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Jalal Sepehr - Water and Persian Rugs, 2004

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what the signs will learn in 2018

aries: you’ll learn that all of your hard work is going to be worth it. all the time, effort, tears, etc. is going to turn around and be in your favor for once. without even noticing, everything will be changing and suddenly the relief of everything you’ve been working towards will be here.

taurus: you will learn to connect. you’ll learn to get out of your room that you’ve shut yourself in. you will realize that there’s a whole ocean of people who care about you, and you’ll finally let them into your life. you’ll create great friendships and relationships with people who really care.

gemini: you’ll learn that not everything is in your control, but that’s the beauty of everything. you never know what is going to happen next, so alas, you will learn to go with the flow and not worry as much as you have been.

cancer: you will learn who is really supposed to be in your life. it’s no secret that you’ve let people take advantage of you, but this year, you will learn to put your foot down and welcome in the people who have pure intentions. you won’t be so trustworthy of just anyone anymore, because you know that trust is earned.

leo: you will learn that you have to create your own happiness. you won’t depend on people for validation and reassurance as much as you used to, and it will be freeing to finally understand your own worth and love yourself. 

virgo: you will learn that love comes in its own time. it cannot be forced, it cannot be begged for. you will realize that the people worth fighting for, actually will never have to be fought for and it will change your life for the better.

libra: you will learn that even when you don’t feel like it, people care about you. you might be overwhelmed a lot this year because of how many people come around and want to know how you are and how you’ve been. but, it will set your heart free knowing that these people aren’t going anywhere, and they really want to be here for you.

scorpio: you will learn the true value of the people in your life. it’s true, you’ve been hurt a lot. but you’ve really been starting to notice the people who have been around and stuck around all this time. the people that left you won’t matter as much anymore.

sagittarius: you will learn to care about yourself as you care for others. you will learn to take your big heart, and use it on yourself instead of constantly using it on others who simply don’t deserve it.

capricorn: you will learn that being lost means being found. you may have felt completely broken last year, but now, you will really start to figure yourself out. you won’t have to constantly wonder where you’re going or what you’re going to do, it doesn’t have to be so scary anymore.

aquarius: you will learn growth. you are going to grow a lot as a person this year and have lots of big changes. by the time this year ends, you won’t remember who you were at the beginning, but it will be beautiful.

pisces: you will learn to heal. all of these hurtful things that have happened to you over the years, you will learn to gracefully let them go. they won’t have such an impact on you anymore, and it will finally feel nice to move on and let yourself be free of it all.

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Important TED talks

Summer is time to relax but we should take the time to think. Here are my favorites ted talk videos that I think everyone should watch:

The virginity fraud - Nina Dølvik Brochmann and Ellen Støkken Dahl

This is what it’s like to go undercover in North Korea - Suki Kim

My escape from North Korea -  Hyeonseo Lee

The Muslim on the airplane - Amal Kassir

The Secret of Becoming Mentally Strong - Amy Morin

The skill of self confidence - Dr. Ivan Joseph

How to stop screwing yourself over - Mel Robbins

The Magic of Not Giving a F*** - Sarah Knight

Why the universe seems so strange - Richard Dawkins

The pattern behind self-deception - Michael Shermer

Militant atheism - Richard Dawkins

Why domestic violence victims don’t leave - Leslie Morgan Steiner

Lessons from death row inmates - David R. Dow

Lessons from the Mental Hospital - Glennon Doyle Melton

Why we choose suicide - Mark Henick

What’s Wrong with Dying? - Lesley Hazleton

I’m Taking My Body Back - Rupi Kaur

My philosophy for a happy life - Sam Berns

The surprising habits of original thinkers - Adam Grant

The surprising secret to speaking with confidence - Caroline Goyder

Want to sound like a leader? Start by saying your name right - Laura Sicola

Programming your mind for success - Carrie Green

All it takes is 10 mindful minutes - Andy Puddicombe

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you think you want me to shut up? i have to listen to myself even when im not talking

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Jake Gyllenhaal ASMR Interview for W Magazine (December 2017)

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Mars in Libra - You Can’t Have Peace without War 

The battle swords are raised in the defence of justice, peace, and harmony with Mars in Libra. The contradiction is clear, and she can throw these daggers in every direction out of confused indecision. The fire of Mars flickers dimly in Libra, and Aphrodite is out of her depth riding the conflict chariot. It’s common for the individual to internalise these fiery swords and subject herself to self-contempt, self directed rage, and self destruction. She is a defender of karmic law, righteousness, prevailing morality, and she is energised by the fight for her ideals and causes larger than her self. There can be fear, uncertainty, or anxiety regarding self-assertion and declaration of personal pride, honour, and needs. It can be difficult for the individual to take debate impersonally and wear down empathising with the enemy. 

Mars in Libra people are responsive to vulnerable, abused, mistreated, and exploited groups and individuals suffering at the hands of injustice. The will, inferno, and intellect is inspired and generated by campaign for equality and goodness. It’s possible that she wins the war by coaxing her adversary with concurrence, letting them draw first blood, charm, and charisma, seducing people into believing that she is on their side of the argument before she strikes with the blades of her intellect and a perspective that touches their psyche so intensely personally it catches them completely off guard. There can be natural talent for mediation, litigation, law, and criminal enforcement where she is able to wear the truth out of anybody. The individual is disarming and releases her guard so that she can suffer in the place of others. This can be to an intensely self-catastrophic and elusive degree, such as staying in a cruel relationship so that nobody else can be a victim at the same hands. There can be a lack of personal integrity and respect that subjects her accepting maltreatment and neglecting her internal necessities and sense of unimportance or poor self-worth.

The carnal and sexual nature is activated through shared experience and relationships. Passionate, commanding, and impulsive lovers reveal her flirtatious, suggestive and sensual temptress and she can be alluringly responsive to the sexual needs of partners. The priority here is connection and igniting private pieces of herself. She can confront internal conflict when ideals fail to meet reality and she unconsciously provokes drama despite trying her best to avoid it altogether. Her style can be more passive aggressive, gossipy, silently calculating, and stubborn, so its secrecy can anger people even more. Heartbreak or the slighting of friends or lovers can be the trigger. She is commonly caught in the middle of the war and forced to see-saw through the experience and demands of both opponents. It’s easy for her to see both sides of the argument so she can compromise well and play the devil’s advocate with persuasive ease. She quivers her dagger in the direction of her ideals, standing for the plight of justice by blinding her opponents with bullets of fragrance, finesse, and and flower petals of peace.

-C.

[art: Kurtis Rykovich]

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I got my heart broken and I survived, I failed 3 courses in university and graduated, I got rejected in the very first job I applied for and got promoted yesterday, I went through hard times with my family but then two years later, we laughed our hearts out over lunch, The closest friends disappointed me several times but I made new friends and loved them with all my heart. I did it once, I can do it again.

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I remember first learning that you can cry from any emotion, that emotions are chemical levels in your brain and your body is constantly trying to maintain equilibrium. so if one emotion sky rockets, that chemical becomes flagged and signals the tear duct to open as an exit to release that emotion packaged neatly within a tear. Everything made sense after learning that. That sudden stability of your emotions after crying. How crying is often accompanied by the inability to feel any other emotion in that precise moment. And it is especially beautiful knowing that it is even possible to experience so much beauty or love or happiness that your body literally can’t hold on to all of it. So what I’ve learned is that crying signifies that you are feeling as much as humanely possible and that is living to the fullest extent. So keep feeling and cry often and as much as needed

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sleep scale

12+ hours: hell yes. decadence has a name and it is ME. the dream. im marrying  my bed you’re invited to the wedding. i might feel groggy and angry for the rest of the day when i actually do get up but WORTH IT. 

12+ hours (ALTERNATE): i am deeply clinically depressed and approximately three (3) inches from death at any given moment

11-10 hours: ideal. im functioning at perfect 100% capacity my body and mind are a well oiled machine. im ready to knock out all my errands and chores in under an hour, work a full day and then study that language im trying to learn

9 hours: good! i could have slept longer, but getting up was no great horrifying trauma either

8-7 hours: the “””””medically recommended amount””””” for adults, but in reality more like a “fine, i GUESS” amount. normal mild levels of angst at having to get out of bed

6 hours: silent unceasing internal groaning for at least the first hour after waking. dont expect any kind of quality conversation for the first 2 or so hours. ive got a Less Than Medically Recommended Amount Of Sleep, that means im a martyr right???

5 hours: pretty unpleasant. feels gross. expect a moderate crash during the late afternoon. this is the first number that is considered worthy of entry in a college student sleep-measuring contest. altho if you try to enter with 5 hrs dead-eyed hordes will instantly materialize from the bushes and one-up you “5 hours??? HAHA SWEET SUMMER CHILD. I HAVENT SLEPT IN 3 YEARS”

4 hours: a Very Poor Decision. deep seated, incoherent rage upon waking that persists up to several hours. consume large amounts of your stimulant of choice, but you’ll still feel like a cave troll. constant aftertaste of chemicals and regret

3 hours: half awake half walking in some astral plane haunted by the wails of the newly-dead. children and animals fear the emptiness in your vacant eyes. a very respectable entry to any sleep-measuring contest. you’ll still get beaten by the “2 hour” and “all nighter” people, but everyone knows this is Bad

2 hours: you can get up, but only by rending your soul from your physical body in a paroxysm of agony, since it will refuse to leave the bed. you are now soulless and will feel absolutely zero emotion until sometime in the late afternoon/early evening when your soul returns and ALL the emotions will hit at once, leaving you alternately sobbing or creepily hyena laughing

1 hour: you fool. you imbecile. your hubris and weakness has brought you to this point. they are coming. you cannot escape. why didnt you just stay awake. why didnt you just pull the all-nighter. the strength of your no-sleep headache threatens to stab through your skull like an ice pick. all you can taste is blood. they are comi

0 hours: THIS ACTUALLY ISNT AS BAD. HAHA I’M NOT EVEN THAT TIRED! WATCH ME DOWN 15 MOUNTAIN DEWS IN 15 MINUTES. I CAN FEEL MY HEART BEATING IN MY EARS ISNT THAT WEIRD. WHAT DO YOU MEAN MY EYES ARE BLOODSHOT AND I CANT FOCUS, IM COMPLETELY NORMAL RIGHT NOW. GUYS I CAN HEAR COLORS.

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Use this comprehensive list to reference common compounds and ions conveniently.  I made this especially to give a lump sum of practice problems for drawing Lewis Structures.  Suggestions and comments appreciated, thanks!

Revised simpler edit (1/9/15) with elements sorted, and I changed everything to structural formula. 

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Made this based off this image

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Portrait of Yayoi Kusama by Gautier Deblonde

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Iiiii fucking hate you I can't not, too superstitious to not reblog fk u

If you love your Dad reblog this. If not he dies in 13 days.

are you fucking kidding me. I hate this but I can’t risk it. Noooooo

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Teenagers run and play on large white sand dunes in New Mexico, 1957. Photograph by J. Baylor Roberts, National Geographic

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bato dugarzhapov

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hey guys, hope your skin is clear and you get a text from someone you like real soon.

also that your lunch tastes good, you find twenty dollars on the ground, and that thing coming up that you were dreading turns out not so bad