Wait... hold the fuck up.... I just checked something and I've NEVER posted an INXS song?!?!?!!?!? Dude... that's a whole lotta fucking messed up right there!
I’m thinking about what impression I want to leave. I turned 60 in November. And there is nothing I love more than reading biographies of weird eccentrics from the past. Michèle is always telling me that I only love dead artists and I’m like, ‘Yeah, because I want to see how it all worked out! I want to see if they were able to sustain the momentum and maintain their conditions to the very end.’ I don’t want to invest in someone who is going to change or turn into a different person.
The more I live, the more I realize that a perfect job for me would be something that let me help people. I really like when someone texts me and tells me that they appreciate my writings, that they are cheered up because of them (even if I've been on Tumblr only since September 29th). The sense of completeness I feel is something I can't really describe. It's amazing how simple is to make happier a person.
✨So when someone tells you you're a failure, don't think of it at all, because there's someone out there who is happier even only if you smile. Don't forget about it. ✨
the funniest meltdown ive ever had was in college when i got so overstimulated that i could Not speak, including over text. one of my friends was trying to talk me through it but i was solely using emojis because they were easier than trying to come up with words so he started using primarily emojis as well just to make things feel balanced. this was not the Most effective strategy... until. he tried to ask me "you okay?" but the way he chose to do that was by sending "👉🏼👌🏼❓" and i was so shocked by suddenly being asked if i was dtf that i was like WHAT???? WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY TO ME?????????? and thus was verbal again
She wants everything to change and she wants it all to remain the same. She wants and wants and wants. At least here, lying still underneath the thatch, she can go on wanting everything without the complication of having any of it. But all things end, especially the moments in between.
Lily Brooks-Dalton, The Light Pirate (Grand Central Publishing, December 6, 2022)