January:
- The President taunts the other idiot with nuclear weapons. πͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺ
- I lose my wedding ring because I canβt stop taking it off and nervously playing with it due to the state of β¦well β¦everything. Husband doesnβt divorce me. Doesnβt get mad. Isnβt offended. In fact, he consoles me and says itβs okay. β€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈ
- Mudslides after fire season, cold spells, winter storms, painful medical tests, sick pets. πͺβ€οΈπͺβ€οΈ πͺβ€οΈπͺβ€οΈ
February:
- Parkland High School shootingπͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺ
- Commercial corporations take a moral stand in response to Parkland β€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈ
- The President says something stupid about being βsadβ that the FBI missed the signs for Parkland. Blames the error on the election investigation. πͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺ
- Russians are indicted β€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈ
- My 20 + year-old hand-me-down bed breaks causing a massive expenditure of funds because now I am old and cannot sleep on crappy-hand-me-down beds anymore. Now I have back problems from hunching over, paying for adult things like student loans and alcohol. πͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺ
March: Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
- A beloved pet dies. πͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺ
- Stormy Daniels appears on the national radar. A porn star who slept with the President. The fact that the Presidentβs sex life is center-stage in our national news angers me in a way I cannot describe. πͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺ
- Facebook is found to be shady again, but in the UK. πͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺ πͺ
- The shooting of another unarmed black man, Stephon Clark, for holding what turned out to be a cell phone. πͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺ
- The President gets in a Twitter war with Joe Biden over who is tougher. Like anyone wants to see the most anticlimactic fight since the last Steven Seagal movie was released.
- My dog does something cute. β€οΈβ€οΈ β€οΈ β€οΈ β€οΈ β€οΈ β€οΈ β€οΈ
April:
- There was another shooting (the one at YouTube) πͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺ And another shooting (at a Waffle HouseβA FUCKING WAFFLE HOUSEβwhere people go to eat yummy, delicious, golden-brown carbs covered in sugar that comes from trees.) πͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺ
- My in-laws are not well. They are ill with diseases that affect the elderly, although they arenβt the βrightβ age yet. πͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺ
- The President does another really stupid thing, letting the world know that an attack on Syria by the U.S. is imminentβ¦or maybe we wonβt attack at all. The U.S. isnβt my drunk college girlfriends, and Syria isnβt a club that we canβt decide whether to go to. πͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺ
- Black people canβt barbeque in a park, use a restroom in Starbucks, sleep in a college common room, shop in stores, or work as a home inspector without the cops being called. πͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺπͺπͺ πͺ
- My attitude becomes one of βfuck itβ: it doesnβt matter anyway, why even write words because the whole world is going to shit. I want to quit graduate school but am stopped because a friend tells me that my words matter and that she wants to see me walk across that stage. My heart performs a grinch-like enlargement. β€οΈβ€οΈ β€οΈ β€οΈ β€οΈ β€οΈ β€οΈ β€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈ β€οΈ β€οΈ β€οΈ β€οΈ β€οΈ β€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈ β€οΈ β€οΈ β€οΈ β€οΈ β€οΈ β€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈ β€οΈ β€οΈ β€οΈ β€οΈ β€οΈ β€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈ β€οΈ β€οΈ β€οΈ β€οΈ β€οΈ β€οΈ
- Then the Cosby thing goes down and my childhood is forever retroactively altered. πͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺπͺπͺ
May:
- Another shooting at another high school, this time in Texas. πͺπͺπͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺπͺπͺ
- Morgan Freeman is accused of sexual assault. πͺπͺπͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺπͺπͺ
- Then Harvey Weinstein. πͺπͺπͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺπͺπͺ
- More white people being racist about the protests against their racism.πͺπͺπͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺπͺπͺ
- I get offered an editorship. Something I can sink into and emerge from when the world is a better place. β€οΈ β€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈ β€οΈ β€οΈ β€οΈ β€οΈ β€οΈ β€οΈβ€οΈ β€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈ β€οΈ β€οΈ β€οΈ β€οΈ β€οΈ β€οΈβ€οΈ β€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈ β€οΈ β€οΈ β€οΈ β€οΈ β€οΈ β€οΈ
June:
- Another fucking shooting at another workplace. The newsroom at The Capital. I guess freedom of the press now means the privilege of bleeding for a byline. πͺπͺπͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺπͺπͺ
- Hundreds, thousands of voices rise up in protest about ICE separations. Their pleas fall on deaf ears. πͺπͺπͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺπͺπͺ
- The President THROWS starbursts at Merkel. (Should I be grateful he didnβt call her βunexplainably juicyβ?) πͺπͺπͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺπͺπͺ And then mocks and isolates a dying man (McCain). πͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺπͺπͺ
- Koko dies and the last vestiges of my childhood are burnt to a fucking crisp. Thereβs no saving it. Itβs just ashes.πͺπͺπͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺπͺπͺ
- I get to see my chosen family who remind me that there are good, kind, caring people in the world. β€οΈ β€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈ β€οΈ β€οΈ β€οΈ β€οΈ β€οΈ β€οΈβ€οΈ β€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈ β€οΈ β€οΈ β€οΈ β€οΈ β€οΈ β€οΈβ€οΈ β€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈ β€οΈ β€οΈ β€οΈ β€οΈ β€οΈ β€οΈβ€οΈ β€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈ β€οΈ β€οΈ β€οΈ β€οΈ β€οΈ β€οΈβ€οΈ β€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈ β€οΈ β€οΈ β€οΈ β€οΈ β€οΈ β€οΈβ€οΈ β€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈ β€οΈ β€οΈ β€οΈ β€οΈ β€οΈ β€οΈ
- Then my computer literally catches fire. It smokes in my lap. πͺπͺπͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺπͺπͺ
July:
- While Iβm finding out that I havenβt backed-up my burnt computer since March, both bicycles are stolen off our back patio. Money we donβt have goes to a replacement computer. πͺπͺπͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺπͺπͺ
- The President threatens nuclear war with Iran saying βWE ARE NO LONGER A COUNTRY THAT WILL STAND FOR YOUR DEMENTED WORDS OF VIOLENCE & DEATH.β Iran isnβt allowed to say βdemented wordsβ (whatever those are) of violence and death, but we can use those kinds of words against our own citizens and itβs all good. πͺπͺπͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺ
- Family separations at the border intensify. πͺπͺπͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺ
- Facebook is an asshole (again) πͺπͺπͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺ
- 17 people die in the duck boat. We canβt even have the fucking duck boat tour anymore. πͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺπͺπͺ
- But my dog passes his intermediate obedience test, so there is that. β€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈ which is quickly dwarfed by the fact that the entire state of California decides to light itself on fire.πͺπͺπͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺπͺπͺ
August:
- Lots of racist shit goes down because Mollie Tibbetts is allegedly murdered by an illegal immigrant. πͺπͺπͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺ
- THERE IS ANOTHER FUCKING SHOOTING (at a Madden gaming tournament! Playing video games wonβt keep the kids safe anymore), and the President is just publicly stupid all the time. πͺπͺπͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺπͺπͺ
- Trump teaches us that: 1) The press is the enemy of the people, 2) Truth isnβt truth, 3) There are alternative facts, 4) He believes he controls the market which would, obviously, crash upon his impeachment, and 5) If you tape record what Trump says and use it against him, he will be mad that you were smart and he was stupid. πͺπͺπͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺπͺπͺ
- Oh– and California continues to burn, including my microwave, which spits out bright sparks while heating food.πͺπͺπͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺπͺπͺ
- I run away from all the fires (personal and public) to Chicago. I find good friends, good food, and great theatre there. β€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈ
September:
- The Kavanaugh hearings πͺπͺπͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺπͺπͺ
- The Cosby sentencing. The outcry of people upset that he was even sentenced makes me so angry that my eyes want to pop out of their sockets. πͺπͺπͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺπͺπͺ
- Our other computer dies. Nothing–not even the power of our yellow sun–will revive it. πͺπͺπͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺπͺπͺ
- My body is so stressed out from life that it also stops functioning properly. πͺπͺπͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺπͺπͺ
- I run away to nature (whatβs left of it) and enjoy not thinking about things like life and how crazy shit is right now. β€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈ
October:
- The President says the USPS is failing, terrorists prove him right by using it to mail pipe bombs. We canβt just disagree in this country anymore, we need to eviscerate each other. πͺπͺπͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺ
- The Pittsburgh shooting. The realization that nothing is off limits. Nothing is sacrosanct or safe from violence especially places of worship where people try to find peace and understanding. πͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺπͺπͺ
- I run away again to nature. I find bigger trees that dwarf this world in their enormity. β€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈ
- My thesis is approved. β€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈ
November:
- Midterm elections β€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈ
- The President taunts Macron and the whole of France about the size of their β ahem β army. πͺπͺπͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺπͺπͺ
- California burns again πͺπͺπͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺπͺπͺ
- ANOTHER FUCKING SHOOTING. This time at a bar where people go to, you know, dance, have fun, and unwind. It doesnβt matter if itβs in California, which is also burnt to a crisp. It could have been anywhere.πͺπͺπͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺπͺπͺ
- I write well. β€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈ
- Doggo is an advanced pupper now. β€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈ
- I see the band that brought my husband and I together, playing again, ten years later. β€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈ
December:
- The Dow drops and continues to drop. πͺπͺπͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺπͺπͺ
- The government shuts down and over a million people stop getting paid. πͺπͺπͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺπͺπͺ
- The President insults Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala because β¦ (does it even matter why anymore?) πͺπͺπͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺπͺπͺπͺπͺπͺπͺπͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺπͺπͺ
- People are interested in my writing. I graduate. I spend time with the people I love (and family, too). β€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈ
- β€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈ
- We reflect on 2018. We hope for a better 2019. β€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈ
- Ohβand my dog does something cute. β€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈ
- β€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€β€οΈ
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