Rose's Rambles

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Sounds perfect Wahhhh, I don’t wanna

Welcome to the Briar Patch

Hello, I’m Rose (she/her). It’s very nice to meet you!

I’m mostly here writing about books and podcasts I like and reblogging art I like. There’s some original artwork and writing as well, and occasionally I get to ramble about science things. Once in a while I post recipes.

And this blog absolutely pops off on Frog Day, March 20th. There are Frogs. Many, many, many frogs. Last year, it was something like 70 frogs.

Feel free to ask me stuff and tag me in tag games! I’m not great about answering in a timely manner, but I do like playing.

This post is under construction, I’m hoping to get a taglist made up as well.

List of fandoms:

Other projects:

Happy trails.

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seananmcguire
narwhalsarefalling

oh yeah have i ever told yall of the academic war i have been an unwilling soilder in for the past two years

narwhalsarefalling

okay SO. i have two professors that both teach this one subject, but different classes. they have different last names, so i didnt know this at first and espically since they are academic RIVELS at my school, but they are MARRIED. but for the past 8 years they have been in an academic WAR of geospatical sciences data. more accurately, the raster vs vector data debate. i am personally on the side of "both have their pros and cons and can be utalizied to the utmost efficency" but both professors are like, DEADLOCKED in insistanting one is better then the other

so, professor A is my mentor. i like him a lot, and he was the main person that taught me the most abotu Eris and ArcGIS. professor B is a professor i had one for class, and shes nice and knows a lot of little tricks about Eris programming but mostly relies on arcMAP because shes the raster data professor.

and THESE MOTHERFUCKERS. have written no less then 30 papers that is basically like a "re: re: re: re: re: re: vector data is better then raster fuck you" but like, Professionally. and they leave stupid notes in the footnotes that read "Reguardless of Professor A's opinions reguarding the efficency of Vector data, Raster data has a more efficant polygon computing rate and is the most commonly used program on interplantaring mapping" and its HILARIOUS

narwhalsarefalling

ive read all of their papers, and its basically like reading an email chain between a married couple arguing over the colors of the kitchen backsplash for their new home. its HILARIOUS. but obviously, because of their differnet last names and because they act like they HATE each other, NOT VERY MANY PEOPLE REALIZES THEYRE MARRIED

until like LAST WEEK

narwhalsarefalling

professor B publishes a paper that casually drops the word "husband"

and obviously all the students are like "oh i didnt know u were married!" because we read that shit like how white suburban mothers read People Magazine

narwhalsarefalling

and shes like "yeah, its Professor A"

narwhalsarefalling

and we all FLIPPED. THE FUCK. OUT

narwhalsarefalling

we thought the framed picture of the two of them on professor A's desk was ironic because hes that type of guy

narwhalsarefalling

like, you gotta undestand. these two have gotten into YELLING matches in hallways. these two refuse to go onto trips with each other. but apparently they have a system where they quite LITERALLY leave all of their work at work and drive home in seperate cars and literally NEVER mention work at home. it is SO funny

shadow-of-a-dream

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toribookworm22
helenasurvives

calling all authors!!

i have just stumbled upon the most beautiful public document i have ever laid eyes on. this also goes for anyone whose pastimes include any sort of character creation. may i present, the HOLY GRAIL:

https://www.fbiic.gov/public/2008/nov/Naming_practice_guide_UK_2006.pdf

this wonderful 88-page piece has step by step breakdowns of how names work in different cultures! i needed to know how to name a Muslim character, it has already helped me SO MUCH and i’ve known about it for all of 15 minutes!! i am thoroughly amazed and i just needed to share with you guys 

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ladyknightthebrave
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From the WGA:

"More than 100 days into our strike, as we continue to fight for the sustainability of our profession, events in Washington, D.C. provide an opportunity for writers to shine a light on one of the root causes of the strike: media consolidation.

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seananmcguire
margotkim

Do you ever think about how staggeringly in bad taste it is that Gandalf brought a firework that turns into Smaug to Bilbo’s birthday party

Like how were you hoping that would go

bilbobagginsbrainrotblog

*gandalf voice* so bilbo lived to be 111 huh? it would be a shame if someone or something caused him to go into c a r d i a c a r r e s t

rohirric-hunter

Gandalf: I’m still not a hundred percent sure that magic ring is artificially extending Bilbo’s life, so let’s run some tests.

whetstonefires

i would note that bilbo was the only person at the party not even slightly alarmed, so possibly gandalf just knows him well

missoyashirou

“You know what would be the greatest gift I could give Bilbo on his 111th birthday? Making Lobelia and Otho Sacksville-Baggins shit their pants at the party.” 

optimysticals

^ That’s real friendship

lotr