Latest Posts by thenetherlord - Page 7

MEANWHILE, IN THE CRAB BREAKROOM...

Smorp: Ibble, what’s wrong? 

Ibble: *sigh* I’m just so TIRED! But it’s OKAY!!!! I’ll get a few minutes of sleep tonight and get BACK TO WORK HARDER THAN EVER!!!!!! YEAH!!!!!!!

Plee: I’m tired too. I know Grampa Thisp is proud of me for helping put together all these merch drops that Roberd is planning, but it really takes it out of a crab! The new schedule seems kinda unrealistic… 

Smorp: It’ll be okay, guys. I’m sure Brick will be back soon and things will go back to normal. 

Crink: Boy, I sure hope so. But I'm not so sure.

I want to put "beat Jimmy Fallon in a popularity contest" in my bio. Make that shit happen, Internet.

Roberd here. A couple quick notes. I can’t believe Brick only had one assistant crab. An exec of his level? That’s ridiculous. I’m gonna need 3, maybe 4 more crabs here at my desk, to take care of everything I have to do. 

Another thing. Breaks are too long. Let’s keep these assembly lines moving. Brick’s built a great thing here in terms of supply and demand. But if he can come back and find we’ve increased productivity by 40, 50% then that’ll reflect great on me. He’ll be proud of me. So no more mid-mid-morning breaks, early-afternoon breaks, all that stuff. You don’t need ‘em. You crabs are so naturally energetic. 

Lastly. Work culture. The island stuff is great. Love it. Vibes on vibes. But it’s time to admit it: you guys aren’t at Clawland anymore. Let’s get profesh. No crab rave music on the work floor. No crazy outfits. Focus on the products.

Thanks, Roberd

Dear Valued Customer...

Why were you shopping for cabbages 5 minutes after closing. Why was it so important that you couldn't wait until the next day.

I just have questions.

Critter Counter-Measures (or CCM for short)

Not pictured are 4 more carts of chips and bread, and the 2 floor managers, one of the senior cashiers, and another diary/grocery employee brought in to LITERALLY TAKE AISLE 1 APART to try to find The Critters because my boss is too cheap to buy an exterminator.

Dear Valued Customer...

Why did you put a can of sweet baby corn in with the apples.

Just why.

I'm not mad. Just disappointed.

Yeah I met someone who had an invisible disability like me and they had just gotten steroid injections into their knees so it was really painful, so they were using the disabled spot on the bus but a whiny lady came up and told them they couldn't use it??? So they had to argue with this lady all along the bus ride about what in invisible disability is.

using disabled stalls, seats, and parking spots without needing them is not innocuous. these aren't just things that make disabled people's lives easier (although that's reason enough). they prevent us from being injured or in distress, and allow us to take care of our needs. removing our access to that can put us in danger. stop it.

also, to the invisibly disabled people reading this - including mentally ill and neurodivergent people - if you need these accomodations, please continue to use them. your needs matter. do what you need to stay as safe and healthy as possible.

i tried to join a parent's night to learn more about coping mechanisms and actually TALK TO OTHER PEOPLE THAT KNOW MY DISABILITY but they told me I can't because I'm 'too young' and 'its for the parents only.'

I literally broke down crying on the Zoom call and even then they wouldn't let me in. I tried to somehow listen in to my mom's conversation, but that didn't work.

I swear...

i understand (and fully agree) that there needs to be support for friends and family of disabled people, they need help to understand and be able to better support their disabled loved one and themselves. i am not opposed to those resources existing. i am just so tired of looking for resources for myself, a disabled adult!, and only finding things for friends and family and carers *of adults*. why are all these classes and lectures only available to friends and family of adult disabled people? why are there so few resources for adult disabled people specifically? why, from the organization claiming to help disabled people, are only like a fourth (if that) of the resources aimed at adults actually available to disabled adults and not their close ones.

Yeah, for gym class I need to give a note saying that my form is lacking because I'm disabled so don't take marks off and stuff and one time we had this sub that was having us do squats. I cannot do a squat, because, again, disabled, and my teacher probably put that in the note for the sub or my file or something. Now, this sub saw I wasn't doing it, so he brings me TO THE FRONT OF THE CLASS and asks me why I'm not doing it. I then tell him that I cannot do the exercise as I am disabled. He then goes on and on for the whole class to hear, "OH YOU SHOULD HAVE TOLD ME YOU WERE DISABLED" its like sir I don't think the whole class needs to know this. (also it might have been because my gym teacher didn't put it in their note but still the school probably has that on my file)

Once my friend Henry was accused of wearing wireless headphones by a substitute so she said for him to hand them over so he took them off and handed them to her. Then later on she asked him a question and he didn’t respond so she said it louder and he still didn’t respond. She asked why he was not responding and he said “I can’t understand you ma'am, you took my hearing aids.”

As someone who has an 'invisible' disease, and who seems 'too young to be disabled,' when I was still on my journey to finding the right meds, I got a thing that allowed me to use disabled spots. (I now don't need it, as I am in remission.) If I was not in the great land of Canada, where our (unofficial) slogan is, "Be nice, we're Canadian." (at least what some people say) someone would have probably asked why I was using a disabled spot or that I didn't look it. Just because I'm not using a wheelchair or crutches or 'look disabled' doesn't mean I'm any less valid.

i hope you guys know defending disabled people's right to exist in public also involves defending disabled people's right to exist in public in ways that others might perceive as annoying, unpleasant, uncomfortable, and inconvenient at times. a blatant example is the "slow walker" thing. someone with tourette's syndrome who has issues with verbally ticcing is likely going to have trouble staying quiet in a public space where they're expected to be and doesn't deserve to be met with anger or punishing behavior for it. autistic children (and some adults) getting triggered into meltdowns due to an overstimulating environment. people with hearing problems having their phone on speaker while on a phone call. a wheelchair user taking up part of the road/sidewalk/aisle. people with autism, adhd, hearing problems, or other things that affect volume control having loud conversations. someone audibly talking to themselves, which can be attributed to many things. motor tics. dyskinesia. ataxia. pseudobalbar effect. the list goes on. some of thus may even be potentially triggering for your own issues if you're someone who's also mentally and/or physically disabled, but if you're well aware of how you can't help your response to it, you should be equally aware of how others can't help themselves either. people who aren't able to be disabled quietly and conveniently don't deserve to be punished or met with anger (or turned into a spectacle) for not deciding to shut themselves away.

ok here you go! its titled 'The Bounciest Boy' and is based off my alligator plushie!

(made it when i was sick with the Notes app on my phone so its kinda janky)

heyyyy what's going on i did a drawing do you wanna see it??

Yes pleaseeeee

Ow! What was that for? I got you your shrubbery already! What more do you want?

I'm going to say 'ni' at you

A day at the beach. Sergeant Bay, Sunshine Coast, British Columbia. July 2022.

REACT COLLECTION

What a beautiful gang of reactions I saw on this post! I simply have to share it with the world:

I am filled with a sense of inner joy. Thank you @brickwhartley!

Humans like to smell the genitals of plants, even going so far as to cut them off and give them to each other.

i have double eye bags and the blue lines by the nose bridge that I got during my last show's Tech Week because I lost so much sleep

This is a permanent bags under eyes kinda post

Like & share if you have permanent bags under your eyes!!!

Van Dusen Gardens, Vancouver, Canada. May 2020.

fun facts about sharks

Don't forget the actors forgetting like you exist and your director convinced that the stage manager can totally act in 3 SEPARATE SCENES and being enormously behind and having the show being in a different order and the actors not telling you anything

Someone: Why do you do theatre tech?

Me: Oh I like it it's really fun

*flashbacks to me today at rehearsal in the tech booth, just after crying, eating a protein bar because I didn't have time at break to eat food because I needed to explain something for twenty minutes*

Yup. So fun...

Sunshine Coast, BC, Canada. March 2023.

Porteau Cove, BC, Canada. March 2023.

Sunset on the hill part 3. Vancouver, BC, Canada. July 2022.

SHEEPIES!!!

Sheep! Which animal should I draw next?

Production Update

Today at rehearsal, we did a full-cast line run, with a good 5 minutes spent trying to figure out how to number the pages, and a few rearranges.

After that, while people practiced, I stole the director's tape measure to measure a very tall flat that we're (me) gonna paint.

Although, because I am not the tallest, I asked the tallest actor we have (who was conveniently near where I was measuring) if they could help me measure the flat.

It worked, and I kept that tape measure on my belt for the rest of rehearsal, as well as a Sharpie if I needed it. My stage manager, upon seeing my ingenuity, wanted to try, but it didn't work as their pants had no belt loops for some reason.

Anyways, for the rest of rehearsal, because us on tech had nothing to do, the sound designer, the stage manager and I all played Hangman.

Anyways, only 6 weeks left and we've only just started actually rehearsing!!!

Interesting is what you tell your friend when they showed you a 'short film' that had really bad camera angles and a confusing story with grainy audio but you don't want to tell them you hate it so you just have to lie.

‘Interesting’ is one of the least interesting ways to describe something.

Among stars

So precious...

Source

Listening to 'Alpha' by C418 from Minecraft. It's so dramatic, so nostalgic, so full of memories, and just radiating an end-of-journey climactic feel, I'm actually crying. I could write paragraphs, but I'll just write this one.

Here's the audio if you want to hear it for yourself.

oOoOoHhHhHh so cute

Shetland sea birds triptych

Atlantic Puffin, Razorbill, Atlantic Gannet

Please find me on Instagram

Okay, so 'Million To One' by Camila Cabello from the Cinderella soundtrack is actually great? It reminds me a lot of 'A Million Dreams' from The Greatest Showman, with the piano and general message, but it's different with the acoustic guitar. I also just LOVE the vocals! Anyways, here's the link to the official audio if you wanna give it a listen.