#the year

[outerbanksoftargtower]

My newest obsession

This man has me in a chokehold

I mean look

At him

#tom blyth #coriolanus snow #Corio #the hunger games #the ballad of songbirds and snakes #tbosas #billy the kid #this man has got a hold on me #he’s the white boy of the month #the year #my life and loins #😏

[swashlyn]

Happy Almost Christmas everyone!

#phoenix wright #rayfa padma khura'in #ace attorney #it's the most #wonderful time #of #the year #happy birthday rayfa :)

[storm-of-feathers]

cant sleep gonna say my thoughts.

I think what a lot of people miss about tumblr (and especially unfocused blogs that, say, aren't fandom oriented) is that it's essentially an open journal. it's a microblogging website, and all blogging micro or macro is fundamentally a web log (where the term comes from!). if it seems like I'm not talking ab something enough, it's not because I don't care at all.

It's because first and foremost, this blog is a piece of my soul that I am choosing to share. I'm not trying to be an activist on the internet, I'm not trying to sway anyone to my opinions. I'm saying the things I think and feel. If I talk ab american politics too much, that's because im american. if I'm writing frustrated posts about performative internet activism, that's because it feels exhausting to be out there doing the work (because that's what it is. Its work. Its boring and taxing and it feels like youre getting nowhere. Until you see how far youve come) and having to come to tumblr and seeing people say I didn't talk about [disaster 30000 of the past ten years] enough.

if I seem angry and upset and scared and irrational, its because i am those things. you have to understand. in spite of my rather large follower number, this blog is, first and foremost, for me. I am writing things down and allowing strangers and friends and wanderers to read it. I won't call it a privilege that can be taken away, bc its not like some of my thoughts are exactly a treat, but it is something to keep in mind.

if you ask me why I'm talking about the supreme courts recent decisions but not similar decisions in other countries, the answer comes down to "one of those directly affects me, and therefore i can fight back."

but I shouldn't have to announce where and how I'm fighting back. if for no other reason, my own fucking safety. but also bc this blog isn't any sort of guide to activism, it's not any type instruction. it is, at best, my diary that I published.

and that isn't a bad thing!! and it shouldn't be!!! that's why I harped so hard on the carrd post. that's why I'm vaguely annoyed with my reddit posts. that's why I shared my marital status and sexuality for a long time. that's why i have a rwby icon. that's why my blog title which hasn't changed since 2018 is what it is.

I understand that sometimes I have opinions people don't like. oceangate in particular has proven to be a fantastic example of that. But i am, at the most basic terminology, venting my thoughts and feelings.

that's why I'm talking ab the supreme court and their awful decisions. why I may not be talking about issues that don't directly affect me, but might affect some of you. it's not because i don't care. It's never because I don't care.

It's because my target audience is a mirror.

#you need to understand. #im well aware of my bad reputation for not reblogging dono posts and for defending teenagers into dsmp #(not even dsmp itself! just the people who like it.) #i am MORE than aware of the evils on my carrd post im the one who has to see it. #but ultimately i stand by the things i say unless i change my mind. #if i change my mind its because i have more information than i did before #(ie. again. oceangate. i went back and forth as info came out. because i wanted to have an *informed* opinion) #but if i believe in what i said. if i hold to the principle i am espousing #its hard for me to apologize for anything more than i might have worded it weird #but at the end of the day #of the month #the year #life. #this blog. MY blog. is a record of alex storm-of-feathers #if someday a historian figures out our internet and how to access it #i want them to know #i want YOU to know #my name is alex #this is my journal #this is not any type of record on historical events #this is not me trying to organize activism #this is simply me. #my name is alex. #please remember that. #please remember me.

[accidentallyaverage]

i bought 6 books this week and finished all of them

...i meant to save some for the rest of the year but 🤷‍♂️

what can you do

#reading #bookblr #all of them were so good i couldn't help myself 😭 #two of them were the starts to trilogies though so ill probably just buy the rest of both series and read those throughout the rest of #the year

[conjcosby]

Stardate: 2024.1.2 ▫ A poem by #ellawheelerwilcox that's about #newyear hope this brings you #joy and #happiness 😊🙏 #theyear #poet #poets #poetry #poem #poetoftheweek #poetsoftheweek #poetryoftheweek #poemoftheweek #potw

#ella wheeler wilcox #the year #joy #happiness #poet #poets #poetry #poem #poet of the week #poets of the week #poetry of the week #poem of the week #potw

[usofj]

#ella wheeler wilcox #poem for every winter day #the year #poem #poetry

[pennylanephoto]

x

#photography #live music #photographers of tumblr #live music photography #music photography #portugal #portuguese music #colour #orange #the year #punk rock #punk music #pop punk #similar to sum 41 and etc

[shadowdancingpoetry]

Happy New Year.

#poetic aesthetic #poems and quotes #shadowdancingpoetry #ella wheeler wilcox #the year #happy new year #2024 #poetry #poem

[crystalmagpie447]

plz rate my minecraft character which is basically an amongus crewmate imposter character who crash landed on earth and has no idea what they are doing but is trying to survive (ur opinion matters to me as one of my bestest coolest awesomest friends and i love sharing things with you)

P.s. Heart emojies

YOOOO AAAAA THATS SO COOOL!!!!! RRAAAAAAA I LOVE IT YAYAYAY

THE DETAILS THE TAIL EHEHHEE HEART EMOJIES I GIVE IT 10/10

#YAAYAYYYAYEYGHUJS #that made my day #my who #le week #the year #decade #i will be thinking about tjat #TEARSIN MY EYES #mEE #IM THEBESTCOOLAWESOMEFRINED #Hopeyou meant it #frhebvj #gYHUJIKWHGUBYEVG #UHYGVUEGIRGYHIDBJVGFJBEHKDFH #RUNS AROUND #RHYRUJN #I WAS #WAVINGMY ARMS #EGHHEHHAHYAHAHGYHUJ #EGRYRHUHGVRRGRGRGYHURIJHRBGVUHIJSUHBVHBS #BELOVED MUTUALS!!!! #GOOBER CLUB!! #ASK!!!! #yYAYAAYAYAYAYAY #YIIPEPEHYUJE

[roses-and-elixir]

This week feels so insanely long, how is it only wednesday?

#im working on sunday aswell #and it’s dragging #i feel so exhausted #its one of those periods were you just look forward to bed time #and then u sleep and its back to the start of the day #and whts worse is ive been hving rly bad bone/muscle pain the last fortnight and ik theres no way id get a GP appointment at this time of #the year #its just…….

[awkwardlyaaron]

Aaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhb

FUCK

#the day #the year #this month #oh my god #the rollercoaster of it all #im going nuts #im gonna lose #it #its gone #fuck #FUCK #ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh #sorry not sorry #personal #mine #i dont know #the fuck #gonna go cry real quick

[disneyprincessdxminatrix]

why is it so hard to know where/who you tip?? how do people just know? like is there a list where I can check when I am expected to give a tip as common courtesy?

#genuine question #😭 is this normal not to know or is this some kind of neurodivergent thing #or did I just not pay enough attention as a kid when my parents paid people for stuff #lol I know to tip any kind of mechanic and waiters and hairdressers #but other than that #was anyone going to tell me you tip the mailman once a year? how am I supposed to know thing like this I don’t even see the mailman 99% of #the year #ugh

[videodead]

I once again need to point out that 1995 was an ELITE year for films!

#1995 #THE year #babe #it takes two #casper #dracula dead and loving it #father of the bride part 2 #the brady bunch movie #Ace Ventura when nature calls #jumanji #casino #heat

[coffeenrocknroll]

This Year by The Mountain Goats, but it's been like that for the past three years and you wonder if there's ever gonna be feasting and dancing in Jerusalem next year.

#the mountain goats #the year #i'm so tired

[poetictouch]

What can be said in New Year rhymes, That's not been said a thousand times?  The new years come, the old years go, We know we dream, we dream we know.

~ Ella Wheeler Wilcox

#Ella Wheeler Wilcox #The Year #New Year #New Year Rhymes #rhymes #a thousand times #know #dream #quote #quotes #poem #poetry #Poetictouch

[wataksampingan]

In mine and many other east Asian cultures, the dragon traditionally symbolises things like power, wealth and strength (imperial symbol and all)

I think we often forget that in the story of the Great Race, the dragon came in fifth because it'd stopped to give people rain. Then it'd stopped again to push a rabbit adrift on a log across the wide river so it reached the shore safely (that's why the Rabbit year comes before the Dragon).

Dragons aren't meant to just be powerful - they are meant to do good with such power, and to help those in need.

So in this lunar new year, I hope you gain more power, so that you might be able to help others. I pray you have abundant resources so you may give to yourself and those around you. I wish you courage, endurance, kindness and generosity, for yourself and your people.

I hope you, and I, will be rain givers, life preservers, joy bringers.

I hope we will be dragons.

Extremely belated postscript that should have been here far earlier:

Free Palestine, Free Sudan, Free Congo 🇵🇸🇸🇩🇨🇩

#lunar new year #happy year of the wood dragon