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Monday morning lunatic. Disturbed from time to time

[btvs]

one of the most influential things i’ve learned in dbt is to change “but” into “and.” so instead of saying, “i know you feel that way, but i feel this way,” try saying, “i know you feel that way, and i feel this way.” by doing that, you are validating the other person’s opinions and emotions as well as viewing them as an equal.

[keybladesoras]

PURE!

[whitecrossgirl]

So I got thinking at work today and I was thinking about who would win Halloween Heist this year. Then the perfect answer came to me.

Kevin.

Kevin, who has known the team for years. Who would have heard Raymond talk about each heist, the build up, the ludicrous plans, the joy of victory and the dismay of defeat. He would have watched, maybe even helped him plan but mostly kept his distance with a rueful shake of the head. After all, it made Raymond happy…

It was when Gina won that he began to wonder, since non cops could enter and win, that it was feasible, albeit ridiculous for him to try. Then again, he had stolen Raymond’s pie and threw it in the trash and that initial rush of excitement, the giddiness of having outsmarted Raymond and not yet been caught, it was tempting to experience it again. However he stamped down the thought and put it from his mind. Foolish, immature folly.

Then he spent time with Jake. Really got to know the young man and understand how his mind worked. Jake liked to put on a front but really he thought of all the tiny, minute details that others would miss. A challenging opponent but he had played a few rounds of chess with Jake and noticed the same mistakes he made in life as on the board.

Amy was an easy one, always having to prove herself, go one step beyond. If the others were one step ahead, she was three. However in her eagerness, easy mistakes could be made. Or at least she could be led to believe it. After all, who better to spread the seed of doubt in the mind than someone who determined whether a student graduated or failed? When Amy doubted or was distracted, Amy lost.

Gina had the freedom of not being a cop and not too fussed about her job. Therefore with time to plan and prepare and far more clever than she seemed, she would maybe be the most challenging opponent. However Gina loved attention and praise, a few pretend fan accounts across her social media gave him untold access to her mind and her plan.

Boyle and Rosa alternated their loyalty each year but his plan covered all bases. Boyle was too eager to plan his own heist, he loved others getting glory, not him. Rosa loved to win but was too cool to put in effort to pull off a heist, her words that he took to heart. Terry refused to enter the heist because they knew when Terry loved something but when Terry hated something, Terry Hated It. Hitchcock and Scully simply were distracted by some of that pie he and Raymond got every year and let him in and out no questions asked.

Halloween comes, the heist begins and it’s almost too easy for his plans to fall into place. There were times when Raymond, Jake and Amy come close, Gina is an early elimination due to her child being ill - not Kevin’s fault, just a stroke of luck. Rosa and Raymond make a strong team. Jake and Charles are as strong as ever but distracted when Amy drops her own welcome surprise - again, not his fault. Finally it’s midnight and this years prize, all three of their most famous prizes, the crown, the cummerbund and the plaque are nowhere to be found, until they all receive a text inviting them into Raymond’s office.

In a moment of childish delight, Kevin turns around in Raymond’s chair, the crown on his head, the cummerbund on his waist and the plaque in one hand as he pets Cheddar with the other. As they stare at him with shock and awe, he smiles at Raymond and the team.

“Honestly, it wasn’t that difficult.”

[ohbellamy]

#dorks

[flospughsadadad-deactivated2021]

me as an adult

[thiojames]

degrassi tv tropes → Continuity Nod: A continuity nod is a reference to some aspect in a series’ past or an occurrence within the universe. The nod is not so much a major plot point, but more of a tilt of the hat to the fans that may know these little details.

[thestateonmtv]

The wide ranging influence that Degrassi has

[allsonargent]

[vampireapologist-archive-deacti]

When I was 18 I took a ballet class at college and every morning our beginner adult class started just as the Ballet Majors in the studio next door took a mid-class break.

Many mornings they would gather in the doorway of my classroom and watch us struggle through our bar warmups or jumble up a new technique while they smiled and whispered to each other.

And every morning I dreaded seeing them there because I knew they were making fun of me.

I had other classes with some of them, and I was always embarrassed when ballet came up, and it always did, them being ballet majors, because I loved to talk about it but knew they’d seen me dance, and I was sure they thought I didn’t belong in the conversation.

At the end of the semester, our instructor announced that she’d like to invite the dancers from the next door studio to sit in on our final performance as an audience, and everyone in my class hesitated. We’d worked so hard, we wanted to celebrate our progress during our final without being judged. Most of us left class that day suddenly more anxious about the final than we’d ever been.

The next morning, in one of my other classes I had with the ballet majors, one of them approached me, and as if she’d been reading our minds the entire semester, she said

“Hey. I just wanted to say that I know we watch you guys dance a lot, and I wanted to make sure you know we’re never laughing at you. When we watch you guys learn the basics…..it reminds us of when we first started when we were younger. It’s like…looking at ourselves when we first fell in love with dancing. That’s why we love watching you guys.”

It shocked me. I felt awash with relief and utterly stupid all at once.

Here I had spent an entire semester assuming the worst of people who had otherwise been nothing but nice to me in every other setting, and I had no one to blame for that but my own insecurities that I’d allowed to rule me for months.

I’d been so unfair to these girls, because I was self conscious. I was so worried about being judged that I’d judged all of them.

Here I was worried they were laughing at me, and all along they were looking at me with nothing but absolute delight, even envy for what I was getting to experience.

This encounter changed my entire attitude, permanently.

It made me realize that, yeah sometimes people are jerks for no reason, but more often than not, people really are just….Good.

Since that day, I’ve started giving everyone the benefit of the doubt until they prove me wrong, for their sake and for my own.

And I’ve learned that the world becomes a lot better and life becomes a lot easier when you accept that maybe not everyone is judging you. Maybe you’re the one who’s hardest on yourself.

Let yourself be. Let yourself exist and breathe and be happy.

The world is a much better place.

[charlesoberonn]

The song “Jolene” but the singer never stops describing Jolene, going into more and more details and getting more and more disturbing until you’re not sure what Jolene is except that you’re afraid of her.

[lilsugarbush]

[ekomancer]

Since Disney has purchased most of 20th/21st Century Fox’s assets, including The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Tim Curry/Dr Frank-N-Furter is now technically a Disney Princess.

[blacknerdwrites]

“ Girls today can be anything. CEO, Olympic gold medalist, even a Supreme Court Justice. We’ve finally broken that glass ceiling, and, wow, sure looks good from the top. “

[slaughteringbunnies]

[breakmyheartwithlyrics]

Alanis Morrissette- You Oughta Know

[colleenwing]

Let’s forgive each other, then.

[awesomlyautistic]

I think that my biggest problem with communicating to people is that I have difficulties putting my thoughts to words so even though you may think that you know everything about me, you are just scratching the surface.

[just-shower-thoughts]

Heat, Pressure, and Time. The three things that make a diamond, are also the three things that make a waffle.