#it'slate

But also, I needed to let ya'll know that I dreamt of Anti, well. I dreamt he was loitering above me when the intial dream (which had nothing to do with him) ended. I woke up then and my depth perception was off and I thought my bed was shaking. I'm terrified.😂

This is just one of those things I thought up while lying in bed contemplating life. Why tf are humans considered 'sentient' or 'cognitive' but birds aren't? The reason that people say birds aren't is because they mimic our voices and behaviors. People say they don't actually 'comprehend' what they're saying. If a bird says goodbye when a person leaves or calls for the dog people say it's just because they picked that up from someone, but don't we as humans just mimic and pick up speech from our parents? We only call someone mama or dada because that's what was ingrained in our brains when we were younger. We all understand concepts because we were forced to learn what things meant. However, everyone is forced to learn things differently which is why you can make numerous people read the same line in a novel and everyone get their own meaning. My main point: Why are parrots/other birds so unappreciated for their work? When a bird talks people are just like 'yeah yeah, he picked that up off of you he isn't cognitively using those words'. But the bird manages to understand that you are about to leave, and tells you goodbye every time without you having to remind it. Doesn't that show some form of cognition?

A cold summer nights breeze

Does anyone else feel stuck? Stuck in school with no specific goal. Stuck in a dead end job with no future. Stuck in a house where nothing good ever seems to happen. Stuck in a circle of "friendships" where everyone is moving on with their lives.. and from you. and you're kinda just. there. surviving. watching everyone grow up and reaching those milestones that we are all supposed to, like graduating college, getting that dream job, getting married, having kids, moving out, having financial stability. like damn. when is it gonna be my turn to be unstuck?

Joe. 

But then some days I don't care if people even remember my name.