iraq happened for a number of reasons but a pretty major one was a palpable american bloodlust for muslims over 9/11 which got directed that way

i don’t like podcasts either i want the visuals i want to see the original reports

like my attention span just doesn’t work that way i need to sit in front of my computer for 40 minutes listening to someone sit in their room talking about when putin may invade belarus

and it would take up so much of my time because i like long form content when it comes to video (the tiktok/reels/shorts era is a waking nightmare every day of my life and yes i hated vine in college)

for a long time nicola olyslagers was my fave high jumper because i LOVE her faith and what that relationship god does for her approach to life and sport but i really enjoy watching marija vuković the most now and had never heard of montenegro so she’s the reason i’m fixated on the balkans rn

a lot of really excellent high jumpers from that region, specifically topić from serbia and vuković from montenegro. also ukraine (yaroslava🫶), belarus, and the baltic states too like pihela from estonia is an amazing jumper.

like the breakup of yugoslavia and honestly the existence of it in the first place and the way it functioned under tito v before and after like i didn’t expect to walk away from this feeling the way i do about tito thats for sure

in case anyone is wondering, i got a double salpingectomy after they overturned roe v wade, i am aware i am not cut out to be a mother. i need my life to belong to myself and god, not an emotional terrorist pretending to be a chihuahua or god forbid a carbon copy of myself

she sees how upset i get and she sees when she’s the trigger for it. she knows what she’s doing and she doesn’t give af. she’s selfish. my dog is basically a cat

all week i’ve been looking forward to this day so i can sleep in & chill and grace kelly has me taking her out and making her breakfast before i even realize she has woken me up at SEVEN which is earlier than we even get up during the week. i’m incensed. i don’t think this dog cares about me at all

it’s been weeks of this level of stress i can’t keep going anymore like this i need a vacation like a real one where i’m able to put work and gk’s health out of my head and just genuinely convalesce. i’m so exhausted. i’m not 22 anymore i can’t traumatize myself and then just keep pushing forward