The Last Boy Scout

im old enough to be your geopolitical economics instructor. good boy complex. NSFW Adult Material. We live among the vibes.

[legacy77]

I'll have to protest on this being an 'underwear' selection.

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Counting Spoons

This morning,

I open my eyes to find only seven spoons

lying in a small, dented cup by my bed.

The world asks for twenty.

One spoon — just to sit up.

To blink against the ache in my joints,

to gather my breath and convince my heart

that gravity is worth the fight.

Two more — for a shower.

Steam curling over stiff shoulders,

the heat loosening nothing,

my hands heavy as wet towels.

One — to get dressed.

It takes all the grace I have

to pull fabric over skin

that burns at a whisper of touch.

Another — for breakfast.

Lifting the mug,

stirring the spoon,

pretending the taste matters more than the exhaustion in my jaw. 

One — for a phone call.

Because words weigh more than dishes,

and smiling through pain

Keeping up appearances 

is its own kind of heavy labor.

By noon, I am out of spoons.

The day still stretches,

hungry and demanding,

but my hands hold only air.

I borrow from tomorrow.

I always borrow from tomorrow.

And tomorrow will wake me

with fewer spoons in the cup.

Source: Counting Spoons

[wufghddb]

[domdraven]

seeing a mutual like one of your posts like, "i knew you'd like that, you sl*t"

[thoughtkick]

“People think being alone makes you lonely, but I don’t think that’s true. Being surrounded by the wrong people is the loneliest thing in the world.”

— Kim Culbertson

[itssjanedoe]

[nyledimarco]

‪Kindergarteners learned to sign “Happy Birthday” song to Deaf custodian, Mr. James.‬

‪And he was surprised 😭‬

[theinturnetexplorer]

[sarcasmismydrugs]

This professor gets extra credit.

[dailyflicks]

Halloween 1978 | dir. John Carpenter

[legacy77]

Halloween is just around the corner...

[dykeselfcest]

it is unfortunate that there's no reason for most people to remember high school chemistry because the best analogy I have found for "the amount of energy that it takes me to initiate a task, which can be higher than the amount of energy it takes to actually complete the task" is "activation energy" and it's not precisely perfect but

yeah. and you can even include "thing that reduces the barrier to doing the task" as a catalyst/enzyme

anyway. unfortunately this does not actually clarify anything for the average person. but #ToMe it works

[dxmedstudent]

Maybe it's because I'm a medic but I never stopped referring to the effort I have to put in to do something as my activation energy.

You have to put in that extra energy and motivation to start it - but once you're going, it's not so bad.

And if you can't overcome that initial step of starting then it won't happen, even if it's almost trivial to do the task itself.

[mahze-nn]

Serenità.

[bullforyourhw]

[legacy77]

The reason why we are so divided right now is because they know together, we can beat them.

[sirlonius]

[keptandkind]

[love-romance-relationships]

[softdommommy]

I’m a hopeless romantic with a dirty mind