i used to joke that people in columbus ohio are evil and stupid because of the air pollution, lead pipes, and mold in their hundred year old homes, but now that i've left and all my mental illness has dissipated i genuinely believe i was poisoned
in utah you'll meet an androgynous granola lesbian your age and then it turns out she's actually 22, married to a man, and doesn't believe in sunscreen
spent $150 on plant ID and native history books, hiked 4 miles up a mountain, got stoned and looked at birds and wildflowers through my binoculars all day. living next to a national park rocks so hard
i'm kind of losing my mind from stress over this, i was trying to look out for this guy cuz he's young & seems depressed & i see him every day. meanwhile he was telling all our friends that i've been saying explicit things and we've been hooking up. some men deserve to be lonely
please teach your sons and little brothers that sometimes women will not outright reject them to their face due to fear of backlash and violence, teach them the subtle signs, that being ignored and avoided means you leave her alone
never understood the "midwestern politeness" stereotype until i became a tour guide. midwesterners and southerners are by far the most engaged and curious, and show interest in me as a person. conversely tech people and engineers from the PNW are the WORST most arrogant bullies
