Finding a Reason to Shine

Victor Frankenstein after achieving the impossible and building a fucking person from scraps of the dead: Oh god, ew, ew it's ugly! Yucky! Yucky! Gross! Ew! Ew! Yucky! Yucky! Gross! Ew!

reminder to all disabled people that you’re allowed to tell people “i can’t do that” about stuff you can ‘technically’ do but which harms you or requires a period of recovery or preparatory rest etc. you don’t have to explain the complex nuances of your condition to anybody who demands it. i’ve found it’s honestly better to give the least amount of info about your symptoms unless you trust a person a lot. you hold the power over your health information. you choose whether or not to share the details of your condition with people who might not understand.

need a polite way to say "im not engaging in a discussion on this topic with you because the conclusions you have reached are based on so many interwoven layers of misconceptions it would be easier to just like, hard reset your whole brain, just start over as a baby and try again"

Human beings b like. *sits and stares peacefully at a fire* *sits and stares peacefully at the ocean* *sits and stares peacefully at a sleeping animal*

love is partly learning another person’s language

it's been such a humid summer and I'm always sweating on subway platforms so last week I bought a quarter yard of a pretty little japanese double gauze at the fabric shop and made four little handkerchiefs to carry around and it makes me feel SO fancy I love it

it's so fun to be an adult and realize there's an easy thing you can do or acquire to make your life materially better in some small way and then just do that thing

nip over to troy, bit of rough and tumble, big horse, bish bash bosh, back home to ithaca. simple as

im realizing very fast that people do not in fact know that sometimes things in stories suck on purpose and it sucking is the point

important reminder that most people you follow online are significantly lamer than you think they are including me. and if you feel insecure comparing yourself to someone online: DON'T. theyre probably also lame and weird. most people on the internet are

reblog if you're also lame and weird.