> sister asks how internship is going:
>reply it’s hard but rewarding since I’m lead for both farmers markets but also juggling tutoring 9 hours a week on top of 6 classes including biochem all of which keep me out of the house 9 - 5 three days of the week and 7 - 2 three other days a week meaning I have one day of rest and homework and might have to take a break from tutoring to carry on
> sister bitches about how that’s just pretty much a full time job and I shouldn’t be so lazy when she works four days a week at an office job with no outside work/hobbies/commitments

must resist the urge to go home and actually punch her. she always asks me about stuff and then always bitches like I’m some entitled lazy brat when I say things aren’t always easy/great.

I have the perfect idea/plan for my partners birthday in a few months and it’s gonna be so great. I’m so excited to put it together, I think he’ll be really excited.

I’ve been on Lamictal for three months and just now I’m developing a rash. Body you’re so bad sometimes.

Now I gotta monitor it and go to the hospital if it spreads more because it can be life-threatening. Ugh

reysolo:

verysharpteeth:

If we want to get techinical, Anakin Skywalker was such an epic intergalactic screw-up that he’s now literally screwing up the galaxy from beyond the grave. We’re about to have 9 movies all based around one man screwing up.

#way to fuckin go anakin (via)

I spent my birthday weekend snowboarding at night under a full moon with my partner on Mt. Shasta, followed by gorging ourselves on tons of food and enjoying our in-room jacuzzi. This has been the best birthday ever and this night is still young.

Squeeee we’re going snowboarding tomorrow for my birthday I’m so excited 😁😁😁

acureforbrainwork:

cosmic-kleptomaniac:

dismantlethefeminism:

I do not understand this “male privilege" bullshit.

What. Fucking. Privileges. Do. Men. Have.???????

Name them. I swear, I challenge you to name these “male privileges" and be able to prove them. 

Come on, I fucking dare you. 

Name them!

Oh boy. Well, as a man, I’ll tell you my male privilege.

1. My odds of being hired for a job, when competing against female applicants, are probably skewed in my favor. The more prestigious the job, the larger the odds are skewed.
2. I can be confident in the fact that my co-workers won’t think that I was hired/promoted because of my sex - despite the fact that it’s probably true.
3. If I ever am promoted when a woman of my peers is better suited for the job, it is because of my sex.
4. If i ever fail at my job or career, it won’t be seen as a blacklist against my sex’s capabilities.
5. I am far less likely to face sexual harassment than my female peers.
6. If I do the same task as a woman, and if the measurement is at all subjective, chances are people will think I did a better job.
7. If I am a teen or an adult, and I stay out of prison, my odds of getting raped are relatively low.
8. On average, I’m taught that walking alone after dark by myself is less than dangerous than it is for my female peers.
9. If I choose not to have children, my masculinity will not be questioned.
10. If I do have children but I do not provide primary care for them, my masculinity will not be questioned.
11. If I have children and I do care for them, I’ll be praised even if my care is only marginally competent.
12. If I have children and a career, no one will think I’m selfish for not staying at home.
13. If I seek political office, my relationship with my children or who I deem to take care of them will more often not be scrutinized by the press.
14. My elected representatives are mostly people of my own sex. The more prestigious the position, the more this is true.
15. When i seek out “the person in charge", it is likely that they will be someone of my own sex. The higher the position, the more often this is true.
16. As a child, chances are I am encouraged to be more active and outgoing than my sisters.
17. As a child, I could choose from an almost infinite variety of children’s media featuring positive, active, non-stereotyped heroes of my own sex. I never had to look for it; male protagonists were (and are) the default.
18. As a child, chances are I got more teacher attention than girls who raised their hands just as often.
19. If my day, week or year is going badly, I need not ask of each negative episode or situation whether or not it has sexist overtones. (Nobody’s going to ask if I’m upset because I’m menstruating.)
20. I can turn on the television or glance at the front page of the newspaper and see people of my own sex widely represented.
21. If I’m careless with my financial affairs it won’t be attributed to my sex.
22. If I’m careless with my driving it won’t be attributed to my sex.
23. I can speak in public to a large group without putting my sex on trial.
24. Even if I sleep with a lot of women, there is little to no chance that I will be seriously labeled a “slut,” nor is there any male counterpart to “slut-bashing.”
25. I do not have to worry about the message my wardrobe sends about my sexual availability.
26. My clothing is typically less expensive and better-constructed than women’s clothing for the same social status. While I have fewer options, my clothes will probably fit better than a woman’s without tailoring.
27. The grooming regimen expected of me is relatively cheap and consumes little time.
28. If I buy a new car, chances are I’ll be offered a better price than a woman buying the same car. The same goes for other expensive merchandise.
29. If I’m not conventionally attractive, the disadvantages are relatively small and easy to ignore.
30. I can be loud with no fear of being called a shrew. I can be aggressive with no fear of being called a bitch.
31. I can ask for legal protection from violence that happens mostly to men without being seen as a selfish special interest, since that kind of violence is called “crime” and is a general social concern. (Violence that happens mostly to women is usually called “domestic violence” or “acquaintance rape,” and is seen as a special interest issue.)
32. I can be confident that the ordinary language of day-to-day existence will always include my sex. “All men are created equal,” mailman, chairman, freshman, he.
33. My ability to make important decisions and my capability in general will never be questioned depending on what time of the month it is.
34. I will never be expected to change my name upon marriage or questioned if I don’t change my name.
35. The decision to hire me will not be based on assumptions about whether or not I might choose to have a family sometime soon.
36. Every major religion in the world is led primarily by people of my own sex. Even God, in most major religions, is pictured as male.
37. Most major religions argue that I should be the head of my household, while my wife and children should be subservient to me.
38. If I have a wife or live-in girlfriend, chances are we’ll divide up household chores so that she does most of the labor, and in particular the most repetitive and unrewarding tasks.
39. If I have children with my girlfriend or wife, I can expect her to do most of the basic childcare such as changing diapers and feeding.
40. If I have children with my wife or girlfriend, and it turns out that one of us needs to make career sacrifices to raise the kids, chances are we’ll both assume the career sacrificed should be hers.
41. Assuming I am heterosexual, magazines, billboards, television, movies, pornography, and virtually all of media is filled with images of scantily-clad women intended to appeal to me sexually. Such images of men exist, but are rarer.
42. In general, I am under much less pressure to be thin than my female counterparts are. If I am over-weight, I probably suffer fewer social and economic consequences for being fat than over-weight women do.
43.  If I am heterosexual, it’s incredibly unlikely that I’ll ever be beaten up by a spouse or lover.
44. Complete strangers generally do not walk up to me on the street and tell me to “smile.”
45. Sexual harassment on the street virtually never happens to me. I do not need to plot my movements through public space in order to avoid being sexually harassed, or to mitigate sexual harassment.
46. On average, I am not interrupted by women as often as women are interrupted by men.
47. On average, I will have the privilege of not knowing about my male privilege.

And lastly, I am taken as a more credible feminist than my female peers, despite the fact that the feminist movement is not liberating to my sex.

This is male privilege.

THIS. THIS IS HOW YOU BE A MALE FEMINIST. 

Cody planned a big getaway for my birthday (which is today) and we leave after he gets off work (I had to stay home from work today because of stomach 😒) and im so excited. I have absolutely no clue where we’re going either - he’s just gonna drive me here. Aggh 6 PM can’t come soon enough!

ballpointvodka:

little-mountain:

ballpointvodka:

royal-ellie-storm:

ballpointvodka:

royal-ellie-storm:

I’ve gained 15 pounds since I started Seroquel two months ago despite it not increasing my appetite and actively trying to lose the first fucking 15 pounds I put on from a different med fucking shoot me

I gained 15lbs in a week from Depakote. There’s a real price to pay for mental health x_x

There really is x_x I was at a low dose too, mainly for anxiety and some mood control. My doctor decided to switch me cause of the gain so she switched me to Gabapentin for the anxiety and upped my other mood stabilizer.

Both are weight neutral so hopefully I can fit into my wardrobe again after a few months… That’s really the worst part of the weight gain for me 😝 I feel so stuffed into all my current stretchy-but-not-stretchy-enough clothes that still do fit

Ugh, that’s the worst. I’ve heard very good things about gabapentin and, like you said, also that it doesn’t tend to cause weight gain. I’m sure you’ll level out soon. Won’t be too hard to get that weight off by summer.

Seroquel is awful and I’m really surprised that it’s still being prescribed. I was on it for a year in 2008 and gained 60 pounds - the weight practically fell off when I discontinued the drug. A month after I went off of it, the Washington Post published an article about how AstraZeneca actively tried to hide studies indicating that Seroquel causes massive weight gain. 
I’m sure Gabapentin will be an improvement, although you’ll probably want to stay at a low dose (a high dose just made me manic and I’ve heard similar things from others).

Wow, I didn’t know Seroquel was quite that bad. Good to know though.

Yeah, from what I’ve been reading 60 pounds seems like the average gain. I was on a really low dose too (50 mg) to see how I reacted to it and that’s what really alarmed her about the gain.

I’m surprised too that it’s still prescribed, especially since I thought Abilify was supposed to phase Seroquel out. Maybe it’s the cost of Abilify compared to Seroquel… Gabapentin has been very good to me so far, but I could definitely see how a higher dose might produce mania.