That’s It. That’s The Show.

sometimes you need to do the hard thing. study for your test even if it’s boring and you want to avoid it. get up an hour early to exercise even if you feel like death. go out of your way to help someone else even if it’s inconvenient. do something alone even though you’re afraid of being judged. go somewhere new even if it’s scary and disorientating at first. confess to the person who makes u blush even if it means risking rejection. let go of your old habits even though it feels like you can’t live without them. it’s supposed to be hard. life isn’t going to have amazing rewards if you’re always feeling comfortable.

Stuck at home? Here’s an isolation survival post:

(Everything here is free to use! Feel free to add on. Links were purposefully broken to avoid Tumblr’s spam prevention.)

Social:

discordapp.com/ - Like Skype but better, more accessible, smoother, and with more features. Call, play games, and chat with friends.

twitch.tv/ - Watch and chat with people doing everything from gaming to cooking to teaching.

Reading:

whichbook.net/ - helps you find what book to read

overdrive.com/ - Free audiobooks through your public library

standardebooks.org/ebooks/ - Free ebooks

rbdigital.com/ - Free audiobooks and ebooks through your public library

Movies:

www.kanopy.com/ - Free movies through your public library

www.ted.com/ - Watch lots of educational and inspiring talks

Hobbies:

join.skillshare.com/ - Learn how to do virtually anything with 2 free months of premium

scratch.mit.edu/ - Make a game or movie, super easy to use, good introductory programming “language”

gimp.org/downloads/ - Free photoshop-like program.

twinery.org/ - Make a text-based game

pixologic.com/sculptris/ - make 3D models

unity.com/ - Make a 3D game

yoyogames.com/gamemaker - make a 2D game

spotify.com/us/ - Listen to music

travelandleisure.com/attractions/museums-galleries/museums-with-virtual-tours - Museums with virtual tours

Dungeons and Dragons: (play over Discord!) (DM me if you want PDFs of the Handbooks)

probablybadrpgideas.tumblr.com/post/612459866001391616/basic-rules-for-dungeons-dragons-dungeons - The Basics

entertainment.howstuffworks.com/leisure/brain-games/beginners-guide-dungeons-and-dragons.htm - Learn to play

roll20.net/ - Make maps/play online

Video Games:

itch.io/ - play hundreds of games

freegameplanet.com/ - Even more free games!

dolphin-emu.org/ - Play Gamecube and Wii games

Phone Apps:

sourceforge.net/projects/gameboid/ - Play gameboy games

smartphones.gadgethacks.com/how-to/10-must-play-free-puzzle-games-for-iphone-android-0178848/ - list of puzzle games

Cooking:

fridgetotable.com/ - Input ingredients you have and get recipes you can make.

youtube.com/user/DepressionCooking - Learn how to cook with limited ingredients from a lovely old woman who lived during the Great Depression

butterwithasideofbread.com/homemade-bread/ - Make bread with yeast

letsdishrecipes.com/traditional-irish-soda-bread/ - Make bread without yeast

Other tips:

Take care of yourself (eat well, shower often, wear clean clothes, exercise, clean your space)

Talk with people

Do what makes you happy

Take time away from screens

Play – with your pets, your kids, your friends. Keep yourself active and busy and happy.

Songs That Turn Me Into This Kid

1. THE ENTIRE CRYBABY ALBUM - Melanie Martinez

2. Colors - Halsey

3. Change- Steven Universe Movie

4. Never Forget You - Zara Larrson

5. Six Degrees of Separation - The Script

6. Breakeven (Falling To Pieces) - The Script

7. High Hopes - Panic! At The Disco

8. In The Name of Love - Martin Garrix & Bebe Rexha

9. Closer - The Chainsmokers Feat. Halsey

10. I Wish - Cher Lloyd

11. When I’m Gone - The Click Five

12. Over You - Daughtry

13. New Rules - Dua Lipa

14. i hate u, i love u - gnash feat. Olivia O’Brien

15. Somebody That I Used To Know - Gotye

16. New Americana - Halsey

17. Gasoline - Halsey

18. Girls Like Girls - Hayley Kiyoko

19. Perfect - Hedley

20. Price Tag - Jessie J

21. Domino - Jessie J

22. Bang Bang - Jessie J

23. Who’s Laughing Now - Jessie J

24. Hot n Cold - Katy Perry

25. The One That Got Away - Katy Perry

26. Birthday - Katy Perry

27. Let ‘Em Talk - Ke$ha

28. Woman - Ke$ha

29. Somewhere Only We Know - Keane

30. Salute - Little Mix

31. Touch - Little Mix

32. Homewrecker - Marina and The Diamonds

33. How To Be A Heartbreaker - Marina and The Diamonds

34. BUBBLEGUM BITCH - Marina and The Diamonds

35. Primadonna Girl - Marina and The Diamonds

36. Oh No! - Marina and The Diamonds

37. All To Myself - Marianas Trench

38. Welcome To The Black Parade - My Chemical Romance

39. Everybody Talks - Neon Trees

40. Anything P!nk

41. We Belong - Pat Benatar

42. I’m In Love With A Girl - Gavin Degraw

43. Stand By You - Rachel Platten

44.You Suck At Love- Simple Plan

45. My Demons - Starset

46. Drops of Jupiter - Train

47. Hell No - Ingrid Michealson (Boy Cover)

48. Troublemaker - Olly Murs

49. She’s Not Afraid - One Direction (Cover)

50. Stay A Little Longer - Brothers Osbourne

51. Remember When - Chris Wallace

52. Love Drunk - Boys Like Girls

53. Let Her Go - Passenger

54. About You Now - Miranda Cosgrove

55. Loser of The Year - Simple Plan

56. I Refuse - Simple Plan

57. Get Back Up Again - Anna Kendrick

58. Baby - Bishop Briggs

59. Car Radio - twenty one pilots

60. Just A Dream - Nelly

61. Hello, Hello - Sir Elton John feat Lady Gaga

62. Lips of An Angel - Hinder

‘‘Teenagers are annoying’‘ so true but do you remember what being a teenager was like???? They can be as annoying as they want, god knows they need it

YouTube Channels for Your Quarantine Workout Needs

Rebel Wilson had an amazing 2020 despite everything that happened around the world because she made it her year of health, and I’m taking notes from her and transferring that energy to 2021 for myself. I’m planning to get out of this quarantine the hottest I’ve ever been and to then hit the nice gyms around town. While I’m currently unable to do that, I’m utilizing this time to save money and working out free by using different YouTube channels that offer these videos. Below are some of my favorites! 

1. Emi Wong

Last year I found out that everyone and their mother were doing Chloe Ting’s workouts like there’s no tomorrow. I naturally had to check out for myself what the rave is all about. Her workouts are great, but for me they’re just a little too hardcore. So, I found an alternative. Emi’s workouts are still challenging, she posts regularly, and her husband’s cameos are quite entertaining. You can find targeted exercises as well as full-body workouts.

2. The Fitness Marshall

You’re having a bad day and you just want to let it all out? Then look no further than to The Fitness Marshall. Caleb and his crew regularly put out hip hop dance workout videos to today’s hit songs. You will sweat and you will laugh, his videos are literally an antidote to any negativity you might be feeling at a particular moment in time. I guarantee that the videos will lift your spirits up!

3. Sweaty Betty Ballet Workouts

I am 100% inspired by @sylth-glow when I looked up ballet workout videos on YouTube. There aren’t that many videos, but the few that exist will make you feel graceful, improve your posture, and tone you up! I love the cohosts and I strive to emulate their fluidity in movements. I’m still far from where I want to be, but at least I’m not where I used to be. Maybe when quarantine’s over I will take adult ballet classes.

4. Popsugar Fitness

I’m linking to just one video, which is arguably my favorite of all, but Popsugar Fitness is to me the IT workout channel on YouTube. You can literally find any and all types of workouts on there. Some of my favorite instructors are Christa DiPaolo (her boxing videos truly kick ass), Nicole Stein (girl’s got moves), and Marnie Alton (she’s very flexible). Check them all out and find some that you love and keep doing them!

5. 375 Dance Studio

As you can already tell, I love to dance and I think that as a society (mostly Western and East or Southeast Asian), we just don’t dance enough! I do their exercises when I want to feel sexy, burn some calories + tone up, and get out of my head. I’m an over thinker (it’s a work in progress!), so being able to move my body more and to have my body take over my brain is a joy for me. I envision myself dancing these sensual Latin dances with a partner in the near future, but for now this will suffice.

Much love!

sometimes i remember that hebrew was literally a dead language. dead!! for two thousand years!!!! until this one guy in the 1880′s was like hey fuck german and russian and spanish and french We Are Jews we should speak The Language Of The Jews!! and everyone was like dude tf hebrew is DEAD it’s OLD it’s missing too many words, we can’t use it. so he was like ok. i’ll make up new ones. checkmate, atheists and he fuckninh did he stood up by his little desk (?) and invented so many new words and wrote a whole dictionary and then he had a child and only spoke hebrew to him and that child was the first person who’s first language was hebrew in two thousand years and…………………………… i’m sorry i’m so emotional over my man, Eliezer Ben-Yehuda. he singe-handedly revived a dead language. what a man

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you sneak out of your house to fight for women’s suffrage in the 1920s because your husband is a senator who opposes women’s suffrage but then you get arrested for protesting in front of the whitehouse. when he comes to bail you out, you tell him that you won’t go with him because a woman is not free in or out of jail. 

you and your best friend go to a dance together in the 50s. he comes to pick you up in his red thunderbird and you get in. you guys are of COURSE just friends, even though everyone thinks you are dating. you laugh about it on the way there, but as the night gets later and you start dancing, you notice you’re starting to get closer and closer to each other. then a slow song comes on…

youre a emo teen from the early 2000s and you just got home from getting snake bites. you slam the door to your room closed and lay down on your black comforter and stare at the picture of Gerard Way on the ceiling. you think, “no one understands me.”