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Anonymous asked:

Did you ever climb in the dryer as a kid?

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sarahthecoat

voted no, because i assume the question refers to an electric dryer, which we did not have when i was a kid. HOWEVER, what we did have, in addition to the clothesline outside, was a big folding drying rack. it was very cleverly made, so that if you worked it right, the middle section could be made to go up, so it formed kind of the shape of a barn roof. you could then make an instant blanket fort, and YES, crawl inside the dryer!

i have two different large drying racks now, but neither one does that. (we did have special waldorf school play scarf frames for blanket forts, though)

#polls#yes or no#drying racks
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Anonymous asked:

Was your favourite stuffie as a kid the original green/pink Piglet from the Winnie the Pooh books?

That was my childhood stuffie but everyone else I known who had a Piglet stuffie had the Disney dark pink/pink version (which is also cute! It’s just not the one I have a nostalgic connection to).

I’m just really curious to see if anyone else had the same favourite childhood stuffie as me <3

Thank you, hope you all are having a wonderful day!

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my piglet was based on the original ernest shepard illustrations, but not pink and green, where did that come from?

#polls#yes or no#piglet#no disney anything thank you#ernest shepard#aa milne
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lavi394 asked:

Have you even been to a classical music concert?

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If you never have, I really recommend finding a way to. We classical musicians are generally literally Begging people who don't know shit about the art form to come see us, and so there's a lot of cheap or free concerts out there if you know where to look.

  • Any city above 50,000 people almost definitely has an orchestra. Even for big, expensive cities, it's not too hard to get symphony tickets for $25 or less.
  • In the US, if you live near a big state university or any college with "conservatory" in the name, its flagship ensembles are probably really good and incredibly cheap-- in college I was seeing a nearly pro-quality opera once a month for $12 general seating. (A smaller college might also have a killer orchestra, or it might not. Still worth trying!)
  • Many big historical churches/synagogues-- the kind with high echoey ceilings and more old people than young, not the shiny megachurch kind that look like airport terminals full of Chris Pratt types-- have some kind of smaller chamber concert series going, meaning string quartets, piano soloists, maybe a singer or organ player. These aren't church services and they don't get any more religious than "a cross exists in the background and we are going to play something by Bach with God in the title."
  • PARKS! PARKS! PARKS! We love to go outside in the summer! It is a rare treat to see the sun! If your town's main park has an auditorium/bandshell kinda deal, I can all but guarantee that some classical musicians will take it over in the summer and would love to play the cello at you while you have a nice picnic. (Grant Park Symphony Orchestra in Chicago is the GOAT for this: free, great sound, HUGE lawn, REALLY high quality musicians, tons and tons of concerts in the summer like literally TONS.) If you're really unsure or maybe get anxious in crowds/with sounds, these are extra recommended, because it's usually easier to gracefully Hit Da Bricks if you're not into it
  • I have never lived outside the US but Europe actually like, funds the arts unlike us. I've heard study abroad stories of subsidized opera ticket programs if you're kind of broke. I don't know if I'm remembering this right or just fantasizing about this, though

It is genuinely so, so, so incredibly wildly cool to see a symphony orchestra live. Thirty, fifty, maybe even over a hundred musicians all working perfectly in sync, and the whole hall is FULL of the sound just totally fresh as it hits your ears. It rules. It really rules and I think everybody should try it once.

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sarahthecoat

i have little to add, except, as far as i can tell, all music should make you want to move your body. so when you go to the concert, make sure you sit (or stand!) where you can move at least a little, without interfering with your fellow attendees. even if it's just wiggling your feet and hands, do move! there's this awful smothering stereotype of the perfectly still audience, throw that away! move! if drawing is important for you, bring your sketchpad and use it during the concert to draw/color what you feel. listen with your whole body and imagination! you can bet the composer was fully engaged while writing the music, and you can see the musicians' physicality while they are playing. that is for you too!

i just feel really strongly that art and music are your birthright as a human being, and engaging fully is so important to wellbeing.

#classical music#polls#live music#being human#love
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Anonymous asked:

Do you have trouble picking out gifts for people?

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sarahthecoat

i do fine when it's just me getting an idea and making it and giving it to the person. when it's "making a list and having to think of something for each person in time for the deadline" i nope right out of the whole thing.

#polls#yes or no
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