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You guys just have to trust me on this one and click here okay?

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April 1: Pep talk

Jali shifted back and forth from foot to foot nervously, the rustle of her skirts and jewelry loud in the dusky twilight. Around her were several others in similar dress, either waiting calm and collected or moving themselves through small warming exercises as they waited for their cues. Drums rumbled and voices rose through the air, pressure building among those gathered.

Jali did a little hop in place unable to contain her nervous energy, then paced herself in a small circle, clenching and unclenching ring covered hands.

“Oi newbie! Settle. You’re rattling louder than a coin purse at market.” One of the other dancers called from where they had been sitting quietly.

“Oh shush Khulan, can’t you see the girl is nervous?” Another dancer came over and put their hands on Jali’s shoulders to stop her movement. “Nothing to be nervous about. It’s just clan afterall. They all know you.”

She looked up at the other dancer and opened her mouth to counter when they were shushed.

“You will be fine. We all saw you practice, you know the motions, follow the drums and voices. Let them carry you and don’t think. None of them out there will know if you mess up, only you will.” The older Au Ra gave them a wide grin. “Why do you think we make the part you're doing different every year, it’s always given to the youngest dancer on purpose.”

They stepped back, running their hands down Jali’s arms until they held her palms in theirs. 

“Now take a deep breath. In, count to three, out. Repeat.”

The drumbeat swelled and the air felt tense and thick around them. The chorus of voices faded to a single note and everyone around Jali was suddenly moving into position. She took one more in and out breath and moved to her position among the women as the men leapt out into the firelight.

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New writing prompts to try and get me back into writing again. Picked up Au Ra April off twitter and am aiming for at least 300-500 words per day.

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I always wondered why the Western Zodiac and the Chinese Zodiac were both called zodiacs if one was associated w astronomy and the other w time in general. Like what defines a zodiac that the word is only used to describe these two things? Looking up the word “zodiac” in the dictionary didnt help bc it only talked about the western one.

Well, I decided to look up the etymology for zodiac and it turns out it comes from the Greek for “circle of little animals.” I love humans

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I know it’s post pride, but consider

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"biblical angels" you do realise there are angels in the old testament that are literally just regular looking guys, right? you do know that the hallucinogenic incoherent descriptions are in like. two books. and the rest of the time angels are just guys. you know that, right?

and I'm not saying don't have fun with weird angels. I'm saying, either the eldritch forms are for special occasions, or the society of the angels is Many-Eyed-Many-Winged-Interlocking-Circles, Four-Faces-Six-Wings, and Mike.

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Having your own personal blog is honestly quite a nice change of pace compared to Reddit. I could put a funny GIF of George Bush getting hit by a shoe on here and the worse case scenario is that no one even notices.

You put that on a big subreddit and you get your eyes gouged out and a heap of political discourse underneath your post.

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Everyone else talked about outdoor cats, it's time for me to talk about offleash dogs

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i will never complain about a book seeming like a fanfic with the serial numbers filed off because that means the author had the invaluable ability to tell when their au had diverged enough that these were just straight-up different characters now

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first aid certifications should be free btw

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"Why am I so tired," I mutter, knowing full well I've got at least four different comorbid conditions that cause sleepy bitch disorder.

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Your daily dose of cat memes

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baby coelacanth

baby coelacanth.

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