sahdirah:

mm-imagerie:

do-you-have-a-flag:

technology related sensory memories from my childhood

  • sliding the metal cover on floppy disks
  • the slight resistance of inserting cassette and video tapes
  • ripping off the strips of holed paper off of dot matrix printer paper 
  • rolling the wheel on a disposable camera to take another photo

The heaviness and rubber texture of the roller ball in a computer mouse, and the little ring of lint

Unkinking the curly cord of a telephone while you talked

The -peww sound and slowly fading image of a crt monitor turning off, and then running your finger through the static on the dusty glass

The crunch of opening or closing a plastic Disney vhs cover

The sound effects in kidpix

Extending and collapsing metal antennas and using them as magic wands

…God, it is so weird these things aren’t around any more. Cause it’s true, the sensations are so distinct. It’s bizarre to think about missing these tiny relics.

quillusquillus:

Reasons why the great statue of Kannon (Guanyin) in Sendai is my favourite:

  • She’s actually 100m tall, 6th largest in the world, but tricks the eye. Is she only a few storeys tall? Is she horizon-striding and infinite? It’s hard to tell.
  • Right smack in the middle of town. She ain’t above all the common folk like some other holy statues.
  • Her base is actually a dragon and you enter through its mouth. She has an elevator inside and 12 floors filled with many other, smaller statues. You can also stand on her head and look out over the city.
  • White colour makes her look bizarre and heavenly, like she’s formed from a cloud.
  • She faces the station. If you get lost in Sendai, look which way the bodhisattva is facing and she can tell you how to find the trains.
  • Just… good icon best statue A+

(sources: ?,x,x,?)

harry: moony, wormtail, padfoot, and prongs? who are they? did u know them?
remus: -thinking about the sick burn his map alter ego just laid on snape; internally screaming GET REKT-
remus: we’ve met