heading to Mexico for a family vacation & I am getting all the last minute details confirmed yadda yadda yadda & my husband says, "you need to relax, do I look stressed?" and ladies, I may need bail money.
every freaking year I lose it right about now thinking I am getting really sick but every year it's just trees jizzing everywhere.
two images of the human body's circulatory system. One of them with good cable management
The human circulatory system, before and after proper cable management.
It would do the world a lot of good if we collectively got stoned, ate good good & just chilled. The horrors could be postponed by 1 day.
Jake Mangum spots kid in the crowd, tosses the ball, and her brother catches it and gives it to her. Dudes rock.
Just tuned into the BlueJays game, um, what happened?
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It's exhausting. It steals our joy.
I'm so sorry. There has to be a reckoning. This cannot continue. Sending white light your way. I see you.
This past year has been so depressing & I suspect so many other women are suffering in silence because we are conditioned to carry the shame alone. The shame is not ours. I am terrified to hit post but will no longer stay quiet. I see you. You are stronger than you think. Become the bear.
I am angry. To everyman who says "not all men". Fuck you. I am one women who has spent most of her life in fear and shame. I know I am not alone. Speak to your wives, your daughters, your mothers. Sit with that harm "not all men" have done.
At 20 during a OBGYN exam, my doctor raped me. I was confused & ashamed. I was conditioned to just accept what happened to me. Years later during trauma therapy I discovered he had raped several other women. I carry that guilt of not coming forward.
At 18, I was stalked by a teacher. He showed up at my house, followed me to work & threatened rape. The police said I should apologize to him for his perceived grievance & he would probably stop. He didn't stop. He stalked me for 10 yrs & only stopped because he died. I learned I did not matter.
At 14 a friend's brother walked me home then choked me & assaulted me. I fought back but stayed quiet. Too ashamed because I thought I must have done something to deserve it. I became quiet & isolated & gave up on the things I loved. I rarely left my house, cut myself off from friends.
Never spoken of this outside therapy. I'm one women & my experience isn't unique. This won't be eloquent. I am just filled with rage right now. At 13 I was assaulted by classmates. They assaulted another girl who was braver than me. She spoke up & the community ruined her. I learned to stay quiet.
Woke up this morning more angry than I was yesterday. Fuck it. I'm not choosing the bear. I am going to be the bear. Until it's no men, its all men. This is systemic & women are fucking tired of bullshit, blame, being darvo'd. Tired of being expected to accept that this is just how the world works.
This is a dance off. If you see this, repost a dance, or you’re eliminated.
Bothers me that we had an opportunity to really address public health and it turned to shit. I mean the situation was shit but we seem to have learned nothing and regressed.
Work in HC, not anywhere near frontline but knew what was happening. Seeing friends & people in positions of trust protesting masks, gym closures & following right wing whackos traumatized me. The quick radicalization of people I thought were "normal" was shocking.
When you hit the doorbell they want you to identify the fish. I am no ichthyologist. It's a "fish" is as specific as I can get. Sorry.
this is what America can be
I SPOTTED A FISH! HIT THAT DOORBELL! OMG THE RUSH! 😂
I have never spotted one but when I do, everyone will hear about it. lol
Sitting here with my cup of tea ready to ring the doorbell to let those fish through.
Bored? Looking to help nature, specifically fish? It's fish doorbell season again. Let those fish through!
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Joined a birding community (as one naturally does when you pass the half century mark) & the level of fanaticism over hummingbird sightings is hilarious, lovely & I'm so here for it. Still waiting for the first scout to appear. Watching my feeder like my life depends on it.
Think we may have a family of Eastern Screech Owls in our horse chestnut. Missed them for a few years but heard some noise yesterday. They'll be bonking me on the head anyday now. We seem to have a love hate relationship. I mean you set up your home near my patio, we have to learn to share.
I play a recording of a cardinal song when I'm out on the patio and they curiously come over and check out what's going on. We went all out this year with proper feeders & a wide selection of food and it has paid off. Don't even mind the bird shit. lol.
My flowering plum tree is heavy with little finches. Might call it a day and sit on the back patio and enjoy their songs.
So many birds today to keep me amused at my office window.
Been visited by goldfinches, sparrows, white breasted nuthatches, woodpeckers, bluejays, cardinals, grackles, starlings, house finches, juncos, mourning doves, robins, crows, a couple of turkey vultures flying overhead & one red tailed hawk.
