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I can't recommend it enough if you like the chaotic randomness of life. When I've been really down bad with my mental health, the only thing that sometimes makes me stick around is, "what absurd thing will I miss that the universe will throw at me or the world?" Working with children with special needs creates such particular interactions. My main kid I work with likes to talk in Minecraft sound effects. When I greeted him this morning, I said "Morning Jack, how are you feeling today?" and he just lightly punched my arm over and over and said "damage, damage, damage, you're taking damage" and I knew this meant he was stressed and I just laughed and said, "yeah me too buddy"
Mar 13, 2025
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this is hilarious to me because my parents forbade me from watching it for a while because I would have an absolute meltdown
he’s super nice!
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I was sitting on the steps to my house with my friend Evan. We were about 2 or 3. There were hundreds of ants on the sidewalk below us. Evan reached down and started smushing them. I turned to him and told him to stop: “How would YOU feel if you were an ant and someone smushed YOU?” A patronizing lesson in empathy… Interestingly, I had open heart surgery around the same time and spent days in the hospital, but this memory is much more visceral. Love this question.
Apr 2, 2024
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during a fire drill in first grade, a jumping spider bit me. i wasn’t doing a thing to him and i think what upsets me most is that he couldn’t assess my vibes to know i wasn’t a threat. i had a really mean teacher and i tried to tell her, but she angrily shushed me, as we weren’t allowed to speak during fire drills. i accepted my fate and figured she would be sorry later.
i remember wistfully staring out the window as my mom drove me home, coming to terms with the end of my life. i didn’t tell her, for fear of worrying her. i peacefully ate my final dinner when i got home (velveeta mac and cheese, which i hated then and i still do now. but again, i didn’t want to complain as my mom would have a bigger issue at hand when she went to go wake me up in the morning.)
i went to bed without a fuss. said goodbye to my then two year old sister, took a look around my room and gave a sigh. this was it. and i went to bed knowing i had lived a long, good six years of life.
well, dear reader, i am here writing this 20
years later. so rest assured, i did survive. but i think my rational (?) thought in that moment helped me work through a lot of existential stuff at an early age. so i guess that’s cool.
Jul 4, 2024
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and wonder why the hell they asked you to hang out? Like I just hung out with someone and they looked at their phone half the time and then asked me the most minimal stuff ever and then after 45 mins said “I have to go!” Like, damn girl you beat me to it
Mar 3, 2025
I was so tired and could barely stay awake for my friends DJ set but it ended up being really good and I’m so proud of them :)
Mar 15, 2025
isn't it crazy how when you get a drink in this cup it tastes 100% better than any other type of drinking vessel? You can have the same diet coke or whatever but if it comes in this cup it's going to be much more crisper and tasty. Shout out the Cambro 2000P156 much love
Mar 10, 2025