Thursday, May 21, 2026

Useful flashback.

"Why I hate the Czech Easter tradition"

lucieell

https://youtube.com/watch?v=0d0GAGFkpcM&si=y1GjXin90kRCJo2l

In spite of the Patriarchy meddling meddling meddling meddling...

We just have to hope that every male relative in every large family is a trustworthy and well-balanced individual.

It's good to be flexible.

Actually, Tom...

Tom Petty – "It's Good to Be King Lyrics"

https://genius.com/Tom-petty-its-good-to-be-king-lyrics

Actually, it seems like it's stressful to be King.

The online chess game trainer is all like, "This is how you checkmate" and constantly shows the king crumbling behind the pawns when you take the rook. And after that, it's saying "This is how you castle your king and put him behind the pawns who will protect him." And it's like, but I just saw the king crumble a bunch of times behind the pawns after the castle got taken away. So it really just points out how flimsy the amount of protection that the poor little kings were actually getting this whole time.

"feminist who?"

girlsvsglobe

https://www.instagram.com/p/DYHax0XjHH9/?img_index=7&igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

$$$$$$

"Thank you for choosing to honor Our Cosmic Mother by lending your support to the 'Be the kind of person who would certainly be amongst the very best even in the very worst scenarios' challenge."

"If there's anything we can do to assist you on your journey, please don't hesitate to reach out to have your request considered."

๐ŸŽผ๐ŸŽถ๐ŸŽต๐ŸŽถ

Tom Petty - "It's Good To Be King [Official Music Video]"

https://youtube.com/watch?v=2SF1iLXSQto&si=Azh5G2H1SDEN41c0

Wednesday, May 20, 2026

This is a very Noble cause.

"Live your life as if you'd be amongst the very best even if you were in the worst of circumstances."

Chess seems like it's kinda hard, and not for the easily fatigued.

Became a song about chess pieces when I listened to the album it's on while learning about the rules of playing chess. 

Mitski – "Liquid Smooth Lyrics"

https://genius.com/Mitski-liquid-smooth-lyrics

I was always supposed to learn how to play chess at some point. So now seems to be the time. I should look for more chess pieces tunes...

Will people in the future consider PCOS / PMOS to be an intersex condition?

 

"Not to mention..."

Iyo_likes_to_talk

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DYYg58Ltntn/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

But also, how else were they supposed to get a credit card??

"I am the light of her life rn."

wachelrilliams

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

Still, these are bad habits that need to be broken.

There's the outside voice again.

"Well, I hope THAT ONE got therapy and didn't go on to coach any soccer teams."

FLOOD - "Bidding Farewell to Brockhampton: A Hip-Hop Haven for Women, Queer People, the  Marginalized and Misunderstood"

https://floodmagazine.com/123065/bidding-farewell-to-brockhampton/

The "Brave" song reminded me of how some of the better music comes from the better facilities.

Sara Bareilles - "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (Live from Atlanta)"

https://youtube.com/watch?v=Ozd2ja7mAgM&si=fQEwv7UaLuEeBzGH

I wonder if there's going to be any sharp notes...

Anyways, I'll have my detached family members call your detached family members.

Mood.

Staccato!

It could be remade humorously.

"I was a little disappointed with 'The Last of the Mohicans'"

https://www.reddit.com/r/movies/s/PlARJFMlmD

Not the "The Last of the Mohicans;" the last of the "fill-in-the-blank" grandparents.

When does it get harder, I wonder?

I'm going to have an encounter with the New World Symphony right now as this free trial thing is still going on.

๐Ÿ˜‡ I think those would be quite fitting for a well-rounded upbringing in this era, considering the circumstances. ๐Ÿชฝ

๐Ÿ‘ผ๐ŸพHarp lessons instead of piano lessons for all the little angels who want them! ๐Ÿ‘ผ๐Ÿผ

Possibly the latter, though?

So, I didn't vote for a bunch of loonies who think that women's main objective in life should be to birth the nation's children. 

They are also clear about expressing that certain types of children are more valuable than others.

Its's hard to say whether things have hit peak weirdness now, or whether things will get even weirder... 

Ta tee-tee tibby-tibby tee-tee. Or One..and one and two and.

Kind of have to thank public elementary school music class for letting me skip ahead. Or band in middle school. Ha-ha, remembering a bit about the personalities now, too. So mad sometimes!!! ๐Ÿคฃ

More useful information, I guess?

 


"Ladies, which of these 'tools'..."

nourishherbody

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

"I know this is gonna shake up a few of yall..."

themagicinhue

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DYkY-YGx0EP/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

This is really fun and nostalgic now.

I'm on the unit in Section 2 that has the song that made me teach myself how to drink Retsina wine during lockdown. 

I got 100% and 98% the first time I tried the end of unit lesson, and 100% and 100% the second time I tried the end of unit lesson! I should work with songs that have made an impression on me.

I have not tried to play an instrument by reading sheet music for many years.

I think this is the most palatable bottle of Retsina I tried.

Chill and pair with something strongly flavored or cook with the Greek chicken dish that had rosemary. That was a good one.

"Chicken in retsina wine"

https://katerinaskouzina.com/meat/chicken-in-retsina-wine.html

People with senses of humor are succeeding in life. It's a good thing.

"The Nowhere Inn - Official Trailer"| HD | IFC Film

https://youtube.com/watch?v=N7igJaXJreU&si=NXdAWOudLpOYmnRt

"sufjan overconfidently playing pac-man" : r/Sufjan

https://www.reddit.com/r/Sufjan/comments/1kangyh/sufjan_overconfidently_playing_pacman/

Everything dies eventually, so you might as well make art out of it.

"This is absolutely incredible"

u/Hot_Accountant_5507

https://www.reddit.com/r/justgalsbeingchicks/s/77k0ibIwZL

Good luck with that.


"Wanna play commander?"

u/friend1y

https://www.reddit.com/r/CoupleMemes/s/787TTVuQQB

That's what happens if some of us choose to take Ozempic and dye our hair.

C D C Rest

Drove to a show. Jokes were made. What a fool. 

Gopher drool.

Or...

GO go go go

FUR fur fur fur

DROOL drool drool drool

Some of us has to practice, some of us has to practice.

Update before noon: Unit 20 and 25 in Section 2 are giving me some hope.

 ๐Ÿ’€๐Ÿฅ€๐Ÿชพ

And recover from trauma before we make a big investment.

I believe I will be listening to more of her songs, too.

 Josienne Clarke - "What Do I Do (official video)"

https://youtube.com/watch?v=Z8pUnhr-bmM&si=s-JBcIcnLj3zQTCH

Music! Music.

"Tiger Mountain Peasant Song"

Fleet Foxes

https://youtube.com/watch?v=z7xPjk1ldjg&si=Z53PVKG45SlSk32b

I feel like I have a spring in my step now.

 I just started walking better!

I feel like the universe is telling me it's time to get back in touch with the land.

 ๐ŸŒ


SOFIA JANNOK - "THIS IS MY LAND (Official)"

https://youtube.com/watch?v=riXVuhlMNQA&si=2c6tJV0PIHqbPDEg

Oh, I hope they reconnect!

"Sufjan Stevens fan?"

michaelshogue

https://www.instagram.com/p/DYcyNWoFn26/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

I'm sure they'd have a lot to talk about. 

"Where This Begins" - by Michael.S.Hogue

https://michaelshogue.substack.com/p/where-this-begins?r=q7ts0

This is free!

Something to read later, after I take advantage of my newfound connection with Duolingo?

"Sounding the 'Spirit of My Silence': Sufjan Stevens’s Carries and Lowell and the Affect of Nothingness"

https://online.ucpress.edu/jpms/article/33/3/104/118564/Sounding-the-Spirit-of-My-Silence-Sufjan-Stevens-s

I don't think they're old enough to listen to that stuff.

 "Age of Adz on Bluey"

https://www.reddit.com/r/Sufjan/s/uFves2h0Qf

I need to get my walking abilities back.

I was getting better with walking before I went to bed but it's getting more difficult again. We'll see how it goes tomorrow / today later on.

Saw some other stuff about this topic before I fell asleep.

Didn't save it, but I found some other interesting articles to read / look at.


"Putting an End to the Shame Associated with Minority Culture and its Concomitant Negative Self-Images - On Gender and Ethnicity in Sami and Tornedalian Literature" - Nordic Women's Literature

https://nordicwomensliterature.net/2016/10/12/putting-an-end-to-the-shame-associated-with-minority-culture-and-its-concomitant-negative-self-images-on-gender-and-ethnicity-in-sami-and-tornedalian-literature/

"Old photos of the Sami and Uchee Peoples" – The Americas Revealed

https://apalacheresearch.com/2025/01/23/old-photos-of-the-sami-and-uchee-peoples/

Sorry to hear; thank you for sharing.

 


"Moose on the Loose"

toriamos

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

Oops, I woke up and read about some things...

 "Female Rage"

"<3

References"

vulturesangel

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

Tuesday, May 19, 2026

This is good...

Because I just remembered a doctor saying, "You don't have PCOS! No cysts." I stared at him and then I told him that there were other kinds of PCOS where people didn't have cysts, and he was like, "Oh, okay."



"W for women"

marmunches

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DYVm51qMY9o/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

It's such a quiet, still evening.

A cool little breeze is gently rustling the leaves and the fabric of the parasol on the patio. The loudest sounds are the highway noises and some kinds of insects. So it's quiet and still with an undercurrent of busyness.


Unfortunately, a lot of people have had this experience, I've discovered as I've gotten older.

"Actually, Democracy Dies in H.R." by Amanda Taub - The New York Times

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/18/world/americas/actually-democracy-dies-in-hr.html

Oh dear, this is pricey...

"Low Back Disorders: Evidence-Based Prevention and Rehabilitation: 9781718236257: Medicine & Health Science Books" @ Amazon.com https://share.google/xzOoHJdEKrCqOG3rz

Maybe I was just supposed to hang out with a drum today.

 


I think I should check out the story about Trimalchio and "Last Night in Brooklyn" in the near future.

"Trimalchio in West Egg at 100: Gatsby and Modern Character" | The Hudson Review

https://hudsonreview.com/2025/10/trimalchio-in-west-egg-at-100-gatsby-and-modern-character/

"Last Night in Brooklyn" by Xรณchitl Gonzรกlez | Goodreads

https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/231126916-last-night-in-brooklyn

People aren't as murderous as they used to be in other eras, so that's progress.

"Howards End (1992) Trailer #1"

https://youtube.com/watch?v=hXdE9bf4Z4s&si=UwAJuW-t9UosfeTv

Also what if someone wrote a story about Charles in which you found out more about how Charles was really traumatized, and that when he hit Leonard Bast with the sword, it was because he was literally reacting to the rape culture of his era by viewing Leonard as the rapist of Helen? That's scapegoating, and he still shouldn't have done it. But anyways, it was an interesting thought...

Michigan's got good cherries!

"No fruit at California U-pick cherry farms after warm winter"

https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2026-05-19/cherry-season-record-warmth

My Medusa side wants this.

 "At 78, Linda Rondstadt Names the Seven..."

Good Old Days

https://youtu.be/5UDvF6tZPlo?si=fPUk98qKaGuFFY9-

Chill out...

 


This is what happens when exciting stuff happens at the less than ideal time.

 


Apparently, being bad to humans is not paying off.

"Trump’s Deportations Are Costing Americans Jobs, Study Finds" by Ronda Kaysen

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/19/realestate/trumps-deportations-are-costing-americans-jobs.html

"The home building industry, already strained, faces a new challenge amid a surge in deportations.Credit...Philip Cheung for The New York Times

According to a new study, construction was impacted more than any other industry studied, with American-born workers losing more jobs than immigrants as a result of the deportations."

Confidence of a stay at home cat.

Chess is a rather patriarchal construct. Why is the king the most important piece if he just moves one square at a time. Who would want to be a king in this century? Eeeesh. Plenty of drawbacks to being a king in other centuries, too.

Sounds so pretty!

Found a Helper.


And as a bonus, my drum told me I will get better at enjoying house cleaning when I stop rebelling against a certain strand of mindset in our culture which deeply angered and disgusted my inner child who's outraged at how adults who were trained to care more about clean houses and acquisitions of property allow a whole lot of the abuses that are used to getting covered up to continue. But that's not so much the way it is anymore. Yay! Progress!

I'm going to go get my little drum and heal my little muscles.

 ๐Ÿชท๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿ’ž


"Follow me for more inspiring manifestation"

carly_christopher

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DXcVtuqkZ9k/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

"Men in female dominated fields"

cbeaumartino

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DYNm_N2SMfL/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

Feeling better!

 


"see how absurd it is..."

fiona_yoong

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DYR1MvNxZEF/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

"My page..."

allirose819

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DYLkAUJssL9/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

"The way we save the world..."

artbybri

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

I'm glad that comedian fellow put this on the funny video he made?

Mitski - "Brand New City (Lyric Video)"

https://youtube.com/watch?v=8D67SL3iILA&si=LYlvWeq4VFOvqU9F

"I went to an all girls school and learnt more about the male body than anything to do with women's health" ~ georgias.endojourney

 Quotable!




"Most women are learning the basics..."

wombenwellness

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

You're not going to be like a successful man.

 Clearly, that is not your path.


"Most women are learning the basics..."

wombenwellness

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

Yep, I know.

You should just focus on being able to walk better today.

Okie dokie.

"That's just that generation showing you again that that the patterns they're still so highly addicted to are the ones that you're no longer going to be repeating."

I feel like our collective humanity could really evolve at moments like these.

"'It was something very frustrating ... and very difficult,” the mother said from Mexico in Spanish. “It felt like a bucket of boiling water — or maybe cold water, I don’t even know — was thrown at me.”

The child was 10 years old when immigration authorities deported both of her parents, who were undocumented, to Mexico more than a year ago. The girl and four of her siblings, three of whom are also U.S. citizens, also left with their parents.

NBC News is withholding the name of the mother and family members because they now live in an area of Mexico where U.S. citizens have been kidnapped.

Their removal interrupted months of lifesaving treatment the girl had been receiving in the U.S. after undergoing emergency surgery in 2024 to remove the brain tumor, which her doctors are still studying because it is so unusual.

Now 12, her health has significantly deteriorated since she started living in Mexico without access to the care she needs, her mother said in an exclusive interview with NBC News.

That reality became inescapable last month when her daughter had a seizure so intense she fell and suffered bruising, the mother said. They rushed to the nearest hospital, which was 2 1/2 hours away by car from where they live with the mother’s elderly parents. There, an MRI and tests returned abnormal results, the mother said.

The girl’s specialist doctors in the U.S. told the mother the results show the girl’s brain is not regenerating, an important part of recovery that helps restore lost neurological functions such as motor skills and speech. It also reduces the likelihood of a new tumor forming, she said.

“Instead of improving, my daughter’s health is actually regressing,” the mother said."

~ Nicole Acevedo

"Deported family of U.S. citizen girl with rare brain tumor denied parole"

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/deported-family-us-citizen-girl-brain-tumor-denied-parole-rcna344944

By George, fancy that.

"Apparently, if your daddy had indulged you more, and if you'd been more biologically attuned with what the larger culture wanted from an XX, chances are great that you'd be so addicted to shoes, too."

Henrik Ibsen – "Hedda Gabler (Act 4)"

https://genius.com/Henrik-ibsen-hedda-gabler-act-4-annotated

Maybe this is a good example of success to behold, although he's also a man, and I am not.

"Author Gary Paul Nabhan's new book celebrates revolutionaries of the borderlands"

https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/031325_nabhan_interview/author-gary-paul-nabhans-new-book-celebrates-revolutionaries-borderlands/

"What do you hope people take away from your book?

Well, there's a lot of despair right now. I mean, I've heard it from friends who've been in community service and activists and nonprofits and educational institutions for decades, and I've never seen them so close to total despair. And I think knowing that there have been a dozen waves of cultural resistance that precede us, that we can learn from them how to have resilience in the face of adversity, to hold together the identity of a community like Tucson, who has always been welcoming. That's the most important thing that I could imagine, that the book does to remind people that they're not alone. This isn't the first time that little Davids have met ungodly Goliaths. We have the capacity to right the ship and then sail on, celebrating what we have rather than feeling defensive about it."

This is a great song, though, and it's too bad about the US citizen child who can't get her brain tumor treated because of who her parents are.

"Take Me with You (2006 Remaster)"

Tori Amos

https://youtube.com/watch?v=etfZaAsabcE&si=yuLzoQ8JE9HJKg3a

Maybe all the shoemakers and the shoes should start talking back?

 Tori Amos: ‘I can’t play piano in flat shoes’

https://www.thetimes.com/life-style/fashion/article/tori-amos-interview-style-unzipped-jzf9p0mgh

"Do you and your daughter, Natashya, ever swap clothes?

There was a time when we’d swap shoes and then one day she realised her feet had grown and she was a size bigger than me — she calls it her 'Cinderella’s sisters moment'. My niece Kelsey wears my shoes now."

~ Scarlett Russell

I don't know why so many rich people always have to do this kind of stuff, like make an extremely privileged person feel like Cinderella, or Cinderella's sister. It's like a weird mental state that I don't understand, and I don't want to.


Between this and the articles about student loans, I feel like I have to remind some people to be more cognizant.

"Deported family of U.S. citizen girl with rare brain tumor denied parole"

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/deported-family-us-citizen-girl-brain-tumor-denied-parole-rcna344944

Looks mystical and maybe beautiful to visit someday...

 For the month of May:

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, MI

That's a thought.

Maybe people have to pull out all of their strange personalities that developed when they were dealing with various things that they were going through and and and they have to take them on a vacation or something.

Wah. ๐Ÿ˜ญ There, now I'm done.

I'm not doing this anymore. Deal with your immaturity without me; go call on the archangels or something. Go get spiritual. I'm not doing this. I already have an injury and difficulty walking and there was an absolutely nothing to cause it so I know it's a psychosomatic thing. So ridiculous. So ridiculous.

I'm sure I'll sleep soon. It's going to be cool.

Maybe I was fond of ridiculousness in some ways. I probably was. Because of creativity. Because the ridiculous was kind of fun, sometimes. But then somehow, the ridiculousness started to be too much of a drag. But I don't understand because people can still be good and have this nice light shine through them. So why does the ridiculousness have to happen? Maybe it was so unnecessary. Oh well. Maybe tomorrow or maybe next month? Or maybe later in the year? Or maybe some other time is going to be less ridiculous? Maybe. 


How bizarre; but also, how relevant?

"New economics study finds that ICE activity has upended the US childcare workforce"

https://phys.org/news/2026-05-economics-ice-upended-childcare-workforce.html

It makes me think of being a little kid visiting West Point and sitting inside with a book about Ewoks and noticing the woman who was cleaning. She was probably an immigrant, and she was probably Latina. I wonder who cleans West Point now.

I don't know why, but I guess I'll try one more time.

I feel like I have to talk to little kids in adult bodies. Think about the difference between if somebody did or said something and maybe it felt mean but it was not, but it just kind of happened, and it was kind of almost by accident or maybe the universe orchestrated it. And think about the difference between that, and being mean on purpose.

I'm going to ask for the universe to help with a physical healing.

 I haven't been able to walk well and it feels like somebody took a club and beat me and I want to be able to walk better again.

Monday, May 18, 2026

I just will submit to the torrent of information and maybe I will sleep better.

I have too much other information coming at me right now to be able to cater to the "Dig in their heels and be stubborn" people. Can't do it. Just not supposed to. I don't know. Things got weird, I guess.

If you admit you have a problem, you'll start healing faster.

You should say, "My friends and I were raised to disrespect and mistreat people like you and a lot of other people. We were convinced that it was normal to act that way." You have a hard time admitting that. And there's all kinds of shady behavior patterns, that don't serve everyone equally, that need to be let go of now. Oh well, I hope that something good comes out of whatever's happening. If that's too hard, that's what I hope. But other people are already going to have to change before you do, because they've already started. They've been forced to change more quickly than some of the other people have.

People with different life experiences express themselves in different ways.

I think it hurts worse when people discriminate against others because they got led to act and think in certain ways, somehow, and they got the message that that was the best that they could do, and then they dig in their heels to show that they feel like they're justified, and they still don't want to talk about things. They hate talking about things; they just like to assert themselves. I don't know why all the other people's children have to suffer just because of their addictions to doing things in a certain way, and a way that clearly doesn't serve everybody equally, and is not very respectful of everybody, but being that way is something that  just got normalized for them, somehow. I guess other ways will become more appealing to them, eventually. But I guess it doesn't happen right away.


The news about these kinds of things happening seemingly has more meaning for some...

"Student tries to stop ICE detention center from opening by her high school" - The Washington Post

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/05/18/student-tries-stop-ice-detention-center-opening-by-her-high-school/

"Amid prospect of ICE at World Cup games, vendors weigh livelihoods against safety"

https://www.nbcnews.com/sports/soccer/ice-world-cup-games-vendors-california-rcna344392

"Minnesota county charges an ICE officer in a nonfatal shooting during Trump’s immigration crackdown"

https://apnews.com/article/minneapolis-immigration-crackdown-charges-sosacelis-bd78efd7f341a9bd9c1acc2c0037a958


People...like the people you know...

"Chicago Public Schools senior and mother, seeking asylum, arrested by ICE agents"

https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-public-schools-senior-ricardo-navarrete-mother-arrested-ice/

Yeah, why...

"Memphis Is 'Under Full-Blown Occupation' by ICE. Here's Why You May Not Know That"

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/05/memphis-safe-task-force-still-operating-aclu-lawsuit-cameras-filming-ice-harassment-homeland-security-tennessee-highway-patrol/

I'm sorry that our humanity is suffering.

"Daily Memo: Hunger Strikes Begin in California ICE Detention Centers as Conditions Worsen" ~ L.A. TACO

https://lataco.com/adelanto-hunger-strike

People know a lot of stuff is going on. But they don't want to talk about it.

It feels like ways of life that used to just be normal are now coming to an end and sometimes others know this too. But some still don't want to think about it or talk about it, and it's because it doesn't put them in such a good light. They're surprisingly inarticulate when it comes to certain kinds of people being treated worse than others. They're very unaccustomed to talking about certain kinds of people and acting like certain kinds of people actually matter. Certain kinds of people are still being treated as less important than others, but it's begun to feel like it is no longer as acceptable for that to continue. 

Letting other people suffer more and take on more is not going to been seen as the best or only option. And all the circuitous routes that some people feel they need to take to avoid looking at certain things or talking about certain issues are starting to crumble. Well, something like that seems to be happening right now. It's like it's a beginning, like the beginning of an earthquake. Well I guess there's a lot of heartbreak that's going to be unleashed if some  people really stop doing the things they were doing before and start trying to get better.

That's a little part of what seems to be happening at the moment.

I'm probably not going to be like I used to be soon.

I am really surprised sometimes.

This is one of those songs people can listen to and think about their lost inner daughter.

PJ Harvey - "Down By The Water"

https://youtube.com/watch?v=lbq4G1TjKYg&si=6RpG4Dlyvg6zX8Z5

Since the daughters deserve to see women be half of the people in government, and I've never seen that, and I probably never will in this life. And for some reason things are going backwards in that realm! I think there must be an emotional component for all of that outward don't care about daughters' human rights manifestation. But maybe things are going forward and progressing in other realms. It almost seems like that's happening, too.

Seems like a nice time to appreciate the developmentable cat again.

"ลžarkฤฑya bayฤฑldฤฑ๐Ÿ˜†"

hababamevi_

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DYekARSNIt5/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

People really need to get back into reading more.


Most kids should probably do more reading, for example.

"Kids Rarely Read Whole Books Anymore. Even in English Class." - The New York Times

Third composition: done done done...

 "I am the master of my muscle. I am the captain of my couch."

♥️ Second composition: ๐Ÿ’”"Truly, so disturbing, a work in progress forever"❤️‍๐Ÿฉน

"Over 145,000 US children separated from parents since Trump’s ICE surge, study estimates" | US immigration | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/18/children-parents-detained-trump-mass-deportation-push

๐ŸŒน๐Ÿ€First composition.๐ŸŽถ๐Ÿ‘ธ๐Ÿพ

๐Ÿ‘จ๐Ÿผ‍๐Ÿณ๐ŸŒญ๐Ÿซ…๐ŸผHow can I help my favorite rich friends get even richer; after all, it'll trickle down to our best behaved servants eventually!๐Ÿฆธ๐Ÿผ๐ŸŽž️๐Ÿงš

๐Ÿ’ช๐ŸผTime to tell the muscles to stop / to start cooperating better ๐ŸŒฑ.

"Can I use nettle fibres as a string..."

https://www.reddit.com/r/lute/s/qIRvIcEjsQ

➕๐Ÿค”๐ŸŸฐ

"Introduction to Strings - Part 2"

https://shop.gamutmusic.com/pages/introduction-to-strings-2

Trad dads don't wanna do the housework...

They do wanna own everything though.

Who's going to fix? ๐Ÿ˜ฟ

"It feels like it really is palpably worse to be female than 10 years ago."

https://www.reddit.com/r/GirlDinnerDiaries/s/0ocfH2VOkB

This is sad. I was hoping it was better in some ways.

 


"It feels like it really is palpably worse to be female than 10 years ago."

https://www.reddit.com/r/GirlDinnerDiaries/s/0ocfH2VOkB

Not the best temperature. Grrr.


"Servants"

https://www.reddit.com/r/PeriodDramas/s/o12OH1Tmvz

Emerson was a very generous man in many ways.

And Emerson certainly loved his house and his land! I think he liked having servants, too.

I mean, she wasn't like the grandma who loved kids so much that she'd watch them for free.

So I'm pretty sure that the mean babysitter's only reason for babysitting other people's children was so she could have a house with land. Makes sense to me. I wonder if she assessed which children's parents had the most land. She might have? 

Excuse me, but which white guy has the best house...

For our children 


or for our inner children!?


Geez! Think about it. 


Ha-ha, got this book from 1947 for free!


I do feel fortunate to be able to enjoy a time of woolgathering.

Could be fun to read a book by Patti Smith soon!

Kate Bush - "Army Dreamers - Official Music Video"

https://youtube.com/watch?v=QOZDKlpybZE&si=rE0omDrO9EJcvI9s

Discopolis - "Committed to Sparkle Motion (Original)"

https://youtube.com/watch?v=R7XZ8chFCx4&si=-tLy7xB8RMZsAb3m

"Donnie Darko - The Director's Cut's intro"

https://youtube.com/watch?v=CJ7Fz3m485s&si=A4zjEIBREoDJYpTR

"Woolgathering by Patti Smith" | Goodreads

https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/788586.Woolgathering

"It's so hard to believe that people actually believed those things and spoke that way."

Versus the "Don't speak of anything that's too uncomfortable for you" way of living. But anyways, that's probably the "divorced from the reality you actually experienced in your most recent incarnation" part of your consciousness speaking.

"Shooting Snakes" by S. Cokal on JSTOR

https://www.jstor.org/stable/40638382

Great! Kind of wish they did that when I was younger. But great!

God there's so many intelligent guys and gals online being so supportive and hilarious and funny and supportive and everything about women being on their periods now! And more and more of them are getting really interested in the various incarnations of PCOS, too, or PMOS, as it's now called. 

Cat content ๐Ÿ˜ป๐Ÿ…๐Ÿงถ๐Ÿ†๐Ÿˆ

"she says he should..."

lucilletherescuecat

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DYVB-HFREWH/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

"lido mouse..."

lucilletherescuecat

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DYXg1vGRvrh/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

"you don't want to..."

lucilletherescuecat

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

"TW | I'm frankly so tired..."

lucilletherescuecat

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DYak-ZdADnw/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

"Mom cat carrying her kitty"

StrayPawsofIstanbul

https://youtube.com/watch?v=LfZiXBUxvzs&si=sJN637I9mU5qlNUZ

Who cares if Medusa was your mom?

"Googly Eyes Gardener" - Saturday Night Live

https://youtube.com/watch?v=zc7qJE9Nzo8&si=fG7BATGZgd45VKs9

Hera wanted "vanilla" to sound like "Veni Hera," probably.

 

Skating Polly - "Hail Mary (Official Video)"

https://youtube.com/watch?v=v2ahvxACX5Q&si=kudTbdMD6T3QtO0F

"Word Root: ven (Root)" | Membean

https://membean.com/roots/ven-come

Skating Polly - "Camelot (Official Video)'

https://youtube.com/watch?v=FbFoX8SvaKI&si=q5kR2M6OOKV7dTp-

Tori Amos - "Siren Lyrics & Meanings"| SongMeanings

https://songmeanings.com/songs/view/13616/

What if they could be blessed in a less annoying way though?

Blessed were the not-too-traumatized peacemakers who didn't have the past and the future breathing down their necks constantly. 

"Conan's Audio Engineer Called Him A 'Little B*tch'"

@TeamCoco

https://youtube.com/watch?v=FuQpoVrrAQ0&si=Lq-1cjNSY4RJHVtO

One of those brains that's wired for whatever.

 ๐ŸŽฎ๐Ÿง ๐Ÿ™€


"An interesting difference between men and women #clairbearskits"

@claire_hawkins

https://youtube.com/shorts/RGZ8QqwE5nU?si=XIL7esKRdkNcyBFr

"Corrupt Cop #comedy #skit #clairbearskits"

@claire_hawkins

https://youtube.com/shorts/U8xVQ--MfJE?si=VWe1pcxlK7wczcUk

However, I should really practice more Spanish and not lose it all.

 And learn more about the healing herbs, too.


"Fresh flowers brighten life"

Obduliah Ag

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTBJHsMpw/

This one's probably going to make the dad do the babysitting if he has children with her.

Bless the babysitting dads! They're on their way up. I mean, their stars are rising.


@mind_the_kate

mind_the_kate

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DYRdWZbIwP5/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

Aptly named, I meant to say.

Thanks for being such a mean blonde mom babysitter with such an athlete named son and such interesting patrons at your little home of don't you dare look through my telescope!

They probably just need to heal more from all the stuff that got role modeled for them though.

It's kind of sad and disappointing when the meaner sides of people win. That's all I'm saying. 

"Shooting Snakes" by S. Cokal on JSTOR

https://www.jstor.org/stable/40638382


Oh well, at least you tried, right?

I mean you definitely tried saying hello to SOME kinds of people. Which kinds of people did you try saying hello to the most? And in what manner? Lol.

Rosie Thomas & Sufjan Stevens ~ "Say Hello"

NiniDooDooDoo

https://youtu.be/yLhtfLkhulc?si=97T09Nq7dm_wNby5

Also, in one part of my reading, some lines of poetry came wafting over my hippocampus.

"Somehow I get the fear

of living in the world's unlove forever

better than I get the cheerleaders' braced grins."

~ Alice Fulton in the poem "Maidenhead"

"Felt: Poems by Alice Fulton" | Goodreads

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/845421.Felt

A lot of that poem deals with certain kinds of feelings, like what happens when an aunt is considered "mental."

"Shooting Snakes" (by S. Cokal) on JSTOR

https://www.jstor.org/stable/40638382

But going back to "Shooting Snakes"... Golly, why couldn't her friend fit in with the cheerleaders? She sounds like she tried really hard, too. And it still didn't work. 


The looks premium was a "look a certain way" premium.

Unfortunately, she got one of those mothers who was obsessed with her daughter losing weight.

"Shooting Snakes" by S. Cokal on JSTOR

https://www.jstor.org/stable/40638382

Sometimes your daughters don't get the same genetics that you got, you know? You're going to have to deal with it somehow, if that happens.

Stupid patriarchy.

Also, imagine if you got smacked in the face for having a smart mouth, but only by your male parent. 

For some reason the female parent never smacked you in the face for having a smart mouth. I wonder why that was?

The narrator of this story by S. Cokal doesn't seem to have gotten smacked in the face. She got to do lots of extra chores when she "talked back," I guess.

"Shooting Snakes" on JSTOR

https://www.jstor.org/stable/40638382

I suppose some people tend to repeat what got role-modeled for them sometimes.

Glad I read that "Shooting Snakes" story yesterday, too.

I can tell which kids you're going to treat with the most favoritism. By the way, you treat the adults when they mess up. Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, beautiful parents!

"Shooting Snakes" on JSTOR

https://www.jstor.org/stable/40638382


Got to go look up what the natural muscle relaxers are.

Anyways, different versions, in backwards order, of what I heard yesterday:

"Yield" ~ Indigo Girls 

https://youtube.com/watch?v=CTnO_f4ft18&si=G27_DQHTAexVsbcW

"BEAUTIFUL BOY (DARLING BOY)."

john lennon

https://youtube.com/watch?v=Lt3IOdDE5iA&si=I5yY2QYrYVfYx122

Bob Seger - "Turn The Page (Greatest Hits Version)"

https://youtube.com/watch?v=SErwhbSZ3zQ&si=RJNj-ASYvLjLL6Hk


Talk to the muscle.

I'm not even as mad as my muscle is. I'm peace and love and forgiveness. And I guess you don't know what you would have done if you haven't lived your life in that body. My muscle is mad.

Good luck, muscles!

Muscles seem to want to know when the "I made some sensitive man music on the clock and also some insensitive man music both on and off the clock" tour de force is coming.

Sunday, May 17, 2026

I started to have a scary dream, and then it got better.

I had a dream that I was in South America with  people I used to know.  A car with some people who represented men in the family I used to know started to pull away, and I knocked on the door because I was sort of with these people, but I was separated from the women in the family and I wished that I was with them because something bad was happening. It was going to involve violence / guns, and things were going to get scary, and actually some young girls were telling me that things were going to get scary and telling me I should hide my face with them, and I really didn't want to be separated from the women in the family, and I didn't want to be there. Then I realized that I wasn't there, and it was a dream. And then I started to see chalk appearing on sidewalks and the ground, and images of flowers and rainbows like those that are drawn by children appeared.

๐Ÿ˜ฑ๐Ÿ™€๐Ÿ˜ฑ๐Ÿ™€๐Ÿ˜ฑ๐Ÿ™€๐Ÿ˜ฑ๐Ÿ™€

๐Ÿ˜ฑ๐Ÿ™€๐Ÿ˜ฑ๐Ÿ™€๐Ÿ˜ฑ๐Ÿ™€๐Ÿ˜ฑ๐Ÿ™€

I literally cannot walk like a normal person right now. I am super crippled on the left side and I almost don't even care that I gained a bunch of weight this year. Or that I spent a large portion of life of feeling like I suffered from an ugly disease that messes with fertility. I have an overriding diagnosis of delayed trauma response.

 

Walk better tomorrow (or even tonight if possible) inspo

 

"Virginia Woolf's Night And Day..."

https://screenrant.com/virginia-woolf-night-and-day-united-states-release-window/

I've never read the story, but the picture is inspiring.

All that needs to happen is...

More forgiveness as a result of mutual understanding.

Know thyself (and acknowledge that perhaps some of us are too complex too to be encapsulated by one simple diagnosis).

Get better at releasing your own struggles and acknowledging your own vulnerability.

Empowerment of the Divine Feminine and Masculine.

And some other stuff!

Anyways, I'm not so amused that I want this impediment to linger for very long.

I want to stand up straight and walk normally tomorrow.

I don't underestimate the power of psychosomatic stuff to occasionally take over in this life.

This makes me laugh, and the guy is so happy to show off his exercises to help others. I feel that if I was struck by something this today, it's not because haven't been exercising. I walked a mile this morning, and I have been exercising more regularly overall.

"FAST RELIEF: Dead Butt Syndrome"

DrRowe

https://youtube.com/watch?v=5CsxzAsW9NA&si=uZR93WRi9ZXY2SJZ

I heard this cool song for the first time.

This sky looks like something out of a baroque era painting to me! I noticed that as I was looking up the song lyrics.

Indigo Girls – Yield Lyrics | Genius Lyrics

https://genius.com/Indigo-girls-yield-lyrics

I have better sitting abilities, and I was driving on almost empty because I did not want to stop at a gas station. Bob Seger was playing star again and John Lennon was singing about a beautiful boy. 

"Beautiful Girls" - SNL

https://youtube.com/watch?v=dWDAsjyPLiw&si=hfbALsw1io4ATZIf

I have to hobble inside and check and see if the oven is working properly because I called to ask if a frozen food could be slid into the oven and cooked and then I got home and I thought it would be ready but of course it wasn't because other things interfered and then had to give instructions on the oven and I can't believe I actually had to do that. But maybe it's just because that's what the universe wants me to notice? Why? I mean it's kind of funny, too, but why???