#rustbeltjessie

[rustbeltjessie]

Petition to only have one thing go wrong with my body at a time, please and thank you.

Signed,

someone who is currently having a bad flare-up of their chronic sinus issues and the worst menstrual cramps

[contremineur]

One I loved who sang to me in a red room & went away too soon.

Jessie Lynn McMains, from One I loved

from here

[old-hollywood-smash-or-pass]

Peter Lorre, pretty please?

Happy to oblige!

He's been added and will be posted in the near future.

💖

[poppiesandpromises]

For the prompt swap:

What time are we upon and where do I belong? (That’s a line from Francesca Lia Block’s novel Witch Baby; I’ve used it as a prompt in the past because I find it very evocative.)

Seek a sundial, stumble out

Of these shadows, shake the

Stardust from your eyes—

Surprise, this is still earth

And yet, you are as alien

As ever, these tongues that

Tear into each other mean

Nothing to you

They wear your face but you

Feel nothing

When their lips curl around

Your mother tongue

Close the door, count to ten

Your home is not here

[chucklingpecan]

Tagged by @rustbeltjessie (Thanks!) This is a short poem triggered by an overhead street view of Bellevue PA in the nineties. Despite its small size it's a work-in-progress because I'm constantly messing with it.

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The sun spills its magic down the canyon of Lincoln Avenue

The drivers of cars parked curbside and the shoppers strolling the sidewalks eager for entry into magnificent futures

The engine of hope enhancing the bland Now with the sanctified Then

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As usual I tag anyone interested in sharing their trials!

[endreal]

Lying down and just had a cathartic lil cry over a story about crabapple flowers. There's so much small good in a world, even though most of the things I hear about lately feel like they're both Large and Bad. Anyone want to share a selfie and/or story about a small something that made you happy recently? I'll tag @gelfling-gxrl, @quannaix, @tromboneralert, @saintsilence, @belovedgoofball, @vinegartree, @splend-42, @crypticcripple and @rustbeltjessie cos y'all are a few of the many people I like, but—crucially—this offer is open to anyone who sees it and nobody I tagged is in any way obligated <3

(#agender, they/he/she)

[big-low-t]

@rustbeltjessie tagged me to post 5 current favorite songs. Thanks so much for the tag! Here is what's getting heavy rotation for me lately...

1. Chat Pile - "Funny Man"

2. The Cure - "Alone"

3. Drug Church - "Hey Listen"

4. Tycho - "Consciousness Felt"

5. The Jesus Lizard - "Is That Your Hand?"

I would tag @zelphafrost, @pyretic-perfect-storm, @bobbiflekman and anyone else who desires to do this. But only if you want to and have the time!

[sweatygardengoatee]

Your Help Means Hope to Us: My Story with Cancer and Displacement

Hello, my name is Faraj, and I am facing significant challenges in my daily life, including battling cancer and enduring continuous displacement due to conflict. Each day for me is a new challenge, and every step forward is filled with both hope and pain.

My story is not just about me, but about my family, who lives in constant worry. My wife, who has endured so much pain over the years, and my son, who was born after nine years of waiting, is now growing up in extremely difficult conditions. In this difficult time, I am seeking your support to help provide the basic necessities for my family, especially amid the tragic situation we are living in Gaza.

I ask for your help in sharing this story and supporting us in any way you can. What may seem like a small gesture to some represents a glimmer of hope for us in the darkness we face. If you are able to help, or even just share my story, it would have a profound impact on our lives.

Thank you so much to everyone who reads this post, and to those who contribute to making this world a better place by supporting each other.

@quantumshade @questioninglogic @queenmpreg @queen-bitchiest @woven-birds @wescravns @womenintheirwebs @whatsmyfandom @wet-paiint @earthmoonlotus @eternalporcelaindoll @elviradreaminess @elizabeth-karenina @elizabeth-karenina @ankle-beez @akajustmerry @aredhels @amygdalae @aincompleta @sweatygardengoatee @sugarmint-dreams @staff @seidkonaz @slayter-kinney @sickaddiktions @dongoverlord @dorawinifredread @date-an-anarchist-suggestions @dipper-the-destructor @robin-buckely @reaperlight @rustbeltjessie @rustbeltjessie @fire-bay @fuckyeahtattoos @funnyordie @fashion @frankocean @tamamita @trainwreckgenerator @the-swift-tricker @thebroccoligoblin @thebusylilbee @girltirl @graceledomasx @gray-zelle @greerbaiting @gorey @yelyahwilliams @yesterdaysprint

[soapkaars]

I was tagged by @faustiandevil for this one. 9 albums I've been listening to recently. I have a terribly random music taste, so it's a bit of a weird eclectic mix, but this seems like a good cross section of all the ones I've been listening to. I think there's something of a common element... I think? I suppose I like originality, and I definitely like to listen to music that's fast and angry/energetic.

In no particular order:

Demon Days, by Gorillaz

Barbarella, the movie soundtrack, by Bob Crew and The Glitterhouse

American Idiot, by Green Day

Addicted to Bad Ideas: Peter Lorre's 20th Century, by the World Inferno Friendship Society (this seems like such an obvious choice if you know me lol)

Azel, by Bombino

Danger, by the Lijabu Sisters

Right Thoughts Right Words Right Action, by Franz Ferdinand

Ultraviolence, by Lana del Rey (thanks @faustiandevil for helping me pass my gay civics exam)

Mokum, by Amsterdam Klezmer Band

For the ones who want to join in, but no pressure if you don't, I'm tagging @annaglover , @juicedsumo , @peterlorres21stcentury , @peterlorrefanpage (I forgot what your personal blog was, sorry!) @rustbeltjessie , @stillwaitin76

[rustbeltjessie]

Yesterday was one of the craziest and best days/nights I’ve had in ages. I have a lot to say about it, but here’s my main takeaway:

I often reblog positivity posts that say something along the lines of: “people remember you fondly, old friends miss you and still care, etc.” I do that because ten years ago a whole bunch of my oldest/(what I thought were my) closest friends basically dropped out of my life all at once. It’s a long story that I’ve told snippets of many times over, and I don’t wanna dredge it all up again right now. I reblog those posts because part of me believes that they’re true for everyone but me.

But last night… I saw so many people I haven’t seen or talked to in years (some well over a decade!), and others who I see more often but always worried that they were like secretly annoyed or upset by me and didn’t really care about me as much as I cared about them.

And from all of them I got hugs or fist bumps, “I love you”s or “it’s so great to see you”s. And so so many “I was just thinking of you the other week because xyz reminded me of you”s. And no one from ye olde days was mad about us losing touch—they all understood that we all have our various careers and families and significant others and other friends, etc.—but we somehow managed to pick up right where we left off. And no one that I see more often was like “ugh, you,” they were like: “we should hang out more, we should collaborate on such and such project, I love you.”

I’m literally crying tears of joy typing this because I don’t think I’ve known this clearly in so long that people outside my immediate family and the three closest friends I still talk to really do care and think as much about me as I do about them.

[contremineur]

Inside the pockets of her tweed coat, they found two condoms, a half-empty pack of Marlboro menthol lights and a half-used tube of frosted pink lipstick. They found a matchbook from the Blue Angel Diner and a plastic wedding ring from a gumball machine. They found her wallet, which contained a torn photograph of her little sister, bank receipts (at least fifty) which showed that she’d overdrawn her account by two hundred dollars, three dollar bills, sixty-two cents in change, a Blockbuster membership card and a fortune cookie fortune, which read You will never step on the soil of other countries.

Rust Belt Jessie, Pockets (from Sad and Beautiful World #6, late 2004/early 2005)

via rustbeltjessie

[old-hollywood-smash-or-pass]

Requested by @rustbeltjessie

[sea-lestial-dream-witch]

"Mercury Retrograde passes smoothly with grace and without mishaps and miscommunications" sigil for @rustbeltjessie

I suggest using the color green as it pertains to Mercury.

Requests are open! 1 sigil for $7 or two for $10.

•my sigils•

[livefromphilly]

I was tagged by @rustbeltjessie to name five things that make me smile:

Baseball!

Video Games!

Cameras!

Beer!

Flan!

😊

[endreal]

It's not weird at all to have a favorite tree, but it does feel a little funny when your second fave is a specific introduced lanndscape/decorative trre that lives in the middle of a carpark between a mattress store and a post office.

Anyway, what I'm trying to say is that @coldestcaress and at least one other person (@belovedgoofball? @dee-the-red-witch? @moss-wizard?) tagged me for a selfie sometime in the past [mumbles indistinctly] and I'm finally doing the thing! (#agender | they/he/she)

In case any of y'all want to post your own selfie, I also tag @saint-batrick, @saintsilence, @vinegartree, @firstruleofmethclub, @rustbeltjessie, @quannaix, @gelfling-gxrl, @primelinchen-the-second, @mor-ris-on, @crypticcripple, and @dustsculptures. I also shadow-tag anyone else who sees this and wants to play along - if you have a face we love to see it!

[belialjones]

I have a mighty need for really well written books with gay dudes as the main dudes possibly high fantasy, sci fi but doesn't have to be. gonna tag @rustbeltjessie @plenilune and @lone-gunwoman-of-the-week if yall know of any, but no pressure xo thx