Just going to put this here. Pass it on.

Problem?

The first real conversation I had with my best friend, we talked about our suicidal thoughts. We were 15. At 29, she took her life.

I'm grateful for the fact that I got 14 years with her, and that she had many fairly good years in between.

“For a suicidal person like Anne Sexton to have survived to the age of forty-five, seems to me an achievement, a triumph. Virginia Woolf, living to the age of fifty-nine, is even more extraordinary. Suicides are always judged as if they were admissions of defeat, but one can take the viewpoint that their having lived as long as they did is an accomplishment of a kind. Knowing herself suicidal as a very young girl, Virginia Woolf resisted—made heroic attempts to attach herself to the exterior world—as did Anne Sexton—as do we all. Why not concentrate on the successes, the small and large joys of these lives, the genuine artistic accomplishments? After all, anyone and everyone dies; the exact way can’t be very important.”

—

Joyce Carol Oates, from a journal entry 

(via gloomo)

i hope this email finds you panting and moaning and begging for it

The Sun’s corona during a solar-eclipse.

the party ended 7 years ago (GOD…) and i’m still here

A customer contacted our team with questions, and then finished their email with: "I am daunted by the complexities and unknowns." I haven't been able to stop thinking about it since.

people always talk about leaving comments on ao3 like it's a nice thing to do, or the best way to encourage writers to keep writing, or overall like it's how you Do Your Part in fandom

and yeah, all those things are true, but having spent the past few months leaving enthusiastic comments on as many things as i can, i have a different perspective

you should leave comments on fics because it's fun

taking the time to stop and focus on what i like about a story has made me way more aware of what's going on in stories and what i like about them. there's bit more actual comprehension and appreciation and not just beaming content into my eyes to fill time

i like noticing cool little things in fics, or riffing on funny events. i've never been very good at speculating or picking apart characters, but sometimes something clicks and it rocks.

and of course it's pretty nice when you get a response and it's clear you've made another person happy

so yeah, you should leave comments for your own sake, too. it makes reading better!

“If you have time to watch Netflix you have time for a side hustle” my side hustle is relaxing so that my body and brain can heal from by this nose-to-the-grindstone bullshit. I refuse to feel guilty for being a human with the need to relax sometimes. my side hustle is no.

There are apps with solid integrity policies that can't see or sell your data. Check out the Read Your Body app, it's hands down the best one out there.

Tracking the menstrual cycle is wonderful, empowering and really useful. Don't let the abortion bans stop you from doing it - just be careful about where you put your data!

Gay people will be like “this is my comfort show!” And then show you the most emotionally devastating, stress-inducing, tragic piece of media you have ever witnessed

He’ll claim later that it was a splatter pattern experiment, but really, he just forgot to put the lid on.

THIS SHOW. Sometimes I'm proud to be a Swede.

It’s monumental. He’s doing things for himself and not just for his relationship with Simon. That final look into the camera is him speaking directly to the audience saying: “Trust me, I’m going to be fine. You can go.”

— EDVIN RYDING for The Daily Beast

I'm curious about everyone's "this fic hit me in the id so hard it changed my brain chemistry" fic. Whether it made you cry so hard it gave you a headache or scratched an itch so hard it gave you a new kink or made you laugh so hard you thought you were going to throw up, reblog and tell me the fic that rewired your brain!

Holm William and Wattbacka John are getting married. This is their wedding march.

I'm sending The Sky is Full of Fiddles part 2 to my beta tonight and I can't wait to finally share it with you!

Happy New Year!

My traditional New Year's fic is up:

Every Year Johnlock, rated T, 1k, part 7 of New Year's Kiss

John and Sherlock have a fight on New Year's Eve. Will they miss their traditional midnight kiss?

Enjoy, and check out the 6 previous parts (13k in total) to get in the mood for New Year's Eve!

Happy New Year!

My traditional New Year's fic is up:

Every Year Johnlock, rated T, 1k, part 7 of New Year's Kiss

John and Sherlock have a fight on New Year's Eve. Will they miss their traditional midnight kiss?

Enjoy, and check out the 6 previous parts (13k in total) to get in the mood for New Year's Eve!