Okay In My House We Have A Strange Tradition. My Mother Builds This Beautiful Christmas Village.

Me, answering totally honestly and immediately, knowing how unhealthy my answers are: This is fine, I’m totally okay :)

Questions for the Signs

Aries

Why do you hurt people without consideration?

Does it ever get tiring, keeping so many secrets?

Why are you scared of letting others help you?

Why do you jump so quickly into relationships only to leave just as quick?

Taurus

Why do you need others peoples approval?

Why do you not believe in yourself?

Do you not think you’re worth more, do you not see all the value you have?

Do you like to feel broken or have you just learned to live with the pain?

Gemini

Are you afraid of your flaws?

Do you fake your confidence so people can’t see how self conscious you truly are?

Have you ever stopped to think how others feel when you leave them behind because you got bored?

Cancer

Why do you claim to be innocent when you are guilty of so much pain and abuse?

Can you not live independently?

Why must you jump into relationship before you are even aware of what love is?

Will you ever take responsibility for you own actions?

Leo

Why do other people’s opinions matter so much to you?

Why do you have to win ever argument you get into?

Will you ever be able to fully shown another person your flaws and insecurities and realize they still love you even if you’re not perfect?

Virgo

Why do you see emotions as a vulnerability?

Are you so proud and mighty that you must go through life without ever letting others help you?

Why are you incapable of realizing you aren’t perfect, but it’s okay that youre not perfect?

Libra

Why do you try so hard to make sure nobody ever finds out who you really are?

Why does your social appearance dictate how you live your life?

Do you think you are only worth love if you conceal your true self?

Scorpio

Why do you hide your loneliness behind your humor?

Do you not see all the value you’re worth?

Why do you expect people to be honest to you when you always lie and deceive others?

Sagittarius

Why do you have to one up people every single chance you get?

Why do you never take other people’s feelings into consideration?

Do you know how much of a narcissist you are?

Is there a reason you need to be better than everybody?

Capricorn

Why is it so hard for you to express your emotions to others?

Will you ever stop and realize other people can help you, you aren’t alone?

Why do you push yourself so hard and still never think you’re enough?

Aquarius

Why are you so scared of accepting the love people have for you?

How can you be so oblivious to other people’s emotions?

Will you ever learn that some things are better left unsaid?

Pisces

Are you capable of being your own person instead of just following everybody else?

Why do you let others walk all over you?

Do you know that your opinions and feeling are just as valid as everybody else’s?

Will you ever let other people see who you truly are instead if putting on some “innocent” facade?

Bad Cats.

good evening I utterly despise nerds

me, reaching into my dresser drawer for black pants: I hope this isn’t the pair with big holes worn in the inner thighs

Marie Kondo, gently over my shoulder: why is a pair of pants you find unwearable still in your dresser drawer

me: oh shit that’s right!! The dresser is for clothes that under some circumstance I might conceivably wear!!

Marie Kondo, beaming proudly: Yes, that’s correct!! These pants must have been your favorites. How wonderful that they were so comfortable and practical that you wore them out. But now since they no longer function as pants, you should move them from the drawer where you keep your functioning pants!

me: Yes thanks I got it they’re in the fabric basket now

Marie Kondo, fading back into the darkness: I love what you’ve done with the kitchen!!

America's first urban 'agrihood' feeds 2,000 households for free

The Michigan Urban Farming Initiative is debuting a sustainable urban agrihood in Detroit, and are transforming an abandoned building into a community center.

When you think of Detroit, ‘sustainable‘ and ‘agriculture‘ may not be the first two words that you think of. But a new urban agrihood debuted by The Michigan Urban Farming Initiative (MUFI) might change your mind. The three-acre development boasts a two-acre garden, a fruit orchard with 200 trees, and a sensory garden for kids.

If you need a refresher on the definition of agrihood, MUFI describes it as an alternative neighborhood growth model. An agrihood centers around urban agriculture, and MUFI offers fresh, local produce to around 2,000 households for free.

In a statement, MUFI co-founder and president Tyson Gersh said, “Over the last four years, we’ve grown from an urban garden that provides fresh produce for our residents to a diverse, agricultural campus that has helped sustain the neighborhood, attracted new residents and area investment.” Through urban agriculture, MUFI aims to solve problems Detroit residents face such as nutritional illiteracy and food insecurity.

Now in the works at the agrihood is a 3,200 square foot Community Resource Center. Once a vacant building, the center will become a colorful headquarters and education center. As MUFI is a non-profit operated by volunteers, they’ll receive a little help to restore the building from chemistry company BASF and global community Sustainable Brands. Near the center, a health food cafe will sprout on empty land.

MUFI describes the agrihood as America’s first sustainable urban agrihood. There are other agrihoods around the United States, such as this one Inhabitat covered earlier in 2016 in Davis, California. But the California agrihood is expensive; many people couldn’t afford to live there. The Michigan agrihood is far more accessible.

MUFI isn’t stopping with the community center. They’re also working on a shipping container home, and plan to restore another vacant home to house interns. A fire-damaged house near the agrihood will be deconstructed, but the basement will be turned into a water harvesting cistern to irrigate the farm.

sometimes I hate how much modern clothing is determined to show women’s bodies

like if it’s not skimpy, it’s skin-tight- leggings, skinny jeans, bodycon dresses, etc.

doing historical costuming has made me hyper-aware of just how “on display” my body is when I’m wearing normal modern outfits, and it affects my behavior. don’t bend over to pick things up at work because men will stare at your ass. sit differently so you don’t show stomach rolls. a guy running a pop-up stand next to my shop commented so much on how I had “great legs” that I didn’t wear leggings and skirts- one of my favorite winter outfit combinations -for the rest of the season

there’s a certain freedom in medium-to-long skirts and skirt supports, I find: the freedom to define what people see of my body. men won’t stop being creepy no matter what women wear, but I like that kind of dramatic body re-framing. you don’t get to see my legs and hips, Creepy Guys. you get to see a massive bell skirt, or a bustle, or an upended trumpet flower shape. my body is to be seen only by those I’ve chosen to trust, not the world at large

of course, empowerment is different for different women. some feel comfortable and powerful showing as much of their shape as possible, and I applaud them in doing exactly that. what pisses me off is the pressure from the fashion industry for all of us to be empowered by the same thing…a thing that just so happens to tie in with the diet industry and the cosmetics industry. it’s easier to sell the idea that you have to be hairless and smooth and thin and blemish-free when it’s all on display

sometimes I just wish I could go about in a hoop skirt and a t-shirt that says “fuck off” in delicate script

I just found out the offspring of a goat and sheep is called a GEEP and they’re the cutest lil shits ever I want 200 of them

You have my gun