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democraticallyelectedramseyiv:

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katy-l-wood:

katy-l-wood:

WHY DID NO ONE TELL ME ABOUT PRO WRITING AID BEFORE?! THIS THING IS FUCKING GLORIOUS. HOLY SHIT. LOOK AT THIS.

IT GIVES YOU A WHOLE DAMN REPORT ON YOUR WRITING AND WALKS YOU THROUGH HOW TO MAKE IT BETTER AND WHY IT IS SUGGESTING CHANGES. THIS IS JUST A TINY CHUNK OF THE HUGE REPORT IT GAVE ME ON THE FIRST CHAPTER OF ONE OF MY PROJECTS. I AM IN LOVE.

AND IT WORKS WITH SCRIVENER. AND IT IS AFFORDABLE.

WHY DID NO ONE TELL ME?!

Seriously, a couple hours with this and my first chapter is so much better. It helped me see problems I KNEW I had (passive voice, showing vs. telling, adverbs) but was having a hard time sussing out. It has made editing so much more fun and easy because now I know what the hell I’m doing and what to look for instead of stumbling around blind shouting “adverbs? adverbs?” like a town crier. I can already tell I’m getting better at seeing things without the program having to show me too.

I officially worship this thing.

it’s ProWritingAid in case anyone missed it

Does it do essays?

It does have an academic mode, yes!

Roasted carrot and ginger soup, thoughts on Thanksgiving, and ways to pay it forward.

themanhattanfoodproject:

Roasted carrot and ginger soup, thoughts on Thanksgiving, and ways to pay it forward.

Roasted carrot and ginger soup

It’s hard to believe that Thanksgiving is this week; on one hand it feels like fall just started, but on the other this cold streak we’re having here in MD (plus the general trend of Christmas Creep) makes it feel like we’re already in December? It’s a little disconcerting, but I guess it’s time for sweater weather to actually be a thing. Since it’s an even year,…

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vernarchangel:

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platycryptus:

zooxanthele:

platycryptus:

sand dollars doin their thing

they’re basically sea roombas

I mean, I knew on some fundamental level that they’re related to sea urchins. I knew that the parts that I find on the beach are their skeletons.

WHY DID THIS VIDEO SURPRISE ME??

They aren’t just related to sea urchins, they are sea urchins.

They’re just a group of really flat sea urchins with really short spines

who eat sand

I’ve met folks who never even knew that regular sea urchins crawled around, let alone sand dollars

They look so peaceful.

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First day of life up until 6th grade 

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Jumped all the way to Freshman year of High School

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Then I cut my hair Junior year, why did I do that

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Slowly it started growing back and then….

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I finally felt comfortable to express myself (the picture on the left was my debut)

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At this point in my transition I am 6 months into HRT

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A year on HRT

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Over a year and a half on hormones. My transition hasn’t been the clearest path but I am so happy that I am on it.

Update:

2 years since my coming out 

2 years on hrt

2.3 years on hrt

2 and a half years on hormones 

Its been a while since I’ve done an update so here it goes

At this point I am 3 years into my Hormone Replacement Therapy. I’m thriving. 

These pictures were taken days apart and I am 3 and a half years into my medical transition (The picture on the right was also posted by Instagram on all their major social media handles attached with an interview I did with them for International Women’s Month)

During this time I was 4 years into HRT. Clearly living for it.

I am currently 4 and a half years into HRT, 5 years into socially transitioning, 6 years into when i first came out to my community around me and I’m loving life more than I ever thought I would. 

Lil mini update!! It’s my 5 years on hormones and I think that’s quite the milestone to be proud of so here’s some pics since the last update.

Can’t wait to see how the next 5 years go!

I’m proud seeing how much confidence she got, she’s beautiful, she’s brave and most important she deserves to be happy.

I’ve seen this post a million times and every time I see it my brain short circuits and stops functioning for a moment because of how gorgeous she is