just another chapter in my life

My name is Emerson Jay. Arrived in the world: July/17th, 1991. Started testosterone: Feb/2nd, 2018.

[greengay]

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[ahooooooy-bitches-deactivated20]

[deepfriedjesus]

mscaptains:

STROKE: Remember The 1st Three Letters… S.T..R … My friend sent this to me and encouraged me to post it and spread the word. I agree. If everyone can remember something this simple, we could save some folks. STROKE IDENTIFICATION: During a party, a friend stumbled and took a little fall - she assured everyone that she was fine and just tripped over a brick because of her new shoes. (they offered to call ambulance) They got her cleaned up and got her a new plate of food - while she appeared a bit shaken up, Ingrid went about enjoying herself the rest of the evening. Ingrid’s husband called later telling everyone that his wife had been taken to the hospital - (at 6:00pm , Ingrid passed away.) She had suffered a stroke at the party . Had they known how to identify the signs of a stroke, perhaps Ingrid would be with us today. Some don’t die. They end up in a helpless, hopeless condition instead. It only takes a minute to read this… STROKE IDENTIFICATION: A neurologist says that if he can get to a stroke victim within 3 hours he can totally reverse the effects of a stroke…totally. He said the trick was getting a stroke recognized, diagnosed, and then getting the patient medically cared for within 3 hours, which is tough. RECOGNIZING A STROKE Remember the ‘3’ steps, STR . Read and Learn! Sometimes symptoms of a stroke are difficult to identify. Unfortunately, the lack of awareness spells disaster. The stroke victim may suffer severe brain damage when people nearby fail to recognize the symptoms of a stroke. Now doctors say a bystander can recognize a stroke by asking three simple questions : S * Ask the individual to SMILE .. T * = TALK. Ask the person to SPEAK A SIMPLE SENTENCE (Coherently) (eg ‘It is sunny out today’). R * Ask him or her to RAISE BOTH ARMS . If he or she has trouble with ANY ONE of these tasks, call the ambulance and describe the symptoms to the dispatcher. NOTE : Another ‘sign’ of a stroke is 1. Ask the person to ‘stick’ out their tongue. 2. If the tongue is ‘crooked’, if it goes to one side or the other that is also an indication of a stroke. A prominent cardiologist says if everyone who gets this e-mail sends it to 10 people; you can bet that at least one life will be saved. And it could be your own.

[kingpippa]

Reblogging because if I hadn’t have known the signs, my mother wouldn’t be alive today.

[leesh]

this is terrifying

[thoughts-of-an-x-factor]

Here’s what’s happening in Australia at the moment.

For some context:  Mallacoota is a tourist town, usual population is a little over 1000, but at peak tourist times, it can be as high as 8000. There was an estimated 4000 there today, when the extreme heat, peaking at 49C/120F, combined with high winds, to spark a large, intense fire in the bushland around the area. This pretty much blocked off all ways out of the town, leading to all 4000 people being evacuated to the beach, with the emergency plan basically being “If the fire comes this way, get in the water” Thankfully, the wind did change direction, and as far as I’ve heard, most of the town was spared, but this is how bad the drought, heat, and fire situations have become in australia. And our government still refuses to make solid policies on climate change.

[awomanindeniall]

NSW Bush Fires - How you can help

[toapoet-deactivated20221001]

If you’re not in a place to give money, you can boost!!

[whitepeopletwitter]

[heyitsemersonjay]

[blindbee]

[avodaco]

me when i get my student loan

[g8dtier]

this is the money cat. reblog in 30 seconds and you will find yourself with more wealth

[strikercorbie]

#this is the only money cat i will reblog because it’s actually doing the manekineko pose151,646 notes (via lolwhutninja)

OMG YOU’RE RIGHT

[nonespark-blog]

and it has its right paw up! the correct paw for this. and from the markings on its ears, it looks like it might be a calico cat. which is the luckiest kind!

[carrionbeast]

extremely lucky cat

[ladynorbert]

I don’t even care if it actually works, I’m mostly reblogging because it’s freaking adorable.

[sweet-cherry-fairy-deactivated2]

cute cat and need money, good post, 10/10

[allthenamesilikearetaken]

in case anyones interested in the other versions

http://www.namaii.com/manekineko/maneki-neko-types.html

[mmusclechan]

Y’know I reblogged this a bit ago and was saved from financial probation and getting kicked out of school because of it, just mere months from graduation. Got a call from the financial aid advisor telling me that they made a mistake with filing my account (or some other sort of clerical error) and said that, basically, they owe me money. Welp.

[winjennster]

Last time I reblogged the money cat, I won two $100 gift cards at work.

[heyitsemersonjay]

I promise I haven’t forgotten about this page. Life has just been chaotic, and I broke my laptop, so I’ve been using my Mom’s laptop, and it’s just a whole thing. Eventually I will be back on a normal schedule!

[huffpostqueervoices]

A gay man who happens to look eerily similar to anti-LGBT extremist and Vice President-elect Mike Pence is putting his looks to good use ― by wandering the streets of NYC in short shorts and collecting money to benefit important organizations.

[steadfast-deactivated20191017]

HELL YEAH!

[primadonna-gay]

THE BEST THING IVE SEEN THIS YEAR

[sashayed]

NEW PLAN: trap mike pence in a pit and stealthily replace him with Gay Short Shorts Mike Pence a la Mad-Eye Moody or Mystique in that one xmen movie. then when trump is impeached, Gay Short Shorts Mike Pence will become President Gay Short Shorts Mike Pence. a just and powerful leader. “What happened to you, Mike Pence?” his supporters will cry in 2018 as he instates his new federal holiday, Mandatory Give $20 To Your Gay Neighbor Day. “I had a change of heart,” he will say, as villainous actual Mike Pence struggles against his bonds in a well-appointed Park Slope living room

[lord-kitschener]

D I R E C T. A C T I O N.

[quasi-normalcy]

This is literally the plot of The Great Dictator

[heyitsemersonjay]

LEFT: Feb/2018: When I started testosterone.

RIGHT: July/2019: It’s been nearly a year, and a half on T.

Haven’t changed the hair, but the rest is changing!

[heyitsemersonjay]

[spockirkcoy]

Dysphoria 

[cunckratt-blog]

This goes to any of my Trans followers, do not give up! If you want to talk I’m here for all of you! 💙

[transbutts]

Keep on going friends. You’ll make it some day!

-Ren

[lady-feral]

Hey kittens,

Never give up.

[wnq-writers]

I don’t need another temporary person. I want someone who, even when I am an unlovable mess, will look at me with love in their eyes and stay.

palestiniansunset  (via wnq-writers)

[lum1natrix]

— if it does bring you any solace, just know that I really, honestly, truly believe that you can get through it. I honestly believe that you’re strong enough to pursue your goals and to conquer your dreams and go farther than you ever thought possible.

[satanstrousers]

One of my friends asked me the other day if I would suck one thousand dicks for a billion dollars, and I love questions like that because not only are they so demonstrative of the no-homo society we live in, but they also show a fundamental lack of understanding that some people have for the value of money. Like, do you realize just how much money one billion dollars is? Do you realize I could live my life in the lap of luxury buying literally everything I could ever want and still have a fortune to leave to my children?? For sucking some dicks?? We are talking 1 million dollars per dick sucked!! That’s just economical like come on man.

[buippy-deactivated20210405]

[laryna6]

Anhedonia - not finding pleasure in things you normally take pleasure in - is a symptom of depression.

When depressed, you will also be reluctant to start things, and won’t find things appealing.

This sets up a nasty vicious cycle where ‘life feels bleak’ -> ‘nothing sounds fun’ -> do nothing -> don’t have fun -> ‘Hey I’m not having fun, life really is pretty bleak right now’ -> More depressed.

The way to break that cycle is to do things that you enjoy. Doing things solely for the sake of having fun is an important part of handling depression. Not only does it keep you from getting more depressed, but it can make you go ‘Hey I’m having a really nice day’ and give you bouncy energy to do productive things with. 

I get so focused on all the things that need doing that I forget that when depressed, doing things solely because they’re fun is the practical thing to do if I want to get thing done.

There is a difference between procrastination and having trouble activating. If there’s a thing you need to do and you know you aren’t going to be able to do it now, do something fun, and afterwards you will have better odds of actually doing the thing.

If you find yourself in the situation in the picture, pick something that you are intellectually aware you would find fun if you were feeling better and start doing it.’ This means that you are focusing on something other than *sigh* and playing a game can make you feel productive, put ‘life is good!’ and ‘I can succeed at things!’ chemicals into a brain that is sorely in need of them. 

A couple weeks ago when I couldn’t even find any interest in reading fanfic, I eventually managed to start playing a random RPG and felt much better a few hours later.

[buippy-deactivated20210405]

i certainly wasn’t expecting anything close to actual, halfway decent advice that might help some folks out when i threw this little Funne Picture out into the wild, but that’s nice. thank you. i’m not sure if i’ll ever break this little cycle for more than a few hours, but .. yeah man. it’s just a little nice to see folks trying to help other folks out on posts of mine instead of the usual terrible nonsense

[fishonthetree]

Exactly what I needed right now.

[dagoth]

Easy to parse version:

Anhedonia is a symptom of depression, it’s not finding enjoyment in things that once made you happy.

If you find yourself in this situation, pick something that you KNOW you would find fun or enjoyable. 

When you’re depressed, the best thing to do is do things BECAUSE they’re fun, it’ll help motivate you more.

[labelleizzy]

Thank you I did need to hear that!

[matialonsorphoto]

my moons 2017 - part 2

more on my instagram @matialonsor

[heyitsemersonjay]

There are things I’ll never do, and things I’ll never say.