#and that’s good

[not-a-mawmouth]

Hm. Something about how Avrana Kern partially despises humanity for its history of genocide, hates them for being so prone to ideological stupidity, and yet not only is she actively advocating for the genocide of humanity (despite those humans being victims of the same awful event that caused her to believe humanity wasn’t worth saving) pretty much the only reason the humans are willing to resort to genocide is because her “humans are bastards” ideology meant she kept trying to kill them. And refused to grant them asylum when they asked for it. And told the spiders time and time again that the humans were an ancient enemy that would inevitably destroy them.

So, naturally, the humans stopped trusting anything to do with her. Including the entire sapient species they had no idea existed as a result of her experiment.

#she’s a hypocrite! it’s great! #interesting how she’s kinda the antithesis of the themes of the novel #about empathy conquering all with time #and as the book goes on she increasingly turns her empathy and compassion off #and as the book goes on she gets increasingly sidelined #to the point where she is literally physically removed from her position above all by the Gilgamesh #but the one great moment of compassion she has for the spiders give them the opportunity to resolve everything peacefully #children of time #I do like this book #these are kinda my first post-book thoughts #writing this post made me like her a lot more paradoxically #not sure why #something about self-righteous characters like her #who think they’re better - or at least have the right to cast judgement on others #while being as bad or worse #it just gets to me #I hate characters like that #but only when they don’t have a purpose #whereas Avrana Kern does #and that’s good #where’s that post that goes #‘audiences have been betrayed by bad shows so many times they’ve become paranoid’ #I think I just ID’d an instance of that in myself

[yournewfriendshouse]

it’s all about riding your wild and tumulus creative instinct to fall in love with every. single. new artistic process, and thus get distracted by every single possibility and iteration of a concept that comes into your head and ride it down to the ground during your research phase, where you can dismount gracefully with only one project that is actually doable and are quite content with working with what you have available

#stilld got to buy some needles and ribbons don’t get me wrong #but tearing apart some lingerie and adding fripperies to them and making one dress is better than #making like four of five different garments #still might make the second dress or the chemise but like #I don’t have to probably #and that’s good

[ultimateaclrecovery]

Checking in on my 2023 goals!

23 things for 2023

1. buy 1 horse

Done!! Bought Luna!!!

2. Knit a pair of socks

I knit a sock, that I finished today. But I mostly decided I wanted to knit other things instead so this is fine

3. Three camping trips

went to mt of the holy cross, and New Mexico for two camping nights, plus a day hike in winter park. So technically no but pretty close!

4. Plant four pumpkins

…..no. I bought seeds and did nothing and I don’t feel that bad about it

5. Handstand (five fingers) press

Lol no. Did nothing for it. Never made a plan and so did not achieve

6. Kill side yard weeds (because weeds are the devil 666)

Success? I paid a Gardner to pull them all so yes! Feels like a failure because I didn’t really deal with them or the yard in general, but they are all gone now.

7. Go to Loyola social justice meeting (7th heaven)

I went to a meeting! And baked cookies for an event. (And then never went back oops)

8. Mail 8 letters to mates - birthday cards probably

Success! (Rebecca birthday, Sarah birthday, Clare get well card, Callie birthday, Alison birthday, clare birthday, Callie wedding, clare kt recipe card)

9. Research 9 hours of getting a cat (9 lives)

Decided a horse was enough so stopped researching 🤷‍♀️[ read complete guide to adopting a cat 3 hours]

10. Do ten full pull ups

Total yes, in a row like intended absolutely not. I can do like 2.5 in a row. Made haphazard progress, but now I have a pull up bar so hoping for better next year!

11. Buy 11 things off of my to buy eventually list

Success! This was easy and I did it! (air fryer, air mattress, nice soap dispensers, office mat, thermometer, fire extinguisher, white tank top, little plates, shower cleaner, plastic drain pipes, sheet pan organizer, bonus: back door light bulb, rainbow flag and holder, more bras)

12. Go on 12 dates

Success! I thought this would be really hard but then I just got my boyfriend by like February and it ended up being the easiest ny resolution ever. He even asked me out to start.

13. Run a half marathon 13.1 miles

Success! (Okay this was a gimme because I signed up for it and had a training plan in 2022 but still)

14. Hike a fourteener

Success! mt of the holy cross and it was terrifying and very long but we did it!

15. Read 30 (15x2) books

I read 27 and have three in various states of completion. I kind of wanted to power this one thru but it wouldn’t have been fun and then what’s the point. This one is hard because I abandoned so so many books this year. Like I made it at least one chapter into like 40 and a couple half way thru. So close but no cigar but I refuse to read things that aren’t fun just to hit a goal so I feel fine about it.

16. Host 8 things

Hosted 3, organized a couple others so partial credit. I would like to do better in the future. ( galentines, whimsy brunch, birthday, organized brunch at watercourse, organized lake day)

17. Go out dancing (must be more dancing than drinking, dance class counts.)(dancing queen only 17)

Nope. But also that’s fine.

18. Upgrade phone and deal with all photos. Upload belize to fb and save others. Data management

Mostly. I got an external storage for Christmas so I can finish when I get home. So solid partial credit. (uploaded some. Upgraded phone plus new battery, still need to get data off of it) [email protected] [email protected]

19. General contractor for house cracks plus install air conditioner

Success. Installed ac. Got the cracks looked at once and they were fine and then they got worse and now I’m getting foundation work done. So success I guess.

20. Get 20 layout ds

… I did not count. I def got some but probably not 20 so partial credit. (4 from leiout)

21. Go to frisbee Masters regionals

Success! Another bit of gimme but we went and qualified to nationals!)

22. Buy purple navel jewelry (I’m feeling 22)

Success! (And I love it)

23. volunteer for 23 hours

No and I feel bad about it. I need to find something to volunteer with. I feel like I should have the time/be able to make time but it also feels like I never have time and also never want to. But I think it’s important.

So overall full success on 11 of the goals, happy partial on 5, annoyed partial on 2, abandoned 4 and failed my last one and feel bad about it.

But overall pretty good success!

#New Years goals #23 things for 2023 #new years resolutions #recaps #I did my best #and it was fine #but also they didn’t really drive any behavior #well they did help me knit my one sock #and helped motivate the camping trips and hosting I did do #and that’s good #and the mailing letters #so overall it did help with some good things I wanted to more of #so pretty good success

[mallowstep]

Some of y’all clearly don’t understand the intense emotional appeal of fealty and it shows

#mine #this is a vague post but I feel confident inspiring poster will not see it #given that we’ve never interacted #anyway look what I’m saying is #warrior cats are not a democracy #and that’s good #actually

[goldenatreides]

coming back to this hellsite after years of…life feels like dusting off some old book, cracking open the spine and seeing ghosts of a past life staring right back at you. so melancholy and bittersweet

aka i hope the people i once knew, however briefly, lost contact with, accidentally ghosted, chatted with, are happy and well and know that it was nice to be here with them in these little moments

#idk what the hell im on today im MELANCHOLY #aka the friends i made during my dan and phil phase #during my fall out boy phase #they were all me and they are all still me and i miss them and i don’t miss them at all #and coming back here is like walking into my childhood bedroom as if i’ve never left and nothing changed. but i changed #and that’s good #but sometimes i still Think. #shut up vee

[jaftur]

i am sorry for stealing all your posts. i repent in the eyes of god and jesus above

atp we are reposting like Facebook moms

#and that’s good #this site is memes 4 the girls and txt posts about wanting to kys

[politijohn]

Source

#good news #politics #us politics #abolish landlords #government #the left #progressive #current events #news #activism #Hawaii #housing rights

[its-arson-time]

type prevs url with your eyes closed in the tags

#arson screams #rb bait #kinda #its-arson-time im so good at this #arson explodes #this post got 1k when i wasnt looking

[mandycantdecide]

#seems like a good deal to me #boop #boopometer #april fools day

[antlerlad]

happy tdov my loves. don't let anyone else define your transness for you.

help trans women evacuate gaza

#tdov #trans day of visibility #tdov 2024 #comic #nonbinary #i havent done a little comic in a while. feels good

[stimmingandstruggling]

more good news from tiktok: they’ve started blocking celebrities.

they’re calling it block party 2024. just blocking and ignoring countless celebrities who havent said shit about palestine. influencers, actors, anyone who went to the met gala, whatever, they’re getting blocked. and people keep talking about how cathartic it is, how good it feels, how they never realized they could DO that. there was some kind of subconscious law against blocking famous people, but it’s broken, and people are LOVING it. and it’s WORKING. a social media/digital advertising coordinator was talking about how ad companies are PANICKING, because they can’t accurately target anymore. so many big influencers, including fucking LIZZO started talking about palestine the MOMENT their follower counts started going down. and the best part? no one is forgiving them. lizzo posted a tiktok asking people to donate to palestinian families, and all the comments just said you’re a multimillionaire. put your money where your mouth is. blocked.

i feel like i’m witnessing the downfall of celebrity culture, right here right now. people are waking up.

#i’ve always blocked celebrities #but there’s something so beautiful about seeing someone discover that #so many people talking about how they joined the trend and then discovered hey. this feels good #i don’t need to pay attention to them! i’m going to block more! and i’m not unblocking them!!! #and it all started because someone at the met gala said let them eat cake #tiktok #block party #block party 2024

[corpish]

in recognition of World Down Syndrome Day on March 21

#please watch!! #imo this ad does a really good job of storytelling from start to finish #tiktok #down syndrome #1k #5k #10k #15k #20k #30k #40k #50k #75k #100k

[afeelgoodblog]

#wholesome #blessed #feel good

[kochei0]

I turn to Ares.

Thanks to Tyler Miles Lockett who allowed me to draw inspiration from his ARES piece for page 2! Look at his etsy page it's SICK

⚔️ If you want to read some queer retelling of arturian legends have a look at my webtoon

#greek mythology #ares #athena #greek gods #dont get me wrong it aint athena slander but it sure is ares praise #on some level at least #man justly accused of bad things deserves some mid praise more at 11 #thank you romi for helping me with words though i duly noted you insisted on ares not being cautious rather than him not being careful #romi be like “i want him to care” and honestly good you should say it #also EPIC led to this and i just..... i want to draw some animatics man i just need infinite time now #my long lost love for greek myths just will never stop coming and they dont stop coming and they dont stop coming #i want some vulture design in here for ares but not sure about this one #kochei doodles

[lotrmusical]

never let anyone tell you that trawling through mediocre victorian poetry isn't worth it. we just happened upon an absolute BANGER of a worm poem. go read it or else 🪱🪱🪱

#was calling beckett and scouring the works of eliza cook looking for lesbianism #good amounts of lesbianism in evidence but unfortunately very little in the way of good poetry #APART from this worm one which DOES NOT MISS #eliza cook #is there a thriving eliza cook tag on tumblr. somehow i doubt it #the hand of the giant and the heart of the brave / must turn weak and submit to the worm and the grave! #not an original theme ofc but GOD the treatment is delightful. so fresh so gleeful some rlly nice use of sound. rlly solidly constructed #words #gay belligerence

[turtletoria]

Palestine will be free in our lifetime 🇵🇸🍉🕊️ Don't look away, and let's keep supporting Palestine in any way we can.

#palestine #free palestine #turtlearts #these are free to use for actions & etc.! I just ask that you use these in good faith and not for your own personal gain/profit or somethin #like that. ✌🏼