You don't often get solace in what you seek, but when you see it for what it was sold.. as? You get to feel it for what it is. That's some word play for your Monday. How're you doing?

I was in a queue earlier, and getting annoyed. But, it's pretty difficult *staying* annoyed at the incompetence of a supermarket when you've got that new Taylor Swift on your earphones. That shit sounds like the smell of a goddamn beautiful flower.

A reminder: in case you're feeling mentally and emotionally exhausted from the everythingness this week has been (continues to be), and it is practicably doable - make some time to get back in touch with yourself. Whatever that means to- and for you. You get to.

Don't be dissuaded by this world: there's still value in constructive loyalty and trust.

I look forward to a day when it isn't 'controversial' to say: yes, that was an Apartheid State who, with the help of all to whom it made greedy sense — that oppressed and suppressed what ought have always been a Free Palestine. That it's a simple truth.

I've been unavailable on here for a while. But, I couldn't any longer. I had to go scream into the wind. Palestine, The Madlanga Commission. Fuck! Disinformation is too much. Why is there a lack of questioning? Fuck! Also: is nobody just doing their jobs any more? Fuck!

Apropos of nothing, but: if you and I have differing views on whether or not pineapple should be on a pizza, we'd be in: *disagreement*. *That* designation stops once you choose to be bigoted, & make it your brand. Then, I'd no longer respect you as a person, and bid you adieu.

Suicide is not selfish. If anything, it is a tragedy - brought on, in a lot of instances, by the weight of depression: a mental illness. Prevention through constructive treatment, is an option. Destigmatization thereof is a healthy starting point.

So, Walmart - in the form of its physical stores - is coming to South Africa? But, now see, that confuses me? According to the Supreme King of Oranges, ''terrible things are happening in South Africa'' and yet, the largest employer in America, is comfortable investing here?

Grief is a motherfucker. But, ultimately, it is love that doesn't know where to go. Be its guide.

I don't know how many films have Celine Dion songs featuring prominently, ironically or, whichever capacity? But, ones I've seen've been good. What I'm *glad* about, is that, in terms of being such a legendary talented artist, her music has such a delightful & respected reach. Dis vir my mooi.

Xciting new vocabulary addition.

It's 2025. Give people the flowers they deserve while they can still smell ‘em. Appreciating the beauty and/or good in someone else, doesn't reduce/dismiss any of it in You. Shall I repeat that?

As a reference: Apartheid in South Africa, to a significant extent, only came to end because it became economically unsustainable for that regime. Not out of the goodness of their hearts. Actions like these are meaningful, and more are needed.

Quick reminder: get back in touch with your mental health today. It doesn't have to be perfect. It gets to be whatever you need it to be.

In any given situation, please know that: male, is not the default. white, is not the default. rich, is not the default. You get to choose to not be idiotic.

I'm always conflicted observing Women's Day. When you look at our socioeconomic reality, women are not respected, are they? So, I see value in acknowledging moments towards it becoming a common practice. I have hope. Like an Ngoyi, a Joseph, a Moosa, and a Williams-De Bruyn.

I tried my hand at making a cottage pie this evening. Relatively simple, I realize. But, after the week I had, a lot was riding on it. (Self-imposed). I was glad when it turned out not awful but good.

Racism, and just bigotry as a whole — in as much as it'll always serve as a distraction, is such an idiotic way of *choosing* to think and behave as an adult human being, isn't it? What an unremarkably vacuous way to be, yoh.

Reminder: when a woman says "no", it is never meant as a "challenge" to get her to a "yes". The context is irrelevant. Simple as. Unlearn that thinking. Be better. Teach the message whenever you are entrusted with a situation in which you can be a difference.

Human beings can be *undocumented*; never illegal. It is possible that a person is *in* a country illegally, but they *themselves* never are. Stop letting politicians and people with vested interests run your thinking on what humanity is and isn't. Words matter.

There's a comfort in someone *knowing* you. Like, as in truly them knowing you. Like as in, you don't have to worry about thinking what they think about you; about *that*, you're at peace. They just know you'd never murder someone. Or, steal. Or, buy Marmite. Keep them close.

If you've wronged someone, apologize — mean it — and, continuously work on being better than that. If you've sincerely done good, lean into that; continue doing things sincerely. Life's too short for all the bullshit inbetween. Love people. Love you. Love; constructively.

Lending a hand to someone when the need arises is good. You should. The world needs more of it. BUT: human beings have the capacity to be shameless; they'll flip on you. So, before you do, and for your own peace, ensure that your heart and brain are in the right place doing so.

There's nothing good that came from the Covid years. It was awful; still. But, something pleasant for an oddity like myself, is a more widely socially accepted adoption of masks. It used to piss me off when folks would just sommer recklessly cough in close proximity to others.

Before you judge someone, it's good to ask yourself: what brought [insert person] to this moment on an emotional level? Better yet: just don't judge folks, at all. Unless they're likers of Marmite. Then, you would've had no other choice, & it's a completely reasonable reaction.

To be clear: Palestinians aren't starving, they're being starved. It is not "The Gaza War", it is genocide. Simple as.

The truth is that we are not yet free; we have merely achieved the freedom to be free, the right not to be oppressed. We have not taken the final step of our journey, but the first step on a longer and even more difficult road. — Nelson Mandela

There's something to be said for getting up in the morning, and putting in an honest day's work. There's meaning in it. And, it should matter. Don't ever let the unconscionable System in which we live persuade you that a living wage is something folks have to be 'thankful for'.

You know that thing you have to do as an adult, where, you're feeling annoyed with yourself — but you still have to regulate and be considerate because none of it is particularly specific, and a given conversation you're in is undeserving of such ire? Frustrating, isn't it?

'Somebody. ... your father or mine, should have told us that not many people have ever died of love. But multitudes have perished, and are perishing every hour — and in the oddest places! For the lack of it.' — James Baldwin

I have an understanding for folks who, based on past experiences, [subconsciously] gravitate toward needing drama; everything has to be "a thing". So, when I encounter it, it's doubly irksome because I strongly dislike drama, but I do believe in being considerate in perspective.

Accurate, yoh. 😅

I have a huge and savage conscience that won’t let me get away with things. — Octavia E. Butler

Oxpecker birds when they see a herd of rhinos covered in ticks:

If you still subscribe to the warped idea that sciences such as that of linguistics is "less than" — you haven't been paying attention to how language has been used over the past several months to manufacture consent, and curb dissent. 🙃

Reminder: Remember to take care of your mental health during these tumultuous times. Whatever that means to- and for you.

I got to kind of switch off a little bit. Rewatched a wholesome film.

Many people reading this did not have the experience of co-regulation w/ mature, healthy adults growing up-- so what emotional regulation we did learn, we learned from fictional characters in books & movies & TV. Art matters. Especially when our environment failed or hurt us.

Reminder: The idea of 'freedom', the very reality thereof is inextricably linked with- & to that of folks in Palestine. Folks in Sudan. Folks in Congo. Being receptive to understanding why that is, *that* — is a meaningful way by which we go forward from whatever here, now, is.

It feels weird having to go about life in a "normal" way, with all of the everything happening around it right now.

Today, I'm thinking about folks who have fathers that aren't there, and I'm thinking about folks who have fathers, but aren't there. Subtle difference. Significant emotional validity either way.

Things don't just happen in a vacuum. Connect the dots. Dismiss what insults your intelligence.

I'm already pre-empting the [inaccurate] "pre-emptive" and variations thereof headlines that will be shielding that Apartheid State over the next 24 hours. And, the opinion pieces. Oh, the opinion pieces.

'Last night I went to bed with a book. Not nearly as much fun as a 29 year old, but the book contained a speech by Adlai Stevenson. The year was 1952, he said 'The tragedy of our day is the climate of fear in which we live and fear breeds repression.'

I'm not one, so I won't ever insert myself into the business of y'all who are — on how to parent humans. (To an extent.) Please don't allow them to never learn that it is possible for opinions they have to be idiotic. Something with which the rest of us then have to deal.

If you don't guard against it in your mind — sooner, rather than later, you're going to start living for other people. Their definition of success and failure. Their definition of happiness. Their definition of.. who you're supposed to be. Don't allow that.

You know that thing women do when, they're just like being, you know, beautiful? Cutely tucking their hair behind their ears. Laughing at one's silly jokes. Running households. Not starting wars, because *they're* sensible. Just being, *them*. Beautifully. Pretty dope, I think.

Despite what's generally regurgitated by our society: Mental healthcare, is [part of] healthcare. If you didn't take care [get to?] of yourself in the ways that you needed this week, that's okay. You get to choose to do so tomorrow, again. (Whatever that means to- and for you.)

Years from now, when ordinary people who approved this line of thinking inexplicably but inevitably ask: how did we get here, folks? Another round of idiotic research & thinking will go into *that* question, and delay progress on the eradication of the actual issue. Again.