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what to do when everything’s a mess

Wash your hair. Don’t worry about all those articles online about the best haircare products of 2019 and whatnot, get in, wash it like you usually do, get out. Leave it to air dry, it’s less work for you.

Brush your teeth. Even if you brushed them this morning and are probably going to brush it tonight, do it anyway. Especially if it’s exam time, all that tea or coffee you’re most likely downing (props to you if you only study with water) probably makes them feel kind of gross.

I know most of these lists tell you to run a bath, but let’s face it, for those of you who even have a bath in the first place, the thought of filling that tub and sitting there in complete silence for a couple hours seems like a trek. And ironically exhausting. So instead, just brush your hair, take a nap (set a nice soothing alarm) and once you’ve gotten out of bed, wash your face or at least splash cold water on your face.

CLEAN clean clean clean CLEAN. Easier said than done, but at least start by clearing one messy component of your area; it could be your floor, your desk or your bed. You don’t need to clean and re-organise your entire room marie condo-style for you to actually have a reason to take the time to clean in the first place. A little goes a long way, and you don’t ALWAYS need to do the hard yards ya know.

I would say read a book, but sometimes your brain is melting or buzzing so it can’t really focus on anything lengthy. So instead, find someone reciting a poem online, and just listen to it. I recommend Jeremy Irons and his voicing of tons of T.S Eliot poetry, or Allen Ginsberg reciting his own poetry (Howl is a classic).

If you’re one of those people who drowns their sorrows by listening to music, don’t listen to music!! Don’t reinforce your pain!! So to that I say, listen to a podcast. If the classic podcast genre of true crime is a little too stressful and you’ve already cried twice today, listen to interviews with actors, screenwriters and directors. It can be really refreshing to listen to people you already enjoy the content of talk about their work. I recommend Awards Chatter and Happy Sad Confused.

Stop staring at screens! Just physically sit outside for a bit, you don’t need to go for a jog or do a general workout, just…sit. People-watch, try and memorise the exact scene in front of you, from the mis-en-scene to all the colours and sounds and the way the sunlight feels on your eyelashes. Write it down if you want to, you could even denote a single notebook to your little outdoor descriptions. Or just write on a napkin. To each their own.

Have you eaten today? And I mean something hearty, something that isn’t primarily made out of air and salt. Something that falls under the umbrella of snack does not count; meal is more like it. If not, eat. Preparing food might feel exhausting, but so’s going a relatively long amount of time without something nutritionally substantial.

If you’re feeling emotionally heavily, get out a notebook or even just a scrap of paper, a pen and cry until your eyes are as blurry as can be. With tears down your cheeks, scribble out how you’re feeling. Don’t bother with how neat or messy it is, whether the sentences even stay on the lines, it’s not about being aesthetic. In fact, it’s about being as messy as possible. Let all of it out, and let is act as a physical manifestation of what’s going on in your head. Don’t fight it or deny it, relieve yourself by both constructing and understanding yourself. 

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Let's find the vampire princess!

I’m losing my mind my friend was like “hey that’s been on the floor of my car for weeks. What is it?”

And I knew enough to be able to identify it as a single Scarecrow-brand fake fang.

The thing is:

1. She has been totally isolating bc of the pandemic so nobody else has been in her car but me bc I live with her now.

2. It’s still unmolded, so no one has even worn this fang. It’s just here, all alone.

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Using your best friend as a surfboard I see

Challenge of the Super Sons #1 - “Doom on the Horizon” (2020)

written by Peter J. Tomasi art by Max Raynor & Luis Guerrero

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Life is like a Casino,

A game of chance.

You won $800 you say,

But if I may ask

How much did you lose?

Long silence, ignorance

Is the answer you choose.

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The First Cartoon LGBT Representation That No One Talks About

With many people talking about the 2010s cartoons being progressive by  representing LGBT such as 

LGBT weddings 

Main characters confirming their gay/lesbian/bi 

and side characters being gay

But as someone who was born in 2000s in Canada, there’s one cartoon LGBT representation that I barely hear anyone talk about and that is Jean from 6teen.

 She first appeared on the 89th episode of the show where Nikki befriends her and was curios if she’s lesbian or not.  Unlike most shows where they have to hints that they are gay and show it by the end, 6teen just spill the beans by having her say “Yes, I’m into girls”. 

And then they show her going to prom with a girl 

This is probably the first cartoon show that represent LGBT in the most chillest way by telling that she’s into girls. No hints, no waiting till the end of the series or anything, just flat out saying she’s a lesbian. 

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I would like to be famous, but I don't want to be entertainment.

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Here's a love poem I put together using only lines from gay books because they are THAT lyrical

In order of appearance:

●Sappho (the title)

●The Raven King by Maggie Stiefvater

●Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin

●Carry On by Rainbow Rowell

●Tin Man by Sarah Winman

●Ash by Malinda Lo

●Prince's Gambit by C. S. Pacat

●A Gathering of Shadows by V. E. Schwab

●The Portrait of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

●Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

●The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon

●This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone

●Call Me By Your Name by André Aciman

●The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

●The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi Lee

●Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by B. A. Sáenz

●The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern

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They can't do that!?

my favorite part about cashiering at Cr/cker B/rrel was that we had to carry company-issued clear plastic purses so management could catch us if we tried to steal from the store (?????) and I asked for permission to have an extra, smaller bag inside of it because I take a medication for my disability that is addictive and commonly sold recreationally and I didn’t wanna advertise having it. So management told me it was in bad faith to accuse any of my coworkers of being dealers (not in bad faith to make us carry the clear purses though?) and I explained I wasn’t accusing anyone, or judging ppl with addiction for that matter, I simply felt the contents of my purse is a privacy I am entitled to.

They told me I could store my meds in the managers office like I was an elementary school student. They also said I could hide it in a Tylenol bottle. I explained it was important for it to be clearly marked in case someone else needed to get it for me and easily accessible I.e. not in a locked office. The told me too bad.

Anyway within one week, about five coworkers approached me asking to buy it off me and then I got accused of selling drugs at work ✌🏻

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Do what you can!

JUSTICE FOR CASEY GOODSON

On December 4th, 2020, Casey Christian Goodson Jr. (23 years old) was shot three times in the back and murdered by a Sheriff’s Deputy as he was entering his home in Columbus, Ohio. Goodson’s family stated that he was returning home from a dentist appointment, holding a Subway sandwich, his face mask, and his keys, when he was shot.

Two days later, the Columbus Police Department made a statement alleging that James Meade, the deputy responsible for Goodson’s death, saw a man believed to be Goodson with a gun while driving. Meade then approached Goodson after he exited his car and walked home, where he was shot.

Hours after the shooting, the US Marshal for the Southern District of Ohio, Peter Tobin, confirmed that Goodson was not the fugitive they were searching for. However, Tobin also added that he believed that the shooting was justified, claiming that Goodson was shot after he refused to drop his “weapon.”

Yet another Black man murdered by the police.

DEMAND JUSTICE.

art credit: @alex.albadree on instagram

graphics credit: @worldawarenessassociation on instagram

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Kon : *having an early breakfast with Jon at Jon's apartment*

Kon : we should do this more often !!

Jon : do what ??

Kon : breakfast ! I mean, shit, I havent seen you for almost a month !

Jon : yeah, ok, but next time how about calling first before just bulldozing into my kitchen like the fucking FBI, making me burn my hand on the stove and demanding that I make your fat ass extra bacon; you scared the shit out of me

Kon : duely noted 👌

*sound of the bedroom door opening*

*approaching footsteps*

Damian : *entering the kitchen in only Jon's boxers*

Damian : *makes a plate of breakfast*

Damian : *turns*

Damian : *glares Kon down*

Kon :

Damian :

Kon :

Damian : *leaves the kitchen*

*sound of the bedroom door closing shut*

Kon :

Jon :

Kon : *looking back at Jon*

Kon : I thought you said you were "done" with him and his "bullshit ??"

Jon : first of all, I'm stupid--

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“She lives the poetry she cannot write.”

- Oscar Wilde

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I think Asmo, Belphie, Levi and Satan would have a little more of a twink bod

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY NO SLEEP GANG~