If you're struggling with the cost of living right now (reasonable), this is your PSA to...
Google universities/colleges near you.
If you can't get out to more than one, look up which one has the highest tuition.
Look-up when the graduation date is
Drive neighborhoods near the university the week before graduation
So much stuff gets left out on the curb. Wealthy college students tend to prioritize convenience over money, so instead of carefully reselling their perfectly good stuff, they frequently give it away or put it out with the trash because that's easier than moving, reselling, or donating. Take advantage of this.
I furnished pretty much my entire apartment from college giveaways and yardsales.
What I got for free:
Mattress and box springs
2 10 ft area rugs
The massive 9-drawer chest (that has a label on the back that it was custom-made and shipped across the country) that my TV sits on.
the peripheral narrator
okay, let's be real: you're rarely at the center of the action in this story. you're usually there when it goes down, but off to the side observing and reporting what you see - often mixed in with information you picked up later. you're more likely to contemplate the situation than do anything about it, a move that isn't always popular with otehrs, but it does keep you alive to see the end of the book. you provide a number of vital services to the story: being a level-headed narrative foil, providing a great number of witty remarks in your internal monologue, and being the voice of reason that the audience can trust.
aw, damn, i got herodotus
i literally cannot stop. will reblog with the link once i’m done.
anyway all that to say that if you’re a dropout if you have shit grades if you go to an alt school and are looked down on for it if you’re in your 5th or 6th or whatever year of high school if you’re still getting your GED if you’re taking night classes if you missed out on “universal” high school experiences if you were abused by your peers (because make no mistake, that’s what bullying is) if you were expelled if you were truant every single year if you were homeschooled and got sick of the jokes if you never attended a full week if the whole world treats you like the scum of the earth all because of your high school experience or lackthereof you’re not alone. there’s so many of us that have been beaten down and broken by the school systems we’re subject to and the hostility they breed and the abusive environments they foster. some day we won’t have to be treated like objects of pity or contempt to be swept aside but until then we have each other
> my dad used to always play this song on repeat whenever he would do woodworking in the garage. i helped him out after church on sundays. it's been 7 years since he passed away in a freak boating accident but i still weep even while hearing the first few notes everytime...
An Anatolian pars, a leopard subspecies, is seen by a camera trap set up in Turkey. It was thought that the endangered animal was extinct for years until 2013 when two of them were spotted