I think it's weird how we idolize celebrities and actors and stuff because, like, their actual day-to-day work is super not-glamorous??? Or at least, it is not cool in any way. Honestly, we should probably worship all those sound engineers and post-production editors because they are the ones who actually make movies and TV shows look good. The actors may be the faces on the screen, but if the behind-the-scenes footage on DVDs and on Youtube is any indication, the time spent actually filming scenes just seems super awkward and tedious. Actors look absolutely ridiculous in the absence of the background score and digital editing and I can't believe how much we look up to these people who have such non-enviable jobs. It's just the part where these people make lots of money and fans that people look at and think is so cool, but like, why do actors even get paid so much to just mess around and then hope that other people can use technology to fix whatever shortcomings they may have had? What's wrong with the world, lol.
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That heartbreaking moment when someone is telling you about how their friend was raped and no part of their story fazes you. Like.... they're outlining an experience that was someone's worst nightmare come to life.... and, while you understand the fundamental fucked-up-ness of the situation, you are neither shocked nor distracted by the story for more than a couple of minutes.
Beth Wendling (Started Orphan’s Treasure Box book resell shop)
The cricket monster set out for the day. Her goal? Make it to the flagpole and back--that had been easy for her just one year ago and now she had been working towards this simple task for weeks. She wished that she wouldn't live forever; after all, everything would be so much simpler if she knew that there would some sort of definite ending. But forever stretched before her like a rope made out of gum and she couldn't think any more about this at the moment because she had to get to that damn pole.
The key isn't telling people that you understand them or that you have similar experience to theirs. Detailing your own abuse It isn't central to understanding your friend's heartbreaking account of rape. Relational equality is not a measure of experiential equality; relational equality is a measure of the support that comes from someone who may or may not have actually experience what you're feeling. There's beauty in allowing a friend's words to fall from their lips, float in the air, and accept them as nothing more and nothing less than what they are. There's beauty in listening, even when you both know that there's nothing that you can (or should) say in response.
One of my not-so-close high school/considerably-closer-and-dear college friends received a full time job offer this week for when she graduates in December. I am so proud of her and she absolutely deserves this job (as well as the many other blessings that I am sure Life has in store for her). She works so hard and is a truly gentle soul who has never asked for much. She deserves happiness and if this job is a step in that direction (or even just an encouraging stepping stone on the way to her actual step in that right direction), I hope it treats her well.
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