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Ramblings, writings, reflections, musings, quotes

[iosonomer-blog]

[hemingwayiii]

Unmute

[hemingwayiii]

I've posted this before, but every time I've seen it since I can't stop watching it repeat over and over. Like the man says, "Unmute"

[should-be-sleeping]

Mutuals do this.

[paper-mario-wiki]

this guy is so unbelievably good at making music videos of himself dancing with himself in different outfits

[weshallbekind]

THEY ARE ALL HIM??

[cleric-chono-is-my-everything]

I took these last comments to realize that the shadows don't overlap, yeah, it's all one guy

[openscrts3]

I loved this. Then I saw that it's ONE GUY. And I loved it so much more!

[openscrts3]

Little Women

In my reading I’ve been returning to some old classics of literature. I’ve read Dickens before (which I thoroughly enjoyed, even though most of my friends and classmates did not), Shakespeare, Homer, Dante, Orwell, Bradbury, Tolstoy, the Brontë sisters, Twain, Plath, Steinbeck, Tolkien, Wilde, Harper Lee, etc. I believe I read some Jane Austen in the past but it was so long ago that when I reread all of her works recently, it was like they were brand new to me, and I love her writing so much.

I decided to try Little Women by Louisa May Alcott. I don’t remember ever having read it before or seen the movie or anything. I’m listening to the audiobook full cast performance with Laura Dern. At first, I really wasn’t crazy about the style, and I felt it was just too preachy and full of moralizing. I complained to my husband and emphatically stated when Amy burned Jo’s book that Jo should definitely not ever forgive her, it was too egregious and heinous an act, despite Amy being only a child. I thought her far too petulant, spoiled and horrid.

Then, Amy fell through the ice. And Jo…just stood there. The conversation with her mother later that evening, about her temper and anger, was where the book started to turn around for me. I finally felt the impact of forgiveness and it went straight to my heart. I loved Marmee’s advice to the girls, her belief in experience as the greatest teacher.  There are sad parts that have made me cry, happy parts that have made me cry, and parts where I was so fearful for the characters, I felt like they were real people in my life.

As the book went on, I started to feel ashamed and guilty about my own behavior. I have not lived my life industriously enough. I have been selfish, indolent and ungrateful. I’ve always wanted more and more and never been happy with what I have. I am quick to anger and very slow to forgive, sometimes refusing to forgive at all, or to have as much kindness and empathy as I should. I don’t do enough to help others. And here are these poor girls in the 1800s just trying their best and putting me to shame.

I’m about ¾ of the way through now. Tonight I had another realization. Rather than regretting and dwelling on past mistakes (as I do, severely and continuously daily), the Little Women just…learn from their mistakes, laugh at themselves, and move on with their lives, remembering to keep trying to improve. And maybe, even though I’m already 40 years old, maybe it’s not too late for me to try that as well. To try to stop dwelling on the past and wishing I could go back and change things, to try to learn from my past mistakes and regrets instead, and move on and forward while trying to be a better person.

Damn this book.

[openscrts3]

"His reading of history these past few years taught him a lot, not least of all that humanity repeats the worst mistakes of previous generations, and that every free, prosperous civilization will eventually be destroyed by that small fraction of its people who find no satisfaction in anything but anger. Their ceaseless complaints eventually escalate into histrionic violence producing mostly symbolic damage, but that excites the worst thugs among them to commit brutal assaults, then murder, and then mass murder. Soon, civilization dissolves in war; the violent bear it away."

Dean Koontz, The Friend of The Family, chapter 39

[bananonbinary]

one of the hardest things to learn as a depressed former Gifted Kid™ is that half-assed is better than nothing. take the 50%, 40%, even 20% job. scrubbing your face is better than not taking a shower at all. picking up your clothes is better than never cleaning. nibbling on some bread is better than starving.

DO THINGS HALFWAY. NOW YOU’RE 100% BETTER OFF THAN YOU WERE BEFORE.

[redheadhatchet]

One of my college professors used to say “anything worth doing is worth doing poorly.”  I didn’t understand that for years because I didn’t do anything poorly, I couldn’t do anything poorly, I had to Do Everything Perfectly.

But brushing your teeth for 30 seconds is better than not brushing them at all when that 2 minutes seems exhausting.  Doing ten minutes of yoga is better than 10 minutes of sitting when 30 minutes of cardio sounds impossible.  Changing my clothes is good when a whole shower is impossible.  Standing on the porch for a few minutes is worth it after being in the house for three straight days because I don’t have the energy to go anywhere.

Anything worth doing is worth doing poorly… because doing it poorly is better than not doing it.

[resetium]

someone please hit me over the head with this post every day for like the next week thanks. a mention, a reblog with text, a message, something.

[blackwoolncrown]

You must understand that perfectionism isn’t striving for excellence, it’s a crippling fear of being flawed and therefore worth abandonment or punishment. It’s a kind of psychological avoidance. You’re avoiding fear and failure , not embracing the thing you want to do bc if it was about the thing you want to do you’d be fine with partial victory.

[openscrts3]

Love this, really good motivation and so true, though difficult to keep in mind. For some reason it made me think of this song, Bravado by Rush

"If we burn our wings

Flying too close to the sun

If the moment of glory

Is over before it's begun

If the dream is won

Though everything is lost

We will pay the price

But we will not count the cost

When the dust has cleared

And victory denied

A summit too lofty

River a little too wide

If we keep our pride

Though paradise is lost

We will pay the price

But we will not count the cost

We will pay the price

But we will not count the cost

And if the music stops

There's only the sound of the rain

All the hope and glory

All the sacrifice in vain

And if love remains

Though everything is lost

We will pay the price

But we will not count the cost..."

[openscrts3]

Trying to limit screentime

I set a timer

Five minutes Tumblr daily

But I have to stare

At this beautiful artwork

Much longer so I

Keep changing and adding time.

[devincastro]

[tguzz]

I will always reblog this

[bradspace3000]

still remember how revolutionary this ad felt 10 years ago

[annesophiewashere]

excuse me but it still feels revolutionary

[stevviefox]

Keep reblogging until it feels normal everywhere.

[ruffboi-mags]

For context: this came out in 2011 in Australia. Same-sex marriage would not be legalized until December 2017.

It was only legalized in 8 US states (the 8th only a few months before), and wouldn’t be legalized nation-wide until 2015.

It was only legal in TEN COUNTRIES in 2011. We wouldn’t hit 20 countries until 2017. (Australia was 23rd)

As of today (April 14, 2026), I believe only 38 countries have fully legalized same-sex marriage. Out of somewhere around 200 countries in the world. That’s only ~19% of countries.

This is still revolutionary.

[bundibird]

[openscrts3]

Beautiful 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️❤

[openscrts3]

Not sure who the original creator is, maybe this Amy person? But I saw this on Facebook and I really love it

[openscrts3]

Project Hail Mary movie

I was so excited to see the Project Hail Mary movie, I couldn't wait! We didn't make it to the theaters so my husband and I watched it the day it came out on Amazon. It was cute and funny and had beautiful visual scenes, but I was still disappointed. I wish more than anything that I had seen the movie before reading the book.

I usually expect that the book will be better than the movie, that's just almost always the case, but I felt that PHM left out so many important and wonderful details from the book that they could have included, and they also changed Stratt's personality in a way I didn't care for, and Ryland's as well. The scene of Stratt singing was unnecessary and didn't fit for her character imo. They should have included the scene where Grace saved Rocky after the issue with the ship in Adrian's orbit (and then almost accidentally killed him... but I'm kinda glad they left that part out, heh). Grace was much more of an intelligent scientist in the book, and more of a goofball in the movie. They had things on the ship that didn't make sense (like the virtual reality room, the windows which would have allowed space radiation into the ship since astrophage couldn't block it there, several unnecessary accessories like a ball that he plays with and party hats). The book was so well written but I felt the story just wasn't expanded upon enough in the movie. They left out a really funny part from the book with the scientists' relationship... and with Grace's amnesia and not knowing his name at first, with him slowly getting back memories over time little by little, blowing up Antarctica to help with earth's climate and save more lives, with how much Grace admired Rocky's skills and respected him, and so much more.

I didn't hate the movie but after listening to Ray Porter narrate the audiobook, it just wasn't nearly as good. I highly recommend listening to the audiobook if you haven't read it yet, or if you saw the movie and enjoyed it first! There's so much more to the story that they just couldn't include in a 2.5 hour movie.

[openscrts3]

My thoughts on Good Omens Season 3

Major spoilers for GO3 below!

I stayed up late last night talking with my husband after watching the Good Omens finale, but I stayed mostly off Facebook and Tumblr so I haven’t read anyone else’s opinion on it yet. I didn’t hate it, and there were parts that I definitely enjoyed, even parts that were heart-stopping and breath-holding for me, like when Crowley and Aziraphale were asking questions of and speaking to God, and then privately conversely with each other after. I felt that they tried to fit in everything that fans could possibly want from the Good Omens finale, more fan service than anything else, but at the same time I came away disappointed, thinking of the potential for what it could have been if it hadn’t been so condensed. I’m sorry my thoughts might be a bit scattered, I’ll try to organize this as best I can.

I missed seeing Maggie and Nina, even if as different characters. They were in both Seasons 1 and 2, and I expected to see them again. I wish they at least could have been present in the café at the end, as well as Anathema and Newt. I also wish we could have seen Gabriel and Beezlebub, but I was very happy to see Jesus and Adam together in the café, that was fun!

David Tennant and Michael Sheen were of course amazing as usual/as expected. They worked hard to give their characters resolution. I loved watching Crowley throw the ice cream cones over his shoulder and hope we someday get to see a blooper or deleted scene of it since I heard the first take had David screaming when the ice cream went down his back! I loved the finger kiss. I loved the apparent role reversal. In season 2, Crowley was so desperate just to be with Aziraphale and it seemed to be all he wanted, but then at the finale when Aziraphale said that all he wanted was to be with Crowley, it felt like every one of Crowley’s actions from season 2 had been for Aziraphale, to make him happy, and vice versa. Aziraphale went back to heaven to try to fix and change things and make the world better for Crowley, to make him happy, because that is what he wanted all along. They were always trying to show their love and make the other happy all along, and that felt right.

I was surprised and slightly disappointed that God wasn’t played by Frances McDormand, though Tanya Moodie did a good job.

I’m not sure exactly how I feel about the ending and the alternate universe. It really felt like a complete short work of AU fan fiction plugged in at the end. Although the new universe that restarted with the big bang and evolved over billions of years wasn’t supposed to have demons and angels or heaven and hell, was supposed to have complete freewill, clearly God still had a hand in bringing the human versions of Crowley and Aziraphale (and all the other characters present in the café) together. All part of the great ineffable plan in the end I guess. Seeing the ineffable husbands together at their cottage in the South Downs was cute. It felt like they (the writers/creators/producers of the show) tried to give fans what they wanted.

I felt that Jesus, as he even poignantly states before being erased, didn’t have enough time to make a real difference. I would have liked to see his part of the storyline developed and expanded more, it felt way too rushed. Same with Michael. Even the Metatron disappeared too quickly right at the beginning, I felt like there should have been more to it. I really wish they could have given it the full 6 hours, or at least 3 hours to do more with the story.

I’m curious about heaven and hell. We see humans going to hell in season 2, but you never see humans in heaven, and when Jesus first appears in his new body he asks about his friends and his mother, but the angels simply tell him it’s been thousands of years and they are dead. Well, where are they, if not in heaven?! So humans don’t actually go to heaven in the story then, they just disappear? Why can’t he see them there? Is there a separate part of heaven where human souls are that we never see? We only see the clinical, empty, clean offices where the angels work. The Center of the Universe was interesting and I loved that Aziraphale and Crowley were able to go there in the Bentley.

At the beginning when they show the war between angels and demons, and we see Aziraphale as a general, I was at first surprised. I got the impression in the first season that Aziraphale was a lesser angel, but then I remembered he was a very important Guardian of the Eastern Gate and was expected to command one of the legions during the war of the Apocalypse at the end of season 1, so it made more sense to me then. I like that they showed part of Crowley’s “fall” or “sauntering vaguely downwards,” though it wasn’t what I expected at all. Again, I wish they had more time to visit the past between Crowley and Aziraphale and show more.

I plan to watch it again soon and may have more thoughts but this is all I can think of for now. I should have written down my thoughts last night but I had to get some sleep and this is the first chance I’ve had. Overall (TLDR), I both liked it and also felt a bit disappointed and like there was a lot missing from the story. I’m conflicted on the very ending. It was nice, but also it wasn’t Angel Aziraphale and Demon Crowley who got to live happily ever after, but alternate universe human versions, which wasn’t quite as satisfying.

[thebibliosphere]

The first rule of self publishing is to have fun and be yourself.

The second rule of self publishing is to fist fight the CEO of Spotify in the Denny’s parking lot with your keys sandwiched between the knuckles of your fists.

[mothman-etd]

So have fun and pull a Russell Crowe if needed.

[thebibliosphere]

I love the unquestioning support, but what?

[sign-seeker]

Russell Crowe infamously once had to leg it from the cops after fistfighting a New Zealand millionaire in the toilets of a London restaurant. You are being encouraged to kick this dude's arse in an enclosed space.

[thebibliosphere]

Incredible. Well, off I go.

[openscrts3]

Better yet, pull a Patrick Murphy

[openscrts3]

I don't have to forgive and

I don't have to forget mistreatment.

But I also don't have to think about it right now.

One of my mantras to help me stay focused on the present and not think about bad things that happened in the past. It would be better if I could forgive, I suppose, but I can not or will not. It's not water under the bridge for me, but a raging river torrent of muddy water and debris that carries the memories away from me, for now.

[openscrts3]

James Islington's Licanius trilogy, the third book The Light of All That Falls (possible spoilers ahead, if my hunch is correct? I could be wrong)....

When Raeleth first met Niha in Zvaelar (at the end of chapter 29) I said to my husband "Those are Davian's parents!!" I felt instantly certain, I don't know why but it just seemed right. My husband's already read the books but he won't give away whether I'm right or wrong so I'll have to wait and see...

My favorite things about this series are that the issues and challenges that come up are NOT due to miscommunication or lack of communication between characters, which is very refreshing. The characters are all pretty much excellent at communicating and telling each other important and honest truths! Also, that almost all the characters think things through. They don't rush in or jump to conclusions, they actually take time to consider all the information and seriously look at their own beliefs as well as different opinions. It seems so different from most other fiction.

[nasa]

That's us, together.

While we're looking up at the Artemis II astronauts journeying to the Moon, they're looking back home at us. 

In this image, Earth peeks through the capsule window, reminding us that a view like this relies on the ingenuity and hard work of countless people back home.

In the second image, we see our home planet as a whole, lit up in spectacular blues and browns. A green aurora even lights up the atmosphere.

Follow the Artemis II astronauts on their journey to the Moon:

[openscrts3]

Sent this to my husband and he said "but where are the elephants the world is riding on?" And I think we've been reading too much Terry Pratchett lately...

[wonderstruck]

If you see this you’re legally obligated to reblog and tag with the book you’re currently reading

[trash-lichs-dumpster-fire]

“Ogam, Weaving Word Wisdom” by Erynn Rowan Laurie.

[mercutiosaruanishop]

“Reaper Man” By Terry Pratchett

[wekiaamtoo]

“Lords and Ladies” by Terry Pratchett!!!

[openscrts3]

Just finished Interesting Times by Terry Pratchett! Now reading Alcatraz versus The Shattered Lens by Brandon Sanderson

[storybookprincess]

if i can impart any one piece of wisdom to y’all, it’s to, whenever possible, assume good intentions

assume people are trying their best, want to be good and treat others well, and that when their behavior doesn’t align with those goals, it’s because of outside factors that are pushing them to their limit

it’s hard to do, it doesn’t always come naturally, but it’s worth it

[storybookprincess]

before anyone jumps in with an “op has clearly never worked in the service industry,” i work in a public facing library job

i have a patron who is mean as a snake. won’t respond when you greet her, barks orders at you, and is generally nasty

i couldn’t stand her & dreaded the moment she walked in the door, until i stopped one day & went “wow, to walk around feeling unhappy enough to treat people so horribly every day. what a difficult way to live.”

and so my tactics changed. i made a point to be extra kind & friendly to her. she changed her hair color one day & when i complimented her on it, she was very caught off guard & said “oh, thank you. my whole life i’ve thought i was ugly.”

now we’re at the point where she shows me pictures of watercolor paintings she made & says hi when she walks in the door. she’s not my favorite patron, but she’s perfectly okay. most unpleasant people aren’t inherently rotten, they’re just unhappy & coping with it poorly

assume people are always doing their best, even if their best happens to fall a bit short. assume good intentions

[queer-as-city-folk]

I know I made this post before, but I can't find it so...

[openscrts3]

It's 2026, I'm 40 years old and somehow I've never seen this video. Now I'm so glad to be alive 🤩

[openscrts3]

Some of you have never listened to the band Rush and it shows.

I mean, "Big money got no soul..." they've been trying to warn us since the 80s 🤷‍♀️