Wheee!
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drawesomeTitle: Wheee!
Artist: leecetheartist
leecetheartistRating: G
Fandom: N/A
Characters/Pairings: n/a
Characters/Pairings: n/a
Summary: speedy striped merperson
Content Notes:
Drawn with the same nib you saw yesterday, this time it's Diamine's Spruce. It's scented, so sniff hard and you might get a soapy pine fragrance.
I wouldn't though, it's honestly not that pleasant.
I am very tired due to Eurovision being 3am my time.
I wouldn't though, it's honestly not that pleasant.
I am very tired due to Eurovision being 3am my time.
Quote & Fact...
May. 14th, 2025 02:50 amfairyniamhQuote:
"Year's end is neither an end nor a beginning but a going on, with all the wisdom that experience can instill in us."
"The longer I live and the more I read, the more certain I become that the real poems about spring aren't written on paper. They are written in the back pasture and the near meadow, and they are issued in a new revised edition every April."
~ Hal Borland
Facts: (Unique Town/City Names)
Maryland :
Savage - Not named after an abundance of savages striking the town, but from a man named John Savage. (Not acceptable language for today, however in 1685 that was what's they called the indigenous people.)
Funkstown - Originally named 'Funck’s Jerusalem Town', after James Funck. It became known as Funckstown after the Civil War Battle of Funkstown on July 10, 1863. (Lots of lives lost on both sides.)
"Year's end is neither an end nor a beginning but a going on, with all the wisdom that experience can instill in us."
"The longer I live and the more I read, the more certain I become that the real poems about spring aren't written on paper. They are written in the back pasture and the near meadow, and they are issued in a new revised edition every April."
~ Hal Borland
Facts: (Unique Town/City Names)
Maryland :
Savage - Not named after an abundance of savages striking the town, but from a man named John Savage. (Not acceptable language for today, however in 1685 that was what's they called the indigenous people.)
Funkstown - Originally named 'Funck’s Jerusalem Town', after James Funck. It became known as Funckstown after the Civil War Battle of Funkstown on July 10, 1863. (Lots of lives lost on both sides.)
At least I'm not shallow!
May. 13th, 2025 10:36 pmleecetheartist posting in drawesomeTitle: At Least I'm Not Shallow
Artist: leecetheartist
leecetheartistRating: PG I 'spose - minimal cleavage I guess
Fandom: N/A
Characters/Pairings: n/a
Characters/Pairings: n/a
Summary: This mer is also from the deep sea
Content Notes: A quick odd deepsea merperson drawn with a dip pen in Diamine's Serendipity. Which has shimmer and sheen which it steadfastly refused to demonstrate in this light.
Content Notes: A quick odd deepsea merperson drawn with a dip pen in Diamine's Serendipity. Which has shimmer and sheen which it steadfastly refused to demonstrate in this light.
Quote & Fact...
May. 13th, 2025 05:23 amfairyniamhQuote:
"Be precise in the use of words and expect precision from others"
"The key to wisdom is this - constant and frequent questioning, for by doubting we are led to question and by questioning we arrive at the truth."
~ Peter Abelard
Facts: (Unique Town/City Names)
Maine :
Smyrna - An Amish settlement. (Yup, nothing else is said about it. The Amish keeps so much close to their chest and hidden from the outside world.)
Stockholm - Named for the Swedish capital. (I have to wonder how the residents feel about the name.)
"Be precise in the use of words and expect precision from others"
"The key to wisdom is this - constant and frequent questioning, for by doubting we are led to question and by questioning we arrive at the truth."
~ Peter Abelard
Facts: (Unique Town/City Names)
Maine :
Smyrna - An Amish settlement. (Yup, nothing else is said about it. The Amish keeps so much close to their chest and hidden from the outside world.)
Stockholm - Named for the Swedish capital. (I have to wonder how the residents feel about the name.)
Aquamer
May. 13th, 2025 08:27 pmmific posting in drawesomeTitle: Aquamer on AO3
Artist:mific
Rating: G
Fandom: Aquaman (movie)
Characters/Pairings: Aquaman
Notes: No warnings apply. Part of a cracky series for Mermay and the current Drawesome prompt, where I shoehorn "mer" into various characters' names.
Summary: Because seriously, Aquaman should always have been a mer. Whenever he hits the water, the tail appears!
Artist:
mific Rating: G
Fandom: Aquaman (movie)
Characters/Pairings: Aquaman
Notes: No warnings apply. Part of a cracky series for Mermay and the current Drawesome prompt, where I shoehorn "mer" into various characters' names.
Summary: Because seriously, Aquaman should always have been a mer. Whenever he hits the water, the tail appears!
Here we go...
May. 13th, 2025 05:10 pmmificMy giant Mexican Sunflower (Tithonia Diversifolia) is finally starting to flower! You can probably see all the buds as well - it'll keep on flowering through autumn and into early winter. Makes a nice spot of colour in these greyer days. After it's done I'll wait for a sunny winter's day and chop it right back with my loppers. I'll strip off the leaves for the compost as they have about the same level of nutrients as artificial fertilisers. What you see here is one year of growth since I last cut it back (the power lines are safe: it's not actually menacing them).
No, this is not what I do to attract dates
May. 12th, 2025 05:15 pmleecetheartist posting in drawesomeTitle: No, this is not what I do to attract dates
Artist: leecetheartist
leecetheartistRating: G
Fandom: N/A
Characters/Pairings: n/a
Characters/Pairings: n/a
Summary: This mer is from the deep sea
Content Notes: This merperson comes from the deep sea and features a robust build, an Anglerfish like esca and sclerotic eye protection.
Content Notes: This merperson comes from the deep sea and features a robust build, an Anglerfish like esca and sclerotic eye protection.
Aaaaand I think it's the end for this page, I'll have to find some more paper.
Drawn in Diamine Spiced Apple chameleon ink. Which doesn't show up that well but is pretty enough.
Quote & Fact...
May. 12th, 2025 02:12 amfairyniamhQuote:
"Kindness is one of the greatest gifts you can bestow upon another. If someone is in need, lend them a helping hand. Do not wait for a thank you. True kindness lies within the act of giving without the expectation of something in return."
"Friendship, if somebody holds out his hand toward you, you've got to reach and take it... There are too many people alone, and if you're lucky enough for somebody to want you as a friend, it's an obligation."
~ Katharine Hepburn
Facts: (Unique Town/City Names)
Louisiana :
Jigger - It was named after a local man who would, upon request, dance a jig. (This is a town name you don't want to misspell!)
Slaughter - Named after brothers Will and Joe Slaughter. (Sorry, no death and dismemberment here, just 2 normal brothers.)
"Kindness is one of the greatest gifts you can bestow upon another. If someone is in need, lend them a helping hand. Do not wait for a thank you. True kindness lies within the act of giving without the expectation of something in return."
"Friendship, if somebody holds out his hand toward you, you've got to reach and take it... There are too many people alone, and if you're lucky enough for somebody to want you as a friend, it's an obligation."
~ Katharine Hepburn
Facts: (Unique Town/City Names)
Louisiana :
Jigger - It was named after a local man who would, upon request, dance a jig. (This is a town name you don't want to misspell!)
Slaughter - Named after brothers Will and Joe Slaughter. (Sorry, no death and dismemberment here, just 2 normal brothers.)
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May. 11th, 2025 02:59 pmolivermoss* I am off to Welches tomorrow. It's not far, but if you try to day trip it from Portland without a car you'll be on the bus more than you'll be there. I've been wanting to get out and hike Wildwood again, so I'm staying for two nights. Actually, with how messy the logistics are, maybe I should have booked for longer?
I am not sure how much hiking I'll manage. Even though I've kicked whatever crud I had, my lungs were congested for a while and my digestive system is recovering slowly from the meds. So, I am still pretty easily fatigued. We'll see how it goes. I'd been trying to psych myself up for a day trip back out there for ages, but the bus logistics were just too much. So, I decided to take it a bit easier on myself and just grab a room in the area and break up the two 3-hour plus bus rides. Actually, the main problem is that the bus doesn't run late. If you day trip it, you've got a tight window to actually be there. Also, needing to connect between 3 separate transit systems is a bit spicy, but, WCGW?
* Still trying to figure out how to round out my Blue Prince experience. I am not going to solo 100% this game. For context here is a no-spoilers clip about where Cohhcarnage is in the game. He's about to spend 3-6 hours setting up a puzzle so he can try to solve it, he downloaded photoshop and learned how to use it on stream so he can use it to piece stuff together. Personally, I've been using Procreate on some puzzles. (Cohh is a major gaming streamer, not like a random gaming streamer. That PirateSoftware's team is currently trying to figure out if they've 100%'d it is... like... PirateSoftware wins code breaking competitions at Defcons. These names are BIG names)
It's a lot. Right now I am spinning my wheels. I don't know what to do except do more runs until something clicks or a notice a thing. And as someone who's done a lot of MMOs, I am very primed to grind. But, I don't want to do that. I don't want to stop here, but also can't let this become too much of a time sink.
I am not sure how much hiking I'll manage. Even though I've kicked whatever crud I had, my lungs were congested for a while and my digestive system is recovering slowly from the meds. So, I am still pretty easily fatigued. We'll see how it goes. I'd been trying to psych myself up for a day trip back out there for ages, but the bus logistics were just too much. So, I decided to take it a bit easier on myself and just grab a room in the area and break up the two 3-hour plus bus rides. Actually, the main problem is that the bus doesn't run late. If you day trip it, you've got a tight window to actually be there. Also, needing to connect between 3 separate transit systems is a bit spicy, but, WCGW?
* Still trying to figure out how to round out my Blue Prince experience. I am not going to solo 100% this game. For context here is a no-spoilers clip about where Cohhcarnage is in the game. He's about to spend 3-6 hours setting up a puzzle so he can try to solve it, he downloaded photoshop and learned how to use it on stream so he can use it to piece stuff together. Personally, I've been using Procreate on some puzzles. (Cohh is a major gaming streamer, not like a random gaming streamer. That PirateSoftware's team is currently trying to figure out if they've 100%'d it is... like... PirateSoftware wins code breaking competitions at Defcons. These names are BIG names)
It's a lot. Right now I am spinning my wheels. I don't know what to do except do more runs until something clicks or a notice a thing. And as someone who's done a lot of MMOs, I am very primed to grind. But, I don't want to do that. I don't want to stop here, but also can't let this become too much of a time sink.
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May. 11th, 2025 01:03 pmolivermossVery little advertising gets through to me between adblockers and paid subs, but what does, for some reason, is ads for airlines trying to make flying look glamorous. Images of people taking selfies in coach, etc. Lissen... If there is one thing you can't sell me on it's the idea that the actual time on a plane is a fun, sexy, instagram-ready experience. Delta killed that dead the time I arrived in Atlanta wet and smelling horrible because the plane's AC condensation drained onto me from above during landing and the airline was like 'that's normal plane functions, part of flying, etc' Not even an apology because they were dug in on the idea that that's just part of flying.
This post brought to you by EVEN MORE radar troubles around NYC airports. At first I thought it was the same story just different sources, but fuck, no it keeps happening. This is not normal. This is not 'it hit the news cycle once and now people are paying attention to it'.
I haven't done my RealID yet and haven't even looked into what I need. So, I can't fly right now anyway and the DMVs are slammed because we're past the deadline. In addition to the technical debt, we've got fuckey regulations around air traffic controllers where they can't strike and during the pandemic they were 'essential'. We don't have enough, the job keeps getting worse and worse, and we were on track to have a serious crisis around this before the current problems.
What started the ball rolling on the tech debt and this job that is so necessary to the US economy being so terrible it's hard to keep staffing up?
Though, of course, the recent federal gutting is making things fall apart faster.
On a very tangential note, I repeatedly considered going out to the TWA Hotel while in NYC, but taking a rideshare out to the airport would have cost a ton. I love that the classic terminal is now a hotel with a really cool bar that I was very tempted by. (TWA is a now-defunct airline that had a strong sense of style and iconic buildings. Their JFK terminal was restored and made into a hotel I'd loooove to stay at. The youtube channel Brightsun considers it over-priced, but I actually disagree. When something caters to such a tight niche audience, prices are high.) But getting between NYC and it's airports sucks. Maybe my NYC trip shoulda been a lot longer because my prediction about never making it out there again and also maybe never flying again is starting to look more and more likely. (but also NYC hotel prices are... NYC hotel prices. I did extend by a single day because the Cardinal only runs certain days and that one night cost over 2x what my upcoming Welches trip will)
This post brought to you by EVEN MORE radar troubles around NYC airports. At first I thought it was the same story just different sources, but fuck, no it keeps happening. This is not normal. This is not 'it hit the news cycle once and now people are paying attention to it'.
I haven't done my RealID yet and haven't even looked into what I need. So, I can't fly right now anyway and the DMVs are slammed because we're past the deadline. In addition to the technical debt, we've got fuckey regulations around air traffic controllers where they can't strike and during the pandemic they were 'essential'. We don't have enough, the job keeps getting worse and worse, and we were on track to have a serious crisis around this before the current problems.
What started the ball rolling on the tech debt and this job that is so necessary to the US economy being so terrible it's hard to keep staffing up?
Though, of course, the recent federal gutting is making things fall apart faster.
On a very tangential note, I repeatedly considered going out to the TWA Hotel while in NYC, but taking a rideshare out to the airport would have cost a ton. I love that the classic terminal is now a hotel with a really cool bar that I was very tempted by. (TWA is a now-defunct airline that had a strong sense of style and iconic buildings. Their JFK terminal was restored and made into a hotel I'd loooove to stay at. The youtube channel Brightsun considers it over-priced, but I actually disagree. When something caters to such a tight niche audience, prices are high.) But getting between NYC and it's airports sucks. Maybe my NYC trip shoulda been a lot longer because my prediction about never making it out there again and also maybe never flying again is starting to look more and more likely. (but also NYC hotel prices are... NYC hotel prices. I did extend by a single day because the Cardinal only runs certain days and that one night cost over 2x what my upcoming Welches trip will)
Merther's Day
May. 11th, 2025 10:57 pmleecetheartist posting in drawesomeRating: G
Fandom: N/A
Characters/Pairings: n/a
Summary:Mum and Baby Mer having a swim together
Content Notes: Just a quick one today as I've been busy with Mother's Day (as it has been that today in Australia) and am very tired.
Three links make a post (tumblr edition)
May. 12th, 2025 01:29 ammificThree things from tumblr that caught my eye, or ear.
At some point in the past, fuckingfuckersfucked made a map of Terry Pratchett's Ankh Morpork in the style of google maps. Expand it to see lots of detail - very cool!
Before System Collapse was released, elexuscal made a summary of the Murderbot Diaries works up to that point. It's not a bad resource for catching up, but not really needed for the coming tv show (might even be better not to remember the book too clearly for that!) Warning for spoilers, of course.
Dangerous bonkers fascist Laura Loomer tweeted angrily that pope Leo was a WOKE MARXIST POPE (begging to be a band name). So then schmoyoho noticed Woke Marxist Pope scans with Pink Pony Club, and then runawaymarbles wrote parody lyrics to that tune, and then camalyng recorded the song. This is what tumblr is for!
Quote & Fact...
May. 11th, 2025 03:10 amfairyniamhQuote:
"Music is so important. It changes thinking, it influences everybody, whether they know it or not. Music knows no boundary lines."
"Our attitudes control our lives. Attitudes are a secret power working twenty-four hours a day, for good or bad. It is of paramount importance that we know how to harness and control this great force."
~ Irving Berlin
Facts: (Unique Town/City Names)
Kentucky :
Dingus - Named for early postmaster Charles B. Dingus. (I cannot find anything of interest here.)
Beaver Dam - Actually named after Beaver Dam Baptist Church, not because of an actual beaver dam. (It has an Amphitheater and everything.)
"Music is so important. It changes thinking, it influences everybody, whether they know it or not. Music knows no boundary lines."
"Our attitudes control our lives. Attitudes are a secret power working twenty-four hours a day, for good or bad. It is of paramount importance that we know how to harness and control this great force."
~ Irving Berlin
Facts: (Unique Town/City Names)
Kentucky :
Dingus - Named for early postmaster Charles B. Dingus. (I cannot find anything of interest here.)
Beaver Dam - Actually named after Beaver Dam Baptist Church, not because of an actual beaver dam. (It has an Amphitheater and everything.)