#(no matter how small)

[inkskinned]

the other day we were talking about balance beams because you said that your family had one of those cool winch ones that wrap around trees to make a high wire. even though i was pretty good i had to quit gymnastics at 12 because we couldn't afford dance and gymnastics but. i had something-other.

and i got excited because i think it's a funny story. i didn't have a door for about 4 years. 13-17, or there about. i only got it back because i replaced it myself.

i think my dad took it off the hinges just because his very-macho friend david had said - i do this to punish my kids. and then about a week later it was down on the ground and then eventually rotting in a shed. i used to visit it on occasion and tilt it between two boxes so i could try to walk across the side of it. i have a scar on my foot from attempting the act of balance-beam fancy dancing. it's shaped like a crescent moon. a hinge sliced into my skin when the whole thing slipped out from underneath me.

and you looked at me and you said - what the fuck?

and i said, do you want to see? because i thought the thing you were replying to was the injury. i was already undoing my shoelaces.

you're supposed to have a door, you said slowly. you were a teenager. you - i've seen your house. you lived at the end of the hall.

i didn't understand the problem. so? i wriggled out of my shoe and then my sock.

so, you said it gently, which made me slow down. you said it in the way people tell me that i experienced something bad and i have no idea that it was supposed to be something-else instead. anyone coming down the stairs or in the hallway could see directly into your room. you were in a fishbowl for four years, am i understanding that correctly?

i stared at you, and then said the other things: well, it wasn't so bad. i just wore a towel and tucked myself into a corner to change. i could always just change in the bathroom. privacy didn't really exist for any of us. i wasn't allowed to decorate so it wasn't really my room anyway. i didn't have a lot of things growing up; so it's not like i minded having a semi-public space. my siblings left me alone if i needed them to. what's the big deal anyway.

this is accidentally what emotional vampires incorrectly label as a "trauma dump". this is accidentally how you learn that my house was actually unsafe. i don't even consider this a problem, because everything else was so much worse, in a way. i didn't know it was supposed to be different. at the time, i didn't know what privacy was. i just lied about most stuff and got good at hiding in public. i haven't ever lied about this because i didn't know it was supposed to be different. i am 31.

you looked pale and ready to throw up. you had a right to a door for your room. you were a kid. someone should have helped you.

i was busy examining the sole of my foot. the scar really does look like the moon.

[sanamustdie]

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[cajunfoxnight]

"Wide open skies, breathing life into you.

Let the fire in your eyes reignite mine too.

And with the wind at your back youre bound to find

All the wonders of this life."

[orcinus-veterinarius]

I need to work with cetaceans at least once a year for my health

[leaf4e]

@hillian-sketch

how does this look? /genuine question

[authenticity2025]

No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted. Aesop

[zoeylectric]

Heyy, living with disability really sucks, and making money while in a bad living situation to boot feels downright impossible.

Well, I'm asking for donations so I can visit my girlfriend for the very very first time! I can't do it on my own, and being able to escape, even for a little, and see her would mean literally everything to me. Every little bit helps

[mik3stuff]

mcu is the best Loki so shut up you are wrong! Only tom hiddleston is the best Loki the rest are lame copycats especially these rp ones ugh

LMAAAAO AND YOU HAD TO GO ANONYMOUS AND BULLY MINORS ON THE INTERNET BECAUSE OF THIS???????? IF U'RE SURE THEN SHOW YOUR FACE COWARD

[hyumjim]

Was googling about nude statues in my area and came across this very awesome illegal statue from 2016 and based NYC Parks Department response

[alukardtheabysswalker]

This might be lost in the sea of praise but I still want to say my piece:

@re-dracula is SO GOOD. Like ON SO MANY LEVELS. It is expertly crafted and we'll thought out.

The acting is incredible, like hands down you can hear how everyone is on top of their game, and yeah with many of these performers we already knew how good they are but this new adaptation brings the best in them. And we still have so many more to hear yet!

That brings me to my second point: the directing is so precise, the way the text is interpreted and laid out makes you reconsider stuff about the source material you had never thought of before! From the directing in the soundscaping to the acting there's clearly a vision of what to bring to the audience and it is so well executed!

The soundscaping, editing and music are *cheff kiss* at every moment that you could think a sound to be pertinent it is there! The wolves howling, a struck match, a door, everything is of an incredible quality and you can clearly see(listen) that it was planned and executed to perfection. And the music is just sooooo good they both set the mood perfectly.

And so many little details like the sensitivity and inclusivity stuff they do, the casting was on point, you can very clearly see that this is a work of love. Dracula Daily already made an impression in all of us and made much of last year so enjoyable but you can see(again, listen) that everyone involved here is so in love with the idea, the source material, the work that's needed for a podcast like this.

I am just so enamoured with this, not only do I believe it is perfect for a gothic horror novel to be adapted to audio because as a medium it works so well! But it is also SO WELL DONE.

Just, incredible work, INCREDIBLE work on the part of EVERYONE. If this post gets to anyone on the team please let as many people that were involved in the show (production, cast, moral support, anything and everything!) To know that we are ALL so thankful for everything that you've done and our lives are richer (if only simply as entertainment 💜) by what's a labour of love and you all deserve so much praise!

[peripateticavian]

Building community intentionally is the key to progress.

Look for your local libraries and your state and county representatives and your utilities companies on social media and stay in touch. Go onto social media and go out walking with the intention of finding people and connecting to them. Look for opportunities to build your support network and to find people who crave connection, because that is how we learn about our society and find systemic issues we individually never would have reason to care about otherwise. Doing this gives us ways to improve our lives personally and communally.

[unfriendlyamazon]

I'm wide awake and trying to get high send me some ygo thoughts

[just-a-cheese]

So turns out letting people rant at me about their problems while on shift can be useful because while i was being nosy with the neighborhood's president of the place where i work he told me about how the local pre-school was in need of a new part time teacher so guess who has an interview tomorrow

[sirswooshnoodles]

The things you do might not ever be the light at the end of the tunnel for someone

But that doesn’t mean they’re not important

There’s a light.

A brief respite from the darkness.

I soak in the soft warm glow of the lamp.

I watch as a spider spins her web and catches the moth. It’s the cycle of life. The world keeps turning.

But for this moment, I’m safe and content. The darkness kept at bay.

I will have to continue eventually, but the next light will come. Then another, and another.

Like stepping stones across a raging torrent.

Even the faintest glimmer can provide the strength to keep going.

I’m so glad I’m here. Even if it’s hard, there are moments when it’s worth it. To keep kicking, to keep fighting, to Live. To Live!

“Live on!!” I cry, into the darkness. It might be unending, but it is not all there is, and I am not alone.

You are not alone.

We’re in this together.

[delis-4-meats]

The fear of telling someone, someone who you are supposed to trust and confide in, the truth because you know deep down they're not as trustworthy as the script made of them in your head. But because of them you know when you have a true loved one when the fear isn't present with them. When you can speak your mind without a single fear of being judged and attacked, even if they don't have the same opinion as you. And it's even better when they are truthful with you too, because of how your truth has been pushed away in a corner, you want to hear their truth as much as you want yours to be acknowledged.

So thank you, for giving me that fear. Because now that I have overcome it I have a better appreciation for the truth and I love the truth of others even if I don't agree with it or have the same truth.

Because of you I have found how to trust my truth.

How to find comfort in the realness of the world, however terrible.

Even though what you did was terrible and it hurt, you made me into the person I am today.

Thank you. I finally forgive you.

[keytogala716]

i got my first set of posca markers today :> so far I only did a test drawing with one of my warrior cats OCs, but I like how it feels, and I looooooooove the opaque look. also got a pretty purple notebook from the same store. don't know what I'm going to use it for yet, but it had mushrooms, moons, and stars on it so it made me happy :D the papers also suuuuuuper smooth