#my Last Two Brain Cells 

Technically true.

i am delighted to inform you of the existence of the Rosefinch, which is a real actual bird that exists!

I’m learning to be ok with not being ok.

Unpopular opinion: homework is the biggest load of BS. I mean honestly, the majority of people value the separation between home and work life, most of us don’t like when we get home and we have to continue working even though we’ve left the office. Why would we do that to children?? 

It feels like I just blinked and all of a sudden 3 years have passed. Time will continue to move forward whether or not we like it. And while that means nothing good ever lasts, it also means all of our sadness will someday end. It’s just a matter of time.

Want to learn something new in 2022??

Absolute beginner adult ballet series (fabulous beginning teacher)

40 piano lessons for beginners (some of the best explanations for piano I’ve ever seen)

Excellent basic crochet video series

Basic knitting (probably the best how to knit video out there)

Pre-Free Figure Skate Levels A-D guides and practice activities (each video builds up with exercises to the actual moves!)

How to draw character faces video (very funny, surprisingly instructive?)

Another drawing character faces video

Literally my favorite art pose hack

Tutorial of how to make a whole ass Stardew Valley esque farming game in Gamemaker Studios 2??

Introduction to flying small aircrafts

French/Dutch/Fishtail braiding

Playing the guitar for beginners (well paced and excellent instructor)

Playing the violin for beginners (really good practical tips mixed in)

Color theory in digital art (not of the children’s hospital variety)

Retake classes you hated but now there’s zero stakes:

Calculus 1 (full semester class)

Learn basic statistics (free textbook)

Introduction to college physics (free textbook)

Introduction to accounting (free textbook)

Learn a language:

Ancient Greek

Latin

Spanish

German

Japanese (grammar guide) (for dummies)

French

Russian (pretty good cyrillic guide!)

I decided to put together a list of questions to be answered throughout the month of February because honestly I haven't felt motivated enough to make new posts and this seems like a great opportunity. So! if you'd like to, feel free to join in on the challenge!!

Info / Rules!

The challenge will last the whole month of February and contains 28 questions, one for each day.

Please reblog this post if you plan to do the challenge!

When you post, tag it as '#february productivity challenge' so I can track, see and reblog the posts and studyblrs participating :)

You don't have to post daily so don't pressure yourself too much on it. You can always do catch-up posts!

If you have any questions feel free to hop into my inbox!

Prompts!

Day 1: What’s your favourite podcast?

Day 2: What are you reading right now?

Day 3: What's your nighttime routine like?

Day 4: What would you describe your study method as?

Day 5: What's the most recent thing you've dreamt?

Day6: What are your current top 5 songs?

Day 7: What was your favourite band 5 years ago?

Day 8: Is there someone you recently got acquainted with? How did you meet them?

Day 9: Have you been anywhere recently for the first time? How was the experience?

Day 10: What's your daily, weekly and monthly planning method? How detailed are you with it?

Day 11: What’s a piece of random trivia that you know?

Day 12: What’s your favourite family tradition?

Day 13: Do you like video games? What's a game you've wanted to play for a while? What's the last game you've played?

Day 14: What's a youtube channel you really like?

Day 15: When you hang out with friends, what do you usually prefer to do?

Day 16: What's something you would like to make if you had the time and/or skill?

Day 17: What’s your favourite place you’ve ever visited?

Day 18: What’s the best advice you’ve received and consciously try to follow?

Day 19: What's your go-to take out?

Day 20: If you made a youtube channel, what would it be about?

Day 21: What's something you've wanted to take a deep dive into but haven't got the time to yet?

Day 22: What are your favourite colour combinations?

Day 23: What's a gift you'd give to someone if you don't know them all too well?

Day 24: What's your favourite beverage?

Day 25: What does your ideal breakfast look like?

Day 26: What's the cosiest place in your mind right now?

Day 27: If you did a room revamp, what all would you change? What's an aesthetic you would like to incorporate in it?

Day 28: What's your favourite stationery that you own?

Hope you enjoy it and have a good month!

Resenting the male gaze but also being obsessed with how you’re perceived by others

Margaret Atwood /// Susan Sontag /// Real Men - Mitski /// Shame is an Ocean I Swim Across - Mary Lambert /// Birds of Prey (2020) /// post by jitterati /// Liquid Smooth - Mitski /// Jennifer’s Body (2009) /// Bravado - Lorde /// Diagnosis - Cynthia Cruz

The Stonewall You Know Is a Myth. And That’s O.K. | NYT Celebrating Pride

Happy Pride! Know your history!

Japanese tea bag maker Ocean-Teabag has been making waves by creating little parcels of aroma in the shape of marine animals. Luckily for us, their wide range of tea bags are available at online Japanese novelty retailer Village Vanguard, maker of such fine products as Space Tea and cat-shaped kitchen utensils.

Ocean-Teabag’s earliest designs included beautiful dolphin tea bags filled with blue mallow tea leaves. Steeping them turns your otherwise normal pot of water into a tranquil ocean. Proving to be a hit among tea lovers, Ocean-Teabag expanded their repertoire to many other sea creatures including the sea turtle (butterfly pea jasmine tea)…

the distinctive ocean sunfish (Japanese hojicha — roasted green tea)…

the graceful manta ray (tropical mango tea)…

and even a blood-thirsty shark (blended herb tea).

The newest addition to their robust series of marine creatures is a tea bag shaped like an innocuous sea cucumber. This little parcel is filled with jasmine tea, as well as a smidgen of sea cucumber powder to lend some authenticity. Ocean-Teabag warns that some people who have a sensitive tongue may find it tasting a little fishy.

The company also crafted a deep sea series that will satisfy even the most adventurous of tea drinkers out there. A few such examples are the anglerfish (earl grey tea)…

the creepy giant isopod (Eastern Beauty oolong tea)…

the horseshoe crab (white apricot tea)…

…and lastly the king of them all, the enormous giant oarfish. ( Delicious Assam tea of epic proportions! ) Just like its namesake, it measures a whopping 19 centimeters (7.5 inches). Drinking tea becomes an art when half of your tea bag hangs out of your cup.

 While the notion of turning your cup of tea into fish-inhabiting waters is not new, these tea bags will hopefully conjure up images of gentle ocean waves in your mind. 

WHERE TO FIND THE TEA