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Adults: Following rules is good, not following rules is bad

Little me: Okay :] *follows a rule*

Adults: Oh my god look at this loser. He doesn't know that this rule is Secretly Okay To Not Follow. Dumbass. Let's all laugh at him

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i’m obsessed with the mum from ponyo. driving single lane on a cliff edge? drift those turns in your nissan cube. husband has to work an extra shift? tell him to fuck off in morse code. pet fish turned into a child on your driveway? adopt her. town drowned in a tsunami? leave your 5 year old in charge, he’s the man of the house now

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Zuko: There’s something off about her. I can’t explain it but she’s slipping. 

 Azula:

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People talk about the surprise albums from people like Taylor Swift or Beyoncé that drop with zero warning but I have just been existing in this world where every album I've ever heard in my life has been a surprise album because I didn't know that musicians had schedules that we could see

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all it takes is a stranger’s compliment and a gentle breeze in ur hair to make you feel like life is worth living again

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Thanks for the tag @queerplatonic-msr!! Hopefully 4-5 months late still counts as FASHIONABLY late lmao. In no particular order...

1.) Writing music

2.) Making other people laugh!

3.) Having a day of absolutely zero responsibility where I can just lay in bed, hang around the house, spend time with my spouse and turn my brain off

4.) Learning something new, OR teaching someone else something new!

5.) Starting new passion projects

Bonus 6.) Slamming on the gas pedal when I merge onto a highway. Have you ever tripled your speed in a matter of 2 seconds and felt the rumbling of your car and the revving of your engine as you launch onto the highway? It's exhilarating. (Wish I was a racecar driver lmao)

Not sure who has done this already (or who is still active) so just gonna tag away and use your best judgement mutuals (I trust u).

@stormphoenix, @nerdnag, @meteorologica, @unfixed-morals, @philomenaa

ask game thing list 5 things which make ye happy and then send this to 10 ppl who have rbed things from you

Uhoh

I don’t have 5 things that make me happy

Sure there’s stuff that provides pleasure or satisfaction, but I wouldn’t call most of that ‘making me happy’

Neway

1. My friens/socialising

2. Making music

Imma just turn this into a tag game instead of an ask game, feels more appropriate

Last 10 people to reblog stuff from me:

@willowyew @dyle-zacharius-ann @maybeestonian @boccher @sammperson @salt-and-tie @princess-mihai @loveforkuja @tabnk2 @canofsouper

#tag game #queerplatonic-msr

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observe.

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unavoidable that you will be the villain in someone else's story. You will be painted in an unfavorable light. You will be the irredeemable one. and all of this will happen despite how nice you might usually be or how kind or how respectful or how warm. and you will just have to move on.

#yeah definitely been this lately #I’m in my villain era as the swifties say lmao #the best written villains are always the ones that GENUINELY believe they are doing the right thing #not that I want to be a bad person or anything but like #the things that I am the alleged villain for #I am just like… ‘I think I’m right tho so vilify me if you want maybe I’ll just lean into for fun’ #is that toxic? yeah. do I actually do that? nah not really. #but it’s fun to think about #planes about to lift off gotta go byyyeeeee!!!!!

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what happened to the skeleton war, you guys used to love the skeleton war

#oh yeah what was that bring about the boop war or whatever #I MISSED IT

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#i forgot how fuckin unhinged tumblr is #like no other #like insta or Reddit can be wild sometimes but NOT LIKE THIS

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Glasses people love to make you try their glasses on to see how fucked up their eyes are. It's a sign of respect in their culture.

#it’s true #thanks for the visibility #because you know I sure as hell don’t have it #DAMN that was so witty without even trying #where was all that wit in my last posts tags #come on isaac GET IT TOGETHER

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Oh please don’t be sorry, that was such a sweet response to receive, even if we weren’t the CLOSEST ever back in the day, it means so much. To put it briefly and simply, I’ve made a lot of IRL enemies in recent years for standing up for myself/others, so I am pretty accustomed to more than a few people being NOT super excited to see me lmao. So your response was honestly such a breath of fresh air and a reminder that maybe I’m NOT the awful person some people would like to believe I am. But enough about that - it’s mostly in the past now and I’m ready to leave it behind!

Because yeah, things are generally looking up! I’m in that transitionary phase in life where a lot of difficult times are wrapping up and (hopefully) easier/better times are ahead, but like you said, things take time and don’t happen overnight. Knowing that difficult times aren’t permanent definitely helps when trying to live happy in the moment, too.

WOW, what an awesome way to get a job, holy shit, that’s so great, Sara! And also kinda punk rock with the total honesty, and how she just went with it like “yeah yeah ur still hired tho”. I love it. Yeah I’d be down to hear more about it through DMs. Kinda silly, but sounds cool to be like “I can’t talk about it here, let’s fine a more secure line” lmao. THE WALLS HAVE EARS. (Picture yourself dressed like one of the men in black in full black suit, sunglasses and earpiece, please. Thanks).

Yeah, the work is interesting, and definitely important! I just wish that the pay vs necessary skills + amount of student debt ratio was a bit more balanced, is all. No offense taken, that is DEFINITELY a corncob with a little hat on lmao. He’s a silly looking guy.

As for what to do instead… god I don’t know. I’ve considered so many things from staying in my field and just trying to make some more strategic moves into biotech/pharma companies for salary increases all the way to leaving the field entirely in pursuit of a new one, going back to school AGAIN (ugh god) for even higher positions (optometry???) or even saying “fuck it” to spending more money on education and instead becoming my own boss with side hustles and the like. Still haven’t decided yet, obviously. But I’m keeping an open mind to hopefully give a better chance of a good outcome?

This is definitely not a pity bait just an observation but - I was a first gen college student from a broken home with a dad who wasn’t around much (and when he was, our time wasn’t very productive together) and a mom who worked two jobs to keep us from falling below the poverty line so we could afford to live in a city with nice public schools (ie she wasn’t around a lot either, but she did her absolute best to give me everything she could), so… I didn’t have a WHOLE lot of guidance about what to do once I got INTO college. Just that if I DID get in, then I was set for life (not true lmao but live and learn right?) and since my parents had never attended college at the time (mom went back and became a nurse WHILE I was in college) they couldn’t offer a lot of suggestions about how to get into a well-paying career, so the rest was kinda up to me. I could have made worse decisions for sure, but I could have made better ones too, if I had guidance from someone more experienced with navigating higher education and setting up careers.

Anyway I guess there’s my life story lmao. Just trying to figure out how to make enough money to buy a house, get married, and have a kid one day maybe, which is harder than I thought!!

Oh hell yeah, definitely going to do those ask games when I’m not LIVING AT THE AIRPORT ANYMORE. I wanna go home and take a shower 😭 oh also please enjoy this image I took

Why is he cut in half?? He looks like his torso is gonna just flop right over into the garbage can.

Some times, although they are few and far between, I feel like I'm actually making a difference with my work. Like something I do has an appreciable, positive effect on people's lives. It doesn't have to be big, just something that has an effect in practice; not just paper pushing, but an actual impact on how things are done in the industry. It always gets me when that happens, and I'm so glad I'm in a place where that is possible for me. I'm so glad I can do good in my own way.

#nerdnag #I have officially dedicated a tag to u to search for later on #let’s see if I can actually use it consistently lmao #no worries about the reply time as I mentioned I LIVE AT THE AIRPORT #it’s actually been fine like no flight delays or anything I just don’t fly very much haven’t properly showered in far too long and #am just not a very patient person in general lmao #I wanna GO GO GO #not sure if hacking the account is working out tho #hacking it might just mean begging tumblr staff to help me log back into bc it’s like 6 years since I logged into the account?? #where does the time go? #answer: it’s in the past obviously #lmao what a dumb question #did you think that answer would be witty or insightful? well THINK AGAIN #I’m far too tired to use more than one brain cell at a time #I’ll think of something witty later lmao

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life highlights - I don't remember how long it's been since the last time we talked, but there's been some big stuff recently! I'm working in accounting (finally got my CPA license after putting off the paperwork for much longer than was necessary, haha) so the last couple of months have been packed, but things are starting to slow down a bit. I did find time in the middle of busy season to go see the total solar eclipse in Dallas (we got very lucky with the weather) and to go to my younger brother's wedding the same week (still crazy to think about!) As far as life in general, I am sharing an apartment with a former barn cat who recently scared herself silly over a half-eaten peanut butter and jelly sandwich. the attached picture was taken during this incident. she's very cute but she is such a goober

Oh that’s so great, good for you!! Glad work is good post-tax season (I assume that’s busy season lmao). I also got to see the eclipse in Cleveland! I’m still so new at my job that I had to take unpaid time off 😔

But then I thought to myself “let’s see… 8 more hours of pay vs irreplaceable, once-in-a-lifetime experience with my spouse and family?? I guess I’ll pick the latter” were you in the path of totality? We kind of were and got full darkness for like… 90 seconds probably? It was crazy. Pretty sure even that brief moment of fake-nighttime threw off my circadian rhythm because I was ready for sleep afterwards!

Congrats to your brother too! Nothing like younger siblings getting married to make you face the inevitable passage of time and aging. It gives a lot of people anxiety, and I get why, but also, that’s just the natural progression of life, man. I think it’s totally okay to get older! Just makes me appreciate everything that’s happened so far and treasure whatever comes next.

That cat is GREAT. Very impressive. Incredible facial expression and body language. You can really feel the tension in this picture. Well done, Stormy, thank you. 10/10

#ask #stormy #gonna have to get used to doing tags again #not that I was ever good at it to begin with lmao

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you can think someone's an idiot and not hate them. anyone who doesn't understand this has never had a coworker

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Being a young adult is so strange. You enter a coffee shop. The 20 year old girl waiting behind you cried all night because she just came to a new city for university and she feels so alone. That 27 year old guy over there works a job he is overqualified for, he lives with his parents and wants to move out but doesn't know what to do about it. That one 24 year old dude already has a car, a house, and a job waiting for him once he graduates thanks to his dad's connections. The 26 year old barista couldn't complete his higher education because he has to work and take care of his family. The 28 year old girl sitting next to you has no friends to go out with so she is texting her mother. That couple (both 25 years old) are married and the girl is pregnant. The 29 year old writing something on her laptop has realized that she chose the wrong major so she is trying to start all over. We are not alone in this, but we are actually so alone. Do you feel me

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actual criticisms of academia:

cost of education acting as class barrier

exploitation of graduate workers

colonialist past and present

ties to military industrial complex

danger of power structure entrenching and justifying orthodox views on social issues

criticisms of academia that get made:

those damn ivory tower academics are wasting money learning about things

#as a former exploited graduate student… #yeah