phoenix metaphor

millennial. walking disaster. human after all.

[altheterrible]

Hi. My name is Al. I am in my late 30s, and I live in the USA. I spent enough time in college that they gave me 3 bachelor’s degrees and a doctorate, none of which I'm using. I’m into cats, writing music, criticizing the American healthcare system, and video games that don’t require skill.

This blog is a little bit of everything. Fandom, cats, funny things, art.

I sometimes talk about my experiences learning to live with the trauma disorder gifted to me by my upbringing, so there may be triggering content. I used to tag those posts with "whining," now it's "rambling."

Other tags are fairly self-explanatory. If you want something tagged, just ask. Asks are always open.

[weterpete]

Um no I'm pretty sure those are both switches

[spookyscarysnails]

[evenlyevi]

Rest your mind tonight.

[victusinveritas]

Meet Pando, not a forest but a single tree. Every trunk of the Quaking Aspen is genetically identical & connected by a single 80,000 year old root system, making it one of the largest and oldest living entities on Earth!

[foone]

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to walk through the body of a God?

[basketcasemp3]

The Muppet Movie (1979) dir. James Frawley

[kurulover]

I hate that when you’re stressed enough your body just starts falling apart. I think it should realize you’re already stressed and don’t need that and start functioning better actually

[kurulover]

[fridayiminlovemp3]

that was my part of the deal, honest

[2productive]

[sirenofthegreenbanks]

this is from "research as a leisure activity" by celine nguyen, publs. on stubstack in 2024. it's a very good read

[huariqueje]

Small Silent Nocturne - Alice Dalton Brown , 2024.

American , b. 1939 -

Oil on linen , 30 × 20 cm.

[salmon-n-hazel]

Lotus

My print shop: INPRNT

[wingkink]

btw it's so fucking stupid you can be anxious physically in your body even after you've decided mentally you don't care. I'm supposed to be in charge here

[snoopyoftheday]

snoopy of the day

[electricheart]

a little reminder! by annalaura_art

[sashayed]

has anyone figured out how to turn off the thing where you love your pet so much it slides inexorably into grief-borrowing

[boomstab-papa]

[your-cosmic-creature]

“For me this glass is already broken. I enjoy it; I drink out of it. It holds my water admirably, sometimes even reflecting the sun in beautiful patterns. If I should tap it, it has a lovely ring to it. But when I put this glass on the shelf and the wind knocks it over or my elbow brushes it off the table and it falls to the ground and shatters, I say, ‘Of course.’ When I understand that the glass is already broken, every moment with it is precious.”

[h-isforhome]

they don't tell you this but if ur really lonely for a long time, a hole starts forming in ur heart and the longer u feel lonely the bigger the hole gets and it doesn't matter if u feel less lonely when ur older bc the hole stays forever and ur life just grows around it. But the hole is always there.

[despazito]

I like when construction workers spray paint their strange sigils on the pavement

[the-wolf-and-moon]

Messier 2, Jewelry Box