then the Ashville Special makes a screeching halt in the middle of Oh Right That's How Propaganda Happens In An Oligarchy

am I wrong to be concerned that future generations will be significantly more influenced by this sort of thing if public education continues to erode? in the US at least, bc I live here unfortunately

(I read 1 goddamn article about Thomas Gibson and his behind the scenes CM shenanigans, and I am forever pelted with this kinda scud)

it's disappointing, at most, if you are hoping he'll come back to a regular role.
Dreadful is him coming back to murder everyone or st. and it's sensational language to drive clicks and goddammit it worked on me. i know it did. kinda hate myself for falling for one of the Classic Tabloid Blunders

this could be just a baked af train of thought but I'm mostly tired of being fed headlines about how "Warning! MGG's role in Criminal Minds: Evolution is more dreadful than exciting!" and it just means like... he's gonna be a cameo, and probably not a regular role. that's not what dreadful means.

If you consider me a friend and don't know what I'm up to or how i am, it's because you aren't bothering to actually ask and find out.

Friendship goes both ways.

Realizing that people in my life don't ask me these things is extremely eye-opening. I openly share with the people who do ask me about myself from time to time. But those that don't bother aren't entitled to that information anymore.

You don't know things about people unless you ask. I want people in my life whom i am genuinely interested in and are genuinely interested in me in return, and will bother to ask me, "What have you been up to? How are you? What are you doing?"

I've reconnected with friends recently that make me feel seen and heard, just in asking me about myself in ways no one has in a long, long time. I've offered myself up so freely that it's taken until now to realize that if I don't share, people don't care to find out.