#I own MANY mugs

[bumblingbabooshka]

Young Teacher Tuvok Patreon | Ko-fi

#Person: So I heard from the students that you're the headteacher? / Tuvok: ???This is a college??? #his kids gave him a mug that says 'Father' bc it would be impossible to ascertain whether or not he is in fact the no.1 dad #despite their own emphatically positive opinions...'Father' is factual v_v (in my mind the mug just has a vulcan symbol) #bea art tag #st voyager #Tuvok #Tuvok went through Starfleet training/academy - Quit - Then probably had to go to a whole different college to get a teaching license #When he re-entered Starfleet did he have to take lessons again?? Is there a separate license to be a Starfleet instructor? #After being expelled from his school as a teen ... how long was he with the monks? Did he repeat a grade? #Tuvok your education fascinates me #Vulcan school - expelled - learning at a temple with monks - repeat grade? / Vulcan school - graduate #enter starfleet academy - graduate - quit - enter college - graduate - teach - quit job - enter starfleet (academy?) - graduate? #- starfleet teaching license - end #note: I don't think under normal human circumstances you'd need to go back to the academy but Tuvok quit Starfleet at like 20 something #and who knows how many decades passed since then - I'm sure the curriculum changed a lot in like 70 years v_v #maybe....a few catchup courses. Like a semester instead of four(?) years #st voyager art #also I like the thought that Tuvok is considered introverted/reserved even amongst Vulcans #Less so than how humans perceive him but still enough that it IS a personality trait rather than purely a cultural difference

[the-valiant-valkyrie]

"What would the Fabricator eat...?"

(Transcription under the cut)

Francisco: I'm now thinking we should have added more food in this level... Charlie: It is noticeably missing, isn't it? Francisco: Yeah! Charlie: What would the Fabricator eat? What's her favorite snack? I'm thinking, like... a little dessert. Like a French bonbon or something. Francisco: Yeah... Maybe it's a scorpion sandwich with a chaser of antidote. Charlie: Ohh, yes! I think she would like- in the same way that people like spicy food, she would like poisonous food, and then antidote chasers. Francisco: Yeah... Charlie: ... That's horrible!

#ieytd #the fabricator #idk what to tag this as #all i know is that it takes me out every time i remember it. things that are canon to me #there's so much that can be done here under the precontext that fabby eats poison #does this imply that the food in john's cart is stuff SHE made?? with her own hands? not just stuff she poisoned stuff she COOKS #does she eat this stuff regularly?? #IS THE RED DEATH WINE BOTTLE IN EAVES DROP LIKE?? HER PERSONAL SNACK?? #fabby doing the poisoned mug/wine glass trick except both glasses are poisoned so they can't be swapped #fabby kissing a target with poison on her lips with no consequence?? so long as that target is a woman i guess #if fabby hates you she'll poison you on purpose. if she likes you she'll poison you on accident- #-because she has so many poisoned snacks lying around that she just eats for the hell of it and she can't tell them apart #sweetheart that can NOT be good for your immune system or whatever i don't htink... thats not good for your health

[determunition]

some doodles of the tech guys! i thought it would be fun to explore stuff from earlier in the retyrement “timeline” as it were (circa 1985-ish), so this is also a very casual introduction to pre-retirement poe! yes, his muttonchops used to be even worse.

also the other bots’ names being blacked out on the IDs up there isn’t for Sinister Purposes, i just can’t be assed to come up with names for them lmao

#inscryption #retyrement au #p03 inscryption #inspector inscryption #melter inscryption #dredger inscryption #inspector/melter #mug caption is courtesy of my buddy squid #i think poe owns many novelty mugs against his will

[bigcats-birds-and-books]

Books of 2023. THAT WE MAY LIVE and NO EDGES from Two Lines Press.

NO EDGES came in my Migrations subscription box earlier this year, and I finally got around to reading it this week! It's a collection of Swahili fiction translated to English. I love little multi-author anthologies because it's the perfect amount of taste testing without committing. My favorites were A Neighbor's Pot by Lusajo Mwaikenda Israel and the excerpt from Nakuruto by Clara Momanyi.

Up next is THAT WE MAY LIVE, which is speculative Chinese fiction in translation! The whole series of books looks really cool, so I'll probably be adding all of these to my library piecemeal.

#books of 2023 #book photography #my photography #books #calico #two lines press #in translation #no edges #that we may live #i will not be tagging authors there are simply Too Many lmao #featuring the nano pen and only truly orange mug i own (the owl is like orange brown lol) #i also read no edges over like three days because the stories are short and the book is short and there's a lot of white space lol #good little morsels #i think i prefer multi author anthologies to one author anthologies because there's more Variety?? like i go for collections for a sampling #--of everything and that's easier with More Authors #one quibble with these i've seen on goodreads is that there's not much Context Up Front #which is true. the stories are presented without comment #so far both of these have been themed by language/region but apparently they've got other themes too #the author and translator blurbs in the back are helpful though!! #unfortunately it doesn't look like i can find a copy of the whole of NAKURUTO (which is a novel) in translation anywhere lolsob #so that's kind of a bummer because i did like what i read!! #very excited for the chinese one because the stories look Weird and Fucked Up and that's My Jam

[whitherwanderer]

🎵 - Whoever speaks loudest!!

On some level, I think I always understood That these hands of mine were clumsy, not clever And I tried to do the best that I could But try as I might, I couldn't bring myself to hold you

Sif of 5-6 years ago (circa 2017-2018) was a fairly different person. Her sins weighed on her heavier and she was still in a desperate, aimless place with little to occupy her thoughts except what went wrong and where the next drink will come from.

Her relationship with Dug was different too. A lot more guilty, a lot more codependent, and with a certain amount of emotional distance that they've had to close over the years. They're getting better about it, but it's taken a while for them both to figure out that they have more to offer and more to live for than tragedy alone.

This song harkens back to a time before Sif had a chance to untangle some things. Even if she hasn't fully embraced them, still.

#[ memes; sif ] #[ the longest road ] #ty miss odette!! ♥ #sif is the loudest in many ways.... #the keen-eyed folks from way way back will recognize the pre-hat sif outfit #i kinda emulated older screenshots for this one #lower contrast more bloom and a generally more 'foggier' feeling #the pose too is a typical one for early sif #mug for the public #brood on your own time

[queer-crusader]

Meet my beautiful coffee and matcha/hot drinks corner and my beautiful new son, the milk frother.

I got into the (mostly coffee based) YT channel of Morgan Eckroth recently and while I don't drink coffee all that often (and NEVER drank matcha but enjoyed matcha sticks at cons at times), I felt an urge to whimsy up my life. Just add a tiny bit of luxury, especially on those days I work from home. So for Christmas I asked for matcha powder and a milk frother (lovingly dubbed by me and my sister as a milk brother after a wonderful autocorrect/typo, resulting in the frequent use of the phrase "brothering the milk"), and now I have a wee drinks station!

Yes, it takes a wee while to make something, especially if I add matcha (you get the added steps of soaking loose the matcha whisk and whisking up a little batch rather than dumping powder in a mug if u wanna do it "right"). I also heat up my milk, for which it takes a bit of trial and error to find the right length of time in the microwave. It also took a bit of trial and error to learn how to wield the milk brother to get a well-aerated milk with a good amount of froth. But after a few days of experimentation and play over the Christmas holidays, I now make my own cappuccinos, matcha lattes, dirty matcha lattes (coffee with matcha), or as I did just now, a dirty matcha latte with added cocoa powder (yes, that works! Matcha hot cocoa is also a wonderfully comforting drink if you don't mind the caffeine!). Behold!

(I usually use a smaller mug so I didn't use enough milk and base to fill her up but she tastes wonderful!)

I've also made my own flavour infused syrup for my coffees!! We had a horrible teabag lying around no-one will ever drink with hazelnut and cocoa flavour (she tastes super chemical), so I made a simple syrup and soaked the tea in the water for that syrup. I also added some cinnamon to it. She still tastes a little like fake chemical flavour, but also due to the high amount of slightly caramelised sugar and cinnamon, like stroopwafel syrup. So it's a wonderful coffee addition that's so simple to make! And I can and will make so many more in the future!! Cinnamon flavour!! Cardamom flavour!! Peanut flavour for my snickers hot cocoa urge!! The world is at my feet and NOTHING CAN STOP ME *MANIACAL LAUGHTER*

#anne speaks #long post #once u grasp the skill of frothing milk and making syrup (both really simple with some guidance) the world is at your feet #highly recommend if you can't afford starbucks or wanna make your own special fun flavoured drinks at home #plus the wee ritual that comes with making each drink is good for the soul!! #for me it's like. two wee bowls. one for soaking my matcha whisk one for whisking the matcha in #two mugs. one for building my drink in one for frothing my milk in #then when im finished i rinse my stuff real quick. i put some liquid dish soap in either the milk mug or the matcha bowl (or both whatever) #and then put the milk brother in to make a soapy foam that simultaneously cleans mug/bowl and brother #then quickly wash soap off the frother. turn it on for two secs and the spinning force dries it #and it's the same steps every time with slight variation if i use matcha or if it's a pure coffee drink or whatever #and of course the building the drink can vary slightly depending on strength or flavour #do i add coffee/matcha? do i add cocoa powder (if yes don't add hot water but hot milk to base of coffee or cocoa turns watery) #do i add sugar? a fun flavoured syrup? am i being a Fancy Bitch and adding a splash of maple syrup? #OR for extra fanciness. do i add my flavoured/maple syrup to the milk before i froth it so the foam is sweet and flavoured! #so many variations BUT all with its soothing wee ritual

[autistic-shaiapouf]

It feels so genuinely strange to feel at peace after being in crisis mode for so many years. My therapist said it takes, on average, 2 years for the results of (C-)PTSD recovery to made visible and I'm right on target for it; it's just. I feel okay and it's starting to sink in.

Good things have happened this year and they don't feel like they're gonna be taken away, I've met very good people and they don't feel out of my grasp. I'm actually getting to know myself, seeing what my autism wants from the world, the candles and incense and sprays pointing me towards sensory seeking (and that's okay!), the special interest in music pulling me in all directions (and that's okay!), spending lots of time reading and changing up what I was taught constitutes a meal by breaking it down (and that's okay!).

I don't actively dislike my field of work, have hobbies I engage in, friends I engage with, a vehicle the same year I got my license, I feel like I'm breathing for the very first time.

I'm okay, and it's starting to really feel that way.

#i've been thinking about this a lot lately. that i feel okay. i came home after closing with the pharmacy and sat down with a book #i had some food cobbled together for something to have before bed bc i need to get groceries today #i might finish my book today and i have so many more to pick from; considering re-opening comms in a few days too #it's just. i feel like i'm beginning to take up space in my own life and now that i'm doing that i want to take as much as possible #i want everything i can grab onto and it's exciting!! sometime this month marked 2 years since i dropped off that letter to my parents #about why i left and was cutting contact and. everything i have done since then. the new stuff and the new friends and the general autonomy #oh the autonomy! being a person on my own! acting in my interests and being allowed to be silly bc it makes me happy #happy to have more books more mugs more candles.. i'm starting to actually get to know myself and it's something i've never had a chance #to actually do; i see myself. i see him #i see him and i love him. #shai speaks

[magic-multicolored-miracle]

Hold up, 

Why didn’t anyone tell me that HeR actually has some good merch now?

I mean some of it is still ugly as sin and definitely cursed, but there’s some pretty nice stuff too. 

#$6-$8 for a sticker I cannot abide though #Her Interactive #Nancy Drew games #merch #I already own so many mugs and yet here I am...considering the Dear Ned/Love Nancy one #also the Whale World water bottle #since Andy Jason teased us with one and then instead gave us a free shitty whalewatching tour #ooh and the travel poster designs for places #they're really nice (not really thinking of buying any since wall space is at a premium but still. cute)

[waffilicious]

what are travel mugs FOR if not an obnoxious amount of stickers

#naked travel mugs are an outrage #unless they have their own Pattern or Texture #i have two starbucks cold cups that are exclusively Texture #but all my other mugs are canvases for my many stickers

[mrfoox]

Mom keeps her obsession with giving me moomin themed items. This is year two

#miranda talking shit #Mom #Idk why she... Came up with the idea 😭 i love moomin but it wasnt my top childhood show #Now i feel kinda weird like... Oliver is finish and very big fan of moomin and im getting so many such items #Mom got me a fourth mug. Last time it was two others. Before that an light ornament #I bought moomin glass protectors for my table on my own but they were just cute i think shes overestimate my love for the series 😭 #Its like the whole... A parent finds out one thing you like and will only give you such themed items. People will believe im super into thm #I mean i love the gifts but i just started to reflect this is year two of such xmas and bday gifts najsjfjsjand #Actually i can only name like 5-6 characters and only have vague memories of watching the show/movie jsjdkdkan #But momin is cute their designs is very cute. But i feel like a fake fan maybe. Like oh youre really into them? No theyre cute thats all

[killerandhealerqueen]

Slowly packing up my apartment of the past two years (as I am planning to move out after graduation if I can find a good apartment in the state that I want to move to for my job) and I’ve realized something as I’m packing things away: 1) I have a fuckton of mugs, 2) I have a fuckton of chopsticks, and 3) I have a fuckton of candles

#sass talks #i know damn well my parents are gonna be like lauren what the FUCK #i have so many chopsticks #(and they are CATEGORIZED BY THE TYPE) #so many mugs #(no seriously all of my mugs (plus my two teapots) cover my entire coffee table) #why do i have so many mugs? #i'm one person #i only need a few #but mugs are pretty and i have no self control #and so many candles #i think i maybe have like nine candles #plus two wallflowers #and all of the refills that go with them #and room sprays #not to mention all of the stuffed animals i own #it's gonna be a pain in the ass to pack this all away #but that's okay #i think once my parents get here it'll be a lot easier

[glorified-red]

had you not said you were an English major I would have thought you were a graphic designer major

You give tired chaotic artist vibes

Yeaaaa, I tend to give off that vibe apparently.

I think I'm just chronically tired of anything and everything at this point.

Also, bold of you to assume I'm not a tired chaotic artist on top of being an english major. You should see my sketchbook, it is just as chaotic as I am, and also, very very gay, just like me. That, and my google docs, chaos I tell you. I was at work the other day just painting and I am a toddler when I'm creating stuff because I'll clean it up later.

Especially at work? I'll make the biggest mess in the world and get the side eye from other customers, but yk what? I work here, I'm gonna clean it anyway, might as well have fun.

You should see half the stuff I give my mom. I'm the kid who makes macaroni necklaces and turkey hands as a full-fledged adult and gives it to my mom, who by the way, encourages this. She has my last turky hand framed beside her bed and it looks like a kid with monsterous hands made it.

#last night I made her a mug and i put a thumbprint heart on the bottom #some things never change as you age #and for me #its hand prints #my childhood box is 30% handprints #because i was obssessed with my own handprint #so many turkey hands #and i still do it #i fully want to make something diy for my future home that has my handprint on it #and maybe people who are special to me #who knows #asks

[ithacanradio]

nothing quite like your parents threatening to leave you in poverty if you don't stop doing political work and just annihilate yourself into your studies

#im mostly seething that i still get surprised when they do that #since its the twentieth time. and i SHOULD just leave before they stop bluffing because fuck them. #but adding another five years of undergrad after it already took me six to get halway thru since they gave me mental illnesses... depressy! #im starting to believe im halfway thru my period tbh where are you my tough bitch!! gonna go eat chocolate #and check if theres any way i can make the state recognize me as separate income before two years #because theres no way imgonna be able to pay what my mother can afford for uni with 500 euros a month #radio live transmission #these bitches!! truly why am i surprised ive known them for 25 years WHY did i buy a christmas mug for that asshole this morning #i havent even asked them for money since i took up my meager 350 euros per month job!! i pay my own food n stuff i just #bought a new coat and blankie this week which critically impacted my finances #and i wanted to treat my friend whos coming over so i asked for like. a weeks worth of support on their part #and THATS how they brought the issue out. killing and maiming. #'but she wants to buy a retirement house' HOW MANY HOUSES CAN A UNHAPPY OLD COUPLE NEED. sell your old one im not going back there anyway #im not even going to the gym bc it costs too much! but she wants another house!! oh well then. #hhhhhhh definitely halway thru my period

[unproduciblesmackdown]

btw on danny abosch's youtube channel he's posted a Sped Up and a Slowed Down version of every goosebumps the musical track, each of which i have already contributed at least one view to since discovering this just the other night

#and of course instrumental versions of all [not already instrumentals] songs; and the regular versions.... #and some behind the scenes/bonus videos; edits created for the social media accounts; the ongoing easter eggs live premiere series.... #sure have done a full Regular Versions relisten or two in the past [as many weeks] #oh also the ofc bonus youtube lore that you're entirely allowed to use the songs for your own edits and such #in that youtube will Detect the copyrighted material but it's also noted as [but you're allowed to use it] situation #which; i'm also close to throwing together loosier goosier quasianimatics for Snippets of songs i especially visualize #like that what i've always been really gearing up to is the whole [strange as you may find it] section of Whodunit? #so; with an additional wrench in the already overly ambitious [but do the entire song] sure considering doing that bit directly #and a section of the zeke n brooke exchanges in A Super Scary Play are also particularly consistently visualized by myself lol #what are all the possible tags out here....the people need to know #goosebumps the musical #gtmpota #goosebumps the musical phantom of the auditorium #gtm:pota #goosebumps the musical: phantom of the auditorium #also love Understudy Buddy out here. love Every song. increasingly. noskips fire every time i pull up that playlist #also delighted by the physical gtmpota merch on their extremely excellent site (ft lyrics; synopses....we're so blessed) #like putting together an entire outfit. pausing my gtmpota puzzle solving while in my gtmpota joggers; tanktop; sweater; blanket to take a #sip from my gtmpota mug and put on the gtmpota cd etc and so forth #Youtube

[always-a-slut-4-ghouls]

My cat, seeing me replace the filter in the brita I usually use for him and cooking: MOTHER! I THIRST!

I continue to run the water through the filter once as the instructions say

Me cat: MOTHER!!! >>:{ MOTHER I THIRST FOR THE REFILL! MY MUG LIES EMPTY UPON MY WINDOWSILL!

I finally fill up his mug and set it on his little coaster

Him: sigh, FINALLY! I thought you would ignore me forever! You kept trying to distract me with food but that would never work (for more than 45 seconds) for I am PARCHED and practically dying of dehydration! You left me alone for so long and I thought I would die!

I left him for less than 20 minutes to get a few groceries

#emma posts #he has his own mug in the window because then he ignores mine #and he drinks more out of mugs for some reason #he just doesn’t like bowls #I think he thinks my water is the best water and I drink out of mugs #so clearly the better water comes in mugs for some reason #because mother has high standards! in his eyes at least #to other people I’m just drinking basic filtered tap water #and mother got to go outside! without me! <-my cat #what could you be seeing that I’m missing out on because you abandoned me?! #the answer to that is a very busy grocery store which he would hate #he gets overwhelmed if too many people are in the hallway on the way outside or inside #and I have to carry him. despite him becoming very good on a leash #but town is scary with noises and people! #he says while having grown up on a farm with machinery noise and people #though they are usually the same people and not as many #so fair I guess. it’s not just us and extended family #although during beet harvest there are unfamiliar (to him) truckers working there. with trucks! the horror!

[waves-against-a-cliff]

Simon Riley who after coming back to his flat (courtesy of the government) from his first deployment as 'Ghost', finds a momma cat yowling and crying. She's hurt and has four kittens tucked into her side. Simon takes them to the vet only to be informed that only one kitten survived and the momma is dead.

So he raises the kitten. Bhe bottle feeds it every two hours, keeps it warm and safe inside a box with a heating pad and a hoodie of his. He's sure that it'll die but he keeps trying anyways with the heart wrenching hope that he's wrong.

The kitten pulls through.

Now six years later, he has a sassy sphynx cat who cries and meows whenever she isn't fed on time. When his usual pet sitter bails on him just days before his next deployment, he scrambles. He never knows how long he'll be gone and that's an issue with pet hotels. He has to find someone trust worthy and capable of caring for his darling pet.

Then he meets you by pure coincidence. Ruthie had slipped between his legs on his way out to grab some more of the wet cat food she liked then made a bee line right towards you. She meowed and meowed until you crouched down to pet her. Simon swears he had never heard her purr that loudly before.

You smile up at him and comment on how he has a sweet cat (he doesn't. Ruthie knocks everything over and has broken so many mugs, plates and cracked so many screens he owns plastic versions of everything plus keeps his phone on him at all times). Simon says something about trying to find a pet sitter to you and immediately realizes what he said when you smile. "I can keep an eye on her for you. She seems like a sweetie." You coo and gently scratch under her chin. Traitor, it took him weeks to get her to let him do that. But how can he say no when she's already taken a liking to you.

#simon ghost riley #ghost mw2 #ghost x reader #ghost x you #ghost x y/n #simon x reader #simon riley call of duty #simon riley #simon riley x reader #simon riley x you #ghost cod #cod ghost