the japanese paradise-flycatcher is a passerine bird distributed throughout southeast asia. this bird is known for their long, glossy ornamental tail feathers; only males have this flowing plumage, while females have shorter tails. females are also more chestnut-brown in coloration. these birds can also be distinguished by their bright blue eye rings. as their name implies, these birds are mainly insectivorous and catch their meals in flight. these birds are found in forest habitats, and have been suffering from population declines due to severe habitat loss.
Left: Self-Portrait November 2022 Right: Self-Portrait April 2017
A love letter to myself
On a whim I went back through everything I had tagged ‘art’ on this blog and was filled a unique feeling of love for my younger self and everything they drew and accomplished. I tagged a lot of things as being crappy, but i would also go back and appreciate any detail i made that i loved, and all of it made me kind of emotional lol. I really made art for everything and it was frankly delightful to see me make art of people I had crushes on, of myself asking “fuckbois” if they had a death wish for touching me, and the little drawing i made of how i felt realizing i wasn’t straight. I know my younger self would be floored to see that not only am i a gay space scientist, but also that im a phenomenal artist who finally figured out that sort-of-painting shading they kept trying to do.
I think this is what is actually gonna get me to start posting my art on tumblr again. I want to be able to do this again many years down the road and see all the things i enjoyed drawing. I have a few ocs and a dnd pc i care deeply about and make just a fuck ton of art for, so tbh tumblr will be a great place to show them off to any remaining mutuals from times long past and also my future self haha.
The really weird autistic sweet spot where you just say things you think and people find you super funny
I’ll spend like four minutes crafting a funny story in my mind to get a light chuckle, but then my coworker, who literally five minutes earlier tells us she’s getting a screening for depression then says, “I’m just tired and bored all the time and I don’t know why!” And I say, “Well maybe you’re depressed.” Fucking loses it. I’m stating fact my friend.
Oh! Another was complaining about a line forming at the near end of the day and I said she should just scream really loud that she saw a rat. She laughed. I was dead serious and I’d have backed her up.
