Play It As It Lays

Mountain women. Nature nerd. Music lover. Climber, hiker, lifelong learner. Introverted. Awkward. Difficult to define.. 

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I'm Not Your Babe, Bro — Terra Incognita Media

Do not be afraid to cause a tsunami in the ocean of patriarchy.... “Beta Babes” is not just a trivial phrase that should be dismissed as catchy and cute. It is conning women out of their fullest potential.

[sashosasho]

US Open 2020: Naomi Osaka’s important way to the Title

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[ghorbanis]

Shane McCutcheon in THE L WORD: GENERATION Q S01E04: LA Times

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I’ve been MIA on here for a long time so I feel like I have to reintroduce myself. I am a hiker, photographer, writer, creative dreamer who masquerades as a healthcare technician for now. i love books, music, LGBTQ+ everything, bouldering, nature, and a million other things. I’m awkward and uncomfortable in almost all social situations. I’m quiet, except when I’m not. I love being in the forest or in the mountains. I am terrible at describing myself. I’m always just off the mark from what I’m trying to express, but I’m still trying

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Getting back in to photography.Check out some of what I’ve got going on

https://www.flickr.com/photos/playitasitlays7/

https://www.facebook.com/RachelBrownPhotos

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I’m not here to validate your behaviour. 

I haven’t been on here at all in so long. I’m unsure of what kind of online presence I want to have. I’m chasing dreams, trying to come up with new plans, struggling to get through the pandemic while working as a healthcare technician, trying to figure out what healthy means, and how to be that thing, working on myself, working on my relationship, and trying to be braver.

Maybe someday I will figure some things out

[typhlonectes]

[mentally-drained-]

[dailylgbtq]

But I’m a Cheerleader (1999)

[electripipedream]

Janis Joplin from Pop magazine, 1972

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Scully is the most relateable TV character of the 90s

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Getting comfortable with discomfort

Sometimes it is easy to forget the wins and focus on the negative instead. Sometimes I get caught up in my head, caught up in the thing...

I did a thing

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Sometimes I think that this has been a terrible year, and while some pretty terrible things happened, I also managed to create pockets of joy and opportunity for myself along the way. 

I got a new job (and changed from working retail to healthcare - definite upgrade). It’s not perfect, but it has been a big improvement. 

I started bouldering, with huge benefits for my health - both mentally and physically.

I started volunteering, which makes me feel more like myself. I am taking 2 courses online to get back into the swing of education. I remembered that I am smart, capable, and a person of value.

There have been so many obstacles and setbacks, and actual tragic things this year, that I forget to think about the wins. That I am actually climbing the walls in my path now, not just sitting back and being defeated. (I always love a good metaphor, even when it is not super cool)

So anyway, sorry for this long post. Not sure anyone really reads my ramblings, but I needed to process somewhere.

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30 years ago.

Walls don’t work. We will always tear them down

[goldduststevie]

Fleetwood Mac perform at the Pershing Center in Lincoln, NE - September 15, 1977.

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