finally joined the Bolu Babalola train :) (starting it the night before a new school week is wild but i'm enjoying it so far!)
smalls
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water baby. commited to playing. pretend photographer. observing african artists on the continent & in the diaspora do their work & have fun. 🌻
you can do hard things, ama. you can. even if you have to cry doing them. you can.
time is so wild because how has it been 7 months since? 💀
smalls@likeabutton.bsky.social · 2y agoi feel like i have absolutely lost my mind, like i am being unreasonable. god.
need one of those hugs that as Edwvn puts it, are “long enough to bring you back into your body”
we really need to give everything to time because look at 🥹
smalls@likeabutton.bsky.social · 2y agoneed just one thing to work out in the next few days. just one thing. 🥺
also i'm sick again because i ate a bean meal i didn't make. it was clearly not soaked for a bit before it was cooked. another reason why i really really need to get home. my belly hurts.
spontaneously decided to go to a yoga class with my friend after work. it was great. but i've had such a hard time trying to get home i can't wait to peel off, have a warm bath & cuddle a hot water bottle. thank goodness for those, for real.
Love it for you! You're about have a history lesson you won't forget for a long time. 🌻
Kevin de Youngster@kevindeyoungster.com · 2y agojust picked up from the library! now reading "Anansi's Gold" h/t @likeabutton.bsky.social
birthday in a few days. seeing as we haven't died by our own hands & clearly cannot, the goal, moving forward, is to live like we actually want to be here, to be part of the living. don't know how that is going to happen but... 🤞🏿
need one of those hugs that as Edwvn puts it, are “long enough to bring you back into your body”
need just one thing to work out in the next few days. just one thing. 🥺
all q1 has tried to do is take my life. ya allah, ease please. just a little ease.
no idea how to read that & that saddens my heart. but it's out of my control so i will let time do its thing.
to budding scholars out there: your scientific paper is as good as your ability to present a clear and coherent storyline. without your compelling narrative, i have no reason to care about your data or findings
“Oh but what a way to say goodbye: here, I've loved you, save some for later.” — Maria Giesbrecht
i think that the conversation went well and i hope the outcome is positive.
still sleep deprived as hell. frustrated and sad for various reasons too. but the last few days have been wonderful.
these spaces we inhabit are so small and circular chances that you will keep seeing the faces of people who have hurt you/you no longer want to have anything to do with are so high.
love it. "What if next time we hang out on purpose, we walk somewhere new…I mean how else are we gonna make the city feel like home?"
After the epic walk from the south to north Burnaby, I got a text days later from my co-saunterer that confirms this. Walking as a means of situating yourself/meaning making, cool stuff
Kevin de Youngster@kevindeyoungster.com · 2y agolove it. "What if next time we hang out on purpose, we walk somewhere new…I mean how else are we gonna make the city feel like home?"