Katara: Now that I know he’s out there… now that I know we can find him, I feel like I have no choice. [“The Southern Raiders”]
Aang: I guess I don’t have a choice, Momo. I have to kill the Fire Lord. [“Sozin’s Comet, Part 2: The Old Masters”]
and then they both realize that they do have a choice:
[ID: Two matching gifs of Katara and Aang from “The Southern Raiders” and “Sozin’s Comet, Part 4: Avatar Aang,” respectively. They are making the same circular motion to attack Yon Rha and Ozai as their opponents cower in fear. Their attack then liquefies as they choose to hold back, drenching Yon Rha and Ozai in water. Katara and Aang then move backwards simultaneously as they relax their fighting stances. End ID]
so embarrassing when i forget im checking someone’s blog and i start scrolling through and liking and reblogging shit as if it’s just my dash. it feels like wandering into someone else’s apartment and not noticing and making myself lunch
reblog if i can wander into your apartment (blog) and make myself lunch (like and reblog as if it’s my dash)
One quiet day on the farm, the Little Red Hen found some wheat seeds and decided to make bread.
“Who will help me plant these seeds?” the Little Red Hen asked.
“I would.” said the Horse “But I’m a workhorse, and I’m too busy moving carts around.”
And so the Little Red Hen planted the seeds by herself. And they grew into bountiful golden crops.
“Who will help me harvest the wheat?” the Little Red Hen asked.
“I would.” said the Dog “But I’m a guarddog, and I’m too busy keeping away burglars and predators.”
And so the Little Red Hen harvested the wheat herself and made it into flour.
“Who will help me bake the flour?” the Little Red Hen asked.
“I would.” said the Pig “But I’m a mother of 5 newborn piglets, and I’m too busy taking care of my young.”
And so the Little Red Hen baked the bread herself into twenty beautiful loaves.
“Who will help me eat the bread?” the Little Red Hen asked.
“We would.” said the Farm Animals. “But we’re ashamed, for we didn’t do anything to make the bread.”
“Nonsense!” said the Little Red Hen. “You, Horse, helped move around the stones that built my oven. You, Dog, kept me safe while I worked. And you, Pig, are raising a new generation of Farm Animals, who will too contribute to our Farm one day. You’ve all helped me so much by simply being you.”
“Besides,” the Little Red Hen added. “I couldn’t possibly eat all the loaves on my own, most of them would go to waste. Come, eat with me.”
And so the Little Red Hen and the Farm Animals ate the bread together. And all saw their own, and each other’s, worth.
“It’s funny,” I told Flewin. “We have an old Nintendo Game Boy floating around the house, and Tetris is the only game we own. My wife will sometimes dig it out to play on airplanes and long car rides. She’s weirdly good at it. She can get 500 or 600 lines, no problem.”
What Flewin said next I will never forget.
“Oh, my!”
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TL;DR on the article
The husband was writing an article on classic video game records, was surprised to find out that holding the Tetris record is a bit of a big deal, and mentions how good his wife is at it.
The guy he’s talking to mentions that the record is 327, way lower than his wifes usual scores of 500-600.
They travel to a tournament, and she goes to do her attempt. Just after she beats 327, and is climbing higher, a judge brings up to the husband that the specific version she’s playing actually has a different record of 545.
She overhears that she needs to beat 500-something, and keeps going, setting the record at 841.
This is for those times when you really desperately want to be productive and get things done but you can’t focus and you just want to sleep but you didn’t do anything today so you feel shitty.
if you can, please just go to sleep (I do get that sometimes you feel so shitty about how little work you got done that you can’t sleep, but if you can, please do it and approach tomorrow with a fresh start)
plan out what tomorrow is going to look like. I will break it down by task, for example: 6:00 wake up, 6:05 work out 6:15 shower, 6:30 make tea, 6:40 start work, 7:30 break etc. This will 1) help you feel better about not getting anything done 2) can help you be more productive tomorrow.
if you have things to do that are easy/low brain power, do them. These are things like printing out work, scanning stuff, tidying your kitchen. getting these little things out of the way can make a HUGE difference later
if you can, just read over your material. Don’t even try to understand, just read it. Tomorrow when you come back to try and actually learn it, you will already be a little familiar and it can speed things up for you
eat something, drink something, and see if it makes you feel better- many times when i’m “unable” to go on, I eat a meal and drink a glass or two of water and magically I feel great again
try doing a workout- sometimes it just makes the exhaustion worse, but if you need to stay up later (shoutout to my fellow 6:30 pm bedtime pals) it can stretch time a little bit, and sometimes wakes up your brain. It’s also good for you and can make your sleep go better
DONT DRINK COFFEE. or tea. no caffeine. you are already tired, it’s not going to fix anything, its just going to make you jittery and sad. it’s also going to upset your sleep schedule and make the tired worse for tomorrow.
lastly- just go to bed. pushing through true exhaustion is not going to help you or anyone else. anything you try and learn is going to float right out of your head, and it can lead to burnout which will make everything worse. Please just sleep
REDO!!😂
“St Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle. Be our *safeguard/protection/defense* against the wickedness and snares of the devil. May God rebuke him we humbly pray; And do thou, oh Prince of the Heavenly Host, by the power of God, *cast/thrust* into hell Satan and all the evil spirits who prowl about the world seeking the ruin of souls.”
