Seeing Steam Powered Giraffe in Pontiac was genuinely a dream come true. I was a nervous wreck at the VIP meet so I didn't get to say a lot of what I wanted so here it is in text form!!!
Steam Powered Giraffe found me when the entire world shut down. Everyone was stuck inside and I, like many, was upset I lost a lot of those fun highschool memories people constantly tell you about. Lost a lot of my friends, was truly alone when the world was gone. And here came Honeybee, playing randomly in the background of a video. I fell in love, and spent the next six years of my life researching everything I could about this band, dreaming of a day I'd get to see them live, especially with the worlds state. Even almost booked an AirBNB in California to get my wish!
And after a long six years, it happened. Thank you so much to SPG for existing so weirdos like me could feel seen. Until we meet again!!!
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Evans convinced he can't leave the house without some sort of divine punishment. But this takes the cake.
"Come out with us! Make some more friends!" They said. "I would've been too scared to say anything about being caught with the last written letter by the dead kid at my high-school too!" They said. And now he sits in a circle of cherry picked and full of people who want him gone.
"Never have I ever, pretended to know a guy who killed himself for my own good." All eyes on Evan as he downs another shot, absolutely plastered. Maybe normally he'd consider this fair but he's had more than enough time and drinks to ruminate on the subject.
"Never have I ever blamed a highschooler for all of my problems in my 20s"
"Right but never have I ever tried to sleep with the guys sister after."
"Never have I ever been a hormonal teenager?"
"NEVER HAVE I EVE-"
And for the second time in his life, Evans hitting the ground. A flash of lights, shouting, intermittent pressure on his chest, and the cold patio pavement carving into his back. "Evan, don't fall asleep on me Evan. Evan stay with me!" It was supposed to be a game. He guessed it was what they always wanted. They must've wished it a thousand times at the same time he was wishing to undo it all and for his life to naturally be thay way with no divine interference. But it wasn't what he wanted anymore. He was doing better. Met a good support group, had some fish from the store he worked at. He was going to reach out to his mom tomorrow. Some tomorrow.
...............
"Never have I ever seen you get so drunk." A bleary, tired eyed Jared Kleinmen says looking over from the hospital room chair. Presumably playing some game the way his screen lights up. I can't even say anything it hurts so bad. Not as much as whatever he has going on. How did he get those wraps on his hands. What is he in fight club or something? I giggle to myself as he walks over. "I'd say you owe me but those hospital bills and all of high-school seems fair."
Does he even know I'm awake? Helloooooooooo. I laugh and turn in my sleep.
"Always gotta be about you in the end, huh." He gingerly ruffles my hair and I can't tell if the hesitation is from the pain or something worse. "You're lucky you're cute."
He pauses and takes in the sight of my room.
"If I was a little luckier I would've forgotten that, you never would've come to that party."
A nurse comes in to bring him back to his room and I fall back asleep for the last time that night.
..........
I don't remember how long it's been but I'm waking up to a very flustered Jared angrily packing away his stuff. When did he get stuff?
"My mom asked me to take you home."
Okay yeah I probably shouldn't be driving, let alone back to my apartment. But wh-
"Can you stop monologing and come on, or is there another patient you're waiting on to die so you can take their family too?"
..
Maybe if Jared didn't look so wracked with guilt this could've been a silent car ride but he is, so it's more talking than Jared's done in his life compiled into a 2 hour segment.
"I didn't know you were going to be there, it was more Alanna and Zoey's thing than mine."
"I didn't know either. I should've guessed the 'really great political science major'my friend knew was Alanna."
"You've got friends now?"
"Well. I used to then I thought."
A hint of a normal Jared getting ready to jump in is quietly consumed by last week's events. "I didn't mean it like that." Hes mad enough I can see his white knuckles on the steering wheel through the gaps in his wraps.
"You kinda did."
It's not even that funny but Jared lets out a cackle and smacks the dash as he swings back into place. "And you meant you thought we were friends? Evan, I couldn't even get you to look at me when you were choking on my patio!" Another roar of laughter comes out at his own joke(?) as Evan fidgets with his bag in the passenger seat. Apparently getting rib-breaking CPR near broken glass doesn't mix well with clean laundry.
So here he sits in Jared's clothes as he does a one man show about his feelings. It feels more natural and jarring simultaneously.Â
"I couldn't get your number if it was an emergency contact! I tried for years to shoot shit with you but you only wanted to shoot me! I finally, after giving up, get something out of you in high school and what was it for? Romancing a dead guys sister! I'm not trying to knock a tree while it's down but how could we ever be friends?"
"I should have been better. I've thought about it every day since."
Somehow, that's the worst response Evan could have given. Jared pulls over. And cries.
Its as loud as the laughter from minutes ago. Its more painful than the sound of Evan's ribs breaking. Its longer than the drive they took there.
"Four years. You couldn't have reached out once or had the decency to tell me that you never cared or liked me. How am I supposed to say that I hate you when I know we had a chance, Evan."
Evan remains silent.
"You thought about me every day because you fucked up, I thought about you every day because I didn't. So could you please just tell me you did that because you hated me so I can finally go to bed without looking for another part of me that isn't good enough?"
Evan only stares.
"You're making me feel crazy with this- "
"You look really pretty."
What.
"What?"
"I saw the way you looked at me at the hospital."
"Fork spotted in kitchen, Evan!"
"I remember you saving me at your apartment."
"What, I'm supposed to let rent go up because you were in highschool?"
"You laid your hands in broken glass in between reps."
"Acupuncture, good for the-"
"I'm not in highschool. You don't have to take me home to mom or be scared I'll be too scared to say what I have to say. I meant it when I said I'm different now. If I had known Zoe was going to be there I never would've shown up. And before you start, not because Alanna and Zoe are together."
Evan shifts his weight before continuing,
"I didn't know what to do with a yes or no question back then, let alone spending the rest of my life with a man. And if I'm queer at all was a bigger question than that."
"What are you saying?"
"Well. Ive never been too good with words." A suddenly very timid and familiar Evan says, holding out his hand. "But I am good with plants."
He gently plants a kiss on Jared's tear-dried cheek.
"This is nice and all but did we have to start dating outside of a gas station?"
According to the CDC, in 10 percent of those drownings, the adult will actually watch the child do it, having no idea it is happening. Drowning does not look like drowningâDr. Pia, in an article in the Coast Guardâs On Scene magazine, described the Instinctive Drowning Response like this:
âExcept in rare circumstances, drowning people are physiologically unable to call out for help. The respiratory system was designed for breathing. Speech is the secondary or overlaid function. Breathing must be fulfilled before speech occurs.
Drowning peopleâs mouths alternately sink below and reappear above the surface of the water. The mouths of drowning people are not above the surface of the water long enough for them to exhale, inhale, and call out for help. When the drowning peopleâs mouths are above the surface, they exhale and inhale quickly as their mouths start to sink below the surface of the water.
Drowning people cannot wave for help. Nature instinctively forces them to extend their arms laterally and press down on the waterâs surface. Pressing down on the surface of the water permits drowning people to leverage their bodies so they can lift their mouths out of the water to breathe.
Throughout the Instinctive Drowning Response, drowning people cannot voluntarily control their arm movements. Physiologically, drowning people who are struggling on the surface of the water cannot stop drowning and perform voluntary movements such as waving for help, moving toward a rescuer, or reaching out for a piece of rescue equipment.
From beginning to end of the Instinctive Drowning Response peopleâs bodies remain upright in the water, with no evidence of a supporting kick. Unless rescued by a trained lifeguard, these drowning people can only struggle on the surface of the water from 20 to 60 seconds before submersion occurs.â
This doesnât mean that a person that is yelling for help and thrashing isnât in real troubleâthey are experiencing aquatic distress. Not always present before the Instinctive Drowning Response, aquatic distress doesnât last longâbut unlike true drowning, these victims can still assist in their own rescue. They can grab lifelines, throw rings, etc.
Look for these other signs of drowning when persons are in the water:
Head low in the water, mouth at water level
Head tilted back with mouth open
Eyes glassy and empty, unable to focus
Eyes closed
Hair over forehead or eyes
Not using legsâvertical
Hyperventilating or gasping
Trying to swim in a particular direction but not making headway
Trying to roll over on the back
Appear to be climbing an invisible ladder
So if a crew member falls overboard and everything looks OKâdonât be too sure. Sometimes the most common indication that someone is drowning is that they donât look like theyâre drowning. They may just look like they are treading water and looking up at the deck. One way to be sure? Ask them, âAre you all right?â If they can answer at allâthey probably are. If they return a blank stare, you may have less than 30 seconds to get to them. And parentsâchildren playing in the water make noise. When they get quiet, you get to them and find out why.
Can I just say thank you to OP for putting such a detailed description on this?
Iâve been a lifeguard for 6 years now and of all the saves Iâve done, maybe two or three had people drowning in the stereotypical thrashing style. And even those, like the save I made last weekend, it was exactly like OP describes where the personâs head is going in and out of the water but it isnât long enough to get any air. Mostly you recognize drowning by the look on someoneâs face. If someone looks wide eyed and terrified or confused, chances are theyâre drowning. That look of âoh shitâ is pretty easily recognizable. And even if you canât tell for sure: GO AFTER THEM ANYWAY. Iâve done âsavesâ where a kid was pretending to drown and I mistook it for real drowning, but thatâs preferable to a kid ACTUALLY drowning.
Also please remember that even strong swimmers can drown if they have a medical emergency, get cramps, or get too tired. If your friend knows how to swim but theyâre acting funny get them to land. And even if someone can respond when you ask them if they need help, if they say they do need help? GO HELP THEM.
However . If the victim is a stranger, I canât recommend trying to get them. Lifeguards literally train to escape âattacks,â because people who are drowning can freak the fuck out and grab you and make YOU drown as well. If you do go in after someone, take hold of them from the back and talk to them the whole time. IF YOU ARE GRABBED: duck down into the water as low as you can get. The person is panicking and wonât want to go under water and should release you. Shove up at their hands and push them away from you as you duck under. Donât die trying to save someone else.
Please guys, read and memorize this post. Not all places have lifeguards. Being able to recognize drowning is such an important skill to have and you can save someoneâs life.
In a water park once, I was suddenly grabbed by a child and he dragged me under the water without warning. I was going to get angry with him when I resurfaced because I thought he was being an ass, until I looked at him go back in and out hyperventilating the entire time. I grabbed him under his arms and began trying to drag him out while screaming for the lifeguard.
When the lifeguard got us both out, a woman came running down and accused me of harming him and said he had been completely fine in the water. That there was no reason to drag him out of there. The lifeguard had to explain to her that her son had been drowning, to which her response was to say that she didnât hear him call for help.
In light of the Phineas and Ferb revival on the horizon I'd like to share a dream I had last night.
I don't fully remember it's contents, but in it, I was watching the revival and on one of the final episodes. In it, Doofenshmirtz was getting ready to fire up an inator--he had fired up two before it and successfully got them to work, and now he was getting ready to complete the last part of his plan with the last inator, which was made to split the timeline into two. The whole Tri-State Area had gotten involved in the problem by now, including Phineas & Ferb and company, and Perry was stuck, tied up by the inator. Doof was of course giving his evil monologue, fully aware that he was winning, but as the clock for the inator's activation as ticking down, he slowly went from smug to giddy. He couldn't believe it, he was actually winning!!! He started posing and yelling out cheers (stuff along the lines of "THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT!! WOO!") until at one point, as the timer had 15 seconds left, he bent down and scooped up a dreary looking Perry.
"You know Perry the Platypus, I wouldn't be able to have done this without someone there with me for every screwup. Platypuses can be such troublesome critters, but some apples from rotten trees fall really far. Like you! I like you. :)"
And then he proceeded to give Perry a big kiss right on the beak, in front of the whole tri-state area. And it wasn't one of those cartoony mocking smooches you'd see in cartoons, it was a little kiss on the beak that latest a full 5 seconds, during which the camera panned to the various baffled and horrified reactions of the cast. As Doof finally pulled away from an utterly dumbstruck Perry, he proceeded to carelessly drop him on the ground (Perry hit the ground with a comedic, pronounced "thump") as the inator roared to life and much of the crowd was forced to take cover from the sheer force of its activation (the unlikely ones who couldn't hide were blown back like they were hit by a hurricane, especially Perry, who hit the wall).
The timeline was thus split in two, and from then on the next few episodes had the usual "double episode" thing going for them except each episode was of the same day as it was in the different timelines. So episode 1 consisted of two versions of day 1, episode 2 consisted of two versions of day 2, and so on and so forth. The episodes only stopped doing that until Phineas and Ferb found a way to reverse the affect, even though it cost them the rest of their summer.
All Tumblr was going batshit INSANE. The certain subset of the Phineas and Ferb Fandom was VIBRATING. Both avid fans and nostalgic people/people just familiar with pop culture were actively losing their minds. Twitter was raging. TikTok was laughing. Tumblr was giggling. Perryshmirtz was confirmed and it was in the funniest way possible. People started making those "when he says ily but ___ said _____" memes with what Doof said before kissing Perry, and people started redrawing the kiss. The show got unnecessarily complicated afterwards and of course Tumblr laughed at that. The moment became one of the most simultaneously famous and infamous pop culture history.
And this was all in the dream I had last night while doped up on Tylenol for pain.
Well, that was fun, huh?
(Zombies and the Arcane cast were somehow there too, but don't ask about those. Those came in after I watched the revival, but I think they're worth mentioning as so those reading this can gauge the sheer magnitude of nonsense that my dream rocketed to last night.)
every time i bring up reed being autistic some allistic person always chimes in with âbut heâs bad autistic representation cause he does xyzâ when in reality the things people say are âbad representationâ are just the unpleasant parts of being autistic
like yeah, sometimes i will ignore the people i love and care about for days on end cause im so focused on my special interest. sometimes i will say the wrong thing, come off as âroboticâ, or be an asshole accidentally. sometimes i canât think outside myself. autism is a disability. it is disabling and the unpleasant parts deserve to be shown just as much as the pleasant parts
mr fantastic, to me, shows off the unpleasant parts of being disabled while also showing us that at the end of the day, we are still heroes. we are disabled and are impacted by our disability, yet despite that we are good people at heart. that is why heâs authentic
people donât want to confront the idea that autism isnât just quirky all the time and that we are impacted by our disability all the fucking time and reed being autistic forces people to confront the harsh realities of autism
I keep seeing people talk about Linda being a bad mom because she never even stops to consider that what Candace is telling her might be true.
As if we don't have two canonical episodes of Phineas and Ferb where the literal basis of the plot is that Candace watches a movie and then becomes convinced that she is living out the plot of said movie.
And we also have canonical confirmation that this isn't an out of the ordinary reaction for Candace to have about the movies she watches.
In the episode where Candace is convinced she's a vampire, Jeremy says to Stacy, "You just had to take her to see the vampire movie, didn't you?"
Like Candace is the kind of kid over protective parents were worried about being influenced by the old slapstick cartoons.
She's one of the ones the Please Don't Try This At Home advisory warnings are for.
it's kinda terrifying to see people forget about the events that have transpired in gaza since oct 2023. every tragedy that once created mass outrage was soon forgotten as another tragedy took place.
it's just so disturbing to realise that no palestinian has emerged from this unscathed. everyone has a family member they lost, a friend they miss dearly, a home they long to return to but cannot because it no longer exists.
a very huge part of gaza is rubble. the recent ceasefire has allowed people the chance to attempt to rebuild their lost homes. my friend alaa is one of them. she wants her children to live under a proper roof. please consider helping her out. her fundraiser is verified.
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