a poetic cryptid

SOOO we got save rock and roll in 2013

then we got ab/ap in 2015

mania in 2018

sm(f)s in 2023

if we follow the pattern of 3,5,8, then that means we could get a new album this year???? or am i delusional??? don't answer thatanyways

my evidence right here (source: trust me bro)

‘I dream. Sometimes I think that’s the only right thing to do.’

you will feel like a dumdum at first, but once you get used to it youll realize that telling people what kind of thing you're about to say ahead of time flattens their anxiety a huge amount

ive been starting every question with "question:" for awhile now and i almost never get people reading too much into what i mean anymore

it seems super dumb, but "what are your plans tomorrow?" gets people asking me what i have planned despite me obviously being in the process of figuring that out, whereas "question: what are your plans tomorrow?" gets me a quick rundown of their schedule, followed by "why?"

it also makes it really easy to work tone indicators into your verbal speech. if you're always saying "question: [your question here]?" then no one blinks when you say "genuine question: [question that could read as sarcastic]?"

it also gets you out of your own way for any types of things you struggle to say. "can you make sure to do the dishes before you go to bed?" feels like an argument waiting to happen, but "request: can you make sure to do the dishes before you go to bed?" gets the words flowing on a neutral word while making it clear that you're not looking for a fight

Or "Just checking if I need to, have you done the dishes today"

Or "please do the dishes, Im not upset I just need a plate".

Being clear about your intentions this way also heads off RSD or trauma-type anxiety, guilt, frustration, demand-avoidance, fear, etc.

Another phrasing useful for when you are emotional is "Im definitely frustrated, but Im not frustrated at you because I know you're doing your best."

STUDIO GHIBLI + LANDSCAPES

Princess Mononoke (1997) Castle in the Sky (1986) Spirited Away (2001) Only Yesterday (1991) The Tale of The Princess Kaguya (2013) Kiki’s Delivery Service (1989) My Neighbor Totoro (1988) Howl’s Moving Castle (2004) Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea (2008) Tales from Earthsea (2006)

"The less you eat, drink and read books; the less you go to the theatre, the dance hall, the public-house; the less you think, love, theorize, paint, sing, fence, etc., the more you save—the greater becomes your treasure which neither moths nor dust will devour—your capital.  The less you are, the more you have; the less you express your own life, the greater is your alienated life—the greater is the store of your estranged being.