#iamuniverse

[loucamentekpopper]

Keep Calm & Love PENTAGON #IAmUniverse #ILovePentagon

[aleshasnowflakes]

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I find the universe so unique #Iamunique I am universe

[thussspakeshannonshuster]

save the empire .

i need to write but i am not sure what to say i don't want my kids to grow up in this world where hard work for the man and blind capitalist consumerism defines our way of life material shit is not the goal yet everywhere i look everyone is struggling with money living above our means pay cheque to pay cheque one salary two adults three kids two cats one dog mortgage utilities bills gas insurance stress and struggle this is no way to live are we really living or are we just trying to survive ? grateful for what i have hopeful for the future willing to change and evolve redefine sacrifice let go challenging , yes possible ? in this life , there are nothing but possibilities .

[thussspakeshannonshuster]

spirit guides .

years ago my animal spirit guide found me the magnificent owl tuesday morning as i exited the 404 waiting to turn left at the intersection while looking around for penguin ( my red tailed hawk buddy - her name is penguin , she told me ) i spotted a pure white bird atop a light post the parking lot consists of several light posts - maybe 16 of them at first i tried to tell myself it was probably a seagull knowing in my heart , it was so much more at the next lights i grabbed my mini-scope and while i could see the beautiful bird i could not see with enough detail to determine who she was just a little out of range for my eye sight but burning with a fiery passion in my heart i knew she was there for me but she did not move so i thought maybe i am reading way too much into this perhaps she was a statue placed there to scare away other birds or something so i tried to let it go then i was on my way home from work as i was turning on to the on-ramp i saw her again ok definitely a statue , i told myself wait a sec , she is on a different light post my head was spinning was she on a different post or am i remembering wrong no , definitely different she was on the other side of the lot in the morning coincidence ? if i have learned anything from jung there are no coincidences *synchronicity* but again , self doubt won when i came home i meant to tell my grrrl about it but i forgot and then wednesday morning the same thing happened i was pulling off of the highway and i saw the white bird on the light post so i grabbed my scope and thought to myself ok i am going to pull into the go station lot check this bird out but as i turned left and approached the next set of lights i looked to my left and the bird was gone the traffic light was red so i had the opportunity to scan the skies but no bird to be found not flying away not somewhere in the distance she was gone this is so weird , i thought i worked a half day on wednesday so again , as i was turning on to the on-ramp i looked at every single light post in the lot no bird no statues just light posts she is real i excitedly said out loud to myself followed by a *fuck yeah* and i'm pretty sure she a white owl not grey spots like a snowy owl just pure white at some point in the evening i remembered to tell my grrrl i did not say anything about the owl being white just a quick overview of the events then she told me that she dreamt of an owl tuesday night so after my first two encounters i said that was weird but cool and as the conversation ended she mentioned it was a white owl i said yeah mine too and she clarified , but no dark spots , no grey all white my jaw dropped yes , pure white this morning i saw two ... half way to work i caught a beautiful white bird on a post on the east side there was a bridge and a huge truck and a bunch of stuff blocking sight lines but as i passed her , it hit me the white owl as i continued on my commute i couldn't think of anything else listening to lateralus open and ready to explore the mysteries of the universe and so fucking stoked about my owl buddy then what do you know light post , go station the white owl on this commute in i was blessed with several birds 2 white owls 2 crows 3 red tailed hawks and as i walked from my car through the parking lot to my office building i heard a faint caw in the distance , behind me i stopped and turned to see 2 more crows , flying toward me as i watched them fly overhead and into the rising sun the glorious golden disk full circle , just above the horizon the sky full of orange , red , pink , purple and blue sucking in the vitamin d and solar nutrients absolutely incredible i . am . universe . my owl , my spirit guide i am listening

[thussspakeshannonshuster]

i am having a hard time being at work not just because i think corporations are nonsense and my job is meaningless , mindless bullshit but i miss my grrrl , i miss my kids i just wanna be at home , writing and publishing stories painting , renovating and hanging out with my awesome family

when we found out we were having twins i called the government and asked for a double parental leave sixteen months , instead of eight double the baby , double the time logical right ?

apparently not .

oh well , at least i got to take off eight months to be at home with my grrrl and the kids unlike the americans with their six weeks off …

it was awesome . i got to be at home .

and really , in the end , i got my 16 months off

fortunately about nine months before said leave i called out my boss on her homophobic/transphobic discrimination directed at me , in the office place ( be/look more like a girl = promotion , etc)

and that turned into a horrible six months of a complete interrogation and assault to my character and existence as a human fucking being which naturally resulted in the fact that i was a troublemaker despite the fact that i was an awesome employee with great performance reviews and years of promised promotions and all other great things associated with the dangling carrot … but nope , now i am the toxic troublemaker that ruined the department apocalypse now , queer edition

yes i am serious , that is how my boss , the cco and hr turned it around

i said ” hey boss , i don’t think you intended to be queerphobic , but the impact of your words was hurtful , disrespectful and discriminatory “

and they said ” you need to show your boss more respect , troublemaker “

thinking back on this experience , it seems like a movie the frumpy middle-aged women having a problem with the employees’ complete disregard for gender roles and lack of adherence to gender-prescribed appearance rules

the company actually had this archaic codified set of rules of how to dress one column for women , skirts and such one column for men , pants and such

apparently , i was told , i was deliberately trying to defy the rules by existing outside of / as a blend of the strict columns that must be enforced !

and so this horrible mess ended and two months later i went on parental leave

and while on parental leave i was fired or technically , “let go due to restructuring”

yeah restructuring the queers out of the office but whatevs

i got a settlement that allowed me to stay off work for another eight months of frugal living

so 16 months off …

jokes on you assholes !

i . am . universe .