There Is Nothing New Under The Sun.

I don’t want to see the good in my abuser.

I don’t want them to show me kindness.

I sure as hell don’t want their help.

I know it’s stubborn, but kindness only confuses me. It makes me feel like maybe I exaggerated my pain; as if my brain concocted events just to claim abuse.

Worst of all, it makes me feel like I need to forgive them.

I want to be able to say they were and will always be a horrible person; it’s much easier for my mind to categorize people in extremes.

Their intermittent kindness feels like a trap.

I think I find a solemn comfort in believing that certain people are undoubtedly evil.

i think part of why minecraft is such a well loved game is because you dont have to be good at it to play it

like, you can get into the complex shit of the game and memorize spawn patterns and learn redstone and all that but really you dont need to to have a fun experience… you can just… goof off and build a dirt hut and have a pet cow adn thats the dream

so prettyyyyyy

The Wildflower Alchemist by Stephen Garrett Rusk

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me daydreaming in class, not retaining anything

reading letters from 1818 is wild

“it’s that time of the year when I get colds for no apparent reason again” have some Clairitin hon

America's first urban 'agrihood' feeds 2,000 households for free

The Michigan Urban Farming Initiative is debuting a sustainable urban agrihood in Detroit, and are transforming an abandoned building into a community center.

When you think of Detroit, ‘sustainable‘ and ‘agriculture‘ may not be the first two words that you think of. But a new urban agrihood debuted by The Michigan Urban Farming Initiative (MUFI) might change your mind. The three-acre development boasts a two-acre garden, a fruit orchard with 200 trees, and a sensory garden for kids.

If you need a refresher on the definition of agrihood, MUFI describes it as an alternative neighborhood growth model. An agrihood centers around urban agriculture, and MUFI offers fresh, local produce to around 2,000 households for free.

In a statement, MUFI co-founder and president Tyson Gersh said, “Over the last four years, we’ve grown from an urban garden that provides fresh produce for our residents to a diverse, agricultural campus that has helped sustain the neighborhood, attracted new residents and area investment.” Through urban agriculture, MUFI aims to solve problems Detroit residents face such as nutritional illiteracy and food insecurity.

Now in the works at the agrihood is a 3,200 square foot Community Resource Center. Once a vacant building, the center will become a colorful headquarters and education center. As MUFI is a non-profit operated by volunteers, they’ll receive a little help to restore the building from chemistry company BASF and global community Sustainable Brands. Near the center, a health food cafe will sprout on empty land.

MUFI describes the agrihood as America’s first sustainable urban agrihood. There are other agrihoods around the United States, such as this one Inhabitat covered earlier in 2016 in Davis, California. But the California agrihood is expensive; many people couldn’t afford to live there. The Michigan agrihood is far more accessible.

MUFI isn’t stopping with the community center. They’re also working on a shipping container home, and plan to restore another vacant home to house interns. A fire-damaged house near the agrihood will be deconstructed, but the basement will be turned into a water harvesting cistern to irrigate the farm.

Accepting Myself

I struggle with self-acceptance, as I’m sure many of us do. There are sides of me that I hate, things that make me sick. But I can acknowledge these things, understand that as of right now, they are a part of me - and from there, I can work on overcoming them. 

These are things I would like to share with you, and maybe one day I will, but as of right now, they are private to me. The reason I want to share these things is so that those who struggle with it know that they are not alone, that there are others out here who are facing the same things. 

With my security in who I am, I can now work on my other insecurities. My body, my voice, etc. Things I am self conscious about, and that I don’t like about me. We can all work together for self acceptance, and when I get better I promise I’ll pull all of you up with me. 

Now that his saga has come to a close with How to Train Your Dragon 3, I gotta give appreciation to Toothless being one of my most favorite characters of all. It was love at first sight when I saw the original movie in theaters in 2010. I love characters who have strong personalities and definable traits without needing language, and Toothless is one of the best examples of this: his expressions, movements, all the little nuances in his growls and gazes and subtle body gestures - honestly, sometimes it’s hard to believe he’s not a real animal. The folks at Dreamworks did amazing work giving him such realistic creature qualities, and the amount of animation detail in the texture of his scales, the depth of his eyes, and just everything about him is full of the wonder and cuteness of any real animal. Although his story is finished, I’ll never get tired of seeings his adorable mug~!

I’m so glad my favorite boy got to end his journey on a high note. It’s been a great 9 years of following his development and I look forward to watching his movies again and again!