Life's too short to give a fuck. I'm turning 40 soon, and I'm very overweight, but about 4 months ago I started dancing; contemporary, modern, hiphop, and voguing.
It kicks my ass all over the place, but I keep going, every day, and I can feel the improvement in my strength, flexibility, and just everything.
I have my first paying performance this week, and I've just been asked to audition for a dance company that's starting up. They know I can't do it all, they know my limitations, but I show up everytime with a smile and ready to work, because I don't care what anyone says, I know I'm fucking awesome and so should you (whoever you are reading this, no seriously you're awesome, go kill it).
I just spent some time there, visiting a friend, and while yes, I encountered some of the worst humanity has to offer, the LGBTQ+ scene is pretty great in some places. Saw some of the best drag performers I've ever seen in Miami, at some of the warmest most inviting queer bars I've ever been to. It had the vibes of circling the wagons, but if you want in, you're welcome and "we got you".
Shit like this breaks my heart for them, but there are a lot of good people still fighting the good fight down there. Fuck Desantis and all the fascists.
As an aside, I downloaded one of the Lemmy apps to get my fix while things were having issues here. And while it wasn't bad, I'm definitely glad to be back. Huge appreciation for the function and form of Kbin and the tremendous amount of effort put in to keep it awesome.
I'd argue running a laptop from the 00s is the least boomer thing to do. Buying a new Macbook every two years while complaining that you don't have enough money and joking about how you're spending your kid's inheritance is the boomer thing to do.
My wife has a notably tiny nose, like can't wear sunglasses without the pads that stick out or they fall off, and she can still see some of the bottom of her nose. So someone seeing nothing at all would have an incredibly small nose.
Agree so much on HBO. We just moved to the US and got the "Max" subscription and we're finding gem after gem, some of it a decade old. Like TV that rivals any great movie, amazing storytelling/directing/music/concepts. Still plenty of filler to sort through, but some genuine art in there.
Bummer. Not because of the extra $3, honestly I'll probably just pay it. But because until now Prime programming has been able to operate with a certain freedom. I know 0 people with prime for the video (as opposed to the free delivery) so they were willing to take risks with the shows.
Solos and Tales from the Loop are both amazing works of art that would never have shown up on network TV, or Netflix which would much rather make cheap mass appeal shows with little depth. Even more shows with wider appeal (e.g. The Expanse) might not survive the TV Executive mindset now that they have a reason to care about the number of views as a primary metric, over user happiness.
And honestly, it all baffles me, I will gladly subscribe to a streaming service for one great show. Produce 3 or 4 a year and I'm subscribed for good. If I wanted an endless string of medicore baking reality shows, I'd get cable again.
Your mileage may vary, but have you tried over the phone instead of video chat (if it's an option where you live)? I felt exactly the same about video, but something about over the phone felt chill, I could just "chat with a friend" in my pajamas. Helped me a lot and neither my therapist or I ever actually saw each other.
Like I said in another comment, make sure you're meeting people halfway. "I don't know what I don't know" shifts the responsibility. You do know what you do know.
If you make it a point to speak out when someone says something you know is offensive, then you make it a safer space for those who might be willing to "teach" to do so.
Loads of great books about LGBTQ+, race in America, gender issues, etc. Google will find them for you. Read some, even better, read them publicly.
Wear a pin, t-shirt, etc.
And I'm just saying this in response to you because it seemed like a good starting point, maybe you do all this already, so thanks. You already did something good by reading this and empathizing with teaching fatigue.
I lived in the South for a bit growing up, and know it can be weird and scary as a queer kid, or even an ally, so a little goes a long way.
I saw this in the other thread and definitely agree. I don't mind teaching (I was a teacher for years), but be a good student. Do your homework, come with a good attitude, assume that there are things you don't know or you think you know that are just wrong. Be an ally, show you care and support where you can. Then, if you have an ignorant question about my pronouns, I'm happy to answer, you're a friend.
You don't get into Harvard just because you don't know the things they teach at Harvard.
Funny that. I had a boss who had senoritied into a role he wasn't really qualified for. And after furlough, he too said something about me and another colleague being expendable. I had a new job offer within a month. From what I heard, covering/replacing me did not go well at all.
New gig had it's own problems, but they genuinely appreciated me.
Astrophysics/cosmology. I'm more artsy geek than STEM geek, but there is a tremendous amount of beauty found in what we know and don't know about the universe.
Life's too short to give a fuck. I'm turning 40 soon, and I'm very overweight, but about 4 months ago I started dancing; contemporary, modern, hiphop, and voguing.
It kicks my ass all over the place, but I keep going, every day, and I can feel the improvement in my strength, flexibility, and just everything.
I have my first paying performance this week, and I've just been asked to audition for a dance company that's starting up. They know I can't do it all, they know my limitations, but I show up everytime with a smile and ready to work, because I don't care what anyone says, I know I'm fucking awesome and so should you (whoever you are reading this, no seriously you're awesome, go kill it).