KimBEARablyKute

I read Narnia to myself at 7 after my dad read me the books as bedtime stories. By age 9 I was reading 300 page books in about an hour (Black stallion, one of the sequels, I don't remember which ones) The Hobbit and LotR were age 8-ish, maybe earlier. I was reading adult books at that point as well. My library stack was usually 10-15 books and I would read them all in the allotted time. As an adult, I mostly read fanfic, but a million words a week is pretty typical for me. I've read more, sometimes less. I started reading around age 3 or 4, so chapter books at age 7 isn't that wild. What actually taught me reading was books on tape. My parents were exhausted with my endless demands for books so they got me cassette tapes that had books, fairy tales, and they would beep when it was time to turn the page and I hated being surprised by the beep so learning to read helped me predict the beep so I wouldn't be startled. (This is where I turn to the camera and say, with deepest sarcasm, "But I wasn't autistic.")

I love being alone in my room, I love not having to be a person

the authors barely disguised longing for acceptance

I think 90% of conspiracy theorists would be a lot happier if they just bit the bullet and got into creative writing

it's so fun in here you can make up all the aliens and funky-shaped planets you want without also inventing new ways to be antisemitic about it

I think it would be easier to read if you wrote in contrasting colors for the different directions.

Can't understand people talking on TV for shit without subtitles, but I can hear that electronic devices are powered and whether water being poured is hot or cold

Ya’ll might wanna grow some hyperaccumulators (such as sunflowers, oyster mushrooms, mustard greens, vetiver, etc) around your house and/or in your garden for a few years before you plant leafy vegetables so you don’t end up consuming heavy metals.

This is a good thing to note, (also sunflowers are very pretty and easy to grow when you’re first learnign how to garden) but also searching “(nearest university) Extension” and “(your county) Extension” is GREAT because there’s ALL KINDS of cool services out there if you want to get into growing your own food or helping the local enviornment or installing solar panels on your house or buying livestock or- There’s a lot, it’s AWESOME, it’s usually stunningly low-cost and it’s veyr, very solarpunk so I encourage all of you to take a gander at the programs offered.

The Cooperative Extension System is run in each state by the state’s land grant university/ies (which might not be the ones you think, in NY it’s Cornell rather than any of the SUNYs): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooperative_State_Research,_Education,_and_Extension_Service#Cooperative_Extension_System It’s also where all 4H programs are based!

Some also offer classes! They’re taxpayer funded, so that means the wealthy ones can offer tons of resources. If you can’t find much going on in your state, nearby states may also have excellent info that can apply to your area. Some of the famous heavyweights are Cornell / New York and UC Davis / California, tons of research, plant breeding programs, and all around useful info coming outta those places.

realized that the "problem of susan" misinterpretation is going to explode when the new narnia reboot drops and started chomping at the bit

say it with me, kids: SUSAN WAS NOT KICKED OUT OF NARNIA FOR LIKING BOYS AND MAKEUP. SHE LIKED BOYS AND MAKEUP WHILE SHE WAS A BELOVED QUEEN OF NARNIA. SHE DIDN'T GO TO NARNIA BECAUSE SHE CHOSE TO PRETEND IT WASN'T REAL. SHE WAS REPRESENTATIVE OF CS LEWIS'S, FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM, "ATHIEST PHASE" WHICH WAS A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF HIS LIFE AND HE ALWAYS INTENDED FOR HER TO EVENTUALLY COME HOME TO NARNIA THE WAY HE CONVERTED BACK. HE ENCOURAGED PEOPLE TO WRITE FANFIC ABOUT IT AND APPARENTLY HAD FINALLY BEGUN WORK ON A SUSAN BOOK RIGHT BEFORE HE DIED. LEWIS WAS NEVER SAYING HER FEMININITY DAMNED HER TO HELL. FOR FUCK'S SAKE

say it with me: susan’s preoccupation with wanting to be older is an outwards sign of her pride and Lewis’ communication of this idea (that a preoccupation with being older for the sake of being older is connected with pride) is clearly seen in both his chapter “The Great Sin” in Mere Christianity and in many of his essays surrounding the topics of writing for children and writing in general. to re-emphasize, LEWIS WAS NEVER SAYING HER FEMININITY DAMNED HER TO HELL. if any of the boys had shared this preoccupation with being older, Lewis would have treated their ending the same way.

a book should be $5 a little drink should be $2 and museum access should be free and all hours