achievement unlocked: no longer a lurker

Illustration from the book "Hondo and Fabian" written and illustrated by Peter McCarty

ohh i get it now (doesn’t)

You are an unreliable narrator because your coping mechanisms for your deep-seated trauma forbid you from acknowledging the reality of the situation. I am an unreliable narrator because I sincerely have no idea what the fuck is going on.

get it done the weird way. do it in parts. do it “wrong”. do it “late”. do it scared. it’s just better to do it differently than everyone else rather than never do it.

i have big plans to try and sew a little felt mouse and it might go badly and that’s okay

This is why it’s important that we don’t dehumanize bad people who do bad things. Because they ARE human and that isn’t an excuse or a defense. These people are doing horrible things to their fellow humans for the sake of an incredibly harmful system. That alone is terrible and worthy of being shunned

just received the best text message I’ve ever had. from my mom