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hope is a skill

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It’s March! Which means it’s poem a day time! And after far too many months of not writing or posting, it feels good to shake off the rust and dive back into a routine. I hope you enjoy day one: Practice! kathleenchealy.com/s/stories/poem-a-day-2022-131-practice #practice #practicemakesprogress #progress #cooking #workingout #serving #painting #drawing #failure #maker #amwriting #amwritingpoetry #poetry #poet #poetrycommunity #poetrychallenge #poemaday #poetsofinstagram #writersofinstagram #write #writer #writerslife #writing #writingcommunity #writerscommunity #writingchallenge #dailychallenge #March #March2022 #marchchallenge https://www.instagram.com/p/CalTJbMrQC_/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Tonight on My Husband Doesn’t Know How to Baby Talk

“Ma’am, are you aware that these, right here are your hands? They belong to you. And you get to decide what happens with them. So when you use these hands to pull your binky out of your mouth that is not necessarily a dad problem. I’ll fix it obviously i just want you to acknowledge it’s not my fault”

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Ted Lasso: The Opposite of Subverting Expectations

This is gonna have spoilers for the end of Ted Lasso Season 2

There is one phrase in media that has become prominent as of late. It’s when creators go on about how they wanted to “subvert expectations” and it is 100% a bullshit line.

It’s writers who don’t like it when you figure out what’s coming so they do a bait and switch in the last minute. It’s frankly an offensive thing because don’t you want your fans to pay attention to your show? Don’t you want them to think about it? You should respect your audience.

George RR Martin once said that he knows there’s people on the internet that have guessed where his books are going or have guessed major plot points. That he’s not going to change the ending because of that because it means all the hints he put along the way are for naught. I don’t agree with all of his choices as a writer but I think that line of thinking is actually really wise.

If you change your ending then the hints from before are meaningless. Having people guess what is going to happen doesn’t make it less impactful. If you’ve got a good creative team and good actors anything is possible.

Ted Lasso as a show proves this to be true.

Raise your hand if you knew that Nate was going to go Dark Side? Keep it raised if you knew he was gonna spill the beans and then join Rupert. 

We knew Richmond was going to get promoted. That Sam was probably going to stay with the team.

But knowing that doesn’t make the journey any less impactful. I knew Nate was gonna spill but that didn’t make it hurt any less when we saw the text message. My heart still broke during the confrontation between Ted and Nate. Seeing Sam chose himself and his future was beautiful.

Seeing Jamie give the ball to Dani and seeing Dani score the penalty was a perfect moment.

The Celebration was incredible and heartwarming. The joy wasn’t taken away by the fact that we knew it was gonna happen.

That’s just good storytelling. It’s meaningful, it’s impactful, it’s joyous.

There’s no meaningless twists or last second gotchas! And I truly hope writers rooms are paying attention. Because is what makes a show wonderful. It’s characters you can root for, incredible actors and good storytelling.

Because storytelling still matters

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The Good Place (2016-2020)

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I did that job once.

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The coolest Santa of all time 😎

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NESKANTAGA – On Monday, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh and NDP MP Charlie Angus (Timmins—James Bay) visited Neskantaga First Nation to talk with the community about their longstanding water crisis. In 2015, Justin Trudeau promised an end to boiled water advisories on reserve and made Neskantaga the symbol of the Liberal promise to deliver on clean water. And yet the community is now 26 years without safe water with no end in sight. Singh was in the community to hear first hand what solutions are needed.

“How is it possible in a country as rich as Canada with the greatest water resources in the world that First Nation communities can be left without access to clean drinking water?” asked Singh. “For six years, Justin Trudeau has said a lot of nice things about working towards reconciliation, but those words don’t mean anything when he continues to do nothing to fix the water crisis in Neskantaga and in other communities across the country. People have been living without clean drinking water for decades. Some residents have lived their whole lives without it. How can Justin Trudeau speak about reconciliation while continuing to deny Indigenous people this basic human right?”

There are currently 51 long term boil water advisories in place in Indigenous communities across the country, including in Neskantaga First Nation.

“What I saw in Neskantaga is the brutal indifference of the federal government to basic rights of families to live with safe water. The solution to the water crisis requires more than Liberal talk,” said Angus. “I challenge Justin Trudeau to come here and see the injustice he is upholding first-hand and speak with community members. The answer to the water crisis is not rocket science. It just takes political will.”

The NDP is committed to a clean water strategy that addresses the real issues at the ground level and works with the communities to put in long-term solutions that ensure that people in every part of Canada can live in safety and dignity.

Tagging: @politicsofcanada

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the meaning of life is summed up in the story elmer bendiner tells about how when he was a pilot the second world war, his plane was hit with a barrage of anti-aircraft fire from the nazi forces but the crew survived. and how everyone was saying it was a miracle until they investigated the shells that got in the fuselage and found there was no explosive charges in any of them. in one they found a note scribbled in czech, written by the person who had been forced to manufacture the shells, and it just said ‘this is all we can do for you now’.

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“I think he’s a really good match. I mean, he’s age appropriate, financially appropriate. He’s not shy.” “I love that about him.” Ted Lasso Season 2 Sneak Peek via BlackTree TV on YouTube

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"you're just racist"

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on another note, watched The Mummy (1999) the other day and I couldn’t help  feel like the O’Connells and the Addams (Addams Family Values (1993) would get on really well ya know? The O’Connells are basically the pastel adventure version of the Addams, surely they would just be vibin’ over tea and crumpets in an extremely haunted mansion having a ball of a time

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I forgot I’m left handed.

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Dear Neil, I am a horrible person. How to be kinder, please?

Sometimes I suspect we are all horrible people. Or at least, we are human people. Same thing. We are impatient, judgmental, irritating and irritated, grumpy, easily offended and the rest of it.

So how to be kinder if it doesn’t come naturally? 

Fake it. 

Fake it a little bit at a time. 

Because there isn’t actually any difference between doing something nice for someone because you are naturally saintly and perfect, and doing something nice for someone because you are secretly demonic and trying to cover it up. It’s still an act of kindness either way, and you still made their lives better.

Smile at people. Say hullo. Ask about their lives. Remember what they’ve told you about their lives. Do small things to try and help them. (They will not know you are horrible, do not worry. They will just perceive that you are helping.)

Give people the benefit of the doubt. Remember that it’s more often stupidity to blame than evil, that everyone can screw up (including you) and what’s important is learning from that.

Think “What would an actually kind person do now?” – and do that. Don’t beat yourself up when you fail. Just be as kind to yourself as you will be to others – even if you have to fake that.

And good luck.