Around three weeks ago, I cut this nail way too short. Lately it's been hurting when pressure is put on it, and has had a small amount of pus coming from that upper corner.
I put some antibacterial ointment on it, have had a band-aid on, and haven't been wearing socks.
Is there anything else I should do here? Whenever I prod at it too much, it hurts like the dickens.
The lyric at the bottom is from the song Incomprehensible by Big Thief. I recommend listening to it, but basically it's about finding beauty in growing older.
This took me maybe an hour, ish. It's a weird hybrid of cartoon and something else I can't put my finger on, but this is just my way I draw.
I probably should have used a stones lyric, but this one felt fitting for a drawing of older (and still cute) Mick.
I felt a little extra and drew his tooth gem, if you're wondering what the random circle on his teeth is.
I'd attach a screen recording, but I can't. Essentially, whenever I scroll, it jumps around like crazy, scrolls really, really fast, or randomly moves me back up to the top of the board. Sometimes, the pins start flashing and glitching out.
I know it's not my phone, as this issue only happens on Pinterest, no other apps, and I've restarted my phone a few times to no avail. Is this happening to anyone else?
Im autistic and my special interests are music and the rolling stones. I got a new lunchbox this year, and every year I draw an album cover on my binder. I also got a cheap $1 pencil case and slapped a stones sticker on it.
I also have rolling stones shoes.
I've been venturing out to the stones' solo work. The cover of Mick's Primitive Cool is just very... curious to me.
It's obviously supposed to be Mick, but what's with those ears? That hand? The crystal?
Is there some kind of symbolism I'm lost on, or is it just some interesting surrealist art?
I just don't get what's going on in this scene, if anything at all. Has he (or the artist who designed it) ever spoken about it? For now, at least to me, it remains mysterious.
Thats all, just celebrating this win 😎
I don't really like how they feel on my face, and I don't really like seeing the world darker, but I love them for these reasons. First, nobody can see my eyes. I don't feel pressured to make eye contact with anyone. Second, they feel sort of like a shield. I like how nobody can see me through the lenses, it makes me feel less exposed. There are some other reasons similar to those, but I can't think of them off the top of my head.
He looks super cute in these lol
Need i say more? Mommy and daddy are things that children call their parents. Isn't it weird how those words are so sexualized now? I called my parents mommy and daddy as a kid, and I bet you did too.
So why is it an innuendo now? It almost feels like sexualizing the relationship a child has with their parents. Mommy and daddy are words from childhood, that children use, so it's weird to me that now it's so sexual. Especially daddy.
Maybe I'm the weird one for pointing this out, but it really does annoy me.
I've been taking prozac for almost two weeks, and have been unable to go for almost that entire time.
It's very, very frustrating. Sometimes I can go, but not without spending 30 mins on the toilet only for... let's just say, very minimal results.
I've been trying to drink more water, eat more grains, but I'm still in this jam.
Is there any escape? When will this poo purgatory end??
The regular version (as featured on Hot Rocks, for example) or the strings version from Metamorphosis? Strings all the way, for me.
I truly feel like I'll never be a good jazz and blues pianist on account of my autism. I love it, I really love piano, jazz, and blues. I could listen to it all day and never get tired. Honestly, it's become a borderline intense interest. My strongest inspiration is Fats Waller, I just think his music is so great. He's so good at playing the piano, it inspires me a lot. I play the piano, so naturally this is the path I took. But I truly just can't do it.
My bad memory. My lack of coordination. I try so hard, but I dont know. I just can't grasp it. My piano teacher will play a part, I'm supposed to repeat it. I see him play the notes. I SEE it happen. I understand for a second, but immediately, everything has left my mind. No matter how slowly we play it, I just can't.
He'll say "lets practice this one part" over and over again, and practice it with me over and over again, but I still fail. I can't play quickly, I can't focus on many things at once. And if I do, it was a one time thing and I can't replicate it.
He'll introduce the rhythm of the piece, and I'll start playing the wrong notes, even if i was just playing the notes perfectly. I just can't focus on both the rhythm and the notes at the same time. Play the right notes, rhythm gets screwed up. Play the right rhythm, the notes are all wrong.
It's impossible for me. I still don't know how to read sheet music comfortably, and it's been years. I still have to pause, squint at the paper and say "every good boy deserves fudge, all cows eat grass, good burritos don't fall apart..." because it just doesn't add up in my head.
It's embarrassing to my teacher. Sometimes he chuckles at me. Sometimes I laugh as well, because sometimes it's funny, but it really isn't. I feel so bad. All I can think is "I'm sorry I'm playing so poorly. I'm sorry I just can't get it. I know I'm testing your patience, and I'm sorry. I wish I could tell you, without words, why I'm like this. I know why. But I'm nervous, and I can't say it."
I'm just a clumsy failure, and I can't play well. I know I'm a cruddy player, and this is even more amplified because of how passionate I am about the genres I'm playing. I just feel like my brain is not fast enough for these things, and I'm being held back or something.
Let it Loose from Exile is probably one of my favorite deep cuts and a top contender for the title of My Favorite Rolling Stones Song of All Time.
edit because I also love Moon Is Up from Voodoo Lounge!! I forgot to mention it lol
I like the one where two miis are spun like tops.
Like, for examples...
If someone naturally brings up one of my interests in a conversation, or I see something that reminds me of them, I'll get all prickly, awkward, tense, and flustered for some reason.
One of my interests is a specific movie, and I like to look at pictures of the main character and the actor. It almost feels like a crush, but there is no romantic attraction. Just maybe a deep admiration or fascination.
Another interest of mine is a band, and the front man of said band (whom i actually DO find cute lol). When I see pictures of them, it makes me freak the heck out. Sometimes, it makes me hurt myself, and I really don't know why. I get all weird, like... biting my arm, hitting my head on/with something, crying, etc. I just love them so much that I just can't process it, you know?
Its like my brain sees it like: "oh, a strong emotion?! Let's not smile or anything, even though it's happy. Let's actually act aggressively because thats how we handle the 'main' strong emotion, anger!"
Does this happen to any of you all?
S'mores pie. Yum!
Anyways...
I just hate it. We can't let them know we eat, we can't let them know we're mammals, we can't let them know we get periods, and so on.
We have to look skinny, shave off all of our body hair except for the head hair (which needs to be lush, long and silky), we need to hide our periods because they're "gross." It's like taking parts of our humanity away.
Humans eat to live. Humans grow hair. Females of several species get periods. But we hide it all for men.