Why hello there.

I'm Kim, and welcome to the pile of stuff I like. I mostly reblog and am really into writeblrs right now, so if that's not your thing, that's okay. Thanks for stopping by!

[writing-prompt-s]

You’re a daycare worker, watching over toddlers, when the imminent end of the world is announced. It becomes increasingly clear none of the kids’ parents are going to show up as the end inches nearer.

[bixbythemartian]

[Audio starts]

“Mom has been texting me for the last twenty minutes. She wants me to come home. It’s a four hour drive, when the roads are clear, and from what I hear everybody is trying to get somewhere right now. There’s no telling if I’d even-”

“Everybody else has left. All the other kids were picked up, the other staff left. They gave me all the keys. I promised to stay and wait for as long as- well. Even if some of the parents show up, I guess some of them won’t, so I’m just waiting. Until.”

[Clears throat.]

“A couple of people came after everybody left. Peter, one of Aidan’s fathers, gave me three hundred dollars for staying. What am I going to do with money? It’s- anyway. I kind of get it. He wanted to give me something.”

[Audio ends]

[Audio starts]

“They’re all between 2 and 4.” Sniff. “They’re so little. Too little to really- maybe if they were older, I’d have to tell them something. But um. I’m just- trying to stay calm and keep them happy and occupied. I think that’s the best thing, right now.”

[Heaving breaths.]

“I normally use this recorder to help me remember stuff. It’s just, uh, habit to talk to it. I don’t know. They’re napping, right now. I’ve got the baby monitor, they know that if they talk into it, I’ll come, so-”

[Sobbing.]

[Audio ends]

[Audio starts]

“Mom keeps texting, so I blocked her. I sent her a text telling her goodbye, first, but. I do. But these kids need me.”

[Sniff.]

“I tried calling their parents again, but I can’t get anybody. It’s just busy signals. I called the firefighter station, 911. I can’t get through to anybody.”

[Shaky breath.]

“I went out into the yard. Um, I think they can play. It’s nice out, and you can’t really see it yet. Little bit of a glimmer, if they ask I’ll just tell them it’s a plane, but it’s nice out and we’ve got hours before-”

[Murmuring child’s voice, indistinguishable.]

[Audio ends]

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[esbarrison-writing]

As a part of my October Celebration of Creativity, I am hosting a giveaway for my debut novel, The Mist Keeper’s Apprentice!

But this giveaway is special. This celebrates 100-sales of my book! I hit this milestone in September, and after 3-months without any live promotions, I was extremely happy to hit this number!

So to celebrate this…I am giving away 3 eBook editions and 1 SIGNED HARDBACK COPY of The Mist Keeper’s Apprentice!

How do you enter? Details below!

First, make sure you are following @esbarrison-writing​

Then, reblog this post.

It’s that easy!

I’ll announce each eBook winners on the 9th, 16th, and 23rd. I will not be announcing the hardback winner until October 30th!

You can also enter on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook!

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[speyerboot]

[crylbun]

Chaotic Disney Princess

[parker-likes-tea-deactivated202]

I have known this person for 41 seconds. but if anythign were to happen to them, I would kill everyone on tik tok and then myself

[pricklyfish777-deactivated20230]

They terrify me, yet i woulf trust them with my life.

[deadblogggu-u-deactivated202010]

messy thing just to get my thoughts down

[theoppositeofadults]

❤️

[mooniicorn]

“If autism isn’t caused by environmental factors and is natural why didn’t we ever see it in the past?”

We did, except it wasn’t called autism it was called “Little Jonathan is a r*tarded halfwit who bangs his head on things and can’t speak so we’re taking him into the middle of the cold dark forest and leaving him there to die.”

[iamthethunder]

Or “little Jonathan doesn’t talk but does a good job herding the sheep, contributes to the community in his own way, and is, all around, a decent guy.” That happened a lot, too, especially before the 19th century.

[rosslynpaladin]

Or, backing up FURTHER

and lots of people think this very likely,

“Oh little Sionnat has obviously been taken by the fairies and they’ve left us a Changeling Child who knows too much, and asks strange questions, and uses words she shouldn’t know, and watches everything with her big dark eyes, clearly a Fairy Child and not a Human Like Us.”

The Myth of the Changeling child, a human baby apparently replaced at a young age by a toddler who “suddenly” acts “strange and fey” is an almost textbook depiction of autistic children.

To this day, “autism warrior mommies” talk about autism “stealing” their “sweet normal child” and have this idea of “getting their real baby back” which (in the face of modern science)  indicates how the human psyche actually does deal with finding out their kid acts unlike what they expected.

Given this evidence, and how common we now know autism actually is, the Changeling myth is almost definitely the result of people’s confusion at the development of autistic children.

[vicecommanderhijikata]

Weirdly enough, that legend is now comforting to me.

[neddythestylish]

I think it’s worth noting that many like me, who are diagnosed with ASD now, would probably have been seen as just a bit odd in centuries past. I’m only a little bit autistic; I can pass for neurotypical for short periods if I work really hard at it. I have a lack of talent in social situations, and I’m prone to sensory overload or you might notice me stimming.

But here’s the thing: life is louder, brighter and more intense and confusing than it has ever been. I live on the edge of London and I rarely go into the centre of town because it’s too overwhelming. If I went back in time and lived on a farm somewhere, would anyone even notice there was anything odd about me? No police sirens, no crowded streets that go on for miles and miles, no flickery electric lights. Working on a farm has a clear routine. I’d be a badass at spinning cloth or churning butter because I find endless repetition soothing rather than boring.

I’m not trying to romanticise the past because I know it was hard, dirty work with a constant risk of premature death. I don’t actually want to be a 16th century farmer! What I’m saying is that disability exists in the context of the environment. Our environment isn’t making people autistic in the sense of some chemical causing brain damage. But we have created a modern environment which is hostile to autistic people in many ways, which effectively makes us more disabled. When you make people more disabled, you start to see more people struggling, failing at school because they’re overwhelmed, freaking out at the sound of electric hand dryers and so on. And suddenly it looks like there’s millions more autistic people than existed before.

[grace-and-ace]

“…disability exists in the context of the environment.”

[coldalbion]

Reblog for disability commentary.

[oockitty]

That last paragraph is absolutely important.

[hazeldomain]

“How come nobody ever heard of ‘dyslexia’ until widespread literacy became a thing?”

[tians-heart]

credit goes to: tiktok account-@riskhappy, idk if she has a youtube channel or anything

anyway this is pretty funny so enjoy

[nightwing1536]

I loved this

[insomniac-arrest]

finding out that almost all other animals don’t have periods like we do and instead simply reabsorb the egg back into their uterine lining to reuse the nutrients is like finding out the rest of the class has been taking WILDLY easier tests than you for the whole semester

like, hey, cat why don’t you have to use your Cat Dollars to invest in tampons? And cat is just like: fuck that noise, my body is OPTIMAL for not being made of inconvenient nonsense, sucks to be you

wack.

[insomniac-arrest]

humans: hey, bleeding every month is actually really cumbersome and I lose both valuable nutrients AND fluids I need for survival? What the fuck is up?

evolution: yes, alright, but have you considered this about it? *cartoon blow horn noise* 

[what-even-is-thiss]

Human bodies suck for many reasons including but not limited to:

Periods

Bad backs

Permanent breasts that do not leave once baby is weaned

Dangerously large, unprotected, and non retractable male reproductive systems

Huge brain takes up way too much energy gotta eat more sleep less

Baby brain bigger than hips guess birth is life threatening now

Takes like 25 years for big brain to even finish maturing

[durzio]

•Teeth are critical to living, yet not designed to last more than a few years without constant intervention and upkeep, and don’t grow back if this is not accomplished. Also, losing your teeth means the bones in your ear will shift, and your hearing will worsen.

•Breathing, eating, communication all from the same pathway, major choking hazard. Give me a dolphin style breathing tube.

•Most pleasurable nerve endings on the body locating on the filthiest parts of you, guarenteed spread of bacteria.

•knees and shoulders have almost zero capability to heal correctly, once they break, they’re basically broken forever without massive outside influence.

[larariumluparum]

truer words

[babyanimalgifs]

A wild corgi appears! 

(via)

[brimalandro]

i think about this a lot

[dashaibo]

The guy got his life and career destroyed by his divorce, cut him some slack.

[ninja-pyro]

he was also sexually assaulted by a man who could destroy his career

[ima-fuckingt4ble]

protect him

[unlimited-shitpost-works-deacti]

reblog if the man on the right is just as beautiful as the man on the left

[konigstigerr]

people grow old? like, that’s a thing that happens? leave my guy alone.

[rikzpt-deactivated20191229]

This man deserves everything let him he happy

[rikzpt-deactivated20191229]

Ok… This is what happened to Fraser

-His wife ditched him and asked for 900k a year,

-He was sexually assaulted which he said kicked him into a deep depression

-He stated that the stunts from the 3rd Mummy movie completely destroyed his body and he was in and out of the hospital for 7 years even having to get surgery to repair his vocal cords.

-He apparently blamed himself for all this which only worsened his depression.

This man has literally been through hell this past decade so please lets cut him some slack and wish him the best

[kakaphoe]

All this but also that picture on the right is a really bad paparazzi photo compared with a professional quality movie promo still. No one looks good when some random person snaps you on the street, regardless of who you are.

Compare with this image from the GQ article last February:

Proper lighting, professional setting, good angles etc.

The dude is 49 and has had a rough couple of decades, but he’s still lovely to look at, and I’ll fight anyone who says otherwise.

[dreaming-yeen]

Plus, now he’s in Doom Patrol, which makes me happy af.

[lessonsintrance]

And let’s not forget he was probably slightly to severely dehydrated to look that buff in he first photo. And I’m so pleased he got work again he seems like a good sort, and from the stealth pilot in Titans, Doom Patrol looks like it should be good.

[asubmissiveview]

It shouldn’t even matter what he’s been through. Body shaming of ANYONE is wrong.

[theladyjanedoe-deactivated20221]

ALL OF THIS

Plus

2019 Brendan is still slaying, so btfu

[simiperfect]

This post keeps getting better and I’m here for it

[velvet74sub]

I love this whole thread

[watart]

The last time I saw this it was only at the first ‘cut him some slack’ part and it just progressively gets better each time.

[thattimdrakeguy]

We support this Brendan Fraser in this home

[draconym]

When I was in second grade I became mildly obsessed with handwriting analysis. After reading a couple of books on graphology, I started to feel skeptical about divining a stranger's potential to be a serial killer from the way they wrote their lowercase d. But this was several years before Google, and our encyclopedia didn't have anything in it about graphology, so I figured I'd have to put my studies into practice if I wanted to find out whether it was a real thing.

I decided the best way to do this was to intentionally make my handwriting as Evil as possible. My current handwriting apparently showed that I was outgoing (large print) and emotional (looping cursive and a rightward slant), and didn't have any of the classic hallmarks of Serial Killer Handwriting, like pointed letters or irregular size and capitalization. I would have to adopt a lot of different habits if I wanted my letters to convey that I was capable of murder.

My theory was that if I succeeded in drastically changing the way I wrote, either anybody could have very Evil Looking handwriting if they felt like it, thereby making graphology meaningless, or the physical act of writing in an Evil way would influence my thoughts and I would notice myself taking on the traits exemplified by my new penmanship (physical aggression, untrustworthiness, antisocial behavior).

I don't actually remember what I concluded after changing my handwriting, but this is what I think about whenever someone tells me I write my D's, E's, and Y's weird.

[draconym]

New theory: graphology is fake because my original, unaltered handwriting didn't accurately represent my naturally evil tendencies.

[caroldanversenthusiast]

this is simply the greatest video i have ever seen

[arandomcollectionofstuff]

I'm going to reblog this a million times so be it

[kiran-wears-science-blues]

#i love how they give up on the dumb gimmick and just make her do increasingly inane trick shots

[jaubaius]

Husky getting nervous at his first swimming lesson

[bigdogdabeast]

I like this WAY more then I should

[chapdietostie-deactivated202406]

BIG BABY <3

[404-later]

[totheseaweshallgo]

I love the commentary of his owner

“are you gonna die if you swim”

“You keep grumbling”

“You’re in everyone’s way GO”

[vladtheunfollower]

[micahhangelo-deactivated2020112]

Uh idk who is cuter

[werethless-deactivated20190103]

Bruh.

[baker-p-i]

THE LIL BABY KISSED HIM WHEN HE WAS TALKING IN SLOTH TO HIM!!!!!

[melaninmedicine]

both of them are toooooooo fucking cute

[gallusrostromegalus]

Let’s Have Another Bullet Point Story, Courtesy of a Friend

So I have a friend that used to be in the tumblers troupe at the renfaire as a contortionist

We were chatting online and she told me to tell you all this story.

I love Kat dearly

but she forgets that she’s stupid strong and hypermobile

so one day she throws her back out

bad enough that she needed painkillers and couldn’t stand upright

“But also I needed Tampons and like.  A Burrito, real bad.”

she’s flat on her back in her apartment when she decides this

and, in an

impeccable

leap of reasoning, decides

“I can’t roll my back forward to sit/stand up like normal.

But I can ARCH my back just fine.

SO 

I’m going to do that and get on my hands and feet in a stomach-in-the-air this-shit-belongs-in-a-horror-movie-type pose,

And amble on down to the 7-11”

“And get me that Burrito”

It is, 

for context, 

after midnight in July during a wildfire so it’s hot as satan’s own asshole and the moon is red and shit’s already generally cursed.

Imagineyou are some poor sap working nights at the world’s deadest 7-11, and you hear the door jangle but you don’t see anyone’s head over the counters.

Whatever.

Except you keep hearing noises like there’s someone in the next aisle over.  

Fucking around in the burrito section

It’s also worth mentioning that Kat

1. sings whatever earworm is currently running through her head when she’s not paying attention

2. sounds EXACTLY like some kind of creepy child from a horror movie when doing so

tonight’s song is something from veggietales.

DUDE ACTUALLY STANDS HIS GROUND

and/or is really fucking high and isn’t sure if he’s tripping balls or notanyway

Kat goes up to pay for her burrito and tampons

She realizes the counter presents something of a challenge, and then demonstrates for me on her kitchen table at 4AM during a different july wildfire, 

exactly 

how she used the shelves to climb up the counter 

like one of the boston robotics beasties

dude stares at her for like, five minutes and says.

“Register’s broke.”

“Oh No!” Says Kat. “Just Take ‘em.” “Really?  I can leave cash-you don’t have to give me change I don’t want you to get in trouble with your manager.” “…Nah.” “Oh!  OK!  Thank you!” “Yeah ok bye.”

Shortly after she arrived back at the apartment, she got a text on her phone from the campus security about  "A Suspicious Individual” at tle 7-11. 

It took her 

FOUR

FUCKING 

YEARS

 to realize she was the suspicious individual

[ethanrayne]

every time this crosses my dash, all i can think is “i’d love to hear this from the perspective of the cashier who encountered some sort of demon buying a burrito on the night shift”

[sar-kalu]

to be honest, that’s just how 7-11 night shift be

[curiousobsession101]

I can’t help thinking the register was actually working just fine…

[thebibliosphere]

D’yever go for a nap thinking “this’ll help clear my head” and you wake up worse than you were before? Yeah.

Also apologies if you see me putting the wrong words in places or getting words mixed up with others. I’ve been having a silent migraine (migraine without pain but all the other symptoms) for the last few days and sometimes my words get mixed up when this happens. So if I say something and it makes no sense, it’s me not you, feel free to ask for clarification lol

[tyrannosauruscassie]

Wait silent migraines are a thing??? I keep saying I have migraines but it doesn't hurt and people look at me like I'm crazy

[thebibliosphere]

A lot of people think migraine means the head hurts exclusively, but that’s not actually how migraines work. Rather the headache is a symptom stage of a migraine, it just so happens to be the most common and noticeable symptom experienced by most people.

There’s four stages to migraine known as:

Predome.

Aura.

Headache.

Postdrome.

Not everyone will experience all of these stages (or even notices them), and for some of us predome, aura or postdrome can actually be worse than the headache itself.

For me, I tend to suffer from predome anywhere for up to a week before the migraine attack itself, (aura is not always guaranteed) which is why it took me so long to realize some of the symptoms I was having for my whole life was part of a migraine attack and I should have been medicating at the start of those symptoms not the headache itself which could sometimes take 3-4 days or more to manifest.

So you could also be experiencing something similar.

Postdrome for me is the worst part because while the pain is debilitating when it happens, with postdrome I get the “pain hangover” feeling which I can only sum up as “I got hit by a truck and survived”, followed by severe fatigue, physical weakness/shaking and serious bouts of depression and moodswings until things balance out again. Fun times.

My girl @jessicaoutofthecloset​ did a really good video on it recently that was really informative for a lot of folk who have no idea what migraines actually are—including those of us who had shit doctors and were told they were exclusively headaches!

Murdered by Migraines includes Closed Captions for those who need them.

[thebibliosphere]

Fucking found it. Here you go, for the folks asking what a silent migraine is.

[prismatic-bell]

This is literally what I mean when I say I feel like eleven pounds of shit in a ten-pound sack.

And I do in fact get migraines.

Holy shit.

[micdotcom]

Sportscaster Dale Hansen defends student wrestler Mack Beggs and takes a stand against transphobia

[kuriquinn]

I think this is the first time I’ve seen an old American white dude defend trans rights