there comes a point in some dudes ceramics careers where they start fucking with glazes so hard they spend their weekends hand digging rare minerals out of a desert deposit or a friend’s multi-acre lot so they can grind them up and put them in a glaze. I know at least three guys that do this.
I also knew this guy derrick who was an absolute beast on the wheel (threw an entire 40pc porcelain serving set w/ cups bowls plates serving dishes and casserole dish in ONE HOUR) who also rented out a backhoe so he could dig clay out of his yard and refine it. Unfortunately it had too many inclusions in it so he had to dilute it with industrially made stuff. when he did that though he found that the clay in his yard, when fired, produced it’s own glossy green glasslike ooze that vitrified during firing. he called it “self glazing clay”, and went back that day to go dig up more. hope hes doing well. I imagine he’s excavated his entire property by now
i have a terrible habit of sometimes just doing 100 squats in the shower. It’s right on the intersection of “hard enough it’ll fuck me up tomorrow” and “easy enough to be done on a whim” and i always regret it
See part of the issue is when i shower i look at my legs (which are like if a pair of festive christmas hams were solid muscle) and then i remember “oh yeah i can do 100 squats like nothing”
The process:
Woah my legs are jacked
*does a squat to grab shampoo*
Hey what was that
One squat is BASICALLY 5 squats. like just do it a few more times without really noticing and bam! 5 squats
Might as well do 5 more that’s an even 10
That wasn’t so hard
Make it 20
5 more to a nice round 25
Hey that’s a fourth of 100
We can do that again. Let’s take a quick break and do the next set
like literally society can’t even handle women’s COVERED nipples. i hate bras and generally do just say fuck it but there’s always the fear of people hiving me shit for my nipples poking through my shirt, especially being sexually harassed about it. but with men it’s not an issue! they don’t have to stress so fucking much about their tits! i hate it here i want to throw up and die. bring back tge free the nipple movement right now
With all sincerity, people cannot wear graphic tees to work. Women could get in trouble at work for “inappropriate dress” for nipping at work, even though they’re fully covered.
ALT
