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she knocked that smug look off my face but luckily i was wearing a second, smaller smug look underneath

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i might be burnt out and drained and exhausted but you know what? fuck it. Humans are good. Just because im doing bad doesnt mean my entire world view has to be pessimistic. I am doing bad and humans are good, actually.

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It’s always “why did you go out in the storm” and “your soaking wet” and never How was the storm The storm looked fun was it fun

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“How long have you known you were ace?”

Me:

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Your best is what you can do without harming your mental and physical health, not what you can accomplish when you disregard it.

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Bwah just four?? I'll have to contain myself

- 10 Feet Tall by Cavetown

- Spellcasting: F-U-C-K by Skull Puppies

- Addictions by Lucy Dacus

- Whose Eye is it Anyway - Live From The Faraday Cage by Jhariah

no pressure tags because: @ellie-you-idiot @mystupidreposts @moonlit-dancer-13

thanks for tagging me ives @peraltaroy and sarah @usermurdocks

List 4 songs that I’ve listened on repeat

D is for dangerous by arctic monkeys

I don’t wanna talk (I just wanna dance) by glass animals

Dreams by fleetwood mac

Wish you were here by pink floyd

No pressure tags: @vanilla-chip-101 @temueramorriison @strwrs @jmobiwanspadawan @faheyslantsov

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Commas are all that’s holding my fics together

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Okay Lucy Dacus, I don't mean to squabble, but that was neither quick nor easy

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Guess who remembered he can post art here!

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I think a lot of the time people get overwhelmed by everything that's going on right now, and sometimes I do too. I was thinking about that the other day, and reached a place where I was trying to fold my mind around accepting all the things I can't possibly do, because I'm only human, and only one human.

In thinking this over, I remembered reading the fable of the Crow and the Pitcher as a kid. If you've never read it, a crow finds a pitcher full of water, but can't reach the bottom, so, after failing to knock it over, he piles pebbles into it until he can drink from the pitcher.

I've heard various morals for this, from "thoughtfulness works better than brute strength," to "necessity is the mother of invention," and "little acts add up." But like... I started thinking about being a pebble, rather than being the crow.

I don't have to be the whole solution. I don't even necessarily have to be the one person who finds the solution. I just have to be willing to help as much as I can and raise the water level, and help the solution happen.

I'm sure some people will say that sounds weak and defeatist or whatever, which, you know, first of all, fuck you. But this is - in all seriousness - one of the ways in which lasting change is made. Not by big singular dramatic gestures, not by one person burning themself out by somehow doing everything all of the time, but by the dogged and continual persistence of people being present and doing what they can do, over and over, raising the water line.

It's okay to be a pebble. It's okay to raise the water level a little, in concert with all the other pebbles, and get your comrade a little drink of water. Do what you can, when you can, the best that you can, and find your peace with that.

It's okay to not do everything.

It's okay to be one of a hundred pebbles.

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Relationships shouldn’t be exhausting, romantic or platonic! Relationships should be forged for your own enjoyment, if you feel constantly tired when you’re around someone, then PLEASE reconsider that relationship. Particularly if you don’t feel like you can be yourself around them. Friends and loved ones are there to create great memories with, and to share laughs and to make you feel good about yourself. They’re created for you! They’re not one sided and should be something you look forward to. Please remember that.

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Cute music terms to name your children:

Viola

Harmony

Melody

Cadence

Carol

Hymn

Celeste

Clef

Agitato

Oboe Player

F Sharp

♮

Barbaro

Plagal

Smorzando

ii♭ 6-4

Canon in inversion and augmentation

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Sunlight passing through the wings of a Black Jacobin Hummingbird forms a prism of rainbows.

(Photo Credit: Christian Spencer)

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This is one of the funniest holiday cards I have ever seen.

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unpopular opinion but I love it when people write essays for fun on the internet. I don’t think it’s cringe if you’re being polite and coherent and making your own post instead of making unwanted additions to other people’s posts. why say something in a 7 word meme format sentence, faking disaffection and chillness, when you could flesh it out in 7 paragraphs of sincere and substantial nuance. not just for seriousness but for fun concepts, is what i have in mind. for talking about a story or character. for talking about life. talking about anything. this is a wordy person safe zone

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Giant South American snail, Megalobulimus oblongus, Strophocheilidae

Photos 1-3 by ajott, 4-5 by indianacristo, 6 by andolmos, 7 by markhulme, 8 by oscarencisoa, 9 by pengosx, and 10 by gregory_nielsen