I got dragged into a meme. Ho boy... I haven't done anything like these in an age and a half. Here goes...

So for this you're supposed to answer these question with words using a certain letter. And I got the letter W from velvetwhip.

....

W.

WFT? Do you guys know how RARE W is in swedish and how bad I am at finding words for that one? Crap. OK. Here goes.

Something I hate: Oh gawd... I don't know.... W... W... W... WAR! Well, of course. Anyone with half a brain hates war. Or so I hope...

Something I love: Work, actually. That one was easy. I do like my work as a school-librarian despite the crazy ass kids. I thrive in chaos, apparently.

Somewhere I've been: West Point. Yes, that school. I was invited to a trip by my host-family to see the ArmyVSNavy football game when I was working as an aupair in the US. Was... quite interesting, to say the least. At least the buildings is down right breath-taking....

Somewhere I'd like to go: I have no idea. I'm sure there's a city starting with W in Australia, in Japan and in the US (Washington DC...), because I'd love to visit all three of them countries.

Someone I know: I can not think of anyone I know very well starting with W. I do have a few people on my f-list though, but we don't talk overly much anymore. If you are into the Buffy-fandom though and like Spike, I do suggest checking out the works of whichclothes.

A film I like: Walk the line was a movie I did enjoy quite a great deal, to my surprise. Didn't know much about Johnny Cash before watching it. And then there's Wreck it Ralph for the nerd in us (didn't think about that one right away since it's called Röjar-Ralf in swedish...). World of Warcraft hasn't started in the theaters yet, not until June 2016. I can not WAIT to see it though!

DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW HARD THIS WAS?!?!? Geezes... I now downright dislike W. :-P

If anyone else dares wants to play, let me know and I'll give you a letter.

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Yeah, it's time for one of them sharing posts again... :-) Next post is going to be about Midsummer. ;-) And after that I have some serious issues I need to get down in words. But first! Strap in and lets go!

As you might remember I visited the swedish festival Sweden Rock! And it was amazing. I went there to see Mötley Crüe. And even though they got really bad criticism for their performance, I really liked it. It was amazing!

( Girls, Girls, Girls... )

( Home )

Sorry about the quality. I just wanted to share that to me was an AMAZING night! I know they aren’t perfect, but they’re good at catching the audience, and it was amazing to see them live, it really was.

And onwards!

Not that long ago, I discovered this, which I found really interesting. You’re short on money? You need a computer? I give you Chip, a computer you can get for 9$. I admit, I’m curious. It’s not that much money, so maybe I should get one? To have as backup? I bet peting73, who is a serious computer geek, would find it really cool to have and poke around with as well. Decisions decisions…

Chip 9$ Computer - Kickstarter

They’ve reached their goal and some, so it’s ready and available to order… *considers*

Next subject!

I kinda love steinsgrrl for sharing this with me. I keep reading all the comments and stories shared on this Reddit page, and it’s SO FREEING, my female friends! My vagina is not abnormal or strange in anyway! There are vaginas that are stranger than mine! NOTHING IS ABNORMAL! X-D Also, guys. You should read this. Just to see what we’re going through on an everyday basis. ;-)

Reddit: Girls and their vaginas

YouTube is a strange and wonderful place… You dip your toe in and you never know where you end up. Here’s some various stuff I’ve found on YouTube or that are connected to YouTube in one way or another.

This short just about broke my heart. The ending especially when you REALLY get what the little short is about… Bring your tissues, folks!

( Gift... )

There’s a swedish guy from refugee parents who live in Sweden and he’s… blunt would be to kind a word. But he has some really interesting views on Sweden and our culture, our politics, our social safety net, our immigrants and refugees… Pretty much hot the climate is in Sweden (and I’m not talking about the weather). Not all his vids are in swedish, although most are. Those that are, like this one, has subtitles. And I’ve checked, their good and has the correct translation.

( Islam and Pedofilia... )

Here’s an article with an added trailer on YouTube about how it is to come out of the closet as a MtF transgender when you’re quite young. This girl did so on YouTube and found a supportive community there. And a movie-maker saw her and she got a role in a movie that tells the story how it is to be a transgender MtF girl. Of course there’s more to it than that, it’s a good article, but it ends with a role in a movie for her. The trailer is in the article, and I will admit I am very curious at the movie, Boy Meets Girl! It looks really good!

Boy Meets Girl - Movie and the story

Right and change of subject again! You still with me? You’re doing good! *lol*

If you read my posts you know I absolutly HATE Fifty Shades of Grey. I hate Twilight to, but that’s nothing compared to how much I hate Fifty Shades of Grey. And I’ve READ THEM! ALL THREE!!!

Anyway, here’s some articles and vids that I hope will make you think twice about reading them…

Unless you’ve lived under a rock, you’d know there’s abuse in these books.

Here’s an article that, like so many others, points out where and how the abuse shows itself in the books:

There Are NO Grey Areas When Defending Abuse

And yes, she’s rewriting her books from Grey’s perspective… yeah… *cough* Here’s The Guardian’s reaction to that:

Fifty Shades of 'nope': we don't need a reboot from the man's perspective

Now to two vids. It’s both terrifying and interesting to see these. The movie comes with it’s own set of concerns and weirdness. Everything wrong, obviously shows everything wrong with 50 Shades. Abuse and all.

But what I really liked was the Film Theory. Where they compare Christian Grey to the leader of a cult. How Grey follows the same steps pretty much. Now that was terrifying. And girls WANT a man like this? WTF?

( Everything Wrong With Fifty Shades Of Grey In 18 Minutes Or Less... )

( Film Theory: Fifty Shades of Grey Cult Theory... )

And to end this LOOOONG post, let’s have some feel good after that, yeah?

These two vids I am watching when I need a pick me up after a long or bad day. :-) They never fail to make me smile! I hope they will do the same to you.

( Old Men Grooving... )

Britians got talent just never fail to deliver. *grins* There’s more vids with these old guys, btw. They made it all the way to the finals!

Old men grooving on YouTube

And lastly I stumbled on THIS article about a son that made a special personal ad for his mom… REALLY special!

( Looking for Adam... )

And that’s it! Having finished that (finally!), I will now go do something useful... ;-)

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I am doing what I keep telling others not to. I am not posting because I don't feel like anyone would find it interesting.

*head-desk*

WTH? This is MY journal. I should post no matter what. If it is interesting to me or to anyone else. To write down my thoughts does have a tendency to clear them up. I keep returning. I keep poking at this place. Because it's just... home. If you've posted/written/journaled/blogged at the same place for 11 ½ years, it does end up home, wether you like it or not.

I'll just be writing for me sake. Sharing for my sake. And if anyone else happens to like it, than cool. :-)

So on that note... I got rid of my cast this Friday! :-D YAY!!! Six weeks of me jumping around on one leg (with support) is now OVER!!! I can walk on the leg, although I still have to use regular crutches to take some weight off the leg still. It's stiff as all hell! Geezes... I have exercises that I should do every day which are dull but I can feel they are doing a difference. So dull, but good for me. Isn't that always the case with these things? *lol*

At least now I am more mobile and can move around. :-)

My brother with his kids and my mom came over this Saturday, which was AWESOMELY fun! (And they cooked food for us for some reason...) I love my brother to bits, and when a guy like him (6.2 feet tall!) takes a seat IN YOUR LAP!!! Now that's sibling-love to a whole new level! Also, his ass is bony. Someone needs to feed him. X-D

We had a wonderful time though! And Alexandra got to get out and play with her cousins at a playground which was fun by all, while I stayed at home with my bad leg and fixed coffee for the adults to drink when they got back. :-)

Then today, Sunday, we cleaned the apartment. Weekly cleaning. AND I COULD HELP!!! Yes, you worry-wards. I listened to my body and didn't do to much. :-) Promise! It's funny though how happy you can be from managing to clean the bathroom. X-D It's the easiest room to clean in this apartment, so I felt I would be abel to do that to take some load of peting73. And it worked FINE! :-D So now I can add that to my list of chores until I'm fully recovered. :-)

I am planning on being able to get out of the house on Saturday though. (With crutches!) To say shit has hit the fan... SERIOUSLY! at the vampire-LARP I am in would be an understatement. And not only for my character, but for ALL characters!!! Well, I really Really REALLY wanna go on Saturday! So I am doing my exercises stubbornly every day! And I know there's an elevator where we have our society local, so at least I don't have to hobble up four stories... :-) I have to wonder what our GM's have smoked though... X-D I love all them people, seriously....

To end it, have some pimping of random stuff I've come across online lately. :-)

I found THIS video very VERY interesting! Especially since I wrote my masters thesis on comics. This is about cartoons. In fact, about cartoons that are very very racist. For the simple reason they were made during such an era. It is very interesting and I do really like the way the two guys in the video discuss this. I would have loved to talk to these two guys while writing my thesis to be honest. It could have been interesting. *geeks out*

( Old Cartoons Were RACIST! )

And while we're on the subject of cartoons, I've started following this cool girl Laci Green on Twitter. She's a YouTuber of some fame apparently, and is doing a YouTube show for MTV. It's all about sex-positivity, gender-positivity and just... positivity all around. :-) I have yet to see a vid by her I didn't enjoy. Here she takes up gender stereotypes in Disney movies. But not the female stereotypes, interestingly enough. But the MALE stereotypes! I really enjoyed that, I have to say! And it's not a 'not all men'-thing and hurt-men-complain-thing. No, no, no... This is a feminist girl looking at stereotypes in a new way, and I do like that. :-)

( How Disney Stereotypes Hurt Men )

And now I'll destroy the swedish reputation a bit... X-D I don't remember who sent this to me, but I am now a fan of the YouTube channel Regular Ordinary Swedish Meal Time. These guys are NUTS! X-D And, sad to say... very swedish. *laughs ass off* They speak in swedish (mostly) but there's subtitles and they don't speak that much so it's easy to follow if you don't speak swedish. I keep laughing my way through these, SERIOUSLY!!!

( Chop Chop Carnage Stew (Alternative Pyttipanna) )

Also, I happen to like Pyttipanna. A lot. ;-D

And it seems like Netflix is coming up with a very intersting TV-show. Especially if you're a Marvel-fan. A new take on Daredevil. Now, I really like the comic-character, but I feel they butchered the character in the movie. This, however... looks very very interesting. Going back to what the comic is REALLY about.

( Marvel's Daredevil - Teaser Trailer )

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So... the 23e of January I broke my leg... A week later, my mom fell over and scratched up her whole face. Going on a check up, she found out that her bad knee? Had a crack in the kneecap. Fuck. No cast needed, but she needs a protective knee pad thingy to make sure her kneecap stays put. And guess what? The week after that my brother... got ran over by a cow (well, a heifer) and twisted his knee... so one of those knee pad thingies for him to, but he only had to use it for about a week or so.

WTH? o.O

And that's not all!

Mom came over last weekend to hang out and help us out a bit. As long as she's taking it easy and moving around slow, her knee is fine, so that's good. Anyway. Guess what happened then? She dropped her phone in the toilette! X-D No joke! We didn't find it there until about an hour after she'd noticed it was gone. And that's just because I needed to use the bathroom.

Geezes. Enough is enough universe! Give us a break!

At this point all there is is to laugh about it all, to be honest.

I watched an amazing movie the other day. Desert Flower. I pretty much broke down. It's about the life of Waris Dirie and her life from being a little girl in the Somali dessert to a model and to a spokeswoman against female genital mutilation. To say I broke down during that movie, despite the fun parts, would be an understatement. It was done to her when she was 3 years old.... Just 3. About the age as Alexandra....

To say Alexandra got plenty cuddles that night would be an understatement.

( Desert Flower Trailer... )

Watch it. I think it's an important movie. I've put a hold on the book at the closest library (where I'm supposed to be working if it hadn't been for my broken leg...). It's next to Alexandras daycare, so I'm sure peting73 will pick it up for me.

spicehobbit, my best friend, came by said hi and helped me clean a bit as well not to long ago. She dropped off the book Temeraire av Naomi Novik. In english. ;-) So there's that. And I'm reading the book Toddler Taming as well. Because, damn. I have a toddler now. o.O At least Alexandra is a moderately calm toddler. :-)

Now I'm going to hobble with my walking support (looking like this) to go eat and watch some Supernatural and read a bit. Working on a link/pimp post as well. Gonna be a lot of 50 Shades of GreyFail in that. ;-)

Laters!

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sireesanwar posted this yesterday, and I think it was really really brilliant. So I wanted to share it to. It makes you think.



Often, we apologize because we worry too much about what other people think, or because we put their feelings above our own needs. There are many situations where an apology is unnecessary.

Here are 12 things you should never apologize for, even if you think you should.

1. You Should Never Apologize for Loving Someone
Celebrate the fact that you are able to love. There are many people in the world too scared to take a chance on love in the first place. It doesn’t matter who you love or if they love you back. The fact that you can love is what’s important.

2. You Should Never Apologize for Saying No
Respecting your own limitations is a sign of self respect. If you cannot give 100 percent to something you should never apologize for saying no. The ability to say no is a sign of a good leader.

3. You Should Never Apologize for Following a Dream
A life lived with regret is yours to miss. Never apologize for following a dream because that dream makes you who you are. You will never fulfill happiness unless you live your dreams instead of dreaming your life.

4. You Should Never Apologize for Taking “Me” Time
You will never be successful and fulfill your happiness unless you first take care of yourself. Always take care of your own needs and take “me time” to do things that make you happy.

5. You Should Never Apologize for Your Priorities
Never allow anyone to make you feel guilty over your priorities. Always take care of your own priorities first. If it’s important to you then it is important. The people who matter will respect your choice.

6. You Should Never Apologize for Ending a Toxic Relationship
You should never say that you are sorry for letting go of someone who hurts you. Understanding an unhealthy relationship holds you back from reaching your full potential is a huge step forward. Be proud and surround yourself with people who celebrate your courage.

7. You Should Never Apologize for Your Imperfections
Imperfections are what makes you beautiful and unique. They should be embraced. Never say you’re sorry for a quality that makes you imperfectly perfect.

8. You Should Never Apologize for Standing your Ground
Never say you are sorry for defending your values, morals, ethics, religious or spiritual beliefs. Leaders never apologize for doing what they feel is right.

9. You Should Never Apologize for Not Knowing the Answer
The constant quest for knowledge keeps our brains young. Never say you’re sorry when presented with an opportunity to learn. Being able to admit you do not know is a sign of strength and humility.

10. You Should Never Apologize for High Expectations
Never apologize for expecting the same of others as you expect of yourself. Having high expectations only means that you care enough about others to push them to be their best.

11. You Should Never Apologize for Someone Else
Everyone is responsible for their own actions and behavior. You do not need to apologize for something someone else did even if you feel their actions reflect upon you through association.

12. You Should Never Apologize for Telling the Truth
Strong people tell the truth. Never apologize for being strong. Even if the truth hurts, the benefits of honesty far outweigh the initial sting of the truth.


Be true to who you are and don’t worry about what other people think. Over apologizing or saying I’m sorry when it’s not necessary reduces self-esteem over time. Save “I’m sorry” for when you actually make a mistake.

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Name: Emma aka KSena
Birthday: 19th of July
Zodiac: Cancer

Hair: Wavy and it's past my shoulders now, finally! Odd swedish brownish colour that is neither dark nor light. I call it the rat-clolour
Eyes: Bluish with some green in them.
Height: 6 feet aka 1.80 meters
Body Type: Big? OK, stout or chubby.

Relationship Status: Been with the same one for 11 years, so stuck. :-) Not married, living in sin.
Religious Views: What does that even mean? Don't like religion at all. Atiest of sorts.
Political Views: What does that even matter?!?! No offense, but why does US people always put so much significance into what you religion you believe in or what politics you go for... *grumble* I consider myself supporting the Socialdemocratic Workers' Party of Sweden the most. There. Happy? *double-grumble*

Favourite Colour: Black, red, purple.
Favourite Flowers: Orchids.

Favourite Movie(s): So, so, so many. I did answer this in another meme I currently do. Gladiator, Braveheart, Robin Hood Prince of Theives, Pirates of the Carebbiean movies, Lord of the Rings movies, Harry Potter movies, Interview with a vampire, Hungergames... I could go on.

Favourite Song(s): Too many to mention

3 Random Facts about you:
1. Was badly bullied as a kid but has since got over it, apart from one thing. I feel paniced everytime I try to do any form of exercise.

2. Grew up way out on the countryside in a classic red swedish house. Very idyllic. But now, I would never ever wanna live like that again. I love my apartment in the city, thank you.

3. Got plenty of tattoos and piercings which the kids at school kinda like. :-) Especially the smaller ones.

Story behind your username:
Long story. I was elected to be a member of the Student Union Club The Sexmasters (no, got nothing to do with sex), and they thought it was funny to give me the nickname KSena. You always get a nickname given to you by the seniour members in the club. Anyway, where did they get the idea for KSena from then? Well, I am a diehard Xena-fan, a Xenaite. And KSena in swedish is pronouced the same way as Xena, so they thought that was fun. And there you go. Then I got myself a livejournal and wanted to use KSena as a username, but it was taken. So I threw in some extra letters making it kseenaa. And there you go!

1. Nickname(s): KSena, obviously. ;-)

2. Age: 37. Born 1977.

3. Location: Borås, Sweden.

4. Occupation: School-librarian.

5. Partner? Yes, peting73.

6. Kid(s): A daughter who had her second birthday beginning of August called Alexandra.

7. Brothers/Sisters: A brother four years younger than me.

8. Pets: Two black cats, Skuld and Verdandi.

9. List the 3-5 biggest things going on in your life:
Stressed out at work. SO MUCH TO DO!!! And no energy to do them.
My daughter. Things happening every damn day.
Family, trying to find time to visit them since most of them live about 2 hours away from here.
I did mention my work stressing me out, right?

Damn my life is boring.

10. Parents: Mother - who is even more crazy then me. Father - died at age 47 13 or so years ago.

11. Who are some of your closest friends?: spicehobbit, no contest. We got to know each other at school when we were both 13 and we're still the best of friends. She knows me better than I know myself sometimes! And then, of course, there's all my young friends at the Vampire-LARP Club that I love and adore.

12. What are some of the things you like most? My computer, my books, movies, LARP, cats, piercings, tattoos... I don't know what else to put.

13. A photo of yourself and anything else you want to say: I'm posting a photo shortly, don't have any available right here. Or you could go to my Instagram HERE. I'm sure there's a photo of me there somewhere and not only of my daughter...

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Them troublesome kids that we've had trouble with lately reached new heights of obnoxiousness today. :-/ Went so far they scared little kids that are in second grade, only 8 years old. That's just... not right. All the headmasters are involved now. Social services are involved, since it's near impossible to get in touch with parents and they apparently don't give a fuck. My colleague and I both tried to get them to behave, but it just did not work.

I am not proud to say it, but I did lose my cool today. I did. :-/ Had to leave the library for a min and went to a office/lunchroom that the teachers have right next door. And walked around taking a breather to relax. It helped TONS! And the teachers there did NOT blame me. They know these kids very well. The form-master of one of them was run ragged, poor woman. She was desperate, felt like she'd tried everything. *shakes head*

Time will tell what will happen with them three kids, I suppose. They're just in 7th grade, 13 years old.

Oh well. I wasn't supposed to rant about work, actually. Plan was to share some fun and interesting videos I've run across, so... Let's continue on with that. :-)

Anyone who knows me knows that I am... NOT a fan of Failbook, to put it mildly. *lol* So I found this very interesting to see. I wonder if those who actually use Failbook will find it interesting to?

( The problem with Facebook )

Another thing you should know if you've been around for a bit is that I have a big hate for Twilight... and an even bigger hate for 50 Shades of Grey. I managed to read all three books of Twilight (in english no less), painful as it was, and then proceeded to join other haters to... well, rant about them. 50 Shades of Grey? I am having HUGE troubles even getting past the first book. If my best friend hadn't challenged me, I would have burnt the book a LONG time ago. :-/ Why? Well, this little book takes up ONE of the many reasons I am having trouble reading it.

( 50 Shades is Abuse )

Also, my GORGEOUS friend Owlfoot made a tribute to Regular Ordinary Swedish Meal Time (which is hilarious, btw, and you need to watch it despite them speaking swedish...). Owlfoot RULES though! X-D

( Edsåsdalen Meal Time )

Yes, I have friends that are that gorgeous. Also, she's taken. ;-)

Onwards to some music! As you know, I do have a thing for Eminem. ;-) And one of his latest music-vids nearly had me in tears. He's dealt with his mom in various ways in his music before, but not like this. This... was beautiful. Very unexpected from him considering the past.

( Headlights ft. Nate Ruess )

More music! Since I started reading and following body-positivity blogs, tweets and Instagrams, not to mention hashtags, I've read and seen so much awesome. Among many, this music-vid. Where three GORGEOUS plus-size models who did their own spin on Beyonce's song Flawless. And this is. Flawless.

( #everyBODYisflawless )

Having six tattoos by this point, and considering a seventh... You could say I am hooked. *lol* And this is really REALLY cool to see how the skin reacts to the tattoo-needle... in slow motion... :-D The skill the tattoo-artist shows is AMAZING! Talk about steady hands!

( Slowmotion Tattoo )

And lastly, let's all just melt at the cute. Teeny tiny kids having a taste of various foods for the first time. It's SO CUTE! :-D Alexandra has reacted much like it at times. Very much "What is this shit? Am I supposed to eat that? Ew, ew! Hell no!" *spits it out* So yeah, we can all need something cute sometimes, right? ;-)

( First Taste )

Right! And now I'm going to bed. Let's hope for a calmer day tomorrow at the library. *has little hope*

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It's pretty amazing the things you find on the internet, isn't it? Especially when someone like me, who has fought to accept myself the way I look after years of bullying in school. Something I still to this day struggle with, even though I'm 36 years old now. I've gotten past much from my years as a bullied kid, but accepting the way I look? Harder. So much harder.

But then I stumbled upon this movement online... What FANTASTIC women!!! That's all I gota say about this... Just... Follow the links: Read, watch and enjoy these amazing women! Such attitude!!! :-D


Eating out where others can see you is never easy when you're being fat or heavy. I know this very very well. And these two posts describes this so very well it's bloody scary...

STOP! IT’S THE HOLIDAY SEASON FOOD POLICE!

Eating while fat

This was also a very interestingly written piece... WHY do we really wanna lose weight? To be happy? To fit in? Or why? It sure made me think a few times more...

The Fantasy Of Being Thin

Then there's those thin people who wants to help us poor fat people... Because we sure need help, right? But why do they wanna help us? Really? This also made me think.

You can not help those you loathe

Fat Heffalump is a pretty kickass fat lady, by the way. And I am so grateful to have found her. :-) Thanx snowstormskies for sending me the link to her blog. :-)

Fat Heffalump

Another interesting blogger is The Nearsighted Owl. Not only is she really cute and posts some awesome outfits of the day now and then... She is clever and fun to! And sports some ROCKING tattoos as well! :-D

The Nearsighted Owl

Then I got a link from an RP-friend of mine from New Zealand who follows this blog that has a really cool project. She's a fashionwriter and photographer, so this project... it's called Fat Girls Shouldn't Wear Stripes... And the girls she shoot picturs off are really REALLY cool! Not to mention the other posts she makes are usually fun and interesting as well. (If you like nailpolish, you should check it out for sure!)

Fat Girls Shouldn't Wear Stripes (About the project.)

This is Meagan Kerr

And then there's the sex... Because fat people can't have sex, right? Or enjoy it? And it's disgusting when fat people have sex, eh? Or it's used for comedy in movies... Fail. This was a fun, if NSFW! post on the subject. HOW can a fat girl have sex and actually enjoy her sexuality with a partner that enjoys her and her body? :-) I lvoed this, especially since it's written with such warm and flirty tone! So much win...

FAT SEX: What everyone wants to know but is afraid to ask

Lastly I'd like to point out the really awesome community fatshionista. It's a really cool community! A lot of nice Outfits Of The Day, discussions about reactions from society... where to buy nice clothes... etc, etc.. It's just a nice place all around. Highly recommended!


Promised a LARP-friend to share these links, so now I did. She is, by the way, a damn gorgeous young woman... And I haven't seen a woman rock a corset like her in a LONG time! And the amount of stuff she can hide in her décolletage is downright scary... o.O Yes, I have breast-envy. Shut up. *lol*

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I've read up a lot about depression these last months, and I've found a lot of interesting stuff. Things I've found and then got sent to me in case I hadn't read it... So it's been a lot. I've always tried to be there for my friends. It's what I do. And any friend should do. And being the librarian I am, after an... incident, shall we say on Twitter, I decided to read up like fuck as much as I could.

The blogger ChipInHead wrote a very interesting post, pointing out that no matter how much I try I am no Doc. No professional. So when push comes to show... I can only beg my friends to seek help.

Depression is a disease and most of us aren't doctors...

This Tumblr post made by a Rob Delaney, who've also suffered from depression, is also making a valid point. And I quote the end of the post: Get help. Don’t think. Get help. (From the end of the post.) So yeah, I won't shut up about it. And I won't give up on you. So there. Anyway, it's a very good post all in all, and deserves a read.

On Depression & Getting Help

I'm a visual person. I've always been. It's why I am such a HUGE comic/graphic novel fan, I suppose. And this? When I stumbled upon this months ago, it really helped me understand my friends better. Don't mean I'll shut up, but it did help me tons. So... I'll share it.

Hyperbole and a Half on: Depression

Talking of comix and me being a visuel person, I did find an online comic that tries to show what depression is like. I am in no position to say if it is accurate, but... I think it's good and helps me at least to understand better.

Depression Comix .Com

I also try to see behind what my friends say, even if I probably fail sometimes...

A Come out of the dark post: Someday we'll be able to REALLY say what's on our minds...


I've probably lost a ton of links where I've read interesting and well worded articles, but these are the ones I still kept. I hope they can help anyone else, either to understand their friends or for those suffering from depression to see that they are not alone.


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This sharing post is long LOOONG overdue! *lol* I've had these links waiting in tags for a long time, and well... Now there's a lot of tabs. ;-)

Enjoy!

Got a link for this blogg, Megan Kerr from my RP-friend, and damn WHAT A WOMAN! BIG, sexy and beautiful! And with a lot of attitude to boot. I LOVE IT! Also, she has this swimsuit special, and I think I just found the swimsuit I want. Dammit for being so expensive though! :-P

Meagan Kerr's Swimsuit Special!

Just two posts under that tag currently, but apparently there's supposed to be three of them eventually. :-)

The swimsuit I want:



Now how sexy is that? And how sexy is that woman?!?! o.O I want! But damn if the prize for that bikini ain't a lot!

Talking about big sexy women... I stumbled upon this community fatshionista, a size-positive community... and feel COMPLETELY in love! GEEZES! Talk about fierce women! o.O I have asked to join and are still waiting to be approved. Damn. I see a lot of selfies in the future. To bad I have such boring clothes. *lol* Although, I will admit the pants I bought the other day are pretty cool...

Anyway!

Found this as well, and I damn well nearly cried. o.O How amazing is this? Everyone is beautiful It just depends on who is looking and how...

Powerful Video Of People With Disabilities Reacting To Mannequins Of Themselves Will Make You Cry And Smile At The Same Time

I do follow the book-blog Forever Young Adult, and they do a lot of fun reviews of books written for young adults. There's a lot of great humor in their reviews, and they are very LGBT-positive! :-D Win-win in my book. ;-)

And they posted a review of a book that sounds really interesting.. About a trans-sexual youth. Called Freakboy and written by Kristen Elizabeth Clark. Definitely sounds interesting... Check out the review HERE:

Male? Female? Other? - FreakBoy. Kristen Elizabeth Clark takes on the forgotten T in LGBT.

Randomly, have a seriously cute gif before we continue:



I am not on Tumbler often, but when I do I do run into some gems...

Like this one. I really love Disney movies, Hunchback of Notre Dame one of them. And I LOVE the song Hellfire in said movie, surprisingly sexual considering it's Disney... It's sung by a man... Now what if we genderbend it... :-) It does sound REALLY cool sung by a woman to. There's some fanart there as well with Frollo as a woman. ;-)

Sweet Poofin singing Hellfire from Hunchback of Notre Dame

More music! I am a HUGE fan of the musical artist Fred Johansson... He has one of dark heavy voices that crawl into your soul, I swear... And when such a singer takes on a song like Poor Jack from Nightmare Before Christmas... it can only be magical. :-) This makes me shiver every single time i listen to it. :-D

Fred Johansson singing Poor Jack from Nightmare Before Christmas

I have had the pleasure of hearing him live as Javert in Les Miserables more than a year ago. I still remember it. :-)

Another thing I found on Tumblr was this about how sometimes history proves to be really damn kickass! :-D

A fake eye made out of gold? That was USED? Pre-history time officially kicks ass...

I saw created a prompt around that...

To get you even more into the Christmas-spirit, maybe this might help? The company WestJet sure gave their costumers one HELL of a Christmas surprise! :-D All cred to that company, seriously! The look on those travelers who got their Christmas-surprises are absolutely priceless! SO AWESOME!

WestJet Christmas Surprise Will Make You Believe in Santa

Then there's this. I have no idea where the clips are from or if it was just made for that song, but gawd damn, talk about feel good feeling all over! :-D

( Husbands - Unconditionally )

Even Joss Whedon makes an apparence! That made me lol, to be honest! Kinda awesome! :-D

Something else that made me lol was this:

Americans Try To Place European Countries On A Map

Not saying I can place all the states in the US on the map, but I do know where the country is and what countries that boarders the US. :-)

Then there's the ever awesome James Marsters (the vampire Spike from the tv-show Buffy, for those that don't know) talking about what makes vampires cool... and his favorite vampire-actors.

( James Marsters on cool vampires )

Funny how iPhones and the company Apple is raised to the skies as the greatest thing ever... This... was eyeopening:

Dirty secrets Apple doesn't want you to know...

Some I knew, but... not all. :-P

Then I found out about the To This Day Project... and was amazed. Look at this video. The art, so amazing... so touching. And it's all true. Everything said in this...

( To this day... )

Now for something more uplifting... I found this vid-series on YouTube, that had the goth in me cheer! :-D A series of short movies about... the adult Wednesday Addams... *lol* I'll just let you think about that one a little, and then point you the view to all the episodes. They all a theme, like... job-interview, apartment hunt, a date... *lol* Amazing! I highly recommend checking them out!

Adult Wednesday Addams by Melissa Hunter

I thought they were fun anyway... :-)

More fun, me and peting73 did a Quiz/meme/test today. :-) It was a lot of fun, and the combo we ended up as made me lol. X-D

Which Game of Thrones character are you?

peting73 ended up:

Robb Stark:

You’re the King of the North! Loyal, handsome, and brave. You also hate weddings.

Me? Well...

Khal Drogo:

Though you want people to be scared of you, you’re a giant softie at heart. You’re also dead.

How awesome ain't that? Damn Martin for killing off Drogo though...

Let's stay in the fantasy-genre for just a sec and kill some minds with a mindfuck. I know there are fans of them dwarfs out there...

( Dwarfs fucking with your mind under here... )

Mind officially fucked...

Talk about fucking... To those that are of age or just sexually active... We've all been there. X-D I swear!

The 6 Best AND WORST Ways to Have Sex

So very very true...

And this LARP/RP-blogg on Tumblr made me grin. How cute aren't these two cosplayers cosplaying Dean and Castiel of Supernatural? I'd say they do a pretty good job to!

This is the story of Dean and Cas... and sometimes Sam

To those thinking LJ is the spawn of Satan destroying fandoms and stopping LGBT stories and such here on LJ? I'd suggest you read this:

Staff setting the record straight about LGBT, Russia etc...

Randomly vikings vs Pirates... Because vikings rule! :-D

( Vikings vs Pirates )

Talking of pirates.. HOW could I, an old PotC-fangirl... miss this? Black Sails a series about pirates that the channel Starz will start airing in January... I can not WAIT to get my hands on this! PIRATES! YES! WOHOO!

( Black Sails trailer... )

Now THAT... looks really promising. :-D

And if you managed to get through all that? All the props to you. :-)

Now I am going to bed and to stress about the fact it's almost Christmas... ARGH!

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