I have threatened for over a year that it would be “over for everyone once I get a desk treadmill.” (Meaning: I will walk the border collies in my mind to clear-headed ease. I will fight sadness with my legs.)
hard 2 explain but. barbie movie is kind of like astrology. if you’re normal yes we can have a conversation about how it’s def not the epitome of feminist praxis but was fun & largely harmless. if ur a weirdo about it & use it as an excuse to mock women: congratulations it’s now my single favorite movie and i love it and nothing is wrong with it literally at all and it’s actually better than any movie ever made
40,000 years ago, early humans painted hands on the wall of a cave. This morning, my baby cousin began finger painting. All of recorded history happened between these two paintings of human hands. The Nazca Lines and the Mona Lisa. The first TransAtlantic flight and the first voyage to the Moon. Humanity invented the wheel, the telescope, and the nuclear bomb. We eradicated wild poliovirus types 2 and 3. We discovered radio waves, dinosaurs, and the laws of thermodynamics. Freedom Riders crossed the South. Hippies burned their draft cards. Countless genocides, scientific advancements, migrations, and rebellions. More than a hundred billion humans lived and died between these two paintings—one on a sheet of paper, and one on the inside of a cave. At the dawn of time, ancient humans stretched out their hands. And this morning, a child reached back.
Things NOBODY told me about being an adult that I wish they had:
When you get to the top of the river you’re going to want to find a shallow stretch of riverbed with relatively calm water and sediment pieces that are gravel sized, not cobble, sand or mud. This is critical; test it with your nose if you’re not sure! when you have this, you’re going to want to flip on your side and slap the gravel as hard as you can with your tail to dislodge it; you’re gonna want to alternate between digging the spot out and doing some more slapping until you’ve got a nice little cone shaped depression for the eggs.