#fishers indiana

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Good People Doing Good Things -- Just In Time For Christmas

It’s Christmas, and I am not feeling quite up to snuff … I have been thoroughly exhausted for a couple of days now, and now I’ll be spending a part of my day in the kitchen making part of Christmas dinner to share with our friends/neighbors, the al-Dabbagh family.  Thankfully, she is doing the turkey this year, so I only have to do some casseroles, potato salad, and biscuits, but given the way I…

[infinitepunches]

Finally, we've completed the CGI Abomination trinity.

Heir to the Empire movie, here we come.

[jeffcross5000]

And then they got bounced from Club Obi Wan for ruining the floor show.

[absolutelybatty]

Sal and Larry on Saturday at Indiana comic con :)

Larry: Me

Sal: Absolutely.Autumn on Instagram

Photos taken by: ScarredMewtwo on Instagram

Editing: Me

[burn-4u]

I’m glad the uncharted franchise recognized that Marion ravenwood should’ve been the co lead of the Indiana jones franchise and gave us Elena fisher

[ewzzy]

[freshthoughts2020]

[thezombiegeekinthehawaiianshirt]

[gwopijon]

When I tell ya'll this hyped, coddled, entitled Abigail Fisher is a problem, believe us.

[obscurelyclear]

Finally framed and put up some of my May the 4th sale purchases! 🙌

[burnt-scone]

Daily reminder that George Lucas, no matter how much we love Star Wars, is digscusting.

[could-they-be-a-pro-wrestler]

HIGHLIGHTS FROM THIS EPISODE OF MONDAY NIGHT FRESH

THERE’S TREASURE IN THE BUILDING?

Previously, Elena Fisher (Uncharted) was defeated by Emily Davis (Until Dawn) in a match. Although she wasn’t too salty about the loss, Elena still needed something to distract her. She got her wish when her husband, Nathan Drake (Uncharted), told her that there’s buried treasure somewhere and that the first clue is in the ABW corporate headquarters.

The only problem was that they needed a way to get inside…

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Guitar Lessons in Fishers, Indiana: Unlock Your Musical Potential

If you’re passionate about learning guitar, you’re in the right place! Fishers, Indiana, is home to a thriving music scene, and it’s no surprise that aspiring guitarists from all over the area are seeking high-quality guitar lessons in Fishers, Indiana. Whether you’re a beginner looking to strum your first chords or an experienced guitarist aiming to refine your skills, Fishers offers a variety of options to help you on your musical journey.

For more information, visit here:

Email: info@fishersmaa.com 

Address: 9746 Olympia Dr. Fishers, IN 46037

Phone No.: (317) 507-3171

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This is hitting especially close to home for me rn. I grew up in Fishers [class of 2013 from one of the high schools there], and unfortunately this doesn't really surprise me based on my general experiences with the community there growing up. Though I will say most of the book censorship I personally experienced was from my parents, when I was young I found the libraries in Fishers to be invaluable friends to an otherwise-friendless me.

I remember when A Fault in Our Stars came out, it was my junior year. I felt the intended audience was slightly below me in age, but I read it anyway, because I was reading everything I could get my hands on at the time [most of it, including the copy of A Fault in Our Stars that I read at the time, via the Hamilton East Public Library System in Fishers].

That book made me cry. It made me feel feelings. It hit very close to home not so much because I was going through the exact same things as Hazel and Augustus were, but because it was centered around places I knew well, involved handling cancer at a young age [my mom died from leukemia when I was just old enough to remember her, just late enough in my life that my earliest memories are sitting in a hospital room while my mom was getting treatment], and because the teens in the book were shown having the same wants and feelings as I did.

I can't even say it was the best book I've ever read. It probably wasn't even the best book I read that year [sorry, John, if you end up reading this]. But it was an important story to tell. It greatly improved my life to have read it. And I'm very glad such a book was accessible to me at a time when I didn't have anything else.

You see, living in Fishers was mostly a nightmare for me. I was a heavily-closeted queer person surrounded by a heavily religious environment. I was an autistic girl-who-was-bad-at-being-a-girl who no one ever invited to hang out, who was asked frequently at school why I didn't go to the school dances, but simultaneously was never actually invited to go with anyone. I was the kid with way-too-many siblings and not enough zeros in my parent's salaries, and I was the kid who was silently growing up in an abusive home environment. I do not mean it hyperbolically in any way when I say that books in those libraries were all that I had keeping me alive.

I don't live in Fishers anymore, I don't even live in Indiana anymore, but I've always wanted to be able to return. Indiana is a great place, and there are a lot of great people there. I love the Indy 500, watching Hoosier basketball, the Children's Museum and Indianapolis Zoo, Mass Ave and musicals at the Murat. I went to college in Indiana - I experienced the weird sports culture that surrounds Notre Dame as a grad student. I've driven most of the state roads throughout the state at one point or another, and loved every single one of them. I fell in and out of love with a boy who wasn't meant for me but who introduced me to the unique culture that is Southern Indiana and the Ohio River Valley, and I've seen all of those way-too-many siblings graduate from Indiana high schools and colleges.

Indiana is my home. And it always will be.

I know library censorship is an issue playing out right now across the country. I hate that it is. But this specific instance? Involves people I know. People I once knew. People I respected, and people I never did, despite trying my damn hardest.

And, most importantly, books. Books that saved me, books that I know can save, or at least help, other kids and teenagers and young adults growing up in the same hometown I reluctantly return to each year around the holidays.

It hurts me to know that it has come to this. I hate more than anything that I feel helpless to help fix this situation, in the same ways I felt helpless at ages 6, 10, and 16. If there is anything I can do from the West Coast besides share this with my friends and family that are still in the area, please let me know.

Here is my reply to the removal of my books, including The Fault in Our Stars and Looking for Alaska, from the Young Adult library shelves from the suburbs just north of my hometown of Indianapolis.

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Photos by @sir-butts-a-lot