they don't want you to know how to cook, they don't want you to have the ability to grow your own food and raise your own livestock.

a hungry man is easy to control, a man who can provide for himself is an enemy of the state

Daniel running into Jack's office: Are you busy? Jack: Yes. Daniel: Cool, listen to this...

Republicans in Congress and State Houses lie to you because they have no science, just their arbitrary opinions.

Met an old teacher today and we got talking about ‘the good old times’ and ten minutes into the conversation I jokingly said the one regret I have from middle school is that I never won anything at her magnificent tombolas? Because, like, she used to hold this game about once a month so we’d learn the numbers in French and it was never big prizes, but as a 12-yo I desperately craved them - a cactus-shaped eraser, a bright blue notebook with slightly larger-than-usual squares, a set of coloured pens - and never ever got a single one of them. 

(Actually spent a good few months thinking I was genetically unlucky and researching ancient family curses with my grandma.) 

So today I don’t know what I was hoping for - nothing, really?

(I mean, that part of me that’s still twelve was probably expecting this sweet old woman to have a set of glitter stickers in her purse and just go ‘You know what, you’re right - I’ve been saving this one for you all these years, here you go’ but I’m a solidly rational person and I know that’s stupid.)

No, I thought we’d just laugh and it would be a good shared memory and that would be it. Instead, my teacher got flustered and a bit embarrassed and explained the game was rigged. It was never about learning French at all. She’d just noticed some kids couldn’t afford even basic stationery, so she’d buy a few half-fancy items every month with her own money just for them. She didn’t want them to feel different or left out. And obviously the way she used to walk around in the classroom, looking over our shoulders - it wasn’t to prevent cheating. It was because she was cheating herself, wanting to see which number a particular child needed to get a Minnie Mouse pencil case.

Guys - the world is fucked up, but so many people out there are just good and kind and humbly heroic it honestly gives me hope. 

It’ll be alright, you’ll see.

If Sherlock Holmes was Isekai'd to a fantasy world he would just deduce the rules of this world and get back to solving crimes. He'll find an elf girl sidekick,name her Watson, and pretend like nothing happened.

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the fact that boromir set off over 100 days of wilderness travel to find a city he wasn't sure existed to talk to people who were possibly myths about a traumatic dream vision his little brother had specifically so said little brother would not have to make the objectively dangerous journey all against the wishes of his lord father ....... only to sit there and have a little gnome man tell him that king arthur IS real because i say so!

comedy

Trying to get this repaired before spring break for kids is over. I'm not entirely sure when that is, but I promised a very sad kindergartner.

You can imagine why I feel a touch rushed.

The bottom has a few holes that, if I'm honest, I'd rather cut out and replace the fabric. However the parent let me know he didn't get past the word, "cut" before the kid cried. So I'll be putting a large patch of some kind. I'll see if I have anything that matches.

I think I dyed some floral upholstery fabric hot pink a couple years ago. I wonder if I can find it.

first attempt at visible mending. i started with stitching the edge of the hole and a denim patch (blue thread). i wanted to do a criss-cross pattern with the purple and green thread but the lines i drew on were hard to see so i ended up free-handing a lot.

i used embroidery thread because that's what i have on hand. i'm not sure if that the strongest option but if the stitching breaks, i'll just try again. the wrinkling in the denim bothers me a little; it's not so bad on the knee but i think for mending the inner thigh area it will be an annoying texture :p

why aren’t my sunglasses glassing the sun

My brain: You have so many tight deadlines. So many things on your weekly schedule. So many important jobs. You have to get important work done!!!

My hands:

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Percy in public: *hates his fame and hates getting attention or being treated like he's special*

Percy at home when he doesn't want to do the dishes: Remember that time I saved the whole world?

Annabeth: It's still your turn to do the dishes.

Percy: Remember how I almost died? For everyone?

Annabeth: Dishes. Or you won't like the consequences.

Percy: I think I'll be alright. I did kill Kronos after all.

Annabeth: I have powers he knew not. I can make you sleep on the couch.

Percy: ...

Percy: I've just had an idea. I think I'll go do the dishes.

Grover: The Hero of Olympus everyone.

me: i don’t want to see jellyfish so i will blacklist the tag #jellyfish

people with no common sense: je11yf1sh, je11¥fi5h, j*llyf*sh, je//ÿf!sh, j3ï||yf¡sh, gel lee fisk

result: cannot account for the sheer amount of possible ways to alter the word jellyfish

conclusion: i have to see jellyfish now.

Once again, tumblr is not tiktok, tag properly.