Joy Harjo, from “Break My Heart”, An American Sunrise: Poems

The Beatles in Rishikesh

Hello old friend [OC]

Like… we warned them. Business people warned them. You spread the market too thin, the public will find an alternative. When everything was on one or two streaming sites, it was good. But now that everybody wants in on the streaming cash cow, ain’t no cash in it because everyone’s saying “you know where I can get all these shows without paying twelve different subscription fees? Putlocker”

When my frontal lobe fully develops at age 27 then it’s over for everyone

there’s nothing purer or better than how much kids enjoy being picked up and then hurled at soft surfaces

anyone who’s ever been around kids for ay meaningful amount of time should know exactly how much kids long to be hefted up and then just fuckin tossed! it’s so good! they’re so excited to get fucking tossed around like a sack of potatoes it’s so pure

Why do kids love it so much? Like I remember when I was a kid at diving practice during the summer, the best part was when one if the coaches would toss you into the deep end. And in gymnastics coaches would toss us into the foam pit. Do kids just have a evolutionary urge to die?

https://themilitarywifeandmom.com/why-kids-wont-listen/

“Vestibular sense provides information about where the body is in relation to its surroundings. This is the sense that helps you understand balance, and it connects with all the other senses.

When the vestibular system does not develop properly all other senses will struggle to function properly. Without a strong vestibular sense, kids will have no choice but to fidget, get frustrated, experience more falls and aggression, get too close to people when talking, and struggle with focusing and listening. Because they literally cannot help it.”

“Here are a few ways to support your child’s vestibular sense:

Yeeting kids, spinning them, flipping them upside down, tossing them in the air, and otherwise disrupting their balance temporarily, is Important For Their Development, specifically for their vestibular sense.

Kids love this because they NEED it.

In other words: Don’t forget to calibrate your child’s GPS!

YEET THE CHILD FOR THEIR HEALTH

Hi! Paediatric Occupational Therapist here who yeets children into pillows for a living. It’s actually more than the vestibular system! It’s also giving them proprioception, which is the feeling of your joints and muscles / where your body is in space! 

We all seek proprioceptive input, leaning against walls, pushing against the steering wheel when driving, giving your body a squeeze to wake yourself up, the list goes on! When we ‘crash’ kids into soft things like pillows or beds, we’re waking their bodies up AND calming their bodies down! In other words, getting them into this super nice zone of “just right” regulation. 

When I see a child who is bouncing off the walls and can’t seem to stand still for more than a few seconds? I start wrestling with them, crashing them into pillows, giving their body the right amount of input they need to feel good and organised. And suddenly, this kid is able to sit and play attentively or do their handwriting practice. It’s amazing! If you want to know more about why the vestibular and proprioceptive systems are awesome at making your body feel good, google those two words (and sensory processing) and read through some occupational therapy websites! 

Side note: As adults, does your body ever feel jittering/jiggly/wiggly/like it needs to move or calm down but you just can’t figure out why? That’s your sensory system saying Hey! I need to feel differently in order to function better! Here’s what you can do:

Long story short, everyone has a sensory system and we all use regulation strategies like the ones listed above to help make our body feel better. So if you ever see someone (especially kids!) fidgeting and having a hard time focusing, maybe suggest something from the list above!

Are you telling me that push ups are the cure for ADHD leg bounce?

Push-ups have always been the cure for the ADHD leg bounce but for some reason no one wants to hear it.

Would you kiss an ancient forest spirit?

○ yes

○ yes

○ super yes

♡

I remember going around their place one weekend, and entering the bedroom to find John being prepared for something which instantly made me very curious. He was dressed in a pair of underpants and a white shirt which, for some unknown reason, he wore back to front. Then he was handed a black jacket which he put on in the same way. Now he picked up a crucifix which was, no doubt, one of his own creations. As soon as he had hold of his crucifix he started talking like a preacher. With his arm outstretched he went straight to the window which looked out on Grosse Freiheit and, kneeling down on a chair, leaned out and showed the cross to the people in the street. With his voice lifted to the top of its range, he carried on his preaching to the people below. I have no idea what the people of the Grosse Freiheit thought, but this was more than just a little laugh.                                                                               –Klaus Voormann

John Lennon Questionnaire, 1960’s

(From a British teen magazine in the 60’s when John was still a Beatle. Magazine’s name unknown, but could possibly have been RAVE. John filled in the answers by hand.)

MARRIAGE: “Just a name.”

‘IN’ CROWDS: “Do me a favour!”

WAR: “Terrible. No excuse for it.”

POWER: “I haven’t used mine fully yet.”

CLOTHES: “Useful for taking off.”

TELEVISION: “Love it. Sometimes great, sometimes a joke, but I like it.”

DEATH: “The end, daddy-o.”

PAUL McCARTNEY: “Just Paul. Just our Paul..”

ANIMALS: “I love.”

SWIMMING: “Keeps you clean.”

SKY: “That’s where I belong, baby.”

JOURNALISTS: “Fruitcake.”

FANS: “Harmless.”

CIGARETTES: “Cancer.”

VEGETARIANISM: “I’ve not come across it. If people want to eat nuts that’s okay with me. I wish I could do it, the way I feel about animals.”

THE BOMB: “Should be bombed.”

JAGGER: “A good nut.”

AMERICA: “Great possibilities.”

LIFE & DEATH: “Time I was on stage.”

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Aries - Dark Mood  Defensive, impulsive, antagonistic, childishness that risks compromising the trust other people have in them, relegates others, lack of concern for personal safety-is willing to go to any length to achieve short-term relief, raises hell for no good reason, intimidation, explosive temper, lack of self-control, self-righteousness that discards beneficial advice, relentless demands “Everybody around me is strategising their moment of attack, watching for my weaknesses, and I must be ready to defend at any instant

Taurus: Dark Mood Worrisome, isolating, self-deprecating at the same time as being self-serving, exaggerate habitual rituals in dangerous routes such as extreme detoxing or spending their savings, possessive and controlling behaviour, lack of validating or acknowledging others exist and lack of engagement in their interests, inflexibility, overly touchy and sensitive behaviour, the sense that everybody ‘owes’ them   “If I didn’t have these resources, this money, these securities, than they wouldn’t contact me, they only want me when they need something

Gemini - Dark Mood Secretive, becomes increasingly and evidently bored and frustrated by people, prickly silence, abrasive and uncaring, disinhibited and lapsing between severe seriousness and unstable silliness, erratic and unpredictable presence, just deciding not to ‘show up’, playing devil’s advocate, conversing inside their own head while appearing as though they are attentively listening, refuses to take responsibility, blames forgetfulness and acts confused

Cancer - Dark Mood Distrustful, emotional rampager, victim player and martyr, incessantly and questions people’s intentions and uses past experiences to justify suspicion withdrawal, needy, rejecting, pulls and pushes people away, volatile explosions of repressed rage, intrusive behaviour and trying to fix everybody’s problems while becoming resentful of being relied upon, unreasoning, unforgiving, makes others feel unwelcome, emotionally wounded and wounding “They are planning to leave anyway, they are tired of me, they have no more energy for me

Leo - Dark Mood Attempting to control and relegate others, pushes loved ones away while clinging harder, elevating theatrics, touchiness and over sensitivity, self-serving and unreasoning, brings down the mood of any surrounding, relentlessly demanding of the person who cannot make them feel instantly better, self-deceptive and judgemental, jealousy based on a fleeting image and false assumptions, entitled and elitist “As soon as I leave everybody is going to laugh at me, they’re probably destroying me when my back is turned

Virgo - Dark Mood An irritate, impossible to please, overtired child having a tantrum because ‘everything is wrong’, uncompromising, waiting for something to go wrong so they can be vindicated and their observation proven right, intrusive problem solving and fretting while resenting the reliance that they are giving people on them, critical and impossible to satisfy, abrasive and anxious, disengaged, controlling, and condescending, self-hatred, moaning and complaint ridden “They don’t see me now, I’ll make sure that they notice me when I’m gone

Libra - Dark Mood Temperamental and volatile, hides distress behind a mask and still expects others to unknowingly tread carefully, jealous, dependant and needy, unassertive and until it builds into resentment, arrested adolescent experiencing a constant identity crisis and indecision, lost in between fantasies imitation or echoing, obsession with relationships and romantic encounters, dependency, hypocritical and guilt-tripping, backstabbing “They’re only spending time with me because they feel sorry for me

Scorpio - Dark Mood Resentful and abrasive, false superiority, wrath, and self-ruin, “people are inherently bad and untrustworthy” silent, angry at the world, unstable, overly suspicious and unwilling to let people prove their worth, controlling and possessive behaviour, hyper sensitivity with reactive blades, emotional coldness and emotional paralysis, self-righteousness, disconnecting privacy, inflexibility and loathing for people in general

Sagittarius - Dark Mood Condescending, controlling, agitated, loud, brutalised and ignorant honesty and refusing to apologise for any hurt out of the faith in their good intentions, accuses the upset responder of twisting their words, demand for a person to prove the impossible to win an argument diminishing and judging opinions and beliefs, self-righteousness, unpredictable temper, disinterested unless personally involved “They use me for my goodness and leave me with my badness

Capricorn - Dark Mood Rejecting, insecure and elitist, consumed labourer or lazy and lethargic, melancholic and paranoid, disregarding of others and unresponsive to other’s attempts to engage attention, emotionally paralysed and abrasive, distrusting, gloomy, self-sabotaging, puts impossible expectations on others, sense that the world is out to ‘sabotage’ them “Turn your back for a moment and you will be replaced” 

Aquarius - Dark Mood Self-righteousness and brutal honesty, emotional defences and paralysis, lack of deep personal engagement, condescending and disregarding of others, unwilling to listen or learn from others, false superiority, self-isolation and complaints of being rejected, keeps emotions compartmentalised so not to be torn apart by empathy - replaces empathy with ice  “They’re not understanding me, why do I even bother opening my mouth they are all waiting to send me away

Pisces - Dark Mood Constant repetition of destructive behaviours, emotional projection, over dependency, overly invested worrying and intrusive behaviour, gossipy and two-faced, says ‘yes’ to your face and ‘no’ behind your back, carries around guilt to justify being a victim, resist healing or self care, longs for self undoing "They think I’m weak and they can walk all over me, that I am not my own person and I don’t have needs like them

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