bekandrew asked:
I ended up getting a cane today because of a post you reblogged about using canes for conditions other than strictly mobility-related (so also things like POTS), so long as it's something to signal you might need to rest more than most people. And it turns out, it's also a lot less painful on my back to walk with a cane and I can actually walk around my house now without leaning on/near walls and furniture? I have no idea why no doctor suggested this to me before other than maybe Too Young(TM) since I'm still in my 20s.
vaspider answered:
Probably that’s why tbh
I’m glad it’s working out for you, and proud that you took that step for yourself.
damianos of akielos is such a super special boy to me. he's so. Hmm
the more i reread!! the more i am Hmm!! him!!
helpful sites for writers
i have a little collection of websites i tend to use for coming up with ideas, naming people or places, keeping clear visuals or logistics, writing basics about places i've never been to, and so on. i tend to do a lot of research, but sometimes you just need quick references, right? so i thought i'd share some of them!
- Behind the Name; good for name meanings but also just random name ideas, regardless of meanings.
- Fantasy Name Generator; this link goes to the town name generator, which i use most, but there are lots of silly/fun/good inspo generators on there!
- Age Calculator; for remembering how old characters are in Y month in Z year. i use this constantly.
- Height Comparison; i love this for the height visuals; does character A come up to character B's shoulder? are they a head taller? what does that look like, height-wise? the chart feature is great!
- Child Development Guide; what can a (neurotypical, average) 5-year-old do at that age? this is a super handy quickguide for that, with the obviously huge caveat that children develop at different paces and this is not comprehensive or accurate for every child ever. i like it as a starting point, though!
- Weather Spark; good for average temperatures and weather checking!
- Green's Dictionary of Slang; good for looking up "would x say this?" or "what does this phrase mean in this context?" i love the timeline because it shows when the phrase was historically in use. this is english only, though; i dig a little harder for resources like this in other languages.
Lost Austen novel opening line.
Amongst these bright-eyed darlings lamenting over the menu, however, was Jane, yellow-haired and wise beyond her years, who alone seemed most satisfied with her own choice of repast - one item, each, of sweet and savoury.
"It is most simple, really," Jane always said. "So plainly obvious."
cutegirlsandfunnythings asked:
You mentioned in a post on my dash that you were old enough to experience real seasons unaltered by climate change. What was that like?
vaspider answered:
I was young, so it feels like something I read in a book sometimes. I remember how chilly it could get at night in the summer, which doesn’t seem to happen as much anymore.
That’s actually the thing that seems to keep popping back up in my mind - that like, it was really chilly in the mornings in summer even, and it would warm up, and it seems to just kind of… stay warm all the time.
I dunno. The seasons were more distinct, there were bigger temperature swings on individual days, and like… weather was more predictable on a seasonal basis, if not on a daily basis.
Like… the kind of seasons you read about in Olde Tyme Books? They… were real things. We didn’t always have snow on Winter Break, but we had a pretty predictable number of snow days?
And it almost feels silly to talk about it. “What were normal seasons like, Uncle Spider?”
But yeah.
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