YO YOU PEOPLE WHO WANNA ANIMATE OR JUST BE ABLE TO DRAW DIGITALLY

I would definitely investigate the creepy and ominous noise. With the button, though, it depends... Was I given a reason not to press the button? Yes? Then I won't push the button...probably. No? That button was pressed faster than a buttered bullet. This has been a curse of mine since I was a child. It's honestly a wonder that I haven't won a Darwin award yet.

are you a “press the mystery button you’ve been told not to press” person or an “investigate that creepy and ominous noise” person

i’m just gonna leave this here as a reminder that “hitting bottom” doesn’t mean “staying on bottom for the rest of your life and dying as a piece of crap”

Straw Bale Gardening

One of the thriftiest, most versatile ways to garden is what’s called Straw Bale gardening. Often cheaper than garden soil or fertilizer, straw bales are found virtually everywhere. Craigslist, home depot or other home improvement stores will sell them for pennies on the dime when push comes to shove.

But what can you grow?

The answer: just about anything.

Moisture and heat collect in the straw bale like a trap. Tomatoes, corn and other tall plants can break the bale apart the taller they get, but potatoes and herbs will thrive in your bale. 

Hay bales start to decompose just hours after they get wet and can provide an atmosphere better than your greenhouse. By digging a hole into your bale, dropping in some soil around your plants and packing it firmly, you’ll add some stability to your plant and as your bale decomposes, it will provide a steady source of nutrition all throughout the growing season.

But your life does change when you meet new people and include them in your thoughts and routines... I don't think YA authors should make the girls dependent on the person of interest, but I mean... Your life does change, at least a little.

petition to make young adult authors stop writing about girls whose lives change when they meet a boy

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what should i grow in my greenhouse this winter?

i want to grow teeny weeny things in teeny weeny pots! and also a lemon tree.

What? The cat's on the pot. He's... Potty training himself... . . . . ...

>:3

that is definitely not your letterbox.

Sooooo, I work in an ER as a patient access representative (fancy way of saying I take information from patients and work with insurance) and let me tell you how much trouble that hospital can get into for taking to you like that. If you recorded them and took it to court, dear lord there's no telling the shit storm that would ensue! The reason being, if they treat you like that over the phone, and then you go out and do something and get seriously hurt or die, then they can be held liable for not making you feel welcome to come in and be treated. And heaven forbid of you were actually in the ER and before you checked in, they treated you like that and then you left. Without getting too far into the endless responsibilities we get as non-clinical workers! We answer the phones for the ER and if someone calls in/walks in asking if they could be seen for suicidal ideation (or anything really) we have prompts that we have to say such as "Of course, we'd be more than happy to see you/help you! Please, come on in/Sign in so we can have a nurse triage you and take you to your room!" If directions are needed, we can give them directions, if they need to speak to a nurse directly, we can transfer the call to one/ask one to meet us in the lobby. There's never any reason for someone to be rude and make you feel unwelcome at a hospital where you are going to make you feel better/healthy!! I'm so sorry that this happened to you when you were feeling like this and I hope you did eventually get some help. :/

I tried to ask a place about being hospitalized bc of suicidal/self harm things and the lady on the phone was the rudest piece of shit and would just keep yelling at me to go to the ER “if it was that bad” and stop wasting her/everyone else’s time and if that doesn’t give you a good idea of how much those places really want to “help” idk what will

Reparenting Affirmations for Child Abuse Survivors

I am so glad you were born.

You are a good person.

I love who you are and am doing my best to always be on your side.

You can come to me whenever you’re feeling hurt or bad.

You do not have to be perfect to get my love and protection.

All of your feelings are okay with me.

I am always glad to see you.

It is okay for you to be angry and I won’t let you hurt yourself or others when you are.

You can make mistakes. They are your teachers.

You can know what you need and ask for help.

You can have your own preferences and tastes.

You are a delight to my eyes.

You can choose your own values.

You can pick your own friends, and you don’t have to like everyone.

You can sometimes feel confused and ambivalent, and not know all the answers.

I am very proud of you.

Hey guys! Here’s a post that I hope some will find helpful, things I have picked up along the way that I wish I had known from the start!  These are not set in stone, and only just suggestions, I’m no expert okay guys THINGS I WISH I HAD KNOWN ABOUT PHOTOSHOP: 1.  FLOW.  Flow was put in place primarily for the airbrush folks.  Now its relevance has changed slightly.  With textured brushes, try reducing the flow to “expose” texture. 2.  Ctrl+U : HUE/SATURATION/LIGHTNESS.  For people who are indecisive about color, use this to slide around the color quickly instead of repainting or replacing the color. 3.  CLIPPING/ LAYER MASKS.  Seriously, take five minutes to do this.  A good online resource is ctrlpaint.  This will be instrumental in creating hard edges, something beginner digital artists really struggle with.  Also non-destructive, you will save SO much time.  4.  With that said, ctrl+alt+g makes the current layer you are on a clipping mask.  You can layer mask a group.  5.  MULTIPLY and the surrounding layer types in its little section is like a dark glaze.  Good for shadows. 6.  OVERLAY and the surrounding layer types in its little section is like a lightening glaze.  Good for lighting. LIGHTEN and the dudes around him are also good for lighting, esp. screen.  7.  MAKE YOUR GOSH DARN BACKGROUND IN THE INTERFACE LIGHTER.  Your contrast will thank you.  Right click on the background of the interface and choose the one you like the best.  I know dark grey looks sexy, I know.  8.  TRANSFORM TOOLS ARE THE BEST (but paint over them).  If you have a tile, pattern, whatever- Image>transform> choose your weapon.  Have a tiled floor? Don’t you dare paint all those tiles. Scales?  Paint them flat in a square, then use the warp tool to push them around the form.  Then make your painterly adjustments. 9.  PAINTING SHORTCUTS:  Numbers affect the opacity. Shift+ Number affects the flow. Holding down alt gives you the eyedropper. Brackets [] change size of brush, these dudes <> cycle between your brushes. 10.  HISTOGRAM. If you have a fairly even histogram, this means your distribution of lights mids and darks is even.  If it is skewed, and you don’t mean it to be, adjust accordingly.  Just be casual about it and love your art I love you all drawmaevedraw.tumblr.com