The book itself is a curious artifact, not showy in its technology but complex and extremely efficient: a really neat little device, compact, often very pleasant to look at and handle, that can last decades, even centuries. It doesn’t have to be plugged in, activated, or performed by a machine; all it needs is light, a human eye, and a human mind. It is not one of a kind, and it is not ephemeral. It lasts. It is reliable. If a book told you something when you were fifteen, it will tell it to you again when you’re fifty, though you may understand it so differently that it seems you’re reading a whole new book.
Ursula K. LeGuin
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hey look I made another thing
I'm actually feeling pretty pleased with how much I've improved over the past few years
lyrics under the cut
Sadie dog
Sadie Lou
Do you know
What you do?
Every curl
Every paw
Is the best
To your maw
In the tears
In the sun
Pink bow
You were the one
To console
To defend
Every wag
Starts to mend
Every year of tragedy
Echoes in her cries
And every grasping heartbeat shared
Is singing through her sighs
When you swim
When you run
There's a smile
That I dream of
Loving pure
Loving true
Can't deny
She feels it too
Will that feeling come alive
And see itself in me?
And will it grow with every kiss
And learn how to believe?
Sadie Lou
Sadie dog
Take the leash
Through the fog
Lead her home
Lead her safe
'Til she feels
A little brave
Then let her lead you to your favorite
Stream, or farm, or wood
Did you know how to save a life?
And did you know you would?
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"Rütli Oath" performed by the he Bavarian Theatre in front of the Ulrich church in Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany
German vintage postcard
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My experience being a fan of stuff
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growing up with a psychologist for a mother was so funny because my sister and i would be like “mo-om why do we have to go to bed now” and she would respond with a long explanation of the research on the effects of sleep on the brain and body followed by another explanation on permissive vs. authoritarian vs. authoritative parenting styles, with citations
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Aimee, from Leonard Nimoy’s 2010 photography series Secret Selves
Aimee — tattoo and body piercing
I like being a girl…no one knows I am a woman, let alone a lesbian. My beard is natural, there is no imbalance.
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"consensual but not safe or sane" is my favourite fanfiction tag because it's like prefacing something dangerous with the warning "don't try this at home!" but instead of a risky driving manoeuvre or whatever it's a scene where a character vivisects another and applies an electric current to their nerve endings to see how their insides move (sexually)
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