My Search for Self

That's Doctor Mary to you. (NSFW)

[mysearchforself]

:O

It has been three years since I logged in!!

I got a teaching job, finished my doctorate, bought a house, got a dog. Holy crap.

Wondered if this site was still alive and kicking, lots of love to you folks out there :)

[hornished]

Trust.

[pizza-omelette]

Its spring and all the babbies are hard at work! 

[mysearchforself]

I’ve been pretty MIA, tumblrland. Its been a tough semester, but its been a really rough week for me. My former diss chair/mentor died on Tuesday. I also just found out from the son of the only family I was allowed to hang with throughout my childhood that his mom died. She was like a mom to me: always supportive, there for my concerts and graduations. Shit, man. That, plus going home to the crazy draining environment has me all sorts of fucked up right now. Figured I’d shout into the void. 

Hope you guys are hanging in there. You do cross my mind even if I’m not lurking here often. <3

[clearitnow]

When babe reachin

[thinchin-thinskin-deactivated20]

Sustained grief is particularly disturbing in a culture that offers a quick fix for pain. Sometimes it amazes me to know intuitively that the grieving are all around us yet we do not see any overt signs of their anguished spirits. We are taught to feel shame about grief that lingers. Like a stain on our clothes, it marks us as flawed, imperfect. To cling to grief, to desire its expression, is to be out of sync with modern life, where the hip do not get bogged down in mourning.

bell hooks - all about love (via thinchin-thinskin)

[mysearchforself]

I’ve been working in my university’s bookstore and some white guy wearing a MAGA hat plopped down at a table and has been playing on his phone. He was asked politely by some Latinx girls to take off his hat, and he scoffed as he snidely said, “No, I’m gonna keep this on actually.” The girls left, obviously not wanting to work with him around.

UGH.

Mind you, this is Miami. At a university with a diverse student body.

[direhuman]

FREAKING OUT ABOUT WHAT JUST SHOWED UP AT THE TOY STORE

[snapzie]

I can’t believe they’re selling bara furries to kids

[husky-said-woof]

[betterthankanyebitch]

[ashncole]

Message.

[purplebuddhaproject]

Learning is the only thing the mind never exhausts, never fears, and never regrets.

Leonardo da Vinci (via purplebuddhaproject)

[oolongearlgrey]

Visit Original Link

[hemorrhedge]

its late and this may kill me

[thechurchofbobsaget-deactivated]

[venndaai]

then again

the more things change….

[furlockhound-inactive-moved-dea]

The people making these memes obviously have never seen some of the weird ass shit in old-timey photos. A quick Google and:

[abonnybunny-deactivated20200814]

Humans are basically a giant jumble of weirdos that try to belittle other weirdos…

[furlockhound-inactive-moved-dea]

That’s the most accurate and poignant description of human nature I’ve ever read

[earthdad]

someone: what do you want to be for Halloween?

me: loved and appreciated

[shrekyourself]

is that obama

[lavenderstereo]

I can’t tell, they are hiding their IP address

i want to be good. and do good. and be nice to people. and make people happy. and have good and healthy relationships with people. i want to learn to forgive and i want to understand other people. i want to be loved and adored and i want to love and adore

[shejla24]

[introvertunites]