why don't you answer us with your tumblr valentine, too!
My Tumblr Valentine?
Hm. Well. Hallie (thiswrittensilence), Rusty (ourfallout), Jamie (bibliographical.), Issy (12th-ember), Kerri (seeyouinjune), and many more. I kind of want to give every single friend I have on this site a big hug.
thiswrittensilence replied to your post: all I need to do is power walk/jog/run for half an...
Your posts kill me. I have to do yoga today. And I feel about the same. Whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
I know, right?? ughhhhhhh. the fact that people in my father's family tend to drop dead like fruit flies from heart disease/strokes can't even motivate me right now
that and the local schools are all going to finish for the day in fifteen minutes and lol THERE IS NOTHING MORE TERRIFYING THAN TEENAGERS, which is a universal truth regardless of mental frame of mind
bitchy 14 year old girls can probably induce severe social anxiety in the pope, let's be real that's why the vatican mistrusts women so much
gurl why do you live on the other side of the atlantic; get over here so we can go rockhounding/stone collecting together and ramble about gilmore girls and speak pretty words to each other!!!!!!!!! <3
thiswrittensilence replied to your post: YEAH SO I REMADE MY POLITICS ACCOUNT TO GET AWAY...
I am glad he is your ex now but what a fucking douchebag.
I am so glad he is my ex now, too!! I texted him to be like WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING and he's coming up with a million excuses like it's a completely normal thing to randomly stumble upon someone's tumblr whom you know... which in most cases, sure, but not when stalking me like this was a massive issue in our relationship.
Ugh. so fucking done with men right now. if I had any doubts about ending that relationship, they've left the building.
thiswrittensilence replied to your post: I have to go eat dinner with ALL OF THESE PEOPLE...
I so know :’(
ohhhh the pressure! especially if the anxiety is hammering away, which already makes eating a task. I just have to keep reminding myself that I can eat at my own pace, or I can get up and eat on my own if I really need to, or at the end of the day it's nobody's business how much I eat.
I got through most of it though!
[p.s. qurl your little profile pic is stunning <3333333]
As I promised this morning, here's a spoken word. Not mine this time. It's a wonderful poem "Going South" by the wonderful Hallie from thiswrittensilence. I promised to do a spoken word of one of her pieces. Something really caught my eye in this poem, she has many great ones, but this one really moved me.
If you're not following her, go now. She's awesome, amazing, lovely and I can go on for days.
Post the questions I’m going to give you and answer it.
Tell the next 11 people you are tagging that they are tagged.
Make new questions after you answer mine.
Make a post about the questions
1. Why did you initially join tumblr?
well, for this account, it was to meet people who actually understood what it's like living with a foggy brain - and I've been lucky in that I've met some truly beautiful souls here since. <3
2. How has this year been to you?
hellish, but ultimately necessary and nourishing, I think? there was a lot that needed to be purged from my life, followed by some recuperation.
nervous breakdown, a bereavement, briefly dropping out of my studies, break-up of a relationship, finally getting help... but also re-establishing friendships, getting to know myself better, feeling more at peace with myself, and some wonderful experiences. [rammstein, a japanese buddhist monk, and MICHAEL PALIN!]
3. What is a long-term goal in your life?
to continue the Palin thene/excitement, here's a quote to mull over:
'I can be on the Amazon in a little tiny boat and think back to when I was a child reading stories. I can make the two connections. I love then to be quiet and to be just on my own and let those things come into my mind and think, “God what a life. What a life.”’
essentially I want to be able to look back, and have lived an interesting life. the man sums it up well. those moments of "my goodness, I've dreamt about this, and now I can't quite believe that I'm really here." life is extraordinary.
4. Movies (or shows, etc. etc.) or music? Favourite?
pfffffft. I prefer films to music, I suppose? rammstein & kate bush & bjork, I guess. have i got news for you & the thick of it & mad men & father ted. lost in translation is my all time favourite film, I think.
5. What’s your favourite thing to do in your spare time?
sticking pins into little voodoo dolls of male politicians.
6. Do you believe in life after death?
I like the idea of planting trees over graves. that, and the way we touch the lives of others is living after we pass on, I think.
7. Description of your favourite place?
any place I'm in good company, with lots of laughter. along the coast. my little nook in the arts library, looking out over the lake. the archaeological museum. my grandparents' house. with my family or friends. my BED. <3
8. Description of where you’re usually on tumblr?
my hermit lair.
9. Special talent?
I can scratch the top of my head with my toes????
10. Ideal job?
ohh hmmm. political satirist/writer/academic/broadcaster/NGO worker/MEP. EDITOR OF PRIVATE EYE. making documentaries. travelling and meeting people. educating.
11. Something you must do before you die?
as the lovely charly said: live.
CHARLY'S QUESTIONIs:
What are your 3 Desert Island essentials?
a solar powered torch, my bb dinosaur, and Michael Palin [ofc]
Llamas or camels and why?
ALPACAS a cute mix of the two lololol idkk
Best living memory?
ARGH ohhhhhh jesus there are a lot. discovering I hadn't failed my final exams. seeing rammstein. all of the births of my nieces & nephews. my relationship with T. everything about rome. MEETING MICHAEL PALIN hehe!
And the worst?
my mum dying.
The grossest thing your school ever produced and called ‘dinner’:
the school I went to in england was just gross all together, ngl. the other I brought packed lunches lolololololol.
What is your life dream?
pipe dream is to be a MEP, I guess. otherwise - be happy, loving family & wonderful friends, travel ALOT, do something noteworthy???
Would you rather have 1 giant arm, or 50 little ones?
I want a giant stone arm like Hellboy to punch gobshites with
If you were invisible for a day, what would you do?
I'd give david cameron a wedgie
You can choose to have a big hairy spider on your face or a big hairy armpit. Which one and why?
it might be easier to remove the spider [omg charly!!! let me love you in your high silliness <3]
HOW DO YOU PUT UP WITH ME?!?!
because you are a beautiful fab earth goddess!
what is your best feature (not allowed to say ‘I don’t have one’ or anything to that effect :P )
uh I am like a magnet for politicians or semi-major media figures????
also I make good coffee cakeee~ & I can trick people into thinking I'm confident when really am a jibbering anxious mess~~~~~~
PALDENLHAMO'S QUEA--STIONS!!!!!!!
would you be a surrogate mammy/daddy/parent to some ducklings or One Direction?
what are you passionate about?
which politician [or other notable figure] most deserves a wedgie?
if I gave you an open plane ticket to leave tomorrow, where would you go and why?
a jehovah's witness hippo shows up at your front door, what do you do???
what do you always bring with you when you go out?
what really gets up your nose? apart from air
shag/marry/push off a cliff: ross, chandler and joey?