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cherry-vennom · 1 year
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I’m so fucking blessed 💗
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somehowwow · 9 months
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Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, and I learn, whatever state I may be in, therein to be content..
Helen Keller
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May 18, 2023
Day 328 Art Meditation
I really do love believing in something that has not been fully formed yet - my Heart-Art Bundles with other people. The union between two people in a Kindred-Spirit kind of way is always beautiful. This shouldn’t be left to just marriages, or friendships - and I love this idea I have to create a Kindred-Spirit space with my Heart-Art Bundles. 
Today my heart is so FULL, which isn’t because my life is perfect. I think it’s connected to the amazing volunteer experience I had this week. I spoke to an old gentleman and during the conversation he had difficulty speaking, and …. I have to say, as I experienced his struggle, my heart got bigger and more open. Read full post here on website!
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celestialmazer · 1 year
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Unknown emotions to the English language - compiled from definitions in the source links at the bottom
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L’appel du vide: You’re waiting for the train when an inexplicable thought flashes into your mind: What if you jumped off the platform? Or perhaps you’re driving up some precarious mountain pass, when you feel strangely moved to jerk your steering wheel to the right and sail clear off the road. American psychologists in 2012 published a paper in which this feeling was dubbed the “high place phenomenon” (and their study suggested, by the way, that its presence does not necessarily signal suicidal ideation), but the French term for the phenomenon is much more alluring, as French words so often are: l’appel du vide, or “the call of the void.” As the philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre once observed, the emotion is so unsettling because of the way it “creates an unnerving, shaky sensation of not being able to trust one’s own instincts.” It’s a reminder, then, to perhaps not always let your emotions rule your behavior.
Ilinx: There exists a GIF of a fluffy white cat that speaks directly to my soul. In it, the cat is perched atop a desk, and as its human places various objects near its paws — a lighter, a glasses case, a wallet — it pushes each item off the desk and onto the floor. You might say the animal is expressing ilinx, a French word for “the ‘strange excitement’ of wanton destruction,” as Smith describes it, borrowing her phrasing from sociologist Roger Caillois. “Callois traced ilinx back to the practices of ancient mystics who by whirling and dancing hoped to induce rapturous trance states and glimpse alternative realities,” Smith writes. “Today, even succumbing to the urge to create a minor chaos by kicking over the office recycling bin should give you a mild hit.”
Kaukokaipuu: People of, say, Irish descent who have never actually been to the country of their ancestry may still experience an unexpected ache for it, as if they miss it — a strange, contradictory sort of feeling, as you can’t really miss someplace you’ve never been. But the Finnish recognize that the emotion exists, and they gave it a name: kaukokaipuu, a feeling of homesickness for a place you’ve never visited. It can also mean a kind of highly specified version of wanderlust, a “craving for a distant land” — dreaming from your desk about some far-off place like New Zealand, or the Hawaiian Islands, or Machu Picchu, with an intensity that feels almost like homesickness.
Dolce far niente: The pleasure of doing nothing.
Greng Jai: In Thailand, greng jai (pronounced: kreng jai) is the feeling of being reluctant to accept another’s offer of help because of the bother it would call them.
Iktsuarpok: When visitors are due to arrive, a fidgety feeling sprouts up. We might keep glancing out of the window, or pause mid-sentence, thinking we’ve heard the sound of a car. Among the Inuit, this antsy anticipation, causing them to scan the frozen Arctic tundra for approaching sledges, is called iktsuarpok (pronounced: eet-so-ahr-pohk).
Matutolypea: The alarm clock trills. The dawn slips in through the curtains. And we awake, overcome with misery and bad temper. Your grandmother might know it as “getting out of bed on the wrong side.” But it is, in fact, the much more important-sounding matutolypea (pronounced: mah-tu-toh-leh-pee-a). No one quite knows when the word was invented or by whom, but it comes from a combination of the name of the Roman goddess of the dawn, Mater Matuta, and the Greek word for dejection, lype, to give us the dignity of “morning sorrow.”
Umpty: Perkin Flump is in a very bad mood. (The Flumps was a 1970s children’s cartoon presenting the home life of a family of round furry creatures who lived in northern England.) The water is too cold. The floor is too bumpy. His porridge is too lumpy and too sticky. “I feel umpty” he tells his mother. “What’s umpty?” she asks. “It’s a too-much morning” he explains and stomps off to be on his own. Umpty: a feeling of everything being “too much” and all in the wrong way.
Mono no aware: Murasaki Shikibu, a poet and lady-in-waiting in 12th-century Japan, crafted what is often described today as the world’s first novel, The Tale of Genji. Set in the imperial court, it recounts the political intrigues and love affairs of an emperor’s illegitimate son. The book is infused with a quiet feeling for life’s transience, a sensitivity to the beauty of decay and the fading of all living and inanimate things. To read it is to become well acquainted with the feeling the Japanese call mono no aware (pronounced: moh-noh noh ah-wah-ray). Literally translated as the pathos (aware) of things (mono), it is often described as a kind of a sigh for the impermanence of life. "Monoaware" is "the pathos of things." It is the awareness of the impermanence of all things and the gentle sadness and wistfulness at their passing. "Bitter sweetness of fading beauty".
Itadakimasu - means “I will have this." It is used before eating any food to express appreciation and respect for life, nature, the person who prepared the food, the person who served the food, and everything else that is related to eating. "I humbly receive with gratitude".
Kogarashi - is the cold wind that lets us know of the arrival of winter.
Yuugen - is an awareness of the universe that triggers emotional responses that are too mysterious and deep for words.
Shoganai - The literal meaning of "Shoganai" is “it cannot be helped." However, it is not discouraging or despairing. It means to accept that something was out of your control. It encourages people to realize that it wasn't their fault and to move on with no regret. "It is what it is".
Hanafubuki - "flower petal storm" is usually used to describe how cherry blossom petals float down en-masse, like snowflakes in a blizzard. I certainly wouldn’t mind being caught in this storm.
Tsundoku - Booklovers are all too familiar with the truth behind the Japanese word tsundoku. In English, this untranslatable Japanese word describes the act of piling up books that you never get around to reading.
Natsukashii - While the Japanese word ‘natsukashii’ does have an English equivalent in the word ‘nostalgia,’ the use and meaning of the word are quite different. Natsukashii is used quite often in everyday language in Japan. When used, Japanese people are not saying “nostalgia”; they are expressing a feeling that warms the heart because it brings back memories.
Kouyou - Like Hanafubuki is used in Cherry Blossom season, Kouyou is used as Autumn arrives. Kouyou is a way to say, “The leaves are changing colour, so Autumn is near.”
Komorebi - In a single untranslatable Japanese word, ‘Komorebi’ illustrates a beautiful forest with sunlight peeking through the leaves of the trees. What English word could compare? "Light filtering through leaves".
Kawaakari - Just like many untranslatable Japanese words, kawaakari conjures an entire landscape in the mind’s eye. This word refers to light reflected off a river at night or dusk.
Kyouka suigetsu - is a Japanese phrase that can’t be easily translated into English. It refers to something that is visible but can’t be touched, like the moon’s reflection on the water. Or, an emotion that can’t be described in words.
Tsukimi - Japanese festivals often revolve around nature. Tsukimi is the act of viewing the moon, which is often enjoyed en-masse during moon-viewing festivals in September or October.
Mottainai - Having a hard time parting with clothes you never wear or throwing out expired condiments? ‘Mottainai’ is a colloquial term used when confronting the feeling of regret that comes with wastefulness. ‘Mottainai’ doesn’t only refer to items that you toss in the bin, but also perfectly good things that are left unused or sitting in storage. The term can also be used to describe a waste of talents or missed opportunities
Irusu - 'Irusu’, a word combining the Japanese terms for ‘here’ and' ignore’, is used to describe a situation where you’re home but don’t feel like answering the doorbell. If you have a sneaking suspicion that the person at your door is there to sell you another subscription plan you don’t need, you might feel tempted to just ‘irusu’.  
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joshlightwork · 1 month
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authorjacobfloyd · 4 months
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CLOSEST TO HAPPY
I don’t know that I ever am happy, but I try. I can mostly find contentedness. Happiness is a fleeting emotion that might press by me like the wind, but doesn’t stay long. I suppose I’m closest to happy when I am writing or spending time with my rabbits. Most of the time, I am just resting. Maybe that’s close to happy for me, too: resting, sitting in silence, reading, contemplating. Being away…
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inkbloodwool · 10 months
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Accidental pic but I like how peaceful I look
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mcloud · 1 year
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Drowsy Eyes and Painted Skies || October 24 2022
I find the moment to be impressionistic. A cotton candy sky peers through the gaps between leaves. The world appears in blobs of layered colors, And I know this moment can only last so long.
Our hair and clothes remain ruffled, with eyes equally fuzzy. Maybe I could fall back asleep, before you even make a peep. A moment like this is only fleeting, And I am so grateful for our meeting.
It’s something that is hard for me to grasp, for me to even understand. I find the fact that you even cared at all, to be a miracle. The fact that you could live without me, but that you don’t want to.
I go to open my mouth, but you hush my lips closed, with a soft sshhhhhhhh. You draw me further into your arms, further into the moment; I am at a loss, appreciating your drowsy eyes amongst these painted skies.
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man. the deep Affection and Tenderness in your heart when you look at your best friend - am i right fellas
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I am here. We are here. Here is my story. What is your story? I was once a foster-child. My father tried to force my mother to abort me. I’m grateful for how my mother protected me. I forgave & loved & love my father, too. They were not equipped to make it to the end in parenting; instead, they tried & failed spectacularly while still bestowing perfectly remarkable gifts unto me despite these other spectacular failures. My foster family is a part of my journey of being strong & healthy & alive today & we need more of this in the world. For every moment I am grateful. My own child, he has a whole & healthy loving relationship with me & his father. Positive progress is possible & worth commiting to & celebrating. There are about 450,000 kids currently in foster care… That’s allot!!! Who is going to care about these children!? They are our responsibility & our consequence whatever we do or do not do. Breathe deeply, do not hate anyone. What is love? Keep asking this. ♥️ What is it to write & create the beautiful future that is in our hands, each? No shirking allowed. Here we are. What is truth & beauty, listening & progress? Here, I am as a child beside my dad sculpting St. Francis of Assisi in our studio while he smokes cigarettes, drinks coffee, drinks vodka, cognac & I hardly eat anything. Still, making the world, I am, we are! What’s our story to become? I’m glad my mother chose me & fought for me with her life & everything she had so I could be in this very imperfect world that is our work & may it be progress! #roevwade #prolife #prochoice #life #iam #weare #weareone #create #child #me #children #dialogue #listen #care #contentedness #regret #bravery #progress #ethics #self #other #union #mother #motherhood #meditate #meditateonthis #birth #planetearth #choices #conscience https://www.instagram.com/p/CfRK436uUZy/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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rickrobb58 · 2 years
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#contentedness https://www.instagram.com/p/CeH8ofLOhod/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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alllinesarebeautiful · 9 months
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Day 340 art meditation, August 9, 2023
I’ve been busy. By which I mean I’ve been writing. It brings me to my knees, to tell that much truth. I think somebody lied a little when they said being a writer is “so wonderful”, but knowing this doesn’t break the calling.
I gave up swimming for 2 weeks, and decided yesterday that I can’t function properly without swimming 🏊🏼‍♀️ … I am so deeply grateful that in spite of serious knee issues, I can swim, I love to swim and it’s available to me. Back to it. A piece of BLISS. 
I've been looking at everything I’ve made for All-lines-are-beautiful the last 10 years. Owning my journey is extremely painful. My different attempts to succeed outwardly, my art, blog posts, journals, photography, print store, now art store, NFT’s, the different people I’ve connected with which didn’t create any kind of blossoming. Everything comes with a memory. It’s a miracle I have any kind of sense of humor left.
There is only one thing that stands, other than my once-a-month piece of humor (G counts), which is the sureness I feel of my Heart-Space. The thing that we all have inside us that connects, loves, creates, expands, cries, laughs, heals ….
It’s nothing to put on LinkedIn, if I were to play by the rules, which I do not, since there are no rules, and so I will … Living from our Heart-spaces is tricky within this Patriarchy.
In the midst of it all, a miracle happened. My boyfriend had an inner experience, he wrote an essay about this, poetically ...  It was completely from his heart. It was breath-taking. It was surprising, I’m sorry to admit with my generally low opinion of men. My logical, facts-loving, former tech and sales guy, made a Heart move. Not the first of course, and I’m not counting. He took serious pain and transformed it into something bigger, something for the world. I would even venture to say it was a slice of Awakening. We are 54 and 55 - just in case anyone thinks inner growth happens when we are younger and getting everything we want out of life. 
But I’m not surprised by his inner event. It proves what I know, not what I think, beyond a doubt, that we all have MORE layers to our Hearts, if ONLY we had the courage to tap into them.
Which is why I offer my Heart-Art Bundles - my art and you write and feel into it. This is pure courage and believing in the depths of our beings. It's the Newness of Life.
It’s not about changing people. It’s not about getting logical people to be intuitive. Is that wherever we are on the human journey, there is MORE to our Hearts. I’m saying specifically that even Oprah and Eckhard aren't done expanding their hearts. Everyone has more heart-layers. Okay some of us more than others.
Today is a little Ode to and my All-lines-are-beautiful life. I wouldn’t trade it for ANYTHING. I am finally at the point in my life where I can Feel what my beloved coach told me when we first met - and this is why today is so important, “I am so excited for you!”  
Outside the realm of Answers, I will just continue to co-create with the Universe, one blissful step at a time.
Heart-Strong and with Much Love,
Anne
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incorrect-hs-quotes · 7 months
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Jade: if i had absolute power i would be really chill with it actually. i would never corrupt absolutely. i would keep it real niceys. heart
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fleshdyke · 9 months
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absolutely obsessed w the differences in not only his plucking but the body language from april compared to now. i love him sm
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insertsomthinawesome · 11 months
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@sleepyorchidmonster​​ EY THANK YOU!!! 🧡🧡 I’m glad you enjoyed!! SDFLJSDF I HOPE YOUR HAVING FUN IN THE TWST MADNESS o7 I’d be More than happy to do Those two sets :D For anybody who’s confused, somebody asked about Dorm Leader/Housewarden Friendship Headcanons HERE. And I think a lot of people have been missing it (which is my bad I ended up extending the post poorly) But I also Did Azul and Riddle in the reblogs!! The version I linked contains that discussion. OKAY THAT SAID, ON WITH THE SHOW
Leona and Riddle: This one is Hilarious because They already have an awkward place to start xD Riddle being present and active during Leona’s overblot.... sure is something. Although honestly I don’t think It’ll effect their relationship much. Riddle having already overblotted himself wouldn’t care to hold that over Leona’s head, and Leona seems to me to be more of a “water under the bridge” person. Riddle was one of the least offensive party members there, and if he was going to hold a grudge he might as well start with Jack, and he doesn’t do that, so i think bygones are bygones between them. Having started book 5 as well... I think at this point Leona’s already adopted Riddle, since during the Housewarden meeting over The VDC (i hope i got the acronym right x’D) he threatened Azul when he was trying to scam Riddle. Riddle I think respects Leona for his power. He probably doesn’t think all that highly of him slacking off, but he also is aware of Leona’s prowess in multiple different areas, and knows that while Kingscholar is not punctual, he is reliable. Especially in a bind. That and I can imagine Riddle has a lot more base respect for the Hierarchy of the school. He’s a Sophomore, so no matter what, Leona is his Senpai and to a degree he will respect that. Within reason of course. I think Leona is neutral to respectful of Riddle. The housewarden of Heartslabyul has no interest in picking fights with Leona, so he has no interest in trying to hold his ground. I think Leona probably respects Riddle’s work ethic too. less the rules, but more that he’s an honest individual who puts in his effort and does what he’s supposed to do. I can imagine he might be rolling his eyes a little bit at his rule keeping, but hey not his domain not his problem, therefore he could probably care less in the end. Now where I think they can connect? Intellectualism. Riddle is the studious type, and so is Leona. If the two of them got started on certain topics I can see the two of them discussing it for hours. Riddle making some offhand comment about a historical figure and Leona bouncing off of it with more information, both of them discussing their different viewpoints of failures and successes, of victories and defeats. Riddle would be interested in hearing Leona’s viewpoints as an actual member of Monarchy/government himself, and Leona would just probably enjoy actually getting to talk about some of the nonsense he’s had to learn for school and/or politics over the years. I can even see Riddle maybe asking Leona for advice on leadership on occasions. While Leona’s leadership style isn't’ Riddle’s, if he got to know Savanaclaw and its housewarden better, he’d see that they were a very tightly knit and supportive pack. Something that he finds more similar to his heart soldiers than he would’ve guessed. Riddle showing interest and Curiosity in Leona’s way of leadership and the topics he is well informed in could do Leona a lot of good. It could ease the frustration of having so much “irrelevant and useless” information now that he’s not going to be King. It could help him realize his own skills and talents. If nothing else it’d just give him somebody to talk to in a non-antagonistic situation. I think they end up meeting in the middle a lot with their relationship. Riddle is a lot more willing to put in a good word for Leona and give him the benefit of the doubt, but maybe also more willing to calmly and gently chastise him for his more self sabotaging behaviors. Leona grows to respect Riddle and his way of working even if he wouldn’t do it in a billions years, but also how to push the kid forward out of his comfort zone to try new and different things, and think about the world and other people in a different way. I also just think that Leona is a highly protective person of the people he cared for, so I can totally see him being more than ready and willing to defend Riddle in a physical or magical fight. He needs to worry about it less with the Heartslabyul housewarden because he has his card soldiers... but when Riddle goes off the deep end... Ohhhhh bother. Sometimes Leona will just see a scared teenager and that will be what he acts on. Riddle is small, he’s learning, he’s growing, he’s young, and as a result its Leona’s duty to protect him (uncle instinct ftw SLDFJKSDKLGSD). But this would only really happen in a real fight or in the case of something like, an awry potion explosion. If he sees Riddle choosing to throw hands with Floyd he’s just going to sit back and laugh. And the more proof he gathered of Riddle being able to defend himself the less he’d worry. So yeah! I think they could have a very cute respectful Upperclassman/Lowerclassman bond of respect and understanding. :) Malleus and Kalim: I look at Kalim and go, “You could fix him”. SDLKFJSDGLKJSDLGJSDGLJSDGLSJDGKLDSGJKLSDGJ. OKay but seriously. Malleus is the person who never gets invited to anything. Kalim is the one who always invites people to things. I’ve connected the dots- SDFLLSDKFJSLDGJSD Now it would be more complicated than that for so many reasons. Part of the reason Malleus is so lonely is because he tends to be unintentionally reclusive. But not without good reason. People don’t treat him like a fellow student, and it grates at him, so he steps away from the masses to be able to breathe. The chances of Kalim actually encountering him are practically living in the floorboards. On top of that, Jamil is freaking TERRIFIED of being around Malleus. It has nothing to do with him inherently fearing Malleus, it has everything to do with him fearing THE CONSEQUENCES OF AN INTERNATIONAL INCIDENT WITH A FOREIGN PRINCE xD. And honestly??? Given Kalim’s track record I can’t blame him. But if we were to put the nitpicky details aside and just view them like they didn’t have these obstacles, I think they would be incredibly good friends. The Fireworks event that takes us to the Scalding Sands showed to our faces that Kalim doesn’t fear Malleus like other people does. Trey and Cater were both a little bit wary of him, but Kalim didn’t care at ALL. It might be because he’s also royalty and it just hasn’t occurred to him that Malleus being Royalty is not the only reason people are afraid of him, but regardless Kalim Does Not Care Nor Notice. This means that Kalim is one of the only person who consistently just treats Malleus like a person. This is a FANTASTIC place for them to start! Because honestly isn’t that why Malleus grew so close with Yuu???? Because you’re the only person who treats him like a normal friend instead of something to be Gawked at or Feared?? And Malleus also does something that Kalim really needs. He would see Kalim for being Kalim exclusively, and not care a single bit about his riches. Somebody pointed out to me that Kalim throws money at a lot of problems because he doesn’t know how else to repair things. He’s never been taught the emotional navigation of having a real friend, all that he knows he’s learned through trial and error. And he’s such a generous and giving person, that of course he’s going to try to give to solve a problem!! Because he knows giving is good and it helps and makes people happy!! Because that’s also part of the double edged sword of this method, is it kinda works. Some people do need money, some people just want money, so in that way it does solve some problems! And it ends up teaching Kalim the wrong lesson again and again. Malleus tho, Malleus wouldn’t care about all that. He’d be there for Kalim and Kalim alone. If he wanted grand parties and fine dining he could simply request it from his kingdom, but he’d rather have a good friend any day. He wouldn’t ask much more of Kalim than his company, and I could see him often turning down Kalim’s more exuberant requests for simpler things, unless it seemed like Kalim was really passionate about it. It might honestly take the two of them having a falling out where Kalim grows distressed that Malleus doesn’t want his normal method of ‘fixing’ things, and Malleus grows frustrated that Kalim keeps trying to give him things that he neither needs nor wants, but if they got past that hurdle? Man the amount of good these two would do for each other. They’d finally both have somebody who sees them for who they are rather than what they are. Malleus values Kalim for being Kalim, and Kalim values Malleus for being Kalim. (As a side note, yes Jamil is also a great person for Kalim to know, but their relationship is understandably complicated and will take time/effort to heal. And I believed they’ll figure it out. :D ) Kalim finally seeing that his own presence, as just himself, no shiny gold and sparkling silver, would do a tremendous amount of good for his self love and confidence. Malleus having somebody who loved him for being a friend would bring him a lot of quiet and peace and contentedness he seeks, and it would make his frustrations with people who do get caught up on his aspects easier to tolerate. So I also guess I’m also looking at Mallues and going, “You could fix him” SDLFJSDLKGJLSKDGJASDLJGSDGJDSGSD But yes wholesome besties sdlkfjSLDKJGSDLGJSDG you would always be able to know when they spotted each other cause Kalim would get really excited xD
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Hhhngngkkkk hmmm,, ghhhhnnnhhgg, kkkhhbb... ;; Puppet showhhngkmmk!! They're together and cherishing their presence and Earth is a nice place to stop and. And. HhhnmmkkkggghhHHGAAAA PROFESSOR AND RYAN MADE UP AND HUGGED AND ARE HAPPY AND THE SUBSTITUTE GOT BEAT TF OUT AND. HhhhhHGGHnnnNhhaaAAA;;,,! I NEED TO HUG THAT LITTLE BLUE FLUFFY FUZZBALL BABY
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