#I get my kids to swim

[mothidocandart]

If there’s one thing I’m good at, it’s doing my job while looking and feeling like I’m going to lose my shit at any moment

#Capitalism loves me #but anyways I got a coffee before work and let me tell you that was a BAD idea #instead of making me more enthusiastic like I thought it would #it just made my tics flare up so bad I genuinely considered asking one of my supervisors to help me #It was loud and my arms and legs were shaking and I kept blinking and all the while I’m still going through the motions of making sure #I get my kids to swim #average moth swim class: #”alright kids! Today we’re going to-“ *dunks head in water* “focus on backstroke-“ *whistles and sends water everywhere* “but first-“ #like. Raugh #one of my kids barely got through her lesson today because she was so busy laughing at my tics #dear fucking god #if I become unable to teach I hope god just smites me #None of my supervisors seem to be particularly perturbed by it though so #like at least I know I don’t look THAT crazy

[vrieseasees]

Carnally -> Carne?? -> Meat!! ???

Sorry I just wanted to make a stupid joke hahaha OTL

#luffy anti-poaching system activated by man down bad #acesan #but without Sanji lol *pats self on the back* #this joke has been swimming in my head for some time now OTL #now I can get back to other stuff im workin on #portgas d. ace #portgas d ace #monkey d. luffy #monkey d luffy #one piece #...do i... tag sanji?? even though hes not rly in here?? LOL #str8 frm the new tab #looking back at this.. i think i colored their hair that shade of brown i've seen mix kids have #i meant to color their hair closer to black but this is fine

[fatoujallovv]

my love letter to every queer person that came before:

it is because of seeing you that a teenager feels a little more comfortable in their skin. it is your joy and your love and your bravery and your authenticity that proves to queer kids that it will be alright. just living, just growing old is an incredible thing, and you are bringing so much more good into the world than you know.

#heartstopper #heartstopperedit #heartstoppercentral #heartstopperdaily #dailynetflix #lgbtsource #dailylgbtq #mystuff #mygifs #heartstoppergif #userdyamond #tusercaro #uservalentina #usernorah #tusersilence #tuserhidden #as someone who often gets sad bc I never had love like that as a teenager this little interaction was really healing to see #like I saw a 15 or 16 your old kid at work a while ago and my outfit and vibe was visibly queer and I could tell they were really excited #and it warmed my heart that maybe I made that kid's day better #and also my dad did a really long swim that I went to to cheer him on and there was this cool queer looking person doing the swim that was #probably 5-10 years older than me #and when they were getting ready to race I noticed they had top surgery scars #and when I noticed it was so cathartic and exciting to see that I burst into tears #like queer joy begets queer joy and we just pass it down over and over and we support each other without even realizing #and yeah I'm extremely emotional

[useless-catalanfacts]

Btw if you come on holidays and stay at an AirBnb instead of an actual registered hotel I hate you personally. Not "I hate the gentrification and touristic massification and the way we can't live in our homes and are forced to move away because of tourism" in an abstract way- No, not just that. I hate you.

#I'm from a seaside town that has become popular with tourists who come for the beach and the mediterranean climate #and the typical whitewashed walls of mediterranean coastal towns #in just a few years the average rent has gone up so much that now the average rent id #*is over 1000€ per month #one thousand! #that's a whole salary! #in the past 2 years they've been building a new neighbourhood. they've destroyed the vinyeards to make a new neighbourhood that will make #the town 1/3 bigger than it is. that's a lot. but all those houses are luxury houses with private swimming pools for rich foreigners (we #already have 2 private British schools high schools and college(in the british sense)/baccalaureate where their kids go and never have to #interact with locals. I teach some of those kids and they're very prejudiced against locals and very bigoted against the catalan language #(which ofc they never bother to learn) #there's a law in catalonia that says that for every certain amount of houses you build you are obligated to build a certain percentage of #affordable housing. so in this new neighborhood they built the bare minumum affordable housing which is still too expensive for us #and since there's so few of them everyone is competing to get them. the city hall and the bank have had to make an official competition for #them but you only classify if the renr would not be more than 1/3rd of your salary which is impossible. my cousins who are in their mid 30s #and have been working a good qualified job for 15 years (and their partners too) are considered too poor to be considered for the #affordable housing #everyone is having to move out to other cities away from their friends and family and current jobs. the only jobs left here soon will be #mostly directed at tourists #and the only way to continue living here if you're a normal person and not rich is if you're an only child who one day might inherit the #parents' house #but we look around at what's happening in nearby cities and we see the next step which will be airbnb taking the houses that are left #in many places (I've posted about thia before) there aren't any flats for rent or sell anymore that isn't an airbnb #I'm still lucky in my town when compared to other places like Barcelona which are already full of the airbnb plague #actualitat #airbnb #tourism #touristic massification #gentrification

[watanabes-cum-dump]

I saw someone somewhere say that not all the Aphrodite kids are “conventionally” attractive AND I WILL STAND BY THAT!!!!

Because yes!!! They’re not all white and skinny there’s gotta be some variety. They’re the children of the goddess of love and beauty, self love is a given. Confidence makes the most beautiful people.

Like even if some of them have braces or acne or whatever, I know they’re all beautiful and charming like it’s the vibes you know? People try so hard to make braces seem awkward but some of the prettiest girls I know have braces and they LOVE to laugh and show them off.

I also just know the Aphrodite boys are ACTUALLY CLEAN. They all actually wear chapstick, put on deodorant, brush their teeth and T A K E B A T H S. Nothing is more attractive than a man that actually washes his ass let me tell you.

What makes all the Aphrodite kids beautiful is that they’re all confident, there’s no way all of them have pretty baby blues or the metabolism of fucking cheetahs. And I just know they’re supportive like come on. Hot bitches don’t gate keep

#Also see: the entire Aphrodite cabin pulling up to watch Oppenheimer while the Ares Cabin goes to watch the Barbie movie #I’m sorry guys I have been seeing way too many PJO TikTok’s on my fyp I’m getting sucked back in #The PJO books (and Thalia) were my first love fr #PJO #Percy jackson #i need to draw my OCs in a PJO au again #Aphrodite kids #Aphrodite cabin #For those of you wondering I don’t *think* I’m an Aphrodite kid but I haven’t taken the demigod quizzes in a while so #Last time I took one I got Poseidon but statistically that is impossible #Also bc like I don’t swim that much??? Just bc I have lifeguard training doesn’t mean I’m a Poseidon kid #Isn’t bc I’m filipino #huh???? #bc my motherland is a bunch of islands and beautiful beaches??? #I also got hades but that was back when I was trying way too hard to be goth in like fifth grade

[pinkytoothlesso11]

Okay, so I was thinking about troll speculative biology curtesy of @theoldandnewfirm and this isn't exactly a biology thing, but I think most species of troll hate water/rain.

Hear me out.

Trolls are made of living stone, so I'm assuming they don't quite have the durability of actual stone, if going for the idea their skin is the only thing being made of a stone-like substance and its more like a flexible, thin exoskeleton. And of course rain contains carbonic acid, a result of carbon dioxide mixing with water in the air.

So I'm thinking maybe long exposure to rainfall, of different acidity, would maybe weaken their stone skin or cause a rash? And of course large bodies of open water are generally avoided, since trolls would sink like, well, a rock. This is a naturally inbuilt aversion to a significant majority of troll species but there are always outliers. It also depends on the type of Stone a troll is made of. If its a hard stone like granite or a soft stone like marble.

The side novels introduce us to deep sea trolls and we can't forget the Quagawumps as being Marsh trolls and the swamp/river trolls we see when Jim becomes a half-troll. Their skin is slightly more lubricant and they're generally more squat. There isn't deep water to avoid though.

I think with changelings it comes down to preferences, since their stone isn't as hard as a full trolls and they're probably spliced with different troll tribes, including more water based ones. We know NotEnrique isn't a fan of water, and I doubt Nomura would be either, but that more so based on the fact she wouldn't want her hair wet.

Strickler I'd think is a anomaly. I know his remark about being a keen swimmer was probably, most likely, a innuendo. But what if it had some basis of truth? His stone skin is quite smooth and 'soft' looking compared to other trolls, and the adaptations to his body that allow for flight would help in the water. Aka light bones, thin limbs and large lung size.

#Basically #trolls are like house cats and do their upmost best to avoid getting wet. #I actually googled rainwater acidity and how stones are eroded because this is what it's come to #While the kids enjoy the beach the trolls are far away from the water because they're hardwired to be scared of sinking lol #Strickler goes out of his way to go swimming in both forms it's relaxing for him even if Blinky and the other trolls find it weird #Half-troll Jim is fine with water too but not as much with rain #Trollhunters #Troll biology #Speculative biology #Just about anyway #Trolls #Changelings #Tales of Arcadia #Nomura #NotEnrique #Quagawumps #River trolls #Walter Strickler #Long post #Based on a conversation between me and my younger sister involving trolls and rain

[nerdie-faerie]

Seeing what presents my baby sister gets and realising I really drew the short straw by being the firstborn

#Demon Spawn #+Extras #tell me why this three year old got a pet budgie for her birthday? she cant even spell yet #none of my siblings have ever had personal pets i wasnt allowed a hamster when i was 12 and neither was anyone else but the 3 year old?? #she got her own heat pool for her birthday as well and a barbie dream house taller than her for Christmas #and what did i get childhood trauma perfectionism a fear of failure and anxiety #my mum always goes over the top with the youngest girl it happened with my middle sister in that 5 year gap before my mum got pregnant again #i didnt even make it 2 before my mum was pregnant so i never really got to reap the rewards of being the youngest #the lil ones get spoiled to hell and they get a mum with a fully developed frontal lobe and chiller parents #being the oldest sucks there are no benefits to it only responsibilities #btw im not mad at my sister or whatever its nice for her that she gets to have these things #but what do you mean i got the shtty childhood parents and i still have to argue to be allowed to bare minimal at 23 when the 3 year old #gets special treatment that the rest of us wouldnt even bother asking for cus we dont have all the things that came before that point #my issue is that the preferential treatment she gets is useless to her. she didnt ask for a barbie dreamhouse and she cant even play with it #because shes too short whe doesnt need her own pool because she cant even swim yet she doesnt need her own tablet she cant read yet #she shouldnt have her own pet when she cant understand what it means to own a living creature #especially when we dont currently have any other pets in the house #my issue is that the spoiling doesnt even make sense for her age she cant enjoy it cus it doesnt make sense yet doesnt mean anything to her #my mum wants to spoil her cus shes her littlest girl but shes had 7 kids before this she knows whats age appropriate and this isnt

[season-of-the-squirrels]

looking for steddie fics with

platonic stobin where steve and robin are deeply codependent and love each other just as much as (if not more than) steve and eddie (and is actually important to the story and not just a throwaway)

eddie and robin friendship that exists outside of steve

steve being so sleepy. look at that man he is the sleebiest boy alive he just wants to go snork mimimi

zero emotional intelligence from anyone involved

will byers!!! will motherfucking byers!! who is literally the best character in the whole show and also has the BIGGEST best-friends-sisters-boyfriend crush on steve harrington

steve and max sibling arc. they are literally brother and sister i dont make the rules. eddie and max too but eddies more of a fun uncle and steve has to stop him from letting the kids drink beer

#steddie #stranger things #me when i want a specific fic but i dont wanna write it😡😡 #sasha rambles #steddie fic #please i miss the summer 22 steddie era where the kids would come over and swim in the pool #and then the older kids would get high after they left #and we’d get cute mini byler and ronance and sometimes lumax/elmax/elumax moments #ugh summer 2022 you were lonely and miserable and broke my heart and put it back together

[tadbitfooled]

never reveal to family you have any knowledge of graphic design and photoediting

#OOC #sister: so we didn't order enough medals and the person who made the graphic didn't save it #sister: can you duplicate it #sister: also need it by early next week #me: screaming as I work with no references but a small medal bc someone was dumb and didn't save their files #she did this before with a swim team shirt too #when do I get compensated for doing graphics for the kids' activities #also she told me she needed it on Thursday after I got back from my trip #and I had another thing I was working on for the play I'm in #so it's not like she told me this TODAY

[ampresandian]

Would anybody be interested in just a little something I've been working on?

It's not anything official or a leak or anything just like my own little fanfic/draft. I'm playing screenwriter (I've never done it before lol)

#literally one person being interested would get me to post all of it #percy jackson #percy jackon and the olympians #pjo tv show #sea of monsters #percy jackson tv show #percy series #pjo disney+ #&thoughts #annabeth tries to swim home #percy jackson season 2 #pjo season 2 #writing #my writing #screenwriting #also if anyone has any advice about screenwriting #I am not an actress or a theatre kid #the only plays I've seen are Shakespeare lol

[morninkim]

Of the heroes that appeared in the late 90's and early 00's, Superman, Batman, The Flash, Wonder Woman, Aquaman and Green Arrow, most of the founders of the Justice League, are notable for taking on young proteges, or "Sidekicks" as they would eventually come to known as.

Naturally, through these shared experiences and mentorships, these teenaged heroes banded together as teammates and friends, even before their mentors did.

In 2002, Robin, Kid Flash, Wonder Girl and Aqualad, later joined by Supergirl in 2003 and Speedy in 2004, would form the Teen Titans, some say as an excuse to hang out more often.

#teen titans #dick grayson #wally west #donna troy #garth #kara danvers #roy harper #dc comics #redesign #earth-101 #my art #i LOVE how these turned out those are my KIDS #wally donna kara and garth are all 16 + roy and dick are both 15 #dick is the de facto since he's been at it since he was 9 - roy's the newest at superheroing bc ollie took him in in 2004 #but garth's also like. basically a self-appointed bodyguard for arthur so he's a lil more serious than the others but #at the end of the day theyre goofy kids doin goofy kid stuff #a big reason kara is able to get out of her shell after landing on earth is by making friends with the titans so they are. important to her #also! the sweater/cape of kara's costume are the same ones from clark's year one suit bc he's upgraded since then #(to another suit also made by ma kent) #also atlanteans got fins and webbed toes/fingers + generally have larger upper bodies to support swimming with they arms and stuff #also roy!! that's not how you hold a bow!!

[zappedbywho]

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#Diary #So here’s something I remember DEVASTING me for some #I was at the playground with my step sibling. and we were playing this game where we would swing and point out the smaller kids like ‘Thats #my kid’. Choosing babies basically and not much else. And this one girl was getting teased so we invited her over and she sat in my step #siblings’s lap while they swung. Well this girl chats like the 5 year old she was and I stumbled over my words or something and my step #sibling laughs at me hysterically. That hurt my feelings but I remember thinking that I wanted to be more thick skinned than I was when I #was the girl’s age so I just pushed it back and kept swinging. My step sibling had to #pee or something. so it was just me and this girl. I wasn’t as chatty as my sibling but when the girl slipped off the swing and couldn’t #Get back on. I asked her if she wanted me to help her get back on. and she was like ‘My mom doesn’t let me talk to strangers’ #Of course this confused me. because we just met and I am also a child? #She looked. like. uncomfortable near me or something and I just felt so weird in my body #Cause like. I know I’m chubby and taller than other girls but am I really scary like an older boy? #My sibling was an average size and a little malnourished and I was already incredibly insecure about our differences #Like I was wearing knee shorts and a t shirt to swim in the lake and they were wearing a girl’s bikini lol #Then this little kid gets right back on their lap when they got back and I was like ‘😬’ trying not to cry and just walked away to sit by #myself. Now there’s a picture of my clueless father sitting next to me when I’m like ‘Oh ‘extremely high kid voice crack’ sure you can sit #next to me dad😃 Please drown Em in the lake for me because I hate them and that people like them better’ from behind. #This was a pretty regular experience for kids but I was a little off and even kids sense these things lol

[caterpillarinacave]

A week in a midwestern AmericInn would kill them both

#Actually the Midwest could probably kill them. Hell pool at an AmericInn would probably kill them both #A single chlorinated pool could end the royal bloodline of Atlantis #Cut to Arthur in middle school thinking he’s going to DOMINATE the swimming unit #Cut to his attempt to breathe in chlorine. Cut to an hour straight of screeching and hacking #Aquaman #arthur curry #orm marius #Men’s Road-trip to Mt. Rushmore but Arthur and Orm just get progressively more ill as they go #Arthur has like a vague political reason to head towards the Great Lakes or something and he was instantly like “omg road trip 😝🤩🥳💅” #“My dad never took me on road-trips as a kid so this will be great!!!” #Arthur on FaceTime ghost white collapsed on a hotel room floor while Orm chugs water straight from the bathroom tap in the background : #”no babe it was a great idea one of my best I swear- wait don’t put mom on DONT-“ #He didn’t get to bring Junior just FYI.

[shidouryusm]

Your girl did scuba diving with the fishes today. Are yall proud of me?

(I was actually born to be a mermaid idk why am I a terrestrial creature?)

#sams.shit #when I tell you #the view was unexplainable #the way these fishes glides against you while you swim #I literally didn’t want to get up at all #my diver guide dragged my ass up im not even kidding

[ifmywishescametrue]

A DEREK SHEPHERD GIRLY i knew i could trust you 😌

yes!!!! i've been a derek sheperd girl since i was thirteen haha i think he was the first tv character i ever truly obsessed over. season three derek sheperd lives rent free in my mind 😌 he is The Blueprint

#i have very fond memories of watching seasons 1-8 on dvds i rented from the library with my mom #and running faster in summer gym class (taken voluntarily to avoid having to do swimming and then go to real classes after lol) #just to get home faster to watch more episodes #ad1thi #answered asks #grey's anatomy ended before he died btw #he's happy with meredith and their three kids

[j-esbian]

sometimes i really do want to study the flavor of intense misogyny from older folks, especially when it comes from older women, that assumes all women and girls are sluts and deviants because (checks notes) fashion trends, which the individual consumer has no control over, means that most people’s only options, especially in summer, are to wear somewhat revealing clothing. because it’s hot.

#how have you gotten to this age and gone clothes shopping and not realized the landscape #like i first became aware of this problem at age 12 #i didn’t want to wear short shorts and honestly COULDNT bc of school dress code. but it was hard to find another option #enter those plaid bermuda shorts #and i can only imagine it’s 100x worse now in an instagram tiktok age than it was when i was that age #bc god knows I was embarrassed to wear those. felt like they were actively trying to be as ugly as possible #but for swim suits it’s a whole other can of worms #i currently do not own one bc i don’t want to get a wedgie every 30 seconds #two piece bottoms are all advertised as Cheeky. and i already know i have more ass than expected for my waist size #and the other option is. board shorts #but you’re going to blame the 14 year old for wanting to go to the pool?? #‘and then they wonder why guys keep staring at them. where are their mothers i can’t believe they’re allowed out like that’ #be so for real right now. they’re kids. they should be allowed to have fun and go outside without being creeped on #i always try to meet them halfway with ‘yeah it sucks that there’s not a lot of modest styles of clothes available’ and they’re just like #‘well EYE spent $100 at a specialty online store’ but these kids are going to forever 21 with cash from babysitting or whatever. try again #your single solution does not apply to everyone #like a LOT of it feels like projection. ‘i acted out as a teen so my daughter will do the same’ #just not a lot of self awareness. combined with internalized sexism they’re not willing to question #sometimes when my coworker goes on one of her rants about how she’s glad she never had daughters bc of the Way Teenaged Girls Are #i want to be like. i wasn’t like that. your granddaughter isn’t like that. #i genuinely want to study these people. how did you get to this point