Junk by SHIRU

So…what do you do?  Don’t post it?  Don’t tag it?  Tag it as “no t sa fe 4 worrrrk” or something equally obtuse?

Stepan:

if you can quarter ass something, do it! if all you can do is clean a corner of your room, or only read one of the two assigned chapters, or write the heading for your resume, or put all the papers for taxes in a pile, do it! if today isn’t a whole ass day, take pride in the portion of ass that you were capable of

like i have lived in my new appartment for about half a year now and my autistic ass would never have cleaned it even once if i hadn’t allowed myself to halfass my cleaing.

instead of waiting for a day (that would never come) where i would have the energy and executive function to clean all of it, i took it one bit at the time. one day i might vacuum the kitchen. another day i might dust the livingroom.

-“oh my brothers a shop keeper, hang on let me go get him” *switches hats* “hey I’m Dock’s brother the shopkeeper how can I help you”

-“woooooooo~ I’m a spirit~~~” “no no no spirit magic sounds like this: *explosion noises*”

-this episode was great for expanding on the fire nation and its culture, and establishing that not everyone in the fire nation is evil

-along with that it also showed how poorly fire nation citizens - mostly those in poverty -were treated during the war by the army that was supposed to be protecting them. It just goes to show that Ozai and the army dont actually care about bringing their people prosperity, they just care about power

-katara invented bi culture and womanhood by dressing up as a water spirit in order to save a town full of people she had never met

-literally though katara is so full of compassion and pure kindness for others and she expects no gratitude in return

-aang chasing down the painted lady

-“hey im the avatar and I’m supposed to talk to spirits so please stop running” *slams into a pole*

-katara putting on a really terrible fake accent to trick him

-“wow you’re really pretty for a spirit” 1) aang doesnt even know its katara and yet he still manages to flirt with her 2) aang just straight up admits that he thinks most spirits are ugly

-“no I think it’s great, you’re like a secret hero”

-katara and aang blowing up a factory like it was the easiest thing ever? Gay culture

-“i will never ever turn my back on people who need me” the most iconic line in the entire series.

-sokka being a good brother and supporting his sister

-the fucking drama of these kids. They don’t just scare the fire nation out of this town, they fucking do it in style, they put on a show. The fog? The ominous music and bellowing? Theatrical

-aang launching katara into the air at the exact moment so she doesnt get burnt by a firebender and she doesn’t even flinch. The level of trust and skill in both of them….

-katara just lifts her hand and everyone flees because shes just that terrifying

-the town finds out that the groups consists of water benders and earth benders and they just? They dont tell anyone?

-aang: “ha! I knew it! You and the shopkeeper really are the same person! I’ve figured out this mystery” he has the biggest dumbass energy

-the actual Painted Lady showing up and thanking katara…her impact….

Appa screaming

Aang airbending mud off of him and consequently onto everyone else

This

You extend your hand. “I noticed you’re new here. What’s your name?”

Clark’s introducing her around.  “This is my good friend, Diana, she’s in from out of town.”

Clark stops a few feet away and squints at you worriedly from behind those ridiculous glasses you’re 99% sure he doesn’t actually need, and asks tentatively, “Everything all right?”

You ignore him in favor of staring at the inky dark numerals hovering over the beaming fool gesticulating some fantastic yacht story for a gaggle of secretaries and minor columnists.

たった20秒の短いお散歩 （´・ω・｀）

Like ok, sure, sometimes it’s hard to believe you’ve made any positive impact on the world. But it’s pretty easy to believe you’ve made a sock. Look at it. There it is. Put it on, now your foot’s warm.

There have been studies done on rats and dogs where they develop learned helplessness in the animals by giving them impossible tasks. Eventually the animals stop trying, even when the task stops being impossible. (I.e. put a rat in a maze with cheese it can’t get to until it develops learned helplessness, then put the cheese somewhere it can get to it and it won’t even try.) But once they show the animals they CAN do something - i.e. physically moving the rat to the cheese - the learned helplessness goes away.

No one can move you to your cheese for you, but the book says DOING something - which they define as “anything that isn’t nothing” can help. Make a food. Work in the garden. Clean a thing. Do a favor for a friend. Call your elected officials.

Knit a sock.

Anyway, we wound up giving the rest of the cats to this couple that runs a joint called Kitty Korner. They try to find loving homes for all the cats they take in, but will care for the unadoptables (read: assholes) for the rest of their lives. That’s great, because one of the cats we gave to these poor women was Tobey. I have no idea why my grandmother ever adopted Tobey. He was a huge schmuck. The most handsome orange tomcat you ever saw, and he loved to crawl in your lap. But if you ever tried to touch him, he would switch immediately into Kill Mode and you could say goodbye to your hand. Needless to say, having him in your lap was awkward. It was like holding a bomb.

Kitty Korner sends us detailed letters every year to give us updates on how Tobey’s doing. Basically, they are status reports on how much of a douche Tobey is and continues to be. These women are saints. I guess they really like cats, because these letters are like a full page of single-spaced text. But more or less, they amount to:

2003: Tobey has a real colorful personality! But, uh, we don’t think he’s suited for adoption yet

2004: Nope, still not suited for adoption

2005: I think this is pretty much a lost cause

2006: WTF

2007: Tobey is trying to kill us and every other cat in the house

2008: Tobey is still trying to kill us and every other cat in the house

2009: Tobey is a vicious dictator and can only find pleasure in the subjugation of other organisms

They do not have a Kickstarter, however, as a no-kill foster home run exclusively through volunteer work, they always welcome donations and you also have the ability to sponsor a cat. You’ll get detailed photos and status reports on your kitty, and should he or she get a happy ending like Tobey, you’ll be the first to know!

evergreens remain bendy even in the coldest weather, so – wait, no, not the coldest. i remember when i was a kid it got down to like -45 and the norway pines around my house were cracking like gunshots as the sap froze.

maples, incidentally, make that noise around -20f, and i hear it at least once every winter here in southern minnesota. but i only ever heard norway pines make it that one time.