May 2011
12 posts
Anatomical clues to human evolution from fish →
bbc.co.uk
Your face is your most expressive feature; it tells the world what you are feeling, who you are and where you come from. Although no two faces are exactly the same, they share a number of common characteristics; a couple of eyes, a nose, a mouth and a philtrum.
The philtrum is the groove on your top lip that lies just beneath your nose. You see it every day in the mirror so you probably never think about it
It has no obvious function. Instead it is an accident of our origins, a clue to our fishy past and how our faces first formed
So according to this, I used to look like an alien from Hitchhiker’s guide, and then cycled through myriad Lovecraftian horrors and a werewolf before I settled on people.
I am suddenly happier with my face than I ever was in my entire life… Thanks, science!
When was the last time you did an Oekaki?
I always liked this one.
http://www.deviantart.com/download/3589395/Cup_O_Noodles.png
Oh maaaan. Years ago. I cut my teeth on this board called Traumabunny back in middle school and early high school, and that was stellar, but it shut down… Then I moved to this one called Oekaki Circle that was pretty slick, but I missed the old crowd and it closed within a year… After that I don’t recall going on any boards in the last three or four years. Hell, that pic is from ‘03, it may be even longer.
It’s not for lack of trying, but all the ones I find now have adopted this form of the java app that requires a login, makes the layout of the board hideous, and the applet itself is really buggy and weighted down by useless complexity. (See: the entirety of Oekaki Central, which is just… heinous. In more ways than the drawing applet, actually.) And without a good crowd (TB had resident trolls that were actually funny! SO RARE) there’s just no point.
TLDR JEMMA IS AN OLD CRANKY LADY, BAWWWW
How To Replicate Jemma's Insane Day So Far
Step 1: Wake up too late to go to that thing you wanted to go to. Console self with a Nutella sandwich and a podcast about how decapitations work.
Step 2: Have a flash of inspiration as the podcast ends, start drawing. Put Saint-Saens’ “Danse Macabre” on loop.
Step 3: Friend texts you, informing you that Warren-fucking-Ellis reblogged your drawing. Look down at current sketchpage. That thing you’ve been drawing: Mephistopheles.
Step 4: Drench eggs in hot sauce, consume.
Step 5: Get called by a company you’ve never heard of about a “customer relations” job. Afterwards, call friend they said rec’d you, only to find he’s never heard of them. Conclusion: Pyramid scheme? Ghosts? Ghost pyramid scheme, with knives? Draw Slenderman.
Step 6: Feel as if Eye of Sauron is focused upon you. Eat salad.
Situation developing!
