Mad as the Hatter

Scyla, 20, she/her pronouns, mad poet and lover of fantasies; this is my crazy, all-over-the-place blog. All are welcome, I accept and appreciate you as you are 😘 (except any toxic assholes. you can go elsewhere, thanks)

[quotemadness]

“The person who broke your heart can never fix it, remember.”

— Kriti.G

[memecatwings]

we should really talk about Foreigner’s God by Hozier more its such an emotionally devastating song its a lamentation of the systemic destruction of Irish culture under English colonial rule but it also expresses a universal grief that every culture that’s been lost to colonialism can connect to the lyric “all that i’ve been taught and every word i’ve got is foreign to me” reflects so much yearning and loss Foreigner’s God is easily the most underrated Hozier song and is undoubtedly one of his best

[anxietyproblem]

[anxietyproblem]

[studentlifeproblems]

[blakeflake]

I didn’t ask to be called out

[quotemadness]

“You can, you should, and if you’re brave enough to start, you will.”

— Stephen King

[fuckyeahstvincent]

[stay-close]

I have the choice of being constantly active and happy or introspectively passive and sad. Or I can go mad by ricocheting in between.

— Sylvia Plath, The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath

[scylacrozier]

'Cause it makes me that much stronger

Makes me work a little bit harder

It makes me that much wiser

So thanks for making me a fighter

Made me learn a little bit faster

Made my skin a little bit thicker

Makes me that much smarter

So thanks for making me a fighter

- Christina Aguilera

[no-longer-another-bondi-blonde]

In 1990, the high school dropout rate for Dolly Parton's hometown of Sevierville Tennessee was at 34% (Research shows that most kids make up their minds in fifth/sixth grade not to graduate). That year, all fifth and sixth graders from Sevierville were invited by Parton to attend an assembly at Dollywood. They were asked to pick a buddy, and if both students completed high school, Dolly Parton would personally hand them each a $500 check on their graduation day. As a result, the dropout rate for those classes fell to 6%, and has generally retained that average to this day.

Shortly after the success of The Buddy Program, Parton learned in dealing with teachers from the school district that problems in education often begin during first grade when kids are at different developmental levels. That year The Dollywood Foundation paid the salaries for additional teachers assistants in every first grade class for the next 2 years, under the agreement that if the program worked, the school system would effectively adopt and fund the program after the trial period.

During the same period, Parton founded the Imagination Library in 1995: The idea being that children from her rural hometown and low-income families often start school at a disadvantage and as a result, will be unfairly compared to their peers for the rest of their lives, effectively encouraging them not to pursue higher education. The objective of the Imagination library was that every child in Sevier County would receive one book, every month, mailed and addressed to the child, from the day they were born until the day they started kindergarten, 100% free of charge. What began as a hometown initiative now serves children in all 50 states, Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom, mailing thousands of free books to children around the world monthly.

On March 1, 2018 Parton donated her 100 millionth book at the Library of Congress: a copy of "Coat of Many Colors" dedicated to her father, who never learned to read or write.

[nativenews]

[drasnianlex-deactivated20251206]

Hey all! I’m opening up FIRST TIME commissions for DND/OC playing card designs at an easy starting rate. This is the first time I’m doing this, so bear with me as I work out how best to set up communication and slots.

Message me if you’re interested and we’ll discuss details.

STATUS: O P E N

[scylacrozier]

A good friend of mine is doing commissions! Check 'em out 🥰

[quotemadness]

“It’s easy to fall in love. The hard part is finding someone to catch you.”

— Bertrand Russell (via quotemadness)

[quotemadness]

“Scary, isn’t it? But what wonderful thing didn’t start out scary?”

— Isaac Marion (via quotemadness)

[theintrovertnation]

[theintrovertnation]

[books-n-quotes]

Think of yourself as dead. You have lived your life. Now, take what’s left and live it properly. ~Marcus Aurelius