I swear, the most self destructive thing you could ever do is invest your happiness in other people. Too many people only care when it’s convenient for them. Your happiness is too important and valuable to waste it on people that don’t have your best interest in mind.
there’s a place we can go where the pain will go away
people who tell me i shouldn’t drink lava: the media
people who lie: the media
conclusion: i am going to drink lava
I am a geologist with no association to the media and I would not recommend drinking lava
Get a load of Big Geology trying to oppress the voice of the people. Teach the controversy. Drink the lava.
so much tension in one photo
its either 1am or 1pm in the pic and i dont know which is funnier
whenever any of the sense8 characters get themselves into some shit
In the Couture Mood, Saskia de Brauw by Paolo Roversi / Vogue Italia March 2014
im in the “i want a black widow movie not a sixth spiderman film” squad
shit man this is goddamn important because there are so many young and impressionable people on this website
ITS DONE
I AM HERE! shivertongue is here!!!! We look like crap in this photo!!!!
HA HA. NERDS AT YOUR NERDVENTION. WHAT SORT OF PEOPLE GO TO THOSE THINGS.
I KNOW, RIGHT? THERE WAS THIS CREEPY LONG-HAIRED GUY FOLLOWING US AT ONE POINT...
Update:
My husband flew into Canada on the 1st, I was discharged on the 2nd, and we flew back to Vegas on the same day. Everyone was exceedingly kind to us on the trip, but it was still understandably exhausting. On the same night, we went into the emergency room to have my dressings changed as directed. The following day, the 3rd, we had an appointment with my primary care provider, who referred me to an infectious diseases doctor.
That night, I experienced pretty much all the symptoms of dilaudid withdrawal (the painkiller I was on in Canada). Don’t do drugs. Just don’t. That is in the top 5 of the worst experiences I’ve ever had, and now I understand why junkies get so desperate for a fix to avoid withdrawal. I’m on a reduced dosage and weaning off now, thankfully; taking pain medication when you’re not in pain may sound ridiculous, but the alternative is a week of anxiety, dysphoria, depression, nausea, vomiting, sleep complications… The list goes on, and this is on top of what I was going through thanks to the actual infection and surgery.
The next day, June 4th, during the appointment with the infectious diseases doctor, we got a phone call: it turns out that we live in a far enough area that Home Care only visits there once a week. At this point, my stress, anxiety and exhaustion were incredibly high, and given the lack of other viable options, the doctor sent us to the emergency room again, with instructions to get me admitted to the hospital for continued treatment.
That took several hours of triage, but I finally got admitted that evening. As it turns out, there is not one, but two organisms attacking my stomach, one of which is resistant to the anti-fungal I was taking in Canada.
That knowledge and following change to my medication, as well as receiving round the clock care and steady visits from family and friends, have been doing wonders to my physical, emotional and psychological state. The local infectious diseases doctor is looking into changing my medication from intravenous to oral, and my dressings and other medical hardware are down to the point where they can be handled by myself or my family on a regular basis, so I should be able to go home soon, with the correct prescriptions, medical supplies and follow-up appointments, and no need for the barely-there Home Care team.
While at least here we know that insurance will cover it, this is still going to add to our very, very large expenses. Please, if you have the means, consider sharing and/or donating through the link above.
Thank you for reading. It’s a long road and it will likely never be quite over because of the physical consequences to my body, but the most stressful part of this nightmare should be through.
Relationships are scary and complicated ONLY when you start thinking of your partner as some kind of adversary.
You know how to stop being scared of relationships? Remember that it’s got a goddamn buddy system *built in*. That’s all a relationship IS: “Let’s approach life with the buddy system.”
Check on your buddy. Make sure your buddy doesn’t forget their lunch box on the schoolbus. Hold hands with your buddy so you don’t get lost. If your buddy wants to look at the monkey cage, look at the goddamn monkey cage with them. If you are the one looking at the monkey cage, ask your buddy what they want to do next, and when they want to feed the giraffe, help them find a quarter for the little food dispenser. Be a good buddy, and if your buddy isn’t a good one too, tell the teacher and ask for a new one.
This isn’t fucking rocket science, people.
All of the orgasms in fic are so violent. His orgasm came like a punch to the gut. It hit him like a mack truck. It knifed him in a fucking alley. What these orgasms need is a good education.
the orgasm tapped him on the shoulder politely because it wasn’t raised in a goddamn barn
By the time he came back to himself, the orgasm had washed the dishes, vacuumed the living room, and retrieved his lost house key from under the chaise lounge.
Your options are not limited to Democrat vs Republican. Your options are not limited to Hillary Clinton vs Whoever. I am seeing a lot of critique of Clinton, which is great, but everyone is lamenting, “Woe, she is an awful choice, but she’s a better choice than any Republican ever!” For some reason they either do not seem to be aware of the other parties, or they are falling into that common trap of, “I won’t vote for one of the smaller parties because they never win and I want my vote to count.”
Let me explain you a thing…
Have you heard of the fucking primaries? VOTE IN YOUR PRIMARIES. Everyone and their mom votes in the presidential elections, not as many people vote in the primaries! (Also vote in your local elections for senators, representatives, mayors, etc. Last time I went, there wasn’t even a LINE. I was in and out of there in five minutes. Takes longer to order a burger at McDonalds.) IF YOU’RE SO WORRIED ABOUT YOUR VOTE COUNTING, VOTE IN THE PRIMARIES.
If you don’t want Clinton to be the Democratic nominee, VOTE FOR SOMEONE ELSE YOU LIKE BETTER IN THE PRIMARIES. Just cause Clinton says she’s gonna run doesn’t mean the Dems are going to pick her. Does anyone remember 2008? Clinton vs Obama for the Democratic nomination? And who do we have in office right now? Thank you, the primaries. VOTE IN THE DAMN PRIMARIES.
Pro tip: You can only vote in the Democratic primaries if you are registered Democratic. You can only vote in the Republican primaries if you are registered Republican. YOU CAN REGISTER AS ONE PARTY AND THEN VOTE IN THE GENERAL ELECTION FOR WHOEVER THE HELL YOU WANT. Oh my fucking god, this drives me actually nuts. People say that shit all the time. “Well, I’m registered Democrat so I have to vote for –” NO YOU DON’T. Say that again and I’ll come to your house and slap you with a fish. But first I’ll send that fish to college and see it graduate with a Ph.D in Political Science.
Listen. Why not consider registering as Republican and then voting for whoever the fuck you want? It’s like being a super spy. Going behind enemy lines! Weakening their prejudiced trash party from within! You can hum the Mission Impossible theme when you go to VOTE AT THE PRIMARIES.
“But wait! You said if I register Republican, I can only vote in the Republican primaries!” That is correct, my young chickadee, 10 points for paying attention. “But the Republicans are a prejudiced trash party!” I hear you cry. Currently, as a party, they sure are. But parties are made of INDIVIDUALS, and not all individual Republicans are prejudiced trash humans. Why not VOTE IN THE PRIMARIES for someone who at least doesn’t sort global warming into the same box as fairies and the Loch Ness Monster? Why not show the Republican party that we would love for them to be less of a prejudiced trash party? They weren’t always like this. Used to be that the Democrats were the ones everyone loved to hate.
Want to try some Grand High Poobah-level political trolling? Register Republican and go to your local Republican Club meetings. Be charming and well behaved. If you are a Millennial, they will start drooling. They are DYING for the Millennial vote! Bat your eyes at them, and then start being difficult. But SWEETLY difficult. “Oh thank you, it’s lovely to be here – sorry, what’s that? Ah yes, I’m registered Republican. Why? Well, I don’t much like the direction that the party is going, so I thought I’d get involved. :D So do you think the Republican stances on LGBT rights/women’s rights/poverty/global warming/etc are fatally injuring their ability to connect with the new generation of voters? *chinhands* Tell me your thoughts, I really want to know.” Charm and sneakiness are key. Remember, you are a secret super spy.
And another thing. What was that I heard someone muttering about how the smaller parties never win, so you want your vote to matter? Here is a step by step guide to making sure your vote matters: Research *ALL* the candidates from *ALL* the parties. Vote for the one you think would make the best president. CONGRATULATIONS, YOUR VOTE MATTERS.
So what have we learned today, my loves?
If you want to know more about the actual process of elections and so forth, which you SHOULD, here is a helpful website.
Hey there, tumblr friends. Get cozy. Get yourself a cup of tea. It’s time for some Real Talk. It’s about books. I know you little butterflies love books.
Now, I see a lot of posts going across my dash about how great it would be if there were more books with F/F romance, and more books with trans characters, POC characters, queer characters, disabled characters, more books that don’t erase bisexuality, more books with lots of women and lots of different kinds of women, more books with badass lady knights and women running across rooftops shooting stuff and rescuing each other, more books about feminism, and more books where any or all of the aforementioned subjects and characters are central and integral to the plot rather than tacked awkwardly onto one side like an afterthought.
I agree. It would be super great if there were more books with those things in ‘em, and it would be AWESOME great if those books filled (*gasp*) more than one of those categories at a time.
Which brings me to why I am here today. I am here today because you need to know about a book that has not just one of those things, not two or three of those things, but all of those things. ALL OF THEM. Go read that list again. ALL. OF. THEM. This is the book you have been waiting for, Tumblr. This is the book you have been hoping and praying for, the book you dream about at night when you are falling asleep. This is the book that you wish all other books were like. This book is KAREN MEMORY by Elizabeth Bear. And it’s good. It’s really good. The title will link you to its Barnes & Noble page, but for your convenience, here is the summary: "Hugo-Award winning author Elizabeth Bear offers something new in Karen Memory, an absolutely entrancing steampunk novel set in Seattle in the late 19th century—an era when the town was called Rapid City, when the parts we now call Seattle Underground were the whole town (and still on the surface), when airships plied the trade routes bringing would-be miners heading up to the gold fields of Alaska, and steam-powered mechanicals stalked the waterfront. Karen is a “soiled dove,” a young woman on her own who is making the best of her orphaned state by working in Madame Damnable’s high-quality bordello. Through Karen’s eyes we get to know the other girls in the house—a resourceful group—and the poor and the powerful of the town. Trouble erupts into her world one night when a badly injured girl arrives at their door, seeking sanctuary, followed by the man who holds her indenture, who has a machine that can take over anyone’s mind and control their actions. And as if that wasn’t bad enough, the next night brings a body dumped in their rubbish heap—a streetwalker who has been brutally murdered. Bear brings alive this Jack-the-Ripper-type story of the old west with the light touch of Karen’s own memorable voice, and a mesmerizing evocation of classic steam-powered science.”
Trust me, that summary doesn’t even come close to doing it justice. It will make you laugh, it will make you cry, it will make you get up and dance around the room with delight. And it will make you ship the everloving fuck out of the main character and the girl she has a crush on. (For reals, there were parts where the cuteness was so overwhelming that I had to hide my face in a pillow.) Now, I hear you. You’re a little dubious. You’ve been sorely disappointed by books over and over and over again for your entire life. You’re saying, “Ariaste, I dunno, this KAREN MEMORY book sounds great, but so many books have sounded great and then they fall short of my expectations.” NO. Stop that thought right there. You clearly have never read a Bear book before. Bear is a badass.You’re worried she won’t handle a thing well? She nails it. And then she nails its mother. Trust in Bear and Bear will provide. So, to reiterate: if you have been dying to see more and better representation in media, or if you love steampunk, or if you just want to read an AMAAAAAAAAAAAZING book about some AMAAAAAAAAZING women, pre-order* your copy from any of these places or your local bookstore (or ask your library to buy a copy!), or at least signal-boost this post and tell all your friends. The way to make your voices heard is to support the authors and artists who are doing the kind of work you want to see. Tumblr, KAREN MEMORY is the work you have been wanting to see, and Elizabeth Bear is your rightful queen. —————- *Oh yeah, preordering. It comes out in February. If you absolutely must have a Bear book now, I’d recommend starting with SHOGGOTHS IN BLOOM (an anthology of short stories) or THE ETERNAL SKY TRILOGY (epic fantasy in a Mongolian-esque setting). And yes, all her other books are just as amazing and awesome, so I assure you that you do in fact need to have a Bear book in your hands right now.
