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suicide, depression and silence
[reposting this from tumblr, which always feels so fleeting]
I'm very sad to hear about Ned Vizzini's death. It's a very hard time of the year -- it's not cheery and happy for everyone, especially those who are having a difficult year. Sometimes the spiral down gets going so fast it's hard to stop it.
I was moved by this tribute until I got to ( Read more... ) -
Andrew Solomon's ted talk
Putting this here -- Andrew Solomon's Moth piece on his treatment in Senegal moved me tremendously years ago, and i go back to it often, as well as his piece on Cambodian women. there's a lot in this new video that mirrors my life ( Read more... ) -
“Bring me this or something better.”
A good friend of mine would say this when she was pursuing something new ( Read more... ) -
Fic: Delicate Diplomatic Relations
Title: Delicate Diplomatic Relations
Author: popgurlie/loki
Characters/Ships: Leslie/Ben
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 1052
Summary: Just a little S4 snippet, post-"The Comeback Kid"
Notes: Despite being a flaily Parks fangurl, this is my first real P&R fic. Thanks to whimsical_irony k8_26_2and very-ish for the encouragement.
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Free Will Astrology with Rob Brezny
I used to read "Free Will Astrology" with Rob Brezny all the time back when it was called "Real Astrology." It only came out once a week, unlike Jonathan Cainer's daily/weekly/monthly site. (I still type bubble.com to get there instead of the newer URL cainer.com.) I never really understood Brezny's somewhat esoteric writing and predictions, and I ( Read more... ) -
oh universe.
I'm in the coffeeshop, working. Trying to find the right background music and i stopped iTunes for a moment and can hear what's playing in the room ( Read more... ) -
non-spoilery Sherlock thoughts
I wouldn’t even consider myself on the outskirts of the Sherlock fandom - I love, love the series and the characters and the actors but I just haven’t really sought out discussions (aside from a very interesting, and packed, panel at Dragon*Con). i’m not well-versed in the ACD canon at all, and I’m just not smart enough to do more than react to the ( Read more... )
