· Part your hair
· Paint your nails with a clear coat of nail polish
· wear “Manly” Jewelery like a shark tooth necklace or a cross necklace (if you’re Religious) or a dog tag, or a mood ring
· wear panties under your Boxers or pants
· wear a cupless sports bra under your shirt
· wear slightly tinted chapstick
· wear eyeshadow that is a shade close to your skin tone
· paint your toenails & keep them hidden from unsupportive people under your socks
There’s a lot of additional tips in the notes!
i’m still living at home and i can’t really be myself at home (even tho i’m out to my parents) but when i’m over at my best friend’s house she helps me with makeup and stuff. if you’re out to your friends maybe they can help you with makeup and stuff too.
Last week, I got attacked by the most painful and persistent hiccups of my life at work. My co-worker heard me hiccuping and said, absently, “Got the hiccups?” and I said miserably, “Yeah.” And she said, “Prove it.”
And I glared at her, because why the fuck should I prove anything to her? And I waited for the next hiccup, which would prove that she was a dick and that I was, indeed, suffering from hiccups. And… that hiccup never came. And she smirked and said, “My daughter calls me whenever she has hiccups and when I ask her to prove it, she never can.”
And that was weird. But later that night, I got hiccups AGAIN, so I said to my boyfriend, “I HAVE HICCUPS.” and he said “Yeah, you do.” And I said, “No, ask me to prove it.” And he gave me a look like I was a crazy person, and I hiccuped again and insisted he ask me to prove it and he did and BAM. I couldn’t do it!
And a few days LATER, I got the hiccups WHILE DRIVING ALONE, and I said, out loud, “DUDE, I have the hiccups.” And then, in another voice, “PROVE IT.” And bam. Couldn’t do it.
The moral of the story? Apparently hiccups are little shits who refuse to perform on command.
There you go. Hiccup cure. I can’t promise it’ll work for everyone, but so far, it’s worked for me like six times.
how to look like u werent just crying in the bathroom
hold a cold rag/tissue to your eyes and anywhere else that tends to get red or blotchy for two minutes
regulate your breathing so your blood flow evens out
fix your makeup and make sure you’re not sweaty
go back out and live a lie
reblog to save a life
Pat dry your face – DONT rub. It will agitate the skin and make it red again.
Fan your face too, feels good as well as reducing redness.
AND IF SOMEONE STILL NOTICES AND ASKS ABOUT IT. EXCUSES:
“I sneezed and my eyes watered” “I yawned and my eyes watered” “Stubbed my toe” “Hit my elbow” “Hit *previously injured body part* on something.”
Trust me, as someone who has learned to shift from anxious wreck to “Everything’s Great! 🙂 ™” in 0.2 seconds when I need to, These work. They really work.
For those who need it.
If you’re like me and people know you’re more likely to turn to swearing at an injury than crying, “I heard a sad song/saw a sad video/read something sad” also works. Find something that fits your context obviously but “I had a sad over *insert external unrelated thing here*” shifts the concern away because, hey, sometimes we read something that makes us tear up but we’re fine!
fucked up how cooking and baking from scratch is viewed as a luxury…..like baking a loaf of bread or whatever is seen as something that only people with money/time can do. I’m not sure why capitalism decided to sell us the idea that we can’t make our own damn food bc it’s a special expensive thing that’s exclusive to wealthy retirees but it’s stupid as hell and it makes me angry
bread takes like max 4 ingredients counting water and sure it takes a couple hours but 80% of that is just waiting around while it does the thing and you can do other things while it’s rising/baking
plus im not gonna say baking cured my depression bc it didn’t but man is it hard to feel down when you’re eating slices of fresh bread you just made yourself. feels like everything’s gonna be a little more ok than you thought. it’s good.
bread is amazing and it’s also been sold to us as something really hard to make? Every time I tell someone I made a loaf of bread I get reactions like “you made it yourself???” and “do you have a bread machine then?” I haven’t touched a bread machine in probably 10 years. You CAN make your own bread, folks, and it’s actually pretty cheap to do so. I believe the most expensive thing I needed for it was the jar of yeast. It was about $6 at the grocery store and lasted me MONTHS (just keep it in the fridge.) The packets are even cheaper. destroy capitalism. bake your own bread.
You can also make your own yeast by making a sourdough starter, so that cuts cost even more.
But you have to feed the starter daily/weekly and that means it grows quickly, but there are tons of recipes online for what to do with your excess starter. Cookies, pretzels, crackers, pancakes, waffles, you name it!!
it may not be as appealing to some folks but if kneading dough is bad texturally or too much physical effort for you (both my reasons), you don’t have the space or something else, simple bread machines can be found very cheap on craiglist, buy/sell groups on facebook or in thrift stores. at that point the hardest part becomes cutting the bread–which i can’t do anymore due to my chronic pain, and is the only reason i stopped. it’s still super fulfilling to make something so basic for yourself and save money doing it.
When I could still eat wheat, my go-to was “one of everything” bread.
A cup of lukewarm water
a packet/tablespoon of yeast
A teaspoon of sugar
and a tiny pinch of salt.
I’d proof that (dump in stuff and let it rest until bubbly, about 10 min) and then toss in flour until the dough was sticky but not too stiff to stir.
Pour that out onto an oiled baking sheet (I’d line with silicone now) and oil the top, scatter coarse salt on top. Let it rise for a bit.
Bake.
If I was feeling fancy I would use rosemary infused olive oil and press half cloves of garlic into the top crust.
Basic focaccia. Works as pizza crust. Fine on its own. REALLY easy, everything happens in one bowl, no floury counter.
Until it rises? Until I remember it’s there? Until it’s bigger than it was? Until I get impatient and shove it in the oven anyway?
(Assume 45 minutes, adjust for warmer or colder rooms)
Also, I used half whole wheat half white flour, once upon a time. But it’s really not that fussy. The amount of flour is probably in the vicininty of 2-3 cups, IIRC. VERY flexible recipe though.
(I suppose @iwritevictuuri you’ll want me to tell you like, how long to bake it and how hot. The answer is IDK and I don’t remember but somewhere between 350 and 425 and probably between 20-30 minutes. Hotter will probably make it crustier and cook faster.)
So these are both “Aw Fuck I’m outta real food” meals BUT ALSO: if you’re learning how to cook, these are great “baby steps” meals to learn how to cook basics into something enjoyable without “wasting” anything expensive. Though I maintain that even cooking screw-ups are valuable in terms of lessons learned.
Also they’re great for when you get absorbed in something and you realize your blood sugar is dropping and you need to make something Quick.
An artist : Aw man! I saw my arts were reposted on Instagram. I’ve asked them to take my arts down but they ignored me.
Me : Say no more! Click this link, then click ‘fill out this form’. Fill the form and wait for about 1-2 days, the staffs will remove the image you were reporting from the reposter’s account :^)
NOW people with anxiety disorders can check their email replies and applications and stuff to make sure we’re coming across the way we want to
Do you have any idea how important this is right now? Making sure you sound right without having to ask a friend to proof read you? This just made my life a whole lot easier.
OMG analyzing someone else’s text to see if you’re reacting appropriately?!? To make sure you’re interpreting them the way they intended!
This is SO COOL
A couple friends of mine at my school are making a phone app like this for spoken English! It’s called ToneAware and it’s designed for autism spectrum people to be able to discreetly interpret the tone and/or mood of someone they’re having a conversation with and I’ve seen them demonstrate it, it works really well and is super cool !!!
This is still something I struggle with, so this is less a tutorial and more just a collection of tips and things I’ve noticed when drawing clothing folds! I hope this helps some of you!
A tool that I’ve found is really handy is a called the Cash Clock. It’s a simple program that measures both the time that you’re working on a piece as well as how much money you should be earning. You can adjust the hourly wage to whatever you feel is right. Simply start the clock whenever you begin working on a project right up until you’re finished. It can give you a clear indication of what you should charge for commissions.
No artist should make below minimum wage for their artwork.
PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD USE THIS INSTEAD OF CHARGING PEANUTS FOR YOUR BEAUTIFUL ARTWORK.
Please, please, please at least make sure you’re making minimum wage.
Please stop lowering the pay floor for independent artists everywhere by thinking $5-10/commission is anywhere close to an acceptable rate for something you spent three hours on.
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