i am actually insufferable once I get comfortable with someone
Be My Friend and gain access to top hits such as
- wild mood swings
- constant need for attention
- hearing about All my problems
- crying
- having my latest hyperfixation explained to you in excruciating detail
- forgetting what I'm doing every 5 seconds
being a writer leads to a genuinely helpful but also very stupid kind of mindfulness where you'll be having a sobbing breakdown or the worst anxiety attack of your life and think "okay, I really need to pay attention to how this feels. so I can incorporate it into my fanfiction."
- Yes, this is stupid
- It does work to disrupt unhelpful behavior
- If it's Stupid but it works, its not stupid.
Reblog to open a rail line from your blog to the person you reblogged this from
our beautiful rail line... (so far)
I love this site
like a quarter of the railway
louwee…. mon cher i have une question of utmost importance pour toi…. but you must answer me avec sincérité….. mon cœur…. would you still love me if i was one of those… slimy little creatures?…. comment dire….. a wörm? would you still love me if i was a worm, louieis? mais non! don’t turn away from me! c’est important! je refuse to sleep until you answer me!! or would you rather i have nightmares??? louies??? LOUIUIES!!!!!!
read this in his voice
i am afraid of cats. this is fine except for the fact that cats seem to like the fact that i am afraid of them. whereas dogs interpret it as hostility or rejection, cats are fully on board with my frozen awkwardness around them
a cat sees me being scared and thinks "ohoho! what a polite human! i shall grace them with my presence!" and sits as close to me as possible whilst i try desperately hard not to react because (a) scared of the cat, don't want to upset it and (b) people who own cats get offended if you say you're scared of their cat
but after a bit of that the cat seems to think "such good manners! not once have they tried to touch me! i shall reward them by crawling onto their lap with my needle claws!" and then everyone says "aww! he likes you!" and i'm like "T_T please,,,remove the wee beastie,,,"
but nobody ever does
Kinda fucked up when you watch something and you're like wow, this would have been really good if they had changed almost everything
horses in the field this evening (they go out at night) (the horses) make a comment to my brother as we pull in to the barn (we live there) (with the horses) "what if the horses are eating the grave dirt" (one of the horses died this morning) (old as hell they found him in the field like that) (buried him where he lay) going up the drive see the horses in the field all of them (eight geldings) standing on the dirt (grave dirt) gathered around heads down as if to graze (a holy communion) (do they know he's there where they left him this morning?) and they are EATING. the DIRT. from the grave of a horse (his name was oliver) because they are horses and that is what horses know to do with a pile of dirt (they eat it) and they look up as we approach (for a photo because this is funny as hell) licking their lips of the dirt of the tomb and i take a picture but it comes out fuzzy and strange with a double image in red of their great big bodies (chestnuts and bays) (the color of dirt) and thats how i took a picture of the ghost of a horse
i know we're all sick of self-care being a marketing tactic now, but i don't think a lot of us have any other concept of self-care beyond what companies have tried to sell us, so i thought i'd share my favorite self-care hand out
brought to you by how mad i just got at a Target ad
OP this is EXCELLENT
Now THAT’S a self care resource! If you’ve gotten distracted by capitalism’s appropriation of “self-care” and watering the meaning down to nothing this is a super helpful guide to cut through the bullshit.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank every stranger that has helped me when I was having a panic attack or a very public meltdown.
To the security guards missing lunchbreaks, the old gentlemen with no idea what my deal is, the drunk woman dressed as the Virgin Mary, the teenage lads with thick city accents, the drug dealer on the corner by the pier, the gay couple in the middle of an argument, the glamorous lady with the pockets full of macaroons, the economics professor late to the lecture he was meant to be giving, everyone who was ever late to work or class, the off-duty psychiatric nurse, the people who didn't share one word of language in common with me - thank you.
The thing about having a condition like mine is that you get to see how hostile the world is to you, but you get to see the best of people too. Most people, when it's right in front them, will help without even thinking about it.
not normie enough to fit in but not fringe enough to lean into being a freak, worst of both worlds, pure liminality, just the weird coworker, and unrelatable classmate. and your mutual
Moving vs Fleeing (and what you need to flee)
I was on a call last night with a very reputable LGBTQ+ organization in my state that discussed the difference between moving and fleeing.
Essentially, moving is planned. You get an apartment and a job in another city- hopefully you visit that city to scope it out. Then you move your life. It takes, at minimum, months.
Fleeing is unplanned. Something is happening that is so bad in your area that you have to cut and run. It may not be police at your door. But it might be legislation that prevents you from using restrooms without the risk of being killed or arrested. It might be lack of access to medications and something that makes it illegal to get those medications in a different state. It might be the classification of your life (as someone gay or tans) as a sex crime, and sex crimes being punishable by death (a goal of project 2025).
And, they recommended, get things together before it gets to that point, even if you aren't sure that it will happen, so fleeing is as easy as possible if you need to do it.
Here's what you can do:
Pick a location you can get to either by bus, train, or car that has a good track record for your needs and that you think you could live. Do your research- are there jobs there in your field? Housing?
Then get yourself a bag or large backpack.
Get a file folder and put your documents in it. I mean things like your passport, your birth certificate, your social security card, copies of any professional licenses you have, a checkbook, name change documentation, copies of financial documents like mortgages, copies of insurance cards and policies, copies of marriage licenses, and a copy of your driver's license. These are things you might need if you have to prove your identity or get a job or apartment. Then print out maps of several routes to your destination. Put the file folder in the bag.
Add to that: a couple of changes of clothes for each person including a hat and a cloth or disposable face covering (people don't question them as much since the pandemic, and they're convenient to hide your face). Lightweight, caloric foods for at least 3 days that don't require cooking (protein bars work great for this). A month of medications and an emergency script for each medication for each person (get a paper prescription from your doctor that is good for a year or the max allowed for each medication) if you can get it. Pay out of pocket with a coupon card if your insurance won't cover your refill early. 1-2 containers of baby wipes so you don't necessarily need to shower. An empty water bottle for each person. A phone charger.
Buy a gift card that can be used for anything. I won't say how much because I don't know your situation, but make it enough that you can pay for gas or bus/train/airline tickets to your destination and (if you can) temporary lodging/food once you get there. Gift cards are less traceable than debit/credit cards and aren't easy to cancel. An alternative is cash, but that can be an easier target for theft if people see you with it.
Finally, bring something of comfort, like a blanket or memento or stuffed animal.
I would like to thank my one year and three weeks at film school at age 18 for introducing me to my life long love of polyamorous, bisexual masterpiece, Singing In The Rain ☔💕
THE FUCKING BEIGE.
SO MUCH FUCKING BEIGE.
My older coworkers (like, in-their-60’s-old) told me it was to hide cigarettes smoke stains better. I don’t think they’re joking.
Having had the singular experience of cleaning my grandfather's house after he died (he was a multi-pack-a-day smoker who always smoked inside), there's a non-zero chance the beige WAS the cigarette stains in some houses.
After much scrubbing, we were very surprised to learn his walls were white.
i'm so anxious i want to crawl out of my skin and bleed out in the garden, a mass of exposed muscle and sinew, but instead i'm making a list of diminutives for margaret. we soldier on. we soldier on.
DAILYFLICKS 30K EVENT: FAVORITE 90s FILM PER MEMBER ↳ MUPPET TREASURE ISLAND (1996)— Kraina (@sonyarebecchi)
He died? And this is supposed to be a kids’ movie.