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sassbenderr: trendy-blog: the best feeling in the world is when you finish your homework early and...

Sun, 19 May 2013 21:32:16 -0400

trendy-blog:

the best feeling in the world is when you finish your homework early and you take a shower and you get to crawl into bed and surround yourself in blankets and pillows at 9:30 and go on your laptop and listen to music and take acid tabs until you begin hallucinating that satan is with you and allow him to guide you into killing your friends and family and eating their flesh before you sacrifice yourself to his domain

michaxl: dilclo: michaxl: why am i not a disney princess because ur a 15 year old boy

Sun, 19 May 2013 21:32:01 -0400

michaxl:

dilclo:

michaxl:

why am i not a disney princess

because ur a 15 year old boy

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Sun, 19 May 2013 21:29:11 -0400

art-of-swords: Sword-Catching Parrying Dagger Dated:...

Sun, 19 May 2013 21:26:48 -0400

art-of-swords:

Sword-Catching Parrying Dagger

Dated: 1600

Culture: Italian

This unusual fencing dagger demonstrates the way in which the artistic qualities of a weapon could be influenced by the practical concerns of the swordsman. The Renaissance duel was usually fought with rapier and dagger. The rapier, as the main weapon of attack, was complemented by a parrying dagger held in the left hand, used primarily for defensive movements.

However, by 1600 fighting with the rapier alone was becoming the latest fashion. The opposing blade could still be parried or beaten away with the left hand. The free left also allowed the duellist to grab hold of his enemy’s swordblade, temporarily immobilising it to expose him to a lethal counter-thrust.

This distinctive fencing weapon is designed to provide the blade-grabbing ability of the free left hand, while retaining the dagger for defensive action. The arrow-like barbs allowed a sword blade to enter the ‘jaw’ of the dagger, but made it difficult to free it again. With his weapon ensnared, the enemy was exposed, if only for an instant.

The practical challenges of creating such a specialised weapon were considerable. The hardened and tempered steel blade had to be carefully cut with the series of dramatically barbed teeth, a laborious process. The spaces between the teeth have been elegantly filed with ornamental edges, while the base of the blade has been finely etched and gilt- an unusual feature, even for high-quality weapons. In this way, despite its very specific function as a fighting tool, the weapon’s artistic merit is evident.

Source & Copyright: The Wallace Collection

teenytigress: SO THIS GUY IN MY ENGLISH IS DOING A PROJECT FOR...

Sun, 19 May 2013 21:25:44 -0400

teenytigress:

SO THIS GUY IN MY ENGLISH IS DOING A PROJECT FOR BIO WHERE HE GETS A DUCKLING TO IMPRINT ON HIM SO HE JUST CARRIES IT AROUND WITH HIM TO ALL OF HIS CLASSES AND I SWEAR THIS DUCK IS THE MOST WELL BEHAVED FUCKING POULTRY IVE EVER SEEN IT JUST SITS ON HIS DESK QUIETLY AND SOMETIMES HE PUTS IT IN HIS POCKET AND IT JUST SLEEPS LIKE WOW YOU GO DUCKY

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Sun, 19 May 2013 21:24:40 -0400

tastefullyoffensive: [funnyordie]

Sun, 19 May 2013 18:18:46 -0400

tastefullyoffensive:

[funnyordie]

geometricdeathtrap: metallikato: generallegendary: metallikato: jewelstaites: how to give a...

Sun, 19 May 2013 18:18:05 -0400

geometricdeathtrap:

metallikato:

generallegendary:

metallikato:

jewelstaites:

how to give a good handjob

bop it

pull it

twist it

harder

better

faster

stronger

You pull your left hand in
You pull your left hand out
You pull your left hand in
And you shake it all about!

Cha cha real smooth

none of you ever touch a penis

“Scatterbrain”

Sun, 19 May 2013 18:16:37 -0400

“Scatterbrain”

I'm No Heroine: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Sun, 19 May 2013 18:15:33 -0400

I'm No Heroine: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder:

howdoesmewrite:

Also called “PTSD” and, formerly, “shell-shock”

What is it?

PTSD is a mental disorder resulting from a traumatic event such as a natural disaster, abuse, and seeing combat. While fear is a natural response to an alarming or uncontrollable situation, PTSD is fear even…

amenaza: #he’s going to be a beautiful grumpy old man yelling...

Sun, 19 May 2013 18:13:46 -0400

amenaza:

#he’s going to be a beautiful grumpy old man yelling at kids to get off his lawn one day

thesedayswillpassyouby: cyndaquil-fire: snuffleupagusjaydaymay:...

Sun, 19 May 2013 18:13:32 -0400

thesedayswillpassyouby:

cyndaquil-fire:

snuffleupagusjaydaymay:

funny-addictive-blog:

Who knew watching pencils being sharpened could be so hypnotic?

this gif is fucking well made.

Where the fuck is the loop

The Little Mermaid | Part 9

Sun, 19 May 2013 18:12:17 -0400

The Little Mermaid | Part 9

robcoindustries: see, in spanish the word for “genre” and the word for “gender” is the same:...

Tue, 14 May 2013 16:30:49 -0400

robcoindustries:

see, in spanish the word for “genre” and the word for “gender” is the same: “género”. if you live in mexico and someone asks you what gender you are, you can be whatever i’m comfortable with. i’m a boy, or a girl. i’m a crime noir with a bit of spicy romance. i’m post-punk electronic music. i have trascended human perceptions of gender and am now a being of pure art

tastefullyoffensive: Congratulations, graduates.[jimbenton]

Tue, 14 May 2013 16:30:14 -0400

tastefullyoffensive:

Congratulations, graduates.

[jimbenton]

thighhighs: Usagi is a great character. We watch her grow from...

Tue, 14 May 2013 16:29:38 -0400

thighhighs:

Usagi is a great character. We watch her grow from a clumsy, lazy, self-centered teenager into a fearless goddess of justice who takes down the force of chaos itself. But the great thing is? She doesn’t stop being the girl we met back in chapter one. Sure, she’s indomitably powerful and her teardrops turn into the universe’s most potent energy source, but she also likes video games and donuts and napping and she gets crappy grades on tests because instead of studying, she was playing video games and eating donuts and napping. She whines about having to study for high school entrance exams, then stops a Texas-sized asteroid from slamming into Tokyo. Also, she was totally having sex with her star-crossed-reincarnated-prince of a boyfriend.

J.K. Rowling once made a really interesting point about the Narnia books (which I have not read): “There comes a point where Susan, who was the older girl, is lost to Narnia because she becomes interested in lipstick. She’s become irreligious basically because she found sex. I have a big problem with that.” Takeuchi avoided this in Sailor Moon with such deftness and grace that I’m only fully realizing it now, at 22. Usagi and Mamoru were totally boning—there are all kinds of dreamy, gauzy artbook pictures of them together in bed or discreetly covered in feathers, not to mention the penultimate scene of the manga, where they wake up in a (seriously awesome) bed together all naked and cuddly. Moreover, check out the illustrations of Usagi in lingerie and just straight up topless that Takeuchi busted out for her self-published artbook. Usagi is pure-hearted, but she isn’t “pure” in the archaic sense. She’s sexual. And I love that she can be both. She’s the amaranthine avatar of goodness and love and serenity in the universe—she is every cherished ideal we hold of what it means to be a “magical girl.” She stands for truth and freedom and hope. She wears floaty pastel clothes and enormous pigtails and her weapons are covered in hearts and stylized angel wings. She’s often drawn with angel wings herself! And she has sex. It doesn’t make her dirty, or suddenly inappropriate as entertainment for young girls. She doesn’t lose her power or her magic. She is a multifaceted young woman who loves sweets and comics and vanquishes the forces of evil and also has sex.

And the thing is, this kind of attitude in entertainment helps everyone. It’s not just very sexually active girls who need characters like Usagi, or even just girls in general. I was a prudish kid who didn’t have her first kiss until the age of 18 and this particular aspect of the manga has always stuck with me and informed my attitudes about sex. Whoever you are, however you handle your sexuality—it never makes you dirty. You can be queen of the mahou shoujo and have sex and wake up the next day to slaughter the wicked hordes with your bunny-bedecked Magic Rainbow Sparkle Sword. You can do both. You can be both. One does not invalidate the other.

thefrogman: [video]

Tue, 14 May 2013 16:27:34 -0400

thefrogman:

[video]

tastefullyoffensive: [via]

Tue, 14 May 2013 16:27:02 -0400

tastefullyoffensive:

[via]

pizzaforpresident: What is this? A TENT FOR ANTS?!

Tue, 14 May 2013 16:26:46 -0400

pizzaforpresident:

What is this? A TENT FOR ANTS?!

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Tue, 14 May 2013 16:25:36 -0400