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𝐈’𝐦 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠

𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞, 𝐛𝐮𝐭

𝐈’𝐦 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐬,

𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈’𝐦 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠.

𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒐𝒕𝒕𝒆 𝑬𝒓𝒊𝒌𝒔𝒔𝒐𝒏

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Pringle enjoying the rain

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𝐢 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐟 𝐢’𝐦 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐝

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𝐢 𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐢 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐮𝐧𝐦𝐨𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲’𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐢 𝐜𝐚𝐧’𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢 𝐚𝐦 𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐥𝐲, 𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧, 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐨𝐫 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐢’𝐯𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝.

𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒐𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒑𝒅𝒇

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𝐈 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮. 𝐈 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐰𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈, 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐦𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭.

𝑭𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒅𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒉 𝑵𝒊𝒆𝒕𝒛𝒔𝒄𝒉𝒆

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𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐨 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞,

𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐨 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞,

𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧,

𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈’𝐦 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫,

𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞, 𝐢𝐭’𝐬 𝐚 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠.

𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐨 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞?

𝑱𝒖𝒍𝒊𝒆 𝑩𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏

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rip Theoden, King of Rohan

Rest in Peace, Bernard Hill 🤍🕊

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𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒖𝒅𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝑰 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒛𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕

𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏 𝒎𝒚 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒇𝒍𝒆𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈,

𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝑮𝒐𝒅 𝒊𝒔 𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒂𝒍.

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𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝑰 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒌 𝑯𝒊𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝑰 𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒆

𝒇𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒏𝒆𝒙𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒚 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒕

𝒃𝒊𝒓𝒅𝒔 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝒎𝒚 𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒐𝒘

𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒍𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑮𝒐𝒅

𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘𝒔 𝒏𝒐 𝒄𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆

[𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐋𝐢𝐭𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫]

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just come cute lil cacti from an insanely cool store i found

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the 'scarlet letter' (an ancho-chile spiced dark chocolate mocha) and the 'don quixote' (an azteca d'oro mexican spiced chocolate mocha)

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𝐓|-/𝐀𝐍𝐊 𝐘𝐎𝐔; 𝟐𝟑 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐞, 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟗

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So when I was in grade school, my favorite teacher (with whom I've remained friends with to this day) bought a bunch of goldfish for our biology class to keep as pets. They all died rather quickly due to unforeseen circumstances, but during our time with them we grew attached to one goldfish in particular. When he died, we gave him a Viking funeral and I was tasked with writing and reading aloud his eulogy. My teacher announced over the intercom that morning, "Whoever would like to attend the funeral of Mr. Clinkingbeard's freshman biology classes' pet, Chuck Norris, please come to my classroom during the 12:00 lunch period."

I ended up standing on top of one of those black, stone-top science tables giving a eulogy to a group of about 200 teary-eyed students of varying ages.

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“𝑰 𝒂𝒎,” 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝑨𝒔𝒍𝒂𝒏. “𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆. 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒎𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒎𝒆 𝒃𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆. 𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒐𝒏 𝒘𝒉𝒚 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒃𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝑵𝒂𝒓𝒏𝒊𝒂, 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒃𝒚 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒂 𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒍𝒆, 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒎𝒂𝒚 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒎𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆.”

“𝑪𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒂𝒈𝒆, 𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕.”

[𝐂.𝐒. 𝐋𝐞𝐰𝐢𝐬]

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𝑺𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒅𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝑰 𝒂𝒎 𝑽𝒂𝒏 𝑮𝒐𝒈𝒉’𝒔 ‘𝑺𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒚 𝑵𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕’

𝑶𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒅𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝑰 𝒂𝒎 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒖𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝒍𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓

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iced dark chocolate mochas from one of my favorite coffee shops