2023 Bucket

2023 Bucket

This is a bucket. Anything you don't want to take with you into 2024, feel free to drop it in the bucket. I will be burning the contents (with Hellfire) at exactly 11:59pm on New Year's Eve.

You don't have to type anything, at all. Just reblog the bucket and your intentions will be known by the universe. Or the bucket. Or whatever you like.

When I was a drama teacher at a high school I had extremely talented students who taught me a lot of improv games. One of them was "questions only". The idea is you must have a scene but the dialogue is only questions. The kid who ruled it basically did so by channeling his Jewish grandmother.

Newbie student: How's it going today?

Kid who ruled: What kind of question is that? Why don't you ever call? Am I supposed to communicate with you using telepathy?

(Now utterly stunned) Newbie student:

Kid who ruled: What you got nothing to say for yourself? When are you coming home for dinner anyway? You don't like my brisket anymore?

Stunned student:

Kid who ruled: What am I, talking to myself here? Who stands there like a fish with their mouth open?

Usually by this point the entire classroom was in tears laughing and we'd have to call it done.

"Yes, and" is a very powerful concept and I support it but I'm also

1. very oppositional, and

2. Jewish

so I think we should also have another different type of improv where everyone argues with each other about what bit they are doing the whole time.

take figures out of their boxes btw. sew patches on your favorite jacket. go to bed with your favorite plushes. wear the pants you usually save for special occasions. draw something cool on your wall. put a sticker on your laptop. dye your hair and pierce your lips. glass is meant to break, metal is meant to rust. items are meant to be used. that's how the world knows that somebody loved them.

I know I don't shut up about this but frankly not enough people are angry about the 5-day/40 hour workweek (and I am AWARE a lot of people work even more than that). I feel like a lot more people should be absolutely furious that we only really have two days a week and some occasional hours in the evening to socialise, run errands, do chores, or relax.

It's no wonder so many people are profoundly lonely and disconnected from their communities when maintaining a social life in what little free time we have is incredibly difficult. If you have kids, a second job, a very long commute, or other responsibilities, it's nearly impossible.

We literally aren't meant to live like this and I'll never stop being shocked how many people just take it as the natural state of things and don't want to throw a brick through a billionaire's window every time they think of it.

I just finished it today. I think Tumblr would love it.

I finished the bone witch series (rin chupeco) last night and I'm surprised there isn't more buzz on tumblr about it, it feels like something tumblr would enjoy

it's got a trans woman, whose story really touched me, lots queer rep in general, the story is ultimately about the love between siblings. also it's got necromancy, who doesn't love a bit of that