my body journal

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.

*smirking* you couldn't waterboard that out of me, but even if torture was an effective method of information extraction and not a futile display of state-sanctioned sadism, the high percentage of false confessions it produces would mean that even if you could waterboard it out of me, could you even trust the veracity of my statement?

i must say, i am a huge fan of when a book is in the middle of a very exciting plot containing many interesting problems when out of nowhere for a few pages it's like, "hey by the way, real quick, here's a detailed explanation of the city's water filtration system! i'm telling you this for a reason and you should worry about it. anyway! haha okay back to the plot" and you just get to be Scared for a while

It's either Chekov loading the gun, or it's Victor Hugo desperately trying to get people around him to get into historical preservation.

before we start posting that july is gay wrath month let’s consider that july is disability pride month first and foremost. the “be gay do crimes” memes can wait

Got bored this morning and spent maybe nine hours researching, writing, editing, and submitting an article about the politics and finances behind the US government's 250th anniversary celebrations— a topic which will likely be considered moot by this time next week. This sounds like a complaint but honestly I enjoyed it more than everything else I did today

This article is now set to release on Friday, the day before Independence Day