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So myself and two best friends got matching tattoos that say Κύριε ἐλέησον. It’s pronounced Kyrie Eleison and in ancient Greek means “Lord have mercy.” It’s one of the oldest Christian liturgical prayers and features in the Bible, and when Christianity became Latinised, it as one of the only surviving Greek prayers.

Just for fun I plugged it into Google Translate to see what modern Greek thinks of it and

10/10 A+ tat so glad its marked on my skin forever, would tattoo again

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Bologna Pride. Bologna Pride. I can't handle those two words together. God that's so good

June 22 2019 - A fascist trying to pick a fight at Bologna Pride gets more reaction than he bargained for. [video]

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Saving fer later

Dealing With Executive Dysfunction - A Masterpost

The “getting it done in an unconventional way” method.

The “it’s not cheating to do it the easy way” method.

The “fuck what you’re supposed to do” method.

The “get stuff done while you wait” method.

The “you don’t have to do everything at once” method.

The “it doesn’t have to be permanent to be helpful” method.

The “break the task into smaller steps” method.

The “treat yourself like a pet” method.

The “it doesn’t have to be all or nothing” method.

The “put on a persona” method.

The “act like you’re filming a tutorial” method.

The “you don’t have to do it perfectly” method.

The “wait for a trigger” method.

The “do it for your future self” method.

The “might as well” method.

The “when self discipline doesn’t cut it” method.

The “taking care of yourself to take care of your pet” method.

The “make it easy” method.

The “junebugging” method.

The “just show up” method.

The “accept when you need help” method.

The “make it into a game” method.

The “everything worth doing is worth doing poorly” method.

The “trick yourself” method.

The “break it into even smaller steps” method.

The “let go of should” method.

The “your body is an animal you have to take care of” method.

The “fork theory” method.

The “effectivity over aesthetics” method.

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All the other social medias make me sad, let tumbling recommence.

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Roger Federer consists to 50% of “er”

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Bonus: from the "songs I was too stupid to enjoy in high school" collection. Macy Gray's magnum opus #itry #tosaygoodbye #andichoke #imdreaminofyoubabe #stankface (at Guitar Center) https://www.instagram.com/p/BsZWv2VglU6/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=je6ghhki3d81

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Lyric post #3 is the visual manifestation of my millenial national anthem "Brunch!" Anyway, it's not not packed to the brim with nightmares. Please enjoy! GoFundMe Link in BIO #hey #when #are #we #gonna #get #brunch #millenials #killingtheindustry #bloodymary #abudaband (at Rogers Park, Chicago) https://www.instagram.com/p/BsR1DhKgUVu/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=r1vlq2vtyau4

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Anyway, here's that minor key reprise of Gluten-Free nobody asked for but everyone needed #abudabard #minorkey #glutenfreeminorkey #ferda #reprise #glutenfree #bread #pizza #singersongwriter #fingerstyleguitar #jointhefamily #bringlove2019 #tragic (at Rogers Park, Chicago) https://www.instagram.com/p/BsO0FkegNpH/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=11ty6b96jicrw

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Lyric post #1 everybody's favorite avoidable tragedy Gluten-Free!! Wherein I try to capture the MENA cultural experience of using pita bread as a horrifying fork-glove hybrid for the majority of culinary situations. Everyday this week we're gonna do more of this incredibly relateable content. GoFundMe Link in BIO! #lyricpost #lyricsquote #arabamerican #pita #breadporn #pitabread #glutenfree #singersongwriter #abudaband #jointhefamily #bringlove2019 (at Rogers Park, Chicago) https://www.instagram.com/p/BsOniVwAsOe/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1oh29vfhycb97

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Neil Simon eloquently portrays exactly how salty I get about shitty lyrics (1973 meets 2019) "You #know what kind of songs he wrote? The worst. The worst songs ever written were written by Sol Burton. (Singing)' Lady, lady, be my baby. ' Did you ever hear anything so rotten? Baby he rhymes with lady... no wonder he's dead." #creategreatness #expectgreatness #salt #sunshineboys #neilsimon #readingonthetrain #singersongwriter #abudabard (at Amtrak) https://www.instagram.com/p/BsLibdzguZt/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1dnun8ih8tili

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Man, lookit these fools. #ABUD #abudbros #familyband #kickinitwithsitto #makemusic (at St. Clair Shores, Michigan) https://www.instagram.com/p/BsG4Q0ZAj34/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=mz882e5d4ot9

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first gig of 2019! Live at Shorepointe Health community (where my Sitto lives) with The Abud Brothers!! 🇱🇧🇱🇧🇱🇧 #familystyle #abudbros #ABUD (at St. Clair Shores, Michigan) https://www.instagram.com/p/BsGoPZpgZcw/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1qmo7j6kkgjrm

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On the way out to do 11 million more things before I leave for Detroit tomorrow and I was struck with a song I wrote like 7 or 8 years ago: Hezekiah the Kangaroo! I don't remember why I called it that, I guess that's just what that-period-James thought a kangaroo sounded like/would be named. #oudstagram #oudmusic #blues #swampy #kangaroo #abudsplayouds #oldsongs #busyassday #asusual (at Rogers Park, Chicago) https://www.instagram.com/p/Brv8R3JAi1h/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1pfehuo6x8gx2

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Final GC shift of 2018 = officially completed. I leave this year behind with this wisdom for the next one. 🤙💖👑💖🤙💖👑💖🤙💖👑💖🤙💖👑💖🤙 #talentisamyth #believeinyoulikeibelieveinyou #dothework #youcan #nobodyisbornwithit #practiceeveryday #goodbye2018 #bringlove2018 #abudabard #musicteacher #singersongwriter #wisdom #motivationalquotes #jointhefamily (at Guitar Center) https://www.instagram.com/p/BrtZ8JxgcTC/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=36ht7pmsjsvi

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Your mixed feelings about your parents are valid.

Shout out to people like me who have parents who are loving but are black holes of emotional labor… It took me a long time to realize that it’s okay to have mixed feelings about your parents, about your relationship with them.

Sometimes parents can love you but be somewhat toxic to you and your growth, and that’s a very hard realization to come to if you, like me, grew up extremely close to them.

Sometimes parents can love you genuinely but lack emotional maturity, forcing you to perform disproportionate amounts of emotional labor. Some parents manifest symptoms of their mental illness in ways that are toxic to your mental illness.

Some parents, like mine, try so hard to be good parents but fall back on habits of emotional manipulation because they haven’t processed their own traumas and are modeling behavior they grew up with. That doesn’t make their behavior acceptable, and it’s okay to feel exhausted and hurt when they betray you. You don’t have to forgive every mistake.

I want you to know that it’s okay to protect yourself, to need some space apart from them. The love you have for your parents is still valid, and you are making the right decision.

Placing a safe emotional distance between myself and my parents has been one of the most difficult, heartbreaking processes I’ve ever gone through… it hurts to try to curb the strength of your own natural empathy around people you love. It feels disingenuous to your heart’s natural state.

But I promise you, you are not hard-hearted or ungrateful, and you are not abandoning them. You are making a decision about your own emotional, mental, and spiritual health.

I know what it’s like in that confusing grey area of love mixed with guilt and anxiety, of exhaustion and quasi-manipulation and unreciprocated emotional labor, and I promise you, you are not alone.

Your mixed feelings about your parents are valid.

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Two incredibly serious ukulele players, one of whom is wearing their xmas present from the other. #itsthehoodie #ukuleleplayer #veryserious #xmaspresents #xmasmusic #ukulelechristmas #thanksbuddy #takelessons (at Guitar Center) https://www.instagram.com/p/BrnpjmoAKdo/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=zun8t0pzmgs0