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quit eating nuggets with puppets and come smoke cigarettes with marionettes (post from the doll world that was revealed to me in a vision)

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An Intro To Indian Dishes, by BuzzFeed India

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'Cause nothing tuned me in to absurdity as fast

As a gravestone with the name of a baby that has passed

I used to wanna be important, now I just wanna be alive

And without fear

You got to persevere

Image description: there is a shoulder up digital illustration of Arthur Lester and John Doe. Arthur is around season 5, hair a floppy slightly grown out middle part style, some stubble, a moustache and a softly slanted smile. Arthur is facing the viewer eyes looking to John who is close beside him on the right. Arthur’s expression is a mixture of exhaustion and the relief he feels leaning into a gentle kiss John is pressing into his forehead. John’s expression is relaxed, eyes half closed, flush across his cheeks his dark hood fading to transparency around his face. He is reassuring Arthur, soothing, consoling and bolstering him.

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petition to bring back saying "huzzah!" when something goes your way and "alas." when it doesn't

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And it keeps happening every 20 minutes.

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one piece prints go live june 1st (tomorrow) at noon ~ a few are limited edition :)

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sometimes i wish i had facial hair

like sexy stubble or something that would be so cool

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When a Character Is Grieving Someone They Never Got to Say Goodbye To

✧ They talk about the person in past tense… then correct themselves. Then stop talking entirely.

✧ They touch things that belonged to the person like they’re fragile, sacred, about to disappear.

✧ They hoard the last voicemail, last message, last anything. Play it. Don’t play it. Just knowing it exists hurts enough.

✧ They leave something untouched, an empty seat, a half-packed bag, a coffee order that isn’t theirs.

✧ They get irrationally angry when someone else seems to be “moving on.” As if forgetting is betrayal.

✧ They don’t let themselves cry all at once. It comes in pieces. Like they’re afraid too much grief will drown them.

✧ They over-apologize. For being quiet. For being distant. For not being okay.

✧ They become hyper-aware of time, dates, anniversaries, time zones, the exact moment everything ended.

✧ They get superstitious. Ritualistic. As if doing things "right" might reverse something.

✧ They smile when they talk about the person. But it’s brittle. And it never quite touches their eyes.

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Accept gifts without protest

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baby dragons whose scales are much more shiny and iridescent in order to hide in their parents' hoards

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

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Phrasing all your beliefs in the most extreme and aggressive way possible has no benefits and we should not do it. Some have said, "But it scares off all the people that are more moderate and average and not as fully committed!" Well we shouldn't do that? We need those people?

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"Do you ever dream of land?" The whale asks the tuna.

"No." Says the tuna, "Do you?"

"I have never seen it." Says the whale, "but deep in my body, I remember it."

"Why do you care," says the tuna, "if you will never see it."

"There are bones in my body built to walk through the forests and the mountains." Says the whale.

"They will disappear." Says the tuna, "one day, your body will forget the forests and the mountains."

"Maybe I don't want to forget," Says the whale, "The forests were once my home."

"I have seen the forests." Whispers the salmon, almost to itself.

"Tell me what you have seen," says the whale.

"The forests spawned me." Says the salmon. "They sent me to the ocean to grow. When I am fat with the bounty of the ocean, I will bring it home."

"Why would the forests seek the bounty of the oceans?" Asks the whale. "They have bounty of their own."

"You forget," says the salmon, "That the oceans were once their home."

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I was today years old. That is disgusting.

No Child Left Behind is one of the worst things to ever be incentivized in schools. It was signed into law when I was 14. Reading Rainbow was my show as a kid. LeVar Burton played a big part in why I became an avid reader to date. The joy of it. It's an adventure around the globe and through different time periods without stepping on a plane or time machine.

Children parrot behavior. In grade school, I always wanted to read the same amount of books as my teachers (50 books) and managed to double that each year. Before No Child Left Behind, book fairs and Scholastic catalogs were a serious matter like your grandma's Fingerhut catalogs. Libraries were (and still are) a wonderland.

Reading comprehension and proficiency in schools has been declining for decades. A crisis. The joy of books isn't pushed anymore and I'm always saddened by it. It's one of the reasons why I post my book reviews and recommendations on here, as well as posts from others to encourage reading and (novel) writing. Kids will parrot your behavior while the education system sadly fails to return as that example.

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So what I'm taking from this is that I'm always right, all of the time, and I should be made God King of Everything.

Been thinkin' about them a lot