Professional massage therapist, second-rate furry trash artist, and big kid at heart. My blog is a mishmash of a lot of different things, usually positive if not funny posts. I am often represented by deer.
So the subplot of Holes is that Kate Barlow deals with the politically-sanctioned execution of her black boyfriend—who unlawfully kissed a white woman who was in love with him!!!—by becoming a serial killer who targets racist/sexist white dudes who harassed her, were rejected, then went after her boyfriend as revenge from the depths of the “friend zone”.
Go off Louis Sachar, let em know!
Don’t forget the main plot was a damning satire of the brokenness and inherent racism of the American justice and prison systems! Louis Sachar does not fuck about
It always fuck me up that older people don’t understand how this story is as essential to most american children as Gone with the Wind or Mary Poppins was.
unironically, this is one of the best books/movies for young people that exists
Kissing Kate Did Nothing Wrong
And the technical writing of Holes is perfect. Like, it’s one of the most technically-perfect books ever written. Basically any plotting or pacing or characterization issue you’re having, read Holes and really study how Sachar did it. THE LIZARDS! THE LIZARDS.
the twisty prophecies! the lizards! the lipstick! the humor! this book doesn’t play. a true classic.
FUCK I forgot how good Holes was what the FUCK brain why did you let me DO that
Hi, I love your blog. I was wondering what would you say to people who go like "your horse only likes you for the treats./he is only willing to please for the food"? Thank you + have a great day
Well, lets say you have two friends who wants you to come play football:
The first you know usually brings sweets and sodas, they encourage you and praise you, and let you take a break when you need to.
The second one never brings anything. They shout, call you a wuss, force you to play until they’re satisfied you did better then last time, then they leave without saying thank you.
You know which one you’d go with right? In fact you might even choose to go with the first friend even if you disliked football because you know it will pay off?
I heard this mindset a lot while i did the year of school in natural horse training and management. My trainer had this very opinion, if your horse knew you had treats, you cheated and any training you did didn’t count.
I think i slightly changed her mind over that year because while she had to help the other students catch their horses from the field because they would run off at the sight of halters. She had to help me get my horse back into the paddock because she refused to go back there. And she still does, she wants to train.
Horses exist to eat, it’s the main thing that makes them happy, food and friends. When you can be both, do you really think they leave the friendship and just take the treats? And what if they did, would that really matter? If they associate you with something positive, is that still not better than they disliking your company? They sure as hell wont have a great relationship with you if you force and beat them. The main thing that should matter is that they are ethically trained and housed, the friendship thing is more of a human need.
I also had a trainer who straight up said that since she houses and pays for them, they have to do what she wants. Do they? Why should they? She chose to buy them, she chose to feed them, they never had a say in that. They didnt get to choose who bought them. It’s just such a flawed human way of thinking of animals, that they somehow have to work for a life they didnt choose themselves. Pure greed. So why not give them something back? pay them for going along with our silly human concepts. I really dont see the issue.
Sorry. this is long, i have a lot of feelings about this :’)
fuck minimalism. if you dont have trinkets and knickknacks on every surface you’re not doing it right.
the point of this post is not about junk or collectables!!!! its about the 7 bottles i own for no reason other than i think they look neat!!! its about the glass i found on the beach and pocketed because its pretty!! hell is an endless white expanse with a single white chair and white table with a single succulent on it!!!!!
Magpies are very intelligent birds, as evidenced by the fact that one clearly has a blog.
no offense but I’ve been learning how to have fun in dumb circumstances
I was showering during the storm tonight and the light started flickering violently so I peeked out from the curtain and looked at my cat sitting on the counter and said to her “mrs obama it’s been an honor” and then the power went out
