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Insert boring description: I'm a thirty-something wife and mother who married the guy I met my first year of college. Hey, he asked me to go look at the stars our first date- How could I NOT fall for him? I'm a former high school teacher taking a break to raise my two young sons and hope that NCLB will have been repealed by the time I go back to my career :P I majored in English Literature and Art History so I'm impossible to watch films or go to the museum with.

I've been involved in various television and anime fandoms since college, when doing so meant posting on a list serv or attending conventions with packs of blank VHS tapes and a VCR. I've dabbled in fanfiction and fanart, especially slash in many fandoms using many usernames over the years, but I'm actually not very good at either and I have MUCH more fun viewing the amazing works other fans create.

I'm socially and politically liberal, ELCA Christian and I've lived in Texas my entire life. We do exist I swear...and I accept no responsibility for that damn Bush or Perry.

So the next time you see a harried middle aged southern woman in jeans and a ponytail herding kids through a store, just remember - she may be a closet slasher ;)

If you follow me, there will be annoying photos of my kids and I really don't get the whole Tumblr thing so I treat it like a shortened Livejournal really, since I've had one of those for the past decade or so.
newsweek:

gifhound:

OMG. The Obama camp released their latest attack ad this morning on YouTube. The 4+ minute long clip titled “Broken Promises” details Romney’s record as Governor of Massachusetts, and features multiple testimonials from Mass. mayors who did not enjoy working with Governor Mitt.
(Via YouTube) 

ilovecharts is going to freak out on this gif. Innovative!

newsweek:

gifhound:

OMG. The Obama camp released their latest attack ad this morning on YouTube. The 4+ minute long clip titled “Broken Promises” details Romney’s record as Governor of Massachusetts, and features multiple testimonials from Mass. mayors who did not enjoy working with Governor Mitt.

(Via YouTube

ilovecharts is going to freak out on this gif. Innovative!

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2 hours ago
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Many adults are put off when youngsters pose scientific questions. Children ask why the sun is yellow, or what a dream is, or how deep you can dig a hole, or when is the world’s birthday, or why we have toes. Too many teachers and parents answer with irritation or ridicule, or quickly move on to something else. Why adults should pretend to omniscience before a five-year-old, I can’t for the life of me understand. What’s wrong with admitting that you don’t know? Children soon recognize that somehow this kind of question annoys many adults. A few more experiences like this, and another child has been lost to science. There are many better responses. If we have an idea of the answer, we could try to explain. If we don’t, we could go to the encyclopedia or the library. Or we might say to the child: “I don’t know the answer. Maybe no one knows. Maybe when you grow up, you’ll be the first to find out.

nightmareloki:

momo-deary:

jathis:

yo-cosplayer:

I want this family to adopt me

just too cute <3

OH MY GOD.

11 hours ago
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northstarfan:

knitmeapony:

whathefucktate:

Whoever says gay people shouldn’t have children, look at this picture and go fuck yourself.

Fucking adorable family omg.

Lordy those kids are getting big fast… &lt;3

northstarfan:

knitmeapony:

whathefucktate:

Whoever says gay people shouldn’t have children, look at this picture and go fuck yourself.

Fucking adorable family omg.

Lordy those kids are getting big fast… <3

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22 hours ago
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What Everyone's Missing in the Attachment-Parenting Debate - The Atlantic

The theory behind the methods…

23 hours ago
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actuallyautistic:

autistickitten:

I will either babble at you or be completely silent

I love these.

actuallyautistic:

autistickitten:

I will either babble at you or be completely silent

I love these.

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3 hours ago
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chinad011:

i’m literally fucking clapping at the screen in applause to this

chinad011:

i’m literally fucking clapping at the screen in applause to this

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11 hours ago
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So my mum says I’m strange for reading fanfiction, can people like this or reblog this if they read fanfiction? because my mum thinks it’s just me…

goldenheartedrose:

equalseleventhirds:

p5hng-me-awy:

kkatkkrap:

Okay, internet. Ready, set, GO.

Does this mean I am normal for writing it?

Ahahaha.

I read it. Write it. Edit it. Moderate a site for it.

Tell your mom that you’re perfectly normal.

I do! And I’m ooooold (ish).

Some fanfiction is better than what’s actually printed in books. 

Some books used to BE fanfiction (but let’s not talk about 50 Shades of Grey, shall we? Let’s stick to GOOD fanfic instead).

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16 hours ago
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MockingbirdQ: Not that it's anyone's business...

mquester:

But there have been a few messages in my ask box today due to my posting some pro-choice reblogs recently and it’s just easier to answer them in one public post…

First let me say that I feel so blessed to have my two children. They were both desperately wanted, as there was always some question…

Reposting again because there are two more anons in my inbox demanding to know why I’m not prolife/anti choice who apparently missed this post earlier. Not responding individually if it is obvious you didn’t read my post, y’all…And honestly, all you need to know is that I am and my life experiences trump your attempts to guilt me into reading your links. Thank you and go away now.

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22 hours ago
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It sure seems like this is what babies are thinking those first few weeks :)

It sure seems like this is what babies are thinking those first few weeks :)

23 hours ago
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