I Am Very Exhausted

Three years ago, my dog went viral on Imgur and Reddit, thanks to this picture I took right after she’d yanked down a post from the front of our house with her bare strength.

But like the image above says, this is not a good post.

That dog above, the one that made so many people laugh, her name is Eva, and she’s my 7-year-old lab. She was just diagnosed with canine lymphoma.

Without chemo, she only has 3 months left with us. But her oncologist has given her a good prognosis with chemotherapy. She could live to see her 9th, 10th, and even 11th birthday.

Which means more years of this happy, ridiculous puppy.

The price to extend her life? $8500.

I nearly died when I saw the number. I’m paying off 4 student loans right now, and my parents are in insurmountable debt. I thought, this is it, we’re screwed. In between crying spells and anxiety attacks, I realized what my choices were: give up and let Eva go in the next 3 months, or crowdfund my ass off.

Internet: you’ve done it before, now I’m begging you, do it again. Spread Eva like wildfire. She deserves a second chance. She deserves the extra time, and all the fun and happiness she’ll have in that time.

Here is the link to her gofundme.

DO YOU UNDERSTAND HOW HARD IT IS TO ?????

Even my most hated ships, the ones I immediately scroll past when I’m looking for fics, I’ve found some story, some fanart, some headcanon that made me smile. And I have seen some really out there, strange, or “would be illegal in real life” ships.

I have NO ships I hate completely. Not a single. Damn. One.

Looking up Pokemon Go news is fucking wild 

Hey all! Do I have a super sweet opportunity for you. See the image above? That is an entire box of shiny pokemon. Yup, you heard me right. Thirty (30) shinies right there - and they could be yours!

One very lucky person will receive all these super sparkly monsters. Some have nicknames, some are bred for battle, some are battle ready, some aren’t.

“Alex! How do I go about entering this lovely contest?”

A good question, and I will tell you it is very simple. All you have to do is like and / or reblog this post!

One like = one entry. One reblog = one entry. Max of two entries per person.

The winner will be chosen via random number generator. You do not need to be following me.

“How do I claim the Pokemon if I win?”

Well, you MUST have either asks or personal messaging on, that way I can contact the winner. If you do not have one of these methods of contact open, I will move onto the next person.

Once I get in contact with you, we will set up a trade time, swap FCs, all the fun stuff. Then it’s all a matter of trading you 30 Pokemon.

“How long does this run for?”

ENDS NEXT FRIDAY, JULY 22ND, 11:59 PM EST .

Get your like and reblog in by then. I will chose a winner within minutes of closing, and they will be contacted immediately.

That is all the info you need, I believe! If you have any questions, feel free to shoot me a message.

phone backgrounds for all your cockles trash needs

Structurally, English is as convoluted and obtuse as any aspect of governmental bureaucracy, and it’s similarly societally entrenched in a way that makes people believe, and even insist, that’s just “the way of things.”

Here’s the facts: English is fucking hard. English doesn’t make logical sense. English is weird and horrible and inconsistent and makes common use of unusual phonemes that most adult speakers of other languages have to be mechanically taught to differentiate from similar sounds that are distinct in the English language. Without mechanical introduction and proper instruction, a lot of people cannot actually hear the difference in sounds you are mocking them for.

In some languages, [p] and [b] are indistinguishable. This is why you heard that gentleman say he would like a “can of Coke or Bebsi” with his order. It has nothing to do with laziness.

In some languages, [l] and [r] are indistinguishable. This is why you’re an asshole for going “me rikey” like the substitution is somehow comical. You’re a dick, and also most likely racist.

In the vast majority of languages, [θ] and [ð], known to English speakers as the voiceless (thing) and voiced (there) versions of the th sound, respectively, straight up does not even exist. This is why she says “teef” or “toofbrush,” why he keeps saying “ze” or “de” in place of “the,” and why they said “sank you very much” when you held open the door for them. 

There are sounds in English that a hell of a lot of speakers of other languages cannot teach themselves to recognize and recreate without assistance.

And, y’know, even if you get the screwy grammar and troublesome pronounciation down, English is a language in which very slight changes in intonation and word stress can completely change the meaning of a sentence. 

Like so:

But how are you doing? (Flamboyant pleasure to see someone, eagerness to catch up.)

But how are you doing? (Deflection from inquiries about self, moving conversation in a new direction.)

But how are you doing? (Concern, request for further or more accurate information.)

These are all totally different statements.

It’s incredibly easy to come across in a way you did not want or intend to when you’re not familiar with the particular ways in which saying something can change what it means to other people. 

Don’t you ever give people shit for not achieving or approaching fluency in English.