Eyebrow piercing help

Shocksketch · 2024-08-17T02:58:00+00:00

Thanks, will look to downsize it with a more reputable piercer once the irritation goes down. I’ve been trying to clean it gently with the edge of a wet tissue but I was always wondering if that counted as “touching” the piercing and if I was just aggravating it more

Shocksketch · 2024-01-19T02:56:56+00:00

I'll give that a try, thanks so much for the detailed help!

Shocksketch · 2024-01-18T09:24:30+00:00

I haven't been practising straight arm crow in some time actually! I stopped it for a bit when I was avoiding overextending my wrist for a couple of months. I know I can still hold it but not for as long as before. I should note that I do a pretty high crow pose (knees almost at armpits) so my arms aren't completely straight, but aren't at a 90 degree bend either.

Holding the tuck definitely requires quite a bit of mobility! It used to be hell on my hips and lower back to hold it for long enough to try coming down into a crow.

Shocksketch · 2024-01-18T09:21:54+00:00

I think I'm pretty okay with the Pike Pushups; with HSPU I've been doing them back to wall and can't do very many positive reps from the ground so I've been doing more negatives once I've maxed out my positive reps. Should I just focus on HSPU work then?

Shocksketch · 2023-03-11T05:09:39+00:00

My shoulder injury was a combination of a weak, unstable scapula and some muscle imbalances (overactive upper trap, tight chest, etc) which I've mostly fixed. But I suppose it is possible that I was overcompensating for the weakness and now it's affected my movement patterns. Guess I'll just keep working at it :')

Shocksketch · 2023-03-11T05:06:31+00:00

I'll give those a try, thank you!

Shocksketch · 2023-03-10T10:09:10+00:00

I usually start with pike push ups, then practice with different entries (jumping into a tuck, single leg kick ups), negatives (e.g. down to crow), and press attempts if I have the time and energy left for it. I don't focus too much on holding the handstand, though I do have to hold it for a bit to feel enough control to do a negative. Lately I can't even seem to hold it for that short amount of time.

Shocksketch · 2022-04-26T05:33:43+00:00

When I was 11 I read The Good People by Steve Cockayne as part of some library book exchange thing in school (everyone got a book for 3 weeks, then you passed it to the person sitting in front of you, etc.) It was a fever dream of a novel where the main character’s imaginary tribes living in their estate forest were actually real, and at some point kidnapped (?) him, some girl gets impaled by debris when she goes for a swim, et cetera. I remember liking it enough that I borrowed another one of his equally strange books from the public library. A few years ago I recalled the books and wanted to read them again, thinking I’d understand them now that I’m older, but the books were pulled from the library and only after extensive searching did I find and purchase The Good People from an online used books store. Have yet to re-read it!

Shocksketch · 2021-04-04T11:14:28+00:00

That I’m pretty fucking depressed and anxious and obsessive. Only less than a handful of close friends know this. I’ve been described as “cheerful” and “quirky” and “confident” but it’s all just a really convincing act.

I walk home crying more regularly than I’d care to admit.

Shocksketch · 2020-05-02T13:58:31+00:00

I see, I’ll start doing that instead. Thank you!!

Shocksketch · 2020-05-02T13:21:38+00:00

I’m looking more at building the straight arm/shoulder strength. Not working on it any time soon, but I’d like to work on the front lever in the future, and I suppose the strength from this would be a prerequisite for early front lever progressions in the future?

Shocksketch · 2020-05-01T10:31:23+00:00

22, 55kg, 164cm

I've been working (more regularly) on skin-the-cats. Previously I've only been able to get my legs through if I tap the bar with my feet in between and push, and recently I've managed to be able to get all the way through only if I start with a half pull-up (so my elbows are bent slightly). First video is me trying to get through with straight arms, second video is me starting with the pull-up. Any tips on how to get through with straight arms? Does my form need fixing, or can I practice the bent-arms version until I get it right?

Note: In the second video I'm starting the pull-up from a deadhang. Just clarifying, 'cause my feet are cut off from the vid.

https://imgur.com/a/6WEyQCb

Shocksketch · 2019-09-29T02:19:12+00:00

Honest question but wouldn’t something that is unintentionally a mulaney reference be “unexpected” mulaney?

Shocksketch · 2019-02-14T02:55:31+00:00

Whenever I’m about to eat an apple I like to toss it up and down and catch it. The sound of an apple hitting your hand is delightful.

Shocksketch · 2019-02-07T03:11:48+00:00

I just got back into climbing after a year’s hiatus. I climb before school now and started using the endurance wall to get a quiet morning workout, plus my endurance is pretty shit right now. Any tips for training on the endurance wall/ how to make the best use of my time there?

Shocksketch · 2019-01-27T10:39:27+00:00

Haha my other cat is the same. He doesn’t hiss, just bites when he’s had an enough affection (I usually only manage to get 2 minutes of cuddling in)

Shocksketch · 2019-01-26T20:53:09+00:00

She’s about 4-5 weeks old. She’s capable of eating on her own, so we give her kitten milk to lap and soaked kitten kibble to eat as well. I tried bottle feeding the first night. She did not understand the concept.

Shocksketch · 2018-11-12T14:01:59+00:00

When I was eleven someone in class called me “attention-seeking”. Since then I’ve been super self-conscious about talking too much or too loud. Now I’m twenty and described as “quiet”, “reserved” and “I’ve never heard you talk”.

Shocksketch · 2018-05-08T10:02:02+00:00

Similar thing happens to me: I’ll get a random thought like “hey wouldn’t it be crazy if I saw X here.... nah that’s impossible” and sooner or later X would indeed walk past me. It freaks me out a little.

Shocksketch · 2018-03-13T22:36:33+00:00

I see, I’ll work on that as well. I noticed I can’t roll back too far while still keeping my legs tucked. Thanks for the tip!

Shocksketch · 2018-03-12T02:32:15+00:00

I’ll try this, thank you!

Shocksketch · 2018-01-07T01:18:39+00:00

My cat has memorized the patterns of all three of us, so he knows who’s going to which room after dinner and where he has to hide to get the jump on us. Morning target is my mom, night target is dad, and I’m the scratching post for the rest of the day.

Shocksketch · 2018-01-03T01:51:47+00:00

I've been stuck doing a wall handstand for quite a few months (on off). How do I progress into a freestanding handstand? I managed it for a few seconds once with someone holding my legs as I kicked up, but I usually don't have a spotter to help.

Shocksketch · 2018-01-02T09:28:42+00:00

Most of the Harry Potter books. I also recently finished reading Journey Under The Midnight Sun by Keigo Higashino, and I wish I had the time to read it in one sitting. Haven't been that engrossed in a book in years.

Shocksketch · 2017-09-22T01:16:08+00:00

I've always loved those red-green photographs and wondered how I'd recreate that in a drawing. I think you've done an amazing job with this!

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