i tried reading the first book in the large Maximum Ride series by James Patterson because my parents got me all the books for christmas - I’m barely into the second chapter and am cringing so hard, the names bro ??! ignus, max short for maximum ride ?
Anyway is it worth it to fight through the cringe and read this series? does it get good ?
If my mom sees a significant amount of blood she gets lightheaded, and has fainted on some occasions. Once it happened when we were kids, I wasn't there to witness it but I heard the story from my dad. Basically my brothers, around 7 or 8 at the time, were playing outside while my mom was making their lunch, and she accidentally cut her finger. It wasn't anything serious, but it drew a fair bit of blood and she passed out. My dad saw this and rushed over, but he didn't really know what to do so he just sort of started slapping her to wake her up (not recommended, but he had no idea and panicked)
At that exact moment my brothers both came in from playing, and all they saw was our mom unconscious on the floor and our dad slapping her. So, like, without even saying a word to each other they both just INSTANTLY start whaling on him, like, full blown attack mode to defend our mom. Which obviously didn't help the situation, but she did wake up and everything was fine.
Now our dad says that he's actually really glad they attacked him over what they thought was going on, because it means he raised good boys. And I still think that's true, they're very good boys.
To make something as fuckedup as summertime feel like a vacation tells you exactly how fuckedup school is.
Be fukkin me and still….some 99 goddamn whatever decades on and to this minute this day I can’t tell you how often I’ve felt just so blessedly goddamn overly overjoyed knowing that I will never have to ever go “BACK TO SCHOOL” never ever ever again.
I mean it’s ridiculous the level of relief I wallow in like it’s decadence mostly forbidden to enjoy except for rare and special occasions and you better keep it to yourself mind you finding others becoming spitefully and dangerously jealous of your privilege.
At the time, I sensed right away that something was not right about the whole affair, especially when I had advanced to Jr. high level. Only now do I see just how correct my gut analysis was. And to be thusly affected ever after, is one of the more striking and stunning things about this strange study known as living I’ve encountered. Fuckin weird ness
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taps mic. clears throat. remus being the embodiment of the thoughts and fantasies thomas considered "forbidden" means he was, at least for a while, the sole embodiment of thomas' queerness as something to be feared or ashamed of or disgusted by. before any of the other sides could accept this about themselves, before thomas could accept it about himself. remus is the source and the holder of thomas' most unwanted thoughts, which at one point (and while this is technically subtext it is like 1 inch away from being text) included thomas being gay. if we get any dialogue or confirmation of this in the series I will do 1000000 backflips break my neck and pass out on the floor