On The One Hand I Feel Like Tommy Probably Should Have Clocked This Before Marrying The Head Communist,

but seriously though i’m sick and tired of those masterposts that are like “here! A reference site on Greek mythology for all your needs! Look it has all fifteen Greek gods on it!” And I’m like. tHERE WERE LIKE HUNDREDS OF FIGURES IN MYTHOLOGY YOUR CRAPPY HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL BIBLIOGRAPHY SITE MEANS NOTHING TO ME 

if you want a basic outline of Greek mythology okay sure fine??? but like. if you want an extensive fucking reference site you are looking in the wrong goddamn places

as a self-declared greek mythology snob my reference site is fucking always this fucker right here. almost every single figure ever mentioned in a Greek text is on it, it has the most obscure gods, spirits, nymphs– it’s GREAT. You really wanna extend your mythological knowledge past the basic 12 and like four others? USE THEOI.  plus plus PLUS everything is cited so you can actually read the source material written about whoever it is you’re looking at.

fucking signal boost this. i’m so sick and tired of writer’s helpers blogs referring people to sites with as much information you would get from opening a third grade mythology book jesus chriiiiiist

A list of resources for beginning/intermediate musicians!

Woodwinds 🎼

(A quick note - cork grease is an absolute must for all woodwind instruments EXCEPT the flute. Please for the love of all that is holy do not put cork grease on your flute. It will tarnish the joints and can cause them to get stuck together.)

Flute

How to Clean a Flute: DO NOT PUT CORK GREASE ON YOUR BABY.

Basic Flute Warmups

Oboe

How to Clean an Oboe

Basic Oboe Warmups

How Your Reeds Are Made: See why they’re so expensive now?

Clarinet

How to Clean a Bb Clarinet

How to Clean a Bass Clarinet

Basic and Advanced Clarinet Warmups

Bassoon

How to Clean a Bassoon

Bassoon Warmups

Saxophone

How to Clean a Saxophone

Alto Sax Warmups

Tenor Sax Warmups

Bari Sax Warmups

Brass 🎺

(Clear your spit valve regularly. Extra spit sloshing around in there will degrade your instrument over time. Besides, we can hear you gurgling and it’s not pleasant. Here’s how to clean an icky-sounding brass instrument.)

(French) Horn

Basic Horn Care: Horns need special attention because of their rotary valves. It’s important that they’re properly maintained.

A List of Horn Warmups

Trumpet

How to Clean a Trumpet

Trumpet Warmups

Trombone

How to Care for Bass and Tenor (regular) Trombones

How to Oil/Grease Your Slide

Low Brass Warmups & Maintenance

Baritone/Euphonium

Baritone & Euphonium Daily & Monthly Cleaning

Low Brass Warmups & Maintenance

Tuba

Cleaning a Tuba: If you have a rotary valve tuba, stop right there. Cleaning a rotary valve tuba the wrong way can damage it. Please see Basic Horn Care for how to maintain rotary valves. If you have a regular ol’ piston-valve tuba, see How to Clean a Trumpet.

Not sure what kind of tuba you have? Check here.

Low Brass Warmups & Maintenance

Strings 🎻

(If you’re having problems with your violin/viola/cello/bass, talk to your teacher or a luthier. Stringed instruments are delicate and can be damaged easily.)

For All Stringed Instruments:

Here’s all about rosin.

Instrument storage

Warming up

Got bridge problems?

Violin/Viola

No violin tips list would be complete without a link to TwoSet. Violas proceed at your own risk.

Violin & Viola Basic Maintenance

Violin Tuning: If you are a beginner, it’s usually not a good idea to tune using the pegs.

Viola Tuning: Again, beginners should not use pegs to tune.

A comparison of clefs

Cello

Cello Maintenance

How to Sit

Double Bass

How to take care of your monster of an instrument

Tips for Double Bass

Percussion 🥁

For All Percussion

Percussion Tips

Timpani

Weird Timpani Facts

Tuning Tips

Choir 🎤

Choral Singing Tips

Learning to Sight Read

Basic Music Theory

How to Sing in a Group

dan really looked at these two, observed them being useless sapphics, and took matters into his own hands. we stan a legend

How to always get the best deals on everything.

an accurate representation of my tumblr dashboard

Honestly, probably the best social tip I could ever give you guys is literally just ask. Need to make a doctor's appointment but don't know how? Call the doctor's office and ask. Don't know the meaning of what someone said? Ask them. Don't understand the instructions you were given? Ask them to repeat or clarify. This has literally never failed me, no one's gotten angry, no one's refused to answer.

Even in situations where you think it might not work, I once accidentally missed a deadline to accept a job offer, so I called and asked if they could reset it and they did. Just today I called a doctor and asked how to schedule an appointment, the lady told me how, and then I did it. Didn't know if someone was being sarcastic or not, so I asked and they told me. Just ask.

BUBBLES

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💐 once you receive this lovely bouquet of flowers you have to mention five things you love, publicly, and send it to 10 of your favorite followers if you want. SPREAD POSITIVITY! ⛅️

Hope you’re having a beautiful day 💛

five things I'm loving at the moment!

1) nice tea! I'm living in Spain this year and the tea situation here is dire frankly

went home over Christmas and had good loose leaf tea (my partner and I drank a lot of a vanilla tea blend that was delightful) but frankly also a cup of decent earl grey is wonderful

2) cats! here are some photos of mine and my partners I took while back in the uk

3) good food - I love cooking and I find it relaxing. My faves are risotto and lots of Indian veggie curries

4) online communities for things people are passionate about! Fandom is wonderful and full of incredibly supportive people especially as I've been easing back into writing, but also online communities for people with same weird disability as me which has helped me learn how to handle it better

5) lego flowers!!! the combination between lego (wonderful, delightful, extremely calming) and flowers (beautiful) is great especially with the lack of pollen. I have both the flower bouquets combined in my room and they look so good, even if they do desperately need a dust rn

So I think I figured out what Fifteen's problem is. Not as a flaw in the writing, mind. A flaw in the character.

Every New Who Doctor has been a reaction to the trauma of the Time War.

Nine raged

Ten ran

Eleven repressed

Twelve wallowed

Thirteen regressed

Fourteen finally admitted he had a problem and sought help.

And Fifteen, I'm certain now, relapses.

Fifteen started out doing great. All his trauma processed. Ready to face the world. And maybe at first it worked (though sadly we didn't get to see his many offscreen adventures with Ruby). But like... you don't stay better. You have to work at it. And he's very much not doing that.

There's a brittleness to his good cheer. Be it the gods of chaos, the loss of a lover, or his first real confrontation with racism, he doesn't deal with adversity very well. He breaks down, he hides, he acts like everything's fine. It's not fine though. He's not okay. He might've dealt with his problems, but he didn't equip himself with the tools needed to deal with new problems.

He's gonna crack eventually. We can already see it happening.

anything linen

ppl w adhd and autism reblog and add what texture is so awful it haunts your dreams its okay if its incredibly specific ill go first: scratching my nails on a car