Always getting in trouble.

Souvenir spoons were A Thing; my grandmother had several, in a display rack in the dining room. (It wasn't filled.) I think a lot were from her kids; they'd see something neat, buy it, and send it to her. So, a clay lamp from the Middle East, the spoons, an elephant bean, an elephant statuette, colored wineglasses...

Excellent. I shall send an ask with contact info so we can make arrangements. :D

@deliriumcrow and @smt-adrift >:[

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We do it because you love it.

ok but that’s definitely true of that park. Tahoma/Tacoma (The Puyallup name for the mountain) is an active volcano. It’s at v high probability of erupting and is one of the Decade Volcanos -- not named because of when they will erupt but named for the project that studies “very likely to be really really bad and has a reasonably chance of erupting anytime in the applicable future” volcanos. and the mountain itself is a dangerous place to be. The volcanic activity means there are avalanches, rockslides, mudslides, pyroclastic flows, etc, frequently. Depending on the season, there may be spring melt and flooding or rushing waterways.

CHAD SHIT OF THE HIGHEST ORDER

As fucking awful as the history of colonization is and how devastating it is to indigenous culture, I will forever love how fucking badly the British got DEMOLISHED at the Battle of Pukehinahina. The Maori went hey youre invading us heres the terms of combat, the British disregarded it, and so they built trenches and fortifications along a ridge of Pukehinahina and fucking obliterated the British and STILL held up on how they said they would treat wounded and dead British soldiers. If y'all like metal theres a kickass thrash metal band called Alien Weaponry all about the colonization of Maori culture and land.

it’s DIRT

my brother has been criticizing me all day and he told me if i wasn’t happy i could go somewhere else so i wouldn’t ruin everyone else’s dinner so i took the massive bowl of pasta + special sauce i spent the last 2 hours making from scratch for the whole family and i left

it really is incredibly bold to mercilessly criticize the person who is not only making your dinner but also holding a knife

I sequestered myself in the other side of the house and ate my family-sized pasta from a mixing bowl using a serving spoon in the dark because the sun went down in the 2+ hours I spent stewing and I was too stubborn to turn on a light

the only person I shared my pasta with was my dad who on a conference call at the time and didn’t just stand there and watch my brother be an asshole like the rest of my family and since he came to me in my sanctuary with his bowl and asked nicely if he could have some pasta i did share with him

sometimes you’re an adult who has been quarantined with your parents, younger siblings, grandfather, and dog for the last 2 months because of a global pandemic and some nights you just have to take your pasta and Leave because you are an adult who knows when to tap the fuck out

OP thank you not only for the amazing image of you eating pasta in the dark and your father kindly pleading for your mercy but also a wonderful example of when to set firm boundaries and prioritize yourself bless u