my life, currently

pleasedonttouchthat: norsegays: astrolope: People being angry...

Tue, 14 May 2013 21:34:05 -0400

norsegays:

astrolope:

People being angry about ~dem gays~ on Target’s Facebook.

I just want to give my two cents on this and tell you a story.

A couple weeks ago, I was hired at Target. I have a job at Target. Not a big deal right?

It is a big deal because i’m a transman.

It doesn’t take a genius to conclude that it’s hard for me, my brothers, and sisters to get a job. There are legal restraints regarding the job and if you don’t pass, it’s hard to be taken seriously at a job interview.

Right on the application, it asks what your preferred name is. It also asks if there is anything that target should know. I put the fact that I am a transman, expecting not to get a call because usually when you put that down, people will throw out the application. I got TWO interviews.

At the interview, they asked me about it. I told them I am on hormones and they told me that they didn’t care. Not in the sense that they don’t emotionally care, but that it didn’t matter. I was male and that’s all that mattered. They also told me that they give sex same couples benefits in states that do not recognize them as a married couple.

At my job orientation, I was not misgendered once. Even my supervisors who weren’t sure of my gender avoided pronoun use, which I found only happens when you’ve had pronoun training. They gave me a name tag with my preferred name and didn’t ask questions. I felt safe and respected, which is huge for a trans* person.

TLDR: Target is amazing not just for the LGB, but also the T. Shop there for the rest of your life.

Well shit this makes me want to go shopping at Target right now.

Target rules, I dont know what some of these people say

kristyest: wilwheaton: samaralex: megsokay: STOP IT,...

Mon, 13 May 2013 20:14:06 -0400

kristyest:

wilwheaton:

samaralex:

megsokay:

STOP IT, self-help manatee. I actually just cried because of LAST MONTH.

Thank you, self-help manatee. I needed that.

This is just beautiful.

i love manatees so much

this makes me squeal with joy

sick dubstep remix

Tue, 07 May 2013 12:09:41 -0400

sick dubstep remix

woah

Mon, 06 May 2013 00:01:11 -0400

woah

fishingboatproceeds: nanalew: 30secondstomarshmallow: redskies...

Fri, 03 May 2013 20:59:33 -0400

fishingboatproceeds:

nanalew:

30secondstomarshmallow:

redskiesoverparadise:

filthymitts:

theblackship:

ilvalentinos:

robert-pattinson-hates-his-life:

Rob talking about a stalker he had in Spain.

HE COMPLAINED ABOUT HIS LIFE.

TO A FAN.

FOR TWO STRAIGHT HOURS.

Bless this man.

the man. the myth. the legend.

I’m pretty sure I’ve reblogged this before but it’s definitely worth a second post.

/\

Sometimes I just stop and think about this post

Lest you think it would be fun or feel good to be famous…

this is an epic story

loooololololoololololo

Sun, 21 Apr 2013 01:11:59 -0400

loooololololoololololo

llllvi: dug’s guitar rig, 2012 thissss

Sun, 21 Apr 2013 01:04:31 -0400

llllvi:

dug’s guitar rig, 2012

thissss

devilsmadvocate: thepeoplesrecord: Got this in my email...

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 10:43:36 -0400

devilsmadvocate:

thepeoplesrecord:

Got this in my email today:

Dear friends,

We are elders of the Maasai from Tanzania, one of Africa’s oldest tribes. The government has just announced that it plans to kick thousands of our families off our lands so that wealthy tourists can use them to shoot lions and leopards.The evictions are to begin immediately.

Last year, when word first leaked about this plan, almost one million Avaaz members rallied to our aid. Your attention and the storm it created forced the government to deny the plan, and set them back months. But the President has waited for international attention to die down, and now he’s revived his plan to take our land. We need your help again, urgently.

President Kikwete may not care about us, but he has shown he’ll respond to global media and public pressure — to all of you! We may only have hours. Please stand with us to protect our land, our people and our world’s most majestic animals, and tell everyone before it is too late. This is our last hope:

http://www.avaaz.org/en/maasai_fb_dm_3/?bNDofcb&v=23793

Our people have lived off the land in Tanzania and Kenya for centuries. Our communities respect our fellow animals and protect and preserve the delicate ecosystem. But the government has for years sought to profit by giving rich princes and kings from the Middle East access to our land to kill. In 2009, when they tried to clear our land to make way for these hunting sprees, we resisted, and hundreds of us were arrested and beaten. Last year, rich princes shot at birds in trees from helicopters. This killing goes against everything in our culture.

Now the government has announced it will clear a huge swath of our land to make way for what it claims will be a wildlife corridor, but many suspect it’s just a ruse to give a foreign hunting corporation and the rich tourists it caters to easier access to shoot at majestic animals. The government claims this new arrangement is some sort of accommodation, but its effect on our people’s way of life will be disastrous. There are thousands of us who could have our lives uprooted, losing our homes, the land on which our animals graze, or both.

President Kikwete knows this deal would be controversial with Tanzania’s tourists - a critical source of national income - and does not want a big PR disaster. If we can urgently generate even more global outrage than we did before, and get the media writing about it, we know it can make him think twice. Stand with us now to call on Kikwete to stop the sell off:

This land grab could spell the end for the Maasai in this part of Tanzania and many of our community have said they would rather die than be forced from their homes. On behalf of our people and the animals who graze in these lands, please stand with us to change the mind of our President.

With hope and determination,

— The Maasai community of Ngorongoro District

Sources:

The Guardian: Maasai fury as plan to lure Arabian Gulf tourists threatens their ancestral land

allAfrica: Land Grab Could Spell ‘The End of the Maasai’

IPP Media: Maasai villagers frustrate efforts to vacate for Ortelo

The Guardian: Tanzania denies plan to evict Maasai for royal hunting ground

The Guardian: “Tourism is a curse to us”

New Internationalist Magazine: “Hunted down”

Society for Threatened People: Briefing on the eviction of the Loliondo Maasai

FEMACT: Report by 16 human rights investigators & media on violence in Loliondo

The Endorois people (also in Kenya) were removed from their sacred land in the 1970s under similar circumstances & for similar motives (the establishment of parks for colonial tourists.

PLEASE REBLOG THIS AND SPREAD THE WORD GUYS. Traditional cultures in East Africa have been getting completely trampled on by the government and barely anyone seems to know or care. And this loss of land isn’t just destroying their livelihood but their entire culture. These really are issues that could actually get some backing if people just freakin’ knew about them, so PLEASE SIGNAL BOOST!

la-sonambula: #bye my life be like gritz

Fri, 22 Mar 2013 10:40:59 -0400

la-sonambula:

#bye

my life be like gritz

samuihere: well i am all caught upwith shinsekai yori and now my life is meaningless this show...

Wed, 06 Mar 2013 07:41:51 -0500

samuihere:

well i am all caught upwith shinsekai yori and

now my life is meaningless

this show looks awesome im about to check it out

martininamerica: jnoyume: martininamerica: alkahestic: martin...

Fri, 15 Feb 2013 03:38:25 -0500

martininamerica:

jnoyume:

martininamerica:

alkahestic:

martininamerica:

alkahestic:

martininamerica:

alkahestic:

martininamerica:

alkahestic:

martininamerica:

alkahestic:

martininamerica:

alkahestic:

martininamerica:

You just collected enough star chips to enter my heart.

Are you a trap card? Because I want you in face down mode.

Is your name Obelisk? Because you’ve got me tormented.

I’ve got a mind CRUSH on you.

I forgot my own name. But I’ll still be able to make you cry it out.

Just call me your “other self”. I’ll be inside you all night long.

You can be my trap card. I’ll flip you on your back.

You can sit on the top of my deck for as many turns as you want.

They call me the king of games. Want to be my queen?

It’s time to du-du-du-du-du-du-do me.

Are we two pieces of Exodia? Because our love is unstoppable.

They call me king of games because I never lose. Want to play strip poker?

You’re so hot, I forgot my name.

You owe me a star chip because looking at you, I dropped mine.

When I transform my jacket becomes a cape. Want to see what happens to my pants?

Now just lie back, and believe in the heart of the cards.

I haven’t seen a girl as cute as you since Jaden Yuki.

Are you a Duel Disk Hologram? Because you’re dazzling.

Want to see my Giant Soldier of Stone?

Girl, let me see your beaver… warrior.

It took Yugi years to release me. But with you, it would only take one night.

Is it hot in here, or did you just activate Molten Destruction?

If you think this voice is deep, wait till you hear it in the bedroom.

Was that a magic card you just played? Because I’m spell bound.

Let’s activate Polymerization and fuse ourselves together.

Baby, you can have all of my heart points.

Looks like I won’t need that destined duel. Because I’m already in heaven with you.

Is this season zero? Because I feel like getting very, very naughty.

Baby, I’d listen to your friendship speeches all night long.

If you think Slifer is huge, you should see the other dragon I keep in my pocket.

These belts and chains aren’t for keeping my pants up. They’re for when my pants are down.

Me and you should get together and shuffle all night long.

Did someone activate Mind Control? Because I’m under your power.

I bet you’d love to make me scream AIBOOOOOUUUU.

I may be a Pharaoh, but for you I’m a slave.

help

help

Bringing it back for Valentines Day.

LOL ‘tarap’ ieamn ;t’tarp’ i mean ‘trap’

celestial-lineage: toxicbreedsfunhouse: Beartrap // A Single...

Fri, 15 Feb 2013 03:37:31 -0500

celestial-lineage:

toxicbreedsfunhouse:

Beartrap // A Single Second ( AFI )

holy fuck yeah

oooooooooooooooooooooooo hh wo o o oo w

Fri, 15 Feb 2013 03:36:11 -0500

oooooooooooooooooooooooo hh wo o o oo w

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Fri, 15 Feb 2013 03:34:29 -0500

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i thot that was like bill and ted lolol

Fri, 15 Feb 2013 03:33:19 -0500

i thot that was like bill and ted lolol

lololol

Fri, 15 Feb 2013 03:32:54 -0500

lololol

jamjars: lol omggg 2009/2010 yamyarsss < ###333

Fri, 15 Feb 2013 03:30:41 -0500

jamjars:

lol omggg 2009/2010

yamyarsss < ###333

trve emo

Thu, 14 Feb 2013 00:54:22 -0500

trve emo

anothergoodinyoudies: ok wow s0 handsum

Thu, 14 Feb 2013 00:52:10 -0500

anothergoodinyoudies:

ok

wow s0 handsum

spazzles: permawkward: watercolor floral tattoos wanna get...

Mon, 04 Feb 2013 04:04:02 -0500

spazzles:

permawkward:

watercolor floral tattoos

wanna get me somtng like this eventually, sooooon