Reblog To Kill It Faster

Adorable kitty ♡

Tempura Shrimp Amigurumi by i crochet things

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idk who needs to read this but you can make things for yourself. Without excuses. People/friends/family are not owed things from you. And don't get me wrong, giving people gifts is one of my favorite things to do but I get so burned out by it.

My dad's favorite question when he sees me working on a new project is "who's it for?" and then looks vaguely disappointed in me when I say it's for myself 9 times out of 10 and then I feel guilty cause I feel like I make too many things for myself.

He is incorrect. Make things for yourself. I love making things for other people but I also love making things for myself, and I don't need to justify the second. Neither do you.

a lot of you probably knows Belphie's story, but I'll summarize just in case.

Devon Rex cats are better for people with allergies (less shed fur + less Fel d1 protein in their saliva), so on February 16, 2024, I went the breeder route and put down a deposit. before Belphie even opened his eyes, he was mine.

every Friday, the breeder sent me a new photo. I had a broken leg, and was basically rotting in bed at that point, so it was the best part of my week. then, at 12 weeks old, I BROUGHT HIM HOME!

at first, he was so alive. like a wind-up monkey that never shut off. he dangled from the wall-hangings, savaged my feet as I walked, and used my elderly cats as jumping poles to do cool acrobatics over. but this all gradually faded.

first, he stopped playing. then he stopped climbing. then he stopped moving much at all. my vet ran tests on him and found multiple pathogens (calcivrius + mycoplasma), but the medication didn't help - he kept declining.

on September 17th, I woke up to find him swollen like a balloon. we finally had an answer: he had Feline infectious Peritonitis, aka FIP. before 2017, this would've been a death sentence. he would've kept bloating until he drowned in his own fluids. and before 2024, I would've been forced to inject him with black market drugs. but thankfully, South Tower Animal Hospital in Fergus, Ontario was doing a study on the oral medication! we drove two hours, enrolled him, and left with the GS-441524 pills.

and he went from those photos above.....to this:

I thought Belphie would die as a kitten. I'd accepted that he would never grow up. but now he gets to LIVE!

and all for the low cost of $7,553.....ahhhahaha........god.

that + a recent home disaster has wiped out my savings, but I still need to pay for Belphie's medication. to remain in this study, I need to do bloodwork monthly until Feb 2025, and he'll need daily pills until March 2025.

I've put a risograph print + enamel pin set at greerstothers.shop. I hate asking for help, but if you'd like to support Belphie's continued treatment, please consider checking them out!

So much of what society treats as a joke is just mocking disability. Their idea of lazy is a disabled person trying to survive, whether that be living with their parents as an adult or using pre prepared food. Cringe culture is based entirely around mocking neurodivergent people and their interests. Symptoms and characteristics of disability such as urgency issues, drooling, tremors, tics, strabismus and speech impediments are used as cheap punchlines.

In children’s tv shows disabled characters such as those with speech impediments are treated as a joke, with symptoms of disability being portrayed as synonymous to stupid.

This idea is being taught from a young age in the media and it’s engrained into our language and culture. This goes beyond jokes, it contributes to the alienation of people with disabilities.

Once you start noticing these things you realise how constant and normalised it is.

Reducing an entire person to a punchline is wrong. Using a disability symptom as an insult is wrong. It’s disturbing how normalised it is to not treat people with basic decency and respect.

Aphrodite Anadyomene wants to teach you to rise from the turbulent sea.

Aphrodite Antheia wants to teach you to appreciate the way every flower is different and beautiful.

Aphrodite Apatouria wants to teach you how to defeat your enemies without risking your safety.

Aphrodite Areia wants to teach you to pick up your sword when you have to.

Aphrodite Kallipugos wants to teach you to love the way your body curves.

Aphrodite Despoina wants to teach you to be regal and just even if you don’t wear a crown.

Aphrodite Gamelioi wants to teach you that you can and should marry the one that you love.

Aphrodite Melaenis wants to teach you to embrace your darkness in a healthy way.

Aphrodite Nikephoros wants to teach you to chase your dreams.

Aphrodite Pandemos wants to teach you to use your gifts to unite people.

Aphrodite Ourania wants to teach you that you don’t have to be a dainty virgin to be heavenly.

Aphrodite Praxis wants to teach that sex is a beautiful thing and we shouldn’t be ashamed of it.

Aphrodite Pontia wants to teach you to move with the grace of ocean waves.

Aphrodite Xenia wants to teach you to be hospitable to strangers.

Aphrodite wants to teach you so much more than how to be beautiful. She wants to teach you to love yourself and others. Truly, freely, beautifully. Listen to her.

I'M SO DISAPPOINTED THAT I MISSED THE HALLOWEEN BOOPS

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i know people have been pointing it out for years but like. lest we forget that the US is checking 14/14 boxes.

Mitsuba “I made this playlist for you” sousuke