gentle reminder that if u feel like time is flying by, note down all the good things that happened to you in the previous month. it might not seem like much but it really does ground you and make you realise just how many things you got to experience. in a day and age where we lose most of our time to technology, we sometimes unintentionally merge days together. sit down, reflect. you’ll be surprised at how much you remember and how warm and fuzzy those memories make you feel.
[image id: a four-page comic. it is titled “immortality” after the poem by clare harner (more popularly known as “do not stand at my grave and weep”). the first page shows paleontologists digging up fossils at a dig. it reads, “do not stand at my grave and weep. i am not there. i do not sleep.” page two features several prehistoric creatures living in the wild. not featured but notable, each have modern descendants: horses, cetaceans, horsetail plants, and crocodilians. it reads, “i am a thousand winds that blow. i am the diamond glints on snow. i am the sunlight on ripened grain. i am the gentle autumn rain.” the third page shows archaeopteryx in the treetops and the skies, then a modern museum-goer reading the placard on a fossil display. it reads, “when you awaken in the morning’s hush, i am the swift uplifting rush, of quiet birds in circled flight. i am the soft stars that shine at night. do not stand at my grave and cry.” the fourth page shows a chicken in a field. it reads, “i am not there. i did not die” / end id]
a comic i made in about 15 hours for my school’s comic anthology. the theme was “evolution”
I'm learning to play DnD with my friends, we play very goofy with lots of jokes and I LOVE it. Meet Mouse - my character who is an owlin rogue and the characters of my friends (@dorkydeer, @bytwistwood, @chibirdart and @tubbynugget on Instagram). More about them in new comics hopefully :>.
Honestly? I love this, this is great. This is my new favorite line to use when interacting with strangers online.
musings on writing
Heaven Is Not Verbose: A Notebook by Vera Pavlova (tr. Steven Seymour), Letters Home by Sylvia Plath, MaddAddam by Margaret Atwood, A Breath of Life by Clarice Lispector, Isak Dinesen quoted by Raymond Carver, The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath by Sylvia Plath, from a letter to Max Brod by Franz Kafka, Conversations with Kafka by Gustav Janouch, The Story of the Lost Child by Elena Ferrante, The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 1: 1931-1934
I’m sorry but this is the funniest Reddit post I’ve seen in a while
inaccurate, they will survive.
counterattacking
they are now playing a friendly game of speed pong :3
Best comeback line ever.
When defending capitalism, capitalists insist that financial gain is the best motive for hard work and productivity.
When deciding who to hire to work for them, capitalists insist that financial gain is the worst motive.
Capitalism is pure hypocrisy. They're not even trying to hide it. They openly declare "we're allowed to only care about money but you aren't", and people still support them. People still think capitalism is freedom. People still think capitalism benefits everyone.
It’s really hard doing job applications knowing i have to suck up to the mission - even if it’s a mission i believe in! - when sometimes i just want to write a cover letter that goes like,
Dear hiring manager, I am applying for position X. I can do it. Give me the money. Sincerely, Me
Hands down, the best, THE BEST part of opening my own business is that I can actively solicit applications like the one above, tell people before they apply how much money I'm offering (and it's a good chunk, in the service industry), and then lord it over all the fucking right-wingers at Chamber of Commerce meetings when they whine about their staffing shortages. Bitch I have almost zero turnover and a two-inch thick stack of resumes, we are not the same.
Yup. It's not hard to be someone people want to work for.
i think the funniest and realist thing i’ve realized lately is how troubling idealization can be. every person is just… a person. the very people you want to impress or be apart of are just people. even if they seem wildly intimidating because of the way they look or because of their reputation, every one is just a person. human. as embarrassing, as remorseful and they are going through stages of growth just like you are. we only see what we want to see and then drown ourselves further in our own depression and we don’t have to.
truly and i am learning the less i idealise others, the more willing i am to meet people where they are warts n all. and the more willing i am to show myself too and bring my whole self into things. my own embarrassment becomes a new normal and fine thing. stumbling becomes more endearing.
had a teacher once who told us “idealizing people is just as dehumanizing as demonizing them” and that stuck with me so much
i was in the library and the lights went out and i whispered “dark academia” and only one person laughed but ive been having a bad enough week that it felt like a win so cheers
thanks everyone :’)
you’re right obviously this joke is too funny to flop like that. what really happened was i whispered “dark academia” and the girl next to me turned around and kissed me, with tongue, and everyone clapped etc etc