Have you seen any shooting stars lately? The Perseids meteor shower is at its peak this week, get those wishes ready!
Rambosson, J. Astronomy. New York: D. Appleton and Co., [187-?]
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Patrons gathered outside Stonewall Inn
June 29th 1969 | ph: Fred W. McDarrah
Gotten a few messages asking- so far the only person I can identify in this photo is the woman center right, Yvonne Ritter. She snuck out to the Stonewall for her 18th birthday the first night of the infamous raid-turned-revolt, and was detained but slipped out of the paddy wagon as the insurrection began. She went on to become an AIDs activist and nurse, and later peer counselor for other trans people. She’ll be turning 71 this June! You can learn more about her life in this oral history.
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my mother has just asked to “borrow” all my money I had saved for my rent coming up and while me and her are on bad terms I’m not gonna risk my 7 year old sister going without anything she needs so as of today this is what I have left in my bank account
Nearly maxed out my overdraft and my rent is due on the last day of the month so if anyone can help before I lose the will to keep trying lol 🤍 my pay a pal is here
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hi! I'm a nonbinary Filipino-American dual citizen who has snuck out of an abusive 21 years of confinement in the Philippines, I have crash landed in WA under temporary housing.
I am capable of helping pay rent, but I need a place, and I need time in that place to multitask my abundance of new responsibilities I need to complete. housing lists have not replied to me. I have until the end of the end of the month to find somewhere more permanent in WA, preferably April 24th but the end of the month is my actual limit
I've been friends with people who are LGBT and on the spectrum all my life, so that company would be preferred, I can accomodate whatever is needed, and I can function like a machine especially now that I'm safe, if you need someone who can cook and clean please tell me so!
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I see a lot of people who tell young people–especially young people who are heading into college–that they should “do what they love.” And they’re right. You should do what you love.
But there’s a world of difference between doing what you love for you, and doing what you love for a paycheck.
I went to undergrad for graphic design and 3-D design–art and more art, I usually say–and I loved it. You know what I didn’t love? Trying to collect my fees from clients. Trying to meet unrealistic, over-simplified or over-specific briefs from people who didn’t know what they were talking about. Coming home, having worked creatively all day, with no creative juice left for the things I wanted to do.
You know what I would tell you instead? Do something that you can be interested in, with people you like.
You don’t have to love it. Loving your work can be a lot, and it often means you have to live in your job 24/7. Some people can do that. Not everyone can, or should. But if you can find work that’s interesting enough that it doesn’t feel tedious, and people you can enjoy spending your 9-5 with, and you can make money, that’s great! It means you can do the things you love for you.
I’m in law school now. It’s interesting work, and difficult, and I like doing it. I like how complicated it gets, and I like the stories it tells. But I don’t come home and read law journals for fun. I come home, and I sculpt, and I draw, and I paint, and I read. I do these things for me.
And I love it.
This is still circulating and it’s been a few years, so let me update. I’m officially a lawyer now, and still not a single regret about this choice. Settling into a stable job is such a gift and a privilege in ways I didn’t expect. I’m not going to repeat the advice given above, but I want to make it clear that having passed through my student years and into my career proper, I stand by this in every respect.
I chose to take a job that was not the most high-paying option available to me, because it wouldn’t require me to bill my time, I would have a better work-life balance, I found the work more engaging, and I really loved the office. It has paid off so much.
I get to walk to work, and most days I leave my laptop behind when I walk home at five. I have a little house with a little garden and a bunch of seedlings sprouting too early for spring. I have two stupid cats and two stupider doves and they make me happy. I put a little money into food and shelter for the neighborhood strays and name all my visiting opossums Harold. My art gets done when I feel inspiration striking, sometimes in the middle of the night, and I let my hobby fund itself without the pressure of deadlines. There is so much joy in making only what I want to. My sleep schedule has stabilized. For the first time in my life, I know the shape my days will take weeks and months away, because my routine is consistent, and I never knew what a peace that was. My job is predictable but never boring, interesting but not consuming, and it’s just a job.
There are people who will tell you–people who have told me–that turning my back on an artistic career or a career you have “potential” in is selling out, or settling.
Let me tell you, friends, I have never felt so settled.