Don't Underestimate The Things That I Will Do

Nikki. Writer. Millennial. This is a place for stuff I like.* (*Stuff I liked at the time of posting. This blog is over a decade old, who knows wtf I reblogged during finals before my college graduation, ya know?)

[nikkiholly]

Power outage…and they’re expecting it to be fixed by 5:30am?! Fuck. Please let it be sooner 🙏 I don’t wanna be up sweating all night and I really don’t want to have to replace everything in my fridge.

[nikkiholly]

The horror of realizing that I, weeks away from turning 34 years of age, will have to ask him if he's my boyfriend.

[runawaymarbles]

Hey. Look at me. Please leave yourself a note somewhere you'll see it later that says "it is going to take years if not decades to get the United States government to the level of functionality it had in November of 2024." If we elect a democrat in 2028, we are not going to be up and running by 2032.

Please make sure you have a reminder in your phone reminding you to not look at 2028/32/36 Democratic candidates and say "why are they not promising/delivering Cool Shit?" because you are going to understand that to get Cool Shit we must have competent people running a decently funded government, and we are not going to have that.

We are not getting UBI. We are not getting single payer healthcare. We are not getting free college or free preschool. We are not redistributing wealth on a large scale. We are not getting free internet. We are not getting ranked choice voting.

If we are lucky, we are going to get an IRS that can collect taxes, qualified schoolteachers, research grants, Social Security, and a government that thinks maybe it should be a priority for people around the worlds to not have AIDS, malaria or TB.

[runawaymarbles]

To be clear, I don't mean we should forget or take our eyes off the ultimate long-term goals of getting Cool Shit, but to get there, we're gonna have to support things like "half-measures" and "small steps" and "not tearing down people who won't get us all the way there" and "understanding that they are starting from the basement basically because every government institution is being decimated"

[aquawyrm]

Yeah. Don't refuse to vote for someone who isn't going to get you where you want to be as fast as you want to be there - vote for someone who's going to bail just a bit faster then we're sinking, and we'll get there someday.

[severeannoyance]

Honestly, if we elect a Democrat in 2028 and by 2032 have reliable access to vaccines and potable water again, I'm going to count that as a win.

You do not understand how badly fucked the government was after Trump's term. everything was understaffed. A lot was in flaming ruins already. We were looking at potentially decades of work to undo that.

And then Trump won again. And fired everyone, including me, who was trying to fix it.

We are shrimp colors of fucked right now. It is going to take so much fucking work to fix it.

Y'all CANNOT just throw in the towel again like you did with Biden last year. You can't. Not if you're serious about fixing shit and getting all the good stuff. Because when you do, you throw everyone else deeper in the hole and actively punish everyone who was trying to save your ass.

[russianblush]

no ai usage over here. you’re gonna get my shitty authentic writing whether you like it or not

[copperbadge]

Maybe now is a good time for a summer psa about adderall increasing your sensitivity to heat!

....which I forgot about completely before blithely going out in it yesterday to walk to a doctor's appointment and then had to like, sit down with my head between my knees when I got there. I was fully hydrated, had a water bottle with me, wore a hat, walked in the shade, and still by four blocks I was feeling Unwell. It's been ungodly hot out, admittedly, but I have felt more sensitive to it this summer than previous summers and now PERHAPS I KNOW WHY. (My dose was raised over the winter.)

Remember kids: check your meds to see if they make you sensitive to heat, cold, or sun -- and heat and sun are different sensitivities, though of course they can be relational when, say, your Adderall reduces your thirst impulses and you go out in the sun already dehydrated. Know the symptoms of heatstroke -- flushed skin, rapid breathing or heart rate, lack of sweating, disorientation, nausea. Get somewhere cool, get help, and get wet!

[theehorsepusssy]

[nikkiholly]

May I one day be as passionate about anything as my dad is about memory foam bath mats

[nikkiholly]

When the weather app becomes a horror story:

For international friends, real-feel temp of 105 F is 40 C.

[finalset]

adhd is like I think it’s gonna take me fifteen minutes to fill up my water bottle

[breadandm]

somebody posted this Calvin and Hobbes strip and i cannot overstate just how topical this fuckin thing is

[iusedtobecharming-deactivated20]

Do we have a franz kafka diary entry for july 1st, i want to know what he thinks!!!

[rehearsing]

happy too tired July everyone

[insomniamamma]

The anon button is not for hate. The anon button is for horny and embarrassed about it.

[miscling]

rb if you want people to be horny and embarrassed on anon in your inbox

[nikkiholly]

Jump scare! Saw a picture of JKR with the queen of England and threw up in my mouth a little. Just a portrait of people who are completely out of touch with reality. ​

[draconym]

[februarytrash]

being sad and horny is a privilege

[nikkiholly]

He thought his weird body horror poetry would freak me out? As if my favorite romantic songs aren't about decaying bog bodies?

[nikkiholly]

Garbage truck stopped right in front of my house as I was getting my goodnight kiss....think it's a funny story or a warning from the universe?