here's a cool earth fact, one of it's very early periods was called haeden because the planet was covered in molten rocks and volcanos and constantly being shot by asteroids due to lack of any oxygen :3
wait that's so cool!! omg the history geek in me is jumping up and down rn!!😂
wait so how did oxygen come about then? and I'm assuming there were other gases in the atmosphere before that, so did they decrease after this in response to more oxygen or was there a different reason?
Anakin Skywalker wasn’t destined to balance the Light Side and the Dark Side of the Force. He was destined to restore balance to the Light Side of the Force by bringing about the downfall of the two groups abusing the Force for their own personal agendas. The Sith used the Dark Side of the Force with full knowledge that it was evil and abusive, but the Jedi Order were, through their own complacency and misunderstanding, misusing the Light Side of the Force, and this had led to an imbalance where NEITHER OF THEM were using the Force for good. In this essay I will
literally just read all of that back for the millionth time and only now realised there's MORE i meant to talk about and forgot. anyway while it's in my head let me add what i meant to say when i was talking about odile & vox vs odile trying to avoid the reality of the problem because i feel like it's an important thing for her. anyway going from this last part:
... and she both wants to avoid her own feelings about it because that's her modus operandi and not have to tell vox any of it because what if their relationship doesn't survive that?
incredible example of odile being so set on making things work the way she thinks is best that she completely misses what she's actually doing to the people she cares about. she's been getting by on ignoring the elephant in the room, it doesn't occur to her that vox hasn't been doing the same. she's scared that if they talk about it then it'll be too much and the relationship could end there, when she should be putting trust in one of her partners to work through something hard with her.
she thinks she's doing something right by trying to protect the good thing they have! she doesn't understand why vox is, in her eyes, risking breaking it! and by clinging to that approach, she completely dismisses what vox is actually saying to her and ends up causing the damage she was trying to avoid.
she's very my way or the high way and it's the perfect example of her trying so hard to control things so nothing goes wrong that it goes wrong because of her. self-fulfilling prophecy.
WRC – Hyundai’s world championship leader has been the stimulus for a change for the better in the WRC. But at what cost?
Twelve months ago, Thierry Neuville had seen enough. It was time for change. And he was ready to be part of that change. A year down the road, the Belgian offered a wry smile when DirtFish asked his thoughts on how the World Rally Championship was evolving.
The Hyundai driver admitted he might have taken on too much. Wedging the WRC’s social media plan and promotional strategy alongside damper set-up, engine settings and hybrid deployment hadn’t left capacity for much else. Was it beginning to tell?
“Maybe I’m a bit too much involved,” Neuville told DirtFish following Rally Italy Sardinia. “That was actually one of the questions I was asking myself yesterday (Saturday) when, yeah, obviously, things didn’t go well, and I missed out of concentration.”
Neuville’s criticism of WRC promotion is widely credited for kicking-starting dialogue leading to changes rolled out at the start of the season. The championship leader has found himself more involved in the development of the sport and is quick to encourage involvement from more of his colleagues.
He added: “My involvement takes time, but at the same time, we have Julien Ingrassia working closely with the promoter and sharing information with the drivers, and we have Scott Martin for the WRC Commission as well, sharing information.
“I realized I’m one of the only, maybe one or two, who exchange with them [Martin and Ingrassia], who give answers. I would like to see more drivers as well supporting it and trying to make our sport great and give it the value it deserves – because the show we give in the stages is just superb.”
Don’t bet on Neuville staying out of the debate though, even if others do speak up. He has no regrets about the conversation he helped to instigate.
He concluded: “Two years back, or one and a half years back, when we came up with the thing, the change was needed. I think it was a good move, and it shows that, more and more, everybody was aware of it and to start to focus on what can be improved.”
Oop. Just remembered something interesting. How I act around "celebrities." I've seen like 3 or 4 in my life and talked with 1 or so and my reaction is always the same. 1st I'm calm and collected, I can talk like a normal person. Then if I have to go do something and walk off, then I break down in awe. Needless to say, I can't hold a conversation in that state. A reason why I don't go to VA signings at conventions.