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I made it to the Keith Haring exhibit, in its final two hours at MoPOP: There wasn't a photo of the Philly CityKids mural, but there was a description of it, having been painted "with 14 kids from Philadelphia and New York".
Super emotional as I tearfully quiet-yelled, "I was one of those 14 kids!!"

I mean, I *did* just say "please stop licking the bathtub", but my intended demographic was a wee bit different...

These people who somehow think all of these jobs are "waste" genuinely have zero clue as to what these jobs actually do, and how much they contribute to overall society... It's mind-boggling.

I can't even articulate the thoughts that are banging around in my head about this at the moment...

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It all seems to come down to not being able to wrap their brains around it- they absolutely cannot imagine this happening here, happening to us... We are going to suffer enormously for their incredible lack of imagination.

I like the idea of 1-2 cats, in the sense that the number of cats is ephemeral, and can just expand at a moment's notice...

I will never, ever wrap my brain around that incredible shortsightedness...

So, we'll be visiting Point Defiance Zoo in the future, yes? 🥹

Exactly - they're just privileged enough that it's not hitting them yet, so they have no reason to believe anything we have to say.

We are trying, but it's like screaming at a brick wall - they don't believe what's happening, and since their media isn't reporting it, they feel that's enough proof to claim we're just fearmongering crazy people...

I had started four years ago, but carpal tunnel syndrome got in the way of practicing as much as I'd like. I was finally able to have surgery on my right hand (I'm left-handed, but I draw with my right), so I'm just about to start again- my mind and my body are so ready.

He's a petty tyrant, with zero compassion and even less understanding of the far-reaching impacts of his actions. But his entourage knows that pictures and posts like this make his fans very happy, and I'm not sure any dose of reality in the world will change their minds.

It's a highly meditative experience! And I'm also not highly skilled, as I haven't been doing it for very long- but I can tell you that the required focus brings me little bouts of peace, and I'll take every little scrap of peace I can manage at this moment in time.

I will always, always be asking how he ever was considered in the first place...

Oh, for fucks sake...

She also looks like she belongs somewhere else entirely.

Ugh...

Breathe in... Breathe out...

Did some schoolyard preteen bully get ahold of his social media account??

I read this book ages ago, way before I'd read the Sherlock stories... I liked it then, but now I feel that I wouldn't be able to read it again with my current knowledge.

It's good! But I will say that for me to steep it as strongly as I usually like black tea, I find that there's something of a medicinal aftertaste that's not my favorite. So, I steep it lightly, and the flavors balance out a bit more- which probably also makes it less in need of a potency warning. 😁

Wow!

Right? A moment to take a nice, lazy breath would be effing great...

Dmitri is now at that awkward stage of looking like a cat, but acting like a kitten - and his tuna-demand game is hilarious- squeaky, high meows of desperation...

And how mind- numbingly afraid of anyone that is even a little different from you.

Half-moon thoughts.

What...??? What the hell is wrong with these people?

I'm not sure who needs to hear this, but the Swedish Chef has always had actual hands.