Overtime Ramblings

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[soracities]

Mahmoud Darwish, Memory for Forgetfulness: August, Beirut, 1982 (trans. Ibrahim Muhawi) [ID'd]

on context: "[set during] the 1982 Israeli invasion of Lebanon and the shelling of Beirut [...] Memory for Forgetfulness is an extended reflection on the invasion and its political and historical dimensions. It is also a journey into personal and collective memory. What is the meaning of exile? What is the role of the writer in time of war? What is the relationship of writing (memory) to history (forgetfulness)?" (source)

[superdupersafeforwork-deactivat]

Change a single letter and change the word game

I want to play a game with you all.

You have to make a new word by changing only one letter of the last word.

Dirt

[etherealdaydreamers]

Dart

[siren-mic]

Dark

[100percentevil]

bark

[rierse]

Lark

[writer-rider-flirty-thirties]

Lurk

[plotbunnypettingzoo]

Lure

[scrumptiousangst]

Sure

[thatgirlnevershutsup]

Surf

[edenfalling]

Serf

[kalicofox]

Self

[leithlovesyou]

Seld

[damsel-in-depress]

Meld

[fandommenagerie]

Mold

[jezebelgoldstone]

Mole

[matt-the-alien]

Hole

[jezebelgoldstone]

Bole

[la-kreme-de-la-kreme]

Bolt

[trapdoorspidergang]

Boat

[judgejudyofficial]

Boar

[cthulhu-with-a-fez]

Soar

[kaen-ace-of-diamonds]

Soap

[maxiemumdamage]

Soup

[rollingpenguin]

Soul

[wormwoodsand]

Sour

[ironedorchid]

Soul

[joasakura]

Foul

[tricksterrune]

Fowl

[belphegor1982]

Bowl

[carriagelamp]

Bawl

[doctorbluesmanreturns]

Ball

[doggeddetermination]

Fall

[holy-muffins]

Fill

[fullyfunctionalminiaturebeehive]

Pill

[nihalias]

Hill

[thesustainedworldatransverse]

Hall

[randomramblesofaraven]

Halt

[agwitow]

Holt

[certifiedgirlthing]

Hole

[themysticallovecabbage]

Hope

[rathayibacter]

Nope

[friendlyneighborhoodmadscientist]

Nose

[spickerzocker]

Lose

[ex-textura]

Love

[gobbochune-deactivated20241018]

live

[caffeinatedsquirrelfood]

Dive

[finnglas]

Dice 🎲

[jezebelgoldstone]

Lice

[moniquill]

Rice

[needlessvoid]

Vice

[needlessvoid]

[weltenwellen]

Nedra Glover Tawwab, Set Boundaries, Find Peace: A Guide to Reclaiming Yourself

[needlessvoid]

Thought of the day: Not everything is going to be an earth-shattering orgasm. Sometimes they will be shorter and only a little warm and it will be about the effort put in. Sometimes the job will be the most fulfilling thing I've ever put my mind to and then some days will be about the messier, frustrating parts of working in a high stress environment. The earth-shattering orgasm will come later, after we apologize to each other, collect our things, breathe just a little bit.

Thought of the year: I think my life may lie in how practiced I become in apologies. Real ones. I will take up space and I will honor myself AND when I hurt someone I will be curious and reflective and honor that person too. I think I'm going to be adding that to my 30s Manifesto.

[stuckinapril]

[cojode]

the new year

[problemnyatic]

"I would kill for you. I would die for you" would you take a break for me? Would you sit down and rest? For a day, a week, a year? Would you let others take care of your needs for me? Would you let yourself be held for me? By me?

[metamorphesque]

— A Prayer, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry 

[text ID: I’m only asking for strength for my days. Teach me the art of small steps.]

[metamorphesque]

«Tenderer than tender…», Osip Mandelstam (1891—1938) transl. D. Smirnov-Sadovsky

[firstfullmoon]

“But was it really like that? As painful as I remember? Only mildly. Or rather, it was a productive and fructifying pain. Love, thick and dark as Alaga syrup, eased up into that cracked window. I could smell it — taste it — sweet, musty, with an edge of wintergreen in its base — everywhere in that house. It stuck, along with my tongue, to the frosted windowpanes. It costed my chest, along with the salve, and when the flannel came undone in my sleep, the clear, sharp curves of air outlined its presence on my throat. And in the night, when my coughing was dry and tough, feet padded into the room, hands repinned the flannel, readjusted the quilt, and rested a moment on my forehead. So when I think of autumn, I think of somebody with hands who does not want me to die.”

— Toni Morrison, The Bluest Eye

[whenstherapy]

everyone around me is in love! and i have the loneliness of a 12 year old girl

[archbudzar]

Untitled poem, 2021

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[sweatermuppet]

[shaking myself by the shoulders] i will get better. i will continue. i have no goddamn choice

[needlessvoid]

I named some stuff in therapy that I don't think I've ever named. We talked about how powerful the subconscious is and that protective states can be sneaky. I keep people at a distance in almost all my behaviors. It feels all encompassing at times. But it's how I feel trapped here. It's how I feel like everyone is always just out of reach. It's how I feel that I cannot build a life that I want. I just kept saying "this is hard."

And it is.

But I'm naming it.

[weltenwellen]

Jennette McCurdy, I'm Glad My Mom Died

[skinslip]

I want to see the universe where they didn't beat the joy out of me