#I've been beyond sick of that kind of thing since 2016

[eldritchamy]

This isn't an argument I want to have, and I really shouldn't bother responding at all, but here are my original tags:

#setting the precedent that that supreme court decision is VALID would be a bad move tbh #it will be abused in the first HOUR of a republican presidency yes #but I get the decision not to let history accept it as normal #a republican isn't president yet and we HAVE to make sure we don't have a right wing government in 2025 #that decision can still be undone before a president abuses it

See the second tag. Yes, it will be abused almost immediately on day 1 regardless of what Biden does.

Does that mean Biden should abuse it now?

As of right now, the intentional ambiguity and open endedness means it's not really set in stone what that Supreme Court ruling makes possible. If Biden were to push the boundaries on it and set something that dangerous in stone (i.e. that a President can set policy without Congress, a direct violation of the Constitution's separation of powers, which would throw the country into a "Constitutional Crisis" before the election even happens), that only makes it easier for a future president to GET AWAY WITH however they try to abuse it later.

You can make the argument that the risk of doing nothing outweighs the risk of losing the election and having it be abused later. That's an opinion you're entitled to have. A similar argument was made at the end of Obama's second term: that he should invoke emergency powers to stall the election/results in response to the counterintelligence investigation of Trump's campaign team and the risk of foreign influence of both electoral results and the president-elect's decisionmaking.

But that's not really the game the Democrats play by, and arguing otherwise is unrealistic, reactionary, and short sighted. You can argue that they SHOULD if you want, but there are good reasons why they don't, and it's important to understand what those reasons are.

Whether Trump TRIES to abuse it is not in question. It was tailor made FOR him specifically to abuse by justices he put on the court.

If Biden abused that same ruling NOW to force policy through, he'd be doing so in open violation of the Constitution, from the only branch of government currently controlled by the Democrats, during a volatile and highly contested ELECTION YEAR. The Republicans would almost certainly drop everything to force an impeachment trial before November. And the judicial branch wouldn't be on his side right now either. Extremely negative coverage of it would be wall to wall on every cable news outlet for the rest of the year, right up until the moment the headline is "Biden loses reelection bid".

Forcing a policy through like that would be met with immediate backlash, even from his own party, at a time when he absolutely cannot afford to have that kind of hit to his public image. The Democratic party wouldn't do things that way, and if they did they'd risk alienating a large part of their base AND SWING VOTERS at a really bad time.

It would also get a lot harder for us to get people to notice how absolutely terrifying the 2025 Project is.

So basically? He'd be shooting himself in the foot and he wouldn't even get away with it. He'd only be making it easier for a Republican (with a favorable congress and SCOTUS) to get away with it later. The next Republican president will ABSOLUTELY abuse the ruling no matter what Biden does.

But the first president who tries to abuse that ruling will definitely get challenged on it.

Do you want that challenge to happen NOW?

The reasons for him to do it are bad, and the reasons for him not to do it are bad. The whole situation is fucked because we have a rogue SCOTUS packed with Trump loyalists who lied under oath trying to pave the way for open, unchecked authoritarianism.

The game the Biden administration is playing right now is to set himself apart as COMPLETELY UNLIKE his opponent. In both practice and policy. It's an electoral strategy.

And impotent-for-now policy proposals like this are part of that strategy. This is his appeal to the likely voters about what would come out of the Democratic policy agenda if he has a usable congress in 2025. And those policy proposals for the most part look very good. It would be the most left leaning agenda this country has ever had. This is an appeal through action. It won't pass, but BIDEN PUT IT ON THE TABLE.

The Republicans have to be the ones to reject a policy that would wildly benefit a huge number of people throughout the country. He's laying out a case for the different agendas that the electorate will be choosing between. He's "putting on a show" of what his next term (with a favorable congress) would look like.

There are reasons things are done this way. You don't have to like those reasons. You're entirely correct that the right doesn't give a shit about those reasons and will rip precedent apart within hours of regaining control of the Oval Office.

But Biden and the Democrats are playing a long game: that the ruling was an aberration and will be overturned. Using it is setting a precedent that normalizes the aberration and lets someone else get away with it later. And you don't prevent authoritarianism by embracing it in your own hands.

The toolbox is there. The Democrats want it to stay locked.

Trump DOING IT is not the sticking point. It's how easy it would be for him to GET AWAY WITH IT. The Democrats are hoping it doesn't come to that at all, because a second Biden term with a blue congress and serious SCOTUS reforms (which he's already proposed) would be able to overturn the ruling before ANYONE gets to abuse it.

You don't have to like their game plan, but that very much is their plan. They're banking on a win, and they're not going to make things easier for Convicted Felon And Known Aspiring Dictator Trump in the event that they lose.

Try to look at proposals like this as proof that the parties are absolutely not the same, and not as things Biden should violate the constitution to force through, only to lose them all in January anyway. There IS political strategy happening here, and there is logic BEHIND that strategy.

Mr Biden's proposal - which requires congressional approval - would cut off tax credits for landlords who try to raise rent by more than 5%.

The policy would apply to landlords who own more than 50 units, comprising about 20 million rental units across the country, according to the Biden administration.[...]

The proposal does include an exception for new construction and buildings undergoing substantive renovations. As the US faces low housing stock, this carve out is aimed at encouraging new rental property construction to increase the number of apartments and homes available.[...]

Nationwide, rent prices have risen by 21% since January 2021, according to data from the Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis.[...]

Mr Biden's plan to lower housing costs come as recent polls show he is trailing his rival, former President Donald Trump, in the 2024 presidential race.[...]

As a part of his housing announcement, Mr Biden said he would also direct federal agencies to assess whether public land could be repurposed to build affordable housing options.

16 Jul 24

[bengiyo]

Hi, i'm a newish bl drama watcher from thailand that just started watching thai bls. i'm a bit ashamed to say that for a long time as a gay man living here i've been avoiding bl shows like the plague cuz of both the fandom reputation and of misconception from my yaoi era which i leave far behind. i'm just want to ask how did you got into watching thai bls and what were you preconception before you got into it.

Welcome to the Tumblr side of BL fandom. I'd actually like to also hear more of your experience with yaoi and BL as a gay person growing up in Thailand if you're willing to share.

For me, I'm a Black American from the Gulf Coast (the South). I grew up in a Catholic city and spent my entire adolescence in the closet. Despite having a sense of who I was as early as 8 years old, I kept most of that to myself. Because I didn't talk about it much with people, I found out most information about queer media and queerness from the internet.

I entered BL via queer cinema. I think the first explicitly gay character that I remember from TV was Marco from Degrassi: The Next Generation. There were probably others, and definitely more subtle expressions, but when I think about the oldest gay character I remember and connect to, it's Marco. I don't like counting things like shipping Shawn and Corey on Boy Meets World or Tai and Matt on Digimon for oldest gay characters. Sailor Moon can't even count because we got a censored version of it in America.

I got access to satellite television away from observing eyes around age 16 and started watching content on Logo back when they aired gay content regularly. I watched basically whatever I could late at night. It's how I saw movies like Get Real (1998), Beautiful Thing (1996), and Bent (1997). It's also how I saw Queer as Folk (2000-2005) Noah's Arc (2005-06).

After hitting adulthood I mostly got lost in video games and standard American TV for a while, but I did basically show up to any Gay Event in TV. I appreciate that Stef and Lena from The Fosters (2013-2018) were some of the only TV lesbians to survive the horror of 2016.

I watched a bunch of movies in this time, many of which appear on the Queer Cinema Syllabus I made for a hypothetical Westerner new to BL and queer cinema, which @wen-kexing-apologist has decided to try to complete.

I got into Thai BL in 2018 accidentally. I started seeing gifsets of Kongpob telling Arthit he'll make him his wife passing around Tumblr and was basically like, "Right, what's all this then?"

I had watched a few Thai gay films, mostly notably Love of Siam (2007), Bangkok Love Story (2007), How to Win at Checkers Every Time (2015), and The Blue Hour (2015), but this was the first time I was seeing a long series made available so easily from any Asian country.

From there I got into Make It Right (2016-17) and Love Sick the series (2014). Once I realized that yaoi had moved beyond manga and a few anime adaptations, I went looking for a lot more. I basically haven't left since I started in about 2016 with SOTUS.

There's my basic entry into the genre. I don't think I was as worried about fandom and worries at the time because so much of being a fan of queer cinema was a mostly-private experience for me for so long. I didn't realize that BL fans active in the space would predominantly be women or queers figuring themselves out. It took a while to adjust to that, and also to adjust my expectations of the kinds of queer stories BL distributors were willing to fund.

That being said, I tend to agree with @absolutebl that BL has a useful role in normalization for non-queer audiences who encounter it. I like cheering BL when it does things I think work really well, and also deriding it when I think it does things that are offensive to help nudge the genre and offer my perspective as a gay man.

I like the place we're at right now where there's way too much to watch for any person with other hobbies and responsibilities because it means that people can pick and choose what's to their tastes.

More often than not, I'm probably most-invested in something airing from Japan because of my melancholy nature, but there's so much variety these days that it's okay if you don't like everything. I certainly don't!

I'm glad you joined us on Tumblr and look forward to your thoughts!

[aajjks]

YES?????????you need to remember why big acc just ABANDON IDOL FOR DATING, this also involves aging but JK goes beyond smoking drinking and talking about sex, if you never been in Korea you might not understand but they use the term '' clean'' to the idol who looks like an angel, why do you think female idols are criticized for getting tattoos or acting like an adult like smoking drinking and dating???? Do you know how much the company earns from these fans? because these are the fans who buy ANYTHING related to the idol, I was once someone who bought information to be able to follow BTS before Covid and yes I freaked out about dating rumors, I'm not that person anymore but you needed to see so many sick people to the idol, and many fans are like that, those who support purchases are mostly Koreans and Chinese, which is why idols are afraid of being canceled in China for example

EVERYTHING IS MONEY these fansite accounts earn from it and company members too! by sale and exchange of information

As far as I've seen, JK ''disappointed'' for looking ''too'' adult, and many fansites are abandoning him, he doesn't look like that ''baby'' kookiie baby star candy as they call him And what was worse was his day without a shirt on Tiktok, they said he sold himself and got dirty, he's not ''clean'' anymore There is so much on the Korean and Chinese forums, what you learn is nothing compared to there

I don't support that kind of attitude, and I no longer do the things I used to do

https://www.tumblr.com/aajjks/733987981608796160/as-someone-who-has-been-in-the-army-since-2016-i?source=share

I’m always amazed how you guys admit your darkest secrets here I’m glad that you’re not that person anymore. I really hope you’re not oh my God, the Chinese and the Koreans. They have some really conservative standards I would say.

[marindram]

Transcript of Ximena's journal from Omega Mart

welcome to ximena's journal

July 3, 2014-By-Fork

I'm trying to remember the farm. It's been 6 years since my parents sold it, and for the first time, I miss it. I was excited when they sold it but I was only 6. I thought it meant we were moving to First Earth.

There was the main house. When you came in through the front door, there was a staircase that went upstairs. The kitchen was to the left. The living room was to the right, down the hallway. My mom called it a "shotgun house," like if you were standing in the front door you could shoot a shotgun out the backdoor, because it was the end of the hallway. It was an old house.

Up the stairs was where our rooms were. My parents had the actual bedroom. My room used to be some kind of storage room, the ceiling was shaped like a triangle and I had to duck down to get to the edges of the room. The floors were wood and scuffed. The curtains were old and moth-eaten. I loved my room.

There was a shed out back I never went in because I was scared of spiders. There was a barn, but we only had chickens and a couple dogs. My mom says they had goats before I was born.

There was a little stream out beyond the pastures, and that was my favorite place in the world. The water was clear and cold, and there were crawdads in the shadows.

I've never had a journal before. I never really felt like I needed one. I still think diaries are stupid, which is why I've made my own. At least here in Seven Monolith Village the internet is better.

Anyway, the farm is all gone. There's a factory there now. My mom says the money we got from the sale will send me to college. In First Earth!

But I miss the farm.

Logging off.

November 14, 2016-By-Fork

Well I built this journal, I guess I should use it.

My parents are designing another damn house. We've barely moved into this one. My mom says Seven Monolith Village is a "shit hole" so now we're moving to another Forked Earth town. I keep asking her why we can't just move to Forked Earth, but she says something about contracts and Dramcorp and I just don't care.

My HTML has gotten so much better! I feel like it's the only thing I'm really good at, and we're not even taught it in "school" aka Rose or whoever else has time to teach us this week. I need to learn CSS next, but I'm intimidated by it, it seems complicated. But I know it will make this journal look better... and someday I might be able to get a job doing it in First Earth.

I keep walking in on my parents working on the blueprints for the new house and I get really annoyed. I'm annoyed we don't live in the farmhouse anymore. I'm annoyed the farmhouse got bulldozed. I'm annoyed the factory has destroyed the stream I used to play in. I'm annoyed st everything!

Charlie has an old stupid computer in his gross gas station that I hacked so that he can't access the internet anymore. He keeps going on about all his stupid conspiracy theories. Old people shouldn't be allowed on the internet!

Logging off.

January 4, 2017-By-Fork

So it turns out that CSS is really easy and I love it! It's like writing a magic spell. I type it. And there it is! So as a result this journal looks sooooo much better.

You know what looks like shit though? Our old farm. Or rather, the totally distorted piece of land that was once our farm and is now a Dramcorp factory. I can't not look at it everyday. It's right there! It makes me so angry!

My parents are fighting about the stupid new house. Money is a curse!

Logging off.

May 26, 2017-By-Fork

I can tell from my website analytics someone(s) is/are looking at this journal. Hello! I hope my code pleases you!

And whoever you are, don't tell my parents that I sent a protest letter to Dramcorp telling then they're fucking up our village! My parents LOVE their Dramcorp money!

Speaking of which, we're moving into our new house next week. Once again, all my stuff is packed up in boxes. I'm so sick of packing and unpacking that I think I'm going to throw away most of my stuff when we get there. I've outgrown all these stupid stuffed animals and toys anyway. I just want my computer, and the photos of the farm. I miss the farm.

Logging off.

December 24, 2017-By-Fork

It's Christmas Eve, and my parents are fighting again. They're always fighting over this stupid house.

I've never said this out loud, and I've never typed it out either but... all I want for Christmas is a friend. An IRL friend, I mean! I like my internet friends, but I can't hang out with them. I've never had an IRL friend, but I've read about friends in books, and I think I'd like it. My mom says I spend to much time on the internet but that's where my internet friends are. Is this what they call a catch 22?

I'm reading over the last entry. The photos of the farm got ruined in the move. So now all I have is the memory.

Logging off.

March 9, 2018-By-Fork

Today I got bored and walked down the highway back to Seven Monolith Village. I ran into Lora, and we actually had a fun conversation! I'd never really talked to her before, I thought she was kind of a bitch, I mean she's like always in a bad mood, but it turns out she's pretty cool. We exchanged email addresses. Maybe I'll send her the URL of this journal! Is this what having a friend feels like?

Honestly, I've been thinking that it's time to move back to 7MV. I spend most of my time there anyway, and besides, my parents are designing ANOTHER NEW HOUSE. I refuse to move with then again. I won't do it! If I'm moving, it's somewhere that I, ME, want to go. They're calling their new "estate" Dire Creek, The Terrace at Nula Ridge Estates, Vista Hill Estates, which, ugh. No thanks.

(But then I get to thinking about moving and I keep asking myself, why not just leave the Forked Earth entirely?? Why 7MV when there's an entire, NORMAL Earth where the sun rises and everyone isn't messed up in runoff all the damn time? I mean it's not like I'm ever going to find a job in 7MV, so... . !!!?!??!?!?!)

Logging off.

October 12, 2018-By-Fork

I have a secret. I'm going to hide it.

Yesterday Lora and I went to First Earth without telling our parents. We took a bus to the Strip and walked around. She showed me an Omega Mart, the store owned by Dramcorp, and when we went inside Lora stole something!!! She took a compact off the shelf and stuck in her pocket, and she said who cares, Omega Mart sucks anyway. I've always been a rule follower, but, I don't know. We walked right out of there and no one stopped us. It felt exciting. I liked that feeling.

Logging off.

February 19, 2019-By-Fork

I found a flyer in our trash can for a protest against Dramcorp and the Factory... and I went! I didn't tell my parents, they would probably be pissed if they knew I went. But there were a bunch of people there and we all gathered outside the Factory and someone even gave me some posterboard and a marker and I made a sign! It said "THE FACTORY DESTROYED MY HOME." I didn't tell anyone that I meant that literally, I think they just thought I was talking about the Desert in general. But it felt so good to be somewhere where my anger felt justified and nourished, and I got to yell, and everyone else felt the same way. Eventually Dramcorp security chased us away, but the protest still felt really important! The group invited me to another protest next month, and I'm going to go. My parents don't need to know.

I started doing some odd jobs for a few of our neighbors, and with the money I'm making I'm building a new computer! This one is so old and slow, I can barely do anything with it anymore. Maybe I'll make a website for the protest group!

I want my new computer to be as powerful as possible, so I joined a forum for people who do their own builds. There's one person there who's legit a hacker, and I'm tempted to reach out to learn some things...

Logging off.

May 28, 2019-By-Fork

The new computer lives! Oh yeah, it's fast.

Been hanging out with Lora lately. I took her to a protest in Las Vegas against Dramcorp, and I guess protesting isn't her style. She did tell me that she wants to help me fight them, but she doesn't think protesting is that effective. Like... ok, she has a point. I think protesting is more a "for me" thing than a "this is actually going to change the world" thing, but everytime I look at the Factory... I GET SO GODDAMN ANGRY. I just think about the little stream, and... ugh. It's hard.

Lora introduced me to Marin, who I sort of know through Rose but never really talked to until a couple of weeks ago. She's nice, but wow, if you could design a human being who is my exact opposite, you'd get Marin. Weirdly, she's somehow part of the Dram family?? I didn't bring I think Charlie is her uncle or something? I didn't bring up the Factory or the protests with her, I thought that would be weird.

So I guess I have IRL friends now? It was easier than I thought it would be! I still hang out on the forums, though. Oh, and that hacker? We've been in touch. I've been thinking about what Lora said, and I'm starting to think there's a more... direct way to disrupt whatever it is Dramcorp is doing.

Logging off.

June 24, 2019-By-Fork

Today I helped Marin clean up her blog. I like her, she's sweet. She's super excited to do "computer stuff" and I'm excited to help her!

So it turns out that Marin's mother is Cecelia Dram. I was hanging out in 7MV a couple weeks ago and I saw her. I so badly wanted to say something to her, to use some of the language I learned with the protest group, to tell her about the farm and the stream... but I chickened out. I couldn't do it.

Marin introduced me to Jesse, who is crazy, and I like her. She can weld, which is super cool. I'm awful at doing anything with my hands that isn't typing, so yeah, I'm impressed.

I told Lora about the hacker person, and how I'm learning how to do it, and how I want to plan something that's better than protesting. She's interested. I feel so scatterbrained. I want to do something big and important, but sometimes I look around the Desert or Seven Monolith Village and I feel very small. Like, who do I think I am? I'm nobody. I'll be trapped in this weird place forever. There's no way one small nobody trapped in the Forked Earth can make a difference in the world. But then I think, in the last year alone I've made a bunch of friends and I've learned so much. So maybe I'm onto something.

Logging off.

December 31, 2020-By-Fork

Wow, it's been over a year since I've written. I'm bad!

I'm writing this from my new home in 7MV. I'm living with Lora, and Jesse says she's going to move in with us soon. The place is small, but it already feels more like home than anywhere else since the farm.

Tomorrow is a new year. Tomorrow is a new me. No more planning. We're taking action. Last night I hacked into the library computer system and erased all my past-due debts. Don't worry, I'll donate to the fund drive. But... I'm getting better. Soon, I'll be able to handle bigger systems. Bigger security.

Here's to 2021!

Logging off.

January 5, 2021-By-Fork

Sometimes, when I can't sleep, I like to go outside in the middle of the night and just lay on the dusty ground and watch the sky. It's so weird here. It's always shifting colors. Sometimes I take it for granted. Sometimes I take the weirdness and the silence and the wideopenedness all for granted. I don't want to do that anymore. We live in a bizarre but special place that's worth protecting. It's worth it to fight the people that threatened it. It's worth it to fight for your rights and the environment's rights. No one is going to do it for us. We have to do it ourselves.

Logging off.

January 7, 2021-By-Fork

I'm looking at my analytics again, and there are even more people reading this journal now. Hello, strangers! Join us! Help us, uh, "inconvenience" Dramcorp! Help us free the Source! There wasn't always a big ugly wall around it. Once, not that long ago, the Source sustained the Forked Earth and this place was beautiful and everyone thrived. We can make that happen again, But we need your help! Join us!

Ok, I'm done proselytizing to internet strangers. Jesse wants to check her email, and Marin is literally throwing paper airplanes at my head.

Logging off.

January 12, 2021-By-Fork

Something happened. Marin is missing. Jesse is freaking out. I keep trying to figure out what happened but no one seems to know. Jesse said Marin went to the Source with Cecelia and someone else, some old man, and then only Cecelia came back.

Jesse keeps saying that there was something weird about Marin, something about her lucid dreams or something, and that's why Cecelia wanted to hurt her. I don't know anything about that, but Marin is definitely missing. We all went out last night to look for her, but we didn't find anything.

Something is up, and I'm certain Dramcorp has something to do with it, and I'm even more certain that I could find some answers on Cecelia's computer.

Logging off.

January 14, 2021-By-Fork

We still haven't found Marin. No one has heard anything. But, we found something in her room that seems like it could be a lead. She had a pamphlet for Cecelia's Leadership Ascension Track, and she'd written some notes on it, stuff about how the LAT steps seem like what she goes through when she's "glitter dreaming?" Next to the section for "Harmonizing With the Essence" (omg @ this bullshit jargon) she wrote, "I feel like I'm harmonizing with something unknown in the glitter dreams!! Like the vibrations of the harmonization are tearing something open, and I could jump through it if I wanted, but I'm scared!!!"

And then, next to "Come To Peace With the Infinite," she wrote, "I feel like if I could do this then I could wake up during dreams and actually... I don't know, jump through??"

What worries me is that it seems like the point of the LAT is to... not have a body anymore?? This seems like some truly batshit stuff, but then I'm starting to think that it's not batshit... it might be real. Back in November, Cecelia gave a LED Talk. We were there, to protest, but... there was someone on stage with her, someone invisible, and now everyone is treating the LAT like its real, and I'm afraid it might be.

Marin, what did you know? Where are you????

Logging off. Don't know when I'll be logging back on.

February 11, 2021-By-Fork

Dear Cecelia Dram,

Have you found my little journal? I hope so. I want you to understand me, and my friends, and our home. I want you to understand what you've done to hurt them, and to hurt the Forked Earth.

You didn't think word of your little stunt at the Source would get out, did you? You genuinely thought you would get away with it, didn't you? Well, guess what? Marin is one of our own. We're going to find her, and we're going to make sure your tenure as CEO is short and painful.

Oh, and that little Factory of yours? The thing that's been twisting and distorting our home for the last 14 years? That's my land. And I'm going to get it back.

You better change your passwords, Cecelia.

Logging off.

[lifblogs]

I feel so honored for being tagged in this! I love your takes @marvel-starwarsfangirl, and I love your love for Crosshair (who I fell in love with a bit later than I wish I had). I am immensely grateful for this show, and the characters (especially Tech). I had an interesting and not so great start with it. You see, I have quite a few mental illnesses, and I was still working on recovering from two of them when the show started, and because of being sick leading me towards bad decisions I ended up in a clique that hated the show, and I felt like I had to be like them, and I disliked it too.

Eventually I realized what a horrible place I was in, that these people would hate me in a second if I did something wrong. (And really, to them, I had done bad things.)

I left, blocking all of them, and I got to watch season two without the pervasive heaviness of that clique, and I loved it!

So this year I was unfortunate enough to get two brain injuries within three days of each other. I was in a fog, I couldn't do anything. But when I was out of the fog, and allowed to do more, I realized I couldn't read (which is one of my favorite things to do) because the words were swimming everywhere and it hurt my head. I couldn't look at my phone because the scrolling was terrible. I also adore TV, so I decided to try watching that. I knew season 3 of The Bad Batch was coming soon, so I thought, hey, I'll rewatch it. Why not?

And that's when I really fell in love.

This year, this show has been my savior and my comfort through so much.

I could watch it without feeling sick. It made me want to be here even though my head hurt and I didn't feel like me anymore because of what my brain was now doing from being injured. I'm still suffering from symptoms, but The Bad Batch gave me a place to go, a place to heal.

And it got me back into writing!! I've been writing fanfiction since 2016, but a lot of tragedy and trauma happened in my life that kind of just... stole that writing spark in me. It was hard to write. I barely did it anymore. I wasn't enthusiastic about it. I've had other people to lean on during this, and that was great, but I still missed it. And I'm going to school for screenwriting! How could I not be writing?

Somehow this show gave me that spark back, and showed me I can write even while my brain isn't the same. It used to hurt my head if I wrote too long, or I'd get a bit nauseous, but as I've slowly been healing I've been able to write more and more. And I want to write. I want to write for this show! I have so much fun writing. I feel so much like myself again because of what The Bad Batch gave back to me.

I also got back into reading fanfiction! For years I just kept finding myself beyond disappointed in fanfics, and then I found a fic from @clownery-and-fuckery, and it is amazing. I love being friends with him! He's so cool and fun to talk to, and it feels so good to have someone to talk to about writing.

So, more background about me for this next part. Last June I fractured my femur. It has been such a lonely experience healing from that, both physically and mentally. I hadn't known another person with that injury, and so many times I still feel like that person who was stuck in bed for three months, unable to move without screaming. And in my rewatch I really liked relating to Tech with that (even the fact that we could both walk on our fractured leg a little bit [don't ask me how, I think it's because of where I broke it]), and I made a post about it, and how he made me feel a little less alone. And that's where @miss-mouse99 comes into the picture!! She also fractured her femur last year, and we started talking over that, and now we talk almost every day. After horrible online friendships and cliques I used to be so anxious talking to people online, but I'm always comfortable talking to her.

I'm grateful for my new friends, my drive for writing again, these wonderful characters, and the beautiful writing, the absolutely gorgeous music (I'm also a musician, so you bet I'm conducting while listening to the score for this show), the stunning animation. I'm grateful that even though my fics are pretty intense this fandom has for the most part been nothing but kind to me. I personally find all of you the kindest part of the Star Wars fandom! It felt really good to be welcomed with open arms and to have people accept my writing even while I'm still struggling with aphasia from the brain injuries. I haven't felt this special in fandom in a long, long time.

Tagging: @clownery-and-fuckery, and @miss-mouse99, and a special tag, @evilwriter37, since I got him into this show this year, and we have so much fun watching it together.

Before TBB Ends...Regardless of HOW it Ends...I've Got to Say Something...

In 2021, TBB was released, and over the last few years, it's grown to mean a lot to me. Not just the stories, the storytelling, the characters whom we've fallen in love with and hope to see more of someday, whose stories we've learned important lessons from, but how it profoundly affected my life.

And it is something I am incredibly grateful for.

Regardless of how the show ends, if it's something I'm going to love or be totally heartbroken over and hate, I'm so glad it happened and went on this journey.

For one, it gave me the plug to start writing. Writing was always a dream of mine but it wasn't until I discovered fanfiction, because of TBB, that I actually realized it. I had this idea of writing and thought I'd never really be able to accomplish that. The show enabled me to move past that and I've been able to be enflamed by my love for writing. It brings me so much happiness. No other show pushed me to write like this one.

Secondly, my writing has allowed me to touch and interact with people. I can't tell you how much it means to me and how thrilled I am to hear and learn my work has touched you in some way. I'm humbled by your words and taking the time to actually read and appreciate what I've written.

Thirdly, I've gone on so many adventures, crazy amazing adventures because of what other brilliant minds I met through the show have written. There are SO many great stories that just hit me so.....I was touched by your stories that you wouldn't have written if you hadn't watched the show!

Lastly, but CERTAINLY not the least, I have made SO many friends and writing buddies because of this show. It has connected me to so many cool people that I otherwise may never have found. I've grown really close with some of you, while others, though we may not be friends per say, I hope we can someday. In the meantime, I will admire your work from here. You guys mean so much to me and I can't even begin to express how wonderful it's been getting to know you over the past few years. The fun experiences we've shared, the theories, the stories, all of it. I am not putting this as well as it was in my head so please forgive that.

This includes but isn't limited to: @eclec-tech @photogirl894 @apocalyp-tech-a @lizartgurl @jedipoodoo @arctrooper69 @carolinetano7567 @trapezequeen @ghostofskywalker @masterjedilenaaa @ladysongmaster @moonstrider9904 @klmwrites @techs-stitches @ovaa-bi-bia @frostycatblr-fandom-files @imabeautifulbutterfly @sverdgeir @oceansssblue @marvel-starwarsfangirl @jedi-hawkins

How about you? What are you guys grateful for? Reblog and share what TBB meant to you!

Copy and paste the red as your header and let's see how many people we can get so share their stories!

I will end with no other quote than this!

"With love comes loss; it's part of the deal. Sometimes it hurts, but in the end, it's all worth it. There's no greater gift than love."

[punkscowardschampions]

Joe & Ronnie

Joe: [St Patrick's Day 2016] Joe: Ron Joe: Come back, I ain't going 'til tomorrow Ronnie: fuck you Ronnie: go now what the fuck does it matter Joe: It matters to me Joe: every fucking second away does and I don't care if you know it Ronnie: then dont Joe: I missed Christmas, they don't care that I bullshitted I had the flu Joe: had to do everything to stop them flying over to get me, and it was my sister's 16th so they're all on one about how long it's been Ronnie: and I dont care if they believe your bullshit or not Ronnie: I care that youre a useless cunt Ronnie: I care that youre being a fucking pussy Joe: I know you do Joe: I'm sorry or I didn't ask you to, the end result is the same 'cos I can't fucking not go, s'been months, any longer they will do something about it and fuck that Ronnie: get out of my fucking face mckenna Ronnie: youre not worth shit to me like this Joe: I don't want to and you didn't want me to five seconds 'fore you slammed the door in my face so Ronnie: give a shit what you want Ronnie: grow a pair while youre there or dont bother coming back like Joe: that's what you want, yeah? Ronnie: like you care Ronnie: go ask your ma what she wants Ronnie: or your sister Ronnie: shes legal to fuck now what do you need me for Joe: I want to make you happy, not them Ronnie: I told you what to fucking do Joe: I reckon I've got a better idea Ronnie: are you gonna say it Joe: come with me Ronnie: thats not funny Joe: I'm not trying to be Ronnie: it better be a fucking joke Joe: why not? Ronnie: fuck you Ronnie: you know every reason why not Joe: so it wouldn't make you even a bit happy to fuck her family up Joe: say you don't care but you do enough to hate her Ronnie: shut up Ronnie: I hate you Joe: go on then, do it and I won't be able to go back Joe: then you can chuck me if you hate me so much and I'll have nothing but another bad habit Ronnie: I aint the kind of sister to fight your battles for you Joe: now who's being pussy Joe: I'm ready to do it Joe: tell them everything Joe: show 'em Joe: what's the issue Ronnie: still you Ronnie: thats the issue Ronnie: you think you want it til I start it Joe: Name one thing you've started that I ain't wanted Ronnie: there aint a name for this Ronnie: you dont get it Ronnie: and youre not ready for it Joe: fuck that Joe: I don't love them I love you Joe: don't get involved then, I'm trying to give you something here Joe: but if I stop going, then they'll come, and it'll just happen here Ronnie: youre trying to give yourself something Ronnie: but I aint no performing monkey and you cant put me back in my box when you start shitting yourself Ronnie: there wont be one Ronnie: there wont be fuck all left Joe: Good Joe: what about me says that I want anything Joe: there's always heroin Ronnie: you want me to get arrested then yeah Ronnie: get rid of me like that Joe: I won't let that happen Joe: I'd take the blame before it did Ronnie: youre not listening Ronnie: you wont have any control Ronnie: you dont Ronnie: not over me Joe: I don't need any Joe: I don't want to control you Joe: I want you to do exactly what you want Joe: to me, to them, to the fucking world, that's what I always want Joe: you don't have to come, I thought you wanted to, wanted this Ronnie: stop flirting with me you sick fuck Ronnie: I cant think Joe: it's gone beyond flirting Joe: you've got 'til tomorrow to think Joe: come back Joe: please Ronnie: stop telling me what to fucking do Ronnie: or not do Ronnie: fucks sake Joe: I'm just saying if you don't come then I'll do it on my own Joe: that's just how it is Joe: I don't wanna do it no more, go back, not be here, with you Joe: pretend, more than I have to Ronnie: like fuck are you doing it without me Ronnie: the look on her face thats mine not yours Ronnie: a life for a life Joe: then it's settled Joe: come back though, I know Charlie and Bronson have got fuck all decent in to calm you down Ronnie: theyve got fuck all of anything now like Ronnie: having it in me already is the only reason youre getting words off me instead of a boot in your face Joe: gutted Joe: just for them, before you accuse me of flirting with you again Ronnie: yeah didnt reckon youd follow through on that Joe: if you'd come home I could give you everything you want Joe: close enough that it don't matter no more Ronnie: if I make it that easy neither of us will want it Ronnie: stop fucking crying Joe: what did they have then, make me cry some more with a trip report Ronnie: nursery school shit Ronnie: talk to me about this show and tell you wanna put on Joe: so my dad owns this pub, yeah Joe: st paddy's obviously best day and night of the year for business Joe: it'll be packed Ronnie: no shit Joe: do more damage if there's a crowd to hear and see Ronnie: then what Joe: depends Joe: loads of ways you could do it Joe: it's pretty obvious on both counts what we're trying to say together Joe: leave the rest up to you Ronnie: I know what I'm gonna do Ronnie: I don't trust you to pussy out first chance you get Ronnie: not* Joe: tell me Ronnie: I dont do foreplay Ronnie: fuck alls changed that much since I walked out Joe: alright Joe: could accuse you of being a tease about it but I can wait Ronnie: all those pint glasses on offer are the tease when you know how I feel about glass Ronnie: better lover than you Joe: won't take it personal Joe: made you look this good and I get to look so Ronnie: it only matters that you do take it baby Joe: whatever you give me Joe: and obviously, all this Joe: [drug haul!] Joe: i need to be comatose with you Ronnie: you shouldve started with the offer of that threesome Ronnie: Id be back ages ago Joe: if I made it that easy.. Ronnie: 🖕 Joe: alright, come get yours Joe: hurry up Joe: she's staring at me Ronnie: Im not your bitch Ronnie: Ill be there when im done ✂🪒 Joe: you wanna give them something to remember you by? Ronnie: theyll remember Joe: you gonna bleed for me too though Ronnie: im only doing my hair Ronnie: fuck all else is as fun without an audience Ronnie: dont get excited Joe: awh, you do care Ronnie: do you want me to cut your tongue out so you dont sound as rem as you look tomorrow Ronnie: care about that Joe: ✋🤚 long as you leave all ten relatively unscathed Ronnie: gotta leave myself something Ronnie: youre a shit enough ride already Ronnie: do I sound 🍀 now Joe: exactly like my exes Joe: well about it Ronnie: dont go round saying you were a virgin Ronnie: *nt Ronnie: more embarrassing Joe: oh, reckoned part of your big show was saying you deflowered me Joe: they're gonna be horrified enough though Ronnie: theyd believe it if you wanna go that far with the show Joe: don't reckon that's your plan Joe: but an interesting one Joe: I'll 🤔 on it Ronnie: your ma dont turn me on but neither do you so Id give it a shot Ronnie: reckon youll be horny enough for all of us Joe: the shit will have worn off by then, don't remind me Ronnie: how longs the flight? Joe: hour and a half, bit under Ronnie: 💔 Joe: I know Joe: long enough that all the mile-high cliches are gonna flood right back in Joe: more of a flight risk, should let me have my drugs instead Ronnie: no batteries no sharp objects no point Joe: you're hard to please, my dear Joe: and well selective Joe: the air hostesses, less so if they're even gonna consider it Ronnie: 💘 Joe: you want me to tell 'em you're coming or element of surprise Joe: what's your poison Ronnie: long as it eats away at her I dont give a shit Ronnie: tell em Ronnie: how excited I am Joe: 👍 Joe: on it Ronnie: lay it on well thick Ronnie: make sure theyve all got the taste in their mouths Joe: I know how to breed hope Joe: look at my shining education and musical genius Ronnie: almost hot til you ruined it Joe: one day I'll get you Ronnie: chuck your empty promises at that lot Joe: not the point no more Joe: don't just need my ✋🤚 for you Joe: string for my supper 'til I choke, that's the plan 🎻💉 Joe: can put my diploma on their wall if they want but give a fuck Ronnie: use it for roll ups Ronnie: like a hotel bible Joe: you're really gonna be that hot and not be here Joe: sounds like you Ronnie: it only gets hot when you start thinking about what poison youre gonna lace the 🚬 with Joe: you ever smoked wet? Ronnie: you wanna pop my 🍒 Joe: yeah Joe: only fair Ronnie: who plays fair Joe: hallucinations, disorientation, impaired coordination, paranoia, sexual disinhibition, and visual disturbances Joe: don't play 'cos it's fair, play 'cos it's fun Ronnie: alright you got me Joe: say again Joe: I can get that over there Joe: can smoke some 'fore the show Ronnie: sexual disinhibition Ronnie: thas the show you want Ronnie: I called it Joe: sue me Joe: or worse, obviously 🔪😍 Ronnie: 💉 Ronnie: Ill play and Im leaving Ronnie: dont start todays show without me Joe: you don't have enough hair to be taking this long Ronnie: I was using a broken mirror Joe: Charlie'll be fuming Ronnie: so was I when I broke it Joe: got all the shards out? Ronnie: not my first time Ronnie: youre getting 🍒 greedy now Joe: could've distracted me from the bag with a video or something Joe: you're being selfish, alternative title Ronnie: [sends him something only theyd be into, lord knows] Ronnie: take what youre given and lick it up Ronnie: im not a fucking charity Joe: 👅 Ronnie: ill bring you a shard to put on it the fun can really start Joe: 💘 Ronnie: you can fuck off calling me selfish like Joe: I'll take it back when I feel it Ronnie: yeah Ronnie: you will Joe: you still hate me, like Ronnie: only fair baby Joe: of course Joe: what kind of sick fuck Ronnie: theyll be lining up to tell you tomorrow Joe: might be worth sticking around for Joe: shame, they would make it fun when I'm trying to leave Ronnie: the lads mustve got that memo Ronnie: nothing more fun than a street fight Ronnie: gimme a sec to knock em out Joe: playing nice better or worse than playing fair Ronnie: you tell me soft lad Ronnie: youve had it up to the back teeth Joe: definitely worse Joe: fair was never a big concern with them but less soul-destroying Ronnie: ill rip mine all out before I use em to smile nice Ronnie: playing the way anyone else wants aint a big concern Joe: 🦷🦷 more useful than 👅 Ronnie: dont cry I wont I know what you like Joe: what did I do to deserve you eh Ronnie: you dont Joe: very true Ronnie: but your fucked family deserve me and ill let you watch Joe: suits me Ronnie: yeah you get everything you want Ronnie: this aint any different Joe: got a load of shit I don't want too, that makes up for it Ronnie: not gonna watch you cry fuck joining in Joe: just be here then Ronnie: im coming Joe: shouldn't have gone in the first place Ronnie: thats your fucking fault Joe: yeah Joe: but don't leave me Ronnie: if I wanted you gone Id kill you Joe: you're so considerate Joe: any time Ronnie: you aint getting out of tomorrow Ronnie: ill strap your rotting corpse into a plane seat before I go on my fucking own Joe: I want to be there Joe: and I wouldn't make you go alone either way Ronnie: mckenna Joe: what Ronnie: dont fuck it up Joe: that's your role Joe: is there anything you actually want me to do or just watch Ronnie: stay out of my way Joe: done Ronnie: 💘

[the2travel]

* World Travel Tips : I Took An Adult Gap Year, I've Never Been Happier

Travel Tips -

Exactly one year ago, I found myself seriously facing the decision to either follow my newly-found passion for traveling, or pay rent. I couldn’t do both, because I literally only had enough money for one or the other. Since it had taken me twenty seven years to even discover this passion, and a full year after that to convince myself I could travel longer than two weeks, I ended up saying f**k it, and opting for Asia over my studio apartment in West Hollywood.

It was more than just my sudden wanderlust that fueled the decision though. At twenty eight years old, I found that I wasn’t nearly as fulfilled with life as I thought I would have been back in college. I didn’t have that token perfect relationship, and I was FAR from having a ring on my finger or dare I say, a child. I still felt like a child myself, and I knew part of that was because I never got the opportunity to travel when I was younger.

I always kind of just expected that all of our lives would fall into the same routine pattern, so when mine didn’t, I started to wonder what on Earth I was supposed to do next. It made me feel like I had failed for some reason, and that feeling made me unhappy.

All I could really think of that I knew would make me happy, was to go out in the World and figure out what did. It wasn’t exactly considered “normal” for someone “my age” to just drop everything and go travel, but spoiler alert, one month turned into one year, and now I’m sitting on a white pebble beach in front of the crystal clear Adriatic Sea in Croatia, with nothing but my laptop and a random cat laying behind me, getting ready to tell you exactly what happened…

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Cue the “Gap Year”. Well, in my case, and “Adult Gap Year”

What is a gap year? If you aren’t familiar with the term, it’s probably because the gap year doesn’t exist in the U.S. Actually, it only exists in Australia and a few places in Europe, but something like it is encouraged in many other countries as well.

A gap year is when students take the year off in between high school and college to travel on their own or with friends. It’s not to party or go crazy, like most of us do the second we leave home and get to college; it’s to find themselves, learn responsibility, and discover how many possibilities are in this world.

I definitely did not get that when I was younger, as I’m sure many of you didn’t as well. I didn’t even get to travel on vacation with my family because we were poor, but even so, it’s not like I was encouraged to do so in school.

So, feeling like I needed to really experience more of this world and in my life, I put my things in storage, made a plan, and left.

A post shared by Alyssa Ramos ✈️ Travel Blogger (@mylifesatravelmovie) on Dec 26, 2016 at 9:14am PST

Photo: During my Adult Gap Year I went to over 30 countries, mostly solo, and completed seeing all 7 World Wonders, and 6 Wonders of Nature.

Yes, it was Terrifying to take the Leap, then I Couldn’t Stop

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As I mentioned, I had to put all of my stuff in storage, something I’ve never done before since I’ve had my own apartment since I was seventeen. That being said, I was also technically “homeless” for the first time ever, which of course was beyond terrifying at first. I worried beyond belief that when I left I’d lose everything, that my friends would forget me, and that somehow, I’d miss something in LA.

But a month passed and I hadn’t had enough. I still had money left from what I had saved for months, and was making a steady income from online freelance work and being a digital nomad.

When the second month came near and I had to make the decision again, I opted for a month in India over paying for rent and a deposit on a place back home in LA (I’m originally from Florida but I call LA “home”). Since I was “in the area”, I figured why not make it Sri Lanka and the Maldives too? Both of which I did on an extreme budget.

I Opened Up to Opportunities, and they Came

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I’ve always been what I like to call an “outgoing introvert”. I like to be around friends, but I also like to be alone, and get things done on my own, and was always convinced I didn’t need anyone else to help me.

Well, when you travel alone for so long, you start to open up to the thought of meeting people and letting them help you. The second I changed my mindset, was when I met someone who actually ended up traveling with me to four countries. (Yes it was a steamy foreign love affair, but I’ll get to that another time).

Aside from that little foreign fling, I also opened up to the opportunity of meeting locals in almost every country I traveled in. I wanted to learn as much as possible from their perspective, and from that I learned more than I’ve ever learned in school about people, cultures, religion, politics, history, and the world in general.

This new understanding, and these exciting experiences have changed the way I think of and interact with people. It has made me friendlier, kinder, and more empathetic. This change not only made me happier, but it immensely helped strengthen and broaden my career as a digital nomad as well.

I Got Used to a Minimalist Lifestyle

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Throughout my entire Adult Gap Year, I traveled with a carry-on sized bag, and a tote bag. I never once got anything out of my storage unit (not that I’d have anywhere to put it), and would only shop once a month when I would switch out my wardrobe. The clothes I had been previously wearing all got donated to a local in whatever country I finally decide to go shopping in.

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I also got used to, and am very good at buying groceries at local markets; even if I have to take a few extra seconds to convert the price or translate what something is.

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This type of lifestyle also made me extremely healthy, and I can tell a clear difference than from when I wasn’t traveling full time. I never get sick when I travel because I make sure to eat right, and I’m more in shape because I choose to walk everywhere…even if that’s mostly to save money…

But Maintained my Adult Comfort

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I won’t lie, there’s a 0% chance that I would sleep in a shared dorm in a hostel, or couch surf. I’m a grown ass woman who makes a good income on her own, so you better believe I’m going to travel with certain standards.

Most of the time I do a really good job at finding last minute deals online for decent and even really nice hotels…even if some times they’re all sold out and I have to opt for a scary place.

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I’ll also treat myself to a nice lunch or dinner now and then. I don’t think I should have to miss out on the luxuries of nice dining just because I don’t have anyone to take me out! I’m actually super proud of how confident I’ve gotten with eating out alone…”Just one?” “You’re damn right just one!” Although it’s hard to really stay alone once people realize you are…if you know what I mean.

I Was Never Afraid to say No...or Yes

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Part of being comfortable as an adult is knowing exactly when you do and don’t want to do something. I’ve learned to easily say no to peddlers, promoters, all-too-charming men, etc., which has really helped in my normal life, especially with decisions I want to say yes to, but I know I really should say no to…that mostly applies to men, business, and dessert.

On the flip side, this Adult Gap Year has also taught me to easily say ‘Yes’ to a lot of things I probably wouldn’t have before. I don’t think twice about how long it will take me to get somewhere, especially if it’s a hike to a waterfall, and there’s literally nothing I think I can’t do.

This mentality change has not only made me a stronger, happier person, but a successful entrepreneur with a constant stream of dreams and ideas that turn to realities.

I Learned How to Adapt to Any Surrounding

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One thing I can distinctly notice after my Adult Gap Year, is that no one can ever guess where I’m from. That’s because when I travel, I immediately adapt to the culture, customs, and local life, mostly because it just makes everything easier. As I said, it’s important to try to make your life as “normal” as possible when you know it’s not normal at all.

Before I took my Adult Gap Year, I worried non-stop about what it was going to be like in another country, and so far away from home. Now I show up and assume chameleon mode, which also makes things a lot more interesting.

I Checked off a Bucketlist I Never Knew I Had

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The bucket list I do have basically just includes “travel the world” and “get to Antarctica”. But during my Adult Gap Year I found myself constantly thinking, “I’ve always wanted to do that”, then doing it, and then adding it to my bucketlist just so I could check it off.

Aside from traveling to almost 40 countries in a year, which I was NOT expecting to do at all (remember, I was only supposed to be gone one month), I had a lot of other firsts as well. Most of them were things I thought were too late to do since I was already almost thirty and an adult, but low and behold, I did them anyway, and couldn’t be more satisfied.

I got scuba certified and dove in five different countries including Egypt, the Maldives, Indonesia, French Polynesia, and the Bahamas. I learned to drive on the opposite side of the road in New Zealand, and live out of a camper van.

I learned “Hello, how are you, please, and thank you” in about ten different languages. I bungee jumped, and also cliff jumped…way too many times to count. I climbed to the top of a tree in the Amazon rainforest, after swimming in the Amazon river with pink dolphins. I swam with Manta Rays in the wild in Indonesia, and also hung my feet over a volcanic crater lake. I chased so many damn waterfalls that people are starting to ask me when I’m going to make a coffee table book with all of the photos.

I completed my list of visiting all of the new 7 World Wonders, a huge achievement for me; and perfected the art of getting a photo in front of each one with absolutely no people in them. I also made it to 6 of the 7 Wonders of Nature...and continents...both of which I intend to get to the 7th of this year.

I became inspired, encouraged, and ambitious to see more, do more, and be more, not just for me, but for the people I show my new lifestyle to.

I Now Have a Solid List of Big Goals

A post shared by Alyssa Ramos ✈️ Travel Blogger (@mylifesatravelmovie) on May 30, 2017 at 9:32am PDT

After accidentally traveling full time for a year, mostly solo (AKA an Adult Gap Year) and achieving as much as I did, my list of life goals has not gotten shorter. It has basically grown from being the size of a lizard to the size of a dinosaur, with the aggressive behavior to match.

Thanks to this adult Gap Year, I truly feel like I can do anything now, from traveling the world, to starting my own business. I may have risked a lot; a home, a relationship, friends, family, MY DOG, but through the clarity I’ve found, I know that there’s time for that, and everything will happen when it’s supposed to. And that applies to everyone.

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