#the year**

[soracities]

Czesław Miłosz, from “The Year” (tr. Czesław Miłosz and Richard Lourie), New and Collected Poems: 1931-2001 [ID'd]

[swashlyn]

Happy Almost Christmas everyone!

[xinrouska]

yorue 97?!!!! 🤯🤯

ya

[storm-of-feathers]

cant sleep gonna say my thoughts.

I think what a lot of people miss about tumblr (and especially unfocused blogs that, say, aren't fandom oriented) is that it's essentially an open journal. it's a microblogging website, and all blogging micro or macro is fundamentally a web log (where the term comes from!). if it seems like I'm not talking ab something enough, it's not because I don't care at all.

It's because first and foremost, this blog is a piece of my soul that I am choosing to share. I'm not trying to be an activist on the internet, I'm not trying to sway anyone to my opinions. I'm saying the things I think and feel. If I talk ab american politics too much, that's because im american. if I'm writing frustrated posts about performative internet activism, that's because it feels exhausting to be out there doing the work (because that's what it is. Its work. Its boring and taxing and it feels like youre getting nowhere. Until you see how far youve come) and having to come to tumblr and seeing people say I didn't talk about [disaster 30000 of the past ten years] enough.

if I seem angry and upset and scared and irrational, its because i am those things. you have to understand. in spite of my rather large follower number, this blog is, first and foremost, for me. I am writing things down and allowing strangers and friends and wanderers to read it. I won't call it a privilege that can be taken away, bc its not like some of my thoughts are exactly a treat, but it is something to keep in mind.

if you ask me why I'm talking about the supreme courts recent decisions but not similar decisions in other countries, the answer comes down to "one of those directly affects me, and therefore i can fight back."

but I shouldn't have to announce where and how I'm fighting back. if for no other reason, my own fucking safety. but also bc this blog isn't any sort of guide to activism, it's not any type instruction. it is, at best, my diary that I published.

and that isn't a bad thing!! and it shouldn't be!!! that's why I harped so hard on the carrd post. that's why I'm vaguely annoyed with my reddit posts. that's why I shared my marital status and sexuality for a long time. that's why i have a rwby icon. that's why my blog title which hasn't changed since 2018 is what it is.

I understand that sometimes I have opinions people don't like. oceangate in particular has proven to be a fantastic example of that. But i am, at the most basic terminology, venting my thoughts and feelings.

that's why I'm talking ab the supreme court and their awful decisions. why I may not be talking about issues that don't directly affect me, but might affect some of you. it's not because i don't care. It's never because I don't care.

It's because my target audience is a mirror.

[accidentallyaverage]

i bought 6 books this week and finished all of them

...i meant to save some for the rest of the year but 🤷‍♂️

what can you do

[conjcosby]

Stardate: 2024.1.2 ▫ A poem by #ellawheelerwilcox that's about #newyear hope this brings you #joy and #happiness 😊🙏 #theyear #poet #poets #poetry #poem #poetoftheweek #poetsoftheweek #poetryoftheweek #poemoftheweek #potw

[usofj]

[pennylanephoto]

x

[shadowdancingpoetry]

Happy New Year.

[crystalmagpie447]

plz rate my minecraft character which is basically an amongus crewmate imposter character who crash landed on earth and has no idea what they are doing but is trying to survive (ur opinion matters to me as one of my bestest coolest awesomest friends and i love sharing things with you)

P.s. Heart emojies

YOOOO AAAAA THATS SO COOOL!!!!! RRAAAAAAA I LOVE IT YAYAYAY

THE DETAILS THE TAIL EHEHHEE HEART EMOJIES I GIVE IT 10/10

[roses-and-elixir]

This week feels so insanely long, how is it only wednesday?

[awkwardlyaaron]

Aaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhb

FUCK

[disneyprincessdxminatrix]

why is it so hard to know where/who you tip?? how do people just know? like is there a list where I can check when I am expected to give a tip as common courtesy?

[coffeenrocknroll]

This Year by The Mountain Goats, but it's been like that for the past three years and you wonder if there's ever gonna be feasting and dancing in Jerusalem next year.

[mudwisard]

my trick for getting through grad school is learning to navigate the quadrants with all their nuances

[mudboyman]

Light answers a tough question