shaochilong-maortuensis:

thelittlestcaptainamerica:

keenblade9:

medieisme:

cosmictuesdays:

trynottodrown:

zooophagous:

bugcthulhu:

filbypott:

rafzombie:

i know its a stingray but it looks like cthulhu popped his head up to say hi

I thought it was a giant squid.

holy shit they get this big?

They do get this big! They also tame relatively easily and are surprisingly docile animals. Its popular to swim with them in many beachy areas. As long as you’re not stupid and mean to them, your odds of being hurt by them are very low.

I had the opportunity to swim with a school of them on a sandbar once and I must say they are very aggreeable animals, though they do have the tendency to mob you if you have food, and they can be quite heavy. Still very pleasant animals.

ha cthulhu

Humans will pet anything. If aliens come, that might be what distinguishes us from the rest of the galaxy.

“we were going to blow them up, but they engaged in an oddly pleasing patting ritual and, well, it was nice.”

I read today that stingrays recently passed the mirror test: they recognize their own reflection, potentially implying they have some concept of self.

They killed Steve Erwin

Steve Irwin actually forgave the stringray that killed him. Some of his last words were “It wasn’t his fault, I startled him”, so even after being critically injured by one, even Steve Irwin knew that it was just a docile animal defending itself. 

garnetcomets:

so uh. tomorrow (or today, depending on when ur reading this post) is the 15th anniversary of september eleventh, and i just want to tell my fellow muslims that its ok, its ok, it’s not our fault, i love you, i love you, its ok, i love you.

also if u r not muslim can u reblog this? last year i really needed a post like this, so if you could spread it i would really appreciate it!!

will-swensons-eyebrows:

Why are ppl so bitter abt jean valjean tho like? Specifically his relationship w/cosette. Like i always see ppl talking shit but like this was a guy with nothing? Cosette was all that he had and his greatest motivation and i just dont understand why ppl think his reaction to noticing that she was growing up n shit is creepy? Like let Jean Valjean be he deserves the world.

ambulant-isles:

coupdtatertot:

mybrainkindahoyts:

mistandsundews:

lesmiserableslove:

letthewordsoverflow:

Why does no one talk about the fact that there is litERALLY AN ENTIRE ORCHESTRA UNDER THE STAGE OF EVERY BROADWAY MUSICAL WITH TRAINED MUSICIANS THAT LEARNED EVERY SINGLE SONG AND PLAY THEM EVERY SINGLE NIGHT

ORCHESTRA APPRECIATION POST

YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW LONG I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS

LET ME TELL YOU GUYS A BIT ABOUT THESE AMAZING MUSICIANS

  • IF IT’S AN OLD THEATER, THE PIT SPACES ARE SO TINY AND ALL THESE MUSICIANS ARE CRAMMED TOGETHER. SOMETIMES THEY CAN’T EVEN SEE THE CONDUCTOR. IN THE NEWSIES PIT, IF YOU’RE SITTING IN THE REED 2 MUSICIAN’S SPOT, THERE IS A GIANT WALL HIDING THE CONDUCTOR FROM VIEW
  • SOOO… THEY USE MONITORS THAT SHOW THEM A LIVESTREAM OF THE CONDUCTOR, BUT THEY’RE OFTEN A SPLIT SECOND SLOW SO THESE MUSICIANS NEED TO FIGHT THEIR INSTINCTS AND COME IN A SPLIT SECOND EARLY
  • IT IS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO GET A GIG AS A PIT MUSICIAN, BECAUSE THEY ALL SUB OUT TO EACH OTHER
  • THEREFORE THERE IS SO MUCH SELF-NETWORKING INVOLVED THAT IT GIVES ME ANXIETY JUST TO THINK ABOUT
  • SUBBING MUSICIANS DON’T GET REHEARSALS!!!!! EVER!!!!!!!!!!! MAYBE ONCE. BUT THE POINT IS THAT THEY NEED TO GO HOME AND PRACTICE TWO, MAYBE THREE BOOKS TO ABSOLUTE PERFECTION BECAUSE IF THEY DON’T PLAY UP TO PAR, THEY MAY NOT GET THAT JOB BACK.
  • THEY NEVER!!! GET!!!! ANY!!! RECOGNITION!!! I SENT THE NEWSIES PIT A LETTER ABOUT HOW MUCH THEY INSPIRED ME AND THEY WERE SO FLATTERED AND IMPRESSED AND GRATEFUL THAT THEY FUCKING LET ME SIT IN ON ONE OF THEIR LAST SHOWS.
  • THESE JOBS DO NOT PAY WELL, TO MY KNOWLEDGE. MAYBE THE SAME PAY AS A MUSIC TEACHER’S SALARY, IF THEY HAVE A STEADY GIG, WHICH MOST OF THEM DON’T.
  • IF THE SHOW CLOSES, THEY NEED TO FIND ANOTHER GIG, ASAP, BECAUSE THEIR PAY ISN’T ENOUGH TO SUSTAIN AN UNEMPLOYED PERSON AND THEIR FAMILY FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME.
  • OH YEAH, AND LUCKY BRASS PLAYERS, YOU ONLY NEED TO BE ABLE TO PLAY ONE INSTRUMENT, TWO AT THE MOST.
  • BUT THE WOODWIND PLAYERS? LET ME GIVE YOU SOME PERSPECTIVE:
  • THE REED 2 BOOK AT NEWSIES CONSISTED OF (I THINK) FLUTE, CLARINET, BASS CLARINET, ALTO SAX, BARI SAX, AND…. MAYBE PICCOLO? I FORGET. BUT THE POINT IS, WOODWIND MUSICIANS NEED TO BE ABLE TO MASTER 84379528803436 DIFFERENT INSTRUMENTS.

IN CONCLUSION, BEING A MEMBER OF A PIT ORCHESTRA IS INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT, BUT THEY DO IT BECAUSE THEY LOVE IT AND HAVE A PASSION FOR IT, NOT FOR RECOGNITION OR THE PAY OR BECAUSE IT’S GLAMOROUS.

My background photo is literally me playing out of 2 books at once for a pot orchestra. (Trombone and Cello)

ok but the woodwind player thing is SO TRUE

unless you have a personal connection and have built up a rep with the conductor/music director you have to be able to play literally five or six different instruments, sometimes only getting a measure or two to switch in VERY cramped seating.

Not to mention if you mess up once its over. The people who called you will never call you again and find someone else to replace you. The music industry as a whole is a lot of bull. I have mad respect for musicians, especially pit musicians.

laurenzuke:

bad pearl is real! last one was all ive ever wanted from an episode… thanks everyone for watching

here are my early concepts on mystery girl. kat, hilary, rebecca and me all worked together to make someone cool and hot. props to hilary for the motocyle idea and awesome car scenes. 

i based her shirt off of an old band shirt my dad had that id steal and wear all the time to look cool in middle school. of course, she also had to have doc martens. i was calling her “sheena” in my head.. cause “sheena is a punk rocker”.. you know.. 

also, a secret that only comes to light now: i based her piercings off of a WoW character of mine. Nyeheh

im typing a lot cause it was really fun to design a character and work on that ep. wheee

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