January 2012
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“The first week you were gone
I kept seeing your hand wave goodbye
like a...”
– Andrea Gibson, “Maybe I Need You”
[every time I hear these lines, they create such a powerful image in my mind and bring up intense emotions…I swear I cry every time.]
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when someone tries to defend a sociopathic liar and attacks the victims of said liar, saying they are “shallow asses” who make their “stomach churn” you know that:
a) this person has absolutely no fucking clue what happened (or knows what happened but doesn’t GAF)
b) this person has a personal sore spot about this issue because their own daughter went to Kolob...
there have been some AMAZING and wonderful improvements in my loved one’s health. last night things really started to turn around so suddenly (in a positive way). they are now off the ventilator, no longer sedated, and mostly awake, alert, and aware. i just got to Skype with them, which was so awesome. i have missed talking to them SO much this past week. they have no memory at all of the...
you had 2 full months to think of a response and the best you could come up with was “you should mind your own business”…for something that very clearly was about me and involved me? you would have been much better off just not responding at all.
people. are. so. fucking. dumb.
i don’t have the patience for you anymore.
December 2011
85 posts
dylanspencer asked: IF TUMBLR INCLUDED HOW OFTEN I JUST RANDOMLY BROWSE YOUR PAGE IN ITS TUMBLR CRUSH CALCULATION YOUR PERCENTAGE WOULD BE WAY MORE ACCURATE :(
new (and very worrisome) complications have arisen with my loved one in the ICU. i really, really wish i could be there with them. i hate being here and being completely powerless.
please continue to pray for my family. my loved one is still in the ICU and still struggling to overcome the infection that put them there. there have been some improvements, but we are not in the clear yet and we don’t know yet if any long-term damage has occurred.
catsnotcancer replied to your post: Inspiration from Winnie the Pooh
There is much to be said for the Tao of Pooh.
Oh yes! Absolutely! :) I am a dedicated follower of the Tao of Winnie the Pooh!
public727 replied to your post: “You are braver than you believe, stronger than…
someone LITERALLY just sent me that in a text tonight cuz i posted on my facebook that i wanted someone to...
Inspiration from Winnie the Pooh
because Pooh Bear always makes me feel better…
Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there some day.
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When late morning rolls around and you’re feeling a bit out of sorts, don’t worry; you’re probably just a little eleven o’clockish.
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You can’t always sit in your corner of the forest and wait for people to come to you… you...
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“You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.”
ATTENTION NEW FOLLOWERS
strawberreli:
caffeineandcarpaltunnel:
alaska-says-sun:
First of all, I don’t understand why you are following this blog now, unless you don’t realize what has happened or you are just interested in more updates (I have none to share at this time)….
signal boost
Uhoh.
I have a good idea why they started following her blog again. :/
There’s been a recent spike in activity since a...
“I don’t like this expression “First World problems.” It is false and it is...”
– Teju Cole on the “#firstworldproblems” meme, in a series of tweets compiled by Alexis Madrigal (via chaplinnn)
This is the sort of thing I was referring to the other day!
(via dailymurf)
mmm yes. yes to all of this. :)
dear life: when i said this year could not possibly get worse, that was not meant as a challenge. i promise. it was a sincere hope/request. now please stop.
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please pray for my family this evening. a loved one is in the ICU and it has been a worrisome/scary few days for us.
aforaffort replied to your post: one more “did they really just f*cking say that?!”…
For penis’ what? Also, I didn’t know penises were capable of ownership.
grammar jokes. i like. i like. :)
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one more “did they really just f*cking say that?!” commentary for the evening [TW: TRANSPHOBIA, BODY SHAMING, CISSEXISM]:
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The girl scouts are for vaginas and the boy scouts are for penis’. That’s how it’s been set up for YEARS and YEARS. If we leave the terms boys and girls out, then that’s what it boils down too. These organizations should...
airellia replied to your post: when people say shit like: “You can have an ALL…
The worst thing is if you flip out you’re a hysterical woman, angry minority, etc.
You know what is really terrifying? these statements came from a woman.
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oh and shit like THIS [TW TRANSPHOBIA]:
“I still believe even if a person with a penis who says they feel like a girl wants to play with an all vagina sports team it’s wrong. Somewhere somehow lines have to be drawn and rules made.”
ARE YOU F*CKING KIDDING ME.
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when people say shit like:
“You can have an ALL black college, an all hispanic such and such….you can’t however, have an all white anything. [boohoo hissy fit not fair]”
“Reality is people are not all equal and that’s ok. Some cultures are more talented in areas than others, men are better at some things than women and vise-versa….”
I want to rip...
Cheezburger’s Ben Huh: If GoDaddy Supports SOPA,... →
hvisla:
laughterkey:
Just minutes after Ycombinator’s Paul Graham disclosed that SOPA-friendly companies would be blacklisted from the YC Demo Day, Cheezburger (as in I Can Has Cheeseburger, FAIL Blog, Know Your Meme, etc.) CEO Ben Huh has announced that they will be moving their array of over 1,000 domains away from GoDaddy unless the registrar recants their support of the act.
Fuck...
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togetherforjacksoncountykids:
“It’s Okay to be Neither,” By Melissa Bollow Tempel
Alie arrived at our 1st-grade classroom wearing a sweatshirt with a hood. I asked her to take off her hood, and she refused. I thought she was just being difficult and ignored it. After breakfast we got in line for art, and I noticed that she still had not removed her hood. When we arrived at the art room, I said:...
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Tell the Obama Administration to veto the National... →
Several provisions of the bill pose a direct threat to the civil liberties of Americans by authorizing the indefinite detention of American citizens without trial or access to legal counsel, with the mere suspicion of terrorism as justification. These provisions, which undermine several fundamental protections granted by the U.S. Constitution, are applicable to American citizens detained on U.S....
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i know exactly what i am getting (making) for dylanspencer for christmas, and i am so excited i can’t hardly contain myself. i want to tell him what it is SO badly…
also, i know exactly what i am getting (making) for ladeejade, too. DID I MENTION I AM EXCITED?!
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aforaffort replied to your post: i need more spoons.
you and me both
Dylan gathered all of the spoons in his kitchen and took a photo of them and sent it to me so I could have some more. I wish it worked that way!
I feel like I woke up with about 4 spoons today and used them very poorly.
i need more spoons.
Fred Shapiro, associate librarian at Yale Law...
“We are the 99 percent.” — slogan of Occupy movement.
“There is nobody in this country who got rich on his own. Nobody. You built a factory out there — good for you! But I want to be clear. You moved your goods to market on the roads the rest of us paid for. You hired workers the rest of us paid to educate. You were safe in your factory because of police forces and fire forces that the rest of...
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“Recovery takes a long time, on average 7 years. But often you can only truly say...”
– Documentary about a girl with anorexia (via selfinspiration)
Everybody knows somebody who is struggling with (or has struggled with) an eating disorder. You may not know it yet—they may not have told you. It could be your aunt or uncle, your teacher, your neighbor, your sister or brother, the...
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unfamousblog asked: Just wanted to say bravo, Lauren, for such a great rebuttal to the arsehole that told people who self-harm just to get over themselves. I've read some of your other posts and they're awesome too. Samantha
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Original image removed, TW for self-harm, ignorance, ableism, and a poor attempt at shaming and guilt-tripping (click here for original image)
the-unpopular-opinions:
Seriously, people around the world struggle to survive. They’re being oppressed or don’t even have enough food and water to live. Cutting is a manageable “First World” problem, get yourself help for it instead of complaining about...
Watchaforaffort:
THIS ONE IS EVEN WORSE THAN THE LAST
RAUCOUS DISGUSTING LAUGHTER
OH GOD
PROBABLY TURN YOUR SPEAKERS DOWN
Gabby’s laughter is the most fantastic thing to ever happen to this earth. Fact.
Did you know...
that Marcel the Shell With Shoes On might be turned into a TV show?? Do you have any idea how ridiculously excited that makes me? And how obsessively I would watch that show??
sorry for being so M.I.A. lately…things have been pretty hectic lately. i will try to actually post this weekend. :)
shaimonster:
facesoftheearth:
While everyone else is thanking our troops, I’d like to say sorry to the thousands of Iraqi civilians and innocent journalists who were killed, wounded or displaced. I’m sorry we invaded to look for weapons, found none, and killed you anyway.
Yeah.
This.
[though i will say that i am thankful for the sacrifices of the service members. i cannot blame them for...
9pointsinscrabble asked: Lauren, my love. Feel free to answer this publicly or privately, but I'm getting a Nook for Xmas (just the simple one) and I was wondering if you could recommend any really awesome world-change-y or think-y or development-y or volunteer-y books, because I know you always read awesomeness. Sorry if this is incomprehensible, I'm sick and running on little sleep. Love you and miss you!...
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“A good peace, a solid peace, a peace in which communities can flourish, can only...”
– Eric Greitens, The Heart & The Fist
[one of my all time favorite books]
(via sheshallgofree)
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ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME?
dylanspencer:
fantasticlies:
dylanspencer:
fantasticlies:
goat—milk:
dylanspencer:
I am SO SICK of shit coming across my dash…
No you need to educate yourself. They mean WOMEN in the BIOLOGICAL SENSE.
People will really find anything to bitch about, huh?
Yeah, people will bitch about such absurd things, right? Like the right to be included in discussions about THINGS THAT...
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chimbleysweep replied to your post: My favorite part of driving in LA today…
you have a sheldon gif for everything and it makes me so happy
of course i do!! because sheldon is perfect for everything!!
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“A good peace, a solid peace, a peace in which communities can flourish, can only...”
– Eric Greitens, The Heart & The Fist
[one of my all time favorite books]
(via sheshallgofree)