Lit Lover

Some of the idea is that it's good to protest what ICE is doing when you know you're not one who is at risk of getting kidnapped, because that's helping show the people who are at risk of getting kidnapped that they are human beings who matter to you. And perhaps even more so, it shows other people who also probably won't get kidnapped but who worry about them more than you do (because it's their neighbors and coworkers and friends and family) that you still care anyway.

Some people have been really determined to serve Joy lately!

"Serving Joy (Award Winning Dark Comedy)"

@reeelhorrorshow

https://youtube.com/watch?v=a4XTVzuLj3c&si=rV90nxi6lPU67DWV

I think this guy is good to his female characters, and hopefully he also was good to the actresses!

"THREE COLORS (Krzysztof Kieślowski)" - 4K Restoration

https://youtube.com/watch?v=1HeEUjqsI1M&si=o9mJOCsu2Be9__CF

I suppose sometimes it seems like one can only be tough for so long...

Then the heart softens and people want to go back to enjoying life and a variety of pleasures. Because maybe having a softer heart and enjoying life and a variety of pleasures is a natural state. So, what is to be done when the state threatens the natural state?

Suffering! But soldiering on.

"Your generation constantly treats white men better than any other kind of human being on this entire planet. Full stop. This is not about having an argument. You need to acknowledge you have been doing this and figure out why. Maybe you can journal about this when you get the opportunity."

I need access to online content because...

I've heard zero moms in real life express any concern for the health of women and girls after this administration made everything more dangerous for their bodies, and why do you think that is? Well, a lot of them grew up when people thought feminism was a bad word or something and they didn't want to use it to describe themselves. I just think they were socialized to not talk about such things and I don't see how that's actually to their benefit most of the time.

The violence is exhausting!

I mean it wasn't that long ago that somebody was threatening to kill my sister on the job and I had to fight people we knew because everybody wanted her to just stick it out and go with HR so she could keep her health insurance and HR wasn't goddamn f****** helping; and if they they'd been the only ones around, I think she would not be alive now. I'm scarred for life. I spent my entire life trying to help people stay alive. That's how it feels when I look back at it right now. And then people who've been more successful at being colder and less sensitive have the audacity to act like that means nothing. Well, of course. Why should I be surprised?

Anyways, if I was a nice cup of coffee...

Anyways, if I were a man, I think some people would have had more respect for my points of view and been nicer to me because men do all kinds of stuff and get forgiven for it all the time.

Like what have you forgiven men for lately that you wouldn't forgive me for if I did it, cuz you haven't forgiven me for just having a different point of view and not expressing myself in the "nice enough" way that the Patriarchal Society says all the females are supposed to express themselves?

ICE apparently has no respect for women's bodies.

"Leaked video from ICE detention"

thesidewalkschool2

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DcM7mSiB_6u/?igsi=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

It seems like going along with patriarchal waste (sorry, I actually meant to say ways) has not paid off for most people.

Maybe it's paid off for some celebrities, but they are not most people.

"🔥BIG UPDATE!"

memiq.exe

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DcL_6epz2pf/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

"What is micro-feminism?"

murderofcrones

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DbQpokMOIGY/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

"After watching Christopher Nolan's adaptation of The Odyssey..."

kristindianesanders

https://www.instagram.com/p/DcItqVxjOwJ/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

"can't even get a matcha in peace"

giannachristiine

https://www.instagram.com/reel/Dav6rjUD2nZ/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

"Mind you I was 22 at the time"

scoutgrayyy

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DcCPS_Ayz-v/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

There's too much that happened in my life that made it known to me that this was not for me.

I would have to have an anvil dropped on my head to be like I'm just going to be another white skinned mom who is content with raising a white skinned baby who came from my white skinned body and being such a docile servant to the white supremacist patriarchal horror show that's currently treating so many people so freaking badly.

Kidnappings! Concentration camps! Lifelong traumas! Blatant oppression of people's bodies! Because of the racism and the sexism! I don't have the ability to be fine with that. I don't know how to ignore it and just focus on my own house to take care of, or whatever.

It's just mind-boggling and heart-rending and soul-crushing and all the things.

I don't understand how people can be so blatantly disinterested in female empowerment when it would be so good for humanity. And it clearly is needed because look at what's happened with the men who got put in charge, and they basically just got put in charge because people who voted for them were greedy and wanted money. Hardly anybody who voted for those guys actually wants to hang out and be friends with them. They just thought that they would benefit from them financially.

Yeah I kind of want to watch the films Blue White and Red again.

"THREE COLORS (Krzysztof Kieślowski) - 4K Restoration Trailer"

https://youtube.com/watch?v=1HeEUjqsI1M&si=uG_rygaR3JCYRsjf

Evolution is curious.

"Thick thighs save kitty lives"

mandyshares

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DcKAQ_rJSFz/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

"#historical #dating"

westofkat

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DcLpnC9OOtT/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

"It's a real problem!"

thelizzietea

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DcJVBGvOIRN/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

Then I had to look up what really happened.

"Hindenburg Disaster - Real Footage (1937)" | British Pathé

https://youtube.com/watch?v=fURATK5Yt30&si=H2MQlDNy_fHz3bpG

The beginning of this reminded me of the movie Anne Frank watched on her birthday.

"You and Your Fu*king Coffee: Episode 7 - 'Lakehurst, 1937'"

@JASH

https://youtube.com/watch?v=q66fRPsdWwQ&si=5KeH0L55gRWjh2sE

I don't think he was on his last wife. I mean life.

I wonder what kind of person Osho could have reincarnated as if he came back as a woman. What if he wanted to be a female feminist musician type of person? Would he have be like a cult leader still, or would he be different?

Coffee!

"You and Your Fu*king Coffee: Episode 1 - 'Houseguest'"

@JASH

https://youtube.com/watch?v=x4PIbu6Ozro&si=35m6y6-oSYZjg7UF

I feel like I can't tell how old they are.

"#callonme"

breakroom.chronicles

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DcMlKD6SxSu/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

Blue.

"Three Colors: Blue (1993)" - Trailer

https://youtube.com/watch?v=kQjJoRl3bLc&si=oAQiQYB20LoVzhsA

Medicine?

It's like I see a mother, a woman, and she's saying do you want me to do it for you, like pouring cough syrup into a spoon and telling them to swallow it.

Sadly, this is what happens sometimes.

Stubborn people seem like bullies and they seem like people that I don't want to bring traumatized children around because they're acting so childish even though they're adults.

Maybe I have an inner child that doesn't want to be around those people or something. Maybe it's for other reasons. But stubborn people do not seem too trustworthy.

What if you just say that?

What if you just say, "Dangerous stuff is happening to some people and it might happen to somebody we know. That's going to hurt if it does happen to us, so it makes sense to be vigilant."

By the way, some of us are already pretty hurt that it's happening, but not everybody is sensitive.

Subject of this book was separated from her parents at a young age but did not herself get sent to a camp

"Review: The Cut Out Girl, by Bart Van Es"

https://www.draliceviolett.com/the-cut-out-girl-by-bart-van-es/

"It’s very timely, as well; I feel even more disgusted by the separation of immigrant children from their families at US Border Patrol now I’ve read this biography. It’s inevitable that we’ll see another cohort traumatised in similar ways in the not very far future."

Dr. Alice Violett

It's too much like Nazi Germany.

I really don't like the "look away when people are getting kidnapped" dynamic that's going on sometimes.

Please!

If your version of Joy is about defiantly ignoring others, is that really The Greatest Joy You Can Ever Possibly Experience?

ICE doesn't just kidnap housekeepers.

"The catching coordinator for a major league baseball team who has been in the United States legally for 10 years"

"Oswaldo Pirela was kidnapped by ICE at El Paso Airport in Texas."

chelseaisgods

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DcMDVeYgmIe/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

Did John Wayne Gacy make donations to CHARITY?

That is quite enough for today, spirits.

We will get better acquainted again later.

"feminism is a trend to you"

themindfulnesscoach

https://www.instagram.com/reel/Daf5RD3Rgu1/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

Be so for real.

Henry's Kitchen 100 - "High Class Expensive Quesadilla"

https://youtube.com/watch?v=HbLwfvNjaKU&si=AvgIK9vsBzd0Cwgv

Careful...

Henry's Kitchen 100 - "High Class Expensive Quesadilla"

https://youtube.com/watch?v=HbLwfvNjaKU&si=AvgIK9vsBzd0Cwgv

Not to interrupt myself again, but...

I feel like the spirits think the spaghetti video was really important!

"You Can't Break Spaghetti in Two Pieces"

Rahulrocks011

https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/s/RItTlpGL1b

"Wise cooking tips"

u/Rotten-Pieces88

https://www.reddit.com/r/Unexpected/s/RRaJ6tlne1

Just kidding. I'm sure there's a spirit or two looking over my shoulder watching with me.

Henry's Kitchen 100 - "High Class Expensive Quesadilla"

https://youtube.com/watch?v=HbLwfvNjaKU&si=AvgIK9vsBzd0Cwgv

Watching the whole thing by myself. 📺

And I might crack open a canned cocktail and pour it into a special glass to sip as I watch because it's not 10:30 yet.

Henry's Kitchen 100 - "High Class Expensive Quesadilla"

https://youtube.com/watch?v=HbLwfvNjaKU&si=AvgIK9vsBzd0Cwgv

Listened to so many songs that were on the setlists on the way down to San Diego, and I really enjoyed it.

And then, as a fun surprise, there was also this one!

G-Eazy - "Lady Killers II (Christoph Andersson Remix)"

https://youtube.com/watch?v=XTT5MIkhEY4&si=6gg_KJdrxycy6Ux_

Well, I had to go see a concert in a seashell in San Diego this summer and I don't think I have much left in the budget for musical excursions.

You have to put priorities on things, like being able to buy food and clothing that fits the currently plus size 2X body. Sometimes size 1X.

I like this medal. I'll make a bigger deal about winning it from now on.

Took third place in a turf competition at the San Diego Convention Center in 2016. Seems like I knew a lot more about grasses and weeds back then. It was really fun to study them!

Oooo... Posting without watching first.

Henry's Kitchen 100 - "High Class Expensive Quesadilla"

https://youtube.com/watch?v=HbLwfvNjaKU&si=AvgIK9vsBzd0Cwgv

What is to be done with all of our knowledge, and our free will?

"Wise cooking tips"

u/Rotten-Pieces88

https://www.reddit.com/r/Unexpected/s/RRaJ6tlne1

Wow! I wonder what kind of scripture book she's reading.

"chelsea_rami :mi pecho ocupe su amor, y su amor no quiero perder"

https://www.instagram.com/p/DT_XOaokpDa/?img_index=4&igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

Angels.

Paul Schwartz - "angelica"

https://youtube.com/watch?v=6fppwe096U8&si=jLlVhs0eSXWDUAlM

That's why I'm glad we've been blessed with the gifts of good music!

Paul Schwartz - "Ave María (Café Del Mar Aria II)"

https://youtube.com/watch?v=dnhotLe2KYo&si=Iz2oBsVkEM7cqU0J

But you know, it's probably because she grew up in such a sexist, patriarchal society.

And there's also a lot of abuse that gets covered up in families...riddled with internalized misogyny issues!

If only some of those guys who hate women had seen better mothers in their movies...

She pours bleach on the gardens. She smashes the dishes. She's mean to the kids. She's aging...

Next: But the worst part is, she's not a good mom.

"but the worst part is she's old"

sarahangelle

https://www.instagram.com/reel/Dbb0Be6BKlr/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

Ha - ha, I couldn't do this!

"How to write a Taylor Swift song - Charlene Kaye"

https://www.reddit.com/r/travisandtaylor/s/jxbJRPxTeC

Some of these look really good, too.

"25 Meatless Bento Box Lunch Ideas That Actually Keep You Full"

https://thisdishisvegetarian.com/25-meatless-bento-box-lunch-ideas-that-actually-keep-you-full/

First, feed the cat.

"Hungry Cat 🐈"

u/Lord_Darksong

https://www.reddit.com/r/LoveTrash/s/maS2zhlIUj

Look at this cute baby tree!

"Violet (age 8) won a White Fringe Tree"

thebandcake

https://www.instagram.com/p/DZp9a2Lkb9G/?img_index=3&igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

"'We do not inherit the Earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children.' -- Native American proverb"

thebandcake

https://www.instagram.com/p/DXb1qaPgJgH/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

How sad, but we are not surprised.

"Taylor Swift makes 'toughest' decision over Blake Lively's children"

https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/1412693-taylor-swift-makes-toughest-decision-over-blake-livelys-children

Most celebrities lives appear to be run by evil overlord spirits whose main job is to feed patriarchal white supremacy, and they are, of course, delighted if they invite the guys who run concentration camps to their weddings.

I might try to make it and see what it tastes like on my tongue.

"Cooking with the (Silent) Stars: The Violet Mersereau"

https://moviessilently.com/2017/08/31/cooking-with-the-silent-stars-the-violet-mersereau-sandwich/

"This sounded like a fairly acidic combination. I tried to ascertain whether Americans ate more green or black olives in 1915 and found this article stating that the east coast was obliged to eat green while California enjoyed black. The reason for this? The east coast imported their olives from Europe and unripe green olives traveled better. (At least according to the article, I have no clue how to transport an olive further than from the grocery store to my home.) California was an olive-growing region even back then and the shorter transport time meant that ripe olives were easy to obtain.

With that in mind, I decided to be historically accurate and as I live in California, I opted to use black olives. (But do read the olive article, which puts the existence green olives down to a conspiracy by Latin nations.)"

"California Cultivator" - Google Books

https://books.google.com/books?id=HN5HAQAAMAAJ&dq=1915%20green%20olive%20appetizer&pg=PA197#v=onepage&q&f=false

Just never can predict what music helps you feel a little bit better in a dark time.

I like the horn. It sounds beautiful. For some reason.

CAKE - "Never There (Official HD Video)"

https://youtube.com/watch?v=FRZzUh9hcTo&si=sAwi--gp40shUqT1

Painful to feel like too many people don't care enough about others' experiences.

"‘Unending nightmare': LA family details 120 days in ICE detention in Texas

Maryam Tahmasebi, a professor at Los Angeles Pierce College, her husband Eissa, who is also an educator, and their 16-year-old son — all permanent residents of the U.S. — were detained by ICE in April"

https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/la-family-120-days-ice-detention-texas/3929904/

What makes some people choose to be so callous?

I think there must be something about being traumatized by the Patriarchal Culture that makes some people behave in certain ways, as though they really want to feel like that's the best they can do, and lately, I feel like I really just can't believe that it is any longer, because it just feels like it's not.

At least some people are interested in what's happening to others, and they can express it, too.

"A 19-year-old in Texas has spent nearly a year raising her 13-year-old sister after their parents were detained by ICE and deported"

"This was an incredibly hard read"

riseabovejusticemovement

https://www.instagram.com/p/DcJojN0stq_/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

"U.S. citizen teens left behind when ICE deported their parents"

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/us-citizen-teens-left-ice-deported-parents-rcna592908

O Humanity....

People can be better.

"My opinion. Yours may vary."

mainandvine

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DcKOI98COts/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

"This is heartbreaking and absolutely should not be happening"

agirlhasnopresident

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DcKgKM9xGQJ/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

So many other choices...

Why do some people still choose meanness when they have so many other choices available to them?

Monday, August 17, 2026

Nice clouds

Feelings at the bottom of a shaved ice cup.

I did enjoy the dessert, but I don't enjoy feeling let down when I can see the potential of how humans can be, and then I start to believe it's going to be that way, and then it becomes clear it's not going to be that way right now cuz people need more time, but I can't tell what they need - days, months, years or lifetimes.

Not to everyone, just to people who have to fit in with groups in order to feel better about themselves.

"Moral Sensitivity and Speaking Up Makes You the Problem"

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/living-with-emotional-intensity/202608/moral-sensitivity-and-speaking-up-makes-you-the-problem

There's still a few minutes of daylight, so maybe I should go outside!

"She can pick your grapes, but..."

karipinenimd

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DcJwszNPWL1/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

"Have a great day, comrades!"

custom.made1968

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DbQitn8hrIy/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

"An update on my nephew"

kurtbraunohler

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DcHug0SsnXK/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

How come an unwell Patriarchal Society has harmed so many people?

Because there are actually some men and women who do fit in better with the standards of the Patriarchal Society.

And some of them decided it felt easier or more empowering for them to just go along with certain groupthink dynamics and cult mentalities because that brought them a measure of security and comfort and self identity.

So, some of the "good" people ended up going along with stuff that ended up being pretty harmful to a lot of other people in the long run, just because they got short-term gains from going along with it.

They decided not to have very much empathy for other people who didn't fit in so well with the system.

It's good that not all people had the ability to go that way, though, because that is really not a sustainable way to live or to treat other human beings.

Patriarchal Society is NOT well.

"I got a hold of the manual for the shock gloves"

icrochetfrogz

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DcHttp-FPB5/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

"No. Like. Nope."

k.w. bogen

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DcKB3nBqSen/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

"Man math > boy math"

stay.at.home.tom

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DcJlRrRxzwZ/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

54321 time to go outside

"Me being super helpful"

conversationsfromtennessee

https://www.instagram.com/reel/Db9SNdcBpxe/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

"this is sadly not a made up story"

kandycocktail

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DaD0UBiBZNY/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

"She doesn't speak South Jersey"

short_legs_4_u

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DanFtp0xE7h/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

"Please don't do that."

sirarthurmeows

https://www.instagram.com/reel/Dbh0ZtwCGvQ/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

"i'm not leaving"

9gag

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DXVZJBckaW6/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

Getting older...(To the tune of "Getting stronger 🎶"?)

"come see my show"

mollmclea

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DST1NBNk4-u/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

"how terrible 😥😥😥"

jessb__716

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DbgKNTHsog0/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

"Blinked and suddenly I'm in my Señora era"

daliaelichavez

https://www.instagram.com/reel/Da0p3-qQdSL/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

Throw is being inflammatory again.

"Sorry queens I'm reposting this"

mollmclea

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DKSVMbjPZaS/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

Oops! I meant to say thorough.

Tho rough is being inflammatory.

Thoreau. Is dead. So maybe it's a spirit.

"Best known for Walden"

https://www.instagram.com/p/DbygtUKDiRj/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

Shade is good.

Because

Nature

Loves

SHADE

Ha! Ha! Ha! 😂

"Based on a true story."

girl._.stahp

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DbOXYU8uf5X/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

"Evolutionary biology"

mollmclea

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DZ0m8xMSipE/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

"please don't"

letsdoubledutch

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DXULS9HCCco/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

What a something something something.

"stable people hate me"

westofkat

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DcJH2oWuKoD/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

"Hello fellow human"

westofkat

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DcJhg_rOm84/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

"At least I mopped grandma's sidewalk"

westofkat

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DcJ2MYwpYLg/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

Don't feel so bad about perimenopausal weight gain in the mid 2020s.

Just see it as being pregnant with the ghosts of the terrorized.

So weird to switch between something almost a bit humorous like this, and videos of another woman getting kidnapped by ICE.

" Giving my husband the 'Girl Training' I got."

"If he had been carrying the keys between his knuckles..."

kelsewhatelse

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DbwRw_8KrIy/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

"Lock the door"

kelsewhatelse

https://www.instagram.com/reel/Db0xrWRKqQq/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

"I don't care if it was daylight"

kelsewhatelse

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DcHyW-8Kfv4/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

They are very good to those of us in human bodies sometimes.

Time to reunite with some of the healing properties of the water elements.

Food Mood. Having access to healthy food is important.

"30-Day No-Sugar, Diabetes-Friendly Meal Plan for Beginners"

https://www.eatingwell.com/30-day-no-sugar-diabetes-meal-plan-for-beginners-12037459

What happens in Part Four?

Part One:

I think the way you treated me was discriminatory and sexist.

Part Two:

Patriarchal people who hate talking about problems react by getting more discriminatory and sexist.

Part Three:

A housekeeper gets kidnapped!

Seriously, why not? Especially if housekeepers get harder to come by.

If you're one of those men who've been pampered more by this patriarchal society, why don't you get some male and female friends who aren't always catering to the patriarchy?

I know I've been a man before in another life.

"And may I say it's been a great honor to experience this particular body and this lifetime, so I know exactly how you treat people when they're not born into the kinds of man's bodies that you're always acting like you prefer, because that's what the patriarchal society trained you to do."

This is somebody's daughter or mom or babysitter or sister or friend or other category of human being.

She does not deserve to be kidnapped in broad daylight with your tax dollars. She deserves better.

"THIS..."

jcfrias

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DcH-OM8tri8/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

Apparently, this is what happens when people get bad at thinking of others.

"'We're not busy anymore'"

https://www.reddit.com/r/politics/s/yDhnSCg73e

"Trump: I don't think about..."

@CNN

https://youtube.com/shorts/6Ha2aiYMoNA?si=wNEQyfTEd7pBRMkw

Bleach! Okay, get it out, I guess.

"These are the kinds of people my cult trained me to discriminate against and dehumanize more."

"This is how you should act if you want to trigger my discriminating against and dehumanizing other human beings response patterns."

Sometimes, it's not worth it to "fit in" better with other people.

But apparently, I'm not supposed to care, just because some privileged people are too uncomfortable with looking at / acknowledging what's going on?

Things are fubar sadly we're not living in the post fubar world yet.

"THIS..."

jcfrias

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DcH-OM8tri8/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

Kindly grow up.

"Nice people made the best Nazis. My mom grew up next to them. They got along, refused to make waves, looked the other way when things got ugly and focused on happier things than 'politics.' They were lovely people who turned their heads as their neighbors were dragged away. You know who weren’t nice people? Resisters."

Quote by Naomi Shulman: “Nice people..."

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/8201162-nice-people-made-the-best-nazis-my-mom-grew-up

Just another step on a Healing Journey.

Inner Voice:

"And this is why the movie 'Escape from Sobibor' traumatized you so much in middle school, and you went home sick and didn't come back for days, and you started being able to tell that a bunch of people at your school were the kinds who could become like Nazis or like accomplices to people who were similar to the Nazis."

Quote by Naomi Shulman: “Nice people made the best Nazis. My mom grew up...”

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/8201162-nice-people-made-the-best-nazis-my-mom-grew-up

I feel like I've got to remind myself to get more curious.

Wow! What would things have been like if you had been born into a different set of dynamics or circumstances? What would things have been like for you? If you had been born into a different body, how would Society have shaped you? What would you be like?

But that's okay because maybe something new and better is on the way. We'll see if we get to it in this lifetime or not, but it's coming at some point!

If you have to abandon so many people in order to feel safe and good inside your bubble then you've got a very fragile setup and it's not going to last.

Well, what happens to everyone when the bubble bursts?

I guess people who want to join cults don't want to know the truth because they want to live inside of a little bubble.

So much punishment, just for trying to get the truth out to people!

"ICE Shot a Journalist and Threw Him into Detention. He's Approaching 300 Days behind Bars with a Festering Wound."

https://theintercept.com/2026/08/16/ricardo-parias-ice-detention-journalist-los-angeles/

Well, my opinion about some eldest daughters paying more attention to kidnapped housekeepers is this...

Maybe some of the eldest daughters were trained to pay more attention to the kidnappings of housekeepers because if all the housekeepers get kidnapped, guess who's going to have to do all the housework???

But anyways, I really don't know, cuz most the time we didn't have housekeepers when I was growing up. But after my mom married my stepfather, sometimes they did hire some people to clean the house. It was just a few times that I can remember.

Well, you know what I think about this saying...

When I heard a proud mom proclaiming that she had "made her daughter from scratch..."

You certainly had access to a lot of resources, didn't you?

So if there's witchy women, and you know that there are, are there also witchy children?

Have the "witchy" women and / or the "witchy" children gotten equal access to any of the cookies lately?

Why did the old-fashioned villagers have to act like that?

Why is the "witchy" woman such an easy one to pigeon hole or to treat as a "bad" person?

I think it's patriarchal training that got put inside of so many brains at impressionable ages and never got completely examined.

Humans deserve better. Tell the snobby people they do. It's just a fact.

"Bay Area asylum-seeker returns home after nearly a month in ICE detention"

https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/bay-area-asylum-seeker-returns-home-after-ice-detention/

Making protein shake discoveries. 😊💪🏾🥤

It's very expensive to buy a big container of protein shake mix. So I decided to try some sample packets which come in grams. On the bigger container, it says to add one scoop to your drink. Well you know what one scoop is? It's like a quarter of a cup! That's a lot of product. So if you want it to taste like it tasted in the sample packet, you probably have to add a quarter of a cup of the product to the liquid.

Do any of these look fun to make?

"20 Low-Calorie, High-Protein Dinners Ready in 20 Minutes"

https://www.eatingwell.com/low-calorie-high-protein-20-minute-dinners-12034538

Maybe the higher realms think our egos are very funny.

The little meanies.

I mean, not only was it not appreciated when I was trying to get a message from a higher source to other people, but mean little things were said about it too.

Sigh. That's the block I'm dealing with.

Tranquil in a good way thoughts...

Sometimes, some people are better at seeing the things you're going through and all the information you're sifting through. Sometimes, those people are spirits, too.

The styles and colors are cute.

I like clothes a lot more this year.

I like flowers in fields.

Very nature-y.

Very creative.

Perhaps everything is very guided.

People can learn much from certain kinds of lessons. Maybe the lessons are not mistakes at all.

Spirits are more relaxed than anxious little humans are.

Maybe in the spirit world, a couple of years feels like a couple of weeks or something.

I bet people could make vegetarian or vegan versions of these sandwiches, too, these days.

"Cooking with the (Silent) Stars: The Violet Mersereau"

https://moviessilently.com/2017/08/31/cooking-with-the-silent-stars-the-violet-mersereau-sandwich/

"California Cultivator"

https://books.google.com/books?id=HN5HAQAAMAAJ&dq=1915%20green%20olive%20appetizer&pg=PA197#v=onepage&q&f=false

A Tale of Multiple Realities.

"La Jolla Restaurant on the Water" | The Marine Room

https://www.marineroom.com/

Enigma - "Sadeness - Part i (Official Video)"

https://youtube.com/watch?v=4F9DxYhqmKw&si=uaPGlJTDy0tLNls8

"JUST TERRIBLE. AMERICA IS NOW A DICTATORSHIP"

mortensivertsen262

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DcGOw_1MaNc/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

"If anyone recognizes this woman..."

officialarturoo

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DcB0d_DzAyD/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

I think food is a very important experience that can be collectively appreciated. That's one thing. Know thyself.

"Cooking with the (Silent) Stars: The Violet Mersereau"

https://moviessilently.com/2017/08/31/cooking-with-the-silent-stars-the-violet-mersereau-sandwich/

"Cooking with the (Silent) Stars: The Lillian Gish"

https://moviessilently.com/2015/10/15/cooking-with-the-silent-stars-the-lillian-gish-sandwich/

"Cooking with the (Silent) Stars: The Theda Bara"

https://moviessilently.com/2015/07/10/cooking-with-the-silent-stars-the-theda-bara-sandwich/

"Cooking with the (Silent) Stars: The Beverly Bayne"

https://moviessilently.com/2015/09/03/cooking-with-the-silent-stars-the-beverly-bayne-sandwich/

Cooking with the (Silent) Stars: Clara Bow’s Vanilla Marlow – Movies Silently

https://moviessilently.com/2016/12/08/cooking-with-the-silent-stars-clara-bows-vanilla-marlow/

"You can make any flavor"

bdylanhollis

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DcCrC8fOiwZ/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

CAKE - "Never There (Official HD Video)"

https://youtube.com/watch?v=FRZzUh9hcTo&si=b5yUMRI63h_msUIs

What do I really need to do?

I feel like just telling me what I need to do in order to be listened to more by certain kinds of people is a good starting point. What do I need to do?

Another brave soul triumphs over the systemic patriarchal oppression. Kidnapped housekeepers no longer living in La Jolla are next...

"'I had to learn how to be a feminist’:

Greg Dulli on surviving grunge, shunning misogyny, and Afghan Whigs’ glorious return

With a soulful sound and soul-baring lyrics, the Afghan Whigs rode the post-Nirvana boom to the big leagues. Their frontman explains his exploration of the male ego – and how Usher got the band back together"

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/aug/17/greg-dulli-grunge-misogyny-afghan-whigs-glorious-return

Something positive is possible.

If you let go of the possibilities that seemed so appealing yesterday, you make room for new possibilities!

Because their choices and their actions and their words say a lot

"Who do you think is a worthwhile type of person to consider and how did you come to that conclusion?" is a question some more people could ask of themselves.

I want to go back to sleep but this is my coping mechanism right now.

"Cooking with the (Silent) Stars: The Violet Mersereau"

https://moviessilently.com/2017/08/31/cooking-with-the-silent-stars-the-violet-mersereau-sandwich/

"Cooking with the (Silent) Stars: The Lillian Gish"

https://moviessilently.com/2015/10/15/cooking-with-the-silent-stars-the-lillian-gish-sandwich/

"Cooking with the (Silent) Stars: The Theda Bara"

https://moviessilently.com/2015/07/10/cooking-with-the-silent-stars-the-theda-bara-sandwich/

"Cooking with the (Silent) Stars: The Beverly Bayne"

https://moviessilently.com/2015/09/03/cooking-with-the-silent-stars-the-beverly-bayne-sandwich/

The cat maybe had a hairball and wanted to go out and she doesn't want to come back in yet. I'm yawning and I have very watery eyes and I need to go back to sleep now.

Oh, I think I want to try making this recipe.

"You can make any flavor"

bdylanhollis

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DcCrC8fOiwZ/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

"Cooking with the (Silent) Stars: Clara Bow’s Vanilla Marlow"

https://moviessilently.com/2016/12/08/cooking-with-the-silent-stars-clara-bows-vanilla-marlow/

"Cooking with the (Silent) Stars: A Modern Look..."

https://moviessilently.com/cooking-with-the-silent-stars-photoplays-cook-book/

I merely skimmed a little bit of this article, and now maybe I'll look at it again and pay attention to more of the words upon my second perusal.

"Why Thoreau and Walden Resonate With Chinese Youth"

https://lithub.com/why-thoreau-and-walden-resonate-with-chinese-youth/

It's just more processing of stuff that's coming up, okay...

"Pay attention to why groupthink punishes certain people. Please pay attention to how groupthink punishes certain people."

I fell asleep drinking tea made of blue lotus flowers.

Now I'm drinking the remnants and it tastes like burnt marshmallows.

But maybe not you; maybe somebody else, instead?

"Sometimes I feel really gate kept by yooou..." 🎶

"But it's just me. I'm gatekeeping myself, maybe?"

Just gotta process some more feelings from some situations again.

I'm never as good as the crowd you want to please. I'm never ever ever as good as the crowd I want to please. (What is this about. I am being so silly.) Bum bum bum bum bum bum bum bum bum...

CAKE - "Never There (Official HD Video)"

https://youtube.com/watch?v=FRZzUh9hcTo&si=b5yUMRI63h_msUIs

Cheerleader style repetitive stuff.

Why can't you talk with me? Why can't you listen? Why can't we talk about these things? Why why why?

I feel alarmed about what's happening, and my feelings seem reasonable to me.

"JUST TERRIBLE. AMERICA IS NOW A DICTATORSHIP"

mortensivertsen262

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DcGOw_1MaNc/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

And sometimes the worst thing is how easy it is for life to make it harder for people to talk to one another about important things.

Sunday, August 16, 2026

Buenas noches.

I need grounding.

About to go up the mountain and feeling like I need more stability to not feel dizzy and nauseous. Grounding. Good.

To the mountains! I might be thinking about this off and on all day.

"It is so weird to me..."

fiona_travels_solo

https://www.instagram.com/reel/Db_BHHhtg4b/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

It's weird. I can tell it's weird...

Sometimes I feel most interested in what actually happened with some people's moms rather than in their forgiveness of her or their feelings about their suffering or their artistic abilities to express themselves about their experiences.

Too much Sadeness.

"If anyone recognizes this woman..."

officialarturoo

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DcB0d_DzAyD/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==