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Motto? Kindness is always in style.
Anglophenia’s report from Sunday’s panel at the DW UK convention. Holy shit. (via nom-chompsky)
this is unsurprising bullshit.
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This is balls, people.
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this fucking fandom
hate you all
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you know how i say the sherlock fandom is the worst on tumblr (aside from little monsters but they’re really more of an organized mob than a fandom)
well the doctor who fandom is giving them a run for their money
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This is a common stance for most tv/film makers. The perception is that men and women will watch a show/film with a male protagonist but only women will watch a show led by a woman.
Which only happens because of lack of choice and pigeon holed female led shows so it’s a bullshit statistic anyway.
It also applies the other way to women writers. Men and women can write ‘female’ shows but only the mens could ever write man shows.
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Sale Alert! Alessi, starts March 12, 2012.
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Due to the support I’ve got for this blog over the months of my rather sporadic reviews, I’ve decided to make it more of a full time thing. We’ve migrated to http://www.audiophobia.net, where starting very soon I will be posting every single day. I appreciate all the followers I’ve gotten on…
I’ve started a new fashion blog - NualaStyle.
I needed somewhere that was solely to contain all my fashion writing & obsessiveness.
Hope you will all follow me over to my new home & check it out.
And you’ll never know, dear
just how much I loved you
You’ll probably think this was
just my big excuse
But I stand committed
to a love that came before you
And the fact that I adore you
is but one of my truths
-School Night, Ani DiFranco
I’m so over people who try to hold others back. Really over it. Everyone has someone like this in their lives. If you think about it, I’m sure you can come up with someone you know who is like this. There seem to be two truths that are specific to this type of person:
A) They’re afraid of change
B) They’re afraid of YOU changing
See, these kinds of folk are used to you being a certain way. You’re tall/short/quiet/reliable/nice/fill-in-your-own-descriptors. These people are used to you being this way. They don’t want you to change, because change is scary. In their tiny little world your changing or trying to become better than you are right now is an affront to them and to how their little world looks and operates. And change that occurs that they don’t have direct control over is downright terrifying.
“But you can’t start your own company/lose weight/move house/travel!”, they cry when they discover that you are making changes in your life. If you change, their concept(s) of you also change. And these are people that abhor change. They will go out of their way to sabotage you when they learn about your plans. It could be as simple as telling you that your great business idea is a wash, and will say with false concern, “Well, I’m only looking out for your best interests. What are you going to do for money when it fails? I don’t want you to be unhappy”. It could be voicing disapproval over someone new you’re seeing or where you plan to spend your vacation. Or it could be something as complex as actively sabotaging your efforts to achieve a big life goal. (I speak from experience on this one, as I’ve had immediate family members do their best to sabotage my weight loss efforts. Happily, it didn’t work).
These kinds of people are afraid of change, and they are utterly terrified of success, for themselves or others. Success means change, change is scary, so rather than actively court success they stay tucked away inside their safe little lives never really going any further than their own comfort zone. Others’ success is also an affront to them. “Who are they to be succeeding”, they’ll say, “when I am quite content to stay where I am? Who do they think they are, getting beyond their station in life?”
People who fear success and who actively try to negate others succeeding might believe they are doing you a service by “warning” you of the dangers of trying to change or reaching your goals. They are actually doing you - and themselves - a great disservice. If you truly love someone, you want to see them do better. You want them to achieve the goals they have set for themselves. You don’t want them to stay still and stagnate at the same place they always were. The majority of these kinds of people are also terrified of money and the concept of earning more than their spouse/friends/family/neighbors. They believe that they are not worthy of rising above where they currently are in life, and those fears feed into them not wanting YOU to do what THEY cannot. Making changes in your life is seen as a betrayal. Earning more than they did is seen as a betrayal. Their mindset is such if they can’t or won’t do it for themselves then you certainly don’t have the right to do any better.
If you really want to change your life and achieve all you have set out to do, then these sorts of people have no place in your immediate circle of family and friends. If they are currently a part of that immediate circle, you need to always keep in mind that their fears are a very powerful motivator to get you to stop changing. Always being mindful that you and you alone have your best interests in heart will go a long ways to diluting their ‘Negative Nancy’ poison they want to spread to you. You must never allow other people’s fears stop you from getting where you know you need to be.
Reblogging this again as it’s important. My dad’s very good friend had a stroke over a year ago and it has turned his and his family’s life completely upside down. He has been in and out of the hospital with various other ailments as a result, as well. So, SPREAD THE WORD and let’s see if we can’t help prevent more people from suffering needlessly.
bbao:
STROKE: Remember The 1st Three Letters… S.T..R …
My friend sent this to me and encouraged me to post it and spread the word. I agree. If everyone can remember something this simple, we could save some folks.
STROKE IDENTIFICATION:
During a party, a friend stumbled and took a little fall - she assured everyone that she was fine and just tripped over a brick because of her new shoes. (they offered to call ambulance)
They got her cleaned up and got her a new plate of food - while she appeared a bit shaken up, Ingrid went about enjoying herself the rest of the evening. Ingrid’s husband called later telling everyone that his wife had been taken to the hospital - (at 6:00pm , Ingrid passed away.)
She had suffered a stroke at the party . Had they known how to identify the signs of a stroke, perhaps Ingrid would be with us today.
Some don’t die. They end up in a helpless, hopeless condition instead. It only takes a minute to read this…
STROKE IDENTIFICATION:
A neurologist says that if he can get to a stroke victim within 3 hours he can totally reverse the effects of a stroke…totally. He said the trick was getting a stroke recognized, diagnosed, and then getting the patient medically cared for within 3 hours, which is tough.
RECOGNIZING A STROKE
Remember the ‘3’ steps, STR . Read and Learn!
Sometimes symptoms of a stroke are difficult to identify. Unfortunately, the lack of awareness spells disaster.
The stroke victim may suffer severe brain damage when people nearby fail to recognize the symptoms of a stroke.
Now doctors say a bystander can recognize a stroke by asking three simple questions :
S * Ask the individual to SMILE ..
T * = TALK. Ask the person to SPEAK A SIMPLE SENTENCE (Coherently) (eg ‘It is sunny out today’).
R * Ask him or her to RAISE BOTH ARMS .
If he or she has trouble with ANY ONE of these tasks, call the ambulance and describe the symptoms to the dispatcher.
NOTE : Another ‘sign’ of a stroke is
1. Ask the person to ‘stick’ out their tongue.
2. If the tongue is ‘crooked’, if it goes to one side or the other that is also an indication of a stroke.
A prominent cardiologist says if everyone who gets this e-mail sends it to 10 people; you can bet that at least one life will be saved.
And it could be your own.First reblog post that actually saves a fucking life.
This is a life-saving post.
the more you know
This is what happened to my mum. She now needs a wheelchair and her body has become very frail. Her memory is very poor as well. This is something people NEED to know about.
For a number of years I’ve had this stupid guilty pleasure that revolves around reading celebrity gossip websites. I know it’s gross and pointless, but for a little while it was fun. It became a daily habit - one which my husband had no problem good-naturedly teasing me about at every available opportunity. More and more, though, it’s becoming something I loathe, rather than get any enjoyment out of. It doesn’t add to my intelligence, happiness or day-to-day life, so I no longer see any point in it. It’s almost as if it was this gap filler when things were aimless, and now that I have all these great things happening - my podcast, my band and my writing - I no longer need to make this “noise”, this empty information a part of my life.
I think it’s really important to devote time to things that are worthy of my time. This old habit decidedly isn’t, and I’m happy to kick it to the curb where it belongs.
This blog will be shifting format from being a fashion blog to a blog where I write about whatever I feel like. I will be launching a new fashion blog shortly, at a new dot com address. Stay tuned, kids - thanks for reading.
Another vintage store find. Vintage doctor’s bag. £4.00(!)
