“I always admired Wonder Woman and the Incredible Hulk, but I don’t know if I’d be a very convincing Hulk.”
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“I always admired Wonder Woman and the Incredible Hulk, but I don’t know if I’d be a very convincing Hulk.”
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[salsa dances away from your shitty opinion]
Kait.
Hahahahah
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@6 days ago with 130718 notesMen are too complicated. I’ve decided to pursue my lady crushes from here on out.
@1 week ago with 3 notesHeidi the rabbit!
Heidi has arthritis in her knees and hips so to help with the pain, she swims a few times a week!
Sometimes she wears a scrunchie on her ears so that they don’t get wet!
😭 ;-;
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My Mother and I during “Student of the Month” lunch, 1995.
When I was a kid every time I took a picture I would make the biggest smile I could, even if that meant squinting my eyes so much I couldn’t even see. One day for school pictures in elementary school I posed for my usual picture that looked exact to picture above and the photographer said, “No, no no. Kid, open your eyes! People do not smile that way!”Like any other kid whose problem was laughing and smiling too much, this threw a blanket of sadness over me that sent me crying home to my mom. When I told her what had happened she came up to the school at like 4 o’clock after the photographer had left and demanded that I had my pictures retaken, because the photographer wouldn’t let me be all smily and happy like I wanted to be. I finally retook them several weeks later at picture retake day and it was such a victory for me just to smile the way I wanted.
My entire life she influenced me to be my own person and make my own mistakes, which has helped shape who I am today. She let me be a free-spirit in life, and I will forever love her for that.
Happy Mother’s Day Mom
Forms in Nature by Hilden Diaz is a light sculpture that casts shadows resembling tree branches on the surrounding walls.
Terrifying and pretty all at the same time
I actually want this a lot.
Future home ideas. ❤
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Golden Tortoise Beetle
Though it looks exceedingly pretty and jewel-like, this little beetle is actually incredibly metal. At just 5 to 8 millimetres long, the Golden Tortoise Beetle (Charidotella sexpunctata) is native to North America, found on plants such as sweet potato and morning glory. But upset one of these little guys and things change very quickly—they are the first known insect species to have the ability to rapidly change colour, not only when agitated but also during copulation (which, according to the very dedicated Edward M. Barrows of Georgetown University, can last anywhere from 15 to 583 minutes). The beetle has been observed to turn a variety of shades, from liquid gold to purplish to greenish gold to brownish to bright red. These colours are produced by an optical illusion: the beetle’s outer cuticle is transparent and it reflects light through a layer of liquid, and the beetles can alter the reflectivity of this liquid by using microscopic valves controlling moisture levels under their shell. Such reversible colour change is extremely rare, especially since the change is controlled: it’s elicited in response to specific events in their environment, whether it’s finding a mate or being annoyed by curious humans. Researchers speculate that it serves some interesting purposes, from defence (perhaps by mimicking ladybugs, which aren’t as tasty to their predators) to sexual signalling to mates. Be warned, though: if you catch one of these beetles, it will quickly turn a dark, dull brown, losing all the brilliant gold it had in life. To finish on an incredibly hardcore note: as larvae, the beetle has a fork-like structure hinged to its rear end, and will stick old skin and their own faeces to it, creating a shield for defence—otherwise known as a faecal parasol. Told you these little guys were metal.