Tash McAdam's Blog, page 7
April 29, 2019
books-read-in-nooks:
Me, when a book ends on a cliffhanger and the sequel doesn’t even have a...
Me, when a book ends on a cliffhanger and the sequel doesn’t even have a scheduled release date yet:
vampireapologist:
vampireapologist:
vampireapologist:
God I just found some”keepsakes” from...
God I just found some”keepsakes” from middle school, AKA the Trauma Years, and first of all, I’m just literally not smiling in my sixth grade photo. Like at all. I look so finished. And I was like ‘haha oh man why are you so sad lil’ me.”
And then I found a memory book my class made to remember each other by, and we each had to do a page for another student, and the page done about me was by a kid who got assigned my page after everyone else refused to do it, and every single thing he wrote is literally just making fun of me. Just so blatantly. The entire page is mean, and the teacher who never intervened in the bullying said “cool that’s okay to print.”
And I’m like. ah…..that is why…..u were not smiling
This is just what you look like seven years into Catholic schooling
anyway in case there are any middle schoolers reading this,
This is what you look like 11 years after you ESCAPE middle school:
SO DON’T GIVE UP!!! You’re going to grow up and make friends who care about you no matter what and maybe find some cool seaweed if that’s your kinda thing!
April 10, 2019
starlinginthesky:
roaringstream:
lunalovegoodjunior:
hermionemollypeggypond:
Dumbledore, died at...
Dumbledore, died at age 115
Horcruxes made: 0
Voldemort, died at age 71
Horcruxes made: 7
Conclusion: Voldemort was the most useless, magic dependant wizard that ever existed. He could have lived till like 200 if he just ate well and exercised, but no he had to go and split up his soul and ruin perfectly good jewellery, fucking dumbass.
this sounds like it was written by hermione granger at 1 am
He tried to use an advanced death magic spell to kill a baby. He literally doesn’t know how to do anything without magic. Just drop it out a window my dude, babies are so delicate
Aaand that was Ron
botanyshitposts:
yesterday in economic botany we were learning about plant based oil compounds and...
yesterday in economic botany we were learning about plant based oil compounds and stuff and my botany professor was talking about lynn seed oil, which in woodworking is rubbed on over furniture as a varnish. this oil has an exothermic chemical reaction with oxygen, meaning that the reaction creates heat. what often happens, apparently, is that woodworkers will finish rubbing on the oil with a rag and then will ball up the rag and throw it away, but because the reaction is taking place and the heat can’t escape (like it would on a piece of furniture where it can be cooled) it gets trapped in the rag, which gets hotter and hotter until it reaches the temperature where it bursts into flame. apparently many woodworking shops have been burned down by this. the proper way to dispose of rags with this oil is to hang them up on a clothesline, so again the reaction never gets enough heat to start a fire. im telling you this because im a writer and ive never heard of substance that will just…spontaneously combust conveniently like that so long as it’s in a confined space. my botany professor tried it in a trash can in his driveway and it did indeed burst into flame after 45 minutes, which is an exceptionally convenient time delay. im sorry im tying this so fast my laptop is on 2% battery and theres no outlet an
April 9, 2019
itsnickyblue:
What does literary success look like to you?...
What does literary success look like to you? .
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April 8, 2019
accio-shitpost:
there’s a portrait of cedric diggory in the hufflepuff common room.nobody knows who...
there’s a portrait of cedric diggory in the hufflepuff common room.
nobody knows who painted it. the other houses speculate, but the hufflepuffs know not to ask, because that’s not really what’s important.
it’s one of the moving ones, of course. sometimes cedric isn’t in it - it’s said that the portrait has a twin, over amos diggory’s fireplace, and cedric always loved his father. but he’s there enough, smiling down at the hufflepuffs who congregate in the common room, watching them as they go about their lives.
the portrait is by the door, next to one of the overstuffed yellow chairs. students sit there to talk to cedric, with some modicum of privacy. at first, it was his friends, the people who knew him and miss him and love him. but as time went on it became those who knew him by reputation. kids seeking advice, help with homework. someone to talk to, on a long and cold night. gradually, he became a legend, spoke in hushed whispers to the first-years as they came in. if you’re ever in trouble, talk to cedric. he’ll always help you.
after the battle of hogwarts, when the furniture was mended and the new students hesitantly made their way in, there was another portrait next to it, of hufflepuff’s favoured daughter. tonks, known by one name only, blew painted bubbles from her world of acrylic and canvas. while students came to cedric for help and advice, they came to tonks to ask questions. she would tell the most wicked stories, and some of them were even true. when someone needed cheering up, when they were wanting to brainstorm their next epic prank, they went to tonks.
she wasn’t always there, either. another portrait above a cot, where a baby with shocking blue hair could look at it and laugh. but when she was, she was always happy to have people come to her. when they did, it felt like she wasn’t just paint and canvas. she felt alive.
hufflepuffs look after their own, you see. dead or alive.
