The Pineapple (hedgehog) Has A Pineapple (house)

Having petty grandparents is the best. Grandpa gives you $50 so grandma gives you $75. Honestly I wished they both lived in the same town so they could one up each other more often.

When I can’t go to sleep because I’m thinking of things I need to do and my anxiety is too loud, I just tell myself that either I get up now and do something about it or I stop worrying about it. About 80% of the time, it works to help me fall asleep.

I think some of the differences in our opinions come from experience. It is interesting to hear another prospective. I do want to say I mean specifically the riots and looting surrounding the George Floyd protests. Not the protests themselves. I was appalled at what the police did to Floyd, but my understanding of most of the rioting was that it was caused by people who were more interested in chaos than continuing to protest. Now, I am a white woman who lives in a conservative area and while I do consider myself liberal and support BLM, I do not have the experience of being a oppressed race. So it probably was a bit unfair to mention the George Floyd riots. I wanted more to make it less of a political statement by addressing both sides. The George Floyd riots are in no way the same as the Capitol riots and my original posts did suggest they were the same so that is my bad.

This might be naivety, but I don’t believe riots and revolutions should be considered as anything other than the last option. I have seen too many people in person and online that seem too ready to jump on the revolution train. Watching the January 6 riots terrified me. Watching the George Floyd riots terrified me. Both for different reasons but both terrified me. My original post was only a musing about if the prevalence of revolution stories has primed people to accept revolution as a reasonable early step to fixing a government you don’t like instead of protesting, voting, and writing to your lawmakers. (I also know a lot of people who think voting is pointless and just don’t vote and they are far to ready to take up arms for a revolution.)

But I am glad we agree on voting. I just don’t believe that this country is so far gone that we need to be rioting.

I wonder how the prevalence of revolution stories in our (United States) literature and media (hunger games, divergent, etc.) has introduced the idea that revolution is the first thing to do when a system is broken. How has that idea convinced people that rioting may be the correct thing to do (Capitol riot, George Floyd riots, etc.)?

When you lose someone,

Sometimes you’ll cry

Sometimes you just sit there devestated

Sometimes you are so far detached you can’t think

Sometimes your numb

And never for one second think that your response isn’t enough, because pop culture doesn’t get to tell you how you should respond to grief. You loved them and they are gone. No matter how you respond, it is enough.

Don’t cry wolf when there isn’t a wolf. Even if you don’t care about your credibility, chances are you crying wolf will lower others credibility.

Coding is like a digital Rube Goldberg machine

Ever get so anxious, tired, depressed, stressed and just bad feelings in general that it seems to make you completely numb?

I’m working through Democracy Awakening by Heather Cox Richardson and I am crying. The absolute injustice that has occurred in America in the last several decades. I knew it was bad, but I didn’t realize the cheating in government had been going on for as long as it has. The lack of fairness in government is alarming. I was definitely the kid who cried when things weren’t fair (I understand equity vs equality, and sorta did when I was a kid). I am appalled and angry that some politicians have spend years changing the rules on everyone and cheating.

But anyway, it’s such an amazing book and I wish it could be school curriculum but it won’t ever be until Republicans aren’t able to mess with school curriculum. It airs way too many of their dirty (not so) secrets.

An explanation and an excuse are not the same. You don’t have to forgive someone for either of them as well.

i was worried my cat is dehydrated because i never see him drink water so i’ve started leaving a cup of water that’s “mine” (aka he sees me drink out of it once before he does) in my room so he thinks he is being a rebellious naughty by drinking out of it but rlly he is just following my plan & being hydrated .