By the way, you shouldn’t introduce cats like this! Especially ones that will be living together. It’s so much more likely to go bad!
Instead, keep the new cat in a separate area, such as confined to one room or behind a baby gate, for a few days after bringing it home. Bring things with the new cat’s scent, such as a blanket or toy it used, into the the living area of the resident cat and let it smell them. Let them smell eachother through the door or gate.
Over the next few days work them up to meeting. Let the resident cat into the new cat’s space while the new cat is secured (in a crate, adjascent bathroom, or kennel) and let the resident cat sniff around. Begin letting them spend time together in small doses. Make sure the resident cat can leave when it wants and that the new cat always has a safe hidey hole it can access. Do not leave them unsupervised, and make liberal use of positive reinforcement every time they interact, such as treats.
After a few days of this you should be ready to introduce the new cat into the household! This process is also good for new dogs or other pets being introduced to a resident cat’s space. This will make it much less stressful for the new animal as well.
That’s mostly due to popular culture and lack of general education on the subject.
People who study pets usually pursue it because they’re specially interested in it, and people who own pets usually respond with ‘WTF I’ve owned pets my whole life and they’ve been fine.’
I’ve used this technique for about a year, and I can safely say that it has efficiently transformed my sleeping habits from several hours of struggle to fall asleep, to passing out in a matter of minutes.
It’s a form of Alexander Technique. It’s a technique that was designed for actors to keep their body in ready working condition and give it the best way to perform. This is the method used to calm, and center the body. Once the body is at that point it can perform anything you want it to.
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Reblogging for later reference after I tried it earlier today to try to calm down. It actually does help a lot, not just for sleep but if you have problems with anxiety.
My default mental setting is “vibrating intensely in the background.” After doing this, I felt noticeably calm and relaxed - I wasn’t as fixated on my breathing, I wasn’t tense, my movements weren’t jerky and I didn’t feel like I had to be as tense as possible to be under control. 10/10 would recommend.
“Crayola ColorCycle will accept all brands of plastic markers, not just Crayola markers. That includes dry erase markers and highlighters! ColorCycle will eliminate placing hundreds of tons of markers into landfills.”
There do seem to be some limits, however, as far as I can tell, anyone can ship in a box of markers. “Any sturdy cardboard box with minimal outer markings will work. The more markers you ship, the more efficient this program will be. We suggest a minimum of 100 markers and a maximum of up to 40 pounds.”
This is a really good idea, especially if you are trying to find an economic friendly way to get markers or crayons out of your abode without throwing them in the trash
i saw a glue trap in a drawer and didn't know what it was (I thought it was an open tray of sauce) and pressed my entire hand into it and now im stuck to. a glue trap
I really don’t want to be rude, but hey OP, why the ever-loving heck did you press your entire hand down into what you thought was an open tray of barbecue sauce?
No the fuck we can’t. Because last I checked humans don’t own the fucking ocean, and last I checked, they’re IMPORTANT apex predators, a super necessary part of the ecosystem. Not to mention NEW YORKERS bite 10x as many people as sharks do a year. More people die from lightning and fireworks than form sharks.
Sharks aren’t a problem. They never have been. People are.
To @keyhollow let sharks die naturally, don’t go hunting them. Last I checked there’s no such thing as an important apex predator. Why on Earth are New Yorkers biting people? Know what we did to lightning? We found ways to deal with them. I’d say firework damage is usually from stupidity.
To @jeza-red so nobody can enjoy the beach now. The animal doesn’t got to eat innocent bystanders that are definitely not fish.
I’m gonna ignore 95% of that and focus on the apex predator part.
They’re super important because they control prey animal populations, of prey animal populations get out of control it can heavily and possibly irreversibly damage flora, other fauna, and land. A keystone predator is literally irreplaceable
Not only are shark bites PRETTY DAMN RARE, but they can be easily avoided by taking steps like not swimming where sharks are and utilising specially designed swim suits that prevent the sharks from mistaking you for food, and even shark mail, that stops their teeth piercing your flesh if they do bit you! You can learn how to drive them off in case of an attack and not swim alone to increase your chances of survival, should the worst happen!
Sharks, the majority of the time, bite out of curiosity because they don’t have hands. Don’t look interesting.
(Also they are absolute BABIES and you should interact them with the guidance of a professional if you have the chance.)
Yep, this is a real problem. From a design stand point it saves fabric and time since you don’t have to add any darts or pockets, and they go with the premise that a flat square shape should fit everyone without having to make much changes to the pattern (except to make it bigger or smaller). This whole one-size-fits-all mentality in fashion is so flawed, and actually impractical, it really annoys me how teachers let it slide in college and how the apparel industry continues to spew it year after year.
As someone who has breasts (DDD-H depending on what manufacturer I’m talking to) and loves pockets, let me wholeheartedly recommend eshakti.com. I started buying dresses from them in November and I love them. They will customize necklines, hemlines, etc., for a $9.95 flat fee, they will customize to your measurements if you don’t fit a standard size, and I’ve really enjoyed all my dresses from them. Most of their dresses come in sizes from XS to 6XL Feel free to message or send me an ask if you have specific questions!
@ ladies of Catholic Tumblr, hijab-wearing gals, sensitive-skinned or heavily-scarred individuals, or anyone who feels more comfortable with more coverage – every dress I looked at had hemline options. Be no longer confined by the drudgery of unnecessary-leggings-under-cute-skirt-that’s-just-a-LITTLE-too-short! (Note: not all of them had options to cover all the way to ankles and wrists, but all the ones I saw had options that AT LEAST: went to the knee, covered the shoulders*, and covered cleavage.)
{Also bears mentioning that a lot of these look like they’d be cute layering pieces. So even if you have to do a little mix-and-match to get full collarbone-to-wrist-to-ankle coverage, you can make it look like a fashion choice instead of several pieces of awkward-fitting clothing duct taped together under a trench coat.}
A lot of them also had options for different neckline shapes – which is great if you’re like me and you find that certain necklines are really unflattering, or are majorly in love with a specific neckline that’s usually hard to find (ahem, Queen Anne & non-sleeveless-sweetheart)
I haven’t ordered from them yet, so I can’t speak for quality, but just scrolling through it looks amazing. Will definitely hit them up next time I need to stock up on work or dressy clothes.
[[*except one very angular dress that was structured in such a way that it wouldn’t look right with sleeves – basically anything that looks like it COULD plausibly be cut longer without compromising the dress’s most basic silhouette/look/shape, you can get cut longer]]
eshakti is life-giving, I have a few dresses from them and they are all favorites - they can be a bit pricey but are so, so, so, so worth it, they are well made and will last forever if well cared for.
A big, fuck-off bucket (4 gallon, get food service buckets because a gardening bucket or some shit will make your coffee taste weird). Must be cylindrical. Get one with a lid if possible. If there’s no lid you’ll need saran wrap.
Some variety of round mesh screen (must fit the inside diameter of your bucket, so your bucket can’t taper at the bottom) (you may need to actually make this custom - look for kitchen sifters)
Big, fuck-off coffee filters - food service size, have to be at least as big as the inside diameter of your bucket when you flatten the filter out.
You will also need:
A shitload of whole coffee beans (use something you like; roast doesn’t particularly matter - you can use chocolate raspberry coffee beans or satan’s anus caffeine killer or fuckin starbucks for all I care, this is YOUR three gallons of coffee concentrate, it should taste good to you)
Three gallons of filtered water
A fridge big enough to fit your bucket OR a CLEAN trash can full of ice that will fit your bucket. NOT A FREEZER. YOU DON’T WANT TO WASTE THIS MUCH FUCKIN COFFEE BY FREEZING IT INTO A THIRTY POUND CHUNK OF DISAPPOINTMENT
A cheap one-gallon pitcher. You need one with a spout and a large opening at the top, not like the storage pitchers. Something like this but if you pay more than three dollars for it I will start manifesting in your house physically. Go to the 99cent store, they’ll have one.
Something store your coffee. I recommend these. You’ll need 4 for this much concentrate. If you make coffee concentrate a lot these will stain like a motherfucker. Accept it.
Rubber bands and regular size coffee filters.
Let’s get started.
1. Coarsely grind 5 pounds of room temperature coffee beans. (Again, please don’t die)
2. Put your ground coffee at the bottom of the bucket.
3. Gently pour your three gallons of filtered water into the bucket.
4. Once the bucket is full flatten out a paper filter and lay it over the top, where the ground coffee should be floating. *GENTLY* pat the filter over the surface until it’s covering the top and uniformly damp.
5. Cover the bucket with the lid or saran wrap and stick it someplace cold for about 18 hours. (Minimum 16, max 24)
6. After its had its time to chill make sure your arms are *really fuckin clean* or put on the livestock gloves. Settle the screen on top of the coffee filter in the bucket.
7. SLOWLY press down on the screen and, keeping it as flat and even as possible, push it down to the bottom of the bucket. Try as much as you can to keep coffee grounds from getting around the filter and the screen.
8. Put a regular size coffee filter over the mouth of each of your storage containers, fold the filters over the lip and rubber band them in place.
9. Pour a portion your coffee concentrate into your wide-mouth pitcher, again trying not to stir up or pour in coffee grounds (you can use something like a large measuring cup as a ladle if you wanna be really careful about it but pouring should work, you’re going to filter again but it’ll be faster if you don’t get grounds mixed in). You’ll have to fill this pitcher multiple times.
10. Fill your storage pitchers by slowly pouring the concentrate through the filters on top. Once your pitchers are full remove the filters and close the pitchers.
You now have a fuckton of coffee concentrate. It’ll last in the fridge for about two weeks.
Serving suggestion: Use one cup of concentrate and three cups of water to make a nice, smooth, highly caffeinated summer beverage.
Serving warning: You CAN drink this straight, if you want. Try it out in small doses before you have a liter of it and die.
(Play with the water and concentrate levels to figure out what ratio works best for your needs; I tend to go 1:1 but I have a tolerance like you wouldn’t believe. My sister goes 1:5 and it still tastes mostly like coffee)
Now, you may be looking at this unholy amount of coffee concentrate and realizing that you brewed three gallons but that it actually *serves* something like twelve gallons.
Can you drink twelve gallons of coffee in two weeks? Probably not. At least I wouldn’t recommend it. Actually, please don’t.
FREEZE THAT SHIT INSTEAD.
It’ll last essentially forever in the freezer. You can freeze it in bottles OR you can freeze it in cubes. If you freeze cubes here are some probably bad ideas:
Put cubes of coffee concentrate into iced coffee so it gets stronger as it warms up.
BLEND THAT SHIT INTO A FUCKIN SMOOTHIE. YOGURT, PEANUT BUTTER, FROZEN BANANAS, COFFEE CONCENTRATE CUBES, AND A CHOCOLATE DRIZZLE, BE A JUMPY FUCKIN MONKEY
Lov the cronch and just eat coffee cubes
Pour. Alcohol. Over. It. (actually really nice with a white russian or kaluha or malibu rum or amaretto. You’re gonna have the worst fuckin hangover, good luck)
Anyway. That’s how to make a frankly irresponsible amount of coffee.
