshness. For the stubborn and hard working people ready to fight in any hour for their ideals and dreams. You are the chosen of Talos.

01. WESSOBRUNNER GEBET | carl orff
{ Of all beings the greatest in grace, and many with him. }

02. DIRTY PAWS | of monsters and men
{ The forest of talking trees, they used to sing about the birds and the bees. }

03. YINDY | fiddler’s green
{ Yindy let me go, take me back to the streets I know. }

04. ROUND AND ROUND | imagine dragons
{ I’m not gonna let you change my mind. }

05. THE DAWN | anuna
{ Victorious morning, self-renewing. }

06. FALSE KING | two steps from hell

07. ZAUBERSPRUCH NO. VII | in extremo
{ Kurjad sönad kade keeled. }

08. MISTY MOUNTAINS | the dwarf cast
{ Far over the misty mountains cold. To dungeons deep and caverns old. }

09. ALIVE | omnia
{ Life is a game. Stars in my head }

10. A DREAM WITHIN A DREAM | the glitch mob

11. TRøllABUNDIN | eivør pálsdóttir
{ Í hjartanum logar brennandi bál brennandi bál. }

12. IF I HAD A HEART | fever ray
{ This will never end ‘cause I want more. }

LISTEN || DOWNLOAD (coming soon)

Practice Makes Perfect: MooskerMore’s PhotoshopLyrics spoof off of MackleMore’s Thrift ShopPut...

Tue, 07 May 2013 14:50:47 +1000

Practice Makes Perfect: MooskerMore’s PhotoshopLyrics spoof off of MackleMore’s Thrift ShopPut...:

ibelievepracticemakesperfect:

MooskerMore’s Photoshop
_{Lyrics spoof off of MackleMore’s Thrift Shop}

Put up my graphics tablet like, “What’s up? I think I wanna draw!”
I’m so pumped ‘bout some new brushes on my Photoshop
Pen on the pad, so much potential,
The people like, “Woah! You have APS Essentials?”

Messing with the pen tool, customizing settings,
First draft is pink, ‘cept the final draft is all green
Finished with the line art, gotta start on coloring
Probably shoulda double checked, it’s on the wrong layering….

MISSSSSSSS

But shoot, there’s C-T-R-L Z!

Cropping it, smudging it, ‘bout to get some textures up in it
Passin’ up on that lens flare, someone else’s mistake to use that trick
But me and Wacom got it man!
Fix hue and saturation, savin’ my work and I’m hella happy that’s my art, trip!

I’ma take Disney’s style, I’ma take Disney’s style,
No for real - ask Walt Disney - can I draw some fan art now?

Dodge an’ burn tool, that’s a newbie slip-up
Multiply and set opacity low, that shouldn’t be tricky
They have tutorials, you should use those tutorials
I use references and it helps me with anatomy, yo!

Hello, hello, my art fans, my muse, oh!
Picasso ain’t got nothing on my digital art, heck no!
I could make some art prints, make ‘em framed, sell those
The fan girls would be like, “Awe, she drew Mario!”

I drew some Doctor Who
I drew Luigi too
I drew Nidalee and Teemo
From League of Legends, don’t you know?

I’m gonna work on art
Only got twenty ounces of earl grey tea left
I-I’m drawing, cartoons and comics
This is pretty awesome!

the-apex-predator: letsgethightogether: mrpicard: Always...

Tue, 07 May 2013 14:06:09 +1000

the-apex-predator:

letsgethightogether:

mrpicard:

Always reblog this.

^

omfg that is the sweetest thing i have ever heard

bearsatan: gothamcityballet: deafmuslimpunx: exquisitedialecti...

Tue, 07 May 2013 13:21:45 +1000

bearsatan:

gothamcityballet:

deafmuslimpunx:

exquisitedialectics:

takealookatyourlife:

Aiya Van Kooten everyone

When Aiya Van Kooten stood face-to-face with a burglar in her bedroom, her left eye twitched, then she went into “predator mode”.

“I screamed at him… jumped off my chair, leaped over my bed and sprinted after him down the stairs,” she said.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/8626910/Predator-mode-scares-off-burglars

This is the best story of my life

“Although she was the only one home, Van Kooten said she had no regard for her safety - instead, she said she was just overwhelmed with “rage“….. ummmmm Hero!!!

Haha, badass Muslim woman. Love it!!!

This lady is so awesome. She lives with her grandma and was studying and had a towel on her head and no shoes but she chased them out of her garden, kicked one up the arse as he climbed a fence, they dropped a camera and laptop, she flagged down a passing driver to help her continue the pursuit, and it turned out he was ex-military, and they finally caught one of them in a park and pinned him as the police arrived. Now she’s going to visit the burglar in prison for the next few months to help with his rehabilitation.

So in summary:

This lady doesn’t just defend her home and loved ones, she will hunt you down, team up with other skilled individuals, get you put away, and then teach you the consequences of your actions until you’re a valuable member of society once more.

Seriously she’s a frigging superhero.

um damn

Roight, hiatus time.

Tue, 07 May 2013 12:39:01 +1000

May is the month where the HSC hits like a truck, big time, with assessments and assignments piling up, and I still have that fucking portfolio to make.

I’m going to be on hiatus until 4th November, which is when my exams end. My friend Joseph is going to change my PW and give it back to me then.

If anyone wants to reach me, my name on Skype is Umbravita, and I’m Hallowspite on Twitter. Sending asks with your details won’t work ‘cause Tumblr doesn’t always send me notifications when I get asks.

genderikari: OH MAN are we talking about gamer culture a bunch of whiny self-entitled homophobic...

Tue, 07 May 2013 12:37:15 +1000

genderikari:

OH MAN are we talking about gamer culture

a bunch of whiny self-entitled homophobic and misogynist pieces of shit who think that they own the entire world and that they have direct control over the content they consume and who will never be satisfied because they just like being whiny

one-trackmind: Not sure if I’m writting an essay or having a one person rave I wish my essays...

Tue, 07 May 2013 12:05:34 +1000

one-trackmind:

Not sure if I’m writting an essay or having a one person rave

I wish my essays were that exciting…

onediwreckingmylife: at monash university in melbourne the women’s department had a bake sale and...

Tue, 07 May 2013 11:52:38 +1000

onediwreckingmylife:

at monash university in melbourne the women’s department had a bake sale and cupcakes were one dollar for men and eighty cents for women and seventy cents for trans* people to represent the wage gap and heaps of guys kicked off about it being sexist and that’s how i finally understood how hypocritical and ignorant men’s rights activism is

kkatkkrap: butts-with-bro-shades: ikickdownthewalls: vwhiskers...

Tue, 07 May 2013 11:08:15 +1000

kkatkkrap:

butts-with-bro-shades:

ikickdownthewalls:

vwhiskers:

slinkycat:

kipper-love:

Because Anna was asking me what a kookaburra sounds like |D

oh god

i just realised how odd this must sound to people who aren’t used to kookaburras

WHAT THE FUCK, AUSTRALIA. *uncontrollable laughter*

`` She has a window: redefined-beauty: liquor-inthe-front: Single Woman’s Title = Miss...

Tue, 07 May 2013 11:03:43 +1000

">`` She has a window: redefined-beauty: liquor-inthe-front: Single Woman’s Title = Miss...:

kittencuffs:

redefined-beauty:

liquor-inthe-front:

Single Woman’s Title = Miss
Married Woman’s Title = Mrs.
Unknown Woman’s Title = Ms.

Married Man’s Title = Mr.
Single Man’s Title = Mr.
Unknown Man’s Title = Mr.

Because a woman only has status if she is married

think about it.
add an apostrophe to Mrs = Mr’s.
think about it.

and then go throw up.

Ugghh

Single woman’s title: Ms.
Married woman’s title: Mrs.
Unknown woman’s title: Ms.
Girl under the age of 18’s title: Miss
Mrs. and Ms. are both contractions of “mistress”, with the R serving to indicate that the adult woman in question is married (or widowed).

kayquimi: darcsowers: The Muppets sing Bohemian Rhapsody....

Tue, 07 May 2013 10:28:24 +1000

kayquimi:

darcsowers:

The Muppets sing Bohemian Rhapsody. Because it’s a Muppet kind of Monday.

because muppets.

gangbanglerfish: so how about a pokemon game where you play as a kid going into team rocket because...

Mon, 06 May 2013 20:46:50 +1000

gangbanglerfish:

so how about a pokemon game where you play as a kid going into team rocket because his parents are high ranking rocketeers or whatever and you have to steal your starter and you slowly start to realize that team rocket is not cool so then you destroy them from the inside

that’d be a damn good game

rollad20andkissme: YYYAAAAASSSSSSS

Mon, 06 May 2013 18:33:23 +1000

rollad20andkissme:

YYYAAAAASSSSSSS

tada4ever: numbuh214: violant-kk: dimensionsintime: cutetimmy...

Mon, 06 May 2013 17:48:54 +1000

tada4ever:

numbuh214:

violant-kk:

dimensionsintime:

cutetimmytim:

dimensionsintime:

annespage:

mutantbakabutt:

foreverisreal:

blunts-and-robots:

devils-in-my-head:

this this this this this

if anyone hates me for this you’re not thinking clearly

think about the amount of people killed in the middle east, too ..

lol so edgy xD

the only reason america dropped the atomic bomb was because we were at WAR idiots, if we hadn’t dropped the bomb the war would’ve lasted at lot longer. 9/11 was an act of terrorism, why don’t you go watch a video of the twin towers as they burn after the planes crash into them and later collapse in on themselves burying not only the people that worked there inside, but also the police officers and firefighters who were trying to rescue any survivors, and before they collapsed, when people were forced to choose to burn or jump out to their deaths. so yeah, the atomic bomb killed more people, but one was during WWII and the other was a direct attack of terrorism on America. And the only reason we were at war with Japan was because they attacked us at pearl harbor, if they hadn’t done that the war would’ve stayed in Europe and the atomic bomb wouldn’t have been dropped.

Not even remotely true, but thanks for playing. This misconception largely occurs because of the famous Stimson article that was featured in Harpers’ magazine.

Of course, he didn’t actually WRITE the thing and, though it presents itself as a fireside chat between two people it was actually a heavily engineered document, and almost every fact cited was knowingly wrong by the government at the time (declassified documents - read ‘em). But hey! What better source for info!

That’s neither here nor there though since Japan tried to surrender before we dropped the bomb.

Several Times.

Yes, Japan tried to surrender. Once through Russia, once through Switzerland, once through the Vatican of all places, and many times appealing directly to Truman. We turned them down because of the stipulation that we were not allowed to touch their emperor, a concession the US was not willing to make at the time.

“Foreign Minister Shigemitsu has instructed Ambassador Sato [in Moscow] to find out whether Russia is willing to assist in bringing about a negotiated peace. Shigemitsu’s instructions, although cautiously worded, clearly imply that he has in mind a move by Russia to initiate peace discussions between Japan and the Anglo-Americans… [I]t seems hardly likely that he would have taken such a step without having consulted at least some of the more important members of the new Japanese cabinet… This is the first time that the Japanese have been willing to suggest to Russia directly that they are ready for peace.”

-“Japanese Consider Peace Possibilities” War Department MAGIC reports of intercepted messages: EYES ONLY for President and closest advisers

“I learn from a very reliable source that in important civilian circles in Japan the peace problem is being discussed with increasing anxiety. A speedy German collapse is expected and it is not believed that Japan can then continue the war. It is therefore considered necessary to get peace as soon as possible before the country and towns are destroyed… If any willingness appeared to exist in London the Japanese would be ready for preliminary discussions through Swedish channels. Behind the man who gave me this message stands one of the best known statesment in Japan and there is no doubt that this attempt must be considered as a serious one.”

-Telegram from Swedish minister in Tokyo given from the British Ambassador to the United States

“…It seems probably that very far-reaching conditions would be accepted by the Japanese by way of negotiation… Exchange of the Japanese constituted must also be considered as excluded. The Emperor must not be touched. However, the Imperial power could be somewhat democratized as is that of the English King”

-Report from Swedish minister in Tokyo sent to US State Department

AND EVEN LATER THEY GAVE THOSE CONDITIONS UP

“…Stated that he had been asked by Masutaro Inoue, Counsellor for the Japanese Legation in Portugal, to contact United States representatives. Source quoted Inoue as saying that the Japanese are ready to cease hostilities, provided they are allowed to retain possession of their home islands… On 19 May [1945], the OSS representative reported Inoue again had repeated to source his desire to talk with an American representative. On this occasion Inoue declared that actual peace terms were unimportant so long as the term ‘unconditional surrender’ was not employed.”

-OSS Representative report directly to Truman

Of course, we did anyway. But that’s not important.

Because the bomb wasn’t about Japan.

In Derry and Ramsey’s Memo to Groves (May 12, 1945) when picking a target for the atomic bomb, one of the primary listed reasons for picking a target was:

“making the initial use sufficiently spectacular for the importance of the weapon to be internationally recognized when publicity on it is released.”

In fact, they ranked targets - AA to B. Know what got the lowest ratings? Military targets. The ones that got the highest ratings were civilian ones.

Japan was currently researching wooden planes. WOODEN PLANES. They had attempted to give up, we said no. They had already lost the war when we dropped the bomb. They knew this - hell, they tried to surrender.

So why did we drop the bomb, then?

A close reading of the memo tells all. It was to make an impact on the international community.

Do you know how Truman was first informed about the Manhatten Project and the bomb? It was in a discussion with the Secretary of State in regards to negotiations with Russia after the war.

Truman kept delaying the “Big Three” discussions, the most important political talks in recorded history, until basically the day AFTER the Trinity Tests - he wanted to wait until he knew he had the bomb as a political piece. Stalin and Churchill were VERY angry at him pushing the date back with little to no reason given (they knew, of course, because of spies and intelligence).

Still don’t believe me?

The Secretary of War, and MOST of the army was against dropping the bomb. They wanted to give the option of doing a demonstration and giving Japan an option of total surrender (that we get to do whatever we want with the Emperor) or of giving Japan time to evacuate the civilian population before bombing a city.

Oh, and there’s this from Stimson’s Memo of Talk with Truman (June 6, 1945)

“I told [the President] that I was anxious about this feature of the war for two reasons: first, because I did not want to have the United States get the reputation of outdoing Hitler in atrocities; and second, I was a little fearful that before we could get ready the Air Force might have Japan so thoroughly bombed out that the new weapon would not have a fair background to show its strength. He laughed and said he understood.”

He laughed.

An estimated 500,000 people died between Nagasaki and Hiroshima if you count deaths by radiation poisoning and long-term cancer.

And Truman could only laugh because he was worried the bomb might not be noticeable amongst the wreckage of Japan.

The reason for dropping the bomb was to give America a better condition amongst the international population, particularly Stalin and Russia, in the coming years. It was to make Russia afraid to invade Japan (and from there, the fear was, the rest of Asia) when they knew America had interests in it. They dropped the bomb to give them an advantage when negotiating in the future and to give them a start when everyone began arming (a situation tons of scientists warned everyone about in The Franck Report).

But don’t pretend it was about Japan. And don’t you dare pretend it was about peace.

500,000 people died and all Truman could do was laugh.

I’m rebloggjng this because of the fullness of the information-rich response (the part that actually contains facts, not the rah rah America one)

Bringing this back because it needs to be said and people need reminding.

WHY WAS I NEVER TAUGHT ANYTHING ABOUT THIS

WHY-

I-

The rage and betrayal I feel grows every day knowing I was forced to endure public “education” for 14 years.

that post full of important information, but you can’t delete the op.

magesmagesmages: janie-mcpants: eva-cybele: shore...

Mon, 06 May 2013 17:04:21 +1000

magesmagesmages:

janie-mcpants:

eva-cybele:

shore leave

Sources: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

I’m so in love with that fourth one.

aaaaah so many mass effect feels