Killed 99 Bears

“Killed 99 bears”

a fact that if actually accomplished, should be put on a tombstone.

Head’s up that you don’t necessarily have to go through the earlier numbers before you arrive at that higher number. The way it’s written, number 5 in particular, it sounds like it’s a progression, getting worse. That’s not always how it works.

I was reading through these and not seeing myself in numbers 4, 5, 6. But boy is #7 recognizable. So if you’re thinking you’re not doing so great, but you you can’t remember when your mental health was just starting to impact your everyday life, keep reading. Still valid.

A simple mental health pain scale.

Also very Beauty and the Beast. (So far as I know, no one has ever painted the Beast as a snake. But they should.)

Aziraphale der Bücherwurm

This is one of my favorite Paintings called Der Bücherwurm by Carl Spitzweg and I couldn’t stop thinking how beautifully Aziraphale Crowley would fit into that scene

This Guy Won’t Stop Photoshopping Himself Into Kendall Jenner’s Photos And It Makes Them 10 Times Better

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every second aziraphael goodomens is onscreen with the other angels he just radiates “uncomfortable gay cousin at the family reunion” vibes. like at no point during the show is he literally listening to his uncle talk about sports and trying not to give away that he doesn’t know either of the teams he’s talking about but spiritually, spiritually that’s exactly where he’s at. 

notre dame is burning.

this is ok.

it has happened before. it will happen again. it has been lost before. it will be lost again. and again. and again. and again. art and architecture are transient, and temporary, and 850 years may seem like a lot to the individual, who will live maybe 100 if they are very lucky and very healthy, but even the pyramids at saqqara have only existed for about 6000 years and that’s still not all that much, if you consider the grand scheme of things.

yes, this is terrible. as someone who is deeply religious and literally a professional historian with a focus on art and architecture, this is terrible. im mourning. im gutted. im horrified and upset and miserable. but.

it’s not over.

victor hugo wrote hunchback because notre dame du paris was in the process of collapsing and falling apart, and revitalized the entire world’s focus and love for this church, and that was not even 200 years ago. it led to it being renovated.

the roof has fallen in. the scars of fires are on its buttresses. the rose window has fallen out. the beams and piers have collapsed. the spire has toppled. the stones have suffered, and will suffer again, but it is not gone.

renovation work is essential. sometimes things collapse and burn and break and have to come back. it’s not a terrorist attack, it’s renovation, an accident, but we have so much evidence, history, carefully documented everything on one of the most studied places in the world.

it’s not the end.