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umm i need reassurance that my presence is wanted but i can’t ask for reassurance because that’s really Embarrassing and it wouldn’t feel genuine if i asked for it

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I made this edit because @thethistlegirl asked for it, and it fit our conversation awhile back that you can find plenty in libraries. And also, we needed a reaction gif.

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Even the person you despise the most is created in God’s image

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"I Have Made Mistakes" - The Oh Hellos

I love the fact that "In the Wind" lets Jesse be flawed and have failed in the past, while still giving him the chance to make things right. I probably shouldn't be surprised that it inspired both this edit and my fic "Reversible Errors". Because the only thing I love more than a good complex character is a found father/son dynamic, and I have entirely too much fun exploring that with H and Jesse...

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I have a very rough idea in my head that I don't think I can clearly articulate beyond "And that concludes tonight's reports on German air forc—WHAT'S THIS? IT'S KING ARTHUR WITH A STEEL CHAIR"

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And in despair I bowed my head; "There is no peace on earth," I said;     "For hate is strong,     And mocks the song Of peace on earth, good-will to men!"

--- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day

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Reblog this to ease the back pain of the person you reblogged it from

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reblog to give the prev a hot chocolate with (optional) whipped cream and marshmallows

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I love how varied and universally weird the circumstances for making lifelong friendships are. Here's this guy I accidentally messaged once and I could not imagine my life without them now. Here's this girl I was so scared of when I met her, I would kill for her and remind her to rest on the regular. Here's this other guy we have so much in common we used to joke we were the same person in different timelines. It took us years to meet in person and I attended his wedding. There are also people who entered my life in absolutely unremarkable ways but changed it forever for the better. It's wonderful how easy it is to find people to love.

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The book cover moment this time in a gif form. Featuring Lewis "how did I get in the middle of this" Sirk.

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something has gone deeply wrong when "focusing pragmatically on issues you can influence and working to make life better for yourself and your community" is considered an unserious distraction while "endlessly exposing yourself to media about distressing situations you can't control" is considered political engagement

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I actually really like the thing when you're starting to get the hang of a new language, enough to understand and say simple sentences but you gotta get creative to get more complex thoughts across, like a puzzle. I remember a time in the restortation school when a classmate who wasn't natively finnish and did her best anyway dropped something and sighed, telling me "every day is monday this week. I have had four mondays this week." And I understood.

I don't think I speak much of spanish anymore, but in the nursing school training period I did there, I did manage to get by with making weird Tarzan sentences. I got a nosebleed at some point and startled another nurse. Not knowing the words "humidity" or "stress", I managed to string together: "This is ok. It is hot, it is cold, I have a bad day, I am sad, I have blood. This is normal for me." And she understood.

And sometimes you just say things weird, but it's better than not saying it. One time, I was stuck in a narrow hallway behind someone walking really slowly with a walker, and he apologised for being in the way. I was not in any hurry, but didn't know the spanish word for "hurry", but I did know enough words to try to circumvent it by borrowing the english "I have all the time in the world."

The man burst into one of those cackling old man laughters that they do when something in this world still manages to surprise them. He had to be somewhere between 70 and a 100 years old, and I guess if there was one thing he wasn't expecting to hear today, it would be a random blond vaguely baltic-looking fuck casually announce that he is the sole owner and keeper of the very concept of time.

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polls! polls!

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Your sixth most recent emoji is how your guardian angel feels about you

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unless i'm missing something said later on in the Bible, it's so messed up that Joseph running from Potiphar's wife is turned into a "Flee from temptation" message, when none of the verses say anything about Joseph being tempted. it doesn't say that he wanted her, but specified that he was handsome and she wanted him. it's a story about attempted sexual assault on a man, and i think that's important to highlight since many people don't think that men can be sexually harassed