[[one of my followers asked how I immerse myself in French and the culture. all my favorites are starred. add your own and i’m open to specify more on certain categories. and i’m considering doing a post on listening and speaking]]
Books *Le petit prince *Petit nicolas *L'etranger Asterix Alice au pays des merveilles *Classic fairy tales! (I recommend that you read comics…lots of them)
Movies *A la folie…pas du tout Le petit prince *Amelie Les Choristes *Les Intouchables *Oss 117 *bienvenue à marly-gomont *il a déjà tes yeux *Une femme est une femme Paris je t'aime (this is barely in French but good for culture) *Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis LOL *Ratatouille
Music Anything by: *Stromae Indila *MHD Maitre Gims Coeur de pirate *Edith piaf *Zaho Zaz RIDSA *Tal Djany
TV Miraculous ladybug Lazytown Nina *T'choupi Disney movies *The get down (i usually just watch netflix series in french…they’re usually available) *The long long holiday *C'est mon choix *Extra french Parks and recreation Recherche appartement ou maison
Youtube Sananas *Shera Kerienski Damon and jo Comme une française *Antastesia So andy *Cyprien 7jours *(In general lyric prank videos!)
ALSO I SUGGEST LISTENING THE RADIO FRENCH RFI
Francaisfacile.com as well
Also don’t sleep on duolingo or memrise
And don’t neglect getting writing and speaking (including conversation–irl and/or online) practice!
Check the french tag on my blog as well
I'm learning combinatorics now. Do you know any cool places they are used ? Sorry for bad english
Combinatorics is quite frankly an ocean with a wide variety of applications. But since you ask, let’s take a look at the example of a ‘Two state Paramagnet’.
A paramagnet is a material in which the particles like compass needles align parallel to any applied magnetic field. But it is a temporary effect and the magnetization is lost when the field is removed
One of the popular examples of paramagnetism is liquid oxygen.
When oxygen is liquefied and poured over a magnet, the magnetic effect of the electrons become substantially noticeable.
Molecules will align to the magnetic from the magnet creating an induced magnetic field of its own.
As the liquid oxygen boils off you can you can see for a moment a ‘mist’ that it gives off that is still attracted to the magnets. - Paramagnetism
One can find the net magnetization produced by the material based on the total number of dipoles facing up or down.
And essentially the total energy of the system (neglecting any interactions between dipoles).
We have come a long way from a simple combinatorics formula, now haven’t we?
Great question! Thanks for asking :)
what are some non-ya/adult/classic books you'd recommend?
complete with a KEY because a) then you’ll know WHAT YOU’RE GETTING INTO, b) I KNOW WHAT I’M ABOUT, SON, and c) it’s morning, I’m in bed, I love books, this is nice
DAYS WITHOUT END by SEBASTIAN BARRY ♥✰
THE SECRET HISTORY by DONNA TARTT ♥✰☽
THE BEACH by ALEX GARLAND ♥☽
WUTHERING HEIGHTS by EMILY BRONTË ♥⚤
CALL ME BY YOUR NAME by ANDRÉ ACIMAN ♥✰☂
AS MEAT LOVES SALT by MARIA MCCANN ♥✰☂✗
MAURICE by E. M. FORSTER ♥✰
THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY by OSCAR WILDE ☜☽
MYSTERIOUS SKIN by SCOTT HEIM ✰✗
BIRDSONG by SEBASTIAN FAULKS ☂⚤
ATONEMENT by IAN MCEWAN ⚤
THE WATCHMAKER OF FILIGREE STREET by NATASHA PULLEY ✰☽
THE QUICK by LAUREN OWEN ✰☽
THE GOLDFINCH by DONNA TARTT ♥☜
WE HAVE ALWAYS LIVED IN THE CASTLE by SHIRLEY JACKSON ☽
ANNABEL by KATHLEEN WINTER ☜
TIPPING THE VELVET by SARAH WATERS ✰
THE VINTNER’S LUCK by ELIZABETH KNOX ♥✰☂☽
THE LESSONS by NAOMI ALDERMAN ✰
NEVERWHERE by NEIL GAIMAN ☽⚤
REGENERATION / THE EYE IN THE DOOR / THE GHOST ROAD by PAT BARKER ♥✰
IT by STEPHEN KING ♥☽
TELL THE WOLVES I’M HOME by CAROL RIFKA BRUNT ☜☂
THE CHARIOTEER by MARY RENAULT ✰☂
THE HOURS by MICHAEL CUNNINGHAM ✰
DEATHLESS by CATHERYNNE M. VALENTE ☂☽⚤
A HISTORY OF LONELINESS by JOHN BOYNE ☜☂✗
♥ = all time favourites✰ = queer af☜ = queer vibes, queer-adjacent, a little bit queer, was queer before it was heavily censored, etc. ☂ = I bawled☽ = fantasy, supernatural, spooky, Otherwise Unsettling Reads⚤ = het romance but OH BOY, MY HEART ✗ = tw for rape and/or CSA
More like 16.6 percent of your life was spent literally living out your dreams.
Humans spend 33.3% of their lives asleep. They spend 50% of that dreaming. That means that 16.6% percent of your life experiences never happened.
I guess it don't rain much in the middle East...
Since Sunday tours of James Talbot’s home, Casa Neverlandia in Austin, Texas, are currently not available b/c of the Pandemic, we can take a virtual tour.
James is an artist who built this home, himself. I’ve heard. It’s still a work in progress. This is the living room looking toward the front of the home.
Simply, the Red Room.
James taking tourists through. The house is also on the Weird Homes Tour in Texas, but you can’t just show up, b/c it’s his private residence.
Kitchen & breakfast nook. He uses a gray water system and people are surprised when they hear that it has no air conditioning.
The Record Room.
The Photo Editing Room.
2nd story area.
The Master Bedroom.
The bathroom has a toilet, but James has been using a compost toilet in the back for years. This is a picture of it in progress.
3rd story area.
Sewing room.
Tile making studio.
Bead making studio.
General construction shop.
The Moon Tower in the backyard.
https://www.russmoorephotography.com/Neverlandia/i-sN85kHK/
Drawing reference
Remember, there’s not one way to draw things! You don’t have to draw it exactly like this , but you can apply certain things from this. This is just a little process we hope that might be useful to others out there! More to come, y’all!
Edit: Something else to keep in mind ! It’s something we see from other artists who put tutorials online and the result after they post it - When coming across a tutorial , taking the technique or the simplification of a process and carrying that over to your own way of drawing things is a lot more beneficial than copying the exact composition/subject matter/color pallet . If it’s for practice , that’s fine! But don’t let a tutorial direct ( or discourage) you in a way that isn’t your own unique way of drawing . If you’re in search of finding a style of your own , then finding helpful tutorials is a great way to expand your knowledge of techniques rather than doing exact copies of the actual art itself. :) And just to add , we’re big fans of Evyind Earle! His technique of graphic simplification is something we’re learning ourselves as we try to apply the photoshop layers in a similar , simpler fashion. He’s a good artist to learn from , so hopefully this tutorial was helpful in deconstructing admirable aspects of some awesome work from different artists we enjoy! And if you did this tutorial , please let us know. We’d love to see what you did !