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pazdispenser:

CBC made a good documentary on adult ADHD and part of it really caught me off guard because i swear they repeated verbatim my life story for the past 3 years

full programme here:

http://www.cbc.ca/natureofthings/episodes/adhd-not-just-for-kids

My ADHD manifested in excellent in-class work. Excellent understanding in discussions. Excellent participation. 

My ADHD manifested in piles of homework left undone until the last possible minute, while I stared at them, thinking; “I want to get these done. I understand the theory. It would take 10 minutes. I want to start, why can’t I start?” 

My ADHD manifested in fantastic reading comprehension – nigh impenetrable focus on interesting topics the first time I’m reading about them. 

My ADHD manifested in a complete inability to focus on reviews or re-reads, mind skittering sideways and away whenever anything was boring or repetitive. I sat down to study, my books open, my eyes on the text, and my brain clawing its way out the back of my head to focus on something else – anything else. Focus, focus! [No.]

My ADHD manifested in Articulating wings half-finished but still beautiful, in beautiful lineart and half-hearted coloring. In stories written passionately for days until I forgot it existed and never returned. In projects started and forgotten and started and forgotten a thousand times until my bins of project supplies piled up and my bank account shriveled down. No, it will be different this time – I LOVE this new thing. This new thing is my world, my destiny, my Everything. I CREATE and CREATE and CREATE and never FINISH. 

My ADHD manifested in confusion and surprise as time slithered away, hours passing like minutes and minutes seeming endless by contrast. An inability to gauge how much time had passed, was left, a task would take. An inability to hold dates in my head, because time didn’t feel consistent or even real.

 My ADHD manifested in watching someone talk and not understanding a word they said – literally hearing sounds and translating out only nonsense. In thoughts so loud I couldn’t speak coherently. In a conversation across the room shattering an idea I was trying to hold. It’s hard to think when you’re already thinking about everything around you. 

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johannesviii:

johannesviii:

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johannesviii:

johannesviii:

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jonphaedrus:

notre dame is burning.

this is ok.

it has happened before. it will happen again. it has been lost before. it will be lost again. and again. and again. and again. art and architecture are transient, and temporary, and 850 years may seem like a lot to the individual, who will live maybe 100 if they are very lucky and very healthy, but even the pyramids at saqqara have only existed for about 6000 years and that’s still not all that much, if you consider the grand scheme of things.

yes, this is terrible. as someone who is deeply religious and literally a professional historian with a focus on art and architecture, this is terrible. im mourning. im gutted. im horrified and upset and miserable. but.

it’s not over.

victor hugo wrote hunchback because notre dame du paris was in the process of collapsing and falling apart, and revitalized the entire world’s focus and love for this church, and that was not even 200 years ago. it led to it being renovated.

the roof has fallen in. the scars of fires are on its buttresses. the rose window has fallen out. the beams and piers have collapsed. the spire has toppled. the stones have suffered, and will suffer again, but it is not gone.

renovation work is essential. sometimes things collapse and burn and break and have to come back. it’s not a terrorist attack, it’s renovation, an accident, but we have so much evidence, history, carefully documented everything on one of the most studied places in the world.

it’s not the end.

Hey so, French person here. And also an ex History student. I’m here to say: Please listen to o.p. above.

Obviously everyone is shocked but here’s a few important key facts:

  • The roof is completely gone. Part of it dated back from the 13th century but the rest was from the 19th. The stone arch roof under the top roof is fine.
  • One of the three main stained glass rose windows has fallen out. Most of the other stained glass windows are okay.
  • The spire has fallen down and that’s the saddest part. BUT! It was in the process of being restored and the 16 statues that were there were removed just four days ago! So they’re fine.
  • The main structure is still here and nothing has “burned down” unlike what some people have been saying.
  • The “treasure” (sacred objects) is safe.

Notre Dame is still there. It’s just damaged. Almost nothing was lost today, and nobody was wounded either. It’s scary, but it’s gonna be okay.

To the people that keep calling me stupid in the comments:

  • Yes, I know, the fire is still not completely out and the damage still needs to be fully evaluated. This comment is based on the live coverages I’ve been watching all evening.
  • However the worst is behind us even if the firemen have been saying it’s a “difficult fire” (”un feu difficile”).
  • On the topic of works of art that were inside:

UPDATE (10:20 pm):

Apparently the fire is still going in the north tower.
The firemen seem worried there’s possible structural damage there.

The fire is also still going at the back of the roof.

It currently looks like this:

UPDATE (10:44 pm):

Firemen at the entrance (source:
REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer). We can see inside the cathedral. The stone arch roof has apparently been damaged in some places but as you can see the inside of the main structure isn’t on fire so far.

The firemen are doing all they can. One of them has apparently been wounded.

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UPDATE (11:05 pm):

“Le feu a baissé en intensité. On peut penser que la structure de
Notre-Dame est sauvée, notamment le beffroi nord”, a déclaré le
secrétaire d’Etat auprès du ministre de l’Intérieur Laurent Nunez.

La
structure de Notre-Dame de
Paris “est sauvée et préservée dans sa globalité” a précisé le
responsable des pompiers. Mais les deux-tiers de la toiture seraient en
revanche partis en fumée.

“The fire’s intensity has decreased. We think the general structure of Notre-Dame is saved, including the north tower,” declared the Secretary of State to the interior minister Laurent Nunez.

The structure of Notre-Dame de Paris “has been saved and preserved in general” added the chief fireman. But two-thirds of the roof have gone up in flames.”

LAST (I hope) UPDATE (00:40 am):

The fire is contained. The wounded firefighter is apparently out of danger.

Don’t get me wrong, this is a disaster, but it could have gone so much worse.

Here’s what the inside of the main building looks like after the fire on the roof.

[Image: photo of the inside of Notre Dame, with a firefighter in the foreground. Water is covering the checkered tiled floor. The stone roof has collapsed in two distinct areas each situated between two keystones, but seems otherwise mostly intact. Apart from these two areas, what we can see of the interior structure seems untouched. There’s smoke in the distance. The altar and the golden cross in the background seem untouched too, as well as most of the pews and chairs.]

FINAL UPDATE (next morning, 09:45 am), please reblog this version and not the outdated info:

Quick summary of what we currently know (link to Le Figaro’s coverage):

  • One firefighter was injured, and two policemen were
    slightly injured.
  • The structural damage is being evaluated but the main structure is
    still there; a (relatively small) part of the stone roof has collapsed,
    though.
  • The wooden part of the roof has been almost entirely destroyed because
    that’s where the fire (accidentally) started.
  • The “treasure” (the most sacred relics and items) was confirmed saved
    very early on.
  • The spire that was added during the 19th century restoration has
    fallen down (however as stated before the 16 statues that were there had been removed 4 days ago). It contained some relics, which are lost.
  • According to the fire fighters, the main organ is damaged, but the
    bells are still in place, and (according to them) most of the paintings that were still inside
    were only damaged by water and soot, so they will be restored. Some of the large paintings (”les grands formats”) were partly damaged by fire.
  • The sources about the stained glass windows contradict each other but
    it’s certain that at least one of the small rose ones has fallen down (one
    that was at the back of the building). Some sources say every stained glass window is
    gone (unlikely, see photo below), some other sources say most of them are still there. Wait & see.

Do you want to see something really cool, though?

That rose stained glass window seems mostly intact, which seemed very unlikely at first considering how close it was to one of the collapsed parts of the stone ceiling. It literally collapsed right in front of it. Honestly I’m a bit stunned by this photo so I mainly made this last update to share it with you guys.

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essentiallymediocre:

crazyjetty:

ultrafacts:

In 2009, the attorney general for the island state of Tasmania stated that Australian wallabies had been found creating crop circles in fields of opium poppies, which are grown legally for medicinal use, after consuming some of the opiate-laden poppies and running in circles

In case anyone is wondering, here is what said crop circles look like.

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(Fact Source)

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Of all potential Crop Circle explanations, I don’t thing *anyone* saw “stoned wallabies” as a candidate, let alone the likely suspect.

Let’s just take a minute.

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k-lionheart:

fieryartemisproductions:

it-grrl:

pomo-phobic:

whiskey-and-c41:

birb-bian:

know-when-you-are-beaten:

imyourhuckleeberry:

know-when-you-are-beaten:

He’s huge….

That’s Deep Blue, they think she’s the biggest white shark ever filmed

Of course it’s a girl. She’s beautiful and I’ll keep my hands inside the cage at all times

I…I love her.

My daughter is beautiful and strong.

her dorsal fin is longer than a full grown adult but I in all my 5’2" glory still wants to protect her

I am, I believe, the reasonable amount of scared of sharks that a smart soft mammal should be, but I definitely just said “whos a big pretty girl” at the screen.

Thank you, tumblr, for reminding me that things I’m afraid of are beautiful too.

So I got curious and look this giant up and found this picture of the diver high fiving her as she passed.  According to the article, not only is Deep Blue big but in the picture she’s super pregnant too.  

Reblog for Deep Blue positivity

(Source: http://k-lionheart.tumblr.com/)

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katy-l-wood:

qsy-complains-a-lot:

qsy-complains-a-lot:

Very good news from Twitter, aside from where the spire fell through the vault, the inside of the cathedral is looking relatively alright. Breathtaking pictures.

More pictures.

That picture of the cross glowing through the smoke, embers raining down, that is going to last forever. That is going to be on front pages and in history books. That will be one of those iconic photos of history that never fades.

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biggest-gaudiest-patronuses:

whatistheendgoal:

aliaitee:

laysthefangirl:

biggest-gaudiest-patronuses:

Having sensory issues is weird. Like someone rings the doorbell once and there go my evening plans

Yesterday I touched a box that felt “wrong” and I spent the rest of night trying to get that feeling off my hands.

i scraped my teeth together while eating so I didn’t finish my meal

Oh my god this is a thing??? I’ve been doing this shit all my life. I’d touch something wrong and try to touch correctly for hours afterword

this has received so many responses, and yet only two (2) responses:

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systlin:

systlin:

kagekanecavi:

systlin:

systlin:

splinteredstar:

systlin:

I would like to thank my roomba for finding that one sock I’d lost under the couch, and then repeatedly headbutting my foot while chewing on it. 

Thank you little dude. 

He wanted to make sure you saw it!

What can you give a roomba instead of treats to tell him that he’s a Good Boy

Asking for a friend

You know

I have a roomba

I have knives

I could

I could give him a knife

this seems like a spectacularly bad idea considering you started off talking about how he headbutts your foot

I didn’t say it needed to be a SHARP knife

I’ve got a rubber training knife we use in class for knife technique training

Excellent