jess "pumpkyn"

batty for books 📚🦇

I live by one rule.

I don’t want people to lie at my funeral.

I watched family talk about my alcoholic abusive uncle like he wasn’t drunk at his daughter’s wedding and ruined her dress and arch and day literally pissing all over himself.

I don’t want people to have to omit who I am to mourn me.

It would seem that I’ve failed a lesson from the universe enough times that it’s sending me an unavoidable version. Or maybe I’ve learned the foundational concepts and I’ve been moved to an advanced class. Beat all the levels just to fight the final boss?

#WitchSky

Leo: Haunted by the inability to feel at home, you will dig a hole and crawl inside. The earth will smell like someone you once loved.

A helpful PSA 🚨
There are good things happening all over the world.
There are people loving selflessly.
There are people stewarding the earth well.
There are people meeting tangible needs.
There are people creating beautiful things.

Shitty Character Idea:

A divination wizard who has seen visions about the fact that this is all a game, and they will sometimes mutter about “the crazy dice gods” when things go wrong. #DnD

Nothing I can say that other folks haven't said better. Choose a way you can do some tangible good and stick to it.

Bombing for peace is like burning books to promote literacy.

To our friends & allies across the globe who today stood in solidarity with those of us in the US who are angry, scared, & mortified: thank you for your grace, your light, & your empathy. Thank you for your support of those of us who aren't in the cult. We see you & are grateful.

You ever take one deep breath of June air and just let it fill you with the overpowering urge to ride a bicycle thousands of miles

If the United States saw what the United States is doing in the United States, the United States would invade the United States to liberate the United States from the tyranny of the United States.

Warning: ICE is planning 30 days of immigration raids across Los Angeles County. If you or someone you know may be impacted, now is the time to set up a support system, identify a safe place, and stay alert.

It is the 12ft skeleton that stands outside our house year-round, ready for summer in an aqua/pink bikini, sunglasses, and a pink pool floatie

The annual donning of the skellikini marks the unofficial beginning of summer in our neighborhood

*Slams dictionary shut til Tuesday*

looking at upcoming book releases for August and there’s a book described as a “quirky pumpkin spicy small town rivals to lovers fall romance” and the tagline is “love’s about to catch them off gourd”

I, for one, am tired of [gestures broadly]. I have grown weary of [points in all directions simultaneously].

Are you a book worm or a regular worm

"What did PBS shows teach you?"

Mister Rogers taught us feelings are mentionable and manageable.

Reading Rainbow taught us discovering books is joy.

Sesame Street taught us learning through the kindness of community by way of our friends.

Bill Nye taught us to observe wonder through science.

Link https://www.techspot.com/news/107684-you-wouldnt-steal-car-anti-piracy-ads-may.html Screenshot from Techspot article: "You wouldn't steal a car" anti-piracy ads may have used a stolen font The anti-piracy campaign that failed its own background check By Rob Thubron

Oh my god

long before us, long after us 🌿

"I'm disgusting in this state, I need to isolate myself, nobody should see me like this" and "I just want a hug and to be acknowledged" are the two wolves inside of me

I have been anxious for so long. It is like I am trying to break the world record for how long you can consecutively be anxious.

I’m in the middle of five books so of course all my library holds have become available at once

Leo: The monsters under your bed are hiding from the monsters in your closet.

Dear internet,
I have survived another week while the horrors persist. My whimsy reserves are running low and I must soon collect more.

Monsters are a Ghoul’s Best Friend 💕

Mr Rogers and Sesame Street taught me love, kindness, compassion, and empathy. Star Trek taught me to dream of and aspire to help create a better and more diverse world. Star Wars and Tolkien taught me to fight for freedom, even in the face of overwhelming odds and great evil.

A vintage black and white photo taken during an American Library Association World War One book drive. A librarian in an suit with an ankle-length skirt speaks into a megaphone while standing atop an immense stack of books.

HI HELLO SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL LIBRARY.

I refuse to use the big shopping cart regardless of how many people or how long I’m shopping for, I will create an impossible jenga house of groceries in that small cart, if you whisper the faintest breeze by me there will be apples all over the floor, I don’t care what you think, this is my art

Earlier I learned if you swear in your Google searches the AI options don’t come up. It’s been working for me plus my search history is hilarious.