Beanie Bum

Dreadhead. Bookworm. Food Fiend. Struggling Part-time Writer. Established Full-time Lover. I'm just the right amount of awkward and I own a lot of beanies. That just about covers it. My Writing Blog.

[quotemadness]

“You touched me in places so deep. I wanted to ignore you.”

— Adrienne Rich

[destroymylife]

[leahberman]

summer sea

view the video

[darylalexsy]

Taka-taka-taka

[asapwalky]

x

[sunbathe]

[mypoorsouls]

[gahdamnpunk]

It’s also based on a true story! But of course Netflix isn’t promoting it at all 😒😒 Please watch it so we can get another season!

[joli--coeur]

reminder:

i am allowed to feel.

i am allowed to be.

i am allowed space and time to figure things out.

— k.e.

[overpricedvodka]

Mom accuses Southwest Airlines employee of publicly mocking her 5-year-old's name

Traci Redford was boarding a Southwest Airlines flight with her 5-year-old daughter when she says she overheard an airline employee mocking the girl's name, Abcde.

Me: *screaming* OMGGGGAAAAHHHH WHYYYY WOULD YOU DO THIS TO YOUR CHILD! HOW WILL THEY GET A JOB WITH THE NAME ABCDE!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Also Me: (whispering) pleasebewhitepleasebewhitepleasebewhite

Finally Me: Thank God.

[docholligay]

Doc, what are the top five items food banks LOVE to receive? I'm doing a collection soon and want to ask for specifics.

MONEY. WE WANT MONEY. MONEY MONEY MONEY MONEY MONEY. WE CAN DO SO MUCH WITH IT. WE HAVE ACCESS TO DEALS YOU COULD NEVER. MONEY

That aside.

 I’m only going to talk about food items but if your food bank takes personal items, a lot of times diapers, feminine hygiene products, etc, are very very welcome. 

1) Canned chicken and beef 

looooooove this stuff. It’s expensive, it lasts forever, it tastes good and it can be used a variety of ways. This stuff is fucking catnip to food banks, it’s so hard for us to provide proteins. 

2) Fancy nut butters

Peanut butter is a standby for food banks as a shelf-stable inexpensive protein, but if we have a family with a kid with a peanut allergy that’s not going to work. Non-peanut butters are expensive and it’s something we hardly ever see donated. (we also like peanut butter, but that’s easier for us to buy ourselves than non-peanut butters)

3) Canned or packaged tuna

You may notice a trend here in shelf-stable proteins. And yeah. That’s basically it, so I’m not going to keep harping on it. But this stuff is a godsend. 

4) Easy breakfast things for kids (Granola bars, instant oatmeal, and the like) 

Whatever Donald Trump tells you, most people who get food from food banks are actually working their asses off and so they have to leave Obama to raise their baby or whatever, and they don’t have a lot of time in the morning. Things like this that kids can make for themselves are expensive. (Another trend you may be noticing–donate shit that costs a lot of money. That helps us more than all the shitty green bean cans in the world) But they are so helpful for busy working families where the parents may not have a set schedule and sometimes little Amanda is making her own breakfast before she runs off to school. Don’t let kids go to school hungry. 

5) Shelf-stable juice

This is one people never think of! But if you show up with a bunch of (preferably reduced sugar stuff) bottles of juice at my door, oh man, you are gonna get so many check mark and okay hand emoticons. This stuff is great for kids, and it doesn’t require refrigeration until it’s opened, so it works great for food drives. 

[kesonafyren]

But seriously, give money

And it’s way better food, too, anything you get prepackaged has A TON of sugar and/or salt in it…collecting cans may be more exciting than writing a check, but if the point is to help people, the check is going to get a lot more done

[pennie-dreadful]

Yoooooo heads up for those of you with kids, I know this time of year schools start holding canned food drives so keep this in mind if you’re able to give.

[kyraneko]

collecting cans may be more exciting than writing a check, but if the point is to help people, the check is going to get a lot more done .

hint: the point should be to help people.

[sealmaiden2000]

why text ONE heart when you can text THREE and still have them be big! thats my motto

[respectfulmemes]

[queen-apathy]

[macgregor13mathers-deactivated2]

How is that renowned Republican brand working for you? The pictures above are a reminder of past and ongoing Republican actions and inaction so that people will remember them when they get ready to vote.

[cherryblossomgal]

🗣

[wilwheaton]

Go check your registration and make sure you haven’t been purged: https://iwillvote.com.

[understands]

[queernigga]

peak black queer sisterhood. 

[eliminated]