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Collect shitty knives and used lighters. Carry one of each in your pocket, they’ll come in handy. Straight up who’s gonna stop you now? Pick up a balisong and learn some tricks, it’ll be so sick when you can show them to someone you really like later. Same with zippos, play around and see if you can flick it in a unique way, and make it muscle memory. Throw your keys and some useful shit on a carabiner and put it on your belt. Wallet chains too, you can’t deny how sick they are. Fuck, hop on a skateboard, the impact of the ground becomes cathartic when you remember what it’s all for. Listen to lots of music and develop lots of opinions on it, before you know it you’ll have a back catalogue of shit to talk to people about, and then you’ll suddenly be someone who has sick recommendations. You can also just be a bit of a hooligan, climb shit, jump on it, have so much visible, mischievous fun that it’s contagious. Wear really shitty smudgy makeup and OWN it, it’s so hot. Shoulder check your pals and smile at them cheekily, make special handshakes with them, doesn’t matter if you have “your boys”, play with whoever is near, don’t wait til it’s perfect and the time is right

You can just start doing stuff whenever you want

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unfinished

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Got firmly yanked into the Sabbadin/Benítez fold

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*clears throat* Hey my friends, I attended a bee wedding this past weekend. I bet you would like to know how was it.

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when we were young

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Black smoke

An interesting piece of sea pottery, reminded me of marble galleries. A man thinking his beloved church is sinking just like his diocese.

Available as a pendant

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Somehow it feels very fitting to me that I come back after months with pope posting, pfpfpfpf. I saw Conclave last week and I was zero prepared for the impact it left on me.

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Your Eminence I fear the only solution is to fuck nasty

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“I’m sorry, sir, but we’re all out of clean glasses,” he said, playing up his accent. “Is the bottle okay?”

for lawrellini week free day i finally painted a scene from the most picturesque fic i've read and have been obsessed with for months now, so If you have not read Trinitas i urge you to reconsider https://archiveofourown.org/works/63171508

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My grandma’s on and off again boyfriend that she cheated on grandpa with died today.

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Oh

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A general tip for students who are sending those dreaded Religious Absence Emails to your professors: Rather than asking permission to take the day(s) off, politely let them know that you will be taking the day(s) off.

In other words, consider not saying this:

"May I miss class on [date] so I can observe [holiday]?"

It's not that there's anything wrong with the above, per se. But because it's phrased as a request, it risks coming across as optional — a favor you hope to be granted. Problem is, favors are not owed, and so unfortunately asking permission opens the door for the professor to respond "Thanks for asking. No, you may not. :)"

Instead, try something along the lines of:

"I will need to miss class on [date] because I will be observing [holiday]. I wanted to let you know of this conflict now, and to ask your assistance in making arrangements for making up whatever material I may miss as a result of this absence."

This is pretty formal language (naturally, you can and should tweak it to sound more like your voice). But the important piece is that, while still being respectful, it shifts the focus of the discussion so that the question becomes not "Is it okay for me to observe my religion?", but rather, "How can we best accommodate my observance?"

Because the first question should not be up for debate: freedom of religion is a right, not a favor. And the second question is the subject you need to discuss.

(Ideally, do this after you've looked up your school's policy on religious absences, so you know what you're working within and that religious discrimination is illegal. Just in case your professor forgot.)

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in front of god and everyone

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never forget your roots

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adding highlights to my drawings while not knowing or ignoring where the light source is