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brooke

@brooke-the-giraffe

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“Why did you fall for him?” “Because I saw the best version of me in his eyes.”

— things I told my friends

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Next time a blocked number calls you answer like this: “Jim’s whore house. You got the dough, we got the hoe.”

Why does this not have any notes?

lol no “Nashville sperm bank, you squeeze it we freeze it. how may I help you?”

“Henderson’s Morgue, you stab em, we slab em, this is Eight Ball speaking.”

“Texas crematorium you kill ‘em we grill ‘em how can I direct your call?”

Pro tip: Don’t do this if you recently applied for a new job.

bolded. just in case.

i feel like that pro tip is told from experience

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How to make succulent babies!

Step 1: Pick leaves Gently twist the leaf near the base, it should snap off the plant cleanly. Good cuttings will be slightly rounded at the ends, and have no ‘open’ wound:

Bad cuttings will not grow, you need to make sure the whole leaf comes off in one go. Bad leaves are jagged, torn, or cut:

Step 2: Lay all cuttings inside on a piece of cloth. I usually put a piece of old scrap material down on my desk and lie all the leaves out in rows. I try not to pile up the leaves, as this tends to promote rot. Do not water at all. AKA no misting the leaves, no watering the leaves, nothing. Everything the baby succulent needs to grow is stored in the mother leaf, watering may rot the leaf before the new plant is big enough to survive on its own! Make sure the leaves aren’t in direct sun, as they will wither before they form new plants. Filtered light from a window is strong enough!

Step 3: Waiting After about 4 weeks you will start to see the first signs of life. The leaf may send out roots first, it may start to grow with no roots. Both are okay! 

Step 4: Planting (Start watering once a week at this stage) After 6-8 weeks the baby succulents will be big enough to plant outside! I do this by placing the leaves on top of loose, sandy soil that has not been compacted. I do not bother burying the leaves, as it tends to do more harm than good (you may snap roots/damage new shoots in the process):

I place all the plants together, they don’t really seem to mind! These is how they look after about 10 weeks:

When the plants are big enough, the mother leaf will shrivel up and start to die off:

TADA! You’ve created baby succulents :)

I’m sorry, this is a very beautifully illustrated, informative plant post, but every time I read “Make succulent babies” I put the emphasis on the wrong part of the phrase and expect something.. very… different.

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The Post-Breakup Playlist

  1. Return The Favor - All Time Low
  2. Power & Control - Marina and the Diamonds
  3. 100 Letters - Halsey
  4. Blame - Bastille
  5. Room For 2 - Dua Lipa
  6. W.D.Y.W.F.M? - The Neighbourhood
  7. Perspectives - Hands Like Houses
  8. Filthy Heart - Adelitas Way
  9. My House - PVRIS
  10. Since You’re Gone - The Pretty Reckless
  11. You Call Me A Bitch Like It’s A Bad Thing - Halestorm
  12. Reckless - You Me At Six
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Thar stingray that killed Steve Irwin is probably dead now and got a hug from Steve himself in animal heaven because Steve’s a good guy like that

i thought steve irwin died from an alligator or crocodile or whatever the fuck the big lizard is

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The best way to keep from having your heart broken is to realize that NO ONE is worthy of owning it but yourself. Your heart isn’t some fuckin toy that you just give to people cuz you think they’re attractive and they’re fuckin nice to you, it’s YOUR responsibility to take care of it, not anyone else’s. Quit being so fuckin naive and take some fuckin ownership over your actions, if someone “broke your heart” that shit isn’t anyone’s fault but YOUR OWN. Taking care of the heart you have and to keep loving yourself is hard enough to do, then you give it to someone else and expect them to take care of both yours and theirs FOREVER and get all upset cuz you got hurt? SHUT THAT BULLSHIT THE FUCK UP YOU UNREALISTIC THINKING ASS BITCH. THERE’S NO ONE OUT THERE THAT’S PERFECT FOR YOU BUT YOURSELF. Once you realize that you can not allow anyone but yourself to be the source of your solace and quit acting like a fuckin CHILD by giving that HUGE responsibility to someone else, you will find that NO ONE will have the power to hurt you anymore. LOVE IS AN EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT, NOT A WAY TO FORCE SOMEONE TO BE YOUR FUCKIN SAFETY NET. Your heart is valuable, quit looking for someone to give it to unless you enjoy being disappointed. regardless of what all the fuckin Valentine’s cards and romance movies tell you, no one is going to love you more than you are able to love yourself for very fuckin long. That self loathing bullshit is only cute for about 10 fuckin minutes AT MOST, after that it turns into pity.

A scar covered heart that is now stronger than ever (via methed-up-samurai-is-a-ghost)

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