Couples are always hiring me to stand next to their fake electric fireplaces and pop my knuckles, knees, hips, etc to simulate the sound of a real log burning. They can enjoy a few romantic nights this way but inevitably one or both of them develops an insatiable lust for my hypermobile and easily-injured joints and their relationship falls apart
buisinesses mislabeling their job offers in databases gives so much unintentional comedy, I just searched under “no experience needed” and “no degrees needed” and it gave me a job opening for ‘dentist’. Like sure I’ll have a go, give me the pliers
I once saw a registered nurse position listed by Denny’s
from my notes yesterday, “when i find myself being judgmental or envious it could help to ask myself, at the core of it, what is it that i feel i am being denied?”
queer rep is like “im a boy but,,, >///< i like a boy ???” while queer coding is like “As I had to do whenever I glimpsed this river, I thought of Phineas. Not of the tree and pain, but of one of his favorite tricks, Phineas in exaltation, balancing on one foot on the prow of a canoe like a river god, his raised arms invoking the air to support him, face transfigured, body a complex set of balances and compensations, each muscle aligned in perfection with all the others to maintain this supreme fantasy of achievement, his skin glowing from immersions, his whole body hanging between river and sky as though he had transcended gravity and might by gently pushing upward with his foot glide a little way higher and remain suspended in space, encompassing all the glory of the summer and offering it to the sky.”
Hello! I saw your post "My solution to anger is relentless, blood-curdling vulnerability. It has to be."
Would you please mind expanding on that? I recently got cheated on and I'm boiling with such Potent rage and I understand it's okay to feel it, esp because before i couldn't, but eventually i would wanna get rid of it 🙃
I’ve been incorporating the practice of Radical Vulnerability into my life which I’ve adapted as a take on the dialectical behavior therapy concept of “Radical Acceptance.”
I view anger as a secondary emotion and the best way to diffuse that is by tugging at the root. Being real with myself and those with whom I trust to be vulnerable by vocalizing that even though I’m angry… I’m really feeling inadequate, disregarded, jealous, disrespected, etc. It’s hard to continue being angry because when I’m honest with myself about how I truly feel, I just want to nurture and love myself as much as possible. I feel empathy for myself when I recognize that I’m lashing out because I am hurt.
Being cheated on sucks, but I encourage you to examine what you’re feeling under the betrayal. Be honest, no matter how embarrassing it is. That feeling has become cathartic for me; feeling an embarrassing feeling, and saying it anyway. That’s why I say bloodcurdling vulnerability because it’s not easy, which is why you should only do it with yourself or someone you trust deeply.
