Friday, August 07, 2026

Oh!

 

"Never skip a #hopecore"

officialsadbeige

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DY7JcD0s2G0/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

"he crawled up himself"

tessbecket

https://www.instagram.com/reel/Dbta5sJuj1f/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

"I recorded this just three days after..."

alexthealien1111

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

Yes no maybe crazy!

"Am I surprised that Morgan doesn't grasp..."

campbeasleywood

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DWy-1_7kX-h/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

They're still too young...

It's a patriarchal people thing. Silly.

Damien Rice – "Volcano Lyrics"

https://genius.com/Damien-rice-volcano-lyrics

Isn't there enough torture in the world already?

Expecting people to get it who clearly don't want to get it is just an exercise in self-torture.

I'm going to maybe go have an ice cream.

I'm hearing how the voice of person I'm living with is so good when he's listening to people and trying to help them, and there are hedge funds that buy up the newspapers and so many layoffs and budget cuts and there are forces that seem so monstrously uncaring and it's just...

Today I splurged on multiple types of ginger rail, ha-ha. I only opened one of them so far.

So what is the new normal? For some people, including some little people...

 

"We wait all winter for this"

bbrealty_mpls

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DWmsX9bESU7/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

"Has anyone seen the 'save the children' crowd?"

50501movement

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DV6s6oaga4J/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

Content is being created!

"been examining my relationship with my femininity"

raccoon_requiem

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

"there👏are👏no👏limits👏"

damselsinthepress

https://www.instagram.com/reel/Dbs1C-fs73z/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

"A brave attorney defends her clients"

defiancedispatch

https://www.instagram.com/reel/Dbvpi_1vOv6/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

Some bad stuff is happening...

 


"Three children were kidnapped by🧊"

a_daywillcome

https://www.instagram.com/reel/Dbu4f8Lhjgk/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

The "be aware..." afternoon nap dream...

Someone came over who I thought I could be friends with in the dream, but he made it clear that he going to be immature about the topic of rape and make jokes in a very not healing kind of way, so I had to toss him out.

Sometimes it takes a long time for change to happen.

There are people who were traumatized and trained to be prejudiced against others years ago. And they were prejudiced recently. And they're still prejudiced today.

I think it's fun to notice this.

That there's songs you could listen to when you were younger and perhaps your younger ear was just kind of curious about what the songs meant and then you listen to them again as you're older, and they seem to have all these extra layers of possibilities.

Maybe it's Pantone's color of the year out there...

 

Maybe she's back there again...

"Straight from Pico: An interview with the author of 'The Tenth Island'" - Portuguese American Journal

https://portuguese-american-journal.com/straight-from-pico-an-interview-with-the-author-of-the-tenth-island/

I have to take a moment to appreciate the sky...


The Orb ~ "Little Fluffy Clouds"

u/radkoolaid

https://www.reddit.com/r/electronicmusic/s/hhhEwCv3dV



I wonder who's helping him?

 "Man living inside billboard on Sunset Boulevard to promote film"

https://abc7.com/amp/post/man-living-inside-billboard-sunset-boulevard-promote-film-draws-spectators/19640822/

Remember to love and care for the natural world and the environment, please!

 

"Molino Molero" ~ Susana Baca

https://youtube.com/watch?v=WggJ4ZZ52H8&si=Z4oU87YPdlwYb0ek

Shoot, that guy should have married himself a nice liberal white husband.

"Tearful Trump Voter Says He Feels ‘Totally Betrayed''"

https://people.com/tearful-trump-voter-says-he-feels-totally-betrayed-after-fiancee-was-swarmed-by-ice-taken-away-this-is-like-the-gestapo-12036276

Una poema de César Vallejo y Susana Baca

"Heces (Susana Baca)"

https://youtube.com/watch?v=gHqyXIECP8s&si=7BqrktPhLDEa6dtl

Whose financial advisor didn't vote for Trump?

This is like the Gestapo???

"Tearful Trump Voter Says He Feels ‘Totally Betrayed''"

https://people.com/tearful-trump-voter-says-he-feels-totally-betrayed-after-fiancee-was-swarmed-by-ice-taken-away-this-is-like-the-gestapo-12036276

I have a feeling the majority of this nation's financial advisors did vote for him. Sigh.

Thursday, August 06, 2026

I finally made it back to listening to The Tenth Island while my hands are busy

"Nothing is as global as a California farm town." 

~ Diana Marcum

"The Tenth Island: Finding Joy, Beauty, and Unexpected Love in the Azores by Diana Marcum" | Goodreads

https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/39975783-the-tenth-island

The only copy I could find in any local library was the audiobook on CD. That's sad because she's from around here. I'm ordering the paperback because I have to have it now. She describes newspapers getting their staff cut! It's also got stuff about the culture of Armenians and Iranians in California in the chapter I am listening to, and descriptions of food, and it makes me want to go to Glendale and eat Armenian food again, which is where I ate that kind of good food when I eloped! She makes references to a friend / crush she refers to as Manly Author, who is this guy:

"Water, Land and Power - Mark Arax" - Farm To Table Talk

https://farmtotabletalk.com/water-land-and-power-mark-arax/

I kind of feel like I wanted to learn more about about Diana Marcum after I read this by Bonnie Hearn Hill

"I loved Diana Marcum. Despite her brilliance, she was uncertain about everything from what to cook for dinner to what to write next. Although accepted to a major university, she had gone to work for Winchell’s Donuts in her teens to save her younger brother from the foster care system after the deaths of her adoptive parents. Diana was the little sister I didn’t know I needed. She filled a hole in my life I didn’t know was there."

"You Know Me Now" — HerStry

https://herstryblg.com/theme/2025/8/18/you-know-me-now

Only you can clean your kitchen.

"Enciéndete Candela"

Susana Baca

https://youtube.com/watch?v=6nIHOaj-f6U&si=l44fzX5chiRkCQzq

Ese pajarillo pecho colorao... 🎶

"Zamba Malató"

Susana Baca

https://youtube.com/watch?v=-xzPv897J_Y&si=IYk1MQ58k8UpAN0l

This is more well known now than it used to be, so...

"Celebrationnationinc"

https://linktr.ee/Celebrationnationinc

"I want to take a moment"

celebrationnationorg

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DWj7ngyktP0/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

"Today is Farmworker Appreciation Day"

celebrationnationorg

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DbtDLH9B7kF/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

In backwards order of actual viewing...

 

"⚠️Kazoo solo⚠️"

djentthegod 

https://www.instagram.com/reel/Dbg2Z06vlWd/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

"Oh Joel we're only called to be louder"

prezmoymusic

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DXr6dtGD3O3/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

"Jesus has a side hustle"

prezmoymusic

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

Summery 🎶 that filtrated in today and sticks around this evening.

"Whispering Grass" sung by The Ink Spots

retroradio5574

https://youtube.com/watch?v=M10Sn5frEjc&si=jTezfLAEmLgFKEFc

Blondie - "Atomic"

https://youtube.com/watch?v=O_WLw_0DFQQ&si=rRNb0p3ofhPsmHCi

Taylor Dayne - "I'll Be Your Shelter"

https://youtube.com/watch?v=oiAbgDGEpV4&si=quOwIJjVypyWOTkS

Well!

"NYC and Minneapolis, I'll see you soon."

palmertrolls

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

Is this useful knowledge? Maybe?

Oh I just had a fun memory: when I was on the plane and I talked to the dad who was *supposedly car dealership owner* he asked me if I liked trap music and I said I don't know what is that and he said it was like the Harlem Shake. 

"Harlem Shake (Original Army Edition)"

xoticmattr

https://youtube.com/watch?v=4hpEnLtqUDg&si=yKIjWUvzdJ0hSIM0

Appreciate them!

"It's Farmworker Appreciation Day today"

flowerinspanish 

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DbtfH3bBPhZ/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

Oh, I was thinking about this one when I was washing off chlorine in the shower.

And I also put a ukulele on a credit card today...It wasn't very expensive.

"Thanks for your patience! Part two is finally here #therain #oranjuicejones"

breakroom.chronicles

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DbtvCq-Snw2/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

He seems fine! 😁











"European summer?"

ealomtucker

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

Who gets what, exactly, out of all the permissibility?

 

"Just let that image sink in"

hathaway_findlay

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DbrTf9Egt8P/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

"Survivor Story: Tammy Wallace..."

jaguarwright

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

"You're gonna be fine."

the_side_quest_wizard

https://www.instagram.com/reel/Da5KoxNt5DF/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

Party on! Eldest daughters are older sisters. We'll take care of it.

 Wow! I hope this kind stuff isn't still happening nowadays...


"It's hard to go back and read your teenage diaries"

hathaway_findlay

https://www.instagram.com/reel/Dbo49fepiGT/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

Wow! I hope this kind stuff isn't still happening nowadays, considering how great and wise and articulate all the parents are being about what's happening to human rights for girls and women in this country. 😱

Anywow. You know what's more valuable, don't you?

 

"Time to listen to my own words."

endangerhood

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

"PART 142"

thereal.tarajoon

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DbTSp4riESD/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

"GenX women are waking up"

hathaway_findlay

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DboyF4NATEM/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

Bad dads, traumatic childhoods, and no therapy?

"Why do Latinos work for ICE?"

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/06/ice-latino-border-agents

Hi-ho, hi-ho, it's off to do some cleaning I go...

 

"#lunchladyenergy #gunsandroses"

breakroom.chronicles

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

"S/o to my other nosy ass uncle"

djentthegod

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DYYRf9Uh5SO/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

"they actually make me sick"

lucaalexsongs

https://www.instagram.com/reel/Dboq2-wB-k0/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

My little living in the lap of luxury kitty!

 


Freaky dreams in the early morning, and now some things are better.

Anyways, I had a dream that some entertaining people were convincing each other to have fun, but they were locked up in their kidnapper's basement. It was actually very terrifying, and I could not ignore that.

This is a good thing to read!

"‘My mission has been accomplished’: how Susana Baca resurrected Afro-Peruvian music"| Music | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/oct/20/my-mission-has-been-accomplished-how-susana-baca-resurrected-afro-peruvian-music

Good morning, this will be lovely.

Susana Baca ‎– "Susana Baca (Album, 1997)"

https://youtube.com/watch?v=x3iNZAv6o38&si=5bZCMCt8nPAgu-bl

Aw. Such terrible things are going on, and happening to children, and everything.

"Wild World"

YusufCatStevens

https://youtube.com/watch?v=jiG7a0q-KYI&si=woEHqROapRnnklxa

It's another day! Recovery is nigh.

It's worth noticing how we really are not the same, although we may share some things which make us feel like we have stuff in common. Well, we speak a common language - English. That's a start.

Well, it's another day to accept hard truths!

Their nightmarish vanity is no joke, and they really do ruin things. It's like they've been kidnapped by other forces, and they don't seem to know it. I'm scared. It's survivable, but it's not happy. You must wonder what you're supposed to learn from this. Just like why would any child be put in an environment in which they're made to feel unsafe? Maybe a lot of adults are being controlled by things beyond themselves. Very scary stuff.

On account of getting in touch with another level of feelings.

Thinking about calling some people "high - masking" more.

I don't know. I guess some people might think that?

Do you think that focusing on the upheavals that are happening in society to others is like running away from your own death?

Perils of the assignment.

Sensitive people are dying. DYING. Meaning they are dying without their bodies actually perishing. They are emotionally breaking down and probably getting reincarnated later, but that doesn't seem matter much when they're dying, because the dying is the point. How can people be such fragile, death-oriented, emotionally collapsing creatures and then the next day appear "normal" to others...

Wednesday, August 05, 2026

Fortunately, a life afflicted by various traumas invariably gets silly again at some point.

 

"The invaluable CD binder..."

genxgina66

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DZflrE2ju53/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

"For the love of music"

genxgina66

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DbA8gF2gb7_/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

"If you say so."

genxgina66

https://www.instagram.com/reel/Dakwt6JBstS/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

Next chapter!

Because even watching the first part of the documentary about Lew Wasserman helped me get through the previous one!

"She is alone, divorced, employed inside the motion picture industry, and she knows that the job she has, secretary, isn't going to lead anywhere but that she doesn't particularly want it to. She likes movies fine, but she isn't obsessed or enthralled by them. Sometimes she wonders, as she picks up the telephone and catches the sound of a familiar voice ('Hold on one moment, Mr. Brynner, I'll connect you') whether they sound as strange to themselves, these people who buzz in her ear all day. It's not that they aren't friendly or polite, it's that even when they flirt, they seem mostly to be talking to themselves. Perhaps this is her quarrel with the movies, why she likes them less than literature: because they are like one-way glass, where fiction is a welcoming room, one that bursts into life the moment you step inside it."

Matthew Spektor 

Page 60 

"The Golden Hour"

https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/216724291-the-golden-hour

I think "skilled self-abandonment" needs to end.

 For a lot of reasons!


"There came a point..."

kathrynbisland

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DaN4CHCPRz-/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

"On TikTok this has 13.2 million views."

nicolewassilishin

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

"The silence from the pro-life crowd is deafening."

attorneygoldfinch

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DbrF2kPo-J5/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

What does freedom even mean anyways?

I do feel, especially in these stressful times, that it's good to live with somebody who doesn't make me feel like I need to be a joiner of groups, and who also doesn't make me feel like I must think like him. That's what a lot of traditional husbands did in the past.

Maybe it feels too demanding for some people, but to others, it feels much more natural to consider multiple points of view.

There are so many people who have felt like outcasts of society on this Earth, and that can be a very painful feeling. So sometimes, when people are desperate not to feel like outcasts, they will join groups in order to feel a sense of belonging and security. But there are also some people who cannot in good conscience be the kinds of joiners of certain groups that others are. Or maybe it's better to say that they expect an experience of a society in which it's more acceptable to have deeper conversations and even disagreements. Are these kinds of people destined to suffer in utter loneliness and solitude all the time? I don't think so. I have wondered sometimes if in the United States our society suffers more from a lack of enthusiasm when it comes to having discussions about important topics that may include disagreements. But still, you can find pockets of humanity where people are willing to have the kinds of discussions that help us consider multiple points of view if you are interested, and if you look for them.

I wonder if something in nature believes in equity, emptiness, and balance in an environment.

In the summertime you can visit a park at sunset and feel closer to those qualities.

Tonight I got invited over to the house of a friend. She has a little kid and so he played while we talked. And instead of having dinner, I had lemon water and apples because it felt better to have that this evening.

And then there was a wonderful period of peace and quiet as the sun was going down.

I got to go put down my phone now.

 


"Happy Juneteenth"

beccaashmon

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DZxjzSzg3hk/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

"Posting from TikTok"

swannydayounginn

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DawgS6zul0F/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

"I ❤️ being white"

djentthegod

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DXDQGF2AUIu/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

I can still hear ya sayin'...

It's fun to thump a long brush on a bed to this one.

"The Chain (2004 Remaster)"

Fleetwood Mac

https://youtube.com/watch?v=FhgFtXESdPk&si=M2sw0GPeKQwpQrpV

I don't know why that brush has a strap on the back of it. I took some pictures of strangers' places on my way back to my car because there was a kinda  cozy quality to them.

This seems like it's kind of more chill content...

 ❤️Music!❤️

"#fleetwood mac
#cassette
#the chain"

the_cassette_guy

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

"Rainy evening"

ramos.havens

https://www.instagram.com/reel/Dbo3BekC_wn/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

"Okay your turn"

flabulouslo

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DbA9lVxO3yY/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

It might be fun to get together sometime and talk about formative childhood experiences.

I do believe that having a racist mom babysitter at a very young age and seeing how she was so cold towards the brown boy who was like my first "on a regular basis" friend who was a boy must have been a very formative experience in my life. Because I didn't have any brothers. But also, having some really nice babysitters affected me and my outlook, too.

Just seems like a strange way to lead a life.

There's a guy in this documentary who seemed like he kind of worshipped Wasserman, and he must have been so relieved to have someone tell him what to do all the time. Even how to dress.

"Lew Wasserman: The Man Who Built Hollywood"

https://youtube.com/watch?v=Nfz2Arb6mX8&si=Yim43NBzh6QivKbE

After some physical pains went away today, I feel like I accomplished a good domestic task.

I just made a bunch of vegetables for a turkey burger bowl and ate it, but it was too many vegetables, so then I said "Do you want a turkey burger bowl? Because I made too many vegetables, and I could really quick put another turkey burger on the grill..." (It's a little grill. It just grills one patty at a time. It's for in kitchen use. It's George Foreman brand and I got it for a really good price at a discount store that's closed now.) And so now I'm providing healthy food for two people and not just one, and I feel like I was able to accomplish something!

After all, it's not like the tax dollars that are being misused have feelings about it. That's a human quality.

 

"Protest happening in the capital"

riseabovejusticemovement

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DbqnLX6Mw0W/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

I felt drawn to look up something about this "extinction burst" phenomenon again.

"Why Change Feels Hard Before It Works" — RJ Starr

https://profrjstarr.com/the-psychology-of-us/extinction-bursts-why-we-resist-change-before-we-adapt

“Just before a habit dies, it screams the loudest. That’s the nature of an extinction burst. In this episode, I explore why change often feels hardest right before it sticks—and how understanding this psychological principle can help you break cycles, hold boundaries, and stop mistaking resistance for failure.”

— RJ Starr


Things are getting really rough.

First, I need to take care of my physical ailments and affix my own oxygen mask, but I also feel like we might really need to pray for some of the "privileged" people whose entire lives have revolved around a Patriarchal system that's collapsing.

Oops, even that was too painful.

So apparently I can't get anything useful done right now either. Time to lay down and just veg out and do nothing. 

How to get anything useful done right now...

 Susana Baca ‎– "Susana Baca (Album, 1997)"

https://youtube.com/watch?v=x3iNZAv6o38&si=5bZCMCt8nPAgu-bl

"Ya no lloraré..." Some of her music is getting in my head now...

"Luna Llena" 

Susana Baca

https://youtube.com/watch?v=7f_0PiEaNEc&si=_xU--7nAVdR2rSqa

"Negra Presentuosa"

Susana Baca

https://youtube.com/watch?v=jm9dW37FJgQ&si=GUvRfkOUAhjleNzG

"Señor De Los Milagros"

Susana Baca

https://youtube.com/watch?v=hsthR6aJVgU&si=SHEjKE7VkXF9EHiN

I guess it's world building time again.

I do think it's very important for people to work through their issues because people can be nice and have every intention of being nice and then they think they're being nice but they haven't worked through their issues and then all the sudden they get not nice, but its like they're not planning on it, but then it just happens. You get the nice person telling you that all kinds of things are more important than human beings getting normal decent treatment. Yeah, I think I'm going to stay in and skip the pool today.

I'm not like that guy. I don't think so, anyway.

But I've met the type before!

"Lew Wasserman: The Man Who Built Hollywood | The Last Mogul"

https://youtube.com/watch?v=Nfz2Arb6mX8&si=AqeBeojVirbu5MIA


Smarmy smile at around minute 16:30.

So so so smarmy.

"Lew Wasserman: The Man Who Built Hollywood" 

https://youtube.com/watch?v=Nfz2Arb6mX8&si=Yim43NBzh6QivKbE

Such a great excuse to be on strike from swimming again today, like I was for two whole years.

Feeling resentful about small front tooth wiggles when hard foods make contact.

"Lew Wasserman: The Man Who Built Hollywood" 

https://youtube.com/watch?v=Nfz2Arb6mX8&si=Yim43NBzh6QivKbE

It's just a weird time and the collective consciousness is constantly evolving and stuff.

 

"Lauren Hill supremacy bc this album"

janellafstyle

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DaTMpRext4u/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

"Are yee or someone yee know having trouble"

curtis_the_flirtis

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

Today could be a pizza day! 🍅🧀🧅🍕🫑🍄‍🟫🌾

 

"Buenos días 🌞"

griselpetru

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DaGJEz2x2Fi/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

"Hopelessly Doughvoted to youuu"

doughtoli

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DYUyFEMR_8A/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

"It's not worth the energy spent people"

kreepeetz

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DY2s7ivRHAg/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

Returning to Anne Frank and some of my German soldiers shortly.

 

"#jaguar #corporateaffairs"

jamalsterrett

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DbY4aPHM4bn/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

"Cars by Gary Numan if New Englanders Wrote It"

wowthatsnutzofficial

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

"Some Thoughts and Ponderings"

johnnylaveie

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

Okay, I don't know why, but they were advertising this under "plus-sized" "boho" fashion.

"Dresses & Gowns"

https://usa.spell.co/collections/dresses

It's definitely not plus-sized. All the models are tall and skinny. And all the dresses are like, $250. I don't know who's going out and buying $250 dresses for fun these days, but it's not me.

Super objective and not hyperbolic.

"Takeaways from AP review of military families detained by ICE" | AP News

https://apnews.com/article/military-families-ice-immigration-detention-takeaways-9216f7c807273778ac3a40a3d8a5b588

I wonder why the top level manifestors can't get more motivated to go and manifest something better than fascism taking over.

I hope "love yourself" is not the new "But Jesus loves you more than the any of the chauvinistic, racist, narcissistic people who were more ministered to by our patriarchal society will ever even want to!"

People with limited vision getting in the way of church attendance, not great!

"Empty pews and fear of ICE on Maryland’s Eastern Shore after TPS ends for Haitians"

Actually, this is better for the body right now.

"WATER Koshi Wind Chimes Meditation - See the Ocean"

CalmWhale

https://youtube.com/watch?v=jNXAqJh2LGc&si=Xp1tG4QiPq3Mbqrf

I am sad to see this happening again.

I have found that people who don't care about the less fortunate often treat the daughters the worst, too. It's the patriarchal training telling them to be that way, and it's sick! It's sick, I tell you.

Grandpa who has passed on wants you to know that his life was hard too.

None of his business associates cared about human rights for girls or women or the daughters' anorexia or any of that either.

Carmen could do better.

 

"🚮 CleanLAwithMe"

cleanlawithme

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

This is totally not a Balanced or Fair Point of View, but

I'm starting to feel like getting into long term relationships with eating disorders is some rich women's way of being as much like Jeffrey Epstein as they can possibly be without being Jeffrey Epstein.

Time to get up and eat something because my stomach is growling.

 


"12 Days & Strong #lunchladyenergy"

https://www.instagram.com/reel/Dboni-uBR0K/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

Imagine some kids being the descendants of not only you, but also the descendants of lots of other kinds of people.

The audacity! 

Least viewed at the top because that's how we roll...

 

"'50' d*aths in ICE detention"

flowerinspanish

https://www.instagram.com/reel/Dbi_w_6vdYQ/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

"They feed YOU."

flowerinspanish

https://www.instagram.com/reel/Dbg3P-HBih5/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

"It's survival."

flowerinspanish 

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

Looking forward to resuming my learnings today!

I feel asleep and didn't finish the documentary about Wasserman's rough life and tough neighbors and sketchy business associates and all that yet...

"Lew Wasserman: The Man Who Built Hollywood | The Last Mogul"

https://youtube.com/watch?v=Nfz2Arb6mX8&si=AqeBeojVirbu5MIA

Two chords, one longish sentence.

Oh my God this is fascism and now is the time to be appalled at human behavior patterns and ask when will the shallow people really feel the need to act like it's important to start caring about human rights?


Sloooow music.

"The world's slowest organ concert makes a chord change Wednesday" | AP News

https://apnews.com/article/john-cage-organ-project-halberstadt-organ-aslsp-938b5a1d0bc3d8d0dec5cb19accd00a6

Bad bad bad boys...

 

"Lew Wasserman: The Man Who Built Hollywood | The Last Mogul"

https://youtube.com/watch?v=Nfz2Arb6mX8&si=AqeBeojVirbu5MIA

What about this one? Okay gotta go back to learning about Lord Wasserman now.

#lunchladiesofinstagram

breakroom.chronicles

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DYm2re3xA12/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

Tuesday, August 04, 2026

There's so much great music out there being created by so many very talented, very special, very exceptional people.

It's still hard to beat this one though, eh? Daughters of dads and sons of those kinds of persons.

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

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

Seems like a good documentary so far!

Sheds a lot of light on the attitudes of our times!

Blazing Saddles 1974   -  "People Of The Land"

https://youtube.com/watch?v=hYTQ7__NNDI&si=D29HlNmmcRn7ESbP

"Lew Wasserman: The Man Who Built Hollywood | The Last Mogul"

https://youtube.com/watch?v=Nfz2Arb6mX8&si=AqeBeojVirbu5MIA

In the summertime when the weather is hot, you can...

Go outside and watch a band play! With a singer. And a Navy shipman who whistles into the microphone. 

Adele - "Skyfall (Lyrics)"

7cloudsrock

https://youtube.com/watch?v=sZrTJesvJeo&si=b6IlPB-0F2JvRUDn

🎶👩‍🎤🌁

"Cheerio March (Sing and Whistle) (arr. J. Vinson)"

Vandercook College of Music Symphonic Band

https://youtube.com/watch?v=fX34aP8p1Ts&si=t9C-l7UIqTxoPOgZ

🎵🦉🎼

"How Far I'll Go" Lyrics (From "Moana") Catherine Laga'aia

@Prysim

https://youtube.com/watch?v=lF_XPzxfzto&si=YlRwJeD7FwPcwGkr

🌊🧑🏿‍🎤🐚

Also reading is fun.

My ADD might be a bit too much with this book:

"The Golden Hour: A Story of Family and Power in Hollywood by Matthew Specktor" | Goodreads

https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/216724291-the-golden-hour

I keep stopping and looking up stuff on the internet. Oh my God. Too much information.

It's so much. 

It makes me want to watch the Riphagen movie again. That's simpler!

"Riphagen: The Untouchable" | Rotten Tomatoes

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/riphagen

Back to the "trying to understand" board...

"Lew Wasserman: The Man Who Built Hollywood | The Last Mogul"

https://youtube.com/watch?v=Nfz2Arb6mX8&si=AqeBeojVirbu5MIA

Taco Tuesday made me a lazy cook, but it was so yummy!

I also enjoyed some music and other content as I was carefully eating several tacos and part of a spinach cheese pupusa. And I added salsa and lime and additional cilantro on top. Such a good dinner! 

US3 - "Cantaloop (Official Video HD)"

https://youtube.com/watch?v=KEE_V1yim04&si=GNzKAPiKNC-aZPGC

"I probably shouldn’t be telling you this"

4bettyg23 

https://youtube.com/shorts/8XLt7kZC78w?si=OSenIoXQfcpbUJv2

I was kind of frustrated lately because I wondered why some people seem to want to talk about certain kinds of topics more than they're talking about what's happening with immigration and children and concentration camps, etc. And then it occurred to me that when people are fearful and aren't mature enough to be honest and articulate about their love relationships, they're probably also fearful and not mature enough to be honest and articulate about a lot of other things that are happening in the world???

Oh, these make me feel good and like I want to cook something!

 

"At work, chopping cilantro, I came across some fresh purslane."

Obdulia Ag

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

"Family! Come spend a little time with us"

kimiandherdad

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DbE9A3IuatU/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

"potato burritos with eggs for work"

Obdulia Ag

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTAgaFuF1/


Why do other people have to act that way? She doesn't.

My friend who is a grandmother and mother multiple times over never ever acts like I'm "less than" for having PCOS and not having given birth to a child. Ever.

"They ask the matriarch." Daughters, take note.

"ELEPHANTS: WHEN THE DROUGHT COMES, NOBODY ASKS THE BULL"

amy_king_amy_king

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DboT7qWNxQV/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

Things can still get much better???

 

"In honor of MCA's upcoming birthday..."

corilovesmusic

https://www.instagram.com/reel/Dbmbl6stT46/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

What did they do?

"Incredibly hyperbolic." But still...

"This is the darkest day of American history"

pullupspastapolitics 

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

"This is a major alert!!"

pullupspastapolitics

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

But what on Earth is going on with this? What???

"ICE Now Forcing Haitian Immigrants to Wear Ankle Monitors"| The New Republic

https://newrepublic.com/post/213953/ice-haitian-immigrants-ankle-monitors

"The Trump administration is making Haitians in the U.S. report to immigration offices to either get ankle monitors or immediately be deported after stripping their Temporary Protected Status, or TPS, last month.

In Springfield, Ohio, dozens of Haitians with TPS were called to ICE offices, fitted with the ankle monitors, and given instructions not to travel more than 75 miles from their homes. The Haitian community in the city is about 15,000 strong, and a Supreme Court decision in June allowed the Trump administration to take away their TPS protections despite the ongoing poor security situation in Haiti.

Many Haitians have asylum applications that have been pending for years. One Haitian resident was told to either wear an ankle monitor or be deported with $2,600, the Cincinnati Enquirer reported. ICE has sent letters to Haitians with TPS to come to immigration offices with “any and all immigration documents.”

“It is important that you keep this appointment and bring this letter with you,” the letter states. “If you are unable to do so, state your reason, sign below, and return this letter to this office at once.”

A Department of Homeland Security spokesperson told The Independent that “Temporary Protected Status is exactly that—temporary.”

“What we would say now is it’s closing time which means you don’t have to go home, but you can’t stay here,” the spokesperson said. “The good news is it’s not too late to get a $2,600 check and a free flight home.”

President Trump infamously accused Haitians in Springfield of eating cats and dogs on the campaign trail in 2024, and the Haitian community has been bracing for heavy-handed ICE raids ever since the Supreme Court’s decision in June. Ohio’s Republican Governor Mike DeWine has spoken up in support of Haitians in his state but has not promised any support beyond that."

~ Hafiz Rashid

So maybe those officers did a good thing here?

"ICE officers rescue 2-year-old found wandering alone in Tennessee: report"

https://bakersfieldnow.com/news/nation-world/ice-officers-rescue-2-year-old-found-wandering-alone-in-tennessee-report-toddler-found-dirt-diaper-immigration-and-customs-enforcement-illegal-immigrants-murfreesboro-police-department-child-children-trump-administration

Looking up the songs to the musical "Annie!"

Cuz I was just watching some videos and it was really fun to see my friend's daughter play the lead in that musical and that's a lot of songs and lines to memorize!

That was a really weird relief dream.

I had a dream I thought I knew who was sleeping next to me but there was snoring coming from the other room. So then I realized there were two people here and somebody else was sleeping next to me and I poked the person and I was like who are you? Who are you? Who are you? And they sort of hid under a blanket and then I took the blanket off and it was somebody I knew who used to sleep next to me and I was like oh it's you and I was just relieved that I knew who it was!

Or perhaps I wasn't supposed to go to sleep yet.

Because going to sleep didn't happen, but I got this song in my head instead.

"The Party"

St. Vincent

https://youtube.com/watch?v=DfxqFAvbPyE&si=HBKoPb3MN2Myw39b

I should sleep on this.

 

"🚨😮 Interview segment takes place at a campsite"

Insidethenation4u

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DZs9FqjyUYA/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

"A day in my life"

thedailytay

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

Maybe it's harder to care about children being put in concentration camps when there's so many challenges with just staying alive day to day.

Just taking care of your own health and well-being is a lot to deal with?

"Real People Are Being Impacted..."

https://www.buzzfeed.com/stephaniesoteriou/ariana-grande-op-ed-body-image-impact

Did this irresponsible behavior cause any suffering to this person's physical body as well as psychologically???

"Don't worry we brought receipts"

@teamcoco

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

Are people who aren't rich and famous performers real people?

“'I think it's worth considering that the pop star in question has access to a lot of mental health care and the best facilities on the planet, where as the fans watching, largely don't. Many have no support system equipped to handle the deadly clutches of anorexia. Her most recent images are flooding pro-anorexia websites and teenage girls are saying ‘goals,' she went on."

Jamila Jameel qtd. by Stephanie Soteriou 

"Real People Are Being Impacted..."

https://www.buzzfeed.com/stephaniesoteriou/ariana-grande-op-ed-body-image-impact

How come people in the certain industry really want to talk about some stuff more now.

I feel suspicious. 

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

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

Need more than thoughts and prayers sometimes, don't we?

 Whatever happened to age bringing about greater wisdom and all that?


"Just now 40 Year old Kelly..."

@starche1285

https://youtube.com/shorts/mRljJ3eKtGY?si=G1c5_smanogagSDJ

"Some of the best I’ve ever made"

4bettyg23

https://youtube.com/shorts/JwGGLXOkk3E?si=Q5uqy7MAFBDfJUlb

"more protein 🥚💪🏻 #protein #highprotein"

madelainerascan

https://youtube.com/shorts/-xHwtMOYUiY?si=Zf5STOdRBP3JKSZI

It's not my job in this life! It's not my job.

What am I getting? Am I getting money? Am I getting a house? Am I getting better health insurance? No. It's not my job.

This is what I think about annoying people sometimes.

"Their false incompetence is dominance under their guys"

~ Almost what Paris Paloma wrote.

And by guys, I might mean their dads. 🤪

There was also this video about 1960s children and maternal neglect that I looked at for a little bit.

I can haz other therapy song to listen to right now.

I wonder how the juvenile injured raccoon is doing...

"Do It Again" ~ Steely Dan

https://youtube.com/watch?v=jmdiKePVUy8&si=N2hAOZXazSrg18LH