Keep It Real

When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive - to to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.

[sakura-haruka]

#protect him at all cost

[purplebuddhaquotes]

“Don’t believe everything you think.”

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[temporary]

[cuprikorn]

# by Old Soul Tai on Flickr.

[turtlesunshine347]

This has been one of the worst months of my life. It started with leaving Athens. I was ok with moving out of the little town, but little did I know the transition to Columbus would literally be hell on earth. We left Athens, had to leave most of our furniture due to the fact it wouldn't fit in Evan's car. Had to go to Akron for 2 days. Move all of our stuff into a moving truck (meanwhile Vincent has been a fucking brat, he hates moving too). Move to Columbus, move into an apt while our actual apt was finished being renovated. Couple weeks later workers broke a window, almost destroyed my cactus babies. The next day Evan's car got towed. That ruined transportation for us for almost a week. Finally get the go that we can move into our place last night, get everything up there except for our furniture, landlord says we can do the big stuff tomorrow bc they still had to finish a couple things. I about lost my bananas. I've been living out of a huge IKEA bag full of clothes for the past month. There's broken glass all over my stuff bc of the window. Vincent has been far from nice bc he's just as stressed out as we have. Evan and I both started our new jobs that can be weird and stressful as well bc we have to learn all these new things and be around new ppl. I work until about 3 am every weekend night bc I work downtown at a restaurant/bar so sleep has been almost non existent. This month has definitely been a challenge on my mental health, bc even with all this happening, things back home have been falling apart more and more. And how is a person suppose to deal with all of this while knowing you can't go home to reach out to family members? There has been a lot of coffee and cigarettes this month. There has also been happy times, trying new places to eat, new breweries, new bars, meeting bar kitties, meeting new friends who just on the spot accept you for the human being you are. There's always good and bad to every day, but it's been raining a lot lately. My theme for myself this year has been to, "Embrace the rain," but this just feels like it's getting old now. I try to wake up every day and do morning yoga to calm my mind before I start the day, but how can I do morning yoga when workers have been in and out of my apt constantly? When my floors are covered in glass? When I don't get a full night of sleep anyway bc I get home around 3-4 am on weekends? I don't have all the answers. And I know that this will all stop once we're in our brand new, renovated apt. But it's been mad stressful. It's been hard to stay optimistic when life keeps slapping you in the face. Today is the day that the furniture goes into 3A. And after this day I will never have to see my landlord again. Or the workers. Or have my moments of silenced disturbed. Or my cat and cacti for that matter. I'll be able to wake up in the morning next to Evan and finally breathe. Actually breathe.

[turtlesunshine347]

As Me If I Fucking Care

[turtlesunshine347]

Feed Me opening for Deadmau5 ? COUNT ME IN. so happy I got to see Deadmau5 on his tour w his cube 🙌🏼🙏🏼literally blew my fucking mind. We definitely all cried, and not bc drinks were $15. Detroit you treated me pretty well can't wait to squad up again for some head bangin tunes🖤

[turtlesunshine347]

I've come to realize a lot of things these past few days. There is a time and place for everything. We are different people now. We change. We make mistakes. We correct those mistakes. We grow up. We grow out of things. We grow out of people. We find new things we love. I've been trying to reflect more on the person who I used to be and the person I want to become. I'm really scared for the future but I know it will bring a lot of happiness. It's freeing to know that I decide my future and I will have to make sacrifices and hard decisions but it will be ok. I will get through it, I've done it before and I will do it again. I just have to keep looking up ✨

[matchingvnecks]

[fallontonight]

Here’s Andrew Rannells having a puppy overload during Pup Quiz to brighten your day!

[a-joyfuljourney]

[npr]

April 6 marks 100 years since the U.S. Congress voted to declare war on Germany, entering World War I. The war took the lives of 17 million people worldwide. But what’s not as well-known is the role that animals played at a time when they were still critical to warfare.

Horses in particular served alongside troops on both sides, and several million died during the war. The animals were so crucial to the war effort that they also became military targets.

“You need these horses to move, to fight, to exist,” says Christopher Kolakowski, director of the MacArthur Memorial in Norfolk, Va. “It would be like maintaining your car today.”

Hundreds of thousands of horses and mules were shipped to Europe from Newport News, Va., the largest departure point for horses and mules, during war years. The area around the port on the James River is now full of condos, office buildings, and even today — shipyards.

The Unsung Equestrian Heroes Of World War I And The Plot To Poison Them

Photo: Courtesy of U.S. National Archives

[wordsnquotes]

The most important kind of freedom is to be what you really are. You trade in your reality for a role. You trade in your sense for an act. You give up your ability to feel, and in exchange, put on a mask. There can’t be any large-scale revolution until there’s a personal revolution, on an individual level. It’s got to happen inside first.

Jim Morrison (via wordsnquotes)

[melisica]

(by SofiaHiggins)

[004d00]

me @ myself: ok bitch time to get over it

[grace--upon--grace]

Andrea Duclos

[turtlesunshine347]

My self care includes getting tattoos after a long long long long stressful weekend 🤘🏼I'm also a crazy cat lady and this is my cat Vincent, before I leave Athens I gotta have the memories of my Athens kitty 😻much love to my boy Bobby for staying after hours at the shop to give me this little babe! (Obviously celebrating at Casa after bc Bloody Mary's go great w the sting of a new tat 🖤)

[turtlesunshine347]

My self care includes getting tattoos after a long long long long stressful weekend 🤘🏼I'm also a crazy cat lady and this is my cat Vincent, before I leave Athens I gotta have the memories of my Athens kitty 😻much love to my boy Bobby for staying after hours at the shop to give me this little babe! (Obviously celebrating at Casa after bc Bloody Mary's go great w the sting of a new tat 🖤)