… I’m Listening…

07/28/17

JESSICA CHOU Has A YouTube Channel Teaching Women About Basic Vehicle Maintenance

This is quite an interesting YouTube channel concept, and it shows that … Asian chicks kick ass! JESSICA CHOU is a young Asian American woman who has a YouTube channel which basically teaches other girls and women about how to fix their car.

“I think we don’t see as many female mechanics because the industry is still so heavily dominated by men. When we think of a mechanic, we think of men. When we see ads or posters of mechanics, we see men. When we see shows about cars, we see men. It will take a long time to change all of this, but in the 10 short months that I’ve been on this journey, I’ve met so many incredible people who are out to change the game.”

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I need a 3D printer.

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hobbies masterpost!

a really excellent way to reduce anxiety is to pick up a new hobby. find something you’re interested in, learn it, then use it as a healthy and productive way to cope.

learn to play guitar

learn how to make interactive stories with the free program Twine

learn how to make pixel art

learn another language

learn how to build a ship in a bottle

learn how to develop your own film

learn how to embroider

learn how to make chiptunes (8-bit music)

learn how to make origami (the art of paper folding)

learn how to make tumblr themes

learn how to make jewelry 

learn how to make candy

learn how to make terrariums

learn how to make your own perfume

learn how to make your own tea

learn how to build birdhouses

learn how to read tarot cards

learn how to make zines

learn how to code

learn how to whittle (wood carving)

learn how to make candles

learn how to make clay figurines

learn how to knit scarves

learn how to become an amateur astronomer

learn some yoyo tricks

learn how to start a collection

learn how to start body building

learn how to edit wikipedia articles

learn how to decorate iphone cases

learn how to do freelance writing

learn how to make your own cards and

learn how to make your own envelopes

learn how to play the ukulele 

learn how to make gifs

learn how to play chess

learn how to juggle

learn how to guerrilla garden

learn how to chart your family history

learn how to keep chickens

learn how to do yoga

learn how to do magic tricks

learn how to raise and breed butterflies

learn how to play dungeons & dragons

learn how to skateboard

learn how to do parkour

learn how to surf

learn how to arrange flowers

learn how to make stuffed animals

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Helpful Books To Learn Languages

French

50 Ways To Improve Your French

Barron’s French Idioms

Learn French: The Fast And Fun Way (This book has tons of great worksheets and everything. It’s great for learning French!)

2,001 Most Useful French Words

Say It Right in French: The Easy Way to Pronounce Correctly 

Streetwise French

Berlitz Hide This French Phrase Book

Italian

50 Ways To Improve Your Italian

Berlitz Self-Teacher Italian (Personally, I don’t really care for these types of books, mainly because I don’t the things you learn in the first few chapters. Unless you have a base in the language, I don’t think this book will work for you.)

Learn Italian: The Fast And Fun Way (This book has tons of great worksheets and everything. It’s great for learning Italian!)

Barron’s Italian Idioms 

Easy Italian Phrase Book: 770 Basic Phrases for Everyday Use 

Correct Your Italian Blunders

Spanish

50 Ways To Improve Your Spanish

Correct Your Spanish Blunders 

Just Enough Spanish

Dirty Spanish - Warning: This is really vulgar.

Barron’s Complete Spanish Grammar Review 

Making Out in Spanish (I think this title is great. I’ve never read this book, but if you’re looking for slang/everyday Spanish, this seems like a pretty good book.)

Ven Conmigo! Grammar and Vocabulary Workbook: Level 1 (This is the actual workbook I use in my Spanish 1 class. It is great and I love it. If you want to teach yourself Spanish, I highly recommend getting a workbook like this.)

Hide This Spanish Book (This has a lot for a small book. Mainly just some basic phrases, along with some that are more vulgar.)

Hide This Spanish Book for Lovers (The title speaks for itself…)  

Mierda! The Real Spanish You Were Never Taught In School

Say It Right In Spanish

German

50 Ways To Improve Your German

Dirty German - Warning: This is really vulgar.

Say It Right In German: The Easy Way to Pronounce Correctly

Easy Way to Enlarge Your German Vocabulary

Barron’s German Idioms

The Tell-Tale Heart - If you want to read in German, this seems like a pretty good book to get. 

German-English Visual Dictionary

Scheisse!: The Real German You Were Never Taught In School - I love all these books. They have them in every language (The title means “Shit”). Although it doesn’t have the pronunciations, its still pretty great for the vocabulary it has. It’s a bit vulgar though, but not too bad.

Portuguese 

Just Enough Portuguese: How to Get by and Be Easily Understood

Portuguese Verb and Essentials of Grammar

Berlitz Portuguese Phrase Books & Dictionary

51 Portuguese Idioms - Speak Like a Brazilian 

Arabic

Arabic-English Visual Dictionary

The Arabic Alphabet: How to Read and Write It

First 100 Words In Arabic

Learn Arabic: The Fast and Fun Way

Making Out In Arabic  

Instant Arabic!

Japanese

Berlitz Concise Dictionary

Essential Kanji: 2,000 Basic Japanese Characters

Colloquial Kansai Japanese: The Dialects and Culture of the Kansai Region

Speak Japanese Today 

Making Out In Japanese - I just bought this book, and it seems pretty great. 

More Making Out In Japanese 

Korean

Say It Right In Korean 

Korean Made Easy

Instant Korean

First 100 Words In Korean

Making Out In Korean

More Making Out In Korean

Korean For Travelers - I think this might only be a Nook book, which kind of sucks.

Dirty Korean -  Warning: This is really vulgar.  

Basic Korean: Workbook

Intermediate Korean: Workbook - I’m not sure if this is worth getting because of the price, but it seems like a helpful book

Korean At A Glance

Teach Me Everyday Korean

Chinese

Making Out In Chinese (I think this title is great. I’ve never read this book, but if you’re looking for slang/everyday Chinese, this seems like a pretty good book.)

Mandarin Chinese - English Visual Dictionary

Survival Chinese 

Get Talking Chinese - This book is so great. It’s kind of like a children’s book, but for learning basic Chinese, it’s great.

Hide This Mandarin Chinese Phrase Book 

Instant Chinese!

Polish

Say It In Polish 

Berlitz Polish Concise Dictionary

Berlitz Polish Phrasebook and Dictionary

Polish: An Essential Grammar

Russian

Learn Russian: The Fast and Fun Way

Say It Right In Russian

Russian Vocabulary

Dermo!: The Real Russian Tolstoy Never Used

Russian At A Glance

Just Enough Russian

General Language Books

Barron’s 501 Verbs (comes in French, Spanish, Italian, Russian, Latin, Japanese, Hebrew, Arabic, English and German)

Note: I love Berlitz and Barron books for learning languages. Most are just reference books for verbs, grammar, or basic phrases instead of textbooks. But once you have a base in the language, they help you improve so much. I highly recommend buying any Berlitz or Barron language books. I love the 50 Ways To Improve Your books. They are the best grammar/vocab/correction language books ever. I use the Spanish one to help teach myself Spanish, and I absolutely love it. And it isn’t very expensive either!

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TIME MANAGEMENT STUFF / TERM 7 

I’ve got a lot of questions about this during my Art Center time, so I drew it ! This system came from when I had to manage my time during art high school (8am-5pm everyday) with 2 waitress jobs. Everybody has different working method, but I will be more than happy if anyone gets new idea from it ! 

Better quality : https://www.behance.net/gallery/37722243/Time-Management-Stuff

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BBC made a Planet Earth parody called Round Planet and it’s amazing

Imagine planet earth but the narration is ridiculous and hilarious

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I can feel…the serotonin and dopamine dropping…i need to make…Crafts

i must make…

b e a d l i z a r d

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Guide To Gay Content

Just a little guide to gay content so we can start the year off right! Obviously there’s a lot of musicians and films that didnt get included, but these are some favs!

Animation

Aoi Hana 

Bloom Into You

Danger and Eggs

Doukyuusei

Freedom Fighter: The Ray

Girls Last Tour 

In A Heartbeat

Izetta: The Last Witch

No. 6 

Revolutionary Girl Utena

Riddle Story Of Devil 

Rin: Daughters Of Mnemosyne 

Rosaline (hulu)

Sailor Moon

Sakura Kiss

She-Ra & the princesses of power

Star Vs The Forces Of Evil

Stevens Universe

Super Drags

The Bravest Knight Who Ever Lived

The Legend Of Korra 

Wandering Son 

Whispered Words 

Yuri on Ice

Comedies/Rom-Coms

4th Man Out

Alex Strangelove

Almost Adults

Blockers

But I’m a Cheerleader

D.E.B.S

Duck Butter

Edge of Seventeen

Handsome Devil

Lez Bomb

Life Partners

Love, Simon

Saving Face

The 10 Year Plan

Documentaries

100 Men

Gayby Baby

Gender Revolution

I am the Ambassador

How Gay is Pakistan?

Matt Shepard is a friend of mine

The freedom to marry

Musicals

Crazy Ex-Girlfriend

Falsettos

Fun Home

Gay Bride of Frankestein

Rent

Romeo is Not the Only Fruit

The Color Purple

The Prom

Period Pieces

Atomic Blonde

Call me by your name

Carol

Colette

Desert Hearts

Farewell, My Queen

Heavenly Creatures

Professor Marston & the wonder women

Tell it to the Bees

The Girl King

The Handmaiden

The Hours

The Miseducation of Cameron Post

Romantic Dramas (Modern Setting)

Boy Erased

Disobedience

Fire

I Can’t Think Straight

Moonlight

Naz & Maalik

Pariah

The Wound

Tv Shows

Andi Mack

Black Lightning

Brooklyn 99

Champions

Degrassi: Next Class

Grace & Frankie

Insatiable

Instinct 

Marvels Runaways 

Modern Family

Noah’s Arc

One Day at a Time

Orange is the New Black

Queer Eye

Rupaul’s Drag Race

Schitt’s Creek

Sense 8

Shadowhunters

Shameless

Supergirl

The Bisexual (Hulu)

The Bold Type

The Fosters

The McCarthy’s

The New Normal

The Real O'Neals

Young Adult Books

A Line In The Dark by Malinda Lo

Ash by Malinda Lo

Aristotle & Dante Discover the Secrets Of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz

Far From You by Tess Sharpe 

Fat Angie by e. E Charlton-Trujillo

Boy Meets Boy by David Levithan

Honestly Ben by Bill Konigsberg

Jerkbait by Mia Siegert 

Leah On The Offbeat by Becky Albertalli

Openly Straight by Bill Konigsberg 

Simon vs the Homosapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli

The Bane Chronicles by Cassandra Clare 

The Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily M. Danforth 

They Both Die At The End-Adam Silvera

Two Boys Kissing by David Levithan 

We Are Okay by Nina LaCour 

We Are The Ants by Shaun David Hutchinson 

What If It’s Us by Becky Albertalli

Graphic Novels/Comics

Adrian & The Tree Of Secrets by Hubert

Are You My Mother by Alison Bechdel

Bingo Love by Tee Franklin

Blue Is The Warmest Color by Julie Maroh

Fun Home by Alison Bechdel

Home After Dark by David Small

Honor Girl by Maggie Thrash

Kim & Kim by Magdalene Visaggio

Snapshots Of A Girl by Beldan Sezan 

Moonstruck by Grace Ellis

Moto Crush by Brenden Fletcher 

My Brothers Husband by Genjoroh Tagame 

My Lesbian Experience With Loneliness by Nagata Kabi

My Solo Exchange Diary by Nagata Kabi

No Straight Lines edited by Justin Hall

Princess Princess Ever After by Katie O’Neill 

The One Hundred Nights Of Hero by Isabel Greenberg 

Transposes by Dylan Edwards 

Woman World by Aminder Dhaliwal

Children’s Picture Books

A Tale Of Two Daddies-Vanita Oelschlager

A Tale Of Two Mommies-Vanita Oelschlager 

ABC: A Family Alpabet Book-Bobbie Combs 

And Tango Makes Three-Justin Richardson

Daddy, Papa, and Me-Leslea Newman

Felicia’s Favorite Story-Leslea Newman

Heather Has Two Mommies-Leslea Newman

In Our Mothers’ House-Patricia Polacco

Jacob’s New Dress-Ian Hoffman

King & King-Linda De Haan

Large Fears-Myles E. Johnson

Mommy, Mama, and Me-Leslea Newman

My Princess Boy-Cheryl Kilodavis

The Different Dragon-Jennifer Bryan

The Family Book-Todd Parr

The Great Big Book Of Families-Mary Hoffman 

This Day In June-Gayle E. Pitman

Middle-Grade Books

Alan Cole Is Not A Coward by Eric Bell 

Captain Underpants and the Sensational Saga of Sir Stinks-A-Lot by Dan Pikey

Drama. by Raina Telgemeir 

Drum Roll Please by Lisa Jenn Bigelow 

Hurricane Child by Kheryn Callender

Ivy Aberdeen’s letter to the world by Ashley Herring Blake

Kiss by Jaqueline Wilson

My Mixed-Up Berry Blue Summer by Jennifer Gennari

Not Your Sidekick by C.B. Lee

Star Crossed by Barbara Dee 

The Accidental Adventures Of India McAllister by Charlotte Agell 

The Boy In The Dress by David Williams 

The Misadventures of the Family Fletcher by Dana Alison Levy 

The Trials Of Apollo Series by Rick Riordan 

LGB Musicians

Christine And The Queens

Ezra Furman

Frank Ocean

Frankie Simone 

girl in red 

Halestorm/Lzzy Hale 

Halsey

Hayley Kiyoko

Ieuan

Janelle Monae 

Ji Nilsson

Kehlani

Keiynan Lonsdale 

Kevin Abstract

King Princess

Kodie Shane 

Lauren Sanderson

Maddie Ross

Mary Lambert

Matt Fishel

MIKA

MNEK

Moaning Lisa 

Partner

Perfume Genius

Princess Nokia 

Rett Madison

Sam Smith

St. Vincent 

The Internet/Syd 

Todrick Hall

TORRES

Torrey Mercer 

TWINKIDS 

Tyler Glenn

Zolita 

Trans Musicians

Ah Mer Ah Su

Anohni

Black Dresses 

Girls Rituals

G.L.O.S.S

ItsBambii

Jake Edwards 

Joe Stevens

Kim Petras 

Laith Ashley

Laura Jane Grace

Left At London

Mina Caputo 

Mya Bryne 

Namoli Brennet 

Peppermint

Quay Dash

Ren Stedman

Ryan Cassata 

Sateen

Schmekel

She/Her/Hers

Shea Diamond

SOPHIE

Vivek Shraya 

NB Musicians 

Adore Delano

Adult Mom

Angel Haze

CJ Run

Ezra Furman

imbi the girl

Jinkx Monsoon

King Princess 

Mal Blum

Ness Nite

Porch Cat

Rachel Maria Cox

Rae Spoon 

Sam Smith

Shamir

She King

Sir Babygirl

Tash Sultana

The Scary Jokes

Worriers 

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In regards to the expensive nature of saffron…

‘stares into distance, takes a long drag off of what is, if you look closely, in fact a candy cigarette’

what if I told you…that saffron…is actually not that hard to grow at home for your own use. 

Oh look a place you can buy the bulbs. 

If you live in a climate colder than zone 6…as I do…plant them in containers and move the containers into a basement or garage during the winter. 

They bloom in fall, and are quite lovely. And also you get saffron. 

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