#True Country

[defilerwyrm]

There’s this guy in town who owns this little house, and a while back he rescued a street dog that was going to get put down. Turned out she was pregnant.

Problem is, he has mental health & drug issues and couldn’t afford to get them all spayed & neutered, so now there are 6 grown bitches with 15 puppies total, and they’ve dug under his fence in multiple places but he can’t afford to fix it so they go roaming all around town. (When I say can’t afford it, I mean his house is currently running on a generator because he can’t afford his electric bill.) He’s also a day laborer so he cannot take multiple full days off work to take them to the vet an hour away. He’s in a really rough spot.

He’s not a bad person. He’s just overwhelmed.

And this little conservative town with 6 churches for 300 people, have they tried to help their neighbor? Have they adopted the puppies he’s been trying to give away? Have they offered resources?

NOPE! All they wanna do is talk shit about him and complain about the dogs but never lift a finger of their own. And they come to his house to yell at him and cuss him out about the dogs, which does not exactly engender in him a cooperative attitude, as you might imagine.

So after a while of this going on, my mom gets fed up with all the NIMBY bullshit and starts talking to the guy, because she’s done animal rescue for 20-odd years and has Connections. He’s resistant at first, but when he realizes she’s not being an asshole to him on account of his addiction or the dogs, he decides to let her help.

She gets to work organizing and networking. Finds a non-profit that will cover vaccinations, spay/neuter, and flea treatments for all the dogs. Talks the next-door neighbor into paying for materials to fix the fence, since this guy can do the work of it himself. Gets him in touch with another non-profit that will adopt out the adult dogs.

Less than 2 weeks after she decided to do something, all puppies have been to the vet, 10 puppies and 4 adult dogs have been adopted out, and the second non-profit is coming by next week to pick up the remaining 7 dogs to ship them out for adoption.

I’ve learned a lot of things from my mom—some good, some bad—but I think the most important positive message she lives as an example of is this: sometimes, when something needs done and no one else is willing, you gotta stand up and say “I’ll do it.”

[cottaegecore]

[hiamabbass]

Off duty and on the hunt for adventure. 📸: Jodie Foster

[lousolversons]

Jodie Foster as Liz Danvers in S4E01 of TRUE DETECTIVE

[twobrokenwyngs]

Travis Cohle ⟶ True Detective Season 1: Who Goes There ⟶ True Detective Night Country: Part 2

[artemispanthar]

Crimes against short people

[breathtakingqueens]

JODIE FOSTER by Zoey Grossman for ELLE US, Dec 2023/Jan 2024

[mithrandirl]

It's going to be one of those nights, isn't it?

TRUE DETECTIVE: NIGHT COUNTRY | part 6

[hollman]

what the last pringle sees

[itwaslegendary]

Taylor Swift's interview on CBS Sunday Morning; 25/08/2019

[jahdefender]

So I found this posted to reddit and I wanted to share it here because I'm sure there are some fans who haven't seen the Adventures Bible stuff. (I had not so this is just referencing myself)

[magicaldragons]

LMAOOO, why does every kdrama i start either have a potential gay ship or turn out to be queer-coded.

[nymphaforesta]

to think that 10+ years ago little me put her savings into a jar to go see taylor and now she's all grown up at taylor's sold out concert after she met her in person too 🥹

[hiamabbass]

It’s crazy, the shit that we survive.

TRUE DETECTIVE: NIGHT COUNTRY (2024) Dir. Issa López

[lousolversons]

Kali Reis as Evangeline Navarro in S4E02 of TRUE DETECTIVE

[goodsirs]

True Detective 4.04 "Part 4"